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' ajtn jgtotn Campus to Accomodate More Parking for Bicyclists LAURA PLANTHOLT News Editor SF has plans in the works to im prove accommodations for its Uexpanding bicycUst population. Bicycling has become an increasingly pop ular way of commuting to school and work for USF students and faculty, yet the bike Web 2.0 speciaUst, Bryan Al parking facilities have remained meager, exander came to this semester's and have actuaUy deteriorated due to lack Davies Forum, Digital Literacy. of maintenance. ; Alexander works for NITLE, a According to Director of Public Safety non-profit determined to advance Dan Lawson, bicycling has increased city- education in the digital age, and wide by 16 to 18 percent in the last year. blogs at http://infocult.typepad. "It certainly had looked that way to us an- ecdotaUy, although we never kept track, he com/ For more info on Digital Liter said "It looked like most of the bike racks acy speakers, go to http://www.us- were being used more." He attributes this fca.edu/artsci/ug/davies_forum/ to many factors. "[Biking] can be healthier, it saves energy, saves gas, and is better tor the community overaU." Junior Class Representative Nick Nayaiesh also noticed the increasing trend of bicycUsts around campus, espe ciaUy amongst the upperclassmen living off campus, whose interest he represents to the Associated Students of USF. The bike-related complaint Nayaiesh has re ceived most is that there are not enough bike racks on campus. Furthermore, the types of racks on campus are not always right. Nayaiesh said, "There is a large rack outside of Harney Science Center, but you may notice that it is rarely occupied by more than two or three bikes. The reason for this is that placing the bike as intended With the advent of a "tearless __ (into a wheel slot) makes it difficult if not onion" and genetic mutation, se- gj impossible to lock the actual frame of the nior Yezenia Herrera discusses the bike to the rack." . potential dangers of geneticaUy Maintenance is another complaint altered foods, specificaUy onions. with the existing bike racks Nayaiesh said For more, turn to the Opinion "Some clearly abandoned bike carcasses section. remain locked up to racks for years. Not only does this make it difficult for other people to park their bikes there, but it also makes the campus look worse, he sard. He noted it would be logical for Facilities Management to be given the responsibil ity of maintaining bike racks and routinely removing abandoned bicycle remains These concerns prompted Nayaiesh to join forces with Lawson's Bicycle Trans portation Committee, which was founded Alexandra Villegas/Foghom several years ago and has since gamed rec ml mm mmm ^™'" * Students rely on umitedparkingjpo^^ ognition and support from the San Fran- THEFT: ContinueContinuedd oonn PagPage. 33 ^ " JTWPOnfHi StOrV ___ ^^^l^ ^^Sio^l^rners and Vo.ce of H^ory BuUt to SpUl comes to San lt i Francisco's FiUmore Auditorium with the Meat Puppets. A review CHELSEA M.STERLING of their Uve show is available in News Editor the Scene section. potted on campus, their hair sprin kled with gray and white, and actu aUy carrying their lunches on trays Sin the cafeteria, these older students from the Fromm Institute are hard to miss. Their presence on campus is recognized by undergraduate students, but often ac companied by the question, what are they doing here? TJnUke many undergraduate students, Fromm Institute (FI) students are not pur suing a degree in the hope of getting a high paying job after graduation. These older adults are here to continue their education and become "lifelong learners. Also, they want to "keep [their] minds in gear, said student Gertroud Albert. The Dons puUed together back Geriatric studies have shown that to back wins over Pepperdine and chaUenging one's, mind can prevent the Loyola Marymount in the War onset of Alzheimer's, a disease that at Memorial Gym. For fuU cover tacks the memory. The FI provides an age of Dons BasketbaU and other opportunity for older adults (ages 50 and ,_,,... *"_________. T?SuyaTiwauchi/Foghorn sports, turn to the Sports section older) to continue educating themselves •• " * ' ^^^"^ . denrs, young and old alike and expanding their minds by offering f eria among stu classes for three eight-week semesters Classes include "The Roman World in the other adults, was given a chance to pursue Thus, Mrs. Fromm developed an idea of a Fourth Century" and "Some Like It Hot. his education. German immigrants Alfred and Hanna program in which retired professors would Global Climate Change and the Elec Fordham explained that the Fromms Fromm. Upon retiring from the wine dis teach retired adults. After selecting USF tions of 2008." Students can