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SEARCHING HIGH AND LOW USO Research From Inside the Knee to Under the Sea

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n the innocence and curiosity of

youth, we all have asked a lifetime of

questions about the world around us.

H ow does a bird {ly? What is light­

ning made of? W hy does the sun disappear at night?

Inevitably, perhaps after learning some of the basics in

school, most of us simply grow to accept these phenomena as

fact. A precious few, however, continue to as questions

about our world and, as they gain more education, begin to

formulate new questions. Then they set out to find the

answers. hese are the researchers of the world.

N ot only does the researchers' work satisfy their own

curiosity, but it makes a better life for all of us. Our cover

story, "Searching High and Low," highlights some of the

researchers at U SD and the questions they are striving to

answer today, from understanding the inner workings of the

human knee to exploring an active volcano at the bottom of

the Atlantic Ocean.

While many youngs ters make the most of their youth as a

time of discovery, a few view their youth impatiently as a

stumbling block to adulthood. "Life Lessons: T eaching Kids

N ot to H ave Kids" examines those teens who abandon the

pursuits of their peers and engage in adult activities too soon.

The result is that they often take on adult responsibilities,

such as parenting, too soon as well.

The staff at U SD 's Children 's Advocacy Institute know

too well that, whether a pregnancy is by choice or by acoi­

dent, teens are ill-prepared to care for an infant when they

haven't yet learned how to care for themselves. Though

some teens believe having a baby will give meaning to their

lives, instead it is merely a path to poverty. "Life Lessons"

details how the child advocates at CAI are working to end

the spiraling teen birth rates in California through education

and prevention.

A lso in this issue, we anticipate the N ov. 12 inauguration

of USD President Alice Bourke H ayes. " A Renaissance

Fair" offers a preview of the week-long celebration of acade­

mics, arts and community service that will precede the inau­

guration ceremony.

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A Renaissance Fair

USD will celebrate the inauguration of President Alice Bourke Hayes in Renais­sance style, with a week of festivities that includes academic lectures, the arts and an afternoon of community service.

Searching High and Law By Michael R. Haskins

Research begins with a question, and with a person who is compelled to find the answer. The questions often are deceivingly simple - How does it work? Why does it happen? How can I make it better? - but the answers, more often, are decid­edly complex. To find them, it takes a person who has the courage to explore, to learn and to want to make a better world. Researchers at USD are asking these questions, and traveling the long roads that lead to the answers.

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Lile Lessans: Teaching Kids Nol lo Have Kids By Jill Wagner '91

In a decade when teen birth rates continue to climb, child advocates are searching for ways to keep kids from having kids. USD's Children's Advocacy Institute is leading the charge in California with a parenting course for junior high schools that addresses the realities - and shatters the fantasies - of raising a child.

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Volume 11, Number 1

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EDITOR

Trisha J. Ratledge

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Kate Callen

Michael R. Haskins

Jill Wagner '91

ART DIRECTOR

Visual Asylum

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Pablo Mason

Jonathan Woodward

ILLUSTRATION

Raphael Lopez

THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

PRESIDENT

Alice B. Hayes

VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

John G- McNamara

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

Jack Cannon

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

John Trifiletti ' 78

USD Magazine is published quarterly by the University of San Diego for its

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Today's technology is easing our lives in every way, from withdrawing $20 at the bank to calling home from the car. Unfortunately, that same technology also makes it easier for others to gain access to our personal information.

USD's Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has produced a set of fact sheets that explain how to keep our personal infor­mation private. The clearinghouse staff updates the sheets regularly and adds sheets as new areas of interest develop. The growing collection now consists of 18 fact sheets covering such issues as cellular phones, employee monitoring and your social security number.

The fact sheets are available free of charge simply by calling the clearing­house at (800) 773-7748 (for California residents only) or (619) 298-3396 (for those calling from out of state).

THE FACT SHEETS ARE: 1. Privacy Survival Guide: How to Take

Control of Your Personal Information. 2. Cordless and Cellular Phones:

ls Everybody Listening? 3 . How to Put an End to Harassing

Phone Calls. 4. Junk Mail: How Did They All Get

My Address? 5 . Telemarketing: Whatever Happened

to a Quiet Evening at Home? 6. How Private ls My Credit Report?

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7. Employee Monitoring: ls There Privacy in the Work Place?

8 . How Private Is My Medical Information? 9. Wiretapping and Eavesdropping: ls

There Cause for Concern? 10. My Social Security Number: How

Secure ls It? 11. From Cradle to Grave: Government

Records and Your Privacy. 12. A Checklist of Responsible Information­

handling Practices (For use by employ­ers and managers who want to conduct privacy audits and train employees to safeguard the handling of personal information in the work place.)

13. What to Do When Your Wallet ls Stolen.

14. Are You Being Stalked? Tips for Protection.

15. Paying by Credit Card or Check: What Can Merchants Ask?

16. Employment Background Checks: A Job-seeker's Guide.

1 7. Coping With Identity Theft: What to Do When an Imposter Strikes.

18. Privacy in Cyberspace: Rules of the Road for the Information Super­highway.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse was established in 1992 and operates as part of the Center for Public Interest Law at USD's School of Law.

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Roger,

Were you here last night? Are you the one who pushed all the towels into the tub? Was it you making the candles flick­er when you walked by? Did you break the picture in the room upstairs? We talked to you but you didn't answer, even through the Ouija board. We missed hearing from you.

Debbie and Don Feb. 11, 1995 Diary, Room 309 Horton Grand Hotel

Roger Whittaker is one of the most sought-after residents in San Diego, but he isn't listed in any phone book or counted in any census. He's a ghost, a mid-1800s gambler whose last bit of luck ran out the night he was shot while hid­ing in an armoire. And though he wasn't shot at the Horton Grand Hotel, or even in the armoire that graces the infamous Room 309, he seems to have hung his otherworldly hat there just the same.

Roger is just one of the spirits high­lighted in Haunted San Diego, a ghostly guidebook written and published by Gail White '88. She says simple curiosity was the inspiration for the book. After notic­ing a number of newspaper articles about local ghosts one Halloween, White, who enjoys historical research and has volun­teered at the San Diego Historical Society for years, decided to see just how many ghosts have taken up residence in San Diego.

Of course, there are the well-known, high-spirited residents of the Thomas Whaley House in Old Town and the Hotel del Coronado. But White discov­ered other ghosts in her research. There's the lady who rides her horse in the moonlit neighborhood of Harmony Grove in North San Diego County. There's the Indian maiden who hums softly and strolls the grounds of the

Bancroft Ranch House in Spring Valley. And there's the mysterious man who walks the halls of the Wells Fargo Bank in downtown San Diego.

In addition to telling the stories of these and other ghosts in San Diego, White includes in each chapter a history about the inhabited building or area. The self-published book, now in its third printing, has established White as an expert in ghostly matters and has pro­duced some interesting reactions.

"I've had a couple of people call and tell me, 'I've read your book. Who can I call to get rid of the ghost in my house?"' White says. "I have to laugh because I guess I'm considered a local authority and I have no idea how to get rid of a ghost."

One of her most memorable encoun­ters with readers happened one day as she was checking her book's stock level in a local store. "A lady was reading the first chapter out loud to her friends, who were all gathered around her," White says. "I just had to hang around to lis­ten. She read the opening to the Whaley House chapter and said, 'This place is just across the street. We have to go there!' I introduced myself to them and they had me sign the book. That was a big th rill for me."

Though White acknowledges that many people are skeptics - she admits to being one herself at times - she has one important tip for ghost hunters.

"Keep an open mind," she advises. "I'm convinced that there are things out there that we just can't explain. If you're open to it, I think you have a better chance of having an experience."

Optimism like that undoubtedly is shared by the hundreds who flock to the Horton Grand's Room 309 each year.

I've survived a night on my own in the infamous Room 309. Though I feLt a bit uncomfortable about the legend at first, I'm now terribly disappointed that Roger didn't make his presence known to me (though the phone did mysteriously ring once at 9:30 p.m.). Perhaps next time I'll be more fortunate. I'll definitely be back!

Janet Jan. 19, 1995

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THE 10 BEST LIBRARIES ON

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It's fall again and time to start hitting the books, either for school or pleasure. For this edition of the USD Top 10, Ed Starkey, USD university librarian and associate professor, shares his personal list of the best libraries in the world.

Starkey holds a B.A. from Stonehill College, an M.A. in English from the State University of New York at Albany, an M.S. in library science from the University of Kentucky and an M.A. in religious studies from the University of Dayton. He also pursued studies in theology at Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Starkey was an English teacher from 1968 to 197 5, and has since worked in university libraries in a variety of capaci­ties. He has headed USD's Copley Library since 1988.

1. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. "lt is, quite simply, the best there is. Its core collection was put together by Thomas Jefferson. When you're in Washington, D.C., visit it."

2. THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN CAMBRIDGE, MA . "The greatest aca­demic collection in North America and the model for research universities."

3 . & 4. THE LIBRARIES OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY IN NOTRE D AME, IND., AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. "These two libraries at Catholic universities are members of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries."

5. THE LIBRARY OF THE SPERTUS INSTI­TUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES IN CHICAGO. "There are several libraries of J udaica in the United States. I have used this one many times; its collection is a model for the development of a similar library for Catholic studies."

6. THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY IN WASH! GTON, D.C. "This contains an enormous collection on the Renais­sance, one of the most interesting periods in Western history."

7. & 8. THE BRITISH LIBRAaY IN LONDON AND LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE IN P ARIS. "Both of these great national libraries were begun hun­dreds of years ago and contain virtually all the books of Western civilization."

9. THE VATICAN LIBRARY. "This has the largest collection of books from ancient civilization and many of the great texts of the Bible, including the Codex Vaticanus from the fourth century."

10. COPLEY LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DtEGO. "This is a beautiful library, with books dating from the 14th century through September 1995. But its people are its strongest asset. I like coming here to work every day. So do 1,200 students."

11. (Bonus) THE LIBRARY IN ANYTOWN, U.S .A. "Find the public library in a small town or village. Always a fascinat­ing place, packed with books, and a high circulation rate among locals. Usually includes some books on local history and buildings. We are actually a very literate nation."

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s professional storyteller Diane Ferlatte speaks, the class just sits there, eyes unfocused, jaws

slack, totally still. Although they look almost catatonic, they're not bored. In fact, they're more involved than students in most classes.

"Storytelling is a whole brain activity. That's why you see that look on people's faces," says Vicky Reed, who for seven years has coordinated storytelling classes for USD's continuing education division. "You need half the brain for the words, the other half to convert the words into pictures. You have to be totally involved or else you'll lose the thread of the story."

There's not much chance of the stu­dents losing that thread while Ferlatte speaks. As one of the dozen or so story­tellers that Reed brings in to address the storytelling class each semester, she teaches by example. While the students watch Ferlatte wind her way through several tales, alternately speaking in the voices of different characters, creating sound effects and even pantomiming, they also are learning the techniques that make up successful storytelling.

"We' re teaching students what makes a tellable tale," says Reed, noting that the way a storyteller speaks and moves is as essential as the plot, the setting and the characters. "The students come

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to realize that storytelling celebrates the fact that every storyteller has his or her own style."

Reed makes sure students see a num­ber of styles by selecting a wide range of storytellers to address the classes. Many a.re full-time professional storytellers like Ferlatte, who performs at schools, libraries, workshops and storytelling festivals.

"In the last 20 years, there's been a real resurgence in storytelling," says Reed. "The classes are about helping people see the diversity of storytelling and helping them develop their personal experiences and their own stories."

The classes began seven years ago, when Reed and the Storytellers of San Diego, a local chapter of a national story­tellers organization, approached USD with the idea of co-sponsoring story­telling concerts on campus. After the resounding success of the first concert, the university asked the organization to develop a class to go along with the con­certs. Now the 13-week class, offered in the fall and the spring, is enlivened by four concerts that are open to the public.

"The guest presenters teach the class on Thursday and then offer the concerts the following Saturday," says Rennie Block, an administrator in the continu­ing education program. "With the classes and concerts, USD has become the head­quarters for storytelling in the area."

Although many of the class attendees are teachers seeking to improve them­selves professionally and earn continuing education credits, the cross section of students indicates that storytelling is an art that almost everyone can use.

"Our classes include businesspeople who want to make better presentations, speech pathologists who use stories with speech therapy, nurses, nannies and even bankers," Reed says. "We also get par­ents and grandparents who want to pass on stories or just be better storytellers for their children."

Reed picks a different theme for each semester, enabling students to learn something new each time. Last semester's theme was "Heroes and Heroines: Stories for a Culturally Diverse Society." Past classes have touched on stories about science, moral issues and values, and also have explored folk tales and the relationship between the spoken and written word.

"All human beings are storytellers," Reed says. "Even in today's high-tech world, the power of the spoken word is still important."

For more information about USD's story­telling classes and concerts, call the School of Graduate and Continuing Edu­cation at (619) 260-4585. Storytelling concerts are scheduled for the Saturdays of Oct. 21, Nov. 18, and Dec. 9, 1995, and Jan. 20, 1996.

When Anita Good Peterson '64 goes to work each day, she clips on a personal alarm, passes through several locked gates and nods to the armed guards man­ning the yards adjacent to her office. Yet she says she feels safer here than she did in her previous jobs.

Peterson is senior librarian at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, a maximum securi­ty prison with 4,600 inmates. Her previ­ous jobs included 25 years with California and Texas public libraries, which she notes draw a wide clientele that can include a few unsavory characters. These days, violence is not unheard of in public libraries, which typically have small staffs at night and little or no security.

"Even though we have convicted crim­inals in here," Peterson says about her current place of employment, "we have a lot of unconvicted criminals out there."

Security is just one advantage she sees in working behind prison walls. Another is that the clientele - the inmates -show their appreciation of the library and its managers more than those in the public sector do. Perhaps that is because the library represents one of the positive relationships the inmates can establish in a correctional facility, says Peterson, who notes that the inmates and librari­ans inevitably learn from each other as they work together.

The sat isfaction she derives from help­ing her clients is one reason Peterson continues to be drawn to library work after 32 years. She began her career in high school as a library clerk, then worked at the libraries of the College for Men and College for Women while at USD. After graduating, she began working in public libraries and, over the years, earned a master's degree in library science and completed much of the work toward a master's degree in public administration.

Peterson was first introduced to the prison library system in 1991, when she was working at the public library in Brawley, Calif. A new correctional facility was opening in nearby Calipatria and the

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prison manager held an open house to introduce the local residents to the facili­ty and invite job applications. Though Peterson went to the open house mostly out of curiosity, she turned in an appli­cation and was hired for the library.

She admits that she was leery about her new position, but one thing definite­ly made the transition easier: There were no inmates at the faci lity - yet. She had a chance to get the library set up before the first busload of inmates arrived. As soon as she started interviewing inmates for the available clerk positions, Peterson says she saw their willingness to learn, which made them less frightening to her. The initial fears she had evaporated.

