Zane Ellis-Rector remembers how relieved and excited he felt walking at his graduation ceremony last year in June. Most importantly, his family was there to see it all — including his 82-year-old grandfather. He could hear his mother cheer excitedly in Spanos Stadium when his name got called. When he met up with her later, she […]
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The missing minority: Why Cal Poly struggles to enroll more black students
There literally are no metal picks in SLO. For Cal Poly student Logan Kregness, that speaks to the city’s diversity problem.
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Minorities bond across cultures
He was the only black student in most of his classes and his dorm. As a minority, Smith (not his actual name, see editor’s note below) found himself isolated from Cal Poly by his race. Monday, he will bring together others who share that sense of separation. Smith, architecture sophomore, moved from Chicago to Cal Poly, […]