Straight Outta’ Kuwait
Jasmine Williams
November 2, 2015
Haidar Abu al Hasan (left) and Ahmad al Sumait (right) co-founders of Above All Elements studios pose for a portrait outside of the Honey Hive storefront in the Sunset. Photo by Imani Miller By Jasmine Williams [dropcap size="50px"]S[/dropcap]eated in front of a mixer to check the levels in preparation for his next...
SF State talks Valentine’s Day
Hillary Smith
February 14, 2015
Photo by Hillary Smith Valentine's Day makes people weird. Like, extra angry or extra lovey dovey. Some fill the holiday with fancy desserts and meals and end it wrapped in someone's arms like a fucking ball of yarn. Some spend a long time talking about how lame it is, and how it's all p...
Land of the Free, Home of the $1 Trillion Student Debt
Farnoush Amiri
December 9, 2014
First generation student Shadan pays a small fee for her university education in hopes of becoming a family counselor. Shadan and her twin sister had always dreamed of moving to the U.S. but after an immense drop in German tuition rates, the 26-year-olds are staying put. “Post-secondary education should be...
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 get your caffeine fix is a given. But can too much caffeine produce negative affects? Unfortunately,...
Are you overly attached to technology?
Danielle Parenteau
October 29, 2014
The next time you are sitting in a classroom or stuck on an overcrowded Muni vehicle, silently cursing it for threatening to make you late to class yet again, take a look around. How many people are staring at a laptop or, more likely, a smartphone? Chances are, it will be several of them. Technolo...
Moving away from home experiences: SF State Edition
Farnoush Amiri
September 19, 2014
If you Google “moving away from home” the first few hundred search results will include the words “why you should move away” or “10 reasons to move away from home,” but none of these include the reasons why nearly 55 percent of young adults have difficulties making the transition from their...
Young artists showcase work at ‘the loin’
Calla Camero
September 19, 2014
Doing what you love and making money don’t often fall into the same category. Put into the mix being a college student, and those odds drop even lower. But sometimes being both young and passionate work out to ones advantage. Take Poor Won Jive, for example. A collaboration of three young artists, who ...
Be aware of the new Muni fare
Olympia Zampathas
September 9, 2014
Written by Olympia Zampathas For all of you students who were already pinching pennies, thanks to their barely affordable lifestyle San Francisco allows, you might want to start saving your quarters as well. As of September 1st, bus fare prices for Muni have been raised, courtesy of the San Franc...
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]
Human Faces
Xpress Mag Staff
September 26, 2013
Written by Mariana Barrera Photo by Amanda Peterson From the kimonos to the guys with the guitar, meet the spectrum of people that roam campus [widgetkit id=5083]