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an iFnutrisro Jfonhnrn University of San Francisco Vol. 99 Issue Twenty-Five FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS May 15, 2003 Students Protest President SARA STEELE "StaffWriter Ten students from USF's Peace and Justice Coalition traveled to Santa Clara on Friday May 3, to protest the arrival of President George W. Bush at a weapons plant. These students joined more than 1,000 protesters who gathered about two blocks from the plant, chanting and waving banners and signs. Bush spoke at United Defense, which developed vehicles used to fight the war in Iraq. The PJC wanted to protest the arrival of Bush in northern California. "Our goal was to let President Bush know that northern California does not support this war and let him know that we are paying attention," said junior Emily Cohen. "He was speaking at a military contractor, so we wanted to make our presence known especially while he was doing that, because that is so much of what he stands for; corporations and big military. It's important for the citizens to say you are not representing us; you are representing your friends and making a whole lot of money off of it." The students from the PJC joined another group of about ten students from the University of California at Berkeley at the protest. "I'm really thrilled that we had more people [from USF] than usual," said sophomore Abigail Stepnitz, a co-facilitator of the PJC. "This was one of the largest groups that we've taken to a demonstration in a long time. It's really nice that we go with [San Francisco State University] and Berkeley too because it really makes the student population a little more cohesive. I think it's really important to work with other schools. It helps legitimize what we do because it really makes it a student movement." Senior Ana Hermosillo was also pleased with the amount of people at the protest and especially impressed that people took time off on a weekday morning. "I'm so glad that people still think that it's important enough," she added. "I keep thinking about all ofthe times in the media that people say 'Will the movement keep going because the war is over now?' and I think that this proves that it will keep going. I think that this proves that we are really serious about what we're doing and that we do have a different vision for the world." Many students were not pleased with the reaction that the ■ Santa Clara police had to the protest, however. The police, who kept the protesters in a confined area using riot gear and horses, seemed antagonistic to some of the students. Hermosillo said she thought the permit had been for a much larger space than was actually conceded. "I think it was for the entire street, not just for a small portion of it. I felt that it was really unfair that we were corralled into such a small area when we were so many people." Hermosillo added that cramming people together can lead to explosive confrontations. "It's dangerous because people get really excited when they are very moved in these emotional moments, so it's a good idea to give people space to expel those feelings. It created ten- BUSH:PAGE 2 SALVADOR FLORES HERNANDEZ/FOGHORN (Left to Right) Senior Justin Cronin talks to Assistant Politics Professor James Taylor after watching two films and listening to an open discussion about African-American and Asian-American relations in the Common Hope Project. The discussion was led by Taylor, Associate Psychology Professor Pamela Balls Organista and Assistant Professor of Philosophy David Kim (Back Right). Culture Clash Explored Search for New Dean Continues Position to be announced by summer JESSICA ROBLES JcaffWriie'r ROBERT FISCHER StaffWriter USF began an effort to demonstrate the possibility for change in the historically negative relationship between African-American and Asian-American communities. This effort, The Common Hope Project, was held in late April and early May for students and faculty to foster understanding about the sometimes turbulent past tension between the Asian and African-American communities. David Kim, assistant professor of philosophy and one of the coordinators of the Common Hope Project, said the project began with a discussion between various faculty members and the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good. Kim said the proj ect is a response to the lack of coverage in college curriculum on what he calls the 'underside,' or inter-colored relations between minority groups such as African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Latinos. Kim said he hoped the project would create a language in which to discuss these matters. "Through the creation of a common language there can be achieved a common hope," he said. "[This project's goal] is for students to develop an articu- lacy, a language by which to talk about - to think through - inter- colored relations, because the future of America is going to be really racially mixed in a way which we can't yet imagine." The project began in April with an art exhibit, "Colored Black and White," in the Atrium of Gleeson Library. The exhibit displayed political cartoons depicting American imperialism in the Pacific during the 19th century. One cartoon showed Uncle Sam figures belittling caricatures of Filipinos and American soldiers sticking bayonets in the faces of Pacific Island natives. Some of the pieces mocked anti- imperialist activists as well. Mark Twain, a leading anti-imperialist of the time, was depicted in savage garb and an anti-imperialist senator was shown costumed as an African- American vaudevillian. The art exhibit was followed by two sessions. The first presented a slide show of the art exhibit and a film about how Filipino, Chinese and Asian Indians first arrived in the Americas. Director Loni Ding presented the film and participated in a discussion afterwards. The next day, two films were shown that also focused on African- American and Asian American HOPE: PAGE 2 Today at 4 p.m. the Search Committee is scheduled to make a recommendation for a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to