When organist Joshua Stafford took the stage in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Jan. 14, 2019, he sat before a very large, yet very small, audience. Stafford’s performance was a part of a long running community-sponsored event…
Despite city goal, only one new street light is projected to be installed in 2019
It was 8:03 p.m. Dusk had settled in, but not so much that one’s eyes could adjust to the darkness. Industrial technology and packaging juniors Ben Simon and Ryan Meffert stood on Hathway Avenue talking on the sidewalk. As…
Local artists head to vintage clothing store for impromptu concerts
The night of Friday, Feb. 8 was a particularly wet one, but that did not keep local musicians in their beds. Instead, they bundled up in the cozy interior of vintage clothing store A Satellite of Love and played varying…
Pining for Pliny: The elusive beer is now available across the Central Coast
Pliny the Elder. Ring any bells? Water any mouths? The elusive beer is now in San Luis Obispo along with a long list of other Russian River Brewing Company’s beers. Yes, the time has finally come, beer lovers. Before December,…
Shabang Reborn tickets now available, first portion of lineup released
Ticket sales for Shabang Reborn, a San Luis Obispo music and arts festival are now available. The festival will return to Laguna Lake Park May 4 with three amplified stages and more than 25 live acts until the sun goes down.
The Hispanic Business Student Association hope to partner with other clubs to share their mission
In business administration sophomore Nicholas Perez’s hometown of La Mirada, California, he could see a person of just about any race or ethnicity anywhere in his neighborhood. After arriving in San Luis Obispo for Week of Welcome (WOW), Perez felt…
Cal Poly students will dance for 12 hours for local children in need
The annual Cal Poly Dance Marathon (CPDM) will run from Friday at 7 p.m. until the sun comes up the next day at 7 a.m. With games, performances and 12 straight hours of dancing, this student-led movement aims to raise…
A 30-year-old SLO city law is causing more students to live “off lease” — and it may be illegal
It was mid-November 1989, and San Luis Obispo City Council members were hearing the same complaints they always heard. In a classic town-and-gown battle, locals were concerned about the increasing number of Cal Poly students, and how those students went…
Cal Poly and other colleges keep losing students — only Cal Poly doesn’t know why
Schools lose students every year. “Financial stress,” “personal reasons” and “academic matters” are a few reasons students cite. Normally there’s a trend – the spike in dropouts acting as a sort of bittersweet red flag that allows institutions to diagnose…
It’s time to end the ban on boards
Skateboards, scooters and rollerblades are all illegal to use on Cal Poly’s campus, but we’ve never been provided with a proper explanation.
Cal Poly fights back against proposed Title IX changes
Sexual assaults that occur a block from campus could be a block too far for the Office of Equal Opportunity to investigate. This is one of many changes to Title IX, proposed by the Trump Administration, that sparked concern among…