This is the second and final installment of “Commuting that makes cents,” which explains alternative transportation options available to faculty, staff and students. May was bike month, and though it is coming to a close, there is one group on…
Tune in to UU Hour with weekly concerts
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) puts on Concerts in the Plaza, in the University Union (UU) Plaza during UU Hour (11 a.m. to noon on Thursdays), but it would like to gain more suggestions from students, according to ASI Events entertainment student supervisor…
Commuting that makes cents
[box]This is the first of two installments of Commuting that Makes Cents, which explains alternative transportation options available to faculty, staff and students.[/box] Faculty and staff looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and save a little cash can…
Cal Poly’s ‘centerpiece’ set to be finished in one year
Every week, approximately 120 construction workers come to Cal Poly to continue building the new six-story Center for Science and Mathematics. The $132 million project was funded by state education construction bonds which were approved by voters, plus $20 million…
Students play games with autistic spectrum
For two years, mathematics senior Dara Stepanek has held a game night in Muir Hall every quarter for people in the autism spectrum (those with pervasive development disorders), and anyone else who wants to participate. The last game night was Friday.…
SLO reaches for the Top Shelf
Top Shelf, a band that plays multiple genres with an emphasis in reggae and rock based out of Ukiah, will play at Concerts in the Plaza today. The band’s Cal Poly performance will be its first show of a month-long…
Sexual assault report released
In response to two reported sexual assaults last May in a one week time frame, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong formed the Presidential Task Force on Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault. The task force released its first report this month, coinciding…
Poly 'P' 101 – Part 2
The Cal Poly “P” is one of the school’s most noticeable landmarks. Whether it is green for Earth Day or rainbow-colored for Pride Week, the “P” stands proudly on the hill, even though few know much about it. Present and…
Poly "P" 101
[box]The past and procedures: part 1[/box] People go up to the 50-foot-by-30-foot “P” on the mountain at the back of campus at all hours of the day for dates, to see the view, go mountain biking, to paint it — for…
Grand stoplights activated by next week
The often blind intersection at Grand Avenue and Abbot Street will soon be regulated by a stoplight. Traffic lights, street lights and “signalized” crosswalks are being installed on the intersection in order to reduce congestion of traffic flow coming off…
Students take second in horticulture competition
Cal Poly students took second place out of 64 competing schools at the 36th Annual Student Career Days competition, an event held for horticulture students across the nation. The three-day competition took place at Kansas State University March 22 to 25, with…