During California’s tough budgetary times, one thing Cal Poly isn’t lacking is applicants. Though Cal Poly’s application rates are down 3 percent from last year, Cal Poly is not prepared to accommodate even 50 percent of the students applying. This past year, the university had more than 20,000 more applicants than there were seats available, […]
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Cal Poly Television 2/19/2012
Featuring all local news and sports for the week of Jan. 19 from the studios of Cal Poly Television.
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Women clinch share of Big West title
The win streak continued for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team as they overpowered second-place Cal State Northridge 70-56 on senior night inside Mott Gym Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs’ last loss came on the road in a 74-67 defeat at Long Beach State on Jan. 21. Since then Cal Poly has racked up nine straight […]
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Affirmative action in courts again
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a hearing of an appeal which could bring negative attention to how affirmative action is currently used in universities and colleges around the country. In this case, affirmative action gives racial preference to certain students while applying to universities and colleges to give the institution a more diverse population […]
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Ms. Engineer contest no more
There will be no Ms. Engineer in 2012. After promoting the event at the beginning of the school year, the Engineering Student Council (ESC) decided to end the event a month ago. This would have been in its third year. The event, instead, will be replaced by a talent competition. The council decided to cancel […]
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Softball kicks off 2012 season
The Cal Poly softball team began its regular season with five games in three days, at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 10 to 12. Competing against nationally-ranked schools such as Arizona State and Georgia Tech, the Mustangs (1-4) won just one game at in the tournament — a 3-0 victory over Texas Tech. The […]
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From chair to center stage
In the weeks leading up to their annual show, the dancers of Cal Poly’s dance company, Orchesis, spent 16 to 18 hours a week in Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre polishing their choreography. Orchesis dancer and biological sciences senior Misty Moyle spent these weeks watching her fellow dancers from the wings of the stage in […]
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Stunt team heads to Florida for championships
Cal Poly’s stunt team will head to Florida for the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Collegiate Championships, the largest collegiate cheerleading competition in the nation, on April 10. The team placed third, fourth and fifth in past competitions, according to stunt team coach Annette Laron-Pickett. Last year, they placed second in the United Spirit Association Nationals in […]
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Lucky straight seventh win for Mustangs
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team — the same one that lost seven straight games in December — won its seventh straight game against UC Riverside on Saturday. Cal Poly (13-12, 9-3) looks poised to defend its 2011 Big West league championship, playing its best basketball at the most critical point in the season. “We’re […]
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Armstrong: presidency is 'dream job'
He’s the big man on campus. But judging from his attitude as he walks back to his office from lunch at 19 Metro Station, it’s a title he could do without. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong greets nearly every other person he walks by — whether he knows them or not. Some students share a nervous […]
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Presentation ignites backlash from Jewish community
Controversy surrounds a university-sponsored speaker slated to present this evening in Chumash auditorium on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its effect on the Middle East. Ilan Pappe, an Israeli-born historian, plans to speak tonight about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Pappe raised controversy in the past from his unpopular political views against the state of Israel and its […]