The regulations and red tape involved in operating a prison library also quickly become part of the routine, she says. To demonstrate the complexity of the rules she must follow in managing the six libraries at Donovan, Peterson points to eight volumes of regulations on her bookshelves. Not only do the regulations mandate such procedures as how to pur­chase books, but they specify which books must be stocked in the law library, the central library for the facility.

"Sometimes your success in a day is measured by being able to get the paper­work through," Peterson says with a smile.

Peterson is not the only person reviewing those regulations, however. The inmates have access to the rules and can appeal if they believe a regulation is not being followed. In fact, inmates in 1977 actually established the mandate for law libraries in prisons by suing for access to the courts (Bounds vs. Smith). The judge on the case ruled that a prison

could provide reasonable access to the courts by providing a law library. Don­ovan's central library is that library. The other libraries at the facility are recre­ational libraries that Peterson says help maintain order by providing inmates with a positive activity to pursue.

Though the inmates can hold the administrators accountable for following the regulations of the state prison sys­tem, they still live very much under the control of the prison authorities. When using the libraries, for example, inmates must preschedule appointments, they are checked into and out of the library with their I.D.s and there is a maximum capacity of 20 inmates allowed in the central library, 15 in the recreational libraries. This controlled system, along with the numerous sec urity measures in place throughout the facility, eases the anxiety some feel when walking through the locked gates. In fact, Peterson says she gets a certain measure of comfort from the rules and regulations.

Peterson's belief in the system, partic­ularly the security measures, was proved one day when she was pushing a cart full of books and accidentally pressed her personal alarm. Police came running immediately from every corner of the complex. A bit sheepishly, Peterson explained to the police that her alarm went off by mistake, and they all returned to their posts.

Peterson laughs about the incident now, but also reflects with confidence that she truly is safe behind the prison walls.

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FOLLOWING THE CROWD Duncan McCosker's creed is simple: Follow the crowds. Where they go, he believes, interesting things are happen­ing. And while he is neither a sociologist nor a philosopher by training, the insights about people he has gained are just as keen. His wisdom comes from years of studying people through the lens of a camera.

"What attracts people says something about their lives, their wishes, their affection for things," says McCosker, who has taught photography in USD's fine arts department for the past 18 years. "It also says something about our culture."

What attracts some of the biggest crowds in Southern California is the annual Del Mar Fair, attended by about a million people over 20 days in June and July. For 15 years, McCosker has fol­lowed the crowds at the fair, chronicling the seemingly limitless array of emo­tions, activities and interactions that make up the human condition.

"All these people rubbing elbows with each other are from different backgrounds, but they have this one event in common," says McCosker. "It's a real cross section, a microcosm of American life."

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As he flips through his photographs from recent expeditions to the fair, McCosker reflects on each one from a technical standpoint, but also on the story that each tells. They are not ideal­ized or romanticized visions; they are real expressions of joy, anger, curiosity, hope, sadness and euphoria. Although he tries to remain inconspicuous, McCosker notes that the reactions of people who happen to see him snapping pictures are often as interesting as the ones who don't know they're being photographed. Either way, he has a simple measure of success.

"The way to judge success is to take your pictures, rub them up against life and ask yourself if they are as interesting as life," says McCosker, whose work has been displayed in USD's Founders Gallery, San Diego's Museum of Photo­graphic Arts and numerous other galleries and museums. "If not, then you have to go back and try again."

Capturing those slices of life at a place like the Del Mar Fair is both frustrating and rewarding, McCosker notes. Although the fair is a boon from a technical stand­point, because the ample light allows him to obtain clear prints in a large size, he says the atmosphere is often overwhelming.

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people's reaction to animals,

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often get to see them,"

McCosker says. "We fool

ourselves with idealized

pictures of animals, so it is

fascinating when country

meets city."

"The fair is hard to work because your eyes can't rest. There's so much going on that it's hard to extract a singu­lar image from all the noise," he says. "On the other hand, photography is a forgiving medium, and there is often a lot contained in the photos that wasn't my intention. That's the gift of the medi­um, it adds other layers."

Although the images change from year to year, McCosker has seen patterns emerge, some positive, some not. He doesn't philosophize too much about these trends, preferring to let the pho­tographs speak for themselves. But he does note that the behaviors he sees with his camera often are reflected in the world outside the fairgrounds.

"People are moving faster and faster, and their appetite is changing," he says. "The longest lines at the fair are for the hair-raising rides, while the more con­templative rides don't draw the crowds. I think that's a product of our 'remote­control' society."

Although the fair has become a regu­lar stop for McCosker, he also has followed and photographed crowds in other places, including a series on beach­goers. Clearly people and their passions have become his passion.

"Ultimately, photography is about life," says McCosker. "It's what's important to you, the photographer, as a person. It's a matter of connecting with the subject -using your mind, your heart, your intel­lect and your intuition."

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0 herri Stephens still remembers her team's first trip to the NCAA tournament in 1989

as one of the most frustrating experiences in her 11-year coaching career at USO. The women's tennis team paraded onto center court, exhilarated by the hoopla and thousands of fans crowding the University of Florida stadium in Gaines­ville. But the excitement was quickly checked when the Toreros were intro­duced as the University of South Dakota team.

Five trips later, none of its competitors was surprised when USO entered the 1995 national championship tournament ranked 19th in the country. Among the elite tennis playing universities -Stanford, USC, the University of California at Berkeley, Arizona State University - USO and Stephens have made a name for themselves, determined never again to be misidentified.

"It's a real honor to walk into the national championships and represent the University of San Diego among these huge athletic schools," Stephens says.

The trip this spring to the nationals was a much-deserved conclusion to a season marked by superior physical and mental toughness that carried the women through a rough start. "At the beginning

of the season we lost five matches in a row, all to top-20-ranked schools, and our confidence was down," Stephens explains. The freshmen, who accounted for half of the eight-person team, were not used to losing and became unsure of themselves on the court.

Stephens' response: "I told them to forget that part of the season and start over." She says she later wondered if that was the best advice, given the strong teams and closely scheduled matches that filled out the rest of the season.

But to Stephens' delight, the team won 10 out of the next 11 matches as well as the annual spring tournament sponsored by the Toreros. A win over No. 13-ranked William and Mary clinched an invitation, the school's fifth, to the May NCAA tournament, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu.

Though the Toreros were eliminated from the team tournament by the Uni­versity of Indiana in the first round, a record five players returned to Pepperdine the next week to compete in the individ­uals tournament.

Among them was Dina Birch '95, Stephens' second-favorite success story of the 1994-95 season. Birch began her senior year at Alcala Park having fallen out of the Toreros lineup. When she transferred from the University of New Mexico in her sophomore year, Birch was considered one of the top players on the team. She subsequently got caught in a vicious cycle of losing matches and, thus, her confidence. Finally after two miser­able years, she asked Stephens for help.

Summer was approaching and her coach said simply, "Go out and play. Play as many tournaments as possible so it feels natural again to be on the court."

Birch complied and returned last fall in top shape. She took over the No. 1 position on the team and immediately started beating nationally ranked players.

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At the national championships, Birch fought through a closely contested match but lost 6-4, 6-4 in the second round to the eventual champion. The doubles team of Kristine Smith and Yvonne Doyle pre­vailed to the round of 16, placing them among the top 16 players in the country. Steffi Hesse and Lindsay Blanckensee, also a doubles team, were eliminated in the first round.

The high caliber of tennis consistently played by each of the eight Toreros contributes to the USO identity as a uni­versity with superior scholar-athletes. Stephens' players are recruited based on their academic and athletic abilities, she says, and other schools notice when USO athletes are graduating in four years and playing in national competitions.

"I get the more well-rounded girls who become every bit as good as the nationally ranked players because they put every­thing they have into it," Stephens says. "These girls really work hard. They take full class loads and practice four to five hours a day, not including conditioning and weights.

"They're playing the highest level of tennis there is and not sacrificing acade­mics," she adds. "That's really special."

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or more than 20 years, John Langellier has made history come alive for the thousands of people who have viewed the museum exhibits he's created, read the books he's written or seen one of the movies he's consulted on. But Langellier counts among his greatest accomplishments a recent response from an audience of one.

"It was an absolute joy this year to be a guest editor for an issue of Cobblestone, a children's history magazine," says Langellier, who earned two degrees in history from USD, a bachelor's in 1972 and a master's in 1973. "When I told my 7-year-old daughter that she could take her copy to school to give to the library, she said, 'No, I want to keep it.' So I gave her another one for the school, but having her feel that way about an article her dad wrote, that was my crowning glory.''

The issue of Cobblestone to which Langellier refers was about African American soldiers in the American West of the late 19th and early 20th century, the so-called "Buffalo Soldiers.'' While his expertise encompasses much of the history of the American West as well as U.S. military history, the Buffalo Soldiers have a special place in Langellier's heart. In recognition of his work on books, films and studies of the Buffalo Soldiers, he was elected an honorary member of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Association in 1993, and is thus an official Buffalo Soldier.

The certificate the 9th and 10th Cavalry gave Langellier hangs in his office at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, where he is the director of publications and productions. Langellier joined the museum more than a year before the institution opened its doors in 1988, and helped plan the gallery concepts and exhibits. The phi­losophy he brings to the museum and his

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other work is reflected by another item hanging on his office wall, a photo of Langellier and Gene Hackman taken when he worked on the movie "Geronimo: An American Legend.''

"There really are two American Wests, the real West and the West of the imagination," Langellier notes. "Both are important, because they overlap and draw on each other. Even when we see an old Western movie and know that's not the way it was, it's still part of the history.''

Part of Langellier's work is separating fact from fiction, and helping others do the same. On the set of "Geronimo," for example, he rewrote scripts, consulted on dialogue and even coached actor Robert Duvall on how to speak. The same principles applied when Langellier helped put together a book and museum exhibit titled "The Mask of Zorro: Mexican Americans in Popular Media," which explored how Mexican Americans are stereotyped in American film and television. While he educates, Langellier also strives to maintain the attention of the audience.

"A good museum has to entertain as well as inform, because there's a lot of competition," he says. "A good museum shouldn't be elitist, either. Everyone should be able to come.''

Langellier knows a good deal about putting together museums. After finish­ing at USD, he was founding director of the Presidio Army Museum in San Francisco. He followed up with stints as acting director of the U.S. Army Museum in Honolulu, as command historian for the Army in Europe, and as director of the Fort Leavenworth Museum in Kansas, among others. He's also authored almost a dozen books and more than 50 articles on the American West, the Spanish borderlands and motion picture and military history, and

consulted on numerous television and film projects. One might wonder how he finds the time for so many activities, but Langellier's obvious passion for history puts those questions to rest.

"Working at a museum gives me the chance to turn academics into a three­dimensional story," he says. "Although some of the things I do might not be as in-depth as I'd like, I hope they act as an hors d'oeuvre, whetting people's appetite to really sit down and delve into history.

"Sometimes people come out of classes where history is taught from a book thinking that it's all dead dates," he con­tinues. "My challenge is to make it inter­esting.''

History has always been interesting for Langellier, who says he first knew he wanted to be a historian when he was 9 or 10 years old. In the time since then, historians have become much more sophisticated in research and presenta­tions, using multimedia, CD-ROM and other advances in technology to augment their work. But to Langellier, the medium is just a tool. For him, the actual history is where the action is and always has been.

"More and more of our time is spent in virtual reality," he says. "History is real reality. We should spend more time there. It's more interesting.''

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shows they have considered some of the responsibilities that go into parenting, Kalemkiarian notes. But at the same time, virtually all of the teens remain as idealistic and bright-eyed about their future as any young person eager to experience early adulthood and the privileges associated with growing up.

"I have yet to interview a teen mother there to be emancipated who doesn't say, 'I plan to finish school and go to college. I have arrangements for my baby,"' Kalemkiarian says.

Unfortunately, the likelihood of a young mother accomplish­ing such lofty goals, however good her intentions, is slim. Kalemkiarian is all too aware of the grim statistics, thanks to her role as supervising attorney for USD's Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI).

"The problem is, teen pregnancy is linked very closely to low educational achievement for the mother and to poverty for the child," she says.

Biologically, teen-agers can have babies and in some parts of the world, girls are expected to give birth at a young age, Kalemkiarian notes. However, in the United States, teen mother­hood is too closely associated with poverty to make pregnancy acceptable.

In its role as a protector of children's rights, CAI is spear­heading an effort to encourage students to look beyond the warm-fuzzy feeling of a baby wrapping its arms around mommy or daddy and consider the responsibility of providing for a child for the next 20 years. A recently passed law, written in part by CAI, calls for junior high schools throughout California to begin offering a parenting course designed, in part, to make 7th­and 8th-grade students aware just how hard it is to be a parent and a child at the same time.

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Founded in 1989, CAI is in the business of protecting California's children from poverty and abuse through legal advocacy. With offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento, CAI maintains working relationships with lawmakers throughout the state and often plays an integral role in developing legislation that protects the rights of children.

In their work with parent-teacher associations and state officials, CAI advocates concluded a new form of intervention was called for in the fight against teen pregnancy. Though sex education was well established in the public school system, birth rates continued to climb. Condom distribution to high school students to protect against pregnancy and disease was a controversial effort adopted by few schools in the nation. The parenting course was a fresh idea designed to encourage junior high school students, while still young and probably not yet sexually active, not to have babies.

The parenting curriculum won approval from the state Legislature in 1992 and soon after was written into the education code. The law reads, in part: "Because the state government bears much of the economic and social b11rden associated with the disintegration of the family, the state has a legitimate and vital interest in adequately preparing its residents for parenthood."

Lawmakers acknowledged the public school system is the best place to reach a majority of residents, and CAI took on the challenge of writing a curriculum that defines and illustrates good parenting. The institute employed Gail Mills, a curriculum specialist and Los Angeles middle school teacher, to write course material that covers such topics as developing self-esteem, child growth and development, budgeting money, parental responsibilities and child abuse. Students may take the course as an elective or the curriculum could be incorporated into existing classes, such as social studies or health sciences. In either case, students have the option not to participate in the work.

The 7th- and 8th-graders who do take the course will start by focusing on self-esteem issues. With the teacher's guidance, they will look critically at their lives and learn to articulate their goals and dreams for the future, the career they hope to pursue and what kind of life they would like to provide for their children. Kalemkiarian calls this portion of the course the life skills section. It encourages students to discover meaning in their lives and dreams, rather than hoping a child will provide that meaning.

The other half of the course discusses the fundamentals of raising a child, including providing food and shelter, budgeting and understanding the different stages of a baby's growth. One

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exercise Mills suggests is having the students comparison shop for household items like food and clothing. Also in budgeting, the students could be asked to list entertainment expenses, such as movie tickets or buying music CDs, and then compare the costs of those items with the essential costs of food, rent and utilities. Mills also suggests an exercise that would have the students observe a young child, maybe a sibling or cousin, and take note of the attention and care the child requires at every moment.

