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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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‘We Were Here,’ a documentary about SF’s AIDs crisis

Airha Dominguez
December 17, 2014

The documentary We Were Here was screened at the Koret Auditorium as a part of the World AIDS Education and Community Day at De Young Museum on Nov. 30. The film revisits the early days of the AIDS...

DeMareon Gipson Recites Poems

Anais Fuentes
December 15, 2014

This is a mini interview with DeMareon Gipson, student at SF State, who is releasing his new book entitled  Looking Forward at the end of December.  In the podcast he recites two of the poems in...

Homeless Migration

Alec Fernandes
December 13, 2014

The number of people living on the streets of San Francisco has changed recently. Here is a look, Life in San Francisco can be encapsulated by a single phrase: You get what you pay for. The cost...

Foodelicious at SF State

Foodelicious at SF State

Airha Dominguez
December 13, 2014

Tired of eating at the same place everyday? Do you want to try something new, but have no idea where to begin to look? Here are the five food venues that generate the most revenue at SF State. The list...

Runway show celebrates women and their acheivements

Airha Dominguez
December 12, 2014

  With a pink flower in her hair, Yesenia Mendez struts down a runway barefoot in a long floral dress, showcasing her free-spirited personality. The biology major and African-American studies...

American Football plays at the Fillmore on their first night during their stay in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 11.

Dances on the Wall: American Football @ The Fillmore

Lorisa Salvatin
December 12, 2014

Words and Photos by Lorisa Salvatin A rim of light lines a dark figure anchored at center stage, his silhouette intensifies against the green glow of an iconic image of a house with windows, a glow projected...

A new oasis for SF drag

Chantel Genest
December 12, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MN_0VIOxYI&feature=youtu.be Trannyshack has spent the past twenty years performing in various venues and touring around the world, but this New Year’s Eve, San...

Trade-offs for trades

Lissette Vargas
December 12, 2014

SF State students battle the high cost of living and tuition by picking up trades in order to earn high wages in pursuit for higher education. “Welcome to Taco Bell, what will you be having today?” This...

The last mural standing

The last mural standing

Jannelle Garcia
December 11, 2014

Culture contains the seed of resistance.  Latin music floated down the street, artists painted on wooden fences, and over one hundred people stopped to admire the vivid, aged, and descriptive murals...

Money on wheels

Janelle Moncada
December 11, 2014

Food trucks are quickly evolving into an economic engine Nonet Arcega’s day begins at seven in the morning. The slicing of food on a chopping board can be heard from his kitchen. A variety of...

Stormageddon arrives; SF State classes canceled

Nadine Quitania
December 10, 2014

Last week, I was telling a friend of mine in the Philippines (where I went to high school) that with the amount of rain we were getting last week in the Bay Area, classes would have been canceled. I have...

The space between the panels

Nadine Quitania
December 10, 2014

A look into the comic book culture's past, present, and future... As a kid, Brian Hibbs would go to the bodega around the corner of his house in Brooklyn to check out the spinner rack full of comics....

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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University
Fall 2014