SCSnGI Tapioca heaven or hell?—Page 8 SpOttSI 'Headers' make sports headlines—Page 16 „fiPPIi| San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO OCTOBER 12,2000 VOLUME 97, ISSUE 4 Student Business Richmond Campaign Heats Up Alumnus and professor back Supervisor candidate Christopher A. Bess cording to Ambul, respect for his can­ Managers Resign FOGHORN STMT didate is what keeps him on the job. Lia Steakley The University of San Francisco "We need someone competent EXECUTIVE EDITOR ON THE INSIDE has become a battleground for city on the Board of Supervisors who will This Friday is AS Express gen­ politics. While Jake McGoldrick, a not rubber-stamp for Willie Brown," eral manager, Karla Kim's, last day. professor at USF, is making a bid for Ambul said. Kim's resignation comes shortly af­ Search for Business the Board of Supervisors, several Dr. Richard Sonnenshein, a re­ ter the September 25 resignation of Manager Continues USF students, alumni and a retired tired USF logic professor, is also ASUSF assistant business manager, professor are working hard to Megan Andres. backing another get Ron PAGE 4 Kim stated in her letter of res­ candidate for "After years of com­ Konopaski ignation that in the last three years the same Rich­ elected. she has watched the Associated Senate president. mond District plaining about the D r Students of the University of San Dr. David Bush, associate vice seat: Dr. Ron nonsense coming Sonnenshein is Francisco struggle, while lacking president of Student Affairs, had Konopaski. from City Hall, my putting his effort resources, role models and ad­ no comment on Kim's resignation Through his and skill behind friends told me to put equate professional staff. nor how it will affect AS Express. activism in the the campaign COURTESY OF KONOPASKI "I hope my resignation draws Dr. Carmen Jordan-Cox, vice neighborhood up or shut up." because, he said, Ron Konopaski, candidate for attention to the inadequacies of president of student affairs, said, and connections —Ron Konopaski "I am convinced Richmond District Supervisor. "Allison Richardson has complete with local that Ron ASUSF and the inadequacies ofthe SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE businesses of ASUSF and the divi­ responsibility for all matters per­ Catholic par­ Konopaski is Ron Konopaski, a retired dentist sion of Student Affairs," said Kim. taining to the ASUSF businesses." ishes, Dr. much more and 31-year resident of the Rich­ "It surprised me that she would Dr. Jordan-Cox had no further Konopaski came honest and far mond District, told the Foghorn that say that because we have been comment. into contact with the USF personali­ more intelligent than anyone else his friends and neighbors convinced working on a list of expectations "From my conversation with ties who now lead his campaign staff. running for office today. He's not a him to seek public office. "After years for the businesses and I think we Karla on October 4, she stated she Steve Ambul, who graduated last professional politician, and thus can of complaining about the nonsense have definitely made improve­ felt she was overwhelmed and had spring, is currently serving as Dr. understand the frustration of ordi­ coming from City Hall, my friends ments," said Holly Hogan, ASUSF Resignations: Page 2 Konopaski's campaign manager. Ac- nary citizens in San Francisco." Candidate: Page 5 Outdoor Art Comes to Campus slow Internet Victoria Leon Guerrero FOGHORN STAFFWRITER Aggravates Students With red beds hanging from trees and old wooden doors lining Andrew DeFrancis the lawns of the University of San FOGHORN STAFFWRITER Francisco, one cannot help but there simply isn't enough band­ wonder what's going on. A frequently overheard width available for the amount These eye-catching objects are complaint this year has been the of people using the Internet, but only a small portion of "Sculpture/ slow Internet connection ofthe this may only be a small part of USF/2000," the University's first computers across campus. The the problem. annual outdoor sculpture exhibi­ Internet is slower than ever at USF utilizes four Tl lines as tion. * USF, and with the introduction access to the information super­ The exhibit will feature eleven of new computer equipment highway, three designated for Bay Area sculptors whose work will this year, many students won­ various campus uses and one represent "classical, conceptual, der why there is a problem. line designated for all the resi­ installation and environmental in­ Junior Jasmine DeField said dence halls, including Pedro fluences," said a press release from that her Arrupe the USF Thacher Gallery. Internet House. At Blankman, the artist, strategically