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Tasting Cal Poly’s fruits just got easier with the release of three student-produced wines.
The 2006 vintage pinot noir, chardonnay and the Mustang Red, a red blend of zinfandel and syrah, were grown on campus at Trestle Vineyard by a select number of enology (the study of wine-making) students.
By Oct. 30, the California State University system had received more than 138,000 electronic applications for fall 2009, an increase of 17 percent from last year.
But for Cal Poly, the spike is less dramatic, with an approximate nine percent increase according to Cindee Thompson, the university’s associate director of admissions and recruitment.
With the unstable economy, students with small incomes are finding relief thanks to various bargains. Whether you’re looking for cheap eats, cheap clothes, cheap gas or cheap fun, you’re sure to find something that meets your needs right here in San Luis Obispo.
Students and community members gathered at the San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza at 5:30 p.m. to unite the community after the likely passage of Proposition 8. Over 100 people attended the candlelight vigil, which organizers started planning at 1 p.m. Opponents of Proposition 8 gathered together and waved candles to demonstrate against the measure at a candlelight vigil yesterday.
They work weekends and are never invited to the party.
‘Shut up,’ ‘turn off the music’ and ‘get inside’ are all common refrains heard Thursday through Saturday nights, and they mean one thing: students from the Student Neighborhood Assistance program (SNAP) are here.
Cal Poly students turned out in record numbers to help swing California’s 55 electoral votes and the presidential election towards Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Tuesday.
There was a “fantastic turnout of young people,” poll worker Barbara Adams said. “It was the most ever at Cal Poly.
The organic food industry has soared in popularity in recent years as shown by the grocery stores entirely devoted to health food products.
And one Cal Poly student is leading the way for organic food processing to become the norm.
“Organic has started to become a big thing,” said agriculture business sophomore Colton Brodt.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Koob recently cut each college’s budget by 2.5 percent, which resulted in fewer lecturers hired and fewer course sections offered.
“I’ve met (the budget reduction) by not filling two positions and using some funding that I’ve carried over from the previous year,” said David Wehner, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.
State budget cuts have put a stop to water testing for bacteria at six local beaches in San Luis Obispo County. As of Oct. 23, San Luis Obispo County’s Environmental Health Services will no longer sample sites north of Pier Avenue and south of Strand Avenue at Pismo Beach.
Cal Poly senior receiver Ramses Barden was one of five “under-the-radar” prospects an “NFL executive” told Newsday could go on the first day of April’s NFL Draft. The others were Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry, Baylor offensive tackle Jason Smith, Troy safety Sherrod Martin and LSU fullback Quinn Johnson. Barden is currently one touchdown catch […]
The rubber duckies have escaped the bathtub and are preparing to head down San Luis Creek.
Sigma Nu’s first annual Ducky-Derby will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in San Luis Creek at Mission Plaza.
The Ducky-Derby will feature music, food, a silent auction and of course a rubber ducky race.
