Colin Kaepernick: remain yourself
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
August 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Sports
Another day has passed, totaling 165 since quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been an NFL free agent. On top of that, the Baltimore Ravens just signed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Thad Lewis, whose last football impression was being placed on the 49ers’ injured reserved list at the end...
Protests erupt in SF over proposed transgender military ban
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 31, 2017
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
On July 26, 2017, hours after President Donald Trump tweeted his plan to ban transgender people to serve in any military, a protest was organized by members of the LGBTQI community in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. At the protest’s scheduled 6 p.m. start time, there were about 200 people in ...
Bay Area baseball in trouble at halfway break
Victoria Groenewold,
Contributor
July 12, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Sports
Halfway into the regular season, the Oakland Athletics are struggling to play .500 ball. Individually, however, players are having phenomenal years. The San Francisco Giants, on the other hand, could only hope to be so fortunate. San Francisco Giants This season, the Giants lack a dominant presence in...
Somewhere over this rainbow
Casey Peuser,
Online and Social Media Editor
July 5, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Opinion, Showcase
At the risk of fulfilling the stereotype, lately I’ve found myself identifying with the great Judy Garland in wishing that I, like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, was somewhere over the rainbow. By ‘rainbow,’ I’m referring to LGBTQ Pride. And by ‘over,’ I mean discouraged by the lack of...
Bay Area residents make move to Pacific Northwest
Justin Mutch,
Contributor
June 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
Admit it, you’ve thought about moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Chances are if you live here, you have. There’s no shame in that. Many of us even have our minds set on leaving this seemingly forsaken metropolis. In fact, a recent survey by the Bay Area Council revealed that 4...
Bay Area professional baseball in full swing
Daniel Larios,
Contributor
June 7, 2017
Filed under Media, Photo Galleries, Showcase, Sports
State audit raises concerns about CSU hiring practices
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
May 17, 2017
Filed under Campus, Metro
The 23-campus Cal State University system will revise some of its management policies following a state audit that discovered discrepancies in hiring and budgetary practices last month. On April 20, the California Bureau of State Audits released the results of an audit that looked at six CSU campuse...
Open Ocean Regatta hits Bay Area
Stephen Freitas,
Contributor
April 19, 2017
Filed under Features, Sports
At 7 a.m. in Sausalito on Sunday, the weather was sunny and winds, at just 3 miles per hour, were practically nonexistent. The rowing course was set through the San Francisco Bay and at 8:30 a.m., the air horn sounded promptly, commencing the Open Ocean Regatta for yet another year. The rac...
Girl killed near campus was pregnant
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
Filed under Metro
Sixteen-year-old Elena Mondragon of Antioch was two months pregnant when she was shot and killed on March 14 near the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus. According to her mother, Michelle Mondragon, an autopsy confirmed the teen was carrying a child in her first trimester when she died. The driver of ...
Bay Area baseball back in play
Victoria Groenewold,
Contributor
March 29, 2017
Filed under Sports
The 2017 baseball season starts this weekend and both the Giants and the A’s made roster moves to improve on last season’s results. San Francisco Giants This season, Giants fans will notice some star players absent from the roster. Relief pitcher Santiago Casilla signed with the Oakland Athlet...
Bay Area is in free agent frenzy: Raiders, 49ers sign new players
Gabriel Armenta-Rose,
Contributor
March 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
Every year a month after the Super Bowl, the NFL enters a part of the season called free agency. Free agency is where players who are not under contract with their former team, either released or not resigned, are able to visit other teams to potentially find a new place to play with a new contract. ...
The fight continues for the Golden State Warriors arena
Victoria Groenewold and Thania Arce,
Contributors
March 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
Hard hats on, neon vests worn, cranes in the air. After a six year struggle, the Golden State Warriors Arena is finally being built. The organization will move its team from Oakland’s Oracle Arena to San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Construction on the $1 billion team-funded 18,000 se...
