The suspect, who stands at a towering 5′ 3″, snatched the iPad right out of the hands of a unsuspecting woman in the HSS building this morning. She was sitting adjacent to the bathrooms on the first floor watching a movie when the suspect forcefully grabbed the not-quite-a-laptop, no-longer-an-iphone device and took off running (obv not very […]
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Crime Blotter: Crazy Taxi
Categories: Campus life, Crime
San Francisco police are still searching for the man who stole a taxi and lead police on a high-speed chase before crashing at SF State and escaping on foot early Friday morning, according to ABC 7. Police say video obtained from the dashboard camera will help them to identify the thief, but what they don’t […]
SF State’s live alligator mascot
Categories: Campus life
SF State had a living, breathing, death-rolling alligator as the football team’s mascot 50 years ago. Yeah I know, it’s crazy. I know it was a different time but I just can’t believe it either — we used to have a football team. The alligator, named Al, was “usually muzzled during his stays (at SF […]
Don’t you dare dorm!
Categories: Campus life
Things, people, and places change over time. It’s inevitable. As a campus, we have, and continue to change dramatically over time. But, it’s hard to see or understand those changes without taking the time to look back at the way things were. That’s why I want to share this Golden Gate Xpress article from 50 years […]
Wong Shakes It Despite Controversy
Categories: Campus life, Event Coverage
It’s official: President Wong will be shaking it out with SF State students in a Harlem Shake video this Friday at 2 p.m. After I wrote a post half-jokingly challenging Dr. Wong (and his fancy Ph.D. in Educational Psychology) to come out of his office and dance among us lowly debt-ridden students, he fired back […]
Let’s Get President Wong in The Second SF State Harlem Shake Video
Categories: Campus life, Event Coverage, Music
Have you seen the SF State Harlem shake video that everyone is talking about yet? There is a second one in the making if you like this kind of stuff and want to be involved. I think we should get President Wong to be in the second one. He is always talking about the “student […]
Drunktweeting SF Beer Week
Categories: Event Coverage
Kristen Martz, A&E reporter, wrote an excellent piece in last week’s Golden Gate Xpress on SF Beer Week and how SF State students can best enjoy the experience. Complete with an infographic, it has lots of valuable information in there for students looking to navigate through the roughly 400 events this week. Do you know how […]
Man on the Street: What’s your opinion on online education?
Categories: Campus life
We asked SF State students how they feel about online education. Hopefully they enjoy it, because I consider this blog to be a form of online education for the masses.
If you look like “Walter” from the Godaddy.com Super Bowl commercial, apply to SF State next year
Categories: Campus life, SEX, TV & movies
Super Bowl commercials have become an integral part of many viewers’ big game experience. But don’t worry, The Swamp isn’t going to bore you with another “top ten Super Bowl commercials” list. God knows there are enough of those out there. But, I would like to sit down and talk to you about my good […]
Secret Sex Spots on Campus
Categories: Campus life, SEX
In the backrooms, bathrooms, and on the rooftops, SF State students are gettin’ down on campus like there is no (job) tomorrow.