News Scrapbook 1985

Son Diego, CA {Son Diego Co.) Son Diego Union {Cir. D. 217,3241 {Cir. S. 339,788)

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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....~lf~'I • P. C. B. Ir IX~ l DT~e Unive ; of San Diego will begm i_ts7liret.'-week "University of th ~ ;h 1rd Age," a physical activity an ecture series for those 55 or older, Monday. Cost is tss F . f t . ., or 1n or- ma ion, call 260..f585 or 260-4600 El!;xt 4296. ;,. 't '7"' • >·

computers to San Diego teachers. Sixty percent of the campers know next to nothing about computers when they arrive, Eggleton said, but have a good foundation in Basic and are often talking about buying their own computers when they leave. "The kids are great," she said. "The teachers I teach will come into a class and just sit and stare at the monitor. The kids get right in there and start poking around, whether the machine is turned on or not." Twelve-year-old Kim Krempen of Tucson, Ariz., fell m love with com- puters within days of arriving at USD's first computer camp last year and decided to return this summer for another session. Kim said it is much more fun than regular camp. "There aren't any bugs, and you get to meet a lot of kids who like computers, too," she said. Kim's parents bought her a com- puter on the way home from camp last summer. "Now I have to teach the whole family how to do it," she said. "They don't know anything." Camper Jose Barrera of Mexico City is "almost 12" and decided to come because he plans to become a computer engineer someday. "I've been to regular camp, but this is much better," Jose said. "We learn things here." An even bigger draw though, Jose said, is that "there are girls here. I came to meet girls." Eleven-year-old Sheri Williams of Chino said she used to go to regular camp every summer "but all you do there is camping stuff. This is much better." The campers all use Apple com- puters and work two to a machine, in a typical camp buddy system. The student-to-teacher ratio is eight to one. Each camper is tested upon en- trance and placed in a section best suited to bis or her computer ability. Although computers are the obvi- ous main focus at USD's computer camp, it doesn't stop there. Sandwiched in between classroom

Hello mother, hello father, here I am at University of San Diego com- puter ca·1..;~'-,p ..._;,._-- It's not like any other summer camp I've ever been to. There are no yucky bugs. There are no tents. There are no bonfires (our counselor said university officials would throw a fit if we tried to light one). There are lots of girls and even more boys (wow) and we spend a lot of our time sitting in front or Apples (those are computers, in case you didn't know). l'll try to teach you Basic (that's a computer language) when I get home, and, by the way, I'll be asking for a computer for my next birthday. Well, have to sign off now - some- one else wants to use the word pro- cessor. See you in two weeks. Love, your daughter. • • • It has become the summer camp experience or the 1980s: computer camp, where canoes are out, learning is in, and the kids often write home about things their parents never heard or. In San Diego, both the University of San Diego and United States Inter- national University offer residential computer camps, and UCSD offers computer training as part of its "As- pire Higher" summer youth pro- gram. At USD, 44 youngsters from as far away as Italy and Switzerland have paid $945 each to participate in a two-week session. An additional 50 youths aged 9 to 15 will gather for the following two-week session. It's the second year the university bas offered the camp. "It's expensive," said administra- tive coordinator Jacqui Hones. "But the price reflects the quality of the program." Included are three hours and 15 minutes of intensive computer in• struction each morning and two hours of computer lab time each eve- ning. The lead computer teacher is Mi- chele Eggleton, who also teaches

Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co.) Los Angeles Times (Cir. D. 1,072,500) ' UL 14 Cl8

U. of San Diego to Get Student Ceo~ / Plans have been o ~teJfor a $9-mlllion, two-story, 74,000- square-foot student center at the Unlver of San D ego, to house admffi1atrattve offices, lounges, m ctlng rooms, a 500-seat the- ater/multipurpose room, a 400-aeat student dining room, a 124-aeat faculty dlmng room and facilities for publication of the uruversity'11 newspaper, yearbook and law school newspaper. The architect ls Mosh- er/Drew/Watson/Ferguson of San Diego. Construction will begin in August and completion is sched- uled for August, 1986. General contractor is Trepte Construction Co. The food facility design consul- tant ls Aubrey Devme.

The San Diego Union/George Smith Kim Krempen of Tucson attends a two-week summer computer camp at the University of San Diego.

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time are some more traditional camp activities, such as swimming and ball games as well as trips to the beach and even a few arts and crafts lessons. ''There aren't any canoes running through here, but we try to offer as much as we can of the camp experi- ence," Hones said. Campers sleep in beds in dorm rooms rather than in sleeping bags in tents, Hones said, but still they have _ fun and develop friendships. "That's what camp is all about," she said.

"It's an important part of growing up." Computer campers, like their trad- itional counterparts, also sometimes get homesick. "We ask them not to call home during the first week," Hones said. "Though just like at regular camp, it's usually the parents who get more upset than the children." When the campers are picked up, it's in the computer room, where they can show parents what they've learned.

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Business News (Cir. 2xM. 3,500) UL :I 5 1985

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New at USO: Mos~/ e /Watson/Ferguson archi- tects, have completed the design for a new student center at _the Uni · San Diego. The $9 million, two-story bui_ldmg over 74,000 square feet will house administrative offices, !ounges, meeting rooms, a 500-seat the- ater/multi-purpose room, a 400-seat student dinin roon:i, a. 124-seat faculty dining room and facilities for th~ publication of the university's newspaper, yearbook and law school nE:wspal:'er. Trepte Construction, the general ~ontractor, will begin the project in August with comple- tion slated for August of next year.

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