A stay-at-home order will take effect in San Luis Obispo County tomorrow, Dec. 6, at 11:59 p.m., County Public Health announced in a press release today.
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Dancing during a pandemic: “The hardest part is not being with other people”
After yet another day of being cooped up inside, communication studies senior Annie Margolis and her roommate went on a walk to the Cal Poly campus. They agreed on their destination and headed towards a place they both missed. They stood in front of the closed dance studio doors and thought about life before the […]
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How to reduce the spread of COVID-19 this Thanksgiving
The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to celebrate Thanksgiving at home with people from the same household, or celebrate virtually, County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein wrote in a Nov. 16 press release. “Californians are encouraged to stay home or in their region and avoid non-essential travel to other states […]
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Cal Poly students respond to a potential COVID-19 vaccine
With the potential for a COVID-19 vaccine making headlines, some students said they would take it, and others said they wouldn’t. Moderna, a biotechnology company, and Pfizer, a pharmaceutical corporation, have both published studies showing the effectiveness of their vaccines, but some Cal Poly students said they fear that the vaccine has been rushed. Many students say that they will take a […]
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California issues stay-at-home order, more Cal Poly residents quarantined
California issued a limited stay-at-home order mandating that all non-essential work, movement and gatherings cease between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for all counties in the widespread, purple tier – including San Luis Obispo County. People may still go to the grocery store, walk their dog or pick up takeout from a […]
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Retiring during a pandemic
To some, the past few decades seem to have brought more change in every walk of life than the entire century prior. But to mechanical engineering professor James Locascio, the one thing that has remained the same are his students.
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County moves to purple tier, restaurants to move service outdoors
As of Monday, Nov. 16, San Luis Obispo County moved from the red tier to the purple tier in regards to the California blueprint for reopening during the pandemic. The purple tier, also known as the “widespread” tier or “Tier 1,” means that the restaurants, movie theaters, museums, places of worship and fitness centers that […]
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What to expect from COVID-19 testing Winter quarter
In a campus-wide email Nov. 15, Campus Health and Wellbeing shared the updated Winter quarter testing requirements for 2021, including who is required to participate in testing requirements, testing that needs to be completed before returning to San Luis Obispo, how to sign up for testing on campus and information about continuing the daily health […]
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With no open isolation beds, Cal Poly isolates some students at downtown hotel
Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in University Housing, Cal Poly began isolating students with the coronavirus off-campus late last week, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier. Cal Poly moved 20 students to isolate off-campus last week, but Lazier said that the university cannot confirm where students are isolating due to “privacy concerns.” Some Cal […]
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About one-quarter of Cal Poly on-campus students quarantined, County approaching “widespread” tier
About a quarter of the students currently living on campus are quarantined (947 of the nearly 4,500), up 509 students from last week. This week, 71 on-campus and 79 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard, while last week 38 on-campus and 43 off-campus students tested positive from Cal Poly’s […]
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University adopts new COVID-19 testing methods for winter quarter
Cal Poly is adopting new COVID-19 testing methods that will help increase testing for winter quarter amid a spike in virus infections, President Jeffrey Armstrong announced Tuesday, Nov. 10. Armstrong wrote in a campus-wide email that on-campus experts created a SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Lab, which will take saliva samples rather than the “more invasive” nasal […]