Jonathan Shapiro’s backyard over-looks the grass fields at the school where he’s taught math for more than a quarter-century.
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President Armstrong sends email in response to widespread residence hall damage
University officials were forced to temporally close Muir Hall and evacuate 300 students living in the affected residence halls.
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Cal Poly Choir alumni return to perform in “Traditions” concert
University Singers will open the concert with several works ranging from traditional to modern, including “How Lovely Are the Messengers” by Felix Mendelssohn and the gospel work “Make a Way” by Byron J. Smith. The group will be directed this quarter by guest conductor John Knutson.
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As St. Fratty’s approaches, SLOPD prepares to ramp up activity; students share frustrations
On Saturday, the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) will enact its new Safety Enhancement Zone for St. Fratty’s Day; Cal Poly students living on Hathway St. have mixed reviews about the block party itself and the city’s policing of the event.
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Growing weed in a dorm room
Some mornings on my way to brush my teeth as a resident in Muir last year, I would walk over ceiling tile debris left from dorm partiers the night prior. One night walking back to my dorm, the water fountain was flooding the floor. A vape caught on fire in a room on the floor […]
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TPUSA hosts Charlie Kirk, gathering large crowd of supporters and protestors
Protestors marched through campus, including past the rec center, with chants like “Charlie Kirk has got to go,” and “Turning Point has got to go.”
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The blended program is now an option for statistics
Some Cal Poly seniors wish they didn’t have to count down the days to graduation; for seniors in the statistics department, that can now be a problem for next year.
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Cal Poly Arab Ensemble to put on range of beats per measure in winter concert
According to their website, the event will feature a wide range of rhythmic modalities, as well as examples of muwashshah, a genre of poetry and music that stems from 10th-century Andalusia in the southern Iberian Peninsula.
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How Cal Poly men’s and women’s club volleyball show up for each other
At the Kansas City Convention Center in mid-April, the typical sounds of shoes squeaking, hands smacking volleyballs and falling to the ground echo throughout the building. Something that stands out, though, is the louder-than-normal cheers coming from the sidelines of the Cal Poly Men’s Club Volleyball game.
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Cal Poly students win presale competition securing Disco Lines headliner
Up & Up has been hosting a 48-hour pre-sale competition for students across the country to bring an exciting headliner to perform at or near their school since 2016, according to their website.
This year Cal Poly won for the first time in Up & Up Festival history and contributed to the largest presale competition, according to Up & Up ambassador and communications junior Kailey Dodson.
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AI voice cloning causes phone scams, hitting one Cal Poly family
When Will Trapp’s parents called their son in a panic, convinced he had been in a horrible accident, he was at home studying.