By POH SI TENG
Published in the Oakland Tribune
Dec. 4, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO — A poster of Rosa Parks hangs on a glass-enclosed notice board outside San Francisco State University’s Ethnic Studies Department. Above it is a photograph of a black man standing impassively next to his attorney. Beneath it, a caption reads, “In support of our [...]
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SFSU police crossing the line?
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Students stand behind professor
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in the Oakland Tribune
Nov. 19, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO — On one side of the courtroom, about 25 students wearing bright-orange armbands silently expressed their support for the San Francisco State University professor arrested last month.
On the other, at least 10 solemn campus police officers attended to show support of their department over [...]
Getting a grip on hair-pulling disorder
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in the Oakland Tribune
Nov. 14, 2005
CHRISTINA PEARSON could not stop pulling her hair — even tying her hands and wearing a ski mask while asleep did not help.
When Pearson was 12, her habit got worse, and her psychiatrist approved her removal from school. The next two decades of her life were [...]
Students protest military recruiters
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in The Oakland Tribune
Oct. 27, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO — Student activists at San Francisco State University on Wednesday demanded military recruiters be barred from campus and advocated Proposition I — a declaration opposing military recruitment in public schools, colleges and universities.
It was a solemn protest, with about 200 students crowding around Malcolm [...]
The agony of Ecstasy
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in The Oakland Tribune and several ANG newspapers
Oct. 18, 2005
Thai Son Peter Nguyen is obsessively meticulous about his drug use.
The 21-year-old records his Ecstasy use in an “E-Log,” a detailed list of dates, days and numbers handwritten on the back of a video rental card. It dates back to Aug. 13, [...]
Fans of solar power open their homes
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in The Oakland Tribune
Oct. 3, 2005
Meg Newman’s car does not release gas emissions. It does not run on fuel. And it makes no sound because it has no engine.
Her white 2002 Toyota RAV4-EV runs on a motor that is charged by electricity, generated by solar panels at home.
“This was a labor [...]
Kids at leather fetish festival
Posted in Oakland Tribune and ANG on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By POH SI TENG
Published in The Oakland Tribune – Oakland, CA
and Xpress – San Francisco, CA
Sept. 25, 2005
Some of the most unlikely attendees of Sunday’s kinky leather fetish festival were under four feet tall.
Two-year-olds Zola and Veronica Kruschel waddled through Folsom Street Fair amidst strangers in fishnets and leather crotch pouches, semi and fully nude [...]
