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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

One in a Million: A day in the life of student activist, Brittany Moore

Xpress Mag Staff
December 17, 2014

Words and Photos by Sara Gobets While many students are locking themselves in their rooms or living in the library until finals are over, SF State student Brittany Moore is using study breaks to take...

DeMareon Gipson Recites Poems

Anais Fuentes
December 15, 2014

This is a mini interview with DeMareon Gipson, student at SF State, who is releasing his new book entitled  Looking Forward at the end of December.  In the podcast he recites two of the poems in...

Foodelicious at SF State

Foodelicious at SF State

Airha Dominguez
December 13, 2014

Tired of eating at the same place everyday? Do you want to try something new, but have no idea where to begin to look? Here are the five food venues that generate the most revenue at SF State. The list...

Runway show celebrates women and their acheivements

Airha Dominguez
December 12, 2014

  With a pink flower in her hair, Yesenia Mendez struts down a runway barefoot in a long floral dress, showcasing her free-spirited personality. The biology major and African-American studies...

Stormageddon arrives; SF State classes canceled

Nadine Quitania
December 10, 2014

Last week, I was telling a friend of mine in the Philippines (where I went to high school) that with the amount of rain we were getting last week in the Bay Area, classes would have been canceled. I have...

XPress Magazine’s guide to finals at SF State

Dani Hutton
December 8, 2014

Contributed to by Tami Benedict Step 1: Realize that you have not bought the books for the finals. Step 2: Frantically scour the internet for PDFs of the aforementioned books.   Step...

A look into Queer Women’s Fashion

Farnoush Amiri
December 6, 2014

A woman’s appearance has been shown in studies to be one of the top indicators of stress in their daily life. Women tend to pick at all the layers that compose their appearance: their clothing choices,...

Attempts to Call Students to Climate Action Fall Short

Danielle Parenteau
November 3, 2014

Hundreds packed McKenna Theater earlier this month for the final day of Climate Action Week at SF State, drawn in by famed climate change activist Bill McKibben. However, many left after his speech when...

What’s the definition of a hipster? You probably haven’t heard of it yet.

Anais Fuentes
October 25, 2014

  Hipster: This obscure term dates back to the 1940s, when it was used to refer to young people who chose to isolate themselves from the mainstream society. Today, the definition of a hipster...

We Have an Ethnic Studies Center?

Danielle Parenteau
October 23, 2014

The Ethnic Studies Student Resource and Empowerment Center bustles with chatter. A handful of student interns, packed into the small office, talk and laugh amongst themselves. One of the interns sits...

Insta-Love or Insta-Hate?

Hillary Smith
October 6, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lmKq9LU690&feature=youtu.be Photos of gourmet burgers, kittens, and famous internet memes are flooding Instagram as you read this. In fact, roughly two hundred million...

Seven things all freshmen should know

Anais Fuentes
October 6, 2014

  Hi, I am Anais Fuentes.  I will be graduating in December (FINALLY) and  feel like I should share some of the knowledge I have acquired throughout my years here at SF State. Here are...

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