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It was a night for presidents, at least the USO kind, at President Alice B. Hayes' annual dinner Jan. 9 honoring top donors to the university. Joining Hayes for the 50th anniversary-themed event was the first president of the Associated Students, Kathleen (McGonigle) Murtha '54 (left), and cur­ rent president Kristen Jones, decked out in traditional Spanish Renaissance attire to greet the 255 guests. USO junior Angelique Breaux (right) had a little more than working out on her mind during the semester break. Breaux, 20, represented California in the 1999 Miss USA Pageant in Branson, Mo., It's a banner year at Feb. 5, finishing as the second runner up. Alcala Park, as the university celebrates its golden anniversary. Banners proclaiming the 50th celebration and motto "Tradition with Vision" were unfurled on Odissi, one of the the campus's Marian Way classical Indian dance and nearby Linda Vista forms, was performed Road. as part of the Sixth Annual All Faith Service Feb. 5 in The lmmaculata Church. More than 900 wor­ shipers attended the service, which featured prayers from various faiths and a perfor­ mance by Manoranjan Pradhan (left), a lead­ ing Odissi dancer, and the Patnaik Sisters, who danced with pop San Diego Mayor Susan Golding helped boost USD's star Madonna at the Golden Anniversary celebration by delivering her seventh 1998 MTV Video annual State of the City Address Jan. 13 before a capacity Music Awards. crowd at Shiley Theatre. Golding congratulated university officials for "50 years of excellent education," and illustrated San Diego's commitment to high-tech by speaking via satel­ lite to the city's Hong Kong development office. USD MAGAZINE Inside the Beltway EDITDR 5 Susan Herold Students work alongside members of Congress and embassy (E-mail: [email protected]) officials as part of an intensive internship and academic program in Washington, D.C. CDNTRIBUTING EDITDRS Michael R. Haskins John Titchen Jill Wagner '91 & Special Educator ART DIRECTOR Nearly 30 years teaching mentally handicapped students every­ Visual Asylum thing from reading to catching a bus earned Dennis Wick '65 USD's alumni humanitarian award. PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Pablo Mason Leveling the Playing Field Rodney Nakamoto 7 Gary Payne '86 USD athletes' spirit and perseverance will soon be rewarded ILLUSTRATORS with construction of the Jenny Craig Pavilion, which will bring Charles Glaubitz the university's sports facilities up to par with its competitors. Joel Sotelo

ADVISORY BOARD Arian E. Collins '87 Laura Hale '92 :1.2 In Love with Shakespeare Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) David Sullivan Master of fine arts students belly up to the Bard at San Diego's renowned Old Globe Theatre as part of an intensive, two-year UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO graduate program that lets them flex their acting muscles. PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS :I.& A Piece of Work John G- McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC Unfulfilled by your career choice? Overwhelmed by that first RELATIONS job out of college? The USD Career Center offers advice and Jack Cannon counseling to navigate bumpy job waters. DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

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hat do a network news in San Diego, and what if Mother Rosalie anchor, the bishop of the San Hill hadn't said 'yes' to Bishop Buddy's W Diego diocese, an astronaut, invitation to start the College for a Fortune 500 executive and a former Women here?" Crier asked "Brady Bunch" kid have in common? alumni, corporate constituents, They all were on hand to wish USD 50th anniversary sponsors and happy birthday during a 50th anniver­ university trustees, administra­ sary tribute hosted by BusinessLink tors and staff. USD, the university's corporate affilia­ Between video tributes from USO President Alice B. Hayes, well wishers like singer Gladys tion program. Barry Williams and Sally Ride. Catherine Crier, who headlines Fox Knight and former Attorney Left: Most Rev. Robert Brom, bishop News' "The Crier Report," hosted the General Edwin Meese, co-hosts of San Diego March 25 event at the San Diego Hyatt took various stages to give their Regency, setting the tone for USD's aca­ perspective on each of the five decades university around an ethics-based curricu­ demic and social achievements by telling since the university's founding in 1949, lum. Astronaut Sally Ride, who made the 460 in attendance how the determi­ and USD's contribution to them. history by becoming the first woman in nation of the individual can change the The Most Rev. Robert Brom, bishop space aboard the space shuttle Challenger world. of San Diego, recalled the university's in 1983, urged those in attendance to do "What if a bishop hadn't had a humble beginnings on a dusty hilltop and as she did: Never stop dreaming, never dream of an institution of higher learning efforts by its founders to build a Catholic stop learning, never stop teaching. D I GD N O O N H O O P S efore returning to his social services The group is so well known and job from a recent lunchbreak, Al respected, in fact, that the games are BSmith '89 iced his knee on a bench regarded by those in the know as some of outside the USD Sports Center. the best pick-up hocips in San Diego After seeing the group of guys he County. Dozens of Torero stars have just spent an hour playing pick-up bas­ tested their mettle against players like ketball with, it wasn't hard to under­ Kojis, a 59-year-old, 12-year NBA veter­ stand why. an who made the All-Star team twice. "We aren't just messing around in Kojis is not a USD alumnus, but he there," says Smith of the 15 to 20 USD serves as the ad-hoc dean of the group, graduates, faculty, staff and community which at times has included real USD members who gather for lunch-hour deans and currently includes professors. games three times a week. "This is pret­ Foreign languages professor Richard ty good basketball." Stroik has been playing since he arrived For nearly four decades, the open at Alcala Park eight years ago. gym period during the day has been a "They didn't let me shoot my first Noon-ballers in action USD tradition. Known as the "Noon­ two years," says Stroik with a laugh, ballers," current Torero players drop by "I started playing my first year of prompting one of his teammates to won­ and basketball alumni make regular law school," says Dave Golia '84, "and der aloud why they started letting him appearances. The crowd even includes just kept coming. At first, I needed it for shoot at all. some former pros, including two-time the competition, but now I need it to The "Noon-ballers" don't just run NBA All-Star Don Kojis. keep in shape." and gun. They set picks (hard picks),

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Richard Farman, chairman of Sempra Energy, told of the impact USD graduates have had on technology and communica­ tions. And Barry Williams, better known as Greg Brady from "The Brady Bunch," sang a Broadway show tune. ver wonder what happened to your But not just any Web surfer will California Gov. Gray Davis also lent former roommate, the one with the have access to the information. Users a hand to the celebration, designating ear-splitting snore and odd penchant of the alumni site will have to register March 25, 1999, as "University of San f for cheese? and receive a password and user ID. Diego Five Decades of Distinction Day." Maybe you'd like to chat with Restrictions also are in place to prevent The night was one of the first major other alumni who share your passion information from being downloaded, and anniversary events scheduled for the year, for wine collecting. Or perhaps you're none of the information will be released which includes an open house campus looking for a job, and would like to put to the general public, Foley says. celebration for the community July 30 your resume in front of thousands of Services available in May include a and 3 1, and a series of social and academic your former classmates. free e-mail address that alumni can keep events capped by Homecoming Weekend With the advent of USD's for life, message boards with and Founders Day, Nov. 12-14. For more Online Community, postings of campus and information on 50th anniversary events, finding a lost roomie, alumni activities, a check out the anniversary Web site at chatting with class­ yellow pages where http://alumni.acusd.edu/50th. mates or finding a job alumni can post an is just a mouse-click advertisement for their away. businesses, and a career In May, a Web services area where site accessible only to job openings or resumes USD alumni will go can be posted and online, providing an alumni can volunteer array of secured ser­ to mentor others in vices such as e-mail, their career field. chat rooms and mes­ "I look for educa­ GET IN THE GAME sage boards. And by tors in my line of Alwnni can now participate in January, alumni will work, and it would be fabulous if I could log basketball, softball and other sports be able to search for in with my password, through the USD intramural leagues, u friends and classmates via an online directory, .IOU. post my job openings wall as take recreation classes lika yoga even if the only infor­ and find alumni inter- and karate, by purchasing a $40 mation available for the search is a name ested in interviewing Intramural/Recreation Alwnni Card. or graduation year. for a job," explains Mayo, a nursing Call (111) 210-4533 to get your "This is a great opportunity for researcher with Kaiser Permanente. card and be part of alumni to keep in touch with each other Eventually, USD may offer distance the action. and with USD, especially since most learning to alumni via the Web site, or people these days are computer literate," set up a professor in a chat room to says Ann Mayo '90, '98, member of the answer questions or debate a topic. pass and move without the ball. They alumni board of directors. "There are so many uses," Foley show up in suits and ties and nice cars, Surveys were sent in March to USD's says. "It would be a great place for us change quickly and run for about 90 min­ 34,000 alumni requesting professional to let alumni in other cities know the utes. Then, it's back to work. After they and personal information for the univer­ president is in their town, or for alumni finish tending to their injuries, that is. sity's print directory, which is published in Boston to set up a happy hour for "The hours change sometimes and every five years. That same information others in their area." the faces, too," says Golia. "But without will be included in the Online Community a doubt, it's a great workout and a great in January when the print directory is way to keep friendships going." published, says Erin Foley, assistant director of alumni relations.

U S D M A G A Z N E their key and never leave their door unlocked. I noticed his door ajar, so I took the opportunity to show him the value of his security plan. I locked myself in his room, glued my eye to the peep hole FAVORITE PRANKS and watched the stunned look on his face when he realized he locked himself out. o help celebrate April Fool's Day, Seeing as I liked living on campus, I let we asked for your best pranks (or Tri£ (current USD alumni director) back those legendary ones you heard into his room without too much delay. about) from your days at USD. - Frank Bugelli '84 IAnd you told us plenty. Thanks to those alumni who sent us their favorite gags. U/ater, U/ater Everywt]ere And if you should suddenly find yourself One night we had a huge water fight a little damp when using the campus ATM (super-soaker water guns, water balloons, machine, or discover crickets chirping in etc.) throughout the third and fourth your home's ventilation shaft, blame floors of Maher Hall. But someone decided them, not us. JifTVT\iQy ([ic:~et5 to get the last laugh on my roommates and I. When I opened the door to our The third and fourth floors in Maher I'd li_~e }20 a17d a Towel room in the morning, someone had filled eventually made peace and decided to up a large trash can with water and My favorite prank (I can't take credit for wreak havoc on the ladies' freshman leaned it up against our door. When I the idea or execution) was when the dorm. I heard about it second-hand and opened the door it fell into the room and guys on the fourth floor of Maher Hall couldn't believe the ingenuity of these dumped water EVERYWHERE! strung fishing line across the parking lot brave pranksters. They bought a thou­ - Kevin Schultz '94 and attached it to the Hahn University sand crickets and snuck them into the Center just above the ATM machine. women's dorm, letting them go in a ven­ They hooked water balloons to the line tilation outlet. There were chirping perfu/l\e, Toott}pa5te with paper clips, and when people used crickets in the walls for days, all during aQd Oreo5 the ATM, they let the balloons slide finals. No one was ever caught in that We escalated from perfuming the guys' down and break on the wall above the excellent prank. clothing to filling someone's clogs with machine - dousing the unsuspecting - Garient Evans '98 toothpaste. We also learned that Oreoing victim. was highly effective: Split the Oreo and - Kevin Schultz '94 Ot],5ay C:aQ You 5ee... you can write words without damaging 5o{l\eo17e5ee {f\y {f\ou5e? The best prank was on my roommate, paint. Jane. Jim dumped Jane in the fountain - Hilary (Schmit) Cejka '82, '89 There was a rivalry between residents and Jane borrowed some of Jim's dry on the third floor of Maher Hall, where clothes. The fire alarm sounded (gee, U/a517't TtJi5 a PG {f\ovie? I was an RA, and the fourth floor. It who pulled that?). Everyone filed out We were in the middle of watching "The began late one night when my residents and there, right on the flagpole, was a sign Hunt for Red October" on movie night threw a shaving cream bomb into the reading, "This is Jane's bra!" There the between Maher Hall and The lmmaculata fourth floor bathroom ( this was done by soggy thing hung. All but one of us near­ when the door opened at the bottom of wedging a sharp object into the top of ly died laughing. the west end of Maher Hall. Two girls the can after shaking it like crazy). A - Hilary (Schmit) Cejka '82, '89 appeared, carrying a naked guy with his few nights later, another shaving cream wrists and feet bound. The girls giggled bomb was delivered to my residents' Tea<:tJi17~ Trif a ~55017 incessantly as they tip-toed from the room. The rivalry built until the fourth door to behind the projection screen, and floor residents purchased a mouse and let One Saturday morning in Fall 1980, then again from the projection screen it loose in my residents' room. Luckily it John Trifiletti, resident director for toward Camino/Founders halls. Everyone was discovered soon enough ... dead DeSales Hall (now Maher Hall), didn't watching the movie got a good laugh under a pile of old, unwashed socks. see me walk past as he did his laundry. from that. - Garient Evans '98 Trif recently had a big security meeting instructing the freshmen to always carry - Kevin Schultz '94

