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VOL. 103 _ ISSUE 23 FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU MAY 10,2007 Student's Community Gordon Inspires Students Attempt to Cool Off Others to Go Bock to the Roots EVA ERICKSON StaffWriter future Coop? At this moment, no one is sure as to what will become of n era of fanning and self- the new club, but all of those involved sustairiability that seemed have the utmost curiosity to see the Along since extinct has slowly growth manifest into a real cause, begun its reinvention. A club, dreamt hopefully taking USF along for the ride. up by Michael Aguilar and called Back The faculty advisor for Back to the to the Roots, has rapidly become a Roots, professor Steven Zavistoski small, student run group of gardeners. said "I think that by promoting more The club has spread infectiously support to a student group hke this through the imaginations of the is one way for USF to kind of get ecologically conscience at USF and as behind its stated commitment of social a result, two small gardens boasting a justice," which, according to Zavistoski, variety of vegetables have been dug USF has not been quick to do. In in the back yards of willing students. reference to the University's practice Back to the Roots started in February, in sustainability and working towards ignited by the ambition of a single being self-sustainable, Zavistoski said student and the receptiveness of his that LTSF was not as sustainable as it friends and peers. Aguilar spent a could be. "It's a university, it's a place 'semester in Thailand and returned with of higher education, it's a place that a developing plan that would hopefully has a stated commitment of educating motivate USF students to change in a minds and hearts. And I think that, in way that could potentially aid a world that spirit, it should become a leader falling quickly into environmental in sustainability issues," he explained. disrepair. "Everything starts small," The newly founded group is not said Aguilar, "Right now it's just for alone its ambitious aspirations. The students at USF to understand that Garden Project, a new living-learning we have the power to grow food and community, will begin next year at USF, we have the knowledge to be self- its focus being to design and manage a sustainable." But Back to the Roots community garden. A team of faculty harbors big dreams of becoming more and staff, whose members include than just the avid gardener's recluse. media studies professor Melinda Stone, The club bears notions of engaging in Associate Director of Staff 6c Programs almost pseudo-activist movements to for the Office of Residence Life Mark promote environmental awareness and Thoma, and architecture and community the futility of a consumerist nation. design professor Seth Wachtel, will lead Aguilar almost whimsically said the freshman-oriented project. "The "Maybe one day we'll put an entire faculty-staff team have been working on day's worth of USF garbage out on the developing the curriculum and planning lawn... this is how much we consume." for the garden this past year and we are Whispering to his sprouting beans recruiting new first-year students for and watering each wavering stock the community right now which will HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN individually, Aguilar quietly conveyed begin in August 2007," said Lorrie his visions for Back to the Roots. With temperatures rising into the high eighties this week, students took a dip in the Gleeson Library/Geschke Center fountain, stripping Could it potentially evolve into a GARDEN: continued on page 2 down to their shorts and adding chairs from Harney Plaza. Shedding Light on the Homeless Plight ot USF University Responds to the Homeless On Campus Public Policy Homeless Class Makes a Connection ELYSE MARTIN jail, but had to make a court appearance. The third time, JOHN USHER honored with the University's most prestigious StaffWriter pubhc safety had to physically contain her, because she StaffWriter annual award. The Sarlo Prize is awarded to the was kicking and screaming. They had to issue what is teacher who most embodies the mission and ave you ever seen anyone on campus that called a 5150 Health and Safety Code, which allows values of the university. Her students, though, or University of San Francisco junior looks hke he or she does not quite belong them to book someone for a psychological evaluation, will say Johnson is worthy of so much more. Her Andrew Landles-Dowling, teaching here? Every year, a good amount of homeless tireless dedication to the homeless problem in San H because there was evidence in Login's case for a serious a woman out of school for 38 years people flock from the city of San Francisco to the health problem. As a Jesuit institution, USF is called F Francisco amazes sophomore media studies major to master basic math is a memory that will USF campus to find shelter or food. They hang out Stephanie Luu. "She is an amazing professor who's to recognize social justice issues, however the school forever mark his college experience. The in the computer lounges, try to sneak into functions really active on campus and in the community," Luu' itself does not have enough resources to provide the peace of mind that he received tutoring where fdod is provided, or just sit at the benches said. "And while she is as tough as nails, her class care that the homeless need. However, pubhc safety homeless San Franciscans to receive their and tables on campus. During the warmer seasons, is challenging and rewarding at the same time." does refer them to shelters such as St. Anthony's to get GED degrees is far more valuable than these people set up camp on the wooded Westside But professor Johnson gives all the credit to her the help that they need, but it is up to the individual the four credits he will earn for his Public of the hill by Lone Mountain for shelter.Although students, who are required to do twenty-four to take the initiative and actually go there. The Jesuit Policy Homeless class. "My service learning Dan Lawson, USF director of pubhc safety, has said hours of service throughout the semester. "The Community of USF sends a great deal of money to experience this semester has been invaluable," that "these people are "not harmful or dangerous," students never cease to surprise me; they make these non-profit organizations to ensure their success. Dowhng said. "It got me out of my USF they need to be removed. Lawson also mentioned meaningful contributions to the community and I St. Anthony's is also one ofthe few shelters that have an bubble and into the San Francisco community how USF is what is called an "open campus" with learn something new every semester,"Johnson said. onsite psychological service. Rev. Donal Godfrey, S.J., in a way that was making a difference." no gates, and there is a need for students to feel that "They come to class with wonderful interviews and Associate Director of University Ministry, mentioned For many like Dowhng, a politics major, this they can come and go freely, but sometimes there they just amaze me every time." She contributes that USF is not a soup kitchen or a shelter. Godfrey class was merely fulfilling USF's service- are people who take advantage of the situation. the enthusiasm she sees in class in large part to the also mentioned that as a Jesuit University, students learning requirement, but it has ended up There are certain procedures that Pubhc Safety spirit of social activism on campus. "I haven't gone should look at the underlying causes of homelessness. fulfilling so much more. Professor Roberta takes when dealing with these individuals in a safe out and done a survey to compare USF students to About homeless people wandering on to campus, Johnson, the department head of the Pubhc manner. They approach them as "equals" and make others,"Johnson said. "But, I would say we are head Godfrey said, "Can we do more? Yes. Should we try to Service minor, began the class in the mid-1990s sure not to talk down to them. Public safety officers and shoulders above; I'm convinced we are unique." help them? Yes. But it is not our primary thing. It is not to give students a tangible education in a city first explain the fact that they cannot stay here if Student experiences in Johnson's class have been why we are here."University Ministry provides a variety with the second largest homeless population they are not a student, faculty member, or certified unique to their other courses and have awarded of weekly trips to such places as St. Anthony's Women's in proportion to the number of residents in guest on campus. Lawson said that most of the them an education in itself. "Having to go out Shelter, Project Open Hand, and St. John's Grocery the U.S. "We're a small city, under a million, time, these people are very compliant. However, one there and be on the front lines, and be in the Distribution, as well as after school tutoring programs. so the homeless stand out," Johnson said. situation occurred with a consistent homeless visitor, gritty parts of the city is rewarding," Luu said. It is up to USF students to have the desire to reach "To be able to study this topic and connect it and the University asked the San Francisco Pohce "It gets you out of the USF comfort zone. It has out into the broader community to help. We should with hands-on participation is very powerful." to get involved. One woman, Elizabeth Loggins, given me a different angle on public policy. There understand that the University is about educating And the class's efforts are not going unnoticed. continues to seek USF for resources. Sometimes she are so many ways we can help this problem." Johnson's students only receive "great" and claimed to be a USF student while other times she students on social justice issues, but it is up to students For both Luu and Dowhng, service-learning "amazing" feedback from the programs they just hung out and chated with students. She enjoys to take action and utilize the opportunities that USF can has proven more rewarding than a class they participate in. Their volunteer work ranges going to the St. Ignatius Church, but often disrupts provide for hands on volunteer work. Homeless "just had to get out of the way." "Although it's a from daycare and tutoring of homeless children order by shouting randomly and touching valuable people coming onto campus are not a huge requirement, it promotes social activism," Luu said. to monitoring how the city spends money on statues and objects. The first time; she was cited for problem for USF, but it can serve as a reminder "It's important in the curriculum because it makes homeless services. In addition, Johnson was trespassing, and the second time she did not go to of the goals and values of a Jesuit education. kids more active and aware of issues around them."

