Jorge Montezuma, a Cal Poly undergraduate, doesn’t live his life like the average college student, in their own world of text messaging, iPod listening and sporting the latest “Go Green” T-shirt that only gives off the image of being “environmentally aware.
Student veterans serve their country, Cal Poly
Like a soldier’s camouflage in dense undergrowth, they are hard to spot among their student peers. With only a handful studying here, they’re easy to overlook on campus.
As of fall 2008, the Office of Academic Records reported 51 students who were or are still active in the armed forces and collecting veteran educational benefits such as the G.
Funding restored for local beach testing
Six local beaches that recently lost funding to test for disease-causing bacteria have been put back in rotation.
The State Water Resources Control Board restored funding for the state’s testing program from which San Luis Obispo County had been receiving $26,600.
Giving peace another chance
Cal Poly English professor Kevin Clark’s first recollection of the peace symbol dates back to the days when he watched horrific, graphic scenes of the Vietnam War repeatedly headlining the evening news in the mid-1960s. Despite his conservative upbringing in the suburbs of New Jersey, the images deepened his already growing connection with the protesters who frequented the evening reports, holding the peace symbol to protest the war and promote a new social consciousness.
Sorority members compete for charity
Proceeds from the 2nd annual Greek Goddess philanthropy event will benefit two local sexual assault resource centers. It’s sponsored by the fraternity Delta Sigma Phi.
“We think we are doing more than what is expected of us,” said Joe Ciesinski, DSP’s engineered leadership chair.
Cal Poly's offense gets Bielema's attention
Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema was questioned at length today about Cal Poly during his weekly press conference. Here‘s the link to the transcript. He heaped heavy praise on the Mustangs’ offense, in particular. Among the most interesting quotes: After…
App. State comparisons start
You knew it was going to happen. A quirky offense from the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) visiting a Big Ten Conference power, in front of upwards of 75,000 people? Naturally, people are already comparing Saturday’s Cal Poly-Wisconsin game…
How should Mustangs approach Wisconsin game?
If the Cal Poly football team wants bulletin-board material heading into its regular-season finale at Wisconsin on Saturday, there would be no shortage of it. Before the season, Michael Hunt, a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, sharply criticized the…
Forum looks to progress diversity attitudes on campus
“This is about us,” said university president Warren Baker, urging the Cal Poly community to focus on the future of campus diversity and security during a forum Wednesday night sparked by the controversial incident at the Cal Poly crop house.
Approximately 300 students and community members attended the Campus Community Meeting on Diversity and Inclusion in the Performing Arts Center.
Volunteers trailblaze in sustainability
Volunteers will get their hands dirty in the name of sustainability at the Johnson Ranch open space this Saturday.
Organizations including the San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation Department, Ranger Service Division and the Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers will work to construct sustainably-designed hiking, biking and horseback riding trails for Johnson Ranch, the city’s newest open space.
UALR suspends leading scorer before Poly's opener
The morning of the Cal Poly men’s basketball team‘s regular-season opener against Arkansas-Little Rock at 7 tonight in Mott Gym, UALR indefinitely suspended its leading scorer from last season. Junior guard Steven Moore didn’t make the trip due to “conduct…