SF State leads California public university system with affordable education, efficient administration
California’s state plan for public education promises college students affordable higher education, but a steady decrease in state funding for the past 50 years threatens that promise. In fact, 81 percent of Californians…
Gaming is good for your health
It started with “Pong.” A simple game of table tennis on a black and white TV screen. Two lines represent paddles and a square dot for the ball. Nerds rejoiced as gaming fever…
“Venus On Mars” unfolds cosmic tale
With NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover constantly sending back new data about Mars, eyes are on the sky. SF State cinema professor Jan Millsapps’ gaze has been pointed toward the skies for years. Her second…
Jazz@Work fuses music with business customs
Entrepreneurs are always looking for new ways of doing business and often turn to CEOs, venture capitalists and money managers for inspiration. But SF State lecturer and jazz musician Andrew Speight believes that it’s…
Philosophy professor Bas van Fraassen earns Hempel Lifetime Achievement Award
For some scholars, receiving a lifetime achievement award means the hard work is over. But not for philosophy professor Bas van Fraassen. “(I) don’t plan to take it as saying that now I can stop…
International Education Week unearths cultural awareness
SF State will host the world’s largest International Education Week Nov. 13 through 16, according to the Office of International Programs. “We have no money, everything that we do is donated from other…
Why we need a televised science debate
Hurricane Sandy reminds us that global warming is not a topic to be swept under the rug. However, when Shawn Otto, CEO of ScienceDebate.org asked both presidential candidates to participate in Climate Desk…
Prop. 32 reduces political power of unions
As the role of money in politics continues to increase, one proposition facing California voters aims to limit contributions from certain groups. Yet opponents say that special exemptions in the law leave the…
AB 540 cultivates academic opportunities for undocumented students
With the current immigration-conscious political climate and a possible Barack Obama victory this fall, undocumented students could be looking forward to fewer roadblocks along the path to higher education. Acts of legislation like…
SF State researchers show smart growth urban planning conserves energy
There’s more to this green revolution than just reuse, reduce and recycle. The effort to conserve the planet will have to include changing the ways in which people get where they need to…
SF State ZomBee Watch encourages community to help track ‘zombified’ bees
Researchers at SF State are calling on all citizen scientists to do their part in tracking bee parasites, a possible link to the disappearance of honeybees in hives across the U.S. In 2011…
SF State psychology professor publishes article linking hate speech to violent acts
This November, students will have to sift through speeches and public appearances from the nation’s political leaders and candidates of this election cycle to cast a meaningful vote. Here at SF State, psychologists…
SF State to host job fair Thursday Sept. 6
“Now Hiring.” The phrase can be both a blessing and a curse. These words, especially when posted on the internet, lure many lost, confused and discouraged job seekers into possible scams and inevitable…
SF State to create 2.5 acre recreational green space by Spring 2013
Concrete crumbles to the ground while the sounds of steel bars being bent and ripped apart ring out like gunshots against the windows of the Humanities Building. SF State’s demolition of the Ruth…
