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Cultural Beat 11/29

By HeatherWeb

Afrikan Student Union Kwanza Reception* Time: 7 p.m. Date: Monday, Dec. 3 Place: Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center Andres Bonifacio Samahan High School Conference* Time: 6 a.m. Date: Saturday, Dec. 1 Place: Aztec Mesa Asian Pacific Student Alliance Kinda Sorta Formal* Time: 6 p.m. Date: Saturday, Dec. 1 Place: Marina Village Meeting Time: 2 [...]

Research to shed light on sex trafficking

By Hannah Beausang

San Diego State will work with local universities to study gang involvement in sex trafficking. SDSU criminal justice associate professor Dana Nurge will team up with professor of cultural anthropology at Point Loma Nazarene University Jamie Gates and University of San Diego assistant professor of peace studies Ami Carpenter to study sex trafficking. The research [...]

Student converts pool into a fishpond

By Terence Chin

After months of development, a San Diego State student converted his backyard swimming pool into a garden pool in order to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. On Tuesday, social science student and aspiring entrepreneur Travis Wennen received a visit from SDSU’s Center for Regional Sustainability Coordinator Mariah Hudson and SDSU geography lecturer Diana Richardson,so they [...]

SDSU ranked 7th most dangerous college

By Stephanie Saccente

San Diego State ranked No. 7 on Business Insider’s list of “Most Dangerous Colleges in America.” The list included 25 U.S. colleges ranked by averaging a combination of violent and property FBI crime data from 2008 to 2011 for schools with more than 10,000 students enrolled. The report stated SDSU experiences approximately 27 violent incidents [...]

SJP posters vandalized and accused of bias

By Arturo Garcia

After the reignition of violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Students for Justice in Palestine at San Diego State initiated a campaign in an attempt to raise awareness within the SDSU community, hanging hand-drawn posters on campus near the Education Business Administration building which illustrated the number of deaths and wounded on [...]

Prof calls for minority outreach

By Raquel Martin

San Diego State professor Frank Harris III recently co-authored a report called “A Role for policymakers in improving the Status of Black Male Students in U.S. Higher Education.” In the report, Harris tackles the issue of low attendance of black males in college, one of the most underrepresented populations in U.S. higher education. The report [...]

Children’s Center begins composting

By Andrea Ciardiello

Earlier this month, San Diego Gas & Electric, a regulated public utility providing energy service to 3.4 million consumers in San Diego, awarded the San Diego State Children’s Center with grant money as part of its 2012 Environmental Champions Initiative. The SDSU Children’s Center, a child care service provided by SDSU’s Associated Students located on [...]