More than 14,000 Cal Poly students have uploaded their COVID-19 booster vaccination records as the university works to update its COVID-19 dashboard to reflect its new definition of fully vaccinated individuals. The California State University’s COVID-19 policy, which was last revised on Jan. 19, defines “fully vaccinated” as having completed a primary vaccine series and […]
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San Luis Obispo County reports most active COVID-19 cases yet
San Luis Obispo County currently has the highest level of active cases since the start of the pandemic, with 2,967 new cases and 3,573 current active cases. “Now is the time to double-down on precautions, because Omicron is finding its way through every gap in protection,” County Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein said in Friday’s […]
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Cal Poly’s COVID-19 saliva testing to be brought to market through local partnership
Cal Poly faculty developed saliva-based COVID-19 testing technology that students have used on campus since February 2021. Now, those saliva tests will be brought to market. Nathaniel Martinez, associate professor of biological studies, and Andres Martinez, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, developed microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (microPADs) for low-cost and portable diagnostic applications, according to […]
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Cal Poly updates COVID-19 dashboard to show number of COVID-positive students — not just total positive tests
Cal Poly’s COVID-19 Dashboard now includes the number of students who have tested positive for COVID-19 after university officials updated it with new categeories Friday, Jan. 14. Before the update, the dashboard showed the total number of COVID-positive tests performed. Now, the dashboard also breaks down the number of individual on- and off-campus students who […]
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Good Luck: Inside Cal Poly’s on-campus isolation
The Hoof is a satire column created to find the humor in the daily life of Cal Poly students. If you’re looking for news, this is not it. If you’re looking for sports, this is kind of it, because we’re having a ball. Ha. Puns. Rebecca Caraway is a journalism junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. […]
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Omicron goes to school: students and faculty frustrated upon return to campus amid largest COVID-19 surge
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. The first week of winter quarter looked different for all students at Cal Poly this time around. As some students scrambled to make it to class on time after waiting in hour-long testing lines, other students emailed their professors informing them of their inability to attend the first […]
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Ómicron va a la escuela: Cómo la variante ómicron ha afectado a Cal Poly durante la primera semana del trimestre de invierno de 2022
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Mieke Esparza. La primera semana del trimestre de invierno se vió diferente para todos los estudiantes de Cal Poly este año. Mientras algunos estudiantes se apresuraban a llegar a clase a tiempo después de esperar en la fila de prueba por […]
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Women’s Basketball has another week of games canceled due to COVID-19
Cal Poly women’s basketball will not match up against CSU Bakersfield on Tuesday, Jan. 18 or travel to Hawaii on Thursday, Jan. 20 as both games have been canceled due to COVID-19. The Mustangs are coming off a week where their previous two games were canceled, making this four straight games canceled due to COVID-19 […]
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Faculty petition for solutions to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 policy shortcomings
Cal Poly Administration has rejected the demands of a petition signed by nearly 4,000 community members following a week of mass frustration and record-breaking positivity rates. In a public ASI Board of Directors meeting, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said the Jan. 3 start to winter quarter was “a real problem for us” and “not […]
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Armstrong says ‘21,000+ students’ got tested. Cal Poly’s COVID-19 dashboard doesn’t agree
In his latest email to the Cal Poly community, President Jeffrey Armstrong addressed concerns about in-person classes amidst a COVID-19 spike — but data he referenced contradicts data on the university’s own COVID-19 Dashboard. Armstrong’s Jan. 13 email noted how “[t]he university tested all 21,000+ students within approximately one week of their arrival.” Cal Poly’s […]
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Women’s basketball has games against UC Riverside and UC Davis canceled due to COVID-19
Cal Poly women’s basketball will not be playing against UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 13 or UC Davis on Saturday, Jan. 15 due to COVID-19. COVID-19 protocols were not met within the Cal Poly program, which forced the cancelation of play. According to the Big West protocols for COVID-19, the games will not be rescheduled. […]