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Chomp Pod: Vince Inglima discusses his coaching career amidst seventh season as SFSU men’s basketball head coach
Jake Knoeller, Sports Editor | Jan 3, 2025
Closure of pioneering Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies leaves void in community
Kiren Kaur, Engagement Editor | Dec 27, 2024
Gator Talk: A conversation about social communities on SFSU’s commuter campus
Hannah Straily, Multimedia and Podcast Editor | Dec 24, 2024
Fierce, Fat and Femme
Jaiden Forey and Melissa Garcia | Dec 24, 2024
Celebrate the holidays in San Francisco: Six free events for students staying on campus
Christopher Roberts, Staff Reporter | Dec 23, 2024
A lecturer’s punk rock tactics for salary protests
Kathia Noriega and Kiren Kaur | Dec 22, 2024
Chomp Pod: SFSU’s women’s volleyball coach recaps ‘Cinderella season’
Kathia Noriega, Managing Editor | Dec 22, 2024
Vandalism identified as cause of shelter-in-place order at SFSU
Neal Wong, Online Editor | Dec 20, 2024

Campus

Persis Karim poses for a portrait outside the August Coppola Theater on Nov. 21, 2024. (Jesus Arriaga / Golden Gate Xpress)

Closure of pioneering Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies leaves void in community

Kiren Kaur, Engagement Editor • Dec 27, 2024

UPD officers lock down the main campus on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Autumn DeGrazia for Golden Gate Xpress)

Vandalism identified as cause of shelter-in-place order at SFSU

Dec 20, 2024

Live Updates: SFSU under lockdown due to emergency threat

Dec 19, 2024

Alaina Ross looks out of Thornton Hall at the sky on Nov. 20, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

How a unique student is weathering fewer resources at SFSU

Dec 16, 2024

The Fine Arts Building seen from the Humanities Building on May 17, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU officials concerned as thousands of students remain unregistered for Spring 2025

Dec 12, 2024

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Las personas se sientan pacientemente esperando la próxima actualización durante una observación de las elecciones presidenciales fuera del café Manny's en la calle Valencia en el distrito de la Misión el 5 de noviembre de 2024. (Sean Young / Golden Gate Xpress)

Fiesta de observación para las elecciones presidenciales celebrada en el distrito Mission

Melissa Garcia, Staff Reporter • Nov 6, 2024

Un grupo de gente llenan sus boletos en el Annex de la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco el martes 5 de noviembre de 2024. (Gabriel Carver / Golden Gate Xpress)

Cobertura en vivo: SFSU reacciona a las elecciones presidenciales

Nov 5, 2024

Nicolás González-Medina (izquierda) y Katélyne Gonzalez (derecha) terminan de serigrafiar una bolsa de mano en la sala del Club Universitario ubicado en el Centro Estudiantil César Chávez el miércoles 30 de octubre de 2024. (Jesus Arriaga / Golden Gate Xpress)

El mes de acción para los estudiantes indocumentados de SFSU se termina con la creación de arte de impresión en madera

Nov 3, 2024

Chuquimamani-Condori realiza el acto de apertura de Weaving Spirits, un festival que celebra a los pueblos queer e indígenas, en el Teatro Brava el sábado 26 de octubre de 2024. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)

Tejiendo comunidad: Weaving Spirits

Nov 1, 2024

A voter guide for the 2024 election

Oct 31, 2024

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Sports

Players on the San Francisco State University men’s basketball team stretch before the team’s practice on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)

From pain to perseverance: SFSU athletes and mental health during injury recovery

Gibran Beydoun, Staff Reporter • Dec 19, 2024

Fans react as the San Francisco State University’s women’s volleyball team defeats the University of Central Oklahoma in the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Sean Young / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU women’s volleyball watch party brings out Gator spirit

Dec 13, 2024

Members of the water polo club practice in the Mashouf Wellness Center on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Andrew Fogel / Golden Gate Xpress)

A united front: SFSU’s water polo club makes intense, coed sports possible

Dec 9, 2024

Nyana Asiasi (21) and Alexsandra “Alley” Alvarado (2) high-five Assistant Coach Dante Henley during a timeout against the Pioneers from California State University, East Bay on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (Sean Young / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU women’s basketball loses in intense game to CSU East Bay

