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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573) ftOV 27 1987

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Die!)o Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840) NOV 2 'l 1987

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a 6-5 guard, and M1k Haupt, a 6-5 forward, will Join I) nny Mean. , the only returning starter, in tonight's starting lineup. USD opened last season with a G0-57 victory at Utah und went on to win thl' Wr. t oa t Athletic Conference r gular season champi- onship. USO heat !lice 48 47, at home last season. outhwest Conference, return rour start r from last season's 8-19 team, m cludmg 6 8 Junior center Andy Gilchrist who averaged 10.8 points .pergam Rice also has a new coach-Scott 'l'homp on, who took ovr.r ,;1t mid s a on last year for Tommy Suitts. CHRIS ELLO The Owls, from the

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SAN DIEGO-Hank Egan, the University of San Diego basketball coach, says ne always hkes h1 team to open the season on the road. That way, he can get an idea of hpw the players respond m fam1har 1mrroundings. Tonight, in its 1987-88 s ason opener USD will open against Rice University at 6,30 (P Tl at Haus- to It' ihe first time USD has ver played at R1re. It' also the fir t lime that th1 particular USD team will play together anywhere. With only on starter return ng from la on' 24-6 team, the Toreros have a different look. "I'm really not ~ure what kind of team we'll have th cason," Egan said "I'm a believer that the team creates 118 own kind of character as it g along. It's certainly too early to tell what thi team will b like," thing's for sure, the Torero will be smaller than last year. wh n 7-footer Scott Thompson and 6-9 forward Nils Madden wer the leading-scorers. Jim Pelton, at 6-9, is USD's startmg center and Marty Munn, a shootmg forward, 1s the team's next On

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will ·tart at the other guard, 6-5 jun- ior Mike Haupt and 6-6 senior Marty Munn at the forwards. The center will be 6-9 senior Jim Pelton, 6-8 freshman Keith Colvin or 6-9 red hirt freshman Dondi Bell Egan said Colvin, who averaged 18:3 pomts and 12.2 rebound at Chico High, has the in ide track: "He's just beating everyone out nght now H~'s playing the most mistake-free of the three." Rice (8-19) returns 13 lettermen. includmg four starters. Among the returning starters are 6-8 center Andy Gilchrist (10.l ppg), 6-6 seruor forward Mike Girardi (6.4) and 5-9 sophomore guard D-Wayne Tanner (5.2). The teams' only previous meeting was last December in San Diego. U D won, 48--47 Some coaches with players with- out many collegiate minutes would approach the opener as an opportum- ty to play everyone, to get inexperi- enced players experience. Egan isn't among them. 'Tm going for the win," he said. "I don't know how to play people just for the sake of playing them."

University of SaJ!.Diego's green- as-springr'iie!rSoasketball team opens tonight (5:30 PST) at Rice Uni- versity in Houston. Coach Hank Egan wouldn't want it any other way '.'I like openmg on the road,• he said. What? ''Because you get away," explained Egan, whose team opens awav f m the USO Sports Center f()r the third straight season. "It's just ou and the ballclub. You go into a trange envi- ronment. It's a tough scene. It ere ates .a lot of pressure It's a good bondmg for the team. It brln thern together ... Everything w:11 he test- ed right away." _&~ially the part about pressure. Rice 1s an agile, experienced team with a new coach who likes to use all kinds of presses all the time. And four of the five Toreros starters haven't started since high school. The lone starter Egan has back from last sea on' 24-6 team is 6-foot- l ball-handler Dann 1 Means (8.0 points per game), wh younger brother Kelvlll a 6-0 freshman guard. Sophomore Craig Cottrell (6-5)

San Diego, CA (San Diego co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,092)

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USD suffers OT road Joss to Rice By Th< .

