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San Jose State University

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Live Review, 3/10/12: Drake Gets Chatty in San Jose

    Drake A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Chase N. Cache Saturday, March 10, 2011 San Jose State Event Center Better than: Eating canned beans in the dark while combing through all the Drake memes on Tumblr. Halfway through his set at the San Jose State Event Center on Saturday, Drake broke the color line ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    California Colleges Are Not Medical Marijuana Friendly

    ​For some, cannabis and college may go together like ... well, beer and college, or massive debt and college (and if you manage to show up to 8 a.m. lectures reeking more of Cypress Hill than frat row, points for diversity, anyway).  This is not the case in California, at least not when talki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Q&A: Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister on Touring with Megadeth and His Forthcoming Solo Album

    Rightfully worshipped by headbangers and punks alike, Motörhead and its iconic founder, bassist and principle songwriter Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, have been grinding out their influential brand of balls-out rock for nearly four decades. Founded after Lemmy was fired from British space-rock outfit Hawk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Seducing Charlie Barker's Amy Glazer Talks About Meaninglessness, Media, and Women in Film

    Amy Glazer, a theater and film professor at San Jose State University, has directed plays for Bay Area theaters including the Magic Theatre, Traveling Jewish Theatre, SF Playhouse and Marin Theatre Company. She has also made films based on plays she's directed, including her most recent, Seducing Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Saturday: Stevie Nicks Thanks Fans for Her Time at the Fillmore

    Stevie Nicks October 8, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: Unicorn sightings. Stevie Nicks spent quite a few moments of Saturday night's performance at the Fillmore marveling that she was onstage at the Fillmore, the place where she once attended concerts by the likes of the Byrds and Jimi Hendrix and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Stevie Nicks Will Play the Fillmore in October

    Warner Reprise​Earlier this year, Menlo-Atherton High School graduate and former San Jose State University student Stevie Nicks released In Your Dreams, her first album in a decade -- timed with the 30th anniversary of her solo debut, Bella Donna. Today, she announced a trio of shows back in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Willie Brown Not Returning Chronicle's Calls

    Hello, operator? ​During Herb Caen's heyday, he shared lunch with Willie Brown every week. When the Chronicle tabbed the latter to fill the former's long-empty shoes three years ago, the paper was desperately hoping it could, once again, win readers with an eccentric man about town. Brown, of cour ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 16, 2011

    Muslim Photographer Surveils His Own Life in a Post-9/11 World

    Hello, operator? ​During Herb Caen's heyday, he shared lunch with Willie Brown every week. When the Chronicle tabbed the latter to fill the former's long-empty shoes three years ago, the paper was desperately hoping it could, once again, win readers with an eccentric man about town. Brown, of cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    No Bids Yet For Tommie Smith's Gold Medal

    For sale​Yesterday, we reported that former San Jose State University sprinter Tommie Smith -- the man famously raising a black-gloved fist in a Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympic Games -- was selling off his medal and track spikes. Astoundingly, the $250,000 minimum price tag (not includi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Tommie Smith Selling Gold Medal (PICS)

    ...Step three: Profit​Want a Gold Medal? Start training. Or, start saving. Tommie Smith, the former San Jose State track star immortalized when he and fellow San Jose teammate John Carlos gave Black Power salutes on the medal stand in 1968, is hawking his gold medal. You can put in your bid here a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    The Week In Event Names: The Good, The Bad, The WTF

    South Carolina death metallurgists Lecherous Nocturne play Wednesday at the DNA Lounge​This post-Fleet Week week should be a good one for concerts around here. Below, for your consideration, are some upcoming shows whose names (or participants' names) tickle the imagination, the gag reflex, or the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Jeff Garcia and 'The Jerseys That Should Not Be'

    Et Tu, Jeff?​Jeff Garcia is one of my favorite football players of all-time. I first saw him play -- in person no less -- in October of 1990 when he very nearly led San Jose State to upset a damn good Cal squad in Berkeley. The Bears held on, 35-34. He next crossed Bay Area fans' paths when he pla ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    You Can Listen to Heavy Metal While Gardening, Though

