Caught in a changing system: A survivor’s story after her perpetrator is allowed to re-enroll at Cal Poly
Inmates find their voice through college radio
“Music lets you change your mindset, be in a different element, maybe nostalgia. I can help these people or be like a friend to them even though we don’t know each other.”
Track & Field team suspended from 7 meets for hazing new recruits
The Cal Poly Varsity Track Team will be suspended from competing in a total of seven meets in March and April after the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities confirmed senior team members hazed new recruits. The violations included “making…
Joe Callero will not return as Men’s Basketball head coach next season
After 21 losses this season, Callero will not be returning next season after 10 years with Cal Poly.
For 40 years, all ASI presidents were men. How women have paved the way for student leadership today
An influx of women have been elected to U.S. Congress and San Luis Obispo’s government, where four out of five council members are female. This trend has trickled down to student leadership at Cal Poly, where six out of the…
Looking at the Cal Poly Experience with the help of Damon Williams
The next time Damon Williams visits campus, from March 12 to 14, the first phase of the 12-month long Cal Poly Experience plan will begin.
Despite city goal, only one new street light is projected to be installed in 2019
It was 8:03 p.m. Dusk had settled in, but not so much that one’s eyes could adjust to the darkness. Industrial technology and packaging juniors Ben Simon and Ryan Meffert stood on Hathway Avenue talking on the sidewalk. As…
Meet the students who care for Musty the Mustang, Cal Poly’s live mascot
On big game nights, an untamed stallion gallops across the football stadium as the crowd cheers him on. Affectionately known as Musty the Mustang, the 15 year-old horse has been reestablishing this game-time tradition for the past six years. Perhaps…
A 30-year-old SLO city law is causing more students to live “off lease” — and it may be illegal
It was mid-November 1989, and San Luis Obispo City Council members were hearing the same complaints they always heard. In a classic town-and-gown battle, locals were concerned about the increasing number of Cal Poly students, and how those students went…
Rainn Wilson and Shabnam Mogharabi talk finding joy in life’s most difficult situations
Keynote speakers and viral media empire SoulPancake founders Rainn Wilson, known for playing Dwight Schrute in “The Office,” and Shabnam Mogharabi discuss finding joy even in the most vulnerable and uncomfortable situations at ASI’s “For The Love of Joy” event Feb. 13.
Cuesta College student dies from possible bacterial meningitis infection
The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department confirmed they are investigating a possible bacterial meningitis case after a Cuesta College student passed away in a local hospital on Feb. 13. The student is believed to have been infected somewhere…