The California State University (CSU) was not transparent about a surplus of more than $1.5 billion while negotiating state funding and raising student tuition, according to an audit report released Thursday, June 20. Auditor Elaine Howle alleges the CSU did not…
Cal Poly graduates can recycle their gowns after the Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremony, but will they?
Last year, the Commencement Office partnered with Zero Waste and the University Bookstore to pilot a gown recycling program. Gown collection boxes were present at both the Spring 2018 and Fall 2018 commencement ceremonies. More than 5,000 graduates participated in…
23 years later, her case is still open: Kristin Smart podcast set to release this summer
It happened in 1996 — a Cal Poly freshman went missing. Her investigation has been ongoing for the past 23 years. To this day, it is unknown what happened to Kristin Smart. Orcutt resident Chris Lambert has lived on the…
Business administration senior Nicole Scalone dies in collision
Business administration senior Nicole Scalone died in a car accident the morning of Wednesday, June 12. She was expected to graduate at the Spring 2019 commencement ceremony this weekend. She will be posthumously awarded her degree, according to a campus-wide…
Truck carrying supplies for graduation crashes into Highland Bridge
A delivery truck transporting canopies for graduation hit the Highland bridge Wednesday, June 12 around 6 p.m. The truck exceeded the height restriction of the bridge. According to Walker-Lewis Rents Delivery Driver Albert Biscarra, another truck was sent after the…
19-year-old female rescued after falling 50 feet from Bishop Peak
A 19-year-old female fell approximately 50 feet off Bishop Peak while climbing or repelling Tuesday morning, according to San Luis Obispo City Fire Battalion Chief Bob Bisson. She was hiking off-trail. A 911 call was received at 7:55 a.m. from…
Proposed bill to freeze university president’s salaries when student tuition increases
The California State University (CSU) could be prohibited from raising university presidents’ salaries in the same year of a tuition increase. Assembly Bill 930, authored by Assemblymember Todd Gloria of San Diego, was amended on May 16, 2019. The bill…
In two years, Cal Poly will be required to compost. A new program is attempting to help
Approximately 20 percent of the trash Cal Poly sends to landfill is food waste. In an audit of trash from Poly Canyon Village, the heaviest weight came from half-eaten burritos and pasta jars half full of sauce. A new composting…
Campus Health and Wellbeing renovates food pantry, opens additional location
White cage-like doors, dim lighting and narrow walkways that made students feel trapped in a corner — that was the Cal Poly Food Pantry before April 2019. “It was literally just a cage, storage closet that was converted into a…
A new athletic clothing store is opening downtown this summer
A new athletic clothing store is coming to downtown San Luis Obispo in early August. Athleta, owned by Gap Inc., will open at 879 Higuera St. The storefront was previously occupied by Gap, but closed in January 2019. We hear…
Starting Fall 2020, students will see changes and more flexibility with electives in GE curriculum
After more than 20 years with the same General Education (GE) curriculum sheet, a new template will go into effect Fall 2020. “It attempts to balance student choice of GE courses with the effort to promote breadth in the courses…