He was the only black student in most of his classes and his dorm. As a minority, Smith (not his actual name, see editor’s note below) found himself isolated from Cal Poly by his race. Monday, he will bring together others…
Beerbongs for world peace
Photos by Maggie Kaiserman The mission behind Beerbongs For World Peace is to acknowledge the world’s problem of hunger while drinking responsibly. While many college students drink to party, a group of Cal Poly students and graduates drink for a…
Photographer travels over winter break
Over winter break, I spent 21 days traveling through seven European countries. I traveled alone with nothing but a hiking backpack, my camera, some train passes and a general idea of where I wanted to go. This is what I…
Free campus tax clinic hosts congresswoman
Congresswoman Lois Capps paid a visit to campus Thursday to help a program which offers free tax help to low-income community members and groups at risk of becoming wrapped up in tax controversies. A press conference was held to broadcast…
ASI Board of Directors Meeting Roundup
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors held its first meeting of the quarter last night. The meetings are held every other week in the University Union (UU), room 220. ASI President Kiyana Tabrizi reported: University Police Department Chief of…
'A hostile work environment': Cal Poly staff union addresses workplace bullying
Sometimes it’s yelling. Other times it’s an impossible work assignment. Instances of workplace bullying have increased in the last three years, Cal Poly Staff Union President Joan Kennedy said. Staff reported 10 instances of workplace bullying to the union in…
Cal Poly women talk sex
Some learned from older brothers and sisters. Others from movies such as “Titanic.” But the majority of the 27 women at Let’s Talk Sex said they learned about sex in fifth and sixth grade via a sex education class. Caitlin…
Teaching left behind
The Cal Poly professors who educate future teachers are hoping the state will apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which would allow California’s teachers to bring art, music, history and physical education (PE) back into the…
Wine country possibly shrinking
Global warming could hurt Cal Poly and other premium winegrowing regions of California in the next 30 years, said Noah Diffenbaugh, an assistant professor of environmental Earth system science at Stanford. Diffenbaugh and other Stanford University climate scientists said by…
Physics department attempting to close gender gap
It takes an even number of protons and electrons to produce a balance, and the Cal Poly physics department is working to create a better balance of men and women in both faculty and students. Having more diversity in the…
Engineers navigate recession successfully
Students graduating as industrial and manufacturing engineers from Cal Poly are not having problems finding jobs, engineering department chair Jose Macedo said. Companies such as Raytheon and Solar Turbines look for Cal Poly students, especially in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering…