Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Koob recently cut each college’s budget by 2.5 percent, which resulted in fewer lecturers hired and fewer course sections offered.
“I’ve met (the budget reduction) by not filling two positions and using some funding that I’ve carried over from the previous year,” said David Wehner, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.
State budget cuts have put a stop to water testing for bacteria at six local beaches in San Luis Obispo County. As of Oct. 23, San Luis Obispo County’s Environmental Health Services will no longer sample sites north of Pier Avenue and south of Strand Avenue at Pismo Beach.
Cal Poly senior receiver Ramses Barden was one of five “under-the-radar” prospects an “NFL executive” told Newsday could go on the first day of April’s NFL Draft. The others were Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry, Baylor offensive tackle Jason Smith,…
“It’s like a nightmare, I just want to go to sleep and have this to not have happened,” said Steve, an anguished look on his face.
Steve, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, lives at the crop house, the house that ignited a storm of controversy and protest Thursday when The New Times reported that a noose and Confederate flag were displayed on the outside of the residence, along with a table painted with the Confederate flag.
When news came out about a noose, a confederate flag and allegations of a sign that read racial and gay slurs, hundreds of Cal Poly students and faculty joined together wearing black shirts in response to the on-campus crop science house members who allegedly committed the offenses at recent weekend parties.
The rubber duckies have escaped the bathtub and are preparing to head down San Luis Creek.
Sigma Nu’s first annual Ducky-Derby will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in San Luis Creek at Mission Plaza.
The Ducky-Derby will feature music, food, a silent auction and of course a rubber ducky race.
There’s nothing subtle about the picture above. In case you missed it, the Cal Poly campus has been in a furor the past couple days in light of an allegedly discriminatory display of a Confederate flag, a noose and —…
With the American economy seemingly on the verge of collapse, many students are becoming leery of the unstable job market that awaits them after graduation. But there is a more immediate effect that is worrying others.
Increasing economic troubles are causing students nationwide to borrow more money than ever before.
More than three months after sending a signed five-year contract to develop a new engineering program at Saudi Arabia’s Jubail University College (JUC), Cal Poly still doesn’t know the document’s fate.
The deal, worth $5.9 million, was controversial due to the Saudi government’s discrimination against women, Jews and homosexuals.
The influence of the media on voting was debated Tuesday night as the upcoming presidential election drove the conversation.
About 30 people gathered in Chumash Auditorium to hear Cliff Kincaid and Norman Solomon debate the topic, “Does the media sway votes?”
Kincaid is the editor of the conservative watchdog organization Accuracy in the Media (AIM) and Norman Solomon is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national association of policy researchers and analysts.