He was the father of actor Nicolas Cage and the older brother of film director Francis Ford Coppola. His parents were composer Carmine and lyricist Italia Coppola.

Coppola was also a literary scholar, film executive and advocate for the arts. He served as the dean at SF State from 1984 to 1992. During his duration at SF State, Coppola pushed for the existence of the Fine Arts building which resulted in the creation of studios and offices for Arts, Cinema, Dance and Design and Industry.

The August Coppola Theater in the Fine Arts building was named after him in September 1997 for his work on the building.

"I remember at the dedication naming ceremony, we played a film created by us called August in September, which consisted of excerpts of films August had done," said Jim Goldner, cinema professor.

In a press statement, SF State President Robert Corrigan called him "a singularly creative leader" and "true friend of the university."

"He reminded us all of why the arts matter," Corrigan said. "And to be fully human, we must risk following our imaginations to their very limits."

Goldner, who has been a professor in the cinema department since 1963, said that Coppola help recreate the cinema department.

"When I first came into the department we were just the Film department, but then it changed when August suggested that we become the Cinema department because the title was broader," Goldner said.

Goldner mentioned that although he and Coppola's brother Francis were classmates at UC Los Angeles in 1961, he did not know Coppola until he became the dean.

"We found out that we lived in the same neighborhood, and I remember running into him and Nicolas at a Japanese restaurant in Noe Valley," Goldner said.

Although he did not know Coppola personally, Joseph McBride, associate professor of the cinema department, said that he has done a lot of research on Coppola as he had always been interested in his life.

"Francis always said that August was smarter, and that his creative drive was to rival him," McBride said.

Coppola is also survived by his sons Christopher and Marc and six grandchildren.

The scholarships were part of the association scholarship and the students were chosen out of 115 applicants, based on their GPA and written essay.

"It's hard to pick because there are so many good ones," said Rita Harrington, a member of the Scholarship Association Committee.

Around 60 people attended the event and amongst friends and family members the students were praised for their efforts as community givers.

"If somebody gives you money to do something you must respond doing something good for the community," said Julio Martinez, who received the Graduate Scholarship and wants to become a public defender.

Jaylene Shelby, a senior and a Spanish and international relations student was grateful for receiving the Senior Scholarship.

"The money helps because I pay for school myself," said Shelby who plans on taking a bilingual teaching credential and wants to inspire kids to empower their aspirations.

Theater art student Allison Combs, was awarded the Alum of the Year scholarship award, worth $2,500.

Karen Johnson-Brennan, a member of the Alumni Association and a nursing professor for 31 years, said that the student body at SF State is exceptional and "these kids are doing great things."

Maya Fallaha, an international relations graduate was accompanied by her husband, also received the Graduate Scholarship award, worth $1,000.

"I'm grateful and honored and I appreciate the recognition," said Fallaha to the crowd.

Alternates-Awarded Certificate of Achievement was also given to 16 other students.

The alumni association was formally organized in 1936. Its main mission was to recruit members and to organize class reunions. Alumni donations and fundraisers provided the funds for the scholarships and is overseen by the University Development office.

"Something is broken and needs fixing," said Gerald Eisman, director of the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.

The town hall meeting in the College of Creative Arts building included five speakers and each one gave their advice on what Californians can do to improve the state.

SF State senior Honora Keller provided a student's perspective for the budget cuts as well as supporting an idea for creating more money for higher education in California.

One suggestion Keller made was a bill called AB 656, which supports oil extraction. Currently California is the third largest oil production in the country but has no tax for oil.

Fred Silva, a senior fiscal policy advisor, explained that the state needed to turn its current annual budget into a multi-year budget.

"We need budgeting on more than a one year basis," said political science major Will Carlisle, who agrees with Silva. "On a year budget were not looking toward the future, a five year budget would be great."

Jim Wunderman, president and chief executive officer of the Bay Area Council, blames the people running things in Sacramento.

"Sacramento is not running with the interest of you and our businesses," Wunderman said.

Rebecca Gonzales from the California Budget Project explains that the budget itself needs to be fixed, such as the Three-Strike Law. It requires that a criminal who is convicted of three serious crimes on separate occasions be given a mandatory extended incarceration. According to the California's Legislative Analyst's Office Web site, the average cost of an inmate per year is $47,000.

Gonzales also explains that the state has shifted from relying on taxed goods to relying on untaxed services.

