The Robert E. Kennedy Library will be witnessing some changes to the second floor Learning Commons in the near future.
Cold weather stunts Poly crops
Avocado fruits were likely damaged more than any other crop growing on campus as the result of cold weather throughout January, Cal Poly orchard production manager Mark Welch said last Friday.
Welch estimated that roughly 90 percent of the avocados and 10 to 25 percent of the citrus fruits on campus were damaged because of temperatures that dipped into the 20s in mid-January, contributing to an estimated $26 million worth of damages countywide.
Environmental reporter to tell 'The Truth' on global warming
Acclaimed author and New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin will be appearing on campus
Governor's new budget calls for higher student fees
Taco Bell grilled stuft burrito – $1.99. Quarterly campus parking pass – $90.
Muslim Student Association: United by faith
Although Cal Poly lacks diversity, the presence of different cultural and religious clubs
Death of a major
The decision to completely phase out the home economics department met resentment from the faculty and students.
The chaos caused students to protest and march to President Warren Baker’s office several times in the spring of 1992.
One of the students who protested, Marshawn Porter, a home economics graduate, said the situation was disheartening.
A home of their own
Cal Poly’s now defunct home economics department once offered a bachelor of science in the major where students could concentrate in interior design or textiles and clothing merchandising.
In the spring of 1992, the School of Professional Studies closed, moving multiple departments to different colleges.
Riding to the top
The Cal Poly Society of Automotive Engineers is moving full speed ahead into a busy quarter, working hard to prepare its cars for upcoming competitions.
SAE is divided into three teams: Formula, Baja and Supermileage. The teams all work on separate cars and compete in separate competitions, but come together as a club to share a design center and funds.
Flexible Fastener: students, faculty design device for all facets of life
Cal Poly is looking to license out a flexible bolt that has uses in construction, medicine and many other facets of life.
Faculty move into new housing complex
After months of construction, challenges and much collaboration, the Bella Monta¤a residential community is finally starting to look less like an actual neighborhood.
Over the break, Cal Poly staff and faculty started the move-in process after the first completed phase of the three-part project.
New site rates professors, shows grades
Students can see how teachers grade their classes thanks to the college information Web site Pick-A-Prof.com