In 1969, the longest campus strike in United States history, birthed the first and only College of Ethnic studies and Asian American Studies department in... [ ]
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Founders of Asian American studies dept. launch first book
In 1969, the longest campus strike in United States history, birthed the first and only College of Ethnic studies and Asian American Studies department in...
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Saturday, Apr 11 2009 4:51 PM
In 1969, the longest campus strike in United States history, birthed the first and only College of Ethnic studies and Asian American Studies department in... [ ]
Saturday, Apr 11 2009 4:51 PM
Moon festival rises again in Sunset District
Barbecue smoke trickled up into the overcast sky, while corn on the cob and fresh vegetables cooked on a grill. Two brightly-dressed lions kissed and kicked lettuce into the audience for good fortune. An array of white tents lined the...
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Saturday, Sep 13 2008 8:43 AM
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Saturday, Sep 13 2008 8:43 AM
Japantown celebrates Asian American Heritage month
Tents nearly flew away as strong wind gushed through San Francisco's Japantown during the fourth annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Although the Bay Area weather proved high temperatures last week, a cool breeze did not stop hundreds of people from...
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Monday, May 19 2008 1:27 PM
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Monday, May 19 2008 1:27 PM
Runway revolution inspired by change
Beneath pink, light blue and yellow drapes, models strut confidently across an angled u-shaped runway at Runway Revolution 2008. The two and a half hour event in the McKenna Theater featured 36 designers from SF State’s apparel design and merchandising...
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Wednesday, May 14 2008 11:47 PM
Beneath pink, light blue and yellow drapes, models strut confidently across an angled u-shaped runway at Runway Revolution 2008. The two and a half hour event in the McKenna Theater featured 36 designers from SF State’s apparel design and merchandising... [ ]
Wednesday, May 14 2008 11:47 PM
Fashion students' work will show on runway
Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,...
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Thursday, May 8 2008 12:52 PM
Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,... [ ]
Thursday, May 8 2008 12:52 PM
Students and faculty belt out American art songs
Opera-like voices echoed through Knuth Hall Thursday night as voice students and faculty members graced the audience with American art songs. SF State’s School of Music and Dance presented “American Art Song Recital” to an audience of nearly 50 in...
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Thursday, Apr 24 2008 10:39 PM
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Thursday, Apr 24 2008 10:39 PM
SF State Poetry Center honors George Oppen
George Oppen would be 100 years old if he were still alive, but rare audio recordings and video footage of his poetry readings will celebrate his centennial on April 26. As a tribute to National Poetry Month, SF State’s Poetry...
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Thursday, Apr 24 2008 1:19 PM
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Thursday, Apr 24 2008 1:19 PM
Museum program hosts ghosts of China's past
The beige, dimly lit room is filled with ancestral art of the Qing Dynasty, lining walls and filling display cases with ancient art featuring religion, family and architecture. These artworks, hidden hundreds of years ago, are now on display as...
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Thursday, Apr 10 2008 3:09 PM
The beige, dimly lit room is filled with ancestral art of the Qing Dynasty, lining walls and filling display cases with ancient art featuring religion, family and architecture. These artworks, hidden hundreds of years ago, are now on display as... [ ]
Thursday, Apr 10 2008 3:09 PM
Stone Foxes tap into blues-rock influence
They are a group of young musical artists who channel retro soul and incorporate sounds from legendary singers and songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s blues-rock era to create an original sound. The Stone Foxes, a San Francisco-based band, is...
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Thursday, Apr 3 2008 1:24 PM
They are a group of young musical artists who channel retro soul and incorporate sounds from legendary singers and songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s blues-rock era to create an original sound. The Stone Foxes, a San Francisco-based band, is... [ ]
Thursday, Apr 3 2008 1:24 PM
DJs unite to enter music industry without promoter help
Some music lovers make it a ritual to go out every weekend just to hear the sounds of their favorite disc jockeys. But somewhere during the rise of DJing, promoters wedged themselves in between the club and the person spinning...
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Thursday, Mar 20 2008 1:54 PM
Some music lovers make it a ritual to go out every weekend just to hear the sounds of their favorite disc jockeys. But somewhere during the rise of DJing, promoters wedged themselves in between the club and the person spinning... [ ]
Thursday, Mar 20 2008 1:54 PM
A performance with 'Kinetic Resonance'
From graceful leaps to wide arm movements to finger snapping and theatrical comedy, audience members saw a completely original and diverse dance at the opening show of “Kinetic Resonance” on March 13. The University Dance Theatre, a yearlong class at...
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Thursday, Mar 20 2008 1:22 PM
From graceful leaps to wide arm movements to finger snapping and theatrical comedy, audience members saw a completely original and diverse dance at the opening show of “Kinetic Resonance” on March 13. The University Dance Theatre, a yearlong class at... [ ]
Thursday, Mar 20 2008 1:22 PM
Spring-Broke?
Oh, the woes of college students. We are our own
subculture—we go to class, we go to work, and we
stay up late on weeknights downing Red Bull and
cramming for exams. This is life as only college students can
understand. The only thing that we look forward to, other
than graduation, is spring break.
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Thursday, Mar 13 2008 6:30 AM
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Thursday, Mar 13 2008 6:30 AM
'Destination: Love' debuts at SF State
The scene opens as the character frowns and rolls her eyes at her mother's suggestion to marry a man she has never even met. As she hangs up, she sits down and thinks about the man she does love, who...
