VIDEO: What personality traits do you think will get you hired?
Many SF State students are trying to secure jobs and internships that will propel them into their future careers. Going out into a workforce not full of many options, both freshman and graduating seniors…
VIDEO: Sunday Streets engages community in the Mission
Families, local businesses, community programs and visitors gathered at the Mission May 6 for its first of four Sunday Streets. Sunday Streets is a neighborhood event that brings people together to promote health…
VIDEO: 82-year-old SFSU Wind Ensemble member shares his wisdom
Born during the Depression, Hank Niebolt has been dedicated to music since before the current SF State campus opened its doors. After graduating in the mid-50s, Niebolt began a career in teaching elementary…
VIDEO: Dustin Musser of K Theory finds his niche in dubstep music
Riding the wave of dubstep’s rising popularity, K Theory has found its niche in the Bay Area electronic scene. They frequent small clubs such as EPR, but found their way to the Annex…
VIDEO: An interview with Toro Y Moi
Xpress news sat down with Chazwick Bundick, better known as Toro Y Moi, after he performed at the Rhythms Music Festival last Thursday at San Francisco State University. Bundick graduated from the University…
VIDEO: Underdog hot dog eating contest bring laughs, surprises
About 200 people crowded the main lobby of Cesar Chavez Student Center April 5th to witness 10 SF State student contestants chow down for the ultimate prize. At noon, competitors lined up in order to be…
PHOTOS: Conductor helps preserve legacy of SFSU Wind Ensemble
Fifty musicians wielding saxophones, clarinets and bassoons bustled around the stage of McKenna Theater finding their places. Within a few minutes of beginning the concert, they were in perfect harmony, pumping out exuberant…
PHOTOS: SF State Distance Carnival showcases track and field athletes
Hundreds of athletes came to SF State’s Cox Stadium Friday, April 6 to compete in outdoor track and field event “The Distance Carnival,” marking the second home meet for the Gators, who had…
VIDEO: What do you think about the SFSU Bookstore being bought out by a corporation?
If new management takes over the SFSU Bookstore, it could shift from a nonprofit to a corporation for the first time in 58 years. Barnes and Noble and Follett Corporation are currently interested…
VIDEO: What would compel you to become more involved in student politics?
Most students at SF State know that their status as a commuter school has resulted in low participation rates in campus activities. Associated Students Inc., the campus student government, has famously held elections…
VIDEO: KSFS radio station at SF State rated top 25 in country for second year in a row
Every day, dozens of students enter the KSFS radio station inside the Creative Arts building, put on their headsets and talk about a wide variety of topics, ranging from hip-hop to sports news,…
VIDEO: What are your Spring Break plans?
Xpress editors hit the mean streets of SF State to find out what students have planned for Spring Break. From flying to Puerto Rico to getting shoulder surgery, students have of variety of…
INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: California Faculty Association and the CSU
Relations between the California Faculty Association and the CSU Administration have been tumultuous and this timeline indicates the time when there was an impasse between the two sides from 1995 to the current…
VIDEO: Mr. San Francisco Leather competition about more than just chaps and straps
On any other night, the sight of a man dressed in nothing but leather chest straps, a matching thong, and loin cloth sauntering under the chandelier-lit lobby of the Hotel Whitcomb might have…
VIDEO: Square Meals in Russian Hill prepares healthy options for hurried diners
Run by chefs who stress the importance of using organic, local and seasonal ingredients, this place is perfect for picking up freshly-prepared food to take home. It’s an ever-changing menu, but be sure…
PHOTOS: Rally for education at Capitol building ends in arrests
Sixty-eight protesters including two SF State students were arrested Monday evening after they refused to leave the state Capitol building as part of the rally for higher education. Hundreds of demonstrators took over…
PHOTOS: SF State baseball continues three-game win streak in doubleheader against Cal State LA
The SF State Gators baseball team managed late comebacks in both game Saturday, beating the Cal State LA Golden Eagles 2-1 in their doubleheader. The key components to the wins was clutch hitting…
VIDEO: Faculty and students discuss Day of Action
As the March 1 Day of Action approaches, SF State faculty and students discuss the issues that have motivated them to participate in this national movement. Students for Quality Education, or SQE, is…
PHOTOS: Third annual San Francisco polar plunge
Roughly 1,000 people took a plunge into San Francisco’s frigid bay as part of the third annual Polar Plunge. Families and costume-wearing participants filled the bleachers at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park, where they…
VIDEO: What do you think of paying higher student fees for a new recreation center at SF State?
SF State students will soon see an increase in a mandatory recreation center fee of $35 that is paid with tuition. The fee not only covers costs for students to use the current facilities, but…
VIDEO: 16th Street BART station home of weekly poetry slam
On a rainy night, fewer than a dozen people huddle under umbrellas outside the 16th and Mission Street BART station. Bottles of wine and whiskey are passed around while anything from a solemn…
VIDEO, PHOTOS: Valentine’s Day pillow fight sends singles and couples swinging in the name of love
Valentine’s Day is about more than kissing, teddy bears, heart-shaped boxes of candy and sappy love songs. Here in San Francisco it’s about smashing strangers in the face. The weapons of choice were…
VIDEO: Using music as therapy
Story by Barbara Szabo, video by Nelson Estrada The Community Music Center appears as just another residential Victorian building on the 500 block of Capp St., distinguishable only by the unsynchronized sounds of…
PHOTOS: Chinese Lunar New Year parade marks end of Spring Festival
In the U.S., the new year is celebrated with drinking, raucous behavior and lasts a day. In China, the Spring Festival celebration lasts at least two weeks, even up to a month. One…
VIDEO: What are some creative ways to solve the budget crisis at SF State?
Editors Elissa Torres, Henry Nguyen and Godofredo Vasquez search the SF State campus in search of creative ideas to solve the University’s budget crisis. SF State, like the rest of the California State…
VIDEO: Should SF State presidential candidates be required to visit campus?
Editors Michelle Olson and Godofredo Vasquez hit the SF State campus in search of students’ views on whether candidates for the SF State’s president position should or should not visit the campus before…
PHOTOS: SF State’s J. Paul Leonard and Sutro Library partially open
The J. Paul Leonard and Sutro Library, arguably the biggest and most highly anticipated campus revamping in the past four years, is taking the smallest steps in fully revealing itself to the public…
PHOTOS: Chinese New Year brought in with a bang in Chinatown
Opportunistic pyromaniacs celebrated Chinese New Year, on the streets of Chinatown Sunday night. Resounded bangs of light, laughter, pervasive metallic-smelling smoke and full-grown adults running to avoid debris from crackers and M-180s were…
PHOTOS: Occupy Wall Street West takes to the streets of the Financial District
Protesters took part in demonstrations against large banks and corporations Friday in several parts of San Francisco and around the Bay Area. The goal of the planned demonstration, billed as the Occupy Wall…
VIDEO: Lalo Gonzalez occupies SF State
In recent months, as the Occupy movement spread across the nation and world, thousands of people have become supporters or participants of protests and marches against corporate greed. SF State criminal and justice…
