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University of San Diego /Spring 2007 Bykillingeachother’Schildren USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO /SPRING 2007 BYKILLINGEACHOTHER’SCHILDREN. TOGETHERINPEACE WECANNOTLEARNHOWTOLIVE USD MAGAZINE I NJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO / SPRING 2007 CONTENTST HE STORY ALWAYS OLD AND ALWAYS NEW. FEATURES M AY PEACE BE WITH YOU. 14 / WHY IS THERE WAR? 20 / GREETING THE How can we not be perplexed by war, the destroyer of TENSE NEW DAWN families, of cities, and of nations? A political science When the people took to professor ponders the big questions. the streets in Nepal, the IPJ was there. 16 / BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS PEACEISITSOWNREWARD. Training graduates to cool off global hot spots isn’t easy, 30 / BACK FROM but USD’s School of Peace Studies and the Joan B. Kroc THE BRINK Institute for Peace & Justice are up to the task. As Oct. 2006, the bloodiest 24 month in a year for U.S. troops in Iraq, wound down, 24 / THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS DEPARTMENTS Chris Simonds ’05 was Military defense attorney Neal A. Puckett ’89 (L.L.M.) thankful to be alive after doesn’t shy away from high-profile clients. Why should he? AROUND THE PARK taking a bullet in the back. He’s never lost a case. 4 / Commitment to Safety It’s a big responsibility, but Public Safety has BEAD BY BEAD. a handle on keeping students safe on campus. CLASS NOTES USDMAGAZINE 6 / Fresh New Look 10 CAMPAIGN CORNER CLASS NOTES USD’s revamped logo is part of the university’s push to 32 / The Future is Now 36 / Maritime Man reinforce Catholicity and brand itself for the 21st century. $200 million Capital Cam- Coast Guard Captain William Uberti 7 / Save the Date paign supports USD’s vision oversees San Francisco’s waterways. Autism Conference, Grandparents Weekend, Kyoto Laureate for the future: educating 36 30WOUNDS INTO WISDOM. 41 / Life During Wartime Symposium, Alumni Honors. students who are globally Rebuilding public services for Iraqi is a tough job. competent, ethical leaders. ON THE COVER: 8 / Serenity Seekers That’s why they called in Joe Ghougassian. POINT OF VIEW Illustration by School of Peace Studies students Monya Kian, Yusuf Gawany and 12 / The Chrysalis Effect ALUMNI UPDATE 44 / Teaching the Teacher Barbara Ferguson Zacharia Akol are blazing a trail of peace around the globe. Journalist Scott Heidler ’90 34 / Paying it Forward While bombs fell in Israel and Lebanon, Donald De Angelo TORERO ATHLETICS and his fiance set out to USD is the reason that made a deeper connection with his own Catholic faith. 10 / We are the Champions reveal the raw, unfiltered Maureen (Gavron) Partynski 47 / Remembering the Fallen Toreros top mid-major program in an unprecedented experiences of post-Taliban ’82 is dedicated to volunteer- Joshua Palmer lost his life in the spring of 2004, but his season that ends with no regrets and an eye toward the Afghan women in their new ing time and money to her memory lives on through family and friends. future. Also: Basketball forward Nir Cohen and more. book, Parwana. 12 community. SPRING 2007 1 EDITORIAL LICENSE USD MAGAZINE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [editor] Julene Snyder [email protected] [counterpoints] [valor] [class notes editor] Fall 2006) — on my doorstep. Meaningful Discourse alongside Edna Harper to create Kelly Knufken [email protected] Wow! What a spread! It looks In the last issue of USD Magazine the hillside topiary for many NEXT OF KIN beautiful, and the story is great. (Fall 2006), we ran a story about years is Pedro Duran Vidal, a [art director] Barbara Ferguson I can't thank you enough for a topiary garden at the home of 36-year-old man from Oaxaca, The answers to big questions begin with simply listening [email protected] the wonderful story, the beautiful Alex Harper ’83 (J.D.) and his wife, Mexico. [proofreading] pictures and your opinion that my Edna, titled “Green Elephants and In a recent meeting with mem- y father never liked to talk about the war. Nonetheless, we somehow found out that he Fawnee Evnochides life and music were worth creating Leafy Pyramids.” It was meant to bers of the university’s Committee all the aforementioned for. What be a light-hearted piece celebrat- on Inclusion and Diversity and fought in the Pacific Theater, that he was in the Air Force, that he saw combat. We [feature photographer] M Marsall Williams a heartwarming welcome home ing a hillside wonderland filled the editor of this magazine, ideas knew from photos he kept in a shoebox, high on a shelf, that he looked impossibly young in [illustrators] and a tangible measure of my with whimsical greenery. were exchanged on how USD Barbara Ferguson own life. Thank you, thank you. Unfortunately, in