FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS an jfannato JFoghorn foghorn.usfca.edu Vol. Ill, Issue 12 THURSDAY, January 30,2014 SCENE Welcome Back! You're Paying Too Much for Your Textbooks New Perspactives and avoids shopping at the USF on Dreamweaver CS3, f You Shop at the Bookstore unless she needs a spe­ . :., Comprehensive USF Bookstore' cific customized USF textbook. 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USF Bookstore Junior politics major Madeline New $218.00 Danielle Maingot contributed to the Meininger does her research about Rent $93.74 the cheapest options available to reporting. Amazon.com her while shopping for textbooks, New $174.41 Tanya Zeif '17 questions the Rent $30.74 achievable quality of college life in relation to food. Interpersonal Page 4 Communication: Everyday Encounters, 7th Edition USF Bookstore New $180.25 SPORTS Rent $86.52 Amazon.com New $138.23 Rent $17.00 Udn&ie Mamgoutognorn Students line up to get their textbooks at the USF bookstore The Return of Swine '09 Generation Citizen: RITA MCNEIL Teach Teens to Make a Dif­ StaffWriter In the peak of flu season, a vi­ rus that shocked the nation in 2009 ference, While Fullfilling has returned. H1N1, also known as swine flu, has been present since Your Core Service Learning the initial pandemic, but this sea­ son the H1N1 virus is reportedly ALLISON FAZIO to directly participate in their lo­ emerging at higher levels than ever Staff Writer cal government through an in-class since 2009. curriculum designed to get students The Center for Disease Control Dickerson, Dons power past Are you interested in making an to work with local leaders to ad­ and Prevention reports, "this is the Santa Clara on night active change in the community? Courtesy of Creative Commons dress an issue relevant to them. first season that the virus has circu­ One stamp you won't want to be collect­ that celebrates USF legend Teaching high school students Tina Celani, senior communica­ lated at such high levels since the ing! Stay healthy during this season's flu Ollie Johnson about political action? Making outbreak. tions major, is chapter director for pandemic." middle school students feel safer in the USF Chapter of Generation During the week of Jan. 12-18, unteers after they anonymously sub­ Page 8 their own parks and playgrounds? Citizen, which started on campus 96.8% of the influenza A viruses mit flu-like symptoms, as shown in Generation Citizen is a non­ in the fall. were H1N1 viruses, according to an ABC 7 newscast. profit organization that aims to their Weekly Flu View update. Judith Karshmer, the Dean ofthe NEWS solve problems in local communi­ "There has been a huge lack of As of Jan. 9, the San Francisco School of Nursing, appeared on the ties through civic education. With civic education for low-income stu­ Department of Public Health re­ news report stating, "Flu is some­ the help of teachers and trained dents and students in general, and ported on the death of a flu patient thing that is really very serious, and college volunteers called democ­ Generation Citizen helps change in San Francisco. They confirmed is something that we can track and racy coaches, Generation Citizen that," Celani said. "By working with the strain ofthe virus as H1N1. and know how to prevent." provides middle school and high students to actively identify and ad- In the past month, the San Jose Professor Courtney Keeler, who school students the opportunity GENERATI0N continued on page 2 Mercury reported on eight deaths led the Flu Near You initiative at of swine flu in California — one USF, recommends using the pro­ in the East Bay, one in Santa Clara gram to "help an individual remain County, two in Sacramento, one in aware of flu patterns in their own Orange County, and three people communities. These local trends are in Stanislaus County. important indicators since one's risk What'cha gonna do when Professor Ong-Flaherty of the of the flu increases with the inci­ they come for you9 Muni po­ School of Nursing and Health Pro­ dence of flu in one's neighborhood," lice look out for expired USF fessions at USF thinks students are she said. passes. not currently at high risk of catch­ Although the risk of H1N1 in Page 3 ing the virus. "I am not aware of any the USF community is not currently students with [swine] flu symp­ of paramount concern, Professor ONLINE toms. Nor any cases around USF." Robin Buccheri notes, "A very scary Luckily for students, the School thing about the H1N1 virus that we Check out our newly relaunched of Nursing is part of a national ini­ found in 2009 is that it can be espe­ website and subscribe to our tiative to monitor influenza activity cially serious in children and young e-newsletter: foghorn.usfca.edu and prevent flu outbreaks in the adults." USF community. Mark Smolinski, So why are young adults more Check us out on Twitter: MD, of the Skoll Global Threats susceptible? "The leading theory is @SFFoghorn Fund, partnered with the School of that there is something about the Nursing to introduce Flu Near You Or Facebook: flu that resembles the HI flus that San Francisco Foghorn on campus. circulated before the 1960's," ac­ Flu Near You is a program that cording to Donald McNeil, New (Left to right) Tina Celani, senior and current chapter director of Generation Citizen USF, tracks flu activity across the nation. worked with 8th graders Magnus, Oak, fellow democracy coach and USF sophomore Noelle SWINE continued on page 2 Garza, and 8th grader Tyler to create safer park access for middle schoolers at Kimball Park. Reports are made available to vol- SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN 2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117 NEWSROOM 415.422.6122 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014 NEWS San Francisco Foghorn —+ — GENERATION continued from page 1 always have the classroom teacher Foghorn Poll: Oh, $#@*%! dress a problem in the communi­ present with them when work­ ty, you have them understand that ing. Generation Citizen provides Do Your Professors Swear? they can make a change — you step-by-step lesson plans to aid give them the opportunity to be democracy coaches, who will 53 USF students answered last Novemder important." meet on campus once a week to Working as a democracy coach go over the lesson with their su­ last semester, Celani and her class periors. Have you heard professors use profanity in class? of 8th graders at the Creative At the end of every semester, Arts Charter School, worked to Generation Citizen volunteers increase police presence at the will have put in about 40 hours nearby Kimball park. of classroom time, culminating in "My students chose to focus Civics Day, in which democracy on their local park because they coaches and student representa­ felt really unsafe there," Celani tives from each class present their said. "What Generation Citizen projects to other students, com- 100% If yes, did it make you feel uncomfortable? yes 1 slightly 1 - no I have never heard my professors... 1 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% If yes, did it affect how you see your professor(s)? yes no Courtesy ot It might have been the end of the semester, but these kids did not stop working! 8th grade students from the Creative Arts Charter School asked judges at last semester's end-of- ,,f program celebration, Civics Day, to sign a petition asking for increased police presence at Kimball park. <£MMUHp 1 have never heard my . • does, is the)' really want to come munity members, and public of­ professors... up with the root of the cause and ficials, and sometimes win awards. actively try to solve that, so after Last semester, Celani and Mc- 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% discussing as a class, we came to Croskey's classrooms both re­ the fact that there weren't enough ceived awards for their respective police officers in Kimball park, work in creating safer parks and Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) and drafted letters and petitions bus rides.