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ELECTION FINALE HOOKING THE VOTE ART REVIEW OPINION _7 Everything you need to Margo St. James eyes seat Art of the Day of the FEATURES 10 know to go to the polls on SF Board of Supervisors Dead ENTERTAINMENT J6 [5-6] [ll] [20] SPORTSWEEK 24 MBm lilNMW San Francisco ^FOGHORR A N CN I S C O OCTOBER 31, 1996 • http://foghorn.usfca.edu VOLUME 93, ISSUE 8 Coming Out Day Resolution Denied Jordan-Cox addresses Senate, says sexual orientation 'private matter' Les Shu Foghorn Staff Writer ship feels that disclosing one's own sexual preference is up to the stu USF President John P. Schlegel, dent, she said. S.J., has denied the ASUSF Senate's "We believe that a person's sexual resolution to officially recognize Na orientation is a personal and private tional Coming matter," said Jordan-Cox, adding, Out Day on the "we are committed to the teachings University's cal of the Catholic Church." endar in the stu Jordan-Cox stated that a consid dent handbook, erable deal of thought was given to the Fogcutter. this matter. "We did talk about it Carmen Jor for quite an extensive amount of dan-Cox, vice time," said Jordan-Cox. "I don't Carmen president for think there is anything else in the Jordan-Cox Student .Affairs, University calendar that has that spoke on behalf amount." of Schlegel at the senate meeting Freshman Class Representative Monday night. Alexis Sandoval brought up the no- ixj>fcrirt$ V$f $ The University executive leader- JORDAN-COX: Page 4 New Theater Cause Tiffany Maleshefski Managing Editor for Pride, Concern A Plant The mission: find really Services spooky rooms on campus that engineer * Ht fir «l Shakespeare Festival to rent theater, students have never seen or braves dust would dare to see. and $rime to students may have to pay for use The answer: USF's version of visit a secret Scooby-Doo. underground Lydia Zarganis r T T ^ With Plant Services engineer storage space News Editor The theater, which will officially Chris Foote as our Indiana Jones- (above). be opening in May 1997 as the Ira type tour guide, five of the brav L\L\A The former Presentation Theater and Leonore S. Gershwin Theater, est reporters for the Foghorn Sun filters at the School of Education is being is being leased to the San Francisco tackled the mysteries of this into the dark renovated thanks to a $400,000 Shakespeare Festival (SFSF) and will freaky campus. bell tower of grant, but some people at USF fear serve as its indoor home. Armed with flashlights and Lone that students will lose access to the The theater was spotlighted Tues steno pads, we trekked through Mountain space depite assurances to the con day as a fundraiser luncheon was SPOOKY ROOMS: Page 10 (right). trary. THEATER: Page 4 Pope Supports Evolution JUSTICE Makes Future Decisions Lydia Zarganis Reaction mixed on USF campus News Editor Susan Suarez lower being. However, according to Foghorn Staff Writer Members from JUSTICE some members ofthe USF commu chapters from across the country On Oct. 23, Pope John Paul II nity, this declaration from the Pope convened at USF last week, mak gave a formal statement to the Pon is not an earth-shaking occurrence. ing decisions that will affect the tifical Academy of Sciences stating When asked about her opinion organization for years to come. that "fresh knowledge leads to rec on the issue, Tanya de la Fuente, a "It was extremely productive," ognition of the theory of evolution senior biology major, said, "It's about said Lara Gabriele, who, as the na as more than just a hypothesis." time that the concept of evolution tional director of the conference, For many firm believers of the is looked at as not merely a hypoth has been working since last April Creation story of Genesis, the Pope's esis or theory, but a fact. This does to prepare for the event. "Every statement has left them perplexed. not necessarily contradict the Bibli one who came here left with some Most Catholics were brought up cal version of Creation in Genesis, thing to take back to the with the belief that God created man which can be viewed as a myth told JUSTICE: Page 14 Students from 16 Jesuit universities met last week at USF. and not that man evolved from a EVOLUTION: Page 4 ^^^^ San Francisco Foghorn Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Men's Soccer vs. Port Facilitating Effective Black Profiles in Courage; land; 2 p.m., Portland Management; 5-6:30 7 p.m., Marcus Books p.m., UC 413 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of The fourth in a series of Leadership history's greatest basketball players. 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