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Foghorn Editor in Chief Hunter Patterson ends hisera with the Foghorn after a year and a half in charge.USFtv seeks new advisersfor next semester but re-mains hopeful about futurecontent and productionafter slow year. �e Nocturnal Rock Turtlestook home the top prize atUSF’s Battle of the Bandslast �ursday. ver the weekend, theDons won their third consecu-tive WCC series, this time by efeating Pepperdine 2-1. �isuts the team at 22-22 overall.
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tacks of antique books line the walls of the Donahue Rre Book Room. Some professors worry the books may be pawned off tomeet finncial obligations, a claim which University President Rv. Stephen Privett, S.J. does not foresee happening.
37 Years And Counting, HawaiianClubHas Another Successful Luau
�ere are several signature events atUSF, but perhaps one of the biggest stand-out events is the Lu’au that Hui’O Hawaiiputs on every year. �e 37
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annual Lu’auonsisted of great food, incredible per-formances, and an atmosphere focusedon Hawaiian culture. �is year’s lu’aurew a crowd of over 450 people includ-ng students, faculty, and students’ family members. One community member in at-tendance was University President Rev.tephen Privett, S.J. who commented onhow events like Lu’au add to the cultur-lly diverse aspect of USF, “Every year Itry to get to the Lu’au because we are ableto see the richness of the cultures that arerepresented here at the University, he said.LAURA PLANTHOLT
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 �is week Rich Media getsthe student response to thepossibile auctioning of booksfrom USF’s precious Dono-hue Rare Book Room.NICHOLAS MUKHAR 
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HuiO Hawaii member Kristen Hara performs the traditional Hawaiian luau dance at the clubsannual event last Saturday which included Hawaiian food and music.
Rare Books Could Become Financial Safety Net
 �e USF administration is undertakinga plan to protect itself from being furtherimpacted by the nation’s deep recession,though some faculty members are wary of this plan and the practices it would entail.According to University President Rev.Stephen Privett S.J., USF is sifting througha range of university assets and compilinga list of items that may be expendable inan economic emergency.“We are not selling anything rightnow,” said Privett, responding to a groupof faculty members upset over the rumorthat historic items were being consignedto auction houses to combat economic woes. “Let’s dispel that rumor right now,”he said. �e possibility of selling items from theDonahue Rare Book Room in the Glee-son Library has garnered the strongest re-sponses from faculty members.USF history professor Martin A.laussen is one of several faculty membersconcerned about the future of USF’s col-lection of historic items, noting that USF has already consigned a collection of printsby Renaissance artist Albecht Durer to anuction house.“Selling parts of the library collectionn order to pay current costs is like burn-ng the furniture to keep warm,” Claussenaid.Privett insists that, if the items compiledfrom the Rare Book Room were ever sold,they would be “non-book items, duplicate volumes, or single volumes, not part of aeries or collection.”As for the Durer collection, Privett said, �ey (the prints) were discovered by ac-ident. We have an art gallery, not a mu-eum. We didn’t have a place for them.” �e Durer collection has not been sold yet, but Privett said the money would go ton endowment to support the library, andmuch of the money made from the RareBook Room items, if ever sold, would gotowards renovating the room and protect-ng its items. Claussen however is not sat-sed with this reasoning.“Selling items in the Rare Book Roomto pay for renovations that would keepthem safe? �at logic sounds odd,” heaid.laussen is also concerned with itemsbeing sold that were given to USF as gifts,problem not unique to USF.According to an April 23 article in the Wall Street Journal, cash starved collegesre selling their radio stations’ frequenciesnd pawning off paintings to pay their way through nancial plights. �e journal alsoreported that in extreme cases, some col-leges are using endowments for purposesnot originally intended by the donor, an-ther concern Claussen expressed. Trinity College Professor of Businesserald Gunderson took his complaint tothe Connecticut attorney general’s offi ce when he learned that the college planned
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Semester Ends With Rape Reflection
BOBBY MARQUEZ
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Assistant Hall Director Jenna Recupero helped lead the Take Back the Night march lastThursday. The event seeks to make females feel safe from sexual predators by demanding theright to take back the night.
