Timothy P. White, the seventh chancellor of the Cal State University (CSU), announced his retirement Tuesday, Oct. 22. The CSU Board of Trustees will begin a search for White’s replacement in hopes the new chancellor will be appointed by the…
San Luis Obispo faces heat advisory with critical fire weather watch this week
A heat advisory was in place in San Luis Obispo Tuesday until 5 p.m. with temperatures having reached a high of 97 degrees, according to the National Weather Service (NSW). Although the heat advisory ended Tuesday evening, temperatures are expected…
This Cal Poly student picks up 100 pieces of trash every day
In the summer of 2018, environmental management and protection junior Marissa Miller set a goal to surf 100 days in a row. This year she redirected her goal to give back, setting out to pick up 100 pieces of trash every…
SLO Airport adds new flight to Las Vegas, with flights to San Diego and Portland on horizon
The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport welcomed its newest flight destination to Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 17. Travelers can now fly non-stop from San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas on Contour Airlines. Flights are offered four times per…
New dean shares plan for College of Liberal Arts
The Spanish phrase “sin fronteras,” which translates to “without borders,” drives Philip J. Williams’ vision for the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). Williams was named the new Cal Poly CLA dean in February and stepped into the role this August.…
UCSB has highest 2018 campus crime rates compared to Cal Poly, Davis and Fresno
The release of Cal Poly’s annual Clery report displayed an overall decrease in crime rates for 2018. A comparison between Cal Poly, UCSB, UC Davis and Fresno State highlight UCSB with the highest rates of offenses out of the four…
Cal Poly moving from PolyLearn to Canvas in Winter 2020
By Winter 2020, Cal Poly’s web interface will start its transition from PolyLearn to a new service called Canvas. The PolyLearn system runs on an open-source learning platform called Moodle, while Canvas is run by Amazon Web Services (AWS), an…
Cal Poly is the first university to assist the Air Force in monitoring objects orbiting earth
Cal Poly students will now be helping the United States Strategic Command track more than 23,000 small objects orbiting Earth in the first university partnership of its kind. As the amount of satellites and space debris — like rocket bodies…
Pro-life speaker Seth Gruber Begins his Speaking Tour “Abortion is Genocide” at Cal Poly
Pro-life speaker Seth Gruber, in association with Students for Life of America, will be kicking off his speaking tour “Abortion is Genocide” at Cal Poly Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. His goal, he said, is to help students rethink…
Cal Poly professor develops tool that protects plants from catching fire
Cal Poly adjunct professor Jesse Acosta has taken part in developing a new form of fire prevention. The product, called Fortify, is made up of a gel-like substance commonly used in medicine to ferry drugs into the body. The gel…
Quarterly Clothing Swap and Drive promotes sustainability
Throughout the month of October, college campuses are celebrating Campus Sustainability Month in an effort to “raise the visibility of campus sustainability.” Because of this, students are making an effort to make more sustainable choices — like swapping clothes or…