Children are not teddy bears that give effortless love, CAI Executive Director Bob Fellmeth likes to say. "Changing dia­pers is not the most fun thing in the world; you're going to have to do it 12 or 16 times a day," he says. "You're going to have to be up all night, very consistently. You're going to have to be dealing with ear infections and antibiotics and staying home.

"You're not going to be able to do the things you took for granted, like going out to the movies. Basically, you are engaged in extremely difficult, responsible, important, hard work."

Teens: Pregnancy ls A Way Oul

Typical of young people, who often have no fear and feel invincible, teen-agers about to become parents have little under­standing of the odds working against them. Quite the contrary, teen-age girls often believe having a baby will give meaning to their lives. A cuddly baby represents someone who will love his or her mother unconditionally.

For the boys, or men - many of the fathers are four to five years older than the teen mothers - fathering a child is often a status symbol. He who gets a girl pregnant is seen by others as a macho guy, Fellmeth says. In the 1990s, the ideal male is tough and "sexually you run around engaging in conquests, getting notches on your belt," he adds.

But that ideal does not include taking responsibility and, con­sequently, there is a deplorable lack of fathers supporting the mother and baby emotionally or financially after the child is born. The unwed pregnancy rate is 30 percent in California, a figure Fellmeth calls "incredibly bad."

"In today's society, if you don't have two parents working for a child, it's going to be very hard to attain adequate sustenance for that child without public subsidy," he says.

Judging by the number of teen-age births each year, few young people think further than their idealized vision of parenthood when making the decision to bear children. Budgets and the other realities of caring for another person 24 hours a day are far from their consciousness.

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Kalemkiarian is the first to acknowledge she has met teen mothers whose lives were changed for the better once they had a child. Those girls rose to the occasion, thrived on the added

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responsibility and proved to be excellent mothers, she says. However, the statistics for California and the nation as a whole reveal the more telling story of babies and their young mothers struggling to survive on food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

CAI recently reported in its annual California Children's Budget - a document that analyzes the state's spending in areas related to children - that the state's teen birth rate has climbed 20 percent since 1987. For every 1,000 girls from ages 15 to 19, 154 become pregnant and about half of those choose to give birth, the report says. More than 70,000 babies - or 12 percent of the births in California each year - are born to teen-agers.

Research shows that babies born to teens are more likely to be premature, of low birth-weight and lacking prenatal care, factors that put the mother and child at a disadvantage even before birth. Half of the girls who become pregnant as teens don't finish high school as of age 30, the report states.

The lack of a complete education to fall back on or a second parent to provide financial support inevitably leads young mothers into poverty, which has predictable, harmful effects on the baby's future. Problems in school and problems with health are two of the more common consequences of living on the brink of financial disaster, Kalemkiarian says.

With the clear understanding that teen-age childbearing is harmful to both the mother and child, CAI teamed with state Sen. Diane Watson of Los Angeles to propose the law requiring public schools to teach the parenting course.

"There has to be some place where we start saying it is not a good idea to have a baby as a teen-ager, either for yourself and what it's going to do to your life, or to the baby's life," Kalemkiarian says. "The odds are against you, it's just as clear as anything."

Hanging ln The Balance

In proposing the parenting curriculum and winning approval of the 1992 bill, CAI and the other sponsors met little resistance. Fellmeth, Kalemkiarian and Kathleen Quinn, CAi's director of development, followed by applying for grant monies to fund the writing of the curriculum.

Soon after the bill passed, CAI secured $30,000 from the San Diego-based Jacobs Family Foundation and hired Mills to draft the course work. Early this year, a foundation headed by singer and actress Barbra Streisand granted CAI $10,000 to print additional copies of the draft curriculum and pay for an evaluator to visit school sites once the classes are up and running. The institute's work to get the curriculum in the schools by September hit a discouraging note this summer, however. The superintendent of public instruction, Delaine Eastin, who originally co-sponsored the bill with CAI and Sen. Watson, has not yet certified the program as "funded," Fellmeth explains. State education officials are now debating whether or not CAI should have gathered an additional $50,000 in order to get the curriculum to schools in time for the 1995-96 academic year.

"It's extremely insulting, to me, that you can't get $50,000 out of a $20 billion budget," Fellmeth says. "Parenting educa­tion is hanging in the balance and the irony is, it's hanging on a decision needed from someone who co-sponsored the bill."

Proleding The Children

The word "epidemic" is often used when speaking about teen pregnancy. Although they do not like the choice of words, Kalemkiarian and Fellmeth agree the teen birth rate of the 1990s is alarming and requires a fresh approach to stop kids from having kids.

According to Fellmeth, the response so far has been: Take money away from the parents we are angry at and they won't continue to have children. The resulting problem is that hun­dreds of thousands of children are undernourished and not properly taken care of. We are moving in the direction of sacri­ficing the kids, he laments.

"One thing that parenting education does is it says, 'Wait a second, let's talk about the group that is coming. Let's talk about their rights and needs,"' Fellmeth says. "How do we select what we teach? One of the criteria has got to be : Because people need to know it. They need to know it to live in society and be successful, to further the values we all have and to have healthy children for future generations.

"There is no more important role you play than how you raise your children. Why isn't it a part of education?"

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In their 800-square-foot family room, Sue and Ken Hoyt push the couches to the wall and scatter throw pillows on the floor. The couple are preparing for 15 high school students to spend an evening in their Rancho San Diego home discussing morali­ty and moral decision-making.

Sue, a nurse practitioner clinical placement coordinator at USD's Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing, and Ken, an attor­ney, have volunteered to teach the six-week course to their parish's teen-agers for the past five years. St. Luke's parish in El Cajon, Calif., requires freshman and sophomore students to take the course prior to being confirmed in the Catholic Church.

Much like Bob Fellmeth and Sharon Kalemkiarian from the Children's Advocacy Institute, the Hoyts believe education is the key to reducing the dangerously high teen pregnancy rate and the number of unwanted births recorded each year. Teaching from the Catholic perspective means a good portion of the course is explaining the church's beliefs on issues such as premarital sex, abortion and the sanctity of life, Sue says .

"What we are finding is that most teen-agers are not firmly grounded in what their church's beliefs are," she adds .

"Some can't even say what their family believes on these moral issues," Ken notes. "There is just not enough dialogue."

The mission for Sue and Ken, who have been involved in teaching since their 20-year-old son first enrolled in their parish's religion classes as a youngster, is to start the process of critical thinking in the minds of the 14-, 15- and 16-year-old students. Discussions about whether the students think taking an illegal drug, cheating on an exam or engaging in premarital sex is immoral are designed to help the teenagers form a moral conscience .

Sue and Ken are quick to emphasize that they do not demand acceptance of the ethical positions taught in the class . They simply ask the students to listen to the beliefs of the church and respect the fact that the positions have been formed over many, many years .

"The kids we are teaching are from a sound-bite generation and don't understand the formation of a principle or idea over multigenerations," Ken says. "Ideally, the kids would be the ones coming up with the decision not to have sex, for example . They would be saying, 'If I really believe in the sanctity of life, if I really believe I owe it to myself and my friends to get the most out of my youth, then I'll wait."'

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Research begins with a question, and with a person who is compelled to find the answer. The questions often are deceivingly simple - H ow does it

work? Why does it happen? H ow can I make it better? - but the answers, more

often, are decidedly complex. T o find them, it takes a person who has the courage to explore,

to lea rn and to want to make a better world. R esearchers at U SD are asking these questions, and traveling

the long roads that lead to the answers. From the inner work­ings of the human body to the inner workings of a sea-floor volcano, they are journeying to new places. From the cry of a newborn baby to the birth of our solar system, they are looking for clues about how life begins and how it can be improved. From the history of peace organizations to negotiating a peaceful settlement of differences, they are exploring the ways people search fo r a better society.

Following are the stories of a handful of USD researchers and their discoveries of new ideas, new solutions and new ways of thinking about ourselves and our world.

In one sense, your knees are like L .!:!;~!!.;~!=~~~~ ~~~ many other support systems in

your life : You don' t think about them too much until some­thing goes wrong. The difference is that when your car or your computer breaks, fixing it is as simple as bringing it back to the shop and getting a replacement part. When something goes wrong with your knees, however, it's not quite as simple, because doctors still aren 't sure precisely how the knee works. But USD engineering professor Ernie Kim is work ing on a system to improve their medical blueprints.

Kim's ass ignment - through a project with Los Angeles-based Teledyne Electronic T echnologies, a T eledyne Inc. company that makes everything from medical devices to aeronautics equipment - is to perfect a device that will provide orthopedic surgeons with more detailed schematics of the human knee than they've ever seen before. Kim's project will give them the inside information - literally.

"We're working on a telemetry system - an electronic device that sends out radio signals - that will fit inside an implant used fo r knee replacement surgery," says Kim. "The system can be turned on when the patient sees their doctor fo r studies or rehabilitation, then turned off when the session is complete."

The device, which fits inside a prosthesis for a part of the knee called the tibial plateau, will broadcast information about how the knee functions to a radio receiver hooked up to a com­puter. Orthopedic surgeons will then use the information to solve some riddles about how the knee works and further refine existing models of the knee, helping them to diagnose problems and improve rehabilitation techniques.

"T eledyne already had a prototype of the device; my job is to shrink it down and make it fit inside the implant," says Kim, who adds that he and the company expect to have a finished product within the next year and a half. " I also need to make the modifications that will make it perfo rm optimally."

Kim's research is part of the Teledyne Research Assis tance P rogram, through which the company works with universities to bring in fresh perspectives and new ideas. The benefits are an expanded base of creativity for the company, a chance fo r the professor to work on cutting-edge technology and , often , an exposure to real-world projects fo r the students.

"The undergraduate students who work on this project will get an understanding of what it 's like to be part of an engineering team," Kim says. "They' ll be testing new designs, running com­puter simulations and offering their own suggestions and ideas about making the project work. "

The students also will get an intimate understanding of dead­lines, as Kim wants to complete the miniaturization before the end of this year. T o do that, he needs to solve some difficult problems, such as whether the device will be powered from an internal battery or an external source. But to Kim, that 's the fun part of being an engineer.

" It's a creative science, and we get to act like artists," he says. "We use the knowledge found by scientists and mathematicians as a tool to create new things."

Peace Talks One of the most exciting aspects of research is that you never know

exactly where it will take you. W hen U SD history professor Elizabeth Cobbs H offman began her research, she never expected to find herself halfway around the world in the West Afr ican nation of Ghana.

" I thought I 'd just be doing research in the United States," says H offman, who is preparing to write a book on the history of the Peace Corps, a U.S. organization founded in 1961 that sends volunteers to aid developing countries around the world. " Instead, I found myself traveling to seven different countries, including Switzerland, Canada and G hana."

That las t country has a symbolic importance, H offman explains, because it was the first country to which Peace Corps volunteers traveled. H offman's trip there in January was fo rtu­itous, as the people of that country ended up figuring very promi­nently in her research.

" It was amazing to see the extent of the Peace Corps ' influence in a country so fa r away," says H offman , who met a number of government officials, teachers and others who willingly shared their experiences with the Peace Corps. " I didn ' t expect to be as impressed as I was."

H offman uncovered a good dea l of unexpected info rmation through her research, which she has been conducting for the past four years between her teaching commitments. For example, many in this country see the Peace Corps as a uniquely A merica n institutio n , but she learned that fo reign volunteerism was an idea that several W estern countries happened on at about the same time.

"The earliest prototype of this kind of organization was founded in Australia in 195 1," H offman notes. "The British bega n a similar program in 1958, and the United States and Canada both started their programs in 196 1."

This knowledge led H offman to places such as London and Paris, where she studied the development of fo reign volunteer

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programs in other Western nations. That research helped her understand how the Peace Corps fit into a broader picture of how nations after World War II tapped into people's desire to improve the world and make a difference in the post-Industrial Age.

"We look back on those youthful attempts to change the world in the 1960s and think they were ours alone," says Hoffman, whose lifelong involvement in a number of activist projects was one catalyst for the book. "But the same social upheavals with the same consequences appeared in other coun­tries, and they came to terms with it in some of the same ways Americans did."

Hoffman now faces the challenge of bringing all this new­found information into her book, which will be published by Harvard University Press. Although combining countless oral interviews and information from government and private docu­ments into a cohesive narrative seems like an overwhelming venture, it's also an exciting one because it propels Hoffman into a new area of interest in her specialty of diplomatic history.

"The definition of diplomacy is expanding to look beyond offi­cial policies and see how nations interact on an unofficial level through organizations like the Peace Corps," she says. "The idea is to weave together the public and the private histories."

Although her research took her around the world, Hoffman expects her book to say much about how the Peace Corps affects us within our own country. "A lot of what these organi­zations are about is nation building at home," she says. "I'd like the book to say something about our national character; who we are and why we do what we do."

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volcano can be, at best, a daunting task. If that volcano happens to be located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, it's close to impossible.

At least it was until last year, when USD professor of marine science Anne Sturz and an international consortium of geolo­gists, chemists and oceanographers - a veritable who's who of marine science - became the first to successfully drill into and

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examine an active volcano at the Mid­Atlantic Ridge, a geological formation on

the ocean floor. The volcano, technically known as a hydrothermal mound or vent, is

located in the middle of the ocean, halfway between North America and Europe. And for

two months beginning last September, so was Anne Sturz.

"I was aboard the ship as a geo­chemist, which means my task was to examine the water and rock in the area and see what influence the hydrothermal vents have on the chemical composition

of sea water," Sturz says. "Ultimately it's an examination of the physical and chem­ical parameters of the ocean."

Although Sturz had her work cut out for her - working in the lab of the 500-foot ship to analyze the rock as

soon as it was recovered - she was only one of 26 shipboard scientists. Scientists

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from around the world were looking into other geological aspects of underwater volcanoes, such as how they might point to ore, how they affect heat flow and earthquakes on the ocean floor, and basic questions about how the sites are formed.

The trip was part of an ongoing worldwide effort to explore the oceans that was begun in the 1960s. Known as the Ocean Drilling Program, the internationally funded project has sup­ported more than 160 journeys - called "legs" - each with a different objective. Sturz worked on one leg, the 128th, in 1989. But when the chance came to work on Leg 158 last year, she was understandably excited.

"Although there had been some success in drilling into vol­canically active sites in the Pacific Ocean, this was the first successful attempt to do so in the Atlantic," she says. "At first I didn't even apply, because I knew all the biggest names would want to go. But when this position was left open, I applied and got it."

