This week is Earth Week, and that includes — well, everybody. Many clubs and organizations at Cal Poly are participating to put sustainability-focused Earth Week events together. Much of the week was organized by three students: president of Surfrider Club…
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Superorganism, Earl Sweatshirt, Women in Business: Your guide to SLO’s happenings this weekend
Friday, April 19th Defining Her Future: A Women in Leadership Conference With the theme “Grit to Great,” this year’s Women in Business conference has the goal of empowering everyone to to feel confident and capable in achieving their career related…
The real costs of being a WOW leader
Since President Jeffrey Armstrong announced that Week Of Welcome (WOW) would become a mandatory program in 2015, the program’s budget has consistently been “in the red” by approximately $22,000. However, this does not include what WOW leaders pay out of…
Olliver the corgi has taken SLO and the internet by storm with the help of his owners and his pink Porsche
A paw-pular driver has been spotted cruising around San Luis Obispo. Olliver, a 7-year-old corgi, went viral after being recorded crossing Chorro Street in downtown San Luis Obispo in a toy remote controlled pink Porsche. I was pissed because I…
Meningitis vaccines will be offered to Cal Poly students this week after Cuesta College death
Cal Poly students will have the opportunity this week to better defend themselves from the deadly meningitis disease. Rite Aid will be offering vaccinations, free of charge with health insurance, on campus Thursday, April 18 from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in…
Community helps raise more than $60K for students in crash
More than $60,000 has been raised through GoFundMe to support two Cal Poly students who survived a crash, one of whom is now in a medically induced coma. On April 6, art and design juniors Erica Kemp, Mariana Silverman and…
Six weeks after being attacked by a shark, Nick Wapner is back in the water
Not many people can say they have been bitten by a shark and lived to surf again. Communication studies sophomore Nick Wapner was attacked by a shark at Montaña de Oro State Park off Sandspit Beach in Jan. 2019. Both…
A Year After Blackface: Continuing the Conversation
Quinn Fish is a journalism and ethnic studies senior and Mustang News Managing Print Editor. The reviews represented do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. I’m Quinn Augusta Fish and I’m a journalism and ethnic studies senior at Cal…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Color Run, Poly Royal Rodeo: Your guide to SLO’s happenings this Open House weekend
Friday Luna Noche SLO’s newest and hottest 21+ nightclub is the perfect way to let loose for the night. Luna Red 10 p.m. Free cover Flosstradamus Missed EDM DJ Flosstradamus at ASI’s Spring Stampede in 2017? Now’s your chance to…
How a Marine Corps vet turned his passion for surfing into a program to get people with disabilities on the water
Surfing requires a lot of patience and endurance in order to learn; now imagine ripping waves while missing a limb. Dana Cummings is a Marine Corps veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He faced gunfire and death, but came…
San Luis Obispo’s very own Sprouts Farmers Market now open
San Luis Obispo’s Promenade shopping center has seen megastores like Gap and Forever 21 come and go, but now the space has been filled by Sprouts Farmers Market. This 30,000-square-foot specialty chain grocery store, stocked with a range of organic…