News Scrapbook 1982-1984

Monday, No~ember 14, 1983 USD: Campus blossoms and takes enviable posture

people may prefer a completely new direction that would return the pre- dominant campus emphasis to un- dergraduate studies with the profes- sional studies a separate university entity, similar to Harvard and UCLA, be said. "There are fine models for all these and other alternatives around the nation," said Hughes. '"This is an exciting position to be in - to be able to plan from a stable base," said Hughes, who quietly de- clines the credit that most people give him for developing that stabili- ty. It is an excitement that is shared

He recognizes that the campus is en rally perceived today as being mad up of tudents from upper mid• dle.-cla white famili , but he to change that as the university ad- Justs to better fleet the area's heavy Hispanic heritage. Over 70 perc nt of this year's en- tering cla cam from California with half of th m from the San Diego area But only 7.8 percent of the stu- d nt body i Hispanic, and though this makes up the largest single ele- ment of the 12.8 percent total minori- ty nrollm nt, Hughes said he would like to 1t grow Hugh has no doubts as to where USO' moral commitment stands today university s philosophy is t1oned belief 1n God and, while it is open to students of all faiths and creeds, it IS rooted firmly m Roman Catholic theology, which Hugh as another strong r n for ttractmg more Hispanic troog in und rgraduate liberal arts programs and the social stressed that the academic program transcends the hberal arts into four prof 1onal Th ba d on an unqu tud nts Though I n , Hugh

areas - law, education, business and nursing - and 40 percent of the stu- dent body 1s at the postgraduate level "Now we face some fascinating al- ternativ ," said Hughes. ''The years of fiscal and physical growth were challenging and excit- ing," he said, "but now new and more ubtle challenges and goals face the campus. ow we can put all our at- tention to qualitative change without having to keep one eye on quantita- tive change." USO can strive to enhance its posi- tion as a good, medium-sized, com- prehensive university among other universities of similar standing, or seek new directions "To my mind, we are not seeking some abstract academic goal. We are seeking to continue the develop- ment of this university as an institu- tion that reflects our city and locali- ty, its prox1IDity to the international border and role in the greater Pacif- ic basin," he said. "Some people may like to see us do that within the confines of our pres- ent programs in a form of steady state," said Hughes Others may like to expand the cur- rent academic areas into higher aca- demic levels, or move into hard re- search in the social sciences. Still an- o her alternative is to move more h avil into the ard sciences, such a engineering, computer science and telecommumcatioos, while some

core of this place. There's an unspo- ken rule among the faculty that you spend as much time on campus as possible, available to students. That, I think, is the real strength of USD, and that's why it has grown," she said. As Dr. Barton Thurber, chairman of the English department, joins oth- ers of the campus community in looking to the future, he remains con- fident of one thing: "~II make a prediction," he said. "Williin the next five to 10 years, USD is going to explode into national awareness as a place known for the excellence of its teaching."

by Bishop Leo T. Maher, chairman of the university's Board of Trustees. "USD is not successful because it has grown; it has grown because it is successful," he says in the campus annual report to be published later this week. The university has "never lost sight of our central purpose; to pro- vide an environment in which human potential can, in a spiritual context. discover and unfold its unique mean- ing," the bishop said. A16-year faculty member, Dr. Iris M. W. Engstrand, chairman o 1 the history department, agrees. "Personal relationships are at the

US1' campus blossoms, takes enviable posture

By Michael Scott-Blair Staff Writer

ress: The student body has doubled from 2,500 to more than 5,000. The faculty has grown from 109 to 191, with more than 90 percent of them having Ph.D. degrees. The number of degrees awarded to students has in- creased from 460 to almost 1,100. Resident students have tripled to nearly 1,400. Private gift support to the campus has yrocketed from well under $100,000 in 1972 to $3.75 million this year. Outside his office, the fruits of those gifts were taking shape in a building program that would satisfy universities three times its size. Simultaneously, millions of dollars are being poured into the new School of Business Administration funded by the Olin Foundation, the new Doug- las F. Manchester Executive Confer- ence Center and the Helen K. and James S. Copley Library. Plans for a comp ehensive univer- See USD on Page B-5

It sits on the hill overlooking Mis- sion Bay and Valley, stately, beauti- ful. well-manicured and suddenly, very mature. For years it was a cloistered aca- demic center with relatively narrow •mterests, but in 10 short years, the University of San Diego has blos- somed into a major city campus that is looking toward the future with a posture that is the envy of most uni- versities. While other campus leaders sit grim-faced as they survey the future, USD's President Author E. Hughes could not help smiling as he re- viewed 10 enormously successful years of skillfully planned growth, and let his mind contemplate alter- natives for the future that his facul- ty, students and administration will be considenog for the next 12 months.

