More than 300 students from Humboldt to San Diego with a passion for sustainability will come together for camping, yoga and learning at this month’s California Student Sustainability Coalition’s 2012 Spring Convergence. The three-day student-run event, themed “Building A ResoNATION,” will…
Poly accreditation under review
Cal Poly will try to put its best foot forward today after five years of work preparing for this week’s visit by a university-accreditation committee. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) will send five delegates to campus today.…
SLO 5-0 3/25-3/31
Sunday, March 25 4:40 a.m. — A commercial burglary occurred on the 11000 block of Los Osos Valley Road. 7:37 p.m. — Someone threw a guitar at a woman’s arm on the 400 block of Lawrence Drive. 9:42 p.m. —…
'We are a community of one'
The mood was somber as students, faculty, family and friends gathered outside Yosemite Hall last Thursday to remember physics freshman Osvaldo Ponce, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Ponce was remembered as a “warm and easygoing person,” who was up…
Cal Poly contributes to computer research
A Cal Poly research team is working on one of the final steps to build the world’s first large-scale quantum computer. If the results turn out as expected, physics assistant professor Katharina Gillen’s research could be the missing key. “It…
Students take second in horticulture competition
Cal Poly students took second place out of 64 competing schools at the 36th Annual Student Career Days competition, an event held for horticulture students across the nation. The three-day competition took place at Kansas State University March 22 to 25, with…
Textbook purchases bring difficulties
With college tuition on the rise, it can be a challenge for some students to allocate money for their education. On top of food, gasoline, bills and basic school supplies, students regularly purchase textbooks, which can quickly drain bank accounts. Though…
Learn by doing inside out
For some industrial and manufacturing engineering classes, it’s like falling down the rabbit hole — lectures are done at home, homework is done in lectures. The new class structure focuses on a better way of learning. Several industrial and manufacturing…
Christian Greek societies denied affiliation
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of two California State University (CSU) Christian greek organizations earlier this month, denying them the potential for affiliation with their respective universities. Both the Alpha Gamma Omega fraternity and Alpha Delta…
Two hospitalized after Higuera crash
A single-car collision at the intersection of Higuera Street and Madonna Road hospitalized two people Monday night, including a former chef at Vista Grande café. According to the San Luis Obispo Police department, the former Campus Dining employee Christian Green was…
Radio club talks out of this world
The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club successfully contacted life in outer space today in a radio conversation with International Space Station astronaut Daniel Burbank at the Keck Advanced Technology Laboratory on campus. The nine-and-a-half minute conversation with Burbank was…