places the beds that hang around campus. first glance, Sculpture/USF/2000 begins connection "Sometimes It will be "I think it's an interesting con­ "varies." it appears on October 13 and will remain "It's a great way to spice up the slow just download­ on campus through January 5, campus," said Mike Ausman, a cept," said Erica Young, a USF "Sometimes that Infor- 2001. All of the artists loaned junior at the University. freshman who is majoring in art it will be ing the Hotmail home m a t i o n their pieces to the school for this Judith Blankman, the artist and fashion design. "It's visually slow just page." Technology three-month period. who created the bed sculptures, stimulating and adds flavor to the download­ Services —Jasmine DeField simply "We want the public to expe­ which she calls "Red River Beds," campus." ing the STUDENT needs to add rience art as part of the world, to said she wanted to spark imagi­ Kamler said Blankman's display Hotmail include art in their lives," said Ri­ nation with her piece. and all the others will be open to home page. ______ another line chard Kamler, assistant professor "A lot of people have been com­ the public 24-hours a day. Most of the to the resi­ of fine and performing arts, one ing up to me asking for their mean­ "We want to invite the commu­ time though, it is adequate," she dence halls to alleviate the prob­ of the main organizers of the ing," Blankman said. "And that is nity to know about art and see said. lem. Although this will not suf­ event. the best part of this project, it in­ what we do," he said. "I am pleased Mynor Aragon, another USF ficiently resolve the situation, The fine arts department dis­ sights curiosity and inspires a fan­ that USF can provide an opportu­ student, said that he "can't even ITS is attempting to relocate cussed the show for about a year, tasy state in which people wish nity for sculptors to show their check the e-mail [his] teacher one of the campus Tl lines to Kamler said. they could be up in the beds." work." sent because it takes 10 min­ accommodate the residence halls instead, thereby doubling "We wanted to do a sculpture Blankman hung her pieces to Blankman, as an artist, was also utes." the speed of the dorm Internet walk. To bring visibility to arts make it seem as though the beds pleased by USF's endeavor. "I like Many students acknowledge connection. Eventually, a third at USF," he said. were continuously flowing the expansiveness and variety of Napster, an application that al­ Tl for campus use would re­ Several students said the seven through the air like water through USF," Blankman said. "And there is lows users to share music with place this line, increasing USF's red beds that hang near Xavier a river. She said she wanted to cre­ a built-in audience of people who each other over the Internet, as total to five Tl's. Reisdence Hall and Harney Plaza ate a new relationship between the will engage in the art." the culprit, yet they do not un­ have really grabbed their atten­ trees and the beds to shift the per­ Students, the main audience for derstand how it is at fault. The "Adding more bandwidth to tion. ception ofthe objects so that they the art exhibit, on the whole have fastest growing application in the residence halls will not solve history is remarkable for its the problem," said Abe Baggen, "They resemble something aren't so familiar to people, creat­ been intrigued by Sculpture/USF/ utilitarian use of the USF's Chief Information Of­ out of the Blair Witch Project," ing what she called "domestic na­ 2000 so far. "There's a lot of art in connection's bandwidth. The ficer. "Napster works by send­ said freshman Angela Forte. "Its ture." San Francisco that no one gets to first conclusion to which stu­ ing and receiving as targe of unique presence can stimulate The beds were previously hung see," Jake Browning Jr., a USF jun­ dents jump, however, is that Napster: Page 5 several images, many of which at The Paradise Ridge Winery in ior said. "So it's great that USF is are morbid in my mind." Santa Rosa. bringing it to them." San Francisco Foghorn NEWS October 12, 2000 Resignations Highlight Lack of Business Manager From Front Page couldn't last the semester." status of the ASUSF student busi­ Andres and Kim think that it could since I was a freshman and I have staff issues and needed to work on In the case of Andres' resigna­ nesses. be attributed to the loss of the worked tirelessly to make it work. her thesis," said Allison tion, her assistant Cristina "The student businesses still ASUSF business manager last As long as I stayed in that position Richardson, director of student Vasqueze, who started working in came in at a deficit last year but it March.