News Scrapbooks 1977-1979

Friday, July 6, 1979 New USD Fund- aiser To Star

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a larger umversity, where things will be more exciting, said Dr Al Palmiotto, vice pre. ident for student affair . '·But thev usually find there are advantag£'s·to a small school, an~,in some msta nces they return to us. _ .\ for those students, both Amen• can and foreign, who leave, Palm1ot• to said 90 percent leave for personal reasons, ranging from illnr.ss to flnanees to "a need to get away, while the others lumped in the re- maining 10 percent are disenchanted with the program at USIU, leave brcause their fnend left, or any of a variety of reasons. At Point Loma College, a ~hurch- afflliated institution, fina ncial prob· lems are the major reason students leave, said Keith Pagan, vice presi· dent for academic affairs. "We had a little heavier loss in the laSt year, but we attribute th1_s to the unsettling effects of Propos!tlon 13 on families of thr students V. hen thf> par nts can't upport them, they w ually leavP and attend the commu- nity college bE'Cause of the 1ow r cost. · Vari Ii p r bemg t en by San 1>1ego colleges and univers1t1 I> to r ·tam their .tuden San Diego tat , for example, 1s strengthening 1t conseling service . "We now have the Univ rs1ty Ad~ismg Center for new. undeQ ed students," ·owak reported. ' In its first year, 11 h ndied 20._000 stud nt contact . an ·wenng tMir concerns and problems "For students un career tracks, w have the assistant deans of the v n colleges coordinate their pro- grams ·and offer academic advice The e aids are In addition to our service-relat d office of health ser- vice hous1 g, career counseling and placement and financial aids." At UCSD, entering freshmen are bemg asked about their expecta- tions, goals and fields of study. 'This fall , we are gomg to follow up these survey and counsel those v. ho are not happy with their cam- pus l.fe," commented Bob Barr, who works with Starkey "Muir College has several ne11, programs to help students _make adjustments to attending a umvers1• ty, mcludmg havmg faculty mem- bers living in the dorms so they ~ill be Y.1thin easy reach of students. f~

CONTINUED FROM 8-1 uc· D and D U officials not that th Ir stud nl rq'(Ularly swllrh from on campu to another in th tate- w1d UC and roll gc and umv r 1ty system. Whatever 1l call d, howev r, th dropout rate 1s ol concern to ad mm trators on veral ground . For one thmg, los of stud ·n~ mi-an lo s of dollar . SDS and t:C'SD gel thm funding from th state on thr ba~is of the 11um r of .tud nts who attend and th acad mir load th •y take earh quarter Pnvate roll ges and unl- vers1ll depend upon tu1t10n a an Important ouic of income. Why do l!tudcnts leave? How can th exodus be mm1m1wd' Th reasons ar • many. but there arc mP ba 1c one that turn up over and ov r, c·cording to Bob Starkey, whosP dutu as analytieal- stud1es officer al UCSD 1ncludt• com- p1lmg tatlstics on thl mattPr "We find thr a thr m ln rea on why . tud nt Icav at U'SD.' Stark y said "First, they change their mlnds bout th tr I Th I d v I P- m Ill, and It' healthy "Sc ond. a tudPnt may a bad f1t For example, he may b Int r d In busln admim. tration, onl) to find WP don't have it re. lie I better off at San IJu•go SlatP, which has an C)(1·ellrnt bu ine admmls- trat10n program . "Thtrd , th re ar correcttble .·1tu- at10n . such as a student not know- mg what h wanlli to do Through roun Ing, he can find out." Among oth r factors at U SD ar 1 latton of thP campu from shop- pm areas lack or fratcrnitle and soronlle , impersonality of the cam- pu · and a narrow rang or acad m1r orrermg . Al SDSU, studt>nl~ lcav for per- sonal r a ns, surh as family prob· I ms, employment, not getting thP classes th"Y want. fmancia1 prob- Jpms lack of transportation and changing of goal acrording Lo Dr Danif'I owak, d an of tudent affairs. , . tJ nited States lnternat1onal r nt· ver ity has a large :;egmcnt of stu• drnts from around the world. This pre nts parucuiar problems for USIU' administration. " We find that, or the international students who lt•ave, many will go to San Diego .. What are the 1frerence be tween United tate Law and Mexic•an I aw? To di cover these difference was the aim and goal of a recent three week training ses ion held at the Unive r ity of San Die go Law Sc hoo l fo r 23 Mexican practicing Attornies. "USO in collaboration with Faternity Inns from variou citie of Me1'ico developed the id ea of ho ld i ng a n e xchange of ideas on U.S . and Mexican Law, "com- mended Associated Dean Elwood Hain Program Direc - tor USD. This exchange of idea was the firs t such ever Diego and learn as much as they could in a short three week ession", Explained Dean Hain. "In those three weeks the tudents were introduced to Con titutional Law, Administrative Law, the U.S. Legal system, Common Law Processes, Torts, and Contract and Commercial Law." A sisting Dean Hain were: Dean Donald Wecks- tein, Prof. Edmund Ursin, As oc . Dean Grant Morris, and Prof. Edward lmwin- kelried. Among those receiveing certificate of completion were: Eduardo Arechavea- leta Medina, Roberto Bar- quera Ugarte , Salvador Beltran del Rio Madrid , Laura Caballero Huerta, Eric Coufal Dia1:-Garza, Fernan· do Crei1'ell Noriega, Gabrie l De ch mp , Gregorio Mi- guel pinoza y Aguirre , Cdrlo J=a lomi r Va llin a, MEX1CAN3 LEARN ABOUT U.S . LAW