Academic Provost Jim Wiser, who will discuss the recommendation with President Stephen A. Privett, S.J., and make an appointment by the end of graduation. This appointment will mark the first time in 13 years that USF's College of Arts and Sciences will have a new dean. Almost 60 applicants for the position were narrowed down to three finalists: outside candidates Karen Callaghan, associate dean of arts and sciences at Barry University and Isaiah Crawford, interim dean at Loyola University Chicago; and internal candidate Jennifer Turpin, associate dean of arts, humanities and social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University. Michael Stanfield, associate history professor, contributed his opinions about the candidates. "I was hoping to be impressed by the outside candidates," he said. "I was hoping they would be as good as or better than the internal candidate. But they did not meet my expectations. My personal estimate is that the internal candidate is clearly the best ofthe three. But my opinion, in the end, really doesn't matter." Provost Jim Wiser said all three candidates have equal but different strengths. "We are blessed to have a set of very good finalists," he said. Callaghan has been the associate dean of arts and sciences at Barry University for two years and has taught sociology for 14 years. Her administrative interests include creating an environment that fosters diversity and promoting an education for morally and socially responsible leadership. Crawford has been an interim dean at Loyola University since OEAN:PAGE 2 January and has taught psychology for 16 years. His administrative goals include promoting an open and democratic system of governance and facilitating the emotional, intellectual and spiritual development of students. Turpin has been associate dean of arts and sciences for five years, and has taught sociology for 12 years. She is dedicated to elevating academic standards and making the University internationally known. Some of her goals for the University also include recruiting diverse faculty and improving student retention. Stanfield said the faculty members have been very engaged in actively participating in the search. "We all care deeply about this," he said. "This is a very important position and decision." Many faculty members have written letters to the Search Committee recommending one candidate or another. Andrew Goodwin, professor and chair ofthe media studies department, sent a letter to more than 50 other faculty members urging them to support Turpin for the appointment. In his COURTESY PUBLIC AFFAIRS Associate Dean Jennifer Turpin is one of the candidates for dean of arts and sciences. Some faculty are speaking out in favor of appointing her. Davies Scholars Address Media Abuses KATHLEEN EMMA StaffWriter Is this generation sitting idly by and letting digital democracy go down the toilet without a second thought? Sera Herold, a junior media studies major, thinks so. "We live in a digital world, and digital democracy is one of the biggest issues that our society, and even more importantly, our generation, faces. Yet it seems like [no one cares]. It's [a corporation's] wet dream." Danielle Fairbairn, a junior media studies major, agreed that people need to pay more attention to media bias. "When the public can name the last 12 contestants on American Idol faster than they can name the senators from their own state, the media are not doing their job to keep us informed," she said. Herold and Fairbairn are Davies scholars who presented at the last segment in the Davies Forum "Digital Democracy" series on May 3. The all-day conference was made up of workshops focusing on how citizen groups are creating community and building democratic communications on and off the Internet. Davies scholars led the <( Internet Rights Bulgaria, MediaAct Korea and the San Francisco Independent Media Center. Courtney Krametbauer, another Davies scholar and a junior soci- and what affect each had on civil liberties and privacy for students. Krametbauer said the project was important because "many people are uninformed as to the impact that When the public can name the last 12 contestants on American Idol faster than they can name the senators from their own state, the media are not doing their job to keep us informed." -Danielle Fairbairn Junior media studies major workshops, along with various other presenters from Bay Area resources. Some ofthe groups involved included representatives from Silicon Valley Debug, Media Alliance, ology major, presented with Herold on Internet censorship. Their project addressed the U.S. Patriot Act and the letter from the Recording Industry Association of America new legislation has had on their civil liberties and how the recording industry can try to manipulate schools into breaching the student's privacy." After speaking with many people in the University administration, Krametbauer and Herold agreed they were satisfied with USF's response to the Patriot Act and RIAA letter. "Most schools ignored [them] and quite frankly, most schools don't have the capacity to monitor students' network use," Krametbauer said. "The [University] registrar assured me that USF's first priority would be to protect students before surrendering information to the FBI on an invalid search. USF really cares about the students and will try and protect students at all costs, which is really reassuring." Fairbairn and her co-presenter addressed media reform in the United States, focusing on past radio deregulation in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and upcoming deregulation rulings on the media (to be decided June 2 or 3 by the FCC). Fairbairn used the DIGITALPAGE 2 news Find out why USF won't post elevator permits anymore—even though it's illegal not to. 2 opinion Can you find Osama bin Laden? 4 C&£ Come wish the senior clas^ of 2003 a fond farewell. Good luck graduates! 6 scene Watch X2: X-Men United and ask yourself what mutant powers you would like to have. 9 sports Check out the grand master of Koret. 10
