Cal Poly is one of the safest state universities in California, University Police Chief Bill Watton said a recent crime statistics report shows.
The report, which details arrests made on-and-off campus from 2003 to 2005, shows that most arrests were made for misdemeanor liquor and drug law violations.
Raise the Respect, a global outreach group on campus, is making an effort today to raise awareness as well as provide a forum for students to participate in “Peace within Reach: National Northern Uganda Lobby Day” in order to help curb conflict in that region.
Saturday morning at Frank’s Famous Hotdogs off is a favorite for families to enjoy pancakes together, while college students sober up to a breakfast burrito, but the restaurant has added a new item to the menu that will make the experience all the better.
Frank’s has been using rice-bran oil instead of soy-bean oil for a little over a month, making its food much healthier than other fast food competitors.
A conglomerate of unlikely team players is coming together today for a regional community summit called Smart Energy Solutions at San Luis Obispo Vets Hall.
Patricia Wilmore, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, said they are expecting a wide range of participants because of the variety of sponsors, including Cal Poly Renewable Energy Institute, Coast National Bank, SLO Green Build and PG & E.
U.S. News and World Report has named Cal Poly one of the best public-master’s universities in the west for the 14th consecutive year. Overall, Cal Poly took seventh place in the Best in West category.
The only other two California colleges that ranked higher than Cal Poly on the list were Loyola Marymount University at fifth place and Santa Clara University at second.
A Cal Poly student was a victim of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon on Friday night.
Ryan Alcaraz, 18, was found unconscious on the sidewalk near the corner of Monte Vista Road and California Boulevard, according to a San Luis Obispo Police Department press release.
The California State University system and the California Faculty Association were unable to come to terms on several salary issues last month, but the CSU system does not believe the failure in negotiations will interrupt classes.
“It will be business as usual on all CSU campuses,” said CSU media relations specialist to the chancellor’s office, Paul Browning.
Many great minds have studied it. It powers our cell phones and terrorist cannot touch it. Give up? It’s the sunlight.
The movement is on to equip cities with the ability to operate using their own generated electricity.
Professor David Braun invited John Perlin from the University of Santa Barbara physics department and co-producer of “The Power of the Sun,” to speak after the film and answer questions.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating a felony vandalism, which included graffiti and broken lights, that occurred at the Calvary Baptist Church early Wednesday morning.
A police department press release stated that “the vandalism was extensive and involved the spray painting of derogatory comments on a number of walls and buildings on the property.
“We are all born good to do good,” said Catherine Hyde, director of the Pay It Forward Foundation.
Anyone who does not do this, she says, “has unlearned it.”
The Pay It Forward Foundation, based in San Luis Obispo County, was established in 2000 to inspire students to change the world, and give them opportunities to do so.
Polyratings.com, a popular Web site on which Cal Poly students have rated their professors since 1999, might shut down in the near future if its chief engineer cannot find someone to take his place.
J. Paul Reed, who has been running the site since the spring of 2001, said Monday that he no longer has the time to maintain the site.