This year’s Week of Welcome underwent many changes, including an earlier kick-off and more activities in the beginning of the week, said Scott Kjorlien, a WOW Executive Board member.
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Cal Poly officials tighten up on off-campus behavior
Are actions of misconduct committed off campus as significant as those committed on campus?
Officials at Cal Poly believe so.
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Annual security report shows less arrests, more campus discipline
Cal Poly’s annual Clery report, published Monday by the University Police Department (UPD), showed a shift in drug and alcohol punishments.
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SLO 5-0: March 1-March 7
Friday, March 1: 12:08 p.m. Sexual assault report filed on the 100 block of Grand Avenue. 4:02 p.m. Theft report filed in Yosemite Hall. 6:31 p.m. Narcotics code violation in Fremont Hall. 7:16 p.m. Someone was walking on the 1000 block of Nipomo and Higuera streets with a 2-foot sword and was pointing and gesturing […]
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Mardi Gras, Cal Poly and the ‘biggest celebration west of the Mississippi’
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net The first thing Graham Updegrove heard was screaming. Then the entire crowd started running. “I didn’t even look back, I just kind of started running as well,” Updegrove said. “I took a couple of steps and got hit.” That moment may have been one of the ugliest San Luis Obispo […]
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Cal Poly student cause of death unknown
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net A student was pronounced dead at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center early Sunday morning, after university police responded to a medical aid call in Poly Canyon Village at 11:56 p.m. on Saturday. According to a Cal Poly press release, police responded to the call and attempted to perform CPR on […]
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Two sexual assaults reported near campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Three college-aged women were allegedly sexually assaulted on Feb. 2 and 3, according to a San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) press release. According to the release, the first incident occurred at approximately 11 p.m. in the 1200 block of Foothill Boulevard on Feb. 2. Two women were walking together […]
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Student arrested on vandalism, drunk in public
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) arrested agriculture systems management junior Matthew Martin early Saturday after police received a call about an individual breaking the windows of several vehicles near Johnson Avenue and Phillips Lane. SLOPD sergeant Fred Mickel said Martin was arrested on felony vandalism and drunk in […]
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UPD: Cal Poly prepared for Sandy Hook-style shooting
Sean McMinn seanmcminn.md@gmail.com After a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School murdered 20 children and six school employees, people at Cal Poly began asking University Police Department Chief George Hughes if the school was prepared for such a shooting. He answered them with a definite “yes.” Hughes said university police and Cal Poly administrators have […]
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Foothill bad for student foot, bike traffic
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Concerns about safety at the intersection of Foothill and California boulevards have led to recent heightened awareness of the area from the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD). The sheer amount of traffic running through the intersection on a daily basis has given local authorities a reason to keep a close eye […]
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SLOPD: burglary ring targets near campus
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net An organized crime ring has been stealing MacBook computers from Cal Poly students who live near campus, San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) said. Most of the burglaries occurred from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, and were reported on the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Foothill Boulevard, the 100 block of Hathway Avenue […]