The percentage of students who vote in student government elections has been gradually increasing over the past 10 years, with voting spikes in 2011 and 2013.
Five things you missed at the ASI presidential debate
The three Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) 2019-2020 presidential candidates met at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) Plaza to advocate their platforms and debate campus issues. The presidential candidates are environmental management and protection…
Meet the three 2019-2020 ASI presidential candidates
Video by Austin Linthicum & Connor McCarthy Three candidates are campaigning to be the 2019-2020 Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president. The president represents the Cal Poly student body and works closely with university administration. Alex Bires Journalism freshman Alex Bires…
San Luis Obispo students are choosing to live in vans to save money, despite legal challenges
After a few Craigslist searches and mishaps, Hallie Lassiter got into the front seat of a newly acquired 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Sprinter and screamed. Depending on how you spin it, she just spent the majority of her savings to…
Starting today, Cal Poly will use students’ preferred names in directory as step toward inclusivity
Cal Poly students, staff and faculty will be listed under their preferred name in the Cal Poly directory beginning March 25. A campus-wide email from Information Technology Services (ITS) announced the change March 22, recognizing the importance of a name…
The Cal Poly Plant Conservatory is getting demolished — leaving more than 2,300 plants in need of a new home
There are more than 2,300 individual plants living in the Cal Poly plant conservatory — and they are all getting evicted this summer. The on-campus facility is getting torn down to make space for the Science and Agriculture Teaching and…
Why Cal Poly WiFi “sucks” — and how IT is planning to fix it
On the last day of Fall 2018 classes, 40,329 individual devices connected to SecureMustangWireless, Cal Poly’s WiFi network, 1,968,592 total times. Split evenly, each device would have to reconnect to the network about 49 times. That is a lot of reconnecting.
CSU-wide Title IX changes mean sexual misconduct investigations are paused and some reopened
The California State University (CSU) system mandated campuses to halt all current and appeal-pending Title IX sexual misconduct investigations while the CSU adopts a new investigative model. The new model, now required by California law, will guarantee students accused of…
Country artists Casey Donahew and Chancey Williams to perform at Poly Royal
Country musicians Casey Donahew and Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band will perform at Cal Poly in April during the 79th annual Poly Royal Rodeo. Casey Donahew Donahew will headline Poly Royal with a Saturday, April 13 performance. The…
Grammy-winner Joshua Bell will perform on his $3.5 million violin at Cal Poly tonight; students can watch for $10
Thursday, Feb. 7, Bell will perform on his $3.5 million violin alongside English pianist Sam Haywood at Cal Poly’s Harold Miossi Hall.
Meet the students helping advise Cal Poly administration on diversity issues and initiatives
Cal Poly made national news in Spring 2018 after the alleged blackface incident. In the emergency town hall meetings that followed, many students said the incident was a stark example of Cal Poly’s need for a more diverse and inclusive…