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I u NIVER s IT y • F s AN • IE •• hen I was 12, my mom nearly died from a complication following kidney surgery. Thankfully she came through the crisis, albeit minus one kidney, but her recovery promised to be painful and slow. At best, she was facing six weeks in the hospital and another several weeks recuperating at home. At the same time, with the immediate danger behind her, my dad had to return to a consulting job 1,000 miles away, because that salary was our only means of support. So, while my dad went back east and my mom fought to regain her health ■ in the hospital, we kids - a decidedly motley crew of five ranging from age 7 to 20 - did our best to hold the house together, get to school and not kill each other. To me, these were the old times, not necessarily the good times. That is, until the church ladies stepped in. Every night for L E T T E R six weeks, a different lady appeared like a suburban guardian angel at our front door with a complete dinner, ready to eat, and a watchful eye, ready to spot problems. Some of the ladies would visit for a while; some had to get right back to their families. But they never missed a night. Though I knew some of the women - friends from mom's church groups - I met F R D M many for the first time at our front door, as they offered a night's meal. And l looked forward to that knock on the door each night, not so much for the meal, but because I knew that knock meant our family wasn't in this crisis alone. T H E This is community in action. T he church ladies, my mom included, have a long history of reaching out to each other in good times and in bad, and their families often reap the bene fits, as ours did. While a deep satisfaction develops from connecting with others, it's a feeling that's increasingly rare as our lives speed E D I T D R up and become more demanding. With packed daily schedules, many people have less time and fewer opportunities to make meaningful connections with others. Some, however, arc fight ing this growing isolation by actively creating community ties in their lives. Our cover story, "In the Company of Friends," ■ highlights USD faculty, students and alumni who, like the church ladies, have established strong bonds of support and friendship. Also in this issue, "Free Thinking" explores how two USO professors developed a popular radio call-in program that cele brates meaningful conversation and thoughtful debate in a world that often turns to shock radio and tabloid television. Not only have the program's two deep thinkers attracted an audience of 44,000, but they have done it with a show that welcomes both plain talk and philosophical discourse. Finally, "In a League of Their Own" features three alumni who are attracting audiences of spectators from San Diego to Switzerland, as they pursue careers in professional sports. All three are proving that, with equal parts determination, talent and sweat, the game plan for success is no mystery.
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Free Thinking USD MAGAZINE By Jac U 5 D MAGAZINE l 1 f;llf;lf;l!I L MAN AC at Qumran, and translating and tran scribing the matt:rial for eventual publi cation. Fuller, who likens the process to assembling "a very ancient, very fragile jigsaw puzzle," ays the experience enlivens his teaching. "l can bring my students to the cut ting edge of what we know about the history of the Bible," Fuller says. ln what tbey bope will be the first of century A.O. - but also give a snapshot "Becau e l can talk from experit,nce many "mobile seminars," two USO pro of Jewish faith and practice before and about the~e materials, I can g.ive the stu fessors took their sn1dents on the road during the d e of Christianit . dent a global perspective on the Bible last spring for a firsthand look at one of "Our goal was to give the. tudents an and what it has meant through the cen the 20th century' great arcbeological intensive experience in what the scrolls turies." discoveries. were, what their significance is and what That perspective is exactly what Plo ln AprH, Russell Fuller and Patricia nuances are involved in the interpreta vanich and Fuller had in mind when Plovanicb, both of USD's theological tion of the material," says Fuller. ''Being they initiated the trip. "The crolls and and religious studies department, uccom close enough to touch something like artifacts from that period are causiog us panied a mall group of tudents to San the Dead ea Scrolls trigger a new to rethink the fir t 100 years of Chris Francisco's DeYoung Museum to iew dynamic between professor and student tianity," says Plovanich, who came up the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls - as they investigate the material. together." with the idea for the trip and handled . ome almost complete, but mo t in Even the tudents in Fuller's classes the myriad details involved. "The stu pieces - were discovered during the late who didn't travel to San Fruncisco gain dent were able to understand that time L940s in 11 caves in Qumran, lsrael, special insight into the crolJs, h wever. period in way that they couldn't in the near the Dead Se,1. They present not Fuller is a member of the exclusive classroom, and they also had the oppor only the oldest Hebrew biblical manu International Team of Editors, \ hich i tunity to see their professors away from scripts in existence - dating from currently piecing together the tens of campus, working as professionals in the around the first centur~• B.C. to the first thousands of . croll fragmeots discovered field. "' D R he University of San Diego They are using satellite-derived data on The Goddard Lnstitute scientists i one of lO in titution sea-surface temperature and color to im7 ol .,din this project are developing nationwide selected in 1994 examine the relationship between the computer models that can predict cli for the NASA/Uni.versity shape of the sea floor and the ocean' mate change. However, they need to te t Joint Venture (JOVE) pro- surface circulation pattern . the accurac of these models using gram. JOVE brings space-related Not onl will thi information and information from known periods of cli research capabilities to U .S. college and technology be used in Sturz's classroom, mate change. That' where Gray comes uoiversitie - that have had little or no but also by anyone who works oo or in in. By analy2ing sample from coral reefs involvement in the nation' space pro the ocean, from fishing companies to throughout the Pacific Ocean, she is gram. ocean-going vessels to waste-manage reconstructing record of climate change Anne A. Sturz and Sarah C. Gray, ment firms. Companie that di pose of dating back 18,000 years through the both faculty members in USD's Depart waste in the ocean, for example, need to last deglaciarion. ment of Marine and Environmental understand the ocean's circulation pat "As the coral reef grow, they incor Studies, are conducting the USO/NASA terns and the hape of the sea floor . o porate records of ocenn chemistry into research, which focuses on marine geo the waste doesn't truvel back to the their skeleton," explai.ns Gray, who al o chemistry and global climate change. beaches. is invol ing USD tudents in the coral NASA is supporting the research with Gray, an earth scienti. t, is working analysis. "The reefs preserve information $110,000 over three years. with Dorothy M. Peteet and ther about past climate and oceanographic turz, an oceanographer, is collaborat scientists al the Goddard Lnsritute for changes." ing with James L. Mueller, director of pace Studie· in New York City. She is the Center for Hydro-Optics and Remote investigating records of past climate Sensing at San Diego State University. change, specifically us it relates to ocean circulation. ■ MAGAZINE A TRIP TO PARADISE C e nte P fop When Gardner Campbell was a graduate apple, the person reading took a bite. student at the University of Virginia, he Knapp says bearing her fellow stu lniePnohonol followed the advice of his professor and dents read the words aloud brought the read )oho Milton's 12-book epic, Pamdise poem to life. "The language Milton uses B us ine ss Lost, in one sitting. is beautiful, and hearing it out loud adds to be "l started at 9 o'clock at night and a whole new dimension to the work that finished just as the sun was comi ng up," you might not get by reading it to your E s ta bl is l1 ed Campbell explains. "I was so over self." whelmed 1 cried. l knew then that one The students who stayed the entire at USO day I wanted to share the experience 12 hours now share a special bond. with my students." "We're all kind of haunted by the The Jobo Ablers Center for Interna Last spring, Campbell acted on that experience," Knapp says. "We still talk tional Business will be established at the wish aod organized an all-night Milton about it, but not too much. lt was such a USD School of Business Administration read-in for his students. "The experi special experience that we don't want to during the 1994-95 academi.c year. ence really brought us together as a diminish it by trying to describe it." Endowed with a $5 million gift from class," Campbell says. "I think the stu That feeling carried over to classroom the estate of John and Carolyn Ahlers dents realized they were plugged into discussions, which became much livelier (the largest single gift in U SD's histo something bigger than themselves." and more in-depth after the readiag. ry), the AMers Center will seek to That feeling was inspired by the con "We had a segment of the class that enhance the region's international busi tent of Parndise Lost. "Milton said that read the whole work, so the students ness education through an international he wrote the poem 'to justify the ways had a better understanding of how each executives-in-residence program, an of God to men,"' Campbell notes. "It's passage relates to the whole work," international internship program and an epic that retells the biblical story of Campbell says. faculty/student consultation provided to Adam and Eve and the rebellion of For Knapp, Milton's work has businesses on global trade issues. Satan against God. You can find nearly inspired her to rethink some of life's "We are deeply grateful to Carolyn everything you need in that poem." biggest issues. "Reading it has forced me Ahlers for enabling us to launch this lo keeping with the biblicnl theme, co again ask myself questions like ' ls important new venture in business edu sophomore Lesley Knapp brought an there a God?' and 'Do men and women cation," said USO President Author E. apple to serve as the focal point. The really relate this way?'" she says. "The Hughes. students passed tl,e apple around as they reading really affected me on a personal '' At a time when international busi took turns reading Book lX. When they level. Not a day goes by that I don't ness has become a national priority, we reached the passage where Eve eats the think about it." are especially excited by what the Ab.lers Center will mean for our students and for the greater San Diego community," he added. The late John Ahlers, who was work On the Right Track ing as a foreign correspondent in Europe when events io Nazi Germany prompted b.im to move to China in 193 7, rose to For two groups of USO electrical engi prominence in global business circles as neering majors, modd trains are mon• a top executive in the American Interna than just a whimsical hobby. This sum tional. Group, one of the largest insur mer, the students used toy trains to ance companies in the world. study the Cllmplex motor control sys ")oho Ahlers exemplified how a high tems integral to robotics, household level of professionalism, combined with appliances and other electronic producb . strong humanistic values, can raise More specifically, they designed American competitiveness in the global sophistkatcd remote control systems marketplace," said Gregory Gazda, through experiments with the ntlniature USD's director of international business trains. Working with two engines on the programs. "We are confident that this same track, one group focused on Engineering students lest some large-scala oew center will promote that legacy for designing a system that sends separate concepts an small-scala trains. generations to come." messages to each engine via mdio contrul, U SD's international business pro while the other group concentrated on grams have grown significantly since sending separate messages through the lengc," says faculty adviser Bob Mert=, an their inception in 1985. The universi rails. associate professor of engineering. "By ty's master of international business pro "Their task is to control each engine ::.tudying toy trains, these students are gram is now the third largest in the independently, and there arc a =illfoa mastering important contrul systems with United States. different ways to approach that chat- diverse applications." U S D f;lif;I f;ldl LMAN AC BOOK SMART In May, USO senior Jaoeil Wil on threw a graduation party with a twist: the "graduates" were all under age 14 - they had just completed a semester in one of USO' literacy outreach pro grams - and the party favors were books. And to top it off, the fe tivities took place among the book. helve of a San Diego Barnes & Noble store. For Wilson, community relations With the help al their tulars, young graduates al a USD lileracy program coordinator for the bookstore and a for each choose a book la slarl their awn library. mer tutor in the literacy program, it all made perfect sense. She saw an opportu• nity to continue promoting literacy and poetry, another for a book on magic, yet Can one book make a difference? Ask to help some local children, all in the another cried out when she saw a copy Wil on, whose voice fills with emotion course of her workday. of "The Black Stallion." At the end of as she recalls one youngster purposefully "What I originally thought I could do the event, the youngsters clutched their hanging behind the group, then looking is have the kids from the Family Learn final selections a.s they waited to check her squarely in the e) es and saying a ing Center come up to the store for a out, whispering excitedly in small groups soft "Thank you." story reading session," she a s. and studying each other's finds. But with a grant from the Washing With the uccess of this first party, ton, D.C.