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Opinion: Pouring a cup of holiday fear—Page 7 SCBHei Holiday movie guide—Page 9 ;||mSKs San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 30, 2000 VOLUME 97, ISSUE 9 Volunteerism New President Inaugurated Christopher A. Bess Peaks at Holiday FOGHORN STAFF Amid thunderous tones blar­ ing from St. Ignatius Church's Season pipe organ, swirling colors of academic robes and a general air USF community members of pomp and circumstance, rich and powerful San Francisco per­ sonalities, including Mayor organize and facilitate aid projects Willie Brown and Archbishop William J. Levada, joined the fac­ Jessica Dryden-Cook Castano and his friend ulty, students and other members MANAGING EDITOR watched in amazement as turkey of the University of San Fran­ Arnold Castano, a University and cheddar cheese sandwiches cisco in officially welcoming the of San Francisco MBA student, and almond-studded bear claws Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J. as the and his friend tightly hugged the disappeared from the once full 27th president of the University brown bags overwhelming with bags and brought elated grins to of San Francisco. extra food as they approached a the rowdy group. St. Ignatius Church was the group of homeless people sing­ "It's such a wonderful feeling venue for two days of official ing on Haight Street. to be able to give to others and events, including a Mass of the COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS "We're passing out food to­ to be a part of helping someone's Holy Spirit on November 17 and Rev. Stephen A. Privett, SJ. welcomes Mayor Willie Brown to the night, are you hungry?" The life," Castano said. "I like to get an inauguration ceremony on inaugural ceremonies held November 18 in St. Ignatius Church. grubby bunch halted their musi­ my friends together and make November 18. The mass and in­ cal rendition and flashed their [volunteering] an event, to share auguration celebrated both ration ceremony: "Educating for erally seen in one place, toothless smiles. They began the experience with everyone." Privett's new leadership and the a Just Society." Saturday's inauguration filled the searching through the left over Castano's and his friend's ef­ deaths of Jesuits and women em­ While the mass was well-at­ church almost to capacity and sandwiches and pastries from fort is just one example of USF's ployees at the University of Cen­ tended and began with a long li­ began with an even longer pro­ Crossroad's Cafe, which are left holiday giving and volunteering tral America eleven years ago. turgical procession of acolytes, cession, mostly composed of pro­ outside its doors at the end of the spirit. From food drives to toy The dual themes were empha­ lectors, eucharistic ministers and fessors and administrators in full night. University: Page 3 sized by the title of the inaugu- more Jesuit priests than are gen­ Local Personalities: Page 2 McLaren Business School to A Fractured Peace Move to Army Training Site Panel addresses Mid-East conflict Leah Hltchlngs the best hope for peace," Zunes New business building to create more room for new NEWS EDITOR said. "It's the opposite. The US The University of San has been screwing things up." faculty and social space for students Francisco community contin­ In contrast, Brysk said, "I ued its discussion of the think it's naive to say that the Mill Shah Middle East conflict and its re­ US is causing this conflict. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR schools offer their students simply Fundraising activities are al­ percussions for students on This violence has been occur­ Prior to his departure from the in regards to space and environ­ ready underway but won't kick November 27 in Crossroads ring for centuries, since the University of San Francisco, Rev. ment, and we can do the same for into full gear until designs and lay­ Caft. A panel of speakers gave rule ofthe Ottomans." John P. Schlegel, S.J. designated the our students," he added. outs for the building are approved their viewpoints and opinions The two speakers disagreed present ROTC building as the fu­ The third reason for the new and final. on the conflict in a forum over the truth of certain points, ture site for the new McLaren building is the technology issue. University Advancement and called "A Fractured Peace." The and Brysk took offense at some School of Business and Manage­ "I think we would be offering the School of Business and Man­ speakers included Stephen of Zunes' topics. ment. students the highest quality of edu­ agement are partnering in Zunes, associate professor of "I have problems with some Still in the preliminary plan­ cation," Muscat said. fundraising endeavors. politics and Seth Brysk, the di­ of Zunes' facts," said