our attempt Magazine’s goals can continually 1943, and that when the camera was pointed his way, he tended to squint, just a little, and that Alan Burch — Brigitte DeMeyer ’86 to craft an entertaining and strive to remain in line with the he seemed fit and trim and ready for anything. We knew that he came home without visible [web design manager] colorful story, we ran a caption mission of our university, and to Michael James Great cover piece on a very special that could be preceived as insen- actively and foster cultural diver- wounds, and we knew, somehow, without him saying a word, that not all of his buddies made it. [email protected] Wowzers! fellow alum, Brigitte DeMeyer. The sitive and offensive. The text in sity. We are grateful for the He’s been gone a long time now — over 15 years — and I still find myself wishing I’d found out more about [web site] I love your most recent issue of music is outstanding, and I would question describes the topiary’s opportunity to hear the concerns www.sandiego.edu/usdmag USD Magazine (Fall 2006). My hus- have never heard it had it not been gardener in the following of all members of the university his time “over there.”It shaped him, I think, in a fundamental way, and perhaps made him the man he was. band, Ben Mosley ’00, and for your article. I’m still living my manner: “See the little guy in the community and welcome the He was a stickler for good grammar, loved words and ideas above all else, and immersed himself in academia UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO I have lived all around the world double life (as an investment coun- front wearing a hat? That’s a input of all of those who take since graduating from USD and selor/musician) and am enjoying ‘self-portrait’ of Pedro, the full- pride in the University of San Diego, for his entire career. For the most part, his experiences in WWII remained private. When he died, I found myself [president] getting married in Founders every minute of it! time gardener who helps bring its mission and its magazine. Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D. sifting through that stack of photos, wishing I’d asked more questions, listened more closely, learned more Chapel. We are always so proud — Jim Hitchcock ’83 all this whimsy to life.” We take great care to make sure [vice president of to share our university with new As was subsequently pointed that each issue of USD Magazine details, no matter how hard they may have been to hear. university relations] Timothy L. O’Malley friends. We are incredibly thankful I just wanted to thank you for the out, this description is insulting reflects the diversity of our campus A few weeks ago,I had a call to make, and I was hesitant to pick up the phone. But when I reached Jackie for USD and all that it has to offer story on Brigitte DeMeyer. I thor- and hurtful to some members community, and welcome this [assistant vice president its students. May God continue oughly enjoyed learning how of the university community. reminder that we need to be ever- Kennedy, she was so delighted to talk to me that I was glad I’d called. “I love for people to talk about Joshua,” of university marketing and creative services] to bless this amazing place! Brigitte is chasing her dream and Specific concerns included that vigilant in the ways that we show she said. Her son, Platoon Commander Joshua Palmer ’01, had been killed in Fallujah, Iraq in the spring of Coreen Petti — Robin (Perkins) Mosley ’01 how happy she is. If I close my eyes, the gardener was diminished in respect for all members of the I can see wonderful memories of status by being referred to as communities that the magazine 2004. When I explained that the next USD Magazine would be a theme issue focusing on war and peace, [usd magazine] is published by the University of Wow! USD Magazine is really fan- Brigitte driving her blue convertible “the little guy,” a familiar, unpro- and the university serve. she was delighted to talk about her son’s ultimate sacrifice. San Diego for its alumni, parents tastic. I look forward to reading Volkswagen Bug through campus, fessional and arguably demeaning Our genuine apologies are and friends. Editorial offices: USD every issue, and the photos are and I start smiling as I remember characterization. Furthermore, offered. While it was never our She told me not just about the day he died, when he and his troops had cornered a sniper that had been Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá superb. Ms. Snyder’s “Editorial her infectious smile and laugh. the gardener is called by his first intent to be insensitive or hurtful, firing upon another platoon, but about his love of children, and how he’d shared many a meal with Iraqi Park, San Diego, CA 92110.
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