Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly announced its new vice president of student affairs Tuesday, ending a nearly year-long search that spanned across the country. Keith Humphrey, the current assistant vice president of student affairs at the University of Arizona, will take over leadership of Cal Poly’s student affairs programs in February, according to […]
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Chico State University suspends all greek life
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net The recent death of a fraternity member led administration at California State University, Chico to suspend the school’s entire greek system until further evaluation earlier this month. Chico State student Mason Sumnicht died while pledging Sigma Pi on Nov. 15 after an alcohol overdose on his 21st birthday. After Sumnicht’s death, Chico […]
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Running blind: CP engineers create app for ‘untethered running’
Lauren Frye used to run, she said. She trained and competed in marathons, but then her eyesight began to fade in her early 20s. She could see less and less until she could only make out light and dark objects, she said. She is still able to walk but can no longer run. “It’s hard […]
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Geezer bandit from Cal Poly?
A recent report by CBS 8 San Diego speculated that the “Geezer Bandit,” who has been robbing banks in Southern California since 2009, may be a Cal Poly student. The report looked into the possibility that many of the Geezer Bandit’s appearances coincide with Cal Poly’s academic holidays. The FBI, however, asserted there is no […]
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Ag community looking for better labeling proposition
Erin Springer Special to the Mustang Daily Cal Poly agricultural communicators celebrated when Proposition 37, aimed at labeling genetically engineered products, was defeated at the beginning of this month. However, department members are in support of drafting a better proposition that still provides information for consumers. Most of the agricultural industry did not want the […]
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Safety first
Katharine Gore Special to Mustang Daily A month after he took on the job of Industrial Technology Lab Coordinator, Ray Kisch saw a visitor catch her heel in a two-foot deep trench in an I.T. lab. The woman could have broken her ankle, Kisch said. “Safety is the No. 1 priority of my job,” Kisch […]
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ASI ‘quietly’ looks for student vote on wording change
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is asking for students’ approval in a vote today to tweak the wording of ASI’s Articles of Incorporation. The vote asks students whether or not they support altering the words “Board of Trustees” to “Chancellor” in the Articles of Incorporation’s provisions for who would take control […]
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Holiday hams from Cal Poly Meats
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s meat processing program is gearing up for Thanksgiving by promoting its “holiday hams,” which come from pigs raised on campus and are processed entirely by students in meat processing classes. Meat processing center manager Matthew Livingston said this is part of one of the center’s holiday promotions. “We have our […]
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Cuesta College confident after accreditation review
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cuesta College’s long struggle to maintain the community college’s accredited status drew to a close last month during the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges’ (ACCJC) visit this October. The local community college has been at risk of losing its accredited status since January 2009, when it was placed on a […]
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Cal Poly looks to address campus diversity
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com In general, Cal Poly is a school known more for its architecture and engineering programs than for diverse students, faculty and staff. That being said, this fall’s freshman class was the most ethnically diverse in school history, and students seem to think Cal Poly is paying more attention to issues regarding gender […]
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Seismic testing proposal denied
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Stop Ocean Blasting” peppered the crowd at the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) meeting in Santa Monica on Wednesday, protesting seismic testing off the Central Coast. It seems they worked. The CCC denied Pacific Gas and Electric Company‘s (PG&E) request to conduct seismic tests at Diablo Canyon Nuclear […]