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Architecture majors sell
Valentines to raise money to
compete in a design contest.
NEWS
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Politics Professor Ste-
ven Zunes discusses Nan-
cy Pelosi’s view on the cri-
sis in Gaza.
OPINION
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locals rock both nerds and
music fanatics alike at San
Francisco venue Slim’s.
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up �rst WCC victory of the
season.
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Fire Destroys Students Apartment Over Break
CHELSEA M. STERLING
News Editor
While some students were sleeping
in late or buying textbooks during
their last week of winter break, three
USF students escaped a house fire that
destroyed most of their possessions,
only three days before classes
started. The house fire occurred
on the early morning of Friday,
Jan. 23. The two-unit apartment,
at Baker Street and Golden Gate
Avenue, is still intact; however, the
flames ruined most of the tenants’
possessions, turning them into ash.
At the time of the fire, only three
of the 10 people living in the two-
unit apartment were at home. The
other roommates were either at
their parent’s homes or on vacation.
These three were able to escape, but
one person suffered second-degree
burns to his hands when he tried to
save his computer. The cause of
the fire is unknown, but according
to a report on ABC 7, KGO-TV,
Over winter break a fire destroyed an apartment building near campus at Baker St. and Golden Gate Ave. where nine USF
firefighters said that the cause of
students lived. Some of the students have been temporarily relocated to on-campus housing on Lone Mountain.
the fire does not look suspicious.
Mark Wong, a senior international
business major and resident of the room when the fire started, but of a wooden deck with stairs. In remained on the floor. Unfortunately,
the burnt apartment, said that he were alerted when the fire alarm an odd coincidence, Wong said that
suspects the cause was electrical. sounded. The fire then spread to a football had survived the flames FIRE: Continued on Page 2
Katie Newman, an education grad student, puts her degree to work teaching Belizean
students during a recent immersion trip.
USF Student Teachers Work with
Impoverished Children in Belize
MIMI HONEYCUTT
Staff Writer
For most of us, winter break
involved lazy mornings in front of
the television and crazy nights with
old friends. For nine USF seniors
and graduate students, winter break
carried them all the way to Belize,
and into the lives of dozens of native
schoolchildren. They are a part
of Project Learn Belize, a special
USF immersion program sponsored
by the Department of Education.
Belize, which neighbors Guatemala
and Mexico, is an English-speaking
commonwealth of Great Britain.
Currently, Belize lacks a stable public
education system, and therefore much
of the population relies on private
institutions such as Sacred Heart,
to educate their children. Volunteer
programs are especially crucial for the
development of the Belizean youth.
Here, Project Learn Belize steps in.
The project made its first trip in
January 2008 alongside University
Ministry’s Arrupe Immersion
Program. January 2009 marks the
project’s first solo excursion. Project
Learn Belize differs from similar
immersion programs because of its
predominant focus in education.
To participate, students had to
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be dual degree seniors or School
of Education graduate students.
“Students in a specific field are
using their expertise,” explains Elisa
Jennings, a Comparative Literature
and Cultures major. “The program
was perfect for me because of
my interests in teaching, cultural
immersion and social justice.”
For sociology and education
major Melissa Knave, “What made
Project Learn Belize so unique
is that you had nine individuals
studying to become teachers with
the expertise and background to
approach teaching in a successful
as well as dynamic manner.”
Project Learn Belize worked hard
at Sacred Heart. Once there, “[We]
were literally planning and leading
lessons and at times managing a
classroom.” USF students took
on the role of teacher assistants,
helping in any way they could.
“The first week I led a lesson on
shapes while other students taught
lessons on fractions and perimeters,”
said Kanve. “I even worked with
another dual degree student … and led
a physical education class in which
we played fitness games such as red
light, green light and ‘cookie monster,
cookie monster, are you hungry.’”
BELIZE: Continued on Page 2
Students Vote Hip-Hop
for Homecoming Concert
LAURA PLANTHOLT
Staff Writer
Homecoming is an annual tradition
at USF that brings together students,
alumni and faculty to celebrate
their school spirit. School spirit has
not been considered one of USF’s
strongest points, but with the best
efforts of everyone from the alumni
association, ASUSF Senate, Campus
Activities Board, Residence Hall
Association, and of course athletics,
homecoming just might be the
time to encourage enthusiasm even
among the most spiritless Dons.
One of the events students
anticipate every year is the concert,
in which a big-name act comes in
to perform primarily for the USF
community. This year’s performer,
Lupe Fiasco, is a hip-hop artist.
Having hip-hop artists perform has
become a trend, with Wyclef Jean
performing in 2008 and Common
in 2007. Campus Activities Board
homecoming director Jenny Dinh said
she was cautious in choosing an artist
that would please most students and
“took into consideration” the fact that
hip-hop had dominated homecoming
for the past few years. To assess what
genre most students wanted to hear,
Dinh and the homecoming committee
performed extensive surveying,
utilizing Facebook, USFConnect,
OrgSync, and in-person questioning.
According to Darren Pierre,
coordinator of student organizations,
about 650 students were surveyed,
about 38.6 percent voting for hip-
hop. Alternative came in second
with 17 percent of the vote and rock
came in third with 12.7 percent.
Hip-hop, with a clear majority, was
the genre they chose to look into.
Dinh went to an agency and told
them she wanted a hip-hop artist,
and they gave her a list of available
performers. Lupe Fiasco stood out
to everyone, she said, because he is
popular and his lyrics are in line with
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USF’s mission. “He’s hip-hop, but
he’s not so degrading. His lyrics are
really positive and that’s unusual.”
The cost of putting on this concert
was not small, the bill of Fiasco
alone coming in at $50,000. This
money comes from the activity fee
included in every student’s tuition.
For this reason, it was important to
Dinh that students really enjoy it.
But Dinh also wants everyone
to remember that homecoming is
not just about the concert. “It’s a
whole week of events,” she said.
“There’s the pep rally, the carnival,
and of course the big game.”
