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 …
The chapter officers of Cal Poly’s Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity have all resigned over the blackface incident that has snowballed into national news story, not just a community controversy.
On Saturday, while Cal Poly was holding its Poly Cultural weekend, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha was photographed in blackface at a fraternity brotherhood event. Read More …
With protesters gathering outside and suspects throwing water and paint balloons at the property, the Cal Poly chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha has hired private security to stand guard at its Read More …
Hundreds of Cal Poly students packed a room on campus Monday evening for an emergency town hall meeting following the circulation of a photo showing a fraternity member appearing in blackface Read More …
A Cal Poly fraternity is under university investigation and faced with community outrage after one of its members appeared in blackface at a brotherhood event over the weekend. A photo of the individual was later circulated online. [Mustang News]
On Saturday, the Cal Poly chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha held a brotherhood event at its fraternity house. Following the event, the photo circulated on Facebook showing Lambda Chi Alpha member and agricultural business senior, Kyler Watkins, in blackface. Read More …