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Dave Binegar Junior, Media Studies Major The Job: Intern at Prospect Pictures, a TV production company in London. How did you get hired? Binegar applied through the Arcadia University summer internship program. Career Outlook: Binegar wants to go into television production," it's important to have an understanding of how the global marketplace is changing. We need to be able to communicate across culture." Reena K. Shah Senior, Politics Major The Job: USF South Africa Today Program. A five week program in South USF Alumnus Rebecca Fahrendorf watchers the currency exchange markets from her desk on the foreign exchange Africa offered through the Office of trading floor at Wells Fargo's coorporate headquarters in San Francisco's financial district. Overseas Programs. The group will also visit communities affected by aids and earn two credits. 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The Junior, Accounting Major that allowed the The Job: Ernst & Young class was given a brief lecture and company to mitigate private tour of the foreign exchange Nonaka will be an accounting intern most of the risk of with Ernst & Young in his home trading floor by Shaun de Jesus, currency fluctuation, Vice President of Corporate Foreign country of Guam. for a small fee. How did you get hired? Exchange Strategy for the bank. For Jammil Students were shown the "I got hooked up, networking I Handel, a junior guess. My dad knew the managing foreign currency exchange trading economics major floor where employees for Wells Fargo partner." in the class, the trip Career Outlook: execute foreign exchange trades for was "very interesting their customers; mainly medium-cap "I want to be an accountant or maybe and engaging, its a run a business." multinational companies based in the real live example US. 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MAY 10. 2007 San Francisco Foghorn _>an irnttttto jfoghom Concerns filiout Ignorance in A farewell Letter From Last Week's Virginia Tech Op-Ed does it add another"pertinent layer?" Rible's for Asian-Americans, as well as other statement eerily mirrors that ofthe media's Americans. Why should people be faulted the Editor initial identification ofthe shooter's race as for working hard, succeeding educationally "foreigner" or "Chinese" and his immigra­ and financially? But I'm only speaking for tion status before establishing his identity. some Asian-Americans. Many people as­ ello, my name is Chinyere reading the newspaper. I'm honestly not sume all Asians excel academically and Atufunwa (although many of you concerned with whether or not everyone "With my father working in an al­ professionally. In actuality, if Rible looked know me by my middle name likes everything about the paper because most wholly Asian dominated accounting H firm in the Silicon Valley, I've come into around San Francisco, she would see many Benice) and I am the editor in chief of the I've learned that in this field you'll never Asian-Americans that struggle with pov­ Foghorn and have been for the past two please everyone. But I love seeing people closer contact with Asian-American cul­ erty, assimilation, and language barriers. years (minus the semester when I went reading the paper - the fact that people ture than most. As with many immigrants, ibroad). When I first started working take the time to pick up the newspaper the families I've mpt come to this country "Cho had already gone against the for the newspaper in the fall semester of makes what we at the Foghorn do with the ideas of 'big American success'." grain by being an English major as op­ my freshman year, I never would have worthwhile. It's a small joy, but it is what BOBBY LEE While I'm disappointed at the charac­ posed to seeking out a financially- thought that I would have ended up here has kept me going ever since I happened StaffWriter terization of Asian-Americans throughout driven business or accounting degree" it the head of the paper. It had all started to wander into this newspaper office four this passage, I'm particularly concerned I would say this is the most ignorant - so casually, I just happened to wander years ago. ast week, I was startled to read with her self-realized "credibility" created even racist — comment out of the whole pas­ into the office during an open house Many people have asked me the following in • Irene Rible's through her interactions through her fa­ sage. What Rible is implying is that Asians for people interested in writing for the if I'll miss working on the Foghorn LOp-Ed tided 'Virginia Tech ther's job. The Asian culture encompasses are only good enough to work in a finan­ newspaper. Something must have stuck and today, after the computers crashed Shooter's Feelings of Pain and Torment many countries and cultures. Speaking as cially-driven business or earn an accounting because from that moment on, I have and ate the paper at 1:30 a.m., after my May Not Be Foreign to Other Students.' a Chinese-American, I find it somewhat degree and nothing else. This perpetuates been on the staff of the Foghorn. colleagues and I have worked twice as "I think the fact that Cho -was an Asian troubling that an outsider would make the idea that Asians are only good in math. such broad and uninformed assumptions I'm not going to pretend that it hard to reconstruct this issue, I can't immigrant also adds another pertinent layer It not only pigeon-holes Asians to about an entire race. This is classic Fox las always been peachy working for the honestly say that I will. Maybe it hasn't to his struggle. With my father working in certain occupations, as the anti-immigra­ News "I know what I'm talking about newspaper. I've definitely had my fair hit me that I will no longer have to be an almost wholly Asian dominated account­ tion laws dating back to the gold rush because I talk about it all the time." Es­ share of frustrating moments, sleepless here reading stories until 5:30 a.m. on ing firm in the Silicon Valley, I've come into days, but it also is a dangerous statement tablishing credibility is necessary, but her nights and a few too many missed class production nights. I won't have to track closer contact with Asian-American culture and stereotype to make about a large interactions do not give her free reign to times spent doing last minute fixes on down a car to haul stacks of papers all than most. As with many immigrants, the group of people. It really places her in speak so dismissively about many peoples. the newspaper. But I can't say those not- over campus (Lone Mountain readers: we families I've met come to this country with a hegemonic perspective, looking down so-fun moments were in vain. Many of will be back!)*Besides, it's time for me to the ideas of 'big American success.' Even more Additionally, how can she even be­ on an entire group of people based on those sleepless nights were spent with my move on. I've come to the realization that so than with other cultures, there s an obses­ gin to say that every immigrant's idea skin c_4or. It's scary to think this is what very near and dear to my heart Foghorn one of the best things is to know when sion with consumption and status symbols of success is success by American mea­ she really believes about Asian people. .o-workers and advisor who have truly to move on but -not to forget to cherish - top tier name-brand schools, shopping at sures? Sure, immigrants struggle to suc­ Overall, Rible's comments reiterated shown me that when you're surrounded those moments that make moving on so Nordstrom's, the best grades, the best clothes, ceed in a new country, but her implica­ existing cultural and racial stereotypes, and by good people, good things happen. hard. Take those moments with you and the most expensive cars. Cho had already tion that they're trying to achieve 'big alluded to my culture's values as the rea­ And although I've missed classes (sorry value them for what they mean to you. So gone against the grain by being an English American success' is a rash generalization. son why Cho shot up Virginia Tech. One to all my professors for that) "and have with that, to everyone who I have been major as opposed to seeking out a finan­ "Even more so than with other cultures, doesn't need to be an Ann Coulter or Don and still do regularly fall asleep in my fortunate enough to known and to those cially-driven business or accounting degree" there is an obsession with consumption and Imus to be ignorant. Maybe it didn't oc­ classes (I'm really really sorry for that), I never had the good fortune of knowing I'll break down her arguments status symbols - top tier name-brand schools, cur to her when she was writing her opin­ my only consolation is seeing people here at USF, I say adieu. one-by-one: "I think the fact that Cho shopping at Nordstrom's, the best grades, ion piece that what she was saying was was an Asian immigrant also adds an­ the best clothes, the most expensive cars." offensive. In a sense, this isn't anything other pertinent layer to his struggle." How audacious of her to' say that more new that I haven't experienced before, I had an issue with Rible's correlation so than any other culture, we're obsessed which might be a sad testament to the between Cho's mental illness, his status as with consumption and status. There level of racial understanding in this coun­ an immigrant (even though he grew up in are Asian-Americans who Uke expen­ try, and even on this most diverse campus. Virginia) and his violent actions. The only sive things, but so do other Americans. thing that his immigration status shows is Carrying on the family name is a very Bobby Lee is a senior Finance major with a that he's from another country. It doesn't On Behalf of the Foghorn Staff, important aspect of the Asian culture. minor in Media Studies. indicate his mental competence, academic And providing a strong foundation for accomplishments or anything else. 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[email protected] find myself often reflecting on the many in their careers, such as House Speaker One of my favorites was on the topic of ILYA FISHMAN great experiences of my undergraduate ALEXCHOUSA& Nancy Pelosi and former Mayor Art Ag­ chUd obesity because it clearly showed Sports Editor career. Some of the key highlights have where poUcy needed to intervene to help [email protected] MONICA SCHETTLER nos. Through the McCarthy Center, I have been our basketball victory over Gon­ such a pressing social issue. I also watched Chief Copy Editors had the pleasure of meeting both of these zaga in 2005, participating in the USF HUNTER PATTERSON distinguished and inspiring people. 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San Francisco Foghorn MAY 10. 