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Gov. Gavin Newsom cuts Cal Poly’s already precarious budget

Written on 12 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is facing a $24.2 million reduction to its already precarious budget after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to cut the California State University budget by $375 million. In its 2024-2025 fiscal year... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly offers free income tax assistance in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 5 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo is offering free tax help on campus through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program on Saturdays through March 15. VITA offers free tax help to qualifying taxpayers with $70,000 or... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly mourns student’s death, fifth in a year

Written on 28 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo today announced the death of third-year student Christina DeChalk, who passed away on Jan. 26. DeChalk was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was majoring in computer science.  The... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly’s DEI office to be renamed following Trump’s executive order

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo is renaming its Office of University Diversity and Inclusion under the umbrella of the University Personnel Division following an executive order from President Donald Trump, Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong... (Continue reading)

Alleged sexual assailant works at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Written on 17 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE The 32-year-old man accused earlier this week of kidnapping and sexually assaulting young women while posing as a rideshare driver works as a custodian for university housing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo police... (Continue reading)

Fire destroys vehicle at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Written on 16 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Firefighters quickly extinguished a car fire at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Thursday morning. A crew from the San Luis Obispo Fire Department put out the burning vehicle before it spread to nearby vegetation. The... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo freshman drowned while on vacation

Written on 7 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student drowned while on vacation over winter break, Cal Poly announced on Tuesday. Nico Thomas Goon, a first-year civil engineering student from Reno, Nevada, passed away on Dec. 29. The university... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly float wins award at 2025 Rose Parade

Written on 1 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly universities’ float, depicting Scotland’s most camera-averse underwater mystic on its best day, received the Leishman Public Spirit Award at the 136th Rose Parade held New Year’s Day. Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and California... (Continue reading)

Assailants yelled homophobic slurs during Cal Poly attack

Written on 8 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE A group of men yelled homophobic slurs at a student at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo before assaulting the teen early Saturday morning, the student said. After walking a friend to her dorm, the student was... (Continue reading)

Six men assault student on Cal Poly campus

Written on 8 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE Six men assaulted a male student on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo early Saturday morning, according to Cal Poly administration. A male student was walking on the pathway between Inyo and Buena Vista in... (Continue reading)