Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net National Engineers Week (eWeek) began on Tuesday with a week-long series of events made up of tech talks, games, raffle prizes and free food. This year’s theme, Innovate your Dreams, will focus on showcasing Cal Poly’s “Learn By Doing” philosophy,…
From CP to ABC: Lauren Scott shares her road to fame
Lauren Scott, a Cal Poly journalism alumna, first appeared on ABC’s cooking television show “The Taste” Feb. 12, and since then has wowed the judges with her culinary skills. From a flourless chocolate cake to this Tuesday’s lamb kebab, Scott…
Website creators look to flip ASI upside down
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Four Cal poly engineers are going beyond their majors to address a problem they say exists in one of the campus’ highest entities: Associated Students, Inc (ASI). Biomedical engineering senior Aaron Rowley is working to develop…
Teacher of the year comes back to Cal Poly
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com It’s like the San Francisco 49ers asking the Oakland Raiders how to play football. But teachers in countries that outscore the United States in standardized tests are looking to American educators for inspiration, 2012 National Teacher of…
The secret life of lecturer Bruce Wright
Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com She and her husband were being followed. That’s exactly what Chris Wright, wife of Cal Poly aerospace engineering lecturer Bruce Wright, thought when she and her husband traveled to Europe for the first time in 1986. “We…
Cultural sorority under investigation for hazing
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s Chi Delta Theta beta chapter is under investigation for hazing allegations, according to the Student Life & Leadership website. As of now, the cultural sorority has been suspended from all activities until the investigation is over,…
No CSU semester conversion plan
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong met with California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White last Wednesday, but no substantial ground was covered on the issue of semester conversion as had previously been expected. “They met last week,…
SLO 5-0 Feb. 10-15
Sunday, Feb. 10 1:40 a.m. Flames coming out of a car and mobile home on the 1000 block of Hedley and Carolyn drives. 2:00 a.m. Someone was driving under the influence on Grand Avenue. 2:23 a.m. Someone was arrested for…
Condemnation confusion: Pine Creek condos leave students without housing
Sara Natividad news@mustangdaily.net News that lofts in the Pine Creek condominiums were declared a “fire hazard” left 25 Cal Poly students in a state of uncertainty, and a difficult financial situation, as they struggled to figure out new living situations…
Online courses need to be strategic moving forward
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Online learning is emerging more and more in universities across the country. With more pressure to complete degrees in four years, and with less money, students are feeling the crunch to use any means necessary…
ASI unanimously approves quarter stance
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors unanimously voted to support Cal Poly staying on the quarter system at its meeting Wednesday night. Biological sciences senior and board member Derek Majewski made the motion…