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President Mahoney answers questions about summer and fall

Juan Carlos Lara May 23, 2020

Watch our first interview with President Mahoney here.  Xpress conducted a second hour-long interview with SF State President Lynn Mahoney to ask about the recent announcement that the fall semester...

SF State goes online for Fall 2020

SF State goes online for Fall 2020

Juan Carlos Lara May 12, 2020

All 23 CSU campuses will go online for the Fall 2020 semester, announced California State University Chancellor Timothy White announced Tuesday during a CSU Board of Trustees meeting. Approximately...

Student group sweeps ASI elections amid record-low voter turnout

Student group sweeps ASI elections amid record-low voter turnout

Juan Carlos Lara May 6, 2020

Associated Students Inc. released this year’s election results on Friday, showing a complete victory by a group of candidates under the slate Students First, Students in Solidarity. Of the 13 open positions,...

Graphic by Noor Baig

SF State to hold both online and in-person graduation for Class of 2020

Juan Carlos Lara and Noor Baig May 5, 2020

SF State will celebrate fall and spring semester graduates with an online commencement and a delayed in-person ceremony, President Lynn Mahoney announced Monday. The online commencement ceremony will be...

Full interview with SF State President Mahoney about graduation, refunds and student housing

Full interview with SF State President Mahoney about graduation, refunds and student housing

Juan Carlos Lara Apr 20, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvlUJcq0Us4&t=19s Over the last month SF State has seen drastic change, including the cancellation of face-to-face classes for Spring semester along with most on-campus...

Life in SF State housing amid mass evacuation

Unknown individuals vandalized a study lounge within an SF State dormitory. Videos of the vandalism circulated social media on the same day that President Lynn Mahoney announced the suspension of face-to-face...

Raul Manzo kisses his girlfriend, Diana Rodriguez Calderon, goodbye before moving out while his parents and brother wait nearby.  (Juan Carlos Lara / Golden Gate Xpress)

Mahoney postpones graduation, moves classes online for Spring semester

Juan Carlos Lara Mar 16, 2020

SF State will be moving classes online for the remainder of the Spring semester and the commencement ceremony will be postponed, according to an email from President Lynn Mahoney on Monday afternoon.  Along...

Graphic by Catherine Stites

First confirmed COVID-19 case at SF State

Juan Carlos Lara Mar 15, 2020

SF State President Lynn Mahoney announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 within the SF State community Sunday night.  In a campus-wide email, Mahoney said she received confirmation of the case...

Freshman Tyler Nguyen prepares to leave campus after the announcement from Residential Life (Siobhan Eagen / Golden Gate Xpress)

Residential Life asks campus residents to leave by Friday

and Juan Carlos Lara Mar 13, 2020

SF State’s Residential Life "strongly urged" campus residents to leave their housing by the end of the week in an email on Tuesday. One day after SF State President Lynn Mahoney announced the suspension...

Lorenzo Ramos holds up his phone to show the number of signatures he had gathered via his online petition for SF State to cancel face to face classes in the wake of COVID-19. (David Sjostedt / Golden Gate Xpress).

SF State cancels events, classes suspended

SF State President Lynn Mahoney announced through email Monday that face-to-face classes are cancelled until March 15 and classes will be moved to online instruction from March 16 to April 6 amid concerns...

Students and organizers of the Bernie Sanders rally march through campus on Monday, March 2, 2020. (Saylor Nedelman / Golden Gate Xpress)

Bernie supporters march through campus

Juan Carlos Lara Mar 4, 2020

Supporters of Bernie Sanders marched through campus yesterday to encourage others to vote for the Vermont senator.  The group of approximately 25 met at Malcolm X Plaza where several students spoke...

Katya Hawks assists a student at the tutoring & academic support center located on the second floor in room 220 of the J. Paul Leonard Library on the San Francisco State University Campus. (James Wyatt/ Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State centralizes tutoring

Juan Carlos Lara Feb 19, 2020

Gina Matteo first received on-campus tutoring from a student placed in her history GWAR class as part of the Campus Academic Resource Program, which assigned tutors to specific classes for individualized...

Fall campus crimes recap

Juan Carlos Lara Feb 4, 2020

Since 2020 began, the University Police Department has received 33 crime reports, an average of approximately one per day. Before we begin reporting the scores of crimes that will occur this semester,...

Sherrill poses for a portrait in Malcolm X Plaza sporting an SF State sweater. (Photo by Juan Carlos Lara/ Golden Gate Xpress)

ASI Board Hires New Executive Director, Tonee Sherrill

Juan Carlos Lara Jan 29, 2020

After roughly six years without a permanent executive director, San Francisco State University’s  Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors hired Tonee Sherrill to fill the role beginning this...