2007 SCENE Parker Posey Brings Reality Diary of Coachella STEPH CASTRO with heavy drum beats and a feathered cos­ StaffWriter tume fitting for the quirky fairy-Uke singer. Bands seen Day One: 9 any moons ago, the great rock to the Romantic Comedy Dayl: band Def Leppard penned the Interview by SFF: You're Mlyrics, "I'm hot, sticky sweet/ Greg GiUis, better known as Girl Talk, JACKIE MIEHLS known as being From my head to my feet yeah." WhUe the gave the crowd a real dance party as fans Scene Editor the "Queen rock lyrics probably had some sexual un­ crowded the stage holding baUoons with of the Indies" dertone, they also accurately describe the the DJ's name scrawled in 80s print. GiUis ailed as the "Queen of the In­ but you've also experience at Indio, CaUfornia's CoacheUa remixed a few of the tracks off his latest album "Night Ripper," and included other dies," Parker Posey is the poster- done a lot of Music Festival. With 100 bands perform­ artists Uke Missy EUiot and the Bay Ar­ girl for quirky cool and subtle, major pic­ ing on five stages in dessert weather, the H ea's own E-40. Playing the outdoor stage, menacing humor. With over fifty movies tures. Why do festival promised sweaty weather and mu­ Santa Monica-based Jack's Mannequin on her resume, Posey is a refreshing face you gravitate sic veterans playing alongside music's up- brought their So-Cal sensibility with their and voice unUke most of today's leading towards these and-coming newbies. This year's festival is pop rock tunes using the piano as a star­ actresses. In her new film "Broken Eng­ indie films and the first to spread over three days, promis­ ring player in the band. Rapper Ghostface lish", directed by Zoe Cassavetes (daugh­ which ones do ing more musical acts and more unbearable KiUah, performed sans Wu-Tan Clan, but ter of the late actor-director John Cassa­ you prefer? heat (let's keep in mind that I traveled with vetes and actress Gena Rowlands), Parker two other San Francisco natives, so for us, gave a shout-out to his new backstage we dorif know what to do with ourselves buddies Cameron Diaz and drummer plays thirty-something Nora WUder who PP: As an when the Bay Area weather peaks at 70 Tommy Lee. As we walked away to head is inept at finding love and a relation­ actor, you're degrees.) As we quickly learned, CoacheUa towards another stage, the rapper told the ship. With her friends married and her a freelancer is about tent-hopping. Most bands play crowd to raise a peace sign in the air but to mother setting her up on Mind dates, so you wait 50-minute sets so concert go-ers have time unite the fingers to show that regardless of she is the odd woman out. Unlike the around for a to move from one stage or tent to the oth­ the world's state, we are aU one. NashviUe majority of romantic comedies out there, part to come er. Here, the crowd is a lot Uke San Fran­ rockers Kings of Leon played crowd favor- "Broken EngUsh" is a brutaUy honest and along—you get cisco. It's a mix of beautifuUy made film that is a far cry a phone caU the Haight Street from movies Uke "The HoUday" and "The saying this part free-spirits, the in­ Wedding Planner." The film's content is is right for you ternational crowd, realistic and relatable with Nora deaUng and you read the Mission Street with things Uke anxiety and abandonment the script, and hipsters and every­ issues. After seeing the film, you begin you go Uke "Oh thing in between. to realize why Parker Posey is such a yeah, FU do the Feeling right at Ukeable and intriguing actress: she seems vampire movie home at this one- like someone you might actuaUy know because I need of-a-kind experi­ and be friends with in real Ufe. In person, a paying job." ence, we lathered Parker is anything but the ice queen she With the inde­ on as much sun­ tends to play. Sitting on a bed with her- pendent films, COURTESY OF MAGNOLIAPICTURES.COM screen we could needlepoint in hand, Parker's down-to- you don't make Director Zoe Cassavetes with Parker Posey as the aHenated relationship and got ready to earth nature revaled itself when she asked a lot of money faUure Nora and her ego-centric actor boyfriend Nick Gable played by expand our musi­ me where she could buy a pair of socks. and you work Justin Theroux. cal minds, our CD Parker and director Zoe Cassavetes talked very hard so it to The Foghorn about growing up, neurotic between 30-34 and 34-36. There's aU coUections and our takes a lot out of you. So you go, 'What actors and falling in love. these different rites of passage that we go tolerance for hot- do I have to do? What is inside me that through. Nora's at this point where she's weather. I need to express right now?' And Nora not loving herself. She's self-medicating. San Francisco Foghorn: I saw "Broken was one of those parts, even though I She's terrified of her feelings. She is very Dayl: English" last night and I reaUy Uked it. had just done "Fay Grim" and just shot adept at work but in real-Ufe relation­ What strikes Parker Posey: Yeah, there's not a lot of some "Boston Legal" stuff, I was Uke, "I ships, she is a mess. She's got a profound you.foremost upon movies about women going through don't know ifl can do this right now— sense of loneUness. And how does she entering through things with feeUng. There's a lack of mate­ I'm so tired." And then I met Zoe and overcome that wound and what does that the festival gates is rial out there of movies being produced we just started talking about it, and the look Uke? WeU she drinks, she smokes, the natural beauty that have this kind of theme. And usuaUy creative juices started flowing again and she tries to fiU up the hole, and she breaks of the scenery on , I'm not considered for them because you think, 'this is keeping me sustained.' down. Different people have different the Empire Polo they're bigger movies. I think a lot of ro­ It's Uke being in a relationship. It's Uke paths—some never go that deep and Nora Fields CoacheUa mantic comedies out there right now have falUng in love with someone except is on a deep, Uttle journey for herself. a lot of what's caUed "set pieces," where in you're faUing in love with a part. It's a takes place. The STEPH CASTRO/FOGHORN creative empathy for someone else. abundance of Thousands of music fans flocked to Indio, California to enjoy the order for something to be funny, someone Zoe Cassavetes (Director) enters the has to faU down a watersUde and have this palm trees and infamous CoacheUa music festival. The four-day event attracted the room to join in on interview. music world's biggest acts including Bjork, Rage Against the Ma­ kind of trip and fall to guarantee laughs SFF: Do you prefer doing comedies or the endless lawn which was soon chine and WiUie Nelson. The desert's heat couldn't keep fans away. so that it can be shown in a movie traUer more dramatic, vulnerable roles? SFF: So do you personaUy relate to your can appeal to a seven-year old and older. to be crushed by character Nora and how so? ites Uke "Soft" from their 2005 album "Aha avid concert go-ers. We kicked off the * PP: Maybe Zoe can chime in on this Shake Heartbreak" and songs Uke "On CoacheUa craziness with Flosstradamus, SFF: UnUke those types of movies, this one too. But when we were talking CaU" from their latest album "Because Of a DJ duo whose mash-up mixes included film seemed so reaUstic. about the difference between ages... The Times." Lead singer Caleb FoUowiU crowd favorites Uke Britney Spears and PP: Yeah, and people who read it were "It's like being in a rela­ Zoe: No, it's huge! I was very specific vocaUy charmed the audience alongside his my personal favorite, Journey. WhUe last just Uke, "What's so special about this?" ofthe age that I wanted in this movie. I two brothers and first cousin as the quiet year's poster had to explain who was a DJ It's a love story. It's Uke girl meets you tionship. Its like falling was just saying how fast Ufe has gone by crowd slowly began to come back to Ufe and who wasn't, this year's festival fea­ know (pauses), she doesn't reaUy have so fast in the last 10 or 15 years. Ifyou thanks to the handsome quartet. Power­ in love with someone tured an entire tent for them. Alert pop a love Ufe, she can't meet a decent guy, look back and you say, "Oh, I've kno,wn house indie band Arcade Fire once again princesses, the British are coming! And she meets a guy from Paris, she goes to that person for twenty years." You're Uke; wowed CoacheUa fans with their blended except you re falling in in the lead is songstress Amy Winehouse find him. It doesn't sound good on paper. I'm not old enough to know anyone for harmonious melodies, fairytale-esque song whose raspy 1960s-inspired vocals at­ It's hard to read those things if you're a ' love with apart" twenty years. You are getting to a place tales, and deUcate female accompaniment. tracted one of the largest crowds at the producer and see the humor. This isn't a in your Ufe where you kind of have to Music veterans Red Hot Chili Peppers festival. Armed with a cocktaU and teased hilarious film, but it's got some interest­ -Actress Parker Posey take responsibiUty as an adult. When closed out the second night with the riffs bouffant almost bigger than the tiny ing laughs, but they don't Come from a people say, "Excuse me, ma'am," I'm like, and the Anthony Kedis swagger that has on choosing roles singer herself, Winehouse deUghted fans set piece. They come from real situations. y aUowed for the band's longevity. Flea even maamr with vocals identical, if not better, than Nora's going through something that's PP: "I'm not your teacher!" They're attempted a joke, "What do you caU a sheep her latest album, "Back to Black." Down­ reaUy kind of sad, but you're laughing at like, "Ms. Posey, can I have your auto­ without legs?" Answer: a cloud (though load: "Rehab," where Winehouse insists her because it's truthful, and you feel Uke PP: I Uke both. I Uke this ["Broken graph?" And I've actuaUy said, "I'm not he stuttered and messed upon first try), her drinking doesn't hint at a rehab stint. you've been through something like that EngUsh"], because people are laughing your teacher." (laughs) "Don't ma'am me, (sighting: LC and Audrina from MTV's Of Montreal, dressed Uke a modern- yourself. You can laugh at it because you at this but it's also painful. As an actor, pleeeease!" "The HiUs" looking confused while trying day Sly and the Family Stone at Wood­ can identify with it. You're surprised that you want to share yourself and what Zoe: But you feel Uke you're 19 in your to figure out the direction of the stages) it's even up there on the screen. you feel, and you want your feelings stock, tantahzed with their synth-indie- head. Life goes by reaUy fast, and this Bands seen Day Two: 8 and to be understood. I saw the movie pop hits as hipsters danced and writhed age just happens to be the certain age Day 3 on DVD and there were parts of it that to the psychedelic prints that floated on SFF: What made you decide to go into where people start to expect that you'U To kick-off our last day of musical mer­ were So sad to me that I don't think I'U the projection screen behind the band. acting? be married and have children. In genera­ riment, singer Mika entertained with his- ever see it on a big screen. The movie The masses enjoyed the reggae rhythms PP: When I was nine years old, I was a tions past, you were set up Uke that. And Freddy Mercury-esque vocals and upbeat' is so much about what it means to of Stephen Marley, who performed many baUet dancer and I loved it.I loved the now you have so much freedom. You don't songs Uke "Relax (Take it Easy)." He even have courage if f you have things Uke of his famous father's classics as a member stage and I loved performing. When I was have to ever get married. You can have a admitted to the concert crowd that he and abandonment issues, loss of a parent, of his band waived the Jamaican flag whUe 12,1 auditioned for the North Caro­ sperm donor or do whatever you want. his band's first gig was only last August or if you're just sensitive. In this cul­ the sun began to set. Former lead singer lina School ofthe Arts and I didn't get As a woman, you have more freedom (what a difference a year makes). Mexican ture, there's no room for this kind of of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker charmed the audi­ in for ballet. My dad caUed the dean of than ever before. You can run a company. duo Rodrigo y Gabriela vowed audiences dialogue. The media is forcing these ence, despite his tardy arrival before his set. the school and said "What do I teU my It's Uke the scene where her mother says, with their high-speed strums on a pair of representations of girls on the air Uke, Cocker however wasted no time thereaf­ daughter? She's going to be so upset", "You have too many choices," and it's kind matching acoustic guitars during their in­ "Oh Madonna and Britney made out on ter (except for a few pauses between songs and he said "TeU her she's an actress." So ofthe central theme of what she's going strumental set. The pair's riffs were nearly MTV!" It's got nothing to do with these where the singer apologized and insisted I went back when I was 13 and I loved through. She doesn't know. It's kind of drowned out as the crowd began chanting intimate kinds of feehngs. everyone get up) in playing Pulp hits and it. My parents are reaUy observant people. Uke being a kid in a candy shop, and pick­ for their native country of Mexico. Ra- new solo ventures. Download: "Don't Let They're just funny characters who always ing the wrong candy. It's Uke getting the tatat, part electronic-hip hop, part techno- Him Waste Your Time." Hipster quartet, see the humor in situations. They're very SFF: What specificaUy attracted you to chocolate with the cherry in, it. indie band mesmerized with their digital Interpol, took over the CoacheUa stage for dramatic at times and real feelers with doing this film? beats and computerized musical scapes. a performance of both new and old hits. no filter—you know those things that PP: There's so much in a woman's life. SFF: In the film, Nora dates the obnox­ WeU-known hip hop ensemble The Roots The question on everyone's mind seemed to actors can have. My dad loved reading out Zoe and I talked a lot about this—like ious actor guy.There's the line "stop hyped up the crowd by doing a Bob Dylan be though, "aren't they hot in those suits?" loud—storyteUers you know. there's such a difference in your 20's to Continued on Page 7... To close the first night, eccentric Icelan­ your 30's, and there's such a difference Continued on Page 7... dating actresses, they're aU crazy." Is there dic music maven Bjork came out fuU force SCENE MAY 10, 2006 San Francisco Foghorn Minnesota's Little Cult Band That Could Wolf Down Some Feist Interview by JACKIE MIEHLS Scene Editor

