Campus Life http://xpress.sfsu.edu/life/ en-us 2009-11-05T12:00:00-08:00 Career Expo has smaller turnout http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013888.html Jack Adams Hall filled up with hopeful students Oct. 30 looking to gain a leg up on the rest of the competition in securing employment after graduation. The Bi-Annual Career Expo put on each semester by the SF State Career... 05-copyedit staff 2009-11-05T12:00:00-08:00 Halloween at the Health Center a scary, educational event http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013891.html Screams echoed through the Student Health Center on Oct. 28 as students made their way through the SHC's annual haunted open house. The event drew people to the SHC, located near the Student Services Building, for a health fair. The... 05-copyedit staff 2009-11-05T11:35:00-08:00 Cuts across campus to lower-paid staff called unfair http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013890.html The California State University furlough proposal, which requires a uniform amount of unpaid days off for all faculty, staff and administrators, was written to affect every employee salary equally. "In bargaining with the various unions, the equivalent of a two-day... 05-copyedit staff 2009-11-05T11:30:00-08:00 Bicyclists get free perks on bike day http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013913.html Bicyclists at SF State were given VIP treatment Nov. 4 in honor of the fourth bike-to-school day, now part of the first-ever Sustainable SF State Week. ECO Students and the SF State Bicycle Advocacy Group joined forces to offer SF... 05-copyedit staff 2009-11-04T15:54:34-08:00 Panetta Internship brings students to government http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013841.html For the past three years, the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at SF State, along with University President Robert Corrigan, has selected one student annually to be awarded the prestigious Panetta Congressional Internship. The recipient is awarded a semester... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-28T16:18:21-08:00 Gator in D.C. talks healthcare, politics http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013840.html Senior business administration student Marc Wirtz has been named SF State's third Panetta Congressional Internship recipient, and is now working as an intern in Washington, D.C. The program allows 25-year-old Wirtz to spend his fall semester working in the office... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-28T16:12:01-08:00 Planned Parenthood prez honored by SF State http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013839.html SF State's National Sexuality Resource Center honored the President of the Planned Parenthood Foundation on Oct. 22 at the Champions of Sexual Literacy 2009, held at the Four Seasons Hotel downtown. The fourth annual event awarded Cecile Richards with a... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-28T15:39:58-08:00 Maintenance still working on campus storm damage http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013838.html A playground safety inspector has surveyed the damage at the Early Childhood Education Center caused by the windstorm that hit the University Oct. 13. The storm brought down a tree on the ECEC, damaging playhouse structures and the perimeter fence... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-28T14:24:39-08:00 SF State's Police Blotter http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013830.html THE BICYCLE THIEF A student's bike was reported stolen Thursday Oct. 15 from the bicycle racks in front of Mary Ward Hall. According to university police, the suspect used an unknown item to cut the victim's bike lock sometime between... 07-ToPUBLISH staff 2009-10-21T17:00:00-08:00 Student parking unaffected by Presidents Cup http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013717.html Despite worries voiced by the Parking and Transportation Department in a mass e-mail sent the week before the competition, the 2009 President's Cup did not affect student parking the way it had been predicted to. From Oct. 6-9, 115 spaces... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-14T19:35:42-08:00 Campus elevators make students uneasy http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013715.html Out-of-date elevator permits in buildings throughout campus are making some students feel unsafe and may actually end up costing the University money. According to Erika Monterroza, spokesperson for the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, SF State may face penalties... 05-copyedit staff 2009-10-14T17:58:16-08:00 Students rally in artistic way over budget cuts http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013837.html Members of SF State's Art and Activism Performance put on a show the afternoon of Oct. 14 that reflected on how students were feeling about the budget cuts. Students gathered around Malcolm X Plaza and got excited about the creative... x-hasmultimedia emma 2009-10-14T15:07:00-08:00 Tainted trash trouble http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013670.html In the rush between classes, students find themselves standing in front of three bins, each a different color, serving a different purpose, to toss their food and other forms of waste into. Among all the confusion and numerous items on... 06-FinalCopy staff 2009-10-08T11:35:00-08:00 Reading to 'Jumpstart' Education http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013673.html SF State's Jumpstart program is trying to help break the record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day on Oct. 8. The event, Read for the Record, is part of an international campaign by... 06-FinalCopy staff 2009-10-08T11:33:00-08:00 Robberies target electronics users http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/013679.html Robbery continues to be a problem for SF State students and their belongings and, according to the Department of Public Safety, officers are seeing a much more diverse group of suspects. According to Deputy Chief of Police Patrick Wasley, in... 06-FinalCopy staff 2009-10-08T11:31:00-08:00