    Et Tu, Jeff?​Jeff Garcia is one of my favorite football players of all-time. I first saw him play -- in person no less -- in October of 1990 when he very nearly led San Jose State to upset a damn good Cal squad in Berkeley. The Bears held on, 35-34. He next crossed Bay Area fans' paths when he pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Election 2010: Democrats Look Safe in Bay Area -- For Now

    Rep. Jerry McNerney: First off the island?​With all the sturm und drang gripping the Democratic party as the fall election approaches -- some observers are forecasting a Republican take-back of the House of Representatives, prompted by widespread anger over the economy and some of President Barack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    51st State: A Roving Taste of American Regional Food Downtown

    51st StateThe truck parks weekdays in three downtown locations.​The 51st state: Would that be Puerto Rico? Gitmo? According to Francesca Salcido, the 51st state is a state of food. Salcido and partners Nathan Smith and Daniel Gutierrez rolled out their downtown mobile eatery two weeks ago. S ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win

    51st StateThe truck parks weekdays in three downtown locations.​The 51st state: Would that be Puerto Rico? Gitmo? According to Francesca Salcido, the 51st state is a state of food. Salcido and partners Nathan Smith and Daniel Gutierrez rolled out their downtown mobile eatery two weeks ago. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Q&A w/ Joyo Velarde of Quannum Projects

    ​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Who Likes Cops? Survey Claims Police-for-Hire More Popular than SFPD

    A survey conducted by a San Jose State professor indicates that many customers of the Patrol Special Police, a quasi-public security service whose officers have been walking the streets of San Francisco since the days of the Gold Rush, prefer the specials to their counterparts in the San Francisco ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    Local Warming: Climate change comes to S.F.

    A survey conducted by a San Jose State professor indicates that many customers of the Patrol Special Police, a quasi-public security service whose officers have been walking the streets of San Francisco since the days of the Gold Rush, prefer the specials to their counterparts in the San Francisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Say It Ain't So! USF Rugby Considers Shaving the Maniacal Mustache Look.

    Too brilliant to last?​Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great.  How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2009

    Last Night: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire

    ​Metalocalypse Tour with Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Nov. 21, 2009 San Jose State Event Center Better than: Getting your ass whupped by Glenn Danzig's cartoon twin. It takes a pretty stellar concert lineup to coax even the most fanatical San Francisco music fan all the way to S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    This Week's Slideshow: Rob Zombie at San Jose State

    ​Photographer Richard Haick went down to San Jose State to capture a performance by Rob Zombie, the hard rock- and horror movie-cult legend whose fans are nearly as colorful as his stage shows. Check out his Rob Zombie slideshow here.  

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Field of Dreams: San Francisco Semi-Pro Team Gives Locals Chance to Stretch Baseball Career Into Extra Innings

    San Francisco Seagulls outfielder Dan Fernandez plays wallball in Minneapolis' Metrodome. Back in the old days -- when kids played baseball instead of videogames featuring baseball -- young people attempted to cheat mother nature by squeezing an extra inning or two out of a game when, clearly, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Joshua Redman, Lily Allen and Valentino: Your Weekend Hitlist

    April is already here and there are lots of great things to do -- this weekend alone is filled with fabulous movies and concerts. Spend the days playing in the sun and the cold windy nights taking in some San Francisco culture.Friday night, get your sax on with Joshua Redman at Yoshi's. The legendar ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 18, 2009

    Upcoming Book Events

    April is already here and there are lots of great things to do -- this weekend alone is filled with fabulous movies and concerts. Spend the days playing in the sun and the cold windy nights taking in some San Francisco culture.Friday night, get your sax on with Joshua Redman at Yoshi's. The legendar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Why Is Barry Bonds' Case Front-Page News? Because the Media 'Think We're Stupid'

    Barry Bonds in his new home uniformThe sight of Barry Bonds, in uniform, performing in front of packed crowds is not a new one. These days, however, the uniform appears to be a dark suit and striped tie. And the crowds are gathered at his ongoing perjury and obstruction of justice trial.Certainly, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Say What? Why California Has No Corruption

