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Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Inside Noise Pop 2014

Xpress Mag Staff
March 7, 2014

Written by Nadine Quitania Photos by Tony Santos In the Bay Area, the Noise Pop Festival is not only for new music discoveries, (the opening bands this year were insane) but also love and respect...

Noise Pop Preview

Xpress Mag Staff
February 24, 2014

Written by Nadine Quitania Photo courtesy of Matt Kowal-Noise Pop 2009 San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop indie music, film, and art festival is just around the corner. The week-long festival, held...

SF Staples: Dignified Dirty Dogs

Xpress Mag Staff
February 14, 2014

By Nicole Dobarro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDl--J-f-k It’s 3 a.m. and it’s been a long night of inhaling cheap whiskey, tolerating the hoots, hollers, and enduring the judgement of walking...

John Franco marks his bingo card after his number is called at The Riptide located at 3639 Taraval St. between 46th and 47th avenues, Saturday Sept. 10, 2013. The Riptide hosts bingo night every saturday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a final round grand prize of a $50 bar tab.  Photo By Tony Santos / Xpress

Alternative Ways To Get Wasted

December 17, 2013

Alcohol makes pretty much any situation better. While bar-hopping and some dance therapy can help take the edge off, new and exciting ways to get your drink on works wonders.  Bar trivia nights are...

Summer Ignites Winter

Summer Ignites Winter

Xpress Mag Staff
December 17, 2013

Words and Photos by Mike Hendrickson Summer Fenton began snowboarding when she was four years old.  By age six she was competing and had picked up her first sponsorship. When Mammoth Mountain...

Design and Refine

Design and Refine

December 9, 2013

Written Melissa Landeros Photos by John Ornelas Bright lighting. Hues of earth tones. Pops of color. A mix of sleek jackets, tailored dresses, intricate outerwear, and fine accessories.  At five...

The Room With A View

The Room With A View

Agnes Mogstad
December 9, 2013

Written by Jake Montero Photos by Virginia Tieman When I arrive early he is already there. I’m no longer struck by his unique appearance, probably because we’ve met before, but mostly because...

Fall Into The Trap

Fall Into The Trap

December 9, 2013

Written by Ivane Lund-Soyombo Photos by Tony Santos Miley Cyrus’ recent fascination with twerking—a dance popular in the black community for quite some time—mirrors the rise in popularity...

Turkish Uprising

December 4, 2013

Written by Thomas Rizza It's an uncharacteristically warm Monday in late September at SF State. Dr. Selim Sayers, the newest addition to the Middle East Studies Program, plugs in his laptop to...

Paved With Nickels

Paved With Nickels

Agnes Mogstad
December 4, 2013

Written by Maggie Ortins Photo by Kate O'Neal His hands are raw. The stale smell of old yeast from empty beer bottles marries with the San Francisco fog as a symphony of cascading glass interrupts...

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10 Ways To Stay Sane For Finals

Agnes Mogstad
December 4, 2013

Written by Mariana Barrera Between tests, essays and the all elusive finals, school is getting harder and harder, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to making this semester run a little...

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