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Jennifer Valencia is running for Vice President of Facilities and Operations in SF State’s Spring 2021 Associated Students election. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Meet the candidates: Associated Students executive candidate Q&As

Matthew Faludi Apr 27, 2021

Jennifer Valencia is running for Vice President of Facilities and Operations in SF State’s Spring 2021 Associated Students election. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

Abarca, who took over as The Depot's head manager in Spring 2020, said her goal is to keep The Depot alive for current and future students. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] Keeping The Depot alive, through the spirit of its manager

Sydney Vargas Apr 22, 2021

Abarca, who took over as The Depot's head manager in Spring 2020, said her goal is to keep The Depot alive for current and future students. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

House Democrats say the decision to 'pack' the court is rather a balancing of it, following former President Trump's ability to make it conservative-leaning. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

House Democrats announce plans to introduce legislation to expand the Supreme Court

Lea Loeb Apr 15, 2021

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey announced that he is introducing a bill that would expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to 13. On Thursday, Markey and other House Democrats...

Supporters of Supreme Court expansion advocate for adding at least four seats to the high court in order to keep the judiciary bipartisan. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

President Biden signs executive order, SF State professor calls Democrats to ‘Take Back The Court’

Lea Loeb, Staff Reporter Apr 14, 2021

Following his inauguration, President Biden began staffing a bipartisan commission to analyze reforms to the judicial system and Supreme Court. The move came after a tumultuous Trump presidency, which...

After a student made allegations that their classmates were cheating through virtual learning, attention has turned towards Cal State LA and how it will address and enforce academic integrity in the future. (Lucky Whitburn-Thomas / Golden Gate Xpress)

Cal State LA was caught in a large-scale cheating scandal, but it’s not alone

Lea Loeb, Staff Reporter Mar 30, 2021

Cal State LA started trending on Twitter in mid-February after allegations of cheating were brought forth by a student in a discussion board on Canvas, an online learning management system. The student...

Snakes, representing Irish pagans, wrap around a Celtic cross to show the interconnectedness of Irish pagans, Christianity and St. Patrick’s Day. The shamrock is said to have been used by Saint Patrick as a metaphor for the Holy Trinity when converting pagans. (Illustration by Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] St. Patrick’s Day, in the perspective of the ‘snakes’

Olivia Wynkoop Mar 18, 2021

Snakes, representing Irish pagans, wrap around a Celtic cross to show the interconnectedness of Irish pagans, Christianity and St. Patrick’s Day. The shamrock is said to have been used by Saint Patrick...

Jack Deremiah (left) and Charles Evers (right), SF State students, monitor stocks on the free trading app, Robinhood, in their home in San Francisco on February 6, 2021. (Avery Wilcox / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State student traders ride the stock market

Lea Loeb, Staff Reporter Mar 10, 2021

A group of “meme” stocks, stocks that have been hyped up by trolls on the internet, have taken the internet by storm since January, with traders on social media continuing to encourage each other to...

According to James, women in the industry often have to battle constricting stereotypes of either being the bossy or meek. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

[Photo] The Depot hosts Sterling James in Womxn’s History Month workshop

Je’Nae Singh Mar 5, 2021

According to James, women in the industry often have to battle constricting stereotypes of either being the bossy or meek. (Lea Loeb / Golden Gate Xpress)

The front sign of SF State’s downtown campus at the Westfield Mall complex in San Francisco on Feb. 11. Downtown Campus hosts courses for the SF State’s College of Extended Learning, the Lam Family College of Business and Graduate Business Programs. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State evaluates new locations for Downtown Campus

Kyran Berlin and Lea Loeb Feb 26, 2021

At the close of a 15-year lease, SF State is looking to relocate operations at its downtown campus from the Westfield Mall complex. SF State’s Downtown Campus primarily serves students of the College...

Creators of BioSLAM designed 10 new lab manuals and 120 new activities for remote-learning SF State students to examine biology through a social justice lens. ( Kyran Berlin / Golden Gate Xpress)

Biology department changes curriculum for virtual learning and inclusivity

Lea Loeb, Staff Reporter Feb 5, 2021

This past summer, a team of over 60 members, including administrators, faculty members, staff, graduate teaching assistants and students developed a remote-ready, diversity-centered biology lab curriculum. The...

International Women’s Day glossary

Lea Loeb Mar 8, 2018

Today is International Women’s Day, which means your timelines and Twitter feeds will be flooded with various femme-positive hashtags and trending feminist lingo. For those of us who have not taken...

Gov. Brown delivers last State of the State address

Lea Loeb Jan 25, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown highlighted California’s environmental measures and defended the high speed rail in his State of the State address Thursday morning, Jan. 25, 2018. It comes as Brown’s 16th and final...

Government shutdown review: the rundown on the shutdown in plain English

Lea Loeb Jan 23, 2018

After three days of deadlock, President Donald Trump signed a bill on Monday temporarily ending the government shutdown until Feb 8. The shutdown began on Friday at midnight when a new budget bill failed...

A view from the summit of Bernal Hill in San Francisco. (Lea Loeb/Golden Gate Xpress)

Six overlooked gems of Bernal Heights

Lea Loeb Nov 22, 2017

Bernal Heights is arguably one of the most overlooked neighborhoods in San Francisco. Nestled between the Mission district in the north and Excelsior in the south, Bernal Heights has evolved over the past...

BECA student Gabriela Sanchez remembered at on-campus vigil

Lea Loeb Nov 4, 2017

Friends and family of SF State BECA student Gabriela Sanchez gathered in remembrance on Friday, Nov. 3 in the Richard Oakes Multicultural center at a Dia de los Muertos celebration of life. Sanchez...

BECA student Gaby Sanchez honored in vigil – family concerned about respecting Dia de los Muertos traditions

Lea Loeb Nov 2, 2017

After months of her family trying to host a vigil on SF State's campus, a Dia de los Muertos celebration of life will be held on Friday, Nov. 3 in the Richard Oakes multicultural Center for Gabriela Sanchez,...

SF State student loses school laptop in North Bay fires, was still expected to pay library fine

Lea Loeb Oct 28, 2017

It was just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 9 when Sierra Hinkle was woken up by police and told to evacuate her family’s Santa Rosa home. She could see the flames of the Tubbs fire climb up a nearby hill and...

Destruction from North Bay wildfires sweeps the residential hills of Santa Rosa, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. (Sarahbeth Maney/Golden Gate Xpress)

Work far from over in Wine Country

Lea Loeb Oct 15, 2017

Weekend winds spread embers from the fires in Northern California and ignited new blazes, forcing mandatory evacuations of about 400 more homes on the edge of Sonoma. The Northern California fires began...

Minimal mental health awareness at SF State

Lea Loeb Oct 5, 2017

Thursday, Oct. 5 is National Depression Screening Day (NDSD). Many college campuses hold mental health awareness events and provide opportunities for students, faculty and staff to fill out a depression...

Early morning fire breaks out at Parkmerced high-rise apartments

Lea Loeb Sep 22, 2017

A high-rise in Parkmerced had to be evacuated early this morning after a fire broke out, hospitalizing two people. San Francisco firefighters responded to the call at 125 Cambon Drive at about 5:45...

Escola Nova Samba dances at the Calle 24 Fiesta De Las Americas, on Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. (Golden Gate Xpress/Cristabell FIerros)

A bittersweet Mexican Independence Day

Lea Loeb Sep 20, 2017

For the purpose of this article, the term Mexican-American is used to refer to a person of Mexican heritage who is living in the U.S. regardless of citizenship status. The term Latinx is the gender-neutral...

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