U S D M A G A Z N E INSIDE THE BELT Internships Bring Students to Nation's Capital

hink about how an actress must feel when she sets pendent study project that each student must omplete upon foot on a Broadway stage for the first time. Or the returning to San Diego. "From the Environmental Protection T emotions a rookie ballplayer experiences when he Agency to the Department of Commerce to the Braz· ian Embassy initially steps out of the dugout and onto a major league field. to the Smithsonian, the work opportunities ar almost limitless." Imagine those emotions, and you might understand how a One of the biggest draws is the chance to work with mem political science major feels about landing a job in the world's hers of Congress, and senior Ryan Gerena landed a lumb most powerful city. assignment this semester as a staff assistant for Rep. Charles "Just being in Washington, D.C., means that you are in a Rangel of New York. place where history is made every day," says senior Michelle "He's on the Ways and Means trade suficommittee, and my Penate, who last fall became the first student to take advantage main area of interest is international trade," says Gerena, who of USD's new affiliation with The Wash- earned a minority leaders fellowship that ington Center internship and academic pays for housing and an initial leadership seminar program. "To live, work and study iiFrom the EPA to the seminar. "I'm combining work with a there is the most exciting and valuable class in global markets." experience I could have." Brazilian Embas~ to the Students who can't be away from Penate spent the fall semester as an Alcala Park for a whole semester needn't intern for the National Crime Prevention Smithsonian, the work miss out, however. Long before USD affil­ Council, just one of the hundreds of non­ iated with The Washington Center for profit, government and corporate entities opportunities are semester-long internships, political science in Washington, D.C., that puts students to professor Mike Stoddard began taking work each semester. As a program analyst, almost limitless. " groups to Washington, D.C., for intensive Penate assessed training needs, facilitated two-week seminars offered during the teleconferences with groups dedicated to -Noelle Norton, January and summer breaks. More than fighting gang and domestic violence, and USD political science professor 250 students have traveled either to the researched trends and practices. capital or to the parties' political conven- "I learned much more about federal government than I tions in the past few years, learning about could have at a local internship," says the political science campaigns, the media, inaugurations and the presidency. major, who worked about 35 hours a week and attended a class Stoddard plans four trips in the next year-and-a-half - one in nonprofit leadership to fulfill the program's academic each to the party conventions, one to a Campaign 2000 seminar requirements. "This was the only way to meet key people in and one to the next presidential inauguration - while Norton Washington and make connections for the future." says the semester-long program is certain to expand as word gets Precisely why USD chose to affiliate this year with The around among students. Washington Center, which professors say is the best program "The program puts it all together for the students. They for students who want experience in the field. work, take a class and write a paper that applies their knowledge "We wanted a program that allowed the students to work as to a larger topic," Norton says. "It's an intense experience, much as possible," says political science professor Noelle Norton, they're given a lot of responsibility, and the knowledge they gain who coordinates the program for USD and supervises the inde- is priceless."

- MICHAEL R. HASKINS

U S D M A G A Z N E Wick knows how to take action, too. As a teacher in Los Angeles County, Wick embraced a 1984 mandate that special ed students be included on cam­ puses with their peers. He initiated the first high school community-based pro­ special educator gram in Lancaster, Calif., and seven years later recognized the need to serve ACAREER SPENT handicapped gradu­ ates. Two years of lobbying the board of TEACHING, COACHING education paid off with the young adult program at Antelope HANDICAPPED STUDENTS Valley College. Wick's enthusi­ asm for his work is not lost on his col­ everal of his 10 students leagues (his peers are still learning to read, voted him 1999 Los S yet there are no colorful Angeles County ABCs above the chalkboard or Special Education Dick and Jane readers in Dennis Teacher of the Year), Wick's classroom. nor those who call Instead, Wick's desk is piled Dannis Wick '65 and students him dad. Three of his with folders stuffed full of grocery munity values of peace, justice and free­ five children teach special ed. store ads and menus from local restau­ dom, and the spiritual values of faith, "I sent my dad a birthday card this rants. The 19- to 22-yea~-old special hope and love. year that said exactly what I feel," education students don't need to read Those values are evident each morn­ explains daughter Heather '94, '96. cute stories about kids and dogs. They ing at 8, when the door to Wick's class­ "The card said, 'People tell me I act like want to learn how to make their own room swings open. Students are greeted you. And I say, Thanks!' " shopping lists, order a hamburger at by their teacher, who shuns morning cof­ Perhaps nowhere does Wick live the Denny's and read a bus schedule. fee for a mile walk around the Antelope values noted in the Bishop Buddy Award "We want them to be with people Valley College campus. Some of the better than on the playing fields with their own age," Wick says. "At the same young adults leave immediately to work Special Olympics athletes. Twenty years time, we want them getting used to being at nearby jobs. Others stay with Wick ago he volunteered to be area director of out in the community on their own. We for a day of practical lessons. the Antelope Valley Special Olympics. try to make them as independent as we A teaching career that started 30 Today, he's still in the same post. possibly can." years ago with second- and third-graders "He never gets tired of it," says Wick, a 1965 USO alumnus, is just took a turn toward special ed when an Heather, who started coaching Special the man to teach those things. Gentle in astute principal thought Wick would be a Olympics when she was 16. "He always demeanor and spirit, he pioneered the natural for the job. Not one to scoff at says, 'What can we do next year to make Community-based Instruction Program advice from his elders - Wick attended it better?' " for mentally retarded young adults in the seminary at USO, studied theology A fan of the Olympics since he was Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley, in Rome with the intent of joining the a boy in Colton, Calif., Wick attended and has headed the program for the last priesthood and took a year's sabbatical the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Los 15 years. only to discover teaching, all on the Angeles Olympics and marched with the Last semester, his fellow USO advice of respected advisers - he accept­ United States delegation in the opening alumni honored Wick for his humanitar­ ed the challenge of working with mental­ ceremonies of the recent Special Olympics ianism with the Bishop Charles Francis ly handicapped students. World Games. His description of walking Buddy Award, presented annually at "The students are so positive," he into the Yale University stadium sur­ December's Alumni Mass. The award is says. "They truly give 110 percent. I am rounded by athletes and screaming fans given to an alumna or alumnus who per­ an enabler in the best connotation of could be words readily applied to his sonifies the human values of honesty, that word. They're the ones to take the career. integrity, loyalty and fidelity, the com- action." "It's the real thing," Wick says.

- }ILL WAGNER '91

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n his first visit to the University of San Diego campus in December 1996, Tom Lippold was mesmerized. Wide-eyed, the high school basketball star 0 followed his guide across the manicured, flower-studded grounds, through the graceful arches of Serra Hall and into the bustling Hahn University Center. The 6-foot-6-inch "all-everything" at Orange County's Mater Dei High virtually had his pick of schools in the West Coast Conference. Loyola Marymount, Portland, Santa Clara, and Pepperdine had come calling. But Lippold says he fell in love with USD on that first campus tour. Until he saw the gym. "I couldn't believe it," Lippold says. "I had heard it was bad, but as I was looking at it, I thought, 'My high school gym is better than this.' " Opened 38 years ago, the gym - the USD Sports Center - seats just 1,500 on bleachers. The ceiling is too low for volleyball and it is unaccomodating for television cameras. Unventilated, small and cramped, its locker rooms are too small, too few and poorly plumbed. Lippold spent that day listening to basketball coach Brad Holland talk about the athletic department's unrealized plans for an on-campus arena. It is the same thing Holland has been telling recruits for a couple of years. And it's no coincidence the Sports Center is the last place Holland takes athletes he is wooing.

U S D M A G A Z N E Lippold took some time, weighing the campus environment, "Going to the gym for games was not high on our list of USD's strong track record and the chance he might be able to things to do when I was in school," says William Scripps '83, play in his first year in a Torero uniform. While he considered who chairs the Jenny Craig Pavilion fund-raising committee. the gym, Lippold says he was impressed not only with USD's "The pavilion will immediately become a place to congregate academics and its campus, but its ability to field championship and a focus of university life." teams with less than top-flight athletic facilities. "I thought about it for a long time, but in the end, it was FROM WORST TO FIRST the whole package and not just the promise of a new arena or anything like that," says Lippold, a redshirt freshman guard. For that very reason, President Alice B. Hayes pushed the arena Today, Holland no longer avoids the subject of the Sports to the top of the "to-build list" at USD shortly after arriving at Center with recruits. Rather, he happily walks them through Alcala Park in 1995. Talk of a new facility was nothing new. In the site plan for a 5,000-seat arena featuring a state-of-the-art 1979, USD athletics moved from smaller Division II to the more fitness and weight center, sports medicine clinic, Torero Hall of competitive Division I, and teams found themselves up against Fame and meeting and reception rooms with views to the Pacific the likes of Stanford, UCLA and USC. By 1988, the need for Ocean. The $17 .3 million project, funded in part by a $7 mil­ an on-campus arena was formally addressed by the school's lion lead gift from Sid and Jenny Craig, formally board of trustees and former President Author E. Hughes. breaks ground May 5 and is expected "We were working to provide our students with the to open by Fall 2000, in best possible classrooms, laboratories and academic needs, time for Lippold's and it was time to think about completing that picture," junior year. says Hughes, who adds the university waited seven Yet the years to proceed with the arena plan because available Jenny Craig funds were used on academic endeavors. Pavilion means While construction of the new arena helps com­ much more to plete the picture, other USD athletic facilities also USD than a are targeted for improvement as part of a long-range recruiting tool master plan over the next 25 years. for athletes. The Torero Stadium, which has room for only arena will level 3,000 spectators and is too narrow for NCAA the playing field soccer playoff standards, will in the wee, eventually increasing USD's profile nationally as the school positions itself to host events including wee and National Collegiate Athletics Association tournaments and student­ sponsored concerts. Its completion also is expected to be the first step in imple­ menting the remainder of USD's $40 million master plan to improve other aging athletic facilities, including the university's football and soccer stadium, tennis courts and pool. Perhaps most important, the Jenny Craig Pavilion will complete the "college experience" at Alcala Park not only for student-athletes, who will be able to claim one of the premier facilities in the West, but also by strengthening school spirit and bringing athletics into students' social lives.

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EXISTING USD BUILDINGS

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ATHLETES, TEAMS AMONC BEST Despite playing and performing in less than lavish facilities, USD still manages to recruit top prospects and produces some of the league's better athletes and teams. Consider: • Men's soccer and women's volleyball teams are among the conference's best. Both teams advanced to the NCAA tourna­ ment's second round in 1998 and featured all-WCC performers. be expanded and include a new sports administration building Soccer player Leighton O'Brien was drafted in February by with coaches' offices in the east end zone. The pool, which is Major League Soccer's New England Revolution. too shallow for 3-meter diving, will be replaced by a new, • The women's tennis team is one of the better programs in Olympic-size facility. And the tennis courts, where lack of the nation and currently features the country's No. 1 player, restrooms require visitors, players and officials to trek to nearby junior Zuzana Lesenarova. buildings, will be rebuilt to include restrooms, locker rooms and • The men's and women's basketball teams are extremely a main court seating 1,000. competitive in a league that this year featured an NCAA Elite "Our plan will take us to where we should be and give us Eight contender in Gonzaga. Holland and women's coach Kathy room to go forward," says athletic director Tom Iannacone. Marpe land some of the best high school players in the West even "The other schools (in the conference) are not just sitting still. though the facilities fall below other league schools. They're constantly making improvements as well."

U S D M A G A Z N E • Under legendary coach John Cunningham, the baseball pro­ • Men's and women's cross country teams and the golf team gram produced several major league players and managers, also feature all-WCC athletes. Dozens of swimmers and divers including John Wathan, who managed the Kansas City Royals have won individual titles, and the team took the Pacific in the late 1980s. Current coach Rich Hill is guiding a talented Collegiate Swimming Conference championship in 1996-97. squad that boasts several players who could be selected in the And coaches and athletes predict programs will continue to June amateur draft. strengthen with eventual improvements. • In 1990, the football team joined the Division I-AA "Every year, we're a top-20 team," says volleyball coach Pioneer Football League and competes with four other schools Sue Snyder, whose team will move from the gym to the new that, like USD, do not offer scholarships. Despite the lack of pavilion. "And there are other sports at USD that are in the such a recruiting staple, former Torero star and current head same situation. We have a gorgeous campus and buildings but coach Kevin McGarry '79, '85 regularly produces a squad that lack the athletic facilities. These facilities can help us build a boasts all-league stars. sense of tradition."

ACADEMICS, TRADITIO·N ENTICE PLAYERS That sense of tradition was what enticed Dylan Ching, a star receiver on the Torero football team. Like many USD athletes, Ching was one of the best at his position in his home state and had scholarship offers from several Division I schools. Yet Ching turned down offers from his hometown school, the University of Hawaii, as well as Montana and St. Mary's, to attend USD without the benefit of an athletics scholarship. "I guess I made my first visit on a great day," says Ching with a laugh. "The sun was out, the weather was great, people were out and friendly and the campus was close to the beach. Compared to the other situations I was looking at, well, there was no comparison. I figured, football is football." Rudy Rodriguez, the No. 1 player and captain on the men's tennis team, starred at College of the Desert, a com­ munity college near Palm Springs, before coming to USD. He says the choice was a natural. "I just felt at home here right away," says Rodriguez, a Guadalajara, Mexico, native. "And I think that's probably one of the most important things as an athlete when you're picking a school." Soccer player O'Brien, who plans on sign­ ing with the Revolution after graduation in May, says athletes at USD foremost strive for balance in their lives. "I think there are a lot of other considerations when athletes think about coming to USD," says O'Brien. "There are a lot of things you take into account besides the playing field. There's the academic side of things, the setting and just how you feel about the place."