Student Arrested on Rape Charge
 �is past Saturday afternoon, studentsreceived a Public Safety crime bulletinthrough their USFconnect email whichinformed them that a male USF student was “accused of raping a non-USF female, which allegedly occurred Friday night atan off-campus location.” After turning thecase over to the San Francisco Police De-partment, Dan Lawson, director of pub-lic safety, said on Monday afternoon thatthere was a chance that “�is case may notbe charged.”As of Monday evening, Lawson con-rmed that the San Francisco districtattorney’s offi ce had dropped the chargeagainst the unnamed USF student becausethey did not believe there was enough ev-idence to take the case to court. Whilehe could not comment on specic details
Acquitted fter district attorney droppedcse
CHELSEA M. STERLING
 News Editor 
 
In the semester ensuing four allegedcounts of rape by and against USF stu-dents, the wounded community took amoment to heal last week with a series of events aimed at sexual violence awarenessand prevention.Major events in the series includedan evening event called Create AgainstRape, the Take Back the Night march, theClothesline Project, an art display in theCrossroads Gallery and a display called �ese Hands Don’t Hurt outside of theHealth Promotion Services offi ce. �ough USF hosts some of these eventsannually, this year they were more power-ful in number of events and number of participants. Jenna Recupero, assistant halldirector for Gillson and co-chair of the Women’s Empowerment (WE) commit-tee, said, “�is year, this particular week  was more signicant due to events thathappened earlier this semester.” �e momentous response to the al-leged rapes was triggered long ago. In themonths since the original allegations weremade public, a grassroots student move-ment has organized weekly forums in Pa-rina Lounge where the community got to-gether to talk about their concerns aboutsexual violence on campus.Calling themselves Students TakingAction Against Sexual Violence, the un-offi cial club got the attention of some of the school’s top administrators, Dean of Students Mary Wardell, Vice President of University Life Margaret Higgins, and
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Privett Insists Books Will Not Be Sold Without Notice
USFtv Loses Advisers
Turn on any on-campus television toChannel 35, and you will see the meagerfruit of what has been a particularly dry season for USFtv, USF’s student-run tele- vision station. Part of the content repeat-ing on a loop is new, but most of it is old. �e station, founded in 2006, has seen itsproductivity and success waver this year,leading to intermittent periods of creativestagnancy. However, just as USFtv wrapsup its production season with new pro-gramming coming out May 4, change ison the way. USFtv advisers David Silverand Melinda Stone, both recently-tenuredmedia studies professors, have announcedthat they will not be returning to advisethe station next year, prompting the US-Ftv executive board to reassess the station’sleadership and production process. �eir decision comes at the end of  what has been a rocky path ever since thegraduation of USFtv founders Dave Bine-gar and James Kilton in the spring ’08. �is year has been a diffi cult year,” saidSilver. “Ultimately, I believed, and ProfessorStone believed, that something needed tochange within USFtv to correct it - eitherthe process or the station’s leadership orthe faculty advisors. Because I had already put in three years to USFtv, I thought thatperhaps it was time for me to let someoneelse give it a shot.”In the 2007-’08 year, Stone said, “USFtv hit its stride - programming was strongand consistent. It is diffi cult to say exactly  what is the cause of the drastic shift fromlast year to this year.”ne of the more obvious reasons forthis shift is the transition away from theleadership of USFtv’s founders, who hadirected the station for three years.“�is was the rst year that we’ve had without our founding fathers as part of the station,” said Chris Begley, a juniormedia studies major who will be takingthe position of executive producer at US-Ftv next year, “and this has been a diffi -ult transition because those guys startedthe station. �ey knew how to run it, they had a good idea about how things shouldgo, and when we put new leadership intoplace, things just kind of stopped runningthe way that we were used to.”Alex Platt, a junior media studies ma-or and USFtv’s technical programmingirector, agreed. “We are all incredibly edicated to the station, and want to makeure it stays alive and successful, but wenderestimated the transition,” she said.It took a little longer than we thought toget our feet back under us.”Most of the diffi culties in the transi-tion manifested themselves in the amountf content produced at the station. While,s Begley said, the commonly-made as-umption that “USFtv hasn’t been doingnything all year” is untrue, the new con-tent that has come out of USFtv is spo-radic and its production process troubled.ome weeks, said Silver, the station would broadcast full-length episodes withgreat content.” Other weeks, there was virtually no programming being created. �is happened over and over and overgain,” he said.DANIELA RICCITAM
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Eighteen USF students will becomepublished writers on Saturday, May 2 whenthe editorial staff releases the 2008-2009issue of the Ignatian, USF’s literary maga-zine. �e Ignatian is published annually and features a few genres of student art,including prose, poetry and photography.Anna Shajirat, a senior English major andeditor of the Ignatian, said “It got fairly heated in the debates (surrounding the se-lection process), because we had a lot moresubmissions than last year.” Shajirat saidthat she received approximately 100 sub-missions for this year’s issue. �e editingprocess differed from the editing processin previous years. In the past, the editorialstaff read and voted on submissions elec-tronically, but this year the editorial staff held a series of meetings in which they read over the submissions, discussed themerit of each submission and then held a vote. Shajirat said that as editor she had tomake the nal decision and break the tiesn a few cases. �e newly published authors wrotebout various subjects and had different be-innings, but their writing processes wereuite similar. Lauren Go, a senior psychol-gy major, wrote a poem entitled “PeopleAlways Want to Know Who You’re Writ-ng About,” which illustrates the strain of crush. Go began writing when she wasn rst grade. She said at that time, “My topic range included unicorns and dough-nuts, so I guess you could say my writinghas grown.” Of her writing habits, she said,
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A John Muir manuscript includes his photo in Case 10 of the Rare Book Room at the library.
