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Cal Poly diversity leader gets death threat

Written on 3 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

The organizer of a new Cal Poly student group calling for diversity and inclusivity on campus received a death threat. [KSBY] On Monday, the SLO Solidarity sent a list of 41 demands to Cal Poly administrators. Group organizer Matt Klepfer... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly puts two fraternities on probation

Written on 12 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Cal Poly administrators have placed two fraternities on social probation for violating the university’s party registration rules. University officials placed both Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Kappa Psi on social probation for the remainder of Fall 2015, according to the... (Continue reading)

Meningitis outbreak at Cal Poly

Written on 7 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Five students at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo have been diagnosed with viral meningitis since late October, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Four of those students have had to be hospitalized. [KCOY] Other cases... (Continue reading)

CSU faculty vote in favor of strike

Written on 5 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Cal State University faculty union has overwhelmingly endorsed calling a strike if CSU administrators do not meet their salary demands. Late last month, the California Faculty Association (CFA) completed a 10-day strike authorization vote that took place on the... (Continue reading)

CSU faculty to vote on strike

Written on 19 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Cal State University system faculty will begin voting Monday on whether or not to authorize a strike on CSU campuses. The faculty union is currently engaged in a labor dispute with the CSU system. The California Faculty Association is demanding... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly police crack down on off-campus parties

Written on 6 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Under a new agreement with the city of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly police have begun targeting partiers up to a mile from the university campus. In July, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong and San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx... (Continue reading)

Stabbing prompts Cal Poly to probe fraternity

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Cal Poly officials are investigating a fraternity that held a party associated with a stabbing that occurred near the San Luis Obispo campus earlier this month. [KSBY] In the early morning of Sept. 18, Jay Hernandez, a 19-year-old Cuesta College... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly begins construction on controversial dorm

Written on 22 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Cal Poly is expected to break ground this week on a $198 million dormitory that will border a residential neighborhood. The planned dormitory will contain 1,475 beds. It will be built on a lot at the corner of Slack Street... (Continue reading)

Cuesta student accused of post-frat party stabbings

Written on 21 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

San Luis Obispo police have identified a Cuesta College student as the man who allegedly stabbed a Cal Poly student and another Cuesta student following a fight at a fraternity party last week. Jay Hernandez, 19, allegedly attacked the two... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly, Cuesta students stabbed after frat party fight

Written on 18 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

One Cal Poly student and one Cuesta College student were stabbed early Friday morning in the aftermath of a fight at a fraternity party in San Luis Obispo. Both students suffered single stab wounds to their upper torsos, according to... (Continue reading)