Sustainability Committee to meet next week
SF State’s new sustainability committee will meet for the first time next week to begin planning the university’s green agenda for 2009, despite criticism over...
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Spring 2009 schedule up earlier than expected
Students hoping for more time to study SF State's Spring 2009 class schedule before paying tuition got an early holiday surprise today. The university unveiled...
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Tuesday, Nov 25 2008 11:02 PM
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Tuesday, Nov 25 2008 11:02 PM
All-university sustainability committee chair chosen
The ASI Board of Directors yesterday selected member Franklin Griffen to represent students in SF State’s new all-university sustainability committee. The board voted 10-5 to...
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Wednesday, Nov 19 2008 8:07 PM
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Wednesday, Nov 19 2008 8:07 PM
CSU trustees consider system-wide impaction
With the California State University facing about $100 million in expected budget cuts, its Board of Trustees will today discuss limiting enrollment at all of...
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Tuesday, Nov 18 2008 2:10 PM
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Tuesday, Nov 18 2008 2:10 PM
CSU Trustees Consider System-wide Impaction
With the California State University facing about $100 million in expected budget...
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Tuesday, Nov 18 2008 12:29 PM
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Tuesday, Nov 18 2008 12:29 PM
Student poster contest to promote recycling
SF State’s Recycling Center hopes to increase recycling on campus by giving students a creative opportunity to promote it themselves. All students can enter the...
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Monday, Nov 17 2008 3:20 PM
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Monday, Nov 17 2008 3:20 PM
SF State creates new ‘green’ committee
Students, faculty, staff and administrators will chair a committee together this semester that aims to reduce SF State’s greenhouse gas emissions and achieve environmental sustainability....
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Tuesday, Nov 11 2008 3:28 PM
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Tuesday, Nov 11 2008 3:28 PM
Bike winner agrees to crank out riding blog
SF State's Bicycle Advocacy Group awarded Luis Silva, an English major, with a new bicycle during this semester's Bike to School Day.
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Saturday, Nov 8 2008 6:53 AM
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Saturday, Nov 8 2008 6:53 AM
Moving beyond paper
Remember during the early 1990s when some predicted that software would eventually allow us to work in paperless offices? Now, of course, we see that technology ironically has us printing out more than ever before, steadily increasing our demand for...
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Wednesday, Oct 22 2008 10:38 AM
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Wednesday, Oct 22 2008 10:38 AM
First-at-CSU green summit this Friday
Environmentally conscious students will throw a party this Friday at SF State celebrating all things green, and students from all over California are invited. The...
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Monday, Oct 20 2008 1:37 AM
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Monday, Oct 20 2008 1:37 AM
More people take BART, MUNI to SF State
SF State’s latest transportation study concluded that more people are using public transit to commute here now than a few years ago. But if the...
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Saturday, Oct 4 2008 5:54 PM
SF State’s latest transportation study concluded that more people are using public transit to commute here now than a few years ago. But if the... [ ]
Saturday, Oct 4 2008 5:54 PM
Campus racks up more bike parking
Last week, SF State gave bicyclists 200 more reasons to ride to school. The university added new racks that can hold up to 200 more...
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Saturday, Sep 20 2008 4:27 PM
Last week, SF State gave bicyclists 200 more reasons to ride to school. The university added new racks that can hold up to 200 more... [ ]
Saturday, Sep 20 2008 4:27 PM
Green housing project stunted
A project to turn some University Park South houses into a green living co-operative this fall was shelved because there was not enough time to...
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Monday, Sep 8 2008 8:51 AM
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Monday, Sep 8 2008 8:51 AM
Coalition set to bloom at "Mixt Greens"
SF State's green community is coming together to form a bigger Eco Students and the university's green students, faculty and staff will meet on Wednesday...
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Tuesday, Sep 2 2008 3:01 PM
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Tuesday, Sep 2 2008 3:01 PM
Auto commutes drive up campus emissions
Nearly half of SF State’s greenhouse gas emissions come from students and the faculty commuting to and from campus, according to a report released last...
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Saturday, Aug 23 2008 6:01 AM
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Saturday, Aug 23 2008 6:01 AM
Unreported car break-ins weaken crime statistics
String of auto break-ins come a week after police report a decline in such instances during the same period last year.
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Wednesday, May 14 2008 3:15 PM
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Wednesday, May 14 2008 3:15 PM
Student ditches car for one year, wins free bike
An SF State student won a new bicycle for promising not to drive her car for a year, thanks to a local bicycle shop and a student group committed to fighting climate change. Art education major Sarah Wang won a...
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Wednesday, May 14 2008 12:31 PM
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Wednesday, May 14 2008 12:31 PM
Environmental justice focus of rights summit
"Privileged Destruction" panel calls for more decisive action on climate change.
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Friday, May 9 2008 1:19 PM
"Privileged Destruction" panel calls for more decisive action on climate change. [ ]
Friday, May 9 2008 1:19 PM
New bins arrive by campus eateries, encourage recycling
The Cesar Chavez Student Center expanded its food waste composting program last month to the West Plaza in its quest to reduce its garbage by...
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Thursday, May 1 2008 2:08 PM
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Thursday, May 1 2008 2:08 PM
SF State digs idea of eco-friendly housing
About 15 students living in campus housing this fall will get the chance to grow their own food, reduce their energy consumption and make healthy social connections in a new green cooperative. Four adjacent town houses in University Park South—601...
