USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO / SPRING 2006 ORLD BETTER THAN BEFORE. LIVES OF OTHERS ONE’S EDUCATION IS FOR IMPROVING THE W THE AND FOR LEAVING UNIVERSITY OF DISCOVERY COMPASSION WONDER PROMISE FAITH IDEAS TRADITION HONOR JUSTICE SUCCESS DREAMS HOPE PASSION PEACE SAN DIEGO

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FEATURES DEARLY BELOVED, ARE YOU LISTENING?

20 / COOL, CALM AND CONNECTED He started out as a surfing Texan mall rat, came to USD and accidentally got serious about what mattered to him. Now, Tim Lynch ‘95 has found his true calling as reigning Buddha of the film set, working with award-winning directors and artists. UNIVERSITY LIFE AS REFLECTED THROUGH A PRISM.

DEPARTMENTS

AROUND THE PARK 6 / Time to Laugh Again Teaching 9/11 widows how to date again is all in a day’s work for Louise Stanger. 6 8 / Broad Strokes of Hope USD professor John Halaka’s trip to Gaza and the West Bank

USD MAGAZINE to help paint murals gave him a taste of Palestinian life.

9 / Save the Date Russian ICONS; 13th All-Faith Service; Women in Leadership; Grandparents Weekend; Walk on Water.

ON THE COVER: 10 / Unmasking the Mall Illustration by Students turned out in force to celebrate the dedication 20SERENITY RULES. Richard A. Goldberg of the new heart of the campus, the Plaza de San Diego.

12 / Calm After the Chaos ALUMNI UPDATE Hurricanes, flooding, then an outpouring of help: 16 / The Friend Connection The campus community assists Gulf Coast evacuees. Networks of alums spring up from sea to shining sea; TORERO ATHLETICS grads stay connected 14 / Pass It On through online community; Seniors Corey Belser and Nick Lewis lead the basketball board nominations; Alumni team by setting an example, on and off the court. Honors May 6.

2 USD MAGAZINE al·tru·ism \ n : UNSELFISH INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF OTHERS. CONTENTS

26 / THE ABCS OF VOLUNTEERING Every day, members of the USD community help make the world a better place. They provide solace, practi- cal advice, dollars and hope. They nurse, they teach, they 26 build, they feed. This primer to on- and off-campus volunteering ranges from A to Z and hits all the letters in between. And these examples — ranging from wildlife conservation to serving the underserved — are just some of the many ways that students, professors, alumni and staff give of themselves. Their quiet daily efforts help put new meaning behind the university’s mission.

HOME IS AN INVENTION ON WHICH NO ONE HAS YET IMPROVED.

CLASS NOTES 36 / Eye of the Storm Medical school was going great — then came the hurricane.

39 / Hang a Right 46 When your main ride weighs 64,000 pounds, 18 you’d best take it easy on the turns.

POINT OF VIEW 42 / A Sung Hero 18 / A Moveable Feast Though cut down in his prime, the memory of The idea of home resonates Brad Kirn ‘96 lives on through family and music. long after we’ve moved on 46 / On a Medical Mission to unfamiliar streets. In remote Guatemalan villages, medical teams set Though the places we once up camps to help locals, some of whom have never knew have changed forever, seen or visited a doctor. 16 our memories endure.

SPRING 2006 3 EDITORIAL LICENSE USD MAGAZINE

[editor] Julene Snyder [email protected]

[belly rub] [contributing editors] Michael R. Haskins ‘02 (M.A.) [email protected] THE WET-NOSE EXPRESS Kelly Knufken [email protected] How one woman learned to relax and let dog be her co-pilot [class notes editor] Krystn Shrieve [email protected] ince the first time a kitten crawled up in the crook of my neck and tried to nurse my ear- [art director] lobe, I knew I was a cat person. After all, what could be sweeter than a ball of fluff nes- Barbara Ferguson S [email protected] tled on your lap, gently digging tiny claws into your flesh? Over the years, I’ve had tabby cats, [photographers] fluffy cats, shy cats and cats who thought they were famous. I’ve invented games like Kitty Fred Greaves Melanie Grizzel Disco Love Fest — which involves wee spinning mirrored balls, young kittens and windows full Tim Mantoani Brock Scott of sunlight — and rushed to the kitty ER when one particularly dim feline tumbled out of a [illustrators] Allan Burch four-story window to land head-first on the concrete below. (He was fine. A bit slow for years afterward, but fine.) Daniel Chang Barbara Ferguson Dogs, on the other hand, were a mystery. I never quite knew what to do with Lady, the middle-aged poodle Richard A. Goldberg mix who showed up on our porch when I was a child and refused to leave until she was invited inside. She never [proofreading] Fawnee Evnochides really wanted to go outside again, content to follow my mother from one end of the house to the other, suffer- [web design manager] ing in martyred silence when left alone for minutes at a time. Frankly, I didn’t see the attraction. Michael James [email protected] It took years for me to even pretend to entertain the idea of living with a dog. In the end, it was the constant [web site] pleading that did it. “Please? Pleasepleasepleaseplease? Please can we get one? I’ll take care of it! I promise!” www.sandiego.edu/usdmag And then my husband would let his lower lip quiver, just a little. “If you let us get a dog, we’ll do anything.” UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO Even pick up doggie-doo? “Anything.” [president] Just like having a baby, when the day came, I wasn’t quite prepared. Mary E. Lyons “Mom. We found him.”My daughter was breathless, yet calm. “We found our dog. He’s a white puppy with [vice president of mission and university spots and he’s so cute and can we get him please oh please can we?” relations] Monsignor Daniel Dillabough ‘70 I paused. Thought. Mentally shrugged. Gave in. “All right. Get him.”I had to hold the phone six inches from my [senior director of head to avoid having my eardrum punctured by her screams of joy, but her delight made it worth it. Mostly. publications and marketing communications] Well, the somewhat unimaginatively named Buddy has been a member of the family for nearly a year now. Michael R. Haskins ‘02 (M.A.) [usd magazine] And it turns out that I was right: Dogs are nothing like cats. Buddy needs walks and love and lots of exercise, is published by the University of San Diego for its alumni, parents and more often than not I end up being the one to pick up the doggie-doo. Funny thing is, I don’t really mind. and friends. Editorial offices: USD Magazine, Publications Office, He’s our big, goofy boy, and I can’t imagine our lives without him. When I come home, I’m greeted with pure joy University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110. Third-class every single day. And — much like the altruists we celebrate in this issue — he doesn’t expect a single thing in postage paid at San Diego CA 92110. USD phone number (619) 260-4600; return. The cats, on the other hand, still hope we’ll come to our senses and evict him. Dream on, kitties. emergency security (619) 260-2222; disaster (619) 260-4534. — Julene Snyder, Editor Postmaster: Send address changes to USD Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. Find links about stories in this issue online at www.sandiego.edu/usdmag [0106/51500]

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[rejoinders] ed USD as a snobbish hero. inspire those who actually full, yet balanced, with plenty Instead, you did a beautiful job of attended USD to contribute to of well-placed white space. detailing Daniel’s life and chal- the school. The subtleness of the colors you lenges. What an excellent piece — Chris Boyd ‘00 (M.A.) chose make the publication for our alumni magazine. It is classy. Photography has become these sorts of stories that make us Keep the Faith important in dentistry, so I have proud of our alma mater and will After reading your article on some experience with at least take the school and its publica- Brady Clark (“Put Me In, Coach,” close-up photography. When tions to the next level. Fall 2005), I wanted to write and I look at the picture of Daniel —Lynsi Steffen ‘00 say that I’d really appreciate it if inside the magazine, I marvel at the dimension projected on a Ranking Rankles flat page. And author Krystn As many alumni may know, Shrieve’s efficient style conveys USD is no longer considered one her message in a minimum of Moving Memoir of the top 100 national universities verbiage. I love it. I am writing regarding the article in the nation, based on U.S. News Honestly, I can’t say enough “Finding Daniel”(Fall 2005). I, along & World Report rankings. Although about this magazine. I will be with several of my fellow students, USD’s student profile matches or resigning at the end of this year, was incredibly moved by this eclipses a number of academic and will pass this publication story; we discussed the power of institutions ranked higher, the on as the best example of what his story and the strength that school suffers from a dismal we want to emulate that I have Daniel must have had. alumni giving rate. While some seen. My daughter Jenny (Class I was so moved that I sent a administrators in academia may of 2006), who has had journalistic link to the online version of the have their reasons for having experience via editing her high story to my fellow USD students mixed feelings or even dismiss- school newspaper, will also abroad as well as some family ing these rankings, they matter you would let him know that appreciate what you have done members and close friends who to prospective students and many of us think that what he’s so well. Surely she will appreci- do not attend USD. Daniel is a potential employers. If USD is accomplished is amazing and we ate the article about her Gamma strong human being and the going to regain its rightful place wish him the best. His is a great Phi Beta sorority sister. journey he endured is a coura- as one of the best 100 schools in lesson in perseverance. —Rick Cohrs, D.D.S. geous one. the country, it needs the financial —Tara Allgood ‘92 (J.D.) For most of us here at USD, the backing of more of its alumni. [corrections] life that Daniel lived is only read Really, Really Likes Us The new name of USD’s School about through textbooks and I am staying up late to congratu- of Education is the School of taught in lectures. The ability to late you on one of the finest pub- Leadership and Education relate a situation to a student lications I have ever seen. The fall Sciences (SOLES). An article about who is now in the same position 2005 issue of USD Magazine is the name change in the Fall 2005 as we are brings these true superior in every facet. I have issue of USD Magazine mistakenly occurrences across the globe been the volunteer editor for my transposed the words. We sincerely “home.”This article deserves to dental society publication for regret the error. be published in a larger distribu- about 15 years, and have attended —Editor tion, with Daniel’s permission. It seminars on how to produce has caused those who read this a better publication. I find yours Write us ... article to reflect on the “real” lives fascinating and actually exciting We welcome letters to the we lead. for many reasons. editor about articles in the — Megan Lenaghan ‘07 I really like your choice of magazine. Letters may be I’m glad that USD Magazine paper. It feels good when I edited for length and content, I just wanted to drop you a line in included the section about touch it. It is crisp and clean. It and must include a daytime praise of the excellent job you did Catherine Dicey, a non-USD lends itself well to the excellent phone number. Write: Editor, with the story “Finding Daniel.” alum, donating her home and photography you have chosen. USD Magazine, 5998 Alcalá This is a story that could have easily other gifts to USD (“Loving Gift,” The quality of the photography Park, San Diego, CA 92110. become trite, insensitive or paint- Fall 2005). Hopefully, it will is outstanding. Your layout is E-mail: [email protected].

SPRING 2006 5 THE PARK [healing arts] TIME TO LAUGH AGAIN Louise Stanger helps 9/11 widows move on with their lives

by Kelly Knufken n the streets of New workshops to help them explore Some of what Stanger knows York, Louise Stanger what they might want from their about being a widow comes Ofound reminders of dating life. While there, she got a from talking with hundreds of 9/11 everywhere. Firehouse look at New York as the 9/11 wid- widows while researching her doors. The incessant sound of ows see it. Stanger is fond of say- doctoral dissertation on resiliency sirens. Ground Zero. Just about ing, “Once a widow, always a among those left behind. Based any place Stanger went, 9/11 widow,”but in the Big Apple, she on those interviews, she is devel- was close enough to reach out learned there are even more oping a book titled Good Grief and touch. And she knew those complexities involved for these for Widows and Their Families. reminders remain particularly particular widows. She credits her doctoral adviser, poignant for the women whose “They’re a wonderful group of USD business professor Johanna firefighter husbands died as women trying to live ordinary Hunsaker, with allowing her to heroes on Sept. 11, 2001. lives in extraordinary times,” research the topic she was most It was those women that Stanger says. Her workshops were passionate about. But most of Stanger — USD’s director of aimed at helping them re-enter what Louise Stanger knows alcohol and other drug services the dating pool, but she also about being a widow comes — was in New York to help. She brought knowledge that could from deep within herself: It AROUND AROUND THE PARK AROUND THEspent PARK AROUND THE PARK AROUNDsome THE PARK AROUND THE time PARK this fall giving help them feel less isolated. comes from being the daughter

6 USD MAGAZINE Stanger coached them about dating just to date, rather than expecting every date to lead to a long-term relationship. She [syllabus] explored their fears that dating might be a betrayal to their hus- Course: Natural Disasters bands, and talked with them Instructor: Eric M. Cathcart about how their children might act out. She shared her own DESCRIPTION: An examination of natural disasters and their impact experience: When Stanger was on humans; emphasis on earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic ready to date again after losing eruptions, asteroid impacts and mass extinctions. her husband, her children threat- ened to rig a bucket of water to PROFESSORIAL DEMEANOR: It’s entirely possible that professor be dumped on the head of her Cathcart is the most enthusiastic geologist on the planet. Dressed in first date. “They loved that story,” shorts, sandals and a T-shirt, he bounces with infectious glee when she says of the New York widows. pointing out details of spectacular photos of erupting volcanoes. Stanger’s research showed her that spirituality can be an impor- FUN FACTS: When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, the professor tant factor in moving forward. was only 10 years old. Enough ash fell to cover a football field 150 miles deep. These two items are unrelated. Many of the 9/11 widows that Louise Stanger met with OMINOUS SENTENCE FRAGMENT:“When water and ice meet in in New York had married their a deadly combination.” high school sweethearts, leav- ing them with limited dating GRIM STATISTIC: Disasters happen on a daily basis in every one of experience. the United States. This works out well for students, who each are assigned a state to track during the semester. Those who were assigned “That’s what allows you to laugh Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states have been particularly busy. again. And that’s what these women are trying to do — to LOOK OUT!: Apyroclastic flow is a high-density mixture of dry rock frag-

MELANIE GRIZZEL be able to laugh again, to smile ments and hot gases that move away from the vent that erupted them at again, to feel again,”she says. high speeds. “If one of these is coming at you at 200 miles per hour, you of a widow. It comes from being Many also are trying to shake need to get out of the way,”advises Professor Cathcart. the granddaughter of a widow. their label as cultural icons. And it comes from being a Near the end of her trip to WOOLGATHERING MOMENT: Why is it that the model of a volcano widow herself. Stanger was wid- New York, Stanger found herself we all were assigned to construct in elementary school never erupted owed at age 44. at St. Patrick’s Cathedral trying properly, offering up a wimpy “poof” rather than oozing magma? Even years later, when asked to take in the enormity of the Even Peter Brady couldn’t make it work. about her experience, Stanger 9/11 widows’ experiences. lets out an audible sigh. “Ohhh. “I never planned on being a IN CONCLUSION: Mount Ranier is potentially the most dangerous vol- I guess it was about as traumatic third-generation widow. And cano in the Cascades due to its proximity to large numbers of people. It as you can get.”Her first husband none of the women I met erupted 2,300 years ago, 1,100 years ago and, right about now, “we should died suddenly of heart disease, planned on being a young be getting pretty close to another event.”Class dismissed. and just like that, her life changed. widow,”says Stanger, now remar- Now, years after their lives ried. “There I was in St. Patrick’s were altered forever, many of Cathedral — and I’m not Catholic the firefighter widows are at the — lighting candles and thanking stage when they’re ready to talk God for the spiritual path that He about dating and relationships. took me on to be invited into Still, reaction from the widows their lives.” at Stanger’s talks ranged from, It was an experience that “I’m really ready for this” to reconfirmed her own quiet cer- “Why are you here?” Some of tainty: You never know where the women were curious, but you’ll end up. had vowed they would never date again because they had For more information on Stanger’s already found — and lost — work with widows, go to

the love of their lives. www.widowsource.com. BARBARA FERGUSON

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[activist] BROAD STROKES OF HOPE Professor John Halaka’s trip to Gaza and the West Bank was a lesson in resilience

by Julene Snyder hen the question of traveling to the Gaza WStrip and West Bank to help paint murals last summer arose, John Halaka was intrigued, but hesitant. After all, he had other plans, and jetting off on short notice to visit the most dis- puted strip of land on the planet was not among them. Then he changed his mind. It all started last April, when the professor of visual arts went to San Francisco for the opening of a group exhibit, called “Made in Palestine,”which featured his artwork. A few months later, exhibit organizer Susan Greene — an artist, clinical psychologist and coordinator of the “Break the Silence” project — invited him to come to the war-torn region and help paint a series of murals. It turned out to be an offer Local artists joined in when word spread about the mural project (above). John Halaka balances on a Halaka couldn’t refuse. After two makeshift ladder to reach the very upper parts of the once-bleak concrete wall (above right). weeks of soul-searching, the self- described “informed activist” town of Rafah, on the southern the Palestinian history of image- rative. “It was a remarkable situa- decided the opportunity was too tip of the Gaza Strip, they ended making and to reflect the peo- tion,”recalls Halaka, still moved rare to pass up. After a whirlwind up making do with house paint. ple’s own stories. “The mural by the response. “One person of preparations, he found himself It was important to Halaka — shows different scenes of life in made a phone call, and an hour plunked down in the sticky heat who is of Palestinian descent and Rafah: Their desires, their hopes, later, an artist showed up. Three of August in Palestine, where whose own artwork touches on fears, resistance, plight.” hours later, 10 artists joined us. ” tensions were simmering even the struggles of the dispossessed Halaka explains that one of the The whole experience went more than usual on the eve of — not to impose Western ideas main raisons d’etre for the murals by in a blur, Halaka says, in part the impending pullout of Israeli on the murals, a set of heavy can- was to honor the memory of due to the extreme volatility of settlements from Gaza. vas banners that are now dis- International Solidarity Move- the region. Leaving Rafah for the Still, his group was ready to played on the exterior of the ment volunteer Rachel Corrie, town of Mas’ha on the West get to work. All they needed city’s Health Center. who was killed by a bulldozer Bank, the group intended to were official permits to move on “We didn’t have any specific while protecting a Palestinian finish a mural that Greene and to Gaza. Oh, and some paint. images in mind,”he says. “We home from demolition in 2003, others had begun the summer Although they’d been assured wanted to hear what the people and to commemorate her rela- before. There they worked on a that art supplies were readily wanted.”Paramount among their tionship with the people of Rafah. painting on the surface of a available at their first stop, the goals was to remain sensitive to The project was truly collabo- recently constructed 24-foot-high

