Public health freshman Taylor Eng had her door halfway open when a knock and a stranger introduced himself as Nishanta “Nishi” Rajakaruna. He is not only a resident in yakʔitʸutʸu living community, but an associate professor in the Biological Sciences…
Class performs in-flight tests on student built plane in AERO 409
Cal Poly is home to the only known program in the country where students perform flight tests in an experimental airplane, built entirely by faculty and students. Composed of 24 students and held only once a year, students in Flight…
Diversity in Cal Poly Athletics: How teams are more white than the university as a whole
In April of 2018, a string of racist events on Cal Poly’s campus drew international attention and prompted the university to take action — from calling on California’s Attorney General to investigate the blackface incident, to establishing a $243,000 partnership…
Long-awaited Taqueria Santa Cruz Foothill location is now open for business
Taqueria Santa Cruz Express is now open between Domino’s Pizza and Milk In It on Foothill Boulevard. Gonzalo Hernandez, co-owner of Taqueria Santa Cruz with his brother Victor, said he hopes the new location will level out their customers. He…
Cal Poly is gouda making cheese: Student-run creamery takes home 2 national awards
The Cal Poly Creamery beat some of the nation’s top cheesemakers in an esteemed competition that attempts to find the perfect cheese. Cal Poly was one of the only colleges to enter the 2019 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, which happened…
It’s been one year since the blackface incident. Where is Cal Poly’s campus climate now?
“Disappointed, but not surprised.” When sociology and psychology senior Olivia Gore’s phone lit up with messages regarding a photo of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member Kyler Watkins donning blackface next to another fraternity member in a bandana and a drawn-on…
The Cal Poly Experience survey opens today as part of Damon Williams’s action plan
Cal Poly’s second step in a two-part initiative to learn more about the state of diversity and inclusivity on campus.
Tau Kappa Epsilon disaffiliated for two years, found in violation of hazing
The Cal Poly Rho Omicron chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity has been disaffiliated from the university for at least two years for violating the student code of conduct and state laws during its pledge process for several…
With ASI sustainability resolution, Campus Dining will offer reusable dishes in new dining complex
The ASI Board of Directors has unanimously passed a sustainability resolution Feb. 20, strongly urging Campus Dining to use reusable dishes in their future dining locations.
Cal Poly students severely injured in head-on fatal collision, one student in critical condition
Three Cal Poly students were injured in a fatal head-on collision Saturday, April 6 at 12:30 p.m. One is in critical condition. Art and design juniors Erica Kemp, Mariana Silverman and Keilani Waxdeck were traveling east on Highway 166 in…
ASI president and San Luis Obispo mayor reflect on diversity and inclusion a year after blackface
San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon and Associated Students, Inc. President and political science junior Jasmin Fashami sat down with Mustang News for a Q&A about the blackface incident one year later. The questions and responses have been edited for…