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Inmates at San Quentin State Prison use the phones in West Block, a housing unit with five tiers of cells, October 10, 2016.

From Prison to College

Avery Peterson
May 24, 2017

Question and answer with interim provost addresses the Graduation Initiative 2025

Katherine Minkiewicz
May 17, 2017
Anti Trump Aerobic class participants stretching with ties at Alley Cat Bookstore in SF on April.30, 2017 (Kyler Knox/Xpress)

Anti-Trump aerobics: a new way to protest

Katherine Minkiewicz
May 3, 2017
SF State students showcase their fashion at Coachella 2017

SF State students showcase their fashion at Coachella 2017

Garrick Wong
Apr 23, 2017
Illustration by Roxanne Hernandez.

Muni needs to improve reliability

Katherine Minkiewicz
Apr 5, 2017
Clara Davis, draws with chalk on her break at Devil's Teeth Baking Company on 3876 Noriega Street, in San Francisco on Friday, March 31, 2017 (Sarahbeth Maney/Xpress).

Sink your teeth into Devil’s Teeth Baking Company, a gem in the Outer Sunset

Garrick Wong
Apr 5, 2017
Courtesy of Breanna Reeves.

After deluge of rain, end of drought nears for California

Katherine Minkiewicz
Mar 15, 2017
Illustration shows an artists rendition of a rocky exoplanet with water that could freeze over after every orbit of the host star in Wolf 1061, making these planets potential habitable for life. (Image credit: NASA/JPL).

SF State astronomy professor looks for habitable planets 14 light years away

Katherine Minkiewicz
Feb 22, 2017
Illustration by Roxanne Hernandez

“I love you” doesn’t come in a box of chocolates

Katherine Minkiewicz
Feb 15, 2017
Courtesy of San Francisco State University office of VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management-Clery Report.

SF State foreign exchange student robbed at gunpoint in Village dorms

Katherine Minkiewicz
Feb 13, 2017

Creative writing professor announced as a finalist for national book award

Katherine Minkiewicz
Feb 4, 2017
Illustration by Roxanne Hernandez.

SF State submits report for sustainability rating

Katherine Minkiewicz
Feb 1, 2017
This line graph featured in the California Faculty Association's Equity Interrupted Report depicts the approximate funding dollars spent per CSU student along with the percentage of students of color by each year. Graph courtesy of CSU Statistical Reports.

Report finds CSU funding decreases as student needs increase

Katherine Minkiewicz
Jan 25, 2017
Edgar Fennie (right) sips a refreshing thai iced tea from Dinosaur after finishing his spicy tuna sando during lunch rush at San Francisco, Calif. Fennie’s friend (left), a SF State student declined for to be identified. (Garrick Wong/Xpress)

Dinosaurs packs a flavorful punch

Garrick Wong
Jan 25, 2017
Protesters hold hands in solidarity on Golden Gate Bridge. Jan. 20, 2017. (Lauren Hanussak/Xpress)

Trump inaugurated and protests break out

Katherine Minkiewicz
Jan 20, 2017

SF State student killed, boyfriend arrested

Katherine Minkiewicz
Dec 19, 2016

SF State remembers Jennifer Mendiola

Jeianne Baniqued
Dec 16, 2016
During a strong storm, a branch fell from a tree in front of the College of Ethnic Studies at SF State on Thursday, Dec 15, 2016. Photo by: Aaron Levy-Wolins

Storm causes flood warnings and transportation delays

Mariana Raschke
Dec 16, 2016

Campus groups hold memorial for Michela Gregory

Jeianne Baniqued
Dec 15, 2016

Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Support Resources

Jeianne Baniqued
Dec 14, 2016

English-only is the wrong choice

Mariana Raschke
Dec 14, 2016

Threatened creative spaces are a haven for underrepresented artists

Mariana Raschke
Dec 13, 2016

Students and faculty struggle with the cost of campus food

Garrick Wong
Dec 9, 2016
A donation box in a political science classroom at SF State where PSSA collects clothes, bags and backpacks to help the homeless on Thursday, Dec. 8. Photo: Melissa Minton

Campus group sells donuts to raise dough for the homeless

Mariana Raschke
Dec 9, 2016
Rey Lopez,, a 25-year-old Asian American Studies major, gets ready to sleep in his car. Because Lopez is currently homeless, he spends his nights either couch surfing with friends or sleeping in his car.

