While two Mustangs set personal records, the Cal Poly Women’s Track and Field team did not have any members advance further after competing in the first round of the NCAA Track & Field Championships from May 23-25. Senior Miranda Daschian, senior Katie Izzo, junior Abibat Rahman-Davies and sophomore Brooke Tjerrild represented Cal Poly in […]
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Football remains undecided on their next quarterback
With quarterback Khaleel Jenkins graduating, Cal Poly Football is now faced with an important question: Who will be the starting quarterback next year? Although head coach Tim Walsh and his staff have not named a frontrunner, it appears that junior Jake Jeffrey, sophomore Kyle Reid and redshirt freshman Jalen Hamler are the candidates being considered. “Jalen […]
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The turnaround season of junior catcher Myles Emmerson
Junior catcher Myles Emmerson had a dramatic turn around from his early season struggles. At the beginning of the year, he seemed lost at bat. Now, Emmerson is Cal Poly’s best batter in Big West Conference play. After starting just 16 games in his sophomore season, Emmerson took over as the starting catcher for the […]
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Senior project AmpSurf will aid with easier surfing for persons with disabilities
An interdisciplinary senior project class (ENGR 459) is working with a national non-profit to help people with disabilities surf. AmpSurf is a non-profit national organization headquartered in Pismo Beach “established to Promote, Inspire, Educate and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities and their families through adaptive surfing and other outdoor activities,” according to their website. The […]
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Spring storm taking aim at San Luis Obispo
After more than a month of no significant rainfall, San Luis Obispo will see springtime rain in the coming days. The National Weather Service is predicting a pair of storms that will bring rainfall to the Central Coast Wednesday evening into Thursday morning and Saturday into Sunday. The first storm is expected to dump at […]
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SLO saw “unprecedented” increase in rape, violent crimes in 2018, according to police
The City of San Luis Obispo saw an “unprecedented” increase in crime in 2018, according to San Luis Obispo Police (SLOPD) Chief Deanna Cantrell. The city reported a 14 percent increase in violent crime, with spikes in rape, robbery and burglary from 2017 to 2018. There was a 2 percent increase in crime overall, according […]
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Former Cal Poly student-athletes confused by the NCAA’s ruling
Confusion was the general reaction among former Cal Poly student-athletes when they learned their former university’s recent titles may be erased from the record books. “You just kind of sit back on a ruling like this and try and decipher what people are thinking, because it just doesn’t seem to make too much sense,” former […]
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Industrial hemp club starts on campus one year after student petition
Poly Hemp — the first Cal Poly club advocating for the education and research of industrial hemp — held its first meeting Wednesday, April 17. This comes one year after two students petitioned to start a pilot program at Cal Poly to conduct research on industrial hemp. Agricultural business senior Ted Fitzgerald was one of […]
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The 79th annual Poly Royal Rodeo is right around the corner
The highly anticipated rodeo event is almost ready to shine during this Open House weekend.
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San Luis Obispo’s very own Sprouts Farmers Market now open
San Luis Obispo’s Promenade shopping center has seen megastores like Gap and Forever 21 come and go, but now the space has been filled by Sprouts Farmers Market. This 30,000-square-foot specialty chain grocery store, stocked with a range of organic and natural grocery items, has its new home located on Madonna Road. San Luis Obispo’s […]
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Cal Poly swim club ranks No. 24 in College Club Swimming National Championship
The Cal Poly club swim team dominated at the College Club Swimming National Championship (CCS) this past weekend, ranking No. 24 out of 118 other collegiate swim clubs. Established in Spring 2017, the Cal Poly swim club has come a long way. Starting with just 12 members, they now have more than 100 members this […]