Brayden Martinez is an architecture engineering sophomore and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. There are many flaws with how Cal Poly administration handled bringing students back onto campus after winter break. They failed to provide enough time for students to get settled back into campus […]
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Mustang Marching Band selected to participate in Chinese New Year Parade
The Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band has been invited to perform in the Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Feb. 19 in San Francisco. “It’s a big honor to be invited to a nationally recognized parade like this, especially for a college marching band,” music freshman Ari Maman said. Cal Poly made its first […]
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Subway to Open Second On-Campus Location in Poly Canyon Village
A second Subway location on the Cal Poly campus is set to open in Poly Canyon Village (PCV) with a soft open scheduled for Jan. 24. The PCV Subway does not yet have set hours of operation, but will likely be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the soft open, according to university spokesperson […]
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Meet Cal Poly’s new Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management
After an extensive nationwide search, Cal Poly administration found their most qualified candidate for the role of Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management already within the campus community. Newly named vice president, Terrance Harris, has been working with admissions and enrollment at Cal Poly for 17 years and has recently filled the vice president role […]
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San Luis Obispo County reports most active COVID-19 cases yet
San Luis Obispo County currently has the highest level of active cases since the start of the pandemic, with 2,967 new cases and 3,573 current active cases. “Now is the time to double-down on precautions, because Omicron is finding its way through every gap in protection,” County Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein said in Friday’s […]
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Cal Poly’s COVID-19 saliva testing to be brought to market through local partnership
Cal Poly faculty developed saliva-based COVID-19 testing technology that students have used on campus since February 2021. Now, those saliva tests will be brought to market. Nathaniel Martinez, associate professor of biological studies, and Andres Martinez, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, developed microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (microPADs) for low-cost and portable diagnostic applications, according to […]
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Después de una gran victoria, el capitán de polo de Cal Poly anima a cada estudiante a salir a jugar
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Mieke Esparza. Cuando su familia la animó a intentar polo al principio de la escuela secundaria, Carter Nix dudó. Ella misma creció con caballos de salto y juegos de polo no sonaba como algo en que ella estaría interesada. Su tío […]
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Good Luck: Inside Cal Poly’s on-campus isolation
The Hoof is a satire column created to find the humor in the daily life of Cal Poly students. If you’re looking for news, this is not it. If you’re looking for sports, this is kind of it, because we’re having a ball. Ha. Puns. Rebecca Caraway is a journalism junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. […]
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Omicron goes to school: students and faculty frustrated upon return to campus amid largest COVID-19 surge
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. The first week of winter quarter looked different for all students at Cal Poly this time around. As some students scrambled to make it to class on time after waiting in hour-long testing lines, other students emailed their professors informing them of their inability to attend the first […]
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Ómicron va a la escuela: Cómo la variante ómicron ha afectado a Cal Poly durante la primera semana del trimestre de invierno de 2022
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Mieke Esparza. La primera semana del trimestre de invierno se vió diferente para todos los estudiantes de Cal Poly este año. Mientras algunos estudiantes se apresuraban a llegar a clase a tiempo después de esperar en la fila de prueba por […]
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Faculty petition for solutions to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 policy shortcomings
Cal Poly Administration has rejected the demands of a petition signed by nearly 4,000 community members following a week of mass frustration and record-breaking positivity rates. In a public ASI Board of Directors meeting, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said the Jan. 3 start to winter quarter was “a real problem for us” and “not […]