Dec 1, 2024

Izzy Issak (center), a redshirt senior outside hitter for the San Francisco State University women’s volleyball team, celebrates with Kimberly DeBoer (left), a senior setter, and Taylor Vales (right), a junior libero, during the team’s matchup against California State University, Los Angeles on, Oct. 26, 2024. (Sean Young / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gators outside hitter Izzy Issak reflects on volleyball career and the injury that helped grow her game

Nov 24, 2024

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A&E

Computer science student Edafe Ogege A student spray paints on paper sheets hung in the art gallery of the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Students graffiti gallery walls to relieve stress before finals

Elijah Shaw, Staff Reporter • Dec 13, 2024

Olivienne Beard dances to “Paint the Town” by LOONA during the Asian Student Union Talent Show in Jack Adams Hall on Dec. 6, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

Activism, dancing, singing and martial arts take the stage at ASU talent show

Dec 7, 2024

Liz Hernández poses for a portrait at the Office for the Study of the Ordinary on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Jesus Arriaga / Golden Gate Xpress)

The Office of the Study of the Ordinary prompts students to examine the little things

Oct 7, 2024

Sal Hernandez and Ti Secrease rehearse a scene from the play “Everybody” where Death comes to pick the character named Everybody. (Gabriel Carver / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU theatre program’s fall play “Everybody” to debut in October

Sep 26, 2024

(L-R) Apparel design and merchandising students Genesis Saenz, Ashley Miura, Qiuyan Lin, Siena Dawkins and Antoinette Montano pose with a dress they designed using old BART tickets in Burk Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. The dress was made for Project Doneway: A Farewell to BART Paper Tickets, a fashion show that will be held on Saturday at Rockridge BART. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Students take on fashion challenge with upcycled BART tickets

Sep 13, 2024

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Multimedia

Chomp Pod: Vince Inglima discusses his coaching career amidst seventh season as SFSU men’s basketball head coach

Jake Knoeller, Sports Editor • Jan 3, 2025

Gator Talk: A conversation about social communities on SFSU’s commuter campus

Dec 24, 2024

Fierce, Fat and Femme

Dec 24, 2024

A lecturer’s punk rock tactics for salary protests

Dec 22, 2024

Chomp Pod: SFSU’s women’s volleyball coach recaps ‘Cinderella season’

Dec 22, 2024

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In-Depth

How a unique student is weathering fewer resources at SFSU

Neal Wong, Online Editor • Dec 16, 2024

Robin López greets a friend while posing for photos in the City Hall of Albany, Calif. on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU alum becomes the first Latino mayor of Albany

Dec 10, 2024

David Gill poses for a photo in his office, HUM 229, on Nov. 19, 2024. Gill has been putting up flyers with SFSU President Lynn Mahoney’s face on them for weeks due to resentment towards SFSU’s administration. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

‘Downsized everything but her salary,’ the lecturer behind the Mahoney posters

Dec 1, 2024

Gators outside hitter Izzy Issak reflects on volleyball career and the injury that helped grow her game

Nov 24, 2024

Chloe Cole, the featured guest speaker of the event “Truth or Transition,” hosted by the Turning Point USA chapter at SFSU, speaks about her experience detransitioning in the Seven Hills Conference Center at SFSU on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Turning Point SFSU hosts first event in over a year with detransitioner Chloe Cole

Nov 13, 2024

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Live Updates: SFSU under lockdown due to emergency threat

Closure of pioneering Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies leaves void in community

How a unique student is weathering fewer resources at SFSU

Vandalism identified as cause of shelter-in-place order at SFSU

(L-R) Elana Carrier and Dominick Perez pose for a photo near Macy’s Great Tree in Union Square, San Francisco on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

Giant Christmas tree lights up in Union Square

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Vince Inglima is in his seventh season as the men’s basketball head coach at SFSU, where he has had a lot of success. In this podcast, Inglima talks about how he got here, his own experiences playing, some major life lessons and his personal life with a wife and kids.

Click the link in bio to listen.

🎥: Jake Knoeller (@jakeknoeller)

An orchid sits inside the main room of the Center

Lecturer David Gill takes inspiration from his pun

Angelina Moles, a lecturer at SFSU, opens up on ho

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San Francisco State University enacted a shelter-i

With the holidays approaching, you’re bound to r

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4:02 p.m. The shelter in place order has been lift

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Xplainer

Xplainer: Sierra Nevada Field Campus

All about SFSU’s satellite campus in the middle of a forest

Neal Wong, Online Editor • Nov 30, 2024

Conifers and oaks surround San Francisco State University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus, with the North Yuba River running through it. Painters set up easels alongside river banks, mycologists lead expeditions through pine-scented forests and astronomers gather in darkness to study the night sky....