8 USD MAGAZINE [legacy] IN KYLE’S NAME SAVE Organizers plan to endow THE DATE scholarship in memory of a child February 1 by Kelly Knufken ICONS here’s no way around it: $50,000 to endow the scholarship, USD’s Founders Gallery presents This story is heartbreak- which will go to a junior or senior “ICONS from the Timken ing. Michael ‘87 and Julie pursuing a career in health studies. Museum of Art,”an exhibition of T Russian Icons dating from the (Belfiore) ‘88 O’Connell lost their The aim is to help not only aspir- 16th through the 19th centuries. fun-loving son, 9-year-old Kyle, ing doctors, but also nurses and Through Feb. 25. Noon-4 p.m., to brain cancer in February 2005. other caregivers that could play a Tuesday-Saturday, open until Several other alumni banded role in trying to heal patients such 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Call (619) together to bring hope to others as Kyle and their families. 260-4261. concrete wall. Halaka explains while honoring the family’s loss. “As parents, we are so moved the wall was built by the Israeli “To have experienced such a that a child has caused people to February 3 army to punish the Hani Aamer beautiful little boy as Kyle, who do something like this,”says 13th All-Faith Service family by separating the gave us so much in such a short Michael O’Connell. The family is The annual service opens the Palestinian farmer from both his time, challenges us all to be bet- deeply touched by the gen- spring semester with a celebra- village and his own farmland. ter people,”says Rich Yousko ‘87, erosity of spirit they’ve found. tion of the diverse faiths and tra- “We enlisted a lot of kids and a fraternity brother and close “Now our son has a legacy at ditions represented at the univer- sity. This year’s theme is “Unifying made do with what we had. The friend of Michael’s. USD, even though he didn’t get a a Divided World.”Noon, The military harassed us.” In that spirit, Yousko brought chance to go there,”Julie Immaculata. Call (619) 260-4735 Nonetheless, Halaka says it the family together with Braulio O’Connell says. “USD is a small or e-mail [email protected]. was worth it. “Art did provide Castillo ‘89, a younger member of community that you always felt a hope,”he says. During the pro- the same fraternity who wanted to part of, no matter where you March 24 ject’s genesis the previous sum- start a scholarship. Thus, the Kyle were. During this time of strug- Women in Leadership mer, the youngest children were O’Connell Memorial Scholarship gle and hardship, we’re back to Conference afraid to even leave the house to was established, “so Kyle can that small community wrapping USD’s Leadership Institute for see it. “But this year they came always be remembered,”Yousko its arms around us and helping Entrepreneurs sponsors this and helped us. It’s art as therapy.” says. He recalls the boy’s inner us look toward the future.” annual conference dedicated to providing insight, learning and Which isn’t to paint too rosy a strength on a visit he made to the structured networking to help picture: “Finally the Israelis told O’Connells in Denver just weeks To donate to the scholarship, go to women on their journeys of self- us that unless we left immediately, before Kyle’s death. “He could still https://secure.ga1.org/05/ocon- exploration and leadership devel- they’d confiscate (Hani Aamer’s) tell us jokes and make us laugh. nell_memorial_scholarship. For opment. For information, go to key to the only gate in or out With his spirit and innocence, you more about the family’s journey, www.sandiego.edu/LIFE. of his property. So we never got could see Jesus through him.” go to http://extranet.iqnavi- to finish. “ Organizers hope to raise at least gator.com/kyle. March 31 Halaka plans to continue 2006 Grandparents Weekend drawing attention to the conflict. This second annual event wel- “I’m working on a documentary comes USD grandparents to cam- pus for a weekend with students. about the Nasserallah family of Highlights include attending Rafah. They hosted us during our classes and a presentation show- time there.”They are also the casing the USD experience, as family whose home volunteer well as an undergraduate theater Corrie was trying to protect performance. Call (619) 260-4808. when she was killed. But for now, Halaka must con- April 22 tent himself by working half a It’s a Miracle! world away on the film, which Watch engineering students he hopes to complete this year. from around the region attempt the impossible — traversing the “I think this work fits in well with USD Sports Center pool at the the mission of the university,” annual Walk on Water competi-

he muses. “And now I’ve tasted PHOTO FROM THE O’CONNELL FAMILY tion. Go to www.sandiego.edu/ their life, and not just on an After losing their son Kyle, the family is setting up a foundation engineering/events/wow. intellectual level.” in his name to support pediatric brain tumor research.

SPRING 2006 9 AROUND THE PARK

[ribbon cutting] UNMASKING THE MALL Students turn out in force for lively Plaza de San Diego dedication by Kelly Knufken crackle of excitement filled the air at a party Acelebrating the opening of the Plaza de San Diego mall in the heart of the USD campus on Oct. 7. And why not? An anony- mous donor ponied up $50,000 for a costume contest and another $100,000 earmarked for students who could win just by registering in advance, showing up and waiting to hear their name. among those winning $200 The crowd — made up of a “instant” prizes from judges few thousand students and sev- wandering through the crowd. eral hundred faculty and staff — Vista Editor in Chief Brooke was entertained in between prize McSpadden wore a gown made drawings by Orange County rock- from the student newspaper. Erin ers She Wants Revenge (whose Weesner came as Mother Rosalie music has been featured on the Hill, accompanied by boyfriend Fox TV show “The O.C.”), local cover Casey McKinley as Bishop band ‘80z AllStars and Kid Classic, Charles Francis Buddy. A couple which features USD students. of girls dressed as public safety Student creativity was in full officers handed out citations for force. The buzz was strong on various “infractions.” Andrew Woodbury’s costume: Although much merriment was “I’m definitely saving it and “I’m going to put it in savings. The Immaculata replicated via had with crazy costumes — not to buying groceries. Maybe I’ll buy I’ve actually been a little worried cardboard box, complete with mention unlimited funnel cakes, myself a new skirt if I’m feeling about paying for my tuition next stained glass window and a hot dogs, kettle corn, pretzels and adventurous.” semester, so this will really help.” dome teetering atop Woodbury’s ice cream — the main attraction — Monica Escobar ‘08 — Erika Cruz ‘09 head. No one was surprised that was the awarding of $1,000 prizes at the end of the night he was to 100 students. And in case you “I’m going to tithe 10 percent “I’ll probably buy gas, take one of 10 costume finalists were wondering what the $1,000 to my church, The Rock. I’ll also friends out and just cruise the selected to win $500. winners planned to buy with their buy something little, and the rest rest of the semester and not Additionally, he and others in easy-earned grand, a survey of the will go toward school.” have to worry about money.” USD-themed costumes were lucky ones was revealing: — Jessica Thomas ’08 — Bryan Carpenter ‘07

10 USD MAGAZINE [grandeur]

Students got inventive with costumes at the celebration of the opening of the new Plaza de San Diego in the heart of campus last fall. From Toreros to Oompah-Loompahs, from The Incredibles to REMARKABLE The Immaculata, imaginations ran wild. ACHIEVEMENTS April’s Kyoto Laureate Symposium will highlight prestigious awards

by Julene Snyder he recipients of the high- a workshop there presented by est private award in Japan, Maestro Harnoncourt. T the Kyoto Prize, will again “The interaction between him be celebrated at USD during a and the musicians was amazing,” symposium to be held in mid- she said. “He described a Mozart April, which culminates in an piece as a love story, and told the on-campus presentation on violas to play each note as if it April 20 by one of the most were a kiss.” renowned early music conductors Harnoncourt will give an in the world, Maestro Nikolaus address titled “Beauty and Harnoncourt. Practice,”followed by a demon- The 21st Annual Kyoto Prizes stration rehearsal which will were presented in Kyoto, Japan, allow the audience to hear his in November 2005. USD instructions to the orchestra, President Mary E. Lyons traveled made up of both the USD to Japan with Monsignor Daniel Symphony and the Tijuana Youth Dillabough and School of Business Administration professor Ellen Cook to take part in the prize ceremony as guests of Kazuo Inamori, founder of the nonprofit Inamori Foundation, sponsor of the awards. This year’s honorees are: advanced technolo- gy laureate George H. Heilmeier; basic sciences laureate Simon A. Levin; and Harnoncourt, the arts and philosophy laureate. As sponsor of Maestro Harnoncourt — an Austrian con- ductor who is being honored for

both his creativity as a conductor STYRIARTE/SCHIFFER and performer and as a proponent Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt

PHOTOS BY BROCK SCOTT of “historically informed”perform- ances of early European music — Orchestra. The free event will “I have no idea. Maybe I’ll go “Probably food and rent.” USD expects a large turnout when take place in USD’s Shiley Theatre shopping. No, I’ll probably save it.” —Damien Rutten ‘06 he appears on campus. on April 20 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Elizabeth King ‘08 Dr. Angela Yeung, director of In advance of this special per- “I have lots of bills. I’m pretty the music program, says that formance, USD will present a “I’m going to give it to my much living on the bare minimum, Harnoncourt is a pioneer. “He’s series of baroque music concerts church. We just moved, and we so this helps a lot. It’s nice; I can devoted his life to rediscovering to educate listeners. To learn need money, man.” relax a little more. I’ll try to save the music that composers like more about these performances, — Marco Contreras ‘07 some. It’s definitely a generous Mozart and Bach had in mind,” call (619) 260-4171. thing for the donor to do.” she says. “I’m going to pay parking tickets.” — Viviane Pourazary, first-year Upon her return from Kyoto, Go to www.kyotoprize.org — Kenny Stivers ’08 law student Professor Cook raved about seeing for tickets and information.

SPRING 2006 11 AROUND THE PARK

[have mercy] CALM AFTER THE CHAOS Hurricanes, floods, then finally, a deluge of help: USD pitches in

by Krystn Shrieve n the days and weeks follow- Kozak traveled to Mississippi with “It was difficult seeing fellow Bible verses or messages of hope. ing Hurricane Katrina, USD stu- one of LaForgia’s medical teams, Americans living on cots in the The e-mails were forwarded many dents, faculty, administrators where he met teammate Mary Convention Center and knowing times over. Before long, they’d and alumni fanned out across Kubota ‘99 (M.S.N. ‘00). Kozak and they’d been there for weeks,”says collected 5,000 books. the Gulf Coast region to help. Kubota spent most of their two- Nespor, who returned early when Many of the books were taken IThey offered medical assistance, week stint working at a makeshift she was evacuated because of to shelters by John Carrieri ‘91. drove cross country to bring sup- clinic in a portable trailer in Gulf- Hurricane Rita. “I saw with fresh Carrieri loaded up a truck with plies, sent children’s books, found port, Miss. eyes and new conviction the role 12,000 pounds of supplies and housing for displaced residents Some patients were dehydrated; nurse practitioners can play, drove in mid-September to shel- and made space in USD class- others needed tetanus shots or especially in managing people’s ters in Dallas to distribute every- thing from food, clothing and medicine to toiletries, luggage and books. He hopes to set up a Web site featuring stories of indi- viduals and families so that peo- ple can donate directly to them. “Eventually the media will for- get about Hurricane Katrina,”he says, “but I wanted to do some- thing that would keep this in the forefront of people’s minds for years to come.” One student who saw his share of heartache was Laurent Demosthenidy, one of USD’s 13 visiting students from the Gulf Coast. The third-year law student was here last semester from Tulane University. “The faculty has been very

CORBIS accommodating,”Demosthenidy Members of the USD community provided solace to those in need in the Gulf Coast region, much like that says. “And, while I can’t say I’m given by the medical technician above, who helped comfort an elderly evacuee after Hurricane Katrina. glad to be here, I am in a much better situation than others who rooms so that affected students medications for illnesses ranging chronic illnesses.” were affected.” could continue their education. from diabetes to schizophrenia. Lisa (Anderson) Pigeon ‘89, a Demosthenidy expects to go Tom Kozak ‘86, who practices Sheryl Nespor, a nurse practi- former elementary school back to classes at Tulane this family medicine, had breakfast tioner who teaches at USD’s teacher, was committed to send- month. He says while conditions two days before Hurricane Katri- School of Nursing, was a member ing children’s books to shelters won’t be ideal, he’s looking for- na hit with Barry LaForgia ‘76 of a Scripps Medical Response throughout the region. She and ward to returning. (J.D.), head of a nonprofit organi- Team that saw nearly 600 patients sister Debra (Anderson) Cole ‘82 “I owe something to New zation called International Relief a day at the Convention Center sent e-mails asking people to Orleans,”he says. “I want to help Teams. Less than a week later, and area clinics in Houston. donate books inscribed with make it the place I loved.”

12 USD MAGAZINE [to the rescue] SAVING THE PAST USD professors keep historical journal from fading away

istorians make for unlikely away,”says McClain. “This is one of superheroes, but two the few places to publish on, and HUSD history professors read about, the history of San have seemingly pulled off the Diego and Mexico.” impossible, resuscitating a near- Engstrand and McClain — who defunct publication that chroni- also are helping the society create cles Southern California’s past. an exhibition on San Diego history The Journal of San Diego at its Balboa Park headquarters — History,founded in 1955 and the have set an ambitious publishing only recurring venue for research schedule, with the aim of making into the region’s history, ceased up for all the lost issues within a publication two years ago, mainly few years. Fortunately, there is no because the San Diego Historical lack of material. Society lacked resources for edit- “We’ve got a backlog of articles ing and printing. Enter professors waiting for publication,”says Iris Engstrand and Molly McClain, Engstrand, who says future issues who last year revived the journal may include themes such as through a new partnership architecture, important women in between USD and the society. The local history and the military. duo will serve as co-editors of the “There’s a lot of interest in the his- publication, and plan to bring stu- tory of the area, so it’s important dents into the mix as contributors to keep this journal alive.” and fact checkers. “As historians, we couldn’t For more information, go to

stand to see this publication go www.sandiegohistory.org/journal. ALFREDO RAMOS MARTINEZ

Sullivan to those affected provid- ing for Mother Rosalie Clifton and advocacy to extend foster ed information about specifics of Hill, who founded the San Diego care benefits in California to the checking credit reports and plac- College for Women, one of USD’s age of 21, and to 23 if education [etc.] ing fraud alerts with various predecessor institutions. Last or vocational training is being agencies. Additionally, a series of year, USD received the first major pursued. The goal is to enhance A computer breach to one of workshops dealing with identity gift in the effort, a $1 million the well-being of foster children, USD's servers took place on Nov. theft and the ways to protect challenge gift from the Conrad N. who are at risk of poverty and 14. Subsequent investigation by against it were scheduled for Hilton Foundation that is contin- homelessness after emancipa- the university's Information mid-December. Further informa- gent on successful completion of tion. Go to www.caichildlaw.org Technology staff and outside tion about the breach can be the fund-raising campaign. Go to to learn more. security experts determined that found at www.sandiego.edu or www.sandiego.edu/campaign for the hacker potentially accessed by calling the Security Breach more information. Hailed as one of the top information from approximately Hotline at (619) 260-2777. young basketball coaches in the 7,600 employees and outside Benefits for foster children country, Maggie Dixon ‘99 was suppliers and vendors. Letters The next step in USD’s $200- could be increased as a result of named in October as the new warning of the hack were sent million capital campaign begins a three-year grant of $450,000 head coach of the Army women’s out shortly thereafter, warning this month with the fund-raising awarded to the School of Law’s basketball program. Dixon, who the recipients that the accessed drive for a $36-million, 80,000- Children’s Advocacy Institute. previously served as an assistant files included personal informa- square-foot building for the The grant, from the California head coach at DePaul University, tion such as names, addresses School of Leadership and Wellness Foundation, is for played four years as a Torero, and social security numbers. A Education Sciences. University research, analysis, evaluation, serving as team captain her Dec. 3 e-mail from Provost Julie leaders hope to name the build- public education, collaboration senior year.

SPRING 2006 13 TORERO ATHLETICS

[net gain] PASS IT ON Seniors Corey Belser and Nick Lewis step confidently into place as the basketball team’s role models

by Michael R. Haskins ithout good passing, but only because the guys they a basketball team is looked up to did the same. W nothing on the court. “When I was a freshman and For the Toreros, it’s pretty much sophomore, I remember that our the same off the court. seniors were awesome in the Proving that point are seniors way they pulled us along, but Corey Belser and Nick Lewis. On demanded a lot of us at the the hardwood, they’re shoulder- same time,”Lewis says. “Now I’m ing a heavy burden this year. in that role, with the younger Last season’s top scorers, guys looking to me for leader- Brandon Gay and Brice Vounang, ship and advice, and I know that have graduated, and the Toreros part of my responsibility is to welcomed a host of new faces, make them successful.” including four freshmen and Fortunately for their team- three transfers. So Lewis, the mates, the duo say they learned 6-foot-10 forward, and Belser, from some of the best. As he one of the league’s top defend- ticks off the examples he needs ers, have had to step up their to set — hard work, respect for games and set an example with the coaches, dedication — Belser Leading by example is nothing new to Nick Lewis, who last season ranked their play. recalls how he learned those third on the team in scoring and rebounding, and scored in double figures in But that’s only half the story. lessons himself. 20 of 29 games played. Sure, Lewis and Belser are the “It’s a huge leap from high team leaders in games. At the school to a college program, and it wasn’t the only important It’s not just talk. When asked to same time, they’re being looked the older guys helped me man- thing. That well-rounded atti- recount the best part of his col- at by everyone — coaches, fans age my schedule and showed me tude has made them into the lege basketball career, Lewis — and especially their fellow play- that I had to earn my playing team’s top poster boys for who was there when the Toreros ers — to set the course at prac- time by going all out in practice,” potential recruits. Belser, who won the WCC Tournament cham- tices, during workouts and, well, says Belser, who earned national last year won the team’s end-of- pionship over long-time rival almost all the time. As seniors, honors as College Insider’s Mid- season recruiting award, is proud Gonzaga and went to the NCAA they’ve got to help season the Major Defensive Player of the that he helped land most of this Tournament for the first time in young players, build their confi- Year last year after sitting out all year’s new players. 16 years — doesn’t hesitate. dence and create the kind of of 2003-04 with a knee injury. “When I visited USD, the play- “The high point is all the guys team chemistry that translates “Now I have to bring that to the ers were genuine and open, and I met through playing ball here,” into notches in the win column. table and show the younger guys that made me know it was the he says. “When you go through That’s where the passing that no matter how good they right place for me,”Belser says. every up and down with 12 guys comes in. Belser and Lewis are were in high school, at this level “So when I host recruits now, that you get to know as friends comfortable veterans, ready to you don’t take anything for I can honestly tell them that if that you’ll have for the rest of take on the responsibilities of granted.” they’re looking for a great atmos- your life, that’s the best part of leading the team, eager to pass The two seniors also discov- phere and a group of guys who being on this team.” on their knowledge and work ered early on that while basket- relate to each other like a family, Now that’s something to ethic to the younger players — ball was a big part of their lives, then this is the place for them.” pass along.

