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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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On fetishes and fantasies—working at Fantasy Makers

Xpress Mag Staff
December 23, 2014

Photos and interview by Helen Tinna Fantasy Makers is an East Bay adult playhouse that brings one's fetishes and fantasies to life. Photojournalist Helen Tinna interviews Patience Morgan, a professional...

Sisters by blood or letters?

Xpress Mag Staff
December 19, 2014

Written by Farnoush Amiri & Olympia Zampathas More than sixteen thousand undergraduate women are involved in sorority hazing annually, but when asked, it is obvious that there is more percolating...

One in a Million: A day in the life of student activist, Brittany Moore

Xpress Mag Staff
December 17, 2014

Words and Photos by Sara Gobets While many students are locking themselves in their rooms or living in the library until finals are over, SF State student Brittany Moore is using study breaks to take...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2014 Recap

Xpress Mag Staff
October 6, 2014

Festival Review: Friday Recap By Airha Dominguez With temperatures in the nineties, festival-goers walk barefoot on the grass, refill their bottled waters, and reapply sunscreen after each performance. Thousands...

Remembering Joan Rivers, A Comic Legend

Xpress Mag Staff
September 5, 2014

Written by Tami Benedict  Legendary comedian Joan Rivers died in a New York hospital Thursday, a week after going into cardiac arrest during a medical procedure. "It is with great sadness that...

Concert Review: Ed Sheeran

Xpress Mag Staff
August 29, 2014

[widgetkit id=6203] Written by Olympia Zampathas Photos by Brenna Cruz   For a Tuesday evening concert and over an hour and a half before the opening act is scheduled to begin, lines on...

Summer Mixtape: New Songs Each Week!

Summer Mixtape: New Songs Each Week!

Xpress Mag Staff
June 21, 2014

Summer is officially here, so what better way to celebrate than with some new tunes? We’ve compiled for your listening pleasure, a rad playlist to kick off the summer. We’ll post a Soundcloud playlist...

On the Record: Vinyl Presses Forward

On the Record: Vinyl Presses Forward

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

  <strong>Video by Macy Williams and Daniel A. Nelson</strong> We traveled to El Segundo to Bill Smoth Custom Records to film vinyl records being made. Owner Kevin Smith describes...

Home

Home

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiEdH4Gjjio&feature=youtu.be Written and filmed by Andrew Cullen Photos by Jessica Christian Stand at the end of Fourteenth Street in West Oakland. This neighborhood...

Flask Mob

Flask Mob

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

[widgetkit id=6091] Written by Marianna Barrera Photos By Ryan Lebrich As soon as the sun sets, the mob slowly starts to gather between Sansome and Commercial Streets. Soon hundreds of people are...

Senior Apparel Design and Merchandising student __  cuts sews reuses SF State plastic street banners to construct universal unisex outfits in Burk Hall room 410, Wed. Mar. 12.  The outfits will be showcased in a SF State fashion show in May. Photo by Tony Santos / Xpress

University Design:School Pride and Fashion Collide

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

[widgetkit id=6082] Written by Melissa Landeros Photos by Tony Santos Thick, coarse, dirty, unbearable to get around—SF State design students could not help but complain about having to work with...

Against the Grain

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

Written by Katie Mullen Photo by Tony Santos It’s a beautiful Saturday in San Francisco. The sun has come out to play and so have you. You and a group of friends decide that the only thing to...

Blind Ambition

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

[widgetkit id=6065] Written By Ben Tasner Photos by Lorisa Salvatin A child of two deaf parents, Meir Schneider, was born with cataracts, glaucoma, astigmatism, and nystagmus. As a young boy he...

Myra Navarro (left), of Fighting Falangees Balls of Fury, and Chris Chang, of ASTRO Ballers, play each other during a skeeball match at Bar None, in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 20th, 2014.
Photo by Gavin McIntyre / Xpress

Dropping the Ball

Xpress Mag Staff
May 23, 2014

[widgetkit id=6058] Written by Jessica Mendoza Photos by Gavin McIntyre As you walk down the streets in the Marina district, every corner you turn is bursting with restaurants showcasing the finest...

XPress DIY: Dinner Party Decoration on a Dime

XPress DIY: Dinner Party Decoration on a Dime

Xpress Mag Staff
May 22, 2014

[widgetkit id=6044] Written and Photographed by Nicole Crittenden Summer is here! Hopefully this means you will have a little more time to relax and enjoy San Francisco’s foggy climate (and maybe...

