Presidential Student Businesses Candidate to Close in Protest Visit Campus Ua Steakley

Opinion: Smith & Wesson Takes the Safe Route—Page 4 Scene: Tacos and SoCal in The City—Page 7 °s: San Francisco FOGHORTHE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FR A N cN I s c o MARCH 30, 2000 VOLUME 96, ISSUE l6 Presidential Student Businesses Candidate to Close in Protest Ua Steakley EXECUTIVE EDITOR Students trying to get their daily Visit Campus caffeine from Crossroads, Cross Leah Hltchlngs roads Too, and AS Express were met NEWS EDITOR School of Theology, and Gonzaga with locked doors on March 23 and The search for the next president University, receiving degrees in 24. In front ofthe doors were stacks of the University of San Francisco, catechetics and religious education, of letters from a newly-formed to replace Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J., modem European history, and phi group called the "United Student is in its final stages. losophy. Forum." What ignited the letter was In a statement from the Office of Among Privett's noteworthy ac the resignation ofthe ASUSF busi the President issued March 27th, the complishments is his role in establish ness manager, Julie Ardell, the tenth Provost and Vice President of Santa ing the Eastside Project at Santa Clara. resignation in two years in the Di Clara University, Stephen A. Privett, The Eastside program "received na vision of Student Affairs. S.J., was termed "an excellent final tional recognition as a model com "It's something that has been candidate" for the position of presi munity-based learning program," brewing for a long time in terms of dent. said the President's Office. student sentiment," Privett, who has worked at Santa In addition, Privett has written said Brooks Oswald, general man Clara since 1985, holds the second various articles and a book entitled ager ofthe student-run Crossroads. highest position at the University as The U.S. Catholic Church and its His"The last resignation is not the LEAH HITCH1NGS/FOGHORN Dana Evans, from the Black Student Union, addresses a meeting ofthe Provost. panic Members. cause, but sparked a powder keg of United Student Forum on Monday night. According to the Office of the The campus community will be problems under Student Affairs. President, "interviews and reference able to meet Rev. Privett at a series of The concerns ofthe United Student which "fostered feelings of distrust." ally-charged issues," said Dr. checks" of presidential candidates sessions on Thursday, March 30th. Forum are not with money, but The letter was signed by over 40 Carmen Jordan-Cox, president of were conducted. The release stated, These will include meetings with sup with establishing better communi campus individuals and organiza Student Affairs. "People will not al "Arriving at such a qualified and USF- port and administrative staff, faculty, cation" tions. The letter was sent to the ways agree on the outcome, no mat appropriate final candidate is a trib and students. The letter addressed five con President's Office, each member of ter how collaborative the process." ute to the professionalism and hard The Students' Open Meeting cerns about the Division of Student the Board of Trustees, administra "It was a surprise, in the sense work ofthe Trustee Search Commit will be held from 3:30 to 5:00 Affairs. They ranged from lack of tors and faculty. that not a single individual has ever tee and University Committee." p.m. in McLaren Room 252. The communication between Student "The Student Affairs Division come to me to express the concerns Privett's list of qualifications is Office of the President has urged Affairs in business planning meet has ten administrative departments that were being made to me in the lengthy. He attended the Catholic students to visit the University ings and hiring committees to the and over 160 full-time and part- letter," said David Bush, associate University of America, University of homepage to find out more department's "inconsistent" sup time staff. We are charged with tack vice-president of Student Affairs. "I California at Santa Barbara, the Jesuit about Rev. Privett. port of student organizations, ling some very tough and emotion Forum: Page 3 Howard Zinn and Ben Students Celebrate Affleck Reflect on History Women's Week Leah Hltchlngs Activities promote awareness NEWS (jjpiTOR "I'm here to see the sexiest god Lia Steakley available. Students interested in alive," said sophomore Omaria EXECUTIVE EDITOR violence against women could find Faroq, one of over 477 University of The University of San Francisco out more about the problem on a San Francisco students, faculty, and Women's Resource organization global level by attending a brown administration to attend an event kicked offthe 2nd annual Women's bag