14 USD MAGAZINE [first person] ADVANTAGE MURPHY SETTING THE COURSE FOR VICTORY You could call Emma Murphy’s forehand the shot heard ‘round the world. Or at least half that distance, all the way to her native Cork, Ireland, where she learned tennis as an aside to her first love, soccer. Originally set to attend the University of the Pacific on a soccer scholar- ship, Murphy decided at the last moment to come to USD and play ten- nis. Now the senior is ranked No. 19 in the nation, and this year will look to return to the NCAA Singles Tournament, where she lasted into the second round in 2004.

ON THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CORK AND SAN DIEGO The weather. At home this time of the year, everyone has their fire on and you’re forced to wear about three sweaters. Here I’m walking around in shorts and a T-shirt with the “sun shining. I much prefer the weather in San Diego!

ON CRACKING THE INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION TOP 20 To achieve this is great, but I want to go a step further. I won’t be satisfied until I reach my goal of becoming an NCAA All-American. When you’re highly ranked everyone wants to beat you, so you need to be on top of your game for every match.

ON HER COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES MAJOR I chose this major because I love to talk to people — in fact sometimes I talk a little too much! But I think it will be a great foundation for whatever I choose to be in the future.

ON HER FAVORITE CAMPUS SPOT Without a doubt, the cafeteria. I think I’ve been there the most out of any student who ever attended USD, and I’m proud of that. They serve the best food, and to eat as

BROCK SCOTT much as you want is a bonus. I miss that when I go home.

ON HER FAVORITE PASTIME In my spare time I love watching BROCK SCOTT movies. I’ll go to the cinema and watch three movies in a row without a bother. I don’t get much time to go to the cinema with tennis and [triumph] school, but when I do I make a day out of it. FLYING HIGH The Toreros football team soared ON THE SPORTING LIFE throughout the fall. The squad’s Sept. 17 victory Iwas always told by coaches over Yale marked the first time a Pioneer Football that I should concentrate on League team had defeated an Ivy League team. one sport, but I wanted to be The Toreros then went on to earn a No. 1 ranking involved in every sport — and having three brothers, soccer in Division I-AA, clinching the PFL North Division was a big one in our house. record with an undefeated conference mark of One thing I don’t like about 4-0 and an overall record of 11-1. USD hosted tennis is that you can’t make the Pioneer Football League championship on any physical contact with your opponents. I prefer the physical Nov. 19, earning a 47-40 win over Morehead sports, where you can show State and bringing home the university’s first- your opponents how ever PFL crown. “They have set the bar for all you feel about them. future Torero teams,”said head coach Jim ” Harbaugh, “and every team from here on out [AS TOLD TO MICHAEL R. HASKINS] BROCK SCOTT will be measured by this 2005 club.”

SPRING 2006 15 ALUMNI UPDATE

[grapevine] THE FRIEND CONNECTION Network of USD alums springs up from sea to shining sea

here’s a maxim that says Orange County. Each area hosted absence makes the well-attended social events. heart grow fonder — When Meghan Clark ‘01 T sadly, that’s not always (B.B.A.) moved to Boston four the case. But if David Stephens years ago, she didn’t know any- gets his way, geographic distance one and says finding fellow won’t prevent alumni from staying alumni in the area seemed like a connected to campus. natural solution. So she called Stephens, who joined USD’s the alumni office and volun- Office of Alumni Relations in teered to help. “Once I got September 2004, says one of his involved, it was amazing to see jobs is to help alumni who’ve how many alumni live within a

scattered across the United stone’s throw of me,”she says. CORBIS States maintain their emotional Clark’s chapter hosts a network- ties to USD. ing hour every month; she also ALUMNI BENEFIT Want to stay connected with “I’ve spent my career helping coordinates social events for your fellow grads? It’s easy, it’s free, and you don’t people support their alma mater,” alumni and their families, including have to leave your desk! USD’s Online Community says Stephens, who previously ice skating and Red Sox games. worked at Baylor University in “It can be tough for recent (www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/sdg) is Texas. “Here at USD we’re starting grads to come here and break your secure, password-protected portal to more with 12 regional programs. into the business community than 35,000 fellow Toreros. You can use the Online Eventually that number will grow.” because it’s so tight knit,”Clark Community as a resource to find old friends, as a In 2005, USD hosted a national says. “But this is a base people tour that stopped in 12 regions: can turn to.” career network and as an online discussion forum. New York, Washington, D.C., San The community even offers you a free, permanent Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Go to www.sandiego.edu/ e-mail forwarding service that identifies you as a Dallas, Denver, Boston, Seattle, Los alumni/alumnirelations and click USD graduate. For information and to sign up, Angeles, Chicago and California’s on the regional link. visit the site today or call (619) 260-4819.

[shout out] CALLING ALL ALUMNI f you’ve been wanting to is to engage alumni on behalf make a difference and support of current and future students. Iyour alma mater, the perfect ”The time commitment is rea- opportunity is at your fingertips. sonable: attendance at just five The Alumni Board is seeking board meetings a year — either nominees for directors by Feb. in person or virtually — and 20; every alumnus is eligible for involvement with strategic election. “Board members need planning and events. to be passionate about USD and what it did for them,”explains For a nomination form, go online to From one end of the U.S. to the other, USD alumni are getting together Jack Kelly, senior director of www.sandiego.edu/alumni or call to network; the newest regional chapter is in Minneapolis, Minn. Alumni Relations. “Their mission (619) 260-4819.

16 USD MAGAZINE Oh, what a SAVE THE DATE! May 6, 2006 Join friends and fellow alumni at USD’s signature event to honor outstanding alumni and the university community. The elegant evening in the Jenny Craig Pavilion includes dinner, tributes, and dancing under the stars.

Formal invitations will be sent in March. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alumni Relations at (619) 260-4819. [belonging] A MOVEABLE FEAST Professor Dennis Clausen feels that the idea of one’s long-ago home is as important as the reality of the place

ou can’t go home again. Carlson, who worked in a hard- matter where our wanderings Those familiar words rever- ware store in a building construct- might take us. It’s the place we Yberate with our sense of ed in 1895, would sometimes roll return to periodically to reassure loss when we realize we can never an old unicycle out of the back of ourselves that some things are reclaim the place we once called his store and ride it up and down still sheltered from the ever- home. I was reminded of that side streets while we gazed in accelerating, destructive changes adage when I watched displaced wide-eyed wonder. Middle-aged we see elsewhere. New Orleans residents flee their René Wagner, a mentally chal- Now when I visit my home- homes in the days surrounding lenged man who did odd jobs for town, I always walk the length of Hurricane Katrina. Many wanted to local merchants, would crank the Main Street. Very few people stay — and who could blame canvas awnings out over the know me anymore, which is just them? Where else could they find storefronts in the morning and fine. I prefer it that way. After all, the rich culture that made New crank them back up later in the I’m not walking down their Main Orleans such an unforgettable city? afternoon. In between, he rode Street, the one that has a All of us have at least one place his bike all over town while talk- McDonald’s at one end of town we call home, the place where we ing to imaginary friends, carrying and a Burger King at the other. were born and raised. Once we on a passionate running discourse I’m walking down the relaxed, leave, home becomes the place we about the sky and the trees and friendly Main Street I remember

OF VIEW carry inside of ourselves and es- anything else that caught his from my youth. cape to when the world seems too attention. And in my mind’s eye, the small- frantic and out of control to bear. At night, Main Street became town characters come alive again: My hometown is Morris, a small another world. Most of the stores René Wagner rolls the canvas community of slightly over 5,000 closed late in the afternoon, when awnings. Art Carlson rides his uni- people in west central Minnesota, the owners and employees went cycle up and down the side near the South Dakota border. home to their families. That was streets. Bud Schultz stands in the Main Street is about four blocks when the pool hall in the center of doorway of his gas station, waving long. Although some of the stores town came alive, the soft snick of at children riding by on bicycles. have been abandoned, there’s a balls clicking against one another They’re all still there, every one McDonald’s at one end of town echoing into the night air. As dark- of them. and a Burger King at the other. ness settled in, the lights in the I hope someday the residents The buildings in between haven’t popcorn stand on Main Street of New Orleans are as fortunate. I changed much. They’re mostly would flicker on, advertising pop- hope someday they, too, can walk brick, with the dates when they corn for 10 cents a bag (buttered down familiar streets and remem- were constructed — ranging from popcorn for 15 cents). The rest was ber the many unforgettable char- roughly 1890 to 1915 — imprinted shadows and silence. acters who sang and danced and just below the rooflines. When I think of Main Street told wonderful stories on their What has changed are the today, I remember turn-of-the- street corners. POINT small town merchants who century brick buildings huddled Everyone needs to be able to owned those stores when I was a beneath a hot August sun; quiet, go home again. boy. Although they’re all long lonely nights with stars hovering gone, I can see them as vividly high above a small prairie town; Professor of literature Dennis M. Clausen today as I did 50 years ago. and winter scenes of snowflakes has taught at USD since 1972. He has Bud Schultz owned a gas sta- falling leisurely out of a dark sky, published numerous articles and books, tion in the middle of town. He’d creating a downy, white carpet including an award-winning book of always stop whatever he was that glistened beneath streetlights. creative nonfiction, Prairie Son. doing to fill our bicycle tires and But “main street” has also reminisce about earlier times become the place that we small- To share your “Point of View,” contact Julene when he’d ridden his own two- town Americans carry in our Snyder for guidelines at (619) 260-4684 or DANIEL CHANG POINT OF VIEW POINT OFwheeler VIEW POINT OF VIEW POINT OFdown VIEW POINT OF VIEW dirt POINT OF VIEW roads. Art hearts throughout our lives, no e-mail [email protected].

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Under a congested But even with a budget of well freeway overpass, A CHUNK OF over $400,000, even given Bayer’s apparently well-deserved reputa- EXHAUST-CHOKED ASPHALT IS CORDONED tion of being, uh, somewhat OFF BY YELLOW CAUTION TAPE. volatile on the set, even with a crew of well over 70 people, even Beyond that barrier, a football-field with the heat and the exhaust sized zone is sprinkled with PARKED CARS; fumes and faint smell of smoke that wafts past from local brush TWO TRAILERS SIT SIDE-BY-SIDE, PERPENDICULAR fires, even with all that, Tim Lynch TO A LUXURY MOTOR HOME AND remains supremely cool. He A CATERING WAGON. AN INCONGRUOUS SMELL OF BACON radiates the sort of calm that Zen masters aspire to, and takes the WAFTS BY, MINGLING — NOT ALTOGETHER UNPLEASANTLY — time to make sure that all of the people in his command — which, with the smog. It turns out that home base for a in this case, means literally every- BIG-BUDGET MUSIC VIDEO ISN’T NECESSARILY DRIPPING WITH one within 100 yards — are taken CHAMPAGNE DREAMS AND CAVIAR WISHES. care of. Of course, as producer, that’s his job. The location this morning (day ruth is, the glamour factor is just about nil. Inside the trailer on the right, the energy level is two of a four-day shoot), is a gritty, permanently set to “amped.”Walkie-talkies crackle and the entire floor sways whenever someone graffiti-covered bridge surrounded moves, which is all the time. Laptops, fax machines, phones and printers buzz constantly, as a on three sides by chain-link fence. steady stream of problems flow in and solutions filter out. This is the place where dreams are Director Bayer bears more than Tmade real. Not by magic, but by a smoothly functioning machine headed by producer Tim Lynch ’95. His right- a passing resemblance to an hand, production manager Becky Brown, describes the tanned 33-year-old as “CEO of the set.”Lynch is unassum- aging Spicoli from “Fast Times at ing in the extreme: He wears sneakers, khaki pants and a T-shirt covered by an unbuttoned long-sleeved olive Ridgemont High” with his tousled, green shirt with a frayed collar. “He doesn’t always wear sunglasses indoors,”Brown remarks. long, professionally streaked hair. At the wardrobe trailer next door, extras emerge one by one, freshly adorned in tattered yet chic punk rock As he passes Lynch, Bayer pauses, garb and corresponding attitude. They cluster together at one long table, waiting for their cue to hop in one turns and stops to request that a of the air-conditioned vans and be transported to the day’s first location. Lynch and his crew are no-non- masseuse be ordered for a cam- sense, dealing with one request after another, providing directions, water, power cords, apologetic notes, eraman who’s having back trouble ETAs, stock film reels, updated lists, release forms, signatures and, most important, reassurance to just about after reaching some awkward anyone who opens the door. shots the day before. “No problem,” When it’s time to roll, everyone — but for a core group holding down the home fort — seems to vanish as says Lynch, who hits a couple if blown away by a gusting blast of Santa Ana wind. Time is, after all, money. And on this set, a video shoot for of buttons on his omnipresent the latest single from one of the most popular bands in the world, there’s plenty of money. But even more BlackBerry to order one masseuse, abundant is the underlying serenity that emanates from Tim Lynch, who’s got the kind of calm presence that over-easy, hold the toast. assures even the most hectic sort that all will indeed be well. Actor Lou Pucci has been cast as the main character; though THE POST-PUNK GROUP GREEN DAY HAS REACHED AN APEX IN ITS CAREER AS he looks about 15, word is that a band, having achieved the kind of crazy popularity that makes the songs on their latest album utterly ubiquitous. he’s actually 20. Pucci’s once That 2004 release, “American Idiot,”has been at the top of the charts for over a year. The group has sold out stadiums light-brown hair has been dyed across the country on a high-energy tour that showcases pyrotechnics and sheer energetic glee. A parade of singles a harsh black and cut into spiky from the album — “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,”“American Idiot,” “Holiday”and “Wake Me Up When September tufts, the carefully hand-drawn Ends”— have been in such heavy rotation on radio and television that they’ve become pop culture staples. It seems “tattoos” that a make-up artist likely that every person under the age of 40 in the United States would find them familiar, especially given an entire applied earlier look indistin- year’s promotional juggernaut that’s reached a critical mass level of absolute cultural saturation. guishable from the real thing. In a word, Green Day is huge. “We’ve totally transformed So it’s an enormously big deal that Lynch is producing the fifth of the band’s “American Idiot” videos, this time him,”confides Lynch. “He was

222 USD MAGAZINE just a normal suburban-looking of San Diego campus as a high boarding, what have you. And anything official, there was no real kid two or three days ago.” school senior, he spotted a when I came in, I brought a payroll, and all the responsibility Bayer frowns and gestures student whizzing by on a skate- sense of real production values was falling on my shoulders. with one imperious arm. Immed- board. That was enough to con- to the show.” I wanted to work — really work — iately, three people rush up and vince Lynch that USD was the Though he may not have real- in the film business.” Though he listen intently. They start crum- school for him. The communica- ized it at the time, that move — looked at film school seriously pling up newspaper and flinging tions major looks back on his to jump in and do whatever enough to apply to USC and get it down the long graffiti corridor; college years with great affec- needed doing on the TV show — accepted at SDSU, he ultimately more trash is needed to capture tion, at least partly because he was the sort of on-the-job training decided against it. the trueness of the grit. Finally, met his future wife, Jennifer that can’t be easily duplicated. “I am so glad I didn’t go,”he Bayer is ready to shoot. A shout (Loftus) Lynch ‘95 during their “I’d film segments, edit them, go admits with relief. “It would have goes out: “Rolling!” Periodically first few weeks as freshmen. on location to places like Hawaii been a total waste of time.” a passage from the song gets “She was on the volleyball and Mexico; it was great.”Lynch’s That itch to evolve is what blasted, but for the most part, team, and I was on the football face lights up when he recalls nudged Lynch’s career to the next filming is quieter than you team, so we both had to get to those first heady days when the level, along with a combination of might expect. When it’s time to school early for practice. We convergence of local music, surf- hard work, luck and perseverance. move to the next location, all the checked each other out pretty ing and skateboarding came Not that the glam factor had actu- equipment, all the people, every early on.”After graduation, Lynch together in what seemed a single ally kicked in yet: “I knew a guy scrap of newspaper and drained knew he wanted to stay in ephemeral moment. who was making music videos in water bottle is transported out. California; he was less certain “Everything was getting ready Los Angeles, so I started driving The speed of the evacuation is about what he was going to do to explode, but we had all of back and forth and crashing on absolutely remarkable. with his freshly minted degree. them on the show right before people’s couches every night.” NATURALLY, HE’S LAUGHING

“I was a mall-rat. I was all about surfing and skateboarding.” SO, HOW DOES A GUY “I was trying to figure out what they broke. We had Blink 182, Lynch finally got his break FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, the hell I was going to do. I’d Unwritten Law, all the San Diego when he made his first video, for wind up being responsible for been interning at an NBC affiliate staples. We had surfing videos, the San Diego-based rock band spending hundreds of thou- and I hated it. So when I saw this music segments, surfers, skate- Blink 182, in 1998. He’d started sands of other people’s dollars? local cable access show, ‘STV,’ boarders like Tony Hawk … “ paying close attention to the The answer, it turns out, can be I tracked down the house where His voice trails off, remembering. music videos that record labels found at the neighborhood mall. it was filmed, walked up to the “So me and a couple other guys were sending for possible airing As a kid, Tim Lynch haunted the door and said, ‘I want to work for learned about production. on “STV,”and he noticed a partic- only surf shop in town, which, you guys.’” I ended up investing with them, ular director’s name on a lot of serendipitously, was across the Though the show, which he buying infomercial time, getting videos of bands he liked. “So, I street from his house. “I was a describes it as “sort of a ‘Wayne’s money from sponsors. It was a found him and called him,”Lynch mall-rat,”he says with a smile. World’ type of deal,”didn’t have crash course, all right.” explains, nonchalant. “I was all about surfing and any money to pay him, Lynch Fun as the job could be, after But even after that first success, skateboarding.” didn’t care. “They did segments a few years, Lynch knew it was he put off moving to L.A. for as While visiting the University on surfing, skateboarding, snow- time to move on. “‘STV’ was never long as he could, since his future

