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The Magazine of San Diego State University Summer 2006 360

Welcome to 360 online! To increase the type size for easier reading, change the percentage field in your toolbar or use the settings found under the “view” tab. To jump from one article to another, use the “table of contents” or “thumbnail” links under the tabs to the left. If no tabs appear, click on the navigation Health-bent on Lif Lifee SDSU faculty help San Diegans live longer and stronger. symbol in your toolbar to reveal them. Historic Murals Depression-eraDepression-era art rediscovered in Hardy Tower.

Behind BarsBars An up closeclose and personalpersonal look at California prisons.

I Can Hear Music The 60-year history of the SDSU carillon. his year, the Carnegie Foundation for the In fact, SDSU is recognized as a regional model TAdvancement of Teaching revised its classification of for integrating research into the undergraduate doctorate-granting institutions. The new classifica- curriculum. The Western Association of Schools tion is good news for San Diego State University. and Colleges (WASC) committee that recommended We are now identified as a research university with our reaccreditation last year also cited the university high research activity, placing us among the top for its research initiatives. 200 research universities in the country. We share that classification with peers, including Georgetown The cover story in this issue spotlights eight San University, George Washington University and Diego State faculty members whose work impacts the Oklahoma State University. fields of public health and health-related science. Their applied research targets individuals at risk The new ranking has positive implications for for a variety of chronic illnesses. Their discoveries the students, faculty, staff and alumni of San Diego improve the welfare of entire communities, particu- State. It signifies the high priority we place on larly our own. The grants they have secured and the research and the tremendous success of our faculty research programs they have built allow thousands of and staff in securing research grants and contracts. students to gain hands-on, real-world experience in Of the 1,102 grant proposals submitted by faculty in their chosen fields before graduation. 2004-2005, more than 70 percent were accepted and funded, for a total of $129 million in grants and con- At San Diego State, we have the intellectual horse- tracts. Staff at the SDSU Research Foundation play power, the energy, the imagination and the ambition Direc a critical role in this success, assisting faculty with to do great things. Our faculty-driven research pro- tionsthe highly competitive research proposal process. grams empower students to become the best in their fields as they prepare to play leading roles in One reflection of our commitment to expanding California’s dynamic economy. research opportunities is the growth in degree programs offered on campus. In the last 10 years, we increased that number from 149 to 168, and more than 70 percent of the new degrees were in graduate and doctorate programs. Over the same period, we Stephen L. Weber, president expanded opportunities for undergraduate students to San Diego State University participate in meaningful research under the guidance of faculty in a broad range of disciplines. 360The Magazine of San Diego State University (ISSN 1543-7116) is published quarterly by SDSU Marketing & Communications and dis- tributed to members of the SDSU Alumni Association, faculty, staff and friends.

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DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Theresa M. Mendoza Vice President Allan Bailey Features Departments360 Chief Financial & Information Officer Jack Beresford Mural, Mural on the Wall Assistant Vice President The discovery of historic art in Hardy Memorial Directions Alumni Angles Marketing & Communications Jim Herrick Tower leads to restoration efforts. From President Aztecs for Life Executive Director, Alumni Association Stephen L. Weber 27 We welcome mail from our readers. 12 2 Please submit your comments to: Health-bent on Life By Degrees 360 Magazine Update Marketing & Communications SDSU researchers are taking on the most serious health Pedro Parra 5500 Campanile Drive problems in America. Campus News 30 San Diego CA 92182-8080 6 Fax: (619) 594-5956 E-mail: [email protected] 16 Read 360 Magazine online at Philanthropy www.sdsu.edu/360 Behind Bars Making a Difference Periodical postage paid at San Diego, CA On a tour of California prisons, students come 26 Volume 13, No. 2, copyright 2006 face-to-face with convicted felons. San Diego State University Postmaster: 22 Send address changes to: Information Services San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182-8035

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Gold medal winner, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Update

Long on Football received the 2005 Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, By the time the whistle sounds to which recognizes outstanding signal the beginning of the college leadership in the U.S. Army’s football season, Chuck Long will field environment (See Class have been Aztec football coach Notes for 2004 winner – for eight months. That’s a long also an SDSU alum). Mungie time to think about how to build served as task force fire support a confident team and draw fans to officer with 1-21st Infantry QUALCOMM Stadium to support Battalion in Iraq and is scheduled the Red and Black. to be redeployed there as battery commander with the 2-11th Long already has a few ideas. Field Artillery Batallion …Ivan Previously offensive coordinator Hernandez just completed a for the University of Oklahoma, seven-week run as the lead in the he has hired seven new coaches. La Jolla Playhouse production of Together with Long, they have “Zhivago.” A 1998 graduate of the 75 bowl games, 15 conference SDSU musical theatre program, championships and six national Hernandez recently made his New championships under their York City Opera debut as Joe in collective belts. “The Most Happy Fella”…Have you heard Generation Y Radio? Long intends to get San Diegans, It’s a weekly talk show on 103.7 particularly Aztecs, “personally Free FM (CBS Radio) hosted by three involved with the football pro- young San Diegans, gram.” He wants to begin a weekly including Aztecs radio or television show – on cam- John Fiske pus – featuring star players. “We’ll and Kris White. make campus appearances a regular They pitch the occurrence,” Long said. program as an alternative to He is also asking SDSU students, the “old and crusty” commen- faculty and alumni to actively par- tators on the airwaves…May ticipate in the football program by "Today's world lacks a 2006 SDSU grad Rachelle calling a favorite play to be used Lim received a $15,000 in an upcoming game. The con- moral political leader." fellowship from the Windgate FALL 2005 | tributor’s name will be announced Foundation, which recognizes sdsu.edu/360 on the air. promising young artists. A Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize jeweler and metalworker, Lim Aztec Intelligence winner, Solidarity union organizer and plans to build her own studio and visit museums across the Poland's first non-communist president Capt. Timothy Mungie, a 1997 country to research Chinese- College of Business graduate, speaking“ at SDSU on April 28, 2006. American art.

