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Got Spice?

By Lauren Jones Interdisciplinary artist and art features editor of Hyphen magazine, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, shows us her Asian roots this March in To Curry Favor and Tea Time. An interdisciplinary artist Bhaumik, is of Bengali, Columbian and Japanese descent. A self-proclaimed obsessive, Bhauik says she is inspired by materials and the connotations they carry. Her solo show, To Curry Favor, at the Mission art gallery 18 Reasons explores the belief that scents ca...
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‘The Who’s Tommy’ is big hit at Ray of Light

By Cynthia Waters It’s 7:58 P.M. on an October night in the heart of San Francisco’s famous Mission District. “Places” have been called for the actors and the audience chatters excitedly in anticipation. As the clock hits 8 and the lights dim, the entirety of the Mission’s Victoria Theatre erupts into applause as the live band hits the first note and the red curtain soars open. Such was the scene for the opening of an on stage rendition of The Who’s Tommy, the classic 1960s rock opera wh...
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Michael Jackson: A timeless wonder

By Grace Dulce On the cold, breezy night of Oct. 27, hundreds of Michael Jackson fans waited in line to see what everyone had been talking about: This is It. Thick, swirled ropes stretched all the way to the parking lot as the devoted and newly devoted waited hours to see Michael Jackson's last and perhaps best movie. As soon as the doors swung open, fans rushed in and grabbed the best seat they could find. The scene mimicked that of mall doors nationwide during black Friday. It was comple...
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How TV fans united to save “Chuck”

by Meghan Dubitsky For most San Francisco State students the end of April means spending countless hours in the annex gearing up for finals, writing papers, and catching up on reading they put off. In the few minutes between classes many students can be seen stopping by Subway to grab a quick sandwich. What most may not have known was that their foot-long purchase on April 27 may have actually saved the NBC TV show, “Chuck.” The show is about a lovable computer nerd named Chuck Bartowski, ...
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Gaining a heart in the Internet age

Photo of Maria Shriver and SF State journalism student Chantel Woys By Chantel Woys Opinion I attended a conversation at the Women’s Conference on Tuesday called Changing the World Through the Web that I thought would be beneficial to my journalism/broadcast career. And it was in many ways. But it also left me with a lingering question: Is technology taking away heart? This may seem surprising because there were so many amazing people at the event (Maria Shriver, Caroline Kennedy, Mari...
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