About 100 people gathered at City Hall Monday, Dec. 3 to see San Luis Obispo history in the making as the first-ever majority-female city council was sworn in. Mayor Heidi Harmon and Councilmembers Erica Stewart and Carlyn Christianson were sworn…
Poly This Week: Women’s March SLO responds to Kavanaugh hearings
When Women’s March SLO heard about a tweet from President Donald Trump that questioned why Christine Blasey Ford had not reported Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for sexual assault sooner, they knew they had to do something. In response to…
Student engagement with student government has been historically low, despite role on campus
Campaigns are in full swing as ASI looks to encourage engagement in the upcoming election.
New club Turning Point USA will co-host Milo Yiannopoulos
Turning Point USA is known nationally for its “Professor Watchlist,” which documents professors who “discriminate against conservative students.
Women’s March San Luis Obispo unites to empower and inspire the community
The cities of San Luis Obispo and surrounding cities declared January the month of the Women’s March San Luis Obispo.
Her dad’s deportation made her an ally to DACA recipients
With her father’s deportation and personal connection to undocumented immigrants, Dominque Morales feels obligated to speak for DACA recipients.
The art of politics and meditation
University of California, Santa Cruz associate professor and political theorist Dean Mathiowetz has been researching the relation of modern Buddhism to democratic theory. Mathiowetz spoke to Cal Poly students and faculty Oct. 19 in the Warren J. Baker Center (building…
How much has Cal Poly’s political climate changed?
Students are learning their voices matter more than they think
Central Coast not named in offshore drilling executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28 that would allow for the expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling along portions of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, but does not explicitly mention the Central Coast. The executive…
Queer Town Hall: ASI Presidential candidates speak on queer community
Cal Poly Triota and Queer Student Union (QSU) hosted the first ever “Queer Town Hall,” in a Q&A format with the four Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidential candidates Monday. The meeting began with opening statements from the candidates, agricultural sciences…
Lipslut fights back against Trump
Student-run company has half of lipstick sales go to a woman’s charity