brennan angel A new degree in biomedical engineering will be available starting fall 2006, making Cal Poly the first California State University to offer the major. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to create pacemakers, catheters and other health care devices under the new program. “Students choose the biomedical engineering field to serve […]
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Surfing the wave of success
brennan angel Opening a business takes time, motivation and ambition, but the most aggravating element of opening a business is the financial burden. Business finance and accounting senior Aaron Hammon said it’s the “available funds” that stops him from opening a business immediately after college. “If I had the money now I’d try to open […]
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Club offers fair trade solutions to holiday shoppers
With less than a month left until Christmas, many are struggling to figure out what to buy friends and family members. The Cal Poly Fair Trade Club is offering a suggestion: coffee – and a little piece of mind. Since Nov. 15, the Cal Poly Fair Trade Club has sold its holiday gift packs, a cellophane-wrapped package full of LaDonna’s Coffee Co.
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There's no business like SLO business
michael mullady The birth of businesses can be a mystery for some students. While some have ambitions to open a business, they feel that they don’t have enough experience to establish a strong foundation. Nevertheless, various companies continue to spawn from Cal Poly alumni. Left Coast T-shirt Company, The Morro Bay Surf Company (MBSC) and […]
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Renowned court reporter speaks of her experience
Chumash Auditorium was filled with aspiring journalists Thursday morning when renowned Associated Press courtroom reporter Linda Deutsch spoke of her life covering trials. Deutsch most recently covered the Michael Jackson trial but has also reported on the trials of O.J. Simpson, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, William Kennedy Smith, the officers who were accused of beating […]
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Diablo ruling angers environmentalists
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a controversial measure that will cost ratepayers an estimated $706 million for the replacement of several failing steam generators at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, according to a news release. Due to defects in the current steam generators, PG&E, California’s largest utility provider, was granted the use of […]
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ASI makes a connection through e-newsletter
Cal Poly’s first quarterly electronic newsletter for students, containing messages from ASI officers, information on co-sponsorship, and news about the recent California State University fee increases was released by ASI on Wednesday. The e-newsletter titled, “The Student Government Connection,” is one of ASI’s many attempts to make sure students stay up to date on important […]
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New Web site registers students automatically
A Cal Poly student has created a new Web service that aims to make registering for classes a little easier. PolyRegister.com, a site created by Dave Patierno, is an automated system in which students give the Web site their information and it registers for them. “Waking up at 7 a.m. so you don’t have to” […]
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San Luis Obispo plans for the future
By the year 2050, San Luis Obispo County could see a light rail train system, a faster bus system, safer bike paths, trails and lanes, making San Luis Obispo a more efficient and sustainable environment for its people. Cal Poly’s civil engineering students developed plans and ideas for the city’s future in a public transportation […]
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Students gender-bend to celebrate Transgender Day
michael mullady mustang daily At least one transgender individual is murdered each month in the United States. Transgender Remembrance Day, officially on Sunday, serves to raise awareness of the violence against those who did not conform to gender norms, said Stephen Cohen, a program coordinator at Cal Poly Pride Alliance. This week, the Pride Alliance […]
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Banquet demonstrates world poverty, hunger
brennan angel Of 100 dinners at a campus banquet Wednesday, less than 20 left the dinner feeling satisfied. At the Hunger Banquet, participants were randomly assigned to one of four social classes and received a meal that represented their assigned socio-economic standing. Four attendees were designated as upper-class, 11 as upper middle class, 28 as […]