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Trial set for Cal Poly student who fired guns on campus

Written on 27 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By SUMMER AWBREY A former Cal Poly student is scheduled to stand trial on April 22 for allegedly firing guns on the San Luis Obispo campus, a judge ruled on Wednesday. [Mustang Daily] The trial is expected to last approximately... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student advisor sentenced to prison for sexual assault, burglary

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student advisor was sentenced this week to seven years and four months in state prison for attempted rape and burglary. The court also ordered 26-year-old Alexis Alejandro to register as... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is highest priced Cal State university

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is the highest priced university in the California State University system because of the fees it charges, according to a CSU report. The average campus-based mandatory fees in 2024-2025 are $1,981 per... (Continue reading)

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)