Taekwondo demonstration excites SF State club
The Taekwondo Club at SF State is expecting visitors from a foreign collegiate team of athletes, Feb. 16, to demonstrate new techniques and talk about changing regulations in the sport. The visiting team…
VIDEO: Intramural Soccer League engages students in friendly competition
Xpress catches up with students from the Intramural Soccer League during one of their indoor practices. Students meet up in the gym Monday nights starting at 7 p.m. to engage in friendly competition…
VIDEO: Faculty and staff strike up lively competition at monthly bowling league
It requires a strong wrist, careful footing and precise aim to bombard a set of 10 blocks of maple wood with a 16-pound sphere to obtain a strike. Once a month, a group…
Snowfall opens opportunities for SF State Ski and Snowboard Club
Most sports bend nature to their will, but snow sports rise and fall at the whim of winter. With two feet of snow already blanketing parts of Northern California, Bay Area snowboarders and…
Friendship Games unites Filipino American students in fierce competition
SF State’s Friendship Game’s team participated in the 27th Annual Friendship Games hosted by CSU Fullerton Oct. 27. Friendship Games, a yearly event where students — most of them part of Filipino American organizations…
Gators rugby football club strives to attain NCAA recognition
The grueling hits, furious pace and overall physical exertion rugby players put forth is immense, but despite the sweat and bruises, it isn’t considered an NCAA sport. Founded in 2005, SF State’s Gators rugby…
SF State sports clubs scrape by amid budget crunch
Many club sports at SF State are struggling to maintain regular practice spaces and must now devise ways to function with insufficient money. President of the ice hockey club, Andrew Bensch is looking forward…
Running or walking, SF State’s 5k brings awareness
When he crossed the finish line first, 23-year-old kinesiology major Christian Swanson got to live his year-long dream of running for wellness. After his grandfather suffered a stroke a year ago, Swanson was…
SF State freshmen try to avoid infamous freshman 15
At the end of the semester, in a flurry of finals and stress-ridden assignments, many students can look back at the late-night Village Market pizza and the decision to take the elevator to…
SF State’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club founders train while helping students
Two students with a passion for the Brazilian ground fighting sport known as jiujitsu have brought it to SF State as a cash-free recreational club. Kevin Heung, 24, Justin Orozco, 22, co-founders of…
SF State women’s rugby tackles stereotypes and gender roles
Burly athletes sprinting up and down the field aiming to hit others with bone-crushing tackles aren’t images typically associated with female athletes. A group of 10 athletic women from SF State has taken…
Triathlon added to list of club sports at SF State
The newest club sport on campus is one of the most challenging athletic activities: triathlon. While the idea of running a three-sport event may intimidate some people, the founding members of the triathlon…
SF State to increase student fees to pay for new recreation center
Student fee increases are nothing new, but this semester a newly-approved fee requires students to pay for a campus recreation center that will not be completed for several years after most students have…
SF State students find new way to release stress and “Work the Foam”
The feeling of restless muscle tension is all too familiar for a student who has had to sit through a weekly three-hour lecture class. SF State’s Group X program now offers a solution for…