"Competition in educational fund- raising has the same effect that 1t has everywhere else: It sharpens the institution - makes it a better insti- tution." Speaking is William L. Pickett, USD's new vice president for univer- sity relations. Pickett, who has a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Denver, officially tak over Aug. l. Previously, he was vice president for university relations at the University of Detroit. If he likes competition for those dollars floating around, he will love San Diego. Few cities in the nation have so many worthy cultural, edu- cational and charitable rnstitutions chasing after a limited supply of dollars. Disastrous fires at the Old Globe and Aero-Space Museum came at the same time the San Diego Opera was achieving an international repu- tation and the symphony was launching a rebuilding campaign. But as cultural !nstitutlons were stepping up their efforts sharply, educational institutions jumped in, too : Both priva e apd public univer- sities have faced lean limes in the last decade - and in California, Proposition 13 has put a cloud over all kinds of eleemosynary inslitu- tions In Pick rs chosen field uf private higher education fund-raising, the problems are not merely geographi- cal one . Prtvate and public institu- t10 ar battling fiercely for the support of private donors - and t11e publlr 1vers1lles, despite their ability to tap the tax m, havr been winning In recent years. 'Pi, lie mst1tul!on!; mthe last five or six years have befn gainmg (vol- untary funding) at a raster rate than private institutions " ~id John R. Harre, president of the Council for the Financial Aid to Edueauon New York. "Last year was the first in some time that the privalP lnstltu• lions have pulled up close to the public mstitut10ns. Voluntary ' unds

for private universities went up 13.1 percent versus 13 7 percent for pub• lie. The previous year, it had been public up 17.l percent and private up 9.6 percent," he said. Private uni- versities still corral two-thirds of voluntary funds, but their leadership is in danger. Last year was a watershed of sorts: Harvard, that quintessential private institution, was displaced at the top of the fund-raising race. "The 1Jnivers1ty of California sys- tem got $67 million, topp rng Harvard's $63 5 m!llion. Harvard had been the perennial leader," Haire said. There are a number of reasons for the steady gains of public universi- ties. One is the shift in student bodies. "Twenty years ago, the ratio of public to private enrollment was one to one - 50 percent public, 50 percent private. Now it's 4 to I in favor of the public institutions," said Paul R Miller, executivr director of the Committee for Corporate Sup- port of Private Universities, Boston. Also, as federal and state govern- ments have felt the economic squeere, "The public institut10ns in the past few years have set up first class development teams and gone into the fund-raising business," he said. But pri\ a universities arc: gain• Ing momentum again, said Miller, citing a recent poll of 292 business leaders. About 82 percent favor m- creased support or private urnversl- lles - and 37 .percent say ovgrn- ment support of higher education should be reduced instead of mcreased. "Private industry and private umversittes have a bettrr understanding of each othrr's prob• !ems, such as government regulation andoverregulation," said Miller. (In the last 15 years, corporations have given about 37 percent of their con- tribution dollars to education ) USO has some special problems, Pickett noted. Because its student population has soared 80 percent in

