Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Budget cuts threaten to reduce the National Science Foundation’s budget, but Cal Poly professors are not too worried about grants for their research projects getting denied, they said. They’ve made progress and positive strides in…
Semester suggestions could impact CP quarters
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net In addition to examining Cal Poly’s possible conversion to semesters — a notion that was ultimately rejected — the Semester Review Task Force presented other ideas that could change campus even if it stays on the quarter system. Most…
Trailing forward: staff member looks to improve pathway
Kaitlyn Henry Special to the Mustang Daily Nancy Reid has a vision. She wants to create a new terrace and pathway along the back side of Clyde P. Fisher Science Hall (Building 33). She has drawn up a plan with…
Auto engineers look to improve presentation
Carly Cady Special to the Mustang Daily The Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Team has been good with wrenches in competition, but not as good with words. While the team has done well building the vehicles, it has consistently lost…
University Store offering new tablet rental
Jessica Burger news@mustangdaily.net As students file back into classes, fresh from a winter break rife with gifts, various new tablets and e-readers can be spotted all throughout Cal Poly, leaving envious students in their wake. Those jealous of fellow students…
Former professor charged with indecent exposure in library
Sara Natividad news@mustangdaily.net The San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office charged former bioresource and agricultural engineering (BRAE) professor Shaun Kelly with a misdemeanor of indecent exposure after witnesses claimed he flashed his genitals in the library this past year. On May 27, 2012,the…
Fire in Stenner Glen apartment raises suspicions
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net The cause of a fire in a Stenner Glen apartment Sunday afternoon is currently under investigation, according to the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department (SLOFD). SLOFD was called to Unit 7 of the apartment…
CSU welcomes Chancellor White
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net The California State University (CSU) system is under new leadership this year, for the first time in 14 years, as former chancellor Charles Reed stepped down and was replaced by chancellor Timothy White. White, former chancellor of…
The world didn’t end, now what?
Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com “I don’t believe in that mumbo jumbo,” communication senior Alex Loeffelman said. Was it really “mumbo jumbo” that the world was predicted to end or did the Mayans have a valid prediction? The prediction of the end…
Semester conversion conversation hits setbacks
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net A proposal from the university president sparked debate fall quarter when the possibility of semesters coming to Cal Poly lit a flame under the usually sleepy campus. Though a task force studying the issue ended months of work…