Golden Gate Xpress

Campus crime update: A Banksy imposter on campus, a Law and Order fantasy, a beer pong celebration gone awry

Tamerra Griffin

May 9, 2012

Exiting the Gift Shop, Entering the Campus Two incidents of graffiti vandalism were reported May 3 and 4. The first occurred between noon May 2 and 2:30 p.m. May 3 in the Humanities Building, while the second took place around 5 p.m. at the Sutro Libra...

Rising student loan interest rates, lack of financial aid pose obstacles for education

Tamerra Griffin

May 2, 2012

From the current debate between the White House and the House of Representatives regarding student loan interest rates to a current California proposal that would make college more affordable for those coming from middle clas...

Campus crime update: running from the cops, two lost wallets and a drinking game gone awry

Tamerra Griffin

April 29, 2012

Footrace Against the Police Yields Losing Results University police responded to a call about a suspicious looking individual near the Ethnic Studies and Psychology Building just before 8:30 a.m. April 27. Not one to be caught, the...

Campus crime update: Laundry sabotage, more alcohol and narcotics possession on a stoner holiday

Tamerra Griffin

April 23, 2012

A Dirty D.I.Y. Deed University police took a report of a Parkmerced resident whose clothes had been damaged and sprayed with bleach April 16, amounting to up to $600 in losses. Perhaps the unknown perpetrator had been so ins...

SF State to be the first CSU to offer Persian studies minor

April 18, 2012

Campus crime update: a missing student, dorm fireworks and an animal carcass with a note attached

Tamerra Griffin

April 16, 2012

'Missing' student found in class A concerned mother called UPD April 8 to report her daughter missing from her residence at The Village at Centennial Square. Officers then conducted a search of the campus, and eventually found t...

Campus crime update: motorcycle theft, car versus stop sign and a disgruntled student

Tamerra Griffin

April 9, 2012

(Not So) Easy Rider University police responded to a report of a stolen motorcycle on 19th Avenue April 3 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. While no leads have been identified, one can only presume that the thief was bored between cl...

Campus crime update: Identity theft, (almost) drunken driving and a Kung Fu-fighting weed dealer

Tamerra Griffin

April 2, 2012

Mooch for Midnight MUSIC Officers responded to a report from a University Park North dweller that somebody had made multiple charges to his credit card between 9 p.m. March 28 and 11 a.m. March 29. Given the time frame of the sp...

SF State program recruits minority students to science, math, engineering fields

Tamerra Griffin

February 7, 2012

Jasmine Williams walks through the halls of SF State’s Science building picking flecks of styrofoam from her sweatshirt. The 23-year-old civil engineering student is in the midst of completing a senior project that involves ...

PHOTOS: SF State's J. Paul Leonard and Sutro Library partially open

January 24, 2012

Youth advocate John Burton celebrates his birthday at SF State

December 16, 2011