Due to the new online class format, some Cal Poly professors suspect an increase in cheating among students in classes. Some professors have opted for preventative browsers, such as the Respondus Lockdown Browser, which prohibits students from accessing other applications…
Cal Poly will continue to pay for club speaker security; Academic Senate voices concerns
Cal Poly’s speaker security spending policy remains unchanged after the university spent $140,000 over the past two years on security for controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos’ two visits. The resolution was discussed in the final meeting of the year until the…
Central Coast not named in offshore drilling executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28 that would allow for the expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling along portions of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, but does not explicitly mention the Central Coast. The executive…
ISPs can sell your data, here’s how to protect yourself
While there are ways to protect yourself on the web, no method guarantees privacy
City council and Cal Poly draft pilot party registration program
San Luis Obispo residents who host parties could have an opportunity to quiet down before a citation is issued
New policies ban hammocks and slacklines on campus
Slacklines and hammocks have been banned on campus, per an interim policy released last Friday. Slacklining is limited to designated areas and may only be temporarily affixed to university-installed poles while in use, according to Section 334.1.3 of campus facilities policies. Hammocks are…
Mustang News, Jan. 14, 2014: Greeks on social probation, awaiting party registration agreement
Mustang News anchor Ashley DeVriend recaps today’s biggest news at Cal Poly.
Mustang Minute: Skateboarding on campus
Ashley DeVriend talks to students about skateboarding policies on campus.
EE grading guideline disappears
A controversial grading policy was voted down in the electrical engineering department during spring quarter.
Cal Poly to make room for serious students
Cal Poly is now operating with new policies issued from the CSU Chancellor’s office that limit the number of incomplete, withdrawal, and repeat grades students can accumulate per academic record.
Despite government hypocrisy, grass could be greener on the legal side
Federal policy states that marijuana has no medical benefits. It is illegal for anyone, without the government’s approval, to research marijuana’s effects. Yet, for more than 30 years, the government has been dispensing marijuana to patients in order to study its medical uses.