News Scrapbook 1982-1984

SOUTHERN CROSS

MAY 1 9 1981 USD gra s optimistic despite the world's woes

"It' be pc s1mistic, but it 1s my nature to be realistic," liberal arts major Meg Heidrick, 21, said. She admits to being warned about exchanging the relative fn edom of college for the rigors of the working world. "When you are a student you are the master of your own fate," Heidrick said. To illustrate her point, she said a skipped class onlv created problems for her But in ht r role ~s student teacher at School of the ~adeleme, if she didn't grade papers as expected, he disappointed 70 children HEIDRICK, A Catholic who v.as ducated dt S.m Diego public . chools 1 luding Patnck Henry High, still h,1s ' trong erno11onal ties" to Our Lady of Grace Church in El GaJon. where she was , pansh1oner until she moved to the USD dorms in the middle of her freshman year. She learned "a good sample of things" with her lib, ral art· major, whit·h ,equired study i11 English, mathematics, rt, philosophy, socioloey and a host of other subjects. She supplemen h r major with courses in education. and pecial education. In her free ume, Heidrick taught Cl 0 lot the handicapped at Camp Rt· , Creation, where she was a counselor. She worked at a retreat for developmental!~ disabled adults through the dioces,m Office of Special Education This year she wught CCD to the handicapped at Holy amil} pari h. "I THINK my faith is going to be as much a part of my life (after :ollege) as 11 has ,n college," she said. He1

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~chool Chapman, who plays centertield tor USD's baseball team is a product of San Francisco Bay Arca paroclual schools. He h:id strong faith when he came to USD, he said hut it dt'vdoped in hts four yea1s here. "It was nice bccaus<· there \\as a lot of access to Mass .just having th,· whole attitude that th, Catholic fai1h has on campus and the

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Hi history major and f rcnch minor may not sound particularly marketable, bu( he has _allt'ady hcen offered a 10h with Foremost-Mc-Kesson in San Francisco. He may dcdinc the ofter in favor of going to graduate school lO ,•arn a rnas1,·rs Please turn to page 8

Bein .it USD you ec the goods Jc of I ople I try w sre the good side of tlungs nd p oplc I think 1t' a w.istc of ti nc to dwell on ne ativ,- thmgs hecau c 1t mv.1dc your hfr tyl ," M rk Chapman, :.!I year-old who 111 jored in h1 tory, .:itd CH PM N IS not alone 1n his pt n, m ,\II th oth,·r ::;u gra r. 1cwcd b outhrrn Cru5s v rymg degree , r hop..- for tf.irn lH

L--~---JjLL__ :__.i_~'.l.~-----=)...;a.:di,._...iilai~P~bo~IO~by Sur owak USO GRADS - Michael Fowlkes, Mary Kovac, Mag Heidrick and Mark Chapman (from left) face their future with optimism despite the economy and the nuclear threat.

USD grads optimistic despite t e world's woes

C~ntinued from page 3 degree m international management. WHATEVER ROUTE he takes, he'll proceed with optimism, he said. His attitude extends to his outlook on the economy, international affairs and his personal future. •'I believe the economy is getting better and there are more jobs to be had, I also have confidence in myself and in what I have learned here," he said. He's gained a combination of the tangible and intangible skills, Chapman said. Oral and written skills came along with his history and basic education studies, while he learned about group dynamics and interpersonal relations by "going down and getting my hands dirty in activities." HE \\' AS a leader on retreats, was president of the history honor society and was a coordinator for the Student Alumni

hit by another discouraging chill - weather. Involvement at USO came quickly tor Fowlkes. Hr worked his way up from a freshman photographer on the yearbook staff to editor of the publication in his senior year. He was an officer in the Black S1udent Union, a member of the senior retreat team and was leader of championship intermural ba~kethall and football teams "From all that I think I've dt"velopcd my own type of management style,'' he d FOWLKES IS hoping to par!.. pradical skill~ as a leader and his fo , education, which included a compu science minor, into a managcm position in a company with advancemtAt possibilities. Eventually, he wants to go tp graduate school so· he can teach at a university. the

