USD Magazine, Spring 1992

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w ~ l f ~ USO Assistant Professor of Engi– neering Michael Morse set the pace for a February "Walk on Water" competition sponsored by the USD Department of Electrical Engineer– ing. Contestants were required to design human-powered buoyancy shoes and use them to cross the surface of the Olympic-sized swim– ming pool in the USO Sports Center. The purpose? "We want to dispel the image of an engineer as someone who walks around with a pocket protector and a calculator," Morse says.

HARASSMENT "Nearly twa al every three women in the military report that they have been sexually harass– ed, a figure which exceeds that al the lederal government by mare than 20 percent." This finding helps introduce a startling new study entitled "The Ellect al Sexual Harassment an Female Naval Officers," a USD dactaral dissertation by retired Navy Cmdr. Kay Krahne. Krahne's research included ex– tensive interviews with female Navy officers wha reported being sexually harassed. She laund that, because al a cambinatian al factors - among them, alcahal abuse, a "macho" tradition, and restricted jab assignments far women - the Navy has made far less progress in eradicating sexual harassment than it has in curbing drug abuse and racism. Krahne, a farmer commanding officer and executive officer, was the first American woman select– ed far the Royal Navy Stall Col– lege in Greenwich, England. She lives in Caranada.

Professor Michael Morse

NORIEGA CIES FIR THE CRAND SLAM USD senior tennis player Jase Luis Noriega will compete in the NCAA Championships in May, hoping ta win the final leg al the Collegiate Grand Slam. Noriega captured the singles title at the 1992 Ralex National lndaar Championship, held Feb. 6-9 in Minneapolis, Minn. A three-time NCAA All-American, he ranked seventh in collegiate men's singles and was seeded f aurth in the tournament. He knacked all unseeded Rice University senior Steve Campbell, ranked 17th nationally, in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7 tie breaker), 7-5. It was Nariega's second Collegiate Grand Slam title,- he wan the National Clay Court in 1989.

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