USD Magazine Fall 2006

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16 / SOMEONE AFTER ALL Brigitte DeMeyer ‘86 has been singing since she was a little girl. But when she started raising her voice as a student every Thursday and Sunday during Mass at Founders Chapel, it was the beginning of a whole new life. Now, with the release of her new album, “Something After All,” the self-described “countrified folkie” says that doing what she loves has made her feel not only happy, but powerful.

U S D M A G A Z I N E J O U R N A L I S M I S L I T E R A T U R E I N A H U R R Y .

D E P A R T M E N T S

AROUND THE PARK 6 / Commanders in Chief

Incoming A.S. President Rhett Buttle works closely with USD head honcho Mary E. Lyons.

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8 / Behind the Velvet Rope School of Law professor Junichi Semitsu spent his summer as the official embedded blogger for the Dixie Chicks. Sweet. 9 / Save the Date Trans-Border Migration Conference; Family Weekend; Women PeaceMakers; Alumni Christmas Mass. 10 / Liaison to the Outside World Vice President of University Relations Tim O’Malley says the big draw in his decision to come on board was the university itself. TORERO ATHLET I CS 12 / Quick Thinker Quarterback Josh Johnson feels responsible to those he left behind. Failure is not an option.

16 POINT OF VI EW 14 / A Deep Thud, Then Silence

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When Damien Minna ’04 jumped off the back of a boat, he wound up discover- ing the meaning of life itself.

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