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University Chief of Police Jason Wu looks out onto the campus on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.

New UPD chief brings old-school touch to community policing

Kelsey Lannin Oct 13, 2016

After a 25-year career with the U.S. Park Police that included stints as a detective, a narcotics enforcement officer and a DARE officer, SF State’s new Chief of Police Jason Wu said he still considers...

University welcomes new police chief

Kelsey Lannin Oct 7, 2016

After a yearlong search, SF State has appointed Jason Wu to head the University Police Department, according to a statement released Friday.   “Wu demonstrated himself to be a strong, strategic...

Petition criticizes SF State’s relationship to Palestinian university

Petition criticizes SF State’s relationship to Palestinian university

Kelsey Lannin Sep 10, 2016

Amid ongoing tensions at SF State surrounding Jewish and Palestinian relations, a petition questioning the University’s partnership with a Palestinian university has garnered nearly 1,300 signatures...

Fired employee sues SF State for $1 million after alleged hack

Fired employee sues SF State for $1 million after alleged hack

Kelsey Lannin Aug 30, 2016

A former SF State information security officer claimed in a lawsuit that she was fired in a University attempt to sweep “under the rug” a 2014 hack involving a significant student records breach including...

What advice would you give your freshman self?

Kelsey Lannin Aug 27, 2016

Advice from 2016 SF State graduates: Dahn Quang Nguyen: double major in decision sciences and information systems To be bold and ask questions. To speak as much as to listen. But listen with empathy...

"I think actually the whole time we felt unsafe," said  student Cristina Navarro on her time spent without housing while going to school at SF State.

Improvements planned for “abysmally low” University support of homeless students

Kelsey Lannin Jun 29, 2016

SF State administrators are in the early stages of plans to improve support for homeless and food insecure students. Over the past year, administration has worked with the Associated Students Inc. on...

Sunshine and words of advice illuminate 2016 Commencement at AT&T Park

Sunshine and words of advice illuminate 2016 Commencement at AT&T Park

Kelsey Lannin May 28, 2016

The aromas of perfume and barbeque sauce mingled in the breezy McCovey Cove air as graduates, their friends and their family filtered into sunny AT&T Park for the 2016 SF State Commencement on Friday. After...

Hunger Strikers and members of the Third World Liberation Front 2016 read the list of demands they and President Wong wrote to the rally attendersin the quad on Wednesday, May 11. The Third World Liberation Front 2016 called for a rally to announce the agreements that they and President Wong wrote in their meeting today resulting in the end of their hunger strike. (Aleah Fajardo/ Xpress)

Hunger strike ends, agreement reached

Kelsey Lannin May 11, 2016

One hospitalization and 10 days later, the SF State administration and hunger strikers have come to an agreement and called an end to the strike. “It’s disappointing that it took a hunger strike...

Attendees discuss a sculpture by Shannon Abac at the campus reception of the 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition in the SF State Fine Arts Gallery on April 21, 2016. (Kelsey Lannin / Xpress

MFA Art Grads Showcase Latest Works

Kelsey Lannin Apr 26, 2016

Shannon Abac's biomorphic ceramic sculptures, dripping in glossy color, mingle with nearby woven textiles by Kimberly Arteche, depicting deliberate, close crops of pixelated photographs in muted, warm...

The creation of the College of Ethnic Studies

Kelsey Lannin Apr 19, 2016

The fight to create the College of Ethnic Studies redefined SF State's core values and identity. The college was the first of its kind in the US and the strike that led to it remains the longest campus...

Illustration by Kelsey Lannin / Xpress

The Bathroom Bill: Toddlers and Lawmakers Agree

Kelsey Lannin Apr 12, 2016

In a display of childlike ignorance, North Carolina State Rep. Ken Goodman muddled the concepts of gender identity and sexual orientation during an interview with NPR Tuesday morning. The segment centered...

SF State students who refuse to give their names or organization protest the cancellation of CSU chancellor White's campaign visit Tuesday, Apr. 5. (Kelsey Lannin / Xpress)

Ethnic Studies students publicly call White and Wong

Kelsey Lannin Apr 5, 2016

Flanked by "Where's White?" posters, students gathered onstage in Malcolm X Plaza Tuesday to confront CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White, who cancelled his visit to SF State without explanation. White was...

Graphic by Kelsey Lannin

Underserved Bisexual Students More Likely to Binge Drink, Study Finds

Kelsey Lannin Mar 29, 2016

LGBTQ-affirming environments are ineffective in protecting bisexual students from already higher rates of alcohol abuse, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public...

FDA under scrutiny for putting business interests first

Kelsey Lannin Jan 26, 2016

[media-credit id=369 align="aligncenter" width="430"][/media-credit]  Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders moved to block President Barack Obama’s nominee for the head of the Food and Drug Administration...

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