Each leg of the project produces two volumes of analyses and results, one discussing the research aboard the ship and another in which scientists discuss the results of their post-trip research. Sturz, along with graduate student Mark Burke, has one year to complete the research on the rocks and water extracted from the site and contribute the results to the Ocean Drilling Program for publication. Burke, who also is working with Sturz on a project to examine contaminants in San Diego Bay, believes the effects of the research are far-reaching.

"We make basic assumptions about what's happening in the area around these hydrothermal vents, but this research will help us understand the system and how it works," he says. "We'll probably end up answering questions we've never even asked."

Burke is not the only student who will be affected by Sturz's participation in the groundbreaking research. She plans to bring her experiences into a special topics course on hydrothermal vents and into her other undergraduate classes.

"Bringing my sea experience into class gives students a real view of what a marine scientist does," she says. "A project like this shows them the good and bad parts of this work, and helps them decide if it's what they want to do. It also lets them know that if I can do it, they can do it too."

Settling Differences In the business world, the key to success is often

as simple as finding a niche and filling it. In business research, Professor Marc Lampe found, the same principle applies.

Lampe, who teaches business ethics at USD, has long held the belief that businesses and individuals often can benefit from mediation, an informal process of resolving disputes that keeps the opposing sides out of court. But when he set out to research how mediation might benefit small businesses, Lampe found a dearth of data. Like any good businessman, he saw a need and set about fulfilling it.

"There was a lot of research on small businesses and a lot of research on mediation, but nothing that put the two together," says Lampe, who notes that mediators act as neutral third par-

ties in resolving disputes, bringing opposing sides together for discussion and, ideally, resolution of differences. "I wanted to learn something that would be valuable for businesspeople."

Lampe met with success, as the paper he co-authored with fellow USD business professor Seth Ellis, "Resolving Small Business Disputes Through Mediation," was recently accepted for publication by the Journal of Small Business Strategy. Since there wasn't much data to fall back on, Lampe and Ellis set about performing their own research. Students from Ellis' marketing research class put together a survey for a local non­profit group called Dispute Resolution Forum, which needed information on the attitudes of small-business owners toward mediation. The results benefited that group as well as the pro­fessors, who received needed data to support their paper.

"This project fulfilled three of the goals we strive for at USD: teaching, research and community service," says Lampe, who also researched mediation in other difficult arenas, such as child custody and divorce, in order to gain insight into the potential for success in the small business arena.

The research also fulfilled Lampe's desire to continue to expand awareness of mediation. As a business professor with a law degree, Lampe became interested in mediation early in his career because, he says, it's an alternative to litigation that often costs less and leaves both sides feeling better about each other. His own training and work as a mediator cemented his belief in the process.

Others are now coming around to the same belief. Lampe was a catalyst for the inclusion of a chapter on alternative dis­pute resolution - a phrase that encompasses arbitration and negotiation as well as mediation - in the business law text­book "The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business." The chapter was the first of its kind in a business text.

Lampe admits that mediation doesn't work in every case, but found in his research that it often reduces hostility and salvages relationships that otherwise would be lost. Although mediation has become more popular because of the spiraling costs of the legal system, Lampe believes it also satisfies peo­ple's view of the right way to act.

"With new ideas about empowering people and resolving conflicts, mediation has a natural place," Lampe says. "People are asking themselves, 'What is the ethical way to solve dis­putes?' Mediation holds that possibility."

Universal Problems USD physics professors Gerald Estberg and

Daniel Sheehan are the first to admit that tackling a problem like the formation of our solar system is like putting together a very big puzzle: You have to take it one piece at a time. Although their current work represents a small piece of the puzzle, it may be that rare piece that makes the big picture much clearer.

Estberg and Sheehan have developed a new model that may explain the spacing between the planets in our solar system. That in itself will help to complete the puzzle of how our solar system was formed, but the two physicists are taking their research one step further, arguing that their model may apply to other solar systems throughout the universe.

"It's believed that solar systems form when clouds of gas and dust in space collapse," Sheehan says. "As the cloud collapses, it spins faster and faster, and in our model forms jets of gas that orbit around the center. Our model predicts that material forces itself into areas between the jets, effectively creating the means for planets to form."

There are two important aspects to the model Estberg and Sheehan developed. First, their calculations indicate that no matter what the size of the star around which the planetary sys­tem form~, the planets will line up in about the same way. That doesn't mean there's another Earth out there, or even another planet with life similar to ours, but it does mean the possibility of planets somewhat like our own.

"There are peculiarities that come into play in each solar system, but in a universe this large, our model would predict that other solar systems can develop similarly to the way ours did," Sheehan explains. "So there might be planets in a habitable zone. For example, there's some likelihood of finding a planet that can support liquid water."

The second important part of the puzzle piece is that, unlike many other theories, the model Estberg and Sheehan predict is testable. The support for their model could come in three modes: observation of other planetary systems, the development of a fluid system that will mimic the actions of the dust cloud in space, or computer simulations. The evidence, however, will take some time to collect.

"The model can be tested observationally by building a tank on a rotating platform and using water to observe how random vortices sort themselves out," Estberg says. "But we still have to overcome some of the technical difficulties in building and imaging the model."

"High resolution infrared telescopes could, within the next 20 years or so, provide us with the resolution to see these zonal jets in other solar systems," Sheehan adds. "If we can observe enough solar systems in various stages of development, we can see if our model agrees with what we observe."

The solution to such a complex problem began when Sheehan and Estberg sat down to work out a method that would describe

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how our solar system might have formed -specifically, what might have led to the spacing between the planets. "It was a very simple idea," Sheehan recalls, "but hammering out the details was tough."

The two physicists applied a fluid model to come up with a prediction of planetary spacing. That led to publication of an article about the system in the journal Geophysical and Astro­physical Fluid Dynamics. Although the analysis was limited to the ideal properties involved in the fluid system, the implica­tions are far-reaching.

"We're hoping that others may build on our work and develop a full-scale computer model that might be able to make predic­tions about how planets form as well as the rotation of the planets," Estberg says. "The computer model would allow us to plug in a variety of scenarios and see if they work."

In the meantime, Estberg and Sheehan hope to pursue the funds to build a rotating platform and test their theory. "There's a physical model of the atmosphere called the dishpan model, which essentially came about when a physicist at the University of Chicago put a dishpan on a platform and rotated it," Estberg says. "I tried it but used a salad bowl with' a sloping bottom instead, which produced zonal jets.

"I guess we might call our model the salad bowl model," Estberg smiles. "But it's going to have to be a very special salad bowl."

A Sugar-Coated Solution Cindy Smith Greenberg is

much like her peers in the medical profession in that one of her goals is to make people feel better. Greenberg is taking that mission one step further, however, setting out to tackle the complex question of how to offer newborns and infants relief from pain. Surprisingly, it's a question that until recently wasn't even asked.

"It's only in the past 20 years or so that the medical com­munity has acknowledged that infants feel pain; before that they were considered too neurologically immature," says Greenberg, who is working toward a doctorate in nursing sci­ence at USD's Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing. "Now it's acknowledged that infants can feel pain and remember it, and that it may have far-reaching effects on how people process pain later in life."

Greenberg notes that while this acknowledgment was a major step, there hasn't been much formal research into how to deal with the pain that infants feel. Part of the problem is the reluc­tance to use medicines or narcotics because of potential side effects. But Greenberg believes that there are effective alterna­tives to drugs, and her study, to be undertaken over the next year, aims to prove that belief.

The answer may be as simple as sugar. "The idea for my study came from an article that talked about using a sucrose solution that seemed to be effective in alleviating pain," says Greenberg,

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who received a grant from the American Cancer Society to fund her research. "People started using the idea by coating pacifiers with table sugar, a similar concept but not exactly the same. But nobody researched whether this relieved the pain or simply masked pain behaviors such as crying."

Greenberg intends to find out whether sucrose really is the solution. Studies on rats have shown that sucrose may be processed through the same pathways in the body that morphine uses. If that's the case, then the sucrose solution may be effective in relieving pain in infants, without the need for drugs or a doctor's prescription.

"I think that the medical profession needs to know whether this process is effective in alleviating pain," Greenberg says. "In today's cost-cutting, busy health care environment, you have to look at your actions and decide if they're beneficial."

The mechanism for Greenberg's study is simple. In the United States, every infant is tested shortly after birth for metabolic diseases. The process involves drawing blood from the heel of the newborn, in much the same way a doctor pricks the finger of an adult to draw blood. Greenberg will measure pain responses in infants by observing the duration of crying, measuring a stress hormone found in saliva and monitoring a complex heart rate pattern. By comparing groups of infants using different forms of sucrose, those sucking on a pacifier alone, and those with no intervention, she hopes to bear out the assumption that this simple process can do much to alleviate pain in newborns.

Although it sounds simple, Greenberg has gone through a complicated series of reviews to gain approval and funding for her research. The toughest part, convincing parents to let their infants take part in the study, is yet to come. Although the risks are minimal, Greenberg notes that the consent forms required may scare off prospective participants. Her convictions about the importance of the project, however, seem ready to carry her through.

"Sometimes the tendency is to go ahead without much scientific study," she says. "I want to answer the question, is this real­ly helping?"

ALUMNI AWARDS NOMINATION DEADLINES

The Mother Rosalie Hill Award will be presented on Nov. 10 at the Homecoming dinner-dance. Nomination forms are due

Friday, Oct. 13.

The Bishop Charles Francis Buddy Award will be presented at the San Diego

Alumni Mass on Dec. 7. Nomination forms are due Monday, Nov. 6.

The Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards will take place on April 27,

1996, at the San Diego Hilton Beach and Tennis Resort. Nomination forms are due

Wednesday, Nov. 15.

To receive nomination fonns and criteria for any of these awards, please call the

Office of Alumni Relations at (800) 248-4873 or (619) 260-4819.

Note: Some vacancies still exist for class chairs, co-chairs (for classes prior to 1971), correspondents and co-correspondents (pre-1971 classes). If there is a vacancy in your class year and you want to volunteer, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (619) 260-4819.

Alumni Gallery notes received after the dead­line will appear in a subsequent issue. If a large number of timely items are submitted for the winter issue, surplus notes may appear in the spring edition. For classes with correspon­dents, please send class news to your corre­spondent rather than directly to the magazine .

1953 CLASS CHAIR: Therese (Truitt) Whitcomb, Honorary Chair

CLASS CHAIR: Katite (McGonigle) Murtha

1955 '!Iii 40-Year Reunion Celebration

Nov. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIR: Mary Scott

1956 CLASS CHAIRS: Mary Ann (Daly) Kennedy and James V. Freed, Honorary Chair

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Diane (Sinclair) Drew 2854 Creekside Road Santa Rosa, CA 95405

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Karalee (Kuban) Hampton retired after 30 years of teaching and is spending time with her seven grandchildren. She and her hus­band, Bruce, also are remodeling her parents' home in Laguna Beach, Calif., so they can move there. She writes, "I'm thinking of studying for an M.A. in pastoral counseling, or maybe just lying on the beach all day!"

195'7 CLASS CHAIR: Carol (Burke) Couture

1959 CLASS CHAIRS: Angel (Kraemer) Kleinbub and George Palma

1960 '!Iii 35-Year Reunion Celebration

Nov. 11 , 1995

CLASS CHAIRS: Karene (Lemke) Evenson and John J. Bowman

CLASS CORRESPONDENTS: Chuck Hanlen 2956 Verda Avenue Escondido, CA 92025

Pat Gannon Roberts 1426 Boyle Avenue Escondido, CA 9202 7

1961 CLASS CHAIR: Mary (Fiorino) Orradre

CLASS CORRESPONDENTS: Martha (Fiorino) Dowell 676 West Timberbranch Parkway Alexandria, VA 22302-3614

Dennis Halloran 5023 Lilac Lane Dallas, TX 75209

1962 CLASS CHAIRS: Janet (Halla) Trily and Ned Wilson

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Patricia (Young) Williams was public relations director for an educational video firm from 1993 to 1995. She just started her own

wholesale goods distribution business, First Team San Diego, based in La Jolla. Patricia's daughter, Reina, just graduated from USD with a degree in history. Her daughter, Andrea, is finishing her junior year at Lewis & Clark.

1963 CLASS CHAIRS: Penny (Nutting) Guthrie and Hank Acquarelli

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Martha (Spiers) Lepore 750 F Avenue Coronado, CA 92118

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI John Wickersham has an M.A. and a Ph.D. degree from Saint Louis University. He is a professor of philosophy at Maryville University in St. Louis.

1964 CLASS CHAIR: Noel Hall

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Delle Willett 2753 Hillcroft Drive Chesterfield, MO 63005-7007

1965 '!Iii 30-Year Reunion Celebration

Nov. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIRS: Maureen Buckley and Dennis Wick

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Karen (Graham) Thielke 19518 14th NW Seattle, WA 98177

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Monica (Cole) Greene earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1973 and a master's degree in social work from Arizona State University in 1980. She has been a clinical social worker for Salinas Valley Dialysis Services Inc. since 1990. Monica and her husband, Roy, have four chil­dren. Their older daughter received a master's degree in social work in 1994 .... Kathy (Steves) McDonnell has been married for 30 years to her husband, Mike McDonnell '64, and they have four children, three of whom graduated from USD. The fourth will be a USD senior in the 1995-96 academic year. Kath y and Mike also have two grandchildren. Kathy plays golf, belongs to an investment

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club and has been involved in community vol­unteer work for 25 years .... Jaroma Sherry has a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University and is a professor of English at Maryville University in St. Louis .

19&7 CLASS CHAIRS: Donna (Trumble) McGill and Paul Tuomainen Jr.

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Michael Cihak (M.Ed. '74) was named the interim dean of students at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth. Michael has 25 years of experience in student services, from financial aid counselor to director of financial aid. He was assistant director of admissions at USD for six years. Michael earned a Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1983. He and his wife, Susan, have eight children.

19GB CLASS CHAIRS: Sandra (Kiszla) Chew and Walter Johnston

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Moira Lees 11806 Gorham Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90049

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Michael Fox lives with his son, Ryan, on Vashon Island, Wash., where he owns a soft­ware business, Software Research Northwest Inc. The business employs 30 people and pro­vides administrative software products to col­leges and universities throughout the United States and Canada .... Patricia [Russall) Johnson writes, "After 2 7 years of living in the 'boonies' of the Green Valley truck trail in Poway, Calif., we moved to one acre in San Marcos (just above the cemetery so we know where we are going!). A great move and a great place to live!" Patricia is a Realtor with McMillin Realty in San Diego.

19&9 CLASS CHAIR: Jan (Davidson) Tuomainen

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Bob Brower and his wife, Brigid McCormick, attended Bob's 25-year reunion at USD. He writes, "We had lots of fun (except for the rain)." Bob is a counselor/teacher at Lassen College in Susanville, Calif.

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1970 • 25-Year Reunion Celebration

Nov. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIRS: Rosemary (Masterson) Johnston and G. Vincent Reardon Jr.

