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During the last rush to finish classes, write papers and study for exams, it is easy to forget what happened way back in September. Here are a few of the News section’s most important events from the 2008-2009 school year (in no specific order).

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The Davies Forum that explored Digital Literacy with Prof. David Silver last spring, seeks to Remake the News and learn more about independent and citizen journalism with documentary filmmaker and media studies prof. Dorothy Kidd.

A fire destroyed a two unit apartment on Golden Gate and Baker St. that housed nine USF students. Some students have been given temporary housing in the Lone Mountain dorms.

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Some may argue that fashion dictates one ideal of beauty, but the San Francisco organization fAction disproves this stereotype by melding together fashion with activism. “Seam of Consciousness”, the first fashion show sponsored by fAction brought awareness to the atrocities of what is occurring to the women in Darfur. Through door fees, selling screen-printed patches and [...]

On Dec. 11th, Mary McAleese, the current president of Ireland, will receive an honorary doctorate degree of humane letters from the University of San Francisco. During her trip to the United States, McAleese will be visiting the Bay Area, southern California and Arizona to discuss business opportunities and investments for Ireland.  McAleese is Ireland’s second [...]

Performers from Youth Speaks appeared alongside local aspiring poets. The poems focused on life on the borderlands in relation to specific issues that people of multiple ethnicities face.