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SF State lecturer Matt Silverman drives home after work Monday, Oct. 12. David Henry / Xpress

Interactive: Housing crisis extends to faculty

Lulu Orozco Oct 15, 2015

SF State lecturer in health and social sciences, Matthew Silverman, talked to the Golden Gate Xpress about his current housing situation. Due to the lack of affordable housing around campus and...

San Francisco State University alumni and Section 504 protester, Dennis Billups, poses for a portrait at "Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights" exhibit held by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability in the lobby of SF State administration building. (James Chan / Xpress)

Exhibit celebrates historic civil rights victory for people with disabilities

Lulu Orozco Aug 26, 2015

In April 1977, nearly 100 disabled people occupied the fourth floor of the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand their civil rights. Almost 38 years later, the unfamiliar story of the 26-day Bay...

Pingdewinde N. Sam, biology graduating senior, looks in the microscope at drops of blood in Blake Riggs Lab Monday, May 11. (Emma Chiang / XPRESS).

Journey to america leads to dreams fulfilled

Lulu Orozco May 20, 2015

The U.S Department of State provides up to 55,000 diversity visas to countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. For 25-year-old physiology major Pingdewinde Sam, his chance of coming...

Lead suspect in Valdez murder trial pleads not guilty

Lulu Orozco Dec 2, 2014

The man charged with the murder of SF State student Justin Valdez pleaded not guilty to three felony counts Tuesday at the Hall of Justice, one month after new evidence was presented against him. Public...

University to postpone relocation of two museum collections

Lulu Orozco Dec 2, 2014

The University Museum's plan to move two collections into the Fine Arts Building this spring have been postponed until fall 2015, allowing artifacts to be temporarily loaned to other museums and galleries...

Lecturer Greg Woods poses in his office Saturday Nov. 8, 2014. Martin Bustamante/Xpress.

Students’ life experiences aid in research between police and community

Lulu Orozco Nov 11, 2014

When criminal justice lecturer Greg Woods started to notice that the least informed members of the community were the most disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system, it became clear to...

Landis pre trial hearing postponed until January 2015

Lulu Orozco Nov 5, 2014

The pre-trial hearing for former SF State professor Mark Landis was postponed until Jan. 6 due to his absence, said Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn today in court. According to defense attorney Thanh...

Valdez trial postponed after Assistant District Attorney falls ill

Lulu Orozco Oct 30, 2014

The preliminary hearing for the man accused of murdering SF State student Justin Valdez was postponed until Nov. 18, due to Assistant District Attorney John Rowland's sickness. Judge Brendan Conroy...

Nes-Per-N-Nub rests beside the lid to his inner sarcophagus while the two outer sarcophagi stand on display in the background Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

Mummy and accompaning Egyptian artifacts find new home in college consolidation

Lulu Orozco Oct 28, 2014

The Sutro Egyptian and Treganza collection will be moved as part of the University Museum's relocation into the Fine Arts building next semester for specialized care and greater student accessibility. “We...

Portrait of Cecilia Lam.

SF State student remembered as hard-working, passionate woman

Lulu Orozco Oct 22, 2014

Roller backpack in tow, Cecilia Lam would tap down the campus halls with her Hello Kitty walking-cane, her sounds alerting classmates and faculty of her presence. Lam, a fearlessly outspoken, hard-working...

Trending gun violence sparks interest in students at Residential Life’s “Hands Up Don’t Shoot”

Lulu Orozco Oct 14, 2014

A somber ambiance filled the Towers at Centennial Square conference center as a timeline of 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death was read last night. The descriptions leading up to his Aug. 9 death...

Jogger sexually harassed at Cox Stadium, sparks first campus safety alert of the semester

Lulu Orozco Oct 9, 2014

University administration issued a warning to students yesterday regarding a sexual battery incident that happened at Cox Stadium Tuesday, in what was the first campus safety alert this semester. A...

Melanie Ruperto from Pacifica an SF State freshman, counseling major, holistic health minor poses for a photo on top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center in San Francisco Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014.

California bans forced sterilizations in prisons following investigations by CIR

Lulu Orozco Oct 6, 2014

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new bill Thursday, Sept. 25 banning forced sterilization as a form of birth control in state prisons, a medical procedure commonly given to women without their consent. The...

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D, a 43-year-old Associate Professor of Raza Studies at SF State, poses for a photo at Thomas L. Berkley Way (20th Street) and Telegraph in Oakland in front of the mural "We Are The Ones We've Been Waiting For" by Jessica Sabogal, a Colombian American graffiti artist. Photo taken in Oakland, Cali. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014.

Student-teacher bond integral to professor’s proposed school

Lulu Orozco Sep 30, 2014

“He thinks he can go to Berkeley,” his math teacher said to him in front of the entire class. Jeff Duncan-Andrade, a Raza Studies and Education professor at SF State, still remembers those words...

SF State plans to extend to more than 60,000 square feet of open space at Hunter's Point Shipyard as part of a redevelopment project. Photo taken Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Eric Gorman / Xpress.

Hunters Point development project possible site for campus extension

Lulu Orozco Sep 16, 2014

President Leslie E. Wong announced last week that SF State plans to be the first university to stake claim to more than 60,000 square feet of open space at a new development project in the Hunters Point...

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