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI James Hutton is a visiting professor of work force education and development at Southern Illinois University. James celebrated a second marriage on March 17. He has a daughter, Kelly, and a stepson, Evan .... Kalhlaan (Gaffnay) Kaogh married Phil Kaogh and they have four children: Christina, 20, Teresa, 18, Nace, 16, and Mary Beth, 13. Phil works for Kodak and Kathleen works for American Home Services. The family lives in Pittsford, N.Y.

1971 CLASS CHAIR: Steve Nasman

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Lawrence Pickard 1507 31st Street Port Townsend, WA 98368

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Richard Cortez writes, "I spent one very enjoyable half-year at USD as part of my undergraduate study, which included the University of Wyoming and my degrees: B.A., M.B.A. and J .D." Richard is a manage­ment consultant and attorney in Portola Valley, Calif .... J. Danton Collier lives with his wife, Wanda, in San Diego, where he writes music and poetry, sculpts and paints .... Gaorga Handerson (J.D. '75) served on the board of governors of the California Trial Lawyers Association for seven years. He is an attorney with Henderson Law Corp . ... W. Robert Milchall has owned a Great Earth vitamin store in San Diego for 16 years . ... Donald Rush is a sales consultant for Tomark Sports Inc. in Corona, Calif. He writes, "My one and only child, Matthew, is now just 3. It's wonderful being a dad!" Donald and his wife, Jamie Ponteprino, live in San Diego.

1973 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Gary MrduH is a plumbing contractor with Brock Plumbing in Campbell, Calif. He writes, "I played 10 years of semipro football with the San Jose Tigers and the San Jose Bandits. I've been a plumber and contractor for 15 years." ... Allrado Schilini recently served as national curriculum consultant to the Nica­raguan and Guatemalan Ministries of Education. He is a professor in the School of Education at California State University, Los Angeles.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Lawrance Sykolf (M.Ed. '73, Ed.D. '88) is headmaster of a school in Tinton Falls, N.J. He also is involved in community service pro­jects and running marathons.

1974 CLASS CHAIRS: Victoria (Westervelt) Nasman and Doug Robert

1975 • 20-Year Reunion Celebration

Nov. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIR: Dennis Blair

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: William Uberti 5350 Satterfield Court Woodbridge, VA 22193-3408

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Amalia Madueno conducted and judged the first international poetry competition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. The competition was for poets from Mexico and New Mexico. Amalio also has published poems in The American Review (University of Houston), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska) and the 50th issue of Exquisite Corpse (University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge). His work is anthologized in Saludos: Poets of New Mexico . ... Pamala Malhuin has been working successfully in sales for 15 years and is still singing. She lived in Los Angeles for five years and in New York for five years, and says that it 's good to be back in San Diego .... Craig Spiavak is a senior quality assurance representative for McDonnell Douglas in Los Angeles. He has been married for 16 years and has one daugh­ter. Craig recently enjoyed touring Ireland.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Carolynn Skubinna (M.Ed.) writes that she and her husband, Myron, both are retired. They are building a house along Hood Canal in Washington and they plan to travel.

197& CLASS CHAIRS: Maureen Phalen and Michael Liuzzi

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Slavan Frisk is a commanding officer in the U .S. Navy. In December, he assumed com­mand of Special Boat Unit 11, the Naval Special Warfare West Coast Riverine Force. . .. Kavin Graen (M.B.A. '79) was named pres-

ident and chief executive officer of Integrated Medical Systems Inc. in Golden, Colo. He also was elected to serve on the company's board of directors. Kevin has more than 14 years of experience in the information tech­nology arena .... Staphania (Ball) McCannick lives in Corvallis, Ore., with her three chil­dren: Jillian, 18, David, 15, and Rebekah, 8. Stephanie teaches music in the Corvallis School District and teaches private lessons. She also is one of the directors of the Heart of the Valley Children's Choir. She writes that she would like to hear from old friends .

1977 CLASS CHAIR: Donald Altomonte

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Michael Aeling 48 Darlene Street St. Paul, MN 55119-4908

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI David Nawlan is executive vice president of Spectacor Films in West Hollywood, Calif. He writes, "Between producing feature films, I have been traveling extensively for pleasure: a safari in Africa, Greece(furkey, Europe and the Caribbean Islands." ... Tany Salay is start­ing up his own medical distributorship for ortho­pedic hip and knee implants. He lives with his wife, Shelley, in Woodinville, Wash .•.• Kan Zabal retired from the Marine Corps in 1984 and is now program manager for a space sys­tems acquisition firm, AJEC. He married Liz Osborne on May 2 7 and they live in Haw­thorne, Calif.

197& CLASS CHAIR: Stephen L. Plourd

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jaryl (Pina) Ralhschild lives in New York City with her husband, Gideon, and their 9-year-old daughter, Marissa. Jeryl is a certi­fied financial planner and was appointed vice president of the Personal Financial Advisory Group at Chemical Bank in Manhattan.

1979 CLASS CHAIR: Kathy (George) Frisbie

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Dorothy Kettel-Kneski 296 Amesport Landing Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI A year ago, Diana Blankanburg (M.B.A. '93) started her own San Diego business, Teaming Technologies, in which she teaches and con­sults with organizations on working in coop­eration to reach common goals .... Tarry (Kissall) Glaasan earned a bachelor's degree in 1979 from the University of La Verne and a master's degree in 1984 from Cal Poly Pomona. She is a teacher with the Upland Unified School District in Covina, Calif. Terry has been married to her husband, Craig, for 15 years and they have three chil­dren .... William Kalkav is a licensed clinical social worker at Pomerado Hospital in Poway, Calif. He and his wife, Anna, live in San Diego. Anna, a part-time faculty member at USD, completed her doctorate in piano per­formance in June . •.. Gragary Martin is work­ing on a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Southern Mississippi . •.. Viclaria (Haas) Nymbarg is market manager at TacoBelV Pepsi Co. in Cincinnati. She married her hus­band, Tom, on May 1, 1993, and their son, Paul, was born on Oct. 6, 1994.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Michaal P. Marrisan (J.D.) has created a new law firm, Kimble & Morrison, in Tucson, Ariz.

19&0 • 1S-Yaar Raunian Calabralian

Nav. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIR: Carrie (Galvin) Dern

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Diana Branks has three children: Katherine, 3, Andrew, 2, and Annemarie, 11 weeks old. She is the senior podiatrist at Kaiser in Fontana, Calif., and became double board cer­tified in podiatric surgery and podiatric ortho­pedics last year. Diane, who is known profes­sionally as Diane Barry, D .P.M., notes that only 4 percent of podiatrists in the United States have achieved this double certification. ... In 1988, Richard Galdbarg (M.Ed. '87) became a partner of Cashuk, Wiseman & Goldberg, a certified public accounting firm in San Diego. He has been married since 1982 and has two children: Nicole, 10, and Kevin, 6 . •. . Marty Matas was promoted to interna­tional sales manager for Reliance Electric, a division of Dodge, and is opening a new office in Santiago, Chile. The office will serve the expanding copper mining industry in both Chile and Peru. Marty spent the past 12 years as a sales engineer serving such industries as mining, petrochemical, aerospace, timber, wood, paper and power utilities ...• Cacilia (llarrisan) Pfaiflar writes, "After living in

Colorado for 14 years, we moved our family to Daniels, W.Va., as my husband took a job as president of a ski area." ... Michalla [Wilsan) Rignay has been married for 14 years and has two daughters: Jennifer, 13, and Shannon, 11. The family lives in Sherman Oaks, Calif. .. . Angala (McN1111ca) Svabada and her hus­band, Michaal Svabada '77, own Liberty Farms in Ogallala, Neb. They have four children: Michael, 13, Jessica, 10, Corie, 6, and Cody, 3.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Randall Fang (M.Ed.) is a counselor at Honolulu Community College. He and his wife, Linda, have two children, Marissa and Nathan. He writes that he would like to hear from former classmates.

19&1 CLASS CHAIR: Hugh Swift

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Lisa Sill 11648 Mayfield Avenue, #202 Los Angeles, CA 90049

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI David Alassi and his family transferred to Stevens Point, Wis., where he is a unit man­ager for Sentry Insurance. He says the aver­age high temperature in January and February is 24 degrees and the average low is 4 degrees. ... Jasaphina BannaH was named a member of the San Diego City Public Utilities Commission, an advisory body to the City Council on all public policy issues relating to local utilities. Josephine is a vice president and business banking officer with the Bank of Southern California . •.. Suzanna Famina is nurse man­ager at Newington Children's Hospital in Newington, Conn. She earned a master's degree in child psychiatric nursing from Yale University . •• . Richard Russall is senior vice president of The Rand Corp. ln this position, he heads up the acquisitions department and works out of his home/office in Newport Beach, Calif .

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Rick Krusa (M.B.A.) was named vice presi­dent by the board of directors of Wells Fargo Bank, N .A. Rick manages a direct origination business unit for the bank's mortgage lend­ing division. He and his wife, Anne, live in La Jolla, Calif.

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1&&2 CLASS CHAIR: Lupe Samaniego-Kraus

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Denise Bailey-Jackson 235 West 56th Street, #39-H New York, NY 10019

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Eduardo Garza is an agent for the Internal Revenue Service in Chicago. He and his wife, Gretchen, were married in 1983 and have four children: Erika, 9, Alison, 7, Eddy, 5, and Lisie, 3.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Karan Black (J.D.) and her husband, Cole, a prisoner of war in Vietnam for almost seven years, returned to Hanoi, Vietnam, in Novem­ber. On the same day the Vietnamese govern­ment started to tear down the prison in which American POWs were held for much of their captivity, Karen and Cole arrived as part of a tour to see that prison, which was nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton." Their presence made national news and they appeared on several local San Diego television stations as well as "Good Morning America." Karen has a busi­ness and estate planning law practice in Escondido, Calif . ... Alica Bohannon (M.S.N.) completed a Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Miami. She is assistant profes­sor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Alabama .... Ivan Evilsizer (J.D.) is now director of regulatory affairs with Century Cable Television in Los Angeles, after six years as staff attorney with the Montana Public Service Commission in Helena. He and his wife, Barbara, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on Feb. 12. They have two chil­dren: Tyler, 9, and Laura, 6 .... Carola Fish­Bulkin (M.Ed.) is director of development at Scripps in San Diego. She has two sons, ages 24 and 26 .... Kalharina (Shyu) Healing (M.B.A.) writes, "I have been working hard to establish myself as an international consultant for new business development and strategic alliances in Southeast Asia." She and her husband, Barry, live in La Jolla, Calif.

1&&3 CLASS CHAIR: Chris Pascale

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Terri (Gainey) Alford 3742 Lone Mesa Drive Las Vegas, NV 89117

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Julaa Carper is a licensed marriage, family and child therapist in California and Washington. She is a health educator for the Alzheimer's Association in Seattle. Julee writes, " I moved to Seattle to join my family in April 1994. I love it! Great trees and coffee, of course!" ... After working for a builder in Houston for three years, William Farr is moving back to San Diego. He says his stint out of town "reinforces my belief that this is America's finest city." •. . Sharon Payna is owner of Financial Alternatives, a financial planning and investment advising company in San Diego. She recently completed a master's degree in culture and spirituality in Oakland, Calif.

1&&4 CLASS CHAIR: Tim Huckaby

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Norma Samaniego 489 Pescado Place Encinitas, CA 92024

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Anna (Schualzal) Cunningham is a loan officer with a mortgage company in Englewood, Colo. Anne and her husband, Van, were mar­ried in 1992 and have two children: Alex, 2, and Sophie, 1. ... Paggy (Tolan) Hobart is a teacher in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She and her husband, Steven, were married in 1986 and they have two children. The family lives in Lathrop, Calif .... Maria Rieu (M.Ed. '87) is a teacher and bilingual coordinator at Hollenbeck Middle School in Los Angeles. She has a son, Manuel.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Bub Gagliuna (J .D.) taught a course in con­struction defect litigation during the summer as a member of the adjunct faculty at Western State University College of Law. He is a part­ner with Mcinnis, Fitzgerald in San Diego. Bob and his wife, Danneel, live in San Diego. ... Sharee (Pagg) Gibbons (M.B.A.) is self­employed as a marketing research consultant in Berwyn, Pa. She and her husband, Louis, were married in 1987 and they have two daughters: Emily, born in 1991, and Claire, born in 1993. She writes, "We recently moved from the San Francisco area to the suburbs of Philadelphia, and we are very happy to be back on the East Coast." ... Donald Jonas (J.D.) joined Healthcap in January as vice president of strategic develop­ment. Healthcap is a manager of physician networks. Donald and his wife, Debra, live in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif .•.. Kalan (Waavar) Kinnaird (M.B.A.) lives in San Diego with

her husband, Webster, and their three chil­dren: Sasha, 24, Kristen, 19, and Patrick, 13. She is a volunteer mediator and buys and sells antiques.

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Nov. 11, 1995

CLASS CHAIR: Maggie Keller Hawblitzel

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Katie (O'Rourke) Delano 425 Yale Avenue Coalinga, CA 93210

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jim Bartrand works for Autogenics, a start­up heart valve company. Jim and his wife, Christine, live in Thousand Oaks, Calif .•.. William Christensen is the owner of Apex Door Co. in Laguna Hills, Calif. The compa­ny provides commercial rolling doors and sec­tional doors to commercial/residential markets in Southern California ...• Dalia Esquivel is a teacher at Polinsky Children's Center in San Diego. She works with children who have been abused or neglected. Delia earned a mas­ter's degree in special education in May .... Mary (Rudriguaz) Hamandez is assistant United States attorney in the U .S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. After attending UCLA Law School, Mary worked for a Los Angeles law firm, then moved to the U .S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. She joined the U .S. Attorney's Office in 1994, got married in January 1995 and traveled recently to Spain and Cancun, Mexico .... Jacquelin• (Lazo) Kally is manager of human resources at Watkins in Carlsbad, Calif .... John Kally and his wife, Lorena, moved to San Francisco after graduating in 1985 and they now have a son, Kyle, and a daughter, Jaclyn. John is director of worldwide support at Premenos Corp., where he is responsible for technical support, consulting and education services on an international scale .... Michaal McIntyre is an appellate defense attorney for the U .S. Air Force. He recently argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Michael lives in Alexandria, Va . ... Kant Parrish is vice president of the Cush Automotive Group in San Diego. He and his wife, Dabra (Cushman) Parrish '84, have two children: Nikolas, 6, and Britny, 4. Kent is a private pilot and also enjoys back­packing .... Lori (Siona) Ruud (M.I.B. '88) and her husband, John, recently moved to Leesburg, Va .... Emily Schall is a humanities

resource teacher with the San Diego Unified School District. She serves the social studies needs of students, teachers and schools through­out the city's elementary schools. Emily also coordinates teacher education courses through USD's continuing education department. She has a 2-1/2-year-old son, Evan . ... Michael Schneider was in a seminary in Rome, though he notes that he wasn't ordained, and moved to Los Angeles in 1989. He is a manager for Costco and says he is trying to transfer back to San Diego .... Stephan Smith (J.D. '91) works for Harrington, Foxx et al in San Diego .... Cara) Switzer received an E.M.B.A. from UCLA in September 1994. She works for Cambridge Cable in Cambridge, England. .. . Jamas Tighe owns a wholesale apparel company in Carlsbad, Calif.

liRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Thomas Baadlaslan (LL.M.) was promoted to vice president of compliance for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Newport Beach, Calif. He formerly was assistant vice president, individual staff attorney.

