A driver who allegedly made an unsafe left turn causing a crash that killed Cal Poly computer science freshman Jordan Grant has been criminally charged. Richard Guili, the driver, was charged with a single count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without…
ASI President Jasmin Fashami sworn in as a U.S. citizen
Jasmin Fashami is Cal Poly’s Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President; As of Tuesday, she is also a United States citizen. On Tuesday, April 23, Fashami was at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Downtown LA with almost 4,000 others getting…
ASI Student Government voter turnout reaches historic low at 14 percent
Voter turnout in Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Student Government elections has been increasing over the past 10 years, but took a sharp turn this year with only 14.7 percent of Cal Poly students voting, according to an ASI press release.
Mark Borges will be the 2019-20 ASI President along with 24 new Board of Directors members
The winner of the 2019-2020 Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Presidential election is environmental management and protection junior Mark Borges. Borges won with 1,941 votes, journalism freshman Alex Bires received 360 votes and communication studies sophomore Henry Broback received 430 votes.…
For the first time, Campus Dining is offering kosher meals for Passover
Per request of students, Cal Poly is now making it easier for individuals in the Jewish community to keep kosher this Passover week.
What it takes to be a member of the ASI Board of Directors
With Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Student Government voting underway, the new wave of student Board of Directors will be revealed Thursday, April 25 at 11 a.m. But with the majority of the student body not voting in ASI elections, many…
Want to swim laps at the Recreation Center pool this summer? You can’t
Renovations are set for Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) to re-plaster and re-tile the Recreation Center’s lap pool, as well as add an American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramp and make deck improvements, this summer. The pool must be re-plastered every 10…
Cal Poly community honors victims of recent Sri Lanka, New Zealand violence in vigil
Students, faculty and staff came together in the University Union (UU) Plaza on Tuesday, April 23 to honor those killed or injured in recent global acts of violence. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Student Government and the Dean of Students hosted…
If more than 40 percent of students vote in ASI elections, it will be the largest turnout in Cal Poly history
The percentage of students who vote in student government elections has been gradually increasing over the past 10 years, with voting spikes in 2011 and 2013.
Have extra meal credits you don’t want to waste? Cal Poly honors came up with a solution to benefit the community
Cal Poly honors students worked with Campus Dining and the Cal Poly Honors Program to donate 500 meals to the 40 Prado Homeless Services Center last quarter (Winter 2019).
Industrial hemp club starts on campus one year after student petition
Poly Hemp — the first Cal Poly club advocating for the education and research of industrial hemp — held its first meeting Wednesday, April 17. This comes one year after two students petitioned to start a pilot program at Cal…