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Jazdil Poupart-Feliciano shows students old, racist propaganda at the Latinx Speaker event “Abolition, Decolonization and Activism in Puerto Rico” on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Latinx speaker event addresses systemic ties between punishment, incarceration and schools
Melanie Ochoa, Spanish Editor • Nov 14, 2025
Priscilla Hurtado participates in one of Bad Art Club’s activities in the Paint Bay of the Creative Arts Building on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Julian Olson special to Golden Gate Xpress)
Bad Art Club breaks patterns and gives students an expressive outlet
Nov 12, 2025
A TED Talk sign sits on a stage on Oct. 6, 2014. (Juliana Rotich on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons)
‘Seas of Change’: TEDx event to come to SFSU
Nov 8, 2025
Third-year political science and Asian American studies student Vi Lee speaks to the room about the political science students’ wants and demands for the future of the department at the Political Science Town Hall meeting held on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Jolie Willson / Golden Gate Xpress)
Students and faculty unite to save political science department
Nov 5, 2025
Layla Mosqueda-Clark poses for the photobooth set up for the Associated Students’ 10th annual Halloween Costume Contest in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Students were instructed to take a photo with the photobooth after filling out a form with contact information, their name and their costume. (Jolie Willson / Golden Gate Xpress)
Photos: Associated Students holds 10th annual Halloween Costume Contest
Oct 31, 2025
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Español
Dos personas caminan al centro de votación en el Annex 1 el martes 4 de noviembre de 2025. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
La Propuesta 50 es aceptada, proporcionando a los demócratas una ventaja en las elecciones intermedias
Melanie Ochoa and Maya Latz • Nov 5, 2025
Miembros de Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority y Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, llevan a cabo un evento de pintar calaveras para el Día De Los Muertos en el salón Rigoberta Menchú el martes 28 de octubre de 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Explicador: Día De Los Muertos
Oct 30, 2025
Con un búho en su sudadera, el fundador de “El Tecolote” Juan Gonzales posa frente a la oficina “The Guardsman”, el periódico estudiantil de City College of San Francisco, el 8 de octubre de 2025. Por haber servido en el colegio como jefe del departamento de periodismo por más de 40 años, Gonzales fue reconocido con el premio de Distinguished Teaching in Journalism este año por parte de la Society of Professional Journalists. (Seamus Geoghegan / Golden Gate Xpress)
Premian la trayectoria y liderazgo educativo de el fundador de ‘El Tecolote’
Oct 20, 2025
La profesora Ana Luengo, lee su poema “Nada nuevo bajo el sol“ ante la audiencia del evento “DI-VERSOS y me regalaron sonrisas” el 9 de octubre de 2025. (Melanie Ochoa / Golden Gate Xpress)
De Barcelona a SFSU: Poesía que conecta
Oct 10, 2025
La propuesta 50 crearía nuevos mapas de los distritos electorales de California si es aprobada. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
Explicador: Propuesta 50
Oct 9, 2025
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Sports
Gators Rugby Football Club athletes practice a lineout lift before the start of their match against Santa Clara University on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Men’s rugby club persists to victory in Santa Clara
Gibran Beydoun, Copy Editor • Nov 9, 2025
Goalkeeper Kylie Tone hugs her teammate at the end of her last game at Cox Stadium on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (Gwen Murray special to Golden Gate Xpress)
Gators women’s soccer stay optimistic following back-to-back losing seasons
Nov 8, 2025
SFSU men's basketball team run back and forth on the Gymnasium’s court during practice on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Gators men’s basketball team revamped for new season
