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Golden Gate Xpress

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter

Jensen Giesick (she/her) is a reporter for the Golden Gate Xpress. She’s majoring in journalism and minoring in holistic health. Jensen was born in Bakersfield, California but resides in San Francisco. She interned at Embarcadero Publishing this past summer writing a variety of different articles. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family and playing with her new puppy, Dixie.

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SF State to offer abortion pill starting January 2023

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter Oct 10, 2022

SF State’s Student Health Services will soon provide abortion pills to students. The pills will be available starting Jan. 1, 2023. SB-24, passed in 2019, made California the first state in the nation...

SF State students Joshua Jensen and Starlit Brown browse the banned books display in the J.Paul Leonard library on Sept. 23, 2022. (Jensen Giesick / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State commemorates 40th anniversary of Banned Books Week

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter Sep 24, 2022

SF State commemorated the 40 year anniversary of Banned Books Week by showcasing books that were sought to be banned this year on the first floor of the J. Paul Leonard Library. The week is meant to...

Nayelli Zechman and Nathalie Hrizi lead the protest down Market Street in San Francisco on Tuesday in opposition to the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Garrett Isley / Golden Gate Xpress)

California reacts in anticipation to Roe v. Wade overturn

The internal memo obtained by POLITICO of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves across the country.  Roe v. Wade, decided almost 50 years ago, guarantees federal...

Volunteer Mishael Marcelo disposes of waste at Lafayette Park on April 30. (Jensen Giesick / Golden Gate Xpress)

Bay Area residents explore science at local parks

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter May 2, 2022

The “Healing our Land and Community: SF youth take Climate Action” event took place on April 30 in three Bay Area parks.  Held in Glen Park, Lafayette Park, Gilman playground and Louis Sutter playground,...

Maria Cortez, a corner captain for Safe Passage, holds up a sign that says ‘Safe Walking’ to stop incoming traffic to give pedestrians more time to cross the street on Monday. (Rashik Adhikari / Golden Gate Xpress)

Bay Area local Jalil Turner supports community program

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter Apr 27, 2022

Jalil Turner grew up in Oakland. seeing the struggles and difficulties of the people in his community. “I'm really, really familiar with the unfortunate struggles that a lot of people here deal with...

Protesters hold signs up for passing traffic to see on Van Ness avenue in San Francisco on Monday. (Rashik Adhikari / Golden Gate Xpress)

Sutter Health nurses and health care workers go on strike

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter Apr 19, 2022

On April 18, Sutter Health nurses staged a one day strike in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. Representatives from the California Nurses Association and the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees...

Student leaders and Gator wave to welcome new students to campus. (Jensen Giesick / Golden Gate Xpress)

Xpress Yourself: Sneak Preview

Jensen Giesick, Staff Reporter Apr 11, 2022

Sneak Preview is an opportunity for prospective students and their families to gather information on student housing, extracirricular activities and everything they need to know about campus life. Representatives...

Delta Sigma Pi member Kayla Kim gets pie’d in the face to raise money for 'Into the Deltaverse' in the Quad for the first day of in-person classes on Feb.14 (Garrett Isley / Golden Gate Xpress)

Campus full of life on first day of in-person classes

Jensen Giesick and Emily Calix Feb 14, 2022

SF State welcomed its students back to in-person classes Monday, with the campus full of events occurring across campus to mark the return since December.  Sororities and fraternities set up booths...

Ballet performance “Caprice”, choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, at War Memorial Opera House on Feb. 3. (Courtesy of the San Francisco Ballet)

REVIEW: SF Ballet ‘Chasses’ Back into Opera House

Anaïs-Ophelia Lino and Jensen Giesick Feb 7, 2022

After its 2020 season was cut short, the San Francisco Ballet welcomed patrons back to the Memorial Opera House as it opened the final season of its artistic director and principal choreographer Helgi...

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