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To paraphrase William Shakespeare,“that which we call a bell by any other name would sound as sweet.”

San Diego State’s campanile, also known as the chimes or carillon, peals every quarter hour across campus, delighting listeners with melodies both familiar and original. Housed in Hardy Memorial Tower, the carillon is also a sensory feature of major campus activities, including commencement and homecoming.

The SDSU Retirement Association recently donated funds for an expansion of the carillon. Its $25,000 gift will pay for the purchase and installation in July of 100 additional bells, for a total of 244.

“The SDSU Retirement Association has great respect for what the carillon represents,” said Kathie Ross, current president. “All of our members have come to value the carillon over time. It’s something that isn’t specific to a department or division. It belongs to the campus.”

The carillon holds a special place in SDSU history. A donation of 25 chimes from Sen. and Mrs. Ed Fletcher in 1946 commemorated San Diego State College’s 50th anniversary and served as a memorial to Aztecs killed in action. Twice in the next 40 years, the Ed and Mary Fletcher Foundation, through Associated Students, expanded the installation. In 1968, it became a carillon and in 1985, a digital chronobell.

Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Lipinsky’s gift in 1992 extended the reach of the Fletcher Carillon to the southeast corner of campus via remote speakers and amplifiers in Lipinsky Tower. More than 100 bells were added in 2001 and 2003.

“The Retirement Association’s gift enables us to complete the carillon expansion as it was designed in 1985,” said Terry O’Donnell, professor in the School of Music. SDSU’s resident carillonneur since 1963, O’Donnell has written dozens of original songs for the bells. “Once the installation is complete,” he said, “we will realize the full potential of the instru- ment. Listeners will hear the carillon as never before.”

– Lorena Nava

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Cream of the Crop

Did you know that all four of the current San Diego County Teachers of the Year are SDSU alums?

Illustration: Tom Voss Photo: Alan Decker Illustration: Tom Voss Karen Anglin from Campo Elementary School earned an M.A. in elementary curriculum & instruction from SDSU in 2000. Photo Opportunity Door to the World Homeland Harmony make the most of their technical relating to safety and injury budgets by providing unbiased prevention. They compile the A master of the photographic San Diego State University San Diego State has received information necessary to develop results in a weekly email Guillermo Gomez completed the multiple subject arts world joins San Diego ranks second in the nation a half-million-dollar grant common technical solutions.” update sent without charge bilingual cross-cultural language and academic State University in August among universities of its type from the City of San Diego to to safety professionals and development (BCLAD) teaching credential in as director of the School of for students studying abroad evaluate homeland security SDSU staff will evaluate tools researchers in 186 countries. Art, Design and Art History. that could help agencies in the 1996. He works at Vista Square Elementary. in the latest “Open Doors” technologies for local fire, law Arthur Ollman, founding exec- report by the Institute for enforcement and emergency region detect potential threats; When the site first took to utive director of the Museum International Education. response agencies. respond quickly and precisely the Web in 2000, it served Keith Koelzer, who teaches math at Rancho of Photographic Arts (MoPA) to disaster sites or other areas SDSU faculty as a research Bernardo High School, and Erin McPeek in San Diego, will lead SDSU’s The ranking is based on the As part of the project, SDSU of need; and communicate tool. Today, Lawrence says he professionally active faculty of large data sets – maps, video doesn’t mind the many hours Mangahis, a teacher at Patrick Henry total number of students – technology experts will assess artists, designers, historians, 1,115 – who studied abroad potential technologies to ensure or sensor information – across required to keep pace with the High School, both earned M.A. degrees critics and educators. during 2003-2004. That their compatibility with equip- local jurisdictions. demands of a site that serves in secondary curriculum & instruction at SDSU. number rose to 1,220 for ment used by the various agen- thousands. His was in 1990; hers in 2004. During his 23-year tenure 2004-2005, and is expected cies. They will also establish a Safety First at MoPA, Ollman curated to continue growing. clearinghouse of information “If it helps others in their more than 70 exhibitions and about competing products. It’s a blogger’s dream – a Web mission to make people safer, Another SDSU grad, Stan Murphy, was grew the museum’s permanent SDSU’s goal is to have at least site built on personal interest it’s worth it,” said Lawrence. California State Teacher of the Year and collection to more than 9,000 30 percent of each graduating “San Diego State University’s that attracts 24,000 readers. “SafetyLit is an obsession of a finalist for U.S. Teacher of the Year in 2005. objects. Most major figures in class spend one full semester assistance will be invaluable to Welcome to SafetyLit.org, mine, professionally and per- the world of images visited brainchild of SDSU public sonally. A lot of times, people He earned an M.A. in educational administra- or summer term abroad. law enforcement, fire and emer- the museum during Ollman’s gency response departments health professor David Lawrence. don't collect evidence before tion/supervision in 1996. Murphy teaches stewardship. The 10 most popular destina- across the county,” said Jill making safety-related deci- American History at San Diego High School. tions for SDSU students in Olen, deputy chief operating Lawrence and his small group sions, such as the safer car Previously, Ollman served as 2003-2004 were Mexico, officer for public safety and of staff and volunteers continu- to buy or what type of child president of the board of direc- the United Kingdom, Spain, homeland security for the City ously search more than 2,600 restraint seat to use. But tors of CAMERAWORK, a France, Cuba, Italy, Australia, of San Diego. “This project will scholarly journals, conference there’s a lot of information non-profit gallery he helped to Costa Rica, Chile and help every local agency involved proceedings and government out there and people don’t establish in San Francisco. Germany. in protecting our communities reports worldwide for articles need to take risks.”

