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Students attack war with art It’s probably been at least two decades since 29-year-old Callie Campbell brought a teddy bear to school. Her cute and cuddly friend sat on the floor of SF State’s dance studio on Monday wearing a blue and red cloth over...
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 12:49 PM

GATORS OF THE WEEK Eschewing the exhausted dirty denim and deconstructed garb of fashion's recent years, Daniel and David Concepcion's somber palette of whites, grays and browns, are refreshing amongst a scene overflowing with faux pas and blunders. Plunging necklines, savvy four-pocket button downs,...
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Thursday, Sep 6 2007 2:26 PM

Using Yarn to Get to the Knitty-Gritty Every Thursday, on the top floor of the Cesar Chavez Student Center, knitters of all levels gather in the Women's Center (WS), to join and learn the craft, while building unique and less expensive attire, or making gifts for friends and family.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Tuesday, May 8 2007 12:15 PM

Blackout Briefly Shuts SF State An underground cable problem resulted in a blackout that affected the entire SF State campus late Monday afternoon, closing down classrooms and stranding elevator riders.
[ Story by Daniel Hug ]
Monday, May 7 2007 11:34 AM

Sex Ed Kicks Off Summer About 100 students, faculty, and guests gathered at Malcolm X Plaza Monday afternoon to observe the "Summer Kick-Off," an annual event aimed towards educating students on safe sex and substance abuse.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, May 7 2007 6:08 AM

SF Film Festival Showcases Independent, Eclectic Shorts "Bliss and Ignorance," a seemingly small ingredient out of a 200-film event, takes the audience through an array of emotions. From pleasure and dreams, to the pain and nightmares, the experimental shorts mesh the comfortable with the uneasy.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Friday, May 4 2007 4:34 PM

Professor Refuses to Dance Last Dance A self-described child of the civil rights movement, Alicia Pierce has been instructing jazz, African and Haitian dance at SF State for over 30 years. While teaching as many as eight classes each semester, Pierce speaks volumes to her students through dance, movement and energy, to promote the importance of artistic exchange and self-expression.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Apr 23 2007 7:56 PM

Gettin' "Down to Earth" with Beats When DJ Forest Green is spinning, her fans say she is the backbone of the nightclub, the breath of the party, and the ultimate dance evoker.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Apr 16 2007 9:43 PM

SF State's FUSION: Fusing Students with Dance F.U.S.I.O.N., or Funky Unique Styles in One Nation, a co-ed dance crew is the largest at the university, comprising of 50 undergraduates, alumni and high school students from the Bay Area between the ages of 18 and 26.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Apr 2 2007 4:38 PM

SF State Film Students Use Web to Reel and Deal With video Web sites like Azureus.com, large media files can be shared easily over the Internet, helping budding filmmakers gain viewers and share their creativity.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Sunday, Mar 25 2007 4:06 PM

GOP "Troops" Rally Brings Insults, Shouting Just days after they were absolved of possible sanctions, the SF State College Republicans called for support of U.S. soldiers in Iraq at Malcom X Plaza Thursday amid heckles and protests from the majority of the crowd.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Sunday, Mar 25 2007 9:13 AM

SF State's Old Home in Jeopardy After almost four years of public opposition, neighborhood groups and community activists will voice their grievances to the University of California's planned privatization of SF State's early campus at a public hearing scheduled for March 15.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Thursday, Mar 15 2007 7:08 PM

California Seeks Early Presidential Primaries Election Day is almost a year away, and almost eighteen presidential candidates have already more or less declared their candidacies. Until recently, choosing presidential nominees was a lengthy, prolonged process that began in January and lasted until the following spring. But with California and other states planning to shift their primaries to February, the election schedule is becoming circumcised, condensed and front-loaded.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Wednesday, Mar 14 2007 9:28 PM

Women's Day Festival Calls Upon the Muse to Amuse In accordance with International Women's Day, held every March 8 to honor the contributions of women around the world, SF State's Women's Center held an all-female arts festival to expose the female talents of the university.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Sunday, Mar 11 2007 2:39 PM

Guests See Stars at SF State Planetarium SF State students can now spend their lunch breaks in outer space, free of charge.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Mar 5 2007 2:28 PM

The Velvet Revolution Gets Revamped The occasional clank from the tattered fan served as the only background noise for what creative writing major Cyndera Quackenbush called extraordinarily good prose. Refraining momentarily from the red wine and gently toasted crackers, Quackenbush called the first poet to take the mic.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Feb 26 2007 5:07 PM

SF State Gallery Tackles the Art of Engagement Although the Vietnam War ended more than 30 years ago, SF State has brought together artists from around the world to share their memories, observations, and insights about one of the most politically divisive conflicts of the 20th century.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Wednesday, Feb 21 2007 12:54 PM

Platonic Relationships Fail at Hands of Men Blame the sexual tension that almost unavoidably exists between any heterosexual man and woman, or more simply, blame man’s inability to tame their lower regions.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Feb 12 2007 8:49 PM

SF State professors move audience with violin, piano Of the nearly 50 people who attended the music recital held in the Creative Arts building last Sunday, some were entranced by the melody, others were awestruck by the talent and one woman in the front row was literally brought to tears.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Feb 12 2007 5:50 PM

Valentine's at SF Zoo...Gone Wild! The hall was adorned with dimly lit candles, soft ambient music, heart-shaped plates and meerkat stuffed animals sporting pink elephant thongs and dollar bills. Fellow zoo keepers thought Jane Tollini had gone mad when, almost 20 years ago, she placed red hearts and a boom box playing Johnny Mathis near the penguins' ice pond to set the mood for Valentine's Day.
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Tuesday, Feb 6 2007 1:14 PM

Play Might Make You Pee Your Pants! "F-ing hilarious!" and "Are they trying to make me pee my pants?" filled the corridors of SF State’s Creative Arts building as students and guests exited the new comedy "Urinetown: The Musical."
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Monday, Feb 5 2007 9:39 PM

SoMa Cartoon Museum Honors New Yorker's Biggest Rejects Cartoons aren't just good at tickling funny bones, they are a medium for social commentary. On any given week, The New Yorker magazine, famous for its social commentary and single-panel cartoons, receives as many as 1,000 submissions from some of...
[ Story by Monica Olivera ]
Thursday, Feb 1 2007 6:11 PM