ow does a relatively unknown band surpass the Ukes of Radiohead on the coUege ra­ Hdio charts? The answer can be found in the Minnesota band Cloud Cult whose distinctive mu­ sic can be described as "orchestral meets electronics meets indie rock." Singer Craig Minnowa's voice is striking in its range, sounding perfectly in-tune one second to erratic and chUd-Uke the next. Minnowa's lyrics are so autobiographical and emotional that you can't help but be in awe of his abiUty to transform personal tragedy into hopeful art. Aside from Cloud Cult's sound, their Uve shows and extreme environ- mentaUsm are what reaUy sets them apart from the pack of indie bands out there right now. A sensory- JAYNIE HEALY/FOGHORN overload experience, the six-person band's Uve show Next time you're at Amoeba, give your ears some musical candy and buy one of these. Feist's love­ consists of a ceUo, vioUn, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, lorn songs and Wolf's theatrics are bound to satisfy the secret romantic and drama queen in everyone. projection screens and two Uve painters (one of which is Craig Minnowa's wife) whose blank canvases mood, they make for a balanced album evolve into exquisite pieces that seU for amounts that Reviews by that is melodramatic, ornate, and emo­ the band was too humble to disclose. After talking JAYNIE HEALY tionally indulgent. The Magic Position is with Cloud Cult, it becomes clear that this is not a StaffWriter probably a world away from most of the band that just shows up, plays their songs and goes Singer Craig Minnowa switches instruments throughout the set during their show at Patrick Wolf records in your coUection, but if you al­ home. Instead, they are a group of artists and musi­ Bottom ofthe Hill on May 3rd. Scott West, one ofthe band's onstage painters, occa­ The Magic Position low Patrick Wolf to take you by the hand cians who not only have a deep respect and admiration sionally stops painting to play the trumpet during some of their set. he'U take you on a sparkling, colorful ride. for the environment but for other people as weU. AU li_oug[Loog;2007; _. ] * six members of the band were present during the interview heck out the album cover and and working on-the next album. If there wasn't an album coming out you'U have a pretty good idea of Feist because they "Uke doing things together." Minnow describes every year, I would know that I wasn't doing what I started doing this their most recent release The Meaning of 8 as having been what Patrick Wolf is aU about. The Reminder in the first place for, and that was to write. Hics thir;d fuU-lengt h is a dramatic Tech­ [Interscope; 2007] written for its own sake and its lack of contrived motivation makes for one of their most uplifting and poUshed albums yet. nicolor toy-land of delicious pop melodies, My advice to you, dear reader, is to SFF: Cloud Cult's success has been described as being the "sort of vibrant electronics, brooding piano, and go buy this album right now. And do it thing that doesn't happen," in that you went from being an indepen­ lush string arrangements. At the center quick, before you hear it being played San Francisco Foghorn: What is behind the name "Cloud dent unknown band with no major label support to a "national radio of it aU is the 23 year-old Brit—a lithe in Urban Outfitters and Gaps across Cult?" hit." What's been your response to this success? young Lost Boy, decked out in a flaming the country. You do not need to read Craig Minnowa (guitar/vocals/ MF: It's flattering. To be able to go red play-suit that matches his flaming red this review. You wiU love this album. keys): There's a sect of Hopi prophe- to towns that are so far away from dye-job, riding a carousel in a rather sug­ It is impossible not to faU in love with cies that translated UteraUy out of our hometown where we don't know gestive position. Despite the slight creepi- Canadian-born singer-songwriter LesUe the Cloud Cult prophesies, and they anybody in the crowd. I mean they're ness of this scene, there's something at­ Feist. Of this I am certain. As the jazzy basicaUy talk about the different "Each night onstage when genuine fans, as opposed to playing at tractive about Wolf's penchant for campy sultry voice of Broken Social Scene she is areas of humanity and there's a lot of we are doing "The Meaning home where you're like "Hi mom, hi theatrics. Undeniably dramatic, over the lovely, on her last album, 2004's Let it Die, interesting things that they predict n dad" and that sort of thing. top, and glam (a la David Bowie) Wolf has she is wonderful (and criticaUy acclaimed), that are happening right now, and of 8, I feel our son there, I created a sonic dreamscape in living color. and on her new album, The Reminder, she whether it's true or not, or if it's just SFF: Can you talk about "The Mean­ Case in point is the dangerously addic­ is phenomenal. WhUe 99.9% of songs out coincidence or over-interpretation, feel my grandpa there, I feel ing of 8" and how it's different from tive title track. Listen to it once and there's there deal with heartbreak, Feist's love­ it's kind of interesting. In a nutsheU, ghosts there everywhere. Its past Cloud Cult records? no turning back. Seriously, the song has lorn songs achieve genuine emotional it talks about how we get too bound CM: There's a lot more instrumenta­ enough sugar pop elements to put you in a heights that lack the earmarks of cUche. to technology and that we don't kind of like the Day ofthe tion to it. With "Advice from Happy coma: pulsing vioUns (repeating the same Honesdy, every song on this album is learn to use technology as more Hippopotamus," it was written to be riff over and over again), horns beUowing, an absolute gem, but the highUghts include of a tool in harmony with nature Dead every single night." able to be performed live with four beUs ringing, hand clapping, kids cheering, "Sea Lion Woman"—a chanting, handclap- because we reaUy have to Uve with people onstage. And with "The Mean­ and a playful, twinkUng piano scale. AU ping, tour de force track that might compel a biosphere that we have presented -Craig Minnowa, singer ing of 8," it was written just for its own this serves as a backdrop for Wolf's dark, you to bust a move—-the twangy, Uttle-bit- to us. On a lot of levels, technology sake without any thought process as broody voice singing the cheeky double country "Past in Present" ("so much past has become a toy that we don't have to how it would be played Uve, so it's a entendre "you put me in the magic posi­ inside my present" Feist croons), and the the maturity to handle. Cloud Cult lot more upbeat and hopeful. It foUows tion...to Uve, to learn, to love in the major jubilant, chUd-Uke sing-along "12 3 4." prophesies talk about being able to use technology in a more the whole analysis of mortaUty and the grieving process in "They key." Other dangerously catchy tracks in­ Feist's breathy, haunting vocals are at their balanced and sustainable way. Live on the Sun" up until the new album. I feel like the new album clude "Accident and Emergency" and the goosebump-inducing best on "The Water," brings closure at least to the grieving process, to a point of where you sing-along "Get Lost." The record also "Honey Honey," and "The Park" which SFF: How did Cloud Cult begin? It seems Uke it's not just a can look and celebrate your deceased loved ones and ancestors, and in includes a number of darker (yet equaUy sounds so organic it makes me wonder if band, but more of movement or phUosophy? a sense commune with them through the artistic and music process­ melody driven) songs such as "BluebeUs" she actuaUy recorded it out in a park—birds Matthew Freed (bass): Yeah, it's everything from the show, es. Each night onstage when we are doing "The Meaning of 8," I feel and "Augustine" which are reminiscent chirping and leaves rusthng in the back­ s the environmental aspect of it, and there's the general our son there, I feel my grandpa there, I feel ghosts there everywhere. of his previous two albums, Lycanthro- ground. Through aU of these songs heart­ good time there is both in and around the band. It's hard It's kind of like the Day ofthe Dead every single night. py (2003) and The Wind and the Wires ache glitters and echoes with constant re­ to say, because some bands show up and they play and do a (2005). Serving as superbly introspective minders of lost love, but above aU else Feist great job at it, and other ones are not that and they do other SFF: Your live shows are very theatrical and multi-dimensional with gothic microcosms that are saturated with reminds us to take our time, enjoy Ufe, and things, and I think hopefuUy we're somewhere in the middle. Uve painters onstage and the projection screens in the background. Have you always had these kind of Uve shows and what inspired you SFF: Your record company Earthology Records has been to do this? caUed "the world's most environmentaUy-friendly record Scott West (trumpet/live painter): This process started fifteen years label." Where did Cloud Cult's passion for environmental­ ago where Connie and I were doing artwork and we shared a studio ism come from? back at coUege, and Craig reaUy enjoyed writing to the process. He CM: It started with the first Cloud Cult album: the "Who KUled Puck?" album, and I just reaUzed that there wasn't Continued on Page 7 ... any CD rephcation process out there that met the envi­ ronmentaUy-friendly criteria that we needed. Connie and I started Earthology Records, and with that we have done CD rephcation for Cloud Cult and dozens of other bands. (comcast We get the reused CD jewel cases that are donated to us COMCAST Direct Sales! c A L I F o R N A C H I N E S E S N and we hand-clean them and put them together. It's sort of $10/hr + commissions. c u E branched off beyond that with the green energy credits and having bands and labels like Universal and Ascap contact Average is $18.50/hr! Walking distance from USF! us and wanting information on how they can do things in a Plus rent, cell, and tuition Reimbursements. Abacus offers weekday lunch specials and a complete more earth-friendly way. It's not a for-profit business model P/T and F/T positions. dinner menu seven days a week. that's set up to try and figure out innovative ways of making Call our job hotline now! 1-866-397-2580 the music industry a Uttle greener. "...a lovely little California-Chinese place..." —Paul Reidinger, San Francisco Bay Guardian SFF: What does it mean when someone says that Cloud Cult plays only "green" shows? STUDENT STORAGE Yelp.com reviews: CM: We figure out how much energy we use onstage, with SPECIAL 4 out of 5 stars hotels, with our transportation—that's with the van and also flying, and figure out how much Co2 is put out from that, $69/month QQOQ and we buy enough energy credits to feed back into the grid. CUBES +Free Delivery We buy enough wind power to generate aU the electricity Abacus is "Chinese-Cal fusion done the right way." that we need while we're out touring or making the album. Safe & secure local storage • Convenient & fast delivery - Local and long distance moves "You'll be wowed by the freshness of taste, and the pre­ That gets pumped out back into the grid and then we plant cision preparation." "Ambiance is upscale neighbor­ O We deliver it 0 You load it enough trees to absorb anything that we would have put out © We pick it up hood bistro" and "the service is EXCELLENT!" "Abacus there. is my new favorite restaurant!"

