This morning, Tianna Arata was joined in court by her three new co-defendants Marcus Montgomery, Amman Asfaw and Joshua Powell, who were charged with misdemeanors for participating in a local Black Lives Matter protest three months ago. Today was the three mens’ first appearance in court since the District Attorney (DA) charged them and added […]
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Cal Poly cases continue to rise, San Luis Obispo case rate steady
Cal Poly saw six on-campus and 22 off-campus students test positive for the coronavirus this week, according to the Cal Poly coronavirus website. Eight on-campus and 15 off-campus students tested positive last week. There are 16 on-campus students in isolation, up eight from last week. Cal Poly began recording “quarantine in place” data two weeks […]
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Meet San Luis Obispo Mayoral Candidate: Sandra Marshall-Eminger
Sandra Marshall-Eminger said she is a progressive Democrat and was a member of the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party Central Committee from 2003 to 2012. Through this involvement, Marshall-Eminger said she gained experience working with elected officials and government. She said the reason she has decided to run for mayor is because she disagrees […]
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Cal Poly alumna publishes children’s book about computer science
Computer science alumna Jasmine Patel recently published the children’s book “Runtime,” which tells the story of the main character “Char” entering a world of coding and bugs that need fixing. Described as similar to “Alice in Wonderland,” the book also teaches computer science lessons, Patel said. “I’ve always wanted to write a children’s book or […]
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LIVE UPDATES: Protest in support of four Black Lives Matter activists before they appear in court
Update 11:00 a.m. The rally ended peacefully. Update 10:56 a.m. “For the DA’s office to add three Black men to this case is racist bullshit,” Tianna Arata said. Arata asked everyone to stick together, support one another and vote the general election. “We are fighting anti-Blackness at the root, and liberating Black people liberates all […]
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Eight protestors — including Tianna Arata — have been charged for July 21 protest
Six protestors were charged on Friday, Oct. 16 by the San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office from the July 21 Black Lives Matter protests. Three men in their early 20s, Amman Asfaw, Marcus Montgomery, and Joshua Powell, were charged Friday morning. Three additional protestors, Jared Hill, Sam Grocott and Robert Lastra Jr. were charged Friday afternoon. Participants […]
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Meet San Luis Obispo Mayoral Candidate: Donald Hedrick
This is Hedrick’s sixth time running for San Luis Obispo mayor.
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The city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force responds to Amman Asfaw’s charges
The City of San Luis Obispo’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force released a statement on Oct. 19 following the charges against their recently elected Chair Amman Asfaw. Asfaw is one of the eight protesters charged for the July 21 Black Lives Matter protest. The protest blocked both directions of traffic on highway 101 when […]
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Here are the steps Cal Poly Athletics need to take to bring sports back
Cal Poly has been without athletic contests since March, and until recently, many of the athletic programs have been sidelined. In correspondence with San Luis Obispo County Public Health, many programs either had very strict practice protocols or no practices at all due to COVID-19.
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Letter to the Editor: Dear Asian people at Cal Poly— vote yes to affirmative action
Lydia Dasari is a business administration junior. The views expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Proposition 16 affects all Californians, not just Asian Californians. I address this to us, Asian people at Cal Poly, because our cultures have been specifically weaponized to preserve unjust power dynamics. We are told that […]
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Activists marched after three more protesters charged for July 21 Black Lives Matter protest
The group stood in solidarity with Nigeria’s ENDSARS movement and for three Black men that face similar charges as local activist and protest organizer Tianna Arata.