“I can’t answer your question,” said Michael London, assistant vice president for facilities management at USF, at the weekly ASUSF Senate meeting on Tuesday.

Additional reporting by Staff Writer Laura Plantholt  Online Exclusive   Junior Bobby Marquez was declared the next student body president Thursday afternoon following the conclusion of ASUSF elections. Marquez beat incumbent Alex Platt by a margin of 30-percent (501 to 386) and current Off-Campus Representative Jon Coon who received 359 votes. Three of the four vice president positions [...]

The Foghorn takes note of recent campus movements by students and faculty members.

Dr. Greg Wolcott talks senate and supports the budget discussion between the Foghorn and ASUSF Senate.

The Foghorn takes aim at the newly voted on ASUSF Budget for the 2009-10 school year, during which 12 of 17 funded accounts on campus will see a significant decrease in their budget.

The ASUSF Senate race is on, and this year three candidates are running for president, which may lead to a much more involved campaigning process than last year when only one person, current President Alex Platt, ran unopposed. This spring, Platt is running for reelection, along with opposing candidates Jon Coon, currently an off-campus representative, and Bobby Marquez, also currently an off-campus representative.

According to the public relations committee, a strong majority of the random students polled are neutral or negative toward the Senate. Thus, the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco (ASUSF) will be launching a marketing campaign featuring a T-shirt slogan to coincide with the start of Senate Week during the first week of March. The slogan, "Senate is SEXY," written in gold on a black shirt, is an open-ended acronym with axioms that will change throughout the week.

At their first meeting on Tuesday, ASUSF voted to extend Crossroads hours on the weekends and they discussed changing the library guest policy, which requires twenty four hour notice prior to a guest using the library.

Members of the ASUSF Senate have presented a few new resolutions of great interest to the student body. One resolution proposed at their Nov. 18 meeting could dramatically affect the financial stability of students and their families. This resolution would request that USF not raise tuition at all for the 2009-10 school year in light of [...]