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Foghorn
The   University   of   San   Francisco
SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
http://toghorn.ustca.cdu
VOLUME 96, ISSUE 3
Alums Try to Revive SAE Daycare Blues
Haley A. Bogosian
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
Since last March's big "Patty
Murphy" event, an annual party
hosted by the SAE fraternity,
some students are wondering,
"What happened to SAE?"
Since the party, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, a social fraternity at the
University of San Francisco, has
been on three years suspension
from USF.
The Foghorn has learned that
complaints such as loud noise,
littering,and other disturbances
date back twenty years. SAE will
be allowed to apply as a fraternity again and be recognized by
USF if they pass this probation.
SAE got its current house,
which is located on Fulton Street,
in 1980.
Will the fraternity officially be
opened again? Alums are determined to save it.
"Since I have been in this position for the past two years,
SAE's conduct has resulted in a
series of complaints. One event
freeze framed would not be sufficient enough to revoke their license," said the current Greek adviser, Jack McLane. "After reviewing these complaints, USF
discovered that SAE had been in
violation of both the University's
policy of conduct and state and
city laws."
McLane would not explain the
specifics of what lead to the suspension last March.
Chapel
Includes
All Faiths
Mark Kennedy	
FOGHORN STAFF
A Muslim imam led a traditional prayer, a Buddhist from a
local temple prayed aloud, and a
Jewish rabbi sang in Hebrew.
Where did these people meet?
The new Interfaith Chapel located on Lone Mountain.
In a ceremony called "Many
Flames, One Fire," representatives from eight different faiths,
48 faculty members and no students other than presenters,
gathered to dedicate the chapel
last Tuesday.
The new chapel has no religious symbols in it but does incorporate circles, a symbol popular in many religions. It is located
in room 217 of Lone Mountain
and is open to people from all religions and traditions.
The Rev. Thomas Lucas, S.J.,
the creator of the chapel and
Chair of the Fine and Performing Arts department, worked
over a year trying to bring the
room from a meeting space back
to what it was 38 years ago—a
Religions : Page 4
CORINNE MONTGOMERY/FOGHORN
Alums are making efforts to improve the exterior ofthe SAE house
Approximately 7 USF students live in the house and are
trying to resurrect the fraternity.
"When the University does
not recognize the fraternity as a
club, we lose support from the insurance company. Thus, myself
and other alumni decided to step
in, so that we can save our chapter from ending," said USF and
SAE alumnus of the class of 1997,
Glenn Gilmore, who currently
resides   in   the   house.   "We
[Gilmore and other alumni]
have taken control of the house
and membership, and are taking
steps to raise the standards
within the house. We have made
progress in bettering the appearance of both the interior and exterior of the home. As a resident
ofthe home, I can guarantee that
there will be no more parties,
drinking or smoking on the premises."
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Joelle Clark
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
Before some faculty and students head for class each morning, they drop off their children
at various daycare centers around
the Bay Area, since USF does not
offer daycare services on its campus.
Currently,
no proposals
for on-site
daycare are on
the table. Over
the past 10
years, various
proposals have
been made for
an on-site
daycare center
at USF.
The last
proposal was
submitted
about four
years ago. It
suggested that
USF convert
the Underhill
building, which
currently
houses the ROTC and Upward
Bound programs, to a daycare
center.
This location would provide
space for approximately 120 children; however, this proposal was
rejected because it did not fit
USF's campus space appropriation
plan.
"It's really frustrating," said a
EMILY rist/fochqrn
Media Studies Chair Bernadette
Barker-Plummer takes her son to
daycare at UCSF since USF does
not provide any child care services.
mother of an infant, who asked
to remain anonymous. "I want
to be able to go to school knowing that my baby is happy and
in good hands. Childcare is expensive in the city. Right now,
my husband and I iuggle our
schedules around each other so
that'we can both finish school.
He goes to
class, while I
watch the
baby, then we
switch.
There's no
time for
homework.
We need a
daycare center
here."
Rebecca
King-O'Rian,
professor of
sociology, said,
"USF hasn't
taken it [the
need for
daycare| seriously enough,"
and that an on-
site daycare
center would help USF in its mission   to "build community."
In the past year, attempts to
improve the situation have been
made, USF faculty and students
can use the University of California at San Francisco Childcare
Referral Board. This service gives
out names and basic information
Wanted: Page 4
Extreme Pizza Doesn't Deliver
Allegra Temporale    	
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
Students returning to the USF
were upset to find that once again
Marriott has limited their food
chokes to World Fare and other
on-campus locations.
Flexi cash users can no longer
order delivery from Extreme
Pizza, an option introduced last
spring.
Janice Norimoto, the general
manager of Marriott Dining Services, said that Marriott found
new options for
"In World
Fare, we are now
able to provide a
new and improved pizza,"
said Norimoto.
Students
used the Extreme Pizza option last year,
and some are
sorry to see it
end.
pizza.
"Extreme [Pizza]
suited my schedule
many times."
—Vangie Reyes
"As a vegetarian, my food options
are limited," said
Angel Ajmani, a
junior. "Narrowing the choices
makes it even
more difficult to
live on campus."
Vangie Reyes,
a sophomore,
  said   that   although the pizza
at Extreme Pizza
was not the best, it was nice to have
SOPHOMORE
the delivery service available.
"Having Extreme deliver was
good. They were open after the
cafe had closed, which suited my
schedule many times," Reyes said.
Norimoto did acknowledge
that removing Extreme Pizza
from the Flexi cash program
brought certain disadvantages for
USF students. "At this point,
World Fare does not have a delivery service," said Norimoto.
However, not everyone loved
Off Campus: Page 3
Mac Lab Exclusive
Andrea Bonfante
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
The Harney Science Center
media lab was
munications students were us
ing.
Michat
updated with
10 new G-3
Macintosh
computers this
semester, but it
is open exclusively to journalism and
broadcasting
students. 	
The      new
computers replaced the outdated,
older computers that some com-
"[The new computers] looked cute
but...they didn't boot
up."
—Dina Darwish
JUNIOR, COMMUNICATIONS MA|OR
Robertson, a communications
professor who
teaches journalism classes
in the new lab,
said he is en-
thusiastic
about the new
computers.
"The    im-
  provements
and the quality
of the lab make things a lot easier
Macintosh: Page 4
The new media lab in Hamey sports over
Macintosh G3s, but is not open to all USF
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students.
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