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English Remediation Program To Be Cut On Monday, Nov. 29 the SF State Counsel for Academic Affairs had a meeting that consisted of its typical members: the deans of each college and the university provost. But this meeting was not typical. On this day English professors Helen Gillotte-Tropp and Sugie Goen also attended to present their ideas for saving the university’s remediation program, a set of classes assisting incoming freshmen in gaining proficient English course skills. The program now stands to be eliminated by fall 2006.
[ Story by David Ryan Alexander ]
Thursday, Dec 2 2004 8:45 PM

Fixing Computers and Nations Tucked away in the western corner of the library's first floor is a cluttered workspace filled with outdated printers, infected hard drives and monitors. It's SF State Equipment Systems Specialist Maung Win, a native of Burma, to service, update and maintain the library's more than 200 student and faculty computers.
[ Story by Benjamin Hager ]
Wednesday, Dec 1 2004 5:11 PM

Middle Earth Meets Middle Management Anastasia Plumb has a name as seemingly fit for Middle Earth as for middle management at SF State. And the comparison isn't that far off. Plumb, a project manager in Academic Resources specializing in space management, is writing her masters thesis on Tolkien.
[ Story by Benjamin Hager ]
Saturday, Nov 13 2004 11:59 PM

Elsbernd Wins Election Supervisor Sean Elsbernd beat out twelve other candidates on Election Day to secure his seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
[ Story by Misha Rosiak ]
Saturday, Nov 13 2004 1:36 PM

"Rebel" Reality Show Trumps "Apprentice" Move over, "Fear Factor." "The Rebel Billionaire" stunts are bigger. "Fox’s Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best" ups the daredevil ante as it takes 16 entrepreneurs on a globe-trotting adventure to see who will win $1 million and become president of the Virgin Corporation.
[ Story by Shaundra Major ]
Thursday, Nov 11 2004 9:02 PM

Getting It On At SF State Suspicious persons have been spotted on campus. They have been wandering a number of buildings and although their presence has been reported to campus police, they have yet to be caught in action. Action being the operative word here, because that is exactly what they are doing: getting action.
[ Story by David Ryan Alexander ]
Thursday, Nov 4 2004 8:20 PM

A Reflection of Reality Luna Topete’s divorce was painful. The only place he shows that pain is inside a seven by seven cube, fashioned into a bathroom, embedded with 55,000 upright nails that line the ceiling, floors and walls.
[ Story by Shaundra Major ]
Thursday, Nov 4 2004 3:22 PM

Treasurer wants land for financial aid California State Treasurer Phil Angelides proposes using the state's land assets to help fund UCs, CSUs and community colleges.
[ Story by Misha Rosiak ]
Thursday, Nov 4 2004 11:04 AM

My Grandmother Loves Bush I don’t like the president of the United States. I believe he is dishonest, dim witted and utterly incapable of commanding a lemonade stand, let alone a global superpower.
[ Story by Benjamin Hager ]
Wednesday, Nov 3 2004 9:30 PM

Political Protests Get Ugly SF State University Police Department reported to the Cesar Chavez student center to breakup a heated political debate between unofficial surrogates of President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry Monday afternoon.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Wednesday, Nov 3 2004 1:50 PM

Legion of Honor Hosts Student College Art Francisco Alfonso rolls a layer of black ink onto a rubber stamp intricately carved into stick figures and circles of ancient drawings of the past. Alfonzo took the palm-sized rectangle and firmly applied it onto the arm of a curious spectator.
[ Story by Shaundra Major ]
Monday, Nov 1 2004 4:21 PM

Politics Turns Ugly On Campus SF State University Police Department (UPD) was called to the Cesar Chavez student center to breakup a heated political debate between unofficial surrogates of President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, Monday afternoon.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Monday, Nov 1 2004 3:50 PM

No Vote Left Behind San Francisco Democrats and Republicans are bustling down to the wire to influence voters to either re-elect the self-described war President, George W. Bush, or Sen. John Kerry, who said hope is on the way, granted enough registered Democrats can find their way to the polls.
[ Story by Shaundra Major ]
Monday, Nov 1 2004 12:22 PM

Rockin' at Night Night tours of Alcatraz offer an intimate experience to the island that is only 12 minutes from Fisherman’s Wharf. From October to March, the Blue and Gold Fleet departs Pier 41 with roughly 300 passengers, half of what it normally carries, giving visitors easier access to explore the history of the famous island known as “the rock.”
[ Story by Shaundra Major ]
Thursday, Oct 28 2004 8:59 PM

Suicide Second Leading Cause of Death Among College Students According to recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), suicide now ranks as the third leading cause of death among men and women aged 15 to 25. Among college students, suicide climbs to the number two spot, second only to accidental deaths as a measure of fatalities. But for every student that succeeds in taking their own life, an estimated 200 attempt and fail.
[ Story by Richard McKeethen ]
Thursday, Oct 21 2004 7:19 PM

