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CCSF chancellor says abrupt class cancellations ‘not an emergency’ ahead of vote for bridge funding

December 16, 2019

Lawsuit settlement between SF and the Academy of Art University rundown

Shelley Wang

December 13, 2019

On Dec. 5th the San Francisco Government Audit and Oversight Committee finalized the ordinance and ongoing lawsuit with the Academy of Art. The Academy of Art must pay the city $58 million and change buildings according to the correc...

Student Fee Error Resurfaces

Juan Carlos Lara

December 11, 2019

Since 2015, graduate students in the Lam Family College of Business have paid a Graduate Studies Professional Program fee, currently $270 per-unit. The fee mostly funds specific graduate courses and provides need-based financial ai...

Engineering students demand renovations

Frank Sumrall

December 10, 2019

Classrooms littered with broken, outdated equipment. Part-time instructors with very little time and flexibility for office hours. Limited access to the already depleted resources available. A day in the life of an SF State eng...

Classrooms topping 90 degrees in AC-less buildings

Noor Baig

December 10, 2019

Makeshift fans, hot air and adjusted curriculums have become the new norm for classes in the Humanities building during the warmer months of the year. Graph by Noor Baig/ Golden Gate Xpress It’s been one year since the California Faculty Association (CFA) filed a grievance with t...

Crime Blotter: Campus police evacuate library

Juan Carlos Lara

December 3, 2019

A man entered the SF State library from Holloway Avenue on the afternoon of Nov. 25 carrying multiple bags and reportedly threatened to “blow up” people within the library, according to an email by Chief of Police Reginal...

Activists commemorate Alcatraz occupation after 50 years

Sam Moore

December 3, 2019

In an old building on the north end of Alcatraz Island, Alan Harrison recently stood on a small stage over concrete floors where he remembers roller skating as a child. He also remembers the helicopters, he said, sent by the Co...

SF to vote on vacant storefront tax

Corey Browning

December 3, 2019

As San Francisco’s tech economy booms, brick and mortar retailers are struggling to stay afloat, and popular shopping corridors are becoming filled with storefront vacancies. “Every block has at least one and usually...

Accessible Technology Commons opened for now, but not for alumni

Carly Wipf

December 3, 2019

Miwa Ikema graduated from SF State in 2016 with a Master's Degree in philosophy, but she continues to sit at the front of the library several times a week with a petition to keep the library’s Accessible Technology Commons open...

Men’s basketball faces off against Oregon and Turlock in two day tournament

Alonso Frias

December 2, 2019

The SF State Mens’ Basketball Team hosted its annual Gator Gobble tournament where they split their two contests. The SF State Gator Gobble took place over the Thanksgiving break from Nov. 29 through the 30th, in San Franci...

Strindberg’s haunting Ghost Sonata SF State’s Little Theatre

Felicia Hyde

November 19, 2019

Eerie whispers of wind slowly creep into the audience's ears as figures of life and death from the 20th century make their way like zombies onto the stage. A milkmaid in a white and brown tattered dress groans and moans while ...

CSU searches for a new chancellor

MJ Johnson

November 19, 2019

A special committee of California State University trustees and an advisory committee held an open forum at Cal State East Bay Nov. 13 to hear the CSU community’s suggestions for the selection of its newest chancellor after...