Steven Rissotto (he/him) is co-managing editor for Golden Gate Xpress. He is a journalism major with an education minor. A native of Pacifica, Steven attended Archbishop Riordan High School, where he played baseball and wrote on their award-winning newspaper, The Crusader. Before transferring to SFSU in Fall 2022, he attended Skyline College for two years and wrote for The Skyline View. He also covers the San Francisco Giants for SF Giants Baseball Insider on Sports Illustrated. In his spare time, Steven enjoys cracking jokes, watching documentaries and sports, reading biographies and recording his baseball podcast, RizzoCast.
Similar to most — if not all — faces of college leadership, San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney sends several campus-wide updates into the electronic inboxes of faculty, staff and...
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In the hoop world, basketball takes the crown...
San Francisco State University journalism student Alex Kauffman died suddenly in an automobile accident on March 9, according to a family confirmation sent to the Division of Student Life. He was 22.
Kauffman...
If there were an award handed out for the least effective drinking fountains on a college campus, San Francisco State University’s candidacy would run laps around the rest of the competition.
It’s...
Capitulation. Sellout. Mid.
These were among the words used by San Francisco State University faculty and students to describe their overall displeasure with the recent tentative contract agreement...
The California Faculty Association will proceed with its plan to initiate a strike across all 23 California State University campuses from Jan. 22-26.
The decision follows the conclusion of failed negotiations...
More than miserable and extremely exhausted, Nathan Shinn slammed his head into the pillow inside an Edmonton hotel room on the evening of June 6, 2022 –– a fitting end to a busy day packed with a...
Welcome to the Xpress podcast, a podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In the latest episode of the Chomp podcast, staff reporter Luis Cortes and co-managing editor Steven...
Welcome to Gator Talk, the Xpress podcast that brings city perspectives to local, regional and national news. In today’s podcast episode, staff reporter Sophia Osborn sits down with California Faculty...
Campus police responded to a reported incident near the northeast corner of Lot 19/20 parking structure outside San Francisco State University on Wednesday afternoon.
At approximately 4:14 p.m.,...
Dianne Feinstein, the longest-tenured female U.S. senator in history and first female mayor of San Francisco, passed away from natural causes early Friday morning at her home in Washington D.C., James...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 447 into law on Wednesday, which will end the seven-year-old travel ban that had prohibited the utilization of state funds for travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+...
San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney conducted her annual State of the University speech on Thursday morning in front of faculty and staff, addressing the current issues and improvements...
Welcome to the Xpress podcast, a podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Arman Archouniani, staff reporter, and Steven Rissotto, copy editor talk to Distance Runner Dominic...
Frank Somerville beamed like a kid in a candy shop as he observed the interior of one of the three television studios inside the new Marcus Hall building at SF State.
Sporting black jeans, a black...
Welcome to the Chomp Pod, a podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news.
Arman Archouniani, staff reporter, and Steven Rissotto, copy editor talk to mental performance coach Grant...
SF State’s track and field team gave a solid performance at their home turf during the Johnny Mathis Invitational on Friday and Saturday afternoon at Cox Stadium. The event featured both women and men’s...
Creative juices flow out of roughly a dozen students as they huddle up inside the friendly confines of Humanities Room 581. The crew uses a variety of pens and pencils as they produce doodles and sketches,...
In celebration of Black History Month at SF State, the Africana Studies Department — in partnership with the College of Ethnic Studies — conducted their annual “Making Black History” fundraiser....
Following the lead of a solid performance on the mound from starter Nathan Shinn, SF State finished off a four-game sweep, defeating Colorado State University-Pueblo 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at Maloney...
The academic world is preparing to adjust to ChatGPT, another technological advancement that has faculty and staff at SF State wondering how the new tool will fare in a classroom.
ChatGPT is a free-to-use...
The return to campus for the spring semester featured a flurry of activity in the Student Services Building on Monday afternoon.
Students wandered in throughout the day to receive assistance with...
