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More than 200 protest USF’s move to boot Upward Bound off campus

By: Andrea Koskey 03/04/11 10:50 AM

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

Hall of Famer, USF star Ollie Matson dies at 80

By: BETH HARRIS 02/19/11 5:27 PM

Ollie Matson, a Hall of Fame running back who was once traded for nine players during his 14-year NFL career and won two medals at the 1952 Olympics, has died. He was 80. Matson died Saturday of respiratory failure surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, his nephew Art Thompson III told The Associated Press. Thompson said Matson had been mostly bedridden for several years due to a form of dementia. He said Matson hadn't spoken in four years. Read More

Dons going above and beyond

By: Richard Paolinelli 02/09/11 12:03 AM

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

KUSF's demise part of a wave of college stations dying

By: David Downs 01/29/11 9:00 PM

KUSF at University of San Francisco will go online only

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

Sale of KUSF 90.3 FM blasted by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi

By: Joshua Sabatini 01/25/11 5:12 PM

Members of the Board of Supervisors blasted the University of San Francisco’s decision to sell its radio channel KUSF 90.3 FM to a Los Angeles-based broadcaster. Read More

Backlash erupts day after KUSF announces it is going off the air

By: Staff and wire reports 01/19/11 6:33 PM

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 goes off air to shock, dismay of disc jockeys and fervent fans

By: Mike Aldax 01/18/11 11:00 PM

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

Man exchanges gunfire with four home-invasion robbers

By: Bay City News 12/12/10 4:51 PM

Police in San Francisco are investigating a home invasion robbery that took place near the University of San Francisco Saturday night.Officers responded to a report of shots fired near a home in the 2500 block of Golden Gate Avenue at around 9:30 p.m., San Francisco police Officer Albie Esparza said.A 21-year-old man told police he was letting a friend out when four men rushed the door and broke in, demanding money. Read More

USF science center can take next step

By: John Upton 06/29/10 12:00 AM

A private university’s science curriculum and regal campus will both be reinvented through construction of a landmark building. The University of San Francisco, a sprawling university that occupies much of the Lone Mountain neighborhood north of the Panhandle, secured approval from city planners to build a 60,000-square-foot science center. Read More

Aragon High SS drafted in third round; trio of USF stars taken

By: Dylan Kruse 06/09/10 12:00 AM

A host of players from area colleges were drafted on the second day of the baseball draft, but it was a prep star who was the highest local player drafted Tuesday. Aragon High shortstop Sam Tuivailala was taken in the third round (No. 106 overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Tuivailala, who has committed to play at Fresno State next year, also pitched for Aragon. Read More

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