USD Magazine, Fall 2003

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EDITOR Michael R. Haskins '02 (M.A.) Mhaskins@sandiego.edu CONTRIBUTING ED ITORS Cecilia Chan Cchan@sandiego.edu Timothy McKernan Timothym@sandiego.edu Krysrn Sh rieve Kshrieve@sandiego.edu DESIGN & PRODUCTION Barbara Ferguson barbaraf@sandiego.edu INTERN Denis Grasska '03 PHOTOGRAPHERS Fred Greaves Rodney Nakamoto Gary Payne '86 Brock Scott

wide is decreasing, and the decline has spurred new approaches to finding and training men for the priesthood. How well these strategies work will have a profound impact on the future of the Catholic Church. For People, Not Profits Growth in nonprofit and charitable agencies has ballooned over the past decade, fueled by public demand for services and by government cutbacks in social programs. USD is helping meet the need for effective nonprofit employ– ees by training students to combine their personal convictions with sound business principles.

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inauguration celebration planned for Mary E. Lyons. Also: law professor alters election laws; Alcala Park's building boom. Alumni Almanac Butting heads with Christina Bevilacqua '98. Also: protecting refugees; a novel approach to aging. Faculty Almanac Professor Stephen Starling starts his own chain gang. Also: education professors head down south and up yonder; saving the Salton Sea. Sports Almanac Eric Rasmussen is a gridiron giant. Also: teeing up with a new golf coach; sending a baseball legend to USD's hall of fame. Alumni Gallery/Class Notes Dave Long '84 has trivia stuff for film buffs; Jason Richardson '97 gives bikers a good name. Alumni Regional Events In Your Own Words Inside the secret world of a restaurant critic with Lori Midson '89. Calendar

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