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Tiffany Dias Cal Poly has been awarded a $3.4 million grant to install a high-tech system to monitor near-shore currents. UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Francisco State University provided the grant. Cal Poly is one of eight institutions that has received funding to combat pollution, aid in hazard response and […]

kali bills The area next to the library, which used to be a parking lot, is now being transformed into Engineering IV, a 104,000 square foot state-of-the-art building scheduled to hold classrooms and offices for the engineering department. Construction began in January and the building is scheduled to open in January 2007. So far, 27 […]

Louise Dolby Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts will hold its first ever Constitution Day Thursday in the business rotunda (building 3, room 213) from 11 a.m. to noon. A recent bill authored by Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia) requires colleges receiving federal funds to provide educational programs for the anniversary of the signing […]

Tom Sanders The days of drivers breaking DUI laws have yet to go by the wayside. On Sep. 23, the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) conducted a DUI checkpoint at the intersection of Santa Rosa and Oak streets. Between 10:15 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., SLOPD screened 834 vehicles, and arrested four students, two of […]

Brittany Ridley The Xerox Printing Innovation Award was originally a competition for professional printing companies throughout the country. But three years ago, Cal Poly’s graphic communication department (GrC) decided that it had the resources and the talent to compete with the best. After its third year of entering a publication, “4-forty Magazine: A Compilation of […]

kiel carreau Removal of the red handprints once found near the residence halls inspired Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) to exhibit the prints somewhere else – on T-shirts members wore Thursday in protest. “We want to raise awareness,” said Abbie Livingston, PSA co-director and a history senior. “A lot of people don’t know (the handprints) are […]

tom sanders By Louise Dolby The Cal Poly Salsa Club is heating things up on campus in its recent advertising campaign featuring students in firefighter gear. The advertisements are too hot for some to handle. The posters and advertisements around campus now have a “Cal Poly Advisory” sticker covering the skin of scantily clad models […]

Thao Tran Cal Poly students taking industrial technology 303, industrial quality assurance, have the opportunity to work with Toyota this quarter in a hands-on approach to learning about quality assurance. “It’s special because a world class company is willing to share training material to the class,” industrial technology professor Eric Olsen said. “Toyota provided model […]

Emily Logan San Luis Obispo is home to one of the last remaining private language institutes in the country. The California Coast Language Academy (CCLA) enrolls students from all around the world who wish to improve their English skills, usually in preparation for college. Because of fears of terrorism around the world, CCLA Director and […]

After months of negotiating with the chancellor’s office, members of the California State University Employees Union, SEIU Local 2579, will receive their first raises in three years. “It was a rough start, but we came out with a happy ending,” said Pat Gantt, president of CSUEU. “Most employees are dedicated and proud of their jobs, […]

Kinko’s founder and Cal Poly enthusiast Paul Orfalea visited Cal Poly yesterday to speak to students about business and his advice on how to live life to the fullest. “Every day you need your soul to catch up to your body,” Orfalea said near the end of his speech in the Alex and Faye Spanos […]