K-12 teachers and childcare workers in San Luis Obispo County are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting next week due to a recent push from Gov. Gavin Newsom. San Luis Obispo County has chosen to honor Newsom’s mandate that counties allocate 10% of their vaccines to the education sector. “That will not meet the […]
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How one SLO County barber shop operates during COVID-19
Barber shops and salons across the country have been hit hard by the pandemic, as public health orders forced them into a cycle of opening and closing.
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Hidden San Luis Obispo kitchen makes Detroit-style pizzas
Customers enter the shop, grinning from ear to ear as Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” blasts from the speakers. Amid all the chaos, the chef glides through the kitchen, tossing pizzas in and out of the scorching hot oven. Many of his customers have been waiting for this moment for weeks. Others have made this pizza a […]
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Bach Week: Enjoying Baroque Music Virtually
Rushing to set up his audio equipment and camera in the 53-degree chill, Tedmon Tran prepared to perform for the Bach Week Instrumental Master Class. He had just finished up a 9 a.m. Zoom class and was beginning to feel nervous about being an example for students who would tune in to the livestream. Despite […]
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A Brief Look into the History of the Guitar Smash
This article first appeared on KCPR.org. Mustang Media Group is a student-run organization that encompasses Mustang News and KCPR. They collaborate to cover news, arts and culture for Cal Poly and the greater San Luis Obispo community. The rising face of alternative singer-songwriter music Phoebe Bridgers took the stage of Saturday Night Live as the evening’s […]
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How Cal Poly Women’s Basketball dealt with a positive COVID-19 case
Cal Poly Women’s Basketball initially learned that there was a positive COVID-19 case within their program after the team tested for the coronavirus on Monday, Jan. 4, which resulted in the cancellation of four games in total.
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Stitching together new hobbies: Cal Poly students pick up the knitting needles during quarantine
This is one of many crafts that Cal Poly students have made, from crocheted hats to miniature needle felted coffee cups. Activities such as knitting, needle felting and embroidery seem to have made a comeback amid the pandemic.
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Senior Project Spotlight: Designing a buoy to collect shark data
Computer engineering senior Kevin Dixson and computer science senior Tegan Fleishman are working with the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab for their senior project: Designing a buoy that will collect data from passing sharks and transmit it immediately to the lab.
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Cal Poly freshman starts nonprofit and plans to establish a chapter in SLO
When psychology freshman Peyton Varner was 11 years old, she couldn’t comprehend that the unsheltered individuals she saw living on the street wouldn’t receive any Christmas presents. That year, she asked Santa Claus only for items that she could give to those living on the street, and this led Varner to take the first steps toward establishing Pea’s Blessing Bags.
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Cal Poly to host virtual commencement ceremony for spring 2021 graduates
Cal Poly will host a virtual spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 12, according to an email from the Commencement Office. The commencement event will feature six different virtual ceremonies to honor students within each academic college. Each ceremony will feature testimonials from campus leaders and alumni, as well as a reading of each graduate’s […]
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Britney Spears battles for freedom from conservatorship. Cal Poly students support her
On and off over the past 13 years, pop icon Britney Spears and her conservatorship have been a subject of public discourse. Earlier this month her situation was thrust back into the spotlight after The New York Times released a documentary entitled, “Framing Britney Spears,” that gives new insight into her conservatorship and court battle with her father.