Scene: Avoid the fashion police—Page 13 SpOttS: Dons fall behind Pepperdine—Page 20 BfihsM San Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO APRIL 9,1998 http:/'/foghorn, usfca.edu VOLUME 94, ISSUE 17 Cloning Demystified sessions on the scientific and ethi­ Blast to the Past Conference cal perspectives of cloning. Friday's session was called "The addressed Science of Cloning: Past, Present, and Future," and the two speakers science, policy were Richard Lewontin, professor of Zoology at Harvard University and ethics and George Siedel, professor of physiology at Colorado State Uni­ Deana Scipio versity. FOGHORN STAFF WRITER Lewontin spoke about the What is a clone? What kind of many misconceptions that our so­ technology is involved in creating ciety has about clones and how one? What are the ethical and so­ they would "turn out." He ad­ ciological problems involved in dressed the misconception that a this technology? These and many clone would be a carbon copy of other questions were addressed at the original. The truth is that a cloning symposium held at the clones already exist in nature, iden­ University of San Francisco's Lone tical twins are clones because their Mountain campus. genetic material is identical. The two-day symposium was However, twins are separate in­ held on Friday April 2 and on Sat­ dividuals. They may not even look urday April 3 and consisted of two Cloning: Page 4 City Art Galleries Are PUBLIC AFFAIRS Karaoke is one ofthe biggest draws at USF's annual President's Ball Free, But Not Cheap Franklin Dement President's Ball: Do a Little FOGHORN STAFF WRITER Most Thursday nights I don't usually think of art gal­ leries as my first choice for an Dance, Make a Little Noise evening of entertainment. Thursday nights, however, are Marina Cook Ziajka, assistant dean of academic services, will be a when galleries in downtown FOGHORN STAFF WRITER tribute to 1968, which was an extremely important San Fran­ year in American history. Where can you find crackers and cheese, high heels cisco hold and karaoke all under one roof? Alumni from that year will be invited to attend their "First At the seventh annual President's Ball held on April Studio 68; they will be brought back to that time Thursdays" 18 in the University Center, stu­ through recalling their experi­ event. dents and. faculty will have a wide ences at USF. There will be post­ On the variety of options for entertain­ President's Ball ers depicting social, academic first Thurs­ ment to cater to all interests that April 18, 9 p.m to 1 a.m. and sporting activities that were day of each will last well into the night. First three floors of UC reminiscent of the memorable GALERIE ADRIENNE month the galleries that are in Distant Mountain limited There will be a plethora of Check out Scene for the lat year at USF. the downtown area are open to Additionally, there will be live D.J.'s spinning diverse kinds of est fashion advice: Page 9 7:30 and serve appetizers to effort on my part, that the gal­ music in the World* Fare dining Reality Check: Page 6 music and a DJ organized by wandering patrons, who can leries were all open until nine area, a pianist in the Parina David Robinson, a USF profes­ simply walk around the areas of or so every night and that there Lounge, karaoke in the Fog & sor, that will accompany these Geary and Sutter streets and at­ was never a night during which Grog and sights and sounds of the sixties in Cross­ sights of the late 1960s. tempt to see some of The Bay they served food. Studio 68 will provide a "retrospective" look at roads. The event will last from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at no Area's best artists. In fact it seemed that there the latter part ofthe decade "by recreating the sights, cost to any USF students, faculty and alumni. At least that's the idea be­ was no night that they wanted All of these attractions have been familiar to the sounds and feel of 1968," said Ziajka. hind the whole event. Unfortu­ anyone to view their work past President's Balls, with the exception of Studio 68 Across the hall, at the Fog & Grog, there will be nately there are glitches in this without the intention of buy­ in Crossroads. This event, mainly organized by Alan President's Ball: Page 5 ' plan, the least of which was that ing. on the first Thursday of April Not that they were openly it was raining. rude, I simply got the impres­ I took the 21 Hayes down­ sion that I wasn't exactly the New Majors Scheduled town, with no real idea of type of customer they were looking for. Performing