Online Registration Creates Joy and Grief

OpiniOtlm A president's invitation—Page 7 SpOftS' NBA preview: who will win it?—Page 16 ^^^^l San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 16,2000 http://www.foghornonline.com VOLUME 97, ISSUE 8 Online Registration Student Voters Not Creates Joy and Grief Registered, Forms Lost ers, were collected by the Associ ated Students of USF Senate mem Mill Shah bers as part of a Senate campaign ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR to increase voting interest among Online registration for the students. spring 2001 semester has received "We registered 400 people to mixed responses from students vote this year - that's 11 percent of and faculty members. While this the undergraduate population," isn't the first time that the univer Leah Hltchlngs said Holly Hogan, ASUSF presi sity has used the online registra NEWS EDITOR dent. "We were excited to register tion system, it has been accessed As if there haven't been enough so many students, and look what at a reasonably high rate this se problems with happened. I mester. this year's elec- personally took The online registration system tion, at least 74 the forms to the allows students to register, add, University of I personally took the Department of and drop classes via the San Francisco forms to the Depart Elections, so university's web for students. Us students had to ment of Elections, so they must have messed up on ers punch in their ID and pin vote provision they must have numbers and register for classes ally on election processing a lot in the same method that they day because messed up." of the students' would in the registrar's office but their voter reg —Holly Hogan registrations." from the luxury of their home or istration forms ASUSF PRESIDENT Most of dorm room computers. were either lost these students "We did this last fall but on a or not pro voted provi limited basis," said Val Day, Assis KIMIKO BARRAR/FOGHOKN cessed in time. sionally, mean tant Registrar. "Not all of the de- Lines at the registrar's office dwindled this semester with the introduc The missing registration forms, ing their votes will count only af- Some: Page 2 tion of online registration. many of them from first-time vot- Student Voting: Page 3 Students Accuse Celebration Showcases Culture Sold out Culturescape exhibits international flavors Professor of Bias Katayoun Kohbod with all the new clubs." tional Student Services (formally FOGHORN STAFFWRITER The sold out evening began Multicultural Opportunities for Flags from all around the with a student fashion show. Par Developing Excellence in Leader Against Israel world dangled over the 400 ticipants wore colorful, tradi ship) also supported the event. people at the annual tional clothing from Austria, Ja Although MODEL changed its Culturescape event in McLaren pan, Myanmar and other coun name to MCISS, the mission of Katia Lopez-Hodoyan oppressor,"she said. "And Pal Complex on November 10. tries. the office stayed the same: to ini FOGHORN STAFFWRITER estinians the little lambs who The event displayed the tal As the students' vibrant tradi tiate programs and services that The conflict between the didn't have any guns." ents and cultures of the Univer tional wear left the spotlight, oth support the development of a Israelis and Palestinians has Two students in the course, sity of San Francisco's interna ers put on music, dance and po multicultural community and provoked many emotions4 in however, do not agree. tional student body. etry performances. After the provide services related to the institutions throughout the "The class environment It was sponsored by 21 stu massive applause, the audience unique needs of international world. The University of San has never been hostile. If any dent clubs and the International sampled international foods students. Francisco is no exception. thing, Zunes is accommodat Student Association. Jasper made by the students. Everything Multicultural and International Associate Politics Professor ing" said first-year student Soon, International Student As from crepes to satay to gazpacho Student Services is headed by Stephen Zunes' Government Tom Hewitt. "The accusations sociation president, said was available for tasting. Nina D. Patterson, who became and Politics are an insult Culturescape "went really well Multicultural and Interna director in June. in the to Zunes Middle East and his stu class has "The information was dents." stirred up extremely slanted Andrew controversy toward the Palestin Heinze, as regarding sociate pro his interpre ians. He was biased fessor of tation ofthe in his lectures." history and Israel-Pal —Jacqui Zadik director of estine con the Swig Ju flict. daic Studies Two stu Program is dents who also critical dropped the class, Jacqui of Zunes' position, saying that Zadik and Asi Bercovitch (a Zunes harbors extremist views former member of the Israeli of Israel-Palestine relations. Defense Forces), accused "I am addressing the points Zunes of being biased against Zunes has made," Heinze em Israel in his lectures. phasized. "Not him person "The facts were not well ally" represented," said Zadik. "The In a letter to the Foghorn information was extremely published November 9, Heinze slanted toward the Palestin criticized Zunes' view, "that all ians. He was biased in his lec of the land of Israel legiti tures." mately belongs to the Arabs Zadik said that Zunes' bias and that the Jews 'took it' from was brought to light when he them illicitly." Heinze said that compared Israelis and Pales Zunes' perspective is that of an tinians. "He called Israel the Students Withdraw: Page 3 Students show off their cultural heritage through dance and music. San Francisco Foghorn NEWS November 16, 2000 Some Still Brave Lines to Register in Person From Front Page tration time and it took me an partments wanted to fully partici hour. Then I got a screen that said pate so online registration was I had to clear a hold. By the time kept at a minimum." Archie Por I had everything finished, two of ter, University Registrar said, "We my classes had closed." had an advisory committee with She went on to say that, "the of representatives from each depart fices should tell students these ment who helped in conducting things ahead of time and not a survey of some students and fac make this online registration ulty." thing seem so Porter said peachy and that a test perfect. Ifl ran group of stu "We've heard that across prob dents from lems, I'm sure each depart some people had other students ment were problems and were did too." given the op freaking out because "I have tion of register they were worried logged on ing online for many times [to the fall 2000 se about not getting the web for stu mester. into classes." dents] ," said se "Once they —Nikki Raeburn nior Michelle are finished, a Spillane. "But SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR survey would when I tried to pop up so we register, I kept could get some getting a screen feedback," said Porter. Because of that said something about techni MtBAR/FOGHORN the positive feedback from stu cal difficulties. This happened ten Short lines at the registrar were evidence that many students opted to register online this semester. dents and faculty, the system was times." fully implemented for the spring Spillane said that she went to said. "Students just have to real register online, you get a printout nia universities along with UCLA 2001 semester. the registrar's office where she was ize that ifyou can't register in per as proof that you're in the classes," to use the online registration sys Day also said that the School told that she had a hold to clear son without the clearance of your she said. tem. St. Mary's College in of Education was among the few before she could register. "I went advisor, then you can't do it online "I think it's been going pretty Moraga, another Jesuit institu departments this semester that to the library to try again and it either. The same rules apply." well," said Day. "We've only had tion, is "still doing it the old fash did not allow online registration took some time but once I got on, Sang Kim, another senior, said two glitches, where students could ion way," according to one of the for their students. Otherwise, she the registration itself went fast." that some of his friends didn't get log on for a period of about students. said, "we were glad that many stu Spillane's advisor had not the option of registering online. twenty minutes. Otherwise, we "We still have to wait in lines dents took advantage and used it." cleared her after her advising ses Kim opted to register in person to haven't gotten a whole lot of feed and do it in person," she said. The There were, however, students sion, resulting in Spillane having avoid any possible confusion. back." same goes for the University of who were not impressed with the to go to the registrar's office first. "[Students] shouldn't be afraid Day said that the registrar's of Southern California. However, online registration. A junior who Day said that students should to register online," said sociology fice didn't project the number of some state schools such as Cali didn't want her name printed said make it clear to their advisors that professor Nikki Raeburn. "We've students who would be register fornia State University Fresno that the online registration was they will be registering online to heard that some people had prob ing online but that, "students are have telephone registration where just one more headache in trying ensure that their advisors clear lems and were freaking out be obviously using it because the students can register by punching to get into her classes.

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