10 U S D M A G A Z N E HOW THEY STACK UP

With the opening of the 5,000-seat Jenny Craig Pavilion, USD will move to the front of the arena pack among the Division I West Coast Confer­ ence's eight members. The facilities include: OLLIYBALL • Santa Clara's Toso Pavilion: waMIM'S V 193-89 in nine Opened in 1975, seats 5,000. Home to the eoadl: Sue Snyder, wee basketball tournament six times in the seasons highlillhts: NCAA wee 1990s. flragrtllll 993 1996-98); 'Tournament (9197-9, 8) · si>< straight ~Ok- • Portland's Chiles Center: Opened champion• S ( 1 wee' First-'feam p!C S• s· 14 s par- win season ' . Western state ' in 1984, seats 5,000. Annual home to "ting ground- 1\el:l'III f . B. Oregon's state high school wrestling and . ularly Cali orn1a CC Pac 10 and ,g UC "lion" W ' girls' basketball championships. Th• c:a111P•II . u walk West- . ·on· "When yo • Conz:aga's Martin Centre On lh• Craig~ S~orts Center)," sar (formerly the Kennedy Center): Refurbished in into this gym lt e tion is one of sma - "the percep program 1986, seats 5,000. Hosted the 1992 Olympic Snyd er, We're a top-20 time athletics- I f hosting some play- women's basketball team camp and high d quite capab e o_ don't have the an but we iust school basketball tournaments. oH events, " facilities right no'-"· • The University of San Francisco's War Memorial Cym: Opened in 1957, remodeled in 1997. Hosted NBA games. • Loyola Marymount's Cersten Pavlllon: Built in 1984, Seats 4,100. Hosted the 1984 Summer Olympic boxing events. (Construction is planned for an adjacent $21 million athletic complex for intramural and recreational needs). WCC in terms of attracting recruits. None of the three say, though, that such a sudden transition will create a sense of pres­ • Saint Mary's McKean Pavilion: sure on coaches or athletes. Opened in 1978, seats 3,500. "A new arena doesn't solve everything," says Holland. • Pepperdlne's Firestone Fieldhouse: "What it does do is open doors that are not available to us right Opened in 1973 and remodeled to seat 3,100. now." Marpe says the arena will give her basketball players the "total Division I college atmosphere" that they sought when signing a college commitment out of high school. The longtime coach says a new sports medicine and training room is perhaps PAVILION COMPLETES one of the most attractive features of the new arena, but more EXPERIENCE important, is the atmosphere that will be created by having a state-of-the-art training room, locker rooms and team rooms on Though completion of the athletics master plan is years away, the same floor level as the arena. current athletes are excited about construction of the Jenny "When you run out on to the floor before a game, you want Craig Pavilion and the promise it holds. Coaches say the pavil­ that sense of the school," says Marpe. "The intangibles, like a ion will help the university land wee championship tourna­ band playing and a home crowd, those kinds of things." ments and NCAA regionals. The new arena also can play host Both athletes and coaches alike agree improved facilities will to concerts, political debates or other events. take an already successful athletics program to the next level - "It's amazing just thinking about what the Craig Pavilion the national level. will do right away," says Ching, a senior business major. "Can you imagine what it would look like with ESPN in The coaches of the three sports immediately affected - town for a WCC or NCAA tournament here?" muses Iannacone men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball - say the with a grin. "Opening shots of the campus, down to the bay, to new arena will immediately take their teams to the top of the the beach and the sunset. How good is that going to look?"

U S D M A G A Z N E 11

BY MICHAEL R. HASKINS

rian Hutchison is nearly naked. Stripped down to a Speedo, posed on a revolving platform, he slowly spins. B He sees every member of the hushed audience, and they see every inch of him. There are no props to shield him, no other actors sharing the stage to draw attention away from him. At age 28, the USD student is alone in the spotlight at one of the most respected theaters in the country. "Every actor will be asked to do something like this at some point," says Hutchison of his soliloquy from The American Dream, one of 21 vignettes from the plays of Edward Albee presented collectively as Albee's Men. "You have to be willing to do things as an actor that go against your nature, to be completely different than you would be in real life. You have to be comfortable enough with yourself and confident enough to just get into it and do it." OK, so maybe "Just Do It" is a slogan most closely associ­ ated with Nike, but students in USD's master of fine arts in ] dramatic arts program - known informally as the USD/Old Globe Theatre MFA - put the folks in those sneaker commer­ cials to shame. They learn about acting, of course, but mostly they act.

MA&AZINE ::1..3 "They learn to research the history and criticism of the pla text and the meanings the actors have to convey. That's ha

Take Hutchison. A first-year student in the program, this spring he performed Albee's Men at the 225-seat, theatre-in­ the-round Cassius Carter Center Stage, one of three venues - the Old Globe Theatre and the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre are the other two - that comprise San Diego's nation­ ally recognized Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts. And he's not alone. At any given time, the 14 students in the MFA program are acting or understudying roles in classical and contemporary dramas for the dozen-and-a-half performances they will give, on campus and off, during their two years at USD. At some point in the program, they all go on stage at the Old Globe Theatre. Some are cast in supporting roles, those who understudy are ready to step in at a moment's notice if a featured actor can't go on. "Graduate school for actors is not about angst-ridden exer­ cises in class," says Richard Seer, director of the program since 1993. "Many of our students are already talented actors. What we do is refine their skills and challenge them with more diffi­ cult texts." Erika RaUsrud '96 The focus is on the most difficult texts of all, the plays of William Shakespeare. When the idea of forming a partnership between the Old Globe Theatre and a master's program at USD stronger than actors from other programs, because I paid first arose, it was agreed that this professional training program greater attention to the texts and the history of classical the­ would have classical theater as its centerpiece. The Old Globe ater." benefits from the arrangement by having a ready supply of actors to understudy and perform its classical productions. The WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? university enjoys the prominence of association with a 60-year­ Concentration on the works of Shakespeare, George Bernard old acclaimed theater. And students hone their skills on the Shaw and Anton Chekov is only one aspect of a program with toughest material in the acting world. many unique features. Most master's programs take three years "With classical training, you learn to flex all your acting in semester chunks to complete, whereas this one is an inten­ muscles," says Erika Rolfsrud '96, who since graduating has sive, year-round process for two years. USD's classes are signif­ toured nationally with The Acting Company's production of icantly smaller than programs at other universities, allowing for Romeo and Juliet, understudied How I Learned to Drive off­ more one-on-one instruction. The seven students accepted each Broadway, and is currently working on a new comedy-thriller at year - out of hundreds who audition - are on full scholar­ Farleigh Dickinson University's American Stage. "I feel ship, allowing them to study and rehearse constantly, sometimes

::1.4 U S D M A 6 A Z N E acting and is an always-on-call mentor to students who need help, encouragement and pointers. "I try to teach them what acting is, the energy and commit­ ment that is required," says Easton, who performs regularly at the Old Globe during the school year and around the country when the students are on break. "The transmission of the play depends entirely on the actors, not the director or the play­ wright. I teach them that they have responsibilities to the play." Responsibility is one word with which the students become infinitely familiar. At the same time Easton coaches them through scenes and technique and the English professors grill them on history and literature, they take classes in voice, move­ ment, singing and even yoga. After a full day of learning, they rehearse for upcoming productions - recent on-campus perfor­ mances included Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and Shaw's Getting Married, with David Mamet's The Water Engine com­ ing up in late April. At home, they practice monologues and scenes for class, or memorize their understudy roles. There are no courses in the summer, but the students compensate by per­ forming Shakespeare at the Globe's outdoor venue, the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. A grueling schedule? Absolutely. One that any of the stu­ dents would trade? Absolutely not. "Your life gets pushed to the side and you simply submerge yourself for two years," says second-year student Caitlin Muelder, who also is preparing for her May thesis requirement, a IS-minute original solo performance. "But the work hasn't taken away from the marvel I feel about acting. When. you ana­ lyze the work of Shakespeare, you get a fundamental under­ standing that other actors may not have. You also wonder if you can ever study it enough to unravel all the secrets it contains."

FINDI G THE CREAM ... Each year, Seer and voice and speech professor Claudia Hill­ Sparks, who both split their duties between USD and the Old Globe, scour the country in search of the seven most promising acolytes for the program. They see hundreds of new prospects and, more often than not, some familiar faces who have audi­ tioned for the program before. According to Seer, the philoso­ phy of the program brings them back. "Despite the busy schedule, we're not a boot camp for six days a week for 10 hours a day. And when the MFA degree actors," he says. "We have a reputation as a welcoming, com­ was born in 1987, it was decided that USD's English depart­ passionate and nurturing place." ment would house the degree, a distinct departure from other That much was clear at auditions held this spring at the programs. Old Globe. Unlike the mythical casting scenario in which the "The English professors give these actors the skills they director sits in a darkened theatre and a single spotlight illumi­ need from the time they are cast in a play until the time they nates a cowering hopeful, Seer and Hill-Sparks sat informally in begin rehearsal," says English department chair Fred Robinson, a small rehearsal room. After the who leads the first-year students through a reading course in potential students each presented modern drama. "They learn to research the history and criti­ a classical and modern monologue, cism of the plays so they know the implications of the text and they sat with the two pros for an the meanings the actors have to convey. That's background informal chat. Most express relief, they wouldn't get elsewhere." with phrases like "that wasn't so They wouldn't get Richard Easton elsewhere, either. A bad" or "thanks for making it stage veteran who is mentioned in the same respectful tones as easy" peppering the conversations. John Geilgud and Alec Guiness, the acclaimed thespian teaches

U S D M A G A Z N E "Despite the busy schedule, we're not a boot camp

We have a reputation as a welcoming, compassionat nurturing place."

It's why budding actors who have a shot at longstanding programs such as Harvard or Yale often make USO their first, or only, choice. "Students who want to be classical actors choose USO because other programs are less classically oriented," says Hill-Sparks, "Beyond that, I think they are very affected by the auditions. We take the time to find out about them and talk to them, and they know they'll find a supportive environment here."

... AND MAKING IT RISE It's not just a nice place to learn, though. It's a place to work, period. The four-minute audition for the program may seem tough, but it's probably the easiest part of the two years that fol­ low. The first-year class often begins work at the Old Globe in the summer before its first academic semester, and the pace Brian Hutchison (left) and Richard Easton never slows. Since USO's master of fine arts is reserved for actors only - the university does not train directors or design­ "While the program helps us grow by placing us in the kinds of ers - these seven students are always the center of attention. roles we need to practice, we're watching and learning from the It's an ideal situation for those ready to learn by doing. people we admire." "I had one major goal when I got here, and that was to Konicek isn't alone in appreciating the opportunity to work have a featured speaking role in an Old Globe production," says alongside veteran actors in a collegial environment. Each stu­ second-year student Leslie Kalarchian, whose wish came true dent grabs as much as they can from the experience. They last year when she played Phoebe in As You Like It on the return the favor to the university with three on-campus produc­ Festival stage. "I've grown a lot in terms of technique and self­ tions a year, performed in the program's theater space in Sacred confidence and I've learned from some of the best actors, but Heart Hall. Scenery and costumes for the productions are the ability to audition, perform and understudy for shows is the designed by Old Globe artists, and guest directors from around most beneficial part." the country are brought in to complement the permanent staff. The experience has another payoff. When they graduate, The on-campus facilities are rudimentary and cramped, but Seer the students have put in enough time to earn their place in the envisions a larger and more modern space that will allow the ') Actors' Equity Association, the national union for actors. program to flourish in the future. Membership in that organization may validate them in the eyes "Right now we're competing against schools with major ] of their peers, but chances are they'll never again get the kind performance venues, so often we're limited in the scope of our of assistance from other actors that the program encourages. productions," he says. "As the program gains recognition, we "As an understudy, you go to rehearsals, sit in and talk to want to have the kind of performances on campus that will the actors about how they approach their roles," says James bring national attention to the university." Konicek, a first-year student from Wisconsin who hadn't heard about USO until a director suggested the university to him.

