The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) is enforcing double fines, as they have done for several years, beginning Saturday, March 17 from 12 a.m. to Monday, March 18 at 7 a.m.
Track & Field team suspended from 7 meets for hazing new recruits
The Cal Poly Varsity Track Team will be suspended from competing in a total of seven meets in March and April after the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities confirmed senior team members hazed new recruits. The violations included “making…
Cal Poly receives the most awards at national construction management student competition
The Construction Management teams from Cal Poly took home numerous awards from a national college contest in Reno last month. Cal Poly attended the 2019 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) regional competition from Feb. 6 to 9 and won more…
Ike’s Love and Sandwiches opens in Downtown SLO
The popular sandwich chain Ike’s Love and Sandwiches has made its way to downtown San Luis Obispo. The sandwich chain has 56 other locations in California, Reno and Phoenix and is originally from the Bay Area. The San Luis Obispo…
Thursday is the final day to have your voice heard through CPX listening sessions
As part of Cal Poly’s $243,000 partnership with Diversity Specialist Damon Williams and his Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership and Social Innovation Team, the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) campaign was released Feb. 28. The first stage of the new diversity…
Students and faculty are working to turn algae into fuel — eight years in the making
Algae is not that exciting to look at. The green blob does not seem like it is up to much, but it’s actually busy all day long — converting sunlight to energy. That energy can be used to create fuel,…
Students to race Hyperloop pod at SpaceX headquarters
Cal Poly Hyperloop President and mechanical engineering senior Sam Flood and his team only had 15 minutes to answer questions fired at them before the Skype call was cut off. The stakes were high – on the other end of…
Student-run taxpayer programs VITA and LITC help hundreds in the community
The Cal Poly Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is providing free tax-return-preparation assistance in an effort to aid underprivileged communities in the San Luis Obispo community. As part of the VITA Senior Project class (BUS 416), more than 125…
SLO County Parks and Rec proposes Pirate’s Cove parking lot
While Pirates Cove is a great place to watch the sunset, take a good photo or just explore, the location has increasingly faced a number of issues. Among the most notable of these issues is the parking lot, which is…
The Cal Poly Plant Conservatory is getting demolished — leaving more than 2,300 plants in need of a new home
There are more than 2,300 individual plants living in the Cal Poly plant conservatory — and they are all getting evicted this summer. The on-campus facility is getting torn down to make space for the Science and Agriculture Teaching and…
Anne Frank’s Stepsister Eva Schloss shares her story of survival on campus
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss spoke to a sold-out Chumash Auditorium Sunday, March 10 about the trauma her family experienced before, during and after their time at Auschwitz. Chabad of SLO and Cal Poly planned the event with help from local…