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02 THURSDAY OCT. 14 2021 SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN Freedom and Fairness LETTER TO THE EDITOR Editor in Chief LUCIA VERZOLA editorinchief@sffoghorn.com Dear Editor, STAFF SUBMISSION POLICY The San Francisco Foghorn is the official student newspaper of the University of San Francisco and is sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco (ASUSF). The thoughts and opinions expressed herein are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Foghorn staff, the administration, the faculty, staff or the students of the University of San Francisco. Contents of each issue are the sole responsibilities of the editors. An All-American Publication ad maiorem dei gloriam News Editor MIGUEL ARCAYENA news@sffoghorn.com Opinion Editor ZOE BINDER opinion@sffoghorn.com Scene Editor CALLIE FAUSEY scene@sffoghorn.com Sports Editor MAGGIE ALDRICH sports@sffoghorn.com Photography Editor BEAU TATTERSALL photo@sffoghorn.com General Reporter ANNIKA DAHLBERG reporter1@sffoghorn.com 415.422.5444 sffoghorn.com The San Francisco Foghorn is free of charge, one copy per reader. To purchase additional copies for $1, please visit our office. Advertising matter printed herein is solely for informational purposes. Such printing is not to be construed as written or implied sponsorship or endorsement of such commercial enterprises or ventures by the San Francisco Foghorn. ©MMIV-MMV, San Francisco Foghorn. All rights reserved. No material Managing Editor JAMES SALAZAR managing@sffoghorn.com Copy Editor NORA WARD copy@sffoghorn.com Layout Editor DOMINIQUE CADENAS CALVO layout@sffoghorn.com Layout Editor LOUISE DE OLIVEIRA layout2@sffoghorn.com Social Media Manager SAMANTHA BERLANGA socialmedia@sffoghorn.com Online Editor CLAIRE JACOBS online@sffoghorn.com Advisor TERESA MOORE 2130 FULTON STREET, UC #417 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117 printed herein may be reproduced without prior permission of the Editor in Chief. Columns for the Opinion section and Letters to the Editor are gladly accepted from students, faculty, staff and alumni. All materials must be signed and include your printed name, university status (class standing or title), address, and telephone number for verification. Anonymous submissions are not published. We reserve the right to edit materials submitted. All submissions become the property of the San Francisco Foghorn. Columns of not more than 900 words should be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before publication. Letters of 500 words or less should be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Friday before publication. Staff editorials are written by the Foghorn editorial staff and represent a group consensus. The San Francisco Foghorn Opinion page is a forum for the free, fair and civil exchange of ideas. Contributors’ opinions are not meant to reflect the views of the Foghorn staff or the University of San Francisco. In response to the September 16, 2021 article “Let the Bargaining Begin,” let me add some additional information on behalf of the University Budget Advisory Council (UBAC). UBAC did indeed make a number of recommendations to the President’s Cabinet concerning the balancing of the fiscal year 2022 operating budget. UBAC is advisory to the President’s Cabinet, which accepted some of those recommendations and did not accept others; this is normal. For example, the President’s Cabinet ultimately determined that it was not necessary to continue the salary reduction programs of fiscal year 2021 that helped the University balance its COVID-19 revision to that year’s operating budget. Note that at the time of submission of those recommendations, UBAC — and the President’s Cabinet, for that matter — did not know that the University and its students would be the beneficiaries of a third round of federal stimulus. Additionally, UBAC was careful to acknowledge in its recommendations to the President’s Cabinet that matters related to the compensation and working conditions of members of collective bargaining units are ultimately resolved through collective bargaining processes rather than by UBAC or any particular party at the bargaining table. I have partnered with other University administrators in the negotiation of approximately a dozen collective bargaining agreements over the past eight years. It has always been our desire to avoid negotiating — however indirectly —through the Foghorn. Attempts to do so by either party can lead to miscommunication and misleading oversimplification of complex proposals and conversations connected to budget, to compensation, and to enrollments. Sincerely, Jeff Hamrick Vice Provost for Institutional Budget, Planning, and Analytics Administration Tri-Chair, University Budget Advisory Council Note: This letter has been edited to conform to the Foghorn's publication style.