Brysk. ning stages, the new building will The next several months are The question of the current rector of San Francisco Hillel. Both Zunes and Brysk at­ likely be built in what is called the planning stages, according to Mus­ McLaren School of Business and Assistant professor of politics tacked Yassir Arafat. "Arafat is "underhill" area of the University cat. Management is also an issue. •Cynthia Boaz mediated the really slimey," said Zunes. "The of San Francisco Lone Mountain "The most important thing right "Right now we're part of a dor­ discussion. Palestinian Authority officials Campus between the new Jesuit now is getting the drawings created mitory,' said Muscat. Both Zunes and Brysk have Rolexes, Mercedes cars residence, Loyola House, and the and approved, and the dean of the Once the building is finished, it called for a peaceful end to the and villas." School of Education. school [Gary Williams] is oversee­ is likely that the McLaren building fighting, but each had a differ­ Brysk said, "The Palestin­ The actual building is expected ing much of that." Williams is in will revert to dorms, an obvious ben­ ent perspective on the issue. ians have the reputation of not to take up from 50,000 to 70,000 Asia and was unable to comment. efit for students living on campus. WhUe Brysk emphasized the being good negotiators. If only square feet and will be structurally importance of negotiation be­ the Palestinians had another designed to "hug the side of the tween Israelis and Palestinians, Nelson Mandela." hill," said Eugene Muscat, Associ­ Zunes focused on the inappro­ After the two men spoke, ate Dean of the School of Business priate actions of the US gov­ they fielded questions from and Management. ernment and its involvement students. Topics discussed in­ "We've outgrown the current in the conflict. cluded the role of Palestinian business school facilities," said "As a Jew, as an Israeli citi­ children in the conflict, the re­ Muscat. zen, the recent round of vio­ ality of a peace and the nego­ He said that there were three lence is something that deeply tiation skills of each side. main reasons why the University of troubles me and Israel," said One student, a Palestinian, San Francisco decided that it was UNIVERSITY of Brysk, who works with Jewish addressed the speakers and time to build a new business school IV**—. ..•••: students at USF, SF State Uni­ audience with an impassioned building. versity and other institutions. description of her background "We've added faculty and don't "It's scary and tragic. I think and emotional reactions to the have anywhere to put them," he a n S both sides really want to end conflict. "What's underpin­ said. £ . <*ool this." ning a lot ofthe violence now "There are also no real social Zunes cited the US as the is that it's a war between teen­ spaces in the present building for cause of much of the Middle agers," she said. "I'm Palestin­ students to informally meet or just Eastern violence. "There's a ian, but we are all part of the have a cup of coffee," he said. The future site ofthe McLaren School of business will be at the current myth out there - that the US is human race." "I've seen what other business ROTC location. San Francisco Foghorn NEWS November 30, 2000 Local Personalities Turn Out for Inauguration From Front Page academic regalia. It took more gural theme of "Educating for a than 15 minutes for the inaugu­ Just Society." Levada said that the ral procession to move com­ Church is "proud of this univer­ pletely from outside the church sity" and praised the papal docu­ on Fulton Street to the first sev­ ment "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," which eral pews in the nave, while the he said, "invites us to renew co­ organist accompanied the stop- operation between the Church and-go foot traffic with festive and its universities in educating works by Telemann and Gigout. for a just society." Aside from Levada fur- a brief musical ther remarked interlude, upon the ap­ speeches by "Fr. Privett, I am propriateness members of delighted the respon­ of holding the the University, sibility for affordable inauguration The City, and upon the anni­ the Society of housing has been versary of the Jesus ac­ transferred directly Jesuit martyr­ counted for to you." dom in El Sal­ most of the vador, calling two-and-a- —Willie Brown it "an expres­ half-hour long MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO sion of ceremony. Af- — newfound soli­ ter an invoca­ darity of the tion to "The Spirit of Wisdom, Church in the Americas." Love and Peace" by Maureen Welcoming Privett on behalf Pryor, executive director of Uni­ of the California Province of the COURTESY OE MEDIA RELATIONS versity Ministry, Dr. Esther Society of Jesus was Rev.

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