After falling in love with the process of fostering cats, Cal Poly alumni Jaime Pierce is decided to open a cat cafe in San Luis Obispo: The Caffeinated Cat Cafe.
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The Forum — ASI’s newly launched space for campus communities
n April 8th, Cal Poly’s Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) officially opened The Forum, a new campus facility available for reservation exclusively by official student organizations. Located in Building 19a, Room 126 of the Pavillion, The Forum serves as a venue for hosting discussions and speaker-focused events.
“Just imagine a TED Talk stage with even more power… it’s really cool,” Daren Connor, ASI’s Interim Director of Facilities Management said.
In collaboration with Cal Poly Partners, ASI invested over $2 million into the space’s creation in an effort to reinvent that area of campus, according to Connor. The space was constructed hand-in-hand with the 1901 Marketplace, though the two are separate facilities.
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Cow Eyes talks genre-bending, AM radio and their latest album
Nestled in the rolling, pastoral hills between San Luis Obispo and Los Osos lies “The Ranch,” home of Cow Eyes vocalist and guitarist Eli Diaz. Surrounded by tall grasses and grazing cattle, his home is the three-pieces’ main practice space and the inspiration behind their new LP, aptly titled “Ranch Radio.”
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How Cal Poly’s Grimm Family Center fills industry needs for organic farming research
“Hop in,” Kelly O’Neil said to Mustang News, pulling up the Crops Unit gravel road in a no-door utility terrain vehicle.
Down the road, past rows of olive trees and greenhouses, the Cal Poly Organic Farm emerges against a Steinbeckian landscape of native foliage and Bishop peak, stark against a bright blue sky.
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A fractured dance community, brought together under one roof
“Of course the dance community existed before us. But I feel like we’ve kind of brought them all into one place,” Alicia Aragon, the founder and co-owner of Nexus said.
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Student run tax clinic generates $347,000 in tax refunds
Accounting students sign up for VITA as a part of their senior project, and focus on assisting taxpayers who make less than $67,000 a year.
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‘Rise Up, Resist and Reclaim’: A look back at Sexual Assault Action Month
During April, Safer raised awareness for Sexual Assault Action Month, supported survivors and hosted a variety of resources and events. This included an open mic night, healing-centered yoga and a drag show, followed by Take Back the Night, an international survivor solidarity event.
Safer hosted 18 events during the month, hoping to foster a sense of community for survivors, while allowing a safe space for conversations surrounding sexual violence, said Claire Lopez, Safer’s Campus Crisis Advocate. Lopez believes having spaces to process is important for Cal Poly and the greater San Luis Obispo area.
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Inside the thrilling world of Shabang’s marketplace vendors
Human interaction buzzes within festival crowds — shouting the wrong lyrics with your best friends, engaging in spontaneous dance with a person you just met and allowing the hum of a guitar to resonate through your body.
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Fostering community through sound: Music lovers celebrate Shabang’s 10th anniversary, together
In between songs at her Shabang set, Kate Bollinger — bundled in a draping black trenchcoat, hair floating with the blustering wind — giggled to herself before looking out to her soggy crowd pooling around the Laguna Lake stage.
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Meet the businesses behind the Mission Plaza Markets
Angela Boyd has been organizing pop-up markets and events through her company, The Makeshift Muse, since 2018.
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Shabang, ‘A good old Central Coast time,’ celebrates its 10th anniversary
After being frustrated with music venues getting shut down in San Luis Obispo, a group of college students hiked to the top of Cuesta Ridge and put on their own “house show.” This happened 10 years ago.
“House shows and concerts were really important to us,” Greg Golf, founder of Shabang and ‘16 alum, said. “A lot of our social scene was based around that.”
Originally termed as ‘The Last Shabang,’ Golf said the show was a way to end the 2014 school year and now has become a San Luis Obispo tradition for 10 years, “[putting] the central coast on the map.”