An irate driver hurled a rock through the window of a car stopped in traffic near the University of San Francisco campus Tuesday.The victim told cops the driver had followed his car from Ellis and Divisadero streets at around 3:30 p.m. The driver threw the rock at Stanyan and Fulton streets. The rock smashed through the car’s rear window, police said.The irate driver fled, police said.maldax@sfexaminer.com Read More
Die-hard KUSF listeners praised a development in their fight to keep the station on the radio.The fans are hell-bent on fighting the University of San Francisco’s decision in January to sell its license for radio frequency 90.3 FM. USF wants an online-only format for KUSF. Read More
More than 200 students, staff and community members protested around the Saint Ignatius Church on the University of San Francisco’s campus Thursday in hopes of saving the Upward Bound program.Upward Bound, which is a federally funded program to help low-income and at risk teens prepare for college, will no longer be housed at the university after August 2012.University officials said the program can no longer continue on campus because of a “severe space crunch.” Read More
The laptop screen showed that Cody Doolin's heart rate had reached the red zone, meaning he was giving his maximum effort during a recent basketball practice at the University of San Francisco.The freshman guard is one of the team's hardest workers and among its fittest players, typically burning 1,700 calories over the course of a 40-minute game. These days, the coaches know this not just based on a hunch but because they have scientific evidence to prove it. Read More
When more than half of a basketball team is made up of freshmen, most coaches and fans are less concerned with winning conference championships and more concerned with winning games.
But USF men’s basketball coach Rex Walters knows that the opponents don’t care how much, or little, experience the Dons have. When it comes down to it, neither does Walters. Read More
As a second-year law student at the University of San Francisco, Arthur Gaus should have plenty of work to occupy his time. However, instead of dedicating all his hours to the intricacies of our legal system, he spends much of his day worrying about where to park. Read More
A confused, saddened crowd of about 200 San Franciscans emerged from the darkness of the Richmond district Jan. 20 to gather in an auditorium on the campus of the University of San Francisco. Silently filling the hall, they clutched signs reading “Mozart, my ass!” and “We want our rock and roll back!”
As soon as USF President Father Stephen Privett entered the packed auditorium, the crowd erupted. “Shame on USF! Shame on USF!” Read More
Protests, both physical and online, erupted the day after college radio station KUSF announced it was going off the air.
KUSF employees are planning a protest alongside volunteers at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the University of San Francisco. Read More
KUSF, a San Francisco-based college radio station with a cult following, abruptly went off the air Tuesday morning, shocking its DJs and listeners.The University of San Francisco sold its license for radio frequency 90.3 FM to the Classical Public Radio Network for $3.75 million, but did not mention the sale to all but a couple of staffers until after it pulled the plug on KUSF at 10 a.m. Read More
The radio station, KUSF 90.3, has gone off the air. KUSF reported Tuesday morning on Twitter that they were off the air and that the University of San Francisco had sold the station. They also said there will be an impromptu demonstration on the USF campus Wednesday at 7 p.m. Read More