-based First Book literacy pro Wilson hopes that it will become a semi gram, Wilson instead was able to invite annual event celebrating the end of the the nearly 20 children to Barnes & Family Learning Center tutoring ses- Noble to pick out one book each, free. ions each semester. The learning cen On the day of the party, the kids care ter, pon ored by USD's Associated fully combed the shelve in the chil Students, is a project in which USO stu• dren's section, dropping names such a dents pend 30 hours a semester tutor• hel Silverstein and E.B. White. One ing at a San Diego public housing young reader was looking for a book of complex. California Gov. Pete Wilson appointed USO President Author E. Hughe to a new ZS-member state commis ion that BUSINESS STUDENTS BEAT ALL will admini ter AmeriCorps in Califor nia. AmeriCorps is President Clinton's national ervice program authorized by tudent te.un from U D's chl,ol of lion to judges ver a tl1ree-da • pl'riod. federal legislation in 1993. Business Administration brought home This car's event drew teams from 35 People who serve in AmeriCorp pro three fi rst-place trophies in April from universitic.~ in the United tatc~, Cann• grams full-time for a year earn a $4,725 the 1994 International Collegiate Busi da, Ml· ·ico, France and Australia. U D education award for college expenses. ne .- Polic Competition. placed first in undergraduate and gradu Half-time participants earn an award The competition, now in il5 3 th ate overall categoric. and abo, on the half that siz.e. Program participation c:ir, place. students in top management gr.1duate busincs. plan/annual report gears up in eptember. role~ in computer-simulated, "real division. WU on' bipartisan commi sion - the world" business firms. Over a I 0-week "We'v alwa ·s emphasi:ed the impor California Commis ion for Improving period, students manage their firm tance of hands-on busin •ss education,' Life Through Service - administer through 20 qu.1rter' of businesi. condi a . Don Mann, U D a. socfatc profe . • federal funding and aids state programs tion . . The exercise culminates in Las sor of marketing and coa h of the U D in recruiting participants and providing Vega , where the , tudent teams simulate team. , "and \ c think that''. why our information and technical a si tance to I I quarters and make formal prcsenta- students ha\'C e;:xcelled at this c ent." communities. MAGAZINE f;I iftli;l,t L MAN AC USO LRUNCHES PRESIOENTIRL SERRCH he University of San Diego finalists will be invited to campus in late has begun its search for a new November and early December for inter HUGHES president to succeed Author E. views with the search and selection com THughe s, who plaos to retire on mittees as well as with faculty, students, TD June 30, 1995, completing 24 years alumni, trustees, administrators and staff. of service. The new president is expected to be When Hughes announced his retire announced during the spring L995 ADDRESS ment last fa ll, the board of trustees semester and will officiall y step into the immediately established a presidential position oo July 1, 1995. search committee and a presidential As the search unfolds through winter REGIONAL selection committee, both chaired by and spring, USD Maga.tine will provide Trustee Joanne C. Warren. T he presi regular upd;ites. GATHERINGS dential search committee - which includes representatives from faculty, During the 1994-95 .icademic year, students, alumni, trustees, administra PRESIOENJIRh SEARCH COMMITTEE Author and Marge Hughes will travel tors and staff - is directing the search around the West to thank alumni and for applicants and will narrow the field Jaanne C. Warren, Trustee, Chair university friends for their support of candidates to a group of finalists. The over the past 24 years. ln addition, John Dentii:o, Student presidential selection committee, com PresiJent Hughes will discuss the criti posed of trustees, will make the final Rev. Monsignor Danial J. Dillabough '70, cal role alumni and friends will play in the future of the university. recommendation to the board. Tntstee Much of the work on the search has Participants at these regional recep been completed. lo one of the first steps, Anita V. Figueredo, Trustee tions will have the opportunity to wish Author and Marge Hughes their best the presidential search committee Paul Harlan, Fai:ulty brought consultants to campus this as they complete their final year of ser spring to help define the qualities of the Tam lannai:ane, Administrator vice to the university. ideal candidate. From discussions with Si:ott Kunkel, Fai:ulty The receptions, which will be held each segment of the campus community, between November and February, wi ll David Mi:Cluskey, Administratar the consultants developed a leadership be co-hosted by USO and local repre profile of the next president and an Kay Narton, Staff sentatives in each area - Los Angeles, advertisement to be used in the national Orange County, San FrJncisco and Janet Rodgers, Administrator search. Phoenix. Invitations will be mailed to The presidential search committee Lori Murray Simpson '83, Alumna alumni and friends in eai:.h regional a(ea in the coming months. placed the ad in the May 25 issue of Irene Williams, Fai:ulty T l,c Chronicle of Higher Education, and will repeat it in the Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28 issues. The committee also requested PRESIOENJIR~ SEhECTION COMMITTEE oomioations from the presidents of all Catholic universities nationwide. (All members are trustees) After the Oct. 7 application deadline, JoanneC. WIUT9n, Cha.ir the final stage in the search process begins. T he presidential search commit Rev. Mansignar Daniel J. Dillahaugh '70 tee will review all applications and con Anita V. Figuereda duct preliminary interviews, then Kim netcher recommend a group of finalists to the presidential selection committee. The Patricia M. Howe Peter J. Hughes Darlene V. Shiley Author E. Hughes (ex aUicio) U S D He's a sofl-hearled cynic. She's a self desc rioed oplimisl. Bul when lhese lwo USO professors slrap • • • • lhey are of one mind •1141~ radio listeners in here's Rush. There's H oward. And then there's Dennis and Virginia. You could say they're like a breath of fresh air on the air waves. They're not rude or crude, and they don't berate their .iudiences Hke their right-wing and self-declared "shock jock" counterparts. What they DO do is quote Tho1m1s Aquinas, Kierkegaard and Socrates (to name a few), and burst out laughing when they just can't help it. But most of all, they respect their li steners, engaging them in intelligent, rational and often irreverent conversation and debate on topics as varied as superstition, religious beliefs and pets. Welcome to KPBS's (89.5 FM) ''Free Thinking," the nation's only call-in radio show hosted not by famous, paid radio professionals, but by ordinary, everyday professors who By Jacqueline Genovese say they definitely won't give up their day jobs. D ennis Rohatyn and Virginia Muller, USO philosophy and political science professors respectively, suy they never dreamed they'd be hosting a radio show, or having so much fun doing it. lasher hams Ir's 7:30 on a Friday morning and Muller and Rohatyn are heading to the KPBS studio on Snn Diego State lJniversity's campus to broadcast their weekly tw~bour sbow. As Muller dcives, Rohatyn explains how "Free Thinking" evolved. "We really bave Saddam Hussein to thank," be says with a sly grin. ''At the beginning of the Persian G ulf War, KPBS called and asked ifl'd participate in a panel discussion. We needed a woman on the panel and l talked Virginia into participating." T hat show was slated to last an hour, but stretched to two and gcner.ited the most listener response ever for the station. Thanks to tbat success, KPBS invited the pair back as guests several times and, less than a year later, gave them their own time slot. From prerecorded monthly debate, the two quickly moved to a live call-in show. Although Muller was a broadcasting novice, Rohatyn was oo stranger to the airwaves. Gifted with a voice of deep mnhogany, a prodigious memory and the ability to translate esoteric philosophical theory into layman's terms, RohaL)'n had been on the air five days a week for KPBS from 1984 to .. J 986, narrating a series called "Thinking Things Through." ...• He'd also recorded 215 segments for "San Diego on Air" .. and produced educational television programs for Cox Cable 1-" ·..;:: and Palomar College oo George Orwell, the philosophy of w.. Kierkegaard and the logic of Supreme Court decisions. A ,.,:.. •.. a, ~ ,.,:... U 5 D A New York native, Rohatyn graduated magna cum lau,li! from Queens College in New York, received hjs master'b degree from City College of N ew York and earned his Ph.D. from Fordham University in New York, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on "The Logic of ls and Ought." A soft-hearred cynic with a penchant for amusing T -shirts - today he's wearing one that states "Mentally Stable ... NOT" - Rohatyn has been described as a "T evye in Reeboks and The smile never leaves Muller's face, whether she's debating red suspenders." H e maintains that God has a sense of humor, with Moon over a movie clip or returning one of her partm:r1s albeit a wicked one, a.ad borrows his personal motto -"Don't zinge rs. "I never knew we could bt: such hams," sbe admits complain and don't explain." - from Groucbo Marx. and then rolls her eyes and laughs as Rohatyn adds, "Kosher "He's the kind o{ guy people either love or want to beat in my case." up," laughs Mike Moon, the producer of "Free Thinking." "We've had calls from people proposing marriage, and from others who want to yell at him because they think he's too a learning experience liberal." Although on the surface Rohatyo and Muller appear to be Rohatyn's partnt!r, on the otht!r hand, is a self-described quite opposite - "He's Jewish, I'm Gentile. He favors worn optimist who tries to see the silver lining in every cloud. T-shirts, I'm Ms. Neatness. H e's gloomy, I'm cheery." - they While Rohatyn r.ireJy minces words - "George Bush said we do share an incredible love for learning and reflective thought, were going to kick ass in the Persian Gulf. But the only ass we precious commodities in today's fast-paced, often-superficial kicked was our own." - Muller favors a more djp[omatic, world. "let's-talk-things-through'' approach. " We don't claim to be experts," Muller notes. "Because of Born i.n Brooklyn and raised in New York, Georgia and our background in the history of thought, we have a broad Connecticut, Muller received her bachelor's degree from the base to draw from, but what we're trying to do is engage peo American College of S,vitzerland and her master's and doctor ple in meaningful discussion, not telJ them how we think it is ate from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She or how it should be." speaks Spanish, has authored numerous articles and papen;, Indeed, Rohatyn says, the name of the program, "Free and has written a book, The Idea of Perfectibility. Thinking," means just that. "'Free Thinking' is designed to Despite her years of teaching experi ence, Muller says she counteract snap judgments and quick decisions, and it suggests was quite iotimidatcd when sbe first entered the radio studio. that evallrnting aU opinions is the only way to make a critical ''lt's ooe tbiog to stand up in front of students and lecture, decision," be explains. quite another to strap on headphones and broadcast to an ln another departure from radio talk show standard, Muller unseen public of tens of thousands," she explains. and Rohatyn don't screen their callers, and in fact welcome Rohatyn admits that their uneasiness was quite apparent in the diversity of opinions they typically solicit from their audi the beginning. "We were stiff, boring, dry, pedantic and Just t!nce of some 44,000 listeners. pretty awful," he says with a grin. "We tried so hard to say Callers range from convicts to attorneys, from welfare recip, everything that we didn't say anything." ients to La Jolla residents, from 12-year-olds to octogenarians. Moon concurs. "They were pretty formal. But as you can Muller says that r.1nge of callers makes each program a see.'' he says, pointing through the glass to the two dancing in learning experience. "After every show we come away their chairs to Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild," "they've imprt:Ssed with our listeners. Their questions or observations loosened up a bit." are often very well thought out and articulated. lt's obvious The music they are moving to - called a ''clip" in radio jar, they've done some thinking about what it is they want to say." goo - is one of several that Moon, Rohatyn and Muller selected that morning over Diet Coke and muffins. "Before every program, my colleague, Del Dixon, gives me one of these," Muller says, pointing to a sheet of paper with