Former Vice President of Student Affairs Cornel Morton will work as Cal Poly’s first senior adviser to the president for outreach following his return from a one-month leave in February. Morton, who has been the vice president of student affairs…
Brown pulls trigger, more budget cuts
California Gov. Jerry Brown released his yearly budget proposal last Thursday, introducing the possibility of additional cuts to the California State University (CSU) system. The proposed cuts come less than a month after a December trigger cut slashed $100 million…
Rose float team carries on tradition
Dozens of Cal Poly students spent last week in a state of “organized chaos” while preparing for the 123rd annual Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Calif. With the largest number of students working on the project in recent history, 37…
Controversial Higuera renovations begin
Downtown San Luis Obispo will soon see changes following the City Council decision to approve a beautification plan for a two-block area of Higuera Street between Morro and Garden streets. After a series of public comments both for and against…
5 things you didn't know about the new Rec center
When the Recreation Center Expansion Project opens in mid-January, students for the first time will be able to see what Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) started working on in 2008. Mustang Daily went on an early tour of the facilities in…
VP of Student Affairs reassigned
Cal Poly Vice President of Student Affairs Cornel Morton will no longer be in his current position come January, the university announced Thursday. He will instead be working as Cal Poly’s first senior advisor to the president for outreach. Morton,…
'Racist' flier prompts university action
A Cal Poly student found a flier making reference to “the final solution to the BLACK (sic) problem” Thursday morning in the first floor men’s restroom in Robert E. Kennedy Library. Biomedical engineering senior Brandon Smith saw the flyer on the…
Officers respond, patrol around campus
Cal Poly University Police Department (UPD) officer Jason LeClair knew he was going to be a policeman. Despite the fact that no one in his family was involved with law enforcement, it became his passion from an early age. “I’ve always…
Students AIDing with awareness event
The quarter-long work of five Cal Poly students will culminate this Thursday with World AIDS Day in the University Union (UU) plaza and throughout San Luis Obispo. Recreation, parks and tourism administration (RPTA) students worked with the San Luis Obispo AIDS…
Entering a war zone: faculty vs. the CSU
I’ve never covered a war story before. I’ve never been one of those reporters in the trenches of some far-off country, dodging bullets while conducting interviews and getting footage that some would kill for (no pun intended). And I’m not…
Striking a deal
The California Faculty Association (CFA) executed a planned strike at California State University (CSU) Dominguez Hills and East Bay campuses Thursday. The protests, which began in the early morning and went into the night, came just one day after a…