Congressman Hyde Heads Pro-Life Symposium by Kelly M. Harp scribed the event as "incredible"; students removing the posters, there those speakers invited to the campus who wished to appeal hi*, initial deci- Yesterday afternoon began the conservative estimates placed the had been a reconsideration on the and a desire to maintain consistency MOII in the matter first in a series of pro-life activities number of marchers at 60 to 100 part of Vaculin and the BSC. with the position it had chosen by Although Vice-President foi Stu­ brought to the campus by Students thousand. Mark McGuire, Students "I was mistaken initially," Vaculin initially supporting the event dent Development Dr Anne Dol.ni United for Life with the cooperation United for Life member, and one of explained. After hearing the appeals through the financial grants made by was present at that meeting, she of ASUSFs Co-Curricular Council. the chief organizers of the event, an­ of those students who had been Ihe Co-Curricular Council. In a commented that it was primanlv thc Local pro-life speakers led off the se­ nounced that the organization, one working to bring such an event to the meeting Monday afternoon. Vaculin appeal of the studens which brought ries yesterday at eleven in Harney of the largest student clubs on cam­ campus, he explained the position of spoke with ASUSF Senator-at-large about ihe ch.ingc in lhe issue She Plaza. Tonight's activities are the pus, was encouraged in their efforts ASUSF as one of responsibility to Mark Miravalle and other students Continued on page 15 highlight ofthe weekend, which will to bring such a noteworthy event to conclude with a debate on the abor­ the campus by the Co-Curricular tion issue to be held Monday eve­ Council's support and that of the Of­ ning. fice of the University President. SAN FRANCISCO Tonight's Pro-life Symposium McGuire also announced that features two nationally known pro- Father President John Lo Schiavo life activists. United States Con­ has been asked to give the invocation gressman Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, for Friday's Symposium. and Nellie Gray, a leader in the Na­ Monday evening, the pro-life acti­ tional Right-to-Life organization, vities will conclude in a debate be­ and the organizer of the Annual tween USF Associate professor of March for Life, which has comme­ Philosophy Raymond Dennehy and FOGHORN UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO morated, since 1974, the January 22, a representative of Planned Parent­ Volume 76, Number 18 April 3. 1981 1973, decision ofthe Supreme Court hood. legalizing abortion. Congressman Earlier this week, confusion was Hyde is the author of the well- created over the issue of publicity for known Hyde Amendment which has a planned protest of the Pro-Life banned federal funding for abortion Symposium. from previous budgetary support. Wendy Walton, a USF student Hyde is also associated with the currently affiliated with Planned USF Hires Anti- Helms-Dornan Life Amendment, Parenthood, told the Foghorn that considered the "paramount" right- she obtained BSC approval to post to-life legislation for its definition of copies of a flyer announcing an the fetus as a person from the mo­ "emergency" protest picket of the ment of conception. Ms. Gray, in Pro-Life event. addition to her leadership within the On Monday afternoon, Walton Union Law Firm pro-life movement, was awarded a was given permission to post the fly­ by Waller Neary citation by Pope John Paul II last ers by a member of the BSC after ployees can and cannot do when vised USF about the recent plant The University has hired a law year for her work "Pro Pontificae et ASUSF President Frank Vaculin faced with unions and union-organ­ workers controversy! Foghorn. Feb­ firm lhat has won a reputation Ecclesia." The National March for had reviewed them. She did so, but izing. ruary 27) and a complaint filed among local unions for its tough Life was attended by members of soon noticed that the flyers were dis­ Apparently not concerned with against the University by a former management and anti-union stance. Students United for Life this previ­ appearing. Apparently, according to California's only private university exempt employee active in union ef- ous January and one member de­ a note which was carried by those According to the Office of Profes­ faculty union, the law firm has ad­ Continued on back sional Employees Local 3. the name of Littler. Mendelson. Fastiff and Tom Rice Wins Alumnus Tichy "is synonymous with union busting." of the Year A ward "They're well known as the largest Donkey Basketball