"STOP THE VIOLENCE, NO MORE SILENCE" • Front Page 03 At the event, a list of demands were presented to the University’s administration, including increased funding for Title IX office and other sexual violence prevention programs. PHOTO BY MIGUEL ARCAYENA/SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN of many students who noticed his absence. “As a rape survivor myself, I am appalled that the University showed no support at this event when students are being brave enough to be vulnerable in front of a community,” she said. There was a verbal consensus in the crowd that the University needs to “stop this lip service, they have to stop all these empty platitudes,” Bomani said. “It is a very performative administration. We have to go beyond words to help our communities. This is a crisis; they need to treat it like a crisis and listen to our demands.” When asked what is the administration’s response to their perceived lack of action. Samson wrote, “We have clearly heard from students and alumni about the hurt and mistrust they have experienced. We take these accounts very seriously -- and investigate and act on all reports.” The demands of It’s On USFCA were released on social media and reiterated throughout the event. The group’s demands include: an apology from Fitzgerald for the University’s failures in addressing sexual violence, survivor-centered Title IX policies, the creation of a student survivor task force, required training for all community members quarterly, and increased funding for sexual violence prevention programming. This action plan for the administration was a “community effort,” according to Bomani. Members of It’s On USFCA and other student community groups created these demands following advice from student survivors. “These five demands aren’t everything. We had a much longer list,” co-organizer Klemer De Lassé said. “We stripped it down to those that we think are the most immediate and allow us to form groups that can continue this work on campus.” According to Samson, the University will be responding to these demands soon. “In consultation with university leadership, Fr. Fitzgerald is preparing responses to the submitted demands. These responses will be shared with the entire university community,” she said. In addition to the open forum ASUSF Senate held with Fitzgerald on Oct. 6th and listening sessions offered by the Title IX office, “additional town halls are still in the planning stages. The community will be notified when scheduling is finalized.” A member of the crowd, sophomore performing arts and social justice major Daisy Guiterrez said, “I didn’t know that [the University] wasn’t doing anything until I attended this event and started hearing my friends and their stories. I am very disappointed and expect more from the administration since this is a social justice institution.” While the SI report sparked the event, “it isn’t limited to athletics on campus,” Klemer De Lassé said. “It’s all systems of brotherhood, anywhere where people protect each other and don’t allow victims the freedoms they deserve. We see it all over campus.” This sentiment was expressed in a chant spoken by the crowd: “It starts with systems of brotherhood, we’re changing it from here.” “We’re paying too much for us to be living in an unsafe environment where they don’t care about us,” sophomore performing arts and social justice major Amel Murray said in a statement to the Foghorn. “If this is how they are going to treat this, how do they treat other situations? What else has been buried and overlooked?” The Foghorn will continue its coverage on the issues raised by Sports Illustrated’s article and anything related to this subject in the coming weeks. Reach out to tips@sffoghorn.com or our news editor at marcayena@sffoghorn.com. NEWS FR. FITZGERALD FACES USF COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SI ARTICLE SARA AHMED Contributing Writer Editor’s note: This story contains an account of sexual misconduct. President Paul J. Fitzgerald S.J. was last week’s guest speaker at ASUSF Senate’s weekly general meeting. This was the first time Fitzgerald faced the student body since the release of the Sept. 30 Sports Illustrated story. The hourlong session was an open forum accessible to the public, and students were encouraged to attend. Attendees were also allowed to ask Fitzgerald questions during this time. When asked to respond to the lack of proper consequences given to student perpetrators of sexual assault in the past, Fitzgerald said, “I do not personally participate in the disciplinary process.” Later on, when a student asked about a possible shutdown of the men’s soccer team, Fitzgerald stated that “there are no complaints against any current soccer player.” A senator then asked Fitzgerald to address what the University is doing to mitigate this issue without placing the responsibility solely on students. Fitzgerald said, “It’s okay to trust the folks in Counseling and Psychological Services, it’s okay to trust Student Conduct or Title IX.” He emphasized that students needed to trust campus resources to resolve issues, but many students in the room voiced their opinion that there was not much confidence in those resources after past failures. Sage (a pseudonym), a third-year student, attended the meeting and expressed their dissatisfaction with Fitzgerald’s remarks. “I’m not sure what I expected from Father Fitz, but the meeting was wholly disappointing.” Sage added that their disappointment with Fitzgerald’s address of this issue mirrored the students’ faces throughout the meeting. “You could feel the collective frustration throughout the atmosphere,” said Sage, “Father Fitzgerald was very deflective whenever he was asked about the sexual assault issue on campus.” According to Sage, Fitzgerald offered mere lip service and an illusory listening ear, instead of truly listening to the concerns brought up by students and senators alike. “A lot of what the administration is offering places the responsibility of resolving this issue squarely on the students,” Sage said. “They spend
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