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to use part of a $9 million endowmentfrom investing tycoon Shelby Cullom Da- vis to fund scholarships for internationalstudents, a move that Professor Gunder-son believes is a violation of the late Mr.Davis’ wishes. According to Gunderson, he was summoned into the President’s offi ce where he was called a “scoundrel” and his job was threatened. Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. isinvolved in litigation concerning plansthey had to sell paintings donated to theuniversity by acclaimed artist GeorgiaO’Keeffe.USF has not reached the private meet-ng, name-calling stage that Trinity Col-lege has, but the university has taken notef such events and prefers preparation overfuture predicament, though Privett saysUSF is doing well at the moment and willnever disregard the wishes of donors.“I have a moral and legal obligationto honor the wishes of the donors,” saidPrivett, who jokingly added that he wishedhe had Georgia O’Keeffe paintings to sell. �e concern over the list may have moreto do with USF’s recent actions in similarituations. Years ago, a former USF library irector discarded a number of science andmath books from the Gleeson collection without input from the faculty. �is led toa faculty uprising that gave birth to a co-alition of librarians, faculty, and staff whoset procedures for weeding through col-lections. �e procedure allows professorsfrom effected departments to view andmake amendments to the list.Professor Claussen believes any booksfrom the Rare Book Room should follow this same procedure; Privett cautiously agrees.“What [professors] don’t know is Iknow when and how often these booksare checked out and used,” said Privett insupport of his point that professors whohave never used the materials should notrequire consultation.“Should professors who use them havea say? I think so,” he said. “I’ll leave it tothe library to handle that.”In response to the Foghorn’s request foran interview, Gleeson Library Dean Ty-rone Cannon said Father Privett would bespeaking for the library in this matter.Father Privett also questioned how many students visit the Rare Book Room.In a poll conducted by the Foghorn of 43USF students, 53% (23 students) said they have visited the Rare Book Room at leastonce, though less than half of those 23 stu-dents said they have visited the room morethan once. Of the 20 that responded no,six of them said they did not know whatthe Rare Book Room was.As it stands the list is being compiledand according to Privett the possibility isalways there. “Never say never,” he said.“It’s possible that they could be sold oneday. It’s also possible that one day we may sell Lone Mountain.”Different cultures have different ways of expressing themselves through movementand dance, and different ways of dressing. �e more we can come to appreciate andunderstand these differences the better weare able to appreciate the richness of the whole human experience.” �e event has brought USF families to-gether from around the Bay Area for many  years. Some members of the Hui’O Hawaiiorganization had their family members inattendance to support them. Jocelyn Dum-lao, USF alumna and 2007-2008 presidentof Hui’O Hawaii, has participated in lu’ausince her tenure at USF. Dumlao said “It isreally a family event, the whole club comestogether. Especially for the kids from Ha- waii this is a taste from home. It really makes you feel the aloha spirit and whatHawaii is all about.” �e food at Lu’au consisted of sticky  white rice, roasted pork, cooked cabbage,Mochiko chicken, Lomi salmon, poke andound cake. Sophomore Marco Santiagoaid the food was “delicious and betterthan last year.” While Santiago and othersnjoyed the Hawaiian cuisine, the studenterformers prepared to go on stage andhowcase their talent. �e crowd was ac-tively engaged in the dance performancesnd students cheered on their colleaguesthat performed on stage. A Hawaiian bandthat featured energetic rhythmic beats ac-ompanied the dance performances.urrent Hui’O Hawaii President andLu’au performer Kristen Ota said “�ere were about 45 dancers this year for Lu’aund we have been practicing for Lu’au for alittle over a month.” �e performers spentmany late nights practicing to perfect theirroutines; the performances can last up to20 minutes. Marlo Caramat was the kumuhula of the Te Mau Tamari’I, which is the Tiare dance group that performed. A kumuhula is the person who is responsible forteaching the routines to the student per-formers. Caramat said, “We did songs that were traditional and honoring some of theroyalty families of Hawaii and did somesongs that honored different gods of Ha- waii. I try to keep it as traditional as pos-sible because it was passed down to themin the traditional manner. What you saw here tonight was passed down to me fromgeneration to generation.” On the nalresult of her hard work, Ota said, “It feltreally rewarding and fun to be performingafter all those weeks of practicing.”