10 SUMMER 2006 | sdsu.edu/360 [email protected] | 360 MAGAZINE 11 Mural, on n a drowsy summer day two Mural the O years ago, workmen repairing Depression-era legacy rediscovered in Hardy Tower tiles in Hardy Memorial Tower stum- Wall bled into the past. Above By Coleen L. Geraghty Genevieve Burgeson Bredo's the lowered ceiling along a mural, found behind ceiling basement wall, they found the partial remains of two tiles in Hardy Tower, could historic murals thought to be restored by San Diego have vanished decades ago. State art students.

The murals are a priceless piece of early campus ing to his daughter, Lynn history from the Great Sorenson Yahr. depression. San Diego State art students created “San Diego Industry” five of them to adorn the first campus library in The Sorenson mural, in Hardy Tower. They were its current state, shows presumed destroyed during 20 different characters. campus renovations in The original contained the 1950s. a much larger cast, according to Seth Mallios, Now “rediscovered,” the the SDSU anthropology two existing murals reveal professor who identified deep connections between the rediscovered art San Diego State and the and is leading restoration people of San Diego in the efforts. The left portion years following the univer- of the mural depicted sity’s move to Montezuma men fishing, weighing Mesa. Though faded and fish and gutting them. crumbling, the paintings The right side illustrated vividly depict an era of the fish-processing indus- economic upheaval that try with nearly a dozen lionized the common women standing in two laborer and challenged sets of assembly lines Genevieve Burgeson Bredo popular faith in rugged NRA Packages, and, in the background, individualism. Sorenson’s work – a 25-foot-long conveyer belts lined with short, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Artists employed by the WPA and Everett Gee Jackson, then chair of depiction of San Diego’s fishing cylindrical cans. Artistic force worked with the U.S. Congress to its predecessor, the Public Works of the art department, used WPA fund- and fish-processing industries – was create the Works Progress Adminis- Art Projects (PWAP), created nearly ing to commission murals by San created in 1936, just a year before Mallios believed Sorenson used the 1930s American life was tinged with tration (WPA). The agency supervised a quarter of a million works of art in Diego State art students, including his graduation from San Diego State Van Camp Seafood Company as a desperation. Unemployment affected construction of roads, dams and other the years between 1933 and 1943. George Sorenson, who became a College. But he died thinking that model for his mural, citing “perfect 15 million people, nearly a quarter public works projects, including the Donal Hord’s black diorite sculpture renowned local artist and chair of his and the other murals were parallels” between Sorenson’s paint- of the nation’s workforce. Determined Aztec Bowl and Open Air Theatre on of the Aztec Warrior, a.k.a. Monty, SDSU’s Division of Fine Arts from destroyed during a remodeling of ing and historic photos of the defunct to pull the country out of decline, the San Diego State campus. was financed with WPA support. 1946 to 1969. Hardy Tower 50 years ago, accord- San Diego cannery. Van Camp also

12 SUMMER 2006 | sdsu.edu/360 Photos courtesy of San Diego State University Archives. [email protected] | 360 MAGAZINE 13 operated canneries in Terminal slant of their eyes is pronounced, “Emphasis on the integrity of labor and laborers” Phineas Packard, founder of San Island, California, American Samoa likely to emphasize their ethnic Diego’s Arts and Crafts Press. and Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was the difference.” first company to commercially pack At left and below are images For now, Mallios is asking San yellowfin tuna. Restoration efforts San Diego Industry, George Sorenson Diegans to scour their scrapbooks of George Sorenson's 25-foot for photographs of the murals In “NRA Packages,” the second In their current state – severely mural, which depicts the San taken before the renovation of existing mural, Genevieve Burgeson damaged and once more hidden Hardy Tower. He hopes to generate Diego fishing and fish-processing Bredo painted men unloading behind ceiling tiles – the enough community support to crates from a truck in a San Diego Sorenson and Bredo murals industries. The artist used the restore them to their original neighborhood near Hillcrest. Each might as well be lost. But condition and relocate them – crate displays a splayed blue eagle Mallios is trying to stimulate Van Camp Seafood Company as from the original campus library with the red letters NRA above, a local interest in and support for a model for his work, which was to the current Library Addition symbol of the National Recovery restoring the murals to their and Dome. Act, which created the WPA. As in original condition. displayed in the original San many WPA murals, Diego State Library in Hardy Mallios’ plans also call for current Mallios noted, the SDSU students to take part in sexes are in separate Packing Oranges, Ellamarie Packard Woolley Tower (left). repairing the work of their prede- realms; the men work cessors. “Since the original artwork and the woman and was created by San Diego State children watch. students for display in the heart of campus, it is only fitting that “Sorenson’s mural was a new generation of SDSU art more progressive and students aid the conservers in the less typical of WPA restoration process,” he said. art than Bredo’s work in terms of its treat- It will be a costly and prolonged ment of women and endeavor. But Library Dean Connie ethnic minorities,” Vinita Dowell, sees the Dome as Mallios observed. the perfect showcase for this redis- “Although both covered piece of SDSU history. murals separate men from women, “A message of New Deal Optimism” “A function of today’s library is to Sorenson placed create an intellectual environment the women as for users, to give them opportuni- active components of San Diego Sailors Going to Hell, Ellamarie Packard Woolley ties to experience the kind of cul- industry. His female workers are far ture that, for a long time, has been from passive onlookers; they are an Lumber Working, Genevieve Burgeson Bredo associated with museums and gal- essential part of the industrial He collaborated with the Library’s leries,” Dowell said. “This is a process. Special Collections division to wonderful opportunity for the unearth images of the murals library to showcase part of San “In addition, Sorenson incorporates Jackson had commissioned. Diego State’s heritage, created by different ethnicities into his images. Photographs by Edward Hess and our own students.” The man on the dock holding the Gordon Samples showed a total fish is likely African-American, and of five murals in Hardy Tower. Seth Mallios and Nicole J. Purvis he does not appear to be segregated In addition to the two recently contributed to this article. from other ethnicities in the work- uncovered, there was another For more information, go to place. The same cannot be said of by Bredo and two by Ellamarie http://soap.sdsu.edu, or contact Seth the three Asian men at the end of Packard Woolley, the daughter of Mallios at [email protected]. the fish-processing procedure. They are clustered off to the side, por- trayed in distinct clothing, and the “Themes of social realism pervade”