to study dentistry and orthodontia at Loyola University. Wherever she goes, Kovac thinks she '11 be an active Catholic. At USD she was a sponsor in the catechumenatc program, was an adviser in the dorms and she sang in the folk group at Masses in Founder's Hall. MANY USD students, including Kovac, prefer the faith commu111ty at Founder's Hall Chapel and feel stifled when they attend Mass at their home- town parish. Kovac is hoping that feeling will disappear after graduation. "I think we should take what we've learned here and integrate it into our o,~n communities," she said. For 22-year-old Michael Fowlkes, a business administration major, "My outlook on God has changed since I've been here.'' He grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended Catholic schools where he was "conditioned" to believe that if a Catholic missed Mass, "then God is going to get you." At USD he dropped many of his former concepts of religion m fa, or of a "personal relationship with God," Fowlkes said. • FOWLKES CHOSE lJSD both for the warmth of San Diego and the warmth of the people on campus He considered attending the· University of Santa Clara and the University of Denver. He thought the people at he Santa Clara school were cold, and in Denver he was

Associanon's Career Day. Even the reality of nuclear stockpiling doesn't worry Chapman. "The threat 1s there," he said, but "I don't think that man has reached the point where he is destined to kill off his o;,,.n species .... ! may be naive, but so be it. I don't find people, in general, are bad," Mary Kovac, 21, came to USD via the Catholic schools of Orange County. She says she's matured in her faith during her four college years. "WHEN I came here it was my parents' faith and I thank them for that," she said, but in college she found a faith of her own. "Religion is spoken about so freely here. I wouldn't feel weird about talking about it in Lorna's (a USD eatery). There are not many universities where you can do that," Ko·.ac added. She plans to move to Chicago this fall

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"Arlx,l Jc la Vida: The ,,f Mctcpec,'' ,111 the Mex ,c ,in Trcc •of-L,fo remain on , u: thruui;h June 10, h,unJcr CiJllcry, USD. 2lJl,64S tht•nu•, Y..dl cramic cxh1h1t ,,t works Oil

LA JOLLA LIGHT MAY l i 1983

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USO Unemployment Fair a success F.ditor: Thanks to the generous outreach by the media, the

Schlesingel', Bell to speak at graduations Tw~ prominent national figures, h1stor1an Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel Bell, will be_ commencement speak- ers at San Diego universities tomor- row. .Schlesinger will speak at San Diego State Uniyersity's graduation, scheduled to begm at 10 a.m. in Aztec Bowl. Beil will give the address at the University of San Diego's com- mencement in the USD Sports Center at 3 p.m. At SDSU's ceremony, a plaque will be ded1c_ated, commemorating the 2oth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's commencement ad- dress at the university. . Schl~singer, a Pulitzer Prize-win- ning historian and a close friend of Kennedy, will take part in the dedi- · cal!on. Degrees will be awarded to 7300 graduates, including 5,900 underg~ad- uate degrees and 1,400 master's de- grees USO will present degrees to 595 un ergraduate students and 165 gradua_te stud~nts. Ho'lorary doctor- will be given to Craig Noel ar- tistic director of the Old Globe The- atre, and Sister Francis Danz USO board of .trustees member and for- mer president of San Diego College for Women. Barbara Allen Babcock, a profes- sor at Stanford University's School'of Law, will speak at USD's School of Law graduation tomorrow at 10 a m n the USD Sports Center. Law de~ rees will be given to 310 graduates.

SAN DIEGO UNION MAY 2 Z 198l

atmosphere.'' Everyone express- ed thanks as they were leaving and noted that it was a very positive experience. You brought them here from many walks of life and all parts of the county. We thank you for this contributior1. Sara Finn Director of Public Relations '

voluntec.-rs gave untiringly of their time and talents. It is interesting to note that more than half of the unemployed who registered were skilled. Many\ particularly women in their late 30s or early 40s, were seeking career changes. As one reporter wrote, "It was a fair without a carnival

Unemployment Fair, held at the University of San Diego on April 30, was tremendously successful. Seven hllndred people came seeking new knowledge from the workshops, contact with poten- tial employers and some hope for the future. One hundred

Founden Gallery: Arbo! De La Vida: "The Ceramics of Metepec." Through June 15. Uni- ve~ity of San Diego. Weekdays, , noon to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays to 9 r,.m.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

MAY i o 1983

FOUNDERS' GALLERY of the Mexican lree of hie, will be on display through June 15. Callery hours are noon to 5 p.m. weekday~, except Wednesday. when ilis open until g p.m.

