News Scrapbook 1984
~-------~--~---r.n:,;-:1s spare m Catholic these days with a small "c few At USO, for example, studenlq (he and must take nine units of religio111 four mgh studies during their college career. But theY. can choose from a list of S8 courses taught by nine full-time pro- fesssors (including two Lutheran ministers) and some part-timers. There are courses on Islam, Hindu- ism, Buddhism, and more than one on Judaism, as well as Christian so- ra cial ethics, the fathers of the church and the problem of God (where stu-
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8 seven-days-a-w k schedule is wife, Marge, are often out a week on USO business), Hughes says he is trying to igure how to create more of a famlly spmt an campus He is reading a book called 100 Best Companies to Work for in America to ee if be can adapt some people-oriented strategies to u o. And he is intrigued by a corpo- Theory z by Wilham Omch1, a pro- fessor at UCLA's Graduate School of If Hughes keeps riding bis crest, he may have his own sto~y to tell. A~. if he could find the time, write hiS own book, maybe Theory F(for Fam- ily). Then USO's students could call out for him on campus: ''Author Au- style outlinC? in a called Management. .
doubt at USD that Hughes is in char~e. of his team: four vice P.tesi- dents, sev n deans, and an academic and support staff of some l.800, working on a budget of $41 million. Says William L. Pickett, vice pres- ident for university ffairs, who bas been at USO ince 1979: "Art's a rong presiden secure enough to give everyone as uch responsibility a they can take. He expects people to make mistakes That's how they gx:ow a d learn But he never blames people Otherwise, people would stop telling htm things. In the beginning. both the priests and isters were more important at USD than they are now, Bishop Buddy u ed to bnng in clergy from across the nation to taff the College for Men with little regard for the ac- dem1c independcn of any particu- la de tment on c pus. No , either pri ts nor isters win automatic appointment to the faculty by reason of their presence in Diego. (One ther reason: There a horta e of available priests and nuns, especially those with doctor- ates. The diocese ordained only t o young men this spring. The isters had their first vo..:auo from San 1ego in 10 years.) Technically, the Catholic Church d not run USD. It bas a mixed board of 34 citizens including banker Kim Fletcher, developers Ernest Hahn. Taw'fiq Khoury, Doug Man- chester ar.d George Pardee, and pub- I her Helen K. Copley) who make U O policy Leo T Maher, b1 op of San Diego an ex-offic10 member of the board and I elected chairman. but be ex- ercises his power by leaving USD a one in the mam. In 1983, he asked the university no1 to invite attle's Archbishop Raymond Hun- th11usen to speak on campus. Hun- thausen has taken a public stand 'against national nuclear policy and h told the world that he will with- hold flO percent of his federal income tax as long the government continues to make more nuclear bombs. Aside .from such special and sym- bolic acts, Hughes says, "The bishop ha respected our search for the truth. a univer ty, we can·t as- sume w know it and are searching fo it at t e same time." And bo Hu h define the brand of truth he and his university ar rching for? He pl a strong emphasis on the particular values one expects to find at a Catholic uni- v ity USD's way is n t the only way, says Huihes 'It is an import- an alternative in higher ~ucation:· w at I SD's a"' or those u ed to an old church that had many mor certain answers than there were questions the query causes som confusion. With
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dents use as one of their texts a con- troversial work by Anglican Bishop John Robinson called Honest to God). USO also urges students to get in- valved in secular concerns once shunned. In June, Sheldon Krantz, the Jewish dean of USD's School of Law, brought to his commencement Rob- ert Drinan, the Jesuit from Ma!553- cbusetts who dropped out of Con- gress at the pope's reques for his public stand on abortion funding. Father Orinan told of his desires to see Catholics et behind maJor cuts in U.S defense spending and in- creased funding for human rights progra . But USD gave an honor- ary degree on the same day lo Sen. ete Wilson, who admr.nished 1,198 embers of the Class of 1984 not to be "deluded into believing that the Soviets are our moral equivalent." Pluralism and the stimulation that goes along with competing ideas seem to come naturally to USD. Its buildings are copies of those in the great Spanish university town of Al- cala, which was built in the Spanist. Renaissance style of the Plateresque period '1492-1556). It is a style, ac- cording to Therese Wllitcomb, pro- fessor of art at USO and curator of university de ign, that mcorporates "the most valqable parts of Moslem culture." It is something, she says, that history itself forced on the Span- ish people during this period, to the everlasting glory of Spain. "There's an excitement," says Whitcomb, "about this .combination of warring elements," And it applies to the idea of a great university, one that "expresses polarities admits dissent in tboones, then brings them, together in a greater whole.'' Whitcomb, a member of the first graduating class of the College for Women in 1953, says this was all done with deliberate design by Mother Hill, that sophisticated fund raiser wt:o did her graduate work at Oxford before she founded four Sacred Heart colll!ges in the United States Now Hugh , Pickett a d the rest of the team pend more than a little of their lime m fund raising The · already ave raised rrtbst of the money needed to build a new $9 mil- lion student center And Hughes is beginning to build up the school's permanent endowment, currently $4 million. "The university is 95 percent tui- tion-driven," says Hughes, "which makes USO an expen ive school to attend.' Board, room and tuition is $6,250 a year for a full-time fresh- man, who must live on campµs, com- pared with $3,810 at San Diego State, ,958 at the University of Califorrua a San iego and $8,753 at Loy Ja- Ma ,unt in Los Angeles.