14 SUMMER 2006 | sdsu.edu/360 [email protected] | 360 MAGAZINE 15 Health- bent on Life When it comes to health, Americans are a paradoxical lot. How SDSU faculty are helping

We advocate healthy eating, San Diegans live longer and stronger but fill our grocery carts with processed foods and our plates fitness, they are 20th from Sciences, the School of Social with gargantuan portions. the top in the obesity ranking, Work and the Department well behind the leaders Colorado, of Exercise and Nutritional Massachusetts, Vermont and Sciences, are working to We publish dozens of fitness t’s true that Americans are Rhode Island. Even New Yorkers change the health behaviors magazines, but more than 40 living longer thanks primarily do slightly better. of San Diegans. Ito medical advances and public percent of adults never partici- health initiatives. But longer But there is a move afoot Financed by multimillion- pate in regular physical activity. doesn’t always equate to heal- for a healthier California and a dollar grants, their applied thier. Detrimental behaviors healthier America. In its vanguard research targets individuals at put us at risk for obesity, heart is the public health industry, risk for a variety of chronic We recognize the perils of disease, diabetes, high blood whose scientist practitioners illnesses and harmful habits. pressure and accidental injury combine research on disease Communities in this region teenage eating disorders, but or death. and injury prevention with the derive the benefit of their continue to send our children promotion of a healthy lifestyle. work through programs In 2005, California placed only Their proactive, preventive designed to help families live dangerous messages about 22nd of the 50 states in the approach addresses the health longer, healthier lives. These body image. United Health Foundation of entire communities. The faculty members are leaders in ranking of Americans’ well- Centers for Disease Control the field of public health, and being. Our strengths include credits the public health they’re training students to We buy more than $100 million a low prevalence of smoking sector with adding 25 years manage and shape San Diego’s and a low incidence of cancer to the average American’s life public health industry in the in tobacco products annually, deaths, but in the minus col- expectancy in the 20th century. decades to come. despite incontrovertible evi- umn are unusually high rates of violent crime and infectious San Diego State University is In this issue, we’ve profiled dence that smoking harms not disease plus an above-average home to one of 37 accredited eight San Diego State faculty only ourselves, but the people rate of cardiovascular deaths. schools of public health in this members whose research is country. Faculty at the Graduate changing – and perhaps, pro- around us. Though Californians cultivate School of Public Health, together longing – the lives of the peo- an image of sleek, suntanned with colleagues in the College of ple you know and care about.

16 SUMMER 2006 | sdsu.edu/360 [email protected] | 360 MAGAZINE 17 Health-bent on Alcohol Abuse Health-bent on Passive Smoking Alcohol abuse is a critical public Passive smoking is more than an health problem facing American annoyance – it’s a serious health youth. More than 1,700 U.S. college threat. The Environmental Protection students die each year in alcohol- Agency holds environmental tobacco Photo: Lauren Radack related incidents, most attributable smoke (ETS) responsible for up to to drunk driving. 300,000 cases of bronchitis and Guadalupe Ayala and John Elder promote the benefits of healthy eating and physical activity to South Bay families. Buy-in from parents, schools, merchants pneumonia in children under 18 Health-bent on Nutrition and community members is pivotal to the success of their program. At San Diego State, John Clapp months of age. ETS can trigger asthma and James Lange pioneered a proac- and aggravate existing respiratory television’s incessant stream of comprehensive strategy that foods and healthy beverages. tive approach to alcohol abuse pre- conditions. It has been declared a ads for sugary and fatty foods. may help slow the obesity Aventuras staff are securing epidemic.” buy-in from local grocery vention. Their unique methodology casual agent for breast cancer in post- To find a solution, faculty stores for a “frequent buyer moves beyond surveys to prove that menopausal women. oor diet and a lack of exercise members from SDSU’s Graduate During home visits, the card” giving shoppers one field intervention can reduce alcohol are taking a toll on California’s School of Public Health went promotoras help parents set free pound of fresh fruit or abuse among college students. Clapp Pfastest-growing resident group – straight to the streets of goals to improve nutrition vegetables for every nine Melvin Hovell’s research gets at the Latino population. And that San Diego’s South Bay. They and physical activity. At the purchases of fresh produce. and Lange were the first to show the heart of ETS exposure in children bodes ill for the Golden State’s recruited and trained Spanish- same time, Aventuras staff Finally, they offer free that intervention, combined with by educating smoking parents. economic and physical health in speaking promotoras, or health meet with teachers and school nutrition classes in Spanish law enforcement (extra patrols) in a the coming decades. Funded by the National Institutes outreach workers, to coach administrators, encouraging in an effort to boost awareness college setting, lowers drunk driving of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson parents, teachers and merchants them to improve playground and spark interest in commu- Research shows that recent in Latino neighborhoods about facilities, structure physical nity change. rates. They’ve demonstrated that Foundation, the California Tobacco- Latino immigrants are healthier the benefits of healthy eating education programs to include premeditated interventions – like Related Research Program and others, than U.S.-born whites and and physical activity. Working more active time, encourage Though Aventuras was approaching party-goers and asking African-Americans. But as Hovell works with physicians and one-on-one with community healthy lunch choices, avoid designed specifically for a them to identify a designated driver health counselors, offering parents Latinos acculturate to the members, the Aventuras para rewarding students with Mexican-American audience, American lifestyle, their health Niños program has empowered junk food and become role it could become a model – result in comparatively lower blood incentives to quit smoking and validat- deteriorates. Among Latino South Bay residents to change models for healthy eating and for researchers developing alcohol content in these drivers. ing the results by sampling children’s adolescents, those born in the their habits. active behavior. similar interventions in other U.S. are nearly twice as likely urine for tobacco markers. ethnic populations, Elder said. Clapp and Lange are currently evalu- to be overweight as their immi- John Elder heads the program The promotoras also visit inde- “Ultimately, the success of grant counterparts. There’s a with funding from the National pendent restaurants within a programs like Aventuras ating a state-wide program of alcohol He is founding director of San long list of possible explana- Institutes of Health. “By one-mile radius of each targeted depends on consistent, wide- prevention initiatives in 13 counties. Diego State’s Center for Behavioral tions, including a lack of access addressing multiple changes school. Interested restaurant spread involvement from Their work is funded by The National to parks and playing fields, Epidemiology and Community Health in children's home, school and owners receive help creating a parents and local community Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol (CBEACH). greater numbers of fast food community environments,” healthy children's menu with members and permanent outlets in urban Latino commu- he said, “Aventuras para Niños smaller portions, vegetable or changes in the environments in Abuse and the California Department nities and frequent exposure to provides evidence of a feasible, fruit side dishes, fewer fried which people eat and exercise.” of Drug and Alcohol Programs.

