USF Responds to Tragedy

Opinion: Weighing the war question—Page 8 Sports: Rifle team a target—Page 18 ISpliiit San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 WWW.FOGHORNONLINE.COM VOLUME 98, ISSUE 2 Crossroads in Hot Water? Staff, budgeting problems at campus coffee shop Jessica Robles and Jennifer lish good service standards and sta what I recall are she never returned Ramiro bility." any of our phone calls, there were FOGHORN STAFFWR1TERS There is a mostly new manage several payroll problems, and we Crossroads Cafe has been un ment staff at Crossroads as well, never had any of our change or der some criticism from a few Uni because of sev ders." versity of San Francisco student eral problems Conroy said employees, former employees, and last year, ac that Crossroads students, about conflicts that have cording to was supposed plagued the on-campus student- James Conroy, to get a new run coffee shop. one of two cash register "In general, everything's just a managers who and a computer mess—it's chaos," current Cross quit the on- by July 1, but roads employee Sarah Mowdy, campus, stu Mancuso did " AquaElephants" by graffiti artist, Aqua, found on the Cal Train sophomore, said. dent-run coffee not turn in her line near 16 Street, pitotograph taken by anonymous student. There is a total of 20 student shop. budget pro employees working at Crossroads, "When I left posal and he 18 of whom are new staff mem there were sev was left turning Student Arrested bers, according to Christine eral problems in an inaccu Mancuso, current Business Man that arose un rate budget ager of Crossroads and AS Express. der the new proposal. for Felony Graffiti "They are all good people and management of "If the bud hard workers," Aja Buder, General the new busi get is still as it Shadi Rahlmi them there," the student said. Manager of AS Express and Cross ness manager, BEXIE TOWLE/FOGHORN was when I left, Joey Malone, sophomore, waits MEWS EDITOR "More than that, I was totally in roads, wrote in a statement to the Christine there is not on customers at Crossroads, USF's A University of San Francisco awe that someone would take Foghorn. "We are still completing Mancuso," enough salary Conroy said. on-campus student-run coffee for the employ student was arrested for felony time out of their own personal various training sessions and shop. He said that the cafe is more "The main ees come Feb- graffitti vandalism at it- turn, on world, their personal little bubble workshops for supervisors, man desolate than itwas in the past. Sept 8, in the Sunset District of things that only directly related agers and the staff to help estab problems from Early Saturday morning, tlie to their life and their world, to go Crossraods:: Istuden t and two friends were out late at night and put their -_• J*age 6 walkinghome from a party with heart, their time, and their cre half a can of spray paint The stu ativity into public view." USF Responds to Tragedy dent said that they were "just The student had seen graffiti fooling around," when they were his whole life growing up in his against violence stopped and searched by police. hometown, but didn't realize Students organize and speak out The student was charged with a how powerful it was untilhe took Victoria Leon Guerrero Many USF students have said Arts and Sciences. "Hopefully misdemeanor. a trip to San Francisco at the age ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR that although the tragedy was there will be a whole series of Risking a change in sentenc of fifteen. He had come to the city From organizing peace devastating, they do not feel the events and a chance for people to ing from misdemeanor to a con- to visit a friend, having recently marches to writing letters and proper response would be to re get together and discuss what has spiracy felony with a fine of read the book "Graffito," by signing petitions, many Univer taliate with violence. happened." $50,000, the student, who asked Michael Walsh. sity of San Francisco students In a forum held by the College That same day, many students to remain anonymous, spoke He said that he had heard in have been busy coming up with of Arts and Sciences last Thurs walked to Harney Plaza and took with the Foghorn about his ex spiring things about San Fran ways to respond to the tragedy of day, students, faculty and staff ex a pledge against violence. Four periences as a graffiti artist. cisco, about how crazy it was in Sept. 11. pressed their concerns about the white sheets were laid on the "This is America, and an 'as terms of graffiti and that it was The nation's leaders have been attack, and several of the speak lawn next to buckets