Local Greek Chapter Slated for Closure Vicky Nguyen ZBT Had No Authority to Use the Alumni for Assistance, but It May FOGHORN STAFF WRITER (ZBT) Name," Mclean Said
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Scene: Labute talks about morality—Page 9 SpOttS: Dons lose fourth straight match—Page 16 HBfMHB San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SEPTEMBER 17,1998 h ttpu'/foghorn, usfca. edu VOLUME 95, ISSUE 2 Local Greek Chapter Slated for Closure Vicky Nguyen ZBT had no authority to use the alumni for assistance, but it may FOGHORN STAFF WRITER (ZBT) name," McLean said. already be too late; Brennan said Apparently, it isn't all Greek to Mark Brennan, one ofthe seven the termination ofthe chapter will University of San Francisco stu active members of ZBT, said that occur. The decision will be final dents. the reasons behind ZBT's poor ized by the end of the month. Because of unpaid dues and standing are financial. The USF The fall of Greek organizations only seven members, the social fra chapter "owes the national office on USF's campus is not rare, how ternity Zeta Beta Tau will not be some money for dues. Until they ever. In the fall of 1996 the Pi registered with the University for get it, there won't be any recogni Kappa Phi (PKP) fraternity dis the 1998-1999 year. tion," Brennan said. banded due to lack of member According to Jack McLean, ad Brennan also said that because ship. viser for Greek organizations, the of the low student interest and "The reason PKP fell was prima local ZBT chapter is not recognized small membership, maintaining rily due to the lack of interest," An drew Slakey, a former PKP memeber, by the national office. the chapter did not seem feasible N1CI MATLOCK/FOGHORN "We received an explicit letter or worthwhile. said. "It's difficult to get people to Despite rumors, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity (shown here) is a from the national office saying ZBT members are calling USF Greeks: Page 5 recognized organization on campus. MUNI, Parking Shuttle Service Elusive Inconsistency raises questions about student safety Upsets Commuters Alexandra Haines about their safety. sponded that, "I really hope that my EXECUTIVE EDITOR Stack was calling within the nor staff... would respond and provide Jessica Dryden-Cook Sarah Stack was mugged during mal off-campus shuttle hours, that service." NEWS EDITOR the evening of August 24. One which are from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m., While the off-campus shuttle Sometimes it seems that the fog week later at the same time, Stack drivers are mace, baton, and first rolls into the University of San felt unsafe walking alone again. aid certified, the dispatchers are Francisco's campus faster than its She elected instead to call for a trained students. commuter students, faculty and Public Safety shuttle. To increase shuttle The training involves post-cer tification through the state of Cali staff. When the dispatcher asked for service would mean With the San Francisco Munici any particular reason why Stack fornia that covers handling emer pal Railway (Muni) under fire for needed a ride home from campus, doubling the operat gencies, organizing information, its inefficiency and slow service, she said, "I was mugged last week." ing costs. dispatching 911 calls, and process many USF members are left wait Despite the reason, Public Safety ing information. ing at bus stops and BART stations denied her request for an off-campus These would seem to be the kind for more than half an hour. shuttle ride home because the dis of skills that should have gotten "Relying on Muni is impossible. patcher said it was too early for a ride. but it was not yet dark when she Stack a ride home. It's ridiculously delinquent," jun Stack was denied a ride in a rou called around 7:45 p.m. PSD has to be careful about its ior Miguel Avalos said. "Sometimes tine practice of the dispatchers to When asked about the incident, allocation of resources because I leave an hour and a half early just weed out students looking for Director of the Public Safety De funding for PSD comes out of tu- to get to school on time. It's so in transportation and not concerned partment (PSD) Nate Johnson re Shuttle: Page 4 efficient." Not all students are disgruntled with Muni service, however. kind of new- Becky Perrine, senior, said she takes Muni ev§rywhere in the city TODD MARKLE/FOGHORN kind of blue- g and, other than missing the bus a The "L" found on this parking sign few times, has no problems with indicates that vehicle owners with it. permits can park in the area longer "The 38 Geary is really crowded than two hours. is the iHac for