“Honk if you love ice cream”: Cal Poly creamery sets up drive-thru
Students and professors grapple with COVID fatigue
“COVID fatigue” has been described on the UC Davis Health Newsroom as, “We’re tired of being cooped up, tired of being careful, tired of being scared. Our collective fatigue is making some people careless – one reason COVID-19 is rising sharply again in California and throughout the U.S.”
Cal Poly graduate brings the conversation of marginalized groups into the classroom
As Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters filled city streets this past summer, biomedical engineering graduate student Alexander Silva thought of other ways to combat racism in the field of biomedical engineering.
“It’s not about obsession or perfection”: How the Cal Poly community plans to tackle 2021 with New Year’s resolutions
With a year marked by social unrest and a pandemic, Cal Poly students and staff are looking forward to 2021 — creating New Year’s resolutions inspired by the past year.
The pros and cons of virtual fall quarter
As Cal Poly moves into winter quarter, students and staff reflect on their fall quarter challenges and experiences. While it was ideal for some, many struggled with the nature of the online learning environment. Political science junior Allison Polmar said…
Meet the makers of STYX and STONES, a Cal Poly robot
A group of eight Cal Poly mechanical engineering seniors are advancing to the semifinals for a NASA competition that asks students to create technology for the future of space exploration. NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge is asking…
Together Apart: What student clubs and organizations look like during the pandemic
As if virtual learning wasn’t difficult enough, socializing online has proven even more difficult for students. When Cal Poly announced in August 2020 that the majority of Fall quarter classes were online and that clubs were prohibited from meeting in…
“Fitness sorority” starting at Cal Poly this year
An organization that aims to make college women feel more comfortable in fitness has reached colleges across the U.S. and is now coming to Cal Poly. The club, Changing Health, Attitudes, + Actions To Recreate Girls (CHAARG), is led by…
The activists who can’t go to protests: How immunocompromised students show up for Black Lives Matter
“No justice, no peace!” hundreds of students chanted as they walked shoulder-to-shoulder down Higuera Street. Cardboard signs with names, “George Floyd,” “Breonna Taylor” and “ Trayvon Martin” written in all-caps, raised over the heads of hundreds of masked walkers. A…
Students struggle to adjust as indoor study spaces remain closed
Before the shelter-in-place order that radically changed the course of the college experience, Allison Polmar was at a popular haunt for any student during finals week: the library. Caught between two friends in an argument over a midterm answer, she…
The 26.6%: Women in Engineering
In 2014, Mustang News explored the 19 percent of women in the engineering department at Cal Poly. Six years later, Mustang News explores what has changed during that time, if anything at all.