San Francsico Foghorn

              FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS
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Vol. 109, Issue 2
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September 15, 2011
NEWS
USF's first large student event
crammed into Gleeson Plaza;
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OPINION
Ryan Joy contrasts Rick Perry
with Galileo;
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SCENE
A plethora of fun things are to
be found in our USF bookstore
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SPORTS
Cross Country begins a promising season;
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FOGHORN ONLINE
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Amanda Rhodes (left and bottom right) and Kia Zomorrodi (top right) /Foghorn
San Francisco residents gathered to voice their outrage and call for accountability in the light of BART police's recent uses of what protesters saw to be undue
force in the shootings of Kenneth Harding, 19, and Charles Hill, 45. Several journalists, including a Foghorn photographer, were arrested.
BART Protests Disrupt Students' Lives
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SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN
AMANDA RHOADES
StaffWriter
The shockwaves of the
controversial series of protests
against the BART (Bay Area
Rapid Transit) system are being felt
throughout USF.
The protests against the BART
stem from serious allegations
against the BART Police, who are
accused of using excessive force
against Kenneth Harding, 19,of
Seattle, Washington and Charles
Hill, 45, a local transient. Adding
fuel to the already simmering
controversy, when local residents
planned a peaceful protest against
the use of excessive force by BART
police, cell phone service was shut
off in multiple BART stations to
circumvent people from gathering.
This action, which many are calling
a violation of the right to assemble
and practice freedom of speech, has
increased public outrage against
the BART police, causing many
to call for re-training of all officers
and the removal of their firearms,
although some are demanding the
BART police be disbanded entirely.
The activist group Anonymous has
also taken an active role, organizing
protests via social networking sites
and distributing the emails and
passwords of BART officers.
USF students, as both activists
and customers of the BART, have
voiced     mixed     opinions     about
the ongoing protests. Freshman
Hannah Marshall, a fine arts and
environmental studies double major,
recently participated in one of the
protests and, after learning more
about the reasons for the outcry
against the BART police, has decided
to further engage in these protests,
saying "It was extremely educational
for me though, and I plan to become
more involved in political activism
such as the BART protests. The
experience really opened my eyes ".
Some students like Vicente
Patino, a junior and San Francisco
native studying Architecture, may
be feeling far less kindly towards
the protesters. Patino was stuck on
a  BART  train  "at  Powell  station
for about five minutes before the
doors of the train were made clear"
when protests shut down the
multiple BART stations earlier this
August, when the conflict started.
Patino points out "some individual
protesters over-stepped their bounds
by trying to bring a very important
regional transit system to a grinding
halt through vandalism, climbing
on trains and overall creating a very
unsafe environment for thousands
of unsuspecting passengers. I do
support, though, the proposition of
keeping a special eye on the BART
police since this is the second time in
recent memory that the transit police
have shot people under questionable
BART: Continued on Page 3
Profile: Senior Kelly Mills
Courtesy of Steve Rhodes
One of the signs displayed at the first KUSF protest voices the community's
outrage with the station's shutdown.
Community Hopes for
KUSF Sale's Reversal
ROLAND ARGOMANIZ
StaffWriter
Although the sale of KUSF
happened last January 18, the
transfer of the station still hasn't been
finalized.
After several months, the station's
FM license has yet to be legally
acquired by the Classical Public
Radio Network (CPRN) and Public
Radio Capital, an entity acting as a
broker in the deal.
This summer the FCC sent a letter
of inquiry to both USF and CPRN
highlighting a list of key questions
and concerns the commission had
regarding the sale.
President Brenda Barnes of
University  of Southern  California
Radio, who owns CPRN, called the
letter of inquiry "unprecedented."
The university was said to have
dismissed the concerns raised by
the FCC's inquiry. Officials at USF
were unavailable for comment.
Meanwhile the organization
Friends of KUSF, who have
disputed the sale in the past, have
contested the university's response
to the inquiry. They are currently
pleading with the FCC to hold a
hearing on the transfer.
The lawyers for Friends of KUSF,
Alan Korn and Peter Franck, say
that both CPRN and USF have
"refused to produce key documents,
or even to explain why these have
KUSF: Continued on Page 2
SASCHA ROSEMOND
StaffWriter
The Pedro Arrupe Award is an
embodiment of USF's mission of
"faith that does justice", and this
year Kelly Mills received the award
in honor of her dedication to social
justice and alleviation of poverty and
oppression. She was given the award
during the Mass of the Holy Spirit
on August 22.
Mills is a senior University
Scholar working on an International
Studies major with a minor in
African Studies and Peace and Social
Justice Studies. She was recognized
for her involvement in projects such
as the Not for Sale Campaign and
the Ignatian Solidarity Network.
The Not for Sale Campaign
was founded at USF in 2006. The
organization is dedicated to re-
abolish slavery and stop human
trafficking in different parts of the
world. Mills joined Not for Sale her
freshman year and continued to be.
involved while living in the Erasmus
Living-Learning Community her
sophomore year.
The Ignatian Solidarity Network
is a national organization dedicated
to leadership and advocacy among
the Jesuit community. A local
chapter of this organization will
launch at USF this year. Mills said,
"It is going to be a place for USF
students who are working on social
justice issues to come together and
reflect on their work and collectively
figure out ways to be more effective
activists."
Mills got involved her freshman
year by going to different clubs and
finding other people who had the
same dedication to social justice and
the well-being of others.
Mills   has   also   volunteered   at
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Courtesy of Angie Possemato
Kelly Mills, senior International
Studies major, is also involved in the
Africa Awareness Club.
Akili Dada which is an organization
committed to women's education
in Kenya. Akili Dada was founded
by USF Professor Wanjiru Kamau-
Rutenberg.
Getting involved in what she
truly believes has earned this senior
from Norwalk, Connecticut the
Pedro Arrupe Award. Mills said,
"Join clubs and organizations, talk to
the wonderful people in University
Ministry and SLE who can guide
you toward projects, and find
organizations in San Francisco that
you care about."
Mills' plans for the future aren't
definite but she knows that she will
be working to promote social justice.
When she graduates in spring 2012,
she says, "I will miss all the amazing
people that I have met here and the
community that I feel a part of.
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