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Transcript | an iFnutrisro Jfonhnrn University of San Francisco Vol. 99 Issue Twenty-Five FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS May 15, 2003 Students Protest President SARA STEELE "StaffWriter Ten students from USF's Peace and Justice Coalition traveled to Santa Clara on Friday May 3, to protest the arrival of President George W. Bush at a weapons plant. These students joined more than 1,000 protesters who gathered about two blocks from the plant, chanting and waving banners and signs. Bush spoke at United Defense, which developed vehicles used to fight the war in Iraq. The PJC wanted to protest the arrival of Bush in northern California. "Our goal was to let President Bush know that northern California does not support this war and let him know that we are paying attention," said junior Emily Cohen. "He was speaking at a military contractor, so we wanted to make our presence known especially while he was doing that, because that is so much of what he stands for; corporations and big military. It's important for the citizens to say you are not representing us; you are representing your friends and making a whole lot of money off of it." The students from the PJC joined another group of about ten students from the University of California at Berkeley at the protest. "I'm really thrilled that we had more people [from USF] than usual," said sophomore Abigail Stepnitz, a co-facilitator of the PJC. "This was one of the largest groups that we've taken to a demonstration in a long time. It's really nice that we go with [San Francisco State University] and Berkeley too because it really makes the student population a little more cohesive. I think it's really important to work with other schools. It helps legitimize what we do because it really makes it a student movement." Senior Ana Hermosillo was also pleased with the amount of people at the protest and especially impressed that people took time off on a weekday morning. "I'm so glad that people still think that it's important enough," she added. "I keep thinking about all ofthe times in the media that people say 'Will the movement keep going because the war is over now?' and I think that this proves that it will keep going. I think that this proves that we are really serious about what we're doing and that we do have a different vision for the world." Many students were not pleased with the reaction that the ■ Santa Clara police had to the protest, however. The police, who kept the protesters in a confined area using riot gear and horses, seemed antagonistic to some of the students. Hermosillo said she thought the permit had been for a much larger space than was actually conceded. "I think it was for the entire street, not just for a small portion of it. I felt that it was really unfair that we were corralled into such a small area when we were so many people." Hermosillo added that cramming people together can lead to explosive confrontations. "It's dangerous because people get really excited when they are very moved in these emotional moments, so it's a good idea to give people space to expel those feelings. It created ten- BUSH:PAGE 2 SALVADOR FLORES HERNANDEZ/FOGHORN (Left to Right) Senior Justin Cronin talks to Assistant Politics Professor James Taylor after watching two films and listening to an open discussion about African-American and Asian-American relations in the Common Hope Project. The discussion was led by Taylor, Associate Psychology Professor Pamela Balls Organista and Assistant Professor of Philosophy David Kim (Back Right). Culture Clash Explored Search for New Dean Continues Position to be announced by summer JESSICA ROBLES JcaffWriie'r ROBERT FISCHER StaffWriter USF began an effort to demonstrate the possibility for change in the historically negative relationship between African-American and Asian-American communities. This effort, The Common Hope Project, was held in late April and early May for students and faculty to foster understanding about the sometimes turbulent past tension between the Asian and African-American communities. David Kim, assistant professor of philosophy and one of the coordinators of the Common Hope Project, said the project began with a discussion between various faculty members and the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good. Kim said the proj ect is a response to the lack of coverage in college curriculum on what he calls the 'underside,' or inter-colored relations between minority groups such as African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Latinos. Kim said he hoped the project would create a language in which to discuss these matters. "Through the creation of a common language there can be achieved a common hope," he said. "[This project's goal] is for students to develop an articu- lacy, a language by which to talk about - to think through - inter- colored relations, because the future of America is going to be really racially mixed in a way which we can't yet imagine." The project began in April with an art exhibit, "Colored Black and White," in the Atrium of Gleeson Library. The exhibit displayed political cartoons depicting American imperialism in the Pacific during the 19th century. One cartoon showed Uncle Sam figures belittling caricatures of Filipinos and American soldiers sticking bayonets in the faces of Pacific Island natives. Some of the pieces mocked anti- imperialist activists as well. Mark Twain, a leading anti-imperialist of the time, was depicted in savage garb and an anti-imperialist senator was shown costumed as an African- American vaudevillian. The art exhibit was followed by two sessions. The first presented a slide show of the art exhibit and a film about how Filipino, Chinese and Asian Indians first arrived in the Americas. Director Loni Ding presented the film and participated in a discussion afterwards. The next day, two films were shown that also focused on African- American and Asian American HOPE: PAGE 2 Today at 4 p.m. the Search Committee is scheduled to make a recommendation for a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to