News Scrapbook 1974-1975

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SELL OR EXPAND USIU Law Dean Tells Alternative The dean of United States International University's law school says that if it js not sold to Hastings College of Law, the school will have to expand, not drop, its enroll- ment. ' Dean Robert K. Castetter, said econom- ics might force the school to expand its present 450 enrollment to 750-900. Opponents of legislation that would pro- vide $2.5 million to allow the state-support- ed Hastings school to purchase USIU's downtown site, 50,000-volume library, fur• nishings and two law journals have argued there already are too many lawyers and law students here. Castetter said the possibility.otexpan- sion was not intended to be a threat if the University of California-affiliated law school is not permitted to take over the USIU school and establish a branch of the public law school here "It's just a fact of life," he said. "The odds are we would have to expand." In an interview, Cast.etter also comment- ed on speculation that other parties might be negotiating to buy the law school. "We're not up for grabs," he said. "The only thing we're talking about at all is Hastings." Law Student Question Castetter disagreed with those who argue San Diego has too many law stu- dents . "There will alway be a need for well- educated lawyers, and the need is particu- larly great in the minority communities," he said. Both the University of San Diego and Western State University College of Law - the other two private law schools in San Diego - are opposed to a Hastings branch here Burton Reis, executive director of West- ern State, said that propnetary school - which serves basically a part-time student body - has been and still is prepared to assist the USIU school in remaining inde- pendent. Reis aid that a i~devm,y. thing up to direct financial assistance. But he said Western State was not interested in buying the law school itself. Western State is recognized by the state committee of bar exammers but as a profit-making school it is not nationally accredited by the American Bar Associa- tion or recognized by the American Associ- ation of Law Schools. Public Branch Supported Although Western State officials are against a Hastings branch here, two of the three local legislators who sit on its execu- tive board have voiced support for a public branch here. Rep. Clair W. Burgener, R-Calif. , joined fellow Congressmen Bob Wilson and Lionel Van Deerlin in voicing support in a letter to District Court Judge Richard B. Ault who is working for the Hastings acquisi- tion. Assemblyman Wadie Deddeh, D-Chula Vista, who also sits on the Western State board, yesterday said he believes the acquisition would provide "healthy" com- petition for the private sector. Assemblyman Peter Chacon, D-San Diego, was the only one of the three expressing reservations about supporting the legislation of Assemblyman Larry Ka- piloff, D-San Diego, for the purchase. Chacon said he first would want guarantees of the need and that at least 20 per cent of the enrollment would be re- served for minority students and that 20 per cent of the funds aruiropriated would be set aside for minority scholarships. Chacon said he would also want guarantees that an independent board of directors would be established here in San Diego rather than having the school under the parent school directors in San Francis- co.

NOSTALGIC, figurative paintings by Evelyn Gathigs will be on display, Thursday through March 28, in the Founders· Gallery at the University of San Diego. For Information. phone 291- 6480. Ext 354 The gallery is open from IO a rn until 4 p.m , !'.ionday through Fnday Adrmss1on 1: tre<'.

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4-C Wed ., March 5, 1975 Bible lecture opens series The Re\ Joh!\ Hue~man ill tl1 t·u Renewal fhrough the B1h!e \ Look at B1bl1l'al Research Todav .. at 7 30 p.m hrst m the Bishop Leo Maher lecture series. Oth<.:r lectures are scheduled on THE SENTINEL

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LAW BRIEFS Set Up Training • For Law Assistants Dr. Ray Brandes, director of graduate and special programs at the Univer~ity of San Diego, has announced the establish- ment of a lawyer's assistant prog-raril. In cooperation with the National Center for Legal Training, USD has established a 12- week program to train and develop qualified college graduates as lawyers' assistants. First session will be held June 9-Aug. 22. One of five specialties is chosen: estates, trusts, and wills; litigation; cor porations; public service law; or real estate and mortgages. More than ~00 requests for information abo1Jt the program have been received, a USO spokesman says. A placement service is planned. • • * Tbt law firm of Jenkins & Perry, tOlO "econd Ave., repot1s that John W. Brown, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., ha~ become a member of the firm. It also announced that K. Michael Garrett, Donald L. Kidder, and David R. Snyder have become associated with the firm. * • • A summer seminar for lawyers 011 "The Legal Problems of Doing Business Abroad" will be held in Paris, France, ,lune 30-July 4 under spoosorship of the University of San Diego Law School. Co- sponsors are L'Ecole Supericure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales and the Instit Catholique de Paris. * • •

consecutive Thursdays through April 30. Dr. Victor Gold has selected the title "Let's Talk It Over The Prophetic Call to Reconciliation." !or his March 13 talk.

