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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Alternative Medicine

December 3, 2012

Words: Emily Gadd Photos: Tearsa Joy Hammock Right on the edge of the Financial District in San Francisco is a small store that sells medicine for all kinds of ailments like insomnia, chronic pain,...

Collaborative Consumption

December 3, 2012

Words: Kelly Leslie Photos: Jessica Worthington Ryan Card stands between eight-foot-tall glass dividing walls that separate the rooms of the small office building he works in, located on the two hundred...

A customer pays for her meal at Hapa Ramen at the Embarcadero Farmers Market in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec 13, 2012. Hapa Ramen sells their food at the farmers market Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Photo by Godofredo Vasquez/Xpress

From Popping Up to Settling Down

December 3, 2012

Words: Kenny Redublo Photos: Godofredo Vasquez The propane tanks hiss as they pump fuel into the burners. Steam comes out of every boiling pot as they cook the day's batch of broth. Bins of hand...

Parks and Recreation: SF State Edition

Parks and Recreation: SF State Edition

December 3, 2012

Words: Babak Haghighi Photos: Alejandrina Hernandez Bob Flasher’s RPT 520 class is not your typical lecture. Flasher, or “Flash” as students call him, is not your typical lecturer. And SFSU’s...

What Makes Big Ben Tick

What Makes Big Ben Tick

December 3, 2012

Words: Ben Pack Photos: Virginia Tieman When I woke up on October 10th I wondered two things. If the Giants had avoided elimination against the Reds, and why my room was so damn hot. A nurse...

Miracle on 19th St: The Secret Life of a Mall Santa

Miracle on 19th St: The Secret Life of a Mall Santa

December 3, 2012

Words: Molly Sanchez Santa Claus is not supposed to take interviews. The official “Guide to Santa MEDIA Questions and Answers” put out by GGP Corporate Communications stipulates in screaming...

The Sound of Gender

December 3, 2012

  Words: Ruby Perez Photos: Andy Sweet A thick layer of cigarette smoke hangs above the outdoor area of San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill as concertgoers cluster tightly next to one...

Self-described person and stand-up comedian Karl Hess performs at the Comedy & Burrito festivals Kickoff Show at SUB-Mission. Photo by Babak Haghighi

Wet Burritos, Dry Humor

November 7, 2012

Words: Babak Haghighi & Molly Sanchez Photos: Babak Haghighi Sharon Houston, a dark-haired comic from Los Angeles, stands in the oval of light cast on the dark stage of a Mission District...

Farm Fresh To Go

Farm Fresh To Go

October 24, 2012

Words & Photos: Kelly Leslie The sun has yet to awaken, but a sea of residents from the Bernal Heights neighborhood flood Alemany Boulevard farmers’ market with empty produce baskets, determined...

Turn of a Page, Click of a Button

October 24, 2012

Words: Emily Gadd Photos: Jamie Valaoro The smell of freshly bound books filling the air of a bookstore; the yellowed pages of old books in a library; the sound of fingers rubbing against two pages...

San Francisco’s Oldest Residents

October 24, 2012

  Words: Ruby Perez Photos: Alejandrina Hernandez, Andy Sweet & Ruby Perez The below information is a personal commentary by Ruby Perez on each location. She sat down with SF State’s...

A Sweeter Look at San Francisco

October 24, 2012

 Words and Photos: Jennifer Sandoval San Francisco is a city for foodies. More than any other American city, San Francisco has the highest per capita of restaurants, putting even New York to shame....

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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University
Fall 2012