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New San Francisco State Students Welcomed To Campus

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- San Francisco State University is welcoming new students Wednesday and Thursday for the start of the new school year.

About 7,000 freshmen and transfer students arrived on campus Wednesday to learn about college life, university officials said.

More than 30 orientation activities for students and their parents are planned for Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday's schedule includes moving about 2,000 students into campus housing on Font and Lake Merced boulevards between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

On Thursday, students will learn about sustainable living during a "Zero Waste" lunch at 11 a.m. on the main quad near 19th and Holloway avenues.

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