For the students who are members of the Cal Poly Rose Float program, spring quarter means one thing: 273 days until the parade. From planting seeds to harvesting flowers to constructing the float, the three-hour parade involves months of preparation.…
Cal Poly Pharmacy helps students fill pricy prescriptions when not covered by out of town insurance
Kat Campisi is a long way from home. She’s also a long way from her Kaiser Permanente pharmacy. Unfortunately for Campisi, Kaiser only runs their insurance prices through their own pharmacy or through mail-in, which could take days. Although she…
Think you can’t afford to study abroad? Think again
Cal Poly students are increasingly opting to study abroad, according to an annual statistical survey of U.S. campuses.
Student powerlifter finds strength to overcome eating disorder
It was not until Johnson’s mom got her started powerlifting that everything started to change.
The Cal Poly Cat Program has helped find homes for more than 3,000 cats roaming campus
In the early 1990s, hundreds of feral cats roamed Cal Poly’s campus and the surrounding neighborhoods. Some were pets students had abandoned. Others were the offspring of cats brought in by the agriculture department for pest control. Animal science senior…
Greek life comes with a cost
For many students having to work a job, or even two, while in school is the only option to be able to participate in costly extracurriculars, like greek life, on top of an already hefty tuition bill.
This student business delivers homemade waffles straight to your door
Business administration senior Matt Casadona recently turned his liking for a convenient, yet tasty food into an out-of-the-home business.
Camp Kesem gives kids of cancer patients ‘an outlet away from what is going on at home’
With more than 100 chapters across the country, the San Luis Obispo chapter was started three years ago by art and design senior Molly Eichten and some of her friends.
Cal Poly startup Roopairs the restaurant industry
Having grown up with a restaurateur father, business administration senior David Bartolomucci and older brother Raymond Bartolomucci know the restaurant industry like the back of their spatulas.
Merry mixes: KCPR’s Club 91 hosts Christmas party and toy drive
To celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, KCPR’s Club 91 showed that the best way to spread holiday cheer is by playing loud house music for all to hear at their Christmas party and toy drive on Dec. 7.…
From starving to 20,000 calories a day: This student battled the spectrum of eating disorders on her path to ‘healing’
“I wanted people to look at my smile and think ‘Oh, she’s perfect, she’s fine,’ but on the inside, I was the complete opposite.”