Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has lifted a blanket suspension for Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternities and Panhellenic Association (PHA) sororities that was implemented April 16, eight days after fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha alumnus Kyler Watkins appeared in blackface and other members of the same fraternity dressed as gang members. However, the Lambda Chi Alpha national […]
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Aware Awake Alive in the decade since Carson Starkey’s death
The nation wide growth and transition of Aware Awake Alive, a program founded in memory of Carson Starkey who died of acute alcohol poisoning.
Students stand against blackface: Everything that has happened so far
Here’s a breakdown of this week’s events.
Interfraternity Council releases statement of probation
Effective immediately, IFC has self-imposed social probation which will cease boothing at Open House.
Another racist action at Cal Poly
Atienza argues that while blackface is racist, it was a nonviolent act and is therefore protected under the First Amendment.
Cal Poly’s hosted its first Healthy Masculinities Week
IFC, Men and Masculinity and Safer help students reflect on and shape their own healthy masculinity.
DTD dissolves chapter following multiple probations, removal of member and national organization review
After DTD’s national organization conducted a membership review Jan. 12-14 that cut the chapter down to 15, the fraternity dissolved.
Introducing new IFC President Colton Marino
Mustang News sat down with Marino to ask him about his goals for greek life.
Pi Kappa Phi becomes the first of four new fraternities on campus
As part of Cal Poly’s eight-year expansion plan for greek life, four new fraternities will come to campus. The first one to come on campus is Pi Kappa Phi. The fraternity came to Cal Poly in Fall 2016, but just participated in their first rush this past week. Pi Kappa Phi is the first fraternity […]
IFC changes how they introduce members to the greek system
Cal Poly’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) held its first ever potential new member meeting on Sunday. In all previous recruitment years, IFC hosted a barbecue as the first introduction to fraternity life at Cal Poly. However, seeing that the barbecue wasn’t providing students with as much information as they wanted, IFC decided to host a potential […]
Sincerely, SLO: The greatest decision I’ve made at Cal Poly — going greek
It troubled me to realize that to some, Fraternity and Sorority Life wasn’t the greatly beneficial and vibrant community I had come to know and cherish.