“When I was a freshman, I ate to relieve stress,” biomedical engineering senior Princess Rivera said. “That didn’t go too well for me.” Everyday during her freshman year, Rivera would visit The Avenue and Starbucks to buy her daily dose…
On the road to tenure
[box]Tenure is one of the most coveted titles in the collegiate teaching world, but what exactly do professors have to do to make it?[/box] The people standing in front of Cal Poly’s classrooms may all seem to have a similar…
Students make move from dorms to off-campus living
A student’s first year at Cal Poly comes with the almost inevitable year spent in the residence halls, freshmen packed together, two or three to a room, like little, fresh-out-of-high-school sardines; their entire lives, textbooks, clothes, Muscle Milk and all,…
Chick-fil-A debate hits Cal Poly
Cal Poly’s on-campus Chick-fil-A became the local center of a nationwide controversy last week as people on both sides of the gay marriage debate visited the restaurant to make their opinions known. On Wednesday, tourists, locals and Cal Poly…
Cipolla ‘controls the chaos’ as new public information officer
Tony Cipolla has been a familiar face in San Luis Obispo County for years now, delivering the news as early as 1989 as an evening anchor at KSBY. Twenty years later, he became the morning anchor at KCOY, and then…
Hughes named new police chief
George Hughes, who’s spent the last two years as the chief of police at the Colorado School of Mines Police Department, has been named the new chief of the University Police Department, according to a Call Poly news release. He’s…
Chick-fil-A supporters protest on campus
Hungry families, tourists and locals visited Cal Poly’s Chick-fil-A on Wednesday to eat the restaurant’s signature chicken sandwiches and express their support of Chick-fil-A president and chief operating officer (COO) Dan Cathy’s public stance against gay marriage. “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” was announced last…
Alumna awarded for achievements
Every year, one Cal Poly graduate from each of the university’s six colleges is recognized for exceptional success in his or her career and experiences. Last month, the College of Liberal Arts awarded Michela O’Connor Abrams — president of award-winning…
Throwing in the towel
After Sidney (who declined to use her last name) finishes her workout at the Cal Poly Recreation Center, she heads to the locker room to gather her belongings. With the Recreation Center’s signature green towel in one hand and her…
Architecture, engineering students erect telescope
“Big Woody,” one of the world’s largest portable telescopes, weighs 500 pounds and stands at 14 feet tall. It has a mirror that extends 60 inches in diameter. It can be broken down and transported by a team within a…
Grad brings women’s ed to Senegal
Marquel Sheree Ramirez lives in a village of 300 people. She washes her clothes by hand and hangs them on a line to dry, bathes outside every night in a bucket bath and traveling to the closest paved road takes 45…