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AIDS Housing Alliance inspired through dream On the morning of Dec. 15, 2002, Brian Basinger woke up at 9 a.m. and immediately said, "I'll do it, but it has to be connected to the people." The recipient of this pledge? Simple: "God." "I woke up because...
[ Story by Jenn Pries ]
Wednesday, Nov 11 2009 6:14 PM

SF State a leader in space race Galaxies far, far away are no longer exclusive to science fiction movies. The idea has become reality -- and it began here at SF State....
[ Story by Chantal Jolagh ]
Wednesday, Sep 9 2009 6:39 PM

Men’s soccer finale is sooner than planned In the annual preseason coaches’ poll the Gators were picked to finish fifth in the North Division. But as it stands, fourth is already a lock and third place is quite possible. For the SF State men’s soccer team, the...
[ Story by Addis Sendaba ]
Tuesday, Oct 28 2008 7:15 PM

Scrappy Gators shut out Lumberjacks Goalkeeper Israel Cisneros had an off-day. Yet, for the 5-foot-9 senior that’s a good sign. “I didn’t have to do much today,” he said. “That’s the way I like it. The team did everything for me.” “I picked up the...
[ Story by Ernie Morales ]
Friday, Oct 24 2008 9:12 PM

Home opener ends in a tie Not even a goal in the final two minutes, sending the game into overtime, could atone for a costly mistake by the SF State men’s soccer team in the home opener. The Gators finished in a disappointing 1-1 tie...
[ Story by Addis Sendaba ]
Tuesday, Sep 9 2008 6:53 PM

Post-grad blues; 100K in and no pay out It’s 8 p.m. on a Friday night— what many would classify as the prime hour for fun. I’m sweating from running around, but trying to keep my composure. I look down at a stocky middle-aged man toying with a glass...
[ Story by Chloe Dickson ]
Tuesday, Sep 2 2008 4:24 PM

FIRE BLOGS: San Diego I’ve taken to the habit of nicknaming San Francisco “a frigid bitch” for the distinct sea breeze and cloudy weather that sit over SF State...
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 6:12 PM

Gator rosters lack homegrown recruits Academically, SF State is full of local flavor. Athletically, it’s as homegrown as Orange County oranges. Of 222 student athletes on 11 team rosters, SF State’s athletic department lists seven Gators from San Francisco, with only three coming directly from...
[ Story by David Agrell ]
Thursday, Oct 18 2007 9:51 PM

Injunction dysfunction When seven people were shot in the span of 12 hours in June at the Friendship Village and Yerba Buena Plaza East housing complexes in...
[ Story by Dan Verel ]
Thursday, Oct 4 2007 9:54 PM

Independent Books for Thought The haphazard aisles of Green Apple Books on Clement Street can almost always be found lined with people on the hunt for their next perfect read. Some might have randomly wandered in to escape the ubiquitous bustle of the Inner Sunset. Others know it by reputation as one of the finest of the 41 independent bookstores listed on the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Web site.
[ Story by Mayra M. Martinez ]
Thursday, Feb 8 2007 8:50 PM

Students Intrigued By 'Extra Tasty' Drinks Students who experiment with mixing drinks at home can use new bartending Web sites to learn to mix their own drinks and play bartender. Web sites like bartender.com, webtender.com, and the latest, extratasty.com, use a format where users choose what...
[ Story by Katie Peoples ]
Friday, Sep 22 2006 6:13 PM

Gators Remember the Hunter SF State students reflect on Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter."
[ Story by Jessica Feller and Luis Mauricio ]
Wednesday, Sep 13 2006 7:01 PM

G-Rated Violence Increasing In the 1942 animated classic, "Bambi," a hunter shot the mother deer to death. Over half a century later, alien warfare and the vaporization of defenseless towns characterize the contemporary animated film, "Chicken Little."
[ Story by Rania Tikoo ]
Thursday, Nov 10 2005 2:55 PM

Raunch Party These days, women buy porn, go to strip clubs, get Brazilian (all the way) and Playboy (landing strip) waxes, wear Hustler and Playboy T-shirts and talk openly about sex. This is raunch culture, where women are no longer sexual objects, and no longer simply the hunted. Now, men don't have to twist women's arms to get them naked and in front of a camera.
[ Story by Jeff Hunt ]
Tuesday, Oct 25 2005 10:14 PM

To Breed or Not to Breed Newsflash: it's not that easy, and the fact that people are realizing this is starting to show. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 44 percent of American women of childbearing age were childless in 2002. More telling, 18 percent of women ages 40 to 44 were still childless, up from 10 percent in 1976. Why aren't people breeding like they used to?
[ Story by Kristin Curtin and Jeff Hunt ]
Wednesday, Sep 28 2005 8:20 AM

Getting Crunched By the Numbers Large amounts of complex numbers representing abstract ideas scare the hell out of a lot of people. Asking questions, on the other hand, and arriving at creative answers to complex social phenomena is a bit more palatable for most of us. That's just what Levitt and Dubner do throughout "Freakonomics."
[ Story by Jeff Hunt ]
Tuesday, Sep 27 2005 10:31 PM

Wanted: A Job Anyone who�s seen the film "Jerry Maguire" remembers the line �Show Me The Money!� - something most grads will be thinking about soon after the May 28 graduation. But, money isn�t always everything, according to Cherine Morris, director of human resources for a 250-employee auto parts company in Southern California.
[ Story by Susan Szewczyk and Adrienne Terherst ]
Thursday, May 19 2005 10:29 PM

Slim Pickings for Parking SF State students who drive to school are faced with the daunting task of finding parking in an area of very few parking spaces.
[ Story by YaVaughnie Wilkins ]
Wednesday, Sep 8 2004 10:37 AM

Police Brutality Claims Cause Protest Witnesses said officers used excessive force on a 15-year-old male, who was playing rough with his friends during lunchtime in front of Burk Hall, which houses the June Jordan School for Equity.
[ Story by Elvira Viveros ]
Wednesday, Apr 28 2004 10:16 AM