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Guiding the Way In the Fall of 2005, SF State united with Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael to create the first Guide Dog Mobility Program in the world to reach University level. Wendy Mellberg Haecker is one of the first students to go through the program and found it has allowed her to see with more than just her eyes.
[ Story by Angela Asche and Joanne Toth ]
Thursday, Apr 19 2007 6:16 PM

Local Actor Twists His Body, Face and Accent to Bring Nigerian Voices to SF San Francisco actor and journalist Dan Hoyle spent 10 months in 2005 traveling the fiery landscape of Nigeria, meeting warlords, prostitutes, ambassadors, Scots and snipers. He has brought those people to the stage in the form of “Tings Dey Happen".
[ Story by Sean Maher ]
Sunday, Apr 1 2007 2:58 PM

Unexpected Treasures of Ancient Italy at the J. Paul Leonard Library While a few venture up out of curiosity, most library goers are unaware the floor is home to the Frank V. de Bellis Collection, a museum-library of Italian culture that has been part of SF State since 1963.
[ Story by Mayra Martinez ]
Thursday, Mar 29 2007 8:44 PM

Quality of Education Topic of Town Hall A wide range of SF State faculty discussed broad strategic planning, including an end to JEPET testing and CSU students' ability to compete in a globalized society, at an Academic Senate town hall meeting Tuesday on campus.
[ Story by Kendra Hartmann ]
Thursday, Mar 1 2007 4:38 PM

Faithful Celebrate Ash Wednesday at SF State Over 100 devotees, including students and some faculty members, were marked with ashes on their foreheads to begin Lent season, the holiest season of the Catholic church year.
[ Story by Jaqueline Hernandez ]
Thursday, Feb 22 2007 5:33 PM

Students Open Free Health Clinic in the Mission There are approximately 82,000 San Franciscans, between the ages of 18-65, without health insurance. SF State and UCSF Students are hoping to do their part to alleviate the problem by opening a free primary care clinic in the Mission District.
[ Story by Jen Thomas ]
Sunday, Feb 4 2007 1:57 PM

Students Illegally Use Pills for Extra Boost Prescription stimulants are an alternative to coffee for some students to acquire the ability to focus and stay awake for long periods, especially when midterms and final examinations are under way. “Students take stimulants like Ritalin to stay awake,” said...
[ Story by Jacqueline Hernandez ]
Tuesday, Jan 30 2007 3:55 PM

Gators Drop The Ball to Seattle University The SF State women's basketball team had opportunities to shut the door against the Seattle University Redbirds, but couldn't cash in and lost 71-64.
[ Story by Greg Chapman ]
Wednesday, Dec 13 2006 10:59 AM

Laughing All the Way More than 100 students gathered in Jack Adams Hall to watch members of the Queer Alliance flaunt their stuff to Christmas jingles in a comedic and exotic variety show titled �Deck the halls with Feather Boas.�
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Dec 9 2006 10:40 AM

A Palestinian State of Mind Two SF State students from the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) organization voice their concern over the conflict in Palestine through their love of hip-hop music.
[ Story by Kimberly Castillo and Erika Estrada ]
Wednesday, Dec 6 2006 9:30 PM

Gators Fail To Penetrate Roadrunners' Defense The SF State Men�s Basketball team came up short as they tried to turn a roadblock into a hurdle on Friday at the Swamp. The roadblock came in the form of the soon to be Division I Bakersfield Roadrunners who defeated the Gators 80-64. The Roadrunners displayed a seemingly impenetrable defense that forced 23 turnovers while using their size advantage to out-rebound the Gators.
[ Story by Casey Pratt ]
Sunday, Dec 3 2006 11:46 PM

Alumna Aims High To Open Little Fish Boutique Tori Poor knew all her life that she wanted to own her own business, and after graduating SF State, she knew the time was right.
[ Story by Lauren Martinelli ]
Thursday, Nov 2 2006 4:20 PM

The Academy of Sciences Grows a Rainforest Today the California Academy of Sciences is concrete, steel and construction. But soon, it will be a four-story high rainforest stirring with 1,600 live animals and more than 600 free flying birds and butterflies.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Oct 19 2006 9:03 PM

Cross Country Runs Smarter Not Harder The SF State cross country team finished the highest in Gator history at the home invitational, by running smarter instead of harder. Cross country coach Tom Lyons has taught his athletes to run at their own pace so that they would be strong at the end of the race and possibly pass up other runners.
[ Story by Greg Chapman ]
Friday, Oct 13 2006 11:32 AM

'Colorado' Author Climbs to Top With only 18 days in between his hit summer play �Hunter Gatherers� and his new play �Colorado,� SF State alumnus Peter Sinn Nachtrieb is living the playwright�s dream.
[ Story by Christina Ferrucci ]
Thursday, Oct 12 2006 4:09 PM

SF State Student Crochets to Pay Bills When Dream Nefra started to make crocheted hats for profit she needed to borrow $10 because she couldn�t afford the needle and yarn. Now she has crocheted for celebrities. The 36-year-old business entrepreneurship major started TheNefraShop.com after she crocheted one hat for a classmate. Now SF State students can see her and her hats on campus.
[ Story by Tierra Luster ]
Friday, Oct 6 2006 7:28 PM

Slow Response to On-Campus Leaks For a brief moment, an Associated Students meeting earlier this month was disrupted. Water was dripping from the Rosa Parks Conference Room ceiling onto the...
[ Story by Jason Shuffler ]
Friday, Sep 22 2006 2:28 PM

Red Bull and Alcohol Make a Dangerous Combination Ryan Coughlin is a self-proclaimed caffeine addict. �I drink Red Bull in everything,� said the 25-year-old senior kinesiology major. And so, like many of the interviewed SF State students, his alcoholic drink of choice is Red Bull and vodka.
[ Story by Claudine Morgan ]
Monday, Sep 18 2006 11:02 PM

Hello, Carol! After her lecture at the Seven Hills Conference Center, Channing sat down with [X]press and reminisced about growing up in San Francisco and her educational training in theater arts, and offered SF State theater majors some advice about learning what it takes to make it in the big city.
[ Story by Danelle Weller ]
Thursday, Sep 14 2006 5:00 PM

Village Residents Upset over Housing Deposits Several SF State students are saying that the Village at Centennial Square is conducting unethical business practices, charging for services not rendered and keeping an inequitable amount of their housing deposits once they move out.
[ Story by Ian Thomas ]
Monday, Sep 4 2006 6:57 PM