SF State Encourages Students to be Political In an email to SF State students on October 19, President Robert Corrigan encouraged students to get involved in this year’s election process.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Thursday, Oct 21 2004 6:08 PM

Gun Control Non-Issue in Europe Sparked by the recent expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban, which regulated military-style firearms and bullet clip capacity, America has again become the focal point of a global debate on gun-related violence. For many of SF State's international students, the issue remains completely “foreign.”
[ Story by benjamin hager ]
Saturday, Oct 16 2004 10:03 PM

The Struggle of Coming Together Dr. Marc Dollinger recently hosted a symposium in room 587 of the Humanities building on the relationship between American Jews and Black Nationalism between 1958 and 1964.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Saturday, Oct 16 2004 6:19 PM

Flu Vaccine Not Available at SF State Flu shots will not be offered to SF State students this semester. Chiron, the largest U.S. supplier of the vaccine Fluvirin, announced that it would not distribute any of its scheduled 48 million doses to U.S. hospitals and clinics due to contamination of serratia at its Liverpool, England facility.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Saturday, Oct 16 2004 12:46 PM

Depot Attracts Monday Night Football Fans On a typical Thursday night, the Pub and Depot in the student center at SF State is bustling with students fresh out of class. There they have a beer to unwind from a long academic day. On one table Adam Smith’s "Wealth of Nations" lays open as a guy points with one hand at a section of text while gesturing and speaking enthusiastically at a girl across from him. The buzz of conversation is deafening. But it is nothing compared to Monday night.
[ Story by David Ryan Alexander ]
Thursday, Oct 14 2004 8:54 PM

Preparing For the Friendly Skies With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season fast approaching, SF State students have leisurely begun to compare prices of airline tickets for the best possible deal.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Thursday, Oct 14 2004 8:23 PM

Candidates Discuss Cheaper Muni Rides for SF State Students Candidates seeking election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors said they want to help the student population in District 7 by offering discounts for Muni passes or seeking greater input from students.
[ Story by Misha Rosiak ]
Thursday, Oct 14 2004 12:41 PM

JEPET: A Dirty Job—But Everyone’s Got to Do It Starting in fall 2004, students who have completed more than 100 units and have not taken the JEPET will lose priority registration. In spring 2005, students with more than 90 units will lose priority and in fall 2005 the penalty will come into full enforcement, with students who have taken more than 80 units without passing the exam losing priority.
[ Story by David Ryan Alexander ]
Saturday, Oct 9 2004 1:02 PM

Grief Grips the Newsroom Shawn Patrick Kelley was born February 4, 1982 and attended Milpitas High School where he played forward for the Trojans soccer team. His father is a baseball coach in Milpitas and coached Shawn, who was a big Oakland A’s fan, up until high school.
[ Story by Benjamin Hager ]
Tuesday, Oct 5 2004 12:35 PM

Scientists Isolate "Monogamy" Gene Scientists at Emory University recently insolated and injected a "monogamy" gene into the normally promiscuous Microtus Pennnsylvanicus -- or prairie vole -- and were shocked to observe an instant shift in the creature toward "attentive homemaker." The vole chose and mated with only one female and was consistently unfazed by the furry eye-candy that once ruled his daily life.
[ Story by benjamin hager ]
Saturday, Oct 2 2004 1:08 AM

Students Contemplate Money or Passion Every year, students at SF State and around the country earn their degree and enter a job market that often asks them to choose between their passion and their bank account. Assuming that it is impossible to have a career that is both personally fulfilling and financially secure, students shy away from opportunities with the more than 3,200 nonprofit organizations in California alone.
[ Story by benjamin hager ]
Sunday, Sep 26 2004 11:25 PM

Fighting for the Future Staffer thinks newsrooms need diversity to adequately cover communities.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Friday, Sep 24 2004 11:05 PM

Mysophobia: A Students Struggle with Germs There is good reason why I refrain, as much as diplomatically possible, from shaking hands with fellow members of the human race.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Friday, Sep 24 2004 5:53 PM

Doukas: Dedicated Daughter, Student In the Greek Orthodox tradition, Saturday of the Souls is a twice-yearly celebration intended, in part, to remind the living of the fragile nature of life and the finality of death. Nothing seemed more self-evident Friday night as friends and family packed into the Fountain of Youth Chapel at Greek Memorial Park to honor the life of SF State photojournalist Stacey Doukas.
[ Story by Benjamin Hager ]
Saturday, Sep 18 2004 9:55 PM

Smoking Ban Lacks Enforcement SF State issued a no smoking mandate hoping students would listen, but few, if any, have.
[ Story by benjamin hager ]
Wednesday, Sep 8 2004 2:32 AM