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25th Anniversary ofFounding PeaceCorps Veterans Recall Experiences
with young people. with more than l • .000 nm,ally applying to pend two-year ~tin~ m developing nauons. The Peace Corps has urv1ved by a pttng its ·erv1ces to ttsfy volunteers who ,. nl ,heir Peace Corps expenence to enhance their employab1hly and host countn s hat demand volunteers with more te1:hn1caJ expertise. And while Pachence ard Winston reflect some of the • differences, thell' memories of the two years they pent abroad are stnkmg- ly 1m1l,1r "Tho e were still the years of great 1 ali m coming off the Kennedy years." J1d Pachen,.. • l. who left a '11ssoun sernmary to teach English in Kac!Jkoy, Tur ey ''A lot of us were looking for alternat1ve3 lo the Vietnam War and we fo nd (the P ace Corps! a great way to erve w1thou b mg involved in military r,·1ce l:nfort nately, our draft boards didn't eP it that way " For Wm t6n. 27. who spent two years working to 1mprove farming methods u.ed by village gncultural cooperattves m the Afncan nation of ~auntama, the appeal wa3 part humamta.-ian concern, part youthful wanderlust. Even in today· world, when things re goUJg well econom1cally, there's uU
a certain percentage of the population that feels dissatisfied," Winston said. "I felt I was so lucky, I had been well-edu- cated and I thought it 11as almost unfaJr of me not lo share 1l wnh someone else." After deciding to dedicate t·vo years of thetr hveS' to volunteer ,erv1ce, both Winston and Pachence had to make it through a lengthy screening process that included personJl interviews, numerous character references and a check of their backgrounds by the FBI. Today. as in the '60s, the ma1onty of Peace Corps applicants are not accepted. And whereas Pachence. a philosophy maJOr. was assigned to teach English as a second language, modern-day appncants such as Winston. a polmcal c1ence graduate student spec1alizmg in mtema - llonal marketmg. must usually have a background in agnculture. construction or busmess to be accepted. "The hberal arts maior d~s have a much harder time getting m, · said Rick Mead. area manager of the Peace Corps recru1tmg office in Los Angeles. "The English as a foreign language program is much smaller than 1t has been becaU3e speaking Eng.:sh LS not someth:ng that's required o swtam hfe. We 3till look for people 1th 11beral ans backgro nds but
Father Ron Pachence: "A lot of us were looking for alternatives to the .• Vietnam War and we found [the Peace Corps] a great way to serve. ' _
But 111 1982 a San Franc1s<'o Supc• 1101 Court Judge ruled claims could be c·ovcn•d under lypiml hm1led homrr.11,ner policy 1f it could be proved ome other fa!'lor, such as de- fectIV( construct1011, partly caused the damage. In May a court of appeal ov •rturn- cd lh<· dc•c1sion Instead, th court found I he typical policy < overed ~om(• damage from disasters only if 1t can he shown the defective home construction would have caused damag<' vcn if the natural disaster never OC('UITCd, The ruling 11, as sren as a setback for disaster victims. It could be ex- trernl'!y trouble adJustmg to t:1e1r new ·urround- ::, ings, but that t?.is was '10t a problem fo r him. "I was having too :n •ch fun to think about :t.·• he .aid "E,ery fay :,ou're domg new things er meew1g new people. Everyday, you earr. ano•her 10 words in the language or :earn >iow lo tell a ,okeO' Both Winston and Pacrence reported that their years r. t.'1e Peace Corps substant1a.ly char.g"d their !1ves. For .. Wmston. they orovided the opportunity for him to meet his h,ncee. For Pach- ence, who had been raised a d(vout Cathohc, they enabled :um to experience aid. "Whlle none of us went trere to pro,ely- t,ze. you had to be ·, er: careful about what you said ... [fa:' udent ca:ne up to you after class and as:Ced you o te I him about Chnst1amtv. ,ell coc:'dn't do 1t • And this 1s 111 Turke, \\ liich s pr hably one of the mo·t ·be·.,,! and de~f •auc • Please see l:SO. ace 4 . hfe ma ~1usltm ccumry. "Turkish la1<· forbade '.I thing about reiigion." Pachence o ·ay any- •hey have to have something on top of that... Or.ce in their :ios countnes. volunteers '11 ·st of en scale down thetr expectations, :vtead ;aid. Pachence saJd