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Living off-campus: the search begins
With the competive rental market of a college town, students looking to live away from the busy Cal Poly atmosphere often have to start searching now to have the best options to choose from. That’s especially true if you have…
Dirt cheap living options
Finding off-campus housing in San Luis Obispo is a time-consuming affair and finding cheap housing is even more tiresome and a task that seems to be increasingly impossible. Yet over the years, students have figured out some tricks to finding cheap places to live.
Stuck in SLO? Spring break can still be fun
The drug cartels ruined your plans to go to Mexico, the boss didn’t get your e-mail that you wouldn’t be in town for the week or you’re recession-ing a bit too much to get out of town for spring break.
Poly seniors aim to provide safe water
How many college seniors can say they helped save lives as part of their senior project? That’s what six seniors from the Orfalea College of Business are attempting later this month during World Water Week and the Tap Project. “It’s…
Local medical marijuana dispensary owner faces jail time
Former Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles Lynch will be sentenced on Mar. 23 in the Los Angeles Federal Court House and may face a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison for violating federal drug laws. The…
College based fee vote passes overwhelmingly
After a two-day period to submit an advisory vote on a proposal to increase college based fees, 47 percent of Cal Poly students voted on the CBF referendum with 78 percent voting for it and 22 percent against. The proposal…
Engineers specialize robots to explore water in Malta
For a group of computer engineers at Cal Poly, spring break will be a productive experience rather than a week of rampant partying and relaxation. Through the International Computer Engineering Exchange (ICEX), a collaboration between Cal Poly’s computer engineering department…
More transparency needed for student fee vote
Perhaps the administration would have seen greater attendance at their forum had they considered more than their own personal schedules when planning the event. I, for one, would have loved to attend, but with the only campus-wide forum occurring between…
More transparency needed for student fee vote
Perhaps the administration would have seen greater attendance at their forum had they considered more than their own personal schedules when planning the event. I, for one, would have loved to attend, but with the only campus-wide forum occurring between…
Free conflict mediation service offers solutions to squabbles
Fed up with your roommate’s boyfriend staying over too often? Is your landlord being unreasonable? Having trouble agreeing on how to split bills? SLO Solutions can help students deal with their frustrations. SLO Solutions is a free conflict mediation service…