Three major fires in northern and southern California have set ablaze thousands of acres prompting evacuation orders for more than 250,000 people. Since Thursday, Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire have burned a combined total of more than 87,000 acres in western Los Angeles County and southeastern Ventura County. According to Cal Fire, Woolsey Fire is […]
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Alumni-founded BooBees surf wax promotes sustainability & women’s rights
Badrigian’s passion for surfing, feminism and the environment inspired her to create a commercially viable, environmentally sustainable and women-empowered surf wax called BooBees.
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Joe Protheroe breaks single-season rushing record as Cal Poly Football upsets Idaho State
Senior fullback Joe Protheroe entered Cal Poly Football’s history books by achieving the all-time record for most yards rushed in a single season with 1,627 yards and a game left to play.
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Diversity specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returns to campus; her thoughts on Cal Poly
Diversity and inclusion specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returned to Cal Poly’s campus Nov. 8 to facilitate two discussions on allyship and cross-cultural respect. “How can people who do what I do help? I want to inspire courage and truth telling,” McLaughlin-Smith said. “Truth telling digs up that underbelly and shows people who they are on the […]
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Artificial Intelligence Software will judge this year’s startup competition
“It’s a more effective way to gauge the thoughts of a group,” second year business major Alistair Schwab said, who planned the event this year. “Typically you would take an average, but it’s more reflective of the judges as a whole.”
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Residents celebrate yakʔitʸutʸu’s grand opening with native foods and music
The campus community and yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe came together Thursday, Nov. 8 to celebrate the grand opening of the residence halls on campus. Students, staff and members of the tribe gathered on the central lawn in yakʔitʸutʸu to take part in the celebration. The event was hosted by University Housing, […]
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The undefeated No. 1 Cal Poly Men’s Water Polo Club heads to nationals
After taking first place at the Pacific Coast Division’s regional tournament last weekend, the undefeated Cal Poly men’s club water polo team is going for gold this season at the Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship. At the regional tournament hosted at Long Beach State, the Cal Poly A-team completed their sweep of the Pacific Coast Division, […]
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Borderline Bar & Grill shooting hits close to home for some Cal Poly students
“You think [a shooting is] never going to happen to your hometown, it’s never going to happen so close to you, and then someone that I practically grew up with is now no longer with us.”
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Eight days, three candlelight vigils
The San Luis Obispo community comes together following recent tragedies.
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Ten years of helping hands with QL+
Currently, the club works to create prosthetic hands for a local nine-year-old boy who lost parts of nine of his fingers in a car accident last April.