The city of San Luis Obispo is considering placing a monument to President Teddy Roosevelt in Mitchell Park, prompting Mayor Heidi Harmon to question why there is a need for “more monuments of white men.” Read More …
The participants at events put on by a Northern California Women’s March have been “overwhelmingly white,” prompting organizers of the group to cancel an upcoming rally planned for later this month. Read More …
An investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office found Cal Poly students involved in allegedly racist incidents earlier this year broke no laws, and their speech was protected by the First Amendment, university President Jeffrey Armstrong announced in a letter to the community. Read More …
Faced with the threat of a lawsuit over the alleged suppression of Latino voting rights, the city of Paso Robles is considering shifting from an at-large electoral system to one consisting of voting districts. The Paso Robles City Council may adopt a resolution on Tuesday declaring its intention to make the change. Read More …
Recent protests over racism and other alleged injustice on the Cal Poly campus will spill over to the university graduation this weekend.
Student protesters and social justice activists are calling on graduates to refuse to shake President Jeffrey Armstrong’s hand Read More …
Following recent alleged acts of racism and appearances on campus by conservative speakers, Cal Poly and liberal community members will team up to put on an event next week that will feature a star of the Black Lives Matter movement and San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon. Read More …
Following another alleged racist incident in the aftermath of the fraternity blackface photo, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong announced the university has turned over the recent cases of campus racism to Read More …
Following fresh allegations of racism at Cal Poly, including a new fraternity photo that surfaced, university President Jeffrey Armstrong announced Tuesday that all Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council fraternities and sororities have Read More …
As Cal Poly welcomed prospective students and their families over the weekend to the university’s annual Open House, hundreds of students boycotted the event, marched and protested on and off campus, creating an uneasy situation for administrators, particularly President Jeffrey Armstrong.
Protesters chanted numerous slogans, including “I am not Cal Poly proud” and “Hey, hey, ho, ho. Armstrong has got to go,” while the university president spoke with prospective students. Read More …
Despite the suspension of Cal Poly’s chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha and the resignation of its leadership, some students and community members are continuing to express outrage over last weekend’s blackface incident both on campus and in the press. Read More …