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Lyle Center honors Earth Day
The Lyle Center has decided to bring back the Earth Day Festival to its site. Professor Douglas Kent explains a little history about Earth Day, hosted by the Lyle Center. “Earth Day has been celebrated at Cal Poly Pomona starting in the year of 2005 up until 2008. After that, the Lyle Center stopped hosting this festival until this year,” Kent said. “I was co-chairman for two years for Earth Day. We had food trucks, vendors, news trucks were here and it was huge.
Career exploration course now offered
Feeling confident in choosing a major can be stressful but the Career Center is here to help. CPU1100, a class on career and personal exploration which is offered by the center, can assist students in choosing a major. Ed Venegas, a career counselor and teacher, set up a workshop called “What to Do When Your Major is Not For You.”The workshop would give students a taste of what his Career and Personal Exploration course is all about. “I know that a lot of students have to change their major.
Students share their favorite college life hacks
Esmeralda Torres |Third-year animal healthscience student “I like listening to audio books while on my commute to school so that I can get ahead in classes and use my commute as an extra time to study.” Rosemary Cho |First-year environmental geography student “My college life hack is blow drying my hair in my room instead of the restroom so that way I can keep my room warm during the winter.” Jacqueline Gutierrez |Fifth-year biology student “Get a bike and a bike rack so that if you’re ever...
ASI Mandatory Information Sessions for prospective Student Leaders
Associated Students Inc. (ASI) elections are not happening for a few more months, so students who are interested in running have some time to consider their options and attend one of the required workshops for potential candidates. ASI Elections Chair Maricruz Santander presents preliminary information to potential candidates. (Natali Perez | The Poly Post) ASI Elections Chair Maricruz Santander offered some encouragement for students who are still on the fence about running.
Conversation partners strike up chats with foreign exchange students
It starts slowly with a couple of students shyly hesitating to come through the doors. Minutes later everyone shuffles to their seats, breaks up into groups and the conversations begin. The Conversation Partner Program hosted by the English Language Institute allows foreign exchange students the chance to meet with volunteers and practice both verbal and auditory English language skills. Foreign exchange students talk with permanent students in an effort to improve English language skills.
Department of Music brings the sax appeal
This year Tom Luer was brought in as the new saxophone professor and ensemble and quartet director following the retirement of the previous director. “I’ve been playing for 30 years. I grew up in the 1980s where there was a lot of saxophone and pop music and I think I just thought it was a cool instrument,” Luer said.
CEIS alumna becomes Macy’s model
In a new commercial released by Macy’s featuring its fall collection as part of its “Find the Remarkable You” campaign, Macy’s recognized six different real-life women from six different impressive professions. One of them is Vanessa Beckman, a Cal Poly Pomona alumna, and current CPP graduate student who is a fourth-grade teacher in the Bonita Unified School District.
Combating Islamophobia through ‘Meet a Muslim Day’
The Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted “Meet a Muslim Day” at University Park on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The event was intended to inform students about the value of their Islamic culture and religion. “The number one reason there is Islamophobia is that people have never actually met a Muslim,” said Hadi Nasr, a third-year urban regional planning student and president of the Muslim Student Association.
Ela Gandhi urges students to fight for peace and equality
A crowd of students got the opportunity to see Ela Gandhi give a speech in the Orion Suite of the Bronco Student Center on Nov. 20. The granddaughter of Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi, who fought for India’s independence through peaceful means, Ela Gandhi is a well-respected social activist and political figure in her own right. She is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest awards given to a civilian by the government of India.
Parasitic wasps may help citrus survive
Usually the thought of a wasp laying its eggs into a host vessel is enough to incite fear, but professors and students from the Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture are breeding around 22,000 of these insects to protect California’s citrus industry. The campus has partnered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in breeding Tamarixia radiata, a type of parasitic wasp, in order to combat the invasive Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP).
Grant aids archiving efforts
The University Library’s Special Collections and Archives department recently received a $96,328 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), which is dedicated to the preservation of the United States’ documentary heritage.
Broncos start season 3-1
The women’s basketball team defeated the Concordia Irvine Eagles 76-65 on Wednesday night, Nov. 21, in Irvine to finish up the preseason 3-1 heading into conference play. It was an intense battle for both the Broncos and the Eagles, however the Broncos were able to maintain the lead for the last three quarters. The Eagles were up 18-9 at the end of the first quarter as the Broncos were only able to sink 15 percent of their shots on 3 for 19 shot attempts.
Semester system has its upsides
Despite its bad reputation among Cal Poly Pomona students, the semester system isn’t as horrible as everyone claims it to be; it does have its upsides. For one, the semester system has shorter classes. While it can be argued that shorter classes seem less meaningful, a lot of students tend to feel antsy or unmotivated in 2 to 3-hour-long classes where the professor just lectures and expects students to keep their eyes glued to a PowerPoint for hours.
Strength of young team is ‘ability to adapt’
Associate head coach Wes Ashford has been coaching cross country since 1997 and has seen his share of teams both good and bad. What separates the good teams from the bad, according to Ashford, is not the talent individuals possess, but more about what goes on between the ears. “We’ve had some kids come here that were just off-the-chart talent wise, but they lacked the belief and they lacked confidence,” Ashford said.
Malibu High grad reflects on fire’s damage
The Woolsey Fire, one of the biggest wildfires to hit Southern California in modern times, burned over 96,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. One of the places that was greatly affected was Malibu. It destroyed so many homes on Pacific Coast Highway and in Point Dume, which is about one mile away from my alma mater, Malibu High School. I graduated from MHS in 2016, and a lot of my classmates had their homes destroyed in the fire. It is devastating to see their childhood homes turn to ash.
Newcomer Islas brings versatility to offense
Women’s basketball bolstered its roster this season by adding four transfers to this year’s team. One of the four players is junior forward Rebecca Islas. Islas played at Los Angeles Valley College before transferring to CPP this season. In her 30 games played last season, Islas averaged a double-double with 22.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.
Students share opinions on midterm elections results
Edgar Vergara | Third-year chemical engineering student “As a Democratic person, I was happy with the results because we won the House of Representatives and I know that’s a big step.” Sergio Barrios | Second-year landscape architecture student “I saw it as a tipping point in the administration that we have in the White House. It was very surprising to see what had happened only because there were a couple of states I hoped that there would be a bit of a change.
Living with the expense of dietary restrictions on campus
Getting food on campus can be difficult when one is lactose intolerant, allergic to gluten, vegan or vegetarian. Although limited, meals, drinks, snacks and desserts for people with special diets can be found at almost any store on campus. However, most of these come with a significant price hike. Those who are lactose intolerant can treat themselves to two non-dairy Ben and Jerry’s ice creams that can be found in two locations on campus.
Students weigh in on Kavanaugh
Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the next member of the Supreme Court, despite allegations of sexual assault. Students shared their thoughts on the issue. “I’ve heard about it, but I don’t know exactly what’s going on. This might be because of midterms and being busy on midterms week. You kind of cut off everything. I’ve seen tweets of people making fun of him [but] I don’t really know.” “The only thing I have heard about it is that it’s a sexual assault claim from 36 years in the past.
Peter Yates performs tribute to John Muir
The music department’s chair, Peter Yates, paid tribute to the naturalist John Muir in an astonishing solo piece performed last Wednesday at Cal Poly Pomona’s Recital Hall. Yates commenced his performance with a generous five preludes of solo guitar that he said he included because of his occupation as a guitar professor. “I try to find a pathway for everybody who might be there to find a way into what I’m doing,” Yates said.
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