Alcalá 1984

Perhaps In flH, final analysis no one year Is more challenging to the human •plrlf than another. Sff/1, there are reasons to regard our times as •pee/ally challenging: we are experiencing sometimes a/arming soc/al, pol/flea/, and economic shlffs. Those of us of the Un/ve,.lfy of San D1-go hove a •lngular advantage In that we are pr/vf/eged to observe-and from time to time participate ln-fho•e •hlffs from a stable center point, a University grounded by conviction• and values related to a reasoned faith In God. From that per•pectlve, we al•o draw conviction• about the Intrinsic worth of mankind and of ourselves. In other word•, we are enabled to have faith In our ab/1/fy to meet the challenges-and to know that If I• ourselves and not the circumstance which make flH, world either bright or dark. To the Class of '84 go our deepest and be•f wishes tor a Ille rich with reward, and to the men and women whose USD careers have not yet concluded, we look forward to our continuing work tog•fher.

Author E. Hughe•, Ph.D. President