Diablo Canyon making seismic waves

Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Proposed seismic testing near the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach has created controversy since early 2011, due to a number of concerns surrounding the issue. Opinions vary between those who are for the tests,…

Misdemeanor arrest occurs on campus

Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly university police arrested agriculture systems management student Ryan Holland Friday at 2:42 p.m. near Graphic Arts (building 26) after receiving a phone tip from someone reporting suspicious behavior by the bike racks, University…

Depression day event impacted by rain

Rain dampened the plans for the National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) event in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) Plaza today. However, the event carried on and the booth moved inside the UU. Students who work for Peers Understanding,…

Fight songs carry on Cal Poly tradition

Erin Abzug erinabzug.md@gmail.com “Ride High, You Mustangs” and “Yea Poly“ circulate Cal Poly’s football stadium as Cal Poly scores touchdowns and fans cheer. Unfortunately, these two Cal Poly fight songs do not circulate more parts of student life. Crop science junior Gabby Chrisco…

Lightning strike brings down Cal Poly network

UPDATE 1:10 p.m.: Cal Poly Information Technology Services restored the university network system at approximately 11:45 a.m. Thursday, according to university officials. This allowed students, professors and administrators access to their My Cal Poly Portal, as well as their Cal…

SLO 5-0: Oct. 3 to Oct. 9

Wednesday, Oct. 3 10:28 a.m. A theft was reported in the H-12 parking lot. 4:24 p.m. A theft was reported in Yosemite Hall, Tower 1. 7:42 p.m. A narcotics code violation occurred in the Huasna building of Poly Canyon Village.…

Semester task force fails to draw students

Contrary to critics’ beliefs, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has still not made a decision on the semester debate, Semester Review Task Force chair Rachel Fernflores said Wednesday. Fernflores spoke to a relatively small crowd at the first of four…

Cal Poly golf seizes a pair of team titles

James Corbett jamescorbett.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly men’s and women’s golf teams hosted the fifth annual Firestone Invitational at Monarch Dunes Golf Club in Nipomo on Monday and Tuesday. The men’s team posted its second-best, four-person 18-hole total in program history,…

Tri Delta loses charter, no longer on campus

Tayler Duprel taylerduprel.md@gmail.com Delta Delta Delta struggled at Cal Poly. It was a chapter that couldn’t pull in numbers to compete with the others — in its final recruitment only 12 to 15 women pledged, as compared to other sororities…

WARNING: No staff/faculty allowed

Victoria Billings victoriabillings.md@gmail.com Faculty and staff are facing off against the Cal Poly athletic department in a dispute over who has the right to use Mott Gym’s lockers and shower facilities. In the past, Cal Poly employees have made use…

ASI looks to increase student voter registration

Elections are less than a month away and as many students prepare to vote once again, some are getting ready to pick names, decide on propositions and cast their ballots for the first time. Before students can vote though, they…