:I.& U S D M A G A Z N E "When I first started working on Richard Easton gave you and it pulls you through." Some graduates have taken their Shakespearean training at Shakespeare's plays, I didn't realize there USD completely to heart. Joanne Zipay '93 founded New York City's Judith Shakespeare Company, a theater troupe dedicated were so many resources at hand to deci­ to providing greater opportunities for women in classical the­ ater. Zipay, who founded the company in 1995 and directs the pher them." performances, requires actors to carefully study and research every word of each Shakespearean production before bringing it to the stage. The result, she says, is better understanding of the works for actors and audiences. ALL THE WORLD'S STAGES "When I first started working on Shakespeare's plays, I National acclaim is also on Seer's mind when he sends the grad­ didn't realize there were so many resources at hand to decipher uates into the world of professional acting. Every fall, USD them," says Zipay, who in May will direct a gender-reversed joins with other universities in producing showcase perfor­ version of Julius Caesar. "You can't just take a shot in the dark mances in New York and Los Angeles, where the recent alumni with these plays. The social and historical context of the scenes perform for theatre, film and television agents. Some will land and the characters drives the plot. When you know what's at work in classical theater, but the professors and actors who stake, you can truly bring the play to life." teach in the program aren't snobs. They know that the point is Zipay's sense of classical theater is a mantra of sorts for her to be able to act anywhere, a sentiment echoed by the students. fellow actors as they thread their way through the MFA pro­ "Who doesn't want to win an Oscar or make a tremendous gram. They find out about themselves and the work they want film that wins awards?" asks Muelder, who understudied to do. They learn about acting from the best teachers, and then Broadway actress Carol Mayo Jenkins on Albee's Women, the sort it out on stage. When it's done right, both the actors and counterpart to Albee's Men. "We all want to make a living by the audience are left in awe. acting, and classical training is like playing the piano. If you can "Acting is about being able to communicate universal play the piano, other instruments come easily. If you learn clas­ truths and about aspiring to make a difference," says Konicek. sical acting, other kinds fall into place. And if you do enough "When you're an actor, you're influential. People come to hear commercial work, you can do all the stage work you want." what you have to say. You provide a forum for discussion of If success is measured by work, then the 12-year-old issues and, who knows, maybe even some answers." U SD/Old Globe program boasts enough alumni in theater, film and television to make the older, more established programs just a little bit nervous. Scott Ferrara, a 1997 graduate who current­ ly is playing Octavius in Minneapolis' renowned Guthrie T heater's production of Julius Caesar, says the mentoring he J received at USD gives him an edge that helps him land major stage roles. 1 "The training seeps in, so when you graduate you can fall back on this wealth of knowledge," says Ferrara, who performed in the Old Globe's production of Romeo and Juliet last summer. "You go back to the Rolodex of information that actors like

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OVERWHELMED BY THAT FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLECE? UNFULFILLED BY YOUR CAREER CHOICE? THE USD CAREER CENTER OFFERS ADVICE AND COUHSELINC TO HAVICATE BUMPY JOB WATERS.

STORIES BY SUSAN HEROLD AND }ILL WAGNER '91

ing the transition from school to the workplace, continuing to n college, Bree O'Shea '96 knew exactly what she wanted learn on the job and ultimately determining if the career is the to be - a radio disc jockey. And she knew exactly what right one for you (see accompanying story). I the job would be like. "Of course, it would be glamorous. It would be easy. I'd YOU ME~N THERE'S NO SPRING BRE~K? work for four hours, come home, never stay late. There would be no office politics," says O'Shea. "All of which, I found out, "For many graduating seniors, its hard for them to imagine life was very wrong." after USD. They're so overwhelmed with the job search, they The glamour dulled when O 'Shea landed her first on-air job don't think about the actual job," says Sue Kelly '89, USD - the midnight to 6 a.m. graveyard shift for a now-defunct San career counselor. "There are a lot of adjustments ... some of the Diego alternative rock station. The hours left her muddled and hardest are simply the hours, being in an office all day and lack exhausted. Her ideal four-hour workday became eight hours of vacation time." when production duties were added. And the pay was strictly Eilers can relate. He says he knows where he'll be each day unglamorous: $15,000 a year. She took a nanny job during the from 8 to 5 - the office - but after that, "I have to pick and day to make ends meet. choose now what I do. I don't go over to someone's house any­ "I'd get home from my radio job at 8:30 in the morning more and stay up until 2 ... I have to go to bed." But he admits and go to bed at 9. I'd sleep to 1 in the afternoon, then be at my sheepishly he's still stuck in the college schedule: "I'm going to nanny job at 2. I'd work from 2 to 6:30, come home, eat, go to Mexico for Spring Break. I guess I'm having a hard time break­ bed for another hour or two, and then go back into work," ing out of it." O'Shea says. "My friends would be going out, and I couldn't go While time management may be tough, money management because I was exhausted all the time." is a popular subject with recent grads. With a strong economy, Long hours. Scarce leisure time. And that sleep thing. The salaries continue to grow, ranging from more than $44,000 for transition from university life - where you pick your own computer science majors to more than $30,000 for liberal arts schedule, wear shorts and T-shirts and sleep, well, whenever majors, according to the National Association of Colleges and you want - to a first job can often be overwhelming. Not to Employers. mention confusing. "We usually get two reactions from (graduates) on the "I remember everyone (in my office) kept saying 'KOB,' salary surveys," says James Tarbox, associate director of USD and I didn't know what they were talking about," says Steve Career Services. "Either it's 'Gee, I didn't think I'd make that Eilers '98, whose communication studies major and German much,' or, 'Wait a minute, I spent all this money on school and minor did little to help him decipher the lingo of the insurance I'm only making $30,000?' " industry, where he landed a job as an underwriter. "KOB. Kind Heather Bourne '98, an accountant with PriceWaterhouse­ of business. It was week three before I figured that one out." Coopers, is thrilled with her $34,000 salary plus bonuses. Yet As graduation day approaches, and with it, the inevitable her accounting background didn't necessarily temper her crush of resume writing, interviewing and suit shopping, the impulses when she got tho~ first few paychecks. focus is on landing that first job. Yet career consultants say get­ "At first, I went a littlf srazy. I splurged, bought clothes, ting the job is often the easy part. The real work comes in mak- CDs, a surfboard, ran~om s~ ~_that I wanted but didn't need," ~·~~,. , .:,.~l, .,..£ I':· ;\. vi t :~.y;'-,.. .. ~,.._ ~ t«.:, i ;{·')i'~·. .:~ \. ·\' -~ .•,. ~ ;.;-JI''· · .•. , t.::.~-:;-: 1 U S D M A & A Z N E ' '-"· ,l{.:A , '"' ..- -,~ . .'< }3~ -- ~ ~;,-.,.-. • . ···~!­ ~t . ;. ~t1" · Bourne says. "Then I started getting for another eight to 10 weeks. bills. Now I'm getting better at it, but "It's kind of a nurturing environ­ I still need to budget and do a better ment. We don't want people to feel left job." alone on the job when they start," With no syllabi to follow or text­ Colburn says, adding his company has book to read, quick thinking and the only a 5 percent turnover rate. ability to speak effectively on the job - without the "uhs, likes and dudes" that pepper campus conversations - is anoth­ USD ALUMNI LEND HA.ND er skill that must be quickly learned. A recent survey by the National Association USD alumni also are willing to lend of Colleges and Employers found the top a hand to students struggling with a personal quality sought by employers in a career choice or graduates looking candidate is communication skills. for advice on how to handle them­ "I take time now to prepare myself selves on the job through the Alumni before I meet a client and make sure every­ Career Network. Alumni in occu­ thing I say is well thought out," says pations ranging from elementary Bourne, who audits companies. "You have school teacher to corporate lawyer to be professional and not bull your way are available to answer questions, through something. I didn't realize that give advice and even allow hopefuls accounting would require so many social to "shadow" them on the job. and personal skills." "It helps erase some stereo­ types or inaccurate information about a job," says Kelly. "And they MENTORING EA.SES can compare what they read and TRA.NSITION heard to the actual world." Stephanie Mascott '97 was intrigued Traditionally, graduates often by the technology field and wanted to transfer her advertising walked into a first job armed and marketing skills into work at a computer or software firm. only with a diploma and a new But until a recent session with Robert Blodgett, a 1987 School of briefcase. Employers would Business Administration graduate and Alumni Career Network throw their recruits in the office volunteer, she wasn't sure any of her skills were marketable. waters, where they either sank or After exchanging e-mail for two months, Mascott and swam. Yet as the talent pool dries up Blodgett met for more than an hour in his office at Intuit, Inc., with a more competitive economy, companies are determined to a software and Web services development company. retain their new hires. Enterprise Rent-A-Car rents out a "Stephanie was able to ask questions she could never ask in swanky resort for the weekend for its new employees to party, a real interview," says Blodgett, corporate communications man­ and hands out "mini promotions" - a better title, but not nec­ ager for Intuit, Inc. "The great thing about this type of mentor­ essarily a raise - after six months. Southwest Airlines sends its ing is we can talk about what real life is like. I'm very upfront employees to a "people university" for training, with classes and and frank about working in the technology industry. She, rightly a collegial atmosphere. And many organizations are assigning so, expects the truth." mentors to their new recruits, veteran employees to show them Blodgett did more than answer questions. He reviewed the ropes. Mascott's resume in detail with her and helped point out skills When Eilers was hired for his insurance underwriting job, she's learned in previous jobs that she can use to promote her­ his Los Angeles-based company immediately sent him to Dallas self as a worthy candidate. He explained what he looks for in for a 2 1/2-month training program. Bourne traveled to Toronto new employees and assured Mascott she has what it takes to for three weeks of training, was assigned a "buddy" to help her break into the technology field. transition to the workplace, and two mentors who "look out" "I think the first few years after you graduate you for her, answering questions and taking her to lunch. are still trying to find yourself," says Blodgett, who Mike Colburn, who recruits USD students for Hoechst joined the Alumni Career Network because he Marion Roussel, one of t e largest pharmaceutical companies in wishes he had had a mentor of his own. "It helps the world, says his y' recruits are sent to school for 12 to have someone's brain to pick. It helps you weeks, and t · · 'master trainer," a veteran employee, set your own course."

U S D M A & A Z N E Career C9nfusi9n? KEEP AFTER YOUR PASSION, EXPERTS ADVISE

ccasionally, the career path chosen after college is While Bree O'Shea knew she wanted to put her 1996 com­ 0 simply the wrong one. munications degree to use as a radio disc jockey, she found her­ Some students are lured by the promise of a big paycheck self eventually looking for a different career after landing her or a glamorous lifestyle that fails to materialize. Others find that dream job shortly after graduation. Although she enjoyed the their new job doesn't jibe with their interests. And some simply trappings of being a radio disc jockey - free concert tickets, can't deal with the lifestyle demands - long hours that take CDs and new music - the solitude of working the graveyard away from family time, for example - of a certain career. shift alone in a soundproof booth was hard on her outgoing per­ These issues face not only the recent crop of grads, but sonality. Plus, the hours played havoc with her biological clock, those five, 10 and even 20 years removed from USD. and the low pay forced her to get a second job. "When I meet with alumni, one of the most common issues O'Shea used JOBTRAK, a Web site linked to USD for job is they didn't realize they had to like their job," says James postings, to help her find a new career path - executive Tarbox, associate director of USD Career Services. "They take recruiting. She has since been promoted. a job for the money, or because it is with an interesting "Radio was a great experience," O'Shea says, "but now I company, and then once they get into it, they realize it's not get to use my interests and personality, I make twice as much as where their interests are." I did, I get to sleep at night, and I can go out with my friends." To head off such problems, Career Services offers a range Susan Meyer '97 says she knew in her heart that her love of consulting services, including personality and interest inven­ of animals should somehow work its way into her career choice. tories, workshops and individualized counseling sessions. But she admits she didn't listen to her heart, or USD career Staffers can help clarify career goals, map out action plans, counselors, when she took her first job in guest relations for a assist in landing an internship to give a new career a try, or aid tour company. Travel was another of her passions, but the reali­ in a job search. ty was she was stuck in an office with no one to talk to other Uncertainty about a career after graduation is common, than her boss. counselors say. "Many students say, 'Well, I don't know if I After seeking advice, she quit, and now works part time for want to stay here the rest of my life, but for a first job out of the San Diego Zoo. While her job in food services pays little school, it's OK,'" says Sue Kelly, USD career counselor. more than minimum wage, she says she knows in her heart it's That indecision can evolve into a career crisis, however, if the right move. you don't keep after your passion. "The key is to manage your "I figure I'll be moving up soon, and I love the atmosphere career while you're at work, networking for a different job or here," Meyer says. "I always told my career counselor I didn't career if something happens or you're unhappy," Kelly says. want to be stuck in an office all day, and now I'm not." Derek Allison faced career anxiety when he graduated with Sometimes, if the job isn't the right fit, the company may a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1987. Not interested in pur­ be. Paul Tuomainen '67 started work at Bank of America weeks suing a graduate degree and unhappy after an unfulfilling stint as after graduating. But he had no plans to stay. a real estate agent, Allison turned to the career center for help. "I never really thought banking was going to be my career," "It was tough knowing I didn't want to pursue a career in he says. "I figured after I'd been in the real world for awhile I'd my major and wanting to make a change," says Allison, who see what intrigued me and move on to something else." returned to campus and took a career inventory survey. The More than 30 years later, Tuomainen is still with the bank, survey revealed an ability for certain technical skills and now serves as its vice president. that led him to a job with a telecommunications "You ought to at least start out in a field that interests company in Nashville, Tenn. you," he says. "And with a company that you've done some "You have to be open to alternatives," research about and truly are interested in working for." says Allison, who now works as a database administrator at San Diego-based Agouron Pharmaceuticals.

