Welcome back to Xtracurriculars, a video series highlighting San Francisco State students and their unique hobbies, passion projects, and lives outside of campus.
This third episode follows Benjamin Ho, a studio arts major and jewelry maker. He’s been making jewelry for over ten years, and has focused mostly on pressing rings from coins sourced all over the world. His decision to major in studio arts highlights the importance of investing time into your passions instead of simply choosing the safe route and picking a major you’ve been told will land you a stable job.
![Hashem Mishal using an angle grinder to cut a drill bit, in the SAE team’s garage at SF State on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. “We don't get anything from the school other than this workshop,” Mishal said. “Our advisor, he runs the shop, and he also works with us to try and get as [many] opportunities as possible. So it was really nice, in helping us get this space, but all the tools are just some of the guys’ or third parties’. I don't know where these tools came from, but a lot of it was sponsors, donations from alumni. Right now, all the hardware we’ve been paying out of pocket for the time being.” (Jonah Chambliss / Xpress Magazine)](https://xpressmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Chambliss_F1_001_LEDEPHOTO-1200x800.jpg)
