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Only clear bags allowed in spring commencement ceremonies as new rule takes effect
Extra graduation tickets bought off other students could be invalidated by the university
Some students are scrambling to find tickets for their large families for the Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony and resorting to buying tickets from others. However, university officials say it is against Cal Poly’s rules. According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier,…
Sigma Alpha Mu is not coming to campus (for now)
Speculation that Jewish fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu was planning to open a chapter at Cal Poly and that they purchased the Alpha Omicron Pi House have been proven false. According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier there is no plan in…
Proposal indicates Cal Poly student parking permit prices will rise next year
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…