Sensory Deprevation

Xpress Mag Staff
May 19, 2014

By Nicole Dobarro I was naked in the darkest space I have ever been in. I willingly shut the door but my fingers refused to let go of the handle. Instead they only gripped tighter. My mind filled...

COLLEGE: SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2014

Written by Ben Tasner Baby Boomers return to school in pursuit of facing new challenges and accomplishing life-long dreams. In June of 1973, Anthony Maglio took off from Waco, Texas flying a freight...

On the rebound

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2014

Written by Nicole Crittenden Atop the second floor in the Cesar Chavez student center lies a student organization unlike any other in the nation. The room emits life and energy as people continually...

My Turtle Buddy

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2014

Written by Bek Phillips We were the Phillips Entourage. We were the lucky number seven, and all we had was each other. During the days most siblings would go to their respective schools and say...

Find a happy medium

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2014

Written by Katie Mullen Apparently, he was sitting right next to me with his arm around me the whole time. He wanted me to know he is always with me and he is helping my spirit navigate through the...

Catalonia: To become whole again

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2014

Written by Anais Fuentes After losing their homeland 300 years ago, Catalans are still fighting for their independence. For Americans, September Eleventh will always be remembered as the tragic day...

Piers, Pikachu, and Pinballs: A Guide to SF Arcades

Xpress Mag Staff
May 14, 2014

[widgetkit id=6026] Written by Justice Boles Photos by  Jenny Sokolova You walk into the bottom of Cesar Chavez. You’re hungry, the smell of Ike’s and Nizario’s wafts through the room, but...

SAFE and Sound

Xpress Mag Staff
May 11, 2014

Written by Jourdon Ahn Photographed by Gavin McIntyre This year President Obama composed a memorandum for immediate release, addressing the harrowing prevalence of rape and sexual assault in our...

Barry Bonds: On the Road to Redemption

Xpress Mag Staff
May 11, 2014

  Written by Jessica Mendoza The name Barry Bonds immediately evokes memories of steroids and legal indiscretions. He’s known as the man who took the home-run king title away from Hank...

Coachella descends on Indio once again.

Xpress Mag Staff
April 26, 2014

Written and Photographed by Anais Fuentes Beaming down from the sky with blistering heat, sun rays cover the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. This isolated desert area, about a dozen miles...

It’s Small World, After All: Exploring Disney’s pervasiveness into our culture.

Xpress Mag Staff
April 26, 2014

Written by Justice Boles You have seen the trailer for Disney’s Maleficent by now. Starring Angelina Jolie. Has the badass CGI and the creepy song. You know the one… er... three. Anyways, for those...

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Xpress Mag Staff
April 26, 2014

Written by Erika Linker "Aren't you going to eat the meat I put in there for you?" The dreaded and familiar question had been lobbed at me before I could turn away and hide the remaining contents...

Were all spinning

We’re all spinning

Xpress Mag Staff
April 17, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s65GbpdaL0&feature=youtu.be Written by Katrina Andaya Photo & Video by Tony Santos She looks up just for a brief moment as her green and yellow hula-hoop spins...

Yike or Die

Xpress Mag Staff
April 16, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNFcoDbBT4&feature=youtu.be Written by Matthew Reyes Photos by Ryan Leibrich It’s raining. Not a welcoming mist rolling over the Bay Area on a calm winter’s...

Fostering Friends

Xpress Mag Staff
April 8, 2014

Written by Melissa Landeros In the summer of 2005 SF State established the Guardian Scholars Program (GSP), which would prove to be life-changing for a number of students. The program, created to...

Finding the Light

Xpress Mag Staff
April 8, 2014

Written by Bek Phillips Photos by Gavin McIntyre “I love you, mom.” Those were the words she wrote before she emptied a full bottle of Vicodin in her hand and methodically took each pill....

Breathe: Holistic Health

Xpress Mag Staff
April 7, 2014

  Written by Ben Tasner Photos by Lorisa Salvatin Students rest their arms and legs as they lie on the floor of a darkened dance studio. The room is an ocean, and their bodies, like softly...

