Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net A student was pronounced dead at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center early Sunday morning, after university police responded to a medical aid call in Poly Canyon Village at 11:56 p.m. on Saturday. According to a…
CP students vote support for quarters
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Wednesday’s student advisory vote was expected to show that Cal Poly students favor quarters over semesters, and it did exactly that, with the vast majority choosing quarters. Those in favor of staying on the quarter system took…
New York Times bestseller to speak on gun control
Alexandria Scott lexiscott.md@gmail.com The heated debate on gun control policy has both liberal and conservative viewpoints, and the Cal Poly College Republicans will host a speaker to discuss the latter today. Katie Pavlich is an alumnus from the University of…
LoveFest brings music, games, awareness to UU
Amanda Margozzi amandamargozzi.md@gmail.com Hoping to inspire an end to violence against women, the Cal Poly Gender Equity Center will host its second annual LoveFest in the University Union Plaza (UU) on Feb. 14. The celebration during UU hour will include music, raffle…
SLO 5-0, Feb. 4-9
Monday, February 4 12:24 a.m. Suicide attempt by drug overdose on the 1100 block of Orcutt Road. 7:41 a.m. Someone was sleeping at the front door of the Stephen Ross Wine Cellars on the 100 block of Suburban Road. 10:08…
Cal Poly student dies early Sunday
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net UPDATE (5:40 p.m.): In an email to the Cal Poly community, administrators announced it was biological sciences sophomore Brandon Huang who died early Sunday while coming back to his on-campus Poly Canyon Village apartment. University…
Advisory vote: Students favor quarters over semesters
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net More than 89 percent of Cal Poly students stood in favor of quarters in Thursday’s Student Advisory Vote put on by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI). The vote, held by ASI to learn more about student…
Chancellor announces semester support
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net New California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White said he is in favor of converting all CSU campuses to the semester system at a student press conference on Wednesday, though no set plan has been…
STRIDE doing well despite director loss
Sara Natividad snatividad@mustangdaily.net Science through Translational Research in Diet and Exercise (STRIDE) Director Ann McDermott left it this past fall, leaving the program without a designated leader for an entire quarter. Instead of falling apart though, STRIDE continues to run…
New chancellor supports semester conversion
UPDATE (6:20 p.m.): Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong and Associated Students, Inc. President Katie Morrow weighed in on White’s comments Wednesday evening, saying they are doubtful his remarks will change the semester conversation at Cal Poly. “I agree with Chancellor…
ASI opens student semester vote today
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s semester drama isn’t over yet, but Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hopes to get one step closer to the finale with this week’s vote. ASI will gauge students’ attitudes toward semesters with a student vote which…