Staff Editorial

On March 1 San Francisco City Supervisors unanimously voted to change the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years of age to 21. Boston, New York City, and the state of Hawaii have already raised the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21. Supervisor Scott Wiener, who took the lead on passing this piece of legislation, argues that this will help dissuade those under the age of 21 from becoming lifelong smokers. Opponents of the new law, largely tobacco industry members, argue that California law, which has an age minimum of 18, should overrule any municipal law regarding the issue. However, unless California state law wants to step in, the change will go into effect on June 1 of this year. Continue reading SF Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 →

Staff Editorial

Leo finally won an Oscar! Chris Rock was hosting! This past Sunday marked one of the most politically driven Oscars celebrations to date. This year, there were absolutely no black nominees in any category. With the recent twitter trend of #OscarsSoWhite, in addition to numerous boycotts amongst celebrities, notably from Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee, audience members were waiting in high anticipation for Rock’s opening monologue. There was a lot to take in just during this opening speech, which was preceded by a montage made up predominantly of actors of color. The only singular term to describe Chris Rock’s monologue was that it was purely so odd. Continue reading The 2016 Oscars Were Weird →

Staff Editorial

As ASUSF Senate’s Special Election comes to a close at the end of this week, the Foghorn staff would like to reflect on the two ballot items and their potential outcomes. These urgent issues prompted this irregular election: Executive President Larry Figueroa’s newly proposed membership structure, and the growing need for an increase in the Student Activity Fee. Continue reading Considerations on ASUSF Senate Special Election →

Staff Editorial

With the Super Bowl 50 festivities drawing to a close on Sunday, we would like to consider the impacts of San Francisco hosting the largest sporting event in the United States and one of the largest sporting events in the world. Of course there are positive aspects of having the Super Bowl in our own town. The construction of Super City in the Financial District means there will be increases in spending in the city. Having the Super Bowl here promotes pride for the city and increases tourism (and particularly the money that tourism brings in). Continue reading Super Bowl 50 Highlights SF Income Inequality →

Staff Editorial

A series of race-related incidents at the University of Missouri Columbia has resulted in protests across their campus and standings of solidarity from universities across the country. There have been reports of racially motivated incidents on this campus for years. Examples of these events include two white students getting arrested in 2010 for dropping cotton balls in front of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center and numerous instances of black students being called racial slurs in public and private spaces at the university. Missouri Students Association President Payton Head shared in a Sept. 14 article in the Missourian that he had never been called the n-word until he began to attend school in Columbia. Continue reading Media Can be Used for Good →