While most students prepare for Cal Poly career fairs by printing out resumes and practicing elevator pitches, students from SLO Peace Coalition and Students for Quality Education have other priorities. The student activists will be going over chants and making…
Planned Parenthood Reproductive Justice Conference on campus this Saturday
Cal Poly SLO Planned Parenthood is hosting Unstoppable: A Planned Parenthood Generation Action Conference in Chumash Auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. The conference will include a resource fair, panels and workshops focused on healthcare and…
Students and faculty fail to keep up with Cal Poly’s 2020 Zero Waste goal; facilities keep campus on track
Cold Canyon Processing Facility Manager John Ryan said the recycling contamination rate from Cal Poly is the highest in the county at 32 percent.
Student variety show raises hundreds for fire relief
Student comedians, singers and dancers performed in an on-campus variety show Thursday, Nov. 26 to raise money for Woolsey and Camp fire relief.
Five takeaways from Cal Poly Democrats’ Free Speech and Inclusivity Panel
“We thought why not start the conversation now around free speech,” political science sophomore and Cal Poly Democrats Co-President Eireann O’Grady said. “We often only talk about free speech when someone does something racist, sexist or homophobic, and then it gears toward how do we protect this racist. ”
Diversity specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returns to campus; her thoughts on Cal Poly
Diversity and inclusion specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returned to Cal Poly’s campus Nov. 8 to facilitate two discussions on allyship and cross-cultural respect. “How can people who do what I do help? I want to inspire courage and truth telling,” McLaughlin-Smith…
Meet the 5-time SLO mayor candidate who plans to run for the rest of his life
“I promised that if I continued to be silenced I would run for mayor,” mayoral candidate Donald Hedrick said. “Ever since, I’m honor-bound to run for mayor.”
Here’s what you missed at the SLO Mayoral Debate with Harmon and Gurnee
Find out where mayoral candidates’ stood on issues such as affordable housing and lack of diversity at Mustang News Mayoral Debate.
Meet the 7 candidates running for two SLO City Council seats
San Luis Obispo’s city council has four council seats, half of which are on the ballot for Nov. 6. City council members work with the mayor to help shape San Luis Obispo’s future and work toward city goals, from infrastructure…
How Betsy DeVos’ Title IX revisions could change sexual assault reporting at Cal Poly
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed changes to Title IX, the federal law which protects against sex-based discrimination, gives defendants more rights and could reduce university liability for investigating sexual misconduct claims. The proposed changes were released Nov. 16 and…