SPRING 2006 23 wife was teaching in San Diego. surf vibe.”She shakes her head, (yes, they are foldable and yes, “The kids were so touched by the “It got pretty old,”he admits. “I had in either admiration or disbelief. they are canvas) to this supremely experience. It made us all really a friend who’d let me sleep at his “He’s always saying we should all inconvenient location are daunt- glad to be a part of it.” place, but would never give me slow down and take a break.” ing to even think about. But Tim And on occasion, there is even my own key, so I’d have to stand When Lynch emerges, having Lynch and his crew finessed the some actual glamour. In late out front waiting for him to come reached consensus about which details with such deftness that it August, Lynch and his wife flew home and let me in.” stock footage to intersperse in seems that anything anyone to Miami for the MTV Video Again, one cannot help but the video, he sits down — just might need has been thought of Music Awards. Green Day won notice the distinct lack of glitz. for a minute — and sighs. Two and transported here. seven of the legendary “So, I took the leap and moved seconds later, he’s up again, Except, perhaps, for a better “Moonman” statues, including to L.A., with Jen behind me all the checking the schedule. mood for director Bayer, whose awards for Video of the Year and way. I just bounced around town, He decides that even though already wild hair is sticking up in Best Rock Video. Even though and met one director here, another it’s well into the afternoon, the hectic clumps. “He’s on edge,”a MTV has a policy against allow- there.”And he started to get catering truck won’t be serving make-up woman remarks. “When ing non-musicians to hop on- steady work almost immediately. anytime soon. “We’ll blow through the director’s on edge, it makes stage and accept awards, he still “What’s different about me is lunch,”Lynch says, definitive. everyone else edgy.”Everyone, enjoyed the red-carpet hoopla that I didn’t come up through the “We’ll blow through everything that is, except for Lynch. He’s off and looks forward to receiving ranks. I started out at the top we can possibly blow through.” to the side, near the culvert that his own statue for producer of when I got to town, as a producer.” And blow through it they do. overlooks the river. Of course the MTV Video of the Year when- He pauses, perhaps worried about The next location, a graffiti-satu- he’s on the phone. And naturally, ever the music network gets coming off as arrogant. “It was a rated underpass alongside the he’s laughing. around to sending it. “That night different path than most people Los Angeles River, is not only diffi- was great,”recalls Lynch. “Of take,”he amends. “I was producing, cult to reach but was recently “I ONLY DO THINGS WHEN course my friends still tease me sure, but at first it was the lowest populated by several dozen I FEEL IT,” explains Lynch. for going so Hollywood.” of the low jobs.”And then? homeless people, which makes “And I really enjoy working with Friendship means a lot to Tim “Well, it took a little bit of con- for both authenticity and unpleas- artists.”He frequently works with Lynch, and he remains in touch vincing people I knew what I was ant aromas. The storyline involves RSA USA, acclaimed director with many of his college buddies. doing.”And sometimes he had to a punk rock party, and along with Ridley Scott’s film company, and “We met some of our best friends make it up as he went along. a fire burning in a rusty oil can, has produced music videos for all at USD,”he says. “I loved going to “People would assume I knew flares are periodically lit to add sorts of groups, ranging from school there. I hope some of the things about time codes, about more smoke and drama. Sirens White Stripes to Black Eyed Peas students there now can find out union rules, and I’d just nod and wail, trains chug past in the dis- to Def Leppard. Which is not to what I didn’t know: there’s this go home and stay up all night tance, cars squeal and honk, and say that he spurns commercials whole industry of production reading production manuals. filming commences. — he’s worked for companies like that works well for people who I’d improvise.”At times, a certain After the party scene, the next McDonalds, Sprite, Virgin Mobile don’t fit into thede business mold.” amount of fudging occurred. “At segment up includes just the and Nissan. But truth be told, his He leans back, puts his feet up. first, I told people I was five years main character and his girlfriend. heart really still belongs to his first “It’s a great field for kids out of older than I was,”he laughs. “You The director is “at a sensitive time,” love —THE surfing. SORTcollege to try; there are soOF many know, to give them confidence.” which means that he has no He’s particularly proud of the offshoots, from wardrobe to patience for anything other than 2004 documentary, “A Broke being an agent. It seems sad to BACK AT THE TRAILER, translating his artistic vision to Down Melody,”that he made go all through college, be so everyone busily checks e-mail, film. Since this scene contains with someMASTERS friends. It’s a visually close to L.A. and still notASP know cell phone messages and text actual dialogue, absolute quiet stunning, ruminative film that fol- about the film business.” messages. (Quite possibly these is necessary. “Quiet on the set! lows the ocean’s swell through But if Lynch has his way, future people have chips directly Turn off your walkies, turn off South America, Polynesia and USD students will certainly at least implanted into their brainstems.) your cell phones! Quiet! And Jamaica, and has a soundtrack know about the possibilities. “I’d When the producer steps into a we’re rolling!”The extras hold their by musicians like Jack Johnson, like to found a film school there room marked “private” to confab collective breath. If one of them Eddie Vedder and Astor Piazzolla. someday,”he says with a smile. with director Bayer, production sneezes, they might be killed. He’s also pleased with a commer- “Maybe in 10 years, just come manager Becky Brown enthuses When a shout goes out that the cial he recently did for ESPN that back to USD, do some teaching, about her many experiences shot has been captured and we’re follows a group of autistic chil- do some surfing and help people working with Lynch. moving on, the relief is palpable. dren as they’re introduced to figure out how to break in.” “He’s fun and funny, but more The logistics of getting not just surfing for the first time. According to Lynch, it’s not any- important, he’s really laid back,” dozens of actors to this spot, but “On that one, the director was where near as hard as it looks. she says. Brown herself is not laid also an entire crew, all sorts of open to letting me into the cre- back. She’s more like four double heavy equipment, generators, ative process, which is great. It To read a review of the completed espressos with a shot of nitro- cords, cameras, film, coolers filled turned out really nice, and was “Jesus of Suburbia” video, go to glycerine. “He’s got the full-on with cold drinks, snacks and chairs such a special day,”he recalls. www.sandiego.edu/usdmag.

224 USD MAGAZINE “People would just assume I knew things. I’d stay up all night. I’d improvise.” aling with one CALM ZEN IRE requestTO after HIS HEART REALLY STILL BELONGS TO HIS FIRST LOVE, SURFING another

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is for Altruism The ABCs of by Kelly Knufken and Julene Snyder illustrationsA by Richard A. Goldberg [volunteering]

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT in large part due to the Center for Community- of President Mary E. Lyons’ 2003 inaugural Service Learning, which this year celebrates address came when she spoke of how the its 20th anniversary. university community lives up to its ideals, In researching this story, we quickly realized concluding, “We can, we will, we must do more.” that there is so much good being done by And more we did. USD was ranked sixth in those affiliated with the university that we the nation’s “Top 10 Service Universities” in would only just be able to scratch the surface. Washington Monthly’s first annual college So consider this a primer to campus volun- rankings in late 2005. USD is one of the top teerism, a snapshot of a moment in time, a 81 colleges for community service in the current quick glimpse of some of the good works that Princeton Review Guide. And those results are take place every single day in and around USD.

SPRING 2006 27 [A] IS FOR AFTER SCHOOL

The after-school program at KIPP

Adelante Preparatory Academy

isn’t your everyday homework

help program — that’s where

USD students step things up a

notch, focusing on having fun

while teaching kids about the

real world. They prompt discus-

sions about everything from

what it’s like to go to college to

the importance of healthy eating. IS FOR BAYSIDE [C] IS FOR

On the latter topic, Brandye At the Bayside Community Center, USD volun- COMPASSION

Combs, one of last fall’s coordi- [B] teers play a major role in improving the lives of Associate nursing Professor Anita

nators, set it up like this: If you Linda Vista residents. The BCC is where immigrants, refugees and other Hunter is involved in projects in

have a friend who eats pizza residents receive help with emergency food rations, health screenings Mexico that provide compassion-

every day, how would you and other services. Volunteers are involved with everything from help- ate service to vulnerable popula-

encourage her to make better ing children with math problems to working in the lunch delivery pro- tions. A few times a year, she and

choices? “They’re not afraid to gram for older residents. USD students become role models who can other faculty and students help at

discuss those real-world situa- help kids see themselves someday going to college, and they talk about a clinic outside Tijuana. She also

tions,”says Combs. trips they’ve taken so children can learn about the world. “They’re like takes nursing students to Cuerna-

big brothers and sisters to all the kids here,”says Opaul Vorachak ‘96, vaca for immersion Spanish courses

director of children’s programs for the center. Many USD students have while living at an orphanage and

formed bonds with the children that remain tight well after graduation, providing health assessments. “I’ve

thanks to e-mail. “I don’t know how our program would survive without found international medical mis-

students from USD,”Vorachak says. “That’s how incredibly important sions to be life-changing

their involvement is.” experiences,”Hunter says.

28 USD MAGAZINE [D] IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELIEF

When staffers at the nonprofit Crime Victims Fund realized many of those in need were repeat clients, they decided to start a separate program just for them. Thus was born the Domestic Violence

Independence Program, which aims to provide survivors and their children with money and services that will reduce their risk of being impacted by further violence. USD business school assistant Professor

Steve Standifird is board president; he says the program is unique IS FOR EDUCATION because it provides “cash right now” to those who need it. Clients are When students get to Monarch Schools, they’re referred by various transitional housing programs, and funds are granted [E] two years behind their peers. This isn’t surpris- for everything from therapy expenses to emergency housing to food ing, since the kids — who range from second graders to high school and shelter. Standifird says that volunteers and donations are always seniors — are either homeless or at-risk. More than 25 USD students needed; call (619) 465-4600 or go to www.crimevictimsfund.org. currently volunteer there, providing one-on-one tutoring in every class.

“It’s a positive experience for everyone,”says head teacher Ellen de la Cruz.

With a mission to help the kids achieve their dream of a “normal,

productive life through education,”Monarch is always looking for people

to help out. Call (619) 685-8242 or go to www.monarchschools.org.

[F] IS FOR FEET

Kids in Linda Vista are provided with shoes and clothing through the

practical “Shoes that Fit” program. It’s easy for those interested to take

part: the kids are identified by teachers, parents and school nurses, and

specifics about each child’s needs are posted on campus. Visit the Office

of the Center for Awareness, Service and Action (CASA) in the University

Center, Room 161 for more information about where to find names,

shoe sizes and directions on how to pitch in and give those tootsies

room to grow. For further information about how you can get involved,

contact Andi Lovano at [email protected].

SPRING 2006 29 [G] IS FOR GREEK

Philanthropic work is a big part of every sorority and fraternity on campus;

these groups strive for “social justice and selfless service.”During

November’s Greek Week, they all banded together to raise money and

donations for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, the groups

held a clothing drive for the Store Front — a homeless shelter for San

Diego teens — and assembled hygiene kits which were shipped to pover-

ty stricken areas around the world. Also, a campus-wide letter writing

campaign to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital raised tens of thousands

of dollars. Now a new national philanthropic sorority called Alpha Chi IS FOR HOSPICE

Omega has sprung up at USD. The organization has a mission of providing Ann Taylor, who is earning her Ph.D. in

a dedicated career mentor for every member, in order to help deserving [H]nursing at USD, volunteers with the residents

USD students further their career pursuits. The sorority’s alumnae include who live at Tijuana’s Casa Hogar Las Memorias. The home for ex-prison-

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Time magazine’s 2002 Person of ers and others with HIV/AIDS — where the showers are always cold and

the Year Sherron Watkins — the Enron whistleblower — and Deidre sometimes there’s no water at all — provides hospice care and helps

Downs, 2005 Miss America. To learn more, go to www.alphachiomega.org. get the residents off drugs. Taylor has volunteered there since 2000,

bringing supplies and doing whatever needs to be done. She also

practices healing touch to relax the patients or relieve pain. “I’m the

‘white gringo’ that comes and does ‘the hand thing,’” she says, smiling

at their description. She brings them comfort, hope and friendship.

She also brings other USD nursing students to help out. They teach the

men how to maintain a sterile medical environment and do dressings

more effectively. And Taylor teaches symptom management for those

who don’t have the medication that could prolong their lives. “There

are people 30 miles from us who have no shoes, no socks, no winter

jackets,”Taylor says. “It is quite a place. I love going down there. They’ve

become like my family. They think I come to help them. They help me.

They’re addicted to drugs. I’m addicted to them.”To find out how you

can help, call Taylor at (858) 414-6188.

30 USD MAGAZINE [I] IS FOR IMMIGRANT

Immigrants at both the South

Sudan Community Center and the

International Rescue Committee’s

First Things First program benefit from the talents of USD students.

FTF offers English literacy help for mothers of preschoolers. At the

SSCC, USD volunteers mentor chil- dren and offer homework help.

Senior Meredith Stocking, USD’s site coordinator for both pro- grams, gets inspiration from vol- [J] IS FOR [K] IS FOR [L] IS FOR unteering. “It gives me a lot of per- JUVENILES KITCHEN LEGAL spective on how blessed I am,”she Downtown San Diego’s Toussaint Ever wonder what happens to CLINICS says. Stocking recently helped a Academy of the Arts and all the campus food when the You’re a single mother cleaning woman who is learning English Sciences serves teens in need of students aren’t around to eat it? houses and you’ve been hit with a work on health-related vocabulary a home; USD alum John Weiss ‘03 For the past eight years, when half-million dollar tax bill incurred since she wants to go into health (M.S.E.L.) and fellow alums find Christmas break arrives, Dining by your criminal ex-husband who’s care. “For me, volunteering is teaching self-leadership there Services packs up the perishables committed fraud and fled the about learning and connecting extremely fulfilling: “The kids see from each campus dining outlet country. Where to turn for help? with people.” that we’re just average people and donates them to the Third USD Legal Clinics exists for situa-

who are successful.”Along with Avenue Charitable Organization tions just like that one, and did, in

teaching life skills, the group (TACO). The food is then distrib- fact, help the woman rid herself of

helps out with internships, jobs, uted to people in need, including the bill. Other clinic specialties

grants and letters of recommen- the homeless and local shelters. include helping children get their

dation. To learn more, go to Go to www.firstlutheransd.org/ special needs met by their schools.

www.toussaintacademy.org. Outreach/taco.html. Call (619) 260-7470.

SPRING 2006 31 [M] IS FOR MATH [P] IS FOR

Math strikes fear into roughly half PRISONS

the population. Assistant math “If you believe in God’s forgive-

Professor Perla Myers aims to ness, if one soul can be saved,

show elementary students how it maybe we’ve done our job.”

can be — gulp — fun. “It helps That’s John Ferber, director of

them see that math is not some- commercial real estate for the

thing they should fear,”says Myers, Burnham-Moores Center for Real

also a volunteer elementary math Estate, talking about his work

teacher. Every semester, Family IS FOR NEPAL with the Kairos Prison Ministry

Math Night gives aspiring teachers The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice has program. At the R.J. Donovan

a chance to experience how [N]been working to end the crisis in Nepal since Correctional Facility where he

great it is to see a kid get a math the institute opened. While grants cover many of the activities, it’s IPJ volun- works with inmates, most are in

concept. Math professor Lynn teer interns who compile information for the online Peace and Justice for life. “They have nothing to

McGrath and School of Leadership Update on Nepal and other countries in conflict. “They learn a lot about look forward to except maybe

and Education Sciences professor issues like human rights,”says Dee Aker, IPJ’s deputy director. “Their Web the after-life.”The program gives

Bobbi Hansen also have gotten updates keep USD informed about what’s going on.”The current volunteer inmates hope, inspiration, love

their students involved in Family for Nepal, Andrea Szabolesi, also prepared the briefing book for Aker’s most and forgiveness. Is that hard?

Math Night. Parents have reported recent trip to Nepal. Go to http://peace.sandiego.edu/programs/nepal.html. “Yes and no. We’re there mostly

their children were so fired up to listen. We’re not preaching at

afterward, they wanted to do [O] IS FOR ONE them,”says Ferber. To learn more

more math. Contact Myers at Described as a “diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty about the program, go to

(619) 260-4600, ext. 7932. organizers,”the ONE campaign was launched by a coalition of activists, ww.kairosprisonministry.org.

including U2’s Bono, and is endorsed by celebrities ranging from Tom

Hanks to Cameron Diaz in an effort to rally Americans — one by one —

to fight extreme poverty and global AIDS. Currently, students are plan-

ning a “ONE in the Classroom Day” and a possible trip to Washington,

D.C., where a student will have the chance to lobby on behalf of the

ONE campaign. To learn more, go to www.one.org.

32 USD MAGAZINE [Q] IS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE

The Thanksgiving House project is all about improving the quality of life for an older Linda Vista resident who may not be able to keep up with home repairs. Graduate students and other volunteers gather resources and learn to do painting, plumbing, carpentry — whatever needs to be done. They perform the work just before Thanksgiving, turning over a much-improved home in time for the holiday. Professor Barbara Withers began the project to provide valuable project management experience to business students, but the students get much more out of it. Meeting IS FOR ROMERO CENTER the elderly blind man and his son who received the latest home No story about USD’s impact on the wider makeover was heartwarming, says Christy Soto, an M.B.A. student and [R] world would be complete without a shout-out one of last fall’s two project managers. “They were very sweet, and I think to the Oscar Romero Center for Faith in Action. An off-shoot of University that really touched our hearts and drew us into the project,”she adds. Ministry, the center runs immersion trips, consciousness-raising events

To get involved, go to www.sandiego.edu/thanksgivinghouse. and ongoing programs that include preparing meals every Thursday at

downtown San Diego’s St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen. Coordinator

Glen Davis says that outreach emphasizes theological reflection: “We

always talk about why we’re doing this,”he says. “We try to root our

actions in the principles of Catholic social teaching.”Call (619) 260-4897.

[S] IS FOR SERVICE

Led with serene capability by director Elaine Elliott, the Center for

Community-Service Learning is an incredibly busy place. More than 800

students signed up for CSL during the fall semester, with 100 more work

study students, not to mention the 600 or so who volunteer under their

own steam. When asked to point to a single program that epitomizes

campus philanthropy, Elliott simply laughs: “There’s the Social Issues

Committee and the Trans-Border Institute. And long-term service, like

the Peace Corps. And the law school clinics and the trips to Tijuana

and ...”To learn more, call (619) 260-4798.

