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1 week ago | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
Ganzul Bayarsaikhan, a business administration student, is transferring to San Jose State University next semester. It’s a decision she’s contemplated after years of four-hour round-trip BART commutes between San Jose and San Francisco, but her decision was solidified with San Francisco State University’s limited Spring 2025 semester course availability and a glance at the newly released fall schedule — one that further lacks necessary classes for her major.
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1 month ago | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
In partnership with the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, San Francisco State University’s Turning Point USA chapter hosted former NCAA swimmer and anti-trans athlete activist Riley Gaines. This was the second event in which TPUSA hosted Riley Gaines, after an event in 2023 resulted in a large protest with Gaines sheltering inside an HSS Building classroom for several hours.
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2 months ago | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
Residents were forced to leave their dorms after early morning fire alarm and power outage At about 3 a.m. this morning, Village at Centennial Square residents woke up to the blaring of a fire alarm and no electrical power. Students, and some with their pets, filed outside of the buildings bundled in robes, pajamas and sandals at 45 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. Multiple alarms were heard from surrounding buildings.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
mercurynews.com | Autumn Alvarez
Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists. The Year of the Snake meant good luck for Lunar New Year festivities at San Jose’s Santana Row on Saturday, which were showered by color, dance, and song instead of predicted rainy weather.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
Confirmations and nominee updates for incoming Trump administration A presidential cabinet is usually made up of 25 members who are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate. The cabinet acts as an advisory board in a multiplicity of areas spanning each member’s specialty. Members include the vice president and leaders of the 15 executive departments.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
After almost a decade of reconstruction and halted plans, San Francisco State University welcomed a renovated Science Building and the Science and Engineering Innovation Center — the most recent additions to the department since the 1950s. “This was a $150 million dollar project,” said Dr. Carmen Domingo, the dean of the College of Science and Engineering.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
America received re-elected Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States, who pledged to be a “peacemaker and unifier” for the nation from day one. Following suit to President Ronald Regan’s second swearing into office in 1985, freezing climates made the event difficult to hold outside and the 2025 inauguration proceeded indoors at the Capitol Rotunda.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
mercurynews.com | Autumn Alvarez
Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists. California under Gov. Gavin Newsom has reaffirmed itself in the past couple of years as a bastion of abortion rights, most recently with a law protecting patients entering clinics.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
The infamous phrase “nothing but net” may usually refer to basketball but on Tuesday and Thursday nights, Mashouf Wellness Center’s natatorium transforms into a raucous game of whistles, splashes and the sailing of water polo balls into goals. Among San Francisco State University’s high-contact and high-intensity leveled sports clubs, water polo maintains a coed and beginner-friendly dynamic. “We’re very inclusive,” said former SFSU water polo club president Michael Tyler.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
goldengatexpress.org | Autumn Alvarez
San Francisco State University student Armin Abolhassani originally transferred to the school as an English major but switched to Philosophy and Religion in Spring 2023. Just three weeks ago he declared a new major, this time solely in philosophy because he wouldn’t be able to graduate on time next semester. In an Academic Senate meeting held last month, it was announced that the Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion would be suspended.