"It is important for our university community to become aware, people don't understand that disinvesting of higher education has been happening since the 1980's," said Amy Conley, SF State child and adolescent development professor.

The American rock 'n' roll band, made up of brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson, started in The Village at Centennial Square by having the crowd to take off their shoes and walk barefoot with them to the plaza.

Since 2007, Hanson has partnered with shoe company TOMS doing "The Walk," where they walk for one mile before giving a concert in an attempt to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa as well a number of other causes. For every person who participates, Hanson will donate $1 to these efforts.

"We're raising money to aid those that are less fortunate," Taylor Hanson said. "This is not an awareness walk, this is an action walk."

Hundreds of SF State students screamed and hollered as they walked with the band one mile from The Village to the plaza.

"It's a great opportunity to speak to people and do something together," Taylor Hanson said as he set out on the walk. "Even though there's a million causes, a student can have an active role in creating change."

Youngest brother Zac Hanson echoed his older brother's message of hope to change the unfortunate conditions in particular parts of the world.

"We don't need a government or nonprofit to reach out," Zac Hanson said. "We got all the tools we need. Walks are just a way to provide people with a way to start."

Not only did SF State students decided to join in on the march for a good cause, fans from all over also joined in.

"This is our second walk," said Lauren Connelly, 19, who attends City College of San Francisco. "We did the Petaluma walk last year. It's a great cause."

When Hanson took the stage on the plaza, they performed three songs and they closed it with the crowd favorite "Where's the Love." Fans, however, were disappointed when the group did not perform their hit song "MmmBop."

But Allie Berger, 20, was able to get Zac Hanson's signature on her sweatshirt and said it was "The biggest day in my entire life."

Hanson's next stop will be at UC Los Angeles on Nov. 7, followed by the University of San Diego on Nov. 8.

More than 30 people gathered in the Little Theater inside the Creative Arts building to listen to Schumann give a song/lecture, "The Paper Mache Religion," about his art, using his fiddle. Schumann stood alone on the small stage, strumming his fiddle back and forth and loudly projecting words of his idea of religion.

Back in 1968, SF State hosted the Radical Theater Festival, featuring artists specializing in traditional forms of theater including puppetry, mime and storytelling.

"For the festival, we brought together companies that had similar ideas about outdoor, non-commercial, politically committed theatrical productions," said Ron Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and participant in the 1968 festival.

Schumann started his company, Bread & Puppet Theater, almost 38 years ago as a way to speak up against capitalism and bring awareness to political and religious conflicts around the world. Past performances include puppets representing the Buddhist monks' self-immolation protests to the Vietnam War and Palestinian families suffering in the Gaza Strip.

"I heard about him from some of my friends and we thought it would be interesting to come and see his form of theater," said Jessica Lafever, 17, a freshman majoring in theatre arts. "It's different than most theater pieces, the way he speaks through movement."

Schumann has been interested in puppets since he was a boy putting on puppet shows for soldiers in the refugee camp in war-torn Germany, where he lived with his family for many years. When he moved to a farm in Glover, Vermont, he started making bread in brick ovens and began building a barn full of puppets, leading to the idea for the Bread and Puppet Theater.

"I decided a long time ago that I wanted to make theater from the things that we make," Schumann said. "Meaning we live off of what we make, from clay in the river to make puppets, to bread and vegetables from the farm."

When asked about his use of masks and puppets to tell stories of political issues in countries around the world, Schumann described his love for art and distaste for media like cinema that make him embarrassed for the voyeurism that is used to display emotion in films.

"For me, sculpture is a big vein into people's insides, much more than using facial acrobatics," Schumann said.

To learn more, watch Schumann perform "The Paper Mache Religion" on YouTube.

The 60-year-old Aspen Institute provides business educators with classroom resources to include the ideas of corporate profitability and social value into their teaching.
Beyond Grey Pinstripes is a biennial ranking of business schools based on their commitment to integrating social and environmental ethics into the curriculum.

"This focus on ethics and sustainability also supports the social justice goals of SF State as a whole," College of Business Dean Nancy Hayes said.

The Sustainable SF State Web site says the University's mission is to "educate students, faculty and staff to embrace the values and principles of sustainability ... integrating them into the University's planning and policies, academics, operations, student activities and community engagement." Sustainable SF State is part of the facilities department, and oversees the universities sustainability initiatives.