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MAY 20, 1983

DAILY TRANSCRIPT MAY 2 0 1983 • • • U.S. Secretary· of Educatio Terrel H. Bell will be com mencement speaker Sunday at th University of San Diego h record 595 d w en a un ergraduates and 165 graduate students will be awarded degrees. Bell will receive honorary d to an de . oe r of humane letters gree m the 3 p.m. ceremonies in campus stadium.

Open House successful by Jerry Bryant "Since the Open House last Thursday, and all the publicity leading up to it, we have experienced a definite increase in cases. Word of mouth throughout the com- mumty is growing!" Center Director Dick Boss, basking in the afterglow of 150 in- terested, curious, and sup- portive visitors who swann- ed over every corner of the Mediation Center during the opening ceremonies, ob- viously was pleased. The open house began with greetings from Carol Hallstrom, technical advisor to the Center, who also presented certificates to the plannmg board members who worked to get the Center off the ground. Hallstrom, an attorney herself, also recognized the 16 communi- ty residents who completed the 20 hours of high intensity tor training. It is these tram d volunteers who will wor.k with the disputants 'who come to this unique pro- gram - first of its kind in the county - for help m resolv- mg disagreements they may have with neighbors or other residents. Councilmembers William

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SAN DIEGO UNION MAY 2 o 1983

College Graduations Begin This Weekend . Thousands of San Diego college students will take part m the annual commencement ceremonies beginning this Weekend with politicians, educators, legal experts, writ- ers and ~n astrona~t tapped as graduation speakers. The giant San ~1ego State University ceremony will be Sunday at 10 a.~. m Aztec Bowl with Dr. Arthur Schlesin- ger, Puhtzer pnze-winning author and historian as the guest speaker. ' • A spokesman said the university will award approxi- mately 6,900 bachelor's degrees and 1,500 master's and doctoral degrees; however, it was not known how many would take part in the i;eremony. Preceding_ the Sunday event, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, a ceremony will be held for the first full graduating class of t~ ~ew graduate school of public health at SDSU. Dr W1lh_ma Foege, d!rector of the Centers for Desease Con~ trol m Atlanta, will speak at the program in the campus Aztec Center. Suuday will also be graduation day for the undergradu- afe, g~aduate and law school students at the University of San Diego. Ti\e law school graduation will be at 10:30 a.m. in the campus sports center stadium with Barbara Allen Bab- cock, professor of law at Stanford Law School as the graduation speaker. The undergraduate and graduate ceremonies will be in the sports center at 3 p.m. with Dr. Terrell H. Bell us secretary of education, as the speaker. ' · · H_onorary doctoral degrees also will be conferred on C_ra1g Noel, artistic director of the Old Globe Theatre, and 1ster FrancJS Danz, a member of the USO board of trus- tees and II former president of the San Diego College for Women

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Matt Lledle, Community Ca.~ Coordinator for the Golden Hill Mediation Center, who al with Director Dick Boss welcomed more than 150 folks t1, the recent Open House.

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O'Neill concluded his remarks by noting that the Justice System is not getting the job done very well, and because this , 'I true, neighborhood pr such as the one in den Hill are "so very valuab " The Center, at 24th an Broadway, above Towne Realtors in the Fox Building, is open Monday thru Fnday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., although mediation sessions are scheduled according to the needs of the disputing parties. Call 238-1022 for more details.

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Jones and Uvaldo Martinez along with City Attorney John Witt were also on hand to add their support to the program. Keynote speaker, Judge Robert O'Neill, compared the mediators to shoe salespersons who, "fit the shoes of one disputant on the feet of the other." The point of Judge O'Neill's analogy was that the vital role of a m 1ator is to help both of tlie d; puting parties understand ch other, and in doing i; , bring about a good climate for resolution.

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SD BUSINESS JOURNAL

MAY B 3 JS8l

EDUCATION Jorge Vargas has been named director of USO School of Law's M · · U.S. L.aw Institute. · exico-