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Jeanne Nichols’ research sounds a timely warning for young female athletes, Chris Glembotski’s work may give heart attack victims a few more precious minutes to whose eating habits may put them at risk for osteoporosis later in life. reach the emergency room before fatal damage occurs. Health-bent on Bones Health-bent on Hearts What they discovered has heart cells, the mitochondria, implications for all women. thereby increasing the odds of recovery when oxygen is restored. Of 170 high school athletes Health-bent on Obesity a $12.5 million national program steoporosis is a tested, 22 percent had low bone supported by the Robert Wood eart disease remains Glembotski and his colleagues progressive bone disease afflict- mass, an alarming result because It’s not an anomaly anymore. Johnson Foundation. this nation’s leading killer. have identified these mitochondria Oing more than 10 million 98 percent of skeletal mass in HMost deaths result from irre- bodyguards. Now, they are explor- About 30 percent of American Americans. Another 18 million women is acquired by age 20. versible damage to cardiac ing whether genetic enhancement adults are obese; not just over- have low bone mass, a precursor Those who begin adulthood Rather than addressing obesity muscle when the oxygen supply in the levels of certain proteins of osteoporosis. Surprise – not with low bone density could be weight, but clinically obese. as an individual health problem, is disrupted, usually by choles- may reduce damage from heart all of them are elderly. New at risk for osteoporosis later. Moreover, obesity is threatening the new field of active living terol plaque that builds up in attack and extend the time of research has found low bone the coronary arteries. to shorten the average lifespan considers the role of the built mitochondrial protection. They mass in other groups, including “We were surprised at the hope to translate the results of an entire generation – today’s young female athletes. fairly large percentage of girls environment – including neigh- While public health experts they’ve obtained in experimental with low bone mineral density,” children – by two to five years, borhoods, transportation, build- work to change the behaviors mice to humans, which would give San Diego State professor Jeanne said Nichols, who received according to research published ings, parks and open space – that cause cholesterol buildup, heart attack victims a few more researchers like SDSU’s Chris Nichols is an expert on the sub- funding from SDSU’s Division in the New England Journal in promoting more active lives. precious minutes to reach the ject of osteoporosis, and the of Graduate and Research Glembotski look for ways to ER before fatal damage occurs. of Medicine. author of research studies on Affairs and the National protect the heart from fatal how strength training affects Athletic Trainers Association. Sallis’ collaborations with damage during cardiac arrest. Glembotski is director of the balance and function in older “Our findings suggest that Reversing the trend toward researchers in this country and SDSU Heart Institute. His In the initial stages of a heart women. Recently, Nichols, coaches, trainers and parents obesity is Jim Sallis’ life work. around the globe are building a research has been funded by working with Mitchell Rauh of high school athletes should attack, heart tissue is protected the National Institutes of Health Sallis is program director of in SDSU’s Graduate School of encourage healthy eating and strong scientific evidence base because cells detect the threat since 1976. In 2000, he was named Public Health, aimed the radar training behaviors to build Active Living Research to support the construction of and activate proteins to defend the outstanding biotechnology at young female athletes. strong bones.” (http://www.activelivingresearch.org), activity-friendly communities. the energy producers of the researcher in the CSU system.

