Cal Poly Corporation is proceeding with plans to bring a Chick-Fil-A restaurant to 1901 Marketplace next academic year, despite a vote passed by ASI urging the corporation to sever ties with the fast-food company. Campus Dining posted a photo to their Instagram on June 3 announcing that the Chick-Fil-A pop-up in Poly Canyon Village will […]
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WATCH: Cal Poly Space Systems tests new liquid rocket engine
Cal Poly Space Systems tested their new liquid fuel rocket engine, Dulcimer 1, in hopes of proving valid engine model. The club is working on demonstrating a proof of concept for their liquid rocket engine so that they can scale up the project in the coming years. Mustang News reporter RJ Pollock shows us how […]
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WATCH: Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineers win first prize in nationwide contest
Inside the Bonderson Center at Cal Poly, a club is hard at work designing the theme park rides of tomorrow. Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineers and Designers, or CAPED, is a club where students share their passion for themed entertainment. CAPED’s roller coaster prototype, the ‘Jammin’ Jungle Ride,” won first prize at this year’s Ride […]
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Cal Poly Men’s basketball rekindles Midwest connection with incoming freshmen
The Midwest was once a fertile recruiting ground for Cal Poly Men’s Basketball. In the early 2010s, the program brought in talent from Illinois and Minnesota, from All-Big West First Team selection Chris Eversley to All-Big West Second Team selection Brian Bennett. The mastermind behind the team’s Midwest finds was an assistant on staff named […]
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Green Campus’ gown renewal program works to make graduation more sustainable
The Green Campus reuse team is hoping they can collect more gowns from graduates this spring – after only 10 gowns were donated following the fall 2022 commencement ceremony. The graduation gown reuse program was started by Cal Poly’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), which last officially ran the program in 2018 and collected only two […]
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10 years in the making: One Cal Poly student’s unique path to an engineering degree
After 10 years of retaking courses at community college, late night studying and walks home after the bus had already terminated for the night, Derek J. Russell is graduating this spring with a degree in computer engineering. The standard track through Cal Poly’s computer engineering (CPE) program has a suggested four-year academic track and 97 […]
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Meet Hack4Impact: The club helping San Luis Obispo nonprofits with software solutions
It was the day off for the Partners in Equestrian Therapy volunteers. Six tech developers from Cal Poly’s Hack4Impact stood on the ranch grounds, hay scattered. The smell of manure perfumed the area. The monotonous pattering of rain was occasionally interrupted by horses braying in the stables. The Partners in Equestrian Therapy, a nonprofit focused […]
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“Yours Truly” art exhibit highlights innovative graduating student work
The Art and Design Department’s “Yours Truly” exhibition opened June 2 in the University Art Gallery inside the Walter F. Dexter Building (34) and will be on display until June 17. Viewers can expect a collection of diverse student work including dynamic large-scale paintings, elaborately physical installations and delicately sentimental drawings. “In a real way, students […]
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Opinion: Journals of a part-time student
Eden-Rose Baker is a journalism junior and a Mustang News opinion columnist. This article does not reflect the views of Mustang News. Last quarter, everything made me anxious. It got to the point where I was afraid to come back to school because I was afraid of everything around me. So, I’m only in five […]
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Cal Poly to pilot online mentoring program during summer session
The Advanced Inclusive Mentoring Program (AIM) will be piloted during the first three weeks of the Summer I session – Monday, June 26 to Friday, July 14 — to provide engaging faculty training resources to promote student success through positive and inclusive mentoring. The training is free and will be open to faculty, staff, post-doctorates […]
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Activism group Mustangs for Justice protest against administration inaction
For Mustangs for Justice, advocating for students is their highest priority. The activism group formed on campus this quarter and hopes to make changes at Cal Poly to address inaction from administration on pressing issues. To help accomplish this goal, Mustangs for Justice held a protest Monday, May 22. “For my two years here at […]