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AMERICAN HEALTH: Curing What Ails Our

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USD MAGAZINE EDITOR Suzanne Johnson

Health -Care System By D ianne Ludlam

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Kate Callen Jacqueline Genovese Trisha J. Ratledge

It's an election year, and high on campaign agendas is the fate of the troubled U.S. health-care system. Despite the problems and proposed solutions, USD experts say it 's up to us to take charge of our health.

ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum

CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Jim Coit ILLUSTRATION Paul Jermann

TRANSFORMATIONS By Patti Testerman More than 180 students from all walks oflife have applied for eight spots available next fall in the Old Globe Theatre I USD Master ofFine Arts program. This year 's students show why the 5-year-old degree plan is fast becoming a classic.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

PRESIDENT Author E. Hughes

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VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G. McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jack F. Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78 USD Magazine is published quarterly by the University of San Diego for its alumni, parents and friends . Editorial offices: USD Magazine, Pu blications Office, University of San Diego,Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110. Third– class postage paid at San Diego, CA 92110. Postmaster: Send address Changes to USD Magazine,Publications Office, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.

SOUL PROVIDER By Jacqueline Genovese This August, Sister A licia Sarre, R S C ], will celebrate her 50th anniversary as a Professed Religious of the Sacred Heart. It will also mark a milestone in a life that took her from a childhood surrounded by violence to a JO-year career at the University of San Diego. Now, in retirement, she still can't slow down.

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