SF State admin delivers first round of ‘fluid’ BLM agenda timetable
Omar Morales, Copy Editor
October 20, 2020
Filed under Top Stories
SF State’s Black community is set to receive a bevy of new programming that is designed to create educational and economic equity on campus, according to a working document authored by the administration and obtained by Xpress. The document is a timeline for the implementation of the Black Lives Matte...
How COVID-19 changed SF State’s housing strategy
Andres Velasquez, Staff Reporter
October 13, 2020
Filed under Top Stories
With most classes transitioned to remote instruction, University Housing is housing 363 students for the Fall 2020 semester, as opposed to what is commonly 4,300 to 4,500 students. According to University Housing, 363 SF State students — compared to what is commonly around 4,300 to 4,500 — ...
SF State students share experiences on Zoom fatigue
Shelley Wang and Sean Reyes
October 12, 2020
Filed under Campus, Videos
Xpress Yourself dives into the changes and struggles of virtual learning as four SF State students share their experiences. From physical and mental strains to missing a real university atmosphere, students are doing what they can to cope. Now that the Spring 2021 semester is fully onl...
SF State layoffs to hit grant-funded staff, but there is hope
Jess Magill, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2020
Filed under Campus
When Adam Paganini received his layoff notice, he was perplexed. As an SF State alum and coordinator at the school’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center, he thought that his grant-funded salary would keep him safe. “How does that work?” he said. “I am not paid from the general fund. If I'm fired...
SF State athletics remain optimistic amid standstill
Andres Velasquez, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2020
Filed under Campus
The SF State Athletics department, which has halted all sports team-activities for the Fall 2020 semester, is experiencing budget, spending and recruitment impacts in addition to the athletic impact during the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Associate Director of Athletics Brandon Davis said that like budgets a...
SF State employees protest layoffs
Joel Umanzor Jr., Staff Reporter
September 20, 2020
Filed under Protests, Top Stories
An estimated 60 members of SF State’s faculty and staff held a demonstration in front of campus on Sept. 12, just days after President Lynn Mahoney announced layoffs for 131 employees of the university. Picketers carried umbrellas and signs calling for California State University Chancellor Timothy White to use...
How COVID-19 changed SF State’s IT strategy
Jess Magill, Staff Reporter
September 17, 2020
Filed under Campus
SF State technology administrators are shifting gears to resolve an increase in technological issues experienced across the college as classes go online, such as phishing and a lack of the necessary technology to attend class. According to Andrew Roderick, director of academic technology services, SF State...
SF State President Mahoney addresses questions on staff and administrator layoffs (Full Interview)
David Sjostedt, Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2020
Filed under Campus
How are you feeling about the layoffs and the process that led up to them? How were people chosen? President Lynn Mahoney: So this is without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever done in just about 20 years as an administrator, I've been through budget cuts before first at the State University of New York and th...
SF State plans for 131 layoffs, union president says most in CSU history
David Sjostedt, Editor-in-Chief
September 9, 2020
Filed under Campus
SF State administration notified 131 staff members on Tuesday that they would be laid off Nov. 9. The layoff notice is the largest in the history of any campus in the California State University system, according to California State University Employees Union (CSUEU) Chapter 305 President Sandee ...
SF State faculty participates in nationwide ‘Scholar Strike’
Joel Umanzor Jr., Staff Reporter
September 8, 2020
Filed under Campus
Members of the SF State faculty began participating in an online, two-day nationwide forum on Tuesday in an attempt to bring awareness to systemic injustices targeting people of color across the country. The “Scholar Strike” is a grassroots online demonstration promoting a work stoppage for faculty of universities nationwide to p...
Layoff talks proceed amidst $40 million deficit for SF State
Chris Ramirez, Managing Editor
September 8, 2020
Filed under Campus
SF State will move forward in the process of laying off staff members “in the next couple of weeks,” Associate Vice President of Human Resources Ingrid Williams said at the Aug. 27 University Budget Committee meeting. The decision to lay off fewer than 100 members was made in an effort to reach a balanced budget for the 2020-21 sch...
Free Space Podcast – Episode 3: SF State student survived COVID-19
Cierra Quintana and Pamela Estrada
August 24, 2020
Filed under Campus, Coronavirus
https://soundcloud.com/user-983983986/free-space-podcast-episode-3-sf-state-student-survives-covid-20/s-nTlSnCSrTno