arts, architecture planned for fall of'99 I encountered more of a sales environment and less of Lia Steakley gram put into effect as soon as pos­ take a little longer to get it under I was constantly an environment in which you ASST. NEWS EDITOR sible. We have already started re­ way. The architecture program fol­ are encouraged to look. For those students anxiously cruiting students for the fall of lows the standard curriculum of­ watched by some­ The San Francisco Art Deal­ awaiting the new performing arts 1999 and we hope to make the pro­ fered around the country. There is one and generally ers Association is the sponsor and architecture majors, the fall gram available to current and less to put together and that factor had an unpleasant ofthe missing event, and ifyou transfer students," said Rick Davis, will make the program available to semester of 1999 is the earliest pos­ wish to visit their website professor of Fine and Performing students sooner." experience. sible date students can expect the (http://www.artline.com) you Arts. "Many students have ex­ The architecture major received majors to be available. can find a listing of all their approval from the Board ofTrust­ The performing arts major, ap­ pressed an interest in the program members along with addresses. proved by the Board ofTrustees on to me and we hope to get them in­ ees during the same meeting which where I was going, and when I I, however, was fairly unim­ March 28, will be included as a volved." . decided the fate ofthe performing finally arrived at the first gal­ pressed with the atmosphere in major in the new course catalog. "The performing arts in a very arts major. The curriculum for the lery I found that they had no most galleries. Before the performing arts major unique and new type of program architecture major also awaits ap­ food nor any idea about the I was constantly watched by is finalized, each course in its cur­ designed to focus on social jus­ proval by the course committee, "First Thursdays" event. someone and generally had an riculum must be approved by the tices," said Father Tom Lucas, S.J., however, its delay is mainly due to Fortunately I was able to get unpleasant experience. That is College of Arts and Sciences Cur­ Chair of the Fine and Performing the fact that the proposal was ap­ them to tell me, after too much riculum Committee. Arts Department. "Since the pro­ proved so late in the recruiting Galleries: Page 16 "We are trying to get the pro­ gram is the first of its kind, it will Majors: Page 4 San Francisco Foghorn NEWS April 9, 1998 Where Do All the Dollars Go? Jeffrey Coleman EDITOR-IN-CHIEF For the University of San 1998-99 AS USF Funding Breakdown §MJM Francisco's student clubs and or­ mvmwm ganizations, the end of the semes­ ter means more than just term- Administration No revenue —• professional and student salaries, operating costs, etc. papers and tests. It means money. EXPRESS Preliminary budgets for the ASUSF's four biggest accounts 1998-99 academic year were re­ 1 $17,787/30.21% cently finalized and released. The College Players generate larger amounts of revenue. Revenues (the black bars) are shown Crossroads, Crossroads budget, totalling 1.25 million dol­ Too and AS Express are lars, took into account the 10 dol­ as text, both as dollar values and as percentages of the total budget. the three businesses lar student fee increase that will Foghorn $44,200/77.84% operated by the Associated begin in the Spring of'99. Students. "The budgeting process was difficult but we had a very dedi­ According to ASUSF cated committee that worked over Superfund I^I^^^^H $25,000/26.89% Business Manager Denise 12 hours to come up with a work­ Swett, while the three able and realistic budget," Tammy locations are student run Vawter, ASUSF vice president of 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 and operated, they do not business administration said. fall under the standard According to ASUSF Business 35,000 ASUSF funding process. Manager Denise Swett, many ac­ Most of ASUSF's clubs, organizations and "The student businesses count managers submitted bud­ programs operate primarily through don't require any ASUSFf gets with large increases in expen­ 30,000 subsidies, generating little or no revenues. subsidy," Swett said. "In ditures, assuming that the fee in­ For the accounts shown below, any expected fact, they underwrite part crease would begin next semester, revenues are shown as text, both as a dollar of the ASUSF budget, making more money available. 25,000 amount and as a percentage of the budget.