Every time a vehicle, bike or motorcycle enters or exits Cal Poly’s campus, it’s being tracked, often without the driver knowing. Its license plate is scanned and make and model noted, along with the exact date, time and location by a network of license plate readers monitored by the Cal Poly Police Department. The readers […]
Tag: federal
Posted inNews
Learn By Adapting: recent federal funding cuts reshape student research work
Cal Poly history lecturer Cameron Jones waited nearly six months to receive the $150,000 federally-funded research grant awarded to his team’s project, AfricanCalifornios.org, when a two-sentence email hit his inbox and changed everything. Federal officials stated in the email that the grant was “administratively withdrawn,” canceling the grant and preventing Jones from filing a complaint. […]
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Proposition 50 remains in effect following federal Texas map ruling
A three-judge federal panel ruled to deny Texas’ new congressional map, citing issues with racial gerrymandering, while California’s Proposition 50 was overwhelmingly passed, in response to Texas’ redistricting efforts.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Everyone should be equal under the law
Thousands of gay activists exercised their right to free speech during a march from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Obama keep his word. Obama has promised to “end discrimination.”
Posted inOpinion
Despite government hypocrisy, grass could be greener on the legal side
Federal policy states that marijuana has no medical benefits. It is illegal for anyone, without the government’s approval, to research marijuana’s effects. Yet, for more than 30 years, the government has been dispensing marijuana to patients in order to study its medical uses.