Emily Logan A Cal Poly alumnus is one of two California water sport enthusiasts to create a product they say combats symptoms of water pollution. The dietary supplement spray, Ocean Solution, has been in the works for almost eight years and has been on the market for almost a year. “I started noticing that not […]
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Students display art exhibit
brennan angel Cal Poly students displayed an attention grabbing art exhibit Thursday near Dexter Lawn. The display included six bikes latched to a water hose that trailed the handicap walkway, books laid open in the cemented dining areas and lopsided mattresses were suspended in the trees using cables. “It looks crazy,” Travis Wilson, city regional […]
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Materials engineering department receives $1 million grant
Cal Poly’s materials engineering department has received a $1 million grant to redesign the curriculum and teaching methods in order to attract and retain women and minority engineering students. The grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation. Though the grant awarded by the NSF is very competitive, Cal Poly was chosen for its program’s […]
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National Coming Out Day celebrates diversity
Joe Sargent To celebrate “National Coming Out Day,” a diverse panel of speakers assembled Tuesday at Cal Poly to discuss issues concerning both the gay and straight community in the Veranda Cafe. “Straight Answers from Across the Rainbow” was organized as a senior project by Caitlin Gibb and Rebeka Levin, both psychology seniors. Gibb and […]
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TKE vice president discusses an alternative brotherhood
Sheila Sobchick When Adrian Herrera received his bid in a fine looking envelope with the engraved Greek insignia of Tau Kappa Epsilon, he was shocked. For Herrera, the idea of receiving a bid from a prominent fraternity was a shocking, but a rare opportunity that needed to be seized. He felt grateful. As a “rushee,” […]
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United Way kicks off its charitable campaign
The United Way of San Luis Obispo County began its 2005 California State Employees Charitable Campaign (CSECC) on Monday. The county-wide event gives employees of state agencies a chance to donate a portion of their paychecks to benefit their choice of non-profit organizations. Tony Aeilts, chief of police for Cal Poly’s University Police Department and […]
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Cal Poly receives grant to monitor ocean currents
Tiffany Dias Cal Poly has been awarded a $3.4 million grant to install a high-tech system to monitor near-shore currents. UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Francisco State University provided the grant. Cal Poly is one of eight institutions that has received funding to combat pollution, aid in hazard response and […]
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New engineering buildings under way
kali bills The area next to the library, which used to be a parking lot, is now being transformed into Engineering IV, a 104,000 square foot state-of-the-art building scheduled to hold classrooms and offices for the engineering department. Construction began in January and the building is scheduled to open in January 2007. So far, 27 […]
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First Constitution Day coming
Louise Dolby Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts will hold its first ever Constitution Day Thursday in the business rotunda (building 3, room 213) from 11 a.m. to noon. A recent bill authored by Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia) requires colleges receiving federal funds to provide educational programs for the anniversary of the signing […]
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Students warned not to drink and drive
Tom Sanders The days of drivers breaking DUI laws have yet to go by the wayside. On Sep. 23, the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) conducted a DUI checkpoint at the intersection of Santa Rosa and Oak streets. Between 10:15 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., SLOPD screened 834 vehicles, and arrested four students, two of […]
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Graphic Communication department awarded
Brittany Ridley The Xerox Printing Innovation Award was originally a competition for professional printing companies throughout the country. But three years ago, Cal Poly’s graphic communication department (GrC) decided that it had the resources and the talent to compete with the best. After its third year of entering a publication, “4-forty Magazine: A Compilation of […]