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usy campus does not become 'sleepy little place' in summer 1My Veronica Garcia i:CALA PARK - Contrary to what om may b Ii v , th Uni_ver ity of San Di go d<><·s not b come " py-tr!tle !>'"LU:..IO!w:JU...:IUl'cl nt. le vc" for summer • ,cl Rick Hagan, USD's except if they want cours credit ....We're providers of facilities only and we' re in no way responsible for the content of a program," Hagan said. THE HOUSING office offers "one· stop shopping," he explained . "To

. imphfy planning for a group ... to (make them) feel comfortable and not have to deal with m ny separate people," the huusmg office coordinates housing, food, recreation, audio-visual equipment, rental and printing needs and conference room In the last five years, Hagan said, spetial events programs have "tripled in dolla1 volume ...The rates are up but we've lso attractc:"

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classes, including some University of t~e Third Age lectures, and tour the city 1_n afternoon. They are. housed m Founders Hall. Four American women the

THE PROGRAM'S computer portion is directed by Michelle Eagleton, Hones said. The camp program is directed by Denny and Nancy Harper, both of whom have experience in physical education. Recreational activities for campers are "cook-outs, sing-alongs, movies and arts and crafts," Hones said. Forty percent of the campers are from the San Diego area, she said. The rest come from Arizona, Nevada, Mexico and other parts of Southern California. "We're going to have one from London this year." HONES ALSO coordinates the "University of the Third Age" summer lecture series for people 55 or older. In its seventh year, the three-week program includes an hour of exercise followed by two lectures. Lecture topics include politics, arts, economics, religion, health and current events, Hones said. About 60 people participate in the "continued growth" program for senior citizens. "They come to stay active, opinionated....They give speakers a run for their money," Hones said. THE JULY 15-August 1 series, will feature talks by volunteer speakers, half of whom are USD professors. Lecture titles for this year include "Prospectus on Health and Wellness," "Japan and U.S. Relations" and "Beyond War." Hones also coordinates "Seishin," a program for 50 Japanese women who are freshmen or sophomores at Sacred Heart College in Tokyo. The students "come to better their English and learn American culture," she said. DURING THE three-week program, the Japanese women attend morning

Pat Buczaczer Students from ages 8 to 18 flock to USD to attend one or more of the nine one-week sports camps offered during the summer. • PAT BUCZACZER, summer camp director, said the camps are either "day" or "resident." Residents stay in µie dorms. "Day" camp participants are commuters. Among camps offered this summer are tournament tennis; girls' volleyball, softball and basketball; boys' basketball and football; co-ed soccer and swimmmg, and all-sports, which is a day camp only. The camps are directed by USD coaches, Buczaczer said. ''The basketball camp is run by the basketball coach, the swim camp by the swimming coach." WHILE THE camps are "fun," they arc mainly intended "for children who are serious at the sport," she said. "They're sports-intense but there is fun, too," with evening activities including poolside barbecues and movies. Because the sports camps offer resident programs, children from "Arizona, Nevada, Southern California" and San Diego County attend. Last summer 1,063 children enrolled; 891 of these were resident campers, Buczaczer said. She expects more this year. The San Diego Suckers are slated to help coach three soccer camps this summer, she said. She anticipates this "will help with kids that are star struck." A COMPUTER camp is offered through USD's department of continuing education. In its second year, the program is a residential camp for children, ages nine to 15, said Jacqui Hones, the program's administrative coordinator. The camp offers a "balance between academic education" through computers and "afternoon field activities" in a "traditional camp setting," Hones said. The "idea behind the camp is that with the computer age ... children aren't getting out and developing social skills." The program is "task-oriented" so students "work at their own level," she said. Children are tested to determine their level and each is "matched with a partner close to" that level. , please turn to tage 1.3

Mal Rafferty years. Last year almost 1,350 people attended summer school, and this year Brandes expects even more enrollees, STUDENTS TAKE summer courses "to accelerate their degrees," Brandes said. Some take courses they "prefer not to take in the school year. '' Brandes attributes part of the enrollment to "the area ... the climate." People can vacation and go to school here at the same time. The university also provides "course work which people need for growth" - to earn teacher salary raises or military promotions. Summer school programs, Brandes explained, are a "very competitive business ....We're competing with other schools" in the area. "It's difficult to predict what people want or need." THE BULLETIN listing summer session courses is ready by November of the year before, he said. Advertising

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USD's Continuing Education department has also scheduled a summer lecture series. Malachi Rafferty, continuing education chairman, coordinates the program. Jesuit Father Jake Empereur kicked off this year's program with a lecture on "Liturgical Renewal: Where Are We Twenty Years Later?" on June 11. OTHER SPEAKERS will include Gabriel Moran, who will addres "Educational Morality"; Father Raymond Brown, SS, who will speak on "Sensitive Issue in Recent Biblical Discussions"; and Gregory Baum who will lecture on "The Christian Faith and Social Justice.'' Father Brown's program is divided into five parts over one week, July 15 to 19. Single evening presentations will be given by Moran (July 12) and Baum (July 26). Registration is $5 per lecture. Rafferty expects close to 200 people for Father Brown's lectures. Internationally known, Father Brown is "in demand," he said. "You can only get him about once every five years." TO SELECT speakers for the summer lecture series, Rafferty consulted the U :jlJ religious education department and the diocese's religious education office. When requested, his department will issue lecture series certificates of attendance to those who need continuing education credit, Rafferty said.

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a "religious institution," he said, many of these groups feel "we're able to handle their needs. ome public institutions can't accept" religious groups. AMONG THE rehg1ous programs ,cheduled are retreats by Religious of the Sacred Heart and the Chinese Church, Methodist conferences and a Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) young adults gathering. Hagan said there "is no problem with the diocese" regarding the use of USD facilities by non-Catholic religious groups. This is due to the diocese's "ecumenical" stand, he said. "In most cases the university has nothing to do with pro~am content

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''November/December .... When the snow is hitting the ground our ads are in" East Coast newspapers and magazines. Advertisements are also placed in many diocesan newspapers west of the Mississippi, in educational magazines and in local newspapers, Brandes said. While some students may come because of the ads, others discover the program by "word of mouth."

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