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justice students When Criminal Justice “I walked into the prison tour talk with an Professor Paul Sutton leads San with my beliefs and values firm- inmate during Diego State students on a tour of ly held in my physical, mental California prisons, he challenges and emotional being, and came the March 2006 them to find the gorilla. back struggling to find a way to prison tour. put them back together so that It’s a reference to a video clip they made sense again.” that tests observation skills. Viewers are instructed to count the number of times a white- Sutton wants stu- shirted person passes a basketball to another white-shirted person. dents to understand By Coleen L. Geraghty Here’s the catch: most viewers, intently focused on the white shirts, not only ignore the black- the reality of prison shirted people, but also fail to A student perspective: notice a big, black, gorilla and what it does to ambling among the humans. those behind bars. Sutton never misses the gorilla. For 23 years, he’s been taking SDSU criminal justice students Sutton hopes for this kind of to visit California’s harshest pris- reaction. Above all, he wants ons. Leaving campus at dawn on students to see, hear and feel a Monday, they travel by bus to the reality of prison and what it Soledad, Folsom, San Quentin does to those who live and work and other high-security institu- behind bars. “I want them to tions, returning to SDSU on get up close and personal with Friday night, exhausted and the harsh results of our society's frequently changed. chosen method of combating crime and dealing with criminal Behind “I can’t shakeBars it. That feeling offenders. I want students to that things are never going to be be troubled by what they learn; the same again,” Samantha Arlen but mostly, I want them to be wrote in an essay summarizing engaged by the experience so the tour she joined in March. that, perhaps for the first time

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in their lives, they care deeply the group of his conviction for and personally about something murdering a friend and crime Samantha they have studied from afar.” partner. “Speechless, I did not know what to do or what to say. “I am still shaken In class and in media interviews, It is an indescribable feeling… by the prison tour.” Sutton often takes aim at the what I believed about a murderer “monolithic” corrections system my whole life vanished.” and those who sustain it. Yet, Kyle the correctional officers are some Though students are disarmed of his biggest fans. by some of the prisoners, they “Being placed in a encounter many who fit the setting surrounded Respect hung in the air when hardened inmate stereotype. It’s they greeted Sutton in March, difficult to remain unintimidated by inmates, scared during his 79th California prison behind the walls of San Quentin. tour. His is the only class in the out of my mind, country that immerses students Student Glenn Robinson talked taught me what in the prison experience for a about the experience: “Most every full five days and offers them the prisoner would stop what they prison life was rare opportunity to talk face-to- were doing and stare at us. like, reaching face with murderers. Nowhere was this more evident than in the dorm at San Quentin. far beyond the The longer (our guide) spoke, the confines of a Despite the fear more people formed around us in a semi-circle until there were lit- classroom.” erally hundreds of eyes looking us factor, students over. Several of them were talking softly while laughing with their Glenn give the prison friends. (It was) one of the more awkward moments of my life.” “Meeting these guys, I realize that tour rave reviews. Despite the fear factor, students give the prison tour rave reviews. anybody can go to Kyle Roche, an aspiring lawyer, A number of Sutton’s former recalled his meeting with one students said the experience crys- prison.” inmate at the California Men’s tallized their decision to become Colony, a “progressive” prison correctional officers. Others have Kim nestled in a peaceful valley near left the tour bus resolved to San Luis Obispo. change the criminal justice sys- “I heard how tem. One way or another, by the “I found myself inside a cell end of the week, each student inmates hide with four other students and an finds his gorilla. inmate, Mark, who began speak- weapons on the ing about life in a cell. Much to For more information on the yard, but never my astonishment, I began to like prison tours, visit http://www- Mark and to forget that he com- rohan.sdsu.edu/~psutton imagined I'd mitted an offense,” Roche said. see one.” A video of the prison tour, financed Roche described the scene, by The President’s Leadership Fund, minutes later, when Mark told is in production.

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1970sClass Notes ’71: Mike Boyle # (political science) is a policy advisor to San Diego Mayor Jerry Making a Difference at SDSU Sanders. A long-time partner in Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, he will advise the mayor on homeland security, public safety, transportation and other infrastructure matters. When I LEAVING A FAMILY LEGACY VALUING JEWISH ARTS AND CULTURE ’75: Ray Aragon (political science) was elected vice president of the State Bar of The J.R. Filanc Company, a construction firm based Elaine Lipinsky believes in honoring the past while California, representing more than 14,000 attorneys in San Diego and Imperial coun- ties. A criminal law specialist, Aragon is past president of San Diego La Raza Lawyers was at in Oceanside, California, has employed San Diego exploring the promise of the future, and she put State University engineering alumni for years. The that personal value into action by establishing the Association. hands-on abilities of these graduates impressed com- Endowed Artist-in-Residence within the Jewish ’76: Richard Robbins (English) received the 2006 Kay Sexton Award for contribu- pany president and CEO Pete Filanc, who spearheaded Studies Program. Her $250,000 gift to the College tions to literary culture in Minnesota. He is director of the creative writing program State… an industry fundraising campaign to create the AGC- of Arts and Letters follows a long family tradition at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Kay Smith Hill (nursing) was selected by Paul S. Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and of giving to San Diego State University. the National Association of School Nurses to receive an Educational Advancement I was Monty Montezuma from Management (CEM) in 2002. In addition, Pete, his Award, recognizing contributions to school nursing and impact on the community. September 1990 through the 1998 brother, Mark, and their father, Jack, each established An avid patron of the arts, Lipinsky maintains a Gene Burns endowed scholarships for CEM students in 2005. special interest in Jewish music, art and culture: “It ’79: (recreation administration) has written “An Insider’s football season and the Aztec Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks,” a narration of his success buying is a window into the very soul of the Jewish people Warrior from February 2004 and selling homes in Las Vegas with real estate mogul Dolf de Roos. “We reap the dividends of SDSU’s Construction and a reflection of their condition in the world at through April 2006. It was Management Program and wanted to give back to large,” she said. 1980s an amazing time. I was just SDSU,” said Pete. out of high school when I Scott Cunningham’s Yale Strom will serve as the first Artist-in- ’81: # (information systems) “Lone Pine started and I put a lot of Canyon” has been nominated for a 2006 Native American Music Award Family patriarch Jack Filanc continued the tradition Residence for Jewish Studies. The world’s leading hard work into getting the last year when he and his wife, Jane, made a $3 mil- ethnographer-artist of klezmer, he is also an accom- in the category of Best New Age Album. It is the sixth nomination for Cunningham, whose Cherokee name is Golana. Gordon Glazer # costume right. Every other lion gift to the College of Engineering. University plished director, composer, musician, writer and (marketing), president of San Diego Postal and Shipping Equipment, year, I would go down to Development staff alerted the couple to the tax photographer. Inc., became the first independent dealer in his field to achieve certifi- Mexico to see Aztec per- advantages of the 2005 Katrina Act, which led to a cation by the Certified Mail and Distribution Systems Managers. donation of $1 million in cash from their IRA assets. The New York resident assumes his new role in formers and create a new The couple also established a $2 million planned gift August. He will conduct ethnographic research, ’86: Troy Johnson (history) was named Outstanding Professor for look. One of the best in honor of their daughter, Julia, an SDSU alumna teach courses on the Jewish culture and showcase 2005-2006 at California State University, Long Beach. He teaches histo- memories was getting who died in 2005. The J.R. Filanc Construction & concerts, exhibitions and workshops by leading ry and American Indian Studies. official status as the