The Beginning and End as Far as Rap Goes*

Xpress Mag Staff
April 7, 2014

Written by Katie Mullen Photos by Lorisa Salvatin To define hip-hop as a musical genre and culture is to make sense of an oxymoron. The true essence of hip-hop resides on the continuum between...

At the Crack of the Whip

Xpress Mag Staff
April 7, 2014

Written by Katrina Andaya, photos by Ryan Leibrich “The noise you are hearing is a sonic boom,” Daren Wilkerson, a semi professional whip cracker, says under his brown Indiana Jones hat. “The...

An Undocumented Dream

Xpress Mag Staff
April 3, 2014

Story By Nicole Crittenden Photo By Jenny Sokolova Nestled between the protective arms of her mother, one-year-old Jessica Iniguez and her parents say goodbye to their home in Jalisco as they depart...

What the Fuck is Foraging?

Xpress Mag Staff
April 3, 2014

  Written and illustrated by Nicole Dobarro With a teasing view of the Golden Gate Bridge peaking out above the fog, my eyes were peeled across acres of foliage while my mind shuffled through...

On Silk and Ink

Xpress Mag Staff
April 3, 2014

By Julian Lim Photos by Lorisa Salvatin Only half of the emerald neon sign is on. A grouping of the center letters, which in whole spell out “Mission Cultural Center,” is nearly invisible in...

Inside Noise Pop 2014

Xpress Mag Staff
March 7, 2014

Written by Nadine Quitania Photos by Tony Santos In the Bay Area, the Noise Pop Festival is not only for new music discoveries, (the opening bands this year were insane) but also love and respect...

Noise Pop Preview

Xpress Mag Staff
February 24, 2014

Written by Nadine Quitania Photo courtesy of Matt Kowal-Noise Pop 2009 San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop indie music, film, and art festival is just around the corner. The week-long festival, held...

Jumping off the bandwagon

Jumping off the bandwagon

Xpress Mag Staff
February 21, 2014

Written by Jessica Mendoza Now that baseball season is just around the corner, Giants fans are preparing themselves for another exciting season by sporting their Giants gear and rushing the ticket...

The odd one out:An exploration of social normalities

The odd one out:An exploration of social normalities

Xpress Mag Staff
February 21, 2014
What happens when you go against the grain?

SF Staples: Dignified Dirty Dogs

Xpress Mag Staff
February 14, 2014

By Nicole Dobarro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDl--J-f-k It’s 3 a.m. and it’s been a long night of inhaling cheap whiskey, tolerating the hoots, hollers, and enduring the judgement of walking...

Cocktails With a Kick: Winter Sour

Xpress Mag Staff
February 14, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vlgp7uJkbU Written by Dani Hutton Elixir--Winter Sour--$11 Have you ever wondered what a Christmas tree tastes like? No, probably not. But, in the event that you’re...

Faces of SF State

Xpress Mag Staff
February 14, 2014

Written by Mariana Barrera Photos by Rebekah Didlake From pizza lovers to commuter-students, meet the spectrum of people that roam our campus. [widgetkit id=5832]

Between The Sheets

Xpress Mag Staff
February 14, 2014

Written by Jourdon Ahn Welcome to a new kind of sex column, where we believe in a safe space for (a)sexuality that encompasses all peoples and their beautiful pussies and penises. I’m seeking...

Catching Crabs

Xpress Mag Staff
December 17, 2013

Words and photos by Tony Santos Braving the open sea, wrangling wild animals from the depths of the ocean, and taking the kill home to feast upon the meat. Ok, it’s no Deadliest Catch, but...

Summer Ignites Winter

Summer Ignites Winter

Xpress Mag Staff
December 17, 2013

Words and Photos by Mike Hendrickson Summer Fenton began snowboarding when she was four years old.  By age six she was competing and had picked up her first sponsorship. When Mammoth Mountain...

Doctor Who’s Silver Anniversary

Xpress Mag Staff
December 15, 2013

    In case you’ve been living under a rock and/or aren’t an anglophile, Doctor Who, the longest running science fiction TV show, recently hit its fiftieth anniversary, complete...

The Best Of San Francisco: SF State Edition

Xpress Mag Staff
December 4, 2013

Written By Xpress Magazine Staff San Francisco is 47 square miles. Within those miles cage between skyscrapers and Victorian architecture, there’s a plethora of hole-in-the-wall bars and restaurants...

