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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

This year, 4,300 students will graduate at Oracle Park and none of their names will be read during the ceremony. But, their image will be shown on a four-way split jumbotron as they pose in front of a backdrop. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

Fixing Commencement Isn’t So Simple

Eddie Monares, Senior Editor
May 15, 2026

Thousands of feet bustling and swarming cheers fill the stadium — this is a typical day on Third and King Street. In May, it isn’t a foreign concept for Oracle Park to be populated with baseball fans...

A student sits at the end of the hall in the San Francisco State University library building. (Isabella Balzarano / Xpress Magazine)

Students Stuck in Counseling Limbo

Lara Magdesian, Copy Editor
March 13, 2026

Sitting in an advisor’s office, looking over your degree progress report — it’s hard to ignore the perpetual anxiety of uncertainty. A missing credit or taking the wrong classes can set a student...

SF State students conduct sit-ins in protest of the suspension of George Mason Murray, an English instructor and Black Panther Party Minister of Education, during the 1968 San Francisco State College Strike led by the Black Student Union. (Courtesy of Harvey Yorke Photograph Collection)

The CSU Papers: Prop 13

Josh Miranda, Staff Reporter
February 25, 2026

Students occupying SF State’s administration building, new departments emerging and tuition being “essentially free” — this was SF State’s reality in 1968 during the height of the flower-power...

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