With the 2018-2019 academic year beginning, newly-elected Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jasmin Fashami outlined her administration’s plans to address a variety of issues on campus. Fashami sat down with Poly this Week where she was asked what students should expect from ASI this year. She discussed plans to tackle issues of diversity, plans to […]
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Student-built CubeSat DAVE successfully launches aboard Delta II
PolySat builds and integrates CubeSat DAVE, launches along with NASA’s satellite ICESat-2
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Animal Science Department responds as protestors are present during WOW
The Animal Science Department used the recent Direct Action Everywhere protest against the Cal Poly Meat Processing Center as a teaching moment for incoming agriculture students.
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Fires, power outages and protests kick off WOW 2018
Week of Welcome 2018 kicked off with an exciting move-in weekend filled with protests, fires and a power outage.
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Cal Poly experiences second power outage of the week
A second power outage strikes Cal Poly this week.
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Icona Pop to headline ASI Welcome Back Concert
Swedish pop DJ duo Icona Pop is set to headline the annual concert on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m.
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Power restored to campus as fires burn near Cal Poly
Two brush fires burning north of Cal Poly are now 60 percent contained after causing a power outage across campus.
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New dining hall delayed a year to Fall 2019
The new Vista Grande dining hall is a year behind schedule, slated to open next Fall.
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Armstrong announces Opportunity Fee to assist low-income California students
President Armstrong announced a new fee for newly enrolled out-of-state undergraduate students starting in fall 2019.
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IFC and PHA suspension lifted, besides Lambda Chi Alpha
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has lifted a blanket suspension for Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities and Panhellenic Association (PHA) sororities that was implemented April 16, eight days after fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha alumnus Kyler Watkins appeared in blackface and other members of the same fraternity dressed as gang members. However, the Lambda Chi Alpha national […]
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Cal Poly students make state law with help from former assemblyman
After nine months of crafting legislation for the state of California, a class of Cal Poly students saw their textbook affordability bill on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, signed into law August 27. Assembly Bill (AB) 2385, written by Cal Poly students and sponsored by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, encourages textbook publishers to provide a detailed description of […]