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Lemon Grove, CA (San Diego Co.) Lemon Grove Review (Cir. W. 2,884)

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~an Returns as USD's Hoop Coac

l·11iv,•1·sity of S IJ.'s 1. ,-87 b:1 kr ball IPam, unrlc•r tht• dl- 1 ction of thitrl yc~1· !'oa,·h I i"tnl;: Egnn, , llalkc>cl thP rP- tu r of 9 lcttPrm<'n and 3 ~lful<•n- from la t season's 19-9 t, ·tm. Thr,y also have> 3 nPw,·om,•rs and 5 rPrlshilts to round out E :rn'. rostu· of 17 studC'nl- nthl tc-s. l>iPgo basrd Athl••tes-In- Action team in an c•xhibltion at U~J> on I• rid y , No, . 7. G'1m(> limc is . chedulPd for 7:30 Pm. ancl admi~ ·ion is free to the 1,ublie. Th<' Tot rrris open their ~ra- son 01 Fr id y, No\/', 28 at tlw U or Utah b<'l'orc hostirw Boise State U on Thul'sday: Dec. 4. ·1 - -J-..- Thi' TorC'tOS will face the S.'ln

san Diego, CA (Son Diego co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. o. 121,454)

OCT 22 1986 11/f

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Tribune pboto by Joel Zwmk Michael De· ent, Califorma Western Law School dean

an Diego, Wednesday, October 22, 1986

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,,u, k ne new more needed to be done but we didn't know how," said professor William Lynch.

the last four years, according to ABA f 1gu_res. Competition for top students 1s mtense, especially among the smaller law schools. "It' heresy lo talk this way, but in a sense you 'buy' a student," he said. he wants to increase the school's average passing rate on the California bar exam In this state students watch that number, because the California exam is considered by many to be the nation ·s most diffi- cult. Out-of-state students, who make up half of Cal Western's enrollment, tend to do better than average on the bar exams in their home states. Dessent has thrown himself into hi new Job with a "double-A type" - read that workaholic - energy he brings to the rest of his life. Before becommg dean. he helped Sol Price expand his enormously successful At the same tune - and this is a touchy issue

Price Club chain. ("If I have a men- tor, it is Sol Price," Dessent said.) Fueled by a love of the law, he taught classes at USD's law school for 10 years. He coached his daugh- ter's softball team; while his wife was out of town he wrote a children's book "Baseball Becky," about his coaching. He also has published a three-volume set on corporate Jaw. And he is a constant promoter of Cal Western. He describes the school's professors as young and en- ergetic, with a priority of teaching students. The dean pushes what he sees as other strengths: a low faculty-stu- dent ratio, a respected international law program, innovative programs that allow students to graduate in two years instead of the traditional three and to receive credit for out- side work in law firms.

school from her high-rise office building. The backdrop is pure San Diego - sparkling ocean and blue skies. "I can't help but think that will play in Ohio in January," Dessent said, grinning. Surprisingly, the recent upheaval has created little dissension among the faculty. In fact, it is difficult to find a professor who isn't enamored with the school's new direction and leader. In a rare act of solidarity, all 25 faculty members pitched in to a $6,500 contribution to the endowment fund. "He's just what we needed - a shot of adrenalin," said Robert Bohr- er, a professor at the school since 1981. "I'm just crossing my fingers that it's not just a honeymoon. Ev- erybody's hoping it's a real mar- riage."

"It's heresy to talk this way, hut in a sense you 'buy' a student,"Dessent said.

He has bred new housing and placement directors to help students find a place to live when they arrive and a place to work when they leave. The school offers a "spouses and sig- nificant others" program to help them understand the stress of law school. Of course, there is San Diego itself. The promotional video's openmg scene shows an alumna extolling the

educational park is no longer m the card. nt • 1d h would rather stay downtown - the chool own the larg , h1 tone building on Cedar Ave. and Improve a well as expand. He wan to raise the tudent enroll- m nl from the present 450 to 600 That' not ea:;y when the pool of a~ phcanls ha dropped 25 percent in

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 7,415}

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Jlllm'• rs~ /4e,rµgo Policy Appears Headed ForATest When 1r. year-old Randy said Greg. "It does not say drink tion of the orderly operation of the ry; Laura Berend, criminal law; Genochio asked his dad if the dis- Corona Extra."V school." Joyce Wharton, construction law; trict could prohibit him from wear- He contends that a student could The U.S. Supreme Court in and Kathy Ashworth, family law. ing T-shirts with beer logos to wear a T-shirt witµ a Ferrari car on Bethel School District No. 403 v. The program is from 9-11 a.m. at school, attorney Greg Genochio it and not advocate breaking the Fraser held this summer that Cal Western Law School. couldn't come up with a good speed limit; or a shirt with a South "Nothing in the Constitution pro- * * * reason. African logo and not mean that he hibits the states from insisting that Deputy·District Attorney Frank "I don't think they can," Greg supports apartheid. certain modes of expression are in- Costa will talk about juvenile said. "The shirts themselves have an appropriate and subject to sane- delinquency at a brown bag semi- Greg believes that the policy of inherent and aesthetic value," said tions." nar at noon on Oct. 30 in the Del the Grossmont Union High School Greg. Eddy refers to Education Code Prado Room of the Union Bank Diatrict not only flies in the face of He likens it to the hair iseue in section 44807 which talks about Building, 525 B St. The Legal Se- LawBriefs .> ..l. '-I., by Martin Kruming a provision of the state Education Code, but raises constitutional issues as well. the duty of schools concerning stu- cretaries Association is sponsoring. dent conduct, specifically the • • * health and safety as well as "pro- The Earl B. Gilliam Bar per and appropriate conditions ciation has voted to retain Rose conducive to learning." Bird, Cruz Reynoso and Joseph It was some 20 years ago, accor- Grodin on the Supreme Court. ding to Eddy, that the district had * * * a policy - perhaps implied - The Legal Aid Society has open- against mini skirts whose length ed. an office at 268 West Park Ave., P. C B , .,

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.} Mira Mesa Scripps Ranch

Star News (Cir. 2xW.)

