Biological sciences junior Jake Molieri smiled as a large scorpion quickly paced over the bridge of his nose and across his cheek. Once it rested on the edge of his face, he scooped up the wiggling scorpion by its stinger…
Health Center hires 8 employees in first quarter since fee increase
With the implementation of the $99 health fee increase per quarter beginning Fall 2018, students are already seeing improved wait times at the Health Center.
Cal Poly will rebrand with new logo, messaging and redesigned website
Cal Poly will be getting a new institutional logo, messaging and website in May 2019 with the debut of the yakʔitʸutʸu Welcome Center. Three new brand concepts have been proposed, each embodying a different concept — “The Power of and,”…
Annual poinsettia sale kicks off this weekend
This annual event is expected to have more than 4,000 plants for sale.
Meet Larry Peña, the man behind San Luis Obispo’s trivia nights
He spends around five hours every week doing research — not for his work at the magazine, but for the weekly trivia games he hosts around San Luis Obispo county.
One of the first National Geographic female photographers shares her story at Cal Poly
Griffiths gave a talk on her photographic career at the Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Nov. 14, where she discussed her passion for “telling stories that never get the front page.”
Woolsey and Camp fires 100 percent contained
Students from Los Angeles, Ventura and Butte Counties who returned home for Thanksgiving break faced devastation from fires that raged for several weeks.
Cal Poly alumni develop platform to empower local farmers
A team of recent Cal Poly alumni are developing a platform designed to transform the way consumers eat meat by connecting the local community with sustainable, local farmers and ranchers.
Overheard at Cal Poly: Was someone listening?
Biochemistry freshman Adriana Yarkin thought she was the only bagpipe player at Cal Poly. As she practiced, electrical engineering freshman Sophie Guzules heard the music, opened the Facebook app on her phone and posted on the “Overheard at Cal Poly” page.
How “Earn While You Learn” became “Learn by Doing”
If you were a mechanics student at Cal Poly in 1903, odds are you were laying foundations and hammering together buildings. If you were studying agriculture, you were building roads and planting trees. In a couple of years, you or…
Catching up with DENCH creator Jimmy Wong one year later
Food science senior and creator of pop-up restaurant DENCH, Jimmy Wong has become San Luis Obispo’s resident student-celebrity chef.