The pep rally, being hosted by
ASUSF Senate, will offer the
community a chance to meet members
of the basketball team as well as Head
Coach Rex Walters and will feature
the USF Pep Band, Spirit Squad, and
Los Locos. Saturday afternoon is
the carnival, hosted by the Residence
Hall Association, which will feature
carnival-themed booths with various
games, face painting, and a make
your own Dons T-shirt station. Each
station is hosted by a different campus
club or organization. The big game is
on Saturday night, when the Dons
will face the Santa Clara Broncos.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thurs Feb. 19
12:30 p.m. pep rally
Fri Feb. 20
8:00 p.m. Homecoming Concert
Sat Feb. 21
2-4:00 p.m. RHA Carnival
7:00 p.m. Homecoming game
Sun Feb. 22
9 a.m. Tom Caruso 5k run/walk
Check out www.usfca.edu/alumni
for more schedule details
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Fire Destroys Apartment Davies Forum Remakes the News

FIRE: Continued from page one
Wong’s belongings were not so
lucky. His clothing was destroyed
and melted together, he said, and
the carpets were burnt and wet from
the firefighters’ hoses. Walking
through the charred apartment,
Wong said, “I mentally couldn’t
remember the layout of the house.”
Until Wong and his roommates
find a new apartment, University Life
has stepped in and offered immediate
housing, as well as other supplies.
Mary J. Wardell, associate vice
president of University Life and dean
of students, said, “As soon as we found
out, our philosophy was that we were
going to do whatever we physically
could to support them.” This support
included temporary housing in Lone
Mountain, a $50 meal card for each
student, bedding, laundry detergent
Project Learn Belize Provides
and toiletries. After meeting their
basic needs, Wardell said,“We
[helped] them think through what
they needed to do.” She also sent out
a message about the incident to each
school at USF in the event that one
of the students needed to miss class.
The tenants did not have individual
renter’s insurance, but several of
their parents have policies that
could cover their losses. This on-
campus housing is temporary and
the students are expected to be
taking active steps to find permanent
housing. Although rooms on campus
are in high demand, the transitions
that occur at the beginning of the
new semester freed up some space
for the fire victims. Wardell said that
the students are all looking for a new
apartment. In the meantime, Wong is
living at a friend’s house near campus.
“I’m trying to stay positive,”
CHELSEA STERLING
News Editor
The Davies Forum is back this
semester and has several speakers
lined up who will share their
experience in “Remaking the News”.
The class will explore and learn how
citizen journalists have remade the
news to benefit citizens, journalists
and social movement groups. In
addition, the 15 students enrolled
in the class will create a conference
and invite speakers from the Bay
Area that reflect their interests.
Last spring, USF media studies
professor and director of the Resource
Center for Cyberculture Studies
David Silver taught the Davies Forum
class, which delved into the topic of
digital literacy. According to Silver’s
blog, www.silverinsf.blogspot.com,
his philosophy for Davies students
was to “log off before you blog off,”
meaning to learn through hands
on experimenting before trying to
Digital Literacy class an honor.
Each year, the opportunity is available
for any professor to make a proposal
to the committee regardless of his or
her department. This year another
media studies professor, Dorothy
Kidd, will bring her documentary
filmmaking experience and media
knowledge to the course to tackle the
recent surge in citizen journalism.
Kidd said, “The old news model
is either dying or morphing.” She
said that we are “on the cusp of new
sets of models developing.” Kidd
is optimistic about the transition
of the news model because she
said the mainstream media has
underrepresented women’s groups,
the poor and others who have
been affected by global poverty.
The 15 students enrolled in the course
will be introducing and documenting
the speakers and participating in the
conferences. A final project will be
the presentation of a documentary,
or another media model, that will
journalism and innovation.
One advantage of the Davies
Forum, Kidd said, is that it allows
students who are focused on what
they are doing to go into depth in
the digital demo portion of the class.
Steven Barnett, a former USF
student who took the course last
spring, said, “I consider the class
the most influential and inspiring
I have enjoyed in my college
experience because of the relevance
of the topic and the intimate
setting of our class discussions.”
Chris Begley, a junior media
studies major, described the current
Davies Forum class as close-knit.
He said that he knew most of the
students and that, while the class
is open to students of all majors,
most were media studies majors.
Said Begley, “I am excited to hear
their (speakers’) opinions of what
the news today really looks like.”
While the upcoming entrée of

Hands-on Teaching Experience

blog and analyze a topic. Silver
considers teaching the Davies Forum discuss new platforms in independent DAVIES: Continued on Page 3

Belize: Continued from page one
The project helped Sacred Heart
itself by introducing overhead
projectors to the Belizean teachers,
providing them with further tools
to enrich their classrooms. With
the help of ITS, the project also
installed over 30 computers.
Much of the learning was mutual.
Fr. Geoffrey Dillon S.J, a chief
developer of the program, “worked
hard to make Project Learn Belize a
trip that truly allows USF students to
experience a different lifestyle, and
different culture. By the end of the two
weeks we all felt as though we were
part of the Dangriga community,” said
Katie Newman, another participant.
For Jennings, “The most valuable
thing that I learned is the level of
importance that a moral focus has
over an academic one. Both are
equally important to teach, but
through my experience in Belize
I’ve learned that the former is
a prerequisite to the latter. I’ve
learned the value of teaching what
the situation demands, and that this
is not always what the syllabus says.”
The success of Project Belize is
only the beginning. According to
Fr. Dillon, “In March, faculty and
possibly students in the School
of Nursing will travel to Belize
to assess the health and medical
needs of the wider community, and
ways in which future School of
Nursing programs might assist both
children and adults of Dangriga.”
None of the participating students
will forget their experience. “On my
last day, two students … brought me
two small wrapped packages. Inside
they had given me a few of their own
school supplies and toys,” Newman
said. “Many students at Sacred
Heart come from backgrounds
of poverty, including these two
students. I was incredibly moved
that two young girls would give up
their own possessions to thank me.”
One might find the future in
a classroom, but memories like those
made on the Project Learn Belize trip Melissa Stihl/Foghorn
are found only in the present world. Sweets for your sweetheart(s): Sophomore architecture students Anna Munoz, Samora Deng, D genaro Pulido, and Bezabeel Balan
sell Valentines outside the cafeteria to raise money to attend an architecture design competition later this year. Architecture
students will be selling Valentines, which they will deliver to campus and surrounding neighborhood addresses, until Feb. 12.

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Post Grad Opportunities: The MBA
HUNTER PATTERSON
Staff Writer
While graduating from college
represents the end of an important
chapter in one’s education, it also
presents a diversity of choices for post
grad study. And while undergraduate
education incorporates a variety
of general education requirements
aimed at providing a well-rounded
education, graduate programs are
often highly specialized and designed
for specific careers or positions. For
these reasons undergraduates should
look into graduate programs as early as
possible to decide if, when and where
they want to pursue an advanced
degree. This week, the Foghorn sat
down with USF Associate Director
for MBA Admissions Grace Tan to
discuss what doors an MBA can open
for students and what MBA programs
look for when selecting applicants.
