Finding that one perfect job post-college can weigh on students’ minds, but Cal Poly has the resources to help. Mustang Jobs is a website run by Career Services that specifically caters to job-hunting students. At Mustang Jobs, students can find job listings, information on employers and resources for applying for a job or internship. The […]
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Police searching for robber of Foothill bank
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man they said robbed the Golden 1 Credit Union on Foothill Boulevard at gunpoint Thursday afternoon. Police said a man carrying a handgun entered the bank at 3:15 p.m. and told everyone inside to get on the ground. He then handed a plastic bag to a bank […]
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Alumna wins Teacher of the Year
A Cal Poly graduate received one of the highest educational honors in the country last week when she was named the 62nd National Teacher of the Year. Rebecca Mieliwocki, who studied as an undergraduate in Cal Poly’s communication studies department in the late ’80s and early ’90s, before receiving her teaching credential from California State University, […]
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Men stand up against sexual violence
If beauty is pain, the men at Saturday’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event were gorgeous, as they gingerly learned to walk in heels in a demonstration against rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Approximately 200 participants, the majority men, showed up to wear high heels and walk the mile circuit around Mission Plaza. […]
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Fourth sexual assault reported near Poly campus
Two more women reported being assaulted by a man who tried to remove their underwear Thursday night at approximately 11:40 p.m. near campus, on Hathway Avenue near Longview Street, according to the San Luis Obispo Police department (SLOPD). An unnamed assailant approached the women from behind, reached up their skirts and tried to pull their underwear down, […]
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Fraternity gets cease and desist
The Sigma Pi fraternity is under investigation after allegedly hosting a party where minors were present and alcohol was served, Student Life and Leadership (SLL) Director Stephan Lamb said. The fraternity was placed on cease and desist Friday after Lamb heard from several university staff members about an alleged party, held at a Foothill property leased […]
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Sustainability at Poly: Putting the green in green and gold
Eight years ago, then-Cal Poly President Warren Baker signed a declaration to prioritize sustainability at the university. The pledge, “The Talloires Declaration,” is a 10-point plan composed by French university officials in 1990 to commit academia to incorporating sustainability into all aspects of education. Since the signing, green movements have taken root and blossomed at […]
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Birds of a feather: Freshman brings falconry to Poly
Most freshmen leave behind their pets when they go off to college. They kiss their cats and dogs goodbye and eagerly await the next time they can go home over the weekend and see their beloved Fido again. Not Lindsey Benger. Benger, an animal science freshman, took her pet with her to school and is […]
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Career Fair: Green careers mix it up
Sustainability and the career fair are united for the first time this year with the Green Career Mixer, an opportunity for students and businesses who care about making sustainability a priority to meet up. The mixer on Wednesday is open to all students and employers. It was planned as a way to not only help […]
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HotHouse brings business opportunities
Student entrepreneurs looking to turn their innovative ideas into full-fledged businesses will have that chance this summer, with the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s second SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator. The HotHouse is a 12-week program created last year by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to help foster new companies in San Luis […]
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Two fraternities under investigation after 300-person party
UPDATE: The Cal Poly Office of Student Life and Leadership has decided to drop the investigation into the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, director Stephan Lamb said. After meeting with the fraternity’s president, Lamb decided to remove the cease and desist order issued last Friday. Greek life director Diego Silva said the Phi Sigma Kappa president […]