Nureen Khadr
Staff Writer

The filmmakers that created the award-winning documentary “Miss Representation” on women in the United States and how the media impacts them, have been busy working on their new documentary “The Mask You Live In,” which was screened last Thursday evening at USF’s Presentation Theater. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film follows boys and young men as they attempt to discover what it means to be a man in the United States. It explores heavy issues surrounding how young boys suffer in their friendships and relationships as a result of the imposed machismo values that are celebrated by American society. Continue reading USF Takes Off the Masks, Investigates Masculinity →

Brian Healy
Staff Writer

Tucked behind the Education Building sits the USF Community Garden, where squash, rhubarb, and many other natural favorites are nurtured for eventual consumption by the USF community. The responsibility of caring and harvesting the produce rests on students who are part of the Community Outreach class within the Urban Agriculture Department. The students have a vested interest in the vegetables’ upbringing, since they cook the meals that are showcased at the USF Farm Stand on Gleeson Plaza. Continue reading From the University Community Garden to the Farm Stand →

Serena Arena
Contributing Writer                                                                     

The event last week “The Middle Eastern Refugee Crisis: The Personal Experience from an LGBTQ Perspective,” touched on a very specific group of minorities in the Middle Eastern refugee community. The event was put on by peer advisors Bisma Shahbaz and Aysel Demirbag, and international studies student and Foghorn EIC Nureen Khadr, alongside the International Studies department. We were honored to have Subhi Nahas, Ali Khoie, and Neil Grungas, speak to us here on campus. Nahas and Khoie are both refugees living in the U.S., and Neil is an immigration attorney from ORAM (Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration) who gave the audience a legal framework to examine the process of seeking asylum and achieving refugee status. Continue reading Minorities Within a Minority →