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Filipino Students Hold Open Mic to Raise Awareness Hard-hitting hip hop erupted from SF State’s Rigoberta Menchu Hall, where dozens of students took part in “Flip Da Skript,” an open mic hosted by the League of Filipino Students.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Dec 13 2006 2:24 PM

Laughing All the Way More than 100 students gathered in Jack Adams Hall to watch members of the Queer Alliance flaunt their stuff to Christmas jingles in a comedic and exotic variety show titled “Deck the halls with Feather Boas.”
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Dec 9 2006 10:40 AM

SF School Brings the Heat The Temple of Poi in San Francisco offers fire-dancing lessons to those who can take the heat, literally. As the first fire dancing school in the nation, the school has had more than 900 students, about a dozen of whom have been SF State students, according to founder Isa “GlitterGirl” Isaacs, 37.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Friday, Dec 1 2006 12:14 PM

SF State Students share Japanese tradition More than 30 SF State students took part in an authentic Japanese tea ceremony – a 400 hundred-year-old Japanese tradition – in Humanities room 117 this Friday. The tea ceremony was one of the last events held in celebration of the sixth annual International Education Week.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Friday, Nov 17 2006 8:15 PM

Indulging in Japanese Kimonos Some SF State students had the opportunity to wear an authentic Japanese kimono and have their picture taken as part of the sixth annual international education week. “Kimono Day,” was sponsored by the Japanese Student Association.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Thursday, Nov 16 2006 7:08 PM

Documentary Stirs Up Emotions Several students were present Monday night, to witness the SF State screening of an explosive film, which documents the lives of children who are in a constant battle for survival and in fear of death. “I think it is really important for students who want to be leaders and want to make a difference to see this film,”
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Tuesday, Nov 14 2006 10:39 AM

Students Pay Tribute To Late SF Artist The SF State Fine Arts Gallery will pay tribute to Leo Stillwell – a young gay artist living in San Francisco during the mid-forties – in an art exhibit entitled the Stillwell Student Art Show.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Monday, Nov 13 2006 2:48 PM

GPS Not The Answer Against Sexual Predators For the more than 30 convicted sex offenders living within a 2-mile radius of SF State, and the estimated 85,000 living in the state of California, the passage of proposition 83 would have meant further restrictions and harsher penalties. But they won’t have to worry about it this time.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Nov 8 2006 2:37 PM

Professor's book exposes societal factors Professor Dean Manders reaches into his back pocket. He pulls a crisp ten-dollar bill out of his wallet and holds it up to a room full of students asking, “What is this?” Then, digging deeper into his wallet, Manders pulls out his Wells Fargo gold card, holds it up to the class and answers, “This is us. Commodities that talk.”
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Thursday, Oct 26 2006 12:24 PM

Historians Host a Teach-In Protesting War SF State students, instructors and anti-war groups participated in a six-hour teach-in to express their dissatisfaction with the Bush administration and the course of the Iraq war.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Oct 25 2006 6:13 PM

Inner City Youth Excel in the Arts An installation entitled “Let Me Tell You What’s Really Going On in the World,” will showcase the self-reflective and poetic works of more than 50 students from the ArtGate project, an after-school program dedicated to enriching the development of youth through the arts. The exhibit will be on display in SF State's Art Gallery from Oct. 12 through Nov. 8.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Oct 11 2006 3:31 PM

Interior Design Students Transform Room In Burk Hall SF State interior design majors have put their own creativity to the test. Much like the reality show “Trading Spaces,” a group of students will soon be turning an otherwise ordinary room on campus into a contemporary one.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Sunday, Sep 24 2006 11:40 PM

Winter/Spring SFSU Review of 14 Hills For the past 13 years the creative writing department has released a compilation of poetry, art, and fiction entitled Fourteen Hills by accomplished writers and artists from across the country, including some SF State students.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, May 13 2006 10:40 AM

Walking For Cancer More than 150 students walked 24 hours in length around the Lowell High School track to raise money and awareness for a disease that never sleeps, and one that will infect one in three Americans in their lifetime.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Monday, May 1 2006 9:19 AM

Cuban Hip-Hop Debuts at SF State More than 100 students gathered in HSS 135 to witness the SF State debut of a documentary that explores the role of hip-hop in Cuba, an often misunderstood and socially isolated nation.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Apr 29 2006 10:25 AM

Graduate Students ‘Master’ Fine Arts The thesis exhibition is the final requirement for graduate students who will have their work displayed in the Fine Arts gallery on April 22. The Master of Fine Arts program trains students to be competitive in the art world and gives them the qualifications necessary to become art instructors.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Apr 15 2006 11:14 AM

Graduate Students Get to ‘Play’ Producers An SF State program is giving graduate playwrights a behind-the-scenes look at the art of play development and the marketing tools to help launch their work to the world.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Friday, Mar 31 2006 10:02 PM

Author of "Dear Senator" Visits SF State Essie Mae Washington-Williams came to SF State on March 14 to discuss her book, “Dear Senator,” which revealed the truth about her relationship with former Sen. Strom Thurmond.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Sunday, Mar 19 2006 3:22 PM

Author of "Dear Senator" Visits SF State Essie Mae Washington-Williams came to SF State on March 14 to discuss her book, “Dear Senator,” which revealed the truth about her relationship with former Sen. Strom Thurmond.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Mar 15 2006 8:28 AM

Hip-Hop beats at SF State More than 100 SF State students gathered in Jack Adams Hall for the fourth annual Hip-Hop Unity Jam, a celebration of art, music and culture.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Mar 4 2006 5:33 PM

Rack-N-Cue Hosts Arcade Game Competitions On almost any day of the week students are huddled around their favorite arcade games and sighs of conquest and defeat fill the arena known as the Rack-N-Cue.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Thursday, Mar 2 2006 8:41 PM

Hip-Hop beats at SF State More than 100 SF State students gathered in Jack Adams Hall for the fourth annual Hip-Hop Unity Jam, a celebration of art, music and culture.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Wednesday, Mar 1 2006 4:09 PM

Museum Honors African Diaspora This story is about the opening of the Museum of the African Diaspora. It should give students some insight into what the museum has to offer.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Saturday, Feb 18 2006 6:09 PM

From Rags to Runway SF State and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising students came together to create wearable art that will help make a difference in the lives of the Tenderloin’s most needy residents.
[ Story by Safiya Ruffin ]
Monday, Feb 13 2006 3:33 PM