The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Sydney Williams

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor

Sydney Williams (she/her) is the social media editor for Xpress Magazine. She is a transfer student at SF State majoring in journalism and minoring in political science. Sydney is originally from Bakersfield, California, and resides in San Francisco. She previously served as the opinions editor and lead page designer on CSU Bakersfield’s student-run paper, The Runner. Sydney hopes that she gets to learn and grow while being on Xpress magazine this semester. During her free time, Sydney enjoys listening to music, crocheting, and traveling.

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Cordy Walker lays on his bed where he keeps piles of clothes, as a result of both his inattentive and hyperactive ADHD.

Clarity in Chaos

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
May 23, 2024

In the crowded, fast-paced walkways of SF State, Cordy Walker, a first-year cinema major, feels like his world is moving at a different pace than everyone else’s. Classmates around him easily understand...

An Artificial Future in Music

Stepping into the San Francisco Symphony Soundbox on April 6, we were greeted by a number of different robots performing different skills from painting on canvases to a robot dog doing tricks. The program...

Archival photo courtesy of the Williams Family.

When I was Nine

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
April 22, 2024

When I was nine, I never understood why I was dragged away from holiday festivities to help in the kitchen. Throwing a hissy fit, I would have to put away my books, dolls and crafts, only to stand in the...

All graphics throughout the story created by co-designer Devin Dean.

I Hope You Find Me

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
March 20, 2024

While riding the Muni with your headphones on, sitting in class and minding your own business or even just walking home from a long day of school, you might be oblivious to an admiring stranger waiting...

Physical music in a digital world

Physical music in a digital world

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
December 13, 2023

A power switch is flipped on, revealing the low hum of a turntable, ready to play a carefully picked-out record. Once the record is placed on the platter of the turntable and the top of the turntable is...

A crowd waves glow sticks during DJ Mandy’s set at the KSFS @ Jack Adams Hall Halloween show, which was co-hosted by The Depot, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Andrew Fogel/Xpress Magazine)

Taking center stage

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
November 29, 2023

Eager fans stand in Halloween costumes. Holding foam light sticks, they wait around the stage in Jack Adams Hall, located at the top of the Cesar Chavez Student Center. The Depot and SF State radio station...

Tommy Netzband talks in front of the former home of cult leader Jim Jones
during his Haunted Haight Walking Tour in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 7, 2023. (Neal Wong/Xpress Magazine)

For The Thrill of It

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
October 30, 2023

Standing in the middle of Buena Vista Park, a small crowd listens to static transmitting from the small electromagnetic field transmitter. They wait, hoping for something to try and contact them from the...

Elliot Levin, the greenhouse manager at SFSU, is seen near some
diplacus aurantiacus flowers, also known as near the SF State greenhouse on Aug. 30, 2023.
(Neal Wong/Xpress Magazine)

San Francisco’s Native Flora: A Photo Essay

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
October 2, 2023

Elliot Levin is an SF State alumnus who graduated in 2018. He has been working full-time as the coordinator since 2020 for the campus greenhouse, located behind the science building. “I wear a lot of...

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