USD Magazine, Spring 1999

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Inside the Beltway Students work alongside members of Congress and embassy officials as part of an intensive internship and academic program in Washington, D.C.

EDITDR Susan Herold (E-mail: Sherold@acusd.edu) CDNTRIBUTING EDITDRS Michael R. Haskins John Titchen Jill Wagner '91

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Special Educator Nearly 30 years teaching mentally handicapped students every– thing from reading to catching a bus earned Dennis Wick '65 USD's alumni humanitarian award. 7

ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoto Gary Payne '86 ILLUSTRATORS Charles Glaubitz Joel Sotelo

Leveling the Playing Field USD athletes' spirit and perseverance will soon be rewarded with construction of the Jenny Craig Pavilion, which will bring the university's sports facilities up to par with its competitors.

ADVISORY BOARD Arian E. Collins '87 Laura Hale '92 Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) David Sullivan PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G- McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO USD Magazine is published quarterly by the University of San Diego for its alumni, parents and friends. Editorial offices: USD Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. Third-class postage paid at San Diego, CA 92110. USD phone number: (619) 260-4600; emergency security: (619) 260-2222; disaster: (619) 260-4534. Postmaster: Send address changes to: USD Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. RELATIONS Jack Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

:1.2 In Love with Shakespeare Master of fine arts students belly up to the Bard at San Diego's renowned Old Globe Theatre as part of an intensive, two-year graduate program that lets them flex their acting muscles.

:I.& A Piece of Work Unfulfilled by your career choice? Overwhelmed by that first job out of college? The USD Career Center offers advice and counseling to navigate bumpy job waters.

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Event Highlights Five Decades ... High Noon Hoops ... Alumni Online Community Debuts ... Gotcha: Alumni Reveal Favorite Pranks CALENDAR 33 Hughes Career Achievement Awards ... Jenny Craig Pavilion groundbreaking ... Commence– ment schedules

Lori Abbott '85 gives birth to twins in a p.istory-making way, page 25 ... Rod Phillips '70 teaches troubled kids on the high seas, page 28 ... David Pollick '71 went from col– lege dropout to college president, page 31

PARTING SHOT Walk on Water

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