take up to were "do-ers," and that they promised that tribution business, Mrs. Fromm asked her as an ideal place to hold classes and ap four classes per semester for $50 a class. they would "put [their] money behind the One of the principles of theH is retird husband what he wanted to do. He replied proaching a group of gerontologists which program" so that it would be self-sustain coUege professors teaching retired people, that he never had a chance to go to uni was an innovative field of study at the time, ing and would not cost the university any- which is a great combination of resources versity when he was younger, and that; he she developed a program for senior educa executive director, Robert Fordham said. would like to take coUege classes, but he tion and the Fromm Institute was born^ FROMM: Continued on Page 2 He explained that this is how Mrs. Hanna wouldn't want to go back to school with his Mr Fromm, along with seventy-five grandkids, as that would be uncomfortable. Fromm wanted the FI to run The FI was created in 1976 by Jewish- MARCH 6,2008 NEWS San Francisco Foghorn Spring Break Davies Forum Speaker Promotes Web 2.0 Technology Breeds STDs LEIGH CUEN MICHAEL VILLASENOR StaffWriter StaffWriter ith Spring break approaching, a time when many wiU travel his week's Davies Forum explored and recreate, USF students the idea of "Digital Literacy"with- W in the realm of Web 2.0 and the should cross sexuaUy transmitted diseases T off their Ust of souvenirs to bring back opportunities therein. Web 2.0 researcher from their travels. Bryan Alexander, a speciaUst in digital writing and a member of the non-profit STD infections among USF students initiative the National Institute of Tech typicaUy peak around spring break accord nology and Liberal Education brought a ing to nurse practioner Seanny Min. Min realm of ideas concerning the somewhat has been working with USF students at the untapped abiUty to use Web 2.0 products health cUnic in St. Mary's hospital for 10 as a means of teaching inside and outside of years and is currendy a graduate student in the classroom. Web 2.0 is the second wave the USF nursing program. Although Min of the Internet which overcomes the one described USF students' attitudes towards way communication, that plagues most STD's as "concerned and mostly pretty 1.0 web sites. Such Web 2.0 installations knowledgeable," she warned that students can be found across the Web, but the most worry disproportionately about STD's that popular ones are social-network sites such are visible, such as herpes, and not enough as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and about those that are less visible, but also of course the vast amount of blogs. Web permanent and possibly lethal. "Students 2.0 sites abide by a different author-visitor are devastated when they get herpes but structure, employing a 1:2 relationship that don't seem as worried about HIV," said is reminiscent of a triangle, which Alexan Min. der has dubbed a "triangular" relationship. San Francisco in particular seems to be Unlike Web 1.0 pages whose social struc a hotspot for high-risk infections. Accord ture was based off of the 1:1 relationship ing to the Center for Disease Control, the (communication was mosdy held between city of San Francisco has the highest rate the corresponding of emaUs), Web 2.0 sites of syphiUs infections in the country as weU aUow for authors to post information, a as a recent rise in gonorrhea infections this visitor to comment, and another visitor to year, particularly among adolescents and counter, leaving room for separate discus young adults. This rise in infections among sions to take the floor on a particular issue. young adults is no shocking news among Each of the entities then exists in a con experts. The Health Services at Colum versation, creating the extremely dynamic bia University reported in 2005 that 20- and unique structure of Web 2.0 sites. 25 percent of coUege students across the country have either been infected with Bringing the topic back to the use an STD or transmitted an STD to their of these new, content rich sites, Alexan sexual partners. der then exclaimed, "[Humanity] learns However, here at USF there is good through networks!" Pointing towards the audience, he asked, "Which sites do you Michael Villasenor/Foghom news. Min said that although she fre- Bryan Alexander, a specialist in digital writing, speaks to Davies Forum students about web technology that creates a web community. Beyond social visit for your movie information?" "Rotten quendy tests students for sexuaUy trans networking, these technologies provide a platform for classroom integration and promotes class discussion. mitted diseases, the results are rarely posi Tomatoes" answered one, "IMDB" (The tive.