Cal Poly students are petitioning to create Recreation Center workout hours for women and nonbinary students only — a fight against “feeling uncomfortable and over-sexualized on campus,” according to the petition. The petition, started by business administration senior Lydia Dasari, interdisciplinary studies senior Shauna Sweeney and biomedical engineering senior Melissa Martinez, became an idea after […]
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MN NOW: Thursday, April 1, 2021
Mustang News reporter Sofia Silvia brings you this week’s top stories… Cal Poly Recreation Center Reopens Some Indoor Facilities A Year Into The Pandemic Cal Poly Receives $100,000 Donation To Upgrade Parallel Computing Lab Football Opts Out Of The Rest Of 2021 Season
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Cal Poly Recreation Center reopens some indoor facilities a year into the pandemic
The Cal Poly Recreation Center opened for limited indoor use on Monday, March 29, almost a year after its initial closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release. San Luis Obispo County moved back into the red tier of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy guidelines on March 3 for the first […]
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Recreation Center outdoor spaces open for workouts, indoor spaces set up for a COVID care site
More facilities have opened for student use at the Recreation Center this quarter. However, the Recreation Center continues to be prepared for use as an alternate care site for COVID- 19 patients. When COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders began in the Spring, San Luis Obispo County reached out to Cal Poly to use the Recreation Center as […]
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SLO County to start transforming Cal Poly Recreation Center into care site March 30
San Luis Obispo County Public Health announced modification to Cal Poly’s Recreation Center to establish an alternative care site for coronavirus patients will start Monday, March 30, according to County Emergency Operations Director Wade Horton.
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Give ’em heel! New Hip Hop and Heels class at Rec Center
Students who find themselves getting a little chilly during winter quarter can now bring on the heat in a new Hip Hop and Heels dance class offered at the Recreation Center. The class is held every Thursday, from 7:45-8:45 p.m. No skill level is required and heels are optional, although students are recommended to bring […]
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Workout waits no more: Rec Center updates gates
Over the summer, the Recreation Center underwent renovations to improve entry wait lines and add new equipment.
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Yoga teacher expands Human Being Training beyond Cal Poly
Amanda Parker Lambert begins each weekly Human Being Training yoga class at the Recreation Center by writing an idea or mantra on the small whiteboard behind her. Sometimes, the Human Being Training founder comes to class with one in mind. Other times, she will ask students what has been on their minds lately. This week’s […]
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The reasoning behind the Recreation Center’s layout
The Cal Poly Recreation Center stands out as a bright, modern space where students can go to sweat, study and sleep. But unbeknownst to the approximately 7,000 yogis, runners, lifters and casual exercisers that head to the Recreation Center daily, their seemingly routine outings at the gym are guided by subtle environmental cues hidden within […]
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Man runs through glass door at Rec Center
Someone ran through a glass door at the Recreation Center, shattering it in the process.
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Cal Poly’s fitness phenomenon
We should strive to dismantle the fat and skinny dichotomy; doing so is the best way to remedy our narrow perception of the “normal” college student.
