This year, 19 CSU students received the Hearst/CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement and one is a student right here at Cal Poly. Melissa O’Neal, 25, is a graduate student focused on plant protection sciences. The hardships she has gone through in her life earned her this award, which includes a scholarship of $3,000.
PREFACE pick captivates Poly, community
Cal Poly’s shared reading program, known as PREFACE, isn’t just for WOWies anymore. Cal Poly’s newly enhanced program now offers all of the Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo community a chance to read a great book and join discussions and other events downtown.
Sheriffs find body of missing student near site of accident
After searching for several days, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department uncovered the body of Enrique Jimenez among the rocks at Monta¤a de Oro on Monday afternoon.
Jimenez visited the popular beach Spooner’s Cove with a freshman orientation group on the afternoon of Sept.
Since you've been gone…The top six stories of the summer
While many students took advantage of the warm days and long nights during summer vacation, a few of us Mustang Daily reporters faithfully stayed behind to cover all the news on campus and throughout San Luis Obispo County. Here is a recap of the top six stories to hit the Mustang newsstands over the break.
Student dies during orientation week at Montana de Oro
Enrique Jimenez would be starting Cal Poly this week. He would be experiencing those freshman butterflies and scurrying to find his classes for the first time.
But while attending an event at Montana de Oro for orientation week, Jimenez died three days before his freshman year officially started.
ITS makes wireless Internet access easier
The Information Technology Service Department is making changes to the way students using laptops can access the Internet on campus for the fall quarter.
Since Sept. 9, Cal Poly students have been able to easily access wireless networks throughout campus for the first time without having to register laptops through the ITS office.
Confessions of a procrastinator
I have this itch under my skin that I can’t scratch, and it’s only getting worse now that fall quarter is here. What the hell is this nuisance that’s making me feel like I’ve got a million ants dancing all over my skin and has my heart beating so fast it could out-rev a sports car?
I’ll call it “quarteritis.
President Warren Baker: The man, the myth, the legend
Perched up in his office on the fourth floor of the Administration building, Cal Poly President Warren Baker’s view overlooks much of the campus. As students bustle through their day-by-day activities, here is the man at the heart of the institution. But after 28 years of overseeing every sect of the university, his life now extends well beyond the fourth floor and he took the time to speak with the Mustang Daily about what it’s like to be in his shoes.
Advice from a super senior: four years is never enough
Congratulations to you Cal Poly students who will finally graduate this year. We finally made it. We won’t have to worry now about our parents asking how much longer, but rather reiterating how our room back home has been changed into something completely different and we are not welcome anymore.
Under Construction
Poly Canyon Village
Cal Poly is no longer just a college campus; by August 2008, it will have its own village. Poly Canyon Village housing development is planned for sophomores and will operate as its own community. It will feature retail stores, eateries, a recreation center, an Olympic-sized pool and many other everyday commodities dorm students don’t always have a chance to enjoy.
Mustang Express removed to make way for restaurant
In order to make room for a new dining establishment, Mustang Express closed its doors for good at the end of June.
After gauging student wishes through a series of surveys, the University Union Advisory Board (UUAB) decided to close the postal store and copy center, said ASI public relations coordinator Michelle Broom.