An MBA, or masters degree in
business administration, is typically
a two-year degree providing
substantial coursework in well known
business disciplines like accounting,
finance, marketing, management and
leadership. However, some MBA
programs specialize in areas such
as entrepreneurship, international
business and non-profit management,
or provide unique experiences such as
spending several semesters in foreign
business centers. MBA programs are
often not as rigorous as some other
graduate programs like law, medical
school or many Ph.D programs;
The hardest part about an MBA
program is getting in, said Mark
Lenhard, a graduate of Stanford’s
MBA program, which does not
release student grades. However,
once enrolled, MBA students hone
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from independent media, like Alex
Gibney, Jose Vargas and Paul Jay,
Begley expressed an interest in
hearing from an anchor or personality
from a large news network.
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business networking contacts later on.
Tan said that MBA applicants
come from diverse backgrounds and
have a variety of work experience
and previous education. Contrary
to popular belief, the majority of
MBA students did not study business
as undergraduates and students
from the humanities and sciences
often have the most to gain from
an MBA program. Undergraduate
GPA, GMAT scores and previous
work experience are often the most
important qualities to admissions
officers, as is the case at USF, said
Tan. The average number of years
of work experience at most popular
programs is around five, and Tan said
applicants need at least two years of
experience to be competitive. Having
work experience means students
will be able to relate classroom
lectures to real world experience
and provide unique perspectives,
she said. In addition to completing
an application, essay questions
and letters of recommendation,
some schools require interviews
with prospective students.
MBA graduates go on to careers,
often in management, in a variety of
sectors from investment banking jobs
on Wall Street to technology startup
companies in Silicon Valley to NGOs
in Africa, making an MBA perhaps the
most versatile advanced degree. MBA
graduates from popular programs
are sought after by top companies
and compensated with high starting
salaries, often in the neighborhood
of $100,000 or more, depending on
what field they enter upon graduation
and what school they studied at.
Kidd said that it is important for
the students to have an opportunity
to participate and select and arrange
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Students also benefit from having
a large network of business school
alumni to reach out to for career and
investment opportunities or advice.
Many of America’s largest
companies and most iconic brands
were founded or are led by MBA
graduates including Nike, founded
by Stanford graduate Phil Knight
and Berkshire Hathaway, founded by
Columbia graduate Warren Buffett
(who recently edged out Bill Gates
as the worlds richest man). The CEO
of Intel, Paul Otellini, is a graduate
of the UC Berkeley Hass School of
Business and USF, where he studied
economics as an undergraduate.
Tan said that current students
who are considering going to an
MBA program should try to take the
GMAT exam while they are still in
school, as finding the time to study
while working full time can be
exhausting. They should also seek
out meaningful work experience
where they can demonstrate
leadership qualities, she said.
The USF MBA program waives
the application fee for USF
undergraduates. More information
about USF’s program is available by
emailing mba@usfca.edu or calling
415-422-2221. An admissions
advisor is also available online
every Tuesday and Thursday at
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mba/ask_mba_admissions.html.
Business Week also has a series
of articles on their website called
“Five Years to B-School,” outlining
what students should do in each
of the five years most people take
between finishing an undergraduate
degree and business school to be as
competitive an applicant as possible.
stories that are important to share.”
The first Davies Forum speaker is
Paul Jay, from the Independent World
Television and Real News Network.
He will speak on Thursday, Feb. 19.
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STEPHEN ZUNES
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As most of the international com-
munity was expressing its outrage at the
disproportionate Israeli attacks on the
densely-populated Gaza Strip, Speaker of
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USF and most of San Francisco in the
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overwhelming bipartisan support on Jan.
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ity for the carnage and that the fault exclu-
sively belongs on the Palestinian side.
Over 1,300 Palestinians were killed
and thousands wounded, at least half of
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Israeli soldiers died and Hamas rockets
killed three Israeli civilians.
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USF campus life informed about what is
happening on our campus from week to
week.
For those who are not on campus often
enough to pick up a print version of the
Foghorn, our website allows you to stayed
informed wherever you are.
�e Foghorn web team, several media
studies professors, and the Foghorn edi-
torial staff have worked on the site col-
laboratively in order to create a more web
friendly-culture for all of us to enjoy and
add to.
We want the site to be a means of
Street Talk: What was your biggest accomplishment over winter break?
Jacqueline Hamill
Junior - Biology
“I drove down to San Diego by
myself.”
Carly Jiricka
Junior - Politics
“I got in
area �rst initiates the con�ict.
Ironically, it was the Israeli raid into
Gaza in November in which six Palestin-
ians were killed, along with the Israeli de-
cision to tighten the blockade of the terri-
tory to prevent even humanitarian supplies
from getting through – both of which
violated cease �re provisions – that most
observers saw as responsible for provoking
the latest round of �ghting. Indeed, not
a single Israeli had been killed by Hamas
rockets between the cease �re being de-
clared last summer and the launching of
the Israeli offensive on December 27.
Yet Pelosi’s resolution only condemned
the Hamas rocket attacks against Israel
while defending Israel’s far more devastat-
ing attacks against the Gaza Strip.
�is lopsided vote in Congress in favor
of Pelosi’s resolution does not re�ect public
opinion, however. While polls continue to
indicate a strong commitment among the
American people to Israel’s right to live
in peace and security, there appears to be
far less support for providing Israel with a
blank check, such as defending Israeli vio-
lations of international humanitarian law.
In contrast to the majority of Democrats
on Capitol Hill who joined their Repub-
lican colleagues in supporting Pelosi’s
resolution, polls showed that Democrats
nationally, by a more than 3:1 margin, op-
posed Israel’s disproportionate attack. In
liberal San Francisco, one can only assume
that the margin was even higher.
Indeed, a number of Bay Area House
members – Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey,
Pete Stark, George Miller and Sam Farr
– refused to support Pelosi’s resolution.
Why, then, is Pelosi so out of step with
her constituents? And why are so many of
her Democratic colleagues in Congress so
out of step with their base as well?
It may be because Pelosi and other
elected officials have failed to recognize
the dramatic shift in attitudes among ordi-
nary Americans, particularly younger vot-
ers, who believe that, just as Israel should
not be unfairly singled out for criticism,
Israel should not be singled out as some-
how exempt from international norms of
behavior either.
student interactive communication and
information, and not solely to serve as an
archive for Foghorn content from week to
week.
