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

Runway show celebrates women and their acheivements

Airha Dominguez
December 12, 2014

  With a pink flower in her hair, Yesenia Mendez struts down a runway barefoot in a long floral dress, showcasing her free-spirited personality. The biology major and African-American studies...

Trade-offs for trades

Lissette Vargas
December 12, 2014

SF State students battle the high cost of living and tuition by picking up trades in order to earn high wages in pursuit for higher education. “Welcome to Taco Bell, what will you be having today?” This...

Stormageddon arrives; SF State classes canceled

Nadine Quitania
December 10, 2014

Last week, I was telling a friend of mine in the Philippines (where I went to high school) that with the amount of rain we were getting last week in the Bay Area, classes would have been canceled. I have...

XPress Magazine’s guide to finals at SF State

Dani Hutton
December 8, 2014

Contributed to by Tami Benedict Step 1: Realize that you have not bought the books for the finals. Step 2: Frantically scour the internet for PDFs of the aforementioned books.   Step...

A look into Queer Women’s Fashion

Farnoush Amiri
December 6, 2014

A woman’s appearance has been shown in studies to be one of the top indicators of stress in their daily life. Women tend to pick at all the layers that compose their appearance: their clothing choices,...

Effect of Caffeine overload and addiction

Jannelle Garcia
November 10, 2014

Caffeine and college students are two nouns that are often associated with one another. During midterms and finals, ordering the extra cup of French Roast or nursing another mug of Earl Grey in order to...

Attempts to Call Students to Climate Action Fall Short

Danielle Parenteau
November 3, 2014

Hundreds packed McKenna Theater earlier this month for the final day of Climate Action Week at SF State, drawn in by famed climate change activist Bill McKibben. However, many left after his speech when...

S.P.E.A.K up! or shut up

Anais Fuentes
October 26, 2014

Not a single seat is left open at the Depot. The rap song Red Nose by Sage the Gemini plays forcefully over the loudspeakers as anxious and excited SF State students await the first Spoken Poetry Expressed...

What’s the definition of a hipster? You probably haven’t heard of it yet.

Anais Fuentes
October 25, 2014

  Hipster: This obscure term dates back to the 1940s, when it was used to refer to young people who chose to isolate themselves from the mainstream society. Today, the definition of a hipster...

We Have an Ethnic Studies Center?

Danielle Parenteau
October 23, 2014

The Ethnic Studies Student Resource and Empowerment Center bustles with chatter. A handful of student interns, packed into the small office, talk and laugh amongst themselves. One of the interns sits...

Survey: How much caffeine do you consume?

Jannelle Garcia
October 10, 2014

Midterms are in full swing here at SF State, and as usual, students are stressed and sleep-deprived. With late night study sessions at the library, and overlapping assignments and projects, it is hard...

Insta-Love or Insta-Hate?

Hillary Smith
October 6, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lmKq9LU690&feature=youtu.be Photos of gourmet burgers, kittens, and famous internet memes are flooding Instagram as you read this. In fact, roughly two hundred million...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University
SF State