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Foghorn
The   University   of   San   Francisco
NOVEMBER l8, 1999
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VOLUME 96, ISSUE 9
Schlegel to Leave Student MJSSJIIg
USF Presidency
Jessica Dryden-Cook
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Home is where the heart is,
and for the University of San
Francisco President, the Rev.
John P. Schlegel, S.J., home is in
the Midwest.
Last Friday, Schlegel announced to the USF and Bay Area
community, that he accepted the
presidency of Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., where he
will begin at the end of summer
2000.
His decision to accept the
presidency was "based, in part,
on a desire to 'go home' to an institution that introduced me to
higher education administration," Schlegel said in an issued
statement.
Creighton is not new, how
ever, to Schlegel, who began his
academic career there as a lecturer in 1969, and held positions
as an assistant and associate professor and assistant academic vice
president, and who still has
strong ties to the University.
"I'm a Jesuit from the Wisconsin province," said Schlegel. "This
will be going home to my Jesuit as
well as my natural family."
"He said he's going home because Creighton is where he began his academic career," James
L. Wiser, Provost and Academic
Vice President, said. "He had a
good experience at Creighton
and he's carried that in his
memory with him, so there's an
emotional pull as well."
The USF community has ties
Schlegel: Page 4
Turkeys Donated
Allegra Temporale
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
In the annual Thanksgiving
Flexi Food Drive, University
of San Francisco students,
Outreach Ministry, and
Marriott Food Services collect
donations from student meal
plans for local underprivileged families. Outreach Ministry organizes the drive, using the donations to buy food
in bulk from Marriott. Volunteers assemble turkeys, vegetables, rice, and fruit into
family size boxes, and distribute them to needy families in
the Tenderloin and the Mission districts of San Francisco.
Sister Marie Ignatious, the
Director of Outreach Ministry, said that the student response was pleasing.
"We have been very blessed
by the generosity of the students," she said. "We hope that
people will continue to be
generous and remember our
brothers and sisters who are
hungry."
Last year, the Flexi food
drive raised a record $16,000
from mini"We need people for
Food: Page 4
Matthew Rojas	
FOGHORN STAFF
In the past week, many buildings on the University of San
Francisco campus have been
wallpapered with a family's plea
for help. On simple white paper
with two black and white photos,
the Lykiardopoulos family announced to USF that their
daughter Lara, a junior business
student at USF, was missing.
Lara Lykiardopoulos, age 21,
was reported missing by her
mother on the afternoon of
Wednesday, November 10th. Lara
was last seen at the Justice League
Nightclub on Divisadaro Street
on Tuesday night. According to
witnesses, Lara became distraught after seeing her ex-boyfriend and left the club at around
10:30 p.m. in her red 1989 Jeep
Cherokee, reportedly headed for
her home in Marin County's
Kentfield. Lara's Jeep Cherokee
wasn't seen again until 8:17 a.m.,
when a surveillance camera
filmed Lara's Jeep in the employee parking lot near the
Golden Gate Bridge toll booths.
Shortly after locating Lara's
Jeep, investigators combed the
area near the Golden Gate Bridge
and found no signs of Lara. Cameras that monitor the Bridge also
showed no evidence of anyone
jumping. On Saturday, a search
party fanned across the Presidio
but reportedly turned up nothing. Lara's brother, Alexander
Lykiardopoulos, believes that
Lara is being held in one of the
buildings in the Presidio, buildings that were not searched by the
investigators.
"They went all through the
area and didn't find anything. I
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LYKIARDOPOULOS
FAMILY
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missing since
November 9,
1999.
have reason to believe that she's
in a building in the Presidio, but
no one has searched a lot of these
buildings," said Alexander
Lykiardopoulos.
For the last week, friends of
the Lykiardopoulos family and
USF students have posted flyers
all over the City that show Lara's
photo and information about her
disappearance. Family friends
Brianna Wolf and James
Westberg were at the Justice
League on Monday, posting more
flyers in the area. The two said
that they would continue to put
up flyers until Lara is found.
"We will put up signs as long
as we have to, this is a community effort and everybody should
team up to help find Lara," said
Wolf.
