Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Deceased wine and viticulture professor Keith Patterson was everything an aspiring winemaker could want in a mentor. He was knowledgable, positive and passionate about wine, according to his former students. But most of all — they emphasized…
Keith Patterson, ‘face of Cal Poly wine and viticulture,’ dies Thursday
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net UPDATE 4:53 p.m. Former Cal Poly wine and viticulture professor Keith Patterson was scheduled to teach two courses during spring quarter, according to wine and viticulture program director Jim Cooper. The search to find professors for those classes…
Sequester 101: breaking down the cuts
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net The sequester: a scary word for some, simply confusing for others. The end of the world, maybe, or a political dance move. Somewhere between political exaggerations and party blaming lies the truth about exactly what effect the…
First look: ASI presidential candidates
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net The names and colleges of all candidates for next year’s Associated Students, Inc. leadership were made public this week, revealing a pool of four students aiming for the ASI presidency and 62 who will campaign for the…
Police, academic calendar to challenge Cesar Chavez Day party
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Thousands of students came to Shell Beach in 2012 for the cultural holiday turned beach-binge-drinking bonanza known as Cesar Chavez Day. The party left behind enough trash to fill nine Ford pickup trucks and resulted in three arrests…
Vote gives administrators chance to earn students’ trust, or not
Sean McMinn is a journalism junior and Mustang Daily freelance reporter. Student advisory. It’s easy to miss those two words on the slew of signs around Cal Poly encouraging students to “VOTE” whether or not they want the school to…
ASI opens student semester vote today
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s semester drama isn’t over yet, but Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hopes to get one step closer to the finale with this week’s vote. ASI will gauge students’ attitudes toward semesters with a student vote which…
UPD: Cal Poly prepared for Sandy Hook-style shooting
Sean McMinn seanmcminn.md@gmail.com After a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School murdered 20 children and six school employees, people at Cal Poly began asking University Police Department Chief George Hughes if the school was prepared for such a shooting. He…
ASI modifies Recreation Center pricing for faculty
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) will lower the Cal Poly Recreation Center’s monthly cost for non-students Friday, but the move isn’t enough for some faculty who say they still can’t afford the cost. More than one year after…
ASI votes on student vote for semesters
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors decided Wednesday to allow students to vote on quarters and semesters next month, the results of which will ultimately help to inform Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong in his…
Cal State opens online degree program
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net The California State University (CSU) launched its new online degree program Monday, a venture the university system says will increase access for students throughout the country. The CSU is marketing Cal State Online as a “degree-completion program” for students…