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Cardboard tube fighting hits SF Samurais, knights, robots and people of all ages gathered in Justin Herman Plaza as part of the first Cardboard Tube Fighting League tournament in San Francisco. The free event involved more than 50 people beating each other with cardboard tubes...
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Nov 15 2007 10:29 AM

Devastation: So. Calif. ravaged by wildfires President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency as a series of wildfires ravaged Southern California, destroying approximately 1,600 buildings and homes, causing six...
[ Story by Kyveli Diener ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 7:56 PM

FIRE BLOGS: Los Angeles Growing up in Oak Park, a small town outside Malibu, changed my views on the fires. I remember when my family and I were evacuated...
[ Story by Lindsay Rasten ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 6:35 PM

FIRE BLOGS: Santa Barbara In a recent trip Lompoc, the place I grew up, I was extremely discouraged by what I saw. Living in San Francisco has led me...
[ Story by Angela Bacca ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 6:28 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

SF State student killed in accident Sandy Kim, a 21-year-old junior at SF State, was killed when she was struck by a vehicle on the sidewalk at the intersection of 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard Tuesday afternoon.
[ Story by Daniel Hug ]
Thursday, Oct 4 2007 2:18 PM

Bay Area students rally around embattled Jena 6 Nearly 100 demonstrators gathered at Hallidie Plaza, near Powell and Market streets in San Francisco, with members of the local socialist organization “World Can't Wait/Drive Out the Bush Regime.” Students from SF State’s Black Student Union (BSU), as well as other Bay Area college and high school students were also in attendance.
[ Story by Timothy Henry and Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Sep 27 2007 10:21 AM

Protestors rally to support the Jena 6 Nearly 100 demonstrators gathered at Hallidie Plaza, near Powell and Market streets in San Francisco, with members of the local socialist organization “World Can't Wait/Drive Out the Bush Regime.” Students from SF State’s Black Student Union (BSU), as well as other Bay Area college and high school students were also in attendance.
[ Story by Timothy Henry and Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Sep 20 2007 10:53 PM

Students Clash with Christian Activists About one hundred passing students gathered in the Quad Monday afternoon to protest a small, independent, unnamed, Christian group who were there to spread what they called the word of God; which included angry, taunting speeches against homosexuality.
[ Story by Angela Bacca ]
Monday, Apr 16 2007 6:54 PM

Students Embrace Displays of Affection Some SF State students are members of the Free Hugs Campaign, a recently popular international campaign aimed at the random act of kindness that is a free hug. The campaign was started in 2004 by an Australian man under the alias of Juan Mann. According to the Free Hugs Campaign Web page, Juan Mann returned home from London after his world was turned �upside down.�
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Tuesday, Nov 28 2006 2:53 PM

CSU Board of Trustees Postpones Meeting The California State University Board of Trustees postponed its October meeting to discuss the 2007-2008 budget and possible fee increases of up to 10 percent...
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Sunday, Oct 22 2006 5:08 PM

The Academy of Sciences Grows a Rainforest Today the California Academy of Sciences is concrete, steel and construction. But soon, it will be a four-story high rainforest stirring with 1,600 live animals and more than 600 free flying birds and butterflies.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Oct 19 2006 9:03 PM

World Gathers at Study Abroad Fair The International Education Exchange Council, an on-campus student organization aimed at bringing American and exchange students together, held a study abroad fair Wednesday. The fair gave exchange students and study abroad alumni a chance to share their experience with people interested in studying abroad.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Oct 19 2006 3:08 PM

Four-car Accident near Mary Park Hall Sends Woman to Hospital A four-car accident occurred Tuesday around 8 p.m. on Lake Merced Boulevard near Mary Park Hall, sending one woman to the hospital. Police have not yet released an official statement about the cause of the accident or the injuries.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Tuesday, Oct 17 2006 10:32 PM

New Downtown Center Means New Costs for Business Graduate Students SF State�s graduate business school may be moving to a new and modern site downtown, but its 700 students will have to shoulder the cost. According to a report by the SF State Academic Affairs Office, full-time graduate business students could pay about 65 percent more in course fees, or an additional $1,200. Part-timers will be asked to pay 57 percent more increasing their course fees by $700.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Tuesday, Oct 17 2006 5:54 PM

Largest West Coast Mall Opens A newly remodeled Westfield San Francisco Center opened today with President Robert Corrigan, Maria Schriver, Mayor Gavin Newsom and other celebrities in the crowd. With a glass ceiling atrium above and the bustle of Market Street below, SF State will relocate two of its nine colleges to the 835 Market St. building this January.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Thursday, Sep 28 2006 5:21 PM

Proposed Database Could Compromise Privacy Project Strikeback examined financial aid databases using names provided by the FBI. It was recently discovered by former Northwestern University graduate student Laura McGann, and has drawn attention to the DOE�s Commission on the Future of Higher Education�s unit record system, or national student database.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Friday, Sep 22 2006 7:58 PM

UNICEF at SF State grows in first semester UNICEF at SF State�s two main goals are to raise funds for and create awareness around children�s issues. The more people who are conscious of the challenges children around the world face, the more advocates you have for their cause, said Theresa Navarro, the organization�s president.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Monday, Sep 11 2006 3:41 PM

Debbie Does Theater Making its Bay Area debut, �Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical,� directed by SF State graduate Eli Newsom, is a spoof of the 1978 porn classic by the same name, in which Debbie and her friends do the deed to raise money for a trip to Dallas, Texas to pursue their dream of becoming Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Monday, Sep 4 2006 10:06 PM

Not Much Rotten in the State of Denmark Khari Johnson is an American student currently studying in Aarhus, home of the Danish newspaper that first printed controversial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammed.
[ Story by Khari Johnson ]
Wednesday, Feb 22 2006 10:40 AM

SF State Athletic Referendum Approved, New ASI Officers Elected SF State students voted to approve the athletics referendum, which will gradually increase fees by $35 over the next six years. The count, though unofficial until accepted by the university, was 933 to 4,291, according to Katherine Day, referendum supervisor.
[ Story by Samphors Chhun and Shannon Webster-White ]
Wednesday, Mar 23 2005 5:00 PM