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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

Pandit Chitresh Das dies at 70

Olympia Zampathas
January 6, 2015

Though Pandit Chitresh Das may not be your everyday household name, his name has a worldwide reach. Pt. Das dedicated his entire life to his artform, and legacy, the North Indian Traditional dance...

BREAKING: Sony authorizes Christmas release of The Interview

BREAKING: Sony authorizes Christmas release of The Interview

Olympia Zampathas
December 23, 2014

Contributed by: Tami Benedict Sony has just announced that the controversial comedy "The Interview" will premier in specific locations on Christmas Day. "We have never given up on releasing 'The Interview'...

The Interview - a breakdown of the shakedown

The Interview – a breakdown of the shakedown

Olympia Zampathas
December 22, 2014

So, assuming that you’re not totally disconnected from the media, you’ve probably heard that a certain movie that was supposed to premiere on Christmas Day is not going to be shown in theaters because...

Multi-faceted Mom

Olympia Zampathas
December 22, 2014

Upper division business courses probably do not sound like too much fun to some. They are probably also not classes where you expect to see someone so comfortable and poised as Kang Young “Kay”...

Greeks call to cancel how MTV sees Growing up Greek

Greeks call to cancel how MTV sees “Growing up Greek”

Olympia Zampathas
December 3, 2014

Just when society thought that they had been freed from the grasp that was "Jersey Shore," MTV has come up with its newest, and possibly more offensive, sequel "Growing up Greek." As someone who is...

Vape beats out bae for Oxford’s word of the year

Olympia Zampathas
November 22, 2014

So, in case you have not heard the news yet, vape beat bae as the Oxford word of the year. That day was also the first time anyone considered me remotely funny on Twitter either because when I tweeted...

Haters gonna hate, but that doesn’t stop TSwift: a review of 1989

Olympia Zampathas
November 18, 2014

Seems like the haters really are not making much of an impact on Taylor Swift as of lately. Her newest album, 1989, sold 1.287 million copies in the first week alone. That is the most any album has sold...

And this is how the riots start

Olympia Zampathas
October 30, 2014

The bus was filled with a tense, overwhelming excitement. The once light air was now dense, thick, and the typical smells of the street and sounds of cars making their way through the intersection...

What the hell is Ello?

What the hell is Ello?

Olympia Zampathas
October 26, 2014

A few mornings ago, I woke up and checked my phone; after deleting about fifteen junk messages and other things that I do not care to read in my inbox, I saw an e-mail saying  that my boss had invited...

The Gaming Guild @ SF State

Olympia Zampathas
October 25, 2014

Walking down the halls of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) building on a late Monday afternoon in September, you do not expect to hear much beside the typical shuffling of feet and professors...

With Wind represents not imperial authority, but personal freedom. Photo by Brenna Cruz/NPS

@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Olympia Zampathas
September 27, 2014

 Photo by Brenna Cruz, special to Xpress Starting today, September 27th, a seemingly unusual partnership starts on Alcatraz Island. From now until April 26th 2015, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's...

An Intro to the Depot

Olympia Zampathas
September 17, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU0Mmf66M9Y Being a student here for more than a few years now, you think I would know the ins-and-outs of the campus pretty well; apparently, that is not really the...

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