Lauren Zahner Five years of hard work culminated in one weekend for Cal Poly architecture students during Coalesce, the third annual exhibition of fifth-year design-studio work held in the University Union. Friday’s reception started the event with free food, wine…
Online courses to provide distance
tom sanders Let’s face it; calculus would be a lot easier to handle if we could do it at home in our pajamas. Well, it’s not quite calculus, but thanks to some creative thinkers, a startup grant and some intrigued…
Taste and See
Julianne Byer We are all aware of how the media has squandered, squelched and pulverized the very blatant fact that America overeats. Yes, this is quite clear, thank you, just ask our waistlines. “But we can’t help it!” we scream.…
Creativity with cardboard
Katie Hofstetter Senior architecture student Joseph Lyman is expanding the uses of cardboard, and his bank account while he’s at it. As part of a competition for the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Lyman created a chair solely comprised…
Liberal Arts, Science and Mathematics converge to create new program
Christina Casci The Polymers and Coatings Science Program in the College of Science and Math and the graphic communication department in the College of Liberal Arts have joined forces to create a big opportunity for the students interested in the…
Graphic communication students take home top awards in logo competition
At a recent national graphic design competition, Cal Poly stunned some of the nation’s best graphic designers by taking five of the six awards. Students were instructed to design a logo for Fox Atomic, a new division of 20th Century…
Housing crunch remains tight, Poly Canyon project to provide relief
nick camacho Imagine leaving home for the first time to start life in a new place, at a new school and living by yourself for the first time without knowing a soul. It’s estimated that this will soon be a…
Technology survey results influence improved registration system
Cal Poly students will return in fall to a newly-improved, easy-to-use POWER class registration process thanks to input from 500 students for the yearly Student Campus Computing Committee (SC3) Information Technology Services (ITS) SWEEPS survey. As of April, this year’s…
Alumni offer Fresh Threads to students on the go
nick camacho Two recent Cal Poly graduates have just opened a useful and affordable laundry service called Fresh Threads, near Aida’s and Kona’s on Foothill Boulevard. When Ryan Bianchi and Nathan Miller met eachother in class a few years ago,…
Group exhibits anti-abortion display
nick camacho At eight weeks, the hand barely covers the lead on a pencil tip. At nine weeks, both its hands fit onto a dime, and at 24 weeks, the body is distinctly recognizable as a newborn baby. Graphic and…
Students react to controversial display
Two voting boxes sat on Dexter Lawn, overshadowed by massive graphic posters from the Kansas-based pro-life group Justice For All (JFA). JFA set up displays on Monday and Tuesday in the University Union and on Dexter Lawn. The group provided…