&& &-SS 07 Scene: The Ass Show—Page 13 Sports: R.I.P Basketball—Page 19 lljllSS^ &Z72 Francisco FOGHORN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 21,2002 WWW.FOGHOR N0NL1NE.COM VOLUME 98, ISSUE 15 Chomsky Speaks Victoria Leon Guerrero possibly in the world in the past cen­ FOGHORN STAFFWRITER tury and definitely he has a stature Noam Chomsky called the of somebody like Gandhi or Martin United States hypocritical and cri­ Luther King Jr.," said senior Gilberto tiqued the war on terrorism before Villasenor, who invited Chomsky to an audience of more than 800 stu­ speak at the University. "He's the kind dents and community members of person that I thought would be at the University of San Francisco stimulating and would challenge on March 18. people to reevaluate their own The 73-year-old world-re­ preconceptions." nowned linguist, philosopher, histo­ Villasenor contacted Chomsky rian and political critic got three via email two years ago, and after a standing ovations in McLaren. lot of hard work, Villasenor reaped Chomsky, a controversial lin­ the fruits of his labor Monday as he guistics professor at Massachusetts introduced Chomsky to the crowd. Institute of Technology, wrote 40 "I'm proud that we have students books and received 20 honorary de­ who show initiative to organize this grees from Universities across the kind of thing, we just played a sup­ globe. His speech at USF was the porting role, the initiative for this first of five he delivered in the came from a student and that's won­ Bay Area this week. derful," said Stanley Nel, dean ofthe College of Arts and Sciences. BEXIE TOWLE/FOGHORN "I think that (Chomsky) is one Noam Chomsky, renowned MIT professor, spoke to over 800 people at the University of San Francisco on Marchof th e18. mos t important intellectuals War on Terrorism: Page 3 Four-Unit Classes Next Fall Competition for SII? New system for Arts and Sciences restructures courses Victoria Leon Guerrero which is located across from St. Jessica Robles mer school," Turpin said. other highly acclaimed liberal arts FOGHORN STAFFWRITER Ignatius Church, and 20 students FOGHORN STAFFWRITER "That's just great," said junior colleges such as Cornell, Amherst Some opponents ofthe current have already applied for the fall In Fall 2002, a four-unit course Nate Graham. "It would be even bet­ and Reed, and Ivy League schools St. Ignatius Institute said they have semester. system will be implemented in the ter if the number of units you need such as Harvard and Princeton. founded a new college across the Raymond Dennehy, a professor College of Arts and Sciences. to graduate went down too." "I think it's really good," said street from the University of San of philosophy who used to teach "It's very exciting. We've been While major classes and major re­ freshman Kristel Alcaraz about the Francisco to compete with the SII. in the Institute, said he has offered quirements are already being re­ four-unit model. "You can get the having faculty meeting after faculty All of the faculty who will be to teach one course at Campion done, changes for the GEC are still ideas from each class without stress­ meeting, endlessly deliberating how teaching in the fall at Campion College in the fall with no pay or being considered. ing out about the five other classes to make this the best way possible," College are either present or benefits. He said he will continue you might be taking." Associate Dean of the College of The proposal for the new GEC is former teachers in the Institute, to teach at the University. Arts and Sciences Jennifer Turpin currendy being revised by the com­ Other students said that the six- said Rev. Joe Fessio, S.J., the "Campion College is designed said. "We put a huge amount of ef­ mittee, and wil] then be sent to Jim class workload is too much. "I'm tak­ founder ofthe SII and of Cam­ to replace what we believe was lost fort into ensuring that we've re­ Wiser, academic vice president and ing seven classes, two of which are pion College. when [Rev. Stephen Privett, S.J.] thought the curricula in provost. labs," sophomore Laura fired the director of the Institute v John Galten, the former direc­ interesting ways." Pagenstecher said. "And I'm so ex­ and the new Institute is not com­ He will add any revisions he tor ofthe SII, will be the president hausted." mitted to defending the teachings The School of Business and the of the college, Fessio said. of the Church," Dennehy said. School of Cursing will continue Turpin said that the Fessio would not release the "Campion College will take the their current curricula, based on the committee met with many exact location of the college, how­ three-unit