OCT 2 3 1986

Bishop v. Colaw, an Eight Circuit Court of Appeals case in 1971 in which a student and his parents sought to overturn a school dress code regulating hair length and style. That case stated that "... the re- cord contains no evidence sug- gesting that Stephen's hairstyle represented a symbolic expression ofany kind." It went on to say that "Stephen possessed a constitutionally pro- tected right to govern his personal appearance while attending public high school." This was unlike the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District in which students wore black arm bands as a form of ex- preseion against the Vietnam War. "This case (Randy's) 1s akin to the hair case, not the armband cases," said Greg. But above the constitutional iseues, including the First and 14th amendments, Greg objects to what Eddy advised him earlier this month. Specifically, he said, that "the district will contmue to prohibit student wearing apparel which patently depicts or implies, or vi- sually condones the use of alcohol or illicit drugs." Greg cites Education Code sec- tion 48907 which allows students to exercise freedom of speech, "in- cluding, but not limited to, ... the wearing of buttons, badges, and other insignia..." However, that material can't be obscene or libelous, and material is prohibited which "so incites stu- dents as to create a clear and pres- ent danger of the commission of unlawful acts on school premises or the violation of lawful school regu- lations, or the substantial disrup-

"went far beyond the limits." "Yes, we did enforce it then," he said. Greg said he plans to file a claim with the district seeking injunctive relief and damages. For now "Randy iB playing the game under protest" - something which may prove particularly in- teresting as he is enrolled in an American government class which is studying the U.S. Constitution. * .. * "Are You a Lawyer too, Honey?" will be discussed today at 12:15 p.m. at USD Law School by six at- torneys - Elizabeth Eldridge, Dearing English, Loraine Pedowitz, Debra MacLarty, Christine Pate and Janet Sobel. It's free and open to the public. The student division of Lawyers Club of San Diego is sponsoring a seminar on Nov. 15 featuring four attorneys who will discuss varioue · areas of the law. They include Brian Monaghan, personal inju-

San Ysidro.

Michael F. Eddy, a Cal Western Law School graduate who's director of administrative services for the district, focuses on similar issues but from a different perspective. "It's a balancing of interests under the First Amendment versus the state's (in the form of the dis- trict's) interests," to i.ru!ure the safety and welfare of the students, said Eddy. It's the district's responsibility - as loco parentis, he added, to "pro- vide an educational atmosphere that is free from the advocacy of drug or illicit use ofalcohol." Eddy views the shirts which Randy wore to Mt. Miguel High School last month as "con- tributing to an attitude" a~ut use of alcohol and that "is unaccep- table behavior." It seems that Randy spent about $60 to buy several T-shirts before the start of classes. They had beer logos on them, including one for Corona Extra and a multi-colored design for South Pacific Export Lager. In mid-September, after wearing them to school, he was given an on-campus suspension for a day. Why beer logos? "My son is beach oriented," said Greg. "They are in vogue." Greg, who graduated from USD Law School and iB with Genochio & Keen, favors the district's policy against drugs and alcohol. "Hooray, hooray, hooray. I sup- port it," he said. However, he firmly stands behind his son's right, as he sees it, to wear these shirts. "The shirt advocates nothing. There is no ad- vocacy here. The shirt is benign,"

* * * Pacific Coast College will hold a free seminar entitled "Court Reporting Careers and the Court- room of the Future" at 6 p.m. on Nov.5. * * * On the Move: David Endres has joined Wiles, Circuit & Tremblay as an associate. A grad- uate of George Washington Uni- versity Law School, he previouely was staff attorney with the De- partment of the Interior in Wash- ington, D.C., and general counsel to First Interstate Bank ofDenver. Patent attorney Drew Hamil- ton is the new chairman of the Lawyers Committee of the San Diego Council of the American Electronics Association. * * *

TERRY CHURCHILL JOHN MCSWEENY United Way appoints local residents

Terry Church.II and John McS- ¥-eeny, hoth of &ripps Ranch, havc been appointed di VIsion leaders in the 1986 United Way/Combined Health Agencies Drive. Churchill, area VJCC president, Pacific Bell, sen·es as a chair- man in the Services division of the campaign. An honors graduate of Fresno State Univer ·1tv and a veteran of the U.S Coast·Guard. he began his career with Pacific Bell in 1967. He is a member of the Metropolitan YMCA board of director , San Diego State University President'. Council, Univer~ty of San Di~o Presi- dent's Club and the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce John Mcsweeny is serving his third year as a member of the campaign leadership team, this year as chauman of the Major Firms diVIsion. He is vice presi• dent of General Dynamics Cor-

poration and general manager of its Convair Division, positions he has held since 1983 He pre\ious- ly had served as vice pre~idP•1t and deputy general manager of the division. He has been ',\ith General Dynamics for 26 years, holding executive posts in its Pomona division before moving to San Diego. · A native Californian, Mcs- weeny earned his undergraduate degree at Loyola University, Los Angeles, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a licensed profes- sional electrical engineer in the state of California.

The goal for this year's cam- paign has been set at $25 million, which will help fund 96 health and human care agencies pro- viding approximately 340 pro- grams to area individuals and families. ~--~----~---~----- ,)_