of paint and sault' on property is an assault known as the "Graffiti Mecca," reported as saying that they want ers asked the crowd of about 200 water where students placed their on tite so-called 'freedoms' of next to the city that started it all, to punish those responsible for to take action to prevent further handprints on the sheets that American citizens. Not only that, New York. the terrorists who hijacked four acts of violence. read, "I will not raise my hand in but in a "I came commercial airplanes, attacked "The forum gave people a violence," "I raise my hand out in city like ________ _____________ to San Fran the two towers of the World chance to come together and dis peace," "Together we are hand in San Fran- cisco armed Trade Center in New York and cuss their feelings and try to un hand preventing violence," and cisco — "I saw these colors, with noth damaged the Pentagon in Wash derstand why we are feeling what "My hand print affirms my dedi cation to community, peace and where the these words on the wall ing bul a ington, D.C, killing thousands of we are feeling," said Peter Togni, real estate camera and people. associate dean for the College of resolve." market and I wondered what an ambition "I thought it was a really good takes the they meant, who put to immerse idea," said Joe Sharkey, junior. "It form of a them there." myself in .Ts^^TijS made me feel that a significant drooling, this myste portion of the student body here gluttonous -Anonymous Graffiti Artist rious sub cared enough to make a state giant liz culture that ment and that statement was one ard—sell- *~ —— v I had no against violence which is prob ing over clue about, ably not the most popular view priced living space would be something that was awe-inspir in the country right now." hard to do if the area around ing and amazing to me, some B<, fj By the end of the day, the such properties were 'defaced thing I had only read about in sheets were filled with hundreds and scarred' by juveniles with books," the student said. of colorful hand prints displayed paint cans," the graffiti artist said. Within his first day in the city, H__________°__. • i^^B in front of Harney with candles "At least I imagine that's the he walked only ten blocks, from and flowers. The sheets will even way that many dot-commers Fourth Street and Market, to Sev tually be sent to New York City, and middle, and upper-middle, enth and Townsend, and shot five said Rev. John Savard, director of class citizens feel towards the is rolls of film. University Ministry. sue." Things have changed a lot in Thursday night, the Peace and The student said that he first the city since his experience four Justice Coalition, which is made got into the graffiti writing when years ago, he said, because of wSt/r W m up of several USF clubs and or he was fifteen. He said that he Proposition 21, a law passed by ganizations, decided to write a was "a stupid, naive insecure kid, voters on March 7,2000. letter and send it to representa like most kids who get into graf According to an American tives and senators in various fiti are." Civil Liberties Union Newsletter, states and districts and to lead I saw these colors, these Proposition 21 requires children w" «__F ers in the Department of De Iword s on the wall and I won as young as 14 to be tried in adult iti'.xiT TOWI.F/FOGMOKN fense, said Sara Suman, the Students Thomas Kendrick and Noah Esperas pledged against violence. dered what they meant, who put Graffiti: Page 5 Tragedy: Page 4 San Francisco Foghorn NEWS September 20,2001 By Victoria Leon Guerrero University of San Francisco students and professors have been discussing Ihe frSgedy that occurred on Sept. 11 in and out of the dassrejiitff. Here isjwhat some had to $ay; In theology we Siked about spirituality, -rm.-. ii-re was God in all "Ih a sense, we, as Ainericans, are liv of what had happened. What scared ing in a manufactured reality, and one me the most was tlie theme from of ray teachers asked 'what are you other stiideliWHMWPHnotism and thinking and how is the media portray they were saying that we need to be ing reality?' We discussed it and people more patriotic. That concerns me have different perspec because I don't know how this gen are from foreign eration intends to define patriotism. ra*HHB_BL I also don't feel, as a student, that people need to there is enough being done to reach from a differ out to people who are not Orthotic." Theresa man, junior! ly talk about it —3, ly we proceeded on like normal, and I guess it's a way of showing that despite this tragedy to ofier uiWKflsome- you've got to nfffiypq.

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