Childish Gambino performs at Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on May 27, 2012. Photo owned by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Hump Day Music: 4 Songs To Get You Through The Week

Xpress Mag Staff
November 6, 2013

Written by Macy Williams, Jake Montero, Maggie Ortin and Matthew Reyes It's the middle of the week, and the weekend is just past the figurative horizon. Here are some tunes the Xpress Magazine staff...

Halloween Costumes For a Broke College Student

Xpress Mag Staff
October 28, 2013

Written by Macy Williams & Sarah Todd Photos by John Ornelas Had midterms last week? If so, we know for a fact that you haven’t even thought about a Halloween costume. The festivities are just...

Finding the Flame

Xpress Mag Staff
October 17, 2013
My straight-laced dad goes to Burning Man.
Trending: SFSU Students Play with Pattern

Trending: SFSU Students Play with Pattern

Xpress Mag Staff
October 15, 2013

By Macy Williams and Melissa Landeros Photos by Mike Hendrickson Print is never easy to pull off, but with a little swagger these students mix it up. Keep your eye on campus for florals, camo...

Rhys Alvarado finds love in hopeless places.

Going Deep Off the Shallow End

Xpress Mag Staff
October 10, 2013

Written by Rhys Alvarado Photo by Mike Hendrickson I wrote a column last semester about my single attempt at online dating and how one bad instance would forever pull me back toward the old-fashioned...

Human Faces

Human Faces

Xpress Mag Staff
September 26, 2013
From the kimonos to the guys with the guitar, meet the spectrum of people that roam campus
New concerns over cell phone radiation

New concerns over cell phone radiation

Xpress Mag Staff
September 25, 2013

Written by Thomas Figg-Hoblyn Photo by Ryan Leibrich Recently I brought up the idea of writing a story about the dangers of using a cell phone because of radiation to some of my colleagues on staff,...

Give it Time, Raiders Fans

Xpress Mag Staff
September 25, 2013

Written by Rhys Robinson Photography by Gavin McIntyre Raider Nation, I know times are tough and there may be a crisis of faith.  Your days spent defending the last decade, football Sundays...

Dylan Reznik poses for a portrait in his home studio in Pleasanton, Calif. Reznik is one of the members of the hip-hop duo Friendzone. Photo by John Ornelas / Xpress

In the Friendzone: Rap’s most unlikely contenders

Xpress Mag Staff
September 25, 2013

Written by Tom Rizza Photos by John Ornelas There is a house - a large house - on a hill in a gated community in Pleasanton. Winding through a maze of McMansions, it would be no surprise that white,...

Mayhem Comes to Los Santos

Xpress Mag Staff
September 20, 2013
Rockstar rivals Hollywood budgets with most ambitious release yet.

Confessions of a Serial Dater

Xpress Mag Staff
September 17, 2013
Sarah Todd gets her sexy online.

Trending: SFSU Students Rock Their Denim

Xpress Mag Staff
September 17, 2013
Check out these fashionable students who do it right.

NFL Bars: Touching Down On Sunday’s Hottest Spots

Xpress Mag Staff
September 17, 2013

Written Jake Montero Photos by Dariel Medina and Sarah Todd Every Sunday millions of Americans collectively decide to stare at their televisions for 10 or so hours, eat copious amounts of non-vegan...

Rapper goes AWOL

Rapper goes AWOL

Xpress Mag Staff
September 16, 2013
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Toasting to the Tropics

Xpress Mag Staff
September 15, 2013
Five island-inspired drinks that will put you on your ass

Steampunk: Mixing Fantasy and Fashion

Xpress Mag Staff
May 17, 2012

Steampunk Fashion: Emily Marshall from Xpress Magazine on Vimeo. By Lina Abascal @linalovesit  Nestled in the industrial warehouses of the South of Market, is a subculture that combines elements...

SF State Students in the Dance Music Industry

Xpress Mag Staff
May 2, 2012

By Lina Abascal @linalovesit  The San Francisco State University student body is filled with active consumers of dance music, but is also a learning environment for a community of aspiring industry...

Page Against the Machine

Xpress Mag Staff
April 18, 2012

Written by Victor M. Rodriguez @vrod18 Walking in from the busy streets of the Mission, the ambient smells penetrate the nostrils and carry a familiar coffeehouse scent. The perpetual shelves...

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