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My Pride and Joy As twenty-seven-year-old Dina Sakhr describes her villa in Abidjan on West Africa’s Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), she mentions her favorite aspect—a backyard with a pool and enough acreage to ride a motorcycle. The tropical weather calls for a year-round use...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, May 15 2008 7:12 AM

Perky Profits Strip clubs are nearly the same in cities all around the world. The bright neon lights and posters of scantily clad women all draw people in, and there’s almost always some creepy looking guy hanging out near the entrance. After paying the entry fee visitors enter the dimly lit “paradise” of gyrating lights, speakers blaring JT’s “SexyBack,” and, not uncommonly, a fair amount of dancers with breast implants.
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Apr 24 2008 8:00 AM

Environment At the back of the Cesar Chavez Student Center between the Fine Arts building and Burk Hall, near the man-made water fall which flows in to a pond with live fish, cherry blossom trees are in full bloom. The wind blows them, dusting the walkway with small white to light pink flower petals. Nature is presenting another side of its beauty for us to enjoy and appreciate.
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Apr 24 2008 8:00 AM

Meat Maids Melanie Eisemann, co-owner of an all female-owned butcher shop, was a vegetarian for over fifteen years. She intensely disagreed with factory farming and only after sustainable meat became available did she begin to incorporate it into her diet to support...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 7:15 AM

Local Lagers Color and clarity are often terms used to describe diamonds, along with carat and cut. But beer isn’t cut. It’s brewed, and its weight isn’t that important. What is important is the taste experienced when consuming it. And the closer...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 7:05 AM

Jessie's Hot House selected for its 'soul' The Student Center Governing Board and the Vendor Services Committee held a special meeting this morning to decide the outcome of the new soul food restaurant, which will open in the spring 2008 semester. With the final two of four...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Dec 13 2007 1:56 PM

Pep Band looking to expand Just to the left of “Gator Nation” and in the bleachers behind the far baseline of The Swamp sits a newly formed student group clad in a purple and yellow rugby styled shirt and blue jeans. The group has been...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Wednesday, Dec 12 2007 12:32 AM

San Francisco suits up for winter season Winter is upon us and as temperatures begin to drop and snow to fall, for some in the Bay Area, it’s time to get away and hit the slopes up at Tahoe. For SF State students, the trip can kick...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Nov 15 2007 12:04 PM

One candidate vies for Student Center seat Today is the last day to vote for two at-large positions for the board of the student center. Although two positions are available, only one...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Nov 15 2007 9:21 AM

Queer softballers in league of their own The ball is pitched with a perfect arch, floating through the air nice and slow. It’s hit and popped up high, but is rapidly descending to No-man’s land behind second base. Three players are hovering under it, but amazingly no...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Friday, Nov 2 2007 1:58 PM

Fencing club faces premature departure The Fencing Club, a program in its infancy, may not be congregating this semester. The deadline to register with the Office of Student Programs Leadership Development, OSPLD, was Oct. 19, and the Fencing Club president, Karin Skoog, has yet to...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 2:59 PM

Acclaimed director "game" to change warped industry Justin Lin, known for “Better Luck Tomorrow,” "Annapolis, "and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” placed a huge emphasis on the struggles of race in the movie industry during a Q & A forum at SF State on Oct. 18.
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Saturday, Oct 20 2007 3:22 PM

Playground sport kicks into the city From the Panhandle end of Golden Gate Park, walk down the pathway past the pond and through the tunnel. When the sounds of a homeless man’s improvised drum set made of a 5-gallon bucket, 40 oz. bottles, and a frying...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Oct 4 2007 9:38 AM

Vachal lifts Gators in overtime victory The ball rocketed from her foot, fluttered the net and came to a rest at the back of the goal. In overtime, Gator forward Shanna Vachal scored her second goal of the season and the winning goal for the women’s...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian, Kari Christensen ]
Sunday, Sep 23 2007 8:35 PM