After the city reported record-high criminal offenses at last year’s St. Fratty’s Day block party, Cal Poly is moving the event onto campus.
Category: Feb Print 2025
Posted inOpinion
From S’well to Stanley: Why you think you always need a new water bottle
While the “emotional support water bottle” trend signifies the uptick in personal eco-friendly practices, it’s also an explicit reflection of modern consumerism and overconsumption. The rise of reusable water bottles was initially tied to sustainability, but along the way, it has become focused on aesthetics, profit and social status.
Posted inFeb Print 2025
Meet the ‘adrenaline junkie’ setting Cal Poly Diving records
This story is featured in the February 2025 print edition. Three weeks away from one of the biggest diving competitions of his life, Justin Dolezal was sidelined with a concussion. But you wouldn’t know it from his demeanor. Dressed in Cal Poly gear, the biology sophomore grinned as he opened the gate to the Anderson […]
Posted inFeb Print 2025
Nature’s Hollywood species needs help
When Danielle Bronson was a little girl, Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove was home to about 250,000 monarchs. Now the state park interpreter at Pismo Beach, Bronson’s grove only welcomed 500 butterflies this year. Western monarch butterflies experienced their second-lowest population count in history this season, according to Bronson. The all-time low occurred in 2021. […]
Posted inFeb Print 2025
Cal Poly’s mandatory fees rank first amongst Cal State campuses
Cal Poly has been a dream school for Jocelyn Vasquez since her freshman year of high school. But two quarters into the computer engineering program, she is rethinking following her dreams. Vasquez had to pay $10,000 out of pocket to attend Cal Poly, and her parents are not helping her cover the costs of attendance. […]
Posted inFeb Print 2025, Opinion
Cal Poly has a destructive partying problem: Greek life is not to blame
With an event named St. Fratty’s Day, there is an easy misconception that Greek life is deeply involved. In reality, the blame doesn’t fall so neatly onto just one group.
Posted inOpinion
CSU’s AI move feels less like innovation and more like overreach
The Cal State system is unjustly inserting itself in what should be a classroom-to-classroom dynamic. If professors want to encourage AI use for their assignments, great. If students decide on their own that the benefit is worth $20 a month, great. I believe it is not the Cal State’s place to provide these tools to students without meaningfully consulting faculty.
Posted inTop Stories
Cal State system AI initiative sparks faculty concerns regarding privacy, lack of prior consultation
ChatGPT and other AI tools will soon be free for all Cal State students, faculty and staff, according to a system-wide email from the Cal State Office of the Chancellor on Monday.