As Election Day draws closer, Cal Poly Democrats treasurer Brian Kragh explains the impact the pandemic has on the election and how it makes this election “extremely unique.”
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Student suspended for party said punishment is racially motivated
Business administration sophomore Ray Chan — a first-generation Cal Poly Scholars student with a full-ride scholarship who said he has never gotten in trouble with the university — has been suspended for the entirety of Winter quarter after breaking COVID-19 orders over Labor Day weekend.
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Sweeney outraises Harmon; candidates split city’s business, political donors
Update Nov. 3: Mustang News removed the word “eccentric” as a descriptor for candidate Donald Hedrick This Tuesday, Nov. 3, San Luis Obispo residents will head to the polls to vote for mayor. Incumbent mayor Heidi Harmon has served since 2016 and is nearing the end of her second two-year term. Harmon’s main challenger in […]
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Measure G: an increase in local sales tax
This year, San Luis Obispo City Council proposed a 1% sales tax increase. The tax, called Measure G-20, would produce more than $21 million annually and would filter into the city’s general fund. After tax, Measure G would raise the cost of a $10 shirt from $10.75 to $10.88. The city currently has a 7.75% […]
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Halloween during a pandemic: How students are celebrating and following COVID-19 guidelines for the holiday
Students will be forced to get creative this year for October’s annual Halloween celebration. Due to COVID-19, regulations have been enforced to ensure a safe weekend for students and residents alike.
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University performs more than 1,200 COVID-19 tests in one day
Due to potential COVID-19 exposure in University Housing, 36 on-campus students were ordered to quarantine-in-place since Oct. 29. This is the highest number of new quarantine-in-place residents since Friday, Oct. 16, bringing the total number of students quarantined-in-place to 131. The university performed 1,237 COVID-19 tests since Oct. 29, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard […]
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Watch: Meet San Luis Obispo’s City Council candidates
Two seats on the San Luis Obispo City Council are up for election Nov. 3.
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Record number of Cal Poly students enter quarantine, county case rate remains constant
Cal Poly saw a record of on-campus residents enter quarantine this week. On Oct. 28 alone, 28 students were told to quarantine, the highest single-day increase on record, resulting in 31 total students quarantined.
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Here’s what you need to know about enforcements and fines this Halloween weekend
University Spokesperson Matt Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News that the university continues to urge all students to do their part and to remember their personal responsibilities in slowing the spread of COVID-19. This means following all campus, state and local health and safety guidelines. Guidelines include avoiding large gatherings, maintaining physical distancing and wearing face coverings in public.
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Fact check: Mustang News Mayoral Debate
Journalism senior Hailey Nagma fact checked some of the factual claims made by the candidates during the debate.
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Tianna Arata refutes statement made by mayoral candidate Cherisse Sweeney in mayoral debate
Tianna Arata posted on her Instagram story Tuesday and Wednesday to confront San Luis Obispo mayoral candidate Cherisse Sweeney for the claims Sweeney made about her relationship with Arata and other leaders of the local Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement during the Mustang News mayoral debate.