Nov 3, 2025
Junior setter Drew deGuzman hype up their teammates on the sidelines during their match against Cal State LA Golden Eagles on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Gators volleyball stun Golden Eagles at the Swamp
Nov 2, 2025
SFSU women’s basketball athletes warm up before practice in the Gymnasium on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Gators gear up for a new chapter in women’s basketball
Oct 26, 2025
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A&E
A model walks at the “FNA: The Runway” event sporting a jacket designed by “Loki” in Jack Adams Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Jolie Willson / Golden Gate Xpress)
Deliciously-textured fall runway show delights
Ozzy Palacio, Staff Reporter • Nov 13, 2025
Glen Powell in “The Running Man.” (Ross Ferguson / Paramount Pictures)
Review: ‘The Running Man’ won’t get your heart rate up
Nov 11, 2025
Laura Thomas, a Bay Area resident, stands in front of The Lost Church sign during the venue's San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Olivia Bañuelos special to Golden Gate Xpress)
San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival celebrates the artist’s legacy
Nov 8, 2025
Attendees of the screening of "A Chip Odyssey" in Annex I at San Francisco State University pose for a photo at the end of the event on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Olivia Bañuelos special to Golden Gate Xpress)
‘A Chip Odyssey’ explores a small island’s large impact on our digital world
Nov 6, 2025
The First National Touring cast of “Stereophonic.” (Julieta Cervantes)
Review: Sausalito-set ‘Stereophonic’ intermittently brings down the house
Oct 31, 2025
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Politics
Isabella Alcaraz and San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie walk to a press conference to announce the appointment of Alcaraz as the new District 4 supervisor on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (NBC Bay Area)
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie appoints new District 4 Supervisor
Jaiden Forey, Staff Reporter • Nov 6, 2025
Dos personas caminan al centro de votación en el Annex 1 el martes 4 de noviembre de 2025. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
La Propuesta 50 es aceptada, proporcionando a los demócratas una ventaja en las elecciones intermedias
Nov 5, 2025
Two people walk into the polling station in Annex 1 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
Proposition 50 passes, lending an upper hand to Democrats in midterms
Nov 5, 2025
The National Guard walking on the streets of Washington, D.C. on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Hannah Clark-Nixon / Xpress Magazine)
Live Updates: Lurie says federal deployment is called off in San Francisco
Oct 22, 2025
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Wiki Commons)
SFSU Reacts: Israel and Hamas sign peace deal
Oct 11, 2025
Multimedia
Layla Mosqueda-Clark poses for the photobooth set up for the Associated Students’ 10th annual Halloween Costume Contest in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Students were instructed to take a photo with the photobooth after filling out a form with contact information, their name and their costume. (Jolie Willson / Golden Gate Xpress)
Photos: Associated Students holds 10th annual Halloween Costume Contest
Jolie Patricia Willson, Staff Photographer • Oct 31, 2025
The band Enough opens the Punk N’ Drag show at The Depot on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Carla Gutierrez special to Golden Gate Xpress)
Photos: The Depot transforms into an artistic night with drag performances and concerts
Oct 31, 2025
Between the Issues: A sit down with the editors-in-chief
Between the Issues: A sit down with the editors-in-chief
Oct 30, 2025
Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU
Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU
Oct 26, 2025
The Chomp: Tamiya Wilson breaks the program kills record
Oct 2, 2025
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Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU

Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU

The First National Touring cast of “Stereophonic.” (Julieta Cervantes)

Review: Sausalito-set ‘Stereophonic’ intermittently brings down the house

A student walks out of the Fine Arts Building on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Eddie Monares / Golden Gate Xpress)

Lecturer cuts leave students without necessary classes

Laura Thomas, a Bay Area resident, stands in front of The Lost Church sign during the venue's San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Olivia Bañuelos special to Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival celebrates the artist’s legacy

SFSU President Lynn Mahoney speaks about a new program that will guarantee admission for SFUSD students on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Klyde Java / Golden Gate Xpress)

Lynn Mahoney raises red flags at university budget hearing

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Xplainer
Miembros de Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority y Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, llevan a cabo un evento de pintar calaveras para el Día De Los Muertos en el salón Rigoberta Menchú el martes 28 de octubre de 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Explicador: Día De Los Muertos
El Día De Los Muertos es una celebración que se lleva a cabo para conmemorar a los seres queridos fallecidos
Carla Gutierrez, Contributor • Oct 30, 2025
El Día De Los Muertos es una celebración que nos recuerda que la muerte no es el final. Este día representa el regreso temporal de las almas para descender y reunirse con los mortales, disfrutando de los alimentos que se les ofrecen en el altar la noche del 2 de noviembre.
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Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. and Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. host a skull painting event for Día De Los Muertos in Rigoberta Menchú Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Lindsey Hoang / Golden Gate Xpress)
Xplainer: Day of the Dead
Oct 30, 2025
La propuesta 50 crearía nuevos mapas de los distritos electorales de California si es aprobada. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
Explicador: Propuesta 50
Oct 9, 2025
Proposition 50 would create new congressional district maps in California if passed. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
Xplainer: Proposition 50
Oct 8, 2025
Podcasts
Between the Issues: A sit down with the editors-in-chief
Between the Issues: A sit down with the editors-in-chief
Paula Sibulo and Bailey Zitko • Oct 30, 2025
The two Xpress publications’ editors-in-chief sit down to talk about the Fall 2025 semester, their trip to MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C., and what it’s like leading a newsroom as a non-journalism major.
Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU
Gator Talk: Former English lecturer reflects on time at SFSU
Oct 26, 2025
The Chomp: Tamiya Wilson breaks the program kills record
Oct 2, 2025
Gator Talk: SFSU’s TPUSA reacts to co-founder’s assassination
Gator Talk: SFSU’s TPUSA reacts to co-founder’s assassination
Sep 17, 2025
Opinion
The Juan Marichal statue sits outside Oracle Park on April 4, 2025. (Klyde Java / Golden Gate Xpress)
Opinion: Hiring Tony Vitello is a home run for the Giants
Lourence Alturino, Multimedia Editor • Oct 23, 2025
A collage of memes of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Jeffrey Epstein, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff. (Illustration by Jaiden Forey / Golden Gate Xpress)
Opinion: Meme culture has infiltrated the political sphere. Is it too much?
Oct 9, 2025
Fans celebrate Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos’ walk off “Little League” homer over the Texas Rangers on April 27, 2025. Ramos, who staunchly defended former Giants manager Bob Melvin back in August, had 21 runs and 69 RBIs in 2025. (Seamus Geoghegan / Golden Gate Xpress)
Opinion: A disappointing and frustrating year ends for the SF Giants
Sep 30, 2025
A couple on Cox Bay Beach near Tofino, British Columbia, Canada on Sept. 17, 2016. (ImagePerson, Wikimedia Commons)
Opinion: Surfline sucks now
Sep 15, 2025
Two people walk in front of the Village at Centennial Square building on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Eddie Monares / Golden Gate Xpress)
Ranking SFSU’s dorms: Where is the best place to live on campus?
Aug 30, 2025
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Beyond SFSU
A sketch of the Nancy & Stephen Grand Building, set to open in August 2027. (SF Hillel)
SF Hillel to undergo renovations
Paul Singh, Staff Reporter • Nov 7, 2025
Ehecatl Tonatiuh stands in front of the Otaez restaurant in Oakland, California, which helped set up the altar for the owner, Jesus “Don Chuy” Campos, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (Sofia Isabel Reyes special to Golden Gate Xpress)
Fruitvale neighborhood shows Latinx pride in centuries-old traditions
Nov 3, 2025
Con un búho en su sudadera, el fundador de “El Tecolote” Juan Gonzales posa frente a la oficina “The Guardsman”, el periódico estudiantil de City College of San Francisco, el 8 de octubre de 2025. Por haber servido en el colegio como jefe del departamento de periodismo por más de 40 años, Gonzales fue reconocido con el premio de Distinguished Teaching in Journalism este año por parte de la Society of Professional Journalists. (Seamus Geoghegan / Golden Gate Xpress)
Premian la trayectoria y liderazgo educativo de el fundador de ‘El Tecolote’
Oct 20, 2025
A protester runs down Market Street while chanting at the “No Kings” protest downtown on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Braelyn Furse / Golden Gate Xpress)
California and the Capitol: A look at SF, D.C., Berkeley’s ‘No Kings’ protests
Oct 18, 2025
With an owl on his hoodie, “El Tecolote” founder Juan Gonzales stands in front of the office of “The Guardsman,” City College of San Francisco’s student-run newspaper, on Oct. 8, 2025. Having served as chair of the school’s journalism department for over 40 years, Gonzales won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award this year. (Seamus Geoghegan / Golden Gate Xpress)
Education, leadership and a ‘nose for news’: The founder of ‘El Tecolote’ receives award
Oct 18, 2025
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Meet the Staff
Autumn Rose Alvarez
Autumn Rose Alvarez
Politics Editor

Autumn Rose Alvarez (she/her) is the politics editor for Golden Gate Xpress. She is a journalism major and Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts minor. Born and raised in the small city of Milpitas,...

Alex Zuñiga
Alex Zuñiga
Staff Reporter

Alex Zuñiga (she/her) is a reporter for Golden Gate Xpress and a second-year M.A. student in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts department at San Francisco State University. Her reporting...

Alessandro Sanchez
Alessandro Sanchez
Graphic Designer

Alessandro Sanchez (he/him) is the Graphic Designer for Golden Gate Xpress. He is in his fourth year, majoring in Visual Communication Design. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, he plans to...

Melanie Ochoa
Melanie Ochoa
Spanish Editor

Melanie Ochoa (she/her) is the Spanish editor for the Golden Gate Xpress. She is majoring in Spanish and minoring in bilingual Spanish journalism. She was born and raised in San Francisco, California,...

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