1KI t.DOM & 1 AIRNhSS VOL. 104 ISSUE 16 FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU Wyclef Jean Performance Shakes the Foundation of War Memorial Gym LAUREN O'BRIEN StaffWriter • ip-hop artist Wyclef Jean took over the school last Friday shoot­ Hing his music video and giving USF students a concert to talk about for days. The bass was booming, the people looked fresh and the staff was ready as students crowded around War Memorial Gym Friday for the concert of the year. As the DJ spun the hottest tracks, people filed in to the gym with excitement, anticipat­ ing Jean's arrival. As soon as Jean hit the stage, the crowd went wUd. He began the concert with his remixed song "President," for which the music video was being shot, over the loud cheers of fans. He performed it three times, provoking the crowd to "get loud," and also informing them that it was being filmed for his music video. "When you teU peo­ latsuya Kawauchi/foghorn ple you're filming them it becomes a whole Connecting with his fans, Wyclef Jean entered the crowd toward the end of his performance. different thing," said Jean. People were CAB sold more than 2200 tickets to the concert which was part of Homecoming weekend. sitting on each others shoulders, fans were migrant, like "Welcome to the East," and said, "I grew up in the Church, so I listen cheering, and the vibe was live the second "Sweetest Girl." He even performed two to a lot of gospel. But I also love reggae and third times around. USF got a taste old school tracks from his days as a mem­ and jazz."Jean also shares a love for instru­ of what it would be like to have Wyclef as ber of the Fugees. But the crowds'favorite ments; he can play the drums, guitar, and President, with promises like feeding the new Wyclef piece was by far the last song piano. poor, bringing schools to the hood, find­ of the night, caUed "Touch Your Button When asked about his inspiration to ing cures for serious diseases and legalizing Carnival Jam." The thirteen-minute song produce music, Jean said, "Everyone has to "it," a reference to marijuana. Jean's vision had fans pumped up and going wUd. "You go to work and work hard. It's a gift when was to have his video come from a coUege must have something to wave in the air, or you enjoy what you do." Jean's work ethic student perspective, "It needed a fresh eye," else you got to move!" yeUed Jean before may have been influenced by his back­ he said. So why film at USF? "Everything performing this song. Feeding off of his ground and growing up in Haiti. "Haiti is is timing. I got a caU from my nephew energy, the fans went wild, waving what­ the poorest country in the Western Hemi­ Darren [Pierre] asking me to perform and ever they could find in the air above their sphere. Coming to the States gives you so I needed to film a video. It aU just feU into heads. much inspiration because of the oppor­ place,"Jean said. After the concert Jean retreated back tunities. In America you can be who you Aside from shooting for his video, Jean to his room where he snacked on chicken want to be," Jean said. put on a riveting performance. He per­ wings and answered questions for USFtv Jean also discussed his foundation, the Tatsuya Kawauchi/Foghorn formed a few tracks from his newest al­ and the Foghorn. StiU energetic, Jean Donning a USF sweatshirt, Wyclef Jean took the stage of the War Memoria Gym for USF's bum The Carnival"IT: Menioirs of arTIm-* commentecTon his musical influences. He WYCLEF: Continued on Page 3 • -~ homecoming concert last Friday. Coke-free Campus? Pillow Fight a Feathery Affair Alexandra VUlegas/Foghorn USF currently seUs only Coca-Cola products on campus as part of an exclusive contract with the soft drink company. CHELSEA STERLING ers have been trying to organize a union to News Editor protect its workers, but have been unsuc­ cessful due to the suspicious assassinations Uegations of environmental waste, of the workers trying to organize a union. depletion of resources from local More than a hundred universities in the Afarmers and assassinating union United States have banned Coca Cola for members in its factories are only a few of these aUeged violations of human rights the numerous charges against the Coca- and environmental poUutants, included the Cola Company. Having created the first neighboring San Francisco State Univer­ Alexandra VUlegas/Foghorn carbonated soda in 1897, Coca-Cola is sity. Christa Brown, a sophomore politics USF freshman Chris Williams, right, hits a friend with enthusiasm on Feb. 14, when hundreds of San Franciscans gathered to participate in the now the largest non-alcoholic beverage major at USF, learned about these griev­ third annual citywide pUlow fight. The pillow fight commenced at 6 p.m. on Valentines Day in the Justin Herman Plaza and lasted for several hours. company in the world, and according to ances from two friends - one on campus People who had never met before smacked each other mercUessly with pillows, and by the end of the evening, the large plaza and oudying areas were their web site owns more than 400 dif­ and another in Liberia. She was shocked covered in stray feathers. Feathers floated throughout the air, actuaUy making it difficult to breathe for those in the heart of the fighting pit. ferent brands of beverages including juice to learn how much control Coca-Cola has The pillow fight is considered part of the flash mob movement, which is characterized by the fact that the promotion was done almost entirely by digital means - many USF students found out about the event from a Facebook event page - so that when the fight breaks out, it seems to be com­ and water. In 2006, they reported an an­ over their workers. pletely spontaneous. The only rules for the fight were to only hit others holding pillows (no mobbing innocent bystanders), and not to hit anyone nual net profit of S5.9 biUion doUars. holding a camera. Coke has also been accused of human The event's objective seems to be to get adults to participate in something completely siUy and frivolous, for the sole purpose of having fun. Partici­ rights violations. In a few of their bottling pants were also encouraged to bring donations for the San Francisco Food Bank and the Coalition on Homelessness COKE: Continued on Page 2 companies in South America, union labor­ _^* Sky high textbook z* "I Am My Own Wife" prices are the straw C W plays until March 2nd ^W that broke the zi at the New Conserva- £J<£ camel's back. c tory Theatre Center. U SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN 2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 NEWSROOM 415.422.6122. ADVERTISING 415.422.2657 i FEBRUARY 21, 2008 NEWS San Francisco Foghorn USF Campus to Become Completely Smoke-free by End of Year MARIA DINZEO ing the effects a no-smoking policy has StaffWriter had on other campuses nationwide, they are finaUy ready to put their plan into ac­ ix months from now, students can tion. "We're here to educate hearts and expect to see a campus-wide smok­ minds, and not poUute at least one of them Sing ban beginning to take effect. - the heart," said Lawson. UntU now, only Speaking on behalf of the USF Health smaU measures have been taken to pre­ and Safety Committee, Public Safety Di­ vent smoke from drifting through open rector Dan Lawson asked the Senate at windows and into administrative budd­ last week's meeting for their support of the ings, dorms, and classrooms. Placing ash­ anti-smoking initiative. "What we'd like to trays twenty-five feet from doors has been do is make USF completely smoke-free," one of them. However, Lawson said that said Lawson. such measures have been ineffective, since "We would be the first Jesuit campus to smokers continue to smoke near building do so, but I'd like to see us on the cutting entrances. The Health and Safety Com­ edge." mittee also considered designating smok­ Indeed, the plan to ban smoking on ing and non-smoking zones on campus, campus has already been set in motion. At but realized that USF's smaU size would Senate's Feb. 12 meeting, in addition to make this impossible. "Campuses that requesting their support of the ban, caU- do that have large parking lots in which ing them the "lynchpin in the process," people can smoke, but at USF, you can't get Lawson asked ASUSF for recommenda­ away from the parking lots." tions on how to implement it in the next Students and faculty wiU stiU be able to six months. The Health and Safety Com­ smoke on the sidewalks between main and mittee has already produced a few ideas of Lone Mountain campuses, such as Turk their own, such as the idea of community Street, and Parker and Golden Gate Ave­ enforcement. "We wiU use peer pressure nues. "We have no authority to enforce the from within to implement the policy," said ban beyond USF's boundaries," said Law- Lawson. "We've found it's much more ef­ son, although the committee wUl consider fective if you have peer pressure - students putting ashtrays on the sidewalks. When Alexandra VUlegas/Foghorn and faculty telling each other, 'hey, did Arts and Sciences representative Audrey Enjoying a cigarette break in the butt hut between Hayes-Healy and GUlson HaUs could soon be a thing of the past if the Health and Safety you know we're a non-smoking campus?"' Barron expressed concern for on-campus Committee's ban on campus smoking goes through.