Student protests against Cal Poly’s partnerships with defense companies are expected at the Spring Career Fair April 17-18. More than 200 companies are expected to attend the event. In recent years, small groups of student activists have unfurled “Divest From War” banners and called the university “complicit in war” by accepting donations from certain companies. […]
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Students plan another career fair Raytheon protest, calling “Cal Poly is complicit in war”
While most students prepare for Cal Poly career fairs by printing out resumes and practicing elevator pitches, students from SLO Peace Coalition and Students for Quality Education have other priorities. The student activists will be going over chants and making anti-war signs for the Thursday, Jan. 24. Winter Career Fair, which will be their third […]
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SLO Peace Coalition in the clear
Members of the SLO Peace Coalition were reviewed and found not in violation of student conduct by the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities for their short anti-war demonstration.
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Students say Cal Poly might levy sanctions for Career Fair protest
The Cal Poly Office of Rights and Responsibilities may punish the students for protesting.
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Engineers navigate recession successfully
Students graduating as industrial and manufacturing engineers from Cal Poly are not having problems finding jobs, engineering department chair Jose Macedo said. Companies such as Raytheon and Solar Turbines look for Cal Poly students, especially in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, because the students have the confidence and experience to work in a company such […]