U S D M A & A Z N E 21 Some vacancies still exist for class chairs, UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI co-chairs, correspondents and co-corre­ Peter Jungers is retired from his district Ermila Rodriguez retired in 1992 after spondents. If there is a vacancy in your manager position with the City of San serving 30 years as a foreign service offi­ class year and you want to volunteer, Diego and reports that he has four cer with the U.S. Department of State. please contact the Office of Alumni grandchildren. Ermila is a substitute high school teacher Relations at (619) 260-4819 or (800) and involved in city politics in her home­ 248-4873, ext. 7. 19&0 town of Blythe, Calif... . Janel (Halla) CLASS CHAIRS Trily is continuing with her art work Alumni Gallery notes received after the John J. Bowman while her husband, Jack, is busy playing deadline will appear in a subsequent issue. Karene (Lemke) Evenson tennis . ... Pabicia (Young) Williams lives For classes with correspondents, please in La Jolla, Calif. Her daughter, Reina send class news to your correspondents CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Williams '94 is working on her master's rather than directly to the magazine. Simone Gennette Ostrander degree; daughter Andrea is starting grad­ 543 North Trout Lake Drive uate school; and daughter Lisa received 1953 Sanger, CA 93657 her master's degree in library science in CLASS CHAIR December 1997 .... Francis Wilson Jr. is Therese (Truitt) Whitcomb, Pat Gannon Roberts science chairman for St. Augustine High Honorary Chair 1426 Boyle Avenue School and has been teaching for the Escondido, CA 9202 7 past 33 years. Francis and his wife, Mary 1954 Louise, have four children, including a m45 -Yaar Reunion Celebration UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI son, Steve Wilson, a 1996 USO alumnus. Nov. 12-14, 1999 Jahn Bowman retired from teaching in 1993 after 34 years as a high school 19&3 CLASS CHAIR English teacher. John is running for a CLASS CHAIRS Katite (McGonigle) Murtha seat on the La Mesa-Spring Valley H ank Acquarelli School Board and has three daughters Penny (Nutting) Guthrie 1955 and a son with his wife, Marion. "I'm CLASS CHAIR looking forward to celebrating the U's CLASS CORRESPONDENT Mary Scott 50th anniversary." ... Ceil (Gagne) Sisca Martha (Spiers) Lepore retired in 1996 after teaching for 36 750 F Avenue 195& years. Ceil and her husband, William, Coronado, CA 92118 CLASS CHAIRS live in Upland, Calif. Carol Dusler 19&4 James V. Freed, Honorary Chair 19&1 m35-Year Reunion Celebration CLASS CHAIRS Nov. 12-14, 1999 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Elizabeth (Korander) Bradley Diane (Sinclair) Drew Elli (O'Donnell) Lorch CLASS CHAIR 2854 Creekside Road Tippy (Gary) Thibodeau Noel H all Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Mary Jane Tiernan CLASS CORRESPONDENT 195& CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Delle Willett CLASS CORRESPONDENT Martha (Fiorino) Dowell 2 7 53 Hillcroft Drive Nadine Israel Thomas 676 West Timberbranch Parkway Chesterfield, MO 63005-7007 2538 Tupelo Drive Alexandria, VA 22302-3614 Augusta, GA 30909 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI [email protected] Dennis Halloran Christia (Laaschnig) Ross is a meeting 1910 East Linger Lane planner who lives in Los Angeles and 1959 Phoenix, AZ 85020-4427 travels to San Diego to visit her daughter, m40-Yaar Reunion Celebration Susan, and her seventh grandchild, Sara. Nov. 12-14, 1999 19&2 Christie then travels to Temecula to see CLASS CHAIRS her daughter, Diane, son, Joe, and the CLASS CHAIRS Janet (Halla) Trily other six grandkids .... Michaela Angel (Kraemer) Klein bub Ned Wilson Flaharty-Stevens recently moved from George Palma Sutter Creek, Calif., to Mill Creek, Wash., after working in special educa-

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tion. Michaele's twins, Joe and Paul, live 19&& "involved in the society's associates pro­ in Portland, and son Michael is an oper­ CLASS CHAIRS gram 12 months of the year and I love atic baritone with the Portland Opera Sandra (Kiszla) Chew it." ... William Kundinger is vice presi­ Company. Daughter Erin was recently Walter Johnston dent of Union Bank in California.... married and attends college in Santa Cannan Read has been in private practice Rosa, Calif. CLASS CORRESPONDENT as a clinical psychologist since 1982. Moira Lees Carmen and her husband, Joseph 19&5 11806 Gorham Avenue Rensin, have three children, ages 7, 22 CLASS CHAIRS Los Angeles, CA 90049 and 24 .... Barbara (Cagliaro) IDla taught Maureen Buckley elementary school for 13 years before Dennis Wick 19&9 leaving to care for her children, a 3O-Year Reunion Celebration Nicholas, 10, and Hayley, 4. Barbara CLASS CORRESPONDENT Nav. 12-14, 1999 and her husband, Karl, an architect, live Karen (Graham) Thielke in Escondido. 19518 14th NW CLASS CHAIR Seattle, WA 98177-2702 Jan (Davidson) Tuomainen 1973 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI 19&& 1970 Monsignor Dennis Mikulanis was named CLASS CHAIRS CLASS CHAIRS an honorary prelate to the Holy Father Diana Doerr Klink Rosemary (Masterson) Johnston in January. Monsignor Mikulanis is pas­ Bernard Palacek G. Vincent Reardon Jr. tor of St. Charles Parish in San Diego as well as vicar for ecumenical and interre­ UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI ligious affairs for the diocese. He also Kathlaan (Perlawski) Kellar is a high Jafl Canine is certified as an ombudsman will teach at USO in the fall .... Marc school science teacher at St. Francis for seniors in nursing home facilities in Pechtar is retired from real estate and he High School in Sacramento, Calif.... Oregon and teaches creative writing. Jeff and his wife, Phyllis, are sailing the Glenn Lamb McCoy is director of liturgy just finished his first novel and is hoping south Florida seas and the Caribbean. and adult education at St. Stephen to start a small literary publishing con­ Marc writes: "As a USO student I was Catholic Church in Winter Springs, Fla. cern based in Dublin, Ireland. in the Navy at San Diego. Now I own Glenn is looking for persons interested in my own sailboat, thanks to USO.'' current issues in the church, especially 1971 the status of women .... Anna ()Oink) CLASS CHAIR 1974 Walsh is teaching at Fauquier High Steve Nasman a 25-Year Raunian Celabratian School in Warrenton, Va. Nav. 12-14, 1999 CLASS CORRESPONDENT 1 9&7 Lawrence Pickard CLASS CHAIRS CLASS CHAIRS 4906 New Castle Street Victoria (Westervelt) Nasman Donna (Trumble) McGill Riverside, CA 92509 Doug Robert Paul Tuomainen Jr. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI CLASS CORRESPONDENT .Jay Davis (J.D.) works for Arter & Rabart Baacralt is an area manager with Joseph Walker Hadden in Los Angeles, and his son, Pacific Bell. Robert's daughter, Ashley, 715 South 32nd Street Byron, graduated from the University of 17, plans on attending USO after a year Renton, WA 98055-5097 Notre Dame in 1997 with an accounting on the European orchestra tour, her third. degree. . .. Thomas Davis and his wife, Karen, have UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI three children, Glenn, 16, Katherine, 15, Gerald Miranda, who received a certificate 1972 and Taylor, 6 .... Richard Ghia is co­ in international business from USO in CLASS CHAIR owner of Anthony's Fish Grotto in San 1998, has traveled to Belgium, Ireland, Roy Lechner Diego. Richard and his wife, Patti, have London and Venezuela as the principal three daughters: Angie, a USO sopho­ accountant with Solar Turbines interna­ UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI more, and Jenna and Katie .... Susan tional business unit. Gerald is in his Michael Hall is an OB/GYN in Denver, (Sathras) Sparks has her own interior 16th year with the U.S. Navy Reserves, Colo., and likely put his medical expertise design business in La Jolla, Calif., and and the youngest of his four children is to use with the recent delivery of twins has two children, Ryan, 15, and attending USO majoring in business and Emilie and Jorden in October. Michael Nicole, 10. playing women's varsity soccer. and his wife, Martha, also count among their brood Nathan, 8, Mikey, 7, and Mary, 5 .... Sister Maxine Kraemer, R.S.C.J., has retired from teaching and is

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GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI special education students. Kathleen and 197& James Callow (J.D.) works in personal her husband, William Uherli (M.A. '78), CLASS CHAIR injury defense in Los Angeles. His wife, have three sons, Patrick, 18, George, 14, Stephen L. Plourd Barbara (Ruediger) Callow '75 (J.D.) is and Michael, 9. assistant bureau director for Child UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Support Enforcement with the Los GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI David While (M.B.A. '82) has been Angeles County District Attorney.... Joseph LaCamhe (M.Ed.) retired in 1991 awarded the certified fraud examiner Stan Eller (J.D.) was appointed to the as a counselor with the San Diego Unified designation by the Association of Certi­ Mono County bench on Dec. 28, 1998, School District. Joseph and his wife have fied Fraud Examiners. David, a CPA, by Gov. Pete Wilson. Stan, his wife, been married 46 years .... Edward practices throughout the United States LeaAnn, and son, Bryce, live in June Schmidt (J.D.) is president of Welkin and internationally, and writes a column Lake, Calif. Stan was Mono County Systems, Inc., a wireless communication on fraud for a lodging industry profes­ District Attorney from 1985 to 1998. company, and lives in Tierrasanta with sional journal. his wife, Kelley, and two daughters .... 1975 Carolynn Skuhinna (M.Ed.) is retired and CLASS CHAIR lives in Union, Wash., with her husband, 1979 Dennis Blair Myron. The couple spend a lot of time r:I 2O-Year Reunion Celebration hiking in the Olympics and invite "other Nov. 12-14, 1999 CLASS CORRESPONDENT oldsters to our hikes if you're in the area." William Uberti ... Steven Toole (J.D.) has practiced law CLASS CHAIR 15660 Southwest 123rd Avenue for 1 7 years and is active in the Washing­ Kathy (George) Frisbie Miami, FL 33177 ton State Trial Lawyers Association and the Washington State Bar Association. CLASS CORRESPONDENT UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Steven and his wife, Christie, have two Dorothy Kettel-Kneski Pamela (Methvin) Larimer changed children, ages 10 and 14. 20 Sandpiper Court careers to become a Scripps Ranch real Westhampton, N.Y. 11977-1410 estate agent, where she is a multimillion 197& dollar producer and 1999 president of CLASS CHAIRS UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI the Woman's Council of Realtors. Randy Klotz E. Ann DuMalt is a licensing program Pamela was married in 1995 to Richard, Maureen Phalen analyst for the California Department of and writes: "It's never too late to get Social Services. She also volunteers in married and change careers." ... Mary UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI detention ministry for the Los Angeles "Lisa" (Garton) Minar is director of reli­ Russell Walls works with deaf students Archdiocese and finds homes for aban­ gious education at the Unitarian in Melbourne, Australia, and is still play­ doned kittens. Universalist Church in Bloomington, ing tennis. Russell would love to hear Ind. Mary and her husband, Carl, have from any of his classmates at 17 Downs 19&0 three sons, Chris, 16, Josh, 15 and Alex, St., Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. CLASS CHAIR 6 .... Angela (Kelfla) Newman is a board Carrie (Galvin) Dern member with Family Service Agency of GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Marin County. Angela and her husband, Judith Wenker (J.D.) has relocated to UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Paul, have two children, Jared, 14, and "warm and humid Houston, Texas, where Robert Cavalier had a photo of Bryce Jessica, 12.... Susan (Koury) Redelings all the elected officials are Republicans," Canyon National Park published in the recently celebrated her 25th wedding due to a result of a Texaco reorganization. July section of Outdoor Grandeur 1999 anniversary with her husband, Bob. The Judith plans to move to a townhouse Family Calendar.... Paul Pebley accepted couple have four sons, two of whom are near USD in the future. a position as vice president-corporate in college and two in high school. ... marketing for Alternative Living Services, Juliette Topacio Sarmiento has her own 1977 the nation's largest senior assisted living law firm in San Francisco after working CLASS CHAIR provider, based in Brookfield, Wis. as a trial attorney for the U.S. Immigra­ Sam Dove tion and Naturalization Service. Juliette GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI also is a former administrative law judge CLASS CORRESPONDENT Randall Fang (M.Ed.) has taken a job as with the California Unemployment Michael Aeling counselor at Sacred Hearts Academy, an Insurance Appeals Board .... Patricia 48 Darlene Street all-girls school in Honolulu, Hawaii, after Stiles is retired from her business, St. Paul, MN 55119-4908 working for eight years as admissions Bethlehem Imports, and missionary director at Damien Memorial High School. work .... Kathleen (Kuglen) Uherli (M.Ed. UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI ... Deborah Walle (J.D.) has been selected '83) is the lead teacher in a preschool Leslie (.Willis) Woads has been enjoying to act as a Master of the American Inns inclusion program and is responsible for her family and career in diagnostic vet­ erinary medicine in Davis, Calif.