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Business Journal (Cir. W. 7,500)

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ener in OT •·we played hard and we didn't q it Th t was the best part. I thought we were going to win it when we took 1t to overtime," Egan said fter trailing 6-1 early, Rice came back to move ahead 26-21. USD tied t ore at 26-26 with 4·33 lef Jn the 1 half, but Ronald Robertson's 10 m in the final four minutes of the half gave the Owl a 38-30 halftime ~d L_

In the past few v.cek;, students enrolled at San Diego's National Univer;ity have been opening their mailboxes to find pre- apj roved Visa credit card applications awai 1in~ 1hci1 signatures. Instead of bearing the> name of some strange bank in South Dakota, these cards display familiar gold and blue colors and a name close to home: National University. Schools such as National, San Diego State University and the University of Cal- ifornia, San Diego are taking part in one of the hottest financial marketing games in years: affinity credit cards. Affinity programs boost the credit-card portfolios of banks and savings institutions, which issue and sen ,ice the credit cards bearing the organizations' names. In return, the banks give the sponsori ng organizations a cut. The idea, about three years old, is just beginning lo catch on in San Diego . Some observers say that affinity credit cards may one day make up 60 percent of the credit card market. Imperial Savings Association this month started n;arketing to National's list of 150,000 students. lmperial's first affin- ity program began in June with a mailing to the 25,000 brokers and associates of the national realty firm, Ele~ealty Associates. As part of an ongoing market- ing effort, the ERA card also will be offered to ERA customers. Affinity cards are offered only to the members of a particular organization, with incentives such as ,ow interest rates and no annual fee. M.:mbers then are encouraged to use the cards because they help raise money for the organization . Take the sales literature for National's Tomorrow Card, offered through the alumni association: "Just think - by going about your daily business, you help support the university that has helped you get ahead." · In National's case, .25 percetn of sales on the Tor.,'.lrrow Card go toward the university's scholarship program. It's too early to tell how much that adds up to, said Alumni Association President Her- bert Day. "Anything helps," Day said. "We have a developing program and this will supple- ment it." Affinity cards also supplement the sag- ging credit-card marketing responses banks have been experiencing lately. Res- ponses range from I percent to 3 percent of the total mailing on regular credit cards, said Imp~rial's Kathy Basch, senior vice president of bank card operations. Affinity mailing lists yield 5 percent to 10 percent responses. Affinity lists also save the banks money, s1'ftce they usually get them for free·as part of the deal with ·the organization. To acquire the lists through a broker can cost between $5 and $200 per thousand, Basch said. ' Affinity groups also tend to use their cards more, Basch said. Traditional bank- card users average about four transactions a month, Basch said, compared with four- and-a-half to five transaction a month for affinity group users. . "The rates and fees are better on affin- ity cards, and that drives up the usage," Basch said. National's card carries a 17.8 percenr. interest rate' and no annual fee. lmperial's standard no-fee Visa - about 250,000 arc in circulation - charges 19.8 percent interest. The deals between banks and affinity

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semor center J1m Pelton and fresh- mln center Dondi Bell, both 6-9. In rebounding, USD grabbed 48 to Rice's 44. The Toreros' Munn and Kehvn Colvin, a 6-8 freshman , were credited with eight rebounds each. Said USD coach Hank Egan: ''We executed terribly and they played an excellent press." However, Egan said he was pleased with his team's in- ten_e play. "We played hard. and we didn' quit," he said. "That was the best part. I thought we were going to win it when we took 1t to overtime."

cont,nueJ From C-Jt}. from three-pomt range. In all, the Torero · hit on six three-points, com- pared with Rice's eight. However, starting guard Michael Haupt, formerly of Mira Mesa High, had limited success, scoring only four points after takmg one shot from the field. However, the Toreros missed the inside scoring punch and key re- bounds that 7-foot center Scott Thompson provided the previous four seasons before graduating. Their tallest two players are now

