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Students returning from summer vacation might find a few unexpected changes on campus this fall, the largest of them being related to the opening of the brand new Poly Canyon Village.
To accommodate the foot traffic of thousands of new residents, Via Carta, next to the Campus Market has been permanently closed to vehicle traffic, or as Mark Hunter, Cal Poly’s executive director of facility services, prefers to call it, “the opening of a new pedestrian mall and bikeway.
Location, location, location. the real estate mantra seems to have worked for Bella Montaña, the Cal Poly Housing Corporation’s faculty housing development just west of campus. With 81 percent of the two and three bedroom homes now sold, the development at the intersection Highland Drive and North Santa Rosa Street is meeting its original goal, 20 months after sales first started.
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is in a class of his own. A Cal Poly alumnus, he has spent the last two months as the American representative aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Before conducting a live telephone interview with Scott Rourke of Cal Poly’s alumni magazine, Chamitoff took a moment to don a Cal Poly T-shirt which he brought aboard in his limited allowance of personal articles.
After a 2007 that saw the Cal Poly men’s soccer team put together its best season at the Division I level, it’s ready to make the playoffs this year.
Only three of 33 players graduated from last year’s Mustangs, who finished 11-4-4 overall and third in the Big West Conference at 6-2-4.
A new on-campus technology park designed to facilitate collaboration between Cal Poly and the technology industry is set to begin contractor bidding on Sept. 13, bearing approval by the CSU Board of Trustees.
The California Central Coast Research Partnership (C3RP) proposed the technology park project over the last several years.
There was something a little different going on at the west end of the San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market last Thursday night. The local band Still Time, formed by Cal Poly and Cuesta College students, got people singing, dancing and jumping at the normally sedate market end.
Quick show of hands: how many of you have an iPod?
If you do and you’re a student at Cal Poly, then chances are, you got yours in the last four years and that little clickable interface is like second nature to you. The latest hit single has been at your fingertips for most of your adult or even teenage years and with 1,000 songs readily at your disposal, the walk between classes need never be boring again.
The appearance of hip-hop MC Immortal Technique, best known for his revolutionary spirit and lyrics dealing with politics, poverty, religion, and racism, was part of Summer Skool Fest at Downtown Brewing Co. last weekend.
The event featured performances by Public Defendaz, Venomous Voices, The Circle, 40 oz.
Despite interludes of discouragement and depressive storytelling, “Stay Positive,” the newest release from bar-rock group The Hold Steady, manages to uphold the album’s namesake.
Utilizing, in varying proportions, two guitars, bass, drums, keyboards and the raw vocal energy of Craig Finn, the band also manages to blur the lines of what would conventionally be considered classic rock with pop instrumentals and punk oomph.
Cal Poly students who fall in love with the Central Coast lifestyle may be getting a few more opportunities to stay in town after graduation, despite near-zero job growth in the last three years, according to growth statistics compiled by the UCSB Economic Forecast Project.
Former Cal Poly first baseman and outfielder Jimmy Van Ostrand is headed to the Olympics.
On Tuesday the British Columbia native was bound for Beijing with Team Canada, having just completed a series of four exhibition games against Team USA.
While Canada proved successful in the first installment, gaining a narrow 4-3 win, the USA dominated the series in Durham, N.