USD Magazine, Winter/Spring 1997

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ALCALA ALMANAC Lucky 13 ... America's Scrapbook ... Flower Power ... Engineering Feats ... Mousing Around ... Ethics Across the Curriculum ... Thumbs Up ... Weather or N ot ... U rban Studies 2 ALUMNI &ALLERY 19 Bill Maheu '82 is in comfortable surroundings, page 22 ... Success is brewing for David O 'Grady '91, page 24 ... Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) is a wildlife ambassador, page 26 KALEIDOSCOPE 33 The Psychological Journey ... Career N ight ... "Confusions" ... USO Symphony Spring Concert ... Contemplative Retreat ... USO Families Mass ... Double Eagle Golf Scramble ... Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards D inner ... "Mad Forest" ... Spring Dance Concert ... Commencement ... Sports Banquet PARTIN& SHOT Back Caver

USD MAGAZINE

EDITOR Trisha J. Ratledge CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Kate Callen Michael R. Haskins

PHOTOGRAPHERS A llen Decker Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoto Jonathan Woodward ILLUSTRATION Amy Gingery Amy Jo Levine Bill Noonan Troy Viss

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he Associated Students kicked off USD's February celebration of Black History Month with "An Evening

Jill Wagner '91 ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum

with Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis." Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis are two of the most distin– guished actors in the history of American the– ater and film. Throughout their 48-year mar– riage and artistic partnership, they have won acclaim for the caliber of their performances and for their leadership in the U.S. civil rights movement. Dee and Davis also are award-winning authors and members of the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame. Among the other events honoring Black History Month were a presentation of African and African-American folktales and a tribute to the Buffalo Soldiers, African-American soldiers during the Civil War.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G. McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jack Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

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