lunch with speaker Dr. Linda that hosted historian Howard Zinn Week celebration on March 21 in Walsh of USF's nursing depart and celebrity Ben Affleck on March Hayes-Healy's formal lounge. ment or march with fellow stu 21. Event topics ranged from faculty dents to "Take Back the Night." As Zinn and Affleck sipped Ice chats to programs promoting Walsh spoke to an intimate Mountain waters while seated on the women's inde group of stu- Gershwin Theater stage, they told the pendence. dents in Hayes- audience about their collaborative "On a cam Healy's lounge project to make a television pus that's "On a campus that's about the abuse miniseries based on Zinn's book, A nearly 70 per nearly 70 percent of women COURTESY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS cent women, around the People's History ofthe United States.Zin n and Affleck, long time friends,teased each other while discussing we want to rec women, we want to world. She read The evening was sponsored by their miniseries project of A People's History of the United States. ognize the ef recognize the efforts excerpts about the politics department, the Dean's specific in being interested in Zinn's activism known as the author of A People's forts and and struggles of Office ofthe Arts and Sciences, and stances in Af and writing, especially A People's His History ofthe United States, a book struggles of the fine and performing arts depart women." rica, the tory of the United States? he said. that recounts American history women," said ment. Professor Robert Elias, Chair Balkans and of the politics Elias, a former "from the grassroots perspective," Stephanie —Stephanie Connor Conner, co- CO-PRESIDENT OF South East Asia, and legal studies professor at said Elias. which told department, was Tufts University, Affleck has starred in a number president of WOMEN'S RESOURCE ROOM USF's women's gruesome hor one member of "I got into history knew of Zinn, of films, including Dogma and Ar ror stories of the USF com with a very modest who was also a mageddon, and won an Academy resource room. endless torture in the face of the Award for co-writing the script of munity active in aim: I wanted to professor in A diversity in programs and women's family and public. Al bringing Zinn Boston. Good WiU Hunting. times were offered in order to en though the stories were of foreign and Affleck to change the world." Zinn, a play Ziftn talked about his days in the sure that all interested parties cultures and locations, the issue hit campus. "The —Howard Zinn wright, profes Air Force during World War II and could join in the celebration. For close to home when women in the project they're AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN sor, and his work at Spelman College during those concerned about nutrition group told personal stories about working on is Fullbright the Civil Rights movement He said, and body image the "Mirror, Mir Students March: Page 3 rooted in Affleck Scholar, is best Academic: Page 2 ror, on the Wall" program was San Francisco Foghorn NEWS March 30, 2000 Business Manager Resigns Academic and Lia Steakley going back to performing arts. substantial debt. Now the student EXECUTIVE EDITOR But that was not the only reason," managers will have to rely on al Celebrity Join Forces For the second time in two said Ardell. ternative resources in order to From Front Page years, the Associated Students of Ardell elaborated on some of continue the financial prosperity the University of San Francisco the key events leading up to her of the businesses. "I got into history with a very mod countered people who have never have witnessed the resignation of resignation. "One instance was "I no longer have a profes est aim: I wanted to change the seen a black person. It's like they're its business manager, leaving when a Student Affairs official in sional staff person who's solely world." living on Mars." some of the campus community vited an accountant to present responsible for running the busi During his speech, Affleck dis Students of the politics depart questioning the department of (account information) to student ness. Right now I don't know cussed his relationship with Howard ment "were given first crack" at ob Student Affairs. managers, but the student man who I'm supposed to go to for Zinn, whom he has known since his taining tickets to the event, said Pro March 24 marked the final day agers and I were left out. To this support," said Karla Kim, general childhood in Boston. "For a long fessor Elias. Politics students com of former ASUSF Business Man day I don't think that Senate re manager of AS Express. "It's up time, Howard was some guy who prised roughly one-quarter of those ager, Julie alizes we had in the air right now.

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