brennan angel Cal Poly students displayed an attention grabbing art exhibit Thursday near Dexter Lawn. The display included six bikes latched to a water hose that trailed the handicap walkway, books laid open in the cemented dining areas and lopsided…
Materials engineering department receives $1 million grant
Cal Poly’s materials engineering department has received a $1 million grant to redesign the curriculum and teaching methods in order to attract and retain women and minority engineering students. The grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation. Though the…
National Coming Out Day celebrates diversity
Joe Sargent To celebrate “National Coming Out Day,” a diverse panel of speakers assembled Tuesday at Cal Poly to discuss issues concerning both the gay and straight community in the Veranda Cafe. “Straight Answers from Across the Rainbow” was organized…
TKE vice president discusses an alternative brotherhood
Sheila Sobchick When Adrian Herrera received his bid in a fine looking envelope with the engraved Greek insignia of Tau Kappa Epsilon, he was shocked. For Herrera, the idea of receiving a bid from a prominent fraternity was a shocking,…
Cal Poly receives grant to monitor ocean currents
Tiffany Dias Cal Poly has been awarded a $3.4 million grant to install a high-tech system to monitor near-shore currents. UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Francisco State University provided the grant. Cal Poly is one…
New engineering buildings under way
kali bills The area next to the library, which used to be a parking lot, is now being transformed into Engineering IV, a 104,000 square foot state-of-the-art building scheduled to hold classrooms and offices for the engineering department. Construction began…
First Constitution Day coming
Louise Dolby Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts will hold its first ever Constitution Day Thursday in the business rotunda (building 3, room 213) from 11 a.m. to noon. A recent bill authored by Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia)…
Students warned not to drink and drive
Tom Sanders The days of drivers breaking DUI laws have yet to go by the wayside. On Sep. 23, the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) conducted a DUI checkpoint at the intersection of Santa Rosa and Oak streets. Between…
Graphic Communication department awarded
Brittany Ridley The Xerox Printing Innovation Award was originally a competition for professional printing companies throughout the country. But three years ago, Cal Poly’s graphic communication department (GrC) decided that it had the resources and the talent to compete with…
Students protest the removal of red handprints
kiel carreau Removal of the red handprints once found near the residence halls inspired Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) to exhibit the prints somewhere else – on T-shirts members wore Thursday in protest. “We want to raise awareness,” said Abbie Livingston,…
CPSalsa covers sexy posters
tom sanders By Louise Dolby The Cal Poly Salsa Club is heating things up on campus in its recent advertising campaign featuring students in firefighter gear. The advertisements are too hot for some to handle. The posters and advertisements around…