Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net UPDATE 5:52 p.m.: The body found on a Santa Barbara beach on Saturday was confirmed to be Cal Poly sociology freshman Giselle Ayala, officials say. According to a sheriff’s office press release, a jogger found the body of a college-aged female in the waterline at 8:20 a.m. on Saturday at […]
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365 days: And art to show for each one
Carly Rickards wire@mustangdaily.net The fading light of the late afternoon darkens Bryn Hobson’s view of the paint palette and torn piece of paper in front of him. His right hand, decorated by a red, threaded bracelet embroidered with the word “SELFLESS,” reaches to switch on a desk lamp, illuminating the swirling, splattered mess of oranges […]
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Men’s basketball aims for deep tournament run
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net After All-Big West first team junior Chris Eversley suffered a high ankle sprain in Cal Poly’s 68-53 victory over UC Davis on Feb. 9, the 6-foot-7 forward decided to sit out the next game against rival UC Santa Barbara. While he was able to warm up pregame before the clash with the […]
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Cal Poly to move to semesters by end of decade
For nearly a year, the Cal Poly community has scrutinized the question of quarters vs. semesters. On Monday, University President Jeffrey Armstrong announced mounting pressure from the California State University forced him to accept semesters will come to Cal Poly by 2020.
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Armstrong: Conversion to semesters by end of decade
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net University President Jeffrey Armstrong confirmed in a memo to campus today that after discussions with California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White and presidents from other CSU campuses, Cal Poly will begin the process of converting to semesters by the end of the decade. “Following discussion, there was a clear […]
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Cate’s barnacles
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net The mid-morning silence is suddenly shattered by the splash of a dark, finned creature as biological sciences senior Cate Webster rises slowly from the murky, green water. She is clad in thick, black neoprene, decorated with a metal cylinder on her back, a glass mask over her eyes and a wide smile […]
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One cool campus: groups plants trees throughout Cal Poly
Sara Natividad snatividad@mustangdaily.net Trees are almost as abundant as students on campus. Many people don’t realize, though, that many of the trees were planted by One Cool Earth, a non-profit organization founded to plant native trees and plants throughout San Luis Obispo County. The organization focuses on planting native tree species such as redwoods and […]
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Students ‘Move to Build’ PolyHouse
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net It’s not often college students are able to put their coursework to use in a philanthropic way, but for industrial and manufacturing engineering (IME) students, that opportunity has been made possible in the form of PolyHouse. In the PolyHouse program, students and faculty work together to improve the home of a local […]
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Police, academic calendar to challenge Cesar Chavez Day party
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Thousands of students came to Shell Beach in 2012 for the cultural holiday turned beach-binge-drinking bonanza known as Cesar Chavez Day. The party left behind enough trash to fill nine Ford pickup trucks and resulted in three arrests and two hospitalizations, according to The San Luis Obispo Tribune. But changes in the holiday’s […]
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UPD confiscates rifle from residence hall
Campus police confiscated an unloaded rifle found in Sierra Madre Residence Hall on Tuesday night, according to University Police Department (UPD) Chief George Hughes. The gun, a 22-caliber rifle, was found after police received a tip that a student was keeping a firearm in the residence hall, Hughes said. According to Penalty Code 626.9(h), it is illegal […]
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From CP to ABC: Lauren Scott shares her road to fame
Lauren Scott, a Cal Poly journalism alumna, first appeared on ABC’s cooking television show “The Taste” Feb. 12, and since then has wowed the judges with her culinary skills. From a flourless chocolate cake to this Tuesday’s lamb kebab, Scott has impressed the judges and her fans with her concoctions — after last night’s sandwich […]