“I don’t have any structured approach tohow I write. I have numerous Moleskin journals that never get lled up. I will justthrow out a bunch of words and phraseson paper.”Sarah Roberts, another newly published writer and senior English major, has slight-ly different writing habits. She prefers to write late at night and also enjoys listeningto music while writing. She said, “Rightnow I like a lot of acoustic things, like BobDylan and Simon and Garfunkel.” Put-ting the songs on repeat allows her to tunethem out, but still enjoy the music.Roberts recalled the rst time she start-ed writing. She said, “I remember start-ing to write, I was in a guitar shop back home, where my Dad took lessons. I hadto write a poem about something and themusic helped me write.” She wrote a poemabout riding a horse, which coincidentally she has never done.Her writing topics have expanded overtime and her story printed in the Ignatian,“To Virginia,” is about a girl, Danielle, who struggles to move past her traumaticrape and connect with her boyfriend, Matt. When asked about her inuences, Go said,“I’ve always been really inspired by differ-ent poets, especially e.e. cummings. He was my rst favorite poet. I feel like he ap-proaches romantic topics while completely avoiding sounding cheesy.” Roberts’ favor-ite novel is “As I Lay Dying” by WilliamFaulkner. �e new Ignatian will be availableaturday May 2 at the Ignatian Launchparty, which will be held from 7 p.m. - 9in McLaren 252. �e party will featurestandup comedy by Go, an open mic por-tion, a performance by Women of the Ten-derloin and free food. �e new Ignatian can be picked up at:University Center 100, the English depart-ment in Kalmanovitz Hall 487, the dean’soffi ce in Harney 240, the residence hallsand at One Stop. In addition, the Foghorn will release a podcast on our web site of thefull interviews with four nalists and edi-tor Anna Shajirat.
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Ashton Bothman, senior communication studies major and co-news director at USFtv edits filmin the USFtv offi ce.
Luau Dance And Food Draw Large Crowd
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On Earth Day two students stop in front of Gleeson Library to pet Oreo, the City Grazing goatwho munched on the long grass during dead hour.
Earth Day Brings Goats to USF
ourtesy of Anna Shajirat
Staff disappointed, yet hopeful about future
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A Closer Look at The Incoming Class of 2013
As the 2008-2009 school year comes toa close, we say goodbye to our graduatingseniors and prepare to welcome a new classof undergrads to USF. Although next yearrepresents a new incoming class, the classof 2013 is actually going to look, well, alot like last year’s freshmen. While theschool is still waiting for responses as theMay 1 deadline approaches, the Offi ce of Undergraduate Admissions has a pretty good idea of what the class of 2013 willlook like. �e ratio of men to women will remainabout the same, which is a majority female. �e school’s overall female to male ratio is60 to 40 percent respectively. In 2007, thefreshman class was composed of 60 per-cent women. In 2008, the number jumpedto 64 percent. We lost some ground there,” said MikeHughes, USF’s director of undergraduateadmissions. “We’re always trying to bal-ance the gender percentages. What peopledon’t understand is that our percentagesare not that much different from the na-tional average of women enrolled in col-leges and universities, which is 58 percent,”Hughes said. 64 percent of this year’s ap-plicants were female. �e percent of femaletransfer applicants was also 64 percent. �e acceptance rate for the class of 2013 was slightly higher than last year’s: 66 per-ent as opposed to 64 a year ago. Hughes xplained that the increase in acceptances was a result of the University’s anticipationf a decrease in student enrollment. �ey tried to compensate for this decrease – an xpected result of the harsh economic cli-mate – by accepting more students. �e admissions offi ce always deals withthe issue of providing adequate housingfor a larger freshman population. Hughes xplained that the university always sets aoal for the number of students they wishto enroll. “[We] hope to get around 1050freshmen for the class of 2013,” he said.1044 freshmen entered in Fall 2008. �eriginal goal for entering Fall 2008 fresh-men was 1032. We actually came in slight-ly under the total goal for freshmen enter-ng Fall 2008.” Describing the goal-settingrocess as a “moving target,” Hughes saidthat USF does its best to guess how many tudents will enroll, and make sure thatlasses and residence halls are lled butnot overcrowded.Despite the increased number of ac-epted students, the admissions offi ce con-tinues to uphold its standards of academic xcellence. �is year’s freshmen applicantshave an average GPA of 3.58. �eir SATcores (reading and math) averaged 1165
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Alex Iule (left) and Ritz Uyu place their votes for ASUSF on Monday in front of the cafeteria.Students received free jamba juice coupons for voting.
