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Applaud Armstrong for preserving Ag land

Written on 16 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By WYATT BROWN On Friday, President Jeffrey Armstrong of Cal Poly wrote to the faculty to address them at the end of the academic year and to update them on specific issues that had been at the forefront spring... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly scraps plan to build on farmland

Written on 15 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Following public outcry, Cal Poly announced it has dropped a plan to develop farmland that agriculture students use as classrooms. As part of the university’s master plan update, Cal Poly officials were considering building housing, hotels and a convention center... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly freshman killed in crash

Written on 14 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Cal Poly architecture student traveling to his brother’s graduation died on Friday, his mother posted on Facebook. Keigen Langholff had enrolled in Cal Poly last Year. He was headed to his younger brother’s graduation in Silverdale Wash. when he... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty unrest leads to vote of no confidence in Ag dean

Written on 11 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE Faculty discontent boiled over in the College of Agriculture with a majority of faculty giving Agriculture Dean Andrew Thulin a vote of no-confidence. It is the latest development in a spring of faculty and staff resentment over... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly’s explanation of St Fratty’s Day released

Written on 11 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Cal Poly has released a report detailing the findings of a university investigation into the March 7 “St. Fratty’s Day” party that led to a roof collapsing and eight students suffering injuries. The St. Fratty’s Day concept began about six... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student accused of storing child porn

Written on 10 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A 19-year-old Cal Poly student has allegedly been storing explicit images and video of children as young as eight to ten years old. San Luis Obispo police arrested Elliot Masami Yu Jing Kasadate on Tuesday for possession of child pornography.... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly gifted with 450 acres in Arroyo Grande

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The owners of a 500-acre Arroyo Grande ranch are set to donate 450 acres of the property to Cal Poly. [Tribune] On Monday, Stuart and Jan Bartleson will sign over the deed to 450 acres of their family ranch located... (Continue reading)

SLO Symphony conductor fired, violists threaten exodus

Written on 19 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The San Luis Obispo Symphony board of directors has fired its longtime music conductor and director, Michael Nowak, prompting the entire violist section to threaten leaving the orchestra. Last week, the board announced in a press release that Nowak was... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty protest campus pay gap

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

About 200 Cal Poly faculty members, as well as some student sympathizers, marched outside the administration building Thursday to protest the pay discrepancy between administrators and teachers. [Tribune] The university faculty union organized the protest, which reached high decibel levels... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly cuts ties with fraternity targeted in robbery

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Cal Poly officials have cut ties with the fraternity targeted by members of the university’s football team who allegedly tried to hold up the frat house for drugs and cash. [Mustang News] The university announced Wednesday that it is disaffiliating... (Continue reading)