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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

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...

Photo by anhong09 / Flickr

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...

The Best Of San Francisco: SF State Edition

Xpress Mag Staff
December 4, 2013

Written By Xpress Magazine Staff San Francisco is 47 square miles. Within those miles cage between skyscrapers and Victorian architecture, there’s a plethora of hole-in-the-wall bars and restaurants...

Stretch Out The Stress

November 18, 2013

Written by Thomas Figg-Hoblyn Photos by Ryan Leibrich It’s that time of the semester again Gators –research papers, essays, finals – cramming. But it’s time to consider the damage done...

Bat Boy, Miles Scott a 5-year-old boy battling Leukemia came to save the city when the little hero becomes Batman for a day through Make A Wish Foundation, Miles wished to become Batman and his wish came true Friday, November 15, 2013 in San Francisco his last stop here at Civic Center in San Francisco, Calif. Photo by Amanda Peterson / Xpress

The Batkid Rises

Agnes Mogstad
November 18, 2013

Written by Justice Boles Photos by Amanda Peterson "Because he's the hero that Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now... and so we'll hunt him... because he can take it... because...

Grease Buzz

November 10, 2013

Written by Ivane Lund-Soyombo Photos by Mike Hendrickson It’s Friday night (Thursday, if you’re like me) and you’re at the local watering hole clinging to the now room temperature drink...

A Cut Above The Rest

November 10, 2013

Written by Juilian Lim Photos by Benjamin Kamps Short around the ears and a fade to the top, which is left long to comb-over to one side—this is the gentleman’s cut. This classic—associated...

Its Kinda It: How To Make SFs Finest Ice Cream Sandwich At Home

It’s Kinda It: How To Make SF’s Finest Ice Cream Sandwich At Home

Agnes Mogstad
November 6, 2013

Written and Illustration by Nicole Dobarro Photos by John Ornelas If you’re reading this, you’re probably in San Francisco, meaning you’ve hopefully tried one of the best things this city...

The End Of An Era

November 6, 2013

Written by Jake Montero Photos by Benjamin Kamps The destruction of Candlestick Park will mark the end of its more than fifty years as a professional sports forum.  It will signal the end of professional...

Cool Ghouls perform at the record release for Magic Trick at The Chapel on Valencia Street on Saturay, September 14th, 2013 (left to right Ryang Wong, Pat Thomas and Patrick McDonald). Photo by Benjamin Kamps / Xpress

Cool Ghouls: They Are Scary Good

Agnes Mogstad
November 6, 2013

Written by Macy Williams Photos by Benjamin Kamps If the Rolling Stones had a baby with Motown, and the babysitter was the Beatles, Cool Ghouls would be the epitome of that offspring's sound. Well,...

Chris Sanchez poses as a sugar skull for his Halloween costume on a budget. Used on Sanchez was white and black cream makeup, blue and gold pigments, a painters palette, and brushes. All together this Halloween look costs around $10 - $15 while looking at different prices and bargins among Target, Walgrees, and Spirit Halloween. Photo by Virginia Tieman / Xpress

Halloween Round-up: 4 Makeup Costumes That Won’t Hurt Your Bank

Agnes Mogstad
October 28, 2013

Written by Mariana Barrera Photos by Virginia Tieman Still trying to decide what to be on Halloween? Halloween is just around the corner, and sometimes coming up with a costume idea at the last...

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