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May 18, 2024 | 
sffoghorn.com | Megan Robertson |Ines Ventura
Indie-rock is a genre well-known to North American audiences. Albums by the SmithsRadiohead, the 1975, the Strokes and Sonic Youth are staples in many music lovers’ collections. However, these bands have more in common than their musicality. In nearly all the top successful indie-rock groups in North America, their band members are predominately made up of white men, born in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
sffoghorn.com | Ines Ventura
Mini skirts, knee-high lace up boots, glittered eyelids and smiling faces decorated the stairs outside the War Memorial gym entrance last Friday, Apr. 19, as students waited for the doors to open to USF’s Campus Activities Board (CAB)’s 2024 annual Donaroo, featuring DJ Jacki, VarCity SF and headliner Doechii.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
sffoghorn.com | Ines Ventura |Chase Darden |Anya Jordan
Out of all the weeks to say “I hate Mondays,” this is not the one! On Monday, Apr. 8, a total solar eclipse graced North America’s sky, the first since 2017. People across the continent took to the streets with protective glasses in hand to catch a glimpse of the shining phenomenon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated, “A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
sffoghorn.com | Ines Ventura
“When Gaza is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back. When Sudan is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back. When Congo is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” approximately 40 USF students chanted on Mar. 7 at Gleeson Plaza, the Thursday before students went on spring break. After six months of organizing campus demonstrations, the student activist group USF Students for Palestine was announced as an official on-campus student organization.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
sffoghorn.com | Ines Ventura |Elina Graham
Bloodred and electric blue lights illuminated the crowd waiting for alt-rock headliner Snail Mail to take the stage at the Great American Music Hall last Saturday. “We’ve had these tickets since November. We’re from Davis, so we drove up for the show,” said attendee Morgan Hickey, 23.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
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“Do you wanna go thrifting this weekend?” is a question frequently asked by and to Gen-Zers across the country, to whom thrifting is ubiquitous to grabbing lunch or catching a movie. A 2023 resale report by the online consignment and thrift platform “thredUP” found that 83% of Gen Z have shopped secondhand or “are open to” hitting up thrift stores, as opposed to malls, the next time they get bit by the shopping bug.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
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“Who’s voice is important to you?” It could be that of a friend, your mother, or the oppressed. For poets who took the mic at last week’s Lyricist Lounge on UC 4, it was all of the above. The Intercultural Center hosts monthly Lyricist Lounge nights, where students have the opportunity to take to the stage, show off their poetic material and tap into their artistic sides. This month’s rendition was in honor of Black History Month.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
sffoghorn.com | Ines Ventura
Warren Hinckle left a mark on American journalism as a maverick editor and writer. Being one of the most famous editors that the Foghorn has ever seen, Hinckle was known for his strong personality, steadfast determination, love of drinking, fearless approach to life, and for his eyepatch — which he wore due to losing his left eye in an accident during his childhood.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
sffoghorn.com | Megan Robertson |Ines Ventura
San Francisco is hosting the final meetings of the annual Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from Nov. 11-Nov.17 at the Moscone Center. An estimated 20,000 visitors have arrived in the city, including world leaders such as President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, among others.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
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Over the course of the last few years, you have probably heard some form of land acknowledgement towards a specific nation or Indigenous group as the original caretakers and rightful owners of the area you find yourself in. To many, this might seem as the latest “woke ritual,” but it is actually a historical action that stems from a much larger movement. The Land Back movement is “organizing and sacrificing to get Indigenous lands back to Indigenous hands,” according to the NDN Collective.
