San Francisco Foghorn Presents: Scuba Lessons “Scuba Lessons,” written by Joseph Zeccola and directed by senior Maria Rojas, is a coffee house drama through the point of view of a neurotic twenty-something named Kelly Donovan. The painfully self-aware character, Miss Donovan, is played by USF theater veteran Meghann Hayes. Below, the two interview each other about [...]

Aug. 6, 1945 is a day that will live on in the hearts and minds of every man, woman and child in Japan. This day is forever remembered in history as the day the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On Sept. 15, the USF community learned the stories of two [...]

1968: The Great Rehearsal was a weeklong colloquium centered on events that occurred in 1968, using the year as a symbol for the great worldwide revolutions that took place thereafter. What started out as a conversation between visiting professor Andrej Grubacic and Global Commons director Katharine Wallerstein, grew into a week of events throughout the [...]

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For the new executive board of USFtv, this academic year is not just a chance to build on the previous efforts of the organization’s founding members. It’s an opportunity to reexamine the parameters of what campus television can be and to open the process of creating community-based media to a greater variety of people both [...]

While watching “The Duchess,” a drama based on the true story of the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish, one may wonder, “Haven’t I seen this before?” “The Duchess” appears to be cut from the same cloth as “Marie Antoinette” (2006) and “The Other Boleyn Girl” (2008). The plot is familiar: eighteenth century woman receives high [...]

1. King Kahn “The Supreme Genius of…” 2. v/a Carolina Funk 3. Wire “Object 47” 4. July “July” 5. v/a Swinging Mademoiselle Deux” 6. Citadel “Citadel” 7. Calexico “Carried To Dust” 8. The Final Solution “Brotherman” 9. Ratatat “LP3” 10. Pillars of Silence “Pillars of Silence”

In the year 2008, in a Jesuit and therefore progressive university in San Francisco, why isn’t it time for same-sex attractions and relations to be more visible, and less urinal? It doesn’t seem like an extraordinary request, and as we exist a city priding itself in freedom of expression on all fronts, as well as an [...]

A new academic year has begun and blue skies have returned to San Francisco, inducing many to take to the park or beach, attend music festivals with friends or possibly look forward to a November homecoming with family. It is likely that only few of us will be headed to Iraq, with the majority awaiting the [...]

This season, the University of San Francisco’s Athletic Department has implemented a new point system in an attempt to increase student attendance at USF sporting events. USF has made a strong effort to rally support for our student athletes who put so much time and effort into their sport to represent USF. The daily dedication of [...]