Thursdav in the University ul San Diego · Salomon Lecture Hall The talk wh1cn 1s free and open to the public. is tht'

In 75 years we may not ne d an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitut1on, says Sister Sally Furay, vice president and provo t of the University of San Diego and lawyer. This. she said, is because by then the principles embodied in the amendment will have already been accepted by society. Why worry about passing It now, then? Because, hP said, It Is necessary to establish these principles con tllutlonally now, so that specific Issues can be ruled upon. "We houldn't ha vc to wait 75 years for all women to receive equal rill:hts," he said. Sister Furay, who will discuss women' legal rights at a m tin.I? today or Phi Sigma Tau, national honorary philoso- phy society, In Salomon Lecture Hall, USO, said that laws and societal consensus interact with each other. "&>ct tal consensus usually determines laws," she said, "but sometimes laws change society's actions. The question of roles of women, she said, is just one example of how , oc1ety has codified its laws "Our laws of the past were to protect the woman, because society' vi ·w was that women need protectmg," she said. Th main reason for this, she said, is that traditionally woman's role wa pretty well tied to the reproductive sy tern. "It was not until the 19th Century that the human reproduc- tlv system began to be understood," she said. "The idea of birth prev ntton (with th exception of abortion) was not known until much later, when medicine had advanced." ow that we have the ability to control the reproductive SY: tern, women are no longer tied Into the traditional role, she satd. In some cases, she said, a recognition of this change in women's role · and therefore, a consensus, has preceded a change In law. • An example of this, she said, is Social Security. The laws, she said, a ume that a woman Is a dependent of a man and needs less money. The laws also assume that marriages, by and large, are lasting and a widow gets less than a widower. "&>cietal consensus is clamoring to change these laws," In other cases, she said, a law can precede the general societal change. She cited the Waxman bill, an attempt to diminish credit di crimlnation against women. In this case, she said, the change, even after passage, is gradual, because bankers still have discretionary judgment powers, but they can no longer refuse credit solely on the basis of sex and marital status. Another change In attitude In our society, which has already been reflected legally, she said, Is the Idea that child-raising is predominantly a woman's role. Now, she said, pre chool children can no longer be used as a reason not to hire a woman - unless a company also refuses to hire men for the same reason. This last change 1s sign fie.: nt for Sister Furay, who feels that fathers should be equall,Y .JI volved In child raising. And th1~. she feels, Is part of thl.., whole problem of liberation of people from roles.

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US0 Asks Bonding Authority State Requested To Sell $3 Million In Securities University of San Diego officials have applied for permission to sell $3.2 mil- lion in state-issued, tax-ex- empt bonds in a major refi• nanclng-construction propos- al. Under state law, the Cali- fornia Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA) can grant a private university or col- lege permission to sell tax- exempt bonds. With the tax advantage, the bonds can be sold for between 6¾ and 7½ per cent interest rather than the current commercial rate of 9½ per cent, officials said. If the USD application is approved by CEFA, officials plan to refinance nearly $2 millitm In construction and acquisition projects complet- ed at the university over the past three or four years. Another $1 million in bonds would be used to finance new construction and renovation projects. FORM OF AID USO President Author E. Hughes said this is one of the most effective methods de- vised for providing state support to private higher ed- ucation. Hughes said the bonds will enable the university to move into construction pro- grams deferred for some time. He also said the bonds will enable the university to take advantage of current construction costs rather than having to wait and face higher costs. Arthur W. Collins, CEFA executive secretary, said he saw no obstacles which might interfere with approv- Collins said since a court test of the CEFA operation upheld the legality of the state-issued bonds early this year, more than $24 million in bonds have been issued. He said another $14.5 million in bonds already have been approved and are awaiting bids and another $42 million in bond applications have been received by the CEFA office. Although the state l~ues the bonds, the universities and colleges using them must assume the liability for payment. Before applica- tions are approved, a univer- sity must demonstrate finan- cial stability and have suffi- cient assets - land, buildings, endowment funds - to pledge !\S collateral. A debt service reserve must also be established guaranteeing at least one year's repayment. Hughes said no major new construction is included in the current proposal which would involve renovation and improvement of roads, parking areas, lighting, roof- ing and painting as well as handball courts and renova- tion at the university's sports center. Bond funds will also be used to refinance the univer- sity's obligations on prllvious work done on its library, sports field a nd dormitories and the loan on a 77-unit student housing complex which the university owns adjacent to the campus. al of the application. UPHELD IN COURT

Jesuit School of Th ology Berkeley,_ Thursday, March 6; Dr. Victor Gold, Pacific Lutheran Theological cmin- ary, Thursday, March 13: Father Michael Guinan, Franciscan School of The- ology, Thursday, March 20. Also, Father Neal Flana- gan, Francisican School of Theology, April 8; Father John Boyle, Jesuit School of Theology, .April J'l; Father John Keating, Je~uit School of Theology, April 24; and 1'1sgr. John R. Portman, d1~cesan ecumenical com- nusMon chairman, April 30.

