Editor’s note: This story discusses themes including sexual violence. The sun had already disappeared behind Madonna Mountain, and Van Nguyen, a software engineering sophomore, waited in the dark across Kennedy Library eager to get home after a long day of school. In her first year living on campus, Nguyen said she isn’t entirely comfortable walking […]
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Increase in academic integrity violations reported during 2020-2021 academic year
With in-person classes comes in-person test-taking—something many Cal Poly students have not experienced in over a year. The challenging circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic put pressure on students and faculty to transition to an online learning format. Students said this change allowed increased flexibility in test-taking, and despite learning difficulties, overall GPAs increased over the […]
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Here’s why the Cal Poly P was painted red this week
Students painted Cal Poly’s P on the hill red in honor of National Veterans Awareness Week this week. The P’s color was changed from it’s usual white on Sunday by the Center for Military Connected Students (CMCS) and the Student Veterans and Dependents (SVD) Club. The color red was chosen in dedication to the campaign […]
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“A love letter to them:” Native and Indigenous Cultural Center brings visibility to the Cal Poly Indigenous community
Between September 2011 and September 2020, 710 Indigenous people from Wyoming were reported missing, according to a Statewide Report from Wyoming. Their names rarely made national news. Yet on Sept. 11, a 22-year-old white woman from New York disappeared in Wyoming. The next day, Gabby Petito’s name was already making headlines. Soon, her name became […]
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Growing number of students have stopped completing daily symptom screener
Since the beginning of fall quarter, a growing number of students have stopped filling out Cal Poly’s daily symptom screener, meaning less students are reporting whether they have COVID-19 symptoms to the university. Over the first five weeks of the fall quarter, the weekly count of completed daily symptom screeners fell by 32% — from […]
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Semester switch: here’s what it means for students and professors
California State University (CSU) Chancellor Joseph Castro expects Cal Poly to transition to semesters by the start of the 2025-26 academic year, according to an email sent out by University President Jeffrey Armstrong. “Almost a decade ago the CSU Chancellor’s Office asked all quarter-calendar campuses to transition to a semester calendar,” Armstrong said in an […]
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La Celebración 24° del CultureFest anual: La Importancia de Representación en un Instituto Predominantemente Blanco (IPB)
[metaslider id=”230202″] Photos by Jackie Espitia El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por José González. La University Union estuvo llena de música, puestos y comida para la 24° celebración anual de CultureFest de Cal Poly el sábado, 23 de octubre. A semejante tiempo que Mustang Family Weekend, estudiantes […]
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24th annual CultureFest: The importance of representation at a primarily white institute
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. The University Union was packed with music, booths and food in celebration of Cal Poly’s 24th annual Culturefest on Saturday, Oct. 23. Lined up with Mustang Family Weekend, students and their parents could be spotted enjoying the day’s festivities hosted by the Multi-Cultural Center. “I think it’s really […]
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“Live the Story” alongside National Geographic Photojournalist Ami Vitale this Wednesday night
Grab your passport and get ready to travel the world with National Geographic photojournalist Ami Vitale. Vitale, who has photographed humanities and cultures from 105 countries across the globe and worked as a war correspondent, will be giving a talk at the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. “Every situation you’re in, […]
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Scout Coffee on campus to soft open on Thursday
On a rainy Sunday evening in 2013, while driving through San Luis Obispo, Jon and Sara Peterson pulled over on Garden Street to take their newborn daughter on a walk through town. On the hunt for the perfect location to launch their coffee shop, the sight of a storefront with a “for lease” sign in […]
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Estudiantes de Cal Poly festejan el Día de Muertos
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por José González. Papel picado ondeaba por el aire mientras la música llenaba la University Union (UU) y las ofrendas de colores vivos transformaron las gradas de concreto del escenario para festejar el Día de Muertos. El Día de Muertos es una […]