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All content by Gabriel Agurcia
Bryanna Stubbert locates and blocks a shot during the first annual goalball exhibition at the Mashouf Wellness Center on Saturday May 5, 2018. (Niko LaBarbera/Golden Gate Xpress)

Hearing is believing

Gabriel Agurcia May 9, 2018

Sometimes the removal of sight can provide a glimpse into a misunderstood world. Danny Vang sure thinks so. Vang, a social work major who is partially blind, wanted to introduce an activity to his...

SF State appoints new athletic director

Gabriel Agurcia Mar 29, 2018

SF State has found its new athletic director, and she comes with Gator ties. Stephanie Shrieve-Hawkins was officially announced as athletic director on Thursday, March 29. Shrieve-Hawkins’ most...

Op-Ed: UConn women keep winning without spotlight

Gabriel Agurcia Mar 28, 2018

Any college basketball team that reaches 11 straight Final Fours is obviously going to be plastered all over every news site, right? That’d be the case if the University of Connecticut’s women’s...

Orry Elor trains with a teammate at SF State on Thursday, March. 1, 2018. (Oscar Rendon/Golden Gate Xpress)

Welch provides the juice

Gabriel Agurcia Mar 15, 2018

SF State’s wrestling team discovered that for them, positivity and success go hand-in-hand. After a dismal 2017 season in which no Gator was a national qualifier, 2018 was a bounce-back campaign. “Our...

Puck is life

Gabriel Agurcia Mar 7, 2018

The hour hand and minute hand meet at the apex of the clock. It’s another 12 o’clock practice. 12 a.m., that is. For SF State’s ice hockey club, this is one of several obstacles that must be dealt...

Started from the mat, now we’re here

Gabriel Agurcia Feb 21, 2018

What a difference a few months can make. After being unsure of the state of their wrestling team coming into 2018, SF State wrestlers are capitalizing on a revitalized program. “Starting the season...

Scripts and soundscapes

Gabriel Agurcia Feb 15, 2018

As someone who doesn’t watch many movies, I couldn’t give the most informed answer as to how diverse and meaningful soundtracks are to films. What I do know is that the anticipation for “Black Panther”...

SFSU Softball third baseman Sara Higa (left), pitcher Lindsey Cassidy, outfielder Mallory Cleveland and coach Alicia Reid pose for a portrait outside the Gymnasium at SF State, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
 Reid was previously head softball coach at Humboldt State University for 5 years before starting this past year at SFSU and said, "My philosophy of coaching is minimizing hesitation. Anticipating instead of reacting." (Christian Urrutia/Golden Gate Xpress)

Gators softball? Anything but soft

Gabriel Agurcia Jan 24, 2018

Change can be scary, but for SF State softball, change is nothing new. After finishing no higher than 6th place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in the past three seasons, SF State’s...

Jarrel Phillips (right), artist and curator, speaks at the opening of "I Am San Francisco," a visual archive of the black experience from past to present day in San Francisco, at AS Gallery, Thursday, on Dec. 7, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/ Golden Gate Xpress)

Black Lives Chatter

Gabriel Agurcia Dec 13, 2017

“When we say black, what does that mean?” Jarrel Phillips, artist and curator, asked himself that question in order to assemble his latest exhibit. “I Am San Francisco: Black Past and Presence,”...

Jarrel Phillips (right), artist and curator, speaks at the opening of "I Am San Francisco," a visual archive of the black experience from past to present day in San Francisco, at AS Gallery, Thursday, on Dec. 7, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/ Golden Gate Xpress)

Black lives chatter

Gabriel Agurcia Dec 12, 2017

“When we say black, what does that mean?” Jarrel Phillips, artist and curator, asked himself that question in order to assemble his latest exhibit. “I Am San Francisco: Black Past and Presence,”...

