Alcala Yearbook 2000

A ccording to the di ctiona ry, ' hange' hcls th fo ll owing d efin iti o n: "u ndergo, sh ow, or subjec t to ch ange; m cl ke or become d iffe re nt. " As o ne tclkes a look around USO, new faces, nev,, professors, a nd cl new spor ts ar na Cclme to m ind as a fo rm o f cha nge. A no th er person m ig h t take a mo re broad, hi s torica l look at USD and think o f w hen th e Un iversity fi r t op n d in 1952 clS cl o ll ege for wom e n , d urin g a decade in whic h p eopl e we re build ing bomb s helters in the ir backyard s and our parents w 're wa tchi ng orig in a l p i. odes of " 1 lowdy Dood y" a nd th e "M ickey Mou ·e C lu b." ow in the la te 1990's, in th e fast– tra k, t chno logica l wo rld , af ter a lmost fi fty yea rs wo rth of cha nge, USO is now a mu ch la rger coed uni vers ity tha t b - comes mor selec ti ve each year. After w itnes ingso ma ny changes in ju s t these p cls t few years, ma ny of us canno t h Ip b u t wond er: 'Wha t cha nges a re wa iting for u s in the new mill ennium?' We ca n o nl y imagine a nd ho pe th a t w ha teve r d oes h appen w ill make th wo rld a be tter place tha n it was wh en we be– ca me a p art of it.

ABOVE: Soph \omore Jo eph Raycraft fin all y d ecid es to get up and go to cla s. One thing college ~Ludent realize i tha t missing cla e is not only a was te of money, but ca n result in fa ilure.

BELOW: Perhap · on of the mo t obvio u cha nge around campu. i · aU the con trnction work Laking place for the J nny Craig Pavilion, which is expected to be fini shed in the fa ll o f 2000.