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Xpress Magazine

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Xpress Magazine

The Romberg Tiburon Campus, formerly a U.S. Naval Base and a naval net depot during World War II. Now SF State's Estuary and Ocean Science Center, The Smithsonian Institute and NOAA all currently occupy the campus. (Olivia Mendez / Xpress Magazine)
Lack of funding risks closure of sole Bay Area Marine Lab
Natalie Metcalf and Olivia Mendez April 24, 2025

Deep on the Tiburon peninsula, located in the perfect spot for marine and estuary research, is the Romberg Tiburon campus. Seagulls chirp while...

Gator Xpression Episode One: EROS
Natalie Metcalf, Editor-in-Chief • April 24, 2025

In this episode of Gator Xpression, Editor-in-Chief Natalie Metcalf sits down with EROS Director Camila Hernàndez and EROS Assistant Director...

Bay Area and Hyphy: Cultural preservation amidst a changing landscape
Gabriela Calvillo Alvarez and Ahbree Innis • April 15, 2025

If you’ve ever been to a party in SF or Oakland, you’ve most likely heard the all-too familiar melodies of Too Short’s “Blow the Whistle”...

Per Sia, a 43-year-old transgender woman, drag queen, and educator, spends her weekday afternoons teaching first graders at an after-school art program in San Francisco. She has spent over a decade in the program and even longer as a drag queen. Her life outside of teaching is intermixed with performances and drag story hours, having been the first drag queen to host these now internationally recognized events for children. Drag has been a part of her life for eighteen years, and over the span of almost two decades, she has made an impact on the San Francisco drag scene and even more of an impact on her students. (Photo taken on April 26, 2024.)
Per Sia by Night
Braelyn Furse, Staff Photographer • February 11, 2025

Hashem Mishal using an angle grinder to cut a drill bit, in the SAE team’s garage at SF State on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. “We don't get anything from the school other than this workshop,” Mishal said. “Our advisor, he runs the shop, and he also works with us to try and get as [many] opportunities as possible. So it was really nice, in helping us get this space, but all the tools are just some of the guys’ or third parties’. I don't know where these tools came from, but a lot of it was sponsors, donations from alumni. Right now, all the hardware we’ve been paying out of pocket for the time being.”  (Jonah Chambliss / Xpress Magazine)
Let’s Build a Race Car
Jonah Chambliss, Multimedia Editor • December 13, 2024

Those who have tried to change their oil know that cars can be frustrating to work on. A typical car shop features lots of tools, loud noises...

An Artificial Future in Music
Giovanna Montoya and Sydney Williams May 21, 2024

Stepping into the San Francisco Symphony Soundbox on April 6, we were greeted by a number of different robots performing different skills from...

BART Train passing through the 19th Street station stop in Oakland, CA, on 3/18/24. (Zackery Stehr)
Community Keeps Transit Safe
Zackery Stehr and Tam Vu May 20, 2024

Riding public transit can sometimes come with uncomfortable situations that can’t be helped, like being packed into a train or bus, encountering...

Xtracurriculars: Benjamin Ho
Div Lukic, Content Editor • May 16, 2024

Welcome back to Xtracurriculars, a video series highlighting San Francisco State students and their unique hobbies, passion projects, and lives...

Xtracurriculars: M.E. Murphy
Div Lukic, Content Editor • May 13, 2024

Welcome back to Xtracurriculars, a video series highlighting San Francisco State students and their unique hobbies, passion projects, and lives...

Xtracurriculars: Erick Mayen Perez
Div Lukic, Content Editor • April 4, 2024

Welcome to Xtracurriculars, a video series highlighting San Francisco State students and their unique hobbies, passion projects, and lives outside...

Horsepower in the Park
Kamal Taj, Senior Reporter • May 21, 2023

This podcast was created to accompany the story "Horsepower in the Park" by Kamal Taj. Podcast Transcript Kamal Taj: Breezes push through the...

We Were Hyphy
Gina Castro, Staff Photographer • May 21, 2023

Podcast Transcript Gina Castro: Growing up, Larry Madrigal has always been surrounded by movies. He'd remember watching movies late at night...

Into the SF State-Verse
Aaron Levy-Wolins, Photo Editor • May 3, 2023

Between the Issues: Mid Semester Check In
Zackery Stehr and Andrea Sto. Domingo April 14, 2023

Two newspaper-plastered classrooms filled with tired, yet eager reporters sit side by side on the third floor of SF State’s Humanities Building....

Patrons enjoy the vibrating bass of techno music at Vitamin1k’s Techno Night at Underground SF on October 21, 2022. This was the collective’s first techno night and it was met with an astounding crowd. (Anessa Bailon / Xpress Magazine)
Underground Vibrations
Ximena Loeza and Anessa Bailon • April 11, 2023

This podcast accompanies the story "Underground Vibrations" by Ximena Loeza. Podcast Transcript Ximena Loeza: The nightlife in San Francisco...

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