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University of San Diego Digital USD USD Magazine USD News Summer 1995 USD Magazine Summer 1995 10.4 University of San Diego Follow this and additional works at: http://digital.sandiego.edu/usdmagazine Digital USD Citation University of San Diego, "USD Magazine Summer 1995 10.4" (1995). USD Magazine. 10. http://digital.sandiego.edu/usdmagazine/10 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the USD News at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in USD Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SUMMER 1995 Volume 1D, Number 4 D N T E N T s USD MAGAZINE Hearl and Saul The Legacy of Author E. Hughes EDITOR By Michael R. Haskins Trisha J. Ratledge As USD President Author E. Hughes retires, CONTRIBUTING EDITORS he ends a 24-year tenure marked by financial, Kate Callen physical and academic growth. But·his great Michael R. Haskins est achievements lie within the hearts and Jill Wagner '91 minds of the thousands of people whose lives he has touched. Author E. Hughes has ART DIRECTOR endowed USD with a singular sense of spirit, Visual Asylum dignity and values, ensuring that the USD community will fondly remember the man PHDTDliRAPHERS who always put people first. Jim Coit Ken Jacques '78 ILLUSTRATION A Personal Touch Troy Viss By Trisha}. Ratledge When Author and Marge Hughes THE UNIVERSITY OF arrived on USD's campus in 1971, SAN DIEliD they were new to San Diego and to the responsibilities of a university PRESIDENT president. Marge Hughes has since Author E. Hughes forged a role that is uniquely hers, one in which she has endeared herself to VICE PRESIDENT FDR many with her warm manner and her UNIVERSITY RELATIONS personal touch. John G- McNamara DIRECTOR OF Moving On PUBLIC RELATIONS Jack Cannon By Jill Wagner '91 DIRECTOR OF Since the first colonists reached the ALUMNI RELATIONS shores of the New World, Americans John Trifiletti '78 have been willing to move away from familiar territory to seek opportunity. Today, the ever-changing workplace has many people moving at least once USD Magazine is published quarterly in a lifetime. Others average moves as by the University of San Diego for its often as every two years. Still others alumni, parents and friends. Editorial essentially relocate once a week when offices: USD Magazine, Publications they commute hundreds of miles Office, University of San Diego, 5998 between home and work. Whatever Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. the frequency, however, it's clear that Third-class postage paid at San Diego, Americans are on the move. CA 92110. USD phone number: (619) 260-4600; emergency security: (619) 260-2222; disaster: (619) 260-4534. ALCALA ALMANAC KALEIDDSCDPE Postmaster: Send address changes to USD Magazine, Publications Office, ALUMNI GALLERY :.!!1 PARTING SHUT 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. U S D MAGAZINE J 1 LMANAC • z 1g en<wuuld h!~,~ hard as necessary to defend himself or herself in an actual fight. Despite his modesty, the judges unani mously named Serban the victor in the final round. According to custom, the judges bow their heads and raise an arm in favor of the fighter they felt dominat ed the match. As the two-minute match ended, Serban and his opponent stood side-by-side waiting breathlessly for the results. Both hands shot up for the American student, who bowed graciously before stepping out of the ring. The new champion joined his friends and family to celebrate quietly on one side of the ring. Although Japanese cus tom dictates a subdued celebration, Serban recalls how excited he was to win. "I was really amazed. It was just overwhelming ... the lights ... " His voice trails off as the memory of his victory comes flooding back. Karate - Serban joined about 400 stu Now Serban is back in San Diego mince words when dents of karate from all corners of the training under Miko Peled at the Okinawa describing his years as a high school ath world. Karate Center, teaching the art of GoJu lete. "I was cocky and I had an attitude," Serban's success in the early rounds of Ryu to children and adults, and studying the USD junior says. "I played football the individuals tournament - he also to be an elementary school teacher. He is and I was that stereotypical jerk." competed as a member of the U.S. team quick to explain that the field is leveled Serban reminisces with the confidence - set up a final-round fight with a New at next year's tournament - anyone can that those days are behind him. Since Zealand opponent. The two young men, become champion if he or she trains hard taking up GoJu-Ryu Karate in the spring both in their early 