suggest ed music for the clips that introduce and conclude a segment. The trio listens to the selections and picks several, schedul ing them for the exact rime they will play during the program. R ohatyn and Muller handle all these details like seasoned veterans, and their deliglu with the whole process is apparent. a I us o MAGAZINE For many listener$, the appeal of the show lies in the fact that the hosts cull information from numerous sources - not just academic ones. When talking about travel, for example, R ohatyn and Muller rde.r to "The Wizard of Oz," "The Odyssey" and "Casablanca" within the first 10 minuttls of the show. lraveJing man "We meet on Monday morning to brainstorm for the week's TLiday, the tupic for discussion is travel and the conversation topic,'' Muller explains. "Then we read magazi.oes, novels and goes beyond a mere comparison of beautiful destinatk,ns. Pick., journals, watch movies, listen to music, anything that pertains ing up on the theme of "The Ugly American," RohaLyn and to the topic. We don't use it :ill, but with a call-in format, you Muller explore with thei r liste::oe rs bow our reactions to differ, have to be prepared for anything." ent cultures are a reflection of ourselves. One caller had rrav, Like the man who called in two weeks earlier to a show ded eled extensively in l ndonesia and couldn't wait ro go back. icated to the impact of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' death. "When I'm there, life takes on a different cadence," the "H e insisted that he::r death was really a physician-assisted sui caller says. " l see things differently. When I'm home, I try to cide and chided me for being na.ive when l said, 'You mean recreate that ·feeling, but I can't." because she had a living will?'" Mulle::r relates. That listener is one of 35 who call that day to share their On that same show, Rohatyn received a gentle scolding rhoughrs on travel. The most c.ills the pair received during a from a caller who objected to his comment on the marriage show, 60, occurred when the topic was religious belief. contract Jackie Kennedy had reportedly forged with her sec No matter what the topic, Moon says, the show always gets ond husband, Aristotle Onassis. Rohat)•n had said, "Fur that more calls then they can put on the air. "In the beginning, I kind of money Z would have slept with Onassis!'' used to worry that no one would call, and I'd watch the phone " In the classroom, we basically have a captive audience," to see if it would light up," Muller laughs. " I don't worry Rohatyn says. "We control the discussion and know which about that anymore." direction we're headed in. Radio's not like that. It's forced us What is a little worrisome, howt!ver, is the station's anti to be more flexible in our thinking." quated call-in system. "When peopl.: call in, we get their name That fle::xibility has positively affected their teaching, say and number, and then we have to call them back to get them Rohaty11 and Muller, who are both past recipients of the Low on the air, '' explains Roxanne Masterson, an SDSU junior ell P. Davies Award. The award is bestowed annually b)' and volunteer, as she juggles three phones 11nd types t..illers' USD's College of Arts and Sciences upon one of its faculty for names and locations info the computer. "At times it gets pret outstanding te::achiog, scholarship and service. "l find I'm ty crazy and sometimes we lose them." much more broad,based in my approach, and make connec Gesturing toward Robatyn, R oxanne explains why she vol tions not just in the field of political science, but ti e in to liter unteers each week. "Because of him. 1 learn so much just lis, ature, history, philosophy and popular culture," Muller says. teaing to him. His me::mory is like a Xerox machine. He pulls In addition, when students tune in, they see their professors quotes and references out of the air like he read the books yes in a differe::ot light. "For them, it adds a new dimension to us terday. 11 as people," Rohatyn eirplains. "What they hear in the:: class, room t.ikes on a new meaning.'' a democralic classroom Although Muller says there are some in academic circles who might criticize their show as outside the realm of serious scholarship, it's clear that· the program is touching a lot more Lives than, say, an esoteric article in an obscure academic journal would. A recent article in The Sun Diego Union,Tribune noted: "In a medium dominated by sexual confessionals and political shoutfests, the University of San Diego professors think big, tackling topics like theology, lying and conscience or tbe First Amendment. The show .might come off as pretentious, doomed to fail, if not for the kinetic and compatible personalities of the co-hosts." With "Free Thinking," Muller aud Rohatyn have created a classroom of sorts on the airwaves. It is the most democratic of classrooms, one that is free and accessible 10 anyone with a radio. Many of their callers preface their comments by saying, "I love your show and tune in every week. Keep up the good work." U S D By Trisha J. Ratledge .. ~ ii -5 Ill .,,.. ~ •e ,c ..,po "~ !!.. ]• ::: ln }he Company of triends :Jind.t1:2y Wnil_y in Communi l_y The sense of community that once naturally drew people together is becoming rare in our fast-paced and increasingly fragmented lives. But some people are overcoming growing feelings of isolation by creating their own communities. U SD faculty, students and alumni have forged new bonds in surprising places, and one alumna bas even written the book on the subject. urrounded by hec friends at San Diego's Hacbor Island Marina, Cici* leans back contentedly in a dockside chair, shields her eyes from the setting su.n and recalls the life-changing moment three years ago when she felt quite alone. It was thes day she tood with a grouph of omeless people in New York C ity's G rand Central Station and thought, "This is my next step." A commodities and currency trader during the 1980s, C ici enjoyed the high life, working in Manhattan and li ving in :1 Cape Cod-style home on Long Island Sound. H er job became a casualty o( the banking industry's collapse at the end of the decade, and for two years, she searched diligently for another. But as bank after bank fell, so did her chances for employ ment. Finally, after being virtually guaranteed a job following a woman who has worked as a steer-roper, a photojournalist, a series of grueling interviews, her hopes crashed when she social worker and a cook on a boat; to Bill, a confirmed live learned the bank had been taken over and her position had aboard who has called the water his home for 25 years; to been dissolved. Chuck, who built his boat in his N ew Zealand backyard, then She endurt!d one more fruitless interview witl1 yet another sailed it 15,000 miles throughout the Pacific, resting- for bank, then finally faced the facts. The very industry that had the time being at least - in San Diego. shut her out was now going to take the last she had to give: Purely by instinct, this family of friends has achieved the her house. With that, she trudged over to Grand Central Sta, good li fe, finding strength, renewal and support within the tion to experience the future with her soon-to-be neighbors - bond of a community they built, person by person. T ogether, the homeless. they celebrate. their individual triumphs, even something as T oday, devoid of most of her possessions and the hard-dri simple as a "bead-warming'' party - boating lingo for a toilet ving life of a currency trader, Cici says sbe lives a mucb richer grand-opening - and have developed some rituals of thei_r life than she did at the height of her career. After her day of own, such as "Thanksgiving for the Dejected and H omeless," personal reckoning in 1991, Cici gave up her house, packed their tongue-in-cheek name for Thanksgiving among friends. ber car and headed west. She now lives on a boat in San Diego "The first Thanksgiving we shared, there were six or eight Bay, as do all her new friends, and she has reaped the wisdom of us," says Mike Morse, a USO assistant professor o( engi, of some important lessons. neering and the neighbor who arranged tonight's barbecue. The most important, she says, is that friends matter, not "Last·ycar, we bad 3 5 people .ind fi ve turkeys right here on finances. Cici works as a ecretary to pay her bills, but her the dock. You couldn' t imagine a better Thanksgiving." true wealth lies in her community of friends. lt's a lesson tbat Just as important, this group supports each other during many are embracing as life becomes more fragmented and iso their personal ordeals. When they learned that one of their lated in the l 990s. members was gravely HI, they met with him for dinner every "l have n ever had a group of friends l have felt so close to," Tuesday for several months, just to be together and .lend sup, she says, smiling warmly and gesturing to the assortment of port. "When you have a crisis, friends often drift away," says "live-aboards" - people who live on their boats - who are Ethel, w hose husband - the center of their Tuesday night sharing the dock and dinner at this impromptu weeknight bar dinners - passed away ceceotly. "These are very unique peo becue. "l have found a famil y here that 1 fit in so comfortably ple." with. Though each neighbor was drawn to this floating commu.ni, " I have narrowed my world down to this neighborhood," ty through different circumstances, they all have at least three she explains, "and I don't go very far out of it. 1 do that out of things in common: their love of boats and this community and choice. l want a smaller world around me, one that l'm com their disenchantment with the isolated life in traditional neigh fortable in. One where everybody knows me." borhoods. That smaller world centers around the "boat people'; at the ''l've lived in my house iq San Diego for seven-and-a-half 800 dock of the Harbor Island Marina, or "The Edge of years, and I don't know anybody in my neighborhood," says Dock," as they laughingly refer to their real, life, soap-opera Keith Robertson, who spends much of his time on his boat, family. It's a diverse group - from Joan, a Renaissance and plans to live permanently at the marina as soon as he can "get rid of the real estate," as he puts it. "One o( the problems today," he observes, "is that people lock themselves inside their house and you don't even know who's in there.. Down * For privacy, some individuals used first names only. U S D M A G A z I H E I :a:a here, your accommodations are somewhat small so your house Neighborhoods today are designed for privacy, and for the spills out onto the dock. The dock becomes the street. YoUJ: convenience of cars, not for encouraging friendship, Shaffer back deck and cockpit become the front porch." nores. Houses are set back from the street. Fences are func There is a "frightening depersonalization" in traditional tional first - six feet tall aod solid - and decorative second. neighborhoods today, agrees Morse. Garages dominate the fa~ade of the modern house, reducing or "l couldn't imagine living anywhere else," he says about the replacing the fronl porch. S treets ,1re widened while sidewalks marina. "lt's amazing the level 0£ closeness and warmth that are narrowed. ln most suburban neighborhoods, a homeowner we share. There's a genuine family attitude and also a great pulls into the garage, closes the door by remote control and respect for privacy and individuality. l wouldn't want any walks through a connecting door into the house, eliminating other kind of lifestyle or any other friends, They are the best." any possibility of an incidental meeting with a neighbor. Soroka says he realized just how effective this trend toward privacy has been when, after living in the same house for 10 lsola!ing {he Problem years, he .held a moving sale. "The woman who lived across the street and one house over said to me, 'What happened to The sense of belonging that this boating community feels is a the guy who lived h ere? Did he die or something!"' he remem rare commodity these days, but one that more people are bers. ''1 said·, 'No, that's me. l'm just moving."' actively seeking. "Our culture is becoming increasingly frag N ot only have we retreated inward, but the stepped-up pace mented and disconnected as we carry individualism to an in our lives forces a purpose for every action. W e can' t waste extreme," says Carolyn Shaffer '65, co-author of the book effort just spending time when time is precious. Our days are Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and Connec reduced to a series of appointments and schedules in our daily tion in a Fragmented World and co-founder of Growing Com planner. Casual encounters become a thing of the past, even munity Associates, a consultingh firm that elps individuals and when that encounter is with someone who li ves next door. organizations learn the strategies .ind skills of cooperation. Finally, we have become a nation of transients. We don't "We are at a crossroads in our culture," she explains. "We live in the same house, or even the same city, for long. U nlike can continue to go into this isolation mode, or we can move the mighty oak, our roots are shallow at best, ready to be into a world of cooperation and collaboration." uprooted by the slightest disturbance, The result for many is The acute isolation that many now feel developed gradually that they feel disconnected and scattered as they rush through over the last three or four decades as our society underwent their lives. significant cultural changes, says Shaffer, who has been active ly creating community ties since 