Financial Aid Office to cancel unaccepted federal loans

If you haven’t accepted your financial aid loan yet, you have until Nov. 22 until it is cancelled.

But you have accepted a loan, signed a promissory note, completed loan counseling and you received a check, you are fine.

Mustang News Weekly Recap, Nov. 7, 2013: New housing on campus, Republican club tears down wall

Lisa Diaz and Kim Westlund [follow id= “vaya_con_diaz”][follow id= “kimwestlund”] Mustang News anchors Lisa Diaz and Kim Westlund recap the week’s biggest news at Cal Poly.

Mustang Minute: Cal Poly celebrates Dia de los Muertos

Christina Favuzzi [follow id= “ChristinaFav”] UU Plaza was more colorful than usual on Thursday. The Multicultural Center hosted a Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration. For Latino American students, the day was an opportunity to share…

Mustang News, Nov. 7, 2013: Drug dogs in the dorms, Physchological impacts of daylight saving time

Ashley DeVriend [follow id= “AshleyDeVriend”] Mustang News anchor Ashley DeVriend talks today’s biggest news at Cal Poly.

New dietitian makes a wave of change

Students concerned with their nutrition now have a new resource available to help them make informed choices when eating on campus. For the last two months, Megan Coats — Campus Dining’s new registered dietitian — has been educating students on what dietary options are available at campus dining facilities, she said.

Football takes on Sac State

While head coach Tim Walsh has always advised his players to have a short memory of defeat, the Cal Poly football team is looking for revenge Saturday.

Mustang News, Nov. 6, 2013: Campus Dining plans to expand, Financial aid cancels federal loans

Christina Favuzzi [follow id= “ChristinaFav”] Mustang News anchor Christina Favuzzi covers today’s biggest news at Cal Poly.

Cal Poly’s architecture program named best in the nation

Ashley Whittingham [follow id= “smashleywhitt”] Cal Poly’s undergraduate architecture program was named the best in the Greenway Group’s 2014 survey of America’s top architecture schools. The survey asked 693 professional architecture firms and corporations which universities best prepare students for…

Library phone lockers give students a place to recharge

The library is providing a place for students to charge their phones called the “Power Up” station.

Mustang Minute: freedom of speech display on Dexter Lawn

Christina Favuzzi [follow id= “ChristinaFav”] The Cal Poly Republicans Club has built a fake Berlin Wall on Dexter Lawn where students have the opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions. “Looking over this, some of these things, they offend me,…

Ethnic studies creates new minor

Katie McDermott [follow id= “katiejmcdermott”] There’s a new minor in the ethnic studies department: indigenous studies in natural resources and the environment. The minor is co-sponsored by the ethnic studies department and the natural resources management and environmental sciences department.…