While Cal Poly women’s tennis sisters and teammates Delanie and Peyton Dunkle have varying differences such as age, dominant hand and height, their relationship has been integral to their performance on the tennis court. “Being sisters is just another connection that we have that is even stronger than being a teammate,” Delanie said. Their close […]
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Cal Poly postpones semester conversion to fall 2026
Cal Poly extended its deadline to switch to semesters amid a change to Cal State’s General Education (GE) system, Academic Affairs announced Wednesday. Cal poly’s semester system will now start fall 2026 after originally being scheduled to start fall 2025. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, the university’s provost and the Academic Affairs executive vice president, said that a […]
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California lifts mask mandate in schools and for unvaccinated residents
Unvaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear masks in public settings as of March 1, according to updated health guidance from Gov. Gavin Newsom, less than a month after the state removed the mask requirement for vaccinated people. This announcement came after a series of efforts to reduce pandemic restrictions. With declining cases and […]
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City & Regional Planning department moves some courses permanently online
It was sunny due to the midafternoon sun, but cold. Kay Choe, along with the other students in her environmental planning class, were bundled up in sweatshirts and jackets as they walked up Cerro San Luis in the early autumn of 2021 not to hike, jog or bike, but to examine the terrain. They took photos […]
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The cost of self-care
Zoie Denton is an English sophomore and the views expressed in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. The narrative surrounding self-care today is one of consumption: go buy a face mask and a bottle of wine or treat yourself to that gift you’ve been saving up for. There is not a lot […]
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Cal Poly students use drones to study elephant seals
Cal Poly researchers have a new tool to keep track of the local elephant seal population. The team consisting of graduate students, undergraduate volunteers and professors use drones to conduct their research during the seals’ current mating season. The project began in 2017 but this is the first year they were able to incorporate drone […]
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Cal Poly to lift classroom mask mandate for spring quarter
Fully vaccinated students will no longer be required to wear masks in classroom and lab settings beginning spring quarter. Students will be able to self-attest to their vaccination status as the university will not implement additional checks to determine which students should be wearing masks. “All students will still be required to take part in […]
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Cal Poly Ballroom Team makes their return to competition at the 14th Annual Mustang Ball after a two-year break
Cal Poly Ballroom Team held their 14th annual Mustang Ball DanceSport Competition on Sunday, Feb. 12 after a two years postponement due to COVID-19. Around 16 schools attended the competition including UC San Diego, Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, according to Christopher Ellwood, Head Coach for Cal Poly Ballroom and […]
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Here’s what Spanos Stadium’s multi-million dollar renovation will bring
Cal Poly’s Spanos Stadium is currently under a $3.2 million renovation project as an initiative to improve the quality of the field itself. The project’s goal is to replace the natural grass field with a turf field that can be used for more events and programs. The renovation began in December and has been ongoing […]
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Masks no longer required for fully vaccinated individuals in Rec Center, PAC, other facilities
Cal Poly students who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to wear a mask in specific facilities including the Recreation Center and Performing Arts Center. The university will not check the vaccination status of students to determine whether they should be wearing a mask or not. “For students, it will be self-attestation — […]
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Cal Poly’s one and two-unit classes let students explore their interests
During the majority of his tenure at Cal Poly, business senior Trenten Tso had spent a lot of his time learning the intricacies of how to calculate foreign exchange rates and corporate auditing procedures as a finance concentration. It wasn’t until he entered his beginner guitar class that he began tackling more humbling skills, like […]