    By Peter Jamison As a member of a profession that relies on scandal in the upper echelons of representative government to justify its existence, it was with some chagrin that I noticed the recent rankings of states by level of corruption published in USA Today and the New York Times. (Such comparis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Kids These Days More Concerned With Term Papers, Lunch, Than Welts, Diarrhea

    Students at San Jose State University were more preoccupied with homework, lunch and gossip about holiday vacation plans than the possibility they may someday break out in soaking nighttime sweats, suffer weeks-long intense fever, spew endless diarrhea and find unusual lesions on their tongues ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    The Roots, Gym Class Heroes Visit Bay Area in Oct.

    Students at San Jose State University were more preoccupied with homework, lunch and gossip about holiday vacation plans than the possibility they may someday break out in soaking nighttime sweats, suffer weeks-long intense fever, spew endless diarrhea and find unusual lesions on their tongues ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 11, 2008

    Beyond Pottery Barn

    Shows at Jack Fischer and Marx & Zavattero break the ceramics mold.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    The Weekend Hitlist 4/11 - 4/13

    Shows at Jack Fischer and Marx & Zavattero break the ceramics mold.

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    The USF Dons Have Gone from National Champs to National Chumps

    Shows at Jack Fischer and Marx & Zavattero break the ceramics mold.

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Bones of Discontent - Andrew Galvan carves a unique, controversial role in relocating Native American skeletons

    Shows at Jack Fischer and Marx & Zavattero break the ceramics mold.

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    The Best Art Prints on the Web: Creep Machine's Josh Curates His Top 5 of the Week

    Shows at Jack Fischer and Marx & Zavattero break the ceramics mold.

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    Watchdog Catfight

    Activists aren't happy about the deal struck between Clint Reilly and Bay Area media barons

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    The Little Tribe That Could

    As descendants of San Francisco’s aboriginal people, the Muwekma Ohlone Indian tribe seldom gets much respect. But that could be about to change.

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    Poor Grade

    As descendants of San Francisco’s aboriginal people, the Muwekma Ohlone Indian tribe seldom gets much respect. But that could be about to change.

  • News

    July 12, 2006

    No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

    In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Grabbing for the Ring

    City officials are trying to lure the Summer Olympic Games to San Francisco for 2016. Do you think it's a good idea? Find out where you stand!

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Icky Boyfriends

    A Love Obscene

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    Father of a Nation

    As head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Kevin Gover single-handedly gave the Koi Nation land rights. Now, he's stepped through the revolving door to hawk the tribe's plans for a Bay Area casino.

  • Summer Guide

    June 23, 2004

    Festivals and Fairs

    As head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Kevin Gover single-handedly gave the Koi Nation land rights. Now, he's stepped through the revolving door to hawk the tribe's plans for a Bay Area casino.

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2003

    Open Sesame

    Big Bird, Elmo, and Bert in the flesh

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    International Dateline

    How a 24-year-old San Jose woman became a media liaison for Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Misplaced Priorities 101

    Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

  • News

    January 24, 2001

    Inner Demons

    They're S.F.'s new pro football team. They've got second-rate players, an untested product, and a concept with a history of failure. But that's OK -- they have a great marketing plan.

  • Culture

    August 2, 2000

    Now Showing!

    N., A Play for None and All

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Agent Provocative

    In the 1960s Anthony Poshepny was a CIA operative whose macabre Southeast Asian exploits drew comparisons with Col. Kurtz, the megalomaniacal anti-hero of Apocalypse Now

  • Calendar

    May 20, 1998

    Night + Day

    In the 1960s Anthony Poshepny was a CIA operative whose macabre Southeast Asian exploits drew comparisons with Col. Kurtz, the megalomaniacal anti-hero of Apocalypse Now

  • Music

    June 25, 1997

    Night Crawler

    In the 1960s Anthony Poshepny was a CIA operative whose macabre Southeast Asian exploits drew comparisons with Col. Kurtz, the megalomaniacal anti-hero of Apocalypse Now

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