Student homelessness at SF State

Avery Peterson
Dec 7, 2016
Regina Leon (right) and Elizabeth Johnson (left) act out a scene from Sofa Sin Casa play at SF State on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. (Jeianne Baniqued/Xpress)

Theater production brings housing crisis stories to life

Jeianne Baniqued
Dec 6, 2016
Two people light candles next to Lake Merritt during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Ghost Ship artist warehouse fire, in Oakland, Calif. on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (George Morin/Xpress)

Thousands gather in mourning at Oakland vigil

Jeianne Baniqued
Dec 6, 2016
Bay Area communities are chronicled in new exhibit

Bay Area communities are chronicled in new exhibit

Mariana Raschke
Dec 2, 2016
VP of External Affairs, Celia Lobuono Gonzalez, discusses the potential tuition increase with SFSU student and employee, Kautilya Kukunoor, in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Rained out town hall on tuition hike becomes student outreach event

Katherine Minkiewicz
Dec 1, 2016

Donation brings new perspective to annual exhibition

Mariana Raschke
Dec 1, 2016
Mike McGowan, with the San Francisco Fishing Association, receives freshly caught Dungeness crab from fellow fishermen at Pier 45 in San Francisco on Friday evening, Nov. 17, 2016. The commercial Dungeness crab season opened on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.

Crab returns to Vista Room with clean bill of health

Katherine Minkiewicz
Nov 30, 2016
SF State hosts post-election Community Forum

SF State hosts post-election Community Forum

Katherine Minkiewicz
Nov 29, 2016
My relatives' love of Trump brings hateful rhetoric to Thanksgiving dinner

My relatives’ love of Trump brings hateful rhetoric to Thanksgiving dinner

Katherine Minkiewicz
Nov 16, 2016
Billy X Jennings from the archive of Black Panther Party speaks to students and faculty at the Revolution Times: Underground Press of the '60s and '70s at the Design Gallery on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. The exhibition showcased the graphic design of the 1960s and 1970s radical newspapers. (Perng-chih Huang/Xpress)

Design Gallery displays collection of revolutionary newspapers

Mariana Raschke
Nov 11, 2016
JFKU College of Law employee Ora Prochovnick and San Francisco rent board member Marissa Jimenez speak to students during the Housing Rights event in the Rosa Park room in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.

Students get tips on renter’s rights at Legal Resource Center event

Katherine Minkiewicz
Nov 7, 2016

Degree Planner launching in November aims to ease scheduling

Katherine Minkiewicz
Nov 2, 2016
BE Foundation founder Karen Mercado speaks to a full classroom in the Humanities Building on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Eric Chan / Xpress)

Awareness raised around doubly undocumented status

Mariana Raschke
Nov 2, 2016
If Donald Trump were president of our university, he would be fired

If Donald Trump were president of our university, he would be fired

Katherine Minkiewicz
Oct 26, 2016

Drought not nixed despite bouts of heavy rainfall

Katherine Minkiewicz
Oct 24, 2016
Lauren Saldana/Xpress

Exhibition explores Pacific Islander narrative

Mariana Raschke
Oct 24, 2016
Vista Room - The journey of the taste palette

Vista Room – The journey of the taste palette

Garrick Wong
Oct 19, 2016
SF State students Jennifer Marte (left) and Elyssa Mersdorf (right) act out a scene from the play “In The Next Room” during the final dress rehearsal in the Little Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Photo by Travis Wesley

Sex, gender roles take center stage in victorian comedy

Jeianne Baniqued
Oct 19, 2016
SF State senior Shane Cota of the Hacking Club runs tests on wireless components on his laptop during their club meeting in the Science Building room 254 on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016.

