He is a professor with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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We did it when we were kids,". They are decorating a float sponsored by the two campuses of California Polytechnic State University, known as Cal Poly.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Nor do phones seem to ring much anywhere on the suburban Microsoft "campus, " a cluster of 35 low-rise buildings, lawns, white pines and courtyards that resemble those of a state polytechnic college.

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However, according to Renford Reese, professor of political science at California State Polytechnic University, the folk hero status bestowed by some on Dorner reflects a lingering mistrust, the root causes of which the authorities have yet to address.

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The central coast town is home to a California Polytechnic State University.

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