Tanner Schinderle and Caleb Shick are the two candidates running for ASI President, with Schinderle focusing on affordability, resources, community and advocacy, while Shick focuses on club freedom, cutting student costs, creating a student platform and increasing campus unity.
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SLO spends more than $100K on St. Fratty’s police enforcement, exceeding last year
The City of San Luis Obispo spent nearly $136,000 on police enforcement for St. Fratty’s festivities, an increase from last year, but there were less arrests and citations over the event.
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PolyCultural Weekend and Open House merge, offering new track for prospective students
PolyCultural Weekend (PCW) will be held in conjunction with Open House on April 9-11, featuring a PCW Got Talent show and activities such as a drag workshop, hiking, bowling, dancing and a silent disco, to celebrate Cal Poly’s diverse cultural community and help prospective students feel welcome.
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Cal Poly vigil honors Iranian lives lost to US airstrikes, crackdowns
Cal Poly’s Iranian Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) hosted a vigil to honor the lives lost in the Feb 28 U.S. airstrike attack on Iran and those killed by the Iran government, with around 40 students, faculty, and community members gathering to remember the victims.
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Cal Poly’s annual Tomato Spectacular will feature 90 varieties for sale
Cal Poly’s Horticulture Unit is hosting the annual Tomato Spectacular sale on April 4, offering over 5,000 tomato plants of 90+ varieties, as well as basils, peppers and tomatillos, for $7 each, with proceeds going back into the horticultural and plant science unit.
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University officials clarify use of Flock Safety cameras amid student backlash
Cal Poly has partnered with Flock Safety to provide image and video surveillance to its campus, and the university has data sharing turned off, though it can be switched on if requested by law enforcement through a lawful court order.
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Letter to the Editor: Being a Black woman at Cal Poly
Throughout my life, being Black has been a significant part of my identity. I was never ashamed of it, but I also didn’t think too much of it. I was born to Black parents, with Black siblings in a Black neighborhood. I went to a predominantly Black elementary school, middle school and high school and had mainly Black friends.Â
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Cal Poly Ag Showcase connects students with agriculture industry careers
The Ag Showcase, hosted by the Agribusiness Management Club and the National Agri-Marketing Association, is an annual two-day career fair that provides students of all majors with the opportunity to network with over 85 agriculture-related companies offering internships and full-time positions.
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Social media platforms have all become the same thing, and I’m tired of it
Ash Pickett is a Business Administration Senior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang Media Group. I deleted TikTok about four years ago. I got tired of the endless scrolling on the app and felt like it drained my energy more than anything […]
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Cal Poly expands 2+2 pathway to include new degree options at Cuesta College and Allan Hancock College
Cal Poly’s 2+2 program is expanding to include liberal studies at Cuesta College and business administration at Hancock, providing more degree options for local students and working adults with flexible schedules.
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Cal Poly will add an A+ to the grading scale starting next fall
Cal Poly is adding an A+ to the grading scale, to be given at any professor’s discretion. The hope is that students applying to grad school will benefit from a potential GPA boost. All nine schools in the University of California system and four Cal State universities, including Cal Maritime, already employ an A+ grading scale.