Conference realignment has been a bit frustrating for men’s basketball head coach Joe Callero. Like many members in the collegiate sporting world, he doesn’t even try to keep up anymore. He’s tried his best to ignore the puzzle after…
Student selected for Italian adventure
Next week, a Cal Poly student will travel back to his roots in Italy. Civil engineering sophomore Sean Pringle has been selected to participate in the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program, which gives Italian-American students a chance…
Drinking for charity: Students raise funds for global literacy
When it comes to money, college students have little to spare — unless it’s Thursday night at the bars in downtown San Luis Obispo. That is what sparked the idea for “Beers for Books,” where people buy drinks for a…
Commuting that makes cents
[box]This is the first of two installments of Commuting that Makes Cents, which explains alternative transportation options available to faculty, staff and students.[/box] Faculty and staff looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and save a little cash can…
Senior architecture students ‘unfold’ thesis work
After a final year of classes, studio time, teamwork building and project designing, architecture seniors will join together one last time to exhibit their senior design projects at the ninth annual Chumash Architecture Show, which showcases fifth year architecture students’…
Report places Armstrong in lower half of president salaries
A recent report on the salary of public education administrators shows some are nearing the $2 million mark, while Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong is below the nationwide median. This comes a little more than a year after he was…
Cal Poly’s ‘centerpiece’ set to be finished in one year
Every week, approximately 120 construction workers come to Cal Poly to continue building the new six-story Center for Science and Mathematics. The $132 million project was funded by state education construction bonds which were approved by voters, plus $20 million…
CSSA wants a dollar
California State Student Association (CSSA) plans to create system-wide fee. The California State Student Association (CSSA), a nonprofit student association that represents the California State University (CSU) system on the state and national level, is working to implement a system-wide…
ASI chair of the board announced
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is continuing to prepare for the transition into the 2012-13 school year with newly-elected representatives; one of whom was agricultural sciences senior Kaitlin Harr who was voted the next ASI chair of the Board of Directors…
SLO Five-0 5/12-5/18
Saturday, May 12 8:00 a.m. Vandalism was reported on the 1200 block of Manzanita Way. 12:36 p.m. Shoplifting was reported on the 700 block of Foothill Boulevard. Sunday, May 13 12:16 a.m. Someone was in possession of less than 28.5…
Local faculty union denies election fraud allegations
A former Cal Poly professor brought charges of corruption and illegal conduct in the local California Faculty Association (CFA) chapter to the state level last Tuesday, but union leaders said each of the accusations are baseless. Gail Wilson, a former…