1970. The expansion of our boundaries for work and pleasure, aloogwith the " malling of America," for example, bas led us to increasingly rely on the automobile. No longer do we expect All is not lost, however, Shaffer says. By taking small steps, to find our friends, out work or our stores within out own zip we can create a sense of community in our lives, without hav code. We don't lean over the proverbial fence ro chat the ing to undergo radical changes or move to a new neighbor morniog away witb a friend. That friend is across town. Nor hood. do we stroll to work, taking in a breath of ftesh air along the The key is discovering and building on the connections that way. That job has been replaced by one that requires a com already exist in our lives, sh e says, whether it's through family mute to a distant city or business park. We can' t take a and friends, support groups, the workplace or the neighbor• leisurely walk to the local market anymore, greeting our hoods and cities we live in. neighbors as we go. That store has been shut down for years, Much like the boating group has done, anyone can tum a crushed by the industrial-strength competition brought on by circle of friends into a community that feels like an extended national chains. family. "People can come together for any reason," Shaffer Our neighborhoods are turning into ghost towns by day, as says. "You just need to look around for others who share your both spouses are working outside the home - and as more passions. There are book clubs, wilderness adventure groups, single parents head households - and into fortresses by night, workplace success teams, volunteer groups, any number of as those same families shut out the world, trying to capture a things.'' few precious moments together. Creating Community Ariywhere: Finding Support and Con "lt's getting much more difficult for people to relax in a nection in a Fragmented World outlines the whys and hows of communal or neighborly way, the way they used to," observes building and maintaining community in step-by-step detail. Michael Soroka, USD professor of sociology, "given the fact Shaffer's three-point plan to getting started is simple: take that there is such a turnover in neighbors and the fact that time, take stock and take action (see "Three Steps in the both adults in the house are working during the day. And if Right Direction" on page 13). the neighborhood is designed with fences and the idea that it's Strong social networks are not something to take lightly, a retreat at the end of the day, that doesn't really promote any she points out. T here i.s a proven correlation between healthy kind of communal living, so to speak." social connections and healthy lives. 12 1usa MAGAZINE Gerald Sperrazzo, USD professor of psychology, agrees that the trend toward individualism and isolation can be detrimen tal to our health. "There are a lot of drifting people," he says. "People who have no family ties, no social ties, no group affili ations. The re is a lot of research that suggests that persons who are isolated without any effective support system are highly vulnerable to developing psychological disorders. In ncal'!y 25 yeai·s of intentionally building community ties, "The support system can have a bouncing-off effect when people talk about their concerns or their troubles," he Carolyn Shaffer '65 has gained a lot of 1,visdom and written explains. "This is why we've been seeing in the last 10 or 15 many tricks of the trade. Although creuti11g community ma)' years a tremendous upsurge of support groups that allow peo seem u daunting ttL,k ut fir. interest your group centers uround, Shnffer SU)'S. It might be /1rot1iding mutual sup(lart for personal or professional goal,, organizing neigltborhood potluck dinners, or discmsing books and movies of mutual interest. With the focus identified, encournge each person to find a few others to join i11. When diffcrnnccs or disu1,,11·eeme11ts dcvelo/J, she wams, it's ~o{ Jus{ [!owning Hround vitt1I to renli.,e thut this is 1101 a s i1,,111 of fnilure, but a sil:')l of /Jrogrcss. A ne~11 grou/J follows the .mmc dynamics as n 1mt11 John Highkin, a U SD English lecturer, concurs wholehearted couple in a relationship. lf c1 couple never moves out of the ly with Shaffer's assessment of our isolated society, and he is lwnC)~noon phase, .~he cx/1lui11s, they are11't being honest with fighting back with the power of circus. Highkin and his wife, ench other und their relati11T1shij, has 110 chance to grow. In C indy Zimmerman, are building community ties in their San the same vein, if a grou/1 doesn't allow its members to voice Diego neighborhood with their Fern Street C ircus. their opi11io11s ur project their true selves, that group will likely This no n-profit program, run from their garage/office dubbed Fe m Street C ircus Central, brings together local resi become stagnant. dents and circus professionals to plan and perform in an annu Another maintenance tip: Set ciside re1,.11dar time for d1eck al parade and single-ring circus show. The parade - themed in and feedback u •ith aU the group's members to dctennine "Parade of the Circus Animals" this year - now includes so whut is tvurking and 1.uhut needs fixing. AL~o crucial i., renew many people from the neighborhood that there aren't enough ing your cummitlnent as u grn11/J, perhaps at an arnuml retreut residents left to line the streets. The circus has a theatrical fla vor, featuring a plot for the clowns, jugglers, acrobats, trapeze or u get-together specificully for thut tmrpose. artists and musicians to act o ut. At this year's show, they pre "The more conscious peot1le can nuike these grn11p /1rncess sented "Frogzilla's Birthday" for the a udience. es," Shaffer says, "the heulthier the group will be and the "ln today's fragmented society, there's a need for active longer it 1.vill !mt.'' neighborhood events which get people out in the streets danc ing and celebrating," says H ighkin, a Cambridge-educated the- U S D M A 6 A z I N E I :a.a ater director with a background in music and circus arts. "The In addition to the fun, tbe value of the Fern Street Parade appeal of a circus is· universal. No language is needed to appre and Circus can be measured by its ability to draw people out to ciate it." the streets. "There's an aspect of personal power that is creat During the year, much of the action is centered in the Gold ed in a community when people get out of their houses, out of en Hill Recreation Center for the third element of the Fem tbeir television world, out of their cars, and they rub shoul Street Circus - the free After School Circus Skills program. ders with others who may not be from their same economic Interested children from diverse backgrounds, as young as 3 class, their same race or their same political point of view,'' and up to l 7, pick their circus pleasure - from clowning, says Zimmerman, a. visual artist and the driving force behind acrobatics, juggling, trapeze arts and more - and join the the parade. "For me, there's a real serious reason behind twice-weekly skill-building sessions with circus professionals parades, but it's always done in a playful manner." in the rec center gym. In their own style, High.kin and Zimmerman exemplified Those sessions are as lively as they are instructional. A every ideal they ever set concerning community building when trapeze secured to a basketball backboard is the center of they replicated the parade two years ago and got married in the attention for one group while they alternately fear and cheer middle of a circus ring at Grape Street Park. the feats they will soon be performing. A young boy with 40- T ogether at Fern Street C ircus Central, they enthusiastical inch stilts strapped to his legs saunters past this group and ly carry on the mission they each envisioned four years ago, casually dips his bead as he strolls through the gym doorway. believing more strongly in its intent every day - to provide a Near that doorway, a group of the youngest kids, mostly of the way for the community to connect and celebrate, and to )-foot-and-under variety, practice pratfalls and somersaults as unleash some homegrown creativity while they're at it. earnestly as if they are learning their ABCs. On the other side of the gym, the intermediate acrobats are learning aerial flips and other complicated skills. Ooe by one, they matter-of-factly triend ship ~up erh ighway throw their bodies into each new maneuver, confident that they will bend, Lift and twist at the right time. And increasing As we explore new ways of connecting with each other in the ly, they do. 1990s, a novel idea is surfacing: Communities don't have to Each August, these budding entertainers get a part in the center around the neighborhoods we live in. "Community is a annual circus show, performing for their parents, neighbors process, a way of relating," Carolyn Shaffer reinforces. "It's and friends. And in the process, they help bring the communi not a place or a structure." ty a little bit closer. In that sense, community can be found anywhere, even "People who are at each other's throats in, say, planning through computer connections, such as with the burgeoning committee meetings, find some kind of common ground electronic community. Pam*, a junior accounting major at because their kids are in our program," High.kin says. USO, and Shawn*, a USD senior English major, both joined "Through tbe good graces of the children, they find a common the Internet worldwide electronic community more than a understanding. lt doesn't mean Lhat they agree witb eacb other year ago. politically. lt means that they have found a way to have some Pam keeps in touch with her friends through electronic mail fun." (e-mail), and uses the Internet to stay abead of the music pack through discussion groups and to meet new friends through the lnternet Relay Chat (IRC), an electronic party li.ne in which a user can join in " real-time" conversations with hun, dreds of other users at once. She makes a lot of friends on line, many of whom she eventually meets in person. 14 / US D MA&AZINE "l'm more willing to approach people on the Intemet," Pam "Everything is going to end up on the computer as informa explains. "l would not go up and talk to someone in a club, tion stored in some electronic data base," he says. To prepare but on the lntem et 1 will. It's a friendship that will last a long his studeots for the future, he gives them simple information time. You always know where you can find them -through retrieval assignments related to a class lesson, assignments that e-mail or the lRC." may send them directly to the Library of Congress, even the Shawn subscribes to fan clubs for music and Japanese ani Louvre, a.II without leaving their computer terminal. mation and also servesa as n Internet source for Japanese ani For students researching a topic, that means their work can l mation with a library of samples he has culled from electronic bring them "microchip-to-microchip" with original sources, files across the country. With the larger community available such as the U.S. Congress, or even with other students in through the electronic network, Sbawn says be finds more common pursuits around the world. For the 50th anniversary friends with common interests. 0£ D-day last summer, Schoenherr notes, students could hook ''There's a lot that interests you personally (on the Inter up with a German high school that had created an electronic net) that you can't get access to on a day-to-day basis just exhibit about the historic event. because there aren't that many people around you every day," Back on campus, Schoenherr connects with bis students by he says. "When I log onto the lnternet, there are dozens of e-mail when he's not in his office. Just having another com schools that are into Japanese animation and into the same munication option makes him more available to his studencs, type of music lam. There is a really big community spirit in he says. that sense.'' "E-mail keeps me in touch w ith people better than the tele One unique quality of electronic friendships is that, to a phone," he explains. "My students learn that I read my e-mail large degree, users control what others know about them. every morning and they know they will get a reply to their "Who you are on the I nternet doesn't necessarily mean that's message within 24 hours." who you are in pe~son," says Jerry Stratton, a computer opera To help bis students limber up at the computer keyboard, tor in U SD's academic computing department. "Who you are Schoenherc- requires them to tum in short assignments depends on how well you write." through e-mail, rather than on paper. They, in turn, get their A creative user can weave some pretty deceptive stories, grades through the network before the next class. Pam says, though most don't. "You have to reall y trust people "Nothing can replace personal contact," he cautions. "l on the Internet," she admics, however. "Anyone can string never want to replace having students come into my office and you along." sit down with me. l just want to have another way of commu Though much of the electronic network revolution bas nicating, and that's wha t e-mail does." sprung from grass roots discussion groups and other recre ational endeavors, the technology also has opened a new world for information seekers. Steven Schoenl1err, U SO associate professor of history, brings the power of this electronic com munity into his class lessons. While C ici, John Highkin, and Pam and Shawn have chosen their own unique paths, they all have been striving coward the same goal - making a connection with others and having