Greenpeace invited two Cal Poly students to attend a training conference for the country’s leading youth environmental activists called “Change It” in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Social sciences senior David Kirk and political science senior Lizzy LaMotte-Mitchell were named two of the top 100 youth environmental activists in the country by Greenpeace this summer.
Cal Poly is going green, and it has nothing to do with school spirit. The California State University system has set a goal of reducing energy use and utilizing more green power on all its campuses statewide to create a more sustainable system and prevent harm to the environment.
Cal Poly has several visitors from Mexico this week, hoping to learn a little bit about the university’s students and even more about American architecture. Four architecture students and three faculty members from Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico are participating in activities on and off campus as part of an exchange program with Cal Poly’s architecture department.
Chances are that every female student who attends Cal Poly has either experienced sexual assault firsthand or at least knows a friend, roommate or acquaintance that has. It is also true that every male student at Cal Poly probably knows someone who has been affected by sexual assault, or has maybe even experienced it himself.
Finding cheap, fun activities to do with friends can be somewhat of a hassle for Cal Poly students. No matter where you go in San Luis Obispo when you leave the house, there always seems to be an admission fee or cover charge.
Associated Students Inc. (ASI) aims to change all that by hosting Dusk ’til Dawn, an all-night extravaganza to be held today in the Cal Poly Rec Center.
While the Power House and Administration buildings still exist, almost everything else on this campus map has been changed since 1940.
The horseshoe design was still years away and the North Mountain dorms wouldn’t be built for another decade.
As the article below points out, none of the streets on the adjoining map have names.
The “P” that resides on Poly Hill has become a popular legacy at Cal Poly, but it may come as a surprise that it began as a prank pulled off by high school students in 1919.
A group of Cal Poly students living in the dorms first noticed an “H” written on the mountain with whitewashed rocks, presumably by San Luis Obispo High School students, and rushed up to reclaim their mountain, according to Cal Poly Land’s Web site.
Here at Cal Poly, it’s hard to imagine not being able to attend class because of a disability that requires a wheelchair.
But in Argentina, many disabled people are confined to their beds, unable to attend school and work or even go to another room in their own house because they can’t afford a wheelchair.
Cal Poly’s swimming and diving team can expect to put a lot of hard work in this year with new head coach Tom Milich.
Not only does he boast an extensive resume as an award-winning coach, but he is dedicated to making the Mustangs a winning team.
“We’re going to be like a whole new team,” said one of the team’s captains, Julie Demers.
The Cal Poly Organic Farm is offering an easy way to get nutritious food and easy meal plans without spending hours at the grocery store. But you have to act fast in future months, because the program has already sold out.
The seventh annual Fall and Winter Community Supported Agriculture Program, which offers weekly selections of farm fresh organic vegetables, fruits and eggs through a subscription membership.
Cal Poly’s shared reading program, known as PREFACE, isn’t just for WOWies anymore. Cal Poly’s newly enhanced program now offers all of the Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo community a chance to read a great book and join discussions and other events downtown.