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Kevin McCarthy is president of Arizona Tax Research and has been married 1 7 years to Michelle. The couple have five Lori Abbott '85 with Midulal, laft, and Kannath children : Sean, 13, Shannon, 11, Brendan, 11, Ryan, 11 , and Erin, 9 . ... Anthony Romano is an attorney specializ­ SPATIAL DELIVERY ing in real estate, estate planning, business ori Abbott '85 can't wait for her twin Michael was only 12 inches long and and personal injury. Anthony and his boys to learn to talk. Then, she figures, weighed 1.8 pounds. He was rushed to wife have five children .... Maria (Howard) they can tell the incredible story of intensive care, but not before Abbott got a Ticse has been married to H oward fo r t heir birth, a birth so unusual it landed her brief look at him. " He could fit in the palm 15 years and has three children : Jason, in t he pages of medical history, her twins on of your hand ... his skin was so thin it was 11, Matthew, 9, and Samantha, 6. t he pages of California newspapers and translucent." t hrongs of curiosity seekers at her bedside. As doctors worked to build Michael's GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI When Abbott gave birth to twins strength, Abbott, 36, concentrated on keep­ Roger Heaton (J.D.) opened his own law Michael and Kenneth, she did so three ing Kenneth from making his debut. As firm in N ovember 1998 in San D iego, weeks apart. Michael on April 9, 1998. each day went by, Abbott's room filled with specializing in personal injury and insur­ Ke nneth on April 30, 1998. It is believed to doctors, interns and med students hoping ance law.... Pauline Renner (M.Ed.) is an be one of the longest intervals between to be part of history. administrator at Sharp Memorial H ospital he althy twin deliveries in the country. "Part of it was interesting, making and has two sons who graduated from "It wasn't the best reason to be in the medical history, but I would have rather had USD H S. spotlight, but thankfully everything turned some precedent," she says. out a ll right,' ' Abbott says. "But as soon as After three weeks, Abbott developed a 19&2 they learn to talk, I'm telling them the story fever, and, fearing infection, the doctors CLASS CHAIR so I don't have to tell it anymore." induced labor. Kenneth soon appeared, weigh­ Richard Huver For now, however, Abbott indulges the ing 2.2 pounds and measuring 14 inches. curious. She begins her story in March 1998, Abbott and her husband, Robert, went UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI when 23 weeks pregnant she went into pre­ home to Coto de Caza, Calif., three days Jeanne Canton-Luna, who with husband, m ature labor. after Kenneth arrived. The twins (they are Carl, has fo ur girls ages 14, 11, 8 and 5, Knowing the babies likely would not fraternal, not identical) were released from substitute teaches elementary school in survive such an early delivery, Abbott's the hospital at the end of June. the San Diego area. Jeanne and her family physician admitted her to UCI Medical As they prepare to celebrate their fi rst will be living in Russia for a year while Center in Orange County with orders for birthday, older brother Michael weighs Carl teaches on a Fulbright grant . ... drugs t o stop the contractions and com­ about 13 pounds, while younger brother Judith Graven has five sons, ages 15, 14, plete bed rest. That meant no walking, no Kenneth tips the scales at 18 pounds. But standing, no sitting up. " I had to learn to eat doctors say by age 2 they should be the 13, and twins, 5, with husband, Steve. lyi ng on my side," Abbott confesses. same size, with no lasting effects from their Judith is a housewife and sports fa n in After 12 days, one of the babies' legs unusual birth. North Carolin~... . John Haynes is a dropped into the birth canal and the fetal As Abbott readies for a busy April - teacher in the San Diego Unified School heart monitor started to slow. Doctors two birthday parties and Easter, she sighs - D istrict and has two daughters, Jannette, couldn't wait any longer. she steels herself for another round of story­ 10, and Shauna, 4, with his wife, Shirley. "Three pushes and Michael came out," telling. Despite her protests, it seems to be ... Megan Mahoney is on staff at the Abbott says, " and everyone held their one story she really doesn't mind repeating. breath that Kenneth wouldn't come out."

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Irvine Unified School District. She has Donald Niklas has three children with UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI two daughters, Shannon, 14, and his wife of 11 years, Kimberly, and is a Laura (Zieminski) Anderson is in real Stephanie, 12 .... Mary Nuesa (J.D. '88) mortgage banker.... Angela Diner and estate sales in Medford, Ore., where she works in the San Diego Attorney's her husband, Thomas Issacs, have a 5- lives with her husband, Eugene, an attor­ Office and has a son, John Taylor, 3, year-old son, Zachary. Angela is involved ney, and their four children: Elliot, 8, with her husband, Scott Taylor 'BB . ... in various charitable organizations and Spencer, 6, Emma, 4, and Tessa, 18 Lee Payne is owner of Planet Honda in community groups in California.... months. Laura and Eugene recently Golden, Colo., and has three children Patrick Rea is president of Submarina, bought an 1876 farmhouse on five acres. with his wife, Olga .... Karl Ryser is a Inc., in San Diego and has a son, Andy, ... 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Mark works for Arthur, to add to their family of Carrie, Grove Unified School District and has Community Housing of North County. 12, Jamie, 4, and Leslie, 2. two children with husband, Randy, Lindsey, 9 and Meaghan, 1 1. ... Robert 19&4 GRADUATE ALUMNI Clark Young's first novel One of the DI 15-Year Reunion Celebration Kelly Salt (J.D.) is a deputy city attorney Guys, based on his military experiences Nov. 12-14, 1999 for San Diego. Kelly and her husband, in the Far East, is being published by Charles Yackly, have two sons, Cameron, HarperCollins with a scheduled release CLASS CHAIR 2, and Aidan, 3 months. date of May. Robert studied creative Tim Huckaby writing at the University of Houston, 19&& and has had pieces published in several CLASS CORRESPONDENT CLASS CHAIR magazines and journals throughout the Norma Samaniego James Pierik country. 489 Pescado Place Encinitas, CA 92024 CLASS CORRESPONDENT 19&3 e-mail: [email protected] Shannon Smith CLASS CHAIR 520 E. 76th St. Chris Pascale UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI No. 12-B Comal Crawford and his wife, Elizabeth, New York, NY 10021 CLASS CORRESPONDENT live in Caho San Lucas, Mexico, where email: [email protected] Rick Sanchez Corne! surfs and owns a business. 1453 West Kesler Lane UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Chandler, AZ 85224 GRADUATE ALUMNI Donna (Heath) Brown is director of e-mail: [email protected] Bob Gaglione (J.D.) is the managing human resources for Ernst & Young in partner of Gaglione, Coleman & Greene, Chicago, Ill. Donna and her husband, UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI a civil litigation firm with offices in San David, have two children, Philip, 5, and Cara (Chislelle) Hartnell and her husband, Diego and Sacramento. Robert also Chelsea, 4 months .... Steffen Werner is David, have been living in Atlanta, Ga., co-hosts the Primerus Law Hour, a a captain flying a DC-8 for United for the past four years. Cara is a stay-at­ one-hour radio talk show which airs at Parcel Service in Louisville, Ky. Before home mom and David is vice president of noon, Saturdays, on Newsradio 600 working for UPS, Steffen was an FBI a medical device company. They have KOGO. USD law professors Bob special agent handling bank robberies, three sons, Christian, 7, Colin, 5, and Fellmeth and Mike Ramsey have been kidnappings and fugitive cases. Steffen Cameron, 20 months .... Maura Neville recent guests on the show.... Ethel Stark and his wife, Gina, have two children, Korbin is a homemaker and has two chil­ (J.D.) has worked as a part-time legal Bradley, 4, and Victoria. dren, Alexandra, 4, and Karena, 16 assistant in the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., area. months, with husband, William Korbin. 19&7 ... Karen (Moore) Morris is a stay-at-home 19&5 CLASS CHAIR mother with her four daughters: Katie, CLASS CHAIR Philip Welp 11, Kelsey, 8, Tracey, 7, and Kerry, 4. Maggie Keller Hawblitzel Karen is married to Robert, vice president CLASS CORRESPONDENT western region of Turner Broadcasting. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Niamh Foley Homan ... Michael Necochea has been a special Katie (O'Rourke) Delano 1479 Wild lnslane agent with the FBI since 1989 and is 425 Yale Avenue Ornnge Park, FL 32073-7071 currently based in San Diego. Prior to Coalinga, CA 93210 joining the FBI, Michael was a San Diego police officer for six years ....

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Daniel, 7, Bryan, 4, and Matthew, 5 Matthew Mercer graduated from Widener Cape St. George, homeported in Norfolk, months .... Christopher Stout has been University School of Law in May 1998 Va .... Lisa (Mitchell) Madson is a full­ living in Minneapolis for the past two and works as an attorney in the Philadel­ time mother to 1-year-old Zachary and years with his wife, Lynda, and their phia Public Defender's Office .... Roh works as a consultant to Battle Ground daughter, Elisabeth .... Susan (Daudelin) Rogers recently was promoted to regional School District as a school psychologist. Wynne is a purchasing manager with marketing manager of the New England ... David Serrano is a graphic designer Lucent Technologies and has a daughter, region for Federated Insurance Companies. and father of two girls. David and his Kelsey Anne, 9 months, with her hus­ ... Larry Schram has moved back to San wife, Ruth, live in Hermosa Beach, band, Richard. The couple live in Dallas, Diego after a promotion to financial Calif. Texas. services marketing consultant with Nationwide Investment Services Corp. 19&9 GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI rJ 10-Year Reunion Celebration Barry Mann (M.F.A.) is acting, teaching GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Nov. 12-14, 1999 and parenting his new son, 5 months, Navy Cmdr. Paul Berg (M.B.A.) recent­ with his wife, Sheri, in Atlanta, Ga .... ly reported for duty at Selfridge Air CLASS CHAIR Fred Soldwedel (J.D.) practices trust and National Guard Base in Mount Clemens, Tom Gorman family law in Pasadena, Calif. Mich .... James Zimmerman (J.D.) is resident representative of the interna­ CLASS CORRESPONDENT 1990 tional law firm of Morrison & Foerster Colleen Blackmore Pappas CLASS CHAIR in Beijing, China. Jim and his wife have 6910 Blue Orchid Lane Estela Lopez three daughters and maintain a home in Carlsbad, CA 92009 the Mt. 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Scott Fisher recently partici­ Education at Indiana State University. D.C., area.... Marilyn Heers-Yeary is pated in the Atlantic Joint Task Force Christy earned her Ph.D. in counseling involved in commercial real estate in exercise while assigned to Fighter psychology at UCLA.... Tara (Hookland) Nevada and Arizona . ... Kelly (Martin) Squadron 32 aboard the aircraft carrier Knechde is busy raising her 3-year-old Sessoms received her M.B.A. in 1996 and USS Enterprise. Scott is deployed in the daughter and serving as board secretary is working as a financial analyst for Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.••. for the Women's Activity Club. Tara and Lockheed Martin in Gaithersburg, Md. Gary Gotham recently was promoted to her husband, Rene, live in Kusnacht, Kelly and her husband, Phillip, have two lieutenant commander while serving Switzerland.. .. James Kelly Jr. is presi­ children, Ian, 5, and Alexander, 3. dent of the San Diego Lions Club and served as a foreman on the 1997 -98 San GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Diego County Grand Jury.... Patricia Frances Connor (M.S.) recently was Mom recently accepted a national trainer promoted to a captain in the U.S. Navy SEND US position with SkillPath Seminars, Inc., while serving at the Naval Medical Center YOUR CLASS NOTES and conducts workshops on building in San Diego. There are four ways to keep communication skills .... Kevin Murphy is us up to date on your latest job or an account manager with a legal docu­ 1991 newest addition to the family: ment services company in New York .... 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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI K.C. Gallagher and his wife, Kelly [Bower) Gallagher, moved from Fairfield, Conn., to Denver, Colo., to join K.C.'s family business, Gallagher Enterprises. The couple's second child, Caroline, was born in September 1997 .... Karen (delaTorre) Hernandez is in her seventh year teaching and her first year as activities director at Central Union H igh School in El Centro, Calif. ... Monique (DeCoila) Jasper com­ pleted law school at Santa Clara Univer­ sity in 1996 and was married in 1997 to husband David. The couple live in San Francisco, where Monique is working in the incentive travel business .... Greg Leavey began a new teaching position at Corona del Mar High School in N ewport Beach, Calif., in 1998. Greg also pur­ chased a condo in nearby Costa Mesa .... Rad Phillip• '70 and wil•, Jani Theresa (Spencer) Maggio is the festival director fo r La Quinta Arts, a festival in the Palm Springs area. "I love being back THROUGH ROUGH WATERS in nonprofit and coordinating events full ome guys own cars or motorcycles is docked - start the two-day training in time." Theresa and her husband, Carl, for tinkering and getting out on the the classroom learning maritime laws and have a 2-year-old son, Carl. 5 weekends. Rod Phillips '70 owns a 57- sailing techniques from Coast Guard offi­ foot, two-masted tallship named Nehemiah. cers. Once on board the Nehemiah, it's up GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI For Phillips, a ferry boat captain with to the students to navigate the busy waters Pabick Connolly (J.D.) was awarded the the Red and White Fleet in San Francisco of San Francisco Bay. Deputy District Attorney of the Month Bay, owning a 34-passenger sailing vessel is "We challenge them to practice what award for outstanding trial work in Sept­ not so much a hobby as a calling. He set they've learned, put them in command of ember. Pat works with the Los Angeles out I O years ago to buy a ship that he the ship and stand back to watch and just County District Attorney. intended to use as a floating classroom for make sure they don't hit anything,'' Phillips local teen-agers. It was a plan that had its says. 1&&2 roots in San Diego, where Phillips worked One of his favorite stories involves a CLASS CHAIRS on board the Star of India tallship while high school boy in the program who rarely Charlie Bush attending USD. New himself to the world listened in class or cared about school. Greg Weaver of sailing, Phillips saw how the responsibili­ When turbulent seas frightened two of the ty and confidence it takes to captain a boat boy's classmates, the novice sailor gently CLASS CORRESPONDENT could be a valuable lesson for kids. reassured them and confidently guided the Mike Williams After returning to San Pedro, Calif., crew of students through the tumult. The 1020 Honeysuckle Drive from a stint in the Air Force, Phillips set up boy finished the program by earning top San Marcos, CA 92069 his own commercial diving business and sailor honors. Today, his teacher tells began the search for a tallship. He pur­ Phillips the young man has a new attitude UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI chased Nehemiah (named for an Old in the classroom, and Phillips and his stu­ Amy (Hartwig) Anderson is an X-ray Testament prophet and built in 1971) for dent still keep in touch. its stoutness and because it had circumnav­ The hope of making a difference in technician at Vail Valley Medical Center igated the globe nearly three times. Soon kids' lives keeps Phillips focused, even when in Colorado and married her husband, after, Phillips set up a nonprofit organiza­ money sometimes runs short and regulatory Jim, a contract manager for a nonprofit, tion to run a sail training program. paperwork eats away at hours he could be in 1997 .... Samuel Balk is in family He targets at-risk youth between 12 spending aboard ship. It also helps to have practice in Phoenix, Ariz., and his wife, and 18 years old. "Those are the formative eight faithful volunteers and his wife, Joni, Kimberly, is in OB/GYN and will gradu­ years, the years no one wants to touch," who help staff the ship, advertise the pro­ ate in 2000.... Kim (Christopher) Decker says Phillips, a devout Catholic who strives gram and write grants for funding. is specializing with a consulting company also to teach the students strong values "When things get frustrating, it helps in recruiting, employee relations and and good character. to keep in mind the goal of reaching the training and development. Kim and her Bay area teen-agers - many of them kids,'' Phillips says. husband, Dan, live in St. Louis, Mo., from Richmond, the city where the tallship and have two sons, Ryan, 5, and Kyle, 2.

