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SF State students fall to the ground at the Die In in memory of all of the innocent lives lost through police hands. The attendants came together to march in a national day of protest to stop police brutality, repression and the criminalization of a generation Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at Malcolm X Plaza. Amanda Peterson / Xpress.

Students drop in Malcolm X Plaza in demonstration against police brutality

Jennah Feeley October 22, 2014
At the sound of three bangs, dozens of bodies dropped to the ground of Malcolm X Plaza as a part of a “Die In” demonstration for people killed by police brutality.
Michael Ritter marches and chants in a picket line in front of SF State Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Students and faculty members gathered at the corner of 19th and Holloway avenues occupying part of the campus entrance.

Faculty members ask students to join in solidarity for new labor contracts

Jennah Feeley October 7, 2014

SF State faculty marched along the corner of Holloway and 19th Avenue today, marking the 99th day without a new labor contract. Students and other organizations joined the California Faculty Association’s...

The crowd during Built to Spills performance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Saturday October 4, 2014.

Meet Dave Rapa, an SF State alum and performer at this past weekend’s Hardly Strictly Festival

A lifetime dream finally blossomed for Dave Rapa, a former SF State history major, when he performed live alongside his band mates in The Sam Chase and the Untraditional, at the 14th annual Hardly Strictly...

A Long Road to Travel – A map of the SF State Gators hockey club’s season

Kyle McLorg September 29, 2014

The SF State Gators Hockey Club drops the puck on its sophomore season in the Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association on Sept. 27, hoping to make the playoffs for the first time. The road to glory won't...

$2.1 million gym renovations invite SF State athletics into the 21st century

Chloe Johnson September 12, 2014

Standing at the free-throw line of the basketball court, Don Nasser, the primary funder for renovations to the gym and a University alumnus, could not quite make the shot. President Leslie E. Wong then...

Xpress Yourself: Student reaction to new Gator mascot

Will Carruthers and Daniel Rivera August 30, 2014

This week, President Wong unveiled a refined Gator mascot to the SF State campus. We asked some members of the student body what they thought of the new versus the old design. Check out the video below...

One of Trevor Myers designs is a tree with chargeable fruit lights that can become portable night lights. Trevor Myers / Special to Xpress

IN-DEPTH: A Byte of the Valley

See the full collection on Medium at: https://medium.com/a-byte-of-the-valley At a campus surrounded by Silicon Valley and the tech boom, it’s no surprise that technology has begun to shape the SF...

IN-DEPTH: Adjunct professors struggle with low pay, no job security

IN-DEPTH: Adjunct professors struggle with low pay, no job security

Sheila Tully, SF State's California Faculty Association chapter president, poses in her office in HSS 331 at SF State Tuesday, March 18. Photo by Rachel Aston / Xpress Anthropology Lecturer Sheila Tully...

Putting tidal waves into crunchable data

Haley Brucato May 21, 2014

The San Francisco Bay has powerful, silent tidal currents that influence all objects it comes in contact with. And Boriana “Bobbie” Viljoen has observed first hand the horrors of people being swept...

VIDEO: “Lost and Found”

Kyle McLorg May 16, 2014

[HTML1] Many of us living in the Bay Area have a peaceful stroll along the beach, but few of us have done it with such purpose. Brenton Bostwick, an artist from Marin County, has taken California coastline...

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