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The suspect gets into the SF Fire Department stretcher on Tapia Driver near the Humanities building near SF states campus in San Francisco, Calif. on April 29, 2019

(Daniel Da Silveria / Bay Area Photographer)

Standoff ends after police tackle suspect

Julie Parker Apr 30, 2019

A man found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle is taken away on a stretcher after being tackled by police on Tapia Drive near the SF State Humanities Building on April 29, 2019. (DANIEL DA SILVEIRA/Special...

Administrators opt to repurpose funds despite law

Administrators opt to repurpose funds despite law

Julie Parker Mar 12, 2019

SF State administrators opted to divert money the state legislature earmarked last year for increasing tenure-track faculty density to instead bump up course offerings, despite concerns raised by the California...

Student witnesses aftermath of alleged robbery from University Park North High Rise

Student witnesses aftermath of alleged robbery from University Park North High Rise

Julie Parker Feb 21, 2019
A resident of the University Park High Rises at 255 Buckingham Way reported witnessing the aftermath of a robbery just before midnight Wednesday.

Academic Senate to vote on finals week requirements

Julie Parker Feb 12, 2019

The Academic Senate proposed a new draft to the university’s Academic Calendar Policy in their Feb. 5 meeting that would ameliorate some of the concerns of California Faculty Association representatives...

Faculty union contests Academic Senate's finals schedule policy

Faculty union contests Academic Senate’s finals schedule policy

Julie Parker Feb 5, 2019

The California Faculty Association, a union that represents instructors at SF State, is fighting an Academic Senate policy that went into effect this fall on the grounds that it changes working conditions...

Monday vigil atop Cesar Chavez building planned for SF State junior killed in hit-and-run

Monday vigil atop Cesar Chavez building planned for SF State junior killed in hit-and-run

Julie Parker Feb 2, 2019
Family and friends will meet before sundown on the stairs above the Cesar Chavez Student Center Monday to remember Angelina Pinedo, a 21-year-old SF State student who was killed in a hit-and-run in Redondo Beach Jan. 26.
UPDATED: Finals schedule change stirs anxiety, professors ignore rule

UPDATED: Finals schedule change stirs anxiety, professors ignore rule

Julie Parker Dec 18, 2018

UPDATE:  In the wake of this report, two representatives of SF State’s chapter of the California Faculty Association said the university failed to square the revised Academic Calendar Policy with the...

Students protect lit candles from flames while they light the Hanukkah menorah as they celebrate Hanukkah at SF State in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The Jewish holiday is commemorates the victory of Jewish guerrilla fighters, known as the Maccabees, over the Seleucid empire - a Hellenistic state. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF Hillel celebrates Hanukkah

Julie Parker Dec 12, 2018

About a dozen students in the Malcolm X Plaza huddled around a large menorah, designed in the likeness of the Bay Bridge, to block the chill December wind as members of the SF State Hillel group celebrated...

Political science professor Rebecca Eissler speaks to Arthur Carlos during a midterm election watch party hosted by SF State's Political Science Department held in the Humanities Building on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Mira Laing/Golden Gate Xpress)

Political Science Department election watch party draws a diverse crowd

Julie Parker Nov 15, 2018

Students and professors crowded into Humanities Room 304 Tuesday night to celebrate what many in the department consider a holiday, as midterm election returns trickled in on a large-screen TV tuned to...

Voters reject rent control

Voters reject rent control

Julie Parker Nov 15, 2018

Californians overwhelmingly rejected a state ballot measure using the tagline “Because the rent is too damn high!” that would have enabled local governments to impose rent control on their own terms,...

Feinstein wins fifth term as U.S. senator

Julie Parker Nov 7, 2018

Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein fended off a challenge from fellow-Democrat and state Senator Kevin De Leon in Tuesday’s midterm elections, winning her fifth term representing California...

Alexander Otruba contributes to a political discussion during a Midterm Election watch party hosted by SF State's political science department held in the Humanities Building on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Mira Laing/Golden Gate Xpress)

Election watch party offers political science students expert commentary

Julie Parker Nov 7, 2018

Students and professors crowded into Humanities room 304 on election night to celebrate what many in the department consider a holiday, as midterm returns trickled in on a large-screen TV tuned to CNN. An...

Know your state ballot measures

Know your state ballot measures

Julie Parker Nov 1, 2018

So you’re sitting down to fill out your absentee ballot, or you’re dashing off to your polling place before class to make your voice heard, and suddenly you’re encountered with an alphabet soup of...

Rent control measure creates battleground

Rent control measure creates battleground

Julie Parker Nov 1, 2018

One of the most hotly contested state propositions on the ballot in this November’s election is the Affordable Housing Act, or Proposition 10, which seeks to allow local governments to enact rent control. Submitted...

Students and faculty board the SF State shuttle at Daly City BART station on Monday, October 15, 2018. (Francisca Velasco/Golden Gate Xpress)

Shoestring budget stymies shuttle service

Julie Parker Oct 16, 2018

SF State’s Daly City BART Express Shuttles ferry students from BART to campus and back every ten to 15 minutes, five days a week, or it’s supposed to, anyway. During peak hours, the service can grind...

SF State celebrates National Coming Out Day

SF State celebrates National Coming Out Day

Julie Parker Oct 10, 2018

SF State’s Queer and Trans Resource Center will host festivities in honor of the 30th annual National Coming Out Day from noon to 9 p.m., Oct. 11, at Malcom X Plaza. “We celebrate identity and coming out as...

UPD to offer active shooter response protocol training for Safety Week

Julie Parker Sep 10, 2018

The University Police Department will offer training sessions next week on how to respond to an active shooter on campus as part of SF State’s Campus Safety Week, put on by the school's enterprise risk...

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