NEWS
Students Vote, Receive Free Jamba
BRENNA MCCALLICK 
Staff Writer 
out of 1600. Also, the number of studentseligible for the University Scholar fund-ing (a status within the university thatincludes the privilege of early registrationand a $19,500 yearly scholarship offeredto students with a cumulative GPA of atleast 3.8, minimum combined SAT scoreof 1320, or a minimum ACT score of 30) has increased signicantly comparedto last year. Hughes estimated that USF extended this invitation to around 450students, as opposed to 371 in 2008. Last year’s freshmen and transfer applicants in-cluded 68 University Scholars.As far as international students, theschool has received around 850 applica-tions from prospective freshmen fromother countries. International studentstypically make up 10 percent of the 8,200applications received.Ultimately, the Offi ce of Admissionsestimates that the incoming freshmenclass will largely resemble the current withthe same ratio of men to women and thesame percentage of international students. With a few slight changes this year, USF accepted a larger percentage of high schoolseniors, hoping to ll next year’s freshmanclass with intelligent, well-rounded stu-dents of various backgrounds, while main-taining small class sizes and maximizingspace in residence halls.
The 2008-09 Year in Review
During the last rush to nish classes, write papers and study for exams, it iseasy to forget what happened way back in September. Here are a few of the Newssection’s most important events from the2008-2009 school year.FACULTY HOLDS INFORMATION-AL PICKETING, NEGOTIATINGFOR CONTRACT, BENEFITS �e University of San Francisco’s Ad- junct Faculty Association held an infor-mational picket to promote the discussionabout benets that were being negotiated with the administration.USF STUDENT ARRESTED,CHARGED WITH “ACQUAIN- TANCE” RAPEAllegations of assault and rape made by four female USF students prompted thearrest of 21-year-old senior Ryan Caskey.Caskey was arrested by the San FranciscoPolice Department. Caskey entered a pleaof not guilty and is awaiting trial.Each of the reported rape incidentstook place in on-campus residence hallsover the last several months according toUSF Director of Public Safety Dan Law-son. All of the alleged victims were femalestudents and acquaintances of Caskey. TUDENT APPEARS IN OBAMAAMPAIGN VIDEOociology major Courtney Parham ap-peared in “We Need A President,” a hiphop video geared toward gaining supportfor Democratic presidential candidateBarack Obama.“We Need A President” was producedby Eklectyk Creative Media. Trevor Par-ham, directed, edited and appeared in the video featuring original music by Napalmlique, F.L.O and Tai Chi.LUBS FAIL TO REGISTER WITHLE, DON’T RECEIVE CLUB PRIVI-LEGES �e offi ce of Student Leadership andEngagement, which oversees all clubs andrganizations at USF, denied club status to18 of the 85 student groups who had pe-titioned to register but then did not com-plete their registration on time last May.Registration was done differently this year, as SLE employed the new onlineportal OrgSync rather than use paper reg-stration forms.STUDENT EMPLOYEES CONTIN-UE TO WAIT FOR PAYCHECKSLast semester, delays in paycheck dis-tribution affected hundreds of student em-ployees campus-wide. Few were aware of  why they had been missing paychecks, butmany had problems ranging from dissatis-faction to nancial diffi culties.
