University Housing informed incoming freshmen in a July 1 email that the Orfalea College of Business Residential Learning Community (RLC) will not be offered for the 2024-2025 academic year. Freshmen students will still have a chance to be placed in their second choice RLC if spots are available, otherwise they will be placed in a […]
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Cal Poly launches Utility Box Art Project for campus beautification
Cal Poly is taking a creative approach to enhance the aesthetic appeal of its campus through the launch of the Utility Box Art Project.
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The return of Cal Poly’s ‘Smooth Mustard’
Smooth Mustard began as a senior project in 2021 and was initially sold on campus in 2022 while supplies lasted. This year, two food science students have worked to bring it back on the market.
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Cal Poly student team advances to National Collegiate Soils Contest
Taking place in forested land in northern Humboldt, the competition allowed students to get their hands dirty and analyze soil.
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Campus fire hydrant repaired more than a week after burst
A fire hydrant near a pedestrian crossing between several buildings and Dexter Lawn was replaced on Nov. 20, nine days after a Cal Poly Police officer hit it while making a U-turn. On Nov. 11, an officer pulled over for a traffic stop and hit the hydrant, according to university spokesperson Matt Lazier. “But, in […]
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Teamsters Union goes on strike at Cal Poly campus entrances
On Nov.14, 2023, California State University (CSU) employees with the Teamsters Local 2010 Union met at the west entrance of campus off of Highland Drive for their one-day strike in the fight for a fair contract.
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“No new mail”: The Cal Poly Police Department Shortage
With six officer vacancies and one supervisor vacancy, a collective third of the CPPD needs to be filled.
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The women reinventing college engineering
Among the recipients for the Society of Women Engineers 2023 awards are General Engineering Program Director Lizabeth Thompson, CENG Dean Amy S. Fleischer and Cal Poly’s Women’s Engineering Program (WEP) Director Helene Finger.
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President’s office issues second statement on Israel-Hamas war following Clery Act alert
On Friday, a Clery Act email was sent to Cal Poly community members describing the events of a hate crime that occurred on campus. On Sunday, an unidentified male stuck his head out of the passenger side window of a passing truck and shouted “Death to Israel” at two Jewish students, according to the email. […]
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“The biggest slap in the face:” Campus Dining announces Chick-Fil-A will be on campus next year, despite student opposition
Cal Poly Corporation is proceeding with plans to bring a Chick-Fil-A restaurant to 1901 Marketplace next academic year, despite a vote passed by ASI urging the corporation to sever ties with the fast-food company. Campus Dining posted a photo to their Instagram on June 3 announcing that the Chick-Fil-A pop-up in Poly Canyon Village will […]
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Cal Poly plans to increase the accessibility of all-gender restrooms on campus
The Cal Poly Office of Diversity and Inclusion plans to change 15 multi-stall restrooms on campus to identify as all-gender restrooms. The decision comes after a public listening session was held in January 2023 following student activism that occurred during the 2022-23 school year, stemming from a six-month-long reoccurrence of bathroom signage vandalization in the […]