Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Though lightning did not physically strike campus last week, a stray bolt did strike a chord at Cal Poly on Thursday when it hit an off-campus Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) line early that morning,…
Women’s soccer wins and draws, men’s team ties
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net The streak continues. Rolling off of a four-match win streak, the Cal Poly women’s soccer team won one match and tied another this weekend during its two-match homestand. On the men’s side, the Mustangs tied…
Lightning strike brings down Cal Poly network
UPDATE 1:10 p.m.: Cal Poly Information Technology Services restored the university network system at approximately 11:45 a.m. Thursday, according to university officials. This allowed students, professors and administrators access to their My Cal Poly Portal, as well as their Cal…
Local chocolate business deals with trademark issue
A wide variety of chocolates are sold at a store located on Marsh Street, a place commonly known to San Luis Obispo residents as Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates. Within the next couple of weeks, though, the store will be changing…
ASI looks to increase student voter registration
Elections are less than a month away and as many students prepare to vote once again, some are getting ready to pick names, decide on propositions and cast their ballots for the first time. Before students can vote though, they…
Cal Poly student arrested on suspicion of theft
Cal Poly architecture student Luis Javier Martin was arrested yesterday on accounts of possession of stolen property and resisting arrest, according to a San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) report. SLOPD dispatched two officers at 3 a.m. on Sunday to…
CSU announces Timothy White as new chancellor
UPDATE 12:00 p.m. Timothy White, the former chancellor of University of California, Riverside (UCR), was selected after a nationwide search for current chancellor Charles Reed’s replacement kicked off in May, CSU trustee and chair of the search committee Bill Hauck said…
Big Gigantic to bring “sensory overload” to Graduate
Big Gigantic mixology: one part saxophone, one part drums, two parts DJ. Mix well. Add half a thousand fans. Place onstage at The Graduate. Enjoy. The electronic dance music (EDM) group Big Gigantic will take the stage at San Luis Obispo’s…
Olson toxicology report shows cocaine, alcohol use
The toxicology report of Cal Poly theatre arts sophomore Brett Olson — who was reported missing and later found dead in early September — revealed alcohol and cocaine in Olson’s system at the time of his of death. The report, issued…
SLO Stomping: Broadway show comes to PAC
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Boom. Crash. Bank. Swish. These sounds — normally most associated with a loud construction site — will be crashing through the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) tonight as the smash hit “Stomp” returns to…