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Spark of genius: student converts car to electric (while still in high school)

Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net Computer engineering sophomore Nolan Reker has been an electrical enthusiast all of his life. “Nolan was fascinated with electrical cords and electricity at six months,” Reker’s father, Roy, said.  “His first word was ‘light.’” When he was in junior high, Reker built a touch-screen computer screen from plexiglass and infrared LED lights, […]

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SLO’s air quality ‘F’ grade misleading

Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo County residents are often confused by the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report, which this past year placed San Luis Obispo as the ninth most polluted city by ozone with a letter grade of “F.”  The annual report has been given for 13 years, and according to the […]

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Change the Status Quo comes to Chumash

Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net Approximately 250 people from across Cal Poly’s campus and the San Luis Obispo community showed up at Chumash Auditorium on Saturday for the annual Change the Status Quo conference, where attendees shared new ideas on current social issues and discussed a student’s role in shaping future society. Cal Poly alumna and keynote […]

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