Provost denies privatization

Questions arose about Cal Poly’s future as a public university after a talk given by Cal Poly Provost Robert Koob last Wednesday at a retired faculty and staff luncheon. Koob discussed increasing cuts to funding and tuition hikes as signs…

Former dean loses first of defamation suits

In the first ruling in former dean of engineering Mohammad Noori’s defamation suit against a number of defendants, local blogger, Roger Freburg, was awarded $17,000 to pay attorney fees May 17 by the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Dean’s complaints incite lawsuit

According to an e-mail sent in Oct. 2007, former dean of Cal Poly’s College of Engineering Mohammad Noori “sold (his) soul to the devil Saudi Arabia” — at least this was written in the mass message sent to all faculty…