SPRING 2006 33 [V] IS FOR VOLUNTEERING AS A TEAM

While it stands to reason that USD athletics teams would band together

to improve their skills and beat their opponents, there’s a philanthropic

tendency at work that may be less apparent: The women’s basketball

team is committed to mentoring students at downtown San Diego’s

Kimbrough Elementary School, and all women’s teams get together for

Women and Girls in Sports Day, when mini-clinics are set up for girls to

practice athletic skills. Every year, the men’s golf team volunteers time

IS FOR TAX RETURNS to help the PGA Tour raise money for their charitable organizations.

When accounting Professor Tom Dalton was in Around the holidays, the whole Toreros community gets involved with

[T] practice as a CPA, he relished the times when November’s TLC Toy Drive, where attendees bring new unwrapped toys

he could waive his fee to help an elderly couple who had a complicated to games for needy families. Additionally, more than 75 student athletes

tax situation, but couldn’t afford to hire an accountant. Now, he volun- volunteer to shop with underprivileged children to help them pick out

teers his services for the nonprofit Friends of the Poor, which collects gifts for their families and themselves during the Christmas season.

clothing and money for people in Mexico. “It’s a tremendous organiza-

tion that does a tremendous amount of good. I try to keep them in

good graces with the government.”That and other volunteer tax help

he provides give him a good feeling, he says.

[U] IS FOR UNDERSERVED

Lack of health insurance is a grim fact of life for many. Thankfully, health

professionals like Cheryl Ahern-Lehmann, Adult Nurse Practitioner and

Associate Clinical Professor, step in, pro bono. She takes her students to San

Diego’s St. Vincent de Paul clinic, where they provide exams. And every

spring, Ahern-Lehmann and students volunteer at the San Diego Women’s

Health Care Fair, where they provide care to homeless and poor women.

She also serves as faculty “ambassador”for the National Health Service

Corps Scholarship Program, which awards scholarships to those interested

in working with the health-care underserved after graduation.

34 USD MAGAZINE [W] IS FOR WILDLIFE

Save the wolf. That’s something psychology professor Dan

Moriarty helps do through his longtime involvement with the

California Wolf Center near

Julian. “I think we’re making significant contributions to maintain our nation’s ecological integrity while rescuing at least one endangered species,”

Moriarty says. He’s gotten a steady stream of USD students involved. The work is gratifying: IS FOR ALL THE REST

“You can’t help but form a In putting this story together, it occurred to us that it might connection to the animals in [XYZ]have been easier to talk about who isn’t volunteering at your care,”Moriarty says. A recent USD than it was to select a mere handful from the hundreds of altruists who populate every campus nook and release into the wild of a wolf cranny. While it’s inevitable we’ve left many people and projects out, we wanted to shoehorn in a few more self- from the center “was very emo- less souls: Newly created charter school Keiller Leadership Academy has enlisted Lonnie Rowell, Lea Hubbard tional for everyone and a very and Dean Paula Cordeiro of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences to work with students in the exciting moment.”Go to classrooms, help increase student academic achievement and serve as members of Keiller’s Board of www.californiawolfcenter.org. Directors ... The English department’s David Hay directs the Southeast San Diego Tutoring Program, which

lets USD students work one-on-one with kids who need extra help ... Associate Professor of Nursing Kathy James

speaks to groups about healthy eating ... Florence Gillman, Chair of the Department of Theology and Religious

Studies, is an usher co-captain — along with her husband — at the Old Globe Theatre ... And finally, theology

professor Jim Ewing volunteers with one of his students as a counselor to the homeless who seek help through

the UCSD medical clinic at First Lutheran Church in downtown San Diego. Keep up the good work.

To learn more about volunteering opportunities go to www.sandiego.edu/usdmag.

SPRING 2006 35 [before]

KIMBERLY BOSWELL (B.A.)

lives in New Orleans, and is finish-

ing up her first year at Tulane

Medical School. She says she is

enjoying the South, the culture

and the food and is looking for-

ward to her career, possibly as a

trauma surgeon. She expects to

graduate in May 2008, and hopes

to move back to California.

[after]

KIMBERLY BOSWELL (B.A.) NOTES is a second-year medical student

at Tulane Medical School, though

she attends classes at Baylor

University in Houston, due to an

arrangement between the schools

after Hurricane Katrina ripped

through New Orleans. She still

hopes to graduate in May 2008.

[aftermath]

She and her classmates EYE OF THE STORM focused on getting patients sta- ble enough to move to a shelter

CLASS by Kelly Knufken Louisiana and Mississippi. A few and helping to determine which f course there's more days afterward, the group went ones needed hospitalization or to Kimberly Boswell's to Baton Rouge, where they put dialysis. They even helped peo- Orevised Class Note than their nascent medical training to ple make contact with missing the broad brush strokes in the the ultimate test. family members, facilitating captions above. When Hurricane “I was in essentially a M.A.S.H. some reunions in those chaotic Katrina struck at the end of unit — that’s what it felt like and times when phone service was August, she was three weeks looked like,”she says, describing hard to come by. into her second year of medical the makeshift medical facility set After evacuating, she found school, and was winding down up in the basketball arena at out that her condo, about a mile with fellow students from their Louisiana State University, Baton from the Superdome, wasn’t first set of exams. She and her Rouge. “We were kind of doing damaged in the hurricane. friends evacuated to Houston on everything — drawing blood, But she didn’t come through Sunday, Aug. 28, the day before starting IVs and working with unscathed — looters made off with some of her belongings. CLASS NOTES CLASS NOTES CLASSthe NOTES CLASS NOTES CLASShurricane NOTES CLASS NOTES CLASS NOTES made landfall in physicians to fill prescriptions.”

36 USD MAGAZINE 1960s 1970s

[1962] [1970] RITA FLYNN (B.A.) is a faculty BILL HITT (J.D.) graduated in member of UCLA's Principal Leader- 2003 from the Claremont School of ship Institute, a master’s degree pro- Theology with a master’s of divinity. gram for future urban school admin- He currently is assigned as the senior istrators. She is married to Ralph pastor at the United Methodist Frerichs, professor of epidemiology Church in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. at UCLA’s School of Public Health. ROSEMARY JOHNSON (B.A., MARGARET (D’AGOSTINO) M.A. ‘90) was awarded the distin- THOMPSON (B.A.) retired from guished citizen award by the San teaching music after 42 years, but Diego County Bar Association, and still volunteers as teacher of a percus- the community service award by the sion ensemble called “Drummin’ Lawyers Club of San Diego, for her Cats,”which she describes as a group advocacy on homeless issues. She similar to “Stomp.” Margaret recently recently received her certificate in completed 15 years as her parish’s preaching from the Aquinas Institute wedding coordinator, and says she of Theology, located on the campus and her husband sing with the Las of St. Louis University. She has served Vegas Philharmonic Chorus. She has as program director of the Interfaith five wonderful grandchildren, mentors Shelter Network since 1997. new music teachers for Clark County School District and loves to travel. [1972] CAROLYN FLIEGNER (B.A.) [1964] is a wedding and portrait photogra- SISTER MARY FRANCES REIS pher who owns a photography busi- (B.A.) says even though she received ness in San Diego. She recently master’s degrees from the University changed the business name from of Minnesota and Fordham University, Carolyn Marie Photography to she does appreciate her years at USD. Charisma Photography. She runs the The excellent biology program con- business out of her Mira Mesa, Calif., tinues to impact her ministry as hos- home, which she shares with her cat, pice chaplain for the Visiting Nurse Tiger. Carolyn reports that she often Association of Southeast Missouri. is on the USD campus to photograph “In this time of environmental aware- weddings and says the campus really ness, I deeply appreciate the early has blossomed over the years. studies in ecology way back in the ‘60s,”she says. “Thank you.” [1973] LISA (MCCLOSKEY) GESERICK

CORBIS RENÉ LAMAR SCHEUERMAN (B.A.) says her son, Matt, graduated (B.A.) is an investor in the Carrizo from Bellarmine College Prep in San Gorge Railway, and celebrated its Jose, Calif. In the fall, he began study- reopening to Imperial Valley in ing architecture at the University of Boswell restarted her studies “It’s such a massive catastro- February 2004. On Jan. 19, 2005, Idaho. Lisa and husband Dave are as a Tulane student with Tulane phe,”she says, looking back. “It’s Lamar welcomed the birth of his planning a safari trip to South Africa professors at Baylor University. hard to fathom, even after being sixth grandchild, Ian Hyatt. in May 2006. She and her fellow students have intimately involved with it. We a month to make up during the learned a lot. It was probably [1966] [1974] PAMELA (BECKETT) STAHL THERESE FRANCOIS (M.ED., school year, and expect to do so some of the best experience we (B.A.) in 1973 assisted in founding a M.A. ‘89) has been a kindergarten by working through both Mardi will ever have.” peer support group for amputees. and first-grade teacher at St. Michael’s Gras and Spring Break. And if you’d like proof that The nonprofit organization, called School since 1973. She has been the “The Tulane administration inspiration can be found in the Amputees in Motion International, assistant principal for six years and has been incredible,”she says. most unlikely situations, look primarily serves amputees and their has a grown daughter, Ericka Francois “They’ve established a place for no further. loved ones and caretakers in San (B.A. ‘02). all of us to go together. On top “I will always go to disaster Diego County, but fields requests from around the United States and [1975] of that, they’ve found a lot of situations now to help,”she says the world. The organization celebrated C. DAN CONAWAY (J.D.) retired housing for students now in with conviction. “Just seeing how its 32nd anniversary in October. For after 30 years of practicing law. He need of financial assistance.” desperate they were even for information, call (858) 454-9300. says that at 62, he’s ready. Dan will Boswell is just beginning to be first-year medical students who continue his nonprofit affiliations and able to put the experience she’s really don’t know that much, it look for other things to do, but been through into context. was just incredible.”

SPRING 2006 37 emphasizes that they won’t be too support resource teacher for San leadership and health training in Sylmar, Calif., two years ago, he strenuous. “Maybe I’ll be the plant Diego City Schools. Her husband, rural Africa,”she says. decided to run for the neighborhood watering person at the local Home Paul McGrade (B.B.A. ‘78), is self council, a smaller, local component Depot. It’s my wife’s insolent idea. employed, involved with commercial MARK A. WALDSCHMIDT of the Los Angeles City Council. As Or a gate guard at a gated community real estate acquisitions and other (B.B.A., M.B.A. ‘86) has been co-chair of the land-use and open- — another of her ideas,”he says. ventures. They have two children, married to his wife, Debbie, for 20 space committee, he contacts resi- “Seriously, I intend to stay busy and Jason, 23, and Katelyn, 15. years. They have two daughters, ages dents and builders, holds public enthused about a number of things 18 and 16, Amanda is a freshman at meetings to assess public opinion, that interest me.” LOUIS MCKAY (B.A., M.ED. ‘80) the University of Pacific and Tara is a seeks compromise with developers has been singing spiritual music at junior at Mt. Carmel High School. and attends Planning Commission JOSEPH WILIMEK (M.A.T.) is various gatherings, including in Mark just completed his 25th year at and City Council hearings several beginning his 15th year as superin- Douglas, Ariz., for the Cancer Relay SAIC, where he has worked since times a week. “It’s the toughest and tendent of the Bret Harte Union High for Life and the Veterans of Foreign graduating from USD in 1979. most rewarding volunteer position School District in California’s Wars. He also is a member of the (outside of marriage) I’ve ever experi- Calaveras County, the home of the choir and a soloist at the University enced,”he says. “And it’s the most Jumping Bullfrogs. He retired as a Christian Church. Louis is a survivor involved I’ve been in any community lieutenant colonel from the United of throat cancer. “Going on four years 1980s since my years at USD.” States Marine Corps Reserve and is clear,”he says. looking forward to full retirement in [1980] CAROL (SANTANGELO) a few years. JOHN YORCHAK (B.A.) is senior MARY (MADOK) CAREY (B.B.A.) LOVEJOY (B.B.A.) says her oldest director of human factors at Avaya in has been busy with husband Peter, son, Ryan, is a senior at St. Augustine [1976] Westminster, Colo. He is proud that raising four daughters: Katie, 20, High School. MARILYN DITTY (B.A.) represent- his oldest son, Nick, is in the Class of a junior at Santa Clara University; ed Southern California as a delegate 2008 at USD. John plans to celebrate, Elizabeth, 19, a sophomore at the ANITA (GEMPERLE) MAHAFFEY to the White House Conference on as his 30th reunion is the same year University of San Francisco; Anne, 17, (B.B.A.) started a business, Funika Aging in Washington, D.C., in October that Nick graduates. a senior at USD High School/ U.S., which produces home textile 2005. The conference is held every Cathedral High School; and Jane, 15, a products in Turkey and China. The 10 years. [1979] sophomore at the same high school. company ships to about 40 different RUTH (FRIEDRICH) ERNE Mary works as a CPA in practice with countries. While growing the busi- SALLY (GOLDFARB) GREER (B.S.N.) reports that she has been her husband, representing a high fash- ness, Anita and her husband, Mike, (B.A., M.A. ‘77) enjoyed a recent in a solo practice, as a master level ion women’s clothing line and design- also are raising three children: Kevin, USD meeting held in Washington, advanced practice nurse practitioner, ing interiors for MRI centers, as well as 20, who attends University of D.C., and was proud of the beautiful for 25 years. She has a successful for a restaurant in San Diego. Southern California; Brian, 18, who development of the campus. In the family practice, with between 4,000 started at USC in the fall; and Kelly, area of career, Sally still is in private and 5,000 patients, and slowly is CYNTHIA (CAYABYAB) CALLO 10, who is in the fifth grade. Anita practice. She no longer is with the reducing her hours, because she no (B.A.) says her 22-year-old daughter, says she’s considering slowing the Department of State and is looking longer wants to work 14-hour days, Alexis Marquez, graduated magna business in the next year or so to forward to being involved with the six days a week. Ruth says she has cum laude from Columbia enjoy family and friends more. Alumni Career Network. loved her career and hopes more University’s Barnard College in May. nurse practitioners who are ade- To celebrate, the family took a six- BARBARA O’BRIEN (B.S.N.) DENISE MCGUIRE (J.D.) recently quately educated and experienced week trip to Europe. Cynthia’s retired from the U.S. Nurse Corps in retired from her position as chief will go into private practice. “My younger daughter, Schuyler Marquez, 1994 after more than 26 years on deputy of the San Diego District hunch is that with universal health who is a junior at High Tech High active duty. She moved to Hilton Attorney’s Office. care — it is coming — the nurse School in the Point Loma area of San Head Island, S.C., in 2000, to begin a practitioner will be the first-level Diego, also is doing well, successfully great life in retirement. Barbara says [1977] provider. I never dreamed when I completing a summer course in cor- she’s become an avid golfer along MAUREEN (GRIFFIN) RICKETTS graduated with an R.N. in 1956, that I porate sociology and American with her husband. (B.A., M.ED. ‘78) is finishing her could ever have such an exciting and dance at Columbia University. third year as an elementary school fulfilling professional life,”she says. CLARISSA ROSAS (B.A.) says principal, and says she loves every JIL GOEBEL (B.B.A., M.B.A. ‘82) after graduating from USD, she minute of it. Her oldest daughter, ALICE YARDUM-HUNTER (J.D.) and her husband, Randel, have lived received a doctorate from the Erin, 23, just graduated from San Jose was honored for the second time in in Colorado Springs, and celebrate 20 University of New Mexico. While in State University with a degree in the “Super Lawyer 2005” issue of Los years of marriage this year. They are New Mexico, she was a teacher, business administration. Her son, Angeles Magazine, in its immigration co-owners and co-founders of Origin school administrator, district admin- Sean, 21, attends DeAnza College law category. Alice represents foreign Communications, an advertising and istrator and then a professor at the and daughter Colleen, 17, attends citizens, their American employers public relations firm, specializing in College of Santa Fe. In 2000, her Cupertino High School. and their close relatives, and is an technology companies. They’ve been family moved to Cincinnati, where expert witness in cases where immi- in business 19 years. Their son, Parker, she was the chair of the education [1978] gration law issues impact litigation. graduated from eighth grade and department for the College of Mount MICHELLE PON GURNEE (B.A.) entered high school in the fall. Saint Joseph. In August 2004, Clarissa celebrated her 10-year anniversary SISTER ANASTASIA LOTT (B.A.) was awarded a $375,000 grant to on June 24, 2005. She and her hus- returned to the United States in July NICK KRALL (B.A.) says he enjoys start one of two Charter Colleges band enjoy traveling. 2003 after spending 15 years in the helping plan alumni events in Los of Education. African nations of Kenya and Namibia. Angeles. He also said that he and his SYLVIA (FERRER) MCGRADE Now she is a planned giving director. wife hope to buy some horses this (B.A., M.ED. ‘79) works as a literacy “A very different life compared to year. Nick says after moving to

38 USD MAGAZINE [1981] KATHLEEN FIEDLER-GILMORE (B.A.) has four daughters: Morgan, 20, a sophomore at USD; Lauren, 19, a freshman at Vassar College; Lindsey, 18, a senior in high school; and Callie, 15, a sophomore in high school. Kathleen says she married husband Bill in May 2003. She’s working on her master’s degree, while living, skiing and playing in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho.

ROBERT HARRISON (J.D.), past president of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, was honored in January by the San Diego Defense Lawyers as the 2004 Defense Lawyer of the Year.

RICK LEON (B.B.A.) has been spending his time surfing and watch- ing his daughter, Nina, jump her horses and prepare for the Olympics.