Career Services Center Reaching Out to Students
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areer Services Cnter Offi ce Manager Natalie Casillas and Career Planning Peer Seghel Yohannes look over resumes in Harney Plaza last Tuesday.
 �is semester the Career Services Cen-ter launched a new program to reach outto USF students and recent alumni whoare looking for resume and cover letter tipsand career advice. �e Career PlanningPeers (CPP) are USF students and Ca-reer Services Center employees who havebeen training with full-time career centeradvisors in order to learn the skills to helpother students with career related needs. �e CPPs have been holding drop-insessions in front of the Market Café dur-ing dead hour several times this semesterand were in Harney Plaza last Tuesday ad- vertising the centers services and helpingstudents with resume building and careercounseling. �e tableing is a promotionalevent, celebrating the launch of the CPPprogram, and after this month the peeradvisors will hold regular drop-in hours atthe CSC.Sophomore Seghel Yohannes, one of SC’s two career planning peers, was man-ning the table in Harney Plaza on Tuesday.he had worked with four students thatay, fewer than the eight or so students sheaid she usually sees while holding drop-inhours, but none the less was happy with theervices she was able to provide. “Havingomeone your age tell you that yes these[career goals] are possible to achieve is re-ssuring and it’s comforting to hear ‘I haveone this with my career planning and soan you.’” �e career planning peers are not meantto replace the full-time CSC staff whossist students with career serves, but toompliment their work. Yohannes said, “We can talk to [othertudents] in their language, it’s comfort-ng and relaxed.” �e drop-in table is alsoonvenient because students can get helpuring their lunch break when there are norop-in hours scheduled at the CSC. �e CPPs also blog about career relatedssues such as the importance of network-ing and address student concerns regard-ing employment. �e blog is at www.usfca.edu/career/ifuture. While several students said they pre-ferred to work with a full-time careercounselor, junior Enrique Zabala, whostopped by the CSC table in front of theMarket earlier this semester, said it wasconvenient for him to be able to learnabout the services CSC offers without visiting the physical center on the fourthoor of UC. “I didn’t know I could get somuch help with my resume he said, I guessI never knew what the Career ServicesCenter does,” he said. While the idea for the peer advisorsstarted last year, before the recession hit,CSC has been offering more services thisspring to assist students and recent gradu-ates with job searches and career planning.On Wednesday, CSC hosted a panel dis-cussion on how to look for a job in a reces-sion and teamed up with the psychology center to offer support to students on how to stay positive during the process.
USF Adjusts Plan For Possible Swine Flu Epidemic
Human-to-human cases of the swineinuenza A (H1N1) have come in closeenough proximity to San Francisco tocause USF offi cials to prepare what they  would do if the virus came to campus. Asof Monday evening, there were 48 con-rmed cases in the U.S. and 13 in Cali-fornia, the closest being in SacramentoCounty, which is approximately 90 milesfrom USF.USF has long had plans ready for how  various departments would act in the eventof a pandemic. �e plans were drawn upseveral years ago when the avian u wasof grave concern. After department headsmet on Monday, they agreed to place theu at level one risk on the University’sscale of zero to three. Level one indicatesthat human-to-human contact has beenconrmed. Level three would mean there were conrmed cases at USF.Department heads are now enactingtheir level one tasks: for example, DanLawson, director of Public Safety, launchedan email campaign warning the commu-nity, and Holly Winslow, general managerf Bon Appetit at USF, ensured adequatefood supply was on hand for an emergency ituation. Other concerns would be to g-ure out where students could be housedn campus if they needed to be quaran-tined or how the USF clinic at St. Mary’s would deal with an inux of ill students. �e full plan is available on public safety’s web site. John Troccoe, emergency managementonsultant to the University, helped draftthe original plan for the avian u and ndsit applicable for any potential pandemic. Troccoe did not seem concerned about thehealth and safety of USF as of Monday af-ternoon. He said, “I think it’s really man-geable right now. It’s not a pandemic.”But he also believed it was likely that cases would come to San Francisco because of the “transient nature” of the city’s resi-ents.He said if a USF student were diag-nosed with swine u, he or she wouldprobably be prescribed with a medicationuch as Tamiu or Relenza that helps re-lieve the severity of u symptoms. �en, heaid, “�e student could be quarantined if necessary, or else just be asked to stay innd not come in contact with anyone.”President Stephen A. Privett, SJ. Withpersistence, they fought for and