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Point man in Cal Poly frat robbery takes plea deal

Written on 12 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A former Cal Poly football player faces a minimum sentence of 4.5 years in prison for trying to rob a San Luis Obispo fraternity house at gunpoint. The former wide receiver pleaded no contest to several felonies on Wednesday. Cameron... (Continue reading)

Oversized marijuana truck hits Cal Poly overpass

Written on 5 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A truck filled with marijuana crashed into the railroad overpass on the Cal Poly campus on Monday evening. The driver then fled without the top of his truck, which had been severed in the accident. Shortly afterwards, officers found the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students play dead to protest tuition hike

Written on 3 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Cal Poly students participated in a “die in” Monday, symbolizing the death of the California State University system. The mock funeral followed a rally against tuition increases that CSU officials are proposing. [Tribune] During the mock funeral, students gathered outside... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly gives TV deal to president’s friend

Written on 26 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

By KAREN VELIE (Editor’s note: In the interest of transparency, readers should know that Cal Coast News editor Bill Loving is a tenured professor in the journalism department at Cal Poly. A recording of an interview with Cal Poly President... (Continue reading)

Reports of sex crimes reach Cal Poly officials

Written on 12 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Cal Poly has received 10 reports of sexual assaults or sexual misconduct during the current school year. Three of the alleged incidents are associated with fraternities, and two of the alleged sex crimes were reports of on-campus rape. [Tribune] It... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty to receive 10.5 percent raise

Written on 9 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Just days before Cal Poly professors were to begin a five-day strike, the California State University System and the California Faculty Association agreed Friday to a tentative contract agreement. After almost a year of wrangling over salaries at the CSU’s... (Continue reading)

Banished superfan returns to SLO in new colors

Written on 8 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two years after bringing UC Irvine banners, costumes and masks to San Luis Obispo, superfan Keith Franklin is returning to Baggett Stadium to cheer on Irvine’s biggest rival. Franklin, 51, is now an avowed “anarchist” and a... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly frat suspended after alleged sexual assault

Written on 6 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

University administrators suspended a Cal Poly fraternity after a woman reported being sexually assaulted at a party connected to the frat. The alleged sexual assault occurred less than a month after an attempted sexual assault allegedly took place at the... (Continue reading)

Eighteen Cal Poly students arrested at concert

Written on 1 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Police arrested 18 Cal Poly students on misdemeanor alcohol charges at an on-campus concert Wednesday night. [KSBY] A DJ duo called The Chainsmokers performed at a student-only concert at the Cal Poly Recreation Center. A crowd of nearly 1,500 people... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student dodges hate crime charge

Written on 22 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutors have charged a Cal Poly student with vandalism for allegedly drawing swastikas and racial and homophobic slurs on a Cal Poly apartment. Prosecutors opted not to charge the student with a hate crime. [KSBY] Matthew... (Continue reading)