, thP last seven years, its alumni a{'fl relatively young, and contribute only around 1 percent of the Institution's support, versus an average 27.9 per- cent for major private univrrsities. This means that non-alumni indi- viduals (wealthy donors, etc), foun- dations and corporations must pick up the slack - and thus far they have been doing so. In the most recent year for which data are avail• able, businesses provided $170,000 of USD's $1.2 million fundmg and foun- dations gave $600,000. Now Pickett is looking for ways to brmg in more corporate money. San Diego presents a challenge entirely different from Detroit. "It will take more work to get corporate .money here than in Detroit. There, the strategy was to get a general charr- man out of the Big Three (GM, Ford, Chrysler) and then get tile first contribution from one of them Then everybody else would scale their contribution to what the first of the Big Three gave," he said. San Diego is lighter on corporate headquarters and Jacks the rich manufacturing base. But Pickett says he feels USD has some compel- ling sales points· "·rirst, this is San Diego's university. The public sector universities really do not control their destiny. The kinds of programs we offer will be decided here in San Diego in response to the communi- ty's needs," he said. Then, USD will stress its optimum size (not too big, not too small )· the quality of its faculty and student body and its value-oriented educa- tion - "Here, there is an ethical dimension as well as a technical dimension," he said. Today, some business execu tives are saying that corporations should not give money to institutions which do not support the free enterprise system. In fact, the subject came up at the annual meetings or both Dow Chemical and Du Pont this year According to the poll by the Commit- tee for Corporate Support of Private Universities, 78 percent of execu- tives believe corporations shoufd re- strain themselves In interfering in academic policies when making fi· nancial contributions. (However, 82 percent said the academic communi- ty is too critical of business.) Viewing the free market Orienta• tion of USD's buslness school, Pick- ett smiled, "That's not our problem. Our school is very Supportive of free enterprise.'' - Donald C. Bauder

LA JOLLA LIGHT JUL 5 1979

new head Pickett was awarded Ph.D. in Higher Educatio1;1 the University of Denv r He holds two masters: an M.P.A. from the University of MlSSouri in Policy Planning Analysis, and an M.A. in English from Duke University. He earned his B.A. in English from Rockhursl College. Dr. Pickett will fill the office presently held by Dr. Gilbert L. Brown, Jr. Dr. Brown will assume the newly created post of Special Assistant to the President.

USO name USD President Author E. Hughes announced the ap- pointment of William L Pickett , Ph.D ., as vice president for University , Relations. Dr. Pickett is currently vice president for University Relations at the University of Detroit Prior to going to Detroit, he held positions at Regis College as Director of Development and Foundation Relations, and as senior ad- ministration analyst at the :\lidwest Research Institute in Kansas City, Mo.

SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE EVENING TRIBUNE JUL 13 1979

MEXICANS LEARN ABOUT U.S. LAW

"Th_e Swing Years," a Jazz concert, with Dick Braun and ?is ban~. will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at USO s Cammo Theater.

developed with the youth of Mexico and a major law school of the US.", he stated. Fraternity Inn is a concept develope d from medieva l days. Law schools in those days wou ld pu t up law students at Inns clo se by the schoo l. The Inn then became the focus for the forma tion of law fraternities. The Inn from Me x ico C ity cove re d ,a ll expenses with the exception of travelling costs. "23 youths, who already mus t have completed their s tudies and be working with established firms took the opportunity to come to San @44i@l#l

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Speaking of birthday celebrations, the Rev. Nick Rev- eles of the University of San Diego and his fellow pianists Ilana Mysior and Michael Bahde have scheduled a Beet- hoven's birthday concert and party for Dec. 16 at the uni• versity.

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MEXICAN LAW STUDENTS RECEIVE COM- PLETION CERTI FICATES FROM USO. THEY NOW RETURN TO MEXICO TO ENTER LAW PRACTICE.

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Further, if the government's argu- ment that NASA employees ex- ercised discretion in relevant "Skylab" decisions at the "plan- ning" stage, rather than at the "operational" level prevails, the case may be bounced out of court as well. Those high-level "planning stage" decisions, right or wrong, are cloaked with immunity against claims for injury or damage. Often, one engaged in ultra-haz- ardous activities which result in in- jury or damage is held accountable on theories of strict liability or abso- lute liability - without proof of negligence. The doctrines .do not apply to the U.S. government, ac- cording to the Supreme Court. One must prove negligence under the law. It can be done, but it will prove expensive, and a gamble. The United States is, however, under a 1972 treaty, "absolutely lia- ble to pay compensation for damage caused by its space object on the surface of the earth or to aircraft in flight" to anyone except U.S. nation- als or foreign nationals participating in the Skylab project. Therefore, if an American living in France were hurt, together with a dozen Parisians, the American would still have to go the claim route, although all that would be left the Europeans would be to settle on an amount. Fault, under the treaty, is not to be contested. However, the U.S. government may intervene to provide metho_ds of obtaining relief to American victims of fallen debris. The government, of course, need ;not and probably will not deny any valid claim for injury or damage, irrespective of the soundness of its legal position. Before Skylab fell, NASA officials indicated they would exercise their statutory settlement authority to quickly resolve all valid claims. But the real Skylab is a closed book, leaving behind a world grateful to have been spared.