2& U S D M A G A Z N E ... Patrick Fay is a biologist with the 1993 Shlumberger, an international company Department of Fish & Game in Sacra­ CLASS CHAIR with 65,000 employees in 100 countries. mento, Calif., and has two daughters, Houssam Aboukhater Cathy worked as a new product intro­ Megan, 2, and Bridget, 9 months .... duction buyer in France before being Bradley Garbal opened Gerbel & Van CLASS CORRESPONDENT transferred to Simi Valley, Calif., in 1996. Damme LLP Certified Public Accountants Hays (Fraim) Padrnos in Coronado. The firm specializes in real 9832 Crystallo Court 1994 estate and closely held businesses .... Parker, CO 80134 Ill Five-Year Reunion Celabralian Alisa Hale is a legal assistant in Dallas, Nov. 12-14, 1999 Texas, and is considering attending law UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI school. "Should have degree by the time Sigridur Asbargsdaltir has been working CLASS CHAIR I'm 50. The age when Life begins." Alisa within the Ministry of Education, sci­ Tom Vertetis has two sons and a daughter.... Phil ence and culture and international Isbell Jr. is the father of three children affairs, in Iceland since graduation.... CLASS CORRESPONDENT and is a sales manager for a car dealership Stave Chucri has been a legislative assis­ Lauren Riaski in Phoenix, Ariz .... James Kaan (M.B.A. tant for U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon of 5401 Nassau Circle East '98) is a manager with American Express Arizona for the past four years. Steve Englewood, CO 80110 and has a son, Ryan, 18 months .... lives in Alexandria, Va .... Heather Dae Kathlaan (Turk) Lava, who was married is pursuing a master's degree in clinical UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI in 1996 to Daniel, a retail manager, is psychology at Antioch University in Los Kavin Barras graduated from Officer studying medical administration.... Angeles. As an intern she is working Training School in 1998 and is stationed Timothy Millar Jr. is married to Elizabeth with severely emotionally disturbed chil­ in New Orleans, La., working for the Johnstone-Miller, a current USD stu­ dren and intends to pursue a Ph.D. in commander of the 8th District Coast dent, and recently completed his second psychology following graduation in June. Guard. Kevin and Erin (Kally) Barras '93 year of practice as a dentist .... Tina ... Timothy Fax was recently hired by were married in November 1996 in Nadzikawycz moved back home to American Systems Corporation to work Founders Chapel. ... Amy DaWintar Chicago from Cardiff two years ago and for the joint nonlethal weapons program moved from the San Francisco Bay area has since bought a house and works in office supporting research and develop­ to Southern California for a new posi­ the office furniture industry.... Andrew ment of nonlethal weapons for the tion with a start-up medical company, Smith was married in 1995 to Janina departments of defense and justice.... TherOx.... Jeff nuharty teaches fourth (Vemali) Smith and is self-employed as a Bath Gansa teaches second grade in the grade in Summit, N.J., at Jefferson professional golfer.... Mauraan [Faarick) Mountain View School District in Elementary and is publishing his first St. Pierre is the mother of two boys and Northern California and will be graduat­ children's book, I Can't Talk Now... I'm works for Smart Corporation in the ing with a master's in early childhood Busy Writing Nothing, with Kelly Washington, D.C., area, selling a corre­ education in May. She keeps busy climb­ McAndrew.... Jennifer Harman complet­ spondence copying service from her ing mountains, skydiving and traveling. ed her M.B.A. at the University of Utah home office .... Jacbatham (Jaja) ... Ryan Garcia is finishing his master's in in June and recently began a job as a Tahapary (M.Ed. '94) is in his second counseling psychology and working at consultant with Oracle Corporation.... year at the California School of the University of San Francisco .... Katy Haugh works for the AIDS Action Professional Psychology, San Diego. Birgitta Mahlin moved back to Sweden in Committee in Boston, Mass., finding Jocbethem is assistant director of high 1997 and began working for Nike. In affordable housing for people living with school relations for California State July she moved to Amsterdam and is HIV/AIDS .... Christopher Staffard is U niversity and lives in Tierrasanta with transitioning to a new position with practicing internal medicine at Balboa his wife, Julie Otero. Nike as project manager for Eastern Naval Hospital and was married in 1994 European and Middle East region .... to Cathleen Hoey. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Gaarga Sanchez started his own business Theobald Brun (J.D.) opened his own with three partners doing financing for GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI law firm in Switzerland after working six residential and commercial real estate in Jason Tolin (J.D.) expanded his estate years with Bar & Karrer, one of the San Antonio, Texas .... Pater Thompson and financial planning practice in major firms in Switzerland.... Laura is planning to graduate with an M.B.A. Mission Valley, consulting with attorneys Stuart (M.B.A.) has been teaching first in May from the University of St. Thomas and paralegals interested in financial grade at Cardiff Elementary School for in Minneapolis, Minn. Peter and his planning. the past three years. Laura recently qual­ wife, Jodi, recently spent two weeks ified for the Olympic Trials in the traveling in Europe. marathon, and will compete in Columbia, S.C., in February 2000. 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:I.DDS UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Kenyan recently moved to the East Coast CLASS CHAIR Carlene Barnell is doing postgraduate and works as a communications coordi­ Jennifer McCann Vertetis work in Grenada, Spain.... Cherin Brawn nator for Magazine Publishers of America, is in her second year teaching for the an industry association for the consumer CLASS CORRESPONDENT San Diego City Schools and completed magazine business. Robert handles public Eric Ludwig her master's degree in special education relations .... Kelly Mc&eehan is in her 2240 Eucalyptus Avenue in the fall .... Jodie Dawson is assistant first year of law school at Notre Dame, Escondido, CA 92029 to the president of Equity Management but writes that she really misses San Diego. e-mail: cmtc71 [email protected] Inc., a trademark licensing company in ... Roxanna Nunez works as a teacher's San Diego.... Verna Fahella is a second­ aide and is moving to San Francisco, UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI year student in the Ph.D. program at where she hopes to attend graduate Dominique Dudine has been traveling California School of Professional Psychol­ school. ... Julie Varsak entered the Peace within the past two years since her par­ ogy with an emphasis in multicultural Corps in June and lives in a small ents moved from San Diego to Singapore. community clinical psychology.... Navy Romanian town where she teaches Dominique has worked as an account Lt. Richard LeBran is at sea on the war­ English to middle and high school stu­ executive with AirTouch Paging for ship USS The Sullivans. . .. Dianne dents .... Carl Wilbert is working on a three years .... Danielle Elliall recently (Richardson) Seriva is an accounting real estate license and works for moved from Yuma, Ariz., to Springfield, supervisor and recently purchased her Electronic Data Systems relocating Mo., to report for the local ABC net­ first home with her husband, Edward, in employees. work affiliate .... Heather Fleming spent San Diego .... Tracy Tarlav moved to the the summer in Costa Rica studying Bay area and is teaching second grade in GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Spanish and will receive her master's the Cupertino School District. Lisa (Hess) Carr (J.D.) is an attorney degree in international business from with the San Diego District Attorney's Thunderbird University in May.... GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Office where she works with her husband, Jason Kelley finished his Microsoft certi­ Sue Fahami (L.L.M.) was elected White Jonathan Carr (J .D.) whom she met at fied systems engineer certificate and Pine County District Attorney in the USD School of Law.... Carolyn works for Qualcomm as an associate November in Ely, Nev., and took office Puzella (J.D.) passed the Massachusetts engineer.... Kimberly Maeyama received in January. Sue also is a part-time instruc­ Bar in February 1998 and is a tax attor­ her master's degree in Eastern Mediter­ tor at Great Basin College .... R. Alisha ney with Taxware International, Inc., in ranean archaeology from Katholieke Presta (J.D.) works in life annuity prod­ Salem, Mass. Universiteit Leuven in Belgium in 1997 ucts for Pacific Life in Newport Beach, and has been a member of the seasonal Calif. She was engaged in September and :I.DD& archaeological excavations team at Tel is planning a move to San Francisco.... CLASS CHAIR Harrasim Israel the past two years. Kim Jahn Valenza (M.B.A.) is a claims Michael Corrales recently was accepted into the doctoral adjuster and has two children, Alex, 4, program at the Belgium university.... and Samantha, 1. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Rebecca Perry returned from a vacation Elizabeth Himchak in Italy and is back in Seattle working as :I.DD'7 11334 Capilla Road a design associate at Waterworks .... CLASS CHAIR San Diego, CA 9212 7 Steven Schabacker was recently desig­ Greg Johnson nated a Naval flight officer while serving UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI with the 562nd Flying Training Squadron, CLASS CORRESPONDENT Nicole Lamperis is teaching first grade Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Colleen Engel for the Poway Unified School District. Texas .... Beth Sheafsky is the zoning 10062 Paseo Montril, #509 ... Laura Sides is a health care represen­ coordinator for the Western region of a San Diego, CA 92129 tative with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in national communication tower company. New York. Beth also works as an instructional assis­ UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI tant at the College of Marin and is apply­ Jennifer Bailey teaches job seeking on GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ing to graduate schools. the Internet for the Renton Career Katheryn Ashley Nyle (J.D.) passed the Development Center in the Seattle area. bar and works for Klinedinst, Fliehman, :I.DD& "I'd be excited to help any USD student McKillop in San Diego, where she prac­ CLASS CHAIR or alumni relocate to the Seattle area, tices civil litigation .... Robert Palm Jr. Bryan Walsh create a resume, find a job or an intern­ (M.B.A.) is serving a two-year tour of ship," she writes .... Julie Baird played duty on the Sixth Fleet flagship in Gaeta, CLASS CORRESPONDENT professional tennis for six months after Italy. Robert is an assistant air operations Joy Deutsch graduating before becoming the assistant officer and has traveled extensively 5375 La Cuenta Drive women's tennis coach at USD. Julie now throughout the Black Sea. San Diego, CA 92124-1414 attends Berkeley Law School. ... Robert e-mail: [email protected]

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Please note that U SD Magazine do es not print engagement information. While alumni are encouraged to send information about their marriages , due to space con­ siderations, wedding photographs w ill not be published.

