Due to the forecasted storm and atmospheric river, the Cal Poly Department of Emergency Management informed students and faculty to be flexible about potential travel delays or obstacles. Classes and campus operations on Friday are scheduled to continue as usual. The storm conditions are forecasted to start Thursday night and continue through Saturday, with San […]
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‘I decided I wanted to be that voice’: Student creates motivational podcast “Spilling Tea with a POC”
Coming to Cal Poly, communications sophomore Jasmine Phipps said she would wonder, and hope, that she’d see another Black student in one of her classes. “[That] bothered me to the point where I was like, ‘Okay, I wanna share what I am experiencing because I know it will help other people,’” Phipps said. Then, in […]
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MNTV Best Of Show: Your Top Stories From Fall 2022
On this episode of MNTV, see how Cal Poly students are involved in weighing pumpkins at the Great Giant Pumpkin Competition, hear from the artist behind the new mural on Via Carte, plus see some of the highlights from the Cambria Scarecrow Festival. All that and more on this special edition of MNTV. *This episode […]
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MNTV 15 Minute Update: Veteran’s Day Celebration
On this MNTV 15-minute update, watch how the people of Pismo Beach celebrated Veteran’s Day plus, we take a look at the new ‘La Casa’ center opening on campus. This episode of MNTV originally aired live on November 15, 2022
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Beyond Beethoven: Cal Poly’s music department brings diversity into classrooms and concert halls
Music professor Alicia M. Doyle was only in high school when she first was hit with a realization that her exposure to music was very limited and devoid of diversity. In her music classes, Doyle was really only being exposed mostly to composers that were white, male and deceased. It may seem like nothing more […]
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Cal Poly Andaaz to host ‘Mumbai Thrift Market’
Cal Poly Andaaz is hosting a Mumbai Thrift Market on Wednesday and Thursday. Emulating an Indian retail marketplace, the event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days at Dexter Lawn. Students will be able to enjoy music and live performances and have the chance to purchase thrifted clothing, Indian jewelry and […]
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Under-served computer science students are leaving at a higher rate than white students — but the CS Department is taking action
Looking around his classes, computer science sophomore Jesus Meza notices the glaring imbalance of diversity. Classes are dominated by white men and a high Asian population, while there are a handful of other students of color, and the number of women stalls at one to two in a class of 30, he said. According to […]
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Thinking outside the box: Local artist finds inspiration from California’s natural aesthetic
A few steps away from Cal Poly’s Scout Coffee location, four electrical boxes sit lonely on the tanbark for the campus community to see. Local Central Coast artist Oscar Pearson set out to beautify the campus by painting the utility boxes to represent the land upon which the university rests. “It’s been nice to see […]
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‘It’s coming out of the shadows’: Cal Poly has among the highest reports of sexual assault in the CSU system
The first of three articles in an investigative series on sexual assault at Cal Poly and the university’s response. To view the full series, go here. It was May 2011. Three rapes on or near campus had been reported in the span of just nine days. The university responded with condemnation, with President Jeffrey Armstrong […]
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Students call upon Cal Poly to update sexual assault prevention trainings
The second of three articles in an investigative series on sexual assault at Cal Poly and the university’s response. To view the full series, go here. Sociology junior Paige Ackerman has gone through three rounds of required yearly prevention modules at Cal Poly. She knows students mute these training or distract themselves while going through […]
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Students feel ‘powerless’ over Title IX system as not all reports investigated, data shows
The third of three articles in an investigative series on sexual assault at Cal Poly and the university’s response. To view the full series, go here. After physics junior Juliet Tate was assaulted, she spent multiple hours on a six page Title IX report. She detailed each instance and conversation, reliving them as she penned the […]