Engineering Management Program and the J.R. contemporary Jewish artists and performers at d in 1994. Aztec Warrior. The fans Catherine S. Miller hotographe ’88: (communicative disorders, ’90, M.A. speech Gutierrez p Filanc Lecture Series in Construction Engineering SDSU and in the San Diego community. pathology) received this year’s Outstanding Service Award from the wanted it so much. The day I came Ethics will memorialize the Filanc’s gift in perpetuity. California Speech Language and Hearing Association. Miller is a speech pathologist in back unofficially, in September 2002, El Cajon with expertise in the area of autism. people were crying and hugging me. ’89: Michael Minjares # (journalism, ’95, M.A. speech communication) has won a Now, everything is lined up for me to fifth “Quest for the Best” award. He is the only Aztec to win the award as a student hand this off to the students. I feel (in 1989) and as a staff member (in 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2006). The award honors that I’m leaving a legacy for the next outstanding student achievement and the faculty and staff who have had a significant generation…for the university. impact on the personal growth of the winning student. Minjares is an Annual Fund Officer with SDSU. Carlos Gutierrez is mentoring two 1990s SDSU students to take on the role of Aztec Warrior. ’90: Sarita Fuentes (social science, teaching credential) is principal and CEO of ______The Monarch School, a San Diego school committed to providing homeless and at-risk Do you have a favorite memory from Please send your news to the SDSU Alumni Association, your days at San Diego State? Log on to 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182-1690 or [email protected]. # # http://www.sdsumonth.com/timeline = annual member; = life member and add your story to our scrapbook.