SFF: I read that you have an organic farm. See for yourself! CM: My wife Connie and I have a Uttle organic hobby Dine-in or call ahead for to-go orders farm. It's about an hour north ofthe Twin Cities,, and that's 415-982-1508 www.zipcubes.com Reservations accepted where Earthology is and that's where a vast majority ofthe Located on the Embarcadero, Pier 27 writing takes place and we do the rephcation there. It's not a ABACUS Restaurant commercial operation. We're just working towards self-suf­ 2078 HAYES STREET NEAR COLE ficiency. Summer Jobs -

Stanyan SFF: Cloud Cult has put out around 5 to 7 albums in the Receive contact information now for summer OPEN WEEKDAYS 11:30AM USF last five years. How do you are you able to do that and when employment at US National Parks, Western TO 9:30PM Fulton do you take a break? SATURDAY AND SUNDAY a CM: WeU, my favorite thing to do with music is write and 5:30PM TO 9:00PM Hayes • Dude Ranches and Theme Parks. You must Fell O record. Touring is fun for the first week but you kind of 415.387.2828 have to tour to a certain extent with it. But as soon as we apply early, www.summerjobs-research.org FAX: 415.387.0828 Panhandle get back to the farm after this tour, we'U be back to writing SCENE San Francisco Foghorn MAY 10, 2007 Hot Dates Not to Miss This Summer USPS Weather Underground Tunes in the Sun WHITNEY FRY 200 artists, 20 gourmet food booths, live Interview by Coachella: Continued from page 5 StaffWriter entertainment on two stages, bistro style cover and using the Star Spangled Ban­ cafes, wine & beer gardens and hands-on BENICE ATUFUNWA Editor in Chief ner as the background music for a poUti­ chool's out for summer. School's art projects. cal message that had the entire audience out forever! (for some anyway!) clapping and raising their fists. They also Planning on staying around San June 10: Haight Ashbury Festival re you curious as to S what your professor did a throw-back to the 70s by remixing Francisco for the summer? Here are some Crowds estimated at more than 100,000 does when they're different tunes with their own raps on top. great events happening around the city. make their way around booths seUing arts A Country legend Willie Nelson wore his and crafts, apparel and food. Live music not busy grading that term paper you wished you had signature bandana and strummed the mu­ May 16-May 27: San Francisco Interna­ provided on two stages is this festival's a Uttle bit more time to sical styUngs of a nearly 40-year-long ca­ tional Arts Festival biggest attraction though the schedule is write? What if your profes­ reer. His sons joined him onstage for songs The 4th Annual San Francisco Interna­ never announced in advance. During the sor happened to be an award Uke "On the Road Again," a family affair. tional Arts Festival starts off our sum­ Summer of Love, bands like the Grateful winning documentary film Last but definitely not least, the reunion mer with performances aU over the city. Dead and Jefferson Airplane surprised maker? Prof. Sam Green, of political metal band Rage Against the This year's Festival themed "The Truth in unsuspecting fans. Now lesser-known lo­ who has taught classes about Machine helped bring the three days of a Knowing/Now: A Conversation Across cal bands of aU different styles (rock, rap, the history ofthe documen­ musical history to a close. Perhaps the most the African Diaspora", Events include reggae) have the chance to display their tary film and documen­ anticipated act ofthe entire festival, nearly dance, visual arts, music, film, circus and talents. Be prepared as the night goes on tary production, has made a 100,000 festival go-ers crowded the main theater. To find events and to learn more and the party starts raging. This isn't the number of interesting short stage to catch the huge moment in musical visit sfiaf.org Haight Ashbury festival for nothing. documentaries ranging in history. Security was tightened in precau­ topic from a ride on the N tion that Rage fans would riot, but the au­ May 17: YBCA presents, Zidane, a 21st June 16-17: North Beach Festival Judah train to a multi-col­ dience was subdued in comparison to what Century Portrait Washington Square ParklO am - 6 pm. was expected. The heat actually came in ored wig wearing man who HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN Discover a new kind of art with this Free. during the 1970s and 1980s Weather Underground" director and USF professor Sam handy for once! (sighting: Johnny Knox- original and bold portrait of one ofthe Celebrating its 53rd anniversary of the became famous for carry­ Green discusses what it's like to make documentaries. viUe rocking out to WiUie Nelson's set) greatest players in the history of soc­ NB outside festival, with arts 8c crafts ing a "John 3:16" sign at a cer, Zinedine Zidane. Footage from 17 show, celebrity pizza toss, live music Bands seen Day Three: 13 myriad of media events. Green is most fa of that. I know a lot of people who are synchronized cameras set to a Mogwai performances, a cooking stage, an As­ At times, the weather was unbearable. mous for his Oscar nominated documen around my age, or around their thirties or soundtrack captures the infamous soccer sisi animal blessing at 2:00 pm on both • There was the inevitable feeling ofbeing tary "The Weather Underground" which forties, who want to be ideaUst but see a star (and his even more infamous head­ days, arte di gesso, ItaUan street chalk art caught in a cattle herd. Not aU of bands teUs the story ofthe 1960s radical group of" lot of what's wrong with the world and butt) in this 90-minute film, presented at competition, 1500 block Stockton, indoor we saw were worth staying for. CoacheUa American young adults who took violent what could be done better. You've Uved the YBCA screening room. Visit ybca.org classical concerts at 4 pm at the National was full of hits and misses (ahem, Lupe measures to overthrow the government. through so much, so many experiences of for more details. Shrine of St. Francis. Party Uke the Ital­ Fiasco who Uved up to his last name), things going wrong or things not work­ ians with friends. Eat gelato and carry an camping can be a bother if you're used to San Francisco Foghorn: Do you think ing out that you kind of have both in you; May 20: Bay to Breakers Italian flag while enjoying this outrageous city-Ufe, and eating what equates to only your background in journahsm has had an ideaUsm and cynicism that are constandy The day after USF's last May graduation festival and you'U fit right in. a step above carnival food everyday can influence on how you do documentaries? strugghng to win. (hurray!), celebrate by running or enjoying burn you out. But in the end, CoacheUa Sam Green: Going to journalism school while on the sidelines the spectacle that June 30 -July 1: Fillmore Street Jazz is more than a music festival. It is an ex­ taught me a lot about the importance of SFF: Of course you have your movie "The is Bay to Breakers. 65,000 + participants Festival perience where bands, both new and old, being accurate and reaUy getting things Weather Underground." Out of aU the and 100,000 + spectators join in, some Celebrating jazz and soul is the FiUmore ; take over a tiny desert town to create right. This meant being a good researcher radical groups at that time, what was it clad in impressive costumes whUe others Jazz Festival. It's the largest free Jazz history, produce amazing acts, and be­ and learning a lot about whatever it is about this group that fascinated you? are more of the serious athletes. Either festival on the West Coast, with over come one of the best times of your Ufe. that you're looking into. After journaUsm, way, everyone is out to have a great time 90,000 visitors. AU day long, visitors enjoy SG: When I first read about that group, I was much better at doing that. My work Hours of travel to get to Indio: 11 hours in one of the largest foot races in the live music from multiple stages, travel I was a teenager. I think a thirteen-year- is pretty meticulously researched and Total bands seen: 30. Average tempera­ world. To register or learn more about it, the eight blocks of fine art and crafts and old boy, and what would be cooler for a involves a lot of talking to people, reading, ture: 98 degrees. Water bottles consumed: visit baytobreakers.com feast on gourmet food and beverages. As thirteen-year-old boy than some crazy and figuring out what the story is. coundess. Total festival goers: 165, 000+ they promise, "Asian to Cajun, paintings teenagers blowing stuff up and being one step ahead ofthe FBI. InitiaUy that was Injuries sustained: 2 (smaU cuts) Preferred May 31: Gen Art Shopping Event to pottery, old favorites and new direc­ SFF: In an interview that you did with my interest in it. But maybe six or seven and recommended sunblock: at least 50 Gen Art, a nationwide nonprofit that tions, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is not to Dave Cox for Other Zine, he said that years ago, I met someone who was in the SPF Bands I wish we would have seen: 2 supports emerging artists in fashion, film, be missed." you tend to focus on "the eccentric, the group. It was reaUy surprising because he (Hot Chip, Peaches). Moment I wish we music and art puts on Shop SF. Check poUtical and the media marginaUzed". Do was just this normal guy Uving in Oak­ hadn't missed: 2 (Paris HUton being booed out the best fashion San Francisco has to July 4: Fourth of July Celebration you think that is an accurate portrayal of land. I thought they were aU dead or in during Placebo and Scarlett Johannson offer aU in one space from 40+ local de­ No matter where you are in the city, you your work? jail or stiU crazy. It aU just started out singing with Jesus and the Mary Chain) signers. With an open bar, spa treatments, are guaranteed a fireworks festival! Some SG: I guess so. If you're looking at your going to his house and saying 'hey, teU me special fashion presentations, makeovers ofthe best spots are Twin Peaks or the own stuff, there's this story about some some stories about what had happened to and a DJ, this is a true shopping experi­ gathering at Pier 39. kooky guy that's trying to get into the you', and the more he told me his side and ence not to be missed. Held at The Gal­ media and there's a story about some what had motivated him the more I start­ leria at the San Francisco Design Center, Besides the many summer festivals, there Check It Out!!! crazy group trying to...yeah after a whUe, ed to see that it was a reaUy compUcated visit genart.org for more information. is always something to do in San Fran­ I can't deny it. I don't know what it's ex­ story; I didn't know whether I thought cisco. Take this time off you have from By acdy about, but those are subjects that I'm what they did was right or wrong. And JACKIE MIEHLS June 2-June 3: Union Street Festival school (or searching for your first job) to interested and that I gravitate towards. that was kind of neat to me because the Scene Editor • explore the city! Go to Alcatraz, take the Union St. between Gough 8c Steiner world is complicated now. How do you The 31st Annual Union Street Festival ferry to SausaUto, discover a new neigh­ SFF: Why is that? do the right thing? It's reaUy hard to say. "The Hip-Hop Theater Festivar is one of San Francisco's largest free art borhood, ride the cable car, go to the zoo, SG: WeU, I think it's resonates with me What's even the right thing in Iraq? It's (May 8th -20th) festivals. More than 100,000 attendees or visit museums. There are endless pos- somehow in the way that I see the world, hard to know. Stories that are reaUy one- Going on its fifth year, the festi­ come from aU over the United States sibiUties in this magnificent city we Uve a poUtical sensibiUty; but also some­ dimensional moraUy, even though they're val brings hard-hitting, politicaUy to enjoy the event. The festival features in. Have an adventurous summer! thing in me. I think that people ofmy super black and white. The CivU Rights charged theater to an various Bay generation are torn between wanting to Movement is such a great story, it's such Area stages. Founder Danny Hoch be ideaUstic but also cynical. We came great history, but it's kind of hard to relate spoke at USF last February and after a reaUy ideaUst generation and so to for people now because that was so created the festival to celebrate the we have absorbed a lot ofthe aftermath Continued on Page 8... language and culture of today's gen­ eration and the contemporary Hip- Hop era. Make sure to check out the world premiere of Paul S. Flores's Parker Posey and Zoe Cassavetes biUngual piece REPRESENTA!, School Qf RocSr BROKEN ENGLISH: Cont'd from page 5 www.hiphoptheaterfest.org any validity to the mockery of actors in rooms and I reaUzed they must have felt that this film? they had this reaUy great performance. I just Slam Poet Alvin Lau Interview Zoe: It was almost Uke an inside joke. thought that I wanted to feel that. I can't teU you how many men are Uke For those interested in* slam po­ "Actresses are crazy!"I know a lot of guys SFF: What was it Uke to direct your mom? etry and spoken word, make sure just like Nick Gable in real Ufe. It's a Zoe: It was great on so many levels because to check out The Foghorn's inter­ certain amount of ego that's involved. In I admire and respect what she does so much, view with poet Alvin Lau online. fact, Parker is probably one ofthe more but also because she's my mom. I got to do Ranked the #2 slam poet in the grounded people. I always thought that something reaUy special with her, and the fact country, he's performed on HBO's acting was kind of a crazy job, because it's that it's on film forever—it's like an everlast- Def Poetry Jam, curated work­ like 'I'm going to be someone else.' ing memory. shops at hundreds of schools across PP: (laughs) the country including Yale and a Zoe: I always thought 'why do you want SFF: Do you have any advice for future film­ member of the prestigous Bullhorn to be someone else?'And ifyou are, do makers or people in coUege? CoUective, composed of the 30 top- you know who you are?' Zoe: I went to coUege for two months and I dropped out. I just couldn't possibly get out ranked slam poets in the world. You should especiaUy check out SFF: There's the line in the film "Some of school fast enough. I was just a production his poems "Asia-America, Where people are together to avoid loneUness assistant or assistant director and... Are You?" and,"What Tiger Said." and others want magic".. PP: But you had an "in," but ifyou don't have Zoe: I think some people are serial daters an "in"...SUNY Purchase was great because myspace.com/alvinlau or serial relationship havers, and they do it you have a community of film-makers and you because they hate being alone, but I think start making student films. You get mentors some people want to have a meaningful and learn how to deal with teachers. They cut relationship and they want to feel that