1&&& CLASS CHAIR: Edward M. Aloe

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Shannon Smith 53 16th Street Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Calasla (Kankawski) BladgaH (M.A . '87) is a student teacher supervisor at lllinois State University. She and her husband have a son, Zachary, born on May 24, 1994 .... Kalan Brady has a 3-year-old daughter, Kaeleigh, and they live in Aurora, Colo. Kelan is a securities examiner for the Colorado Division of Securities . ..• William Dyar is president of Healthcare Plus Insurance Services Inc., a managed-care reinsurance brokerage. He lives in Los Alamitos, Calif . .. . Tami (Bass) Ertz is a logistics specialist for ARCO in Anchorage, Alaska. She and her husband, Ralph, were married in 1992 and they have a daughter, Jordan. Tami writes, "I'm missing the sunny San Diego days!" ... Nancy (Tilcamba) Griggs

is a human resources benefits specialist for Track ' n Trail in El Dorado Hills, Calif. She and her husband, Robert, live in Rescue. Nancy coaches the local high school ski team during ski season .... Tam Hillabrachl joined Wells Fargo Bank as a foreign exchange advis­er. He lives in Manhattan Beach, Calif . ... Katharina [Frankum) Huckins is a resource specialist for Goodwill Industries in Honolulu. She and her husband, William, and their daugh-

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ter, Nicole, moved to Kailua, Hawaii, in August 1994. Katherine is involved in a Department of Labor program to help economically disad­vantaged people get off the street and/or into better jobs .... Navy Lt. Danial Mishlar re­cently departed on a two-month overseas deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence. The sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier departed Yokosuka, Japan , to conduct exercises in the western Pacific Ocean in preparation for an upcoming six-month deployment . ... Lisa [Rasalas) Parrina was promoted to police sergeant for the city of Pasadena, Calif. She and her hus­band, Darren, have two daughters, Erika and Jessica. Lisa graduated in May with a master's degree in public administration from the Uni­versity of La Verne .... Patricia Raynor is a museum specialist for the National Postal Museum, a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C. She earned a B.A. degree from the Uni­versity of Arizona in 1977 and pursued grad­uate studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. From 1977 to 1979, Patricia was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger .... Lisa Schwarla is in her third year practicing law. She established the Law Office of Lisa D. Schwarte in San Diego •.. . Mary Sluyvasanl is a personal manager for Triple M Artist Management in Hollywood, Calif. She man­ages the careers of several recording artists and travels extensively.

GRAIIUATE AND LAW SCIOOL ALUMNI Jamas Graar (J.D.) moved his law practice, Greer & Associates, down the coast from Solana Beach, Calif., to downtown Del Mar.

1&&'7 CLASS CHAIR: Philip Welp

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Niamh Foley-Homan 1621 Andora Drive Carson City, NV 89703

IINDER&RADUATE ALUMNI Susan BannaH-Biihlilz is a flight attendant for America West Airlines and lives in Phoenix. She writes, "I got married in December to a wonderful man who was born in East Germany and who escaped from East to West Germany six months before the wall came down. He was educated in classical music, but played and composed all types of music on the piano and saxophone. My husband was in a car accident Feb. 22 and died 13 days later at the Sherman Oaks Burn Center. I loved my husband very much and though we were mar­ried only for a few months, he'll remain in my heart forever." ... Rabart BladgaH was pro-

moted to the corporate public affairs depart­ment at State Farm Insurance and handles federal legislative issues for the company .... Ranae [Marra) Basmans is a relocation coun­selor for Century 21 International. She and her husband, Tom, live in Irvine, Calif .... Tharasa [Raynor) Fialdar graduated from law school and works as a medical malpractice defense lawyer for Montgomery, Little & McGrew in Englewood, Colo. She and her husband, Gary Fialdar (J.D. '90), were mar­ried in 1991. ... Thomas Judson is general manager of the Tecolote Canyon golf course. He and his wife, Allison, live in San Diego .... Kari (Evanson) Hinaman and her husband, Chuck, returned to California from North Carolina, where they were stationed for four years. Kari is working on a master' s degree and says she is very busy with her twins, who are 8 months old • ... Sean Murphy left the Navy and is now in sales for Computer Protection Technology, a computer power company. He and his wife, Colleen, live in Oceanside, Calif. ... Navy Lt. Darak Rallinsan earned a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He is a navigator on the USS Trepang. Derek and his wife, Karin, live in Norwich, Conn .... Mark Sitter and his wife, Naoko, moved to Lititz, Pa., in December.

&RADUATE ANB LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Gaarga Cabal (LL.M.) moved his tax and health care law practice to the law firm of Morgan, Miller & Blair in Walnut Creek, Calif. He also was named chair of the State Bar of California education committee for 1995-96. George and his wife, Jennette, live in Walnut Creek .... After leaving Sharp HealthCare, Judy Fix (M.S.N.) developed her own company, Health Care Management Consultants, through which she was a consul­tant for health care facilities in the United States regarding clinical information systems, work redesign and re-engineering, and aggres­sive managed care. In January, she joined Tri­City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., as vice president of operations . ... Anita Ziaba (M.S.N.) is taking a break from health care and is instead helping her cousin develop a horse breeding business in which they own stud horses, help impregnate mares and also breed horses.

1&&& CLASS CHAIR: Jacki (Cepe) Lake

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Joannie (Santoni) Mcloughlin 11454 Eastridge Place San Diego, CA 92131

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Gaurga Botros is a financial planning coordi­nator for Baraban Securities, a subsidiary of PaineWebber in San Diego. He notes that his name has been changed to Gaurga Botros Kalfayan. He and his wife, Tarry (Schmidt) Kalfayan, were married in March and live in San Diego. Terry is an accounting manager for Sharp HealthCare in San Diego . ... Kalhlaan (Lana) Clancy is a certified public accountant for Brook, Stednitz & Rhodes in San Jose, Calif. She and her husband, Tim, were married in December ...• Diana Burka returned to Los Angeles from Spokane, Wash., and is pursuing a career in the fitness industry. She is a fitness trainer and member­ship director for The Spectrum Club in Agoura Hills . ... Navy Lt. Craig M. Grinl recently visited China with the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill. Craig was one of 450 aboard the ship who visited Qingdao, China, marking the first time in six years a U.S. Navy ship has stopped in China • ..• Gaurga Gross is vice president of San Diego­based Destiny Strategies, which recently merged with Rodman & Renshaw, a national investment firm .... Lynn (Scarpalli) Mus worked as a purchasing agent until she had her first child in early 1992. She is now at home with two children until they reach school age. Lynn and her husband, Robert, live in Chula Vista, Calif .... Michalla (Frias) Schall teaches sixth and seventh grade in Clearlake, Calif. She earned a master's degree in 1990 from the U.S. International Uni­versity. Michelle and her husband, Dan, have a son, Ryan .... Father Cavana Wallaca was ordained a Catholic priest in 1992. He was associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish from 1993 to 1995 and is currently vocations director for the Diocese of San Diego.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Samual Danskin (J .D . ) was named a partner with the Irvine office of Berger, Kahn, Shafton, Moss, Figler, Simon & Gladstone. Samuel lives in Aliso Viejo, Calif., with his wife, Kathy, and their children, Katie, 3-1/2, and Peter, 1-1/2.

19&9 CLASS CHAIR: Tom Gorman

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Colleen Blackmore 6910 Blue Orchid Lane Carlsbad, CA 92009

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Margarat Dawson and her brother, Hanlay Dawson '90, work in their family business, a

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car dealership in Chicago. They are now man­aging the new/used car area and have aspira­tions of owning their own dealership or run­ning the family business. Both have complet­ed the NADA dealer academy program .... Lari (Sluss) Midsun and her husband, Stephen, moved to Evanston, lll. , in June 1994. Lori is publicity and outreach director for Evanston Television ...• Miduilla Naujukas is a sales rep­resentative for Hollister Inc. She sells infant security systems to hospitals in seven western states. Michelle lives in Corona de! Mar, Calif .... Bobbi (Rhain) Nalsun and her hus­band, Will, are moving to Amman, Jordan, where she will be a visa officer for the U.S. Department of State. She writes that they welcome visitors . .•• John Rubarts drives gaso­line tankers for Atlas Bulk Carriers in San Diego. He writes, "It's kind of interesting that a lot of other truck drivers I've met also have their college degrees. And although trucking involves long days (and long weeks), you can't beat the view from my 'office' win­dows." .. . As owner of TravelPro in La Jolla, Catharina (Farrall) Rumanas is an independent travel consultant. Catherine, her husband, Gordon, and their son recently moved back to San Diego .... Shannon Rorabaugh earned a master's degree in international management from Thunderbird/American Graduate School of International Management in 1992. She is product manager for Bobrick Washroom Equipment in North Hollywood, Calif .... Marine Capt. Grant Williams is a helicopter pilot/instructor for the U.S. Marine Corps. He lives in Newport Beach, Calif., and reports that he spent four months last year with the U .N. forces in Mogadishu, Somalia.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Laura (Raarwin) Schrainar (M.F.A.) is a teacher of the Alexander Technique, a process by which people learn to identify and improve habitual movement patterns that may be causing stress and fatigue to their bodies. She works primarily with actors and people with muscular pain. Laura lives in West Hollywood, Calif ...• Gaurga Wair (J.D.) was promoted from senior vice president to execu­tive vice president of Hawaiian Trust Company, a subsidiary of the Bank of Hawaii. George and his wife, Leta, live in Honolulu.

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CLASS CHAIR: Estela Lopez

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: April (Flores) Goodjohn 926 Agate Street San Diego, CA 92109

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Hally (Robbins) Baldan works for Smith Barney in San Diego. She and her husband, Mark, celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary .... Tiffany Anna Brawka is anchoring and reporting news and sports at WHP-TV, a CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa . ... Navy Lt. Brad Dannis completed a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and the Persian Gulf with Fighter Squadron Two embarked on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation .... Dawn Furmu completed a Ph.D. degree in English at USC and accepted a professorship at California State University, San Marcos .... Shari Gass received her teaching credential and is teach­ing the fourth grade in San Diego. She plans to attend Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., to earn a master's degree in religious education and will work as a teaching assistant in the graduate department. ... William Hackman was promoted to senior consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick CCP. He lives in Sterling, Va., with his wife, Carol, and is working on a Ph.D. degree in public administration .... Michaal Hollon graduated from the University of Southern California School of International Relations and lives in Alexandria, Va., with his wife, Sharon . ••. Thomas Ham is MIS/logistics manager for All Star/SAB in Honolulu. In his position, he assists in information resource management for three military family housing maintenance contracts and manages materials procurement and logistics. He and his wife, Deana, live in Mililani, Hawaii .... Linda Krippnar is working on a doctorate in psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. She also researches causes of asthma among African American children for the Los Angeles Children's Asthma Project .... J.J. Lastalick is a sports agent for professional football players and also teaches self-defense seminars in the Dallas area. He and his wife, Tiffany, have a son, Tanner, born on Feb. 6. .. . Danny Lavis is a special agent for the FBI in Santa Ana, Calif . ... Hally Laahy-Mi:Kauwn writes that she and her husband, Andy, are waiting for visitors to their new home in Mountain View, Calif. She invites friends to give them a call when in the area. Kelly is director of community service for Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, Calif .... Irish MaLuy, mother of nine and grandmother of 19, went back to school after her youngest graduated from USD. She says she is thinking about going to law school. ... Kalhlaan (Walsh) Mi:Enrua graduated from USD's School of Law in May 1994 and passed the California State Bar two months later. She and her hus­band, Steven, live in Leucadia, Calif., with their son, Jonathan, who was born on March

15 .... Lisa Rinra graduated from Boston University Law School and is working in Washington, D.C .... Navy Lt. Rainalda Rinra completed his sea tour as an E2C Hawkeye NFO on board VA Wl 12. He is now an instructor at NAS Norfolk, training new naval flight officers on the use of the E2C Hawkeye weapons system. He and his wife, Miriam, live in Hampton, Va .... In August 1994, Kristin Rall founded Executive Concierge Services Inc. in Washington, D.C. Through the company, she contracts concierge service to commercial buildings in the Washing­ton, D.C., area .... Jahn Sparrazza is working toward an M.B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina. He lives in Chapel Hill, N.C .... Lisa Ziamkawski-Batan was promoted from staff accountant to cost accounting supervi­sor at Frito-Lay Inc. She and her husband, Russell, live in Plano, Texas.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Susan (Aulazzi) Vick (M.B.A. ) is associate manager of marketing and research for Great­West Life. She and her husband, Tom, live in Englewood, Colo.

1991 CLASS CHAIR: Al Ingallinera

.CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Glenn Hickok 2221 Princeton St. Paul, MN 55105

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Swan (Tan) Bradshaw recently accepted an international assignment with her husband, Kevan, at Price Waterhouse in Taiwan. Swan is a senior accountant with the firm. She and her husband also have a son, Travis, born in October 1994 . ... Gwan Braman is a federal credit union examiner with the National Credit Union Association. She lives in Chino Hills, Calif .... Malissa Clifford is department head of acute care nursing at the Twentynine Palms Naval Hospital in California. She received the Navy medal of commendation for job performance at her last duty station, the Oakland (Calif.) Naval Hospital .... Kathlaan Christansan Dunn is a free-lance graphic designer in Wilmette, Ill. She was an art director for Grey Advertising in New York City for two years. She and her husband, Barry, were married in 1992 and they have a son, Barry Jr., who was born on March 21, 1994 . ... Navy Lt. Kurt llildabrandt recently graduated from the Uniformed Services Uni­versity of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. The university prepares students for worldwide duty as career physicians in the

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Army, Navy, Air Force and the U.S. Public Health Service .... Laslay Jaka graduated with a master's degree in English from the University of Kansas in 1993. She lives in Lawrence, Kan., and is the assistant director of the Strategic Learner Apprenticeship, an intensive tutoring program for the KU athlet­ic department .... Sister Cacilia Kasparick entered the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in September 1993. She became a novice in March 1994, receiving her habit and religious name, Sister Cecilia. She is preparing to profess her first vows in March 1996 .... Karri (Wintringham) Mascari is a fifth-grade teacher at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she lives with her husband, Ben .... Kathlaan Murphy is a teacher at Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary School in Indianapolis. She also was a YMCA site director for the summer .... Eric Raankar is an information systems ana­lyst for Andersen Consulting in San Francisco. He and his wife, Terese, live in Walnut Creek . ... Haathar Smith is a bilingual kindergarten teacher in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. She received a master's degree in education from USD in May and lives in San Diego .... Jahn Watkins and Miduilla (Mallarstuan) Watkins '92 live in Monterey, Calif. John is working on a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Michelle works at a framing gallery and volunteers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium .... Navy Lt. Laura (Davis) Witkowski is assistant officer in charge of a logistics support facility at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Va. She and her husband, Stephen, live in Virginia Beach, Va.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Brian Faldar (M.A.) is an associate with Le Gros, Buchanan & Paul, a law firm in Seattle. Brian graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law recently, where he was editor-in-chief of the USF Maritime Law Journal . ... Karumi ·Patty" Takada (M.I.B.) is corporate affairs manager for KCL Projects Ltd. in Anaheim, Calif. She writes, "After graduation, I went to Japan for two years and headed an international trade department for a Japanese manufacturer. I have been back in the United States for more than a year. I also own my own export com­pany, sending American goods to Japan." ... Shaila (Ouinlan) Williams (Ed.D.) recently returned to San Diego after selling her ranch in central California. Her daughter, Sarah Williams, graduated from USD's School of Law in 1992.

