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Cal Poly staff and teachers to get pay raises

Written on 11 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Cal Poly administrators announced Friday that the university has committed $2.5 million to staff and teacher pay increases over a four-year period. [Tribune] The announcement was made after the California State University faculty union released a report detailing the struggles... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly warned about Saint Fratty’s Day party

Written on 5 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Cal Poly fraternity president warned university administrators of the “St. Fratty’s Day” events to be held the morning of March 7, but university officials did not investigate the warning. [Tribune] On March 3, four day before eight students were... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly again probing alleged sexual assault at frat house

Written on 12 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Cal Poly officials are again investigating an alleged sexual assault that reportedly occurred during a fraternity Halloween party last year. [KSBY] The incident occurred at home occupied by members of the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity. After the alleged sexual... (Continue reading)

Marx calls for rooftop party ban

Written on 9 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 79 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx is calling for a city ban on rooftop parties, following a weekend incident in which a garage roof collapsed at an early St. Patrick’s Day party. [Tribune] At 6:21 a.m. Saturday, between 30 and... (Continue reading)

Photos of San Luis Obispo garage roof collapsing

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Coordinated through social media, several thousand college-aged men and women poured into a residential neighborhood in San Luis Obispo near Cal Poly on Friday night. Many of the revelers were drinking alcoholic beverages and were wearing green clothing for the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students injured in roof collapse at party

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Under the weight of at least 40 people, the roof over a garage in San Luis Obispo collapsed injuring eight people, seven of whom were Cal Poly students, early Saturday morning.   Approximately 1,000 people were having an early Saint... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly fraternity president pleads no contest to drug charges

Written on 7 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The former president of Cal Poly’s Delta Sigma Phi fraternity pleaded no contest Friday to charges of felony possession of marijuana for sale. Gear McMillan, 22, faces a maximum sentence of one year in the San Luis Obispo County Jail.... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student acquitted of sexual assault

Written on 5 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury has acquitted a Cal Poly student charged with a sexually assaulting a female friend. [Tribune] Jury forewoman Alice Fisus said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to convict Frank Nguyen, 21, of sexual battery and... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly sexual assault case goes to jury

Written on 3 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury will decide whether a 21-year-old Cal Poly student is guilty of sexual battery and of penetrating a female peer with a foreign object. [Tribune] Frank Nguyen is not charged with rape, but he does face... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student on trial for sexual assault

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

A Cal Poly student is standing trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a female friend last March. [Tribune] The alleged victim, also a Cal Poly student, accuses Frank Nguyen, 21, of holding her down and sexually assaulting her after they spent... (Continue reading)