the program each year. You start with 30 and Learn how to be a DJ on SF's best "thing." And that "thing" is a whole other you end with the company of 13 people. story. That "thing" is super dangerous. Zoe: And I guess it also prepares you for the cut-throat world of how it really is... underground radio station SFF:Was there a specific moment or film PP: That's right. The real world was so much that made you wanted to make movies? easier than college for me. I loved starting my Zoe: I always Uked writing. There was a Ufe,^nd when I left'school, I was like "See ya! Jon Robin Baitz play called "The Sub- You told me not to dye my hair or be myself, [email protected] stance of Fire." I was sobbing through the and I went in and I was myself and I got a job. whole play. I was around 18 years-old and See ya!" it just hit an emotional chord. Theatre is Zoe. (laughs) "Wouldn't wanna be ya!" Listen online: irww.ifusf.org / Via iTunes: Radio • Public > KUSF so amazing because you have to roU with it and it's in the moment. When we were "Broken English" opens in theaters July 6th. Parker Posey will also be starring in Hal Hart­ waiting backstage for them to change, COURTESY OF ALVIN LAU everyone was singing in their dressing leys "Fay Grim" which opens May 18th. 8 SCENE San Francisco Foghom MAY 10,2007 Natural Vibes With Jawaiian Band Bufly Slays Again With COItllC BOOk as the appearance of new enemies. From ANDREW OLIVER MARO GUEVARA It was near the beginning of the sev­ the pUe of rubble that was once Sunny- StaffWriter StaffWriter enth season that it was announced that the show would end. To say that fans were dale (after Buffy's final televised batde, aU that was left of her hometown was a sland expatriates and reg­ 't's hard to believe that it's been a de­ devastated would be a gross understate­ massive crater), two of WiUow's old rivals gae enthusiasts rejoiced in cade since "Buffy the Vampire Slay- ment. During its seven seasons, Buffy reemerge to exact their vengeance. In a INatura l Vibrations' Jawai­ .er" the television series first aired on had saved the world at least eight times, ian jams Thursday night. I dealt with the death of her mother, blew more political vein, the U.S. government the WB. I can still remember being in has awakened to Buffy's doings and has Natural Vibes (as they are affec­ the third grade and discovering Buffy's up her high school, kiUed her boyfriend, labeled the new army of slayers a poUtical tionately known by their fans) are at mythic world of Sunnydale, California (a fought a God, and died twice in the pro­ threat, Ukening them to a terrorist orga­ the forefront of the Jawaiian genre, town, just Uke any other, except for the cess (death is rarely a permanent thing in nization that has ceUs aU over the world. which is a mixture of Jamaican reg­ fact that it sits on the mouth of HeU). For the "Buffyverse"). It was inconceivable that One of the things Whedon and his gae and Hawaiian island sounds. the better part of the formative (and ad­ this was the end ofthe slayer's adventures. production team were constandy frus­ The band has been performing for COURTESY OF NATURALVIBRATIONS.COM mittedly most awkward) years of my- life, During the last episode, Buffy-empow­ Kings of Jawaiaan music, Natural Vibrations bring the trated with was the fact that their cre­ over a decade and has become one of I foUowed the exploits of Buffy Summers ered hundreds of girls around the world sounds of Hawaii and Jamaica to San Francisco's Independent. ative vision was severely restricted by a Hawaii's most successful contempo­ and her group of friends as she fended off by sharing her power with them. Using smaU budget. Not so with a comic book, rary acts. While they have amassed voice far outshines his band's music. the forces of darkness on a weekly basis, a mystical weapon, Buffy and her friends since there's reaUy no limitation on what a large foUowing in the Aloha State, they Natural Vibrations stuck to the typi­ The brainchUd of Joss Whedon, "Buffy created an army of slayers. Although it was the artists can draw. For instance, Buffy's hope to expand their audience to the main­ cal Uve format of playing their weU- the Vampire Slayer" was based on the a neat metaphor for using your strength on little sister, Dawn, has now been turned land with their current west coast tour pro­ known songs and peppering new material to empower others, the campy movie ofthe into a giant after losing her virginity to a moting their new album "From the Heart." throughout the set. "You and I" and "Fight finale left so many ques­ same title whose supernatural creature known as a 'thrice- Taking the stage around midnight at The the Power," were two of the new songs tions unanswered and so only claim to fame wise' (sex rarely comes without repercus­ Independent, Natural Vibrations capped played from their current album, and are many potential storyUnes was being a spec­ sions in the Buffyverse). Clearly, the scope off a night fiUed with Hawaiian-style evidence that they are sticking to their that fans were left des­ tacular faUure at of the story has grown immensely, but, _ reggae that featured opening acts Iration old formula of singing memorable hooks perately craving .more. the box office. The thankfuUy, the dialogue has ensured that and Native Elements. They opened their over simple reggae rhythms. Their five al­ It took four years show first aired as Whedon's storytelling won't lose its charm. set with "Freedom Fighter," one of their bums, whUe far from groundbreaking, of­ since the show's end in a mid-season re­ The artwork is topnotch. In an effort few songs that aren't about love or weed. fer several catchy songs each and played 2003, but fans around placement that was to create a unique visual style, Georges Natural Vibrations earned their chops coUectively they make for a good show. the world are squealing never meant to be Jeanty has not Umited himself to merely playing at backyard beach parties and Natural Vibrations have their Uve act with glee because Buffy renewed. Against recreating the faces of the actors who nightclubs in Hawaii, where party-ending wired. Their shows offer a much fuUer is slaying again, albeit in 'aU odds, Buffy once played the characters on television. brawls are a nightly occurrence. "Freedom . sound than their albums and aUow for a different medium. Joss found a niche au­ In passing, the comic version of Buffy re­ Fighter" is as much a party-starter as it their dub/instrumental influences to shine Whedon is at the helm dience and went on sembles Sarah MicheUe GeUar (sometimes is a plea to the crowd to keep everything through. Thursday night was no excep­ of "Buffy the Vampire for another six sea­ with startUng accuracy), but not in a way "irie" so they are able to finish their set. tion. Their performance was on point. Slayer: Season Eight," a sons. Although the that is detrimental to maintaining a con­ Peni Pua'auU, the lead singer, belts out The upbeat set kept the dance floor fuU comic book with art by show was never a stant flow from one panel to another. The the chorus, "Why do you people want to with people skanking aU night. At the Georges Janty and Jo ratings hit, it was a cover art by Jo Chen is remarkable, with fight? Why can't you people just unite?" end, the crowd chanted out "hana hou" Chen. The story picks favorite among crit­ rich detail and a sophisticated approach. With a majority of the crowd being Ha­ (Hawaiian for encore) in hopes of extend­ up a few months after ics. Joss Whedon's COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX The series, which was originaUy going waiian transplants, they were ecstatic to ing their musical journey home. Natural Comic book brings Buffy back, to fans. Buffy's final epic battle quirky dialogue and to run for only twenty issues, continues see a few of Hawaii's favorite sons on one Vibrations indulged the crowd and played against a horde of vam­ blending of genres to expand as Whedon and his creative of San Francisco's most renowned stages, "One on One", the most risque song in pires. The first four issues make up the first soon created a cult foUowing of rabid fans team come up new ideas and storyUnes. and seemed more than happy to obUge to their catalog, for an encore. Kayton Ma- story arc entitled "The Long Way Home," (think Trekkies). He took great risks with As the story evolves, people Uke Doug­ his request. The dance floor bounced to cariola, the percussionist, shares vocal du­ and are written by Joss Whedon himself. episodes Uke "Hush" (in which the char­ las Petrie, Jane Espenson and Drew the rhythmic sounds of the opening track. ties on "One on One". Macariola raps the We meet up with Buffy in the middle of acters find they can no longer speak and Goddard (who aU wrote for the televi­ "Eez won beeg boi dat bruddah," is how song's hUarious chorus, "boto boto suck a mission. The story starts with a bang and they must experience a day without non­ sion series at one point or another) wUl Pua'auU would be typicaUy described in suck," in between Pua'auU's singing. In the pace thereafter is relentless. We catch verbal communication) and "Once More take turns writing different story arcs. the islands. Pua'auU physicaUy and musi- Hawaiian pidgin, "boto," refers to a man's up not only with Buffy, who now Uves in with FeeUng" (the musical episode where Although the world of Buffy may seem caUy dwarfs his band mates. His big voice penis. The song could be a suggestion of Scotland (a far cry from sunny California), Buffy and her friends sing their deepest, Uke it is reserved strictly for die-hard fans, is surprisingly smooth and races through what to do after a Natural Vibes show? but with her high school buddy Xander as darkest secrets). "Buffy the Vampire Slay­ it's never too late to jump on the bandwag­ their choruses with ease. Pua'auU vocals weU. The characters are reintroduced slow­ Before the crowd had a chance to get to er" also broke ground when Buffy's female on. The seven seasons ofthe show are avaU- are a mix ofthe late Israel Kamakawiwoble, ly and some of them, Uke Buffy's mentor, far into the mood, a fight broke out at the bar. friend WiUow began dating a girl named able in one coUection caUed "The Chosen one of Hawaii's few true international Giles, and gal pal, WiUow, are not seen The night ended in typical island fashion. Tara in coUege. It was one of the earUest CoUection" for a very reasonable price, so stars, and Barrington Levy the Jamaican at aU until the second and third issues. You can take the show out of Hawaii, but and longest-running homosexual romanc­ whether you have been a fan for some time reggae singer renowned for his lyrical mas­ With the reintroduction of old friends you can't take the Hawaii out of the show. es on television up to the date. In short, or are just beginning to whet your appe­ tery. Much like his influences, Pua'auU's comes the resurrection of past foes as weU the show was a pop-culture phenomenon. tite, there is plenty of Buffy stiU to come. Cloud Cult... Sam Green Interview... Interview: Cont 'd from page 6 Interview: Cont'd from page 6 clear-cut. We're Uving in a time when things are much grayer. would be sitting in the background play­ I thought that "The Weather Underground" was a story that ing guitar and coming up with stuff, and was murky, moraUy ambiguous and that it would resonate with then Connie and I would feed off of it people in a way that some other parts ofhistory wouldn't. and it wouldt inspire our work. Eventu- aUy, Craig wanted to bring it to the stage. SFF: So when you first met this guy, were you Uke 'I got this, I'm We thought he was a little crazy at first going to make this movie now'? but we thought it was a reaUy great idea SG: It took a long time to feel Uke I could do it because I had to because painting and writing are very get aU ofthe people to cooperate and aU of them, you know once solo, alone experiences. I think bringing I started to meet other people, said it was a terrible idea. Get­ •that to the stage brings to Ufe the whole ting them to cooperate was a long process and then figuring out process of seeing how the song's being that the picture was going to take some money to make. How created right before your eyes. was I ever going to get money to make a documentary about a group that tried to violently overthrow the government? That SFF: So you don't go in there with any was a pretty hard thing to try and do. It took a whUe to feel Uke sort of idea of what you're going to paint? I could do it; there were a couple of years. Connie Minnowa (live painter): I tend to have some ideas of what I'd Uke to SFF: WhUe you were doing it, did you ever feel Uke you were in paint during the set and kind of map over your head? something out in my brain prior to going SG: Oh yeah, totaUy. I felt over my head a lot of times. That's onstage. Scott and I also swap canvases actuaUy not a bad thing, though. It can be painful at the time, now and again during the set and that but chaUenging yourself for me at least is good. I never made a always brings an element of surprise to long film before so I was learning as I went and a lot of times I see how we translate the different nights reaUy felt Uke I couldn't do it. It's reaUy hard work and it took a and themes of the painting. lot of time. I'm in over my head now on a new thing so I think SW: I think the painting's matured a bit it's kind ofthe inevitable if you're ambitious. too because ofbeing involved in a lot of hearing ofthe writing process of Craig, SFF: What are you working on right now? we've started to understand the story SG: I'm working on a documentary that's kind of a more experi­ behind everything. mental documentary caUed "The Universal Language." It teUs a couple different stories, aU of which are in one way or another, SFF: Craig, your bio on the Cloud Cult about Utopia and the idea of Utopia. One of the stories is about website is a laundry Ust of random jobs this language Esperanto and this crazy Utopian idea from the ranging from ice cream truck driver.... 1800s, and it's stiU around. There are people that speak it aU CM: That was okay for a whUe because around the world. The point ofthe movie is to try to, in a subtle I was going to school for Environmental way and not in a didactic way, look at why there's so little imagi­ Science. You'd seU ice cream and then nation about the future today. In the past, people thought, 'we'U the kids would disperse and then there have robots; we'U Uve on the moon'. People had great fantasies would just be this garbage flying aU over about the future and today I think that ifyou asked most people the place and I just thought 'What am I about the future, it's just kind of Uke 'more people; harder to doing this for?" but it was fun at the same park'; you know, that type of stuff. It's a complicated project and time because the kids were great. Chang­ I'm in way over my head, so I'm not sure how I'm going to do it ing toflets wasn't fun. reaUy.

