Cal Poly’s Chinese Student Association (CSA) will be holding its 65th annual Chinese New Year Banquet at the Chumash Auditorium this Saturday. This event has been a tradition on campus, open for both Cal Poly students and local community members to attend. This year, the Chinese New Year Banquet will be heavily influenced by the […]
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TikTok about SLO bar snapping 23-year-old’s ID goes viral
A TikTok about a local downtown bar, Mother’s Tavern, snapping a 23-year-old’s ID has amassed over 14 million views and 2 million likes since it was posted on Jan. 23. The video was posted by user @kristen_nicoles, who was visiting San Luis Obispo from about five hours away. In the video, Nicoles talked of an […]
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Cal Poly’s CTLT begins winter quarter Book Circle
The Cal Poly Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) kicked off winter quarter Book Circle on Jan. 25 with a discussion on Claude Steele’s “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do.” The CTLT’s quarterly Book Circles are opportunities for Cal Poly educators to learn about and discuss themes such as […]
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Armenian Student Association to hold awareness event as Azerbaijan conflict intensifies
Armenian Student Association (ASA) is raising awareness about the Azerbaijan invasion of Armenia in what ASA described as a lasting “ethnic cleansing” of over 120,000 people in the region. ASA will hold a booth on Dexter lawn from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 to educate students about the ongoing conflict and […]
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SLO Police Chief responds to death of Tyre Nichols
San Luis Obispo Police Department Chief Rick Scott, released a statement on Friday after the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Memphis man. Tyre Nichols was pulled over during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. The release of the body camera showed five Memphis police officers beating Nichols. Three days after the traffic stop, Nichols […]
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Where do surplus Campus Dining dollars go?
Thousands of dollars are left unused at the end of each year from dining plans. That leftover money goes back into Cal Poly. Campus Dining, part of the Cal Poly Corporation, received $334,144 from the dining dollars leftover from the 2021-2022 academic year. “As a nonprofit University Auxiliary, all money that Cal Poly Corporation makes […]
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Free health clinic coming to San Luis Obispo, no insurance or documentation required
The Cal Poly Dream Center and Center for Health and Prevention are partnering to bring a free health clinic to San Luis Obispo this Saturday. An Instagram post on @calpolydreamcenter detailed that it will be a “free of charge clinic serving those without insurance or documentation” and will offer services such as sexual health counseling, […]
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How Cal Poly is celebrating Black History Month
Cal Poly’s Black Student Union (BSU) and Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC) are teaming up with multiple organizations on campus and in the San Luis Obispo community to host an array of events in February in honor of Black History Month. Some of the events students can look forward to in February include an open mic […]
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Free Trevor Wallace show reaches full capacity at Cal Poly, turning students away at door
Students had the doors of the Chumash Auditorium closed on them Friday, Jan. 20 after waiting in a 45-minute line to see an ASI sponsored comedy show. Trevor Wallace, an internet sensation and stand-up comedian, was met with a full crowd upon his arrival to Cal Poly. As the auditorium filled to capacity, hundreds of […]
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College of Architecture and Environmental Design to host career fair
Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) is hosting its career fair this Thursday in the University Union’s Chumash Auditorium. Open to all current students, the career fair will consist of representatives from various companies, such as architecture and engineering firms, construction companies and landscape design firms. Specifics about which companies and firms […]
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At a ‘loss for words’: Cal Poly AAPI community reacts to mass shooting in Monterey Park
On Lunar New Year’s Eve, Matthieu Gol indulged in dinner and boba with family in his eastern Los Angeles hometown. Although eager to join the annual festivities at Monterey Park, the family decided to head home since it was getting late. Just a few hours later, as he was relaxing at home, texts poured in […]