Voting opened Tuesday for the 2023-24 ASI Presidential Election, about five days after a politically charged debate between the two candidates. Write-in candidate Jake Zylstra, an agricultural business junior, is running again after first sparking controversy with an anti-trans comment in last year’s debate. Zylstra is running against environmental management and protection senior Sam Andrews, […]
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ASI Board of Directors passes vote to urging Cal Poly Corp to sever ties with Chick-Fil-A
Students from various campus communities including the Trans & Queer Student Union gathered in sharing their thoughts on the reinstallation of Chick-Fil-A on campus, with the anticipation of Cal Poly’s new dining structure 1901 Marketplace opening next school year. “Cal Poly is only supportive of us in words, but their actions tell us a different […]
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Meet the candidates vying for student votes in the 2023-24 ASI Election
ASI candidates for Board of Directors and President for next year talked with Mustang News about their priorities if elected into office. The voting period will begin Tuesday at 8 a.m. and close on Thursday at 8 a.m. Voting is available through the Cal Poly Portal or through the ASI website. On Thursday in the […]
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ASI to extend voting window in upcoming election
The 2023-24 ASI Election for president and Board of Directors is approaching — but students will have 48 hours to vote as opposed to the typical 24-hour window. Voting will begin April 25 at 8 a.m. and run until April 27 at 8 a.m. In addition to the president, there are 24 Board of Directors […]
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Club sports athletes frustrated with Cal Poly’s new club sports logo requirements
Prior to this year, any club team with a coexisting National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team was required to use the terminology “club” rather than “team.” However, new requirements at Cal Poly state that club sports organizations — regardless of NCAA overlap — must include the phrase “club sports” on all merchandise, as stated in […]
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ASI Student Government announces the return of “Meet Your Representatives” series
ASI Student Government announced on Tuesday the return of its annual “Meet Your Representatives” series. Running through the remainder of the winter quarter and the spring, the events serve as a way for students to “actively communicate and connect with relevant elected officials,” according to the ASI website. “[The “Meet Your Representatives”] events are fantastic […]
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ASI Board of Directors calls on Joseph Castro to deny his Cal Poly position
The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday calling on former Chancellor Joseph Castro to turn down his tenured faculty position at Cal Poly. Castro resigned as the chancellor of the California State University system in February 2022, after a USA Today investigation outlined his failure to respond to […]
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In Photos: ASI bi-annual Craft Sale returns to campus this week
The bi-annual Craft Sale has returned to campus this week. Students can visit the University Union from Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to purchase from vendors selling various types of handmade crafts. Missi Allison-Bullock, a coordinator for ASI programs, said that 40 vendors would be in attendance for each day of […]
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March for Our Lives co-founder serves as keynote speaker at the 2022 Student Leadership Institute
At Cal Poly’s 2022 Student Leadership Institute on Friday, Oct. 14, co-founder of March for Our Lives David Hogg met with students and staff to discuss the role students play in activism.. Hogg, now 22 years old, is a survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida — an event that transformed him into […]
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ASI announces new executive director
Cal Poly Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) announced on May 4, following a thorough national search process, that Cal Poly Alum Michelle Crawford will be the new ASI Executive Director after serving as Interim Executive Director since Spring 2021. Crawford’s goals as Executive Director is to understand the community of Cal Poly and the community, as […]
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From the ASI Secretary of Disability to Judy Heumann: How the Disability Alliance is bringing world-renowned activist to campus
It started as a dream for kinesiology junior Regina Hockert. She and the other members of the Disability Alliance — a student-run club focused on issues of accessibility on Cal Poly’s campus — were discussing potential disability rights activists to invite to speak to students. The name Judy Heumann floated around, but none of them […]