After a week-long campaign advocating for San Luis Obispo to decrease its future police budget, Cal Poly Students for Quality Education (SQE), along with 25 other local organizations, were unsuccessful as the city council unanimously voted June 1 to approve their 2021-2023 financial plan. The two year financial plan allocates approximately 25% of the city’s […]
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“No Harm Disarm” Teach-In educates faculty and students on issues with on-campus policing
This week, Students for Quality Education (SQE) and the California Faculty Association (CFA) joined forces to host “teach-ins” addressing issues with on-campus police and promoting their, “No Harm Disarm, Cops Off Campus” campaign. Electrical engineering senior and member of Cal Poly SQE Alejandro Bupara said SQE has always been intentional in centering concerns and issues […]
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University partnerships with war industries unaffected by student protests
Student protests against Cal Poly’s partnerships with defense companies are expected at the Spring Career Fair April 17-18. More than 200 companies are expected to attend the event. In recent years, small groups of student activists have unfurled “Divest From War” banners and called the university “complicit in war” by accepting donations from certain companies. […]
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Free Speech Wall: Different quarter, different meaning?
Two demonstrations of the First Amendment were notably absent from Cal Poly’s campus Fall 2018: the Free Speech Wall and the protests against it. For those who missed it, there is no reason to worry; the Cal Poly College Republicans have opened up their Free Speech Gallery on Dexter Lawn. The College Republicans said this […]
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Students for Quality Education protest County Sheriff Ian Parkinson, call for end to police negligence
“Give up your job, give it to someone who is more capable and actually cares about people’s lives,” SQE President Gianna Bissa said, calling for Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s resignation.
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Ban on state-funded travel to states with laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ community turns one year old
The bill bans most state-funded travel to Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
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Letter to the Editor: SLO must fight for affordable housing
This letter reflects the opinions of Students for Quality Education (SQE) and the Queer Student Union (QSU). Letters to the editor do not reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News. Students for Quality Education and the Queer Student Union fight for a free, accessible and equitable education for all California students, as well […]
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Deadline for mandatory Week of Welcome registration approaches
Failure to register for Week of Welcome by Aug. 15 will result in offers of admission being withdrawn.
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Armstrong rejects Students for Quality Education’s demands
SQE demanded Armstrong speak out publicly against the Sustainable Financial Model, invest in minority education fields and change Cal Poly’s Student Success Fee structure.
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Student stage mock die-in as part of CSU-wide protest
Students protested a multitude of topics, including costs associated with the CSU’s new Sustainable Financial Model.