There may be more to the Earth’s magnetic field than commonly thought, says Cal Poly physics professor emeritus Kenneth Hoffman.
New research published in the weekly Science Magazine, by Hoffman and geochemistry professor Bradley Singer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggests there is a second source of energy in the Earth’s magnetic field.
The controversial neighborhood policing program that would put more police officers on patrol in San Luis Obispo neighborhoods, particularly ones where long-term residents and rowdy students clash, has been put on hold due to a $4.8 million gap in the city’s finances.
Two former Cal Poly students are attempting to influence the upcoming presidential election in a whole new way. Cliff Branch and David Riordan started TwoVoters.com to help elect presidential candidate Barack Obama by creating videos that can easily be shared on the Web.
Students who can’t finish an assignment at home without getting distracted by their roommates or the latest episode of “Gossip Girl” can look to the Cal Poly campus. Because so much of today’s homework requires a computer as well as online access, the campus offers plenty of different locations with full computer accessibility for student use.
Rosh Hashanah began at sundown on Tuesday night, signaling the beginning of the Jewish New Year and possibly a new chapter for the women of Alpha Epsilon.
The club and associate member of Panhellenic is hoping to become the first Jewish-interest sorority at Cal Poly.
After just two years in the position, Bill Durgin, Cal Poly’s provost and vice president of academic affairs, has been moved from his position to a newly created executive-level role, Cal Poly officials announced yesterday afternoon.
Robert Koob, formerly Cal Poly’s senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs from 1990 to 1995, has been moved in to fill Durgin’s position on a maximum two-year interim basis.
Communications sophomore Kelsey Fisher likes hers off-white with vibrant cyan and magenta swirls. Aerospace engineering senior Dominic Surano likes his olive-colored with black celestial ornaments and physics junior Andrew Shaw likes his plain.
Although this may sound like something from a new-age frozen yogurt shop, these students were actually decorating recently purchased shoes during Raise the Respect’s Style Your Sole, an event for TOMS shoes, which took place in the University Union from 11 a.
Former Cal Poly track and field star Sharon Day, who represented the U.S. in high jumping at the Olympics in Beijing this past summer, made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman a little more than a couple…
Hundreds of students and community members packed the Alex and Faye Spanos Theater and spilled out into the hallway behind it to hear presidential candidate Ralph Nader speak at Cal Poly on Sunday night.
Nader received a standing ovation from the crowd upon entering the stage.
Garden Grille, the made-to-order salad, sandwich, pasta, and hamburger restaurant that came to Cal Poly in 2005, is gone. The garden-themed restaurant was replaced over the summer with the modernized, train and subway-themed 19 Metro Station.
The change was just one of many recent dining renovations which include the facelift of Baja Sol, previously named Veranda Café, the replacement of Tapango’s by the Dexter lawn with Rockin’ Bar-P-Q and the opening of Starbucks in the University Union.
Andre Dome, an incoming freshman for the Cal Poly men’s tennis team, reportedly played a hand Monday in Southern California’s 4-3 victory over Midwest in the semifinals of the USTA 18-under National Team Championships. According to InsideSoCal.com, the win at…