The full cast for the Broadway show “Here Lies Love” was recently announced at the start of the month. While it is notable to see the first all-Filipino company on Broadway, the achievement is dwarfed...

Frank Somerville poses for a selfie with Erick Mora, a BECA student during the student-run TV studio basics class inside Marcus Hall on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate...

Jon Root, the featured speaker for TPUSA’s event speaks to attendees at the Merced Manor Reservoir in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)...

Aidan Murtagh runs the men’s 1500 meter run during the Johnny Mathis Invitational track meet at SF State’s Cox Stadium on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)...

Riley Gaines habla a una multitud con capacidad máxima en la sala 310 del edificio de HSS en SF State el jueves 6 de abril de 2023. La mayoría de la multitud eran manifestantes que organizaron una sentada...

West Campus Green is currently under construction and has been closed since the start of the spring semester this year. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Navid Mehdipour listens during the Q&A portion of Turning Point USA’s event featuring Riley Gaines at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Mehdipour is the president for the SF State chapter of Turning...

Campus police officers along with officers from SFPD form a barricade outside of the room where Riley Gaines stayed after the conclusion of the event at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. SFPD officers...

ampus police officers along with officers from SFPD walk to the room where Riley Gaines stayed after the conclusion of the event at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. SFPD officers were called to assist...

A protester holds their phone in front of a campus police officer’s face as the police form a barricade in front of the room where Riley Gaines was escorted to after the event at SF State on Thursday,...

Campus police officers escort Riley Gaines out of Room 310 after Turning Point USA’s event featuring her as the speaker at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate...

Campus police officers escort Riley Gaines out of Room 310 after Turning Point USA’s event featuring her as the speaker at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate...

Protesters chant “Trans rights are human rights,” in the hallway outside of the event venue during Riley Gaines’ speech at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden...

Riley Gaines speaks to a maximum capacity crowd in Room 310 of the HSS Building at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. A majority of the crowd were protestors who organized a sit-in at the event. (Miguel...

Patty Marty, a high school field representative for Turning Point USA NorCal, sits at the check-in table before the start of the event at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion...

Reginald Parson, chief of campus police, talks to protesters outside of the room where Riley Gaines was escorted to after Turning Point USA’s event at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco...

Riley Gaines speaks to a maximum capacity crowd in Room 310 of the HSS Building at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. A majority of the crowd were protestors who organized a sit-in at the event. (Miguel...

Riley Gaines stands behind the podium before her speaking event at SF State hosted by Turning Point USA on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion)

Navid Mehdipour looks at the crowd turnout before the start of Turning Point USA’s event featuring Riley Gaines at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)...

An illustration of the San Francisco skyline with the bay colored in green to represent Saint Patrick’s Day. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Toby Okwuokei (10) gets ready to shoot a free throw during the game against Cal State East Bay in the Main Gym at Don Nasser Plaza on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Students walk around and past the maintenance obstruction in front of the J. Paul Leonard Library at SF State while student organizations table in the background on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Miguel Francesco...

A screenshot of OpenAI’s Playground feature, a more advanced version of ChatGPT, being fed a prompt to write its own version of this article. Playground was used due to ChatGPT’s server reaching usage...

Jomari Fernandez orders lunch from the Halal Shop at SF State’s Cesar Chavez Student Center on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State student Trinity Yates holds up a whiteboard making fun of an opposing player’s height while watching the SFSU vs CSU San Bernardino basketball game with other students in the Main Gym at Don...

The FogCam resides inside the Lam Family College of Business Building overlooking the Quad at SF State on Dec. 7, 2022. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Toby Okwuokei (left) dribbles the ball during the SF State vs CSU San Bernardino basketball game in the Main Gym at Don Nasser Plaza on Dec. 1, 2022. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Groceries employees fill boxes of food in the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State on Oct.19, 2022. Contents of the Gator Groceries boxes include vegetables, fruits and non-perishables such as...

SF State Political Science professor Jason McDaniel talks to students during an department-held Election Night watch party in the Humanities Building on Nov. 8, 2022. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden...

A voter drops off their ballot into the absentee ballot box inside of the Park Merced polling location on Nov. 8, 2022. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Though the rain poured down, San Francisco voters donned raincoats and headed over to their local polling stations on Tuesday. Seven ballot initiatives are up for vote, including Proposition 1, which...

An illustration of money from the HEERF Grant changing hands. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

A photo of the merchandise being sold by the League of Filipino Students during the event for the organization’s fundraising efforts on Oct. 25, 2022. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)...

SF State’s League of Filipino Students will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Oct. 25 in Jack Adams Hall. The celebration will feature cultural performances, guest speakers and presentations on LFS’...

Megan Murphy, the Interim Chair for the League of Filipino Students, poses for a portrait in front of a mural containing prominent figures in Filipino American history at the Cesar Chavez Student Center...

Nathan Burns, the coordinator and a top judge for the Superfest film festival, holds up a “torch” labeled Superfest inside the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability on Oct. 12, 2022. The torch was...

“MAKIBAKA! HUWAG MATAKOT!”  The cry filled the air and drowned out the usual cacophony of San Francisco’s busy roads as approximately 300 people filled the sidewalk and poured onto Sutter Street.  The...

Luis Reyes, an Environmental Studies major, rids the Sol Patch Garden of invasive plants on Sept. 19. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Members of the SF State women’s volleyball team practice spiking the ball on Sept. 12. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

Mohammed Suleman, manager of Crave’s Birdhouse, prepares a fried chicken sandwich called “The Batman” which contains a fried chicken cutlet, barbecue sauce and ranch along with lettuce and tomatoes....

The man who self-identifies as POG. or “Preacher of God” holds a banner that states “Jesus saves from hell.” On the reverse side, the banner lists various groups that are called to “repent or...

SF State alumnus Nick Hanna warms up the crowd with his comedic prowess at The Depot in the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Sept. 1. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)