Property crime in SLO increased in the past two years while violent crime is on the decline.
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CSU Audit shows unjustified wages and hirings in administration
A new California State University (CSU) audit shows Cal Poly disproportionately increased the number of administrators and their wages compared to faculty without justification. Eighty-three administrators and management personnel were hired in the past eight years without adequate justification, according to the audit. While the purpose of hiring more personnel was clear — to improve […]
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Graduation rates continue to increase
Cal Poly’s four-year graduation rate increased during the past 20 years to 47 percent, making it the highest in the college’s history, according to the digital archives and the Cal Poly Fact Book. Five-year graduation rates also increased by 40 percent to 77.1 percent and six-year graduation rates increased from 58.5 percent to 82.6 percent. […]
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Spending limit a first for this year’s ASI election
This year’s Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) elections are the first to feature presidential campaign spending limits. The $2,000 spending limit was passed by the ASI Board of Directors Jan. 11 as part of the ASI Election Code. This spending limit only applies to presidential candidates; there is no cap for ASI Board of Directors candidates. […]
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Cal Poly Digital Democracy project holds government officials accountable
Digital Democracy, a Cal Poly-based open government project, begins its second legislative session with new tools and a third state to serve. The project’s employees take videos of hearings and committees posted by the state government and automatically generate a searchable transcript, which students manually check for accuracy. Anyone can search by bill, representative name […]
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Tuition and fees increased by 716% in 50 years
The days of tuition-free education at Cal Poly are long gone. According to the first course catalog published by the then California Polytechnic School in 1903, the school charged students $35 for books, supplies and a laboratory fee, or $921.13 adjusted for inflation. The first fee outside of books, supplies, laboratory, room and board and […]
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ROTC cadets conduct largest field training of the year
Cal Poly’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program linked up with cadets from California State University, Fresno and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) on April 7 to kick off their largest field training exercise (FTX) of the year. This FTX was a three-day event at Camp Roberts on the border of Monterey and […]
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Tenure density continues to decrease as state funding drops
Many Cal Poly professors are leaders in their fields. They are developing technology used by Boeing, finding planets that defy gravitational laws and creating open government databases to bring state government back to the people. They carry out these projects with students, offering them chances to put their education to use; they guide senior projects […]
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How cybersecurity is becoming a hot topic at Cal Poly
The new Central Coast Cyber Forensic Lab is creating opportunities for Cal Poly students to get involved in cybersecurity.
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No sleep for the weary: Cal Poly students struggle with sleep
Mustang News looks at the effects of sleep and how much Cal Poly students sleep on average.
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What’s next after Trump’s travel ban
An explanation of the travel ban issued by President Donald Trump.