The California Faculty Association (CFA) is executing a planned strike at California State University (CSU) campuses at Dominguez Hills and Easy Bay campuses Thursday. The protests, which began in the early morning and are expected to go into the evening, come just one day after a 9 percent tuition increase voted on by the CSU […]
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Ride the bus for a Mustang/Gaucho brawl
It was late on a chilly, rainy Friday afternoon when the buses to Santa Barbara fired up their engines, but that didn’t stop Cal Poly students from taking the hour-and-a-half bus ride to Harder Stadium. All to show support for the men’s soccer team in its final game of the season. As the bus neared the […]
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Take in the sights at Avila Beach
Katherina Koller walks on a stone path in Avila Beach, palms pressed together, making her way through a labyrinth — a circular maze with no dead ends. “It’s a metaphor for living life in a more peaceful way,” Koller said about the spiritual maze, originally designed for Roman Catholic churches. “Too much structure suffocates life.” […]
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CSU trustees approve fee increase
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees approved a 9 percent increase in student tuition for the 2012-13 academic year at its meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The tuition increase was proposed and passed as a safeguard for the CSU, if the $333 million state funding increase proposal is not approved by the state […]
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Fermin and the Mustangs are denied at the buzzer
Photo by Max Zeronian Buck Owens might love Bakersfield, but the Cal Poly point guard Amaurys Fermin probably does not, especially after Wednesday night. Fermin’s last second layup rolled off the rim to give Cal State Bakersfield a 60-58 win over the Mustangs at Mott Gym. The defeat is Cal Poly’s first of the season […]
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Slight increase in pedestrian accidents on campus
Sarah Ortiz said she definitely saw the white delivery van stopped at the crosswalk in front of the Construction Innovations Center on Perimeter Drive. At that time, it seemed like a routine morning at the crosswalk she uses five times a day. Since then, there has been no such thing as a routine crossing for […]
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Holocher finds recipe to bring out Maniacs
When driving north on U.S. Highway 101, near the Los Osos Valley Road exit, students may notice the billboard displaying the 2011 Cal Poly men’s soccer schedule and the phrase: “Join the Green Army.” The slogan is the latest installment of efforts employed by the men’s soccer team to generate passion from students and the […]
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Cal Poly graduate skates to success
Craig Waltz’s passion for designing skate parks is unstoppable — his professors told him it was unrealistic because the skate park business was difficult to get into, but he continued to design them. Today, he’s a project manager at Wormhoudt Inc., a firm specializing in designing skate parks, and he’s wrapping up the construction documents […]
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The Avenue evacuated due to fire
Cal Poly employees evacuated The Avenue and 19 Metro Station campus restaurants, as well as the Pre-Rec center Tuesday afternoon due to a small fire at the Chick-fil-A unit in The Avenue. No injuries were reported from the fire, but Cal Poly Corporation Marketing and Public Relations director Yukie Nishinaga said she did not know […]
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Architecture dean to step down
Last week, Cal Poly announced College of Architecture and Environmental Design dean R. Thomas Jones will step down from his position, after nine years with the university, to teach in the architecture department and expand the college’s Metro Programs throughout the state. The Metro Programs are a part of the school’s “Learn by Doing” philosophy: […]
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Volleyball dominates final home match
The 3-0 sweep of UC Riverside on Friday night by the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team was unlike any other win senior Catie Smith has ever been a part of. For Smith and her fellow seniors Lauren Law and Sarah Cawrse, Friday night was the last time they will experience victory at Mott Gym. “It […]