People wait in line to board the San Francisco State University shuttle bus at the Daly City Bart Station in Daly City Calif., on Monday January 27, 2020. (Emily Curiel/Golden Gate Xpress)

GatorPass Surplus Hangs in Limbo

Juan Carlos Lara Jan 28, 2020

During the Dec. 6 Student Fee Advisory Committee meeting, the committee heard a proposal to spend a portion of the over $3 million GatorPass reserve fund on increased shuttles between campus and Daly City...

Student Fee Error Resurfaces

Juan Carlos Lara Dec 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...

Crime Blotter: Campus police evacuate library

Juan Carlos Lara Dec 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...

ASI pushes for a student fee increase

Juan Carlos Lara Nov 19, 2019

Fees are an intrinsic part of any college student’s life, from the time they apply to colleges and pay application fees until they prepare to leave and pay a graduation fee. Students at SF State currently...

Crime Blotter: Stonestown police activity

Juan Carlos Lara Nov 12, 2019

On Nov. 2, the San Francisco Police Department responded to a 911 call from security personnel at the Stonestown Galleria about a man with a firearm. The man in question reportedly attempted to use...

Crime Blotter: Three Thefts

Juan Carlos Lara Nov 5, 2019

Three grand thefts occurred on campus over the course of three days, totaling in just over $4,000 worth of losses, according to the University Police Department. No arrests have been made. Grand theft...

November Ballot Breakdown

Juan Carlos Lara Oct 29, 2019

The following is a distillation of the six local ballot measures that will appear on the upcoming ballot for the Nov. 5 election, sourced primarily from the text of the measures.   Proposition...

Crime Blotter: Burglary Bender

Juan Carlos Lara Oct 22, 2019

The SF State University Police Department (UPD) received 20 burglary reports since the semester began, more than half of all reports in 2018.  Of the 20 reports, the majority were vehicle burglaries...

Crime Blotter: Wild Wednesday Night

Juan Carlos Lara Oct 15, 2019

Oct. 9 saw a string of crime reports, particularly in the northern part of campus. At around 6:30 p.m., two people suspected of committing a strong arm robbery near 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard...

Newsom signs campus abortion pill bill

Juan Carlos Lara Oct 15, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated that all University of California and California State University campuses provide medical abortion pills to students by 2023.  The law will provide students on-campus...

‘Red Tawks’ emphasize American Indian Studies struggle

Juan Carlos Lara Oct 7, 2019

Joanne Barker, the department chair for American Indian Studies (AIS) addressed a crowd on Sept. 25, kicking off the first event in a series of Red Tawks— discussions and workshops meant to commemorate...

A clean record for campus cops

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 30, 2019

A records request by Xpress found that no officers currently employed by UPD have ever been written up for sexual assault, use of force or dishonesty in the field since they began at SF State.  Since...

SF State to unveil carbon emissions dashboard this winter

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 30, 2019

University pushes towards carbon neutrality despite a lack of overall plan   SF State remains more than a decade ahead of schedule for its Climate Action Plan, continuing to make progress in...

The observatory facilities were constructed simultaneously with the rest of Thorton Hall, including the retractable roof. (Photo by Juan Carlos Lara / Golden Gate Xpress)

Stargazers welcome at SF State observatory

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 25, 2019

Starting Sept. 23, SF State’s observatory is hosting public viewing nights for the remainder of the semester allowing students and community members to gaze upon the stars, planets and beyond.  These...

UPD investigates sexual assaults

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 23, 2019

The University Police Department (UPD) received four reports of sexual violence on campus over the course of eight days surrounding the first day of the fall semester — three cases remain unsolved.  In...

Professor hosts weekly Yugoslav film events

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 18, 2019

Every Wednesday this semester Dr. Steven Kovacs will open the Coppola Theater for Cinema-307 students and the public to admire Yugoslav cinema and listen to guest speakers. Held in Coppola Theater,...

NRA labeled a domestic terrorist group by city leaders

NRA labeled a domestic terrorist group by city leaders

Juan Carlos Lara Sep 10, 2019

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Sept. 3 to approve a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist group. The resolution asked that San Francisco...

Local Activist Groups Hold A Month of Momentum to Protest ICE

Local Activist Groups Hold A Month of Momentum to Protest ICE

Juan Carlos Lara Aug 28, 2019

Two demonstrators held a giant floral bed sheet reading “Queers for Open Borders” in front of San Francisco’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters on Aug. 19, as dozens beside them...

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