SF State is up nine spaces from its 2007 global ranking and is one of only two state schools in the top 50.

Professor of management Murray Silverman said SF State is able to compete with the other top-ranked schools, which benefit from bigger budgets, by "bootstrapping it," stretching the department's funds as far as possible.

"We'd even be higher if we had the dollars to support the research and the curriculum development that other schools do," Silverman said.

Even working with a state university budget ,whose purse strings are even tighter thanks to state budget cuts, the College of Business has been able to take its focus on social and environmental responsibility from a single required class on business and society, introduced 25 years ago, to an MBA emphasis in sustainable business.

"In terms of what we offer our students we're really doing great," Silverman said. "Now we need to reach out and provide more access to the business community and get more involved."

Just in time for this year's ranking announcement, the College of Business kicked off its fourth annual business ethics week.

Along with guest speakers and special presentations, all of the business courses focus on issues of ethics and sustainability during the week.

"Within the classrooms of all College of Business classes, there should be some introduction, by faculty, of ethical or sustainable issues related to their discipline," said Assistant Professor Denise Kleinrichert.

The College of Business also sponsored two events open to all students and faculty. One was a panel discussion with a representative from Bay Area company Genentech, where eight college of business student organizations prepared questions relevant to their area of study.

And Tim Smith, founder of All About the Future which provides sustainable business services to companies, spoke at SF State's downtown campus about sustainable strategic initiatives.

The Student Fee Advisory Committee decided early this semester that a petition process would be the method used to consult California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed and SF State President Robert A. Corrigan on whether or not to go through with plans for the recreation center.

"It's hard to get people out to vote," said liberal studies junior and ASI Representative Vanessa Amaya, 21. "Some people are apathetic to it. They don't want to take the time to inform themselves."

Amaya said that they are trying to collect 6,000 signatures in total. She said that through this petition process, they have additional time to further explain the proposed recreation center by holding events, going around campus and speaking to individuals on the matter.

Petitioning will continue through Nov. 6.

Once the signatures are collected, the Student Fee Advisory Committee will have to verify the names and identification numbers on the petition and make sure it passes the criteria for being a campus-wide initiative.

If it passes, the petition will go to Corrigan, who will advise CSU Chancellor Reed, who has the final say on whether the recreation center will be constructed.

Amaya said that the various events that have been put on by ASI, such as the Oct. 29 drive-in movie, were used to create a platform to speak to students on the proposed recreation center.

"This is a bad time in general to ask students for money," said Mike Wong, faculty advisor for SF State's Club Taekwondo. "I'd like to have assurances that they've looked at all their options for funding."

Club Taekwondo Coach Master William Dewart is concerned over the uncertainty of guaranteeing alumni full access to the recreation center.

"If you're a student now, you will have to start paying for this facility immediately and you will have graduated by the time the facility will have come into existence," Dewart said. "I don't think it's enough to tell students today that they're thinking about giving them access to these new facilities."

ASI vice president of University affairs and chairman of the Student Center Governing Board Raul Amaya, a psychology senior, mentioned the Cesar Chavez Student Center, which was paid for by students who had graduated by the time it was built. He would like to see alumni have access to the recreation center if it is built but cannot guarantee anything.

"Nothing is set in stone," Raul Amaya, Vanessa Amaya's brother, said. "If you paid into the process you can get a certain membership. We would appreciate what they've done for SF State."

Raul Amaya said they can't go over details like alumni access until it has already been decided to follow through with building the recreation center. Ultimately, he said it would be up to future ASI members.

"We've made it very clear that alumni would benefit from it," said Raul Amaya, 25. "It would give more notoriety to the school and increase the value of the school."

Margo Sara Krindel, 21, an accounting senior, doesn't want to sign the petition because she will have graduated before the fees will go into effect.

"I'd be pledging somebody else's money if I signed it," Krindel said. "And I don't think that's fair."

Some students are conflicted over spending more money while the school is suffering from budget cuts and pushing back graduation dates due to the economy.

"Building a recreation center seems like the farthest thing from a logical decision concerning how to spend the school's money," said 21-year-old English sophomore Heather Watrous.

Raul Amaya discussed concerns some students have about SF State catering more to wealthy kids through the recreation center and raising student fees, but disagreed with this argument.

"I'm from the Bay Area and right now I'm renting a room that's in a living room and I sleep on a couch - that's my bed," said Raul Amaya.