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-- -----~------- The University of San Diego Opera Workshop will present "EllxJr of Love" by Donizetti at 8 pm Thursday through Saturday 1n Camino Theatre Th~ Italian comic opera-butta will also be shown at 2•30 p.m. Sunday. The presentation combines the tale;ts and efforts of the USD f Ul admission 1s ••. stud tsac ty a nd students. General

ti ·ipatcd . urg of enrollment in recent year Current fac11itics, spread ahout cam- pus, can crvice about 200 time. Undergraduate enrollment stand at 3,000 ::;tudent , with an additional 2,000 graduate and law ·tudents. tudcnt at a

Hu h ·s ha · announ •d J.>I ford •velopmcnt or a 9 m1lhon niv •rsity cnt r comp!• 'I h • undert king will c, p a building campaign that m clud • th complct10n of an bu in · s school building, a onf •rcnc · c ntcr and a library in J,'chruary and July 19 4. Th• multi-purposp nivcr 1 ty Center "ill cx:cupy rou 1 hly 70,000 square f t on pro rty ca I of D Sale Hall. ''While the academic facilitie · of th campu. are • - fectiv ly m cting the educa- tional requirement· of SD'· ::;tudcnts, the nhcr ity Center is nc d d for their piritu·1l, p ycholog1cnl, cultural and socml develop• mcnt, " Hugh · aid. Th" three-level structure, as it is currently envisioned, will con i t of a centr I lounge, tu- dent and faculty dining areas, a grille, a deli,. tudent affairs offices, a game room. tudcnt pubhcation offi('CS, a pro- gramming area and various tudents activity ar a . The archit cturc will con- form to th campus' 16th CI! tury Spani:;h Renaissance motif. Vic Pr ident for 'tude Affairs Tom Burke said the University Center i needed to ccommodate an unan -

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s at 6ack of class? Atkinson, along with Presidents Thomas Day of San Diego State University and Author Hughes of the University of San Diego, spoke to 120 people attending a Parent Association meet- ing last night at University of San Diego High School. The three addressed various topics on education during their hourlong talk and answered questions from the audience. Atkinson said high school teachers no longer enJoy the status of doctors or lawyers, as they had in the past. As a result, those entering the profession typically are not the brightest students, but those who score lowest on college tests. Day said another part of the problem has been the teacher- education methods used in Calilornia for 20 years. -

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By Vicki Torres Tribune Stall Writer

The quality or American education h s declined in the past 20 years partly due to a correspondmg decline in the quality of high school t ch rs, three of San Diego's top educators agreed last rughL 'Very few college ·tudents look to education as a career," said Richard Atkmson, chancellor of the University of California at San Diego. "Society puts little value on high school teachers." Atkinson said increasing teacher-training standards as well as salari would help improve education, but the biggest aid would be to elevate the status of teachers. ''The people of this nation, the parents of this nation, need to value the!' ind1V1duals," Atkinson said.

THOMAS DAY SDSU president

AUTHOR HUGHES USD president

RICHARD ATKINSON UCSD chancellor

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"A considerable effort" is spent at USO, Hughes said, on remedial work to give students the ability to do col- lege-level work. Atkinson said UCSD has had stu- dents from two cultures, those with a "spectacular" education who have done much advanced work in high school and those who gleaned little from their high school years. The University of California sys- tem is partly to blame for this two- culture system, Atkinson said, be- cause of its emphasis on grade-point average as a criterion for admit- tance. "If you look at La Jolla high school seniors, they're not taking tough courses; they're just collecting their As," he said. The university is attempting to remedy the situation, he said, by giv- ing special consideration to high school students who take advanced courses and by increasing the num- ber of required courses, such as three