Our goal is to construct a site that
serves as a means of sharing information
in addition to a means of receiving USF
related information.
We have always maintained that the
Foghorn stands as a voice for the students
at USF and not just as a voice for the edi-
torial staff.
�is is why, as of launch, we have creat-
ed a “community page,” in which students
can read articles from the general commu-
nity and leave feedback on our new com-
menting system.
�e hope is that this will create a dia-
logue among students and give everyone a
forum in which you can discuss whichever
issues are most important to you.
If you would like to post your own ar-
ticle or column on the community page, go
ahead. If you have an idea for a story but
not enough time to write it yourself, sub-
mit the idea to another community mem-
ber or the Foghorn staff.
If the issue is relevant enough, your
writing or your idea may end up in print.
More new features on the site include a
global commenting system in which you
Peter Norcia
Sophomore - Biology
“I stayed buzzed for about a week.”
John Martin
Junior - Business Management
“I �ew 7 ft. down a hill while snow-
boarding and survived with no helmet.”
San Francisco Foghorn
�is opposition to unconditional U.S.
support for Israel’s massive assault on the
Gaza Strip comes not from any sympathy
for the extremists of Hamas or from op-
position to Israel’s right to self-defense.
It comes from the liberal mainstream of
peace groups, human rights organizations,
churches, and the young activists who
helped elect Barack Obama in November.
It also includes a growing number of
American Jews who recognize that the
large-scale killing of Palestinian civilians
does not make Israel safer and that just as
one can oppose U.S. policy in Iraq with-
out being “anti-American,” one can oppose
Israeli policy in Palestine without being
“anti-Israel.”
Pelosi and many of her colleagues seem
to be largely unaware of this shift among
the broad left-of-center populace and how
non-representative of their core constitu-
ency they are on this issue, perhaps because
– being middle aged and older – they are
out of touch with the more moderate at-
titudes of younger votes. Similarly, outside
of the activist community, most of these
younger, left-of-center voters who support
a more balanced policy toward Israel and
Palestine probably don’t realize just how
far to the right Pelosi and many of their
otherwise liberal senators and representa-
tives are.
�is combination is probably why Pelo-
si and her colleagues continue to get away
with it. �e problem may be less the power
of AIPAC as the failure of the larger num-
ber of more liberal and moderate voices to
mobilize comparable pressure.
Should President Barack Obama – who
refused to join Pelosi and other Democrat-
ic leaders in backing the Israeli invasion
– decide as president to apply some “tough
love” towards Israel in the face of a hostile
Congress led by Pelosi, he is going to need
the American people to back him up.
If you are concerned about Nancy Pelo-
si’s defense of war crimes and other human
right abuses by U.S. allies, as illustrated in
her recent resolution supporting the Israeli
war on the Gaza Strip, please contact her
office at (415) 556-4862.
Stephen Zunes is a USF politics professor.
can respond to anyone’s story, user-gener-
ated articles, a link to the Foghorn’s Face-
book group, a calendaring system for all
USF related events, access to our photo
archives, podcasts, vodcasts, Twitter, Flickr,
and Vimeo integration.
What we have created is an ever-grow-
ing community site for the Foghorn’s read-
ers. �e site is still a work in progress, as it
will continue to be.
If you are interested in taking part in
this project please do not hesitate to con-
tact the Foghorn by dropping by our office
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(415) 422-6122.
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fca.edu and check out our new features. If
you are interested in more information or
would like to contribute content, please
contact foghorn@sffoghorn.info.
We look forward to building this online
community with everyone.
Sandra Diak
Sophomore - Nursing
“Sleeping past 7 a.m..”
Rocio Gomez
Senior - Biology
“Saving money and not spending.”
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USF Student Reflects on Music Career newer songs rather than the ones featured
on the album. I’m currently working on
even more new songs to hopefully release
soon on a forthcoming album.

FS: What inspires you to write your songs?

Are they centrally themed or do you �nd
that your songs take on random form? New music comes out every Tuesday, but how many students have the time to sort
TB: I’m honestly inspired by the events through each release? Four students listened to “Good Eye” from the new Bruce Spring-
and situations that take place in my life, the steen album “Working On A Dream.” �is is what they thought:
relationships (romantic or platonic) that
I’m in, my friends, my family, their lives
and mine. My songs are and have always
been my journal so to speak. Rather than
write re�ections of everyday life’s trials and
tribulations down in a book they come out
of me in the form of songs. When an issue
in my life is too pressing to hold inside, it
seems to �nd its way out in one way or an-
other through my music.
“It sounded like a ’90s stadium band that “I think it’s the perfect song for a road trip.
FS: It seems that you have quite a talent for had just discovered the blues. It wasn’t You can’t really understand the lyrics, but
multiple instruments. In your past album painful, but I wouldn’t listen to it on my you want to bob your head and look out
you played the guitar, harmonica, piano own.” – David Burgis, senior, philosophy at the scenery.” – Hunter Patterson, senior,
and of course, supplied lead vocals. Which major, �lm minor economics major
instrument do you feel most at ease with
and can we expect any new instruments in
upcoming songs?
TB: I feel most comfortable playing guitar
because it’s the instrument I started with.
I enjoy singing but am constantly trying
to improve. In fact, in the past couple of
months I’ve begun working with a vocal
coach. �e harmonica and piano are in-
struments that I chose to dabble with and I
“Anything by the Boss is sheer hotness. “It reminded me of this new show I watch
have started incorporating both into many
Actually, take that, put it in parentheses on Fox. “Sons of Anarchy.” It reminds me
of my songs. I hope to start adding more
and square it.” – Donald Mumford, senior, of the theme song. Rock, not alternative,
percussion - drums, tambourine, etc. - very
psychology major but a little country.” – Grace Woodrow,
soon to my songs and sound as well.
sophomore, nursing major
Photos Courtesy of Sky Madden

Ettes Burst with Energy

USF student musician Travis Hayes Busse brought his unique DIY sound to the Fall
Student Showcase this past semester. He has also played at a number of both on and
off-campus events in the past. He plans to perform in the Festival for Freedom, an
Erasmus Project benefit, along with eight other bands on Feb. 6 in McLaren.
MALLORY PARKS
Staff Writer
Travis Hayes Busse looks like just an-
other normal college student wandering
across the USF campus. However, this
implies that “normal” means having two
self-written and recorded albums, mul-
tiple performances at venues throughout
the city and a following of dedicated fans
that fawn over his relatable lyrics. Busse, a
junior media studies major and music mi-
nor from Philo, CA, brings his small-town
roots to the big city to offer up an original
acoustic sound that college students �ock
to.
