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| "Da’ Mayor" steps abroad | Hupa headdress heads home |
| Advertisers drop the apron look |
"We had a chance to liberate a dilapidated piece of history" is how Leonard Hunter, sculptor and professor of art at San Francisco State, described his opportunity to help refurbish a building for the Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin in a Feb. 18 San Francisco Chronicle article. The article, which noted that Hunter’s best known local design is the Muni Metro stop on 19th and Holloway, reports that he designed a steel stairway for the building. The building will provide studio space to artists affiliated with the Center.Photo album of an important birth
In its edition for the week of Feb. 10–16, the Philippine News reported on the opening of the photo exhibit "Dreams, Realities, and Changes: A Pictorial Exhibition on the Founding of Asian American Studies." The opening brought together SFSU professors Dan Gonzalez, Laureen Chew, and Dan Begonia all of whom were participants in the student strike which led to the creation of Asian American Studies, the department in which t hey now teach. The exhibit is sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA)."Da’ Mayor" steps abroad
A Dec. 1 article in the San Francisco Examiner called on Rich DeLeon, professor of political science, to comment on Mayor Willie Brown’s international travel, which has included four trips to Asia and two to Europe during his current term in office. DeLeon said, "Traveling is a definite source of criticism … but the mayor will have to deal with the local provincial bias. San Francisco is way beyond potholes and lamp posts. It’s concerned about where it is in the global economy … In a few years, San Francisco will have more to do with Tokyo and Seoul than it has with Washington D.C."Hupa headdress heads home
A Hupa headdress which was part of a Harvard University collection has been returned to its tribal home, thanks in part to the efforts of professor Lee Davis, Anthropology. The Feb. 7 San Ramon Valley Times reports that Davis was asked by the Hupa tribe to prepare a report on the "history and meaning of the sacred dances and their associated treasures" which helped convince the museum to return some of its Hupa objects. Recalling the first time she saw the headdress, Davis said, "They opened up drawers, and this stuff just leaps out at you. They just sparkle … It’s unbelievably breathtaking."Advertisers drop the apron look
The portrayal by advertisers of women as strong, athletic individuals is the subject for an article in the Feb. 2 edition of The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, OH. Asked to comment on advertisements using these images, Kathleen O’Donnell, associate professor of marketing, said, "[it] is a pleasant change from the old housewife. Now suddenly that housewife is replaced by a women who does a lot of different things … including taking care of herself and getting out … she’s not just home-centered; she’s out there exploring."Return to top
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