The Cal Poly Consultative Search Committee kicked off its provost candidate forum Tuesday morning by introducing the first of four finalists for the position: Cheryl Schrader, the associate vice president of research at Boise State University. Schrader spoke about herself…
Catch a SLO ride
San Luis Obispo residents and visitors now have a safe, reliable and cheap way of getting home after a night of partying: SLO Safe Rides. After officially starting the business at the beginning of this summer, SLO Safe Ride Founders,…
Cal Poly makes Forbes list, fourth consecutive year
Forbes Magazine ranked Cal Poly among the best colleges in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. Cal Poly placed 230 out of 650 total schools, and 43rd in top colleges of the West. It was also ranked ninth of…
Athletics are more than the game
Sports are about more than statistics, scores or star performances. In some ways, athletics reflect society. At times they bind us tighter, and at others they break down barriers that politicians could not do with the full force of law.…
Horticulture and crop science department grows into new major
The department of horticulture and crop science introduced a new major this fall — agricultural and environmental plant sciences — to replace three of its previous degrees: fruit science, environmental horticulture science and crop science. The new major is an attempt to draw…
Cal Poly honor society earns national award
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) awarded Cal Poly’s chapter the Silver Star Award at a conference in Puerto Rico last June. The Silver Star Award, which is the third highest status that can be given to an NSCS…
French Hospital beats out Sierra Vista for athletics sponsorship
Cal Poly Athletics recently signed the largest corporate sponsorship in university history, but details regarding the switch from Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center to French Hospital remain unclear. Ron Yukelson, Sierra Vista spokesperson, said it received the same $800,000 proposal…
SLO named bike-friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists awarded San Luis Obispo the Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community status for its efforts to welcome bicycle traffic. San Luis Obispo was one of 190 cities in the country to receive the Bicycle Friendly status…
Chevron proposes plan to gas up empty acreage
The San Luis Obispo City Council reviewed and endorsed a proposed 322-acre Tank Farm development project designed by the Chevron Corporation on Tuesday. Located on the north and south sides of Tank Farm Road, the proposed development, which is currently…
Turkeys take up residence in education building
Cal Poly has two new residents in the form of a mother turkey and her baby, who have made the Cotchett Education Building their new home. The turkeys, who were first spotted Monday morning, have been rotating their way through…
Cal Poly 'Cool Kids' take first in engineering design competition
A team of Cal Poly engineering students took first place in an international competition with their senior project, a design for a heating, refrigerating and air conditioning system for the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pa. The American Society of…