JEFFREY E. THOMA (J.D.) and his wife, Kim, celebrated the birth of their first baby, Charles Ryan, on KARL ROSETTE Dec. 5, 2004. Jeff was appointed pub- lic defender for Solano County, Calif., [navigator] after serving as the public defender for Mendocino County for more than HANG A RIGHT David Weiss ’92 (B.B.A.) has been a firefighter for nine years, seven years. the last six with the Westminster Fire Department in Colorado. In addition to [1982] his title as firefighter/engineer, he’s also a fire investigator who determines LESA CHRISTENSON (B.A., J.D. ‘85) says that in April her law whether fires are accidental or due to arson. For the last year, Weiss has driv- firm, Ashworth, Blanchet, Christenson, en the department’s 64,000-pound, 40-foot-long ladder truck. He says the & Kalemkiarian, moved into a build- ing it purchased at Third Avenue and biggest challenge is making right turns without slamming into corners, Juniper Street in the Banker’s Hill curbs, cars or people. “I haven’t had an accident yet,”quips Weiss, who admits neighborhood of San Diego. The firm specializes in family law matters. his co-workers constantly tease him because his “other vehicle” is a relatively tiny 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. CLAUDIA (DENIGAN) COX (B.A.) reports that her husband is an attorney. Her son, Brian, graduated JOHN HAYNES (B.A.)was forced uated from Penn State. Leslie is from have lived in Albuquerque, N.M., from St. Augustine High School in to retire because of muscular dystro- San Diego and recently received an for eight years. Kevin is president of 2004 and, this fall, expected to begin phy. Now he’s on the board of direc- M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Sicorp Inc., an information technology his sophomore year studying pre-med tors for the Challenge Center. company, specializing in high at Georgetown University. Her VINCE SKAHILL (B.A.) and his performance computing solutions. daughter, Haley Anne, expected to [1983] wife, Donna, formed a real estate/ Kari is busy with their two children, begin her sophomore year at Our PAM (FATICA) ADAMS (B.A.) has loan consulting partnership. They Jessica, 16, and Michael, 13, as well Lady of Peace High School, and been married to Michael Adams (J.D. have been married for 22 years. as with showing Arabian horses and wants to attend USD. ‘85) for 19 years. They have two chil- Their son, Eric, is a sophomore at the playing tennis. dren, Amanda, 16, and Nicholas, 13, University of California, Los Angeles. KATHRYN KITCHEN-GALUPPO and live in Orange County, Calif. Mike Greg is a senior at Patrick Henry High STEPHEN “SWOOPER” GAUVIN (B.A., M.A. ‘87) says her husband, has his own law office in Irvine, Calif., School in San Diego. Vince and (B.B.A.) has been happily married Louis Galuppo, is the residential real and Pam teaches fourth grade. Donna are enjoying their new part- for 10 years. He and his bride, Shirley, estate director at the Burnham-Moores nership in the real estate venue and live in Coronado, Calif., and have Center for Real Estate in the School of LESLIE (CONLIN) SACKO (B.S.) look forward to helping people three daughters: Kathryn, 9, Carolyn, Business Administration at USD. Her and her husband, Al, celebrated their achieve their dreams. 7; and Lauren, 3. He’s been working son attends Cathedral Catholic High 20th anniversary on Aug. 17. They as a sales rep in the electronics indus- School, while her daughter attends St. met in San Diego while working at [1984] try for more than 18 years, 10 years John School in Encinitas. Kathryn con- the National City Mile of Cars. Al is KEVIN BOVÉE (B.B.A.) and his with Arrow Electronics. tinues to teach, time permitting. from the Philadelphia area and grad- wife, Kari (Cramer) Bovée (B.A. ‘84)

SPRING 2006 39 COLLEEN (HARDY) HAMILTON GREG GIULIANO (B.A., M.A. Cunningham (B.B.A. ‘86). “I stay involved Valley PTA, and with the Temecula (B.A.) says hello from the Valley ‘88) took over as president/CEO of with the USD counseling program,” Valley American Little League. of the Moon. “We hope all is well Leading Initiatives Worldwide, a com- Janet says. “And I frequently have with everyone from USD,”says pany that does global leadership school counseling interns from USD.” NAVY CMDR. LANCE MASSEY Colleen, who lives in Sonoma, Calif. development. He closed his practice (B.A.) participated in maritime secu- “Life is great!” as a psychologist and enjoys his new [1988] rity operations while in the middle of work. Greg and his wife, Theresa ERIC COLE (B.B.A.) moved to a scheduled deployment assigned to DONALD JONES (J.D.) says he Apodaca (B.S. ‘84), have two children, Snohomish, Wash., where he’s been the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, joined Qualcomm in 2002, and is vice 14 and 11, and spend their time working for the Granite Falls Fire USS Nimitz. Lance and his shipmates president of business development, training for their next triathlon. Department for the last five years. made a port visit to Port Kelang, overseeing research and development He was promoted to lieutenant in Malaysia, during which they volun- around the convergence of cell phone CAROL (VISOSKY) RICHARDSON January 2005, and is in charge of teered their time at a local orphan- technologies and medical devices, bio (B.A.) has been married for 11 years. public education. He’s married to age, cleaning the grounds and sensors and healthcare applications. She and her husband have two chil- wife Debbie, who works as an spending time with the children, as dren, Tommy, 6, and Anna, 4. Carol no executive office administrator at well as to Hong Kong, where they TATIANA (JIMENEZ) MONT- longer teaches, and is enjoying stay- Boeing. He has three daughters: helped restore the Bayanihan Center, GOMERY (B.A.) says she’s working, ing home with her children. Jennifer, 21; Brittany, 17; and which assists overseas domestic enjoying life and is very proud of her Mikayla, 10. helpers with employment. 6-year-old daughter, Natasha, who [1986] recently graduated from kindergarten. MICHAEL DITOMMASO (B.B.A.) SHEILA (WHITE) OLANDER and wife Julianne announce the (B.A.) and her husband, Curt, wel- SUSAN YECK (J.D.) opened a law birth of their daughter, Mia Siena, on comed the arrival of their second 1990s clinic in March 2004 and still maintains April 12. She joins 3-year-old brother child, Grace Elizabeth, on May 29. Law Offices of Susan A. Yeck, a firm Michael Domenic. Grace joins older brother Nicholas, 3. [1990] specializing in business litigation and Sheila is a supervisory special agent CARLA (CAGGIANO) ELKINS personal injury. She lives in San Diego, DAVID HUNT (B.A.) has been with the U.S. Department of the Trea- (B.A.) had her first son, Andrew and has a 4-year-old daughter, Olivia. living in Berlin and Prague since sury in Sacramento, Calif. Lawrence, in 2000, and her second 1991. He teaches writing, math and son, Alexander Patrick, in 2002. She [1985] history. He is married to Annette, who MARK PACHOWICZ (J.D.) reports was married in 1996 to Timothy BURT BRIGIDA (B.B.A.) and his is from Berlin, and they have two boys, that after years as a deputy district Elkins. Carla received a master’s in wife, Cecilia, celebrated the birth of Jonathan, 4, and Donovan, 1. attorney, child support attorney and education from National University. their first child, Sofia Frances, on executive director of a union, he is Dec. 21, 2004. ALLISON (BAILEY) LYNCH pleased to announce the opening of KELLY (ENGLAND) MCELWAIN (B.A.) is enjoying life with husband his own law firm in Camarillo, Calif. (B.A.) says she and her family are W. PATRICK FIXSEN (B.B.A.) is Lance and three daughters, Lauren, enjoying their new country life, and beginning his third year of theology Lexanne and Larissa. She recently JOSIE RODRIGUEZ (M.A.) says she loves being a stay-at-home mom studies toward the priesthood for took time away from work to spend her book of poetry, based on 17 years to girls Taylor, 3, and Kate, 1. “The the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois. He two weeks in Hawaii. as a clinical chaplain, has been pub- girls keep me busy with their activi- also is studying at Blessed John XXIII lished. The book, Waiting Rooms of ties,”she reports. Husband Doug con- National Seminary in Weston, Mass. DONALD PANNIER (B.B.A.) has the Heart, Poems of a Healthcare tinues his work for the Department of been living in the Chicago area for Chaplain, can be ordered through Justice and travels quite a bit. The ANGELA GIGLITTO (B.A.) has the last five years with wife Lesley josierodriguez.com, iuniverse.com family was planning a trip last fall to enjoyed two tremendously fulfilling and the three best kids in the world: and barnesandnoble.com. Josie says California for the baptism of the first careers simultaneously. She now Amber, 11; Donnie, 8; and Delaney, 6. the book is a great resource for nurs- baby of Kelly’s sister, Erin (England) is in her 17th year as an elementary Donald says he recently was back in ing and medical school students, and Acosta (B.A. ‘00). school teacher in the San Diego San Diego for work, and saw the those in pastoral care. Future readings Unified School District, where she campus, which he says is beautiful. and book signings are scheduled. STACEY HALEBSKY (B.A., works as a mentor teacher in bilin- He reported that he had a great night M.ED. ‘92) says she is enjoying gual and mainstream education. at the beach with John Melican KAREN SKEMP-ARIT (B.A.) staying at home with children For the past 16 years, Angela also has (B.B.A. ‘84) and his family. reports that she just had her second Brandon, a kindergartner, and been the artistic director and lead son in April 2005. Her sons’ names are 21/2-year-old Danielle. She and dancer for Café Sevilla’s famous fla- [1987] Noah and Devon. husband Bret were preparing to menco dinner shows. She was the JANET (GAUNT) COOVER (B.A., celebrate their 10th anniversary. creator of the dinner theater experi- M.A. ‘90) moved from working at La [1989] ence at Sevilla’s establishments Presa Middle School to La Mesa Middle LAUREN AZEVEDO-GRONDONA PATRICIA MARINO (B.A.) and throughout Southern California and School, working as a school counselor (B.A.) retired in November 2004 her husband had their second baby, soon to open Las Vegas locations. for 15 years in the La Mesa/Spring from biotechnology sales. Her hus- Tate Huntley, on Feb. 4, 2005. Tate’s She teaches second grade at Ocean Valley School District. Janet lives in La band is a property manager and older sister is Gia. Beach Elementary School, Monday Jolla, and has been swimming with the architect in the Point Loma area of through Friday, and performs every University of California, San Diego, mas- San Diego. AMY (MARSHALL) HAMER Saturday at the Sevilla restaurant in ters swim team for five years. She gets (B.A., M.ED. ‘91) is enjoying stay- San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. “I’m together monthly with fellow swim- MARY JANE (KAPLAN) MARU- ing at home with her 3-year-old, Olivia. busy and love both my exciting and mers (and swim fans) Lauren Birney SICH (B.B.A.) lives in Temecula, “There is no greater job,”she says. energetic careers,”she says. (B.A. ‘88), Jan (Hollahan) Brooksby Calif., with her husband, Greg, and (B.B.A. ‘86), Margie (Lightenberg) her two sons, Timothy, 12, and Tyler, DANI NEWMAN (M.B.A.) recently Sullivan (B.B.A. ‘86) and Beth 10. She is active with the Temecula accepted a position as clinical direc-

40 USD MAGAZINE tor at Work Care in Orange County, MELISSA CONWAY HARTMAN [1992] dren, Adam, 5, and Alexandra, 3. Calif., where she helps large, self- (B.A.) lives in Jacksonville, Fla., SAM BARTHOLOMEW (B.A.) was Jason works in the Dallas-Fort Worth insured employers manage employee where she works part time in a chiro- married to Kelly Charles at St. Mary’s area. Stephanie is pursuing a gradu- absences. She has a teen-aged practic office and her husband, Tony, Cathedral in Portland, Ore., on April 2, ate degree in literature and teaching daughter, Jami. runs a masonry company. They have 2005. The following alumni were freshman writing at the University three girls: Clare, 6; Madeline, 4; and members of the wedding party: Sean of Texas at Arlington. PAMELA (POTTER) DRUMMOND Mary Alice, 6 months. Southard (B.A. ‘90); Danny Lavis (B.A.) and husband James had their (B.A. ‘90); Craig Ross (B.B.A. ‘94); and DAVID WEISS (B.B.A.) has first baby, Katherine Grace, on Oct. ARNIE GARCIA (B.A.) and Kristina Jason Corsello (B.B.A. ‘95). The couple been with the Westminster Fire 20, 2004, after 11 years of marriage. Peterson were wed on July 16, 2005, honeymooned in Hawaii and will live Department in Colorado for the past “She is our gift from the Lord,”Pamela with a nuptial Mass at Founders in Lake Oswego, Ore. six years. He drives and operates a says. Pamela left her management Chapel. The following USD alumni 1975 ladder truck at Fire Station 2 position for a new career as Katie’s were in attendance: celebrant the PATRICK CREMA (B.B.A.) and (see page 39). He and wife Carrie, son stay-at-home mom, and she reports it Rev. Daniel Dillabough (B.A. ‘70); wife Rhonda Nourse (B.A. ‘93) had Dylan, 31/2, and 1-year-old daughter is the best job she has ever had. Bradley Weinstein (B.A. ‘91); Rosanna their second child, Ellie Capri, on Taylor live in Longmont. James is a police officer, and the fam- Paez (B.A. ‘92); Georgina Diaz (B.A. June 29, 2005. They live in San Jose, ily lives in Chino Hills, Calif. ‘92); Renee (Bukovchik) van Vechten Calif., where Pat is a real estate broker KATIE (CONNELLY) WILSON (B.A. ‘91); Charlie van Vechten (B.A. for his own company, Crema (B.B.A.) and Steve Wilson (B.B.A. ‘92) ERIC SCHUMACHER (B.A.) and ‘90); Christine Palecek (B.B.A. ‘92); Properties. announced the arrival of daughter wife Marie announced the arrival of Julie (Dodge) Pavek (B.A. ‘93); Zoe Madelyn, born on Dec. 1, 2004. their first child, Aidan Frederick. Eric MaryLou Scott (M.S.N. ‘98); and Alex JEREMY DAVIDSON (B.A.) and She joins big sister Alexa, 3. The family also fulfilled two lifelong dreams: He Rocha (J.D. ‘99). The couple honey- wife Mary-Jeanne (Lodge) Davidson lives in San Jose, Calif., where Steve is started his own marketing communi- mooned in Banff and Jasper National (M.A. ‘92), along with their two chil- vice president of product engineering cations company, called Neology, and Parks in Alberta, Canada, and are dren, Cade, 6, and Amara, 2, have for Cassatt Corp. and Katie is director he published his first historical fiction making their home in San Diego. returned after four years in Italy and of sales operations for CoWare. novel, God’s Hammer.The novel was live in Washington, D.C. Next summer released in the United Kingdom and DAVID HOILES (B.A.) and wife they expect to move to San Antonio, [1993] is available on Amazon.com/uk. The Theresa announced the birth of their Texas, where Jeremy will begin his MEGAN (BAKER) POLHEMUS book was expected to be released in second son, Jonathan, born March 14, orthodontic residency. (B.A.) and husband Scott welcomed the United States in Fall 2005. 2005. He joined big brother David, 3. Harper Caroline on Jan. 26, 2005. She LAURA HALE-HOMEWOOD joins big sister Sloane, 2. ERIN (TURNEY) BRENNAN KATHRYN KENNEDY (B.A.) has (B.A.) and husband Chris (B.A. ‘93) (B.A.) and husband Pat Brennan three children: Hanna, 9; Matt, 7; and welcomed their first daughter, Zoe KIMBERLY (MONTAGNA) (B.A. ‘89) are enjoying their two chil- Trey, 3. Kathryn coaches develop- Grace, on June 7, 2004. CAVALLO (B.A.) and her husband dren, Danny, 8, and Molly, 6. They mental swimming, and hopes to get adopted a baby girl, Italia Rose, on live in Carlsbad, Calif., and attend back into teaching soon. CARRIE KRUEGER MAROVICH Oct. 22, 2004. They are planning to St. Patrick’s School. Pat is a financial (B.A.) and her husband welcomed adopt more children. adviser with Capital Growth, a small MICHAEL KIM (J.D.) is a partner baby Michael William into the world independent firm, and Erin loves at Peters & Freedman, where he on Oct. 20, 2004. “He’s our first and CLAIRE CLARK (B.A.) is seeking a staying home and volunteering in represents homeowners associations an absolute joy!” Carrie says. master’s degree in theology from the the kids’ classrooms. as general counsel and specializes Franciscan University of Steubenville. in litigation. GREGORY LIBBY (B.B.A.) gradu- She will become a third-order [1991] ated in June 2005 with an M.B.A. Carmelite, which takes about six SUEDINE BOHN (B.A.) has been JASON MORRIS (B.A.), a partner from the University of Phoenix. years. “I will profess vows of poverty, in Brazil working for the U.S. Consulate in the Phoenix law firm of Withey, chastity and obedience,”she writes. in Sao Paulo, and then in the British Anderson & Morris, was named chair- CHRISTINE LUSK (B.A.) has a Council since graduating from USD. man of the city’s License Appeals baby boy, Granger Talbot, born JEFF ERTWINE (B.A.) was in San Now she is at the University of Board and appointed to the Maricopa Nov. 5, 2003. Diego for more than three years fly- California, Irvine, in the English and County Transportation Advisory ing FA-18s from Afghanistan to Iraq certificate programs, as professional Board. He was one of three zoning ROSEMARY MALCOLM (B.A., to Japan and passing 2,000 hours in programs adviser. She married and and land use attorneys named in the M.ED. ‘95) and her husband, Ken the Hornet. He recently moved with has a beautiful daughter named Phoenix Business Journal’s Best of the Gilbert, live on “beautiful Kauai.”Ken his family to Tampa, Fla., to work at Amanda, who is 4. Bar survey. is a Navy pilot, and Rosemary cares MacDill Air Force Base, “where I will be TAMARA TUITE (B.B.A) married for their children, Natalie, 3, and flying a desk for two to three years,”he VICKY BOWDEN (D.N.SC.) is a Paul Vabakos on Aug. 28, 2004, at Jonah David, born in December 2004. says. “We are looking forward to me professor in the School of Nursing at Stanford Memorial Church. They spent They spend their time camping, hik- being at home for awhile.” Azusa Pacific University, where she two weeks in London and Paris for ing and “frolicking in the surf.” also is director of the honors program. their honeymoon, and now live in DAVID HUCH (B.A., J.D. ‘02) Menlo Park, Calif. Paul is starting a ARCHI MEDRANO (B.A.) has formed a law firm in the La Jolla area KATHERINE BUDD (B.A.) and her hedge fund and the couple also is been a senior business information of San Diego called Hawkes & Huch. husband of 13 years have a 2-year- starting a consulting business. Tamara analyst at HSBC Auto Finance since He specializes in employment and old son, Jack. She is a marketing still rides horses in the hunter-jumper September 2004. consumer class-action cases. director for a medical education com- discipline and has several champi- pany, and her husband is a CPA. The onship titles as an amateur on her STEPHANIE THOMPSON JOHN IANNARELLI (J.D.) recently family lives in Poway, Calif. and enjoys horse, Ruler of the Fleet. TAITANO (B.A.) and husband was promoted from a position in FBI hiking and other outdoor activities. Jason Taitano (B.A. ‘92) have two chil- headquarters in Washington, D.C., to

SPRING 2006 41 the position of supervisory special agent in the FBI’s Phoenix division.

