After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to […]
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Fourth sexual assault reported near Poly campus
Two more women reported being assaulted by a man who tried to remove their underwear Thursday night at approximately 11:40 p.m. near campus, on Hathway Avenue near Longview Street, according to the San Luis Obispo Police department (SLOPD). An unnamed assailant approached the women from behind, reached up their skirts and tried to pull their underwear down, […]
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Creating dirty hands for the sake of education
This week is all about composting at Cal Poly Center for Sustainability. The Center is hosting compost training until Friday this week, put on by the Maine Compost School and funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The training includes presentations from experts, lab exercises and hands-on experience related to various aspects of […]
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Sexual assault report released
In response to two reported sexual assaults last May in a one week time frame, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong formed the Presidential Task Force on Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault. The task force released its first report this month, coinciding with April being National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Cal Poly women and gender studies professor […]
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Students vote to 'take next step': Morrow wins ASI presidency
After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to […]
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Football preps for Spring Game
Cal Poly football, a new member of the Big Sky Conference, has begun spring practice hoping to improve upon its 6-5 overall and 3-1 conference records. Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, was extended an invitation to join the Big Sky as a football-only school. To welcome the upcoming season, the Mustangs will play their […]
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Administrators to consider semesters
Cal Poly administrators are examining the possibility of moving the university toward a semester-based calendar in response to statewide pressure to standardize the California State University (CSU) system. A CSU task force co-chaired by Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, among other presidents of universities still using the quarter system, aims to determine the logistics of […]
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Surviving the break
One year ago, he was traveling between classes in a wheelchair. Just prior to a fateful day in April 2011, he was running personal best times good enough for conference-qualifying standards and dreaming of someday going pro. But for junior 100- and 200-meter sprinter Antwaine Miller, his season, his career and his life all changed […]
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Coachella in 1,000 words
We buzzed along a blank stretch of highway in Palm Springs, Calif., as the tires of our Subaru hummed against the asphalt. To us, it was music. Something about it being 2 a.m. on Monday, or the previous three days we spent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, brought out a sixth sense […]
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The (picket) line in the sand
To strike, or not to strike — this is the real question put upon Cal Poly faculty this week as the state faculty union announced plans to strike if current contract negotiations fall through. Beginning April 16, the California Faculty Association (CFA) asked its members across the California State University (CSU) system to vote on […]
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Behind the scenes: MultiCultural Center
When the MultiCultural Center opened its doors Jan. 15 — Martin Luther King Day — in 1981, it was initially only supposed to function as a lounge where minority students could hang out. “Students of color didn’t have a place to meet and talk,” coordinator of MultiCultural Programs and Services Renoda Campbell said. “They wanted to see […]