Academic Provost Jim Wiser, who will discuss the recommendation with President Stephen A. Privett, S.J., and make an appointment by the end of graduation. This appointment will mark the first time in 13 years that USF's College of Arts and Sciences will have a new dean. Almost 60 applicants for the position were narrowed down to three finalists: outside candidates Karen Callaghan, associate dean of arts and sciences at Barry University and Isaiah Crawford, interim dean at Loyola University Chicago; and internal candidate Jennifer Turpin, associate dean of arts, humanities and social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University. Michael Stanfield, associate history professor, contributed his opinions about the candidates. "I was hoping to be impressed by the outside candidates," he said. "I was hoping they would be as good as or better than the internal candidate. But they did not meet my expectations. My personal estimate is that the internal candidate is clearly the best ofthe three. But my opinion, in the end, really doesn't matter." Provost Jim Wiser said all three candidates have equal but different strengths. "We are blessed to have a set of very good finalists," he said. Callaghan has been the associate dean of arts and sciences at Barry University for two years and has taught sociology for 14 years. Her administrative interests include creating an environment that fosters diversity and promoting an education for morally and socially responsible leadership. Crawford has been an interim dean at Loyola University since OEAN:PAGE 2 January and has taught psychology for 16 years. His administrative goals include promoting an open and democratic system of governance and facilitating the emotional, intellectual and spiritual development of students. Turpin has been associate dean of arts and sciences for five years, and has taught sociology for 12 years. She is dedicated to elevating academic standards and making the University internationally known. Some of her goals for the University also include recruiting diverse faculty and improving student retention. Stanfield said the faculty members have been very engaged in actively participating in the search. "We all care deeply about this," he said. "This is a very important position and decision." Many faculty members have written letters to the Search Committee recommending one candidate or another. Andrew Goodwin, professor and chair ofthe media studies department, sent a letter to more than 50 other faculty members urging them to support Turpin for the appointment. In his COURTESY PUBLIC AFFAIRS Associate Dean Jennifer Turpin is one of the candidates for dean of arts and sciences. Some faculty are speaking out in favor of appointing her. Davies Scholars Address Media Abuses KATHLEEN EMMA StaffWriter Is this generation sitting idly by and letting digital democracy go down the toilet without a second thought? Sera Herold, a junior media studies major, thinks so. "We live in a digital world, and digital democracy is one of the biggest issues that our society, and even more importantly, our generation, faces. Yet it seems like [no one cares]. It's [a corporation's] wet dream." Danielle Fairbairn, a junior media studies major, agreed that people need to pay more attention to media bias. "When the public can name the last 12 contestants on American Idol faster than they can name the senators from their own state, the media are not doing their job to keep us informed," she said. Herold and Fairbairn are Davies scholars who presented at the last segment in the Davies Forum "Digital Democracy" series on May 3. The all-day conference was made up of workshops focusing on how citizen groups are creating community and building democratic communications on and off the Internet. Davies scholars led the <( Internet Rights Bulgaria, MediaAct Korea and the San Francisco Independent Media Center. Courtney Krametbauer, another Davies scholar and a junior soci- and what affect each had on civil liberties and privacy for students. Krametbauer said the project was important because "many people are uninformed as to the impact that When the public can name the last 12 contestants on American Idol faster than they can name the senators from their own state, the media are not doing their job to keep us informed." -Danielle Fairbairn Junior media studies major workshops, along with various other presenters from Bay Area resources. Some ofthe groups involved included representatives from Silicon Valley Debug, Media Alliance, ology major, presented with Herold on Internet censorship. Their project addressed the U.S. Patriot Act and the letter from the Recording Industry Association of America new legislation has had on their civil liberties and how the recording industry can try to manipulate schools into breaching the student's privacy." After speaking with many people in the University administration, Krametbauer and Herold agreed they were satisfied with USF's response to the Patriot Act and RIAA letter. "Most schools ignored [them] and quite frankly, most schools don't have the capacity to monitor students' network use," Krametbauer said. "The [University] registrar assured me that USF's first priority would be to protect students before surrendering information to the FBI on an invalid search. USF really cares about the students and will try and protect students at all costs, which is really reassuring." Fairbairn and her co-presenter addressed media reform in the United States, focusing on past radio deregulation in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and upcoming deregulation rulings on the media (to be decided June 2 or 3 by the FCC). Fairbairn used the DIGITALPAGE 2 news Find out why USF won't post elevator permits anymore—even though it's illegal not to. 2 opinion Can you find Osama bin Laden? 4 C&£ Come wish the senior clas^ of 2003 a fond farewell. Good luck graduates! 6 scene Watch X2: X-Men United and ask yourself what mutant powers you would like to have. 9 sports Check out the grand master of Koret. 10 |
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