"It's not just for rich kids, it's for the benefit of all students, rich or poor, who truly don't have the extra money to waste and go out. It's an investment because they'll have somewhere safe to go if they don't want to be at home or go spend money."

As students were arriving to a clean and tidy campus no one seemed to take notice of the people in charge of keeping it that way.

"We are the people that serve you in your restrooms and classrooms but we are not the people getting increases," Bautista said. "Now with the budget being a problem we were just cut 10 percent."

The California State University Employees Union is comprised of five different units on campus that include health care workers, groundskeepers, administration staff, custodians and other campus laborers outside of faculty.

"Among all of the bargaining units, Unit 5 (custodians) is the one that never gets any decent increase," said Bautista, a Unit 5 member.

Bautista started working at SF State in 1995, recalling that the pay increase has always been around two percent for Unit 5 workers while other units receive upward of 10 percent increases.

"With the constant salary mismanagement and the ten percent budget cut it's like taking away everything I have saved since I have been here," Bautista said.

The process of dispersing CSU funding begins after the proposals for units are submitted but what is given back to the bargaining table every year is much less than was asked for.
At that point it is a matter of how the money is going to be used and what salaries are given.

"When there is an increase, we are at the lowest scale but when there is a decrease we are cut across the board," Victoria said.

Unit 5 was also asked to vote on furlough days under the impression that it would prevent people from losing their jobs. When the vote in favor of furloughs passed, of the 67 people in Unit 5, 11 people were laid-off.

"I am a person that likes to keep my cars tuned up and grocery shop at the start of each week and now I can't," Bautista said sadly. "If another furlough comes we will not survive."

The CSUEU has joined in coalition with other campus organizations, like the California Faculty Association, to call for a stop to further cuts. They have been one of the quietest groups this year in terms of protesting.

"A lot of the Unit 5 people and even some of Unit 7, the lower-paid people, work second jobs so you can't expect them to be out here at rallies," said Russell Kilday-Hicks, the former VP of the CSUEU San Francisco branch.

The imbalance in increases has been tolerated with little public protest from the unit until recently.

Caltrans Spokesman Bart Ney said in a press conference Monday morning that the bridge repairs passed the final testing, which included vibration and truck tests.

"All tests went fine," Ney said. "We passed all tests with flying colors."

The bridge was closed on Oct. 27 evening after a cable fell apart on the upper deck of the bridge. The parts that fell were part of the emergency repair that delayed the bridge from opening during the Labor Day weekend.

A small group of students, with plastic cups and white t-shirts in hand, gathered in the Cantina at Mary Ward Hall for a night of tie-dying and free smoothies.

Senior Keir Johnson, who came up with the idea, hopes the event will evolve into a real collaboration among students in "creating good vibing events."

"It's creating a canister for different parties to come and interact and collaborate in a different way," Johnson said. "It can be pretty much anything we want it to be. The whole idea is to play."

Johnson's partner in setting up Sunday's event, Rick De La Torre, the Associated Students, Inc Creative Arts representative, thinks RiPpLe has the potential to bring a missing element back to SF State.

"The college of creative arts got interested in this because one of our goals is to build a sense of community," De La Torre said. "We need to bring the community feeling back to SF State."

Johnson and De La Torre kept the evening relaxed and simple, and the free smoothies seemed to be a success with students.

Jennifer Hansen, 19, who lives in The Towers at Centennial Square, likes the idea of having something new to do on Sunday nights.

"Sundays are a good night to have it, gives us a nice break from homework," Hansen said.

Although the turnout was small, De La Torre was happy with how the night went.

"I was pleased with the turnout and that they were actually excited about what we are doing and they participated and contributed," De La Torre said.

At the end of the evening, students filled out surveys, provided by Johnson, asking for their opinion on how to spread the word and things they'd like to see included in future events.

There are three more RiPpLe events scheduled this semester. The next one will be on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m., which will feature SF State's Improv Nation, a unity art project and a disc jockey.

For more information visit RiPpLe Insite on Facebook or email at rippleinsite@gmail.com

In his statement, Newsom said that he found it impossible to commit the time required for this race with a young family and the responsibilities at City Hall.

"I will continue to fight for change and the causes and issues for which I care deeply -- universal health care, a cleaner environment, and a green economy for our families, better education for our children, and, of course, equal rights under the law for all citizens," Newsom said.