groups vary widely. Some groups get paid on a per-transaction basis, while others take a percentage of sales· on the card or get a fee for each card accepted into the program. Affinity programs are so hot that all kinds of groups are jumping on the band- wagon. San Diego State University went plastic in July, and the University of Cali- fornia, San Diego did this summer. The University of San Diego is considering an affinity program. Evenr groups such as the March of Dimes and Vietnam veterans, want in on the action. Basc)1 said she recently turned down an affinity card proposal from a water district. The Sierra Club has issued . 26,000 cards to its 430,000 members, rais- ing $250,000 since beginning its program a year ago. But unless the groups arc willing to actively support the program, they may be disappointed, Basch said. "The impression is that this gives a lot of cash back to the groups. But there has to be ongoing support," she said. SDSU is planning to market its affinity card well beyond the scope of the univer- sity; it plans to make point-of-purchase arrangements with local vendors, said Rich Talmo, director of the alumni asso- ciation. The issuing bank, First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles, will pick up most of the marketing cost, he said. SDSU's initial mailing to 70,000 alumni in July yielded 1,600 cardholders. This month, the university received its first royalty check - $15,000- about on target with expectations, Talmo said. First Interstate pays SDSU a fee on sales through the card and a fee for each card issued. · "It's a- passive way of raising funds," Talmo said. "People feel close to the uni- versity." •- The SDSU card, bearing a picture of the university's photogenic bell tower, carries ·. a fixed interest rate of 19 percent or a vari- -· able rate. Like most other cards, it offers travel benefits and some form of check writing. Talmo said SDSU differs from other, institutions, however, because 60 percent . of its alumni stay in San Diego. "It behooves us to do as much marketing as possible," he said. Basch wouldn't say how much income Imperial expects to get from its affinity program, l!lthough it's expected to remain less than ,5 percent of lmperial's credit card portfolio. While eastern banks dominate the affin- ity card market, G,~American First Savings Bank may be jomin-g-tmperial in the chase. A Greal American spokesman said the instilution is considering a pro- gram of its own.

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"Splrll't Call: Women'• Respon e,'' n Inst tute for Chris n M,nl tries course, will e place Dec. 2 from 6:30-9:30 lomon Lecture Hall Coat Is S6 al the door Presenter 1 51st r Rosemary Rad r For information, call 260-4784 A dramatic workshop will be performed In costume Dec. 4·5 at e p.m In Sacred Heart Hall. Scenes from six operas performed In English will be st ged. For more, call 260-4682. H•ndel's "The Messiah," part one, wlll be presented by the USO Community Choir Dec 11 at a p.m in Founders Chapel . Director will be Father Nicolas Reveles Cost Is $5 general, $3 atudents S2 children For more, call 260 4800 ext. 4456 or 260-4682 1 p m In

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will be lookmg for its first victory were the other Toreros to score in tonight when ii faces UC-Santa Bar- double figures. The Gauchos (l-0) beat Santa The Toreros (0-1) lost their opener, Clara, 67-64, in Santa Barbara Fri- 97-90 in overtime to Rice Friday. day. The young Toreros were led y Last year, the Toreros beat the senior forward Marty Munn's 30 Gauchos, 77-71 , in Santa Barbara. points. Guards Danny Means {13), E m Leo U2l and 6-foot-8 bara in its home opener at 7:30.

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. ~3,092)

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Yen if]§~· It'll be payback time arduh~ WAC for Aztec coach Paso. They're not too fond of me in Provo, either. Or Fort Collins." He paused, honestly trying to think of an exception, someplace where a pa t Brandenburg team hadn't don something that might require a payback. He thought some more "I'm not ure I'm a real popular man any here In the WAC, or anywhere e ," he 1d. 'Exeept maybe Laramie" Thmk again, Jim. "And," he added, "I'm not sure I'm popular there anymore." L-~-----------------~~-------" Cont1nu d from D-1

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u~p ,defeated UCSB 77-71 in last years meeting in Santa Barbara. To- night's game figures to be a bigger challenge for the Toreros since they return just one starter from last year's 24-6 team. In addition, the Gauchos opened the season Friday night in Santa Barbara with a 67-64 win over WCAC Tournament cbam-

The USO men's basketball team ill play UC Santa Barbara tonight al 7:30 in the Toreros' home opener at the USD Sports Center. USO opened the season Friday mght in Houston with a 97-90 loss to Rice. Senior forward Marty Munn led the Toreros with 30 points in the game. Junior guard Danny Means added 13 and reserve guard Efrem

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