Ashley DeVriend Mustang News anchor Ashley DeVriend recaps today’s biggest news at Cal Poly.
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Starkey’s death reverberates five years later
It’s been a half-decade since Julia and Scott Starkey sent their son Carson, an architectural engineering freshman at the time, to Cal Poly for the start of what were supposed to be some of the best years of his life.
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Mustang News, Oct. 2, 2013: CSU to work with D.C. lawmakers, ASI president explains his agenda
Mustang News anchor Olivia DeGennaro recaps yesterday’s biggest stories at Cal Poly.
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All 23 CSUs use Aware, Awake, Alive
Five years after Starkey’s death, Aware Awake Alive, the peer-to-peer alcohol education program created by his parents in his memory, is being expanded to all 23 California State University campuses.
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Fraternity raises $5,500 for Aware Awake Alive
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly fraternity Delta Sigma Phi raised $5,500 for the alcohol awareness organization Aware Awake Alive at the fraternity’s golf tournament philanthropy Friday. “(It) was awesome because it was about $500 more than last year,” Delta Sigma Phi president Sam Tearle said. In a post-tournament awards ceremony, Aware Awake Alive co-founder Julia […]
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Rush deferment may soon be policy of past
Hillary Kaiser hillarykaiser.md@gmail.com Deferred rush, which bans freshman males from rushing any fraternity until winter quarter of their first year, may soon change. Administration and several student groups are in discussions to come to a compromise on the policy’s future, which was first enacted in 2010. The policy was a reaction to the 2008 hazing incident […]
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Mustang Mile finishes strong
Cal Poly’s first Mustang Mile kicked off Tuesday night with 848 student and faculty participants, although approximately 1,100 people paid the $12 entry fee. “I’m grateful to all the students,” Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Kiyana Tabrizi said after the event. “I had a vision of how the day would turn out, and the students made […]
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Fraternity raises money for alcohol awareness
A Cal Poly fraternity’s alumni teed off at a Nipomo golf course Friday morning in honor of former Cal Poly student Carson Starkey who died in an alleged hazing incident three years ago. Delta Sigma Phi alumni raised thousands of dollars for Aware Awake Alive, a non-profit that aims to increase awareness about alcohol poisoning on college […]
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Staying 'Aware Awake Alive'
As Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong extends his hand for a handshake, he reveals a black wristband with the words “Aware Awake Alive,” in blue writing. “Aware Awake Alive is teaching Cal Poly students to look out for each other,” he said. “And that’s a lesson we can take everywhere.” Prompted by the 2008 death […]
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Carson Starkey’s legacy: Scott and Julia Starkey are raising alcohol awareness among college students
A look back on the death of Cal Poly freshman Carson Starkey, and the awareness his parents have raised about alcohol poisoning prevention since.
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Final two defendants sentenced in Starkey case
Defendants Russell Taylor and Adam Marszal pleaded no contest to misdemeanor hazing in the death of Carson Starkey Thursday morning in a San Luis Obispo County courtroom.