Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly fraternity Delta Sigma Phi raised $5,500 for the alcohol awareness organization Aware Awake Alive at the fraternity’s golf tournament philanthropy Friday. “(It) was awesome because it was about $500 more than last year,” Delta Sigma…
Rush deferment may soon be policy of past
Hillary Kaiser hillarykaiser.md@gmail.com Deferred rush, which bans freshman males from rushing any fraternity until winter quarter of their first year, may soon change. Administration and several student groups are in discussions to come to a compromise on the policy’s future, which…
Peet’s Coffee & Tea closing in spring
Sara Natividad snatividad@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s contract with Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a coffee shop located in Poly Canyon Village (PCV), will expire in June, and the restaurant will shut down that month as well. The contract originally expired in December…
ASI lines up new dance rules
Remember to leave your cowboy boots at home and to not stomp your feet next time you are line dancing at Chumash Auditorium. Cal Poly’s Country Line Dancing Club hosts six barn dances per year at Chumash Auditorium, but new…
SLO 5-0: April 12-18
Friday, April 12 • 9:29 a.m. Controlled substance offense in Mitchell Park on the 1400 block of Osos Street. • 10:17 a.m. Someone was drunk in public with an open container of alcohol near Mission Prep High School on the…
Area 52 to represent environmental responsibility
Amanda Margozzi amandamargozzi.md@gmail.com As construction on the Center for Science and Mathematics comes to a close, classes for Fall 2013 are open on Plan a Student Schedule (PASS) and scheduled into rooms of the brand new six-story building. Often referred…
Three takeaways from President Armstrong’s student forum
Editor’s note: Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has since clarified some of the statements he made in the article below. Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong spoke with students this past Friday in the second of three Campus…
Green club gives students ways to make a change
Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com We have been hearing the saying “go green” for a while, but it is now circulating more often as sustainability and recycling have become popular themes. There are fliers around campus and recycling bins in every building…
Business dean to leave Cal Poly
Orfalea College of Business Dean Dave Christy will be leaving Cal Poly for Baruch College in New York City this summer, where he will be serving as the provost and senior vice president of student affairs, according to a Cal Poly press release.…
Cal Poly Open House brings more than just crowds
Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com Cal Poly’s Open House event draws a huge crowd of accepted students, perspective students and their families into the San Luis Obispo area. San Luis Obispo Police Department Lieutenant Bill Proll said in regards to complaints from locals…
‘Rag-tag’ committee made first Open House
Elyse Lopez elyselopez.md@gmail.com After the riots in 1990 that caused the cancellation of Poly Royal, students had to think of a new way to open up the campus for the weekend and showcase their work. Poly Royal was a wonderful…