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El programa local “Paws to read” ayuda a los niños con ansiedad de lectura
Berkeley, una mezcla de labrador dorado de 11 años, viene a la biblioteca de Los Osos todos los miércoles para brindar un oído reconfortante a los niños con ansiedad de lectura.
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Local ‘Paws to Read’ program helps kids with reading anxiety
Berkeley, an 11-year-old golden labrador mix, comes to the Los Osos library every Wednesday to provide a comforting ear for kids with reading anxiety.
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New temporary study spaces take over parking during Kennedy Library construction
On June 16, Robert E. Kennedy Library closed its doors until fall of 2025. To provide students with alternative study spaces, Cal Poly has set up temporary study locations — some of which include pre-existing education buildings, outside study tents and the old Crandall Gym. Parking lots C7 and H11, previously faculty lots, will hold […]
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Kennedy Library closing speaks to a pattern of de-prioritizing students’ needs
Shelbi Sullaway is a mechanical engineering junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. There’s no place quite like the library when you’re in college. The library is my home base when I don’t have classes. The first three floors are a go-to for studying or hanging […]
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With the library closed, students search for study spots
Halloween is over, but finals week is still creeping up for Cal Poly students. During past in-person quarters that would typically mean the library, coffee shops and dorms would be filled with students trying to get some last minute studying in. However, COVID-19 has forced students to find other places to study.
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A student-made documentary inspired CSU libraries to stop using the phrase ‘illegal alien’
Cal Poly is one of 23 California State Universities to change policies surrounding language used to describe undocumented people. The move was prompted by “Change the Subject: A documentary about labels, libraries, and activism” that is coming to campus Feb. 4.
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What closing Kennedy Library looks like for students
Imagine all five floors of Robert E. Kennedy Library as they are on a weekday here at Cal Poly, full of students. Next, imagine these hundreds of students in the library at a given time forced to relocate elsewhere on campus — these stressed, perspiring, sleep-deprived students — occupying every lawn, classroom, table, dry segment […]
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Questions we need to ask before accepting life without a library
Students may have seen him walking around Cal Poly wearing a beret and speaking with students on Dexter Lawn. Seventy-one year-old Atascadero resident Eric Greening uses Cal Poly as a venue to tutor community members in humanities, social sciences and biology. Greening said he opposes the potential two-year closure of the Robert E. Kennedy Library. The views […]
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Kennedy Library will close, but it is unclear exactly when
Kennedy Library will be closed for renovations for two years, but officials say they do not know when exactly it is set to close.
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“On the Road” Scroll coming to SLO at request of Cal Poly faculty
The single-scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac’s famous novel “On the Road” will be featured in SLO’s librart for two months.