Xplainer: Domestic Violence Resources

Sep 21, 2024

Gator Take

Gator Take: Monarca Dining Hall (formerly City Eats) is not bad

The campus dining hall provides an affordable option for students who don’t have a meal plan

Neal Wong, Online Editor • Sep 16, 2024

I didn’t say it was good but you have to agree that it has its merits. Food quality is never the highlight of an all-you-can-eat (AYCE)...

Gator Take: Why Tecate Tuesday and The Pub are vital to SFSU’s social climate

May 28, 2024

Podcasts

Chomp Pod: Vince Inglima discusses his coaching career amidst seventh season as SFSU men’s basketball head coach

Jake Knoeller, Sports Editor • Jan 3, 2025

Intro: Jake Knoeller: 00:00-00:32 This is Jake Knoeller reporting for Golden Gate Xpress on the Chomp Pod today. Today, I will be interviewing...

Gator Talk: A conversation about social communities on SFSU’s commuter campus

Dec 24, 2024

Opinion

Two chocolate chip cookies, one by Crumbl Cookies (left) and the other by Insomnia Cookies, are staged with their respective boxes. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Insomnia Cookies: The underdog that puts Crumbl to sleep

Paula Sibulo, Staff Reporter • Dec 19, 2024

An illustration of Spotify as the devil. (Illustration by Neal Wong and Trevor Schock)

Spotify: It’s time to wrap it up

Dec 6, 2024

Simple Pleasures Cafe on a busy Friday morning on Nov. 22, 2024. The cafe is located in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco. (Gabriel Carver / Golden Gate Xpress)

The best coffee shops for students in San Francisco

Nov 27, 2024

The Open24 vending machine on Nov. 19, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

We need more vending machines

Nov 26, 2024

Massage chairs at the Stockton Campus of California State University, Stanislaus on August 19, 2024. They are free to use. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

A majority of CSUs have massage chairs. SFSU should get them too.

Nov 25, 2024

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Beyond SFSU

A Christmas tree is lit up beside a 25-foot-tall menorah in Union Square on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. The menorah will be lit from Dec. 25, 2024, to Jan. 2, 2025. (Christopher Roberts / Golden Gate Xpress)

Celebrate the holidays in San Francisco: Six free events for students staying on campus

Christopher Roberts, Staff Reporter • Dec 23, 2024

San Francisco Police Department and Fire Department respond to a fire on the sixth floor of 350 Arballo Dr. at Parkmerced on the night of Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Fire ignites at Parkmerced sixth-floor apartment Thursday evening

Dec 12, 2024

SFSU alum becomes the first Latino mayor of Albany

Dec 10, 2024

Convention attendees dressed in cosplay pose together for a photo on the red carpet at Fan Expo 2024 in the Moscone West Convention Center on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (Dan Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco hosts Fan Expo for the third consecutive year

Dec 5, 2024

(L-R) Ricky Hernandez, aka “Cera”; Homum Ahsan, aka” MUMZY”; Josh Aubin aka” Mongoose”; and Max Gilchrist aka “RF20,” play Super Smash Bros. Melee at SF Rec and Tech on Nov. 22, 2024. (Jesus Arriaga / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco Rec and Parks expands to hosting public gaming events

Dec 4, 2024

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Meet the Staff

GGX Staff

Hannah Straily

Multimedia and Podcast Editor

Hannah Straily (she/her) is the multimedia and podcast editor for Golden Gate Xpress. She is a journalism major with a minor in education. Born and raised in San Diego, Hannah now lives in San Francisco....

Andrew Fogel

Visuals Editor

Andrew Fogel is visuals editor for Golden Gate Xpress and former managing editor for Xpress Magazine who’s majoring in photojournalism and minoring in labor and employment studies. If he’s not taking...

Jesus Arriaga

Staff Photographer

Jesus Arriaga (he/him) is a staff photographer for Golden Gate Xpress. He is majoring in journalism with a concentration in photojournalism and minoring in German. He was born in Garden Grove, CA. He currently...