U Magazine, Spring 1986

Alcala Park A free taxi cab ride any day or time

Mime Jay Miller draws the attention of student Julie Barrett to a brochure explaining the College Cab program.

who seek a d ee pe r unde rsta nding of the ir faith ... The ICM courses a re inte nded for a ll Christians. Howeve r. the non-degree program is inte nded to he lp Catholics ta ke grea te r responsibility for ministry in the ir church. accord ing to Fr. · Pachence. The ICM began in the fall with an expanded graduate degree program-a maste r of arts in prac tical theology. The program is geared to both full- and part– time students. The non-degree program offers low– cost workshops. confe re nces and mini– courses on and off campus. Some wil l be for professionals in the ministry. whil e others will be for lay a udie nces. Sr. Irene Cu ll e n coordinates th e non– degree programs a nd Dr. Hele n d eLaure ntis is the Institute·s re ligious educa tion coordinator. Free cab rides for students The Student Affairs Office and the Associated Student Body rece ntly introduced ··college Cab··-a free ride progra m for students in unsa fe s ituat ions. The progra m is believed to be th e onl y one of its kind in the United States. It provides students with a free taxi cab rid e a ny day or time if the ir car breaks down . they are in an uncomfortable da te sit uation or they have ha d too much to drink. ··we fee l it is the ob ligation of the student government to provide students with safety se rvices such as Co ll ege Cab."" according to Pa ul Davis. Assoc iated Stude nt Body vice pres iden t. USO contrac ted with Ora nge Cab Co. of Sa n Diego to provide the rides a t a n es timated cost of $1.000 to the Un iversity for the semester-long ex pe rime nt. The USO chapte r of Boost Al cohol Consciousness Concern ing t he Health of

University Students (BACCHUS). a national peer a lco hol education group. is promoting the free ride program on campus. " By communicating w ith fell ow stude nts about College Cab we hope to promote the importance of responsibility whe n using a lcohol."" says Kath y Massa. chapter preside nt. Law teleconferencing project could save thousands of dollars The School of Law is working with San Diego Supe rior Court on an experime n tal te leconfe rencing proj ec t designed to save the courts. attorneys and clients hundreds of thousands of doll ars. The experiment a llows a judge to preside ove r certai n types of hearings and other court proceedings by telephone. eliminating the need for pe rsona l appearances by attorneys a nd their clients. "This is possibly one of the most valuable innovations to come a long in trial cou rts this ce ntury:· acco rding to law professor Robert Simmons. who conce ived the project. During the five-month experime nt teleconfe rencing will be tried by Supe rior Court Judges Donald Smith . Arthur Jones and Larry Kapiloff. and U.S . Magistrate Edward Infante. Only non-evidentiary, pre-trial civ il hearings and admi nistrative matte rs will be conduc ted via the te lephone during the expe riment. The equipment features four outside phone lines for each courtroom . enab ling a judge to preside over a hearing with up to four attorneys. Simmons is conducting the projec t for the San Diego Law Center. a joint venture of USD a nd the Sa n Diego Bar Association .

Construction is nearing the halfway point on the $10 million University Center being built east of DeSales Hall. Scheduled for completion in September, the 76,000-square-foot facility will be the

future hub of campus life.

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