Participants of a campus vigil listen to  Dr. Christopher Carrington's talk at the AIDS Memorial Grove at SF State on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (Aya Yoshida/Golden Gate Xpress)

29th annual World AIDS Day serves as learning experience and healing process for SF State family

Gabriel Agurcia Dec 7, 2017

Friday, Dec. 1 marked the 29th annual World AIDS Day, which SF State has taken part in to commemorate those affected by HIV and AIDS. SF State students and staff took part by holding three events —...

SF State design students contribute their work to local organizations

Gabriel Agurcia Dec 7, 2017

SF State interior design students capitalized on an opportunity to create artwork for more than self expression and public admiration. The University chapter of ASID, the American Society of Interior...

MACRO WAVES is an interdisciplinary art collective based out of Oakland.  Creating immersive installation and performance based experiences in alternative environments across the Bay Area, including their recent show at AS Gallery entitled, NVM. Members are: (from top left to right) Dominic Cheng, Thavin Rajanakhan, Robin Birdd, Tina Kashiwagi, and Jeffrey Yip. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Local artists share passions in pursuit of building community

Gabriel Agurcia Nov 29, 2017

One of Merriam-Webster’s definitions for the word “collective” is “involving all members of a group as distinct from its individuals.” There may as well be a picture of Macro Waves next to...

Seeing an artist early on may be the best time to do so

Gabriel Agurcia Nov 15, 2017

I attended my first concert in 2011, and I’ve been hooked ever since. It was a Big Sean show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco during his “I Am Finally Famous” tour. “Finally Famous”...

Pedal Culture is an interactive showcase that displays the history of guitar effects pedal and its impact on rock music. The opening reception was held at Design Space in the Fine Arts building at SF State Thursday, on November 2, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Distortion and fuzz cause a buzz

Gabriel Agurcia Nov 9, 2017

Reverb and delay pave the way for the latest exhibit at the SF State Design Gallery, located on the first floor of the Fine Arts building. Pedal Culture held its opening reception on Thursday, Nov....

Students lay on pillows part of an installation called “Serotonin” at the opening reception for Macro Waves’ NVM Gallery at SF State on Monday, October 19, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Local artist collective spotlights importance of mental health

Gabriel Agurcia Oct 24, 2017

Mental health and the excessive use of technology are discussed in the latest exhibit at SF State’s  Associated Students’ art gallery. Macro Waves, an artist collective based in Oakland, held the...

Mumble rap or crumbling rap?

Gabriel Agurcia Oct 17, 2017

I once protected hip hop’s values –– I was the one championing supreme lyricism. My favorite rapper is Lupe Fiasco, so if anyone wasn’t in that same wordplay stratosphere, I immediately called...

Africana studies and multimedia arts student, Lilith King-Smithson, curated a film screening, which included local filmmakers. Artists expressed activism through art and vending stations were set up to share their work at Heartspace in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Two SF State students put together an art showcase to strengthen community

Gabriel Agurcia Oct 16, 2017

Art and activism were prevalent at a SF State student-curated show in the Mission District. Jules Retzlaff, a cinema major, and Lilith King-Smithson, an Africana studies and multimedia double major,...

People view artwork during the opening reception of Recollected: Photography and the Archive at SF State, Sunday, September 23, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Archival upheaval: Artists showcase how they choose to document history

Gabriel Agurcia Sep 28, 2017

Professional artists are displaying various ways of documenting history at SF State’s latest exhibit in the Fine Arts Gallery, “Recollected: Photography and the Archive.” The artwork, a mixture...

People talk in front of a mural titled Cultivation Resistance at Clarion Alley in San Francisco on Friday, September 15, 2017. (Aya Yoshida/Golden Gate Xpress)

Art transcends hate

Gabriel Agurcia Sep 18, 2017
SF State art students and professors speak out against hate without saying a word
Renae Moua poses for portrait in her last art installation entitled "Queer Virality" in the ASI Gallery on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (Richard Lomibao/Golden Gate Xpress)

Gallery hosts queer conceptual art show

Gabriel Agurcia Sep 12, 2017

“Queer Virality” held its opening reception in the Associated Students Inc. art gallery on Friday, Sept. 8, which displayed conceptual art from several different artists. Renae Moua, the show’s...

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