achievedreopening a Women’s Resource Center. �is is a very serious issue and we needto keep it at the forefront of students’ con-sciousness,” said senior Erika Carlsen, who was one of the students taking action early on after Public Safety announced the rapeshad occurred. �e WE committee, usually reserved forresident advisors and Offi ce of ResidenceLife staff, invited these student activists to join in their efforts this year to make theevents stronger.ther organizations united to host anevening event against sexual assault. Rep-resentatives from Residence Hall Asso-ciation, Lambda �eta Phi, Black StudentUnion and Delta Zeta, came together tohost the rst ever Create Against Rapeevent. Students along with volunteersfrom San Francisco Women Against Rape(SFWAR) enjoyed an evening of creativeresponses to rape that included interactivegames and poetry readings along with aneducational component from SFWAR. �ursday night, an annual event called Take Back the Night took place. Af-ter meeting in Harney Plaza, studentsmarched through the campus and sur-rounding neighborhood, chanting loudly nd garnering honks and waves from sup-portive vehicle drivers. Afterward they gathered in the Kalmanovitz Amphithe-tre to share deeply personal experiences with sexual assault. Many tears were shed.Vice President of Social Justice Alia Al-harif, who attended the Take Back theight event, said, “Having a large audi-nce to share personal stories with in a safepace was very healing.” �e week of events culminated Satur-ay as many clubs, organizations, and in-ividuals came together to join the greaterommunity by participating in the SanFrancisco Walk Against Rape, a three-mile walk starting in Justin Herman Plazand ending in a rally in Dolores Park.Recupero said she was excited to seehow many people from USF and SanFrancisco at large were there. In only itsfourth year, she said, the walk is growingbigger, more involved,” each year.Al-Sharif said of the week, “I think ithelped the community heal, especially forexual violence victims and their families.”
Group Spearheads Awareness Campaign
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Kamal Harb, director of Health Promo-tion Services at USF, recommended thatanyone who feels ill should see a doctoras a precautionary measure. He said theswine u does not have any distinguish-ing symptoms that make it stand out fromother illnesses, so anyone experiencingregular u symptoms should see a doctor.Some symptoms to be alert for are “fe- ver, lethargy, lack of appetite and cough-ing. Some people with swine u also havereported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea,” according to theCenter of Disease Control website. Troccoe encouraged students to getmedical attention immediately if they have experience these symptoms. In theevent that someone did have swine u, thepossibility for an easy recovery would bemuch greater if treated within 48 hours. �e u originated in Mexico, where thenumber of people infected is in the thou-sands, and 149 have already died from it by Monday’s statistics. Fortunately, students who traveled to Mexico over spring break need not worry that they contracted theu on their trip, Troccoe said. Swine utakes six to seven days to become active, sosymptoms would have appeared long ago.
Rape Charge Amid Awareness Events
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HUNTER PATTERSON
Staff Writer 
LAURA PLANTHOLT
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about the case or the student involved be-cause of the Family Educational Rightsand Privacy Act (FERPA), which bindsthe university to privacy regarding studentinformation. However, he did say, “It iscommon in many acquaintance rape casesthat alcohol is involved.”Erika Carlsen, senior politics majorand member of Students Taking ActionAgainst Sexual Violence, said “I really be-lieve [the way to prevent sexual assault] iseducation. A lot of people do not know that a person cannot give consent if they are under the inuence of drugs or alco-hol. Also to educate the USF community about how many survivors there are in ourcommunity personalizes the issue and itbecomes more real.” Lawson offered ad- vice on prevention as well. “Watch out foreach other, don’t let yourself be under thenuence of drugs and alcohol, which canffect judgment and the ability to identify threats,” he said.As a result of the awareness promptedby the recent Ryan Caskey case, the USF dministration has made an effort to in-rease education about sexual assault.arlsen said, “We [Students Taking Ac-tion Against Sexual Violence] were re-lly pleased with the way that the univer-ity responded this time, both in terms of how quickly they responded in getting themessage out and the sensitivity of the mes-age.”Lawson said that rape is not unique toUSF. He said, “It happens everywhere,but are people encouraged to come for- ward?” USF has held several forums ands currently creating a Women’s Resourceenter to equip students with essential in-formation about what sexual assault is andhow to address it.CHELSEA M. STERLING
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