Cal Poly announces interim president

Robert Glidden will serve as Cal Poly’s interim president beginning Aug. 1, according to a press release by Cal Poly.

Carson Starkey trial sentencing

Two former Sigma Alpha Epsilon members charged with felony hazing in the death of former Cal Poly freshman Carson Starkey were sentenced Tuesday.

Governor keeps $366 million for CSU system in state budget

Significant cuts were made in the CSU budget last year and $305 million of the proposed funding would restore the lost money. The remaining $60.6 million is intended to increase enrollment in the system’s 23 campuses.

Academic Senate strives to curb cheating

The committee, which has met three times so far this quarter to discuss the issue, is seeking to include on transcripts the specific class and quarter in which cheating incidents occur.

Academic Senate struggles for budget transparency

While some steps were taken toward achieving this goal, the Academic Senate Budget and Long Range Planning Committee remains dissatisfied with the lack of disclosure in the current budgeting procedures.

CSU Board of Trustees delays Cal Poly presidential decision

Cal Poly announced today it would not hire any of the three candidates who toured the campus last week.

Leap back in time to San Luis Obispo County before civilization

San Luis Obispo 12,000 years ago existed in the transition from one geological epoch to the next, the Pleistocene to the Holocene. The biggest difference from the present was the lower sea level, sitting about 400 feet lower toward the end of the last glacial maximum roughly 12,000 years ago.

Water main break shuts down Johnson Avenue

A water main break closed down part of Johnson Avenue Tuesday. The pipe supplies water to residents of the area, as well as French Hospital.

Students and locals battle for breast cancer

Cal Poly Beach Volleyball Club hosted the third annual Battle for Boobs beach volleyball tournament at Pismo Beach on Saturday and Sunday.

Civil engineering students reveal plans for SLO bike path

Students from Cal Poly’s Sustainable Mobility civil engineering class presented proposals for a new bike path from Cal Poly through Cuesta College and Chorro Valley to Morro Bay.

Entrepreneurship club to host alumnus Brian Schwartz

The Cal Poly Entrepreneurship Club is hosting a speech by alumnus and author Brian Schwartz today. Schwartz graduated in 1994 as an industrial technology major.