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Denise Ettari '92 wed Doug Cain on Sept. 5 in N apa, Calif. The couple hon­ eymooned in Turkey. ... Jahn Gordan '92 married Katherine Ward May 30 in Lake Tahoe. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and now reside in Las Vegas, Nev. . .. Nicholas Ghiselli '92 married Heidi Girardot '92 on July 18. The cou­ ple met at USD as sophomores .... Mary Handherg '92 and Tim Sorensen were David l'IIDick '71 married Oct. 10. Mary recently changed careers from event planning to the BIG MAN ON CAMPUS escrow field . ... James Williams '92 mar­ degree. He received a master's degree in ried Molly McArdle on July 11. The avid Pollick '71 flunked out of the University of San Diego as a freshman philosophy at the University of Ottawa couple are moving to South Africa for a in 1966 because he was more interest­ and a Ph.D. in philosophy from St. Paul's year so James can complete his disserta­ D ed in meeting people, having fun and learn­ University, and was invited to return to tion research . ... Alexandra While '92 ing things not taught in the classroom. USD as a lecturer. and Tim Fax '93 were married Sept. 6 in Today, he's 51 and the president of a Pollick struggled in his new role as San Diego . ... Rabin Scull '93 married Pennsylvania college. And he's still interest­ teacher, though, because he says he had Jim Lyon on Sept. 12 on a Colorado ed in ••. meeting people, having fun and nothing to say. ranch. Robin is a sales agent for builder learning things not taught in the classroom. "A young philosopher is really a con­ Geoffrey H. Edmunds in Phoenix .... " I believe a person should try many tradiction in terms,'' says Pollick, who in Caryn Capazza '94 wed David Pratt in things and not be fearful of failing," says the 1995 earned USD's Author E. Hughes July 1997. The couple live in Austin, San Diego native. " Experimentation is as Career Achievement Award. " I just felt like Texas, where Caryn is corporate commu­ good a way to learn as any, and I guess I I didn't really know enough to be teaching nications manager for Silicon Metrics . ... learned that pretty early." yet." Jessica Egaran '94 married Junar Trying without fear of failure is perhaps Pollick retreated from academia and Fernandez Aug. 1 in The lmmaculata his favorite credo, and the idea is quickly embarked upon a mission to serve others. Church. The couple honeymooned in becoming policy on the campus of Lebanon He drove a bus for neurologically handi­ H awaii .... Maureen Grayson '94 and Valley College in Annville, Penn. Under his capped children in southeast San Diego and David Hotes were married Aug. 15. guidance, the liberal arts school has blos­ directed an El Centro drug rehabilitation Maureen is a database engineer in somed and was recently ranked among U.S. center. He started a one-room school for Virginia .... Colleen Murphy '94 wed News & World Ref)ort's Top IO Colleges in emotionally disturbed children, thought Chris Hobbs June 13. Colleen works in the North. He bought nearby land for new briefly about becoming a Benedictine product management and the couple live athletic facilities, pushed his students to monk, and later lived alone in a trailer in in the Sorrento Valley area . ... Matthew study abroad and helped make it easier for the desert. He learned to break horses, Simons '94 and Dawn Shebesla '95 were students to get internships earlier in their sculpt and write. married Oct. 3 in Founders Chapel. careers. Pollick felt he now had something to Matthew is an accountant and Dawn is a "We're tracking students so fast now say, so he returned to academia with a sales representative .... Curtis Treadwell that they're thinking about their careers teaching job at the University of Ottawa in '94 married Jennifer H anrahan on D ec. 5. before they even start," Pollick says. 1977. He served in various teaching and The couple live in Oklahoma City where Pollick's path to biggest man on cam­ administration roles at St. John's, Seattle Curtis is self-employed .... Mark pus was anything but traditional. But then, University, Cortland College, Harvard and Maynard '95 married Pamela Seawall neither was his own college career. the Art Institute of Chicago before arriving Oct. 4 in Sausalito, Calif. Mark is a mar­ After flunking out, he joined the Navy in Lebanon Valley in 1996. keting manager in H ayward, Calif .... just as the Vietnam War was escalating, "I feel at home here," says Pollick. serving for two years aboard a Pacific Fleet " I'm certainly comfortable with the path submarine. He returned to USD (he went I've followed." to class this t ime), earning a philosophy

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Theresa Whiling '95 and Patrick James 21. They join their sister, Emma, 4 .... and her husband, Tim, celebrated the '9& were married Nov. 7 in St. Gabriel's Hae (Wintringham) Dalian '87 and her birth of their second child, Finn Catholic Church in Poway, Calif. The husband, Peter, welcomed a daughter, Thomas, in October. He joins Keara couple live in San Jose, Calif.... Emran H ope Carrington, on Oct. 4, joining Moses, 2 .... Jennifer (Ramero) Ward '94 Mursalin '9& and Gabriela Sala '9& were brothers Chase and Tanner.... Diane and her husband, Richard, welcomed a married Sept. 26 in Founders Chapel. (Sawyer) Krallman '87 and her husband, daughter, Sierra Anne, on April 21. The Emran is a project specialist with Arrk Steve Krallman '87, send news of their family lives in Des Moines, Wash . ... Creative Network and Gabriela is a ser­ third child, John Anthony, born Dec. 1. Dana (Dubas) Dannelly '95 and her hus­ vice representative with LG Info Comm. John joins sister Jacqueline Marie, 6, and band, David, celebrated the birth of their ... Jennifer Tammane '9& wed Kevin brother Ryan, 4. The family lives in first child, Alyssa Emma, on July 27. Guisinger on Oct. 10 in Founders Jupiter, Fla., where Steve is the director Chapel. Jennifer is an accountant in San of commercial assets at Owen Financial. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Diego .... Melissa Cabral '97 wed ... Sean P. Sullivan 'BB and his wife, E. Scull Douglas '83 (J.D.) and his wife, William Eskola Jr. on Oct. 24. Melissa is Betsy, welcomed their first child, Clare Adair, welcomed a daughter, Kendall looking into graduate school and hopes Elizabeth, on Oct. 31. Sean is a com­ Nicole, on March 28, 1998. Scott is a to attend USO .... Keri Carden '97 mar­ modities broker at the Chicago Board of full-time mediator/arbitrator of commer­ ried Scott Quarrie on July 12. Keri plans Trade, and the family lives in LaGrange, cial disputes, with an emphasis on busi­ a career in elementary education and has Ill. ... Pally (Webb) Brehm '89 and her ness litigation .... Steven Bryant '90 a daughter, Kirra, 3. husband, Matthew, were blessed with a (M.B.A.) and his wife, Irene, celebrated son, William, on July 22. Patty is a chef the birth of their first child, Sarah Elena, GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI and Matthew is an architect.... Cindy Oct. 18. Steven is a senior manager with Jason Galt 'BB (J.D.) married Jill Pflieger (Basso) Eaton '89 and her husband, Jeff, Andersen Consulting in San Francisco. on Oct. 10 in Solana Beach, Calif.... send news of a daughter, Katia Irene, ... Franklin Heredia '92 (J.D.) and his Theresa Parra '98 (J.D.) and Stephen born Aug. 5. Katia joins her sister, Kayla wife, Bertha, celebrated the birth of their Sandoval '98 (J.D.) were married on Jane, and brother, Kevin .... Annelle son, Sammy, on Nov. 6 .... Lisa (Cane) Valentine's Day 1998. (Mayer) Goldbach '91 and her husband, Sakalawski '93 (M.B.A.) and her hus­ Frank, welcomed a son, Michael band, Donnie, welcomed their first child, Stephen, on Oct. 20 .... Robert (Ari) La Nicole Elisabeth, on April 20, 1998. BIRTHS Flamme '91 and his wife, Kristen, send Lisa works as associate brand manager Kim (Jacobs) Panas 'BO and her husband, news of a son, Xavier, born Sept. 12, in for Durex Consumer Products in George, welcomed their second son, Wuerzberg, Germany. Art is deploying in Norcross, Ga .... Gary Sangle '98 Alexander Lee, on June 16, 1998. Kim April to Kuwait for four-month mission, (M.B.A.) and his wife, Alejandra, cele­ is a marketing specialist for Abbott his second since being assigned to the 1st brated the birth of their son, Brandon Laboratories Critical Care Division in Infantry Division in Germany.... David Ryan, on Nov. 11, 1997. Gary is build­ Morgan Hill, CaliL, where the family Minck '92 and his wife, Julianne ing a business as a strategic planning lives .... Mark Hanson '82 and his wife, (Liavlaud) Minck '93, welcomed their consultant. Wendy, celebrated the birth of their first child, William David, on April 21, daughter, Jillian Christine, on D ec. 18. 1998, in Newport Beach, Calif...... Maria (Cassia) Swart '83 and her hus­ Michael Spengler '92 and his wife, band, Christopher, send news of a son, Jennifer (Rae) Spengler '92, were blessed Lucas Cameron, born D ec. 3. Lucas with a daughter, Krya Michaela, on Sept. joins big sister Natalie Noel, 3 .... Tim 25 in La Jolla, Calif.... Pam (Malone) Penick '85 and Annamarie (Kankawski) Casgrove '93 and her husband, Rich, Penick 'BB were blessed with a daughter, send news of a daughter, Madeline Hannah Marie, on Nov. 13. She joins Marie, born June 8. Pam teaches kinder­ Nathan, 4, and Grace, 2 .... Julie garten in Imperial Beach, Calif. ... Kelly (Peterson) Castro '86 and her husband, (Kanilz) Graham '93 and her husband, Fernando, celebrated the birth of their Greg, celebrated the birth of a son, Peter son, Cameron Wayne, on Aug. 9 in San Lawrence, on Sept. 27, who joins sister Marino, Calif.. .. Dania Sarianalla '86 Morgan. The family lives in Broomfield, and his wife, Lauretta, welcomed a son, Colo .... Alisun (Bush) Kirkpatrick '93 Niccolo Giuseppe, on Oct. 20. Niccolo joins sister Jeannette, 2. Dante is a supervisory special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration in Tucson, Ariz .... Meredith (Lahne) Van Tscharner 'B& (M.A. '89) and her husband, Patrick Van Tscharner '86, celebrated the birth of twins, Matthew and Nicholas, on Oct.

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5 APRIL Jenny Craig Pavilion Groundbreaking. 16 Student Recital Ill. 2 p.m., Shiley The Craig family and USO Board of Theatre. 24 Trustees invite the public to celebrate the USO Master of Fine construction of the pavilion. 4 p.m., Field Aris/Old Globe produc­ House parking lot. (619) 260-4773. 21 tion. The Water Engine, Ahlers Center for International by David Mamet. 8 p.m., Certificate in International Business. Sacred Heart Hall. Business breakfast "International Business Strategy." 6-9 p.m., Through May 1 (no seminar. "The Asian Wednesdays throughout May. performance April 2 7). Financial Crisis: An Manchester Executive Conference An evocative drama of Update." 7:30-9 a.m., Center. ( 619) 260-4 231. corporate intrigue set in Hahn University a 1930s Chicago radio 6 Center. (619) 260-4896. station. (619) 231-1941, Institute for Project Management. ext. 2131. 26 "Project Planning: Strategies for Project Family Business Institute Wine Success." 6:30-9:30 p.m., Thursdays Tasting Tour. 6-8:30 p.m., Orfilia 28 throughout May. Olin Hall Room 226. Institute for Christian Ministries. Winery. ( 619) 260-4 231. (619) 260-2258. "The Place of Music in Theology and Liturgy." 7-9 p.m., Maher Hall Room 29 7 Law School 186. Continues May 3. (619) 260-4784. "Psalms and Commencement. Vespers," 10 a.m., Torero Stadium 27 USO Choral (619) 260-4526. Senior Recital I. Natasha Flores, Scholars. mezzo-soprano. 8 p.m., Shiley Theatre. 8 p.m., Founders 30 Chapel (Repeats 2 p.m., Undergraduate 28 Sunday). Family Business Institute Executive and Graduate Breakfast. "Complexity of Family 7 Commencement. Business." 7:30-10 a.m., Manchester Undergraduate: 9:30 a.m., Torero Spring Dance Concert, featuring Executive Conference Center. Stadium. Graduate: 2:30 p.m., Torero choreography by USO faculty, students Stadium. (619) 260-4557. (619) 260-4231. and alumni. 8 p.m., Shiley Theatre (Repeats 2 p.m., Sunday). AY 11 Chamber Music II. USO Chamber 1 Music Ensembles directed by Angela USO Sports Banquet. 6 p.m., Author E. Hughes Yeung. 8 p.m., French Parlor, Hahn University Center. Career Achievement Founders Hall. Awards. Fund-raising dinner includes 6 p.m., San Diego H yatt I silent and live auctions 13 ---c:::: i featuring sports memorabilia Regency Hotel. Senior Thesis Performances in and door prizes. Reservations required. Celebrate the accom­ Theatre Aris, featuring assorted plays plishments of five distin­ (619) 260-5917. and projects directed, performed and pro­ guished USO graduates at a black-tie duced by theatre arts students. 7 p.m., dinner. (619) 260-4819. 11 May 13; 4 p.m., May 14; Camino Hall Institute for Project Management. Room 102. "Fundamentals of Project Management." 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Hahn University Center. 14 (619) 260-2258. Senior Recital II. Featuring Jessie Huang, flute. 8 p.m., French Parlor Founders Hall.

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FO R G ET ABO UT AI R JO R DAN S. These shoes let you walk on water. At least that was the goal of 30 groups of area high school and college students who donned footware made of Styrofoam, duct tape and empty soda bottles during USD's Walk on Water competition Feb. 27. Hosted by engi­ neering students, the college trophy went to San Diego State University's team, which used 7-foot-long shoes of Styrofoam to cover the 25 meters in 41 seconds.

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