Cal Poly is housing more students than any other Cal state with about 4,500 students living on campus this month, according to a Mustang News review of university housing plans within the California State University (CSU) system.
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Cal Poly is isolating COVID-positive students in Cerro Vista — but officials haven’t told residents
Cal Poly is using Cerro Vista’s Romauldo building to isolate COVID-positive students and residents in quarantine who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The university has not communicated its use of Romauldo to the 649 residents living in the other five Cerro Vista buildings. University Housing officials have also instructed residential advisors — who […]
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“My voice does matter”: Cal Poly students get ready to vote
In a survey Mustang News distributed randomly to 850 students, 102 students responded, detailing how they plan to vote this year.
96.1 percent of students that were surveyed planned on voting during this election season.
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Who are Cal Poly students voting for in the presidential primary?
Bernie Sanders is the leading presidential candidate among Cal Poly students, according to a Mustang News poll. Mustang News polled Cal Poly students in the weeks leading up to the March 3 primary election to find out who Cal Poly students say they will vote for and what issues they care about the most. Top […]
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Inconclusive data led to the sophomore housing requirement
President Jeffrey Armstrong and top administrators have argued for years that living on campus improves student’s retention rates. However, University Housing Director Jo Campbell said data she presented at an Academic Senate meeting Feb. 11 did not prove second-year housing causes greater student retention, or the likelihood for a student to continue until their third year. […]
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Cal Poly reached most, but not all, of its zero emission goals by 2020
In spite of 100 percent growth in building square footage and on-campus housing in the past three decades, the university managed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels.
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Where exactly does your money go? Breaking down the ASI and UU fees
Students at Cal Poly pay nearly $10,000 in tuition, but not all of their money goes toward academic and facilities services.
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A recent history of the Blue-Green Rivalry, “the greatest rivalry in college soccer”
Cal Poly-UC Santa Barbara Men’s Soccer game is the most anticipated game of the season for both fanbases. Thousands of spectators fill Spanos Stadium every year to cheer on their home team.
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UCSB has highest 2018 campus crime rates compared to Cal Poly, Davis and Fresno
The release of Cal Poly’s annual Clery report displayed an overall decrease in crime rates for 2018. A comparison between Cal Poly, UCSB, UC Davis and Fresno State highlight UCSB with the highest rates of offenses out of the four similar universities. In the wake of the 2017 #MeToo movement, sex offenses in 2018 saw […]
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Lower crime rates for WOW 2019
Crime rates decreased, but with five arrests, 14 alcohol and drug related medical aids, 54 fire alarm incidents and 81 noise complaints, the freshmen’s first week in the city of San Luis Obispo was anything but quiet.
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Less students enrolled with high-performing class of 2023
The class of 2023 is already breaking records with an average high school GPA of 4.09, SAT of 1402, and ACT of 31, and acceptance rate of 28 percent. The preliminary data given to Mustang News by Cal Poly’s Office of Institutional Research, which could change before being finalized in November, brings the university’s total […]