Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona’s collaborative rose float “Jungle Jumpstart” won the top-honored Sweepstakes Award at the 137th annual Rose Parade, becoming the first student-made float to win the award in decades.
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Rose float team carries on tradition
Dozens of Cal Poly students spent last week in a state of “organized chaos” while preparing for the 123rd annual Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Calif. With the largest number of students working on the project in recent history, 37 Cal Poly Rose Float team members worked from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2 in what […]
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Everything not rosy for float-building team after theft
Approximately $13,500 worth of equipment was allegedly stolen from the Cal Poly Rose Float team on campus at Cal Poly Pomona a month ago.
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Cal Poly floats to the top
For the second year in a row the Cal Poly float won the KTLA Viewers Choice Award, this year they also won an award from the Tournament of Rose’s Committee, the Bob Hope Humor Trophy.