Noise Pop returns to San Francisco
Guitars were plugged in, amps were turned on and band members stepped onto the stages at different venues across San Francisco. There were 110 bands from across the world squeezing into 15 small and mid-size clubs for the 16th annual...
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Thursday, Feb 28 2008 5:34 PM
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Sex on display at the SF zoo
Carnivores are doing it, marsupials are doing it, large and small animals are doing it, even insects are doing it, said Jane Tollini, founder of the San Francisco Zoo sex tour, “Woo at the Zoo.” With photographic evidence of primates,...
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Thursday, Feb 14 2008 5:27 PM
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Thursday, Feb 14 2008 5:27 PM
Vintage vault holds costuming treasures
Flipping through pages of costume photos, the five-inch thick binder that professor of costume design Todd Roehrman is looking over contains images of ball gowns to bloomers. The collection, which has items dating back to the mid-1800s, is all part...
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Thursday, Jan 31 2008 9:30 AM
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Thursday, Jan 31 2008 9:30 AM
Japantown theater turns trendy by going green
With potted bamboo plants, accent lighting and ticket vendors who stand behind a desk rather than sit behind glass, the new Sundance Kabuki Cinemas foyer is the first inclination that it's not like many movie theaters. “We wanted to make...
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Thursday, Jan 24 2008 3:08 PM
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Thursday, Jan 24 2008 3:08 PM
Student-run theater club receives largest budget yet
Operating out of an old janitor’s closet in the Creative Arts building, the SF State Players’ Club headquarters can be found conveniently next to the bathroom, said the club’s president, Jackie Cuccaro. The small space could never contain the 100...
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Thursday, Jan 24 2008 3:01 PM
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Thursday, Jan 24 2008 3:01 PM
Green fashion gets a ‘go’ on runway
From a dress made of a burlap sack to a shirt made out a pair of men’s trousers, the green inspired fashion show and discussion panel, “Garden of Eden,” hosted by the SF State Student Fashion Association (SFA) at Jack...
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Thursday, Dec 6 2007 9:37 AM
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Thursday, Dec 6 2007 9:37 AM
Pollution and war meet in Green Zone
After the oil spill on Nov. 7, it isn't uncommon to find dead birds and dark, sticky tarballs on Bay Area beaches. The remnants of oil are currently contaminating Pacific shorelines, but it’s the long-term effect of environmental pollutants that...
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Thursday, Nov 29 2007 9:39 AM
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Thursday, Nov 29 2007 9:39 AM
Swearing takes on old meaning at festival
The panel of three sat coolly in fitted blazers and button-up shirts, as a homey audience of 30 watched intently with fixed eyes. Poised in front of books, paper and pens, the professionals were ready to discuss everything from politics...
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 10:40 AM
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 10:40 AM
Crude awakening will have long term effects
More than a week after a Cosco Busan freighter hit the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of oil into the water, facts are still...
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 9:53 AM
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 9:53 AM
Cleanup efforts continue after Bay oil spill
With the smell of oil wafting through the air, the Coast Guard announced that 8,000 more gallons of oily liquids, a combination of oil and...
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Saturday, Nov 10 2007 4:56 PM
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Saturday, Nov 10 2007 4:56 PM
Radio pirates at ‘WAR’ play what they like
In a cramped studio on Polk Street, voices float across open radio waves while unauthorized, homespun music stays on air. With a couch, a couple of microphones, and a few cigarette butts on the floor, the pirate station of 93.7...
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Thursday, Nov 8 2007 11:08 AM
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Thursday, Nov 8 2007 11:08 AM
Digital archive amplifies poetic voices
His voice travels through the chords of the headphones and into the listener’s ears. The highs and lows in his pitch, his pauses, and the speed of his speech all add further meaning to his poetry. “Hearing Allen Ginsberg read...
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Thursday, Oct 25 2007 12:06 PM
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Thursday, Oct 25 2007 12:06 PM
Frankenart Mart satisfies appetites
Amid freshly made artwork, random cats, and free wieners, poet Sara Wingate Gray takes a deep breath and transforms into a librarian. She sets up a pseudo-library of seven novels, on a small square table called “The Library Cubicle,” and...
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 10:19 PM
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 10:19 PM
Found footage festival features comedic videos
Flipping greasy Big Macs under golden arches, Nick Prueher was just a teenager when, during one of his shifts, he found an employee training video in a McDonald’s break room. The “Inside and Outside Custodial Duties” depicted a “perky and...
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:39 PM
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:39 PM
International cuisine, world music fill quad
This semester’s Food & Cultural Fair took itself out of the confines of Jack Adams Hall and relocated, last minute, to the Malcolm X Plaza, where students heard music by reggae artist Malika Madremana and Greensphere Band, while cultural and socially geared student run organizations and clubs sold food nearby.
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 11:38 AM
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 11:38 AM
Love floats through city streets
With sound systems pumping and beats reverberating up and down Market Street, an estimated 65,000 naked and semi-naked free spirits, costumed dancers, and lost tourists pulsated to the music of San Francisco’s Love Fest on September 29. “When the first...
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Wednesday, Oct 3 2007 6:56 PM
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Wednesday, Oct 3 2007 6:56 PM
Artists expose awkward truths
East Bay art collective Irresistible Small Creatures have transformed the barren walls of SF State’s The Art Gallery into a vibrant canvas of artistry. Oakland artists Caleb Rogers, Nate Crane, Nathaniel Russell and Mark Inglis Taylor use the space within...
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Thursday, Sep 20 2007 11:02 PM
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Thursday, Sep 20 2007 11:02 PM
Unusually low turnout for Spoken Word
With a turn out well below normal, Spoken Word, an open mike night hosted by Project Rebound was dominated by SF State Civil Engineering majors....
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Wednesday, Sep 19 2007 9:10 PM
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Wednesday, Sep 19 2007 9:10 PM
Free concerts are back in season
As the clock ticked closer to the 1:10 p.m. start time, students and fans filled the seats of Knuth Hall on Friday to await the kickoff of the afternoon concert series, a collection of free performances put on by the...
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Wednesday, Sep 12 2007 8:33 PM
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Wednesday, Sep 12 2007 8:33 PM
Students get legal help
SF State's Legal Resource Center offers free legal assistance to students from its office on the mezzanine level of the Cesar Chavez Student Center. Students...
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Thursday, Sep 6 2007 1:07 PM
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Thursday, Sep 6 2007 1:07 PM