If Space~ Junk Hits You,Sue

·Carlos Alberto Gabuardi Arreola, Jaime Marti Itur- bide Juan Martinez del carr:po Rivero, Ignacio J\1artinez del Rio Corona, Consuelo Millan Silva , Armando Moreno Cervan- tes Elvira Rebollo Mendoza , Jo;ge Richaud, Gabriela Ma. Roel Trigos, Cesar Santos Cantu, Carlos Enrique Silva Badillo , Mentor Tijerina Martinez, Luis Enrique Jose Vergara Aguado, and Ruben Zorilla Garza . To Ruben Zorrilla the biggest differences between U.S . Law and Mexican was the lack of Common Law in Mexico . Mentor Tijerina admired our "Checks and Balances"existing within our government . The course ended but the friendships e s tablis he d will las t and hopefully create bonds of understanding between the two countries.

The Act requires that a claim first be submitted to NASA itself. If that agency refuses to honor the claim within six months, or if it cannot be amicably settled, suit may be insti- tuted. If the claim Is not settled before the parties are to appear in court, a plaintiff will be entitled to present proofs in a non-jury trial before a federal district judge. If commencing a full-blown law- suit against the U.S. government sounds easy, don't be too sure. The government is immune from liability unless plaintiffs can show that it was "negligent," that 1s, that the conduct of one or more of its employees fell below the standard established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm, which failure was the prox- imate cause of the harm suffered. The government could argue that the scientific advantages of the project were substantially greater than the risk of harm to anyone below, and that its actions were reasonable under the circumstances. Those arguments could .prevail. It could also urge that since the place in which the allegedly negli- gent act or omission occurred, pre- sumably Washington D.C., has no laws holding a private person liable for dropping debris from sky labora- tories on people and property below, the government is accordingly immune.

SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE DAILY

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Fortuitously, Sky/ob, America's gigontic space vehicle thot lost its battle with sunspots, scattered its potentially lethal debris over Australia's outbock and the lndion Oceon. But Skylab os a generic term is not behind us. Officially the Fortner space station was designated Obiect 6633, a reninder that there ore nearly 5,000 mon• . ma'.Je obiects still in spoce. NASA reports thot at least one lorge one foils to earth eoch day. So for, none has hurt a perron or caused property domage, but the possibility remains. In the following article prepared for The San Diego Union, Hal Broff, a visiting law professor at the · · · and Garris leisten, o stu ent ossistant, examine the legal implications of a lethal "Sky/ob." The principles they loy down would opply to ony other celestial object launched by the United States that caused harm or damage. Any American citizen injured or suffering damage from American space debris may have a valid legal claim against NASA - an agency of the United States government - under the Federal Tort Claim Act. The Act permits the US. govern- ment to be held liable : "for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission 'occurred."

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--c:,o- - -r--- USD offering sports camp Weeklong day camps in sports instruction will be offered to youths this summer by t he University of San Diego . The first, an all-sports program, features in- dividualized instruction in swimming, soccer, softball , basketball , volleyball , raquetball and tennis . It' s scheduled from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. July 9 to 13. The coed program is open to youngsters 9 to 14. The $100 fee includes daily lunches and a t· shirt. Instructional day camps include girl 's volleyball Aug . 6 to 10, basketball for grades 3 to 7 Aug. 13 to 17, basketball for grades 8 to 11 Aug. 20 to 24, and waterpolo Aug. 13 to 17 and August 20 to 24. For registration in- formation, phone 291· 6480 Ext. 4272 . - ,.._

TRANSCRIPT JUL 2 6 1979

S . ermnaron aw In USD Courtroom A "How To Do It" seminar covering criminal law, personal injury and family law will be presented Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grace courtroom of the University of San Diego School of Law. Sponsored jointly by the California Trial Lawyers Assn. and its San Diego chapter, the seminar will have a faculty of nine. The criminal law-plea bargaining session will be conducted by Superior Court Judge William T. Low, Tom Adler, and Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Richard D. Huffman. The faculty for personal injury discussions will be Superior Court Judge Gilbert Harelson, Daniel T. Broderick m, and Thomas H. Ault. Family law will be explored by Superior Court Judge Gerald J. Lewis, Steven R. Striker, and Robert C. Baxley. For information call Harvey/ Levine or Robert M. Fox. / L ~\

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