It’s finally that time of year. If you are reading this, you’re probably doing so while taking a break from packing all of your clothes into your laundry bag to go home this week for Thanksgiving, or for those of…
Provost denies privatization
Questions arose about Cal Poly’s future as a public university after a talk given by Cal Poly Provost Robert Koob last Wednesday at a retired faculty and staff luncheon. Koob discussed increasing cuts to funding and tuition hikes as signs…
CFA strikes on two campuses
The California Faculty Association (CFA) is executing a planned strike at California State University (CSU) campuses at Dominguez Hills and Easy Bay campuses Thursday. The protests, which began in the early morning and are expected to go into the evening,…
Take in the sights at Avila Beach
Katherina Koller walks on a stone path in Avila Beach, palms pressed together, making her way through a labyrinth — a circular maze with no dead ends. “It’s a metaphor for living life in a more peaceful way,” Koller said…
Go country at The Graduate
Tuesday is Dollar Daze, Wednesday College Hump Night and Friday Noche Caliente, but Thursday marks the most popular San Luis Obispo night of them all — Country Night. The Graduate turns from a sports bar into a country-style barn dance…
CSU trustees approve fee increase
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees approved a 9 percent increase in student tuition for the 2012-13 academic year at its meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The tuition increase was proposed and passed as a safeguard for the…
ASI Meeting Roundup 11/16
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors met for its biweekly meeting last night, Nov. 16. Topics discussed included: Director of ASI Business Services Dwayne Brummett reported that the Recreation Center construction is “moving along,” and that equipment has been…
Char-fil-A: Campus dining fire causes evacuations
Cal Poly employees evacuated The Avenue, 19 Metro Station and Sandwich Factory campus restaurants, as well as the Pre-Rec center Tuesday afternoon due to a small fire at the Chick-fil-A unit in The Avenue. No injuries were reported from the…
Slight increase in pedestrian accidents on campus
Sarah Ortiz said she definitely saw the white delivery van stopped at the crosswalk in front of the Construction Innovations Center on Perimeter Drive. At that time, it seemed like a routine morning at the crosswalk she uses five times…
Cal Poly graduate skates to success
Craig Waltz’s passion for designing skate parks is unstoppable — his professors told him it was unrealistic because the skate park business was difficult to get into, but he continued to design them. Today, he’s a project manager at Wormhoudt…
Udderly broke: Cal Poly dairy deals with unstable economy.
Cal Poly’s Dairy Science Department has begun to put more emphasis on the postproduction of dairy because of the current economic hardships facing the dairy industry. Dairy prices are unstable, and the price of feed has increased, according to Cal…