Foghorn Scene: When did you start per-
forming and why? What is it about per-
forming that you enjoy?
Travis Busse: I picked up guitar the sum-
mer before I started high school and soon
after began performing both solo and in
various bands throughout my youth. In
addition to songwriting, I‘ve always loved
performing live. It’s honestly hard to put
into words what it is exactly that I love and
enjoy about performing, but to put it sim-
ply, it’s the most raw and unaffected thrill
that I’ve come to realize, the combination
of adrenaline and the experience of sharing
a piece of myself with others doesn’t com-
pare to anything. It lifts me up higher than
any romance or drug might rival. I hope
that by sharing my experiences with others
they might �nd some comfort in knowing
they’re not alone and vice versa.
FS: How would you classify your music?
Does it fall under a certain genre or is it
more eclectic?
TB: A good friend of mine once de�ned
my music as “up-tempo mellow acoustic”
but in generic terms I guess I’d fall under
the “Acoustic/Folk” genre. I do consider
myself a singer/songwriter and in the past
have been very minimalist with my sound.
I’m always changing and �nding new ways
to express myself sonically. I’m not one for
labels generally.
FS: Last spring, you celebrated the re-
lease of your �rst album, “It Ends With
Us.” How has your sound progressed since
then?
TB: I’ve grown up a lot and many of those
songs on my debut album were years in
Courtesy of Travis Busse
the making and often re�ected concerns
and stories of my youth. Since the album,
I’ve been focusing on writing more songs
that capture where my life and the world
is at today. Sonically, I’ve experimented
with adding full band arrangements to my
songs and have actually played some live
shows with a full band accompaniment.
Hank Richardson, also a USF student,
has been my steady musical accompa-
nist whether it be writing/recording bass
guitar on my debut album, playing bass
guitar live with me, or playing in my pre-
miere backup band ”�e Nice Young Boys
Band.” He’s always been there and we plan
to collaborate again in the future.
FS: Most of your recordings are DIY (do-
it-yourself ). Have you any plans or hopes
to enter into a more substantial studio? Or
are the home recording effects a part of
what you try to include in your sound?
TB: Most of what I do as a musician has
been DIY. Since �rst getting into punk
music at a young age, I‘ve always been at-
tracted to that aspect of doing everything
yourself - recording, getting gigs, promo-
tion, distribution. Music is absorbed into
every aspect of my life and I plan on do-
ing everything and anything I can do to
continue doing what I love. In the past
I’ve wanted to prove that I could not only
write and play my own music, but also
record and distribute it myself. Now that
I’ve been doing that for several years I’m
interested in trying out other options such
as recording in a more substantial studio
with other musicians. It’s been a gradual
process but I’ve liked learning how to take
on every step whether it be writing, per-
forming or recording.
FS: What have you recorded since your
last album? Is there any difference in the
way you completed this album compared
to the last?
TB: Since my debut album I’ve released
an EP entitled “Habit and Heartbeat.” It
includes 5 newer songs that I recorded an-
alog and low-� using a tape recorder and
a boom box equalizer resulting in a more
“retro and rough” sound than the digitally
mastered and polished album. �e record-
ing was all done live with no overdubs or
musical accompaniments. It might seem
like a step backwards but I felt a more raw,
rough and real sound better suited those
FS: In the past, you have performed at
open mic nights across the city such as at
the Red Vic and here at USF’s own Cross-
roads Café. How do you go about booking
these shows?
TB: Desire and perseverance are the two
key aspects. If you want to play a show, get
a show and play it. As far as getting shows
it’s only a matter of knowing the right peo-
ple/venues, making calls, sending e-mails
and never giving up. �ese past couple of
months I’ve also played some house shows
and set one up myself at my own place just
to have an opportunity to perform. Impro-
visation has also been key. I love perform-
ing more than anything and am just trying
to keep doing that as much and as long as
possible.
FS: Where else can we see you perform
this spring?
TB: I will be performing on campus in
McLaren Hall on Feb. 6 for Erasmus’ Fes-
tival for Freedom. I think it starts at 5:30
p.m. and ends at 10:30 p.m.. Many awe-
some bands are playing. I will be playing at
7 p.m.. In addition to that, I plan to keep
playing around the city, at least once or
twice a week, in numerous cafes and bars,
and hopefully work my way up to play-
ing some of the more major venues in San
Francisco.
FS: For a full-time college student, it
seems that you have really found a lot of
success with your music. Do you have any
recommendations for other aspiring cam-
pus musicians?
TB: �e best advice I can give is that if you
truly and genuinely love music than do it.
Write it, play it, perform it, record it, live it.
If music is something you heatedly want to
pursue than it doesn’t matter what else is
going on in your life, you make it happen.
Don’t ever let anyone tell you you’re not
good enough or you don’t have the right
sound or that you’ll never make it. If you
want it bad enough you’ll get it.
FS: In the spirit of the New Year, do you
have any goals or hopes for this year and
your music?
TB: I hope to keep consistently perform-
ing live and working up to playing bigger
shows as well as possibly tour and play
more shows outside the Bay Area. I also
hope to record a new album and collabo-
rate with other musicians as much as pos-
sible. In addition, keep a lookout for my
label, Vestibule Records.
For up-to-date information on Busse,
his music, what he’s writing/recording or
where he’s playing, visit: www.myspace.
com/iamtravishayes.
SKY MADDEN
Staff Writer
Last week the Rickshaw Stop on 155
Fell Street lent its stage to Leopold and
His Fiction, �e May Fire and �e Ettes -
- a peculiar line up indeed. Leopold is new
on the southern rock revival scene. �e
rowdy chick bassist, nondescript drummer
and lead vox/guitarist that resembles the
Kings of Leon’s beefy long-lost half-cous-
in play makeshift creek-panner music. �e
latter is hardly the standout component
to this mismatched three-band bill. �e
May Fire is a band that has truly nothing
to offer. Lead singer Catty Tasso walked
on stage wearing blue Converse sneakers
old and beat-up enough to make you puke.
After a few songs it was apparent that �e
May Fire, having put out four full length
albums to date, still cannot get past a pain-
fully mundane power chord arrangement.
