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Cal Poly Saudi deal: Dueling contracts

Written on 17 Dec, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 2 Comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Deal-making with the Saudis is proving plenty problematic for Cal Poly officials. Efforts to ink what has become a contentious and controversial plan linking the CPSU Engineering College with Jubial University College (JUC) hit another snag... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly-Saudi deal: No women, no problem

Written on 26 May, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 4 Comments

A controversial proposal to partner Cal Poly’s engineering department with a fledgling university in Saudi Arabia has spurred a steam of leaked e-mails between Cal Poly officials, who express a desire to push ahead with the pact despite possible gender... (Continue reading)

Game’s over: Baker will ink Poly-Saudi pact

Written on 15 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 3 Comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly President Warren Baker will sign a controversial agreement to partner Cal Poly’s College of Engineering with a Saudi Arabian university despite growing campus discord with the plan. The Saudi proposal would appear to exclude women, Jews and... (Continue reading)

CAL POLY/SAUDI UPDATE: No-go plan pending

Written on 3 Apr, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 1 Comment

BY KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN A controversial proposal to partner Cal Poly’s College of Engineering with a Saudi Arabian university is hurtling toward resolution next week… maybe. Current plans, which have drawn nationwide attention and generated widespread campus debate, would establish... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly/Saudi project update: Dissent growing

Written on 28 Feb, 2008 in Uncovered SLO | 4 Comments

BY DAN BLACKBURN AND KAREN VELIE An attempt by a group of Cal Poly professors to derail the Engineering College’s proposed collaboration with a Saudi Arabia university has itself been rebuffed, at least temporarily. Members of the Academic Senate tried... (Continue reading)