1992 CLASS CHAIR: Greg Weaver

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Charlie Bush 6379 Caminito Luisito San Diego, CA 92110

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Juna Andraws is a history teacher at Madison High School in San Diego. She also coaches three sports at the school. ... Kristina Ashlan is a tour press director for the Mitch Schneider Organization in Sherman Oaks, Calif. In this position, she handles tour press for bands including Tom Petty, The Black Crowes, Faith No More, Simple Minds, Ted Nugent, Bad Brains and Ugly Kid Joe .... Rabart Baamar lives in El Cajon, Calif., and has worked at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort for the past two years .... Juan Chaffaa is a major account representative for Telephone Express in Denver . ... After living in Boston for three years, Danisa EHari trav­eled through Spain for the summer and plans to return to California. She writes, "Most likely, I'll end up in San Francisco to contin­ue my career in advertising." ... Paul Gangi is an account manager for Gangi Studios Inc., the family business specializing in silk-screen printing. He also is enjoying a new condo­minium in Agoura, Calif . ... Christi Grant is a technical service analyst for Ceridian Employer Services in Atlanta. She also is working on an M.B.A. degree at Georgia State .... Jannifar (WiH) &uaniat is a senior claims representative for State Farm Insurance. She and her husband, Louis, live in Elk Grove, Calif . ... Was Hill has been a property manager for Sheraton Real Estate Management in Chico, Calif., since January 1992. He and his wife, Jeanna, were married in June 1993. .. . Kristin lngraa is a sixth-grade teacher at Southridge Middle School in Fontana, Calif. She is attending National University to clear her credential. .. . Jai:qualina Kahn is a legal assistant/paralegal for Crowley & Cuneo in Los Angeles .... Miduilla Magpila is a first­grade teacher at Vista Grande Elementary School in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif . ... Tim Piamanla and Kavin Davina started Philippine Deep, a surf and diving camp on Siargao Island in the Philippines. The business started its first full season in July .... Mii:haal Palanlz and his wife, Sausha, live in San Jose, where he is a lawyer .... Mii:haal Sandars is an audi­tor for Ernst & Young in Los Angeles. He lives in Hermosa Beach .... Magan Shaw grad­uated from the Customs Academy in March and is a special agent of criminal investiga­tions for the U.S. Customs Service. She relo-

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cated from Chicago to Green Valley, Ariz . ... Chris Sloan was assistant location manager for the recently completed Walt Disney Pictures feature film "Mr. Wrong." He has held simi­lar positions on several television shows and made-for-TV movies. He also has been work­ing on "The Enemy Within," a TV movie of the week .... JoAnn Spadafora (M.Ed. '94) is a counselor, supervisor and case manager for San Diego Urban League Inc. She lives in San Diego and is coxswain for the San Diego Rowing Club .... Michael Williams is an account executive with Colonial Bancorp in Newport Beach, Calif. He says he is hoping to top his three-week trip to Europe last sum­mer with a two-week surfing trip to Puerto Rico this fall .... Dona [Richter) Willoughby is a nurse practitioner for the U.S. Navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Bath Fallon (M.A.) is public information offi­cer for the Arizona Division of Emergency and Military Affairs. She also teaches two public speaking courses at Phoenix College and recently earned a permanent community college teaching credential in political science and speech communication. Beth lives in Mesa, Ariz .... Ginger Finch (M.I.B.) is a hos­pital sales representative for Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals in Menlo Park, Calif. ... Laura Stuart (M.B.A.) is a fourth-grade teacher for Fairbanks Country Day School in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. She and her husband, Scott Platenberg, live in Solana Beach. Laura has qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials in the marathon event for 1996 . ... Lt. Deborah (Hagans) Williams (M.S.N.) was a family nurse practitioner in Rota, Spain, for three years. In August, she began working at the Bremerton (Wash.) Naval Hospital.

1993 CLASS CHAIR: Houssam Aboukhater

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Hays (Fraim) Padrnos 5355 South Rainbow Blvd., #246 Las Vegas, NV 89118

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI In July, Theresa Adams began attending the San Diego County Sheriff Department's Police Academy. She lives in Bonsall, Calif. ... Paula (Abriani) Annala and her husband, Jake, were married shortly after graduation and lived in Steamboat Springs, Colo. They were transferred recently to Kemmerek, Wyo., their hometown. Paula and Jake wel­comed a son in June 1994 .... Kathlaan Carter is assistant treasurer of Haymarket Bank in

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Boston .... Clara (Capano) DaVita is a legal assistant with Pender & Coward in Virginia Beach, Va. She and her husband, Gene, live in Hampton. Clara is completing postgraduate paralegal studies and plans to move to Denver in the next year .... Kristi Douglas is a real estate consultant with Ken Mar Consultants in San Diego. She reports that she is consider­ing graduate school .... Michael Ferrari is an account executive with IBM in Costa Mesa, Calif .... Phillip Finch is a second-year law student at USD .... Jules Gabrielson says that after graduation she traveled in Europe, then settled in Chicago, where she is a relocation consultant for PNC Mortgage .... Thomas Gambon is a financial analyst for Exabyte Corp. in Boulder, Colo. He reports that he just bought a condominium in Lafayette .... Shana Gollradi is a graduate student at UCSB. Her research involves the physiology of deep sea hydrothermal vent animals. She writes, "I spend a large amount of time on research cruises, some of which involve exploring the ocean floor with the deep sea submersible, the Alvin. Santa Barbara is a great place to live and grad school keeps me busy." ... Angie GossaH was promoted to assistant restaurant manager for four food and beverage outlets at the 600-room Hilton in Anchorage, Alaska: a sports bar, cafe, room service and a fine-dining establishment .... Lana Karlsson is in Union Bank's manage­ment trainee program in La Jolla, Calif .... Sarah Kallogg is an errors and omissions administrator for IBSC Inc. in La Jolla, Calif. ... Tanya Kuzyk is a marketing associate for Liz Claiborne in New York City .... Barbara LaPoinla is a customer service specialist for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She is going back to school to pursue a degree in education at DePaul University .... Eric Loddalald works for RK Diversified Enter­tainment lnc./Kevin Lyman Production Service in Claremont, Calif. The company handles the production for major rock con­certs and festivals in Southern California and sells sponsorships for events across the coun­try .... Amy Jo MaHhaws manages camp pro­grams and coaches gymnastics for the YMCA in St. Paul, Minn. She plans to go to law school this fall .... Mary Bath McGovam is a new account representative for the Daily Breeze newspaper in Torrance, Calif. Mary Beth lives in Manhattan Beach .... Jann Messina is a copy editor and assistant to the publisher at SOMA magazine in San Francisco .... BirgiHa Mohlin is a tax specialist for KPMG Peat Marwick in Los Angeles. She lives in Manhattan Beach .... Mika Pardun moved to England after graduation and joined Tele West Communications Group Ltd. as a marketing assistant. He was promoted three

times and is currently multimedia business development manager. He plans to remain in England until his work permit expires in March 1996, when he will either pursue an M.B.A. degree, move back to the United States to work for one of TeleWest's parent companies, or stay on at Tele West indefi­nitely .... Dustin Railich is a sales agent for the Automobile Club of Southern California. He recently bought a home in San Clemente, Calif .... Malissa Rosenthal is an account executive for Louis London Advertising and Sales Promotion in St. Louis .... Beginning in the fall 1995 academic semester, Tracy Williams will attend New York University to pursue a master's degree in speech and inter­personal communication. She plans to live with friends in Hoboken, N.J .... Joseph Zyburt is a sixth-grade math teacher at Coronado (Calif.) Middle School. He also is beginning a master's program in mathematics.

GRADUATE AND LAW SClall. ALUMNI James Elliot (M.B.A.) is program manager for Lockheed Martin in Denver. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Lakewood and they have a 2-year-old daughter .... Stavan Lazarchik (M.B.A.) has been in transition from a lab scientist to drug developer/project manager in the pharmaceutical industry. He is a research scientist for Ligand Pharmaceuticals in San Diego . ... Kay Mann (M.Ed.) is a school coun­selor at Coronado (Calif.) Middle School. She writes, "I'm working a lot, crewing on a sail­boat and enjoying life." ... Lisa (Dreisbach) Spiro (M.B.A.) is a new product planning analyst for Genentech in South San Francisco. ... Courtnay Jo Watson (M.F.A.) is a member of the Judith Shakespeare Company in New York City, a new classical theater ensemble. Joanna Zipay (M.F.A.) is artistic director of the ensemble.

CLASS CHAIR: Tom Vertetis

CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Lauren Riaski 5401 East Nassau Circle Englewood, CO 80110

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Russell Bartley is a staff accountant for Pacific Auto Group in Glendale, Calif. He currently is applying to M.B.A. programs .... MaHhaw Bandar is a public accountant for Semple & Cooper in Phoenix, Ariz .... GaraH Churchill is a glassblower and department head for Pacific Sign in National City, Calif. He plans to open his own sign business in about two years .... Marine 2nd Lt. Andrew

H. Clevenger grad uated from The Basic School at Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Va. The course, for newly commissioned officers, includes instruc­tion on land navigation, marksmanship, tac­tics, military law and the techniques of mili­tary instruction .... Scott Curtner is a comput­er sales account manager for GC Micro. Scott lives in Englewood, Colo., and spends his free time playing rugby and working out . ... Ted Elliott is an auditor for Ernst & Young in Los Angeles .... Amber Fauntleroy finished her first year of law school at use . ... Michael Fraahill was drafted by the California Angels as part of the minor-league system .... Michael Henry is an account executive for ZZYZX: Workstations Peripheral in San Diego. He is a member of OMBAC rugby and coaches foo tball at Torrey Pines High School .... Meggan Hill is manager of the Vail Valley Equestrian Center in Edwards, Colo., where she trains horses and gives riding lessons .... After graduation, Katy Haugh traveled throughout Australia and then returned to San Diego to work. In the fall 1995 semester, she begins work on a master's degree in social work at Boston University .... Tracy Janes is an auditor for Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles . ... Marita Karganilla is an adminis­trative assistant at Hewlett-Packard Co. in San Diego. She says she hopes to earn an M.B.A. degree in the next three years .... Keith Kaszuta is an administrative assistant for Witt/Kieffer, a health care executive search firm in Phoenix, Ariz. He is applying to master's programs in health care adminis­tration . ... Patrick Lynch is in sales at Harold Chevrolet in Minnetonka, Minn • ... Chris Marina is an account executive for Canon in Gardena, Calif . ... Allan McNamee finished his first year of law school at USC ... . Derrik Marse is a broker associate for Remax by the Sea . ... Callean Murphy is working with the National Association of Music Merchants in San Diego . ... Teresa Muzzi lives in Campbell, Calif., and is a ticket and gate agent for Reno Air .... Erin Pace is working at Club Med in Tahiti .... Jennifer Parry is an archae-ologist for Gallegos and Associates in Carlsbad, Calif . .. • LeAnna Plough is a claims represen­tative for Farmers Insurance in San Diego .... Maynil Ramos is an auditor for Deloitte & Touche in San Jose, Calif . ... Randy Rivera is an investment broker for Marcus & Millichop. ... Robby Seward works in accounts payable for Charlotte Russe in San Diego • ... Steve Tham teaches history at the community col­lege level to Navy personnel in La Mesa, Calif.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Jennifer Abuag (M.A.) works as a contrac­tor/operations support for Adia Personnel

Services in Berkeley, Calif. She hopes to be in law school in the fall 1995 academic semes­ter . ... Edward Caralla (M.B.A.) and his wife, Tracy, live in San Diego .... Eve Halbraak (M.F.A.) and Brian Taylar (M.F.A.) are

members of the Judith Shakespeare Company in New York City, a new classical theater ensemble . ... Beth [Hacker) Maxon (M.B.A.) is an inventory planner for Scott Foresman. Beth and her husband, Barry, live in Gurnee, Ill. .. . Navy Lt. Cmdr. Alex Miskiewicz (M.B.A.) is on deployment to the Persian Gulf. He and h is wife, Paula, live in San Diego. Alex, a naval aviator, says he plans to remain with the Navy for two more years . .. . Susan Mitchell (Ed.D.) is associate director of housing and res idential life at San Diego State University. She received the 1995 Diversity and Affirmative Action Award for Individual Achievement, presented by the Western Assoc­iation of College and University Housing Officers . ... Pierre Nechelis (M.I.B.) and his wife, Dominique, are returning to France where they will seek employment with U.S. firms . ... Bradley Rabarsan (M.A.) is a com­

bat systems officer on the USS John Young, homeported in San Diego .... Brian Tompkins teamed up with classmate Hans Bergman (M.B.A. '95) to form Freetime, a San Diego company that markets and sells educational card games for children. Their product is Flax, a game about wild an imals.

1995 CLASS CHAIR: Jennifer McCann

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Patricia Stelmaszak is a barber in Ocean Beach, Calif. She and her husband, Jerry, are moving to Nashville, Tenn., in June 1996.

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Please note that USD Magazine does not print engagement information. While alumni are encouraged to send information about their marriages, due to space considerations, wed­ding photographs are no longer being published.

