“He was my hero, my best friend, my person to look up to and now, my angel”
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Physics senior remembered
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly staff, faculty and friends met at a special campus memorial service Sept. 25 to remember physics senior Jacob Van Staaveren following his death in a skateboarding accident during summer break. Those who knew him will remember him as a kind, soft-spoken and curious student, physics professor David Mitchell said. “He […]
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'We are a community of one'
The mood was somber as students, faculty, family and friends gathered outside Yosemite Hall last Thursday to remember physics freshman Osvaldo Ponce, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Ponce was remembered as a “warm and easygoing person,” who was up front and supportive of others, said Ponce’s childhood friend Ruben Beurga, who spoke at the […]