Hacking club geared up for hackathon

Katherine Minkiewicz
Oct 18, 2016
Depot hosts fall fiesta

Depot hosts fall fiesta

Mariana Raschke
Oct 12, 2016
“Bite the Ballot” aims to register 3,000 students

“Bite the Ballot” aims to register 3,000 students

Katherine Minkiewicz
Oct 5, 2016
Film explores Afro-Cuban history

Film explores Afro-Cuban history

Mariana Raschke
Oct 5, 2016

Interactive Profiles: Meet ASI’s Executive Board members

Katherine Minkiewicz
Oct 4, 2016
Second annual Greek Summit kicks off with Title IX training

Second annual Greek Summit kicks off with Title IX training

Jeianne Baniqued
Oct 2, 2016

Visiting quake researcher shares research, warning

Katherine Minkiewicz
Sep 28, 2016
Colombia is not "Narcos"

Colombia is not “Narcos”

Mariana Raschke
Sep 27, 2016
The Ad Hoc Advisory Work Group Responding to Food Insecurity and Homelessness at SF State’s co-chair, Aimee Williams (farthest left) leads a discussion at a meeting on Sept. 9 at the Tower’s Conference Center. Meeting attendees review data from the February 2016 CSU Chancellor’s report, participate in brainstorming sessions and discuss how future meetings should be structured.

Fight to end housing and food insecurity spreads across campus

Avery Peterson
Sep 25, 2016
Author Michelle Kennedy poses with her book outside the library on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.

Lecturer’s New Book Explores Dealing with Grief and Traveling the World

Katherine Minkiewicz
Sep 19, 2016
SF State School of Design seniors Gratas Sparnauskas (left) and Lorirae Francisco (right) look at some of the artwork in the Alumni Exhibition in the Design Gallery at SF State on Thursday Sept. 15, 2016.

New gallery displays art works by 10 alumni, 10 years in the making

Mariana Raschke
Sep 18, 2016

Wellness Center overshadows the need for better student dorms

Katherine Minkiewicz
Sep 15, 2016
Newly donated gear to from ABC 7 News in Studio 1 of the Creative Arts Building on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. The Broadcast and Electronic Communications Arts department has received a donation of gear from ABC 7 News.

BECA’S Studio One Gets a Facelift from ABC 7 Donation

Katherine Minkiewicz
Sep 13, 2016
Gabrielle Jay paints on the walls of The Depot during Paint Our Walls, an art social hosted by The Depot on Thursday, Aug. 25 2016.

Creativity flows at The Depot art social

Mariana Raschke
Aug 31, 2016

Court Documents – K. Mignon Hoffman v Board of Trustees of CSU

Avery Peterson
Aug 31, 2016

Simplified FAFSA to launch in October

Avery Peterson
Aug 24, 2016
SF State students share their experiences with homelessness

SF State students share their experiences with homelessness

Avery Peterson
Jul 20, 2016
On Thursday, October 1, 2015, a female victim contacted the University Police Department to report a sexual battery incident that occurred on campus Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015 at 7 p.m. The victim was walking on the pathway between Burk Hall and the Gymnasium when the incident occurred. Students walk on the pathway between Burk Hall and the Gymnasium Thursday, Oct. 1. (Emma Chiang / Xpress)

Female victim reports sexual battery near Burk Hall

Avery Peterson
Oct 1, 2015
Bryce Williams Photo Credit: WDBJ7

Alleged Virginia shooter graduated from SF State

Avery Peterson
Aug 26, 2015
Melanie Susanne Olivieri, 23-year-old SF State undergraduate who died Aug. 9, poses for a portrait Jan. 2012 at the Container Store. (Brie Hooper / Special to Xpress)

SF State student remembered after unexpected death

Avery Peterson
Aug 26, 2015
Freshman and their parents fill the walk ways to the dorms on move in day Thursday Aug. 20 at SF State. (Emma Chiang / Xpress)

SF State welcomes the largest incoming freshmen class in history

Avery Peterson
Aug 26, 2015

SF State student’s death deemed suspicious by police

Avery Peterson
Aug 12, 2015
(From left) SF State alumnus and Bebe Stores founder Manny Mashouf, raises his shovel next to Phoebe Dye, president of Associated Students, Inc. and President Leslie E. Wong during the Mashouf Wellness Center groundbreaking ceremony at the SF State softball field Thursday, June 25, 2015. (Xpress / Qing Huang)

Construction begins for new wellness center

Avery Peterson
Jun 28, 2015

Seniors slammed with graduation fees

Avery Peterson
May 20, 2015
Undocumented graduating seniors line up in anticipation to receive their diplomas at the first annual Beyond Borders graduation in Annex 1 Sunday, May 17. (Tate Drucker / XPRESS).