Information about Lara's dis
appearance has come to USF
mainly from University Ministry,
who claims to be in contact with
the family. Public Safety is also
reportedly in contact with the
San Francisco Police Department, Marin County Sheriffs Department, and the Sam Brown
Group, a private investigator
hired by the family.
"We were notified by Campus
Ministry on Thursday and continue to get information from
Maureen Pryor," said Lieutenant
William Fogerty, Public Safety
patrol commander. "We are in
constant communication with
SFPD, the Marin Sheriffs Office
and the Sam Brown Group, but
we don't want to step on
anybody's toes."
Speaking on behalf of the
Community: Page 5
Candlelight Vigil SoBe Refreshes Body and Soul?
Prayers said for missing student
Shadi Rahimi
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
Eighty-seven candles held by
University of San Francisco community members, lit up the otherwise dark Harney Plaza last Friday
evening. Students and faculty gathered in a vigil to pray for the safe
return of missing USF student,
Lara Lykiardopoulos.
A student member said that the
community came together to bring
a sense of hope to a tragic situation, and to make sure that students always remember to keep
faith. She said that wherever Lara
is, God will take care of her.
"We gather tonight to console
one another in this time of worry
and anxiety. We gather to recognize
the presence of God in one another
and to ask God to give us hope—
hope for one another, hope for
Lara and her family," said the
member of University Ministry.
"And so, united in one community,
let us remember that our God is
here with us on this night."
Students and members of the
University of San Francisco faculty
then joined in a circle, holding
candles, with heads bowed and
eyes closed in prayer, as various
students read short prayers for
Lara and her family.
"It's such a blessing to Lara, that
all these people came here. Eighty-
seven people came, on a Friday
night, and I don't think anybody
really knew her," Yolanda Estrada,
junior, said. "Yet they felt this connection to her—like she's our sister, and she's our friend. To know
that one of us is missing is just a
heartache."
Maureen Pryor, director of University Ministry, talked about a
telephone call she received from
Lara's mother. Pryor said Lara's
mother wanted to be at the vigil
with the USF community, but she
Vigil: Page 4
Michael Meehan	
FOGHORN STAFF WRITER
When was the last time you
went to World Fare between cjasses
with the intention of leaving with
some extra wisdom? Or how
about stopping by AS Express to
improve your strength rather than
going to Koret Recreation Center?
What if a simple drink could do
this for you? The energy drink Red
Bull claims that it can "give you
wings," but another new beverage
company is offering a line of
drinks with even more alleged
benefits. If you are looking for a
little extra energy or want to
achieve a state of good Karma,
then SoBe says it will deliver.
Almost everyone who eats at
World Fare has seen the new refrigerator case filled with the many
colorful flavors of SoBe. Pronounced '*so-bee," these fruit
drinks and teas in the large glass
bottles are reminiscent of the Arizona teas. What sets SoBe apart,
however, is the fact that these
herbally enhanced drinks have
abandoned traditional flavor labels. In their place are abstract flavors that include"Karma,""Drive,"
"Power," and "Wisdom." Blending
different fruit juices with a variety
of herbal and other ingredients
ALEX FOSCHl/FOGHORN
SoBe drinks may bring enlightenment or a sugar high.
creates such flavors.
The Connecticut-based manufacturer, South Beach (SoBe) Beverage Company, has pulled out all
the stops to draw younger consumers to their line of "healthy" beverages. SoBe is riding the waves of
popularity generated by the current herbal remedy trend, and,
with its creative bottling, it is becoming one of the most popular
drinks at World Fare. Many students like having an alternative to
all of the sodas that dominate the
shelves.
"SoBe tastes pretty good, and I
like it better than carbonated
drinks," said junior Nick Newlin.
"I like having glass bottles rather
than plastic bottles, and the SoBe
bottles look appealing. The names
are creative too. I've always wanted
to try a little Karma."
The SoBe "Karma" drink blends
pineapple, orange, and guava juices
with ingredients like St. John's
Wort, Kava Kava, and Valerian. Ac-
Enlightening: Page 5