With no trace of passion or drive, the
group struggled to trudge though a weary,
uninspiring set devoid of theory or even
playfulness despite their website’s claim to
being a band amongst relentlessly skilled
do it yourself (DIY) style artists. �e tired
quartet proved to be about as original
and captivating as Tasso’s vomit-inducing
Chuck Taylors. After this horrible expe-
rience my sensory receptors were involun-
tarily resurrected by Los Angeles’ newest
grind-pop installment, �e Ettes.
Once lead vocalist and guitarist Coco
and bassist Jem slung their axes around
Grind pop band The Ettes rocked the Rickshaw Stop Thursday Jan. 22. They are
scheduled to play South By South West before they embark on a European tour.
their necks, kick-drum thumping rang out
in the Rickshaw and the crowd began to
still. Drummer Poni, displaying a devilish
grin, shouted out to her mates, “I’ve got a
broken arm! �is is going to have to be our
last show!” A response of wicked laughter
from Coco and Jem began to drown once
Jem started to pound mercilessly on his red
vintage sunburst Epiphone for the thun-
derous opener “No Home.” Bass man’s
Epiphone, plugged into a beautiful Fuzz
Face distortion pedal, played out of an an-
cient amp manufactured by Sears evoked
a frothing dark grind that could make
Jack White’s toes curl. Perhaps this rug-
ged setup is the only one that can carry the
burden of Jem’s meaty four-string crunch,
the backbone sound for the Ettes’ debut
album “Look At Life Soon.” Meanwhile
�recracker lead vocalist Madam Coco
played a �erce all off-white Telecaster as
she channeled Karen O, Bettie Page and
Lydia Lunch to make the Rickshaw mass-
es cower.
Mid-set the Ettes took no prisoners
with dirty dance jams, “Spend My Money,”
“Subject” and “I Get Mine.” On album,
the Ettes sound like a mere fusion of an
average song from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s
and 1950s production aesthetics -- noth-
ing new. However, a live experience of the
Ettes is a whole different animal exuding
an undeniable sonic magnetism with the
unleashing of songs that explode like short
bursts of raw metallic energy into your
welcoming veins.
Sky Madden/Foghorn
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FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Futuristic Rockers Touch Down
The Phenomenauts guitarist =AR-7= played for a crowd of sci-fi enthusiasts and punk
rockers. His flight suit and helmet prepared him for his trip back to Earth, where he
played with his fellow bandmates from space at the local venue Slim s in SOMA.
HEATHER SPELLACY
Staff Writer
Generally, I either return from a show
disheartened by a lackluster performance,
or I am so tired from dancing all night
long that I barely make it to the couch
to pass out. In the rarest of instances, I’ll
come home with as much energy as I left
with. Once in a blue moon such a phe-
nomenon will occur, just as it did after my
most recent trip to Slim’s.
My knowledge of the Phenomenauts, a
psychobilly band out of Oakland, was lim-
ited. I knew that they claimed to be from
the future and always dressed up in outra-
geous costumes at their live shows. I must
Heather Spellacy/Foghorn
admit that at �rst I was skeptical of these
futuristic �ends. I’m not a fan of concerts
�lled with more acting than actual music,
and these guys had the potential to �t that
mold perfectly.
On Saturday, Jan. 24, I hesitantly ven-
tured out of the freezing cold into the venue
and was horri�ed by what I saw. It seemed
the Phenomenauts had their own army of
followers comprised of their dearest fans
wearing everything from �ight jackets that
matched the band’s to homemade helmets
that looked as if they were straight out of
a retro sci-� movie. My worst fears were
realized, and I concluded that this show
would be nothing more than the quirky
band dancing on stage and engaging in
long-winded conversation with the crowd.
Smoke from fog machines �lled the
stage while lasers and strobe lights danced
around frantically. It was when the lights
came on and the band began their �rst
song that I realized my preconceived no-
tions were utterly and completely wrong.
�is band was amazing.
�e musical skills were incredible, their
stage presence rocked and I’ve never seen
such an enthusiastic crowd in my life. I was
happily shocked by everything I saw and
heard. Not only was I dancing along to ev-
ery song, I felt a serious urge to purchase
some sort of memorabilia so I too could be
part of the Phenomenaut craze.
Even wilder than the out�ts, which
changed sometime during the show (I only
noticed when their matching red creepers
were suddenly white), was what looked like
a toilet paper ray gun brought out mid-set.
�e machine dispensed toilet paper onto a
screaming crowd manned by the band key-
boardist, Professor Greg Arius.
Seattle native Jason Webley opened the
show. Standing alone on the stage, holding
only an accordion, he began his set for a
very apprehensive crowd. I had to block all
thoughts out of my head and just watch
and listen in order to process what he was
doing.
After the confusion wore off I better
understood my feelings, and I realized that
this guy was pure genius. He sang with
passion and played with exuberance. �e
folk style of his songs didn’t match his lyr-
ics, but only made his performance more
weird and wonderful. His ability to cap-
ture the crowd astonished me. Never have
I seen every single person participate with
a performer before, but Webley had them
all following along. His set didn’t necessar-
ily match the genre of the headliners, but
his creativity and departure from the norm
made him a perfect opening act.
I’ll be sure to keep both Webley and
the Phenomenauts on my radar in order
to catch them the next time they decide
to swing through town. Both are bands I’d
pay to see again without a second thought
and, since both hang their hat relatively
close to San Francisco, I’m sure we’ll be
seeing them both soon enough. So, if you
ever �nd your life lacking weird and wacky,
make sure to look these guys up … I prom-
ise you’ll get your �ll of both.
Cheap n Easy Dorm Crafts
BRITA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Brita �ompson presents �e Scrappy
Crafty Scavenger for economical and
broke college craftsters.
1. Ramen Noodle Picture Frame -- �is
is the perfect dorm craft activity consid-
ering the proclivity for ramen noodles on
college campuses. All you need for this ac-
tivity is a pack of broken ramen noodles, a
small wooden picture frame a paintbrush
and some glue. Use the paintbrush to coat
the picture frame and artfully arrange
the broken noodles on top. Paint a layer
of glue on top of the noodles to create an
interesting surface. While the glue is still
wet, you can sprinkle glitter over your cre-
ation. Or spray paint them - gold or silver
spray paint adds luxury to even the smelli-
est and most hideously decorated dorm
room. When the frame is �nished, you can
put a picture of yourself inside and send it
to your parents à la kindergarten craft or
put a picture of your favorite pop culture
hottie inside, as I have done with our new
president.
