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Where do you Poo?

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April 27, 2011

Rafael Lopez swears by Burk Hall. Kyle Nicolos considers the top floor in the Fine Arts building his home base. Vincent Munoz declares that the men’s locker room is like a secret garden, and any Business...

Simple recipes for delicious home made bread and bagels

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April 27, 2011

The bread is piping hot and emits a fragrant steam. It has been placed on the counter to cool. The crust is a light, crispy brown. The scents of oregano and garlic fill the room. Slice through the hard...

Campus Living: The pros and cons of dorming

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April 12, 2011

Choosing to live on campus to create and seek a student community on what is primarily a commuter campus, find out the pros and cons of on campus living from students like you.

SF State Theater students shine with Shakespeare

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April 12, 2011

The stage in the Studio Theater is softly illuminated in warm, yellow light. Ben Landmesser and Michael Saarela take the stage, ready to tackle the work of perhaps the world’s most famous playwright. Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the San Francisco State’s Players’ Club’s winter show, the first of many spring productions for the SF State theater department.

The Vista Room

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March 23, 2011

Subdued classical music resonates in the background of the airy, oblique dining room. The walls, stark white, match the freshly pressed linens that line the tables, creating an almost blinding effect when...

Live by the sword, die by the sword

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March 23, 2011

Every Sunday they gather. At the Western end of Golden Gate Park in a small field, exists the Shire of Cloondara. Where people of all ages leave the realities of the present world behind and explore a distant time and place. They do so with metal armor, large sticks, swords, shields, heavy cloaks and a lot of humor. Here is where honor rules, cowards retreat, metal clashes and maidens morn the death of their knights with an iron plated heart.

Graduation

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March 23, 2011

The television is tuned to his favorite channel, ESPN, but he stares blank at the glowing screen. His body seems to leave his mind as he is comfortably sprawled out on the couch in his parent’s living...

Abandoned

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March 23, 2011

Ever notice a derelict building tucked behind SF State on Tapia Drive? Despite its rough exterior, the building once held a performance art school. Click to read more.

What about the animals?

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March 23, 2011

Learn how the housing crisis is contributing to an overpopulation of pets in the Bay Area and what different animal welfare organizations are doing to address this issue

SF bars that won’t break the bank

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March 23, 2011

Get your drink on in San Francisco while still affording rent next week. [X]press writer Amy Graham exams cheap bars around the city and provides a Google Map of said locations to boot!

Talks About Social Media in the Jasmine Revolution Bloom at SF State

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March 23, 2011

Farida Ezzat, a 20-year-old college student from Cairo, steps up on the back of a large truck parked in front the Union Plaza in San Francisco. She can barely be seen over the wooden pallets that run alongside...

The Tale of the Sutro Stewards

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March 23, 2011

This story is about a community of people who care enough about something to put their personal lives on hold, work around policy and land ownership issues and work with their hands early on a Saturday morning to help something that they care about.