sheila sobchik There is a chill in the air as dairy science senior Aimee Trout pulls her car into the dimly lit parking lot. She arrives at the dairy sporting a pair of fluffy slippers, which she trades for a pair of tall, rubber boots. It is 5:45 a.m. Of the five students working this […]
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Deans propose new name for College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture Associate Deans Mary Pederson and Mark Shelton asked the Academic Senate on Tuesday to support the resolution to rename the college. The proposed new name would be the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. In the end, the Senate supported the resolution 28-15-0. The resolution will move to Cal Poly’s president […]
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iParty Responsibly promotes alcohol awareness
Tom Sanders Cal Poly will be holding its Alcohol Awareness Symposium 2005: iParty Responsibly on Friday in Chumash Auditorium begining at 10 a.m. Randy Havenson, voted Best of the Best presenter by Bacchus and Gamma Peer Education Network, will be the key note speaker at the event. The event is organized to promote safe drinking.
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Professor chosen as SLO poet laureate
Emily Logan Modern languages and literatures professor Gloria VelAsquez has been selected as San Luis Obispo’s eighth poet laureate. “As an indigenous woman, a Dine Xicana, I am very proud to accept this award and to finally be recognized by the SLO community,” VelAsquez said. As an internationally-known poet and fiction writer, she has published […]
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UC Santa Barbara discourages Halloween visitors
To keep Halloween as safe as possible this year, UC Santa Barbara is discouraging non-UCSB students from parking on campus this weekend. Any vehicles parked on campus from Friday evening through Tuesday morning without a UCSB permit will be cited and towed. UCSB Dean of Students Yonie Harris said in a letter to the Mustang […]
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Mechanical engineers take flight in Air Force internship
Jennifer Gongaware Mechanical engineering seniors Jessica Ulvin and David Guerrant are gaining insight into the military aspect of their major by interning at Edwards Air Force Base this quarter. The base is located on the western edge of the Mojave Desert about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. This is Ulvin’s second quarter interning at […]
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Cal Poly is Cow Poly for some
sheila sobchik In the predawn hours of the morning with only the stars to light her way through the eerie silence of Cheda Ranch, Kate Rector heads to the dairy in her stocking feet. She pulls a pair of knee-high, rubber boots from the trunk of her car and looks down at her watch. It’s […]
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Diablo Canyon vulnerable to possible terrorist attack
Garrett Leight An airborne terrorist attack is “reasonably foreseeable” at the new Diablo Canyon facility for storage of spent reactor fuel, according to a press release from the Mothers for Peace organization. The Mothers for Peace organization and Sierra Club told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals why the U.S. […]
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SLO Transit could turn toward more changes
kiel carreau With on-campus parking becoming overcrowded, students are now beginning to overcrowd the SLO Transit system. By Emily Rancer San Luis Obispo Transit may get the green light to make more route changes, which could result in increased efficiency for Cal Poly riders. A subcommittee of the Mass Transit Committee (MTC) is proposing an […]
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Students participate in Make A Difference Day
michael mullady Nearly 500 volunteers spent their afternoon helping out in San Luis Obispo County on Saturday as part of Make a Difference Day, sponsored by United Way and the Cal Poly Community Service Center. Students and community members helped with 30 different projects ranging from helping the elderly to manual labor on local farms. […]
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Aerospace laboratory receives grant from Edwards Air Force Base
kiel carreau Cal Poly’s aerospace laboratory received an unprecedented $35,000 grant from Edwards Air Force Base that will cover the lab’s operational costs for the next year. “They (the base) were very clear about the fact that it was our winning record in major design competitions that they decided to invest in us,” said Dave […]