CARRIE OGNIBENE (B.B.A.) has been living in the eastern Sierras since 1995. For the past 10 years, Carrie has been a massage therapist and holistic health practitioner. Since 2001, she has owned the Healing Art Centre in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. “I have a balanced life of working hard and playing hard up here in the mountains,”she says. “Life is great! Smiles from Carrie.”

NOELLE STAREK (B.A.) and her husband had another baby, Samuel Michael, in June 2004. “We’ve been busy building a new house to fit the children,”she says. Noelle was pro- moted to counsel for the West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee.

NANCY STARK-OPSAHL (M.S.N.) has returned to San Diego and is a nurse manager for Scripps Clinical Research Center. She lives in the Point Loma area of San Diego with husband Carl and 6-year-old twins Annalee and Alexander.

TRACY (WILLIAMS) PATTON (B.A.) was married on April 30, 2005, to Air Force Maj. Jeffery Scott Patton in Boise, Idaho. They live in Destin, Fla.

ALLAN BURCH [1994] DANA (BECKER) ROLOFF (B.A.) [a sung hero] and husband Peter Roloff (B.A. ‘92) had a baby girl, Jane Olivia, in Jan- BRAD KIRN [1972-2005] (B.B.A. ‘96), who was an active member of uary 2005. Dana and Peter live in USD's orientation program, passed away on Sept. 15, 2005, less than a Pacific Beach. Dana is a therapist at Children’s Hospital, and Peter is an year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was 33. internal medicine doctor, practicing It was his second battle against cancer. Shortly after transferring to USD in San Diego. in 1993, Brad was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and successfully ERIN BOYD (B.A., M.A.T. ‘99) conquered it with radiation therapy. married her longtime love, Joshua Hyatt, on April 2, 2005, in Dana Point, Brad, who by day worked for Qualcomm in corporate research and busi- Calif. They honeymooned in the Napa Valley and live in Santa Ana, ness development, was a musician by night. His band, Kirn Kounty, Calif., where Erin teaches sixth grade played at clubs like downtown’s 4th & B and the Belly Up Tavern in Solana social studies at Mendez Funda- mental Intermediate School. Josh is Beach. In 1997, the band won a VH1 “Hometown Heroes” contest and the marketing director of a global opened for ex-Bangle Susanna Hoffs. relocation firm.

“They don’t come any better than Brad,”says his wife of five years, VERONICA DIAZ (M.ED.) finished Kirstin (Gracyzk) Kirn (B.A. ‘96). “He was really funny and had a heart of her Ph.D. in science and technology policy at the University of Arizona in gold. He was honest, loyal, thoughtful and truly cared about everyone.” May 2004. She lives in Tucson, Ariz., and is working in the field of publish- Kirstin is creating a memory book for their son Nathan,19 months old. Friends, faculty and classmates who have ing in learning technology. stories to share about Brad can e-mail Kirstin at [email protected]. To read about Brad’s fight against cancer, see photos, listen to his music or donate to Nathan’s college fund, go to www.bradkirn.com.

42 USD MAGAZINE TRICIA (ALLEN) FISCHER at Land O’ Lakes, in research and County District Attorney’s Office, a for Jennifer’s foster son, Daniel, 14, (B.A.C.) still works as an energy development. job she enjoys very much. and live in Edmonds, Wash. trader for Tacoma Power. She spends most of her time with her 7-month- SHALINI (KHULLAR) SOLANKI KELLI (MENDRELLA) MAYNE KATIE (GERHARDT) DUFORD old son, Lucas, and husband Craig. (M.ED.) is married with one son. (B.A.) has been happily married (B.S.) and husband Derek wel- “I continue to train for and partici- She works as a program director for a since Jan. 27, 2002, to Kevin Mayne, a comed their second child, Grace pate in triathlons, my other passion,” substance abuse recovery program. pilot for Southwest Airlines. Kelli says Margaret, on March 27, 2005. She Tricia says. she loves being a “stay-at-home joins big brother Grant, 21/2. The family CASEY KUNDE (B.A., M.A. ‘98) mommy” to daughters Zoe, 2, and recently moved to Virginia Beach. MICHAEL FREEHILL (B.A.) is an had her second child, Jackson Sage, who was born in February orthopedic surgery resident at Johns Thomas, on April 17, 2005. Her first 2005. They own a home in San ROBYN (KENYON) KAMMERER Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. child, Leah Nicole, was born in 2003. Clemente, Calif., and are enjoying the (B.A.) is an account supervisor at beach and beautiful weather with Amies Communications in Irvine, Calif. JÉNELLE SMITH PASQUAN MATTHEW LA BELLE (B.A.) was their friends and family. (B.A.) moved to Seattle in 2001, married on August 6, 2005, to Melissa JENNIFER (HENDRICKER) KEE- where she met her husband, a Seattle Marsh. Both are teachers in Calif- NICOLE (MESSINEO) ANTHONY GAN (B.A.C.) and Thomas Keegan police officer. In April 2005, they had ornia’s Simi Valley area. (B.A.) and husband Sean welcomed a (B.A.C. ‘93) announced the birth of a daughter, Savannah. “I am happy son, Jack Dylan, on March 24, 2005. their first child, Trevor John, on and I love my family,”she says. ROBERT MCGARRY (B.A.C.) and The family lives in Laguna Niguel, Calif. April 11, 2005. wife Erin are happy living in Hermosa DENISE (MARRIOTT) TAYCO Beach, Calif. “Real estate is keeping DAVID MULLINS (B.A.) is a COLLEEN ENGEL JOHNSON (B.A.) married Freddie Tayco (B.A. ‘94) me busy, while Erin builds her pedi- recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ (B.A.) just completed law school on March 12, 2005, in Founders atric practice,”Robert reports. Workshop. He has published stories and obtained her J.D. from the Chapel. Freddie works for Porter in The New England Review and The University of Nebraska. She was Novelli in San Diego, and Denise is DAWN (SHEBESTA) SIMONS Cimarron Review.In 2004 he won preparing to take the state bar exam a science teacher at Creative, (B.A.) and Matt Simons (B.A.C. ‘94) third prize in Playboy’s 20th annual last summer. Husband Greg Johnson Performing & Media Arts Magnet welcomed a son, Beau Matthew, on college fiction contest. A story of his (B.A. ‘97) continues to enjoy his job Middle School in Clairemont, Calif. April 18, 2005. He joins older sister recently was nominated by Joyce as regional manager at Travelex. Shea Olivia, 2. The family lives in San Carol Oates for a Pushcart Prize, and Daughter Isabella will be 2 in April. DAVID WOLFF (B.B.A.) works Diego, where Matt has been promot- in the fall of 2005 he was to hold the with pensions. He’s been a teen ed to vice president of finance and Dorothy & Granville Hicks Residency JILL JONES (B.A.) had her first mentor through his church for nearly accounting for an orthopedic devices in Literature at Yaddo, an artists’ com- child, Hanna Kaitlin, on March 12, four years, and says his passion is company. munity in upstate New York. He is at 2005. Jill is working in pediatrics and “our youth.” work on a collection of linked stories, women’s health. [1996] titled Sin City. JULIE (MCKEON) VAZQUEZ TANYA (BOLLMANN) JOHNSON PAULYN “LYNN” LEHNER (B.A.) and husband Tito welcomed (B.B.A.) and her husband welcomed BERTHA (PARRA) QUIROZ (B.B.A.) and her high school sweet- the birth of their second son, Tomas, the newest addition to their family, (B.B.A.) just finished the bilingual heart, Aaron Sloan, married May 22, on March 30, 2005. They also have a daughter Ayana, on March 15, 2005. multiple subject credential program 2004, at Little Dix resort on the island 2-year-old son, Carlos. The family at California State University, Long of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin lives in Tampa, Fla. MARK BREWER (B.B.A) married Beach. Islands. Sally Brewer on Nov. 6, 2004. Mark is [1995] finishing his master’s in clinical psy- HOLLY (SENNES) SHORE (B.A.) STEPHANIE MASCOTT (B.B.A.) VERONICA (BOWDEN) DERSCH chology with an emphasis in marriage and husband Kenny welcomed son is a senior product manager at Upper (B.A.) married Raymond Dersch of and family therapy at Pepperdine Baxter on Feb. 8, 2005. They also Deck, where she’s been managing Anchorage, Alaska, on March 30, University. He has been working with have a daughter, Sadie Belle. the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game and 2005. Veronica is a criminal prosecu- teens who have attempted suicide at the AstroStyle board game. She also tor in her hometown of Overland least once. “I found my dream career, ROB ZAKIR (B.A.C.) is married has been traveling to Japan and Park, Kansas. and would be happy to offer informa- and has a 21/2-year-old daughter other places, and finding time to tion about it to other students,”he named Laliee. Rob is the vice enjoy friends and “the most beautiful KRYSLYNN (BRUMBAUGH) LAW says. His wife is completing her nurs- president of retail at a mortgage city of San Diego.” (B.A.) and her husband, Matt, wel- ing degree and expects to be a regis- banking company in San Diego’s comed their first child, daughter tered nurse in May. Sorrento Valley. LUIS MASSIEU (B.B.A.) recently Maya Vianne, on March 28, 2004. founded a new corporation, DIANA CARSON (B.A., M.ED. [1997] Apostilla.com, which offers docu- MARCELA GUERRA (B.A.) gradu- ‘00) was scheduled to publish her LISA (BERESFORD) BRIDGMAN ment legalization services. The com- ated from law school in December first children’s book, All the Muchos in (B.B.A, J.D. ‘01) and husband Dan pany headquarters are in New York, 1999 and was admitted to the Califor- the World, in January by Pauline Books proudly announced the birth of their with offices in London, Mexico City, nia Bar in June of 2000. She married on & Media. She also recently was select- son, Dylan Ryder, on Feb. 11, 2005. Los Angeles, Miami and Houston. Sept. 15, 2001, and had her first child, ed to serve on the board of directors Daniella, on June 19, 2005. for Protection & Advocacy Inc. JENNIFER BAILEY (B.A.) married RICH PAPAPIETRO (B.B.A. ‘97) Steve Bowhey on June 22, 2005. and wife Fran gave birth to their first NIKKI (IGIELSKI) BENSON DANIELLE FERRARA (B.A.) Jennifer is a fourth-generation man- child, Richard III, on Dec. 14, 2004. They (B.A.), husband Erik and son Riley bought a condo in San Diego’s ager of Olds-Olympic, her family’s recently moved to Saratoga, Calif. welcomed baby Kiernan into their Mission Valley recently. She works as petroleum company, and Steve is a family in March 2005. Nikki still works an investigator for the San Diego parole officer. They continue to care

SPRING 2006 43 TAMMI (SCHNAKENBERG) mooned in Fiji. USD alumni in the 2005. They also celebrated the sec- AMANDA (LEICHTFUSS) JACKSON (B.B.A) and her hus- wedding party were: Stacy Milazzo ond anniversary of their own restau- BALLESTEROS (B.A.) and Rene band had their first child, Jack Henry, (B.A.C. ‘98); Amy (Calhoun) Wu (B.A.C. rant, Pizza My Dear, in May 2005. Ballesteros (B.B.A. ‘00) celebrated on Nov. 8, 2004. ‘98); Christina Westler (B.B.A. ‘98); and their one-year anniversary in June Kris Shadoan (B.A.C. ‘98). Lisa is a CPA [1999] 2005. They live in Anaheim Hills, Calif. BRAD TALLMAN (J.D.) and wife and a manager with Deloitte & STEPHEN ARIETTA (B.B.A.) and Christa (Bardin) Tallman (J.D. ‘97) Touche in San Diego. Lisa and Pre- wife Marisol (Macias) Arietta (B.A. ‘99) MICHAEL CHIOCK (B.A.) married welcomed daughter Catherine on ston live in La Mesa. welcomed their first child, Taylor the former Alison Snodgrass on April Jan. 5, 2005. She joined big sister Christina, on March 1, 2005. Stephen 23, 2005, in Atlanta. Among USD Megan, 5, and brother Ryan, 3. The DR. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN continues to work as a manager at a alumni in attendance were: Stephen family lives in San Jose, Calif. (B.A.) recently began an internship Los Angeles consulting firm. Marisol Arietta (B.B.A. ‘99); Marisol (Macias) year of medical residency in pathology is in her fifth year of teaching first Arietta (B.A. ‘99); Matt Dunn [1998] at the University of Tennessee Medi- grade in Pasadena. The family lives in (B.B.A.’99); Joy (Berns) Dunn CHRISTOPHER CLEMO (B.A.) cal Center in Memphis. Monrovia, Calif. (B.B.A.’99); Ryan Barnhart (B.B.A. ‘00); just graduated from the Pratt Michael Hartshorne (B.A./B.S. ‘99); Institute, where he received a mas- THOMAS NEY (B.A.) married KAREN BRAIN (B.A., B.B.A.) Geoff Babbitt (B.A.C. ‘99); Stephanie ter’s in industrial design. Bronwyn Dickson on March 20, 2004, has worked as a Rainbow Educator Koeper (B.B.A. ‘99); David Karakas in Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. Friends and at USD since 1999 and also works in (B.B.A. ‘99); R.J. Pisciotta (B.A.C. ‘99); VERONICA CONTRERAS (B.A.) family, including best man Shawn children’s mental health. and Scott Kirk (B.A. ‘99). Michael and husband Ricardo Jaimes (B.B.A. Hermes (B.A. ‘98), attended. The cou- works for Accenture in Atlanta, and ‘96) report a new addition to the fam- ple met in San Francisco, where Tom CRISTOFER CABANILLAS Alison works for the Southern Co. ily. Diego Miguel Contreras Jaimes attended medical school. Tom is a (B.B.A.) married Shelley Francel, a was born June 20, 2005. “We are very resident physician and surgeon for University of California, San Diego, COLLEEN MULLALLY (B.A.) happy to introduce him to the USD Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Vallejo, alumna, in 2001. Cristofer is manag- began veterinary school at Ross family because in a few years, both Calif. Bronwyn is a marketing director ing portfolios in Monterey, Calif. He University after finishing USD. During he and Angelito, who is 11/2, will be for Sephora in San Francisco. finished the Executive Financial veterinary school, she lived on the attending USD just like their proud Planning Program at San Diego State island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. parents,”Veronica says. Adds Ricardo: JESSICA PEHLERT (B.A.) and her University in 2004 and passed the She spent her last year of school at “I want to thank my wife for giving husband welcomed their first baby, certified financial planner exam in Louisiana State University School of birth to our second son. She was Isabella, on March 1, 2005. Jessica November 2004. Daughter Ela Veterinary Medicine, where she grad- very brave, and I love her.” reports that she loves staying home Simone was born May 15, 2005. uated in January 2004. She returned with their beautiful baby girl. to the Los Angeles area and is now JASON FRIEND (B.A.) and his MICHELLE (DYE) MATTHIAS finishing an internship in the small wife, Holly, recently celebrated their JILL SMITH (B.A.) graduated from (B.B.A.) and her husband, Robert, animal and surgery disciplines with second wedding anniversary. They the California Western School of Law welcomed daughter Adreanne Rae, on plans to pursue a residency in small were married in Chicago and now in May 2005. From 1998 to 2003, she Nov. 23, 2004. Michelle’s husband is sta- animal emergency and critical care. live in Huntington Beach, Calif. She is worked in politics as a legislative poli- tioned at the U.S. Strategic Command a junior high teacher, and Jason is a cy aide for the San Diego County in Omaha, Neb. They also have a son, CLAIRE PATIN (B.A., M.ED. ‘03) mortgage broker. Board of Supervisors. Arland, who was born in May 2003. has been teaching high school math Michelle is enjoying being a stay-at- in San Diego at Francis Parker school ANGELA (TREVINO) GEORGE PATRICIA (SPARKS) WALSH home mother and will be returning to since the fall of 1999. She also coach- (B.A.) started her own gift basket (B.B.A.) married Dean Walsh in San Diego in September 2006. es the girls softball team and is the company, named after her daughter, Del Mar on July 9, 2005. They live in sophomore class adviser. She also is Brooklyn. For information, go to Orange County. Tricia is in her fifth CRISTINA GIAMPAOLI (B.A.) on the advisory board for the www.Brooklynsbaskets.com. year of teaching. married Matthew Rinaldi on May 14, International Center for Character 2005, in San Francisco. A black-tie Education, the headquarters of which MYRIAM (KNOP) THAMER MATTHEW STRAUHAL (B.B.A.) reception was held at the Fairmont is at USD. In her free time, Claire (B.A.) married Jeff Thamer in 2001, was married to Natalie Ballard on the Hotel. Nicole Alioto (B.B.A. ‘99) was enjoys participating in book clubs, and they had a baby in 2002. They Oregon coast on Oct. 2, 2004. The maid of honor, and Jennifer Dunn cooking clubs and adult softball now have three children, and Myriam couple had a small private ceremony (B.A. ‘99) was in the wedding, as was leagues. “I live in Mission Valley and stays home with them. With three on the Pacific Ocean. They met in the bride’s brother, Joseph Giampaoli enjoy all that San Diego has to offer,” babies, “they love to attend Mass 2003, when Matthew worked as a (B.B.A. ‘03). The couple bought a she says. together, but prefer to sit in the cry counselor for migrant students and house and live in Novato, Calif. room,”Myriam says. Natalie taught English. The couple HEIDI PETERSON (B.A.) married was living in Portland, Ore., until their PATRICK GILL (B.A., M.A. ‘01) Christopher Mayon (B.B.A. ‘00) in June JANINE LE FEUVRE STASSEN planned departure last summer to married Rebecca Yeasted, a graduate 2004. USD alumni in the wedding (B.A.) just finished her master’s in teach 10th-grade English in Quito, of the University of Notre Dame in party included: Mark Hoffmeister comparative literature and cultural Ecuador, for two years. Indiana, on July 31, 2005, in Orlando, (B.B.A. ‘99); Tony Bertocchini (B.B.A. ‘99); studies at the University of New Fla. Patrick and Rebecca live in Irvine, Andrew Firestone (B.B.A. ‘98); and Matt Mexico. She plans to continue teach- KATHERINE VITEK (B.A.) Calif. Patrick is a real estate broker Blangiardi (B.B.A. ‘00). ing English composition or French at received an M.Ed. specializing in associate for First Team Estates in the University of New Mexico. curriculum. Newport Beach, Calif., and Rebecca is KIM (PROVENCAL) OTERO in her second year of medical school (B.A.) is a resource specialist in the LISA (MCDANIELS) BIGGS (B.A.) CHRISTINA ZAMAN (B.B.A) and at University of California, Irvine, Poway Unified School District. She married Preston Biggs on April 17, her husband welcomed their second working toward becoming a family married Mark Otero (B.A. ‘97) in July 2005, in La Jolla. The couple honey- child, Samantha Isabelle, on March 7, practice pediatrician. 2002 in Del Mar. The couple bought a

