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Ruggers lose in season opener despite late surge The Gators Rugby Football Club was in high spirits despite losing Oct. 17 to the SF Fog Rugby Football Club 75-56 in their first game of the semester on Treasure Island. Even in losing, the SF State ruggers refused to...
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Sunday, Oct 18 2009 4:41 PM

Keep yourself to yourself I get the call about every other month. It's telling me there's been unusual activity on my credit card, it's being deactivated, and a new one will be arriving tomorrow. My entire family has been dealing with this problem for...
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Wednesday, Apr 15 2009 6:39 PM

Sweet pies are the real stars at Bay Area fast-food franchise A little more than a mile and a half south of the SF State campus sits an unassuming burger joint outlined in red neon. Just over the border of Daly City, the closest branch of the Nation's fast food chain...
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Tuesday, Mar 10 2009 8:43 AM

Textbook rental program in a bind A year-long effort to provide textbook rentals to SF State students is on hold until next fall due to planning issues. "The idea was to...
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Wednesday, Jan 28 2009 8:40 PM

Get pulled in at the Riptide The dog curling around your feet in front of the fireplace might make this fixture of the Outer Sunset feel more like home than a bar. "A lot of people who live out here are regulars," said bartender Lisa-Marie Delgadillo....
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Wednesday, Jan 28 2009 8:03 PM

Administrators: no layoffs in response to state budget crisis SF State Vice President Leroy Morishita and Provost John Gemello said that the university would not lay off permanent employees or junior faculty in response...
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Wednesday, Dec 10 2008 12:54 AM

Track and Field team mourns death of beloved coach It’s always difficult when a family loses one of its own, and the SF State track and field family lost one of its dearest members in mid-November. “There’s always the conscious ‘I miss his presences,’ which is a couple times...
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Tuesday, Dec 9 2008 10:41 AM

Track team turning a new page The SF State track team will be starting a new chapter this season, and it’s coach hopes to author a better ending than last year’s. “When a team finishes seventh in an eight-team conference, changes clearly need to be made,”...
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Monday, Dec 1 2008 8:10 PM

Budgets: Feeling dejá vu all over again Budget cuts. It’s the issue on many CSU students’ minds and will affect their lives in immediate and substantial ways. But it’s not new drama....
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Wednesday, Nov 19 2008 8:27 AM

X-Country runner goes from Skateboard to Road Races It can be funny what kind of habits and customs some athletes have to help get them ready for competition. For Jason Karbelk of the SF State men’s cross country team, it’s watching kung-fu movies before a big race. These...
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Tuesday, Nov 18 2008 10:26 AM

Cross country falls short from injuries, sickness This past weekend held a disappointing end to the SF State cross country teams’ season. Although sickness and injury plagued both teams, the men’s race was the casualty of a tremendous blunder by the officials. “It was probably one of...
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Monday, Nov 10 2008 8:44 AM

Polling Place Changed There has been a last-minute change in the location of the on-campus SF State polling place for today’s voting. The previous location was in the...
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Tuesday, Nov 4 2008 8:53 AM

SF State runners train for ultramarathons It sounds crazy—making yourself run farther than a marathon in one session—but many runners do it. “Afterward, you’re really aware of your body because you’re going through all these physiological changes and you can really feel alive afterward, and that’s...
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Monday, Nov 3 2008 7:40 AM

Injuries and heat lead to cross country disappointment The Conference Championships were a bit of a disappointment for the SF State cross country teams on Saturday, Oct 25. “As a team we didn’t do as well as we wanted to do at all,” said senior Vera Ross who...
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Wednesday, Oct 29 2008 8:07 AM

Volleyball team lost in five sets The SF State women’s volleyball team lost an upset match to CSU Monterey despite standout performances from several players on Wednesday night, Oct. 22. “We need to come-in stronger and expecting that they’re going to fight back harder,” said outside...
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Thursday, Oct 23 2008 1:49 AM

Sophomore runs 'like a girl' for cancer survivors The Fifth Annual Nike Women’s Marathon, benefiting leukemia and lymphoma research, was more than a run to SF State sophomore Paloma Dudum-Maya. She was there to run for her dad, who is a cancer survivor. Dudum-Maya, who ran the 13.1-mile...
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Tuesday, Oct 21 2008 10:42 AM

Cross country captain makes run time fun time Kyle Fujitsubo is more than the captain of the SF State men’s cross country team – he’s the team’s sense of humor and personality. “He gets everybody in a good mood at practice,” said teammate Max Fernandez, who is also...
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Monday, Oct 13 2008 3:34 AM

Man struck by car while crossing Font Boulevard An unidentified man was struck by a car tonight while crossing Font Boulevard just off the roundabout with Holloway Avenue, according to Sgt. Wong of...
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Friday, Oct 10 2008 1:38 PM

