The CSSA voted to submit a resolution to CSU Chancellor Timothy White regarding the quarter to semester conversion of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, and CSUs East Bay, San Bernadino, Bakersfield and Los Angeles.
ASI Board of Directors meeting recap
The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors held their bimonthly meeting on Wednesday in the University Union (UU), room 220.
CP students vote support for quarters
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Wednesday’s student advisory vote was expected to show that Cal Poly students favor quarters over semesters, and it did exactly that, with the vast majority choosing quarters. Those in favor of staying on the quarter system took…
Chancellor announces semester support
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net New California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White said he is in favor of converting all CSU campuses to the semester system at a student press conference on Wednesday, though no set plan has been…
ASI opens student semester vote today
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s semester drama isn’t over yet, but Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hopes to get one step closer to the finale with this week’s vote. ASI will gauge students’ attitudes toward semesters with a student vote which…
‘Ripples Guy’ making waves in semester debate
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net He was reluctant to do the interview — at first. Motivational speaker Paul Wesselmann, better known to Cal Poly students as “The Ripples Guy,” had already been criticized once for his ideas about quarters and semesters and…
ASI launches semester opinion survey
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Katie Morrow said she wants to know how semesters would affect every student on campus, but there is one thing ASI does not care to ask: Do students want semesters at Cal…
Semesters aren’t so bad
Holly Dickson is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily copy editor. When the idea of switching to semesters was first brought up in conversation this fall, an angry and resistant reaction boiled up inside me. I kept quiet for a…
Semester task force fails to draw students
Contrary to critics’ beliefs, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has still not made a decision on the semester debate, Semester Review Task Force chair Rachel Fernflores said Wednesday. Fernflores spoke to a relatively small crowd at the first of four…
Administrators to consider semesters
Cal Poly administrators are examining the possibility of moving the university toward a semester-based calendar in response to statewide pressure to standardize the California State University (CSU) system. A CSU task force co-chaired by Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, among…