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Cal Poly Tech Park aims for partnership between industry and students

The Cal Poly Tech Park opened Wednesday, Oct. 27 to enable students to get work experience and collaboration opportunities with faculty members, other students and local businesses.

A midterm discussion with Interim President Glidden

Interim President Robert Glidden has been at Cal Poly since Aug. 1, enabling him to understand the school more thoroughly and understand some of the issues it faces in its journey to find a new president and keep its reputation as a high quality university.

HANDs on Health focuses on making a change

HANDs on Health, a symposium event put on by Cal Poly’s STRIDE association, brought four health-conscious speakers to the PAC on Oct. 22

Proposition 23: Is it the ‘California Job Initiative’ or the ‘Dirty Energy Bill’?

The controversy of Proposition 23, named both the California Job Initiative and the Dirty Energy Bill by each respective side, has incited volunteers to bring awareness about the measure to Cal Poly.

Labor terms may cause SLORTA drivers to strike

In order to avoid a strike, the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (SLORTA) and its drivers’ labor union representatives met with a federal mediator on Oct. 7 to try to come to an agreement, though the one reached is still unsatisfactory to the drivers.

What is the Cal Poly Corporation?

The Cal Poly Corporation (CPC), which has been a part of the Cal Poly community since the 1940s, is the business body behind the recognizable El Corral Bookstore and Campus Dining, but many students do not understand exactly what it is.

Save the ta-ta’s: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

With breast cancer becoming one of the leading killers of women in America, sorority alpha Kappa Delta Phi is supporting October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by selling bracelets, pins and their faces for charity.

CSUs to accept new students for Winter 2011; Cal Poly still uncertain

After the budget crisis last year denied new student admission in the spring, CSUs will be accepting new students for the Winter/Spring 2011 terms despite the budget not yet being finalized to sustain them. Cal Poly is still uncertain.

Cal Poly journalism department: focusing more on change than past problems

On Tuesday, Sept. 28, College of Liberal Arts Dean Linda Halisky and interim journalism department chair Dr. Levenson answered questions from students regarding past worries and future hope.