Following a spike in August, new daily COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County have steadily decreased. So far in October, there have been 920 new COVID-19 cases, compared to 2,500 cases in September and 3,543 cases in August, according to data from the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Cases this month are […]
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Posted inThe Hill
Enrolled and unhoused: Students struggle to find housing weeks into fall quarter
While most students at Cal Poly ate food at a dining table and slept in a warm bed under a roof in San Luis Obispo, Savannah Bosley spent the first two weeks of the fall quarter living out of her car. Bosley, a computer science sophomore at Cal Poly, said she couldn’t find a place […]
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Cal Poly ranks 26 in most money made from declined applications nationwide in 2016-17
Cal Poly has been ranked No. 26 in the nation for making the most money off of declined applications in the 2016-17 year, according to a recent study by LendEDU. During the 2016-17 year, Cal Poly had a total of 48,162 applications and admitted 14,202 freshmen and transfer students. This resulted in $1,867,800 made from […]
Posted inASI
Spending down, turnout up in last ASI presidential election
This was the first presidential race in the past five years where the winner was not the candidate who spent the most.
Posted inCrime
Property crime in SLO spikes, violent crime on the decline
Property crime in SLO increased in the past two years while violent crime is on the decline.
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Tuition and fees increased by 716% in 50 years
The days of tuition-free education at Cal Poly are long gone. According to the first course catalog published by the then California Polytechnic School in 1903, the school charged students $35 for books, supplies and a laboratory fee, or $921.13 adjusted for inflation. The first fee outside of books, supplies, laboratory, room and board and […]
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HIV and other STIs on the rise in SLO
A steady increase in cases of other STIs in San Luis Obispo County could point to increased vulnerability to HIV
Posted inColumns, News
Your data stored in the clouds
Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to log onto a computer you have never used before, but have all your applications, data and settings from your home computer?