Coot,nued From Page l Under California's system, future high-school teachers must study an- other field extensively before declar- ing themselves education majors, and those who do well often are lured to continue in that field rather than enter education. Thus, Day said, good math students may get a job in math- ematics instead of becoming math teachers. Hughes said teachers also face a productivity problem in a public mind that perceives teachers as get- ting a three-month vacation each year. In addition, he said, class time spent with students has been reduced over the years. "Is it an eight-hour work day?" Hughes asked. "I don't think we can address the matter of salaries with- out addressing productivity as well." As for the quality of students en- tering college, Hughes said that al- though many are more worldy and experienced than their predecessors, with "fairly hefty" vocabularies as a result of exposure to television, they still lack basic study skills.

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NOV l 7 "Art and the Law," entertain- ment, copyright, and tradem.irk law will Ix discuss&! hy USD law profc sor Peter K.ulen, TI1ur.,.fay, ovemher 17, 7 p.m., &,ehm Gal• lery, Pal,,mar College, 1140 We t Mission Ro.id. San Marco . Free. 744-1150.

S.D. BUSINESS JOURNAL NOV 2 1 1983 Private lessons

Describing, in corporate terms, his institution as a "growth company," University of San Diego (USO) president Author E. Hughes last week reported that the university generated nearly $32.9 million in revenues for the year ended Aug. 31, 1983, up 17. 7 percent. But the boost in revenues - which are still nearly 74 percent- dependent on student tuition and fees - was overshadowed by a 24 percent jump in USD's excess of revenues over expenditures. The $2.6 million surplus enabled USO to help fund its own growth in fiscal 1983: Construction on three new buildings was begun, at a cost of $10.6 million. And, last week, Hughes kicked off his latest expansion plan: A $9 million, three-story, 70,000-square-foot University Center complex.

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DAILY CALIFORNIAN NOV 2 4. 198.3 Spanish film festival

28 The Dally Callfornian • East San Diego County, California D Saturdav. November 19, 1983 DIGEST ' LOCAL"NEWS READER NOV l 7 1983

A Spanish film festival featuring the works of Luis Berlanga has been an- nounced by the University of San Di- ego's Spanish Department In collabo- ration with "Casa de Espana." The film series begins Nov. 29 and will run through Dec. 10. All films are 1n Span- ish with English subtitles, and will be shown in Salomon Lecture Hall, DeSales Hall. Admission is free and the public is invited. The Festival offers "That Happy Couple" on Nov. 29, "Placido" on Dec. 1, "The National Shotgun" on Dec. 2, "Calabuch" on Dec. 3, "National Heri- tage" Dec. 6, "National ill," Dec. 8, "Welcome, Mr. Marshall" Dec. 9, and "The Executioner" Dec. 10. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Many of the films took honors at the Cannes and other fes• tivals. Berlanga, until recently the presi- dent of the National Film Library of Spain, was awarded the National Prize for Cinematography In 1981.

SAN DIEGO UNION NOV 2 o ISBJ I 'THE ELIXIR OF LOVE' - Donizetti's comic opera, sung in l English, will be presented by the University of San Diego Opera Workshop, with staging and musical direction by Rob- ert Austin, at 2:30 p.m. today in the Camino Theater, USD.

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TOREROS WIN/ Monte Vista High and Gro mont College graduate Mike Whitmarsh scored 'J:1 poin , grabbed six rebounds and was cred1~ed with five assists Friday night, leading the University or San Diego to 68-58 exhibition basketball victotY over th Au trahan National team. The game was USD's first or the season. Mark Bo tic added 19 pom for the Torero in the first outing or the a n Chr1 tlan High graduate Anthony Reuss had 13 points nd a gam high 14 rebounds for San Diego. D nny Mo u and Mark Dalton led the Australians with 13 point ch Philip Smyth added 12 pomts for th 1 rs, who fell to 2-6 on a tour of orth America Th u I complete the tour at Santa Clara turday night. Th team wer tied 30-all at haHtlm n Diego went ahead to stay nudway through th cond half and pulled away in the final 10 mmut