you? but it gets me where I want to go. If you live within one mile of the commuters said parking is almost First, it was the new Volkswagen Beetle campus it's fairly easy to get to, impossible. that brought back loyal owners ofthe origi campus," "Parking in nal "Bug." Now it's Apple Computers' turn Perrine said. this city is defi to profit from nostalgia as it launches its But stu nitely an issue. new Macintosh computer, the iMac, a suc dents, faculty "When I finally find a There are a lot cessor to the first Macintosh introduced and staff who of cars coming in the early 1980s. live farther than parking spot, I get into the city The new Beetle embodies what Apple a mile away sort of excited. I sit and a lot less hopes the iMac will be—a simple yet don't have the back in my car with spaces for those powerful machine that will catapult the company back into industry promi option of walk my coffee and say to cars to park," ing to school if Golden Venters, nence. Launched in August, the iMac the bus is late. myself, 'Oh yeah, I assistant direc has already gained not only na After being got my spot.'" tor of Univer tional attention, but also the attention of many at late for class —Amanda Schull sity Center op one too many erations, said. the University of San times, senior STUDENT ,.v*l_ Francisco. Courtney With more According to Rick Ng, com Rotter said she people living puter sales representative for the gave up on Muni and switched to further away University bookstore, between ten and a car for transportation to the Uni from USF's urban campus, com 15 computers were sold to students and fac versity. muting becomes a necessity. After ulty within a period of two weeks. 15 iMacs have However, she said she now faces sitting through traffic on the Bay been ordered to fulfill the demand. The Depart a new problem: finding parking. Bridge, commuters still have to ment of Arts and Sciences alone ordered 25 units to With parking signs limiting the overcome the feat of finding a Mixed: Page 3 parking space. areas surrounding USF, many Parking: Page 3 San Francisco Foghorn NEWS September 17,1998 :'••'.. San Francisco Foghorn NEWS September 17, 1998 NEWS BRIEFS Mixed Reviews For .Macs From Front Page "(The iMac) is unusual looking, backed up through some form of Tibetan Ensemble replace some ofthe old Macintosh like a toy," Luey said. Luey said the removable storage]." Sunday, September 27 at 7 p.m. the U.S.-China Peoples Friend machines. department needed new comput Robertson did not see the miss ship Association (USCPFA) will bring their tour of the Chinese The iMac is an all-in-one com ers, but neither she or the staff ing floppy drive as a problem, but Tibetan Children's Dance Ensemble to San Francisco State Uni puter built around a PowerPC G3 knew what the iMac was or what that was before the computer was versity. The event will be co-hosted by the International Relations processor with ethernet network it looked like until it was brought taken out of its box. After using the Department and the Dance Department of SFSU. The Ensemble capabilities and modem connec in. iMac for a week, Robertson already consists of 17 members, all of which are primary school students tion. Apple claims that the iMac's "It's cute," Robertson said. "It's has problems with transporting in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of processor is faster than most Intel Jetsons looking and like some files. China, ranging in age from 10 to 13. The program includes an Pentium II machines, Apple's in thing out of a 70s science fiction "I need a drive to read my disk," array of Tibetan ethnic dance from the rural monadic tribes dustry rival. Priced at around movie. Robertson said. "I have students' through the complex Bon/Tibetan Buddhist Teligious dances from $1,300, the iMac is designed to at "Computers are amongst the files on disks, but I can't read it the Lhasa, the capital ofthe Tibetan Autonomous Region. Tickets tract first-time buyers and Mac ugliest things, but the iMac is without a disk drive." are $20 for general admission and $15 for USCPFA members and users. playful, like a lipstick dispenser," "(Arts and Sciences) said they students. For tickets and program information call Ticket Master The performance and price of Robertson added. will get us external drives, but I at(415)421-TIXS. the iMac attracted John Pinelli, "People walk by the iMac with don't understand where the revo executive director of business af out knowing what it is and stare lution is [in removing the disk fairs for the College of Arts and because they're attracted to the drive]— it's playing a game with Sciences, who ordered them for the design," Ng said.