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University Of
8an
Diego
fr. Mullen Off
To W~t Point
by Sean Southard and
Paula M. Marcheschi
nstead of standing on the sidelines of football
games, participating in other USO organizations
and celebrating 7pm masses, Fr. Owen
J.
Mullen
will become a part of the United St.ates Military
Academy at West Point this Spring.
Mullen, Resident Director of De Sales and a
lieutenant colonel in the US Army, said,
11
1have always wanted
to
go on activity duty."
The position Mullen will hold became available while he
was
serving a month of active military duty during the summer. Each
summer Mullen spends one month serving as a chaplain/counsel–
or for entering cadets.
When a full-time position became available, Mullen discussed
the possibility of accepting it with his bishop in New Jersey. The
bishop approved Mullen's proposal and Mullen
will
begin serving
at the Academy in January.
Mullen will be the Catholic military chaplain for the corps of
cadets and Catholic faculty and West Point families.
Attempted Qape In
Vistas
0
by Jonathan Canedo
and Carrie Bluvas
female student suffered minor physical injuries
in an attempted rape at knifepoint at about 3
am last Thursday in her Alcala Vista
apartment. The man
fied
after the victim's two
roommates discovered the attack and ran for
help.
The attacker gained entrance
to
the apartment building
through a propped open door. The door to the apartment itself was
locked, but the key to the apartment was left hanging on the
doorknob.
According
to
the victim, the assailant threatened her with a
knife and demanded her
to
have sex with him. Astruggle ensued
which alerted her roommates to the assault. During the course of
the struggles she wrestled the knife
away.
Security arrived on the scene immediately after they were
called, and they in tum called the
San
Diego Police Departmen~
which is currently investigating the case.
UC Name Changed To
Honor Donor
Ernesl And Jean tlahn
Generates
$
7 Million for UC
Construction
USO
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Bureau
GJ
n recognition of their service to and support of
USO, the University Center
will
be
renamed the
Ernest and Jean Hahn University Center at 4pm
Friday, September 22, ceremonies.
The dedication
will
take place in front of the
three year-old University Center, which the Hahns help build.
Through their personal gift, and fundraising efforts, Mr. and
Mrs. Hahn are responsible for contributions of nearly S7 million of
the estimated $11 million that financed construction of the Uni–
versity Center.
Ernest W. Hahn, one of the region's most influential community
leaders, has been vice chairman of the USO Board of Trustees for
three years and becomes
its
chairman next summer. He joined the
36 member
board
in 1982.
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U8'O: The Ongoing
Construction
Grant Improves
Drug
And Alcohol
Educat1ori
G
By Paula M. Marcheschi
he USD Alcohol and Drug Education
Program is improving $74,449 worth
in the next two years.
USD received a grant from the US Department
of Education and plans to train selected students
and faculty to educate the rest of the student
population.
Sr. Annette Schmeling, Director of Alcohol and
Drug Education said, "(The grant program) is not
open
to
everyone, but everyone will definitely be
affected by it."
Schmeling explained that the major benefit
from the grant will be "Wilderness Weekends."
These three day sessions, run by the national
company Outward Bound, are designed for 125
participants.
Schmeling said, "The weekends will be a bond–
ing kind of experience ... a real sense of group,"
The objective of this program is to provide stu–
dents with a drug-free environment enabling
them
to
develop the skills of "trust, risk and
communication."
expansion, to be finished in early
1990, will round out this decade's
expansion. Total expenditures will
top the $48 million mark and the
square footage added will reach
al-
by George Hammond
most 530 thousand square feet.
he past decade has seen a
plethora of construction
projects on. campus.
Beginning in 1978
with the Philip Y.
Hahn School of
Nursing, the Univer–
sity has completed
nine separate struc–
tures.
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