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Less Concrete, More Jungle In San Francisco, street runoff and sanitary sewers are combined systems, and during heavy rains both street runoff and raw sewage end up being dumped into the ocean without being treated. However, green roofs can retain as much as seventy-five percent of that water and release it back into the air through condensation, reducing the amount of runoff and taking strain off of the treatment plants and the city’s aging sewer systems.
[ Story by Syed Ali ]
Thursday, May 15 2008 7:26 AM

Fashion students' work will show on runway Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,...
[ Story by Lorraine Chan ]
Thursday, May 8 2008 12:52 PM

$55 Fast Pass proposed to offset Muni budget crisis Along with the rest of the city, SF State students riding Muni may see new cuts in service and raised Fast Pass prices in the...
[ Story by Mani Dashtizadeh ]
Wednesday, Apr 9 2008 7:16 AM

Jackie Speier campaigns at SF State Former State Sen. Jackie Speier campaigns at SF State for the late Tom Lantos' 12th congressional district seat in Congress.
[ Story by Maria Ginsbourg ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 8:03 PM

Street Fighters Krav Maga was developed in 1948 by Imi Lichtenfeld, a member of the Israeli Defense Force, shortly after Israel defeated Palestine for independence. Lichtenfeld created the Krav Maga method by combining the combat techniques of the Defense Force with the fighting techniques he had observed on the streets, and his methods were eventually taught to Israeli citizens as a mode of self-defense. Today, there are over two-hundred Krav Maga centers in the United States, but instructors must be certified at the official Los Angeles training facility before they can teach or open a new center anywhere else.
[ Story by Carrie Rubens ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 7:55 AM

Dilettantes to tour UK for nine shows San Francisco-based band The Dilettantes shook Café du Nord with its brand of psychedelic, garage-tinged mind-fuzz before kicking off its UK tour.
[ Story by Titania Kumeh ]
Wednesday, Mar 12 2008 4:50 PM

Activists raise awareness on Darfur Local organizations and SF State professor look to increase attention on the continuing global human rights crisis in Africa.
[ Story by Justin Hughes ]
Thursday, Feb 28 2008 9:23 AM

Exchange students promote studying abroad SF State showed its international spirit with everything from Japanese song and dance to grilled German sausages and Australian Vegemite sandwiches and surfboards during the...
[ Story by Allie Schratz ]
Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:43 AM

Badminton Club making a ‘racket’ on campus Their rackets and shuttlecocks left aside, students ran energetically to the court to prepare for a strategically-held training. Stretching and sidesteps were the exercises scheduled for the first-ever practice of the Badminton Club at SF State. “Front right, left, back...
[ Story by Fanny Dassie ]
Thursday, Feb 14 2008 10:11 AM