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Marylin J. Kay '61 married George McCafferty on Aug. 6, 1994, at Our Lady of Peace Church. The couple live in North Hills, Calif .... Mary Therese Waters '78 and Vincent Zaninovich were wed on Feb. 26, 1994. Mary is a mar­keting and event coordinator with Waters Catering. She and Vincent live in Laguna

Niguel, Calif .... Hilary Buckley '80 and David Murphy were married on April 29. They live in Las Vegas, where Hilary is a travel consul­tant for Greystone Travel .... Charles Pape '80 married Margaret Ruiz in Carmel, Calif.,

on May 9. Charles owns Gatto & Pope Certified Public Accountants in San Diego . ... Maria Dunham '85 (J.D. '88) and John Roberts were wed in 1994. Maria was named a partner in the law firm of Chapin, Fleming & Winet in San Diego. She and John live in Coronado, Calif . .. . Gina Paladini '85 and Peter Ratcliffe were married on June 10 in New Zealand. Gina is a trader at O.P.C. in Whitianga, New Zealand .... Denise (Ingwersen) Webster '85 married Spencer Webster '86 on March 26, 1994, at Founders Chapel. The couple live in San Clemente, Calif. Denise works for Ciba Vision Opthalmics as a territory representa­tive in San Diego. Spencer is a sales consul­tant for Sybase in Newport Beach . ... Linda Kankawski '89 (M.F.C.C. '93) and Scull Justice '89 were married on Nov. 5 in San Diego. Linda is a socia l worker with the Long Beach Youth Center, a foster family agency in Long Beach, Calif. Scott is a claims adjuster with State Farm Insurance . ... Susie Petersen '89 and Tom Wyman were married in August 1994. The couple live in Boulder, Colo., where Susie is completing a master's degree in bilingual special education .... Franca Simone '89 (J.D./M.B.A. '92) wed Deborah Melendrez in 1994. Franco is a partner with Simone & Chatard, a law firm in San Diego .... Shelley Otta '90 and Steven Young were married on Nov. 11. Shelley is director of marketing for Hydra Plastics Inc. in Woodinville, Wash .... Marc Thampsan '90 married Jodie Richard in May 1994 and the couple live in Florida. Marc graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1993 .... Sharan Hemrich '91 and Gilbert Grant were wed on Feb. 18. The couple live in Houston, where Sharon works for John Daugherty Realtors. ... Jennifer Candan '92 and Steven Collins were married in July 1994. Jennifer works at Barron's Bookstore in Longview, Texas, and says she would love to hear from other USD graduates . ... Yvanne Dunham '92 married Rupert Hall in October 1994. Yvonne is pur­suing an M.B.A. degree at the University of the Pacific .... Navy Lt. j.g. Mark Schram '92 and Kristen Janes '94 were married in July 1994. The couple live in Honolulu, where Mark is a communications officer for the Navy . ... Maribel Cervantes '93 wed Jeffrey Chamberlain '95 on Nov. 25 . Maribel is an auditor with Arthur Andersen in San Diego. ... Hays Fraim '93 and Dan Padmas '93 were married on May 13 at Founders Chapel. Hays is a first-grade teacher fo r the Clark County School District in Las Vegas and Dan is an

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account executive fo r Lotus Broadcasting .... Heather Schraeder '93 married Rory Cook on May 13 in Portland, Ore. Heather is begin­ning her third year of optometry school. The couple live in Hillsboro, Ore . ... Erik Wahl '93 and Tasha Maffitt '94 were wed on Dec. 17. Erik is an account executive at Speak Inc., a speakers and trainers bureau, and Tasha is a pursuing a master's degree. The couple live in San Diego .... Kyle Leese '94 and Linda Hamdan '93 were married at the C hapel of the Silver Bells in Las Vegas. Kyle is leaving the nautical archaeology program at Texas A&M to enter the Navy Officer Candidate School at Naval Aviation Schools Command in Pensacola, Fla.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNJ William Sparks '88 (M.B.A.) married Karen Dodds on June 24. William is in sales with Kodak in San Diego.

BIRTHS

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNJ Alice [Rodriguez) Gonzalez '76 and her hus­band, Joe, welcomed their first child, Amy Marie, on Feb. 28. Alice is an underwriter for National Home Mortgage in San Diego . ... Jean [Gonzalez) Dliwa '80 and her husband, Walter, celebrated the birth of their second son, Gabriel, on March 14. Their first son, Ezekiel, is 3 years old . Jean is an insurance coordinator for the Vista San Diego Center in San Diego. The family lives in Lemon Grove. ... Steve Royce '80 welcomed a son, James McIntosh, in May 1994 .... Garrett Sanderson '82 and his wife, Laura Woodman, send news of a son, Jamie, who is now 1. Garrett is a partner with a law firm in San Francisco. The family lives in Oakland . .. . Anita [Kuykendall) Stall '82 and her husband, Adam, celebrated the birth of their second child, Naomi Michelle, on June 12, 1994. The family recently moved to Montclair, N.J., where Anita is a music teacher .... Craig Swanson '82 (J.D. '85) and Nancy [Stansell) Swanson '86 announced the birth of a daughter, Sydney Anne, on Feb. 3, who joins a 2-year-old sister, Danielle. Craig is an attorney for Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble and Mallory in San Diego. Nancy is a soft­ware consultant for the South Bay Union School District . ... Karen [Maare) Marris '83 and Robert Marris '83 welcomed their fourth daughter, Kerry Michelle, on Nov. 28. Kerry joins sisters Katie, Kelsey and Tracey . .. . Kathy [Raskab) Van Loan '83 and her hus­band, G lenn, celebrated the Nov. 16 birth of a daughter, Emil y Katherine, who joins older brother Timothy. The family lives in Phoenix,

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where Kathy teaches Spanish through immer­sion to students from ages 2- 1/2 to 50 . .. . Annette [Ray) Davis '85 (M.A. '90) and Mike Davis '85 welcomed their first ch ild, Andrew Roy, on Nov. 21. Annette teaches at the College of the Desert and Mike is the facility operations manager for the Newsweek Cham­pion's Cup, the third largest tennis tournament in the United States. The couple bve in La Quinta, Cabf., and they have traveled recently to Japan, Australia, Europe, the Caribbean and Singapore .... Katherine [Farrand) Anastasia '86 and her husband, Jack, an nounced the arri va l of their first ch ild, Michael John, on Jan. 26 in Pasadena, Calif. Katherine is the assistant development director at The Chandler School. ... Andee Krupienski '86 sends news of a son, Alexander, born on Jan. 26. Andee is a senior loan consultant with CTX Mortgage in San Diego .... Meredith [Lahne) Van Tscharner '86 and Patrick Van Tscharner '86 welcomed a daughter, Emma Meredith, on Nov. 27. The family bves in Boulder, Colo .... Nancy [McIntyre) Deisinger '87 and her husband, David, celebrated the birth of a son, Cameron Reid, on Oct. 29 .... Michael Feeney '87 and Lari DeAngelis­Feeney '88 welcomed a second son, Collin Patrick, on Nov. 6 . Michael is the regional sa les manager for Archer Management Services for the state of Californ ia . .. . Renetta [Hohman) Hendricks '87 (M.Ed. '88) and her husband, Brent, welcomed a daughter on April 7, their third child. She joins two broth­ers, Nathan and Andrew. The family li ves in Colorado Springs, Colo .... Tammi [Durham) Siroky '87 and her husband, Charley, send news of a son, Ryan, born on Feb. 3. Tammi is a senior technical sales specia list at Specialty Laboratories in Santa Monica, Calif. ... Brian Salamon '87 and Kimara (Bannan) Salamon '90 announced the March 19 arrival of a son, Andrew Hayden, who joins older sister, Caitlin Suzanne. The family lives in Carlsbad, Calif. ... Kevin nynn '88 and Christian [Planansky) nynn '89 welcomed their first child, Aaron Eric, on Feb. 11. Kevin and Gustavo Velez '88 are partners in an import/export company in San Diego and Tijuana .... Kalie [McOuillen) Johnson '88 and her husband, John, send news of a daughter, Taylor Nicole, born on March 7. Katie is a paralegal at Mcinnis, Fitz­gerald, Rees & Sharkey in San Diego .... Nara [Griffin) Stann '88 and Tim Slann '88 celebrated the birth of a son, Nicholas St. John, on Dec. 6 . Nora is a second-grade teacher in the N ewport-Mesa Unified School District. The family lives in Irvine, Calif .... Brenda (Gabby) Griffith '89 and her husband,

G reg, welcomed a son, Jeremiah Andel, on Oct. 20, 1993. He joins older sister Eden Hope. Brenda teaches English two n ights a

week at Park College on Camp Pendleton. The family lives in Oceanside, Calif .... Heather [Hackett) Hill '89 and her husband, James, welcomed a son, James Maxwell, on Oct. 9. Heather is an account executive for Aetna. The Hills live in Snoqualmie, Wash. ... Cheryl (Baslani) Laliberte '89 and Brian Laliberte '86 announced the birth of a daugh­te r, Nicole Katherine, on March 3. She joins older brother Austin . The family just trans­ferred from Kentucky back to California with Brian's job at The Nature Co . .. . Erik Norris '89 and his wife, Michele, celebrated the arriva l of a daughter, Emily Elizabeth, on Jan. 2. Erik is a manager at Sam's Club in Seabrook, N.H. ... Susanne [Thiebach) Turner '89 and Walter Turner '86 welcomed a son, Michael Joseph, on Jan. 4. The family lives in Rancho Penasquitos, Calif ... . Maureen [Stevens) Aull '90 and her husband, Brian, send news of a daughter, Heather Marie, born on April 20. The Aults li ve in Irvine, Calif . ... Harry Schirer '92 and his wife, Angela, welcomed a son, Jonathan Kenneth, on April 23, 1994. Harry is con­troller for Solsource Computers in Carlsbad, Calif . .. . Karin [Anderson) Shady '92 and her husband, Roger, announced the birth of a son, Tyler Andrew, on Nov. 11. Karin attended the Thunderbird/American Graduate School of International Management during the sum­mer .... Carlos Montanez '94 and his wife, Letika, celebrated the arrival of a daughter, Alic ia Noel, on Feb. 13. Carlos is in the U.S. Navy.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNJ Dorathy [O'Donnell) Starkey '80 (J.D.) and Robert Starkey '75 announced the arrival of their first child, Susannah Elizabeth, on Oct. 2, 1993, in Houston .... Cathy [Campbell) Larson '84 (M.Ed.) and her husband, Robert, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Katharine Joyce, on Feb. 6. Cathy is in sales with Rightfax in Tucson, Ariz .... Dorian [White) Sailer '89 (J .D.) and her husband, Bill, announced the arrival of their second child , Hope Elizabeth, on Nov. 6. The family lives in San Diego.

K A L E I D D S C D P E

The calendar reflects only major campus events with dates firm as of magazine press time. For a complete listing, please call the public relations office at (619) 260-4681.

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Institute for Christian Ministries program, "Strong Parents. Good Kids," David A. Peters, M.S., M.F.C.C. The

strong parents workshop teaches parents how to take a leadership role in the

family. Combining firm discipline with nurturing love, parents are empowered

to raise responsible children and to protect them from toxic influences in

society. 7-9 p.m., USD campus. Continues Thursday, Sept. 28. Fee.

(619) 260-4784.

2& Graduate Business Alumni Association

breakfast series. 7:30-9 a.m., Hahn University Center, Forum B. Fee. Series continues on Oct. 26 and Nov. 16. For

additional information, call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at

(619) 260-4819.

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Certificate in International Business course, "International Finance,"

Cassandra Stiles. 6:30-9:30 p.m., Manchester Executive Conference

Center. Continues Wednesdays through­out October. Fee. For information on

this or other international business courses this fall, call ( 619) 260-4644.

a-a Fall Family Weekend. USD parents and students enjoy three days of activities on campus. For information, call the Office

of Alumni and Parent Relations at (619) 260-4808.

& Institute for Christian Ministries pro­

gram, "Interpreting the Old Testament," Russell Fuller, Ph.D., Biblical scholar

and USD faculty member. Russell FuJler has a Ph.D. from Harvard University in the Hebrew Bible. He has worked exten­sively with the Dead Sea Scrolls and is a

member of the International Team of Editors assigned to edit the scrolls for publication. 7-9 p.m., USD campus.

Fee. (619) 260-4784.

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Torero Athletic Hall of Fame. Second annual induction ceremony and dinner.

6 p.m., Hahn University Center. (619) 260-4803 .

10-12 Homecoming Weekend. Three days of events and remembrances with fellow alumni and friends. Reunions for the Classes of 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970,

1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990. For further information, call the Office of

Alumni and Parent Relations at (619) 260-4819.

12 Inauguration of USD President Alice

Bourke Hayes. 2 p.m., Immaculata Church. For information, call USD's

Office of Development at (619) 260-4820.

20 Thanksgiving Mass. 5 p.m.,

Founders Chapel.

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Alumni Mass. 7:30 p.m. , Founders Chapel. Events also scheduled in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Arizona. For additional information, call

the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at (619) 260-4819.

12 Spanish Mass (Our Lady of Guadalupe).

12:20 p.m., Founders Chapel.

13 Advent Candlelight Mass. 9 p.m.,

Founders Chapel.

USD .Toraros .vs. the Univer~ily of Kansa; Jay~~wks.

7:30 p.m:f Saharday, Dec. 9, . San Diego Sports ~ -'~ .

Come lo the pragame party, .. ---. .,.,, then supp!~·Uie basketba!I -Toreros

as they fac_111 off against the Jayhawks.

USD fields teams in a number of sports throughout the year. For information or schedules on any of the following teams, please call the USD Sports Center at (619) 260-4803.

Football: The T oreros kick off the third season in the Pioneer Football League with a Sept. 2 home game vs. Chico State. Other games are: Sept. 9 at

University of Dayton; Sept. 23 at Cal Lutheran; Sept. 30 at Valparaiso University; Oct. 7 vs. Azusa Pacific University (Fall Family Weekend); Oct. 14 at University of Evansville; Oct. 21 at University of Redlands; Oct. 28 vs. Drake University; Nov. 4 vs. Butler University; and Nov. 11 vs. Wagner College (Homecoming).

Men's Soccer: The season opens with a Sept. 3 home game vs. Fresno State. The team plays throughout September and October, finishing with a home game Nov. 12 vs. Loyola Marymount University.

Women's Soccer: The season officially kicks off with a Sept. 2 game at UC Santa Barbara, and continues through Nov. 5 with a game at the University of Portland.

Swimming: The swimming and diving season opens Oct. 27 with a home meet vs. San Diego State University. The team closes regular-season competition with the Feb. 15-17 Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships in Cerritos, Calif.

Volleyball: The volleyball team begins its season at the Sept. 1-2 Nevada-Reno Tournament. The last regular-season game is Nov. 21 at home vs. San Diego State University.

Cross Country: USD men's and women's cross country will open the season with the Sept. 9 USD Invitational vs. Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Point Loma Nazarene, Pepperdine and UCSD. The season con­cludes with the Oct. 28 West Coast Conference Championships and the Nov. 11 NCAA regionals.

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