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Wednesday, Mar 5 2008 3:07 AM
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Wednesday, Mar 5 2008 3:07 AM
Fashion show displays traditional scenes of culture
The “African Fashion Show” presented by the Black Student Union proved that a fashion show isn’t just about walking the runway. Loud rhythmic beats of popular West African drums started off the two-hour event that featured traditional and modern African...
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008 11:15 PM
The “African Fashion Show” presented by the Black Student Union proved that a fashion show isn’t just about walking the runway. Loud rhythmic beats of popular West African drums started off the two-hour event that featured traditional and modern African... [ ]
Wednesday, Feb 27 2008 11:15 PM
Chinese New Year parade planning require detail
With an estimated attendance of over 500,000, over 100 marching participants booked, 28 elaborate floats in place and four main streets set to be closed, three women are planning one of the biggest events in town. The Southwest Airlines Chinese...
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:15 AM
With an estimated attendance of over 500,000, over 100 marching participants booked, 28 elaborate floats in place and four main streets set to be closed, three women are planning one of the biggest events in town. The Southwest Airlines Chinese... [ ]
Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:15 AM
Pajama drive provides kids with clothes and books
Whether or not Santa Claus is “coming to town,” underprivileged children in San Francisco will receive brand new books and pajamas this holiday season. The Urban Community Organizing and Citizen Action class at SF State has mimicked the idea of...
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Thursday, Dec 13 2007 7:15 PM
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Thursday, Dec 13 2007 7:15 PM
Students eat up advice and awards at design showcase
Last Thursday, SF State senior Kristrún Hjartar proved that forks aren’t just for stabbing items on a plate. The design and industry (DAI) student presented her award-winning composition of brushed stainless steel utensils to an audience of over 150 people...
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 10:50 AM
Last Thursday, SF State senior Kristrún Hjartar proved that forks aren’t just for stabbing items on a plate. The design and industry (DAI) student presented her award-winning composition of brushed stainless steel utensils to an audience of over 150 people... [ ]
Thursday, Nov 15 2007 10:50 AM
Where art changes lives for disabled adults
Thomas Pringle’s eyes gleam through his black, thick framed glasses as he carefully sketches every ridge of R2-D2’s body onto a large sheet of paper. The 75-year-old traces over his first set of lines, but realizes the pencil is running...
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Thursday, Nov 8 2007 11:25 AM
Thomas Pringle’s eyes gleam through his black, thick framed glasses as he carefully sketches every ridge of R2-D2’s body onto a large sheet of paper. The 75-year-old traces over his first set of lines, but realizes the pencil is running... [ ]
Thursday, Nov 8 2007 11:25 AM
Free tickets expose sf audiences to theatre
Over 400 people lined up in front of the ticket booth in San Francisco’s Union Square on October 2 to snag a ticket to see one of many free shows offered at this year’s annual Bay Area Free Night of...
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 2:39 PM
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 2:39 PM
Theatre experience all in brown bag
Standing barely 4 feet tall, 96-year-old Ann Jeremias waited patiently in line among nearly 50 SF State students to grab a front row seat. She squinted hard as she placed both of her fragile hands on her cane while trying...
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Friday, Sep 28 2007 2:02 PM
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Friday, Sep 28 2007 2:02 PM
DJ Nyce puts happy spin on records
SF State Business Administration junior, Jonathan Arthurs, also known as DJ Nyce, is a disc jockey making a household name on and off campus through the mixture of popular hip hop and soulful reggae, creating an eccentric, trance of hyphy beats and flowing mixes.
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Thursday, Sep 20 2007 11:06 PM
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Thursday, Sep 20 2007 11:06 PM
Music Professor Showcases Talented Department
Story-telling melodies from the gracefulness of Edvard Grieg’s "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" to the sophisticated piece of Mozart’s "Sonata in B flat major" played in allegretto, echo wall-to-wall from a Steinway & Sons grand piano located on the center of...
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Sunday, Sep 9 2007 8:29 PM
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Sunday, Sep 9 2007 8:29 PM
Girls Gone Mild
Girls Gone Wild might be a reality of the behavior of many college women during spring break, according to a poll recently released.
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Tuesday, Mar 28 2006 8:49 AM
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Tuesday, Mar 28 2006 8:49 AM
Co-Founder of Asian American Studies Department to Retire
After 38 years of teaching at SF State, Asian American Studies and English Professor Jeffery Paul Chan is retiring. He was one of the cofounders of the Asian American Studies department, the first Asian American Studies chair, and one of the campuses first strikers.
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Thursday, Sep 29 2005 8:04 PM
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Thursday, Sep 29 2005 8:04 PM
Ring in the Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year has passed by but that doesnt mean the celebrating is over. There are plenty more events to ring in the lunar new year with one of the biggest events coming up next week, the annual Chinese New Year parade.
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Tuesday, Feb 15 2005 6:26 PM
Chinese New Year has passed by but that doesnt mean the celebrating is over. There are plenty more events to ring in the lunar new year with one of the biggest events coming up next week, the annual Chinese New Year parade. [ ]
Tuesday, Feb 15 2005 6:26 PM
Asian-American Talent Show Blends Traditional, Modern
Passersby in the Cesar Chavez Student Center might have heard the sounds of Britney Spears, Hawaiian hula music, Alicia Keyes, and ethnic music flow from Jack Adams Hall on a recent Monday evening.
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Monday, Apr 19 2004 5:45 PM
Passersby in the Cesar Chavez Student Center might have heard the sounds of Britney Spears, Hawaiian hula music, Alicia Keyes, and ethnic music flow from Jack Adams Hall on a recent Monday evening. [ ]
Monday, Apr 19 2004 5:45 PM