lectures, free of charge and open to the public, is being presented by the religious studies department of the University of San Diego. The Bishop Leo T. Maher lectures, which will deal with the Holy Year theme of "Reconciliation and Renew- al," feature seven speakers an? is sponsored by Dr. Irving Salomon. All_ lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. m the Salomon Lecture Hall of USD's DeSalcs Hall . Speakers include: Father John E. Huseman,

-.:irf./75 USD law grads 'star' on exams

of the USO graduates reflects "the excellent quality of the students and faculty, and consequently, the education- al program USO enjoys." He said the California bar exam essentially tests the same qualities good law schools teach. "Therefore exam performance is a relevant, although not con- clusive, statement on law school quality.'' IN 1973, 65 per cent of all USO grads and 68 per cent of the day division students passed and figures for 1972 show an overall passage rate of 59 per cent and a day division rate of 66 per cent. The law school newspaper, The Woolsack, reporting the figures, said the California bar e,cam is "one of the toughest in the nation."

Southern Cro~~ Reporter Though perhaps not a crop of future Perry Masons, University of San Diego students taking the Cali- fornia State Bar Examination last summer have definite star quality. Taking the exam for the first time, 83.2 per cent of all USO law school grads passed, and the rate was 89.3 per cent for the school's day division. THE USO students con- siderably outclassed grad- uates from other Jaw schools throughout the state. Overall 61. 7 per cent of those tested pas. ed. Normally, 65 per cem of those ,itting for the summ,·r exam for the first time pass. Donald T. Weckstein, law school dean, said the success !e A seminar on the theolo- J;\ gy of grace will be held '-.April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Rose Room of University of San Diego Participants will be the Rev. Dr Joseph Stttll'r, a Lutheran professor at the · University of Chicago Di- vinity School; and th Rev. Eugene M. Burke of the Catholic University of America in Washington. .,

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William F Buc.kley, writ- er, editor and television talk- show host, will speak at 8 p.m. March 19 in the Camino Theater at the University of San Diego. ~----~--

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Our Lady of Peace Academy, San Diego, alumnae association day of recollection, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sunday. March 9. academy chapel, bring sack lunch. Details: 453-1230. University of San Diego, book sale by Friends of the Library group, to raise money for the library, Friday-Saturday, March iii~- Donations to the sale requested. Details: 291-6480, ext.

Mass and Confirmatmn. Thursday, March 13, 5:30 p.m.. Poway. St. Michael, Mass and Confirmation. Bishop Gilbert E- Chavez { p.m., Fontana, St. Mar . Mass and Confirmation. Tue day, March 11, 5:30 p.m., San Diego, St. Rita, Mass and Confirmation. Wednesday, March 12, 5:30 p.m., San Diego. Holy Family, Mass and Confirma- tion. Father Richard Duncanson Secretary Friday, March 7. 5:3

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Father Huesman, a Jesuit, said other factors contributing to the revival of interest in the Bible are a loss of confidence in science as the key to progress, youth's discontent with upper class materialism and the ecumenical move- ment. The priest, who teaches Old Testament and archeol- ogy, gave the first in the Bishop Leo T. Maher Len- ten lectures series this week at the University of San Diego. Father Huesman said the modern Biblical move- ment's most important con- tribution was its close ex- amination of the several lit- erary forms used in the Bible. He said mainline Biblical exegetes regard the Bible as a 1,300-year record of "God's developing plan of salvation" written by the Holy Spirit using human in- struments. To be meaningful for modern man, however, the Bible must be understood in terms of the Hebrew cul- ture in which it was written, Father Huesman added. The book of Jonah tells how God commanded the prophet to preach to the Jews' hated enemies, the Assyrians, in Nineveh. Jonah finds the assignment so repugnant, however, that he attempts to flee to Tarshish by sea. During a storm, he is thrown by the crew into the sea and swallowed by a whale. Three days and nights later he agrees to do as God had commanded and the whale spews him on dry land. Although he goes to Ni- neveh and converts the As- syrians, Jonah remains so disgruntled that he wishes to die. "What better way to illus- trate the theological truth of God's universal mercy?" Father Huesman said of the story.

RELIGION Lecturer To Recount Trends In Ecumenism

/ /2.1 OllM~/4. Jonah cite?J 1,; as lesson technique Renewed interest in the Bible is contributing to re- ligious revival, says the Rev. John Huesman of the Graduate Theological Union In Berkeley. Father Huesman cited the Old Testament prophet Jonah and the whale story as an example of how mod- ern Biblical scholars oper- ate. Modern scholars, he said, would understand the story as "didactic fiction, " a literary device used to con- vey a truth, rather than literally as the church has traditionally done.• One of the principal bases for the traditional under- standing of the story are the references to it by Jesus Christ in the Gospels of St. Luke and St. Matthew. In Matthew 12:40, for ex- ample, Christ says: "for as Jonah was three days and three·nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of · the earth." The latter refers to the period Christ spent in the tomb between the time He was crucified on Good Fri- . day and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. Father Huesman said the Jonah story is a literary form that was used to con- vey the truth that God is merciful to all men, not just the Jews. As for Christ's reference to it in Matthew, Father Huesman said Jesus often spoke of people and events as if they were real to get a 1>Qint across.