SFF: So what's in store for Cloud Cult in SFF: Do you use any new tactics in your current project that you the future? haven't done before? CM: We'U be making another album SG: There are different kinds of documentary film-making and in the summer. We'U be doing another what I've done for the most part is historical where you inter­ national tour in the faU, East Coast and view people and you find old footage. It's a specific kind of ap­ West Coast, the whole shaboodle. We're proach and it uses certain skiUs. With this, what I'm trying to do looking at doing an overseas deaho. more is a Verite style which is more like foUowing people around Dan Greenwood (drums): Canada! and learning about them through them doing stuff as appose MF: Yup, we gotta go to Canada to saying stuff. That's hard. I've never worked like that before so it's a big chaUenge and I don't shoot for myself, I have a camera * Visit cloudcult.com or earthology.netfor person so it's even harder to do that with somebody else. It's a more information about Cloud Cult big chaUenge. SPORTS San Francisco Foghorn MAY 10, 2007 Looking Back At The Year In Snorts Review: Cont'd from page 10

ships. The team is set to get better next year as the core group of players improves.

BASEBALL: The Dons basebaU team's last home se­ ries is this weekend starting on Friday 11 May against St. Mary's. The team put forth a vaUant effort this season, but did not win enough conference series to make it to the conference championship tourna­ ment. Losing to both the Santa Clara and Pepperdine series did not help the Dons in their run for the tournament. What made the tournament out of reach for the Dons was losing the on-the-road series against Pordand which was thought to be an easy outing for the Dons. Although the Dons did not make it to the series this year, the Dons were able to beat the Pep­ perdine Waves who are ranked number Need extra credits? GOLDEN STATE OF MIND: and this is what * came UP with: seven in the country in an exciting game resulting in a 5 - 4 win for San Francisco. Stick it Mr. Barkley, just stick it NFL: Instead of 1st and 10, we move The Dons were shut out last weekend by number nine in the country San Diego where the sun don't shine because it back 5 more yards and make it 1st and 15 - what this could do for foot­ who is also a conference rival. Right now Just $20 per unit! the warriors just did exactly what the Dons record is 24 - 26 in their season you thought that they couldn't ball is make sure that nobody runs and 6 - 12 in the conference. The Dons do. The Warriors pulled a first in on first down and even better give could be over a .500 average in both if City College NBA history when they beat the guys like that 6'5 250 pound quarter­ they are able to sweep Saint Mary's. Next top seeded Dallas Mavericks in back with a laser rocket arm Payton year the Dons wiU have some gaps in their Une up. Blake Nelson and Jon Norfolk are six games. This was the first time Manning double the opportunities to throw the ball and to break every both graduating, leaving the Dons with of San Francisco ever that an eighth seeded team an open catcher position. Jonnie Knoble, beat the first seeded team in a record imaginable, not to mention the Dons breakthrough hitter this sea­ best of seven series, and is there make more commercials, I'm sold!. son, is also graduating which wUl force Summer Session 2007 really a better story out there? the Dons to step up their offensive game. Everybody expected the 67 NBA: Move the hoop a foot The Dons wiU start over with a new slate next year and with new recruits coming in win Mavericks to kick around the higher - not so easy to dunk begins June 11. now is it Mr. LeBron James? and returning players from previous sea­ Warriors who barely made the sons the Dons have a good chance to make playoffs with 42 wins and a last it to the conference tournament next year minute hope. The Warriors how­ MLB: Make the bats 10 inches and hopefully puU out a win Uke in 2006. Easy online registration at ever did not see it the same way as thicker - it works for whiffle ball, RECORD (NOT FINAL): 24-26 the Mavericks did and did every­ so why not for baseball? I'd like to thing in their power to win the se­ see some random prospect break the www.ccsf.edu ries. Baron Davis proved that he is homerun record in the first 10 games best player in the playoffs. Stephen of the season. Forget steroids, we Jackson, who is often troubled, have a new controversy on our hands. proved to be a source of leadership and all of the spare parts of the MLS/WORLD CUP: Make the goal a few feet wider - I'm tired of watch­ team clicked together like a well :•:;-".-..• oiled machine while also mak­ ing 0-0 soccer games. Let's make that ing the Mavericks look horrible. baby bigger so we can have those goals NO OTHER COURSE LIKE ST. Likely league MVP Dirk in double digits. If those commercials Nowitski looked invisible in this are right and we really are fans and R STARTERS, YOU GET PAIO TO TA J J. series partially because ofthe great don't know it yet, then why haven't defense that the Warriors were we seen the first ever 20-20 soccer af­ fair? Let's get the ball rolling on that! able to play. Once the heart was p;:-::«: taken out of the Mavericks, they had nothing else left. There was THANKYOU: no better moment of heroism than I want to take the time to thank ev­ i,,: a hobbling Baron Davis coming : v back in the game in game six to fuel eryone this year who has helped the Warriors to destroying Dallas. me along the way. I know this may H So what are the changes sound like speech out of the Oscars, that the Warriors can continue but I don't care and one thing is for sure, I am not manking God first with their "We Believe" cam­ paign into the second round? First of all, I would like to thank The answer is not an easy one the one writer who has stuck with since they face a very tough op­ me through think and through thin, ponent in Utah, but not one that Erika Heyer. I would truly like to m they cannot defeat. Utah brings say that without your" writing, I think the Sports section would have a whole new type of dimension been very bare and not as good. I that the Warriors did not face think you will do great as the next in the Dallas Series. The Jazz Sports Editor, and I very much will attempt to use their size to think you will succeed at the job, abuse the small-ball Warriors line-up. This will be a mismatch I would like to thank all of the for the Warriors, and I won't other writers who did write for me lie: I don't like it. Dallas did not last semester especially Yezenia have a polished low-post scorer Herrera who will be the new Opin­ like Utah does in Carlos Boozer. ion Editor next year. I truly loved your work and wish you could have If the Warriors keep up their . stayed in sports, but I still thank up-tempo offense and show heart, you for all the work you've done. they can win against Utah and move on to face either Phoenix or Hunter and Corinna (although Inquire about our full-tuition scholarships at USF. For more information you aren't here), I want to thank you San Antonio for a chance to play contact Tad Fichtel at 800-854-1385, stop by USF Army ROTC Admissions for the NBA title. The odds are guys for all the photo work you did good, but it will take a lot of work. and provided me with all the great action shots as well as for the articles Office, email: [email protected] or visit: www.USFROTC.com you wrote for me from time to time. RULE MEANT TO BE BRO­ KEN: This was truly a team effort This past week the NCAA and I want to thank everybody decided to move the men's three- who has given me a hand, even if I don't know you by name. I leave ENROLL IN ARMY ^ point line a whole foot further then BECOME AN ARMY OFFICL the previous line. What this will the Sports section in the hands of a L mean is that the guys will now have very capable person who can bring fu.S.ARMY to shoot from a lot farther than be­ it to new heights and I expect noth­ fore. This got me thinking though, ing less. So everyone, thank you! what if some other rules changed San Francisco Foghorn MAY 10. 2007 SPORTS 10 A LOOK BACK AT THE YEAR IN OSF SPORTS ILYA FISHMAN ERIKA HEYER Shay RoUins was an honorable men­ Sports Writers Surratt went down with a knee injury in tion, arid freshman guard Heidi Heintz the second half. With a 5-4 record in con­ was named to the AU-Freshman team. There are a lot of positives on the team, MEN'S SOCCER: ference so far, the final few games of the and with a few improvements this wiU be The Soccer season started off on conference schedule would be key to fig­ uring out USF's placement in the WCC the team to beat in the WCC next year. the right foot where USF beat two pe­ FINAL RECORD: 10-23 rennial powers by shut-out in Cal and Stan­ Tournament. USF would win their next ford. AU in aU, over the first six games ofthe three games against Pepperdine, LMU and season the Dons went 5-0-1. USF would a bracketbuster game against UC Irvine. MEN'STENNIS: visit UCLA on their next road trip and faU A visit to St. Mary's would not bode The USF men's tennis team was also to UCLA for their first loss ofthe season. weU for the Dons as once again the Gales overpowered the Dons and snapped the very much improved. WhUe they lost Their second loss came in the follow­ their first match of the season to BYU, ing game at home against Santa Clara for Dons three game winning streak. A heart­ breaking loss to Gonzaga at home fol­ they would come back to win their next the Dons first home loss ofthe season. Fol­ four in a row before losing to St. Mary's. lowing that loss, USF regrouped and man­ lowed, but lucidly for USF, a game against USF would come back to beat UC aged to win four straight games on the road last place Pordand was next which the Davis at home and then travel to San An­ against conference rivals LMU, Pordand, Dons won and cUnched a 4th place fin­ tonio for a tournament. The Dons would Gonzaga and USD. In their first game back ish which meant that they received a drop both games of the tournament to home, USF once again feU to rival Santa first round bye in the WCC tournament. the home team in Texas-San Antonio and Clara. With the team looking to domi­ In their WCC Tournament game, the then to East Tennessee. Coming back from nate, they had quiet a chaUenge coming up. Dons were upset by USD, the same USD their long trip, the Dons could not snap the that USF defeated twice. This ended the In their next game, USF would go losing streak and beat Santa Clara. They season for the Dons, but there were some on the road -against St. Mary's and dis­ would finaUy snap the three game losing positives that came out of aU of this. Senior patch them in a very close game. Their streak by beating Cal Poly and UCSB forward Alan Wiggins had another terrific next two home games however against on the road. Tough times reaUy hit next. year for the Dons and was once again named Portland and Gonzaga would not go The Dons would go 3-7 in their re­ nearly as weU as the Dons -dropped both the Team MVP at the USF banquet. He was also named first team AU-WCC. The maining 10 matches and hmp into their games. The Dons were hanging around WCC Tournament meeting with' the at that point with a 10-6-1 record. next year brings a lot of promise for the Dons, and I have talked a lot about them home team, USD. After the first day was The Dons finished off their regular sea­ suspended by rain with