44 USD MAGAZINE home in May 2003, and their first in Sacramento, Calif., and recruit for Rosario previously was an assistant at real estate transaction management baby, Andrew Ryan, was born Feb. 7, McGeorge during the fall. Cumberland College in Kentucky, firm, of which he is a co-founder. 2005. Kim completed a master’s in where he helped the team reach the educational administration in June ERICA BIXBY (B.B.A.) married NAIA national tournament in three of AMY BURKHARTSMEYER (B.A.) 2004. Mark works for the Scripps Matthew Upshur on July 30 in his four seasons, including in 2004 graduated from Chicago College of Institution of Oceanography after Founders Chapel. She met Matthew when the Patriots captured the Mid- Osteopathic Medicine in May 2005, completing his master’s degree at the when she moved to Michigan for a South Conference regular season and is starting her residency in emer- University of California, Santa Barbara. job. She works on the Circuit City title. Brian also expected to graduate gency medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital account at Doner Advertising in with a master’s degree in middle in Bethlehem, Penn. DANIELA REALI FERRARI (B.A., Michigan. school in May. J.D. ‘02) began working as a deputy ELISA (WIECH) CADWELL (B.A., public defender in San Diego in KRISTIN (MCMAHON) MARLA SEBILIAN (M.B.A.) and M.ED. ‘03) works as a high school July 2005. COVARRUBIAS (B.A.) teaches a Garient Evans (B.A. ‘98) married on teacher with disadvantaged, inner- bilingual first-grade class. She says May 14, on Coronado Island. The fol- city students. The work is challeng- JACK REXROAD (B.A.),aNavy her daughter, Tori, recently celebrat- lowing alumni were in attendance: ing, yet rewarding, she writes. Elisa Reserve petty officer second class, ed her first birthday. Leeza (Agranonik) Pierce (M.B.A. ‘00); says she’s nearly recovered from a reported being in a routine deploy- Emilie Hersh (M.B.A. ‘00); Joe Rainey motorcycle accident in 2003 and ment in Camp Patriot, Kuwait. As of KATHLEEN (BERG) GALINDO (M.B.A. ‘00); Kris Alandy (B.A. ‘98); Eric thanks her friends for their thoughts mid-2005, Rexroad’s unit was work- (B.A.) recently completed the first Karakis (B.B.A. ‘98); and Dean and prayers. ing with the Army to provide critical year of a two-year master’s program Rossman (B.A. ‘98). Garient is halfway combat logistics support to soldiers in TESOL, Teaching English to through his M.B.A. program at Duke COOPER C’DE BACA (B.B.A.) and Marines in Iraq and Kuwait. Speakers of Other Languages, with a University, and Marla manages loan married wife Kelly on June 24. He’s certificate in language program operations for a regional bank in teaching algebra at Saddleback High JASON SCHULTZ (B.B.A.) mar- administration. She also is employed Chapel Hill, N.C. School in Santa Ana, Calif. He also ried Erin O’Neill on Jan. 15 in their by her school, Northern California’s coaches freshman football at Mission hometown of Anaheim Hills, Calif. Monterey Institute for International LINCOLN SMITH (M.B.A.) and Viejo High School. “I love teaching USD alumni in the wedding party Studies, as an ESL teacher for its spe- his wife, Shannon, celebrated the and would recommend it to anyone included: Tony Bertocchini (B.B.A. ‘99); cial programs. So far, Kathleen has birth of their daughter, Sara-Kate who is unsure about a career,”he says. Matt Swan (B.A. ‘99); Jen Schultz (B.A. worked with two different groups of Mabel, in March 2005. Sara-Kate is ‘01); and Jenay Llewellyn (B.B.A. ‘01). university students from Japan, and joined by her brother, Aidan, 2. The KAREN (BANKS) CHILD (M.A.) says it’s been a wonderful experience. family lives in Boston, where Lincoln and her husband, Brandon Ogden, CRAIG UHLENKOTT (B.B.A.) was On the side, she also offers private is the director of business develop- had a baby boy named Luke Ogden married to Nicole Lagomarsino on Spanish tutoring for children, and ment for Heritage Marketing and on Nov. 29, 2004. July 2, 2005, in San Francisco. Nicole teaches 10 hours a week of water aer- Incentives Inc. is a graduate of California State obics at the Monterey Sports Center. RACHEL DANJCZEK (B.A.) University, San Marcos. The wedding “I guess you could say I’ve been MANDI URBAN (J.D., M.ED. ‘03) expected in the fall to start a two- party included: David Fizdale (B.A. keeping busy,”Kathleen says. and her husband, Christopher Lester, year master of education program at ‘97); Justin Jackson (B.A. ‘00) and Luis “I only wish it were as warm in celebrated the birth of a baby boy, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Victorio (B.A.C. ‘00). The couple is Monterey as it is in San Diego. I miss Henry Thomas, on Dec. 23, 2004. Penn. “I still keep in touch with many living and working in San Diego. that weather.” of my Kappa sisters,”she says, “and JOHN WILKES (B.A.) teaches miss the good times in San Diego.” STEPHANIE PETTIGREW (B.A.) math at Ponderosa High School, and married Cameron Wilson (B.A. ‘00) on builds houses on the side. He also NAVY LT. CMDR. PATRICK 2000s July 23 in the Point Loma area of San volunteers, along with his wife, FOEGE (M.S.G.L.) recently Diego. Many USD alumni were in Deanne, as a Young Life leader in received his third Navy and Marine [2000] attendance. Stephanie and Cameron California’s El Dorado County. Corps Commendation Medal while PAUL ADLER (B.A.) is a graduate live in Richmond, Va., where Cameron serving as the maintenance officer student at USD’s School of is in his third year of medical school [2001] and detachment officer in charge Leadership and Education Sciences. and where Stephanie works as a AMY APPRILL (B.A.) received a while assigned to Helicopter Combat He attended the Semester at Sea’s proofreader for a company that does master of science in biological Support Squadron Four, in Pearl Teachers At Sea Voyage during marketing for college admissions. oceanography from the University of Harbor, Hawaii. Patrick achieved a Summer 2005. Paul lives in San Hawaii. Now she is pursuing a Ph.D. 100-percent mission completion rate Diego’s Mission Valley and is the ath- DR. JEFFREY RAMOS (B.A.) degree in the same field from the while leading four aircraft detach- letic director at The Nativity School, a reports that after graduating in 2004 same university. ments of more than 50 personnel private Catholic elementary school in from the Medical College of Virginia to Rota, Spain, and Istanbul, Turkey. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. in Richmond, Va., he entered a psy- DEVON BOZLINSKI (B.A.) says He also was dedicated to improving chiatry internship at the University of she’s been working for more than training, resulting in a 40 percent MICHELLE ANDERSON (B.A.) California, San Diego. He found, how- two years for SAIC. She says the com- increase in maintenance qualifications. reported that she and Colleen Warren ever, that his true calling is internal pany is government contracted for (B.B.A.) expected to graduate in May medicine, so he was expecting to the Navy Marine Mammal Program, RON GERMAINE (ED.D.) complet- from the University of Pacific’s School leave psychiatry for an internal medi- where she is a dolphin trainer. ed the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on of Law. Both women are taking the cine residency. June 5. This was his first marathon, California Bar exam, at the end of STEVEN K. BRUMER (LL.M.) for which he began training earlier in July. Colleen will be moving to BRIAN ROSARIO (B.B.A.) is an serves as chief financial officer and the year. Orange County, Calif., after the bar assistant coach for the women’s bas- general counsel to Real Estate exam and Michelle planned to stay ketball team at Cornell University. Consulting Group Inc., a San Diego

SPRING 2006 45 ADITI GUPTA (B.B.A., M.B.A./ M.S.I.T. ‘05) says after working for a year and a half in San Diego, she received her master’s degree. “I am now a proudly certified M.B.A. and Master of Science IT graduate,”she says.

KIMBERLY HARVEY (B.B.A.) married Kristoffer Kalmbach (B.A. ‘01) on April 9 in Sacramento, Calif. The following USD alumni were in the wedding party: Brian Harvey (B.B.A. ‘98); Makenzie (Nichols) Harvey (B.A. ‘98); Stephanie Casagrande (B.A. ‘01); Gina Romano (B.B.A. ‘01); Ross Bourne (B.B.A. ‘01); and Kris Swanson (B.A. ‘01). The couple honeymooned in Barbados and live in Sacramento.

CHRISTOPHE HEDGES (B.B.A.) recently was hired as a marketing director for Hedges Family Estate. He handles all marketing needs and emphasizes wine sales for Hedges in all key East Coast markets. He also owns a five-acre vineyard on Red Mountain, Washington state’s pre- The Guatemala Projects medical team (bottom right) brought medical supplies to treat mier growing region. His wife, about 450 patients in two remote villages. (At left) Doctors, nurses and dentists treated Maggie, who also is a business part- entire families. (Top right) Two sisters wait in line to be seen. ner in the vineyard, works for Hedges Family Estate as the logistics director and private club account manager. They married on Aug. 21, 2004. [take care] ERICA KLEIN (B.B.A.) and Tyler Huebner (B.B.A. ‘01) were married on ON A MEDICAL MISSION July 2, in La Cañada, Calif. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii, and now by Krystn Shrieve live in Long Beach, Calif. his summer, hundreds biotics and pain relievers, but a with computer equipment. of men, women and lot of what we dealt with was They also treated about 450 KRISTEN (KREUZER) NIELSEN T children who live in parasite infestation,”says patients, down from the 1,200 (B.A.) says she moved to Stavanger, remote Guatemalan villages Palmer, who describes the signs patients they saw during her Norway, after Jeppe Nielsen (B.B.A. ‘99, M.B.A. ‘01) completed his M.B.A. without sewers or running as a bloated stomach and first trip in 2003. She says that and they were married in Oslo in water — and who in some abdominal pain. “There’s a lack this is a good sign, proving that June 2002. They welcomed their cases were suffering from dis- of clean water and the most people have been visiting the beautiful daughter, Hanne, on Dec. 4, ease due to lack of medical basic sanitation, so parasites clinics the organization had set 2003, and moved to Oslo in June treatment — walked two hours are a big problem.” up during previous trips. 2004. Jeppe enjoys working as a sales on dirt roads to reach makeshift For the last 12 years, the “Next summer the Guatemala representative for the family business medical clinics set up by Debra Guatemala Project, under the Project will go to a village called and keeping up on his golf game. Kristen is busy working as a Palmer ‘87 (M.S.N.), a nurse auspices of the San Diego dis- Xeavaj, with a population of 1,000 Montessori preschool teacher and practitioner who was there on trict of the United Methodist people, 400 of whom are chil- staying active as a member of the a medical mission. Church, has sent construction dren,”Palmer says. “We’re build- American Women’s Club of Oslo. Palmer, who works at San and medical teams to build ing a school and will send a med- Both enjoy visiting California Diego’s Kaiser Permanente, led houses, schools, churches, ical team the following summer. frequently and taking advantage a medical team to two rural vil- trade schools and health clinics We’re always looking for volun- of the changing climate at home. lages as part of a program in the country, which has been teers for the medical teams and SEVAN SETIAN (B.A.) graduated called the Guatemala Project. in civil war since the 1960s. need doctors, nurses, dentists, in 2004 with a J.D. degree from She and her team set up one This summer’s sojourn was pharmacists and podiatrists. All Loyola Law School. He passed the bar camp in the mountain commu- Palmer’s third trip to the region. those skills are in great need.” examination in July 2004 and works nity of Patalup, and another in During the 10-day trip, team at a law firm in Los Angeles. a town called Chontolá. members stocked a pharmacy For more information, go to “We brought a lot of anti- and outfitted a local school www.guatemalaproject.org.

46 USD MAGAZINE CHRISTINE (MOTSCHMAN) TIMOTHY SEAMAN (M.A.) quali- Dentistry, pursuing a career in either Reserve shortly after the terrorist WANNER (B.A., B.B.A ‘01) lives fied for the 2004 Olympic team in the orthodontics or pediatric dentistry. attacks on 9/11 and served as a pla- in San Francisco and expected to 20-kilometer racewalk at the U.S.A. toon leader at the Army Medical receive her nursing degree in June Track and Field Olympic Trials. This ALISA LEDBETTER (J.D.) married Department Officer Basic Course. from the University of California, San was his second Olympic team, and he William Reising Jr. (J.D. ‘03) on July 30 After graduating from USD, he Francisco’s School of Nursing. She says it was a great honor to represent at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in earned his master’s degree in health accepted a position at Lucille Packard his country, family and the University Dana Point, Calif. The following alumni administration from the University of Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., of San Diego. were members of the wedding party: Southern California. He currently in the pediatric cardiovascular inten- Melissa A. Cheney (J.D. ‘03); Amanda serves as a staff officer with the 4211 sive care unit. Christine expected to MONICA SULLIVAN (J.D.) and Holguin (J.D. ‘03); and Brian LeMoine U.S. Army Hospital in San Diego. He continue at UCSF in the fall to pursue her husband, David, joyously (J.D. ‘04). Bill and Alisa returned to also works as a government contrac- a master’s of science in nursing to announce the birth of their son, their respective practices in Orange tor to the Naval Medical Center San become a critical care/trauma clinical Carter Avery, on March 1. Monica will County, Calif., after honeymooning Diego, and serves as a board member nurse specialist, a program she hopes continue her position as law clerk to in Hawaii. for the San Diego Organization of to complete in June 2008. the Honorable Thomas J. Whelan in Healthcare Executives. the U.S. District Court following an MEGAN ROBERTSON (B.A.) and [2002] extended maternity leave. Blake VanderGeest (B.A. ‘03) were PATRICK CUNNINGHAM (B.A.) married in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., spent more than two years as a Peace GINGER WHITE (B.A.) expected on Oct. 2, 2004. The following alumni In Memoriam Corps volunteer in the Dominican to start her third year of veterinary were members of the wedding party: Republic. Then he worked at a school at the University of California, Emily Slama (B.A. ‘03); Kasey ROSANNE (BIANE) BACINO salmon run in Alaska. During the Davis, in the fall. She planned to be in Henrickson (B.A. ‘03); Jenny Morgan (B.A. ‘57) passed away on Dec. 1, summer, he expected to move to San Diego over the summer, partici- (B.A. ‘03); and Charlie Ruce (B.A. ‘03). 2004. “My beautiful bride passed Costa Rica. pating in an externship program at away from complications of breast the San Diego Pet Emergency and ALYSON ROICE (B.A./B.S.) cancer,”wrote her husband, Vincent ANTHONY GENARO (B.B.A.) Specialty Center. moved to Northern California to a small Bacino. runs his own music management and town outside of San Francisco, where concert promotion firm and also is ERIC WOHL (B.B.A.) started a new she works as behavioral consultant BARBARA (MINER) SOREM (J.D. starting two new business ventures. commercial real estate brokerage com- with a nonprofit organization called ‘76), a former senior research attor- pany and is working on retail shopping P.L.A.Y., Psychology, Learning and You. ney for the Court of Appeals in both KIMBERLY KRAUSS (J.D.) says centers. He also just bought a house in P.L.A.Y. serves children with behavioral San Diego and Los Angeles, passed after graduating from law school she Newport Beach, Calif. and social or emotional difficulties. It away on Dec. 22, 2004, in San Diego. went on to get her M.B.A. at Loyola specializes in working with children Marymount University in Los Angeles. [2003] with Autism Spectrum Disorder. CHERYL NICHOLS (B.A. ‘72) Then she moved back to San Diego DAVID BERG (B.A.) has been trav- passed away on May 4, 2005. and was hired as a corporate in-house eling and working in Central America. MEAGAN (TINKER) SANTOS counsel for Credit Solutions. She’s He now is back in the United States, (B.A.) says her husband, Ricardo, been with the company for more than working in Washington state. is a sergeant in the Marine Corps. a year and says she really enjoys it. Meagan teaches in Oceanside, Calif. Send Class Notes SACHA BOUTROS (B.B.A.) is a JAIME LOBDELL (B.A.) received jazz singer and composer who ERIKA SHARP-CASTILLO (B.A.) Send class notes to one of the following a master’s in public health from the performs in the San Diego area and has been a project manager for an addresses and we’ll get them in St. George’s University School of nationally. Her music frequently environmental company called USD Magazine as soon as possible. Medicine and was the valedictorian plays on the radio. She also started Gaston & Associates in Irvine, Calif., Class notes may be edited for space. speaker at her graduation. She is a small entertainment company for the past two years. She lives in Engagements, pregnancies, personal continuing at the university in her that books music for weddings Laguna Hills, Calif., but expected to e-mail addresses and telephone third year and expected her clinical and events. transfer back to San Diego in the fall numbers cannot be published. rotation at New York Methodist to work for the company. Hospital in Brooklyn to start in the fall. BASIL CONSIDINE (B.A.) just E-mail: [email protected] completed his first year of seminary CLAUDIA VALENCIA (B.A.) works Web site: www.sandiego.edu/usdmag SERENA LONG (B.A.) graduated at Boston University, studying sacred in a law firm in downtown San Diego. U.S. Mail: USD Magazine Class Notes, in May from University of California music. He is active as a composer in Office of Publications and Marketing Hastings College of the Law. the Boston area. [2005] Communications, University of San 2ND LT. NIKKI SIDDALL (B.S.) 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