model. "It's very exciting...We put students who said it was place of the SII, but the standards a huge amount of effort ever, he said it is presently being All classes and majors in the Col­ difficult to concentrate on operated out of St. Ignatius Press, lege of Arts and Sciences will be re­ into ensuring that we've each course when there are New Rival SII: Page 6 worked to accommodate the rethought the curricula in so many, especially because four-unit model. students also have jobs. GEC classes will stay at three interesting ways." "And, classes will be more units for the time being, but it is -Jennifer Turpin in-depth," Turpin said. Feelin' the Breeze hoped that the proposal to convert ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES "And that creates a better : : those classes as well will go into learning environment." •: ™" ' effect soon. Advisors are taking The four-unit GEC is still under deems necessary before recom­ early appointments to discuss sched­ review for all schools, but is antici­ mending it to USF President Stephen ules for fall in order to help students pated to go into effect, at the latest, A. Privett, S.J. If it is approved by the through the transition. for the 2003-2004 academic year if president, it will go to the Board of Sign-ups for seniors begin the passed by the Board ofTrustees. Trustees for the final agreement. first week in April. Seniors and jun­ The administrative and faculty "It sounds kind of like block iors can choose whether they want Joint Committee on Workload be­ scheduling, with less classes that are to graduate based on the three-unit gan considering the four-unit longer," freshman Bethany Wan said. or four-unit requirements, but fresh­ model during the 1998-1999 school "But if there aren't as many GECs, man and sophomores will have to year, according to Stanley Nel, the that's definitely a good thing." meet the four-unit requirements. dean of the College of Arts and "It would be nice just not to take A hold will be placed on students' Sciences. as many classes," freshman Ari registration until they meet with an The four-unit model will mean Mundo said. advisor. As soon as they meet with restructuring of almost every ma­ The faculty within the College of an advisor, the hold will be taken off jor and class. Previously, to gradu­ Arts and Sciences has already begun and students may register online or ate in four years with 128 units and preparing new curricula. If the four- at the registration office. three-unit courses, a class would unit GEC goes into effect as well, stu­ "We want to make sure every stu­ meet 150 minutes per week, accord­ dents will be able to choose their own dent gets assistance," Nel said. "And ing to Nel. Students had to take six GEC classes from classes already of­ that this is as painless as possible, as classes each semester to graduate fered or those added to the cur­ smooth a transition as possible. We BEXIE TOWIE/FOCHORN in fouryears. riculum. want to be responsible to all the in­ While many University of San Franciso students piled into McLaren With the four-unit model, a stu­ This GEC change is based on the dividual needs of each student." to listen to Noam Chomsky s speech, other students lined up outside of dent can graduate on time taking "general distribution model," a sys­ Teachers will also be affected by an Adidas bus, waiting to recive promotional shins and cd's. just four classes per semester. "This tem that, along with the four-unit the four-unit change. Professors will way, no one is forced to take sum­ change, brings USF up to par with Four-unit Courses: Page 6 San Francisco Foghorn NEWS March 21, 2002 State of the ASUSF Senate Cloning President addresses recent resignations and other Senate troubles Nelson Toriano ing areas. He said that renovations ized" the first floor of the Univer­ programs for the first annual dis­ Debate FOGHORN STAFFWRITER around World Fare were a collabo­ sity Center to be "a 24-hour space abilities awareness week on Apr. 15 Shazeen Moledina Carlos Menchaca, Associated ration of Senate's space and foods where you can study, eat, lounge, through Apr. 19. FOGHORN STAFFWRITER Students of the University of San service committees. and have club offices." Jessica Gunderson, sophomore Francisco (ASUSF) president, re­ During the Senate Summit, he Furthermore, a renovation for class representative, said that sena­ About 300 Catholics from assured the student body in his showed a video documenting vari­ World Fare itself would begin in tors were drafting a restructuring around the Bay Area gathered for the State of the Association address ous students saying what they did about a year, he said.