2. Toilet Paper Maché --According to
Father Privett’s abacus, there are roughly
10,000 (okay, more like 2,000) students
living on-campus at USF. �at means
(roughly) 10,000 bottoms that need wiping
sometimes several times a day with USF
toilet paper. Boys use less toilet paper than
girls do. What this means for the scrappy
crafty scavenger is that the discrepancy be-
tween boys and girls toilet paper use cre-
ates a surplus of toilet paper in the dorms,
perfect for making papier mâché creations
MELISSA BARON
Scene Editor
Welcome to Melissa’s Mixtape. Each
week I will bring you 10 songs. If you visit
the Scene Blog you can listen and expose
yourself to new music, artists and ways of
thinking.
1) “�is Year” by the Mountain Goats,
off of “Sunset Tree”
2) “Tight Rope Walker” by Discover
San Francisco Foghorn
from the most delicate of all papers! Wire
makes a good base for your sculpture, �nd
wire clothes hangers which people hate to
have around anyways. I recommend buy-
ing a large tub of Mod Podge instead of
making the traditional glue. For a sturdier
creation, use this newspaper you’re reading
instead of toilet paper. Allow time for it
to dry. If you want to create a piñata, do
not use wire, but instead craft a base from
cardboard (using staples or masking tape
to keep it together). Get creative! For your
social justice-oriented friend, make a piña-
ta in the shape of the republic of Uganda
and �ll it with �iers for Amnesty Interna-
tional. For your hip friends make a piñata
in the shape of �om Yourke from Radio-
head and �ll it with Pabst Blue Ribbon.
For more color, use strips of magazines!
3. Cafeteria Cup Imaginoculars - Okay,
so they won’t magnify anything, but from
one side of Phelan, provided you aren’t
nearsighted, clearly visible are the windows
and not-so private lives of our unfortunate
university neighbors. But why limit your
spy-scope to what’s actually there, when
within the range of your imagination you’re
able to spy on anyone you want! Cut the
bottoms out of two cafeteria coffee cups
and tape them together. Now you’ve got
yourself some imaginoculars! Place these
paper spectacles to your face and you’ll be
able to see Gavin Newsom retroactivat-
ing Proposition 8, Father Privett lowering
USF tuition, and your eccentric mathemat-
ics professor changing into white sneakers
for the walk up Lone Mountain. All in the
privacy of your own mind!
America, off of “Psychology”
3) “What’s an Ocean For?” by White
Whale, off of “WWI”
4) “A New Name For Everything” by the
Weakerthans, off of
“Reconstruction Site”
5) “Working Poor” by Horsefeathers, off
of “House With No Home”
6) “Seattle” by Jeffrey Lewis, off of “�e
Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane &
Other Favorites”
7) “Rotten Hell” by Menomena, off of
“Friend and Foe”
8) “Apartment Story” by the National,
off of “Boxer”
9) “Kids Are the Same” by Pants Yell!, off
of “Recent Drama”
10) “Back to School” by Paul Baribeau,
off of “25”
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San Francisco Foghorn
USF Captures First WCC Win of the Season
ANDREA LENNOX
Staff Writer
This past Saturday night the USF
Dons powered to a 75-53 point victory
over the visiting Loyola Marymount
Lions. This was the first West Coast
Conference victory of the season for
the Dons. The Lions on the other
hand have yet to earn their first West
Coast Conference win this season.
The Lions started off strong
jumping out to an impressive 11-
2 lead only eight minutes into the
game. Meanwhile, the Dons missed
seven of their first eight shots, before
preventing the Lions to only score a
total of 53 points, the lowest for any
USF Division 1 opponent this season.
The Lions’ momentum fluttered after
the first quarter, as they only scored 11
more points throughout the first half,
and went through an eight minute
stint where they only scored one
basket to start the second half. It took
them five minutes into the second
The Dons Struggle in WCC, Coming
Up Short Against Pepperdine 69-67
MATT STEINBACH
Sports Editor
Fast breaks are the easiest way
to score a basket because they lead
to easy lay-ups and wide-open shots.
The Dons inability to both score and
prevent fast breaks was one of the
reasons why they lost to the visiting
Pepperdine Waves. With the Dons
struggling to hit shots early on in the
game, Pepperdine was able to start
the fast break off of rebounds. Getting
all of those easy baskets allowed
the Waves to jump out to an 18-8
lead halfway through the first half.
USF struggled to find their shot
for most of the first half, missing
their first four shots. The Dons also
struggled to maintain possession
as they committed 10 turnovers in
the first 10 minutes of the game.
They seemed lost on offense against
Pepperdine’s zone defense. On many
of their possessions, USF simply
passed the ball along the perimeter
hoping someone would make a three
point shot. But Pepperdine did an
excellent job of rotating, causing
contested shots. The Dons were
timid to pull the trigger on those
contested shots; instead settling for
passes along the perimeter and not
Roethlisberger Drive Leads Steelers to Super Bowl Victory
MATT STEINBACH
Sports Editor
For the weeks leading up to Super
Bowl XLIII, journalists and expert
football analysts across the United
States believed the game would be
a battle of the Pittsburgh Steelers’
league-best defense, and the Arizona
Cardinal’s high scoring aerial attack.
Whatever unit performed better
would mean a Super Bowl win. But
all of these analysts and journalists
SPORTS
Coach Rex Walters rallies his team to their first WCC victory over the visiting LMU Lions.
Walters is a passionate coach who cheers loudly from the sidelines.
half to finally score a field goal. back the lead and refused to let it strong second half, leaving it next to
The Dons consistently played a go. Dior Lowhorn helped the Dons impossible for the Lions to catch up.
well-stratified game, particularly with 11 points in the first half and
in the second half, as they gained countless important rebounds in the
shooting the ball. In the beginning
of the first half, USF had a hard time
getting the ball to Dior Lowhorn in
the post, where he is hard to stop.
But once the Dons found Lowhorn
in the post, they started to get back
into the game. USF eventually tied the
game at 25-25 with two minutes left in
the first half. Pepperdine quickly took
back the lead, making it a 31-27 game
before Peter Smith hit a buzzer beater
three pointer for USF. The Dons went
into the half with a little momentum
after starting the game slowly. They
were hoping to carry this momentum
over into the second half and
eventually to a victory but Pepperdine
did not allow this to happen.
The second half started the same
way the first half ended, with both
teams scoring back and forth. Both
Pepperdine and USF looked to their
best players to carry their offenses.
