Over 80% of engineering students at Cal Poly believe year-round operations will harm the school, with concerns ranging from internships and club activities to lack of AC in buildings and disruption of social lives.
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Get to know the two students running for ASI president
Tanner Schinderle and Caleb Shick are the two candidates running for ASI President, with Schinderle focusing on affordability, resources, community and advocacy, while Shick focuses on club freedom, cutting student costs, creating a student platform and increasing campus unity.
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SLO spends more than $100K on St. Fratty’s police enforcement, exceeding last year
The City of San Luis Obispo spent nearly $136,000 on police enforcement for St. Fratty’s festivities, an increase from last year, but there were less arrests and citations over the event.
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‘We need to work as a community’: Students call for pest control changes
In Fall of 2025, Seeta Sistla noticed a build up of rodenticide boxes, or bait boxes for rats and other pests, on campus. The natural resources management and environmental sciences professor emailed Cal Poly’s sustainability team and Facilities Customer and Business Services about the issue. After a month of email correspondence, she received an explanation […]
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PolyCultural Weekend and Open House merge, offering new track for prospective students
PolyCultural Weekend (PCW) will be held in conjunction with Open House on April 9-11, featuring a PCW Got Talent show and activities such as a drag workshop, hiking, bowling, dancing and a silent disco, to celebrate Cal Poly’s diverse cultural community and help prospective students feel welcome.
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Cal Poly vigil honors Iranian lives lost to US airstrikes, crackdowns
Cal Poly’s Iranian Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) hosted a vigil to honor the lives lost in the Feb 28 U.S. airstrike attack on Iran and those killed by the Iran government, with around 40 students, faculty, and community members gathering to remember the victims.
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Cal Poly collective swaps ‘Diversity’ for ‘Development’ in name change
The Student Diversity and Belonging division at Cal Poly has been renamed Student Development and Belonging to better reflect its role in supporting students’ personal growth, identity exploration and overall success.
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Cal Poly alum sets record for furthest distance from Earth on Artemis II mission
Cal Poly alum Victor Glover and three other astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission set a new record for the furthest distance from Earth on April 6, reaching 252,756 miles away.
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Club sports athletes report minimal field damage after Morning on the Green festival
Women’s Ultimate Frisbee and Rugby Team athletes reported minimal damage to the Lower Sports Complex fields after the Morning on The Green Festival, and suggested the university transition the event to the turf fields to protect the grass fields.
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Cal Poly’s annual Tomato Spectacular will feature 90 varieties for sale
Cal Poly’s Horticulture Unit is hosting the annual Tomato Spectacular sale on April 4, offering over 5,000 tomato plants of 90+ varieties, as well as basils, peppers and tomatillos, for $7 each, with proceeds going back into the horticultural and plant science unit.
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Nearly 11,000 attend Morning on the Green concert at Cal Poly
Nearly 11,000 people attended the Morning on the Green concert at Cal Poly, resulting in 10 hospitalizations due to intoxication and one head injury, with 19 citations and one arrest issued by the San Luis Obispo Police Department for various nuisance order violations.