The Black Academic Excellence Center held its annual Black History Month kickoff. Reporter Lauren Quijano spoke with attendees about what the event means for them.
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Why SLO transit isn’t adjusting well enough for a growing community
Scheduling life around bus schedules isn’t the only problem students without cars face; alternatives prove to be just as troublesome. Rideshares are expensive and knowing someone with a car is hard to come by, especially for a first-year. Many students are left stranded without suitable resources to explore the city they just moved to.
ASI Mobile Bike Unit provides free student bike repairs
ASI’s mobile bike unit provides services such as tube changes, tire repairs and derailleur adjustments. It also offers shock pumps for adjusting suspension and tubeless repair kits for punctured tires, Tran said.
Cal Poly Multicultural Center celebrates its 27th Culture Fest
Cal Poly’s Multicultural Center hosted its annual Culture Fest on Saturday, Oct. 26. The festival invites multicultural clubs and organizations to booth in the University Union to connect with students, often with food and music. Mustang News reporter Kat Orozco speaks with dance coordinators to learn how each dance team prepared for the event.
Kennedy Library projected to open fall quarter 2025
The $78 million reconstruction of Kennedy Library is ahead of schedule and projected to open at the start of the next academic year. Project Manager John Sandman said he is confident the project will make the target date.
ASI installs “Egal Pads on a Roll” to University Union bathrooms
Menstrual pads on a toilet paper roll were recently installed in the second-floor, all-gender bathroom stalls in the University Union (UU).
Locals register to vote on Election Day at San Luis Obispo polling locations
Community member Will Sani arrived at the Ludwick Community Center polling station on the morning of Election Day knowing he still had to register to vote.
Record ballots drop-offs force temporary UU ballot box closure
The UU ballot box overflowed at 4:00 p.m. as a record number of voters dropped off mail-in ballots.
‘Divest from Genocide’: Cal Poly buildings vandalized on Halloween night
Spray painted messages related to the Israel-Hamas conflict were seen at the Cal Poly Mustang Shop, Bonderson Engineering (BLDG. 197), Engineering IV (BLDG. 192) and the Cal Poly sign by Grand Avenue on Halloween night. Those responsible for the incident have not been identified yet, according to Cal Poly Police Department (CCPD) officials.
Taming Cal Poly’s turkeys
Turkeys are both loved and feared at Cal Poly. Reporter Jessica Carp introduces us to Benjamin Broudy, the student who’s taken on the challenge of training these notorious campus birds, while others share their run-ins with the wild flock.
Cal Poly introduces The Lounge as Mustang Station shuts its doors
The Lounge, a new public space for relaxation and studying, opened at Cal Poly’s University Union (UU) at the start of fall quarter.
