Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) is proposing a 5 percent increase in parking pass prices for the 2019-20 academic year, but the changes are not official yet. The proposed increase translates to students paying an additional $10 per quarter, or…
Student raises $32,000 for homeless coalition on streaming website
Before heading downtown for her 21st birthday bar crawl, agricultural communication junior Maya Higa spent six hours streaming on Twitch to raise more than $32,000 for the 5 Cities Homeless Coalition (5CHC). With the original goal to raise $1,000, Higa…
Hundreds rally in San Luis Obispo against recent abortion bans
Some Cal Poly students were among abortion rights advocates who rallied Tuesday, May 21 across the country in protest of several state’s new laws restricting abortion access. Approximately 200 people attended the rally at the San Luis Obispo Superior Court.…
Why MEXA’s proposed national name change matters at Cal Poly
For the first time in 50 years, students proposed that the nation-wide student organization Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA), known as MEXA at Cal Poly, change its name nationally. The proposal to change the name from “Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx…
Cal Poly professor and researchers receive more than $500,000 to improve mental health resources for LGBTQ+ community
Out of a lack of mental health services for the LGBTQ+ within San Luis Obispo County, the SLO ACCEPTance Project emerges.
Cal Poly and the CSU system currently do not require the Chicken Pox vaccine
According to California State University (CSU) Immunization Requirements (Executive Order 803), students are permitted to attend a CSU for up to an entire academic year before providing proof of full immunization upon the campuses’ discretion. University Spokesperson Matt Lazier wrote…
SLO Transit to start service to airport, refines schedule timing
Catch yourself wondering why San Luis Obispo busses never seem to arrive at consistent intervals? For frequent riders, SLO Transit will be extending some of its routes and refining schedules. “Operationally the way that we are serving our routes is…
Cal Poly student software developers partner with nonprofits to develop tools for change
Cal Poly students are building free software for nonprofits with the hope of recentering the technology community around social impact. Hack4Impact is a national organization that connects students with nonprofits through software development. Students identify and create software solutions, such…
Jasmin Fashami reflects on the year as Mark Borges prepares to become ASI president
As the ASI election results echoed through the loudspeakers of the University Union (UU), Jasmin Fashami’s phone sent her a memory of when her name was announced last year. “I remember all the people out there with yellow shirts, out…
What will the new SAT “adversity score” mean for Cal Poly students?
The College Board is implementing a change to their SAT test in the midst of a national debate over the fairness of college admissions. For the first time, the SAT will assess students on their cultural, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds…
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship announces seven new start-ups for Summer Accelerator
Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) introduced the newest students accepted into their 13-week Summer Accelerator program in the HotHouse at its annual Spring Entrepreneurship Forum Tuesday, May 14. Students pitched business ideas ranging from medicinal makeup to…