It is the call of the Central Coast’s yearlong growing season that Cal Poly students and staff are utilizing in their home and community garden plots. For them, gardening as a great recreational activity that provides exercise, the opportunity to be outside and plays a key role in the production of food from home.
VIDEO: Same-sex marriage supporters rally at Mitchell Park
Cal Poly students and community members supporting same-sex marriage rallied together at Mitchell Park after Tuesday’s California Supreme Court ruling upheld Proposition 8.
Student veteran looks to connect with others
Cal Poly student and Army Reserves veteran Jesse Grothaus hopes to start a club on campus to reconnect with fellow student veterans, but has hit a red tape roadblock just in getting the signatures needed to found the club.
VIDEO: Baseball, Softball hitting high marks
The synergy between the baseball and softball teams this year has helped motivate them to play some of their best ball in the past 14 years.
“Power Wheels guy” takes senior project to the streets
A picture of a student sitting in what appeared to be a children’s Power Wheels vehicle being ticketed by three San Luis Obispo Police Department motorcycles and one University Police Department SUV gained viral popularity on Twitter last week and was plastered on the front page of the Mustang Daily with a headline that read “Little wheels cause a big deal.” So what’s the real story behind this four-wheeled spectacle?
Two rodents found in campus water, officials say no health concerns
A 30,000 gallon water reservoir that sits near the “P” hill overlooking Cal Poly was shutdown Thursday after Cal Poly maintenance workers discovered a dead rat and mouse in the tank that supplies water to the Cal Poly campus.
Greeks don gloves for a good cause in fight night
Cal Poly’s Fraternity Fight Night this Sunday will raise money for Sigma Phi Epsilon brother and Cal Poly student John Murphy who was severely injured last July.
UPDATE: Four SAE members charged in hazing death
Four Cal Poly students were arrested Thursday in connection with last year’s alcohol-related death of architecture freshman Carson Starkey after a nearly six month investigation by the San Luis Obispo Police Department.
Four Cal Poly students charged in Starkey’s death
Four Cal Poly students were arrested in connection to the death of Cal Poly freshmen Carson Starkey, who died last December due to alcohol poisoning while attending a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity hazing ritual, according to police.
The drinking habits of a college town
Many Cal Poly students who drink agree that it’s just a way of life; partying on Hathaway Avenue as a freshman, throwing parties after moving off campus and going downtown once you turn 21 can be central events in students’ social lives.
Affordable and eco-friendly transportation pedals downtown
New World Rickshaw Co. will offer free, sober pedicab rides home for students and community members from the downtown area after Farmers’ Market on Thursdays and on weekends.