Cross country focuses on preparation How does a person run eight kilometers in less than half an hour? How can a person get into and stay in the kind of shape that lets them run more than 10 miles in a day, two or three...
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Monday, Oct 6 2008 2:48 AM

New writing courses set to replace JEPET by 2010 A whole new acronym, the WAC/WID, is in the works to replace the much-dreaded JEPET, a graduation requirement of all SF State students. Instead of...
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Tuesday, Sep 30 2008 11:27 AM

Babiak not happy with his results at Stanford Invitational Though he didn’t quite meet the goal he set for himself, cross country’s Josh Babiak brought a strong effort to the 36th Annual Stanford Invitational on Sept. 27. “Stanford’s a tough race,” Babiak said. “It’s predominantly a [Division I] race....
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Tuesday, Sep 30 2008 1:03 AM

Two coaches with one philosophy Coaches Tom Lyons and Pete Cushman seem to be made for their jobs. Both can be seen most weekday mornings running with the athletes of the SF State cross country teams, joking and laughing, and looking like they’re just having...
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Tuesday, Sep 23 2008 2:25 PM

Heat does not affect cross country team The meets that count are still more than a month down the road. The Gator cross country teams are testing themselves and finding that they’re on the right path. Both teams traveled to Portland, Ore. this past weekend to compete...
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Monday, Sep 15 2008 8:45 AM

All-American Superwoman For Anna Bretan it’ s all a balancing act. This 23-year-old mother of two is a nurse, a student, a cross country and track runner for SF State, and a holder of the All-American title. “I’m competitive,” she said, “I...
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Sunday, Sep 7 2008 4:58 PM

Running is more than business...it's fun When Josh Babiak moved to Marin County in 1999, running was just something he had done for fun when he wasn’t playing ice hockey. “There’s not a lot of ice out here so I decided I’d try another sport,” Babiak...
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Tuesday, Sep 2 2008 2:23 PM

Bretan takes fifth for women, men stroll in last Both the SF State cross country teams ran well in the University of San Francisco Invitational held on Saturday, August 30 in Golden Gate Park. The women had ten runners compete in a five kilometer race that began at 9:15...
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Saturday, Aug 30 2008 1:23 PM

Women's Soccer turns the other foot for 2008 With a core group of players and a dose of newcomers the SF State women’s soccer team is looking to pull themselves up by their shin guards right into the California Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs. “CCAA. Nothing less,” forward Myriah...
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Monday, Aug 25 2008 12:50 PM

Fresh Faces Make a Fresh Team It looks to be a promising season this year for both SF State cross country teams. New faces will sprint through Golden Gate Park this year, and two of them are already All-Americans. “As a generalization, both (the) men’s and...
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Monday, Aug 25 2008 9:23 AM

Don’t call this year’s softball team underdogs Psst! If you find yourself at a rival campus, keep this under your (softball) cap: This year's softballing Gators are young, unknown and arguably the conference underdogs—yet they may prove to be the year's big sporting surprise. A new-look SF...
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Thursday, Feb 7 2008 10:00 AM

Gators snap three-game losing streak Without the presence of coach Joaquin Wallace, the Gators locked down on defense to beat Humboldt State 68-55 at their home opener Friday, snapping a three-game losing streak. Wallace, who was suspended from Friday’s game, will return tonight as the...
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Saturday, Jan 12 2008 6:17 PM

Lady Gators Attack New Soccer Season One Game at a Time Coach Hyde is pleased with the new recruits he received this season and has high expectations of both his new and returning players.
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Friday, Aug 25 2006 2:04 AM

Skin Deep: Corset Piercings Put New Twist on Undergarments Women have been squeezing their lovely lady lumps into corsets since the 16th century but this isnt youre great grannys corset. Now you can get the same lush, criss crossed ribboned and lacy look without all of the stuffing and breath holdingunless youre afraid of needles.
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Wednesday, Nov 23 2005 10:16 AM

Skin Deep: Piercings Put New Spin on Victorian Fashion Women have been squeezing their lovely lady lumps into corsets since the 16th century but this isnt youre great grannys corset. Now you can get the same old-fashioned criss crossed ribboned and lacy look without all of the stuffing and breath holdingunless youre afraid of needles.
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Monday, Nov 21 2005 10:39 AM

On Stike! Shut it Down...Please It was a watershed moment for student activism at SF State, a far cry from the activism of students in 1968 who walked out of classes for five months. That was the longest student strike in U.S. history. It ousted two university presidents and in the end forced administration officials to meet students' non-negotiable demands.
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Thursday, Oct 27 2005 9:25 AM

Kickin' Butt The SF State womens soccer team runs through drills in the late August heat early on a Saturday morning at the Swamp. The women rotate between stations, working on physical skills such as heading, passing and shooting as well as...
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Wednesday, Aug 27 2003 2:09 PM