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California Schools Still Will Require Masks Even After Mandate is Lifted

California Health and Human Services (HSS) announced Monday via a press conference that, despite the change in masking requirements for vaccinated individuals indoors, students and teachers in California schools are required to continue wearing masks regardless of vaccination status.  Although we are “getting to a place where we can relax state-wide masking requirements,” Secretary Mark […]

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The man behind the maze: Cal Poly student creates mazes in the sand, washed away with the changing tides

Like clockwork, the tides in Morro Bay rise and fall every day. For just a few hours, the beach becomes a blank canvas that environmental management and protection sophomore Sean Dahlberg takes advantage of. With nothing more than a long curvy stick of driftwood and his imagination, Dahlberg gets to work.  Every project starts with […]

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Cal Poly spends more than $100,000 isolating COVID-positive students

Cal Poly spent more than $100,000 isolating students off-campus in January after a record-high number of students tested positive for COVID-19, according to documents obtained by Mustang News through a public records request.  Cal Poly officials signed contracts with three local hotels to isolate COVID-positive students: the Lamplighter Inn, Sands Inn & Suites and Hotel […]

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Lo que los estudiantes necesitan saber sobre la nueva lotería de vivienda de PCV

El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Ava Farriday. En el próximo año, 500 estudiantes serán seleccionados para la vivienda en campus ingresando en una lotería debido a una disponibilidad limitada, como anunció University Housing (residencia universitaria) el 12 de enero.  Según un correo electrónico enviado a los […]

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“What is going on? Why does it smell like smoke?”: fire in Yosemite tower 6 forces students to evacuate

Rory Bruton was fast asleep when he was awoken by a blaring loud noise around 3 a.m. Thursday morning. It was the fire alarm. “Nobody was expecting it. Everybody was just sound asleep and just enjoying their dreams and then,” Bruton said, imitating a crash-like sound. “Blasted lights blaring, smoke coming up our noses. It […]

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Cal Poly Named One of the ‘Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs’ for Fifth Time

Cal Poly has been named one of the “Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs” by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)-College Student Educators International and the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This is the fifth time Cal Poly has received the honor since 2017. “I think our efforts in the past year […]

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Twanguero promotes new record with performance at Cal Poly

Latin Grammy Award-winning musician Diego García, known professionally as Twanguero, performed at Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre on Saturday, January 29. This was the first show of his new tour, which is being used to promote his new record, Carreteras Secundarias Volume 2.  “So, basically, it’s a guitar album where I pay tribute to the forest… […]

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Cal Poly’s LGBT Campus Life and Pride Center now fully operating from University Union

After having a temporary location in yakʔitʸutʸu to help freshman students acclimate to college life, Cal Poly’s Pride Center has made a full shift to operate primarily from the University Union (UU). During fall quarter it operated from two locations: the UU in Room 209 and the elewexe commons in the yakʔitʸutʸu dorms. Pride Center […]

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