A memorial will be held for honored Cal Poly College of Agriculture Food, and Environmental Sciences alumni George Gowgani on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 11 a.m. at the Madonna Inn, following his passing on Dec. 13. Gowgani was known for his work as a Crop Science professor, a position he started in 1967. He later […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inSatire
The Hoof: The fast work of the House
The Hoof is a satire column created to find the humor in the daily life of Cal Poly students. If you’re looking for news, this is not it. If you’re looking for sports, this is kind of it, because we’re having a ball. Ha. Puns. Grace Schweitzer is a psychology junior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. […]
Posted inOpinion
STEM needs more women but doesn’t make space for us
Shelbi Sullaway is a mechanical engineering junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News “Woman in STEM” is a term you may hear often on the grounds of a college campus. It is like the word “girlboss” for those of us women in science, technology, engineering […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Cal Poly community should participate in SLO’s upcoming budget forum
Ethan Gutterman is a history major at Cal Poly. The views expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. While San Luis Obispo is a great place to live and go to school, there is much we can do to make it more equitable. The most prominent issue to me is […]
Posted inOpinion
Castro is a reminder of Cal Poly’s sexual misconduct culture
Editor’s note: Eden-Rose Baker is a journalism junior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The views expressed in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. The week that Joseph Castro was hired to teach at Cal Poly, I had four shows as a KCPR news reporter. So, for three days, I repeatedly heard […]
Posted inOpinion
Time to BeFake: Is anyone actually BeingReal?
BeReal, an app formed in 2020, brands itself as the social media that does what all other social media platforms fail to do, “be real.” The app sends out a notification once a day at a random time alerting users to share a post in the next two minutes with both a front and back […]
Posted inOpinion
Sex education in America still fails to properly educate
I received a few brief lessons of sex ed from my science teacher in 6th grade. Our regularly scheduled science classes got put on hold as my middle school class got taught about periods, how someone becomes pregnant and how to put on a condom. I don’t remember a banana presentation, so my teacher must […]
Posted inFootball
Opinion: Why Cal Poly Football should consider moving on from Beau Baldwin
Noah Greenblatt is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News sports reporter. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. There’s really no way to say it delicately, so I’ll just come right out with it. It’s time to move on from Beau Baldwin as Head Football Coach at Cal Poly — or […]
Posted inOpinion
How Kanye’s hate speech harms the Jewish community at Cal Poly and beyond
Neta Bar is a business administration junior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The views reflected in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Hate speech targeted at one’s own ethnicity is, as one might surmise, invariably jarring. But when words become actions — when tweets become hate crimes — entire communities are shaken, […]
Posted inOpinion
Native American poetry and its portrayal of Indigenous reality
This article was originally published on KCPR, Cal Poly’s hub for the arts, music, culture, and entertainment of the Central Coast. The following article references sexual assault and violence. Cal Poly offers prevention education and confidential advocacy through Safer, which can be found at safer.calpoly.edu. Native American poetry brings forth a perspective that is completely […]
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Kennedy Library closing speaks to a pattern of de-prioritizing students’ needs
Shelbi Sullaway is a mechanical engineering junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. There’s no place quite like the library when you’re in college. The library is my home base when I don’t have classes. The first three floors are a go-to for studying or hanging […]