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tom sanders The life of any architectural engineering senior is busy. The responsiblities of the Associated Students Inc. president are immense. Tylor Middlestadt does both, and now he’s ready to take on yet another task. On Nov. 11, the California State Student Association (CSSA) submitted its second list of candidates for the position of CSU […]

brennan angel A new degree in biomedical engineering will be available starting fall 2006, making Cal Poly the first California State University to offer the major. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to create pacemakers, catheters and other health care devices under the new program. “Students choose the biomedical engineering field to serve […]

With less than a month left until Christmas, many are struggling to figure out what to buy friends and family members. The Cal Poly Fair Trade Club is offering a suggestion: coffee – and a little piece of mind. Since Nov. 15, the Cal Poly Fair Trade Club has sold its holiday gift packs, a cellophane-wrapped package full of LaDonna’s Coffee Co.

Chumash Auditorium was filled with aspiring journalists Thursday morning when renowned Associated Press courtroom reporter Linda Deutsch spoke of her life covering trials. Deutsch most recently covered the Michael Jackson trial but has also reported on the trials of O.J. Simpson, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, William Kennedy Smith, the officers who were accused of beating […]

Cal Poly’s first quarterly electronic newsletter for students, containing messages from ASI officers, information on co-sponsorship, and news about the recent California State University fee increases was released by ASI on Wednesday. The e-newsletter titled, “The Student Government Connection,” is one of ASI’s many attempts to make sure students stay up to date on important […]

A Cal Poly student has created a new Web service that aims to make registering for classes a little easier. PolyRegister.com, a site created by Dave Patierno, is an automated system in which students give the Web site their information and it registers for them. “Waking up at 7 a.m. so you don’t have to” […]

michael mullady mustang daily At least one transgender individual is murdered each month in the United States. Transgender Remembrance Day, officially on Sunday, serves to raise awareness of the violence against those who did not conform to gender norms, said Stephen Cohen, a program coordinator at Cal Poly Pride Alliance. This week, the Pride Alliance […]

brennan angel Of 100 dinners at a campus banquet Wednesday, less than 20 left the dinner feeling satisfied. At the Hunger Banquet, participants were randomly assigned to one of four social classes and received a meal that represented their assigned socio-economic standing. Four attendees were designated as upper-class, 11 as upper middle class, 28 as […]

tom sanders Taking part in agriculture enterprise projects have led some students and faculty to believe the programs give more than just another heading on a resume. The tasks equip students with many skills that can be potentially applied to any situation or career path, said Terry Hooker, Cal Poly Organic Farm manager. The project […]

Where would you go if your school was washed away by a hurricane? Fourteen students from Louisiana now attend Cal Poly after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their campus, and four seniors from the communication studies department at Cal Poly are helping to make their stay as pleasant as possible. Cal Poly students Lauren Fleming, Alanna Brown, […]

James Mellor Some at Cal Poly think the addition of an ethnic studies major means more than another Bachelor of Arts degree in the catalog. They believe the new major may help deal with many underlying issues on campus concerning race and diversity. “The purpose (in 1992, when the program was introduced) was to help […]