Tayler Duprel taylerduprel.md@gmail.com A new year brings new additions to Cal Poly’s Panhellenic life. Jewish-interest sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi will officially be recognized for the first time this year and new sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma will also be added to…
No bacon shortage in future
Stories abounded that bacon was soon be in shortage last week. Bacon prices may go up in future months, but the breakfast staple isn’t going anywhere. The concept of a shortage started in Europe in early September when Britain’s National…
Student Success Fee set to open classes, fund student services
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Administrators are aiming to cure the headache of finding classes, with millions of dollars heading toward opening up additional courses in the coming quarters. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong approved a budget for Student Success Fee revenue…
Class sizes affect writing skills
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net It’s the first day of the quarter and as students sit in the middle of a lecture hall filled with up to 180 others, the English professor announces that all tests, which have previously been essay exams,…
DUI checkpoint ahead
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Grand Avenue lit up like a Christmas tree Sept. 28, as Cal Poly University Police (UPD) conducted a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Cars stopped single file on…
Police investigate PCV parking structure attack
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly University Police Department is working to track down the identity of a man who allegedly attempted to rob a visitor to the Cal Poly campus at knifepoint early Thursday morning. The suspect, who police…
Victim fights off alleged would-be robber on campus
UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. University Police Department (UPD) chief George Hughes said the victim, who is not a Cal Poly student, is working with authorities in a multi-agency effort to track down the man who allegedly attempted to rob and stab…
Freshman rush requirements under fire
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Restrictions on fraternity recruitment — brought about following the death of Cal Poly freshman Carson Starkey from alcohol poisoning — may be rescinded next year after concerns were raised about unequal treatment of fraternities and sororities. Since…
DUI checkpoint scheduled Friday
Cal Poly University Police Department (UPD) will set up a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on campus Friday night as part of the countywide “Avoid the 14” campaign. The checkpoint is designed to make people think twice before drinking and…
WOW changes, arrests lessen
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Police arrested or issued citations to 22 of the thousands of freshmen, upperclassmen and out-of-towners that Cal Poly’s annual Week of Welcome (WOW) drew to the streets of San Luis Obispo, University Police Department Chief George Hughes said —…
CSU set to pull trigger
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Students across the California State University (CSU) system could face an additional $150 per semester in tuition starting January 2013 if Gov. Jerry Brown’s sales and income tax increase, Proposition 30, doesn’t pass in November. The CSU…