the score tied at 1 before, so I have no need to go more into it. son right by beating both USD and LMU the next day USD would turn up the heat FINAL RECORD: 13-18 on the road. Once the season came to an and finish off USF by the score of 4-1. end, USF awaited their bid for the NCAA USF would, however, win their next two tournament. By the bad luck of the draw match-ups against LMU and Portland WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: USF received a game with a very hot New HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN to place 5th in the WCC Tournament In the first year under new coach Mexico team.The Dons would face them at USF Junior Defender was spectacular for the the Dons this season winning the but not make the NCAA Tournament. Tanya Haave, the team struggled to find home and despite their hardest efforts, they multiple awards. He took home the WCC Player of the Year, and the Joe Al­ A lot of good came out of this season len Most Valuable Player. He gives the Dons a great chance of winning next consistency. The team was very young and could not puU out the victory and would for the Dons. Senior Matthew Berry was faU by the score of 1-0 ending their season. did not quite have the talent to compete in the stacked WCC. They started the named to the first team AU-WCC. Sopho­ Despite the disappointing finish, there ers, USF gains a lot more, and big things After that solid start, USF faced its first season off on the right foot by beating more Thong Tu was named to the second were a lot of highs for the Dons. Senior are going to come sooner rather than later. chaUenge of the year and could not come San Francisco State and Sonoma State team, and Asaf Cohen was named honor­ goaltender Geremy Uhl was his normal FINAL RECORD: 5-13-2 out on top as Fresno State dismanded the in exhibition games; however as the sea­ able mention. The team is looking to buUd stingy self despite not receiving any post­ high powered USF attack. Losses to two son started, the team struggled. The team on this success and do better next season. season awards. Junior defender Rob Val­ tough foes foUowed in Ohio State and traveled to Colorado (Haave's old school) FINAL RECORD: 12-13 entino was named the WCC player of VOLLEYBALL: UNLV, both NCAA tournament teams and Wyoming and lost both games. the year. Two seniors were taken in the USF voUeybaU had a great year in most and sweet sixteen teams. USF would come USF tasted victory not much later as MLS draft: Aaron Chandler was taken people's eyes, but was not able to make the home and win their home game against the Dons defeated Colorado State in then- WOMEN'S TENNIS: in the forth round and a Uttle later on, NCAA tournament despite their record. Northern Arizona after losing three in next game, but inconsistency became a The women and the men would be in Kevin Long went, too. Valentino and fel­ The girls only managed to lose one match a row. What foUowed was not pretty. problem as they could not string two wins the same predicament in the same year. low defender Chris Rodd shared the Joe in their first 17 attempts, compiUng a record USF could not maintain the mo­ in a row and lost their next game to Miami. The team started off pretty slow losing AUen Most Valuable Player award at the of 16-1 to start the season. However, once mentum from the victory. In fact they The Dons would next play in the OdwaUa to two national powers in Long Beach USF banquet. The team is poised to take paired with some tough conference foes, seemed to go in the opposite direc­ classic and would win the first game, but State and UC Irvine (both ranked in the the next step in the coming season. De­ USF's flaws started to show as they lost four tion. They managed to win only one lose in the championship to Delaware. From top 70 in the country) out of Big West spite losing a few key pieces, they gain a straight matches to conference foes USD, game out of the next nine games and that point onward, USF feU on hard times. Conference. USF would win their next lot in the form of players coming back Santa Clara, Saint Mary's and Pepperdine. sunk to a low with a record of 6-11. The Dons went 6-16 in their foUowing game afterwards winning the consolation from injury (Brandon McDonald), play­ Losing wasn't something the girls were The Dons traveled home after a less 22 games including losing five in a row at game in Irvine against CSU FuUerton. ers taking the next step (Connor Chin) used to up to this point, and they would than steUar road trip for their first confer­ one point. Their victories came against the Inconsistency would foUow, as the la­ and new freshmen joining the team. have none of it as they bounced back and ence game and in what may have been the Ukes of Florida State, Columbia, Nevada, dies would lose their next game at Pacific FINAL RECORD: 12-7-1 decisively won three straight matches game ofthe year, USF beat USD in double Pepperdine and Santa Clara. USF would and then come home and beat Gonzaga against LMU, Gonzaga and Portland. Al­ overtime and on some clutch shooting though they played weU, they could not head into the WCC tournament being just to go on the road and lose to Santa by KeUogg. That game and performance Clara. Once they came back from Santa keep the consistency as they lost to USD the second to WOMEN'S SOCCER: became Clara, they won their next home match and Santa Clara, two perennial 'powers, the last seed USF women's soccer had to weather a a step­ against UCSB. The momentum, however, but managed to win two in a row after­ and have a very hard season. In the first three games ping stone would not be on the side of the Dons as wards against Saint Mary's and LMU. tough match of the season, the Dons could not score a for more they went on to lose the next four matches In the last five games of the season, USF up in USD, single goal as they dropped aU three .games victories including three home matches. FoUow­ went 2-3 to finish off with a record of but a lot Uke to UC Davis, Stanford and Fresno State. as USF ing that losing streak, the team would go 23-10 and leave their fate in the hands last year, the Things would momentarily look up from won their on a five match winning streak includ­ of- the NCAA Tournament committee Dons had a there as they faced two weaker oppo­ next two ing winning four of the matches at home. who did not look favorably at the Dons. games on few tricks up nents in San Jose State and CSU North­ The Dons would go 3-2 in their fi­ It was a season of a lot of highs, but a the road their sleeves. ridge and managed to defeat them both. nal five matches streaking into the WCC great low came when USF coach Jeff Nel­ against In their From then on, it was a heUish end Tournament meeting with USD. The la­ son unexpectedly left his post at USF to LMU and first round to the season, as the Dons would finish dies, however, would faU to the same fate pursue the head coaching job at the Uni­ Pepper­ match up with a record of 3-10-2 in their remain­ as the men and lose to USD in the first versity of New Mexico. USF was able to dine. As with USD, ing 15 games only defeating Pepperdine, round, but come back to win their next recover and find someone very capable the dons USF would CorneU and CSU' Fullerton. The Dons match up against Gonzaga and end the to take over the program. Gilad Doron, looked to puU of the would only manage to win one conference season with a tie against Santa Clara. formerly of ViUanova, comes in with be peak­ upset of the game and have a tie in another whUe los­ Two of the players on the team re­ a very good resume and has aU of the ing in tournament ing the rest. Goal scoring was also a key ceived WCC Honorable Mention in tools to help the Dons take the next step. WCC knocking off piece missing this year as they Dons were senior CamiUe Pamart and sopho­ On another high note, Junior Kristen play, they the higher shut out 11 times during the year and more Mylene Martin. This is anoth­ Hasselberg was named to the WCC ran into ranked seed only managed to score 16 goals on the er USF program that is on the rise First Team. This team is also going to a tough for the sec­ year as opposed to more than double by and expects bigger things next season. stay intact, losing-only one senior. With challenge ond year in their opponents. The bulk of the scoring FINAL RECORD: 11-11-1 the coaching of Doron, this team is ca­ from a a row quiet was done by senior forward Chelsea Hunt HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN pable of moving forward and making the good St. easUy. They and junior forward Fiona O'SuUivan. Freshman guard Heidi Heintx was a kew piece to a USF NCAA tournament as soon as next year. Mary's faced a tough­ The off-season as weU provided much FINAL RECORD: 23-10 team that is improving. She proved to be a great asset for er chaUenge WOMEN'S AND MENS GOLF: team and the future with her selection to the AU-Freshman team drama because after that dismal sea­ in the next The golf team had a great year. The lost in ih the WCC. Look for her to be a great bulding block for son, Head Coach Pamela KaUnosk was game in the team made the NCAA Regional tourna­ overtime future success let go and a new man would take over eventual tour­ ment for the sixth time in program his­ MEN'S BASKETBALL: for their the job in Mark Carr from UCLA. On a nament winner, Gonzaga. tory. USF enters the post season with the Men's BasketbaU came into the sea­ brighter note, six USF players were given first conference loss of the season. Santa Despite the hardships this past season 36th ranked record in the country came son with a lot of hype. The new acquisi­ AU-WCC honors led by Hunt who was Clara came to War Memorial as weU and there are a lot of positives to look for next in as the 40th team in the country ac­ tions for USF in transfer guards Anto­ picked for AU-WCC second team for managed to defeat USF with ease and then year. USF has announced the signings of cording to the recent GolfWeek.com poU. nio KeUogg and Manny Quezada added the third straight year. Five other play­ lost their third game in a row against Gon­ six new standout players for next year. The They wiU be the 12th seeded team in next to the already solid core of players were ers were named honorable mention. zaga on the road with a shorthanded team. players that were inexperienced before this week's tournament. Expect results from supposed to push USF over the top in The changes for the Dons bring a USF would bounce back with victo- year receive a good year of experience in this talented squad, especiaUy from their the WCC, but disappointment foUowed. '_% bright future to the program. Hiring a new WCC play and can contribute more next most talented player, Junior Jessica Potter. The Dons raced off to a promising ries against Portland and USD, but would coach out of one of the winning programs year. Junior guard Dominique Carter re­ The men would not do quite as weU as start with a win in their first three weeks drop their next game to conference rival around shows USF's commitment to the ceived first team AU-WCC honors for the their female counterparts and would just against CSU Stanislaus, Sonoma State and Santa Clara who seemed to have USF's program. Despite losing some great play- third consecutive year. Sophomore guard tie for fifth place in the WCC champion- Sacramento State, aU lower tier schools. number this year. With that loss a bigger one followed as senior guard Armando