With Newsom out of the race, Attorney General Jerry Brown is the only Democrat left. Republicans Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay; Steve Poizner, California's insurance commissioner; and Tom Campbell, former congressman, are also still in the race.

The 2010 California gubernatorial election will be held on Nov. 2 of that year.

On Oct. 20, about 15 instructors attended a workshop to become more familiar with the academic site to help them better facilitate large classes.

"The workshop was driven by the questions of the participants," Cyrus Ginwala, Assistant Professor in the School of Music and Dance at SF State and conductor of the workshop, said.

The afternoon showed teachers how to construct and administer exams online, how to utilize the groups feature and gave them an overview of new features added in the latest upgrade.

Some of the new upgrades made this semester were the drag and drop function, so that instructors can move courses and materials around more freely without having to refresh their page. There were also changes added to the built-in grade book.

According to the iLearn Central Web site, iLearn was designed to enhance the learning of students and collaboration. It also allows instructors to customize the site based on the needs of the class and students. Using iLearn allows the sharing of online resources and collecting feedback from students which is necessary in large classes.

Ginwala has used iLearn in all his classes in some form for the last four years. Now teaching MUS 120: Basic Music I: Voice, which is taught live and online, Ginwala uses iLearn to post documents and links of online materials that are relevant to his lectures along with captioned videos of his lectures. He also uses the site to communicate with his class via online forums and e-mails and to post calendars of due dates for assignments and quizzes.

Posting class lectures and materials on iLearn can have both positive and negative effects for students.

Students may be able access lectures and assignments they missed when they were unable to attend class. It can also be a good way to double check something that was not clear in class.

One flaw though, is that students can not immediately ask the instructor a question and receive an immediate response as they do in the classroom.

Sophomore Lauren Spalter, 19, said one benefit of the site is that she can monitor her grades as they are posted online, and that it is a nice reassurance to justify teaching material she heard in class. The environmental science major stated, however, that she still enjoys the traditional method of teaching better.

"I need to be there physically in class to get a better grasp of what's going on," she said.

Unlike Spalter, Marlana Milligan, an 18-year-old freshman and business major, said she liked the traditional method at first because she felt if something were physically put in her hand she was not obligated to check her e-mail, but had a change of heart after realizing if she missed class, she would be able to get access of the lecture materials using iLearn.

"Now I feel it is more efficient because I can get information I missed before the next class meeting," Milligan said.

According to Ginwala, attendance problems are possible because of faculty giving lectures in class and later posting them on iLearn, but warned, "Teachers can require iLearn to track or control the number of times on-site material has been viewed by students in order to monitor them."

As far as technological problems are concerned, Ginwala feels that many of the system problems occur during the beginning or end of the semester, when students are all navigating it at once.

According to iLearn Central, network problems caused the site to slow down or be unresponsive within the fourth day of this semester.

However, Ginwala said that in his years of using the system he had not had any major problems with the site regarding system reliability.

Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney said he doesn't know exactly when the bridge will reopen as they are still placing everything in and testing the new system.

"We're doing everything we can to bring the bridge back into public service in the safest way for our workers and the motoring public," said Ney in e-mail Wednesday afternoon.

Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson said in a press conference that ridership increased nearly 50 percent as a result of the bridge's closure. Usually BART would generate about 55,800 riders on a typical Wednesday, but today there were about 83,000 riders said Johnson.

Johnson also said that he is not sure if they will provide overnight service as they are a "big money loser."

"What may be more beneficial...is to provide on-time reliable services during our normal commuting hours," said Johnson.

SF State art student Ally Ottesen said while BART was more crowded than usual, she didn't have a problem finding a seat.

"The worst part was taking the shuttle to school," said Ottesen, who added that because the line of the shuttle was long, decided to pay $10 for a cab to get to school.

The cable on the bridge broke off around 5:30 p.m. near the new S-turn section, where it hit several cars but no injuries were reported according to abc7news.com.

The parts that fell were part of the emergency repair that delayed the bridge from opening during the Labor Day weekend. A tie rod cracked due to fatigue and caused the crossbar and another tie bar to fall from the assembly and onto the deck said Ney.

"We are enhancing the original design to keep vibration from causing fatigue to the tie rods," he added.

For more information on the Bay Bridge go to http://baybridgeinfo.org/

Associate Professor of Chinese studies Charles Egan said the new program will "take a select group of highly motivated students who are willing to put a lot of time into learning language and push them up to the point where they're comfortable working in a professional capacity in a Chinese speaking environment."

