Just around the corner from Sonoma State University, a regular house is transformed into a large Christmas castle–covered in lights and cartoon characters, mostly from Disney cartoons. This castle is home to the handmade “101 Dalmatians,” “Lion King” characters, “Cinderella,” “Mickey and Minnie Mouse,” “Aladdin,” “Dumbo” “Frozen” characters, “South Park” characters, “Beavis and Butt Head” and so much more.
Sonoma State University students are being rewarded for taking selfies. The Campus Rec Center is currently holding a healthy-selfie challenge to promote healthy lifestyles. As most students know, a selfie is photo taken of one’s self. The Campus Rec Center is giving out prizes to students who post selfies of healthy living on Instagram.
With only three and a half weeks until finals, midterms and the holidays coming up, life can seem pretty stressful. A good old laugh may just be the cure. Stress relief and laughter may be found in tomatoes, or, more specifically, the Sally Tomatoes Comedy Showcase in Rohnert Park.
Sex positions, sex toys, relationships and proper terminology for sex organs and meaningful talks about sex are all one Sonoma State University campus club talks about.
A group of students have been assigned a group project where out-of-class communication is necessary. Each person has a different phone and a different preferred way of communication. Most messaging apps cap the number of participants in a chat or message with some apps only allowing 10 members each, but a new app called Quad solved this problem.
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. JUMP, also known as Join Us Making Progress, put on a breast cancer awareness event in the Seawolf Plaza on Thursday to spread awareness on breast cancer.
There was a girl who laid bloody on an operating table, guts spilled out and still alive as she gasped for her last breath of air. A demented doctor stood hunched over her and laughed. This was just one of the many terrifying things found in the Swamp Shack at the Blind Scream Haunted House.
A huge life-size foosball court was placed smack dab in the middle of Pearson lawn on Thursday. The Center for Student Leadership Involvement and Service (CSLIS) hosted the life size foosball games as a fun way to kick start the upcoming Lobo Fest spirit week.
Closed off streets and blaring music on a Thursday night in Sebastopol can mean only one thing: the Barlow Street Fair. The fair is located on McKinley Street in Sebastopol, but spilled out onto some side streets as well. The Barlow Street Fair takes place every Thursday night from 5-8:30 p.m., and will continue until Oct. 30.
Where can one visit an earthquake site, a four-story rainforest, the California coast, an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum, a room full of skulls and over 40,000 different animal species including an albino alligator all under one roof? The Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
The stresses of a college student can be overwhelming. It is difficult to balance classes, homework and a social life while in college. Sometimes it’s nice to know there are opportunities for college students to get away from the day-to-day stresses in life.
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