Business admistration junior Jenny Hoekstra sat on her backyard deck. The golden hour sunlight struck the turquoise beads of her newly made, wire-wrapped earrings, a creation she thought up as she comfortably laid on her lime green yoga mat. Lost…
Feel Alive: Providing SLO with repurposed, locally-sourced vegan food
“Eat life, feel alive,” Jamie Himler said about her life and business philosophy. Environmental management and protection sophomore Himler wants to change the fate of imperfect food products, ensuring they end up in people’s stomachs rather than in garbage cans.…
VSCO co-founder and Cal Poly alum Joel Flory to speak at entrepreneurship panel
The discussion with Flory will center around the experience, trials and errors of creating a viable business.
The Bunker provides SLO artists with space to create
The Bunker is a communal space for painters, printmakers, multimedia artists, illustrators, furniture-makers and jewelers to work and create.
Student crochet business promotes festival-style clothing
Kemp has been selling her creations on Etsy and Instagram since her sophomore year of high school.
Theatre and Dance Department’s slasher-comedy ‘Hookman’ to debut May 10
The play covers issues like rape, assault, drinking and death.
“donna” revamps sound in new album
“I’d say our relationship is extra-marital. No one’s got a prenup,” Lennon Fanning said as he and his six bandmates laid on the bed, bodies smushed together. The group of friends and roommates teased each other, smiled and joked as…
The Thrift Queens: How two Cal Poly students have turned “trash” into treasures
Emma Norland and Sarah Raykhman have come together to create their own clothing business.
SHABANG X: The evolution of a local music and arts festival
This past weekend, Shabang came back, bigger than ever before. The bi-annual San Luis Obispo music festival held its 10th event at Laguna Lake Park. The event featured local music and art collectives to embrace a shared passion for music,…
Spring Stampede date announced
The event will take place on June 2. The headliner will be announced soon.
My Mom’s granola finds success with local, Cal Poly ingredients
On Tuesdays, Farb’s Bakery is alive with music, clattering trays and granola as it undergoes various baking and production processes. Here, Heather Segal works the magic behind her San Luis Obispo-based gourmet food company, My Mom’s, with the help of…