The program, funded through the National Security Education Program, will provide participating students, pursuing diverse majors, with monetary support for study abroad, tailored courses, faculty mentors and conversation partners.

"Having the individualized study plans, a mentor, networking and making connections, that's huge - to have something so set, where once you get in you can just ride it through," program coordinator Katie Walsh said.

The program is ironing out some first-year details but, by spring, Egan hopes it will consists of two groups of students. A core group, made up of about 10 intermediate-to-advanced students, will receive the majority of the scholarship support for study abroad.

The other, preparatory group, with as many as 15 students, will receive the same educational assistance and smaller monetary support as they work towards joining the more advanced students.

Entrance to the program is expected to be competitive, by application only and a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher is required.

"We'll be looking for a real range of students," Egan, who also serves as Director of the Flagship program, said. "What we want is there to be multiple entry points. If students know about this and they start preparing early then they can work their way through."

There are currently over 15 students taking prep classes and practicing with conversation partners in hopes of gaining acceptance to the program. Egan recruited Mandarin speakers from the student body and paired them with a prep student.

"The Flagship Preparation courses are designed to stretch the capacities of motivated and dedicated students, to help them quickly increase their language proficiency levels, in order to prepare for application to the core Flagship Program," said prep class lecturer Josephine Tsao.

Last summer, SF State sent freshman Erica Zamora to Indiana University Bloomington for eight weeks of intensive Chinese language study.

"I'm just very thankful to SF State for sending me to Indiana," Zamora, 18, said. "I guess that's the perks of flagship."

After returning from Indiana Egan set her up with a Mandarin conversation partner.

Zamora, an international business major, spoke no Chinese before going to Indiana. Now she can carry on an hour-long conversation with her tutor, Yan Fang He, using very little English and with limited interruptions for clarification.

"When I don't understand something she is saying, she'll write it in pinyin (English characters) and Chinese characters," Zamora said.

The two girls get together twice a week and talk about whatever they want. But Zamora said most conversations are about Chinese culture and how it differs from the US.

The Language Flagship started in 2000 with a few universities trying to create advanced language education programs for post-baccalaureate students. The undergraduate Flagship programs were introduced in 2006.

There are now 23 programs at American universities, 11 overseas and three K-12 programs.

The Language Flagship's Web site says it "seeks to graduate students who will take their place among the next generation of global professionals, commanding a superior level of proficiency in one of many languages critical to U.S. competitiveness and security."

Egan said there is still a lot of planning to do.

"The plan at the moment is to get them accepted and then start in the spring with a content course and a language course," Egan said. "They'll do six units in the flagship in the spring, and then we'll take it from there."

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Interested in how the Flagship program works? The open, informational meeting on Nov. 5 will be in HUM 587 at 3:30.

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About 100 animal lovers took part in San Francisco's Walk for Farm Animals in an effort to educate and advocate an increased awareness of the "severe and unnecessary suffering that billions of animals raised for food endure everyday," according to the event's press release.

The annual event is sponsored by Farm Sanctuary, a farm animal protection organization, and takes place in more than 65 other cities throughout the U.S. and in Canada.

"We're here to raise awareness about farm animals and let people know how animals are treated," said Karine Brighten, event planner for the walk. "We're doing this walk so people can see us and think about it. We're the voices for the animals."

Franny Campbell visited Farm Sanctuary in Orland, Calif. two years ago and believes the walk is for a really good cause.

"It's the best illustration of how the industry treats animals," said Campbell, a 22-year-old Mills College student, of the sanctuary.

Farm Sanctuary "helped" Campbell go from vegetarian to vegan and she attended the walk in an effort to educate and aware others of the cruelty animals in farms go through.

Ulka Agarwal recently turned vegan and visited the sanctuary two months ago.

"I'm walking for more inspiration to stay active in the cause for farm animals and meet other people active in the cause," said the 34-year-old psychiatrist.

The event took place on a sunny day with author and journalist Christopher Cook and animal law attorney and Animal Legal Defense Fund co-founder Joyce Tischler speaking before citizens began to march.

Cook encouraged people to consider the entire system that underlies the mistreatment of farm animals and ultimately blames it on the capitalist system.

The walkers held signs and passed out informational pamphlets to people along Market Street as they made their way to Union Square and back to the Ferry Park Plaza.