Their brief, buzzword-full rushed pitches aren’t great indicators of credibility. These types of petition booths on Cal Poly’s campus, while not all necessarily harmful or badly intentioned, should be treated with caution and skepticism upon encounter. These booths are trying to receive as many signatures as they can, and if they can rush you into signing something, they will, whether or not you even know what you’re supporting.
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WATCH: Longstanding Cal Poly BRAE BBQ threatened by Campus Dining privatization
Every Thursday, you can be sure to hear the sounds of students gathering and burgers frying on the grill behind the BRAE building. That is the sound of the longstanding BRAE BBQ, which serves hot burgers and chili to students, faculty and alumni weekly and has been doing so for over 50 years. At the […]
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ASI unanimously passes resolution to support an on-campus Disability Cultural Program
The ASI Board of Directors has unanimously approved passing a new resolution written by the Cal Poly Disability Alliance asking for a Disability Cultural Program (DCP) on campus. The club initially relaunched a petition at the beginning of spring quarter, which garnering over 700 student, staff, faculty, alumni and community member signatures in efforts to […]
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Disability Alliance students push back against new Excused Absence Agreement
Students in Cal Poly’s Disability Alliance club created a petition in late November to oppose a new form they are being required to fill out, entitled the “Excused Absence Agreement.“ This form sparked outrage amongst club members, as one of the questions allows professors to decide the maximum number of disability-related absences a student can […]
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Faculty petition for solutions to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 policy shortcomings
Cal Poly Administration has rejected the demands of a petition signed by nearly 4,000 community members following a week of mass frustration and record-breaking positivity rates. In a public ASI Board of Directors meeting, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said the Jan. 3 start to winter quarter was “a real problem for us” and “not […]
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Hundreds sign petition urging Safe Parking Program for unhoused students
A Safe Parking petition circulating online is asking the University to provide space for students to freely park and sleep in their vehicles overnight, a practice that is illegal on San Luis Obispo City streets. The petition also recommends that Cal Poly provides facilities with a kitchen and restrooms.
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Petition to improve lighting surrounding campus to be presented in City Council meeting
A petition to improve lighting in neighborhoods surrounding campus has been circling the Cal Poly community.
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Sustainability organizations collaborate on ‘Rise Above Plastics’ campaign
The groups will be tabling and performing zero-waste audits.
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Two students are petitioning for industrial hemp research at Cal Poly
Two students have garnered over 1,000 signatures supporting bringing hemp research to Cal Poly.
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Dairy science students successfully petition to save agricultural land
The fields that would be replaced would affect the daily operation of the dairy science program.
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Petition over department commencement ceremonies proves unnecessary
The petition gained more than 1,000 signatures in one day, but will not actually affect Cal Poly graduation.