At around 3 am on Thursday morning, residents of Cal Poly’s Yosemite Tower 6 were evacuated after an electrical fire took place in one resident’s room. Mustang News Reporter Ava Kershner talks to students from the halls about how they…
Cal Poly’s modern-day segregation
Cassandra Garcia is a journalism freshman and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Imagine living in a dorm where maintenance problems are a constant norm and there is no community center…
Broken pipe causes water outage for Cal Poly residence halls, dining facility
Cal Poly students in six residence halls were left without water on Saturday due to an emergency water outage. The outage left the yak?it?ut?u, Sierra Madre, Yosemite, Tenaya, Muir and Trinity residence halls without water. The Vista Grande dining facility…
Cal Poly tests wastewater for COVID-19
Cal Poly will implement a new wastewater testing system by mid-January to test for COVID-19 in on-campus housing. University President Jeffrey Armstrong outlined the wastewater testing system in a campus-wide email on Sept. 24, 2020. Armstrong explained that the COVID-19…
“They’re my kids” — John Tiedemann is more than a custodian to North Mountain residents
While he only cleans 20 of the bathrooms in North Mountain, he said he makes a point to reach out to everyone who lives there.
Wild turkeys on the attack this month
“It was traumatizing,” environmental management and protection senior Scott Shaffer wrote.
Students lead campaign to add AEDs in every residence hall
Jack Pawela and Miles Henry hope to have AEDs in every residence hall by the end of the academic year.
Parking problems could get worse as administration pushes for more students to be housed on campus
With the advent of major construction on campus to accommodate more students, parking has diminished on campus.
Network marketing sets up shop in residence halls
“Network marketing” might sound like 1950s Tupperware parties that gave housewives an opportunity to make some money after World War II. During these parties, the hostess or “consultant” would invite friends and family over to sell Tupperware, quite different from…
2-year on-campus housing a goal, but won’t be a requirement, officials say
The goal is to make Cal Poly more of a community, officials say.
All residence halls expecting Wi-Fi this summer
Poly Canyon Village, Cerro Vista Apartments and the Sierra Madre complex are done, Jurasin said, but the rest of the 11 residence halls still do not have access to wireless Internet.