26 SUMMER 2006 | sdsu.edu/360 360 MAGAZINE 30 [email protected] | 360 MAGAZINE 27 Alumni Association 2005 - 2006 1990sClass Notes EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE children with an accredited education President: Erica Opstad ’93 while caring for their basic needs. President-elect: Banner Year for Chuck Luby ’64 Immediate Past President: Bruce Ives ’89 ’93: Lisa Druxman (’97, M.A, Vice President for Board Relations: Debbie Cushman ’87 Vice President for Constituency Relations: both in psychology) founded Stroller Aztecs for Life Alumni Association Strides, a 50-minute, fitness program Denise Keller ’97 Vice President for Membership & Marketing for new mothers and their babies. Communications: Fred Norfleet ’73 Vice President for Finance and Contracts: Paul Tartre’82 ’94: Luis E Alvarez # (informa- Vice President for Special Projects: Glen Vieira ’81 tion systems) is vice president of Executive Director: Jim Herrick Secretary: operations for McNeilus Truck Cheryl Trtan Manufacturing Corp., a division of Other Elected Directors: Oshkosh Truck Manufacturing. He Tom Ault ’68; Martha Beckman ’73; Jim Brown ’67; oversees 11 plants in North America Dwayne Crenshaw ’94; Jan Darcy ’73; Dave Finster ’48; and Mexico. Eric Blehm (journal- Carol Forrest ’77, ’82; Beverly Fritschner ’69; Javier Gonzalez ’00; Judy Gumbiner ’66,’79; ism) has authored “The Last Season,” William Hamlin ’85; Brigand Kline ’95; Dennis Kuhn ’90; a book about the life and mysterious Teresa Leader-Anderson ’91; Edgar Patiño ’00; disappearance of mountain ranger Eric Reifschneider ’88; Wendy Reuben ’78; Colin Rice ’93; Randy Morgenson. This spring, Ramon Riesgo ’91; Jarl Turner ’89; R.D. Williams ’87 or San Diego In fact, SDSU now ranks in the top alumni relations. Previously, track- Director Tammy Blackburn, was Blehm spoke on campus about the Past Presidents: County 7% of research institutions nation- ing and engaging alumni was never amazing. “We expected maybe experience of becoming a published James Ashcraft ’66, ’67; Allan R. Bailey ’64; Supervisor wide for the funding it receives. a top CSU priority, explaining why 800 or so alums to respond,” she author. Dan Bamberg ’68; Bob Battenfield ’61; F Pam Slater-Price, it For prospective students, Monte- SDSU, with more than 185,000 liv- recalled, “but we heard from twice Robert Breitbard ’41; Lois C. Bruhn ’63; Capt. John Moore Robert Butler ’61; Denise Carabet ’73; was simply time to zuma Mesa is more attractive than ing alumni, only has about 9,000 that many.” ’96: Bernard Carman ’36; Thomas F. Carter ’63; commit. The 1970 ever. Undergraduate applications Alumni Association members. The (international business) recently Robert Chapman ’67; Nicole Clay ’67, ’72; graduate had been for fall 2006 topped 52,000 for 5% membership rate is considered Blackburn leads the effort to returned from a second deployment Matt Dathe ’90; Gerald Davee ’58; David DeVol ’59; an annual member fewer than 9,000 slots. Herrick low by major university standards. improve member benefits, including in Iraq, where he was adviser Jerry Dressel ’76; Sue Earnest ’28; Craig Evanco ’71; of the SDSU Alumni Association for cited these among reasons the giveaways, special events and dis- to an infantry battalion from the Wallace Featheringill ’50; Art Flaming ’60; Republic of Georgia. In 2004, Nancy Reed Gibson ’50, ’59; Daniel Hale ’54; years. This year she decided to join Alumni Association is pushing There are signs, however, that counts. She also helped devise a new Don L. Harrington ’57; Bill Hastings ’74; Ash Hayes ’49; for life. to increase its membership and Aztec alumni are turning things payment plan for the $500 Lifetime he received the Gen. Douglas Bruce Ives ’89; Thomas R. Jimenez ’66; visibility. around. First came a successful Membership, allowing alumni to MacArthur Leadership Award for Morton Jorgensen ’55; Dwain Kantor ’49; “I thought about doing it several membership drive. Then, late make just two payments of $84 a outstanding leadership in the U.S. James B.Kuhn ’53; Byron Lindsley ’37; Lynn McLean ’38; Army’s field environment. Tamara McLeod ’72; John McMullen ’70; times and each time it was, ‘Oh, “To help elevate the university’s last year, the Association’s Life year over three years. Frederick W. Pierce IV ’84; Bernard P. Rhinerson ’73,’78; let’s just get it in the mail. We’ll standing, it’s imperative to raise Endowment crept over the million- ’98: Cupcake L. Brown Louis Robinson ’49; Michael Rogers ’61; do that next time,’” Slater-Price awareness and build support,” dollar mark - a significant mile- “With this plan,” she explained, (criminal justice administration), an Scott Snell ’63, ’67; Joseph Suozzo ’43; recalled. “Finally, next time came.” Herrick said. “Alumni relationships stone for an organization that had “our members can start enjoying Richard Troncone ’67; Bill Trumpfheller ’87; associate with the law firm Bingham are where you lay that foundation. an endowment of less than $66,000 their benefits without having to lay Walter A. Turner Jr. ’54; Walter L. Weisman ’76; McCutchen, is the author of the New Rick West ’71; Kendall Wood III ’58 Slater-Price is one of more than By increasing our membership, in the early 1990s. out all of their payment up front.” York Times bestseller, “A Piece of Ex-officio/ Non-voting Directors: 350 SDSU alumni who have become we’re strengthening ties between Cake” (Crown Publishers). The book Fred Hornbeck, Theresa Mendoza, Diana Philippi, lifetime members of the Alumni our graduates and their school.” “Our board (of directors) has so Although the deal is enticing, is a memoir of her life as an abused Stephen L. Weber Association in the past fiscal year – many more options now that we’ve Slater-Price looks beyond the foster child who became involved STAFF winding up the most successful 22 Slater-Price believes the effort hit a million dollars,” said Herrick. benefits in assessing her lifetime in drug addiction and prostitution Executive Director: Jim Herrick months ever for the organization comes at a crucial time for SDSU. “It allows us to offer so much more membership. “I think it’s important Associate Director: before turning her life around. Tammy Blackburn ’94, ’01 in terms of lifetime memberships. “I think the university at this point in terms of benefits and services.” to show support for your alma mater Kerri Font, D.D.S (biology) was Program Manager: Cheryl Trtan Alumni Center Campaign Coordinator: Andy Hanshaw There are now more than 3,700. in time does need to have members and to become a member.” awarded Diplomate status by the Communications Specialist: Tobin Vaughn of the public, who are alums, stand One such benefit was a free gift — Tobin Vaughn American Board of Periodontology Alumni Chapter Coordinator: Diane Barragan “I think our graduates are coming up for it because it’s in a period of offer for lifetime members earlier after completing postdoctoral Analyst/Programmer: Ed Tuley advanced specialty training. She is a Membership & Marketing Assistant: to see the value of maintaining a transition,” she explained. “It’s this year. More than 1,600 alumni lifelong relationship with their maturing as a university, in the selected t-shirts, beverage coolers captain at Ramstein Air Force Base Ashleigh Yturralde ’04 in Germany. Cy Kuckenbaker Assistant Membership Coordinator: Robin Breen alma mater,” said Jim Herrick, the (California State) system.” or license plate frames with no Event/Marketing Assistant: Kelley Suminski Alumni Association’s executive requirements other than lifetime (film), returned from a Fulbright Lifetime Membership Coordinator: Davene Gibson ’68 director. “San Diego State is growing Just over a decade ago, the CSU membership. Fellowship in Lithuania, where he Lifetime Membership Coordinator: Margo Kasch ’67 in stature not just in this communi- system began formally encouraging made the short film, “The Orphans.” Program Coordinator: Jen Ranallo The film premiered in May at the Administrative Assistant: Donna Buttner ’91 ty and in California, but throughout private support of its public uni- The response, according to SDSU Student Assistants: the nation and the world.” versities, emphasizing areas such as Alumni Association Associate Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Sean Durkin, Natalie Gomez, in New York. Logan McIntosh

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Future Profession: Bilingual teacher e

By Degrees p

SDSU degree: Liberal Studies & Spanish s /

What brought you to San Diego State? I heard SDSU’s liberal studies programs was one of the best. u When I applied, I got an email saying that I was a good candidate for a President’s Diversity Scholarship d e

(awarded annually to low-income, high-achieving high school seniors). We get $3,500 a year and lots . u

of help with advising, registering for classes, leadership training, things like that. And we get s

to meet President Weber. That was cool. d s Why do you want to teach bilingual students? I moved from Mexicali to Brawley . when I was four years old. I’m the only bilingual speaker in my family, and I had to w overcome the language barrier to succeed in school. That experience helped me w

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