the nouri,shment of community in their lives. "People need to feel valued as part of something larger than themselves," Carolyn Shaffer notes. But C ici sums it up best as she watches her friends welcome each other home to the marina and reflects on her new life: "Wow! I belong!'' I U 5 D M A G A Z I N E j 15 By Michael R Haskins Former USD athletes have chosen some unique paths to careers in professional sports. From the playing fields of San Diego to the playing courts of Europe, these talented big leaguers arc answering the call of the games they love. " >,.. ..D 1-,...... !!" ii.. aii 1G I u s o M A G A z I N E Getting the chance to play with close friends is certainly serendipitous, but most of Taitano's good fortun has m re to do with hard , ork than with luck. Along with the numerous accolades he ha received as an athlete, including appearing with the Toreros in the CAA tournament three our of his four years, Taitano's outstanding academics earned him a job with Price Waterhouse, a Big Si.x accounting firm. The com pany didn't force Taitano to choose between occer and accounting, however. It's holding the job for him while he play with the Seekers. But success hasn't fazed Taitano, who ju t hakes his head and flashes that smile when asked whether he ever believed When Toby Taitano '94 walks off the field after one of the he'd be playing soccer as a pro. "l played soccer for 17 years rigorous daily practice with the San Diego Sockers indoor and put my heart and soul into the game because I love it," he soccer club, he usually has some aches and pains. But he's sa s oftly. "1 feel very lucky to ha e thi chance." always smiling. Taitano's long-time love of the sport al o ha taught him to Taitano's frequent smiles are the mark of a per on who put the team above any individual successes. "l don't really knows that such aches are sometimes just another part of like to concentrate on personal achie ements or pay much doing omething he loves. That love has carried him to a posi attention to them," he says. "Every time I look up at the tion as a top starter with one of the most successful teams in scoreboard after the game and see that we've won, tbat's what the new Continental Indoor Soccer League. But the seeds of I'm most proud of." He pauses for a moment, as if gathering his professional career were sown long ago, when a 4-year-old his thoughts to say something more. But instead, he just Taitano kicked his first soccer ball. smiles. "l have two older brothers who played soccer, and my par ents just weren't able to make it to all the separate practices, o l ended up playing at their level," Taitano, age 22, recalls. "I think those years of playing up a level or two with the older kids really pushed me along." Taitano is still playing with the big kids, only now it's as a pro athlete in his rookie season with the Sockers, And while playing with those more experienced than he has never been a problem, Taitano - who capped a four-year Torero career by leading the team in total points (eight goals and 16 assists) in 1993-94 - still is adjusting to the indoor version of the sport. "Everything about indoor occer is different," he says. "The field is much smaller, we play on Astroturf instead of grass, we use a smaller ball and, of course, the ball plays off the boards. But all those things make it more exciting to watch and play, too." What hasn't changed for Taitano, however, are the faces of some o{ his teammates. Also playing for the Sockers are for mer Toreros David Beall, '94 and Paul Gelvezon '93. lo addi tion, Taitano had the chance to play about half of his first season with former USD teammate Kevin Legg, who recently left the Sockers to join another team. "I was really lucky to have three close friends on the Sock ers," Taitano says. "We connect really well on the field together." U S D MAG AZ IN E J 17 "When l fir t went ver t Eur pc, 1 didn't find the kill level of the players t be very good, even in countries that are known for ba sketball , like Italy and pain," Stockalper says. ' But in the past five years, they've rea ll y made a lot of progress.'' tockalper is unique) qualified to as e. s European ha ket• ball. The sq uad that wins the Swiss national title traveL acros the contin nt to face off against other national champ , and Stockalper hos played foe si:\: of tho e Swiss championship teams. Stockalper's ca reer io Swi1zerla11d ec1 11~ ,nore ne of de • tiny than choice. WhiJ many athletes have been stymied by all the red tape involved in pla yi ng pro sports in a foreign country, Stockalper had no such problems. Although tbe nowy mouotaios of Europe are a far cry from "My grandfather wa b rn in Switzerland, and he kept up the sunn)• shores of San Diego, tbe soutlu:m region of al l the paperwork with the wi s embassy for many years," Switzerland is home to a USD athlete vho found a somewhat Stockalper says. "So when l got an offer to play with a Swiss unusual route to a professional basketball career. team, l already had citizenship." Just aero s the Italian border in the Swi. s province of Tici That, combined with the fact that Stockalper and his family no, Mike Srockalper '8 I, who played point guard for the were members of the Swiss Club of San Diego, and a cousin Toreros for four years, is nearing the end of his successfuJ 11- of Stockalper' already wa pla yi ng in Switzerland, made his yca r run with two teams in that country. Stockalper played adju tment to Swiss life easy. And ald1ough he says he often for eight years in tbe city of Pully, in the French-speaking mi sses San Diego, Stockalper is grateful for the opportunities region of Switzerland, and bas spent the la t three years in tbe be hi s wife Margaret - whom he m,trried between his junior city of Bellinzona. But how popular can basketball be in a and senior )'Ca ras - nd thei r duee children have had across country known for producing world-clas skiers? the Atlantic. "Let's put it this way," Stockalper laughs. "The weather "We've been ro the Soviet Union, lsrael and all over over there in the winter is so bad thaL if you want something Europe," Stockalper says. " My kids have learned so much; to do on a Saturday, you h ave to be indoors. So, you come out they oll ·peak three languages, and they've seen a lot of the to see a ga me." world. We miss America, but we all appreciate the things But joking aside, Stockalper bas een basketball in Switzer we've seen and learned." land - and the skill 0£ European players - grow b leaps and Srockalpcr him elf has learned son1e other important bounds in the time he has played tbere. Part of the credit ma y le sons over the years. He's earned an M,B.A., and hi work be due to Stockalper himself, who works extensively with , ith younger player, hos taught him the skilL necessary to be younger players during tbe off-season and even in the regular a good coach. As he enters hi la ·t yea r as a playe r, he's season, when hi coaching duties are added to ga mes and already casting an ye toward coaching in Switzerland. And twice-daily practices. while coaching may seem complicated to some, tockalper has St kalper' own basketball ca reer began with on ea rl a simple view of ~ hat he ha · to do. m1mtor. Former USO basketball coach Jim Brovelli, who is "lt' just the same as playing," he ay with a gri_n. " All you now at the University of San Francisco, first spotted the l1ave to do is win." young Stockalper at a basketball camp in ld llw ild, Calif. ' 41 had the cbance to watch Mike play quite a biL when he was younger, and he always had a real fee l for the ga me of basketball," says Brovelli , who kept tabs on tockalper throughout his precollege career. "As a point gu, rd , you wont a player who can be a coach on the floor. Mike's intangible feel for the ga me made him the type of player I love to coach j you could just get him the ball and not worry." Stockalper, or "Stock," as hi teammates ca ll ed him, went on to a successful high school career and pent many of hi free evenings at U D watching the Toreros pla y. When the ti me came for college, USD was an easy choke, Stock-a lper says. Not o easy was the team's jump from the NCAA Divi sion 11 level to the more competitive Division l in Stock alper's junior year. Although the Toreros took some time getting used to Division l play, the tough competition gave Stockalper hetter training than most professional player in Europe. 1a iuso MAGAZINE Julie McKeon '94 knows how important it is to maintain a sense of balance, botb on the tennis court and off. But shortly after returning to professional tennis after her graduation in was ranked 14th in singles play and 11th in doubles by the June, McKeon wasn't sure if she could keep her balance in International Tennis Association. either place. What makes McKeon's success amazing is that she didn't "l played on a grass court surface io an English tourna start playing tennis until she was 1 1, a very advanced age ment, and l didn't realize that -you have to have special shoes compared to other women players. But by the time she fin to play on grass," she says. "So, l ended up sliding around a ished high school, she was ready for the professional tour. lot and falling down a few times. It was kind of scary." Playing for a year in Japan, lsrad and the United States, But more frightening was feding that she might have lost McKeon attained a world r.inking of 400 and seemed well on the sense of balance she always brought to tennis and her life. her way to a successful professional career. Then tbat sense of "After four years away from the tour, you forget how difficult balance set in. it can be," says McKeon, who played professionally for a year "I decided that just in case 1 ever was hurt or had co give up after high school before deciding to come to USO. "ln my the game, l needed to have an education," she says. "1 visited first tournament, I lost a four-hour match in a final-set USO and fell in love with it, as I think a lot of people do. l tiebreaker, a match that 1 had some chances to win. 1 started couldn't have asked for anything better." thinking that maybe l should just hang it up and go home.'' Although she gave up four years of playing professionally to It wasn't just the match that threw McKeon off kilter. As go to school, the 23-year-old McKean, who grew up in North someone who has been on the tour before, she knows that brook, Ul., has no regrets. ln fact, she believes college gave playing the game can be the least of her worries. Money is her a perspective that some of tbe younger players on the tour always a concern - while some European countries sponsor don't have. their players, McKeon is paying her own way. She must make "Some of the girls are so young that it's really someone else sure that she gets into the right tournaments, those that will that's making them play, and T don't think they know why allow her to move up among the smaller "satellite" tennis they're doing it," she says. "l 'm used to just playing tennis for tClurs and eventually attain a world ranking. She ammges her fun, and it's sad that they don't look at it that way." own travel and lodging, often staying with members of the McKean, who has played in England and Ireland and plans tennis clubs where tournaments are played. And because she to move on to Belgium and ltaly next, also differs from the doesn't yet earn enough money to pay a coach, McKeon must younger players in that she has learned to spend quality time coach herself. off the court as well as on. "l think because l 'm older, I've Despite these concerns, McKeon found that restoring her learned to appreciate that life is more than tennis," she says. inner sense of balance was almost as easy as picking up the " 1 try to balance practice with getting out and seeing and new shoes she needed. She simply took some time to remem doing as much as possible. L rhink it's important to make that ber what she really wants out of tcnois. rime." "l went into my first match with too many expectations," Rather tban taking away from her game, McKeon's time off she says. "After thinking about it, I got back my old attitude, seems to have helped her tennis. Despite her misgivings after that l ' m playing for fun and because l enjoy tbe game so her rocky start this Juoe, she advanced to the final qualifying much. As soon as that happened, l started feeling better and round in her next tournament and placed highly in separate playing better." tournaments sponsored by Reebok in England. The Reebok If the past is any indication of what her "old attitude" can tournaments don't count toward getting her on " tbe comput do, McKeon is lucky to have regained it so quickly. At USO, er" - in other words, getting a world ranking that will allow she garnered three NCAA ALI-American honors, the first her to move up to the next level of the tour - but they do female athlete from the university to do so, and capped her help her confidence and also award cash prizes, which sbe senior year by winning 13 of her last 14 matches and helping laughingly says "don't hurt either." the team to a No. 21 final national ranking. McKeoo herself Although she's starting over in the world of professional tennis, Mcl U 5 D M A G A 2 I M E 119 ALUMNI ·u·ALLERY Note: Some m.u::.u11cies stiU c :isl for d,tss :a.ea :a. :a.ea• chufrs, o,11-dl<1in (fur dusses j,ri1Jr !IJ 1971), CLASS CHAIR: • JD-Year Reunian Celebnlian curresj!lllldcnrs and c,>-corrc.iJl 20 I u 5 D MAGAZ I NE ALUMNI 19GB 1972 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI CLASS CHAIRS: GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Randall B. Hlolz became a partner with the Sandra (Kiszla) Chew and Laren E. Waiss (J.O.