USD President's Report 2000

• • year 1n review

January-March T he year 2000 marked the bicentennial of The Religious of the Sacred Heart, the order of nuns who helped fo und USO. T he order's 40 San Diego members planned a year-long celebration with lecrnres, retreats and prayer groups designed to increase collaboration among the nuns in Southern Cali fornia. A national panel of expercs gathered at USO Jan. 28-29 to explore the eth ical, moral and legal aspects of emerging genetic Left: Local students give a presentation at the launch of USD's Upward Bound program, which helps low-income students go to college.

earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. Led by senior Susie Erpelding, the Toreros faced a fo rmidable opponent in the first round , playing Notre Dame on the Fighting Irish's home court on Sc. Patrick's Day. T he luck of the Irish prevailed, as Notre Dame won, 87-6 1. O n March 20, the remodeled Aromas cof- feehouse opened its doors on the bottom Aoor of Maher Hall. Even before the reno- vation, Aromas was recognized as one of the fi nest on-campus coffeehouses in the nation by the National Association of College and University Food Services. Founders Gal lery hosted "Olaf W ieghorst: Images of the American West," an exhibi- tion by the famed frontier artist, from

technologies. Among rhe scholars were Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, and Richard Lewo ntin, biology professor at Harvard University. More than 500 high school students from che San Diego/Tijuana region visited campus Jan. 13 for rhe third Regional WorldLink Youth Town Meeting on global affairs. Among the speakers at rhe event - co-sponsored by rhe United Nations and USD 's Joan B. Kroc Institu te fo r Peace and Justice - was Haxhere Veseli, a 14-year-old Albanian who Aed Kosovo to escape rhe Serbian campaign of ethnic cleansing. USO , in parmership with San Diego State University, announced new doctoral pro- grams in education technology and reaching and learning. T he unique collaboration offers the only such programs of their kind in the region. USD 's School of Education also began offering reaching credential courses in health education and special needs on the World W ide Web. In February, fans bade an emo tional farewell to the Sports Center. W ith the $ 17.5 mill ion Jenny Craig Pavilion nearing completion, the Torero men's and women's basketball teams played their final games in the 40-year-old facili ty, the men defeating Loyola Marymoun t and the women losing a hearrbreaker in overtime to Portland. USO received a fo ur-year, $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to implement the innovative Upward Bound program to help low-income students go to college. Upward Bound offers tutoring, counseling, mentoring and other enrich- ment acrivicies to freshman and so phomores fro m Kearny High School in the Linda Vista communi ty. The All-Faith Service was conducted in T he Immacu laca chu rch Feb. 4. Mo re than a dozen faiths were represented at the service, one of the most cherished traditions at Alcala Park. In March, the women's basketball team upset top-ranked Pepperd ine to win the West Coast Conference championship and

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Scheduled to open in the fall of 2001, construction on the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice began April 17.

aired fo ur days before the Supreme Court heard arguments on the validi ty of its 1966 ruling, which prohibits admitting co nfessions at trial unless suspects are made aware of their consti- tutional right against sel f-incrimination. Construction on rhe Joan B. Kroc Insti- tute fo r Peace and Justice began April I7. Soon thereafter the university announced the appointmem of its first director, Joyce Neu, a senior associate director of the conAicr resolution pro- gram at T he Career Center in Aclama. Retired San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn was named to the newly creat-

ed Monsignor John R. Portman Chair, an endowed position funded with a $2 million anonymous gift in honor of Portman, a retired San Diego priest who also chaired USD 's religion department. Q uinn will teach a graduate rheology seminar exploring such issues as the papacy and Christian uni ty. Saturday Night Live cast member Jimmy Fallon perfo rmed at the H ahn University Center, one of the Sensational Seven events sponsored th roughout the sp ring semester by the Associated Srndents.

The classic rock musical "Hair" came to the Shiley Theatre stage in April.

March 27 to May 12. Grace Thackeray donated a dozen Wieghorst paintings to USO , including such famous works as "Long Walk of the Navajo" and "Buckin' fo r Bucks." April-June A.run Gandhi , grandso n of India's lace spiri tual leader Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, was the keynote speaker at the 11 rh annual Social Issues Co nference April 6. The School of Law hosted a debate between Yale Kamisar, a University of Michigan visiting professor ar USO , and University of Ural1 law Professo r Paul Cassel l on the famous Miranda case. T he discussion was videotaped fo r broadcast on C-SPAN and

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Women's basketball players (left to right) Kerri Nakamoto, Melissa Glazebrook and Robyn Fortney display the wee Tournament championship trophy, which earned the Toreros a spot in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March.

President's Report 2000 IS