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Thursday, May 1 2008 1:34 PM
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Thursday, May 1 2008 1:34 PM
Hundreds bike to school to promote alternative transport
Scores of SF State students brought their bicycles to school on April 24 to take rides together, get free food and prizes and experience what...
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Friday, Apr 25 2008 1:15 PM
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Friday, Apr 25 2008 1:15 PM
Earth Day invites students to make a difference
This coming Tuesday students can celebrate Earth Day in Jack Adams Hall and learn what threatens their environment and what they can do to help...
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Tuesday, Apr 15 2008 4:52 PM
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Tuesday, Apr 15 2008 4:52 PM
Bookstore slow to implement green measures
Though the SFSU Bookstore began advertising last week that it would start recycling batteries, cell phones, fluorescent light bulbs and ink cartridges, it is not yet ready to accept them all. Signs for the new recycling program—modeled after one that...
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Thursday, Mar 13 2008 10:30 AM
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Thursday, Mar 13 2008 10:30 AM
SF State urges you to compost, not fill up the trash cans
The effort to save food waste from landfills at SF State will expand Monday to the student center's West Plaza, but students will need to think before they throw for the effort to succeed. Trios of collection bins similar to...
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Thursday, Mar 6 2008 2:33 PM
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Thursday, Mar 6 2008 2:33 PM
CSUs look to increase minority enrollment
Speaking at more than 30 churches throughout the Bay Area, presidents, chancellors and faculty representing the California State University system joined local pastors this past...
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:51 AM
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:51 AM
Student center brings back compost program
A project to divert compostable food waste from the garbage returned Monday to the Cesar Chavez Student Center’s main dining area after a yearlong hiatus. The center’s staff, student volunteers and the City of San Francisco hope it is the...
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:22 AM
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008 9:22 AM
CSU Super Sunday Events
Presidents, chancellors and faculty of California State Universities attended 30 churches across Northern California to speak to communities on preparing students for college.
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Monday, Feb 18 2008 3:49 PM
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Monday, Feb 18 2008 3:49 PM
Focus the Nation draws attention to the environment
Two thousand SF State students joined hundreds of thousands across the country last week in brainstorming solutions to global warming. Focus the Nation, a nationwide teach-in on global warming solutions, ran from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Jan. 30 and...
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Thursday, Feb 7 2008 10:12 AM
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Thursday, Feb 7 2008 10:12 AM
SF State is Obama land
Polled SF State voters overwhelmingly supported Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election.
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008 3:24 PM
Polled SF State voters overwhelmingly supported Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election. [ ]
Wednesday, Feb 6 2008 3:24 PM
Students react to baseball's steroid report
Baseball fans at SF State who read George Mitchell’s long-awaited investigative report on performance-enhancing drug use today questioned the sport’s records and called for reform. The voluminous, 409-page report claims that the illegal use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone...
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Friday, Dec 14 2007 11:56 AM
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Friday, Dec 14 2007 11:56 AM
Global warming teaching to replace classes
SF State students will take a crash course in global warming solutions together in Jack Adams Hall on Jan. 30 and 31, as part of...
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Thursday, Dec 13 2007 6:08 PM
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Thursday, Dec 13 2007 6:08 PM
SF State moves toward climate neutrality
SF State President Robert Corrigan joined hundreds of college and university officals this fall in committing to reduce SF State's greenhouse gas emissions and eventually...
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Thursday, Dec 6 2007 9:43 AM
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Thursday, Dec 6 2007 9:43 AM
Smaller "Smoke Out" trades smokes for prizes
An annual event promoting SF State’s “smoke-free campus” policy and encouraging smokers to quit populated a solitary table Thursday, sharing the Quad with a larger...
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 3:36 PM
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 3:36 PM
Eco-themed contest marred by controversy, miscommunication
KEEN, Inc, a Portland, Oregon-based footwear company stopped at SF State’s Jack Adams Hall Nov. 6 as part of its 50-campus college tour offering a...
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 9:33 AM
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Thursday, Nov 15 2007 9:33 AM
Students roll over rules
Adhering to the adage that rules are made to be broken, SF State students routinely bend the regulations when it comes to campus conduct. But...
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Thursday, Oct 25 2007 7:29 PM
Adhering to the adage that rules are made to be broken, SF State students routinely bend the regulations when it comes to campus conduct. But... [ ]
Thursday, Oct 25 2007 7:29 PM
San Francisco turns out the lights
About 200 people gathered in Dolores Park Saturday night to dance to music, watch the San Francisco skyline dim and think about saving energy. "Lights...
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Sunday, Oct 21 2007 12:14 AM
About 200 people gathered in Dolores Park Saturday night to dance to music, watch the San Francisco skyline dim and think about saving energy. "Lights... [ ]
Sunday, Oct 21 2007 12:14 AM
Students celebrate Earth Day in October
Who says Earth Day comes only once a year? Not SF State’s ECO Students, an environmental studies organization whose “Every Day is Earth Day” event...
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 12:11 PM
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Thursday, Oct 18 2007 12:11 PM
SF State composts waste to help save environment
It only takes a little environmental know-how to reduce waste by recycling. SF State students have the means to take it to the next level...
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:54 PM
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:54 PM
ECO students clean up waste management
Since 2006, the ECO Students, an on-campus environmental advocacy group, has helped the Student Center divert food waste. After running a composting pilot program last...
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:24 PM
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:24 PM
Dining Center dumps trays to reduce food waste
When students’ eyes are bigger than their stomachs, it shows in the form of heaps of wasted food left in the dining center. In an...
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:09 PM
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Thursday, Oct 11 2007 1:09 PM