On a recent Monday, Elan Valdez-Kaminsky laminated two batches of croissant dough, created original fillings and glazes for pastries and made a few batches of his favorite coffee cake batter to use throughout the week. The next morning, he woke up at 5:30 a.m. and began baking right away. As the sun rose that morning, […]
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New director of Cal Poly Arts Molly Clark shares her plans for the 2022-2023 season
Molly Clark has recently been hired as the first female director of Cal Poly Arts, succeeding Steve Lerian, and she has big plans for the 2022-2023 season. “I’m keenly interested in attracting a diverse demographic into our audience and a multi generational one,” Clark said. “We have a responsibility to react to things that are happening […]
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Cal to Cal Poly: Beau Baldwin and Spencer Brasch’s Journeys to Become Mustangs
Cal Poly football took action to establish a new direction for the program after the 2019 season when the school hired Beau Baldwin to be it’s next head coach. Redshirt sophomore quarterback (QB) Spencer Brasch followed. Coach Baldwin accepted the job at Cal Poly after spending the previous three seasons at University of California – […]
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Sustainable fashion and “thrift culture” on Cal Poly’s campus
Recently, secondhand fashion has played a large role in many students’ style choices. From strutting around in their vintage finds to hosting secondhand clothing sales on Dexter Lawn, sustainable fashion has become ingrained into Cal Poly’s student culture. “I think second-hand plays an immense role in campus culture,” Cal Poly’s Sustainable Fashion Club president Emily […]
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The Divide: head coaches of women’s sports earn less than head coaches of men’s sports at Cal Poly
The women’s basketball team finished the 2020-2021 season with an overall record of 13-11. They also reached the semifinals of the Big West Tournament after beating Long Beach State in the quarterfinals, according to gopoly.com. The men’s basketball team finished last season with an overall record of 4-20. Despite a recent winning season, women’s basketball […]
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Broken pipe causes water outage for Cal Poly residence halls, dining facility
Cal Poly students in six residence halls were left without water on Saturday due to an emergency water outage. The outage left the yak?it?ut?u, Sierra Madre, Yosemite, Tenaya, Muir and Trinity residence halls without water. The Vista Grande dining facility also closed its restrooms due to the water outage, but kept dining services open. Assistant […]
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I witnessed hate speech and vandalism in Poly Canyon Village
After a long day of work, I came back to my Poly Canyon Village apartment with the intention of getting comfy and going to bed. Little did I know, the universe would have more in store for me on the Saturday night of Oct. 23. It started just like any other Saturday night: a friend […]
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Cal Poly students win top prizes in Elevator Pitch Competition
Two Cal Poly students took home cash prizes in this year’s Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) 12th annual Elevator Pitch Competition. Cal Poly’s industrial engineering senior Surya Venugopal and business administration junior Sara Dada won $1,000 and $500, respectively. This year’s competition was held at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on […]
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Banda estudiantil Couch Dog lanza el primer EP “Bad and Better than Ever”
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Mieke Esparza. La banda estudiantil de indie-surf-rock, Couch Dog, lanzó su primer EP, “Bad and Better than Ever”, el 5 de noviembre. La música original del estudiante de ingeniería mecánica del último año, Tasha Lee; del estudiante de administración de empresas […]
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Student band Couch Dog releases first EP “Bad and Better than Ever”
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. Student indie-surf-rock band, Couch Dog, released their first EP, “Bad and Better than Ever,” on Nov. 5. Mechanical engineering senior Tasha Lee, business administration senior Pablo Acosta, computer engineering sophomore Josh Cheruvelil and manufacturing engineering senior Max Ferrer ’s original music is now available for streaming on Spotify […]
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Students respond to Cal Poly Corporation’s sustainable transportation campaign
Physics senior Katarina Brekalo steps outside the door of her apartment to the bus stop where she is picked up 15 minutes before the hour. She hops onto what is usually an empty bus. She then takes this 3B bus route for just under ten minutes to Cal Poly’s campus and arrives with five minutes […]