USF made it a priority early in the
second half to get Lowhorn the
ball in position and he capitalized
on his opportunities. At the same
time Pepperdine allowed freshman
guard Keion Bell to isolate, going
one on one against his slower
defensive opponents. Bell was able
to use his quickness and soft shooting
overlooked the real key to the game,
Pittsburgh’s offense. And when the
game came to an end, it was the
Steelers’ offense that won the game.
With 2:37 remaining in the
game, Ben Roethlisberger and the
Steelers’ went onto the field trailing
23-20. They would have to go 78
yards down the field to score the
game-winning touchdown. The
team looked to Big Ben to carry
them to a Super Bowl victory and
Roethlisberger responded with one
of the best game-winning drives in
Super Bowl history. Roethlisberger
did his best John Elway imitation,
by driving 88 yards down the field,
after a first-down holding penalty,
and eventually throwing the game
winning six-yard touchdown to
Santonio Holmes. On that final
drive, Roethlisberger completed
five of his seven pass attempts,
throwing for 84 yards, including
the game-deciding touchdown.
Holmes was Roethlisberger’s main
target throughout the game, catching
nine passes while accumulating a
Melissa Stihl/Foghorn in six turnovers and seven missed
touch to torch the USF defense.
But Lowhorn and the Dons would
not let Bell and the Waves run away
with the game. Lowhorn single
handedly carried the Dons’ offense
scoring six points in the beginning
of the second half. His great play
started to rub off on his team mates
as Manny Quezada and Angelo
Caloiaro made a few big shots,
allowing the Dons to take the lead 43-
42 with 14 minutes left in the game.
Every time Pepperdine needed a
basket, Bell was there to deliver, as
he hit a jumper to take the lead and
converted on a three-point play to
stretch the Waves’ lead. Bell was
on fire the whole game; he finished
with 32 points missing only one
shot, as he went 13-14 from the field.
USF did a good job of not giving up
as they continued to battle, attempting
to make a come back. Once again Dior
Lowhorn led the team in scoring, as
he finished with 28 points, while also
grabbing down 10 rebounds. Despite
his effort the Dons lost to Pepperdine
69-67. Pepperdine ended the game
with 12 fast break points opposed
to four by USF. Had the Dons been
able to contain Pepperdine’s fast
break they may have won the game.
total of 131 yards while also catching
the most important pass of the game,
which was his only touchdown.
His amazing performance allowed
Holmes to deservingly win the Super
Bowl MVP trophy. With Hines
Ward slowed by injury, Holmes
stepped his game up and carried
the passing game on his shoulders.
Although this game had an amazing
finish to it, it would have been a
completely different game had the
Arizona Cardinals not come back to
take the lead late in the fourth quarter.
The Cardinals entered the fourth
quarter trailing by 13 points. They
went onto to score 16 unanswered
points in the quarter, largely because
of the tandem of Kurt Warner and
Larry Fitzgerald. The tandem was
one of the largest reasons why the
Cardinals were in the Super Bowl,
as both players had a fantastic post-
season. Warner connected with
Fitzgerald on back to back drives, with
two huge touchdowns. The second
touchdown was a play of beauty as
Warner threw a short, in-route to
second half. Lowhorn is also the
West Coast Conference’s leading
scorer, with an average of 20.1
points per game prior to Saturday
night’s victory. He finished the game
with 23 points while also grabbing
14 rebounds. Angelo Caloiaro also
played a huge role in the Dons
victory as he earned 11 points and six
boards off the bench. Senior guard
Manny Quezada was on the assist six
times with five rebounds while also
adding eight points off the bench.
Teammate Blake Wallace added
nine points to the Dons final score.
The Dons scored 14 straight
points heading into halftime, as
LMU failed to get anything out of
their 13 posessions, which resulted
shots. Lowhorn brought the Don’s
victory home as he opened with a
The Lions struggled as only
one player hit more than half of
Sophomore Jessy Mekpoh plays tough against the Academy of Art on Sunday in Golden Gate
Park. The Dons swept in doubles and went 5 and 1 in singles. They are 2-0 on the season.
Fitzgerald, who turned up field and
ran 64 yards into the end zone. But
this play was overshadowed by two
great plays by Steelers’ players.
The first play happened at the
end of the first, with the Cardinals in
the red zone, down by three. Warner
dropped back looking to throw a
quick slant to Anquan Boldin for the
touchdown but James Harrison, the
defensive player of the year, stepped
in front of the pass and rumbled down
the field for a 100 yard touchdown to
put the Steelers up by 10 going into
halftime. The second play was the
game-winner, which was a beautifully
thrown ball by Ben Roethlisberger
to the back of the end zone, over
three defenders and into the out-
stretched hands of Santonio Holmes,
who barely got both feet in bounds.
The lead the Steelers had
accumulated was almost undone by
all the penalties they committed.
It seemed like on every drive, they
committed at least one big penalty
that stalled their drive or made it
harder for them to score. But some
8
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
his attempts from the floor. Vernon
Teel and Kevin Young were two of
the Lions most valuable players,
but could not carry the team alone.
Many of LMU’s players were out
due to injury, so the less experienced
players were forced into larger roles.
This loss counted towards LMU’s
0-12 losing streak on road games
this season. In fact, the Lions have
not won an away game since their
December 2007 victory against the
Riverside Highlanders. The overall
record for the Lion’s this season is
(1-22) with a conference record of
(0-7). They return to their home gym
to play a three game home stand.
The first game is against Pepperdine,
whom the Dons lost to on Thursday.
The Dons continue to hold solid
statistics as have an overall record
of (9-13) and a WCC record of (1-
6). Their next game is away, versus
Saint Mary’s on Feb. 5 at 8:30 p.m.
Their next home game is versus
Portland on Feb. 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Andrew Jimenez/Foghorn
how the Steelers were able to over
come the penalties and win the
game with a miraculous finish.
This Super Bowl win gives the
Pittsburgh Steelers a total of six Super
Bowl victories, which allows them to
surpass the San Francisco 49ers and
Dallas Cowboys with the most Super
Bowl victories in NFL history. The
49ers and Cowboys have five Super
Bowl wins each. And they did this
in dramatic style, winning one of
the most exciting Super Bowls ever.
Not only does this Super
Bowl put the Steelers on top of the
list of most successful organizations
in the NFL, it also enhanced Ben
Roethlisberger’s legacy, where he
will always be remembered for his
amazing performance. Ten years from
now people will still be talking about
this game and that game winning
drive. If you missed this game,
you missed one of the best football
games you will ever see. Hopefully
next year’s Super Bowl will match
this one in terms of excitement.