Arts & Culture
Meet the cats prowling Cal Poly Pomona
While Cal Poly Pomona is most known for its agriculture and engineering, there seems to be a rising group of celebrities on campus, and they happen to have four legs. More than seven cats roam campus, each having their own area they tend to frequent, and at least six of them have names, according to @catpolypomona, an Instagram account that documents CPP’s cat happenings.
Pancho: Sheep, Swine unit's watchful wooly warrior
A roughly 6-foot-tall, black-and-white llama named Pancho acts as the living scarecrow for the Sheep and Swine Unit, protecting the sheep and goats from possible predators. Pancho arrived at campus in 2018 from Red Bluff, California, approximately nine hours north of Cal Poly Pomona, according to the initial announcement from the university, as a replacement for the late Midge, who previously protected the flock and died due to natural causes in 2017.
Is banning books restricting freedom of thought?
Cal Poly Pomona professors have the ability to choose required texts for their students’ education. However, teachers in early education don’t quite have the luxury of a broad literary range. With book banning in K-12 education at an all-time high last year, there is concern as to whether this challenge of curriculum could reach the university level.