} is self-employed as an law firm ofBranton, Wilson & Muns, Walt Johnston attorney in Salt Lake City, where he lives A.P.C., where he specializes in the areas of with his wife, Gina Dalton. realc estate, ommercial leasiog and business CLASS CORRESPONDENT: law ....Jemes Whitak■r (M.Ed. '83) was pro Moira Lees 1973 moted to vice president of student affairs for 11806 Gorham Avenue CLASS CHAIR: Menlo College in Atherton, Calif. Los Angeles, CA 90049 Tim Chambers 1977 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI UNDERGIWJUATE ALUMNI CLASS CHAIR: J■an1111tla (McDanilll] llnwn has a new job as Kalhlam Kan Slanlard writes char her 2-year Donald J. Altomonte a fifth-grade teacher at Our Lady's School in old and 4-year-old have "moved into high San Diego. She and her husband, John, live gear!" UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI in Chula Vista. Patric:■ LaCasto-Lawnnu·was licensed as a 1974 marriage and family therapist and has a pri• 1989 • 20-Ynr Rnni■n c.Jabratian vate practice in Denver. She and her hus • 25-Yav Reunion CaluNli.Dn Od. 15, 1994 band, Jim, who have been married for six Oct. 15, 1994 years, are buying their first home.... Nancy CLASS CHAIRS: Miller earned an M.S.N. degree from Seton CLASS CHAIRS: Victoria (Westervelt) Nasman and Hall University in l 99Z. She and her hus Jan (Davidson) Tuom,tioen and Doug Robert band, Kenneth, live in Morristown, N.J., Bill Davila where she is a pediatric nurse practitioner at UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Morristown Memorial Hospital. Nancy pub IINDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Betsy Clark Mleynak is a flight attendant with lished an article, "Guidelines for Primary Bob B■audi1111 received the Silver Beaver Delta Air line.s. She and her husband, Jack, Care Follow-up of Premature Infants," in the Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the have a 9-year-old daughter, Tara.... Mary October I 993 i.ssue of Nurse Practitioner. highest award for volunteer adults in scout (1:iemick) Phillips is a contrJcts/sales adminis ing. Bob's oldest son is an eagle scout and trator for Pacific Monolithics lnc. She aod 197& another son is getting ready to work on his her husband, Andrew, live in San Jose, CLASS CHAIR: eagle project. Bob and his wife, Dena, live in Calif., with their three children: Daniel, born Steve Plourd Westlake Village, Calif. "We were a little on Juoe 3, 1983, Christina, born on April 3, shaken up our way (by the Jan. 17 earth 1986, and Andrew, born on March 3, UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI quake) but everyone is floe," he and his wife 1990.... Mary (Fusr:o) Russell and her hus Marie C■ln-Rath (M.Ed. '84) writes that she wrote. ''We were the lucky ones to still have band, William, have been married for 20 is ''raking a break from her job as a special n home and a job.''. .. P. Carey lleicl published years and have two children: Michael, 11, education teacher to devote more time as a bis first novel, Swimming in the Starry River. and 'Evan, 4. mom to our rwo wonderful daughters - Jennifer, 8, and Kimberly, 6. Marie's husband, 1970 1975 Gary, is an attorney in the San Bernardino CLASS CHAIRS: CLASS CHAIR: County district attorney's office.... Brian J. Rosemary (Masterson) Johnston and Dennis Blair Dunn '78 (J.D. '81) formed a San Diego law G. Vincent Reardon Jr. partnership, R.,mseyer & Dunn, with Craig CLASS CORRESPONDENT: A. llam.s■y■r '81 (J.D.).... Miduul Harrad is a IINDEllliRAIIUATE ALUMNI WiJJiam Uberti veterinarian and director of veterinary ser WiWam J. Kinnay is treasurer for the city of 5350 Satterfield Court vices for Synbiotks Corp. in San Diego. He Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he lives with his Woodbridge, VA Hl93-3408 and his wife, Mari, live in Santee. Michael wife, Merrianne, ...Danial J. Wustar is a earned his doctor of veterinary medicine divinity student at the Episcopal Seminary of UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI degree from the University of California, the Southwest in Austin, Texas. Meg M. Mr:D■nnaH lS chief information offi Davis, in l 987. cer for the County of Los Angele,; and lives 1971 in FuUerton, Calif.. ..Juliett ■ Tapacio :&.979 CLASS CHAIR: S■nni■nl a is an administrative law judge with • 15-Ynr .Reunian C■labratit1n Steve Nasmao the California Unemployment Insurance Oct. 15, 1994 Appeals Board in Sacramento. She and her CLASS CORRESPONDENT: husband, Harold Suan, live in Benicia, Calif. CLASS CHAIR: Lawrence Pickard Kathy (George) Frisbie 41 1 4 Z Cardinal Flower Drive 1978 Murrieta, CA 92562-2016 CLASS CHAIRS: CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Maureen Phalen and Dorothy (Kettel) Kneski Michael LiuZ2i Z96 Amesport Landing Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 U S D M A G A z I N I I 21 ALUMNI fourth-grade teacher for Saugus Union Provided by Immune Responses and ldio busim:ss, A Little Eggstra, in which she School District in Santa Clarita, Calif, She typei;" was published in a medical journal. An hand-paini:s ostrich, rhea and eruu eggs. The and her husband, John, live in Newhall .... abstract of his work appeared in The Ameri Moreys live in Oceanside, Calif., but hope co Rob■ rt P. Hall is a sales representative for can Fcderatiot1 of Clinical. Research al the move to Orange County soon .... Jasa Pallaras -Polaroid in Santa Ana, Calif. He and his 1992 annual meeting. He also has given (J.D. '90) is an attorney with Jason A. Awad wife, L;,ura, live in Valencia .... liary Hallay numerous presentations at Woods Hole, & A ociates in Las Vegas .... Mavrem started his own gr:tphic de,;ign/illustr-.ition Mass., at Wake Fore,;t Univer ity and at 1he (Nu■ sc:a) Palimad■i i assi tant director of business in Solana Beach, Calif.... Paul Jiganti ational Institute of Alle'l:)' and Infectious development at Univer~ity of San Diego High and bis wife, Ca~ol Schiavirti, live in Hins Oiseasc .... Calharine (Neumann) King and her School and is working toward an M.B.A. dale, 111., and he works for Susquehanna husband, Tr.icy, live in Olympic. Valley, degree. She and her husband, Will, live in lnvestment Group in Chicago.... Daminidi Calif., with their 21-month-old daughter, San Oiego ....Tammi (Durham) Siralcy is senior L111111 is a trial attorney for the law offices of Chelsea Marie. Catherine i a flight attendant technical sale.s speciali t for Specialty Labora• Aiken & D' Angelo in San Diego. He writes: for American Airlines .... Navy 'Lt. Dani■l ll tories in Santa Monie.a, Calif. She and her "lt is great being back in San Diego and 1 Mishlar returned from a four-month Persian hu band, Charles, li"e in Manhattan Beach. look forward lo hearing from my classmates.'' Gulf deployment aboard the aircraft carrier ... Michael Mclntyn (J.D. '88) write that he USS lndependence.... Gary Payna moved to GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOi. ALUMNI was reassigned 10 the general tort and litiga Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is report Kevin F. Barrett (J.O.) joined the Glendale, tion division for the United States Air Force Ing from the southern region of South Ameri Calif., office of Wesierski & Zurek, where he in Washington, D.C .... DanaJd C. Mu■ll■r is ca as an international photojournaUst for specializes in civil litigation. He also is director of accounting '.ind financial reporting Gamma Liaison. Thi information was sub enrolled in UCLA's e:,ecutivc M.B.A. for Fisher Scienriflc Co. in Pittsburgh. He mitted by his sister, Sharon Payne.... Marinc program. and Ms wife, Molly, live in Wexford, Pa, .. , Capt, Daniel J. Rill ■ ga received a letter of Ann M. Nagy lives in Carlsbad, Calif., and is appreciation for superior performance of duty 1&&& an engineer for 03 Technologies in San Diego. at Camp Pendleton, Cali(.. .. Navy Lt. j.g. CLASS CHAIR: P ■ l ■I' A. Yavng returned Crom a five-month Jacki (Cepe) Lake GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Mediterr:tnean Sen deployment aboard the Ja11111s M. Hest■r (LL.M. '851 J.D. '85, M.A. submarine USS Sand Lance, homeported in CLASS CORRESPONDENT: '86) published his first novel, Knight.s of the Charleston, S.C. Joannie (Santoni) McLaughlin White Camelia. He currently practices law in 11454 Eastridge Place Carlsbad, Calif.. .. Vid!i Rullin-Hawtan (J.D.) GRADUATE AND LAW SDIOOL ALUMNI San Diego, CA 92 L3 l specializes in workers' compensation defense David N. Gudry (].D.) was elected to partner• a.s an attorney at the law offices o{ James Zer ship at Hughes & Luce L.L.P. in Dallas .... UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI boni. She and her husband, David, llve in Alva Jahnes-Smilh ().D.) is vice president of L ■slia Araiza wa appointed to the"executivc Lake Forest, Calif....Lais Wigdahl (J.D.) administration for Science Applications board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Soci form.ed a law partnership, Wigd;ihl & Passari, International Corp. in San Diego, where she ety's San Diego chapter. She is employed as no, in Sant.i Rosa, Calif., emphosizing estate lives with her husband, Vance. the San Diego public relations manager for planning, probate, real estate and business law. Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites.. .. Nnvy Lt. 1&&'7 Janadum D. Bladc■r received a letter of com 1&&& CLASS CHAIR: mendation for superior performance of duty CLASSCHADl: Philip Welp at Naval Air Station North Island in San Ed Aloe Oiego .... Navy Lt. Craig M. lirivel returned CLASS CORRESPONDENT: from a four-month Persian Gulf deployment CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Niamh Foley-Homan aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Shannon Smith 1621 Andora Hill .. ..Marl ■ntt (Hibblll'I) K■Ueh■r is a CPA 1602-1/2 The Strand Carson City, NV 89703 and accepted a position with The Hahn Co. H ermosa Beach, CA 90254 as an internal auditor. She also works part• UNDERliRADUATE ALUMNI time in the House of Lloyd nnd was recently UNDER&RADUATE ALUMNI Denis ■ Flll'IUllldaz accepted a position as a promoted to supervisor. Marlene and her bus, Paul Dallis is public relations coordinator for cont.racts administrator for Pyxis Corp. in band, John, were on the Leeza Gibbons tele the San Diego County Credit Union and ,11as San Diego .... JeUary Haladny works for the vision sho, in March when she featured appointed community volunteer connection William Morris Agency, a literary/talent people who are child-free by choice. ... Mary chairman for the United Way of San Diego agency in Beverly Hills, Calif.... Navy Lt. Fram:■- L■IIIN works at the Ritz-Carlton County's Volunteer Center.... Miduml Petrick McNamara received the Navy Hotel in Phoenix.... Navy Lt. Daniel Limbug Haward gr-.idua1ed from the M.D./Ph.O. pro achievement medal fot superior performance was transferred to Monterey, Calif., to begin gram at Vanderbilt University's School of of duty wh.ile serving as the scheduling offi work on a master's degree In financial man, Medicine in M_;iy. He earned bis Ph.D. in the cer on d,e taff of com.mandcr, Amphibious agement. ... ln■ Tejarahadi earned her M.O. department of microbiology and im munology Squadron Sevcn •... Francine (Sl■hly) Many degree from St. Louis University in 1993 and with a Einal thesis titled "Cytokine mRNA (M.A. '89) and Si:aH Many 'BB have a is now with Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, -Production in Schistosoma mansoni Egg I-year-old daughter, Kailey Michelle. Scott is Calif .... J ■ llery Tiplan is account manager for induced Granuloma Formation." As a result a consultiog manager for Platinum Sofrware Kraft General Foods in Tempe, Ariz. He and of his work, a n1anl15cript titled "The Funda Corp. and Francine resigned from her posi hfa wifo, Toni, live in Phoenix. mental Nature of Chagas' Disease, A View tion as a first-grade teacher to smy home wit·h Kailey. She has started her own home-based U 5 D M • o A z I N E I 23 GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL AI.UMNI is a vice principal at the local junior high and Las Vegas Thunder Hockey C lub.... Mary Rob■rt D. Berglund (M.B.A.) wns promoted David is n medical snles tcprcscntativc.... (Smith) Gowan applied for her teaching cre to assistant trea.5urer for Jackpot Enterpri~es Karin (McDermDH) McCall joined Finance dential in March and is. a substitute teacher in Inc. in Las Vegas ....TBJ'llsa [Riley) McGinnis West Corp. as a senior loan consult:mt. She the Cajon Valley Union School District, She (M.Ed.) and her husband, Edward, live in and her husband, Edward, live in Manhattan and her husband, Patrick, live in El Cajon, Goose Creek, S.C. Beach, Cali{.... Dana McD■nnDII is program Calif.... M arine ht Lt. 1/'Tllliam T. Hamby coordinator for Merisel in El Segundo, repo rted for duty at headquarters battalion, :aeae Calif.... Sam McD■nn■H is in law school at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in • Five,-Year Reunion Celabralilln UCLA and is going to work for the Califor Twentynine Palms, Cali{. ... Michella (And■r Dd. )5, 1994 nia state senate as an aide.... Erik Nlll'ris is san) JDhnsDn and her husband, Thomas, live merchandise manager for Wal-Mart St9res in Minneapulis, where s he is a tax speci;ilist CLASS CHAIR: Inc. He and his wife, Michele, live in Exeter, at Waycrosse l nc.... Monica Martinez teaches Tom Gorman N .H .... Jahn Penrith is the branch manager of a bilingual first-grade class in the El Rancho First l nterstate Bank in Chula Vista, Calif. Unified School District in Pico Rivera, Calif. CLASS CORRESPONDENT: He and Mary Powell were married in May She also teaches Mexican folk dancing to Colleen 'Blackmore 1993.... CDUe ■n Kanaley PisdaHa and On 1t childcen in kindergartell through the third 6910 Blue Orchid Lane Pisciotta live in Highlands Ranch, Colo., grade .... Navy Lt. Gerald N. Miranda returned Carlsbad, CA 92009 where Dean works for the family business, from deployment in the western Pacific Brakes Plus. Colleen and Dean have two aboard the submarine USS Portsmouth, UNDER&RADUATE ALUMNI children: a son, Gordie, born April 25, 1992, homeported in Vnllejo, Calif.. .. M. David RDsalind Brady lives in San Diego a[ld works and a daughter, Jacey, born Feb, 9, Pearce earned a master of arts degree from for American Residential Mortgage Corp.... 1994.... Alondra Ross is a veterinarian for Yule Univcrsiry in May 1994 and relocated Pal Bnmnan was promoted to sales manage, Larry Baker, D. V.M., in Decatur, 111. to Portland, Ore.