Opening the medicine cabinet, grabbing a toenail clipper and putting your foot over the toilet to trim your toenails is a universal experience and often overlooked. Yet, for local resident Janie McInturff who was born with one arm, this is something that is not possible. Now with the help of Tikkun Olam Makers on Cal […]
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ASI portal crashes during A Boogie ticket sign-up, sells out in 11 minutes
Cal Poly students hoping to register for tickets to the A Boogie Wit da Hoodie concert were met with a website crash shortly before registration opened at noon Wednesday. The ASI Access Portal, where students were instructed to reserve tickets, returned an “Error establishing a database connection” message shortly after noon, rendering the event page […]
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Pro-Palestine career fair protestors arraigned this week
Eight protestors, including three Cal Poly students, appeared in court for the first time Tuesday morning since their arrest at the January career fair protest that escalated into a violent encounter with police.
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How the Sikh Student Association is providing a community for Sikh students on campus
Since the university didn’t have an organized Sikh student community, he decided it was time to establish one. Through the Sikh Student Association, Harvir Kalkat was able to turn this deficit into an opportunity to create community and representation for the Sikh students of Cal Poly.
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Art and design students push for art history minor
“Art making is not about just technical skills, it’s thinking about society and culture and…larger history of art making,” art history professor and minor advisor Allison Myers said. Cal Poly’s art history minor falls within the art and design department, and offers students a curriculum based on surveying and analyzing art from a variety of […]
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Students memorialize Palestinian civilian lives with candlelight vigil
On Wednesday evening in the University Union, Cal Poly’s South West Asia North Africa Club (SWANA) hosted a candlelight vigil to honor the lives of Palestinian civilians killed during the Israel-Hamas war. The war began when the militant group Hamas attacked and killed more than 1,400 people in Israel on Oct. 7, according to CNN. […]
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Watch: Students react to the Kristin Smart verdict
26 years after Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart went missing, Paul Flores was found guilty of first degree murder. Shortly after news of the verdict came out, Mustang News reporter Ethan Telles spoke with students on campus about the case.
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All CSU campuses to require COVID-19 vaccine for the fall
The California State University (CSU) announced Tuesday morning that all students and employees accessing campus facilities are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 going into the fall term. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their last vaccine dose. Cal Poly requires residential students to be vaccinated by Sept. 14. All other […]
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Cal Poly students dodge gunfire while protesting Myanmar coup
Two of the students in this article are still in Myanmar. Their names have been changed to protect their identity from the Burmese military. As he hid in the sewers, witnessing soldiers bludgeon civilians to death, this Cal Poly student was forced to learn an important lesson about the Myanmar military: they shoot to kill. […]
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Stitching together new hobbies: Cal Poly students pick up the knitting needles during quarantine
This is one of many crafts that Cal Poly students have made, from crocheted hats to miniature needle felted coffee cups. Activities such as knitting, needle felting and embroidery seem to have made a comeback amid the pandemic.
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SLOcalized Episode 5: Tensions rise between U.S. and Iran
SLOcalized breaks down the nation’s top stories for Cal Poly students. Learn about what’s going on and why it matters with each episode hosted by Mustang News reporter Kallyn Hobmann. The new decade began with consequential events that have kept American and Iranian citizens on edge. Tensions rose between the U.S. and Iran after an […]