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Chick-Fil-A battle reaches Cal Poly

Written on 1 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 213 comments

In support of GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s proclamation that today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, several church groups plan to bus parishioners to Cal Poly to support the restaurant’s anti-gay marriage stance by purchasing meals at Chick-fil-A. The fast food... (Continue reading)

Former Cal Poly coach Stevenson dead at 54

Written on 27 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Jon Stevenson, a former Cal Poly volleyball coach who left the campus after being accused of sexual harassment and unprofessional conduct, has died. He was 54. [Tribune] Stevenson, who lived in Pismo Beach, was found dead Sunday in Van Nuys.... (Continue reading)

College kids fleeing to other states

Written on 5 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

With tuition on an upward trajectory,  program cutbacks increasing, even while pay for top administrators is skyrocketing, more and more California high school students are looking outside the state for their higher education. And they are finding a warm reception... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly top spender in presidential home renovations

Written on 29 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has spent more money on presidential residence renovations than any other California State University campus in the past decade. Since 2004, Cal Poly has doled out $831,000 remodeling its top residence, and 99 percent of... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly turkey attacks

Written on 12 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A Cal Poly employee was knocked unconscious when he tripped and hit his head while backing away from an aggressive female turkey who was protecting her young. [KCOY] When the turkey, who was nesting with her eight poults, saw the... (Continue reading)

Trustees could make Cal Poly for the rich and out of staters

Written on 4 May, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 47 comments

Cal Poly could become a campus for the children of wealthier families under the terms of an agenda item for the California State University Trustees meeting on Tuesday. Trustees are to discuss cost-cutting measures that include turning one or two of... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty agrees to strike

Written on 2 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

California Faculty Association members voted to authorize a strike  following 22 months of unsuccessful negotiations. The strike vote by California State University professors, counselors and other staff was overwhelmingly approved by 95 percent of union members, with about 70 percent... (Continue reading)

Poly House contractor battling with De Vaul

Written on 1 May, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 126 comments

By KAREN VELIE Poly House’s plans to build an 8,000 square-foot residential sober living home on the Sunny Acres property this quarter have been abandoned because of arguments between Dan De Vaul and a contractor working with Poly House. The... (Continue reading)

Panty raider suspected of four sexual assaults

Written on 28 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

San Luis Obispo Police and University Police suspect one man is responsible for a string of four sexual assaults that have occurred on or near the Cal Poly campus during the past two months. [KCOY] In each case, on a... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty to vote on strike

Written on 16 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Faculty at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo will begin voting today on whether the faculty will grant their union, the California Faculty Association, the authority to call a strike, according to the association’s website. The end of mediation sets... (Continue reading)