* * * * Our Lady of Solitude, Palm Springs, film eries, Friday, March 14, 7 p.m., Sunday. March 15, 11 a.m, "Quo Vadis." CCD Basic doctrine course, Thursdays, beginning March 6 through May 8, 7-10 p.m .. Our Lady of Grace, El Cajon. Details: 291-7614 University of San Diego, "College Visiting Day," Saturday, March JS, 10 .m.-2 p.m.. starting in DeSales Hall auditorium. Details: 2Q1,6490, ext. 354. San Diego Stalpar Club, First Friday Mass and Rosary, 7:30 p.m., March 7, St . Joseph's Cathedral, discussion led by Father William Ortmann following. Cost is 75 cents . Our Lad) of Grace, El Cajon, St. Patrick's Day dance, cocktail hour 7:30 p.m., dance 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday. March 15. Cost is $2.50 per person. lknedlcllne Brother Benno Garrity, St. Charles Priory, Oceanside, designated citizen of the year by Oceanside Elh Lodge. His homemade bread is a specialty and he is noted for charitable work in the community. St. Patrick, San Diego, Mothers' Club ham dinner, 1-6:30 p.m., Sunday, March 16, 30th and D"'ight streets. Details 298-5877 or 295-0957. World Day of Pra)'er, youth and family celebration, 7 p.m., Sunday, March 9, First United Methodist Church, 2111 Camino del Rio, Mission Valley San Diego. Holy Trinity, San Diego, St. Patrick's Day card party, t sponsored by altar and rosary society, 7:30 p.m .. Monday, March 17. Donation L SI.SO. Detail : 444-9001. St. Vincent de Paul, San Diego, giant rummage sale. corner ' of Hawk and Fort Stockton, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 8. Details: 295-6038 SI. Theresa, Palm Springs, Sister Margarita Jimenez will talk on prayer and love of God at all Ma scs, Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9. St. Martin's Women's Club, meeting, 11 :30 a.m., Thursday. March 6, followed by luncheon and cards. Details: 469-2068. Ro ary High School, San Diego, program on careers and higher educational opportunities, 7:30-'l:J0 p.m., Thursday, March 20. Detail : 283-5588. St. Francis, Vista, PTG spaghetti dinner, scheduled for M~rch 8. cancelled. CCD methods courses, for grade school teachers; ' Tuesdays, March 4-May 6, 7-10 p.m .. Our Lady of Grace, El Cujon, Thur\days, Man:h 6-May Q, 7-10 p.m., Resurrection parish, E condido. Unlver It) of S n Diego, Career Life Planning class, open to all USO student\, no tuition, S10 fee for tests. Details: Brother Thoma. Kane. 291-6480.

SODEPAX, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Is jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace. The Rev. Mr. Spae said the organization encourages new approaches and more effective Christian support of initiatives for peace. It is the agency through which Christian churches pool their resources toward building a better world, he said. The lecture is open to the public.

The Rev. Joseph J. Spae, secretary general of the Committee on Society, De- velopment and Peace (SO- DEPAX), will speak on ecu- menical trends at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Salomon Lec- ture Hall at University of San Diego.

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SINGER \'icki Carr has been invited to receive an honorary degree at University of San Diego commencement exercises May 25 for her work in establishing scholarships for Mexican-American students.

Gu/Z> e 3/75: Regenhardt, Austin sing the 2nd at San Diego Univ. Vocalists Joanne Regenhardt and Robert Austin will perform Sunday, March 2 at a 4 pm con- cert at the University of San Diego's Camino Theater. Ms Regenhardt will sing songs Baritone Austin teaches voice privately and at the Univer- sity of San Diego. He has ap- peared in numerous operas and musicals in New York, Washington DC, and io San Diego, including Starlight Mus - icals. Ms Regenhardt has sung

by Spaniards Joaquin Rodrigo and Enrique Granados, and by Benjamin Britten. Duets with Austin will include songs by Gustav Mahler. Piano accom- pan iment will be provided by Ilana Mysior. William E de Malignon will join the artists in performing the "Zwei Gesange" for viola, piano and alto by Brahms.

throughout Southern California, including solo appearances with the San Diego Symphony and La Jolla Civic Orchestra. She has appeared with San Diego's Starlight Light Opera Company, and is soloist at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church.