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Luigi Balsamo looks at the donations of diapers, clothes, blankets and assorted household goods for Camp Fire victims sent to him in Chico, California on Saturday, December 1. (Sylvie Sturm/Golden Gate Xpress)

Camp fire reveals giving hearts

Sylvie Sturm Dec 17, 2018

The town of Chico, California, has been transformed since Nov. 8, when tens of thousands of wildfire evacuees fleeing for their lives inundated their town. Cafes and restaurants now hum with somber...

A backhoe demolishes student housing along Tapia Drive on Sept, 5. (Sylvie Sturm/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State breaks ground on $81M Liberal and Creative Arts construction project

Sylvie Sturm Nov 29, 2018

San Francisco State University administrators celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $81 million Liberal and Creative Arts building to replace the old Broadcast Electronic and Creative Arts building during...

Rudy Rochon, Columbia University graduate and member of Students Supporting Israel (right) speaks with two SF State student members of Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, who declined to provide their names, on SF State campus on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (Sylvie Sturm/Golden Gate Xpress)

Jewish organizations face off on campus

Sylvie Sturm Nov 15, 2018

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict made its way onto SF State’s campus on Friday, Nov. 10 when a pro-Zionist group that’s been touring university campuses encountered an anti-Zionist group handing out...

SFSU President Leslie Wong and ASI President Nathan Jones pose for a photograph at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new creative arts building at SF State on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State officially launches $81M construction project

Sylvie Sturm Oct 31, 2018

With 10 SF State alumni and dignitaries planting golden shovels in freshly turned earth, SF State officially declared the beginning of the $81 million Liberal and Creative Arts Building project on Friday,...

Fred Smith rebuilds his home after the encampment fire damaged his surrounding community on E 12th Street in downtown Oakland on Saturday, Sept. 22. (Tristen Rowean/Golden Gate Xpress)

Oakland Tuff Sheds no solution to homelessness, say opponents

Sylvie Sturm Oct 2, 2018

Residents of the E 12th Street homeless encampment have finished rebuilding their shelters following a widespread fire that leveled half of the 450-square-foot area on Sept. 11. Since then, the City...

Leslie E. Wong, president of SF State discusses the challenges of telling the administrations stories more effectively and getting out into the public eye during the interview at SF State on Monday, Mar. 6, 2018. (David Rodriguez/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State President Leslie Wong ‘stepping down’

Sylvie Sturm Oct 1, 2018

At 9:02 a.m. this morning, SF State President Leslie Wong announced that he is leaving his position. Seated next to his wife, Wong announced in a four-and-a-half minute video that he would be "stepping...

James Paul Garrett reads an old newspaper about the first black college president while he waits for the 50th anniversary panel, discussing the first SF State Black Student Union at the African American Museum and Library in Oakland on Saturday, Sept. 15. (Lindsey Moore/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State alumni reminisce over founding first ever Black Student Union

Sylvie Sturm Sep 27, 2018

The 1968 SF State student-led strike holds tremendous historic significance as the first — and longest — in a wave of campus-wide strikes across the nation during that era of protest. For many...

Juan Carlos Hernandez, former Associated Students  president, resigns on Sept. 21 after fellow AS board members unofficially voted him out. Hernandez poses for a portrait in the Humanities 311 at SF State on Monday, Sept. 23.  (Oscar Rendon/Golden Gate Xpress)

Trump support hounds ASI president

Sylvie Sturm Sep 22, 2018

The sudden resignation of SF State’s student body president last week was the end result of a campaign to rid the elected body of a Trump supporter, he said. Juan Carlos Hernandez became Associated...

Brad Newsham waves a 13-star flag above his head as he directs thousands of volunteers to spell out the word "Resist" at Ocean Beach, Feb. 11, 2017.

U.S. foreign aid withdrawal also hurts America

Sylvie Sturm Sep 17, 2018

The United States’ goodwill around the globe might be the most important saving grace this country has against truly widespread animosity against America. The international policies this administration...

Burglar breaks into student residence

Burglar breaks into student residence

Sylvie Sturm Sep 9, 2018

A student living in SFSU housing got a shock Saturday afternoon when she encountered a burglar in her apartment as she walked out of her bedroom. The victim called University Police at 4:14 p.m. to...

SF State grad shot and killed in Chicago crossfire

Sylvie Sturm Sep 6, 2018

A photo of Shane Colombo and his mother, Tonya Nishimuta-Colombo, celebrating on Shane's graduation day from SF State University appears on a GoFundMe page created to help pay for Shane Colombo's transportation...

Campus pathway converted into reserved VP parking spot

Campus pathway converted into reserved VP parking spot

Sylvie Sturm Sep 3, 2018

A high level SF State administrator can now park on a campus pathway that is off limits to all other cars thanks to a new parking spot created solely for her use. Part of the pathway behind the Student...

Firefighters with the San Francisco Fire Department respond to an alarm near Font and Junipero Serra Boulevards near the SF State campus just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018.

Firetrucks race to 12-story building near SF State campus as fire alarm rings out

Sylvie Sturm Aug 29, 2018

Two firetrucks carrying half a dozen San Francisco firefighters descended on a 12-story building near the SF State campus Wednesday afternoon as a fire alarm sent dozens of tenants scrambling to get safely...

Staying safe on campus

Staying safe on campus

Sylvie Sturm Aug 29, 2018

SF State offers numerous programs and resources to help students stay safe. First and foremost, said UPD Chief Jason Wu, safety is enhanced when students trust that police are here to help. Typically,...

Campus crime reports more than double from 2013 to 2016

Campus crime reports more than double from 2013 to 2016

Sylvie Sturm Aug 29, 2018

The University Police Department was on high alert in July as a group of robbers roamed SF State’s campus in broad daylight grabbing valuables from students walking alone. On July 11 at 6:10 p.m.,...

Computer Science major Anthony Rodriguez looks at his phone while the Muni M line train approaches 19th and Holloway during the first day of classes at SF State on August 27, 2018. (Niko LaBarbera/Golden Gate Xpress)

Twin Peaks Tunnel reopens

Sylvie Sturm Aug 28, 2018

The Twin Peaks Tunnel reopened on Saturday just in time to ease the way for the horde of commuters returning to SF State. Even better news for commuters, trains can travel 10 mph faster through the...

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