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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

Arina Hunter, a trainer at Eden Fitness Studio, assists her client Carly Buckner in their full-body workout circuit. (Lara Magdesian / Xpress Magazine)

A Sweaty Sanctuary

Lara Magdesian and Bianca Sieraski
May 15, 2026

The fitness industry has historically been male-dominated, with places like Muscle Beach perpetuating the idea that weightlifting and developing muscles were solely masculine traits. Most gym equipment...

Not Just Journalism Majors

Not Just Journalism Majors

Eddie Monares, Senior Editor
May 9, 2026

Inside the student newsrooms at SF State, student publications are powered by more than just journalism majors. At Xpress Magazine, students from majors including apparel design and merchandising, visual...

Eden Gym attendant Karly Buckner working on hip thrusts during her personal training session with Arina Hunter. (Gwen Murray / Xpress Magazine)

Layers of Fitness: Hijabi Inclusivity

Lara Magdesian, Copy Editor
April 16, 2026

In a typical commercial gym, a workout may start by pressing play on a playlist and tuning out surrounding gym-goers. For Shruok Radwan, a personal trainer, her workouts begin by closing the curtains and...

In the mural and graffiti class, Ursula Sterkel draws while her classmates practice their graffiti skills. (Isabella Balzarano / Xpress Magazine)

Not Your Typical After-School Program

Bianca Sieraski, Senior Digital Editor
April 16, 2026

Booms and baps of old school hip hop echo under the rattling sound of spray paint cans along 16th and Mission street — but the reason for the sound may surprise you.  Youth Art Exchange (YAX) is...

Zam Zam’s classic martini sitting in a chilled glass. The cocktail bar, located on Haight Street in San Francisco, opened in 1941. (Gwen Murray / Xpress Magazine)

Gin, Vermouth and the City

Claudia Perez Aguilera, Copy Editor
March 13, 2026

The martini has always been iconic. As the legend goes, in the late 1800s, a miner traded fistfuls of gold for the gin-and-vermouth cocktail made by Jerry Thomas, the father of American mixology at...

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