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Different Strokes Even with a wetsuit, it feels like suicide. With each stroke away from the secluded beach, the swimmer becomes more aware that if he stops moving his limbs, the cold of the fifty-degree water will consume them. Within about ten...
[ Story by Meredith Jones ]
Thursday, May 15 2008 7:44 AM

Hallowed Ground Laura Hart closes her eyes and counts back from ten. “Five…four…threeee…” Her six-year-old voice squeals, and she pinches her eyes even tighter. “Two…one…ready or not here I come!” she screams to her cousins once her eyes open. Looking around the...
[ Story by Brittany Price ]
Thursday, May 15 2008 7:23 AM

American Psychos Stockton’s Matinee Bar is dim, and a neon pink light glows against the vinyl black stools lined up along the bar. Two men sit across from each other at a table. One was just released from a mental institution. The...
[ Story by Carrie Rubens ]
Thursday, May 15 2008 7:22 AM

Blood Money The man who has carved an enterprise by cleaning the remains of deceased humans and other hazardous wastes with his Oakland based company, Crime Scene Cleaners Inc. Smither and Bradley work around the clock and are on-call twenty-four hours because they specialize in homicide, suicide, and accidental deaths.
[ Story by Len Vinas ]
Thursday, Apr 24 2008 8:00 AM

It Don't Mean A Thing if You Ain't Got That Swing The lights are low. Couples stand, embracing each other, eyes on a dark-haired man and his partner—a blond beauty with fake breasts—in the middle of a circular bed. He is on his back as she hovers over his body, rocking...
[ Story by Sara Sky Morrar ]
Thursday, Apr 24 2008 8:00 AM

Discussing Devotion A wooden statue of Ganesh shares the mantelpiece with a Buddhist stupa of white stone. They sit next to a statue of Jesus, a picture of Einstein, and a dog-eared book of sermons by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in...
[ Story by Josh Lehman ]
Thursday, Apr 24 2008 8:00 AM

Best of Magazine: Urban Identity Issue The best photography from [X]press' newly released Bay Area Culture magazine....
[ Story by Darlene Bouchard ]
Monday, Mar 17 2008 9:47 PM

Meat Maids Melanie Eisemann, co-owner of an all female-owned butcher shop, was a vegetarian for over fifteen years. She intensely disagreed with factory farming and only after sustainable meat became available did she begin to incorporate it into her diet to support...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 7:15 AM

Local Lagers Color and clarity are often terms used to describe diamonds, along with carat and cut. But beer isn’t cut. It’s brewed, and its weight isn’t that important. What is important is the taste experienced when consuming it. And the closer...
[ Story by Joseph Karoukian ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 7:05 AM

Read Between the Signs After driving down Market Street and almost running over a bicyclist, a pedestrian, and a few animals, I find myself wondering if I’m in an intersection or merging onto a one-way street in the wrong direction. I anxiously slam on...
[ Story by Nicole Baptista ]
Thursday, Mar 13 2008 6:55 AM

[X]press wins top awards at ACP convention Paper excels at Associated College Press Convention, Web site named 'Best in Show.'
[ Story by Jerold Chinn and Kory Tran ]
Sunday, Mar 2 2008 11:12 AM

Baseball team struggled on the road The SF State baseball team faced Sonoma State, one of the top teams in the CCAA, and struggled as the Gators were outscored 25-3 in the doubleheader.
[ Story by Matt Pearson ]
Tuesday, Feb 12 2008 2:56 PM

Controversey Continues But the unmasking of the mural was a controversial event, as the approval process had been delayed because of criticism from various on campus organizations. Jewish student groups had been discussing the content of the mural since its original proposal in 2005. While Jewish organizations supported the freedom of expression of Palestinian students and recognized their right to honor an important figure like Said, they found several aspects of the original design offensive. In particular, it was the inclusion of a cartoon-like character named Handala and a gold-colored key in Handala’s hand that Jewish groups were opposed to.
[ Story by Darren Chapel ]
Friday, Dec 14 2007 10:29 AM

Long-awaited mural unveiled On Nov. 2 the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) unveiled the long awaited Palestinian Cultural Mural on the Cesar Chavez Student Center following two...
[ Story by Devin O'Keefe ]
Thursday, Nov 8 2007 11:39 AM

Expressions of Diversity Artists at City Arts Gallery work together to enrich the artistic community, show their art and help beginners get started. Independent artists have owned and operated The City Arts collective for nine years. The gallery features visual art like photography, painting, sculpture, jewelry and digital imaging. Artists who display their works are required to volunteer in order to keep the gallery regularly open and accessible to the public.
[ Story by Tony Fantano ]
Tuesday, Nov 6 2007 12:06 PM

The Business of Burlesque The Lusty Lady is the only unionized worker-owned cooperative peep show in the United States. Everyone who works at the club, from the janitorial staff to the dancers, has the opportunity to be a part-owner. This, unlike the majority of sex work, gives the Lusties, as they call themselves, complete control of their own business, money, and schedules—everything. And the Lusties, among a flurry of controversy from varying schools of thought, think of themselves as feminist.
[ Story by Victoria Krammen ]
Monday, Nov 5 2007 8:38 PM

Palestine Mural unveiled On Nov. 2, the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) unveiled the long awaited Palestinian Cultural Mural on the Cesar Chavez Student Center following two...
[ Story by Devin O'Keefe ]
Saturday, Nov 3 2007 4:59 PM

Dancers take a break on the quad It’s called a cipher. A whirlpool of people gravitate into a tight circle around a linoleum mat where break-dancers, poppers and those that do the boogaloo recreate a street-corner pastime of the 1970s and 1980s, according to SF State Junior...
[ Story by Louis Bohan ]
Thursday, Oct 18 2007 10:24 PM

Drivin' me wild Richard Carter was walking through Walgreens one afternoon and passed one of those annoying “Big Mouth Billy Bass” attached to a plaque. He was never a fan, and was always sort of irked by the thought of singing sea creatures....
[ Story by Len Vinas and Jessica Barcenilla ]
Tuesday, Oct 16 2007 11:32 AM

Crimes of the heart Alongside the small winding road of downtown Antioch, a thick and smoky-colored delta leads to an anxious crowd of 300. Red layered bricks cover the front of City Hall on 3rd Street where protesters stand and wait. Narrow beige mats...
[ Story by Nicole Baptista ]
Friday, Oct 12 2007 8:12 PM

Village Music says goodbye John Goddard, after 40 years of owning and operating Village Music in Mill Valley California, closed its doors on September 30, 2007. The store opened in the 1940s and moved around Mill Valley before settling in its location on East...
[ Story by Shanon Corbin ]
Friday, Oct 12 2007 12:19 PM

Book loans help student turn a page SF State students can get their textbooks on loan free of cost - and no, it’s not a dream. Mario Flores, director of the Associated...
[ Story by Allison Baca ]
Wednesday, Sep 12 2007 8:48 PM

High school students take on challenge Young journalists complete intensive program to learn and improve journalism...
[ Story by BAMMA Staff ]
Friday, Jun 29 2007 3:19 PM