Neta Bar is a business administration sophomore and opinion columnist for Mustang News. Her views reflected in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Allow me to paint you a quick picture of my first quarter of college: in the span of three glorious months, I was diagnosed with a sizable liver tumor […]
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Cal Poly International Center Hosts International Women’s Day Talk with Afghan scholar Maliha Zulfacar
Cal Poly International Center hosted a virtual presentation about the exploitation and lack of education for women in Afghanistan. It was hosted by Cal Poly interdisciplinary studies professor Dawn Neill and featured guest speaker Maliha Zulfacar. Zulfacar is currently in collaboration with Cal Poly’s International Center to create an initiative for Afghan scholars. “As scholars […]
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The Hoof: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry changes name to Cal Poly – Hogwarts
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. Elijah Winn is an environmental earth and soil science sophomore […]
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A Cal Poly senior project is making virtual labs a reality
OdinXR, a Cal Poly senior project group, is developing a solution to allow engineering students affected by COVID-19 to attend labs using a virtual reality headset. Electrical engineering senior, Tessa Luzuriaga, came up with the idea in July 2020, after COVID-19 took away the hands-on learning she and her peers expected from their classes. “We […]
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Gas prices rise to $6 in San Luis Obispo County
The Chevron on Santa Rosa Street is currently charging $5.99 per gallon for premium gas as of Monday, signaling the steep increase in gas prices across San Luis Obispo County. The Chevron and the Speedway Gas Station across from it are two gas stations close to Cal Poly’s campus. San Luis Obispo County stands as […]
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Cal Poly Drag Club returns with “Heartbreak and Heartthrobs” show
For their first performance since 2020, the Cal Poly Drag Club performed “Heartbreak and Heartthrobs” in the University Union (UU) on February 18. The night was filled with notable performances from five drag queens — Queen Curveball, Hurricane, Skinny Mocha, Baby Blue Delusional and Junie B. Moans — with help from a tech crew who […]
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Cal Poly logging teams places first at Timbersports competition
The Cal Poly logging team took first place at their first competition since 2020, according to a university press release. The competition took place at the Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference and Exhibition in Anderson, California. Forest and fire sciences sophomore Kelly Schwenger earned the title of top women’s competitor. “It was really awesome to do and […]
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City of San Luis Obispo Community Academy opens applications for people to engage with city government
The City of San Luis Obispo is now accepting applications for its Community Academy, formally known as the Citizen’s Academy, which is a six-session program that provides San Luis Obispo community members with opportunities to learn about and participate in city government. The Community Academy allows participants to learn about how decisions are made, funds […]
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Cal Poly students win first at National Grocers Association Case Study competition
Cal Poly Agricultural Business students won first place for the second year in a row at a student case study competition, which allowed students the opportunity to address real-world issues currently impacting the food industry. The team consisted of four seniors –– Carsen Beckwith, Kaylee Earnshaw, Megan Poyar and Brittney Tran –– and was advised […]
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Listen: Cal Poly Hosts Annual Camp Poly Hacks
Camp Poly Hacks is a multidisciplinary event dedicated to social entrepreneurship in human-centered design. This year’s event, held March 5 through March 6, consisted of students of all backgrounds working to plan, design, pitch and market a problem that San Luis Obispo County is facing. Head of merchandising for Camp Poly Hacks and graphic communications […]
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“It’s like coming home”: Looking back on the Women’s March SLO Engage for Equity rally
Audio by Torstein Rehn Women’s March SLO held the “Engage for Equity” rally at Mitchell Park in San Luis Obispo on Saturday March 5. The rally ran from 1-3 p.m. and featured speakers such as San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart, yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe member Wendy Lucas, GALA Pride and Diversity […]