Undocumented graduates celebrate at first annual Beyond Borders ceremony

Avery Peterson
May 19, 2015
Studio art major Arthur Savangsky poses with a sculpture in progress which he forged from metal and concrete. Savangsky is a former foster youth who has been involved with the Guardian Scholars Program at SF State for almost a year and credits the program for helping him secure stable housing. (Helen Tinna / Xpress)

System-wide CSU study to survey housing and food services

Avery Peterson
May 6, 2015
Veronica Rueda, an Art major, helps clean up flowers left from the opening of the Sol Patch Garden behind Mary Park Hall Thursday, April 23. (Melissa Minton / Xpress)

Sol Patch Garden roots itself within student community

Avery Peterson
Apr 28, 2015
Food is being served at the Farm to Fork event by the Office of Sustainability and Chartwells in the Quad on Thursday April 16. (Marlene Sanchez / Xpress)

Farm to Fork delivers with local sustainable food

Avery Peterson
Apr 21, 2015

Technical problems postpone ASI elections

Avery Peterson
Apr 16, 2015
(from left to right) Leilanie Dacuycuy, Jasmine Calix and Logan Limm inflate condoms to make balloon art during the Multi-cultural Aids Awareness Day in the quad Thursday, April 9. (Drake Newkirk / Xpress)

AIDS Awareness Day evokes memory of 1980s epidemic

Avery Peterson
Apr 14, 2015
President of SFSU's MedLIfe chapter Adolfo Luna greets a guest at the fundraiser event inside of Menchu Hall Thursday, April 2. (David Henry / Xpress)

Student volunteer group to provide aid in Peru

Avery Peterson
Apr 8, 2015
Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas perform at the 4th Annual Associated Students Women’s Conference: Empowered Women Empower Women at Jack Adams Hall Saturday, March 14. (Melissa Minton / Xpress)

Annual conference promotes equality and empowerment for women

Avery Peterson
Mar 18, 2015
Students walk next to the statue that sits between the Administration and Business buildings at the northeast end of the SF State campus Wednesday March 9. (Martin Bustamante / Xpress)

Summer session to expand curriculum and financial aid

Avery Peterson
Mar 10, 2015

State-level graduation rates turns focus on student outcomes

Avery Peterson
Mar 5, 2015
(From right) Nick Kordesch, Caitlin Steele, both are the Sustainability Coordinators at SF State, and Miguel Guerrero, the student coordinator, kneels down next to the newly painted bike path sign which runs along the east side of Cox stadium Monday, March 2. (Daniel Porter / Xpress)

University to host state-wide conference on sustainability

Avery Peterson
Mar 3, 2015
Mira Medan, a Registered Nurse, preps the MMR vaccine at the Student Health Center on Tuesday Feb. 24. The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. (Marlene Sanchez / Xpress)

Recent measles case prompts vaccination debate

Avery Peterson
Feb 25, 2015
A Fremont bound bart train arrives at Fruitvale station in Oakland Tuesday, Feb. 17. (Daniel Porter / Xpress)

Bay Area commuters still cautionary after no link to first measles case

Avery Peterson
Feb 19, 2015

Officials warn commuters after measles outbreak hits Bay Area

Avery Peterson
Feb 12, 2015
Virgie Tovar takes a photo with the "Pig Out" sign at the restaurant Lardo in Portland, Oregon Saturday, July, 20, 2013.

Alumna’s body acceptance inspiring for Love Your Body Week

Avery Peterson
Feb 11, 2015
Marija Milutinavic does grocery shopping at Trader Joe's Sunday Feb, 1. (Photo by Hyunha Kim)

Student Health Center encourages student input on national survey

Avery Peterson
Feb 4, 2015
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