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Luke Cramer

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter

Luke Cramer is a reporter for Golden Gate Xpress. He is majoring in Journalism and Political Science. He is from Santa Monica California and now lives in San Francisco. During his free time, he enjoys playing golf and the guitar.

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Gator Take: Why Tecate Tuesday and The Pub are vital to SFSU’s social climate

Gator Take: Why Tecate Tuesday and The Pub are vital to SFSU’s social climate

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter May 28, 2024

The soundscape of the Depot is a chaotic mix of drunken chatter, sporadic piano playing in the distance and towers of aluminum Tecate cans falling off of tables followed by groans of amused disappointment.  Students...

Gator Take: Why SFSU’s lack of enrollment shouldn't be surprising

Gator Take: Why SFSU’s lack of enrollment shouldn’t be surprising

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter May 14, 2024

Since 2009, college enrollment across the United States has been in decline, a trend I believe will continue into the future for at least five to ten more years. The root of this is two key factors: uncertainty...

President Lynn Mahoney speaks to the participating encampment protestors, at Malcolm X Plaza, on May 6, 2024. (Tâm Vũ / Golden Gate Xpress)

Live Updates: SFSU President Mahoney negotiates with students

Natalie Rocha and Luke Cramer May 6, 2024

San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney will be attending an open bargaining session with Students for Gaza SFSU, organizers announced on May 4. The meeting, which will take place at Malcolm...

A protestor directs chants through a megaphone as other protestors set up tents at San Francisco State University's quad on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Neal Wong / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU begins encampments in solidarity with Gaza, joining a nationwide movement

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Apr 29, 2024

The encampments that have spread across the country now come to San Francisco State University as student advocates show support for Palestine. Just before 12:15 p.m. on Monday, SFSU students and faculty...

Students play pool at Rack-n-Cue, San Francisco State University’s resident billiards and pool hall, on March 19, 2024. (Luke Cramer / Golden Gate Xpress)

Rack-N-Cue boasts a competitive spirit and tight-knit community

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Mar 27, 2024

Surrounding blue-felted tables, students and staff alike hone their skills among familiar faces, many of whom are seen daily. Billiard balls are lined up, forming a triangle as players prepare to break...

Rui Kong (left) and Lila Holman (right) work in the Chinese Flagship program student space at Humanities building room 300A on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Luke Cramer / Golden Gate Xpress)

SFSU will discontinue Chinese Flagship Program in May

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Mar 21, 2024

After 15 years of operation, San Francisco State University’s Chinese Flagship Program will be discontinued on May 31, 2024.  “An advisory body of the National Education Security Program that funds...

An illustration of people waiting in line to vote (Adriana Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gators remain apathetic to conventional politics

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Mar 6, 2024

Following Super Tuesday, San Francisco State University experienced yet another gray day that failed to differentiate from the rest of its seemingly dull winter, an apt atmosphere that seemed to mirror...

Poli-sci students attend the Super Tuesday event in Humanities 304 on March 5, 2024. Some were in groups discussing politics and others enjoyed food and beverages as the TV was tuned to CNN. (Luke Cramer / Golden Gate Xpress)

Super Tuesday symposium brings students, professors together for political discourse

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Mar 6, 2024

Thirty chairs, organized in a 5-by-6 fashion in front of flatscreen TV made San Francisco State University’s political science department look theatre-esque, as groups of students and professors alike...

Alli the Gator and Burton Heiss moments before cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Escapology at Stonestown on Feb. 29, 2024. (Luke Cramer/Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator athletes crack open Stonestown’s new escape room

Luke Cramer, Staff Reporter Mar 1, 2024

A little after 5 p.m. on February 29, gathered in the bustling second-floor lobby of Stonestown Galleria, San Francisco State University's top athletes and coaches eagerly watched as Alli the Gator and...

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