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Bookstore helped by selling SF State books

By Kwame Opoku-DukuThe Guardsman Some San Francisco State University professors are supporting local book sellers, like Modern Times Bookstore, by ordering their course texts instead of using the campus bookstore.Modern Times, which is run by a cooperative, is desperately seeking funds to help keep its doors open.“We’ve

Escape from City College: There's gold in them thar hills

By Nick PalmThe Guardsman I’m giving up. Throwing in the towel. Releasing the hostages. Unwrapping the burrito, if you will.We’re only three weeks into the fall semester, and I already find myself questioning whether or not I can take 15 more weeks of this.The classes themselves

What did Operation Iraqi Freedom accomplish

By Atticus MorrisThe Guardsman As Barack Obama announced the end of “major combat operations” in Iraq on Aug. 31, congressional Republican leaders, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, expressed concern that the president would attempt to assume credit for the war’s success. Which begs the question: With 2,722 official

Nothing to show for lowered standards

By Isaiah KramerThe Guardsman California was not awarded a grant for Race to the Top, the federal program that motivates states to reform education.This means that potentially $700 million for use in helping our bankrupt education budget will now go to other states.Race to the Top pitted states

Intelligent design not very scientific

By Dominick DelgadilloThe Guardsman A young boy looks up at his mother and asks, “How does a bee fly?” The mother, not knowing the answer replies, “Because God wants it to.” The previous dialogue is based on true events that occurred at, of all places, the Academy of Sciences, when

Editorial: Who owns San Francisco's sidewalks?

The outrageous actions of these out-of-control vagrants are portrayed as a city-wide epidemic by the pro-sit-lie crowd, and cited as justification for the revival of a misguided law, which criminalizes use of public space.

Scott Pilgrim rocks faces

The movie is definitely funny. It’s a nice break from the comedy of the Judd Apatow team, which has been dominating the genre for the past few years. While there aren’t any hilarious, laugh-out-loud scenes, a consistent string of clever, “laugh-to-yourself” moments keeps the audience entertained.