•.. Mary Smigi■lski (J .0. '93) ot the Los Angeles area for Express Tel, a opened her own law oHice recently in San long distance telephone carrier. He and his GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Oiego.. .. Elizab■th Smith is a buyer/planner wifo, Erin, say they are happy to be back in Marie Dundn (M.I.R.) w11s appointed by Cal with Sony Electronic& in San Ysidro, Calif. Southern California after living in Sacramen, ifornia Gov. Pete Wilson to ~erve as a state to for n year.... Jam■s Francis Camlll'Oll is commissioner on the Council on Economic GRADUATE AND LAW SCKDDL ALUMNI sales account manager for Tubesales in Foresl Development. The council advises the secre Charla• Ar■nsman (M.B.A.) opened a new Pork, Ga ....Debbie J. Dimidi is department tary of commerce on the functions and poli, financial advisory business, Arensman Finan manage, al Nordstrom in La Jolla, Calif.... cies relating to the state's economic cial Management..•. Carala (Blum) Azulay■ Katia Fisher-Potts and Jim PDlts '87 live in developmt!nt.... J.aura Jackson (J.D.) is an (J.O.) is an attorney with Gardese & Wynne Manly Bench, Australia, near Sydney. Katie nuorney with Kornblum & Ferry in San in Dallns .... Kathl■en (Manrique) Bachman writes: "Our apartment is on the water with Francisco.... Anna Leib (M.A.) is a social (M.B.A.) is the new grants and contract.s fantastic panoramic views. Every day, we worker for The Casey Family Program in San accountant at the University of San Diego, drive into the city for work over the famous Diego, where she and her husband, Gary She joined USO in November 1993 after Harbour Bridge and past the Sydney Opera Kennedy, live.... Amin Ri■dlinpr (M.B.A.) is nine years as a senior financial specialist ~t House. Jim is working for Xerox and has a youth evangelist and area director for General Dynamics. Kathleen lives in San been recruited by the Xerox bai,ketball team. Young Life in Sugar Land, Texas. Diego with her two sons, Daniel, 6, and I am the n.ational fashion promotions coordi, Brandon, ) ....Karen Harris (M.B.A.) is a nator for David Jones (a department store 1990 senior consultant in west region health care company) and am responsible for their fash CLASS CHAIR: for Ernst & Young ln Los Angeles. ion-related events for 16 ~tores across Aus Estela Lopez tralia. We have made many great new Aussie :&&&1 mates, but also miss our friends at home. CLASS CORRESPONDENT: CLASS CHAIR: Plc.,se ,_.rite and let us know how you and April (Flo,es) Goodjohn A I lngallincra your families are doing!" (76/1 Addison 926 Agate Street Road; Manly Beach, New South Wales, San Diego, CA 92 I 09 CLASS CORRESPONDENT: 2095; Australia) ....Th ■DdDr■ Halikas is a Glenn Hickok &ocial worker for ARC and lives in Walnut UNDEJlGRAOUATI ALUMNI 2221 Princeton Creek, Calif ....Navy Lt. Patrick J. Hamilton Eric ArindlllfUII purchnses hardware and soft St. Paul, MN 55105 completed the 22-week submarine officers ware as a senior buyer at Poole & Babbage. 11dvanted course at Naval Submarine School He lives in Milipitas, Calif., where he recent, UHIIERliRADUATE ALUMNI in Groton. Conn•... JDhn HDlfman earned his ly purchased his first home.... William Brown J■SUII Leung ChDng is an accountant for Z.M. M,D. degree. from St. Loui5 University thi.s is a Navy pilot at Naval Air St.ation North Enterprise,; in San Oiego. ... Dana D■Nardi is year and is serving his residency in rndiology Island in San Oiego. ...Navy Perry Officer 3 rd human resources manager for DcNardi at tbc University of Arizona medical Class Gr■g A Cummings reported for duty "Equipment Company in El Cajon, Calif.... school...,Gia (La Vi1t) Ho1tnan (J;D; '93) is an with Helicopter Anti-Submarine squadron Navy Chief Petty Officer 5111'11 C. Fisher associate in the labor department at Shep~ (Light) 47 at Naval Air Station North Island, received the Navy commendation medal for pard, Mullin, Richter & H ampton in San San Dicgo ... .ln Augu~t I 993, Eric 5. Deutsch merirorious service while serving on tbe $taff Diego ....K ■W (Sullivan] Liaut■ud and David earned his master's degree In sports adminis of commander, Naval Re~erve Readinc~s IJautaud live in Chino Hills, Calif., witb tration from St. Thomas University in Flori, Command, Region Si.~, Washington, O.C.... their two children, Drey and Madalyn. Kelli da. H e is director of merchandising for the Navy Lr.j.g. ReubanM. Floyd jM.B.A. '92) 24 J U SD MAGAZINE !ALUMNI was designated a naval aviator nnd received assistant for Weaver Pop<:0rn Co. in Van UNDERliRADUATE ALUMNI his Wings of Gold, which marked the culmi B1.1ren1 Ind. She spent a yenr in M exico work• Class correspondent Hays Fraim writes, nation of flight training in Corpus Christi, ing as an independent ,nternational bus,ness "Thanks to those of you who have taken the T exas.... Timnlhy J. Jnhnslan is an accountant con~ultant and trJnslator and plans to go to time to write to me! Please don't hesitate to in the Peace Corps and will be in Nicaragua graduate school this fall for international send news about yourself. We all want to until Dccembcr•.. . Bnlll■n Kannan is a sports management. ...Jahn Blain is an English know how you're. doing. l hope to he-Jr from broadcnster/producer for KSFO/l U S D M A O A z I N E I 25 !ALUMNI on a women's tennis u,am... . Mary 81th Reagan '88 married Todd Lightle in Augu.st McGDY11m lives io Hern10sa Be;ich, Cali(., M A R R I A G E 5 1993 nnd they live in Cerritos, Calif. Erin und works for W&S Associates, a snack food works for W hile Memorial Med ical brokcr ....'1'1- acy O'Raurke is in the corporate Center., .. Laura S. Dodsan '89 married Kevin markctin11 department at Anthem Electronics /Jlcusc 11urc 111111 U, 0 Ma1,:azine ,foe~ nlll Pennini:ton on July 19. They li ve in in San Jose, Calif. ... J■llrey Rager lives in f1l'int <'t1gccgr111~11t in/111-r11uti1111. Wl,itc 11hmn1i Arkansas City, Kao., where Laura is an Manbattan Beach, Calif., and is attending a,·,· utg~d 10 ,end mf,mnuuon uhour tlil!1r adminis1r:uor at Cowley County Cummunit\' Loyol.1 Marym ount University's law school... . rn«rri«J,:t.',.,t Ju(' tu vJ•«ct.· cmis1dcrc.ttiuns1 College.... Mark G. Kardas '89 married his Marine 2 nd Lt. Sun R. Riggs graduatt d from wedding /1/wtoxru/1h.• ttrl.' !Ill 111111,:~r !,em~ wife, Traci, in O ctober 1993 and they The Bask School at Marine Corps Combat /lul,li>hc,I. recently moved to Corona Del Mar, Calif. Devdopment Command in Q,1antico, Va. ... M~rk is a sales representative for l'apcrcraft Raymand Rabinsan is sole proprietor or his lnc ..•. Roberta Rhein '89 and Willi;1m Nelson own wholesale clothing line in Monte Sereno, UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI were married June 17 in Foundcr5 C hapel.... Calif.. ..After working at a H yatt hotel in Kathy Fiacca '81 (Teaching C rrocntial, '90) Rile R. Rass '89 married his wife, Dianne, on Denver for a year, Rabin Sc.all was promoted married Kevin McCanville '90 (J.D.) cm Nov. Aug. 14. 1993, in Del Mar, Calif. Rik is a to the H yatt manngcment training program 20. Kathy is a teacher at St. Columba Ele C PA and audit manager with A rthuc Ander, and is now at the Dallas/ Fort Worth H yatt menrnry School in San Diego and Kevin is an sen in Phoenix .... David A. Stewart '89 and .... Jannilar Strauss works in the marketing attorney in the law offices of Glenn Finch. ... Nicole LaChiusa '89 were married on April depa rtment of Price-Costco in San Diego.. .. Mary Nuasca '82 married ScaH Taylar 'BB 24, 1993. David is an invesro r with Fidelity Kenneth Thi■! lives in Hill.sboro BcacJ,, Pia., (J.D.) on Sept. l Z, 199J. T he couple trav Ln vestments and he lives with his wife in and is W()rking with his father to cake over eled to Caho San Lucas, Me:sjco, for rhcir Euless, T exas.... Janill Wang '89 married the family business, Nationwide Residential honeymoon. This inforination w,1~ submitted Kevin Schult: on July 4, 1992, at Founder~ Construdion ....Lisa M. Toala is a customer by Maur■-n (Nuesca) Palimadei '87. ...N ancy C hapel. Janie is a production assismnt for relations nssisrnnt wi!h R eef Bra,il in Nation Rajas '83 married Gerald T eotico on April 9. Prudential Home Mortgage in Costa Mesa. al Ciry, Calif... .A s an account executive for Nancy is a,counting systems mnn;iger for Calif.... Ric:hard Hall '9D and Kimb■rly Speak Inc., Erik Wahl schedules professional, Chipsoft in San Djego•..• St11Y11 •swaopar" Jimenez 'SO -were married on May 2 I. motivational and celebrity speakers. The Gauvin '84 and Shirley Bunner were 111arriro Richard earned his M.D. degree from St. company is headquartered in Sao Diego.. .. Aug. 20 at Founders Chapel. Steve is an Louis University this year and is serving h is Caralina Walthar-Meada is artending lnw agent at New York Life in San Dil!go .... Paul residency in internal medicine at Mount sch ool at Stanford University aod enjoys liv E. Yalas '85 matried Dana Pelltson on July Sinai in Los Angeles ....K11lly Leahy '9D mar• 17, I 993, and recently purchased a ne"' ing in Pain Alto, Calif.. ..Douglas West lives ricd Andrew M cKeown on June 261 1993, in in Laguna Nigel, Calif., and reports that he home in La Cnsta, Cnlif. Paul is a senior loan Founders Chapel, They honeymooned for was accepted into UCSD's La tin American officer for Citizens National Manufacturing the summer in Europe and now liwi in Studies graduate program. Corp ....Jahn J. O'Taala '86 married Nancy Mountain View, Calif. Kelly works with Gorman on March Z6 tn Sanra Ana, Calif. Sacred Hc,i rt Schools in Athcrton ....Cllrista GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI They went to Cozumel, Mexico, for thei.r ph■r Maloney '90 married Susan Nadeau '92 Navy Ensit;,'ll Diana Y. Adams (J.D.) complet• honeymoon and now live in Tustin, Ca.lif, Qn June 11 in the lmmaculata . Christopher cd the officer indpctrination school at the John is a law clerk in an O range County law earned his M.D. degree from Columbin Uni Naval Education and Training Center in office ....Elizah eth Flanagan '87 (J.D. '91) versity Medical School in 1994 and is scrv• N ewport, R.l.... Gragary Atchason (M.B.A.) and David Patarl '87 were married on J uly ing his surgery residency at Vanderbilt is looking for career opportunities in San 16, J 9931 in Denver. Beth is an attorney Medical School in Nashville ...•Pam ■la J. Pot Dkgo and Orange counties. He currently is with a law firm in Littleton , Colo., and David t■r '90 married hmes D. Drummond on employed as a naval science instructor in San is an investment real esrate broker with Mar April L6 at the Corona Del Mar Community Diego while h is wife, Kimi, purs ues he r cus & Millichap in D eo.ver. ... HoUy Caanrad Church. Pamela works for Silvcrado Ban M.B.A. at USD.... Navy Lr. j.g. Mary M. 'BB and Bruno G ralpois were ma rried on Oct. corp Inc. and lives with her husband in BNlWll (M.S.N.) recently completed Officer 23 in Nantes, France, then honeymooned in Orange County, Calif....Cllris Caulson '91 Lndoctrination School ar the Naval Education Vienna. H olly works for Seate. Farm ln ScaL married Ma9 McCaol '93 in June. C hris is a and Training Center in Newport, R.1. ... 0tis de, where the couple livcs.... Emily G. DeV■ra public a~countant with Arthur Andersen in Cala (M.1.B.) rnmcd Emerging O pportunities 'BB rnarricd Tin,othy A- Rogers on April 2 at San Dicgo.... K ■ri Beals '92 married Matt Co., his own international marketing consul, South Bay Baptist Church in C hula Vista, Litchfic.ld in January. She lives with her hus tancy in San Diego... . Caral (McDanald) Sis■ Calif. The couple live in Tierrasanra, and band in Chino, Cnlif., and is a customer ser, (J.D.) is a deputy city attorney in San Diego, Emily works for the fraud investigations divi vice representative. fo r ao ia.sura.occ agency. ... where she lives with ber husband, M ichael. sion of American Lntcrnatio nal. G roup. ... Margaret Pale '92 married Brandon Brown J■annia E. Hanry 'BB and Mark A. Fafftln '89 on J une 25, L993. Margaret is n pediatric were married Dec. I8 in Kild11,c, Ireland. staff nurse for Children's Hospital in San CLASS CHAIR: J eannie is a paralegal in San Fcancisto and Oiego. ... Garry Graen '93 married Dawn Tom Vertetis Mark is a touring tennis co:ich .... Timathy T. Brummett on Jan. 29. Carry is~ sales engi D'Taale 'BB ma rried h is wife, Janine, on neer for Liberty Photo Products in San UNDERGRADUATt ALUMNI March l 7 on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Clemente, Calif. ...Kristi Harris '93 and David Sanya Markus joined The Townsend Agency They live in ltuntington Beach, Calif. Timo• Nemeth '93 were married on Junc- 4 in San in San Diego as an account cuurd.inator, serv thy reports thar he has been with the Califor C lemente, Ca lif. ...Saka Ogina '93 nuirri~d ing as an nssisranr in public relations, adver• nia H ighway Patrol s ince L990 and ha~ been Kenny Ogumo in Hawaii ()n April 30.... fising ,ind market research. She had l,,een an rid in~ a C HP moro rcyd c since j 992.... Erin Christapher Slaflard '94 married hh, wife, inte rn for rhc agency. 