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One student organization is spending more than $10,000 to host a free event that’s open to the public. San Diego State’s Asian Pacific Student Alliance’s 17th annual Fashion Talent Show takes place from 6-10 p.m. tomorrow at the Open Air Theatre. Doors open early for an hour-long art segment from 5-6 p.m. FTS director and [...]

San Diego State freshmen for the 2013-14 school year will be among the first in the SDSU community to see the new student union when the building opens in the fall. The site for the Aztec Student Union, which will replace SDSU’s former Aztec Center, has been fenced off for almost two years because of [...]

Members of the San Diego State community celebrated the halfway point of the renovation for Nasatir and Storm halls with a topping out ceremony for the project on Friday. Topping out generally represents a milestone in construction projects. This particular ceremony signified completed construction of the project’s steel frame by placing the final beam. As [...]

A quote at the bottom of the “Rock ‘n’ Roll” mural painted by San Diego State students in 1976 reads: “May this mural bring you peace of mind.” SDSU Department of Anthropology Chair Seth Mallios said his own peace of mind will come when the mural, once housed inside the Backdoor that was part of the [...]

Officials surrounded a burning cabin near Big Bear at approximately 4:30 p.m. yesterday, where officials said former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner had presumably barricaded himself. Although firefighters from the San Bernardino County Fire Department arrived on the scene, they did not approach the structure, with suspicion that an armed Dorner was hiding within [...]

Construction workers began filling out the outer steel frame of the future San Diego State Aztec Student Union during winter break by setting up metal inside the structure. Associated Students Marketing and Communications Manager Lorena Nava Ruggero said after the completion of the interior framing, work will begin on the building’s roof.   Decorative wood trusses similar to those [...]

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System commemorated the completion of the second phase in a three-part renovation project on Jan. 9. The $720 million Trolley Renewal Project, which began construction Fall 2010, is divided according to the three San Diego trolley lines: the Green, Orange and Blue lines. Funded by TransNet sales tax, state bonds and [...]

Construction beat 11.15.2012

Antonio Zaragoza, Editor in Chief
A crowd of students, staff, community members and construction workers cheered as the final beam of the San Diego State Aztec Student Union was lowered into place at approximately 11:40 a.m. on Oct. 18 during the building’s “topping off” ceremony.

San Diego State students can get in tune with their musical side tomorrow evening by auditioning for Sunset Clefs, the oldest coed a cappella group on campus.

State Senate 39th District candidates Marty Block (D) and George Plescia (R), as well as 79th District State Assembly candidate Shirley Weber (D) addressed current issues, such as higher education, Proposition 30 and the high-speed rail.

Since the construction site for San Diego State’s Aztec Student Union began at the beginning of the month, the structure for the building has continued to grow bigger and taller.