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Cal Poly looking for more living room

Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com Living in a study lounge wasn’t quite what communication studies sophomore Ben King pictured before he came to Cal Poly this past year. King said he was initially confused by his unusual housing situation, but he made the best of it, along with his three other roommates. The need for overflow housing […]

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Roommate pet peeves

The art of living with others requires a tricky balance of honesty and kindness. Living situations might result in friendship or strife, but they always produce great stories. The Bad “I had a roommate last year who came from a very rich, rich family,” software engineering junior Paul Armer said. “So she didn’t understand the concept […]

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Cramped dorms show need for more housing

While living on-campus is an expected part of the transition into college life, a record number of first-year applicants might leave some on-campus freshmen with more roommates than expected. The last two years brought the largest pool of first-year applicants in Cal Poly’s history. Every year, Cal Poly’s administrative Institutional Planning and Analysis Department releases […]

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UPD annual report shows spike in burglary

Cal Poly University Police Department (UPD) released their annual crime statistics and campus security report Sept. 29. The report provides statistics from the past three years for crimes on-campus, in the residence halls, on public property immediately surrounding campus and at special locations off-campus that are popular gathering places for students. These special locations are primarily […]

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