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Staging family history
Roy Conboy, professor of theatre arts, discussed his new play "The
Tailor From Chihuahua" with the San Francisco Chronicle. Conboy's
grandfather was a tailor from Chihuahua. "A lot of my plays come
from stories that have been told to me by my family," Conboy said. "I
write about my family's life, what it was like to come here, then contrast
with contemporary situations to show how life has drastically changed
over the last 50 years." The story ran in the Nov. 9 edition.
City values
Commenting on "San Francisco values" for an Associated Press
story, Rich DeLeon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, said, "San
Francisco isn't un-American. America has become less American, with a
retreat from civil liberties and, in the White House, suppressive policies
and pre-emptive war." The story ran in newspapers and on newspaper
Web sites across the country on Nov. 8 and 9, including the San Jose
Mercury News, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and International
Herald Tribune.
Better prospects
A Nov. 12 San Francisco Chronicle story focused on the improved job market
for graduating college students. "We've had to move our career
fairs to the gymnasium because we can no longer handle them in the
Student Center," said Jack Brewer, director of the Career Center
at San Francisco State University. "Last spring and this fall
we had a waiting list of employers. Now we're looking at having to
have a two-day back-to-back job fair in the spring."
Golden Insert-sponsor-name-here Bridge
Subdh Bhat, professor of marketing, appeared in a Nov. 16 NBC11 news
story on a proposed plan to seek corporate sponsorship for the Golden
Gate Bridge. Bhat said that although he thinks "in general, consumers
have a positive opinionsof companies" that do sponsorships, this
plan "might create a backlash ... [the] Golden Gate Bridge is
a little different because it is an icon."
Gaming at the gym
Susan Zieff, associate professor of kinesiology, commented on a new teen-only
gym that incorporates video games, for a story that ran Nov. 19 on
NPR's Weekend Edition. "They're enjoying it," she said. "They're
interested in doing it. Those are the main motivating factors for children,
adolescents and adults. If it's not fun, we don't do it."
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