paul meissner Cal Poly’s International Education Week hosted Afghan Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad, who spoke in Chumash Auditorium Thursday. Jawad, a native of Afghanistan, is working to improve women’s education in Afghanistan. Jawad said that Afghanistan is the seventh poorest…
Controversial Middle Eastern speaker addresses peace issues
kiel carreau Chumash Auditorium was politically split Monday night when writer Nonie Darwish, an American woman of Middle Eastern descent, spoke about how politics and religion divide the Jewish and Muslim communities and how both groups can overcome that division.…
Maasai warrior visits campus
sheila sobchik Cal Poly students had a unique chance to gain insight into a different way of herding when Maasai warrior Samson Parashina visited campus on Tuesday. Parashina – who prefers to be called Samson – has traveled to the…
'No' gains ground in SLO County
Designed by Louise Dolby Proposition 76 was losing as of 9 p.m. on Tuesday in San Luis Obispo County, with about 57 percent voting “no” on the measure. If passed, Proposition 76 would restrict the state-spending limit and would grant…
International symposium discusses
In response to many natural disasters that have plagued the globe in recent years, Cal Poly’s city and regional planning department organized an international symposium to discuss ways to build disaster-resistant communities and to educate people on how to provide…
FMA hosts CFO for Apple Computer, Inc.
sheila sobchik The Cal Poly Financial Management Association (FMA) hosted the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Apple Computer, Inc., Peter Opphenheimer, at a presentation Thursday, Nov. 3. Opphenheimer, a Cal Poly graduate, discussed his position in the corporation, along with…
Prop 76 could limit public school spending and funding if passed
As voters head to the polls today, Proposition 76 is sparking debate at Cal Poly. Proposition 76, or the “Live Within Our Means Act,” is one of the four propositions in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s reform campaign that may affect students at…
Graduate awarded fellowship for genetic research
Emily Logan Cal Poly animal science graduate Garret Guenther was awarded the John Clark Student Fellowship for his presentation on “Development of methods for the production of transgenic quail expressing an E. coli phytase gene.” The research for the presentation…
Homecoming's Grand Reunion celebrates pre-1955 graduates
With memories of living on a womenless campus to working for wages under a dollar, graduates from 1955 and prior returned to Cal Poly this weekend for the Homecoming 2005 Grand Reunion. Budget cuts in 1923 restricted female students from…
Day of the Lecturer celebrates Fair Employment Week
paul meissner The California Faculty Association (CFA) held a rally Thursday on Dexter Lawn to commemorate the “Day of the Lecturer,” part of Cal Poly’s “Fair Employment Week” activities. The rally called attention to Cal Poly lecturers, who do not…
Rose Float migrates South for the winter
Thao Tran The Cal Poly Rose Float team will travel to Pomona today to combine the two halves of this year’s float, “Enchanted Reverie.” Designed to look like a red dragon guarding a castle on a tree, the float will…