This is the fifth and final installment in our Demystifying the Money series, which breaks down Cal Poly student tuition and fees. It’s there for students’ cuts, bruises, worries, allergies, emergencies and day-to-day check-ups. Cal Poly’s Health and Counseling Services,…
Thousands apply, hundreds accepted
During California’s tough budgetary times, one thing Cal Poly isn’t lacking is applicants. Though Cal Poly’s application rates are down 3 percent from last year, Cal Poly is not prepared to accommodate even 50 percent of the students applying. This…
Cal Poly Television 2/19/2012
Featuring all local news and sports for the week of Jan. 19 from the studios of Cal Poly Television.
Affirmative action in courts again
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a hearing of an appeal which could bring negative attention to how affirmative action is currently used in universities and colleges around the country. In this case, affirmative action gives racial preference to certain…
Students stay 'Up 'til dawn' for charity
Students from across the Cal Poly campus gathered for Up ‘til Dawn on Tuesday — a letter-writing event aimed at helping raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. The university student organization Up ’til Dawn put on the event. Up…
Ms. Engineer contest no more
There will be no Ms. Engineer in 2012. After promoting the event at the beginning of the school year, the Engineering Student Council (ESC) decided to end the event a month ago. This would have been in its third year.…
ASI Board of Directors meeting roundup
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors met Feb. 22 for its biweekly meeting in the University Union (UU) room 220. Topics discussed included: Chair of the board Katie Titus reported: • California lieutenant governor will visit Cal Poly Friday…
Friends-turned-rivals debate Cal Poly vs. UNC
J.J. Jenkins (JJ) is a Cal Poly business administration sophomore and Jordan Doucette (JD) is a University of Northern Colorado journalism sophomore. They attended high school together in Denver where they wrote a column entitled “Quadruple J: Question of…
Documentary details coming out at Cal Poly
Elizabeth Chamberlain remembers transferring to Cal Poly in 2008 not knowing how to come out to her roommates, or what she was supposed to say or do. Coming out is so much more complex than people think, and there…
Armstrong: presidency is 'dream job'
He’s the big man on campus. But judging from his attitude as he walks back to his office from lunch at 19 Metro Station, it’s a title he could do without. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong greets nearly every other…
Presentation ignites backlash from Jewish community
Controversy surrounds a university-sponsored speaker slated to present this evening in Chumash auditorium on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its effect on the Middle East. Ilan Pappe, an Israeli-born historian, plans to speak tonight about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Pappe raised…