Two Cal Poly students have recently fallen from residence hall windows, with the university conducting safety inspections and reminding residents not to tamper with window screens or safety features.
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President Armstrong sends email in response to widespread residence hall damage
University officials were forced to temporally close Muir Hall and evacuate 300 students living in the affected residence halls.
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“We’re students too”: navigating power dynamics and student life as a Cal Poly RA
There are few certainties in residential life for university students, but something that is guaranteed is having Resident Advisors, or “RAs.” Every residence hall and apartment at Cal Poly has a team of student workers who manage dozens of their peers. One of them is biochemistry junior Jordan Ford, an RA for the yakʔitʸutʸu College […]
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Residents of Yosemite Hall React to Residence Hall Fire
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 feel after the fire. https://youtu.be/Ydp1qLSGpZ8
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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 to meet other students. But hey, you’re also sharing a bathroom with 11 other people […]
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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 also closed its restrooms due to the water outage, but kept dining services open. Assistant […]
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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 fragments in fecal matter can be detected earlier than in normal testing. Video by Matthew […]
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“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.
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Wild turkeys on the attack this month
“It was traumatizing,” environmental management and protection senior Scott Shaffer wrote.
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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.
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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.