20s, stepped into the enough. of 1991, Serban says he has filtered out ring before hundreds of fans. "I didn't An integral part of that training is the arrogance encouraged by football and fight like I normally fight because I was learning the respect and moderation that emerged a different person. "I've gained so nervous and stressed," Serban remem carries over into the daily life of every a confidence that overpowers the arro bers, admitting he doesn't like being the karate student. "When you're in the dojo gance," he explains. "I don't have any center of attention. "I was a bit overly (karate school), it's all about learning," thing to prove anymore." aggressive." Serban says. "It's not about winning, it's Already a black belt, the native of GoJu-Ryu Karate, Serban explains, is not about losing or who's better or Bakersfield, Calif., capped his career in about focus and control. In the two- worse." karate last fall when he was crowned minute continuous fight, the competitors Karate appears to be the perfect fit world champion in the light-heavy divi are judged on attitude and the ability to for a young man who's wanted to be a sion of the fifth annual Miyagi Chojun punch as hard as possible without strik teacher as long as he can remember, but Festival and World Championships. At ing the opponent. The idea is that a needed the stability offered by a martial the East Lyme, Conn., tournament - karate student with the control to just art that emphasizes harmony with your named for the founder of GoJu-Ryu miss hitting the other person in a tourna- self and the world. M A G A Z N E - PROPOSED STUDENT AID CUTS INCITE ACTION or college students conference in April to alert the commu bank. today, the struggle to nity to these proposed student aid cuts. On another front, Esteban del Rio, finance an education Joining Hughes at the conference in USD senior and vice president of stu will soon become formi USD's Hahn University Center were: dent issues for Associated Students, dis dable - or even impos Richard C. Atkinson, chancellor of the tributed a notice across campus that con sible - if Congress University of California, San Diego; tains information about the proposed passes current proposals to cut $20 bil Thomas B. Day, president of San Diego cuts and instructions on how to write or lion in student aid over the next five State University; Augustine P. Gallego, send e-mail to the members of Congress years. The cuts - part of an effort to chancellor of the San Diego Community presiding over student aid issues. As a reduce the federal deficit - are aimed College District; and Bill W. Stacy, pres recipient of loans, grants and scholar at a handful of popular financial aid ident of California State University, San ships himself, del Rio understands first programs. Marcos. hand the importance of preserving stu The largest program targeted in the Citing the benefits of an educated dent aid. proposals is the interest exemption for work force to society as a whole, the "This is a serious issue for the stu Federal Stafford Loans, worth an esti educators encouraged everyone in the dents," del Rio says. "And it's an impor mated $12.4 billion over five years. community to join students in their fight tant time in our nation, a defining Currently, the federal government subsi against the reductions to aid. moment. ls education important or not?" dizes the interest payments on these "At a time when higher education is Director of Financial Aid Judith Lewis loans for students who are enrolled at becoming more important than ever Logue agrees that the nation's priorities least half-time. Eliminating the interest before, it is also becoming less accessi have to be re-examined. Not only is exemption could increase a student's ble," Gallego said at the conference. "In reducing funds for student aid short indebtedness by thousands of dollars. an increasingly competitive world, a sighted, she notes, but it can affect far Other programs under consideration nation with lower skills can only support more than the country's economy. for cuts include campus-based student a lower standard of living." "All education has to be seen as an aid programs such as Federal Work-Study, "Financial aid is not about our institu investment in our future," she says. "It's Federal Perkins Loans and Federal tions," Stacy noted. "It's about our what we do to protect democracy." Supplemental Educational Opportunity young people .... I hope that we would "We'd better have an enlightened elec Grants. not now close the doors that this nation torate if we want democracy to work," At USD, these proposed cuts could has long held open for student access to echoes Hughes.