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:~,t~~~. th.e ~an Diego Community College Di~tnct and SDSU are coordi nating a dnve to notify students that they should check to see whether they hav_e been properly immunized against rubeola before attending school this fall. Dr. Paula Liska, health director at San _Diego City College, said national statistics show that about 20 percent of C?llege students are vulnerable to gettmg the disease. Patrick explained why college-age a_dults are more likely to become vic- tims of rubeola than other segments of the pop9lation. "T~ose born before 1957 were born at a time when natural infection was the rule," he said. They probably are immune be- cause they had the disease in child- h~d or were exposed to it, he said. . Those born since J 967 are very hkel,Y to haye encountered mandato- ry immunization programs upon entry into kindergarten or first ~rade," ~atrick said, "but the group m the middle - those born between 1957 and 1967 - may not have en- ~ountered natural infection, are less likely to have been required to be immumzed as first-graders and, if IJ?mum~ed, may have been imr.iu- mzed with a less effective vaccine than was used prior to 196S. "About a million youngsters from 1957 to 1967 were immunized with a kiUed virus that was found later to be meffective." That middle group includes most pe_ople now attending college he Sfild • Patrick_ advised students to check their medical records to see whether th :Y have had. rubeola shots. . And, even 1£ they did, th~v should fmd out from their personal physi- cian_wha~. type of immunization they rec~1v_ed, he said. "Tliose unsure of their immunity should be vaccinat- ed." He said vaccine is available , through private physicians, the Coun- ty Health Services Department and at c~mpus health centers. . Risks associated with getting vac- c•~.at~ons ar~ very low, Patrick said. .,Mmor side effects, such as a shg_bt fever, rash or mild cough, oc- cas10nally occur,.. he said. "Severe reaclions are extremely rare. "Stude~ts should be aware that measles is a more serious illness in an adult. I~ a number of cases it could be a life-threatening situation so t ust makes sense for students t~ ~heck and see if they are properly 1m mzed. "If they aren;t, iheY. hould make sure they get vaccinated before school starts."
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upnused ,palm, and rolling eyes, some more r ditional minded facul- ty membe s at USO are inclined to say of the term, Catholic university, "whatever that means h e days." In fae O is pr::ibably wddling m the saire maiJWream as other Catholic ·chools o national tature. Notre Dame, Georgetown, and USO four principal ri als I califorma, Loyola-~ arymount, Santa Clara the University of San Francisco and St. Mary' . M all of these institutions, those who set policy tend to write
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Measles threatens campuse~ z__q Vaccination urged 'for young adults Health officials of San Diego col- leges are warnmg students that they should be immunized against rubeo- , !a, a type ?f measles that. couhl erupt mto a senous outbreak on campuses here mthe new school year. ' . Adults now of coll-ege age are par- licularly .susceptible to contracting the disease, which is highly conta- g10us, San Diego State University's health director, Dr Kevin Patn said at a pres.s conference yesterday.' ''During the past two years. a num- ber of major college campuses in the nation have been 1t with outbreaks of measles," Patnck said. The outbreaks did not occur in the Southwest, however, be added. "Officials from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta predict that they are likely to continue this next year and that California cam- puses might be next," he said. The U.S. Public Health Service bas given the eradication of mea Jes one ' of its top priorities this year, Patrick said, and is urging university health officials to spread the word among students on their campus~. _The Umvers1ty of California at San Diego, the Un ersity o_!, San Diego, Please see 'SLES, B-4 By Joseph Thesken 1t ~ne Education Writer
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ACCOUNTING Michael McN~man has joined the San Diego-based ~overnment rv1ccs group of Deloitte Haskins and Sells as a man~ger. . Valeri(, McPherson has heen promoted audit manager at Arthur Young - San ego, · .Jerome A. Moni<;0n, a partner with I .avcn- thol and Horwath, ha~ been elected to the financial mana~ement cornmillc of the American Hotel & Mot I A soc1at1on. e AH~ERTt_ I J/ PUBLIC RF.LATIO S Jennifer Wilson has joined the Stoor1a Company as an assistant account executive. Robert O. Schupp has been ~amed an account executive for 11nni Hi~1r. and A,;.\oc1atcs. ·~ BA Kl G/f';, A CE Ed llavel has been named. to head the businc,;.s development program For the South Bay Branch f People's Bank Gord 0 . · · on Roemt>r has been appoinlcd manager 01 h r~ lntcrs1a1e. Ra11k 's Balboa and office... K n . 1 . . ,enesec d . artm ias been apJJQmted vice-president an regmnal consume. credit administrator of FiVit In- terstate B.1nk, and ca.~,;andra OeRe h t, cc) . . • • l'J(e as ren ap- pomt vice prcs1dcn1 of trade finance for rirst Interstate. .Jemrne I.. (Jay) f'.ot"hd J 1 .. cd 1 Jolla Bank d 1 r · ias Join .a an ruS t ompany as vice-president and (;orporate hank!ng ofli~cr .. . William J. Van F.rt has hccn n,Lmcd <.e111or _vice [lre
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