this was espe- c:a ly 'rne of h.s contemporanes. "\Ve J,l had thrs idealism that we were going to char.ge the world and all that • uff" Pachence said. "All that changed aiter about a month. People who thought they .vere gomg to change Turkey v.eren't !1appy ,·ery long." W,r ·ton ·aid he avoided this problem by not having any preconceptions of what 11s · ost country would be like. :-.ione•:-.e.ess. he fm,r.d h mself not com- pie cl v prepared ior ·Nhat he found. ''['1 seen poverty before. but I'd never S 1 Anniversary of Peace Corps c.J,l~/J,~ 2 (currently betwee,, $200 and $300) considering applying for the Peace EasL It and "readJustment compensation" Corps, offers a few caveats to the when they return. prospective volunteer. But, Mead said, today's prospec- "It's not the least bit romantic tive volunteers usually demand when you're doing it; it's very more than the chance to en.JOY the romantic in hindsight," he said. experience of • hfetime Mfore "There were days when I hated it, agreeing to live two years without but on the balance 1t was a very 1 running water. good eiq>erience. But I know people San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840) SEP 21 1986 Jlfle11 '• P c. B l:.<1. 1888 who had a rotten time. "I'd say thot if someone has a real messianic complex-they're going to save Uganda or whatev- er-then I'd tell them to think twice about it." The University of San Diego 1s marking the 25th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a Sept. 30 reunion of alumni who are all!O returned volunteers. Those Inter- ested should contact Judy Rauner, the university's director of volun- teer programs. . lown opportunities cost USO in defeat -- By Victor Yoshida ~.,..£ Staff Writer ,i,(' seth was just wide .vith a 29-yard field-goal attempt. "People are a llttle more inter- ested in 'What is 1l gomg lo do for me after Peace Corps,'" Mead said. "They're more concerned with how it's going to enhance their career opportunities." Mead added that a background in the Peace Corps can be of great value for tho e pursuing careers in foreign service or international busmess And Pachence, who as a rchg1ous studies professor at USO occu1on- ally counsels students who are Oceanside, CA (San Diego Co.) Blade Tribune (Cir. D. 29,089) (Cir. S. 30,498) LA VERNE - The University of San Diego capitalized on only one of nine scoring chances in the second half yesterday and lost to La Verne, 21-19. "We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't do anything with it," said Toreros coach Brian Fogarty. "The defense gives it (the ball) back to us, but we coulgn't do a thing." La Verne (1-1) led at the half, 14-3, on touchdown catches of 5 and 4 yards by wide receiver Brian Ninde. The Leopards could not move on the first senes of the second half. The snap was high on the punt, and USD (1-1) took over at La erne's 33. Three plays later, USD punted. On USD's second series of the sec- ond half, La Verne was unsuccessful on fourth down, giving the Toreros the ball 29 yards from the end zone. Again, three plays and a punt. La Verne's Edwm Fletcher then fumbled, and Shawn Rezaian recov- ered, giving USD the ball on the Leopards' 36. Guess what? Three plays and a punt. Toward the end of the quarter, USD's John Gutsmiedl leveled Ninde as a pass arrived. The ball popped in the air and was caught by USD's Joe Muklevicz at La Verne's 37. But Sam Furseth, who kicked a 38-yard field goal earlier, missed a 42-yarder. On the first series of the fourth quarter, USO drove to the 19 before quarterback Pat Dixon was int r- cepted by Steve Blair. On the seco,1d series, USO drove to the 12, but Fur- ~f'P 211986 ,Jl/fen '• 1888 / La ~f{.ne 21, USO 19 Brif n ffinde caught a four-yard pass and ran for two touchdown in the third quarter, lifting La Verne to a victory over the lllliY.l:,rsity of Saa.lliego. San Diego, 0-2 , made good on only of nine scoring chances in the se- cond hall. La Verne, 1-1, led at the hall 14-3. Ninde's four-yard TD pass with :48 left in the third quartrr followed another one the wide receiver caught for five yards. / P. C. B l.<1 San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. 0 . 127,454) P2 • Jlll"" ·• 1888 P. C B I I
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