2& I us o MAGAZINE IAL u MN I ► fi ,iiliil'i CaLhlccn, in Kenwood, C:1lif., in Miiy. wife, Christina, celebrated the birth of a stio, lilWJUAff AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMM Christopher i~ ente ring Georgetown Medical Nathi,nicl, on March I 0. Bmce is" financial Susan (Burlchalt11r) Baldwin '87 (M.A.) nod School in "Washington, D.C., this foll. a nalyst for C hevron in San Ramon, Calif., her husband, Justin, send news of tw() chil and he reports that h is job cakes him to dre n: Gretchen, born in June 1990, a nd Jay, GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Angola e very other n1ooth.... Matjorie b<>rn in December L99 I. The family lives in Jnry L. Harris '85 Q.D.) married Claire B. (Showalter) Deck '86 and her husbiind, T om, Poulsbo, Wash ....AstriJl (Diaz) Garcia '92 Sosna on Sepe. 4 ....Sally Everson '90 send news of two daughters: Kayla, born on (M.Ed.) and her husband, Rohcrt, celebrated (D.N.S.) married Jonathan Bates in Little June l, 1990, and Carina, born on Nov. JO. the birth of a son, Gavin, on Feb. 25, I 993. Rock, Ark. Sally is director of change man Marjorie is a clerical assistant in USD's grad Astrid is as~ist:lnt director of the international agement for the tleparlment of nursing at the uate admissions office.... Katie (Bell) Plll'l"J '86 rcsou,rces office at USO. University of Arkansas Medic:il Sciences and her husband. Scott. welcomed 11 daugh Medical Ccnlcr.... Shannan Sniffen '93 ter, Kathe rine, born 011 July 26, 1993. Katie (M .Ed.) married Keo McAndrcws on Aug. works for the H yau Regency in Den ver .... 2 1, 1993. Shannon is a critic,11 skills teacher Christina (Ett11r] Roush '86 and her husband, in the Poway (Calif.) Unified School District. David, ~elebrated the a rrival of a daughter, IN MEMORIAM Elk:1berh, in November 1992. A year later, the Rousbcs moved into a new Imme they built in las Vegas, 1\lhere C hristina is a real In memory of his wife, Mary (Buckley) Hall estate broker for Territory Incorporated .... '69, James W. H oh Jr. has established the 8 IRTHS Diana (Sawyer) Krallman '87 and SIBYi! Krall Mary Buckley H oh Sch olarship in Ann,1polis, man '87 celebrated the bird, of their second Md., with the local superintend~nt of schools. child, Rya n, on April 2 1. Ryan joins a sister, The college/university scholarship will be UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jacqueline, 2 .... Julia [Mallllani) Madd■n '87 awarded ton gmdunring high school senior in Bill Nalley '79 and his wife, Leannu, wel and Nils Madden '87 welcomed a daughter, Anoe Arundel County, Md., who has comt il a daughter, Jacqueline Deanna, on Kelly, born on Mnrch 27, who joins a 2-1/2- excelled in Spanish. Contributions to the tax April 19. Tbcy live in Las Vegas.... Susan ycar-old brother, N icholas. J ulie reports thar e.~cmpt fund may be made payable to: "Annc (Beatty) Hites '80 and her husb,m~, John, she is a full-time mt1m now and Nils is s till at Arundel County Public Schools" for the send news of n daughter, Jacqueline Jean , H ewlett-Packard ....Mary Warburton Vass '87 Mary Buckley Holt Scholarship, 2644 Riva born on March 22. Susan is sales manager and her husband, Paul., announce the birth of Road, Annapolis, Md. 21401. (Editof's note: for Utde Tikcs T oy Co. She and her hus a son, Luke, on Jan. 5 ....Mary lBecker) Bils In the last ~i,H,c of USD Magazin1<, •we report band live in Sonoma, Calif., and own Vintage bDJ'Gugh 'BB and Jae Bilsbaraugh '88 ed that Mary (81tckle:t) Holt '69 died Aug. Sports Co., a specialty retail store for sport announce the birrh of rwin boys, Michael and 29, 1993, in her Maryland hm11e. During her ing goods and gifts .... Marila Sullivan 'BO and Matthew, on Dec.). Mary is a graphic curcer, .,he taught in more them 20 .schools in her husband, Ernest Rossiello, announced designer for PTl Env ironmental Services in seven .,lutes. In h~r many assignments, she the birth o f a daughter, Nina, on Sept. 2 t. Bellevue , Wash.... Brenda (Gabby) Griffith '89 in11igoro.1ed foreign langmtgc departments ,md I 993. Marita is assistant attorney general in ,md her husb,ind, Gregory, celebrated the was sought after to set up Aduanced Ple1ce- the Illinois attorney general'~ Qfficc. The birth of a son, Jeremiah, on Oct. 20. Jeremi 111ent Spunis/1 /Jmgrams.J.. ..Jahn David Lentz family lives in River Fo rest, lll. ...Kathy ah joins an older sister, Eden ....Lauria '94 (M.F.A.) died May 1, the victim of a (Kearney) Waads '81 am.I her hu.sband, Mark, [Daran) Dame '90 and Eric Dame '89 send drive-by shooting in San Diego's Balboa Park. wt lcomcd rwin daughters, Megan Margaret news of n son, Tyle r, born on March 22. He was 24. Scheduled to graduate three and Kaitlin Eliwbed1, \JO May 4. The parents L:.,urie is assistant property manager for the weeks later, Lentz ,vas amo ng seven students write: "We arc resting comfortably, awaiting Pnmgon Group in Tustin, C.~lif.. ..Kapri (Bus complcLing the two-year USO/Old Globe Katie and Megan's next advcnrurc.''... Anita lamante) Hintze '91 and Michael Hintze '91 Theatre M11stcr of Fine Arts in ihc Dramatic Wilson-Chishalm '82 and her husband, celebrated the arrival of ,1 son, Brock, on Jao. Arts degrees. Described as a rising star, he Nygel, anno unced the birth o f a daughter, 2. Kapri is ourputicnt clinical coordinato r for had appeared in Old Globe productions of Erin, in the s pring of 1993. This news was T ouchstone Community Inc. in G lendale, "King Lear" and "All's W ell that Ends submitted by Maureen (Nuesca) Palimadai Ariz;.... Jennil■r (Castla) Rusvall '91 and Den \Vell," as well as several productions per• '87.... Mary (Glashe■n) Sanders '84 and her nis Rasvall '90, welcomed a daught~r, Eliza formed on USD's campus in cooperation with husband, Kris, send news of two daughters: beth, on Nov, Z7, The family lives in Aloha, the Old Globe T heatre. The l ent~ fomll)' - Lauren, born on Aug. 6, 1989, and Vanessa, Orc .... Dawn (Simon) Vand■rM■■r '91 and h~r parents Stan and J ulie and sister Emily, of born on Dec. 12, 1992 ....Caralin ■ (Carlson) husband, Jim, announce the birth of n daugh l U 5 D M " G A z I N t: I 27 I AL u MN I kfi,iiif il'i HLLimn1 g □ HR □ fLf ClS ~f WOttl[f RS Th USD arional Alumni As ocintion board of di rectors elected a new slate o( offi cers and welcomed nine new directors at the board's annual recognition dinner in June. The new officers are: Russell E. Caine '85 Marco D. Alassia '84 Donald J. Altamonte '77 Brian W. Halmes '96 f'inom:i«i ConsuJ1u11 l, Smid1 GcncraJ ~1fo1ltl8c.T, Pnull"Jlliol Prcsidcul, 1994-95 StudClu president; Mary (Ko ac) O'Connor '83, Banh~)', Prc{~fTed fi,iu11c-fof Sen.rice Alumni As~ociutfon.. president-elect; Jacquelyn (Landis) Dapper USO s,,orr~ HmHfHCI. Pro/c.qionub. USO Cro.~.f Cmmcry T cum, USO Suf> \----~A~N!9UN.~l~G•· --~;~, ~...... A NpY:E,~IT _..../ . ; .ON THE INFORMATION . -:~ SUPERHIGHWAY!1:·:: ' ...,. .,.,r.·-:, _$'' , ' .. /' "-,...... ~ .. _:,,:,~ ... - ., '> \ ou can now , end.your,d,1 ss notes Adrienne Caldw11ll Moreland Trang D. Nguyen '91 Maure11n L. Phalen '76 ,_,, ~ .- rt'i .,, ~ ·~•· '78 (M.Ed. '79) A.s,si$1tutl Director a{Operntimu, Men1bcr, No.1io11al Assoc.·iariou of to and a'ddre.,f update? USO~, n~.scmrcc SJ,cdoli.~t Tcadu;or, Unil'l'f'.!iry of Scm Diego. College A,f,niniou Cmn.sdoT,s. ·...,,;,,, ""16"' ... ~ :,"¥ -...~ ~ ~ Mou11t \Voodstr11 £iC"mc,1 rm:,·Sdt0ul, Office of Alumni Relations through SJ,.,.cinf Olym1,k1 Conimunhy Scn1ii:e.~. Member, \Vt.'~'len1 Auoduriou of -\~ ,, .... "> --.; .. Rwnom, (Coli(.) Unifi 2& I u 5 D M A G A Z N E K A L E I D D S C D P E The calendar reDecls only major campus events with dates firm as of magazine press time. For a complete listing, please call the pubUc relations office, (619) 260-4681. Music and theater events are subJecl to change. Please call the line arts department al (619) 260- 228□ lo conlirm. Se:p-te:m.b~:r 14-16 -re>:re::re> Spe>:r-ts 13 H omecoming Weekend. Three days of Certificate in Direct Marketing course, events and remembrances with fellow USD fields teams in a number of "Direct Marketing Creative." alumni and fri ends. Reunions for the sports throughout the year. For infor 6-9:J0 p.m., Manchester Executive C lasses of 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, mation or schedules on any of the fol Conference Center. Continues 1974, 1979, 1984 and 1989. For lowing teams, t,Lease call the USD Tuesdays, Sept. 20, 27 and Oct. 4. Fee. information, call the Office of Alumni St,orts Center at (619) 260-4803. For information on this or other direct Relations at (619) 260-4819. marketing courses this fall, •Football: The T oreros compete in the call (619) 260-4644. 15 lnstitute for Christian Ministries Pioneer Football League, beginning 16 seminar, "Tools for Recovery: The Sept. 3 at Menlo College. Other games Spanish Mass. Mexican lndependence Practical Work of Getting Well," T om are: Sept. 10 vs. St. Mary's; Sept. 17 Day. 12:15 p.m., Founders C hapel. Weston, S.J. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Blessed at Drake University; Sept. 24 vs. Cal Sacrament Parish H all, San Diego. Fee. Lutheran; Oct. l vs. Valparaiso Uni Lecture and reception, "An Evening of For information on this or other versity (Family Weekend); Oct. 8 at Reflections with Hal H olbrook." 8 p.m., Christian Ministries seminars this fall, Wagner College; Oct. 15 vs. Evans Manchester Executive Conference Cen call (619) 260-4784. ville U niversity (H omecoming); Oct. ter. Fee. Proceeds benefit the Professor 22 at Butler University; Nov. 5 at Joanne T. Dempsey Memorial Fund. 1W'e>-v~m.b~:r Azusa Pacific University; and Nov. Resenmtion deadline: Set,t. 8. a 12 vs. Dayton University. For infommtion, call (619) 260-4805. San Diego area Metropolitan Opera •Men's Socc11r: The men's socc.er team auditions. Winner's Concert, 3 p.m., kicks off the season with a Sept. 5 16-17 Shiley Theatre. Donation. game at Fresno State University. The Law School Alumni Weekend. Two days (619) 549-2302. team plays throughout September and of programs and social events for School ::1.::1. October, finishing with a game Nov. of Law alumni. Reunions for the C lasses 13 at St. Mary's College. of 1958-62, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, Torero Athletic Hall of Fame. First ·Women's Socc11r: The season official I 984 and 1989. For information, call annual induction ceremony, H ahn ly kicks off Sept. 3 at home vs. the (619) 260-4692. University Center. Fee. For information, call the athletic department University of California, Santa Bar 30 at (619) 260-4803. bara, and continues through Nov. 6 ("][":l:>t.re>1LllLl!!;;b. c:>c-e.. 2) with a home game vs. the University Family Weekend. USO parents and 21 of Washington. students enjoy three days of activities on Thanksgiving Mass. 7 p.m., •Swimming: The women's swimming campus. For information, call the Office Founders Chapel. and diving season opens Oct. 29 with of Parent Relations at (6 I 9) 260-4808. a home meet vs. San Diego State Uni :K>~ce:mbe::r versity. The team closes regular-sea C>c-te>be::r son competition with the Feb. 17-19 Alumni Mass. 7:30.. p.m., Founders 5 Pacific Coast Swim Conference Chapel. The Alumni Mass will be cele Certificate in lntemational Business Championship in Long Beach, Calif. course, " International Human Resource brated simultaneously in San Diego, San T he voUeyball team begins Management," Dennis Briscoe, USO Francisco, Orange County, Los Angeles •Volleyball: its season by hosting the Fifth Annual professor of management. and Phoenix. For information, call the USO T ournament on Sept. 2-3. Join 6:30-9:30 p.m., Manchester Executive Office of Alumni Relations at ing USD will be the University of Conference Center. Continues (619) 260-4819. California, Santa Barbara, Cal State Wednesdays throughout October. Fee. For information on this or other Fullerton , Central Florida and Sam international business courses this fall, Houston State. The last regular-season game is Nov. at San Diego State call (619) 260-4644. 22 U niversity. & ::EIK.~me:mbe:r! •Crass Country: USO men's and Institute for Project Management course, women's cross country will open the "Project Cost Estimating and Forecast USO vs'. Noire Dame: .·,,,, ·> season with a Sept. IO home meet vs. ing," Andrew Narwold, USO assistant Saturday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., , St. Mary's and Santa C lara. The sea professor of economics. 6:30-9:30 p.m., San Diego Sports Arna. Supparf lha son concludes with the Oct. 29 West Olin Hall 225. Continues T hursdays basketball Tar•ros as they, ,,. Coast Conference Championship and throughout October. Fee. For informa lace all against Iha the Nov. 12 NCAA Region 8 Cham tion on this or other project management Fighting Irish! pionship. courses this fall, call (619) 260-2258. U S D M A G A z I N E I 29 P A R T I N G 5 HOT Pure jay registers in the hearts - and an the hats - al at leasl two students at the 1994 commencement ceremonies. Mare than 1,580 undergraduale, graduate and law students joined the ranks al USO alumni an May 21 and 22. ne 1994 commencement speakers were: Jack O'Brien, artistic direclar al the Old Globe naatre (undergraduate); namas J . Sergiavanni, Lillian Radford distinguished professor al education al Trinity University (graduate); and Alan D. Bersin, United States attorney lar the southern dislricl al California (law school). ■■■ NON-PROm OR&. U.S. POSTAGE PA ID SAN DIEGO, CA ~ PERMIT NO. 365 Univen!lily of &n Die50 Publications Office 5998 Alcala Park San Diega, CA 92110-2492 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED