Check out the 2011 Open House video to see what prospective freshman thought of the event and the campus.
Environmental engineering professor receives a waste-full award
Cal Poly environmental engineering professor wins Iraj Zandi award from the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.
World peace, one beer bong at a time
BeerBongs for World Peace is a nonprofit group created by Cal Poly alumni Quinn Lewis and Casey Curtis to raise money for hunger awareness.
Mr. Eco looks to environmental future
Mr. Eco is difficult to miss. Wearing a green cape, bright yellow T-shirt, green basketball shorts and “bling” adorned with a compact florescent light (CFL) bulb, students might have seen him at football games, soccer games, during Week of Welcome (WOW)…
ASI election day nearing
The first of two forums for candidates running in ASI elections was held yesterday in the University Union Plaza.
Taking to the streets: local group raises homelessness awareness
In response to the growing homeless community in San Luis Obispo, the Cal Poly Community Center will be hosting a week of “Homeless Awareness,” throughout the city of San Luis Obispo.
Students feeling lemony fresh after agribusiness win
Cal Poly agribusiness students and their “Liora” Seedless Lemons won first place in the annual National AgriMarketing Association Student Marketing Competition in Kansas City, Miss. last week.
SLO enacts Sunday parking fees
In an effort to boost revenue during the budget crisis and amid a struggling economy, San Luis Obispo City Council members voted to make changes to parking downtown, including charging for parking on Sundays, on April 9.
Organic farmer to sow seeds SLOcally
Joel Salatin, a Polyface, Inc. farmer, will speak as part of the university’s week-long FocusSLO Earth Day series put on by Empower Poly Coalition on April 19.
Mothers protest for nuclear peace
Protestors congregated in Avila beach April 16 to aim to inspire the shutting down of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Some protestors’ signs read, “Fukushima Dai-ich is Japanese for Diablo” and “Children Not Chernobyl.”
Cutting corners: students, faculty protest budget cuts
With whistles blasting, Cal Poly students, staff and faculty carried signs and shouted chants as they marched around the University Union (UU) April 13, joining in a statewide protest against education budget cuts.