The economic climate and spike in unemployment rates throughout the country have rendered some people and families uninsured, but San Luis Obispo is setting an example for others by providing quality health care — free of charge. The SLO Noor Foundation Free Clinic (SNFFC), which currently offers free primary care and vision services, opened Oct. […]
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Costa Rican trip inspires dreams of Madness
After spending half a practice mopping the floor, zip-lining in thunder showers and going toe-to-toe with a Brazilian aardvark, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team said it feels as if it is ready to make a run at March Madness. This is due in part to an eight-day trip the team took this summer to […]
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Final provost candidate makes Cal Poly debut
The Cal Poly Consultative Search Committee wrapped up its provost candidate forum Friday morning when it introduced its fourth and final candidate for the position: Kathleen Finken, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. Finken spoke to an audience made up of approximately 50 students, faculty, administrators and others from 9:15 […]
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Catch a SLO ride
San Luis Obispo residents and visitors now have a safe, reliable and cheap way of getting home after a night of partying: SLO Safe Rides. After officially starting the business at the beginning of this summer, SLO Safe Ride Founders, English senior Michael Linn and San Luis Obispo resident Trevor Freeman passed the trial stages […]
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Living green (and gold) at Cal Poly
Cal Poly’s approach toward energy efficiency has resulted in many interactive student programs and the certification of eco-friendly buildings and campus maintenance procedures — all while its staff searches for ways to cut costs. This reduction in utility expenses is not accomplished by cutting corners, assistant director of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability for Facility Services […]
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Doing the time for crime in SLO
Eric Lincoln, an officer at the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD), is one of the town’s 44,948 residents who experience an influx of college students into the population at the beginning of each school year. Many of the people who permanently live and work in San Luis Obispo welcome the spike in population and […]
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Lost Plu$ Dollars leave some WOW leaders confused
Many Week of Welcome (WOW) leaders have voiced their anger about Plu$ Dollars earned during WOW inexplicably vanishing from their Polycards on Sept. 20, and many can’t explain why or how this happened.