While the country Saudi Arabia may invoke memories of genies and princes in the Disney film “Aladdin”, it is also the home country of Fares Alrahji, a sophomore computer science major at USF.

Freshman AJ Smith faced the typical trials of adjusting to life at USF when he began classes in August: meeting new friends, finding his classrooms and adjusting to the academic course load. But unlike most freshmen, Smith made this transition without the gift of sight.

After a long court battle, student-athletes across the nation will benefit from a recent court ruling against the NCAA.

When it comes to equality in college financial aid, international students get the short end of the stick, even at USF, with its global social justice mission. International students are not eligible for federal financial aid or college scholarships and must document their ability to pay all four years of full-priced tuition before they are [...]

As if college students didn’t have a hard enough time affording life in San Francisco, let’s add and an economic crisis on top of it all. And, with the holiday season in full bloom, it seems as if students everywhere are in an uphill battle against the financial blues. However, because we are [...]

Casey Farmer, a USF alumna, poses with two students on the day of their high school graduation. Farmer is working as a Teach for America teacher in Oakland. (Hunter Patterson|Foghorn) USF students are drawn to Teach For America, the prestigious program that places recent college graduates as teachers in under performing schools around the country in [...]

Since the beginning of this semester, delays in paycheck distribution have been affecting hundreds of student employees campus-wide. Few are aware of why they have been missing paychecks, but many have had problems, ranging from dissatisfaction to financial difficulties. Amanda Keating, a USF senior who is employed in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, was [...]

USF has not been immune to the effects of the financial crisis impacting the U.S. and the world, and necessary budget cuts are being made in order for the university to stay afloat in these trying economic times.  However, Vice President of University Life Margaret Higgins and Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Salvador Aceves claim [...]

Jenny Williams, 19 English student Maybe it was the warm weather that had USF swarming with fashionable individuals last Thursday. Jenny Williams was one of the many fashionistas cruising down the sidewalk outside Harney. She wore jeans that she purchased from a garage sale with a hand-sewn patch on the ankle. The cloth for the patch came [...]

It has been over a year since the freshmen living-learning community, the Garden Project, was created at USF. The garden, which only a year ago was a barren patch of weeds, is now a fertile plot complete with an orchard of apple, persimmon, peach, and lime trees, an herb spiral that includes thyme and oregano, [...]