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A photo of the solar panels located on top of the Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Joshua Carter / Golden Gate Xpress)
The Future of Sustainability at SF State
Sonia Espiritu, the co-founder and president of the Coalition for Equity and Justice, and Daniel Patinto, recruitment coordinator pose for a portrait in front of the Humanities Building at SF State on Feb. 27, 2023. (Daniela Perez / Golden Gate Xpress)
The ongoing debate on prison labor: is it a form of slavery?
Yvette Mari Robles, curandera and SF State alum, uses a rattle to break an attendees aura to receive energy work to support their following journey to connect with the land at Fort Funston in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday May 6, 2023. (Adriana Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)
Into the Woods connects BIPOC communities with nature for science and healing
Zakariah Zarei-Escobar fixes his fellow graduate’s sash at the 9th Annual Dreams Beyond Borders Celebration in Jack Adams Hall on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Courtesy of Peter Supertramp)
SF State hosts 9th Annual Dreams Beyond Borders Graduation Celebration
An illustration depicting someone blowing a cloud of vapor. (Jenna Mandarano / Golden Gate Xpress)
Understanding the rise in youth vaping
A silhouette in an auditorium of someone choosing to watch either Barbie or Oppenheimer. (Chris Myers / Golden Gate Xpress)
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer
Lupe Fiasco, rapper and producer, performs on stage at the 12th Annual Rhythms Music Festival in the Annex 1 building at SF State on Saturday, May 13, 2023. (David Jones / Golden Gate Xpress)
Lupe Fiasco headlines 12th Annual Rhythms Music Festival
One of the two guitarists for KJM, the band who won the Battle of the Bands competition, performs for a crowd of around 50 within the Depot at the Cesar Chavez Student Center on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Daniel Hernandez/ Golden Gate Xpress)
Bands compete for a chance to perform at Rhythms Fest
Akasha Neely, a playwright at SF State, in San Francisco CA., Monday, May 1, 2023. (Chris Myers / Golden Gate Xpress)
Greenhouse Festival brings student plays to life
DJ chloe performs her set for the DJ competition while exciting the crowd at SF State’s The Depot on May 9, 2023. (Tam Vu / Golden Gate Xpress)
DJs battle it out at The Depot for Rhythms Festival competition
An exterior shot of the De Young Museum located in San Francisco, Calif., during the Tutankhamun exhibit in 2009. (Courtesy of Mark Miller)
Free museums in San Francisco with your EBT card
A bee lands on a flower at the site of one of Dirk Kiehne’s beehives in Menlo Park, Calif., on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Adriana Hernandez/ Golden Gate Xpress)
More honey more problems
Gaming Gators gather for game nights every Monday on campus as a way to socialize and play attendees’ favorite games. (Graphic by Tatyana Ekmekjian/Golden Gate Xpress)
Q&A with the Gaming Gators
Ricardo Sanchez uses a clapper on the set of Duende inside SF State’s Dream Resource Center on Monday, March 20, 2023. (D’Angelo Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)
Representation in storytelling
A Monterey cypress tree fell on an SF State vehicle near Thornton Hall on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/Golden Gate Xpress)
Between the Issues: Mid Semester Check In
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Two attendees pass a joint during the celebrations at Hippie Hill 2017

Thousands gathered at Hippie Hill 2.0

MJ Ongoy
May 21, 2017
Poke Kana is located near SF State in the Park Merced shopping center, where you can create custom poke bowls in San Francisco, Calif. (Alina Castillo/Xpress)

Poke Kana brings fresh fish to Parkmerced

MJ Ongoy
May 2, 2017
Lealana Newman hits two blunts at exactly 4:20 p.m. at the city-permitted 420 celebration at Hippie Hill in San Francisco, Calif. on April 20, 2017 (Xpress/MJ Ongoy).

City permits and sponsorship can’t kill the Hippie Hill 420 vibe

MJ Ongoy
April 21, 2017
San Francisco Police Department along with the San Francisco Fire Department assist the SF State student victim involving a collision with another SF State student vehicle on Holloway Avenue in front of the Administration building on February 22, 2017. (Alina Castillo/Xpress)

SF State student struck by car in front of Administration Building

MJ Ongoy
February 22, 2017

Student reports sexual assault on campus

MJ Ongoy
December 17, 2016

Brave: Safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community at SF State

MJ Ongoy
December 17, 2016
Water protectors march with support from US military veterans toward barricades on Highway 1806 blocking road access to the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline during a blizzard in freezing temperatures at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota on December 5, 2016. (Photo: Joel Angel Juarez)

Nearly 200,000 gallons of oil leaks 150 miles from Standing Rock protesters

MJ Ongoy
December 14, 2016
Kristin Hoots, 24, studio art major works on a piece for the annual ceramics sale on Dec. 1, 2016. Photo: Kayleen Fonte

Annual ceramics sale benefits SF State’s Ceramic Guild

MJ Ongoy
December 9, 2016

Remembering SF State alumna Donna Kellogg

MJ Ongoy
December 6, 2016

SF State remembers Michela Gregory

MJ Ongoy
December 6, 2016

Daylong campus event honors World AIDS Day

MJ Ongoy
December 6, 2016
10-year-old Jayden “DJ Protéjay” Anolin uses the turntables during the launch party of SF State’s second version of its mobile application in Malcolm X Plaza on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (MJ Ongoy/Xpress)

University revamps and relaunches mobile app

MJ Ongoy
December 2, 2016

ASI event to commemorate World AIDS Day

MJ Ongoy
November 30, 2016
Japanese Bunraku puppeteer company Kanroku and the Mokugu-sha perform to a packed audience at SF State on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. SF State’s Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan and Japanese Culture hosted the Bunraku event. (Lauren Saldana/Xpress)

Kanroku and the Mokugu-sha Company perform at SF State

MJ Ongoy
November 2, 2016
Children’s book author and illustrator Jimmy “ Jimi” Liao reacts to the host before presenting his work to a packed audience during the “Dreamy Afternoon” event at McKenna Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016.

‘J.K. Rowling of the Chinese Speaking World’ visits SF State

MJ Ongoy
October 26, 2016
SF State students surround and pet Brixton, a 3-year-old golden retriever during the first Therapy Dog Tuesday of the semester on top of the Student Health Center on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Certified therapy dogs can found on campus every first and third Tuesday of every month.

Students unwind with therapy dogs

MJ Ongoy
September 28, 2016
SF State Environmentally Concerned Organization member Marc Hernandez harvests pumpkins from the Sol Patch Community Garden in honor of the fall equinox during the organizations end of summer garden celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016.

ECO students share harvest at equinox garden party

MJ Ongoy
September 28, 2016
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