anti-union management law firm." r i said Reva Olson, an OPE business representative who led the organiza­ tion of a union at Golden Gate Uni­ versity. The Littler firm works for many universities, including the University of California at Berkeley. According to the San Francisco Examiner, the firm is "one of the oldest, largest and most effective firms representing and advising businesses on issues such as health plans and strike negotiations." So well known is the firm, says Olson, "that the San Francisco La­ bor Council will automatically grant strike sanction to any union of their clients." A USF OPE representative said "We know that the firm is very noto­ Tom Rice (left), shown here with USF Vice-President for University rious on the West Coast. Their guid­ Relations AI Alessandri, has been selected as this year's Alumnus of ing principle is using labor law to Phalli h\ fed Hr,Hiker the Year. oppose and bust unions." ZBT and SAE Brothers met ass-to-ass Tuesdav night in a spirited In order to learn more about the Tom Rice, a long-time resident of swimming skills in the San Fran­ donkey baseketball game. See story in sports. third largest such firm in the nation, Sonoma County, will receive the cisco Bay and towed a 332.000- USF OPE representatives attended Alumnus of the Year Award from pound replica of Sir Francis Drake's a meeting last Wednesday ofthe Bay the University of San Francisco at its Golden Hinde from Pier 41 to Pier Housing Lost $150,000 Area Coalition to Bust the Union- 98th Annual Alumni Banquet on 45. Busters. The coalition is composed April II. Currently, he is planing to tow a of pro-labor lawyers and union The 67-year-old retired insurance 150-ton tour boat away from Pier 39 Over Past Semester members and officials. executive and former teacher who as part of a cruise through the Bay The University Housing opera­ "More students are coming trom graduated from USF in 1939, is cur­ sponsored by the USF Alumni Of­ The law fi*-m is best known for its tions are losing over $150,000 this se­ near I'SF and don't need the dorms. rently working full-time on a volun­ fice. ability to use the law to the letter to pursue its clients' desires. Senior mester, according to calculations by Also, housing costs are going up like teer basis for the USF Alumni "Tom is so USF that his blood partner Arthur Mendelson told the an anonymous source within the everything esle and more and more Office. Rice has served on a number must be the same color as the school Examiner last September, "Any­ Housing department. people can't afford residences " of alumni committees, and is cur­ colors green and gold," commented thing we can lawfully raise for a cli­ According to the figures (see Wiese also referred to the enroll­ rently chairman of the University's Vice President for Universitv Rela­ ent we will raise .. Our clients pay a chart) 1335 students paid a total of ment drop Also, he said, some stu­ national fund-raising campaign. tions Al Alessandri. "He's always lot of money they are entitled to the over $1.5 million last Spring. Only dents were released from their Captain of the football and rugby doing something for the students most effective representation. If they 1,238 paying students occupy the contracts mid-year "because ol li- teams when hc was an undergradu­ arid they love him because he's a man want aggressiveness, they are en­ dorms this Spring; they pay a total of nancial difficulties." ate. Rice has organized an annual in his mid-60's who's current. They titled to it." $1 35 million. The source who released the infor­ reunion of football players from can relate to him as easily as all the (These figures, which do not in­ mation to the foghorn blamed other USF, Santa Clara, and St. Mary's rest of us who work with him." According to the Examiner, the firm charges anywhere from $50 to clude the single premium, are con­ factors, however " I his is what hap­ who played between the World Of his work for USF, Rice says, $100 an hour. The Foghorn was un­ servative.) pens when you start to cut back on Wars. He is a former All-Coast "When you get on in years you begin able to contact USF Director of Per­ The dorms are thus filled to an services and charge high prices " tackle. to look back and ask yourself what sonnel George Salerno to enquire 88 4 percent occupancy, last year at The figures also reveal thai Ihe oc­ A proponent of physical condi­ were the key events in your life. For what price USF pays. this time, they were filled to 95 per­ cupancy rate in the I one Mountain tioning. Rice was a professional me, it was coming up from Visalia cent capacity.