Strategy groups have released 23 recommendations, including hiring more staff to recruit underrepresented minority students, developing a mentoring program and requiring diversity effort considerations for faculty promotions.
UPD sends officers to assist victims of California fires; how you can help
University Police have been sent to help evacuate areas affected by the Camp and Woolsey fires, and ASI is hosting a donation drive to make sure evacuees are supplied.
Four women will sit on San Luis Obispo’s City Council for the first time
Echoing the pattern across the nation, San Luis Obispo’s midterm election brought about notable firsts, including the first time San Luis Obispo City Council will consist of four women. It is also believed that Erica Stewart is the first Black…
Students work to raise awareness for sex trafficking
Political science students are working to educate residents of San Luis Obispo about the issue of human sex trafficking.
Smoky skies over Cal Poly: Students affected by fires raging across California
Three major fires in northern and southern California have set ablaze thousands of acres prompting evacuation orders for more than 250,000 people. Since Thursday, Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire have burned a combined total of more than 87,000 acres in…
Alumni-founded BooBees surf wax promotes sustainability & women’s rights
Badrigian’s passion for surfing, feminism and the environment inspired her to create a commercially viable, environmentally sustainable and women-empowered surf wax called BooBees.
Diversity specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returns to campus; her thoughts on Cal Poly
Diversity and inclusion specialist Kimberly McLaughlin-Smith returned to Cal Poly’s campus Nov. 8 to facilitate two discussions on allyship and cross-cultural respect. “How can people who do what I do help? I want to inspire courage and truth telling,” McLaughlin-Smith…
Artificial Intelligence Software will judge this year’s startup competition
“It’s a more effective way to gauge the thoughts of a group,” second year business major Alistair Schwab said, who planned the event this year. “Typically you would take an average, but it’s more reflective of the judges as a whole.”
Residents celebrate yakʔitʸutʸu’s grand opening with native foods and music
The campus community and yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe came together Thursday, Nov. 8 to celebrate the grand opening of the residence halls on campus. Students, staff and members of the tribe gathered on the central lawn…
Borderline Bar & Grill shooting hits close to home for some Cal Poly students
“You think [a shooting is] never going to happen to your hometown, it’s never going to happen so close to you, and then someone that I practically grew up with is now no longer with us.”
Eight days, three candlelight vigils
The San Luis Obispo community comes together following recent tragedies.