Morning on the Green, a university-run event, has become a defining part of how students experience St. Fratty’s Day, providing a safer alternative to scattered house parties and drawing tens of thousands of students to a centralized campus location for a large-scale concert.
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Behind the rehearsals: MERGE gets ready for Illuminate
Cal Poly’s MERGE Dance Club is preparing to showcase two contrasting pieces at Illuminate, bringing together students from a wide range of majors and dance backgrounds to demonstrate their artistic range and collaborative spirit.
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On the front line: Cal Poly students juggle school and local immigrant advocacy work
An engineering student woke up to his phone buzzing one Wednesday morning. The text message he saw sent him quickly out the door and over to the San Luis Obispo County Jail. Federal immigration agents, he was told, were planning to detain someone. Around the time he and other volunteers for the Central Coast immigrant […]
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The Peak: Burnout Issue
This issue of The Peak explores the experiences of Cal Poly students who are feeling the effects of burnout due to the fast-paced environment and pressures of the school.
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Inside the Cal Poly Creamery
At the Cal Poly Creamery, students are gaining hands-on experiences during every step of the dairy production processes. They begin with picking up the milk and then turn it into cheese or ice cream that’s sold right on the Cal Poly campus. Their weekly schedule rotates though milk pickup, cheese make, ice cream make, and […]
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Mustangs learn by doing in new makerspace on campus
A new makerspace on campus invites students of all disciplines in to turn ideas into reality with a variety of machines. Reporter Parker Cinque takes a look inside to see what’s on offer.
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San Luis Obispo Police issue record citations during ‘Halloweekend’
San Luis Obispo police issued 78 citations and 24 misdemeanors during Halloween weekend safety enhancement zones, with open container citations seeing the most significant increase, while public urination decreased due to portable toilets and long bar lines.
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Letter to the Editor: Faculty parking woes due to poor planning by Armstrong
Finding a parking space has always been a gamble at Cal Poly. Lately, it’s become worse with the faculty being informed of a 125-space reduction due to campus construction. Were faculty informed in a direct campus-wide email before reporting for the fall quarter? No.
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Kennedy Library unveils new mural in official ribbon-cutting ceremony
The Kennedy Library at Cal Poly celebrated its re-opening with a ribbon-cutting after a two-year renovation, featuring a new mural, updated facilities and extended hours, providing students with a much-needed study space.
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Cal Poly students explore sea life to aid Pacific Coast research
Cal Poly students are collecting data to track coastal ecosystem changes over time as part of the DIMES network, a collaboration of marine biology labs stretching from Mexico to Alaska.
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CSU’s AI move feels less like innovation and more like overreach
The Cal State system is unjustly inserting itself in what should be a classroom-to-classroom dynamic. If professors want to encourage AI use for their assignments, great. If students decide on their own that the benefit is worth $20 a month, great. I believe it is not the Cal State’s place to provide these tools to students without meaningfully consulting faculty.