While most students at Cal Poly ate food at a dining table and slept in a warm bed under a roof in San Luis Obispo, Savannah Bosley spent the first two weeks of the fall quarter living out of her…
First day: 2,000 students noncompliant with testing requirements
More than 2,000 students were ineligible to attend in-person classes or activities on the first day of fall quarter due to noncompliance with COVID-19 testing requirements. They were issued a blue campus pass, which advises students to submit a negative…
COVID-19 is surging in San Luis Obispo County. Is it safe for Cal Poly to reopen?
When Cal Poly reopens this month for another school year amidst a pandemic, the campus will be operating near normal, administrators have said for months. University housing will be at maximum capacity — with about 8,000 students living on campus…
As more students get vaccinated, COVID-19 cases drop within Cal Poly community
Students getting vaccinated have caused COVID-19 cases in the Cal Poly community to decline since May. The last time a student tested positive for the coronavirus through the university’s testing program was May 20, according to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 dashboard.…
Cal Poly students prefer the Pfizer vaccine, poll shows
Mustang News surveyed a random sample of 422 students and an overwhelming majority of respondents selected Pfizer as their first choice for the COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna as their second choice and Johnson and Johnson as their third choice. Out of…
Cal Poly students want to get vaccinated, Mustang News surveys find
Cal Poly students are overwhelmingly in support of getting vaccinated for COVID-19, according to surveys conducted by Mustang News in April. Mustang News sent Cal Poly students a random survey on April 22, in which 384 of 422 respondents —…
Cal Poly’s COVID-19 cases are spiking again. Officials don’t know why
In the last two weeks, 199 students in the Cal Poly community tested positive for the coronavirus, signaling another spike in COVID-19 cases, according to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 Dashboard. Since Monday, April 12, San Luis Obispo County recorded 284 new…
Major COVID-19 spikes occurred after Halloween and New Year’s Eve. Now students are concerned about cases after St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
Through the duration of the pandemic, major spikes in cases at Cal Poly occurred after two major holidays: Halloween and New Year’s Eve, according to statistics from Cal Poly’s COVID-19 dashboard. Now after dozens of Cal Poly students were seen…
What’s in a Name? The stories behind the most common names at Cal Poly
Ever wondered what it’s like to be Ryan or Emily? How about Jack, Matthew or Lauren? At Cal Poly, it’s easy to find out, because according to Cal Poly’s 2021 newly released Directory research, these are the top five most common first names among students.Â
In six weeks, 469 students got COVID-19. Cal Poly’s coronavirus dashboard won’t tell you that
Update Feb. 14: The 469 students who have tested positive for the coronavirus during the winter quarter include those living on campus as well as off-campus in the San Luis Obispo community. Since the beginning of the winter quarter, 469…
MN Exclusive: Cal Poly is housing more students on campus than any other Cal State
Cal Poly is housing more students than any other Cal state with about 4,500 students living on campus this month, according to a Mustang News review of university housing plans within the California State University (CSU) system.