USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO / SUMMER 2012 EVERY DAY OFFERS US A NEW PATH. NEW A US OFFERS DAY EVERY ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE END, HUMANS LONG FOR IN THE END, HUMANS LONG FOR POINT OF VIEW USD MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO [president] ALUMNI WITH THEIR GIFTS. Mary E. Lyons, PhD VOTE [editorial license] [vice president of university relations] Timothy L. O’Malley, PhD DESPERATELY SEEKING ANSWERS [assistant vice president How do we know for sure that we’re doing the right thing? of marketing and strategic partnerships] Coreen Petti eople talk about it all the time: “Be good,” they caution with a smile. “If you
[email protected] can’t be good, be careful,” others quip. Strangers instruct us to have a good [editor/senior director] P Julene Snyder day. There’s good grief and good riddance, good luck and good gravy. We can get
[email protected] while the getting’s good, get the goods on someone, and of course, strive to [associate editor] be do-gooders. Mike Sauer
[email protected] But to actually be good, really good, is a tricky thing. While the dictionary doesn’t [ senior creative director] see much ambiguity (Good — adj. Morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious), in truth, Barbara Ferguson
[email protected] it’s hard to know when you’re being really, truly good. Are you expecting a reward for your goodness? [writers] PARTICIPATION Shouldn’t goodness for its own sake be the goal? Are your attempts at goodness the result of the certainty Barbara Davenport that you know better than others? If so, isn’t that the worst sort of hubris? Karen Gross Sandra Millers Younger Thoughts like this can keep a person tossing and turning when they ought to be sleeping, and that’s Liz Neely Trisha J.