News Scrapbook 1970-1972

/ USD President, Students In AmicabJe Confrontation 't'l ,;? dis"- ~ Universit}~ San Diego Pres- how is it spent? I young audeince was one par- ident Author Hughes was con- How can we get the classes ticular to USO, which until last fronted by about 300 students we want instead of the ones re- year was run completely by the seekmg a say in campus affairs quired? Roman Cathol ic Church: )esterday morning, but the} Why don't we recruit more Why do we have to take weren't shouting insults or minority tudents and teachers clas es in religion when we carrymg signs. and why don't we have more don·t want to? They were sitting in the audi- classes of minority group cul- The response came from the torium in USD's Camino Hale tures? Rev. :'vlsgr. John R Portman, and listening as Hughes and Their answers also followed chairman of the religious stud- other campus officials fielded famiihar patterns: ies department. their questions. . Tuition .is high because every- TOKENJSVI AVOIDED The assembly was the begm- thmg 1s high. Income from stu- " . . . rnng of a day of discussion be- dents makes up 70 per cent of . The . rel1.g1on. re_quirement tween sturlents - excused from USD's budget and the univer- (nme umts) is_ still with u~, be- all clas. es for the day - ;,n sity still will operate at a cause we feel 1t IS academ1callr, their professors and adminis- 230.000 deficit this year. necessary to a good ed~,cahon, trators. Certain courses are required Father Portman_ said. We fed '·J think we should hear the because thev are necessarv to we must examme the Judeo- ~tudents and know their ideas, the development of ma.ture Christian background we all attitudes and needs:• Hughes adults. sprmg from ,_n order to under- c:·plain('d. ·'If this program to- .\fore minority tudents and st~nd our hen age. dav is helpful we'll repeat 11 If t h . 11 b ht b t . And we have to be careful to , • · eac ers w1 e soug u m1- . • · d b r it isn't we'll look for another ·t t d t h I avoid tokemsm with a a o , nori y s u en s mean sc o ar- . r d · mecha01sm for student input." h d IT d . 1 , this and a dab o that. I on t . 1ps an qua 11e m1nor1 > think a little dab will do it in Sl\11LAR QUESTION teachers are m great demand this instance " he continued. Although the atmosphere was everywhere. . . , Asked if th~ question was one friendly, students raised que. - More . mmonty . studies that could he negoliated, the hons much like those ~dminis- cours~s will be considered if riest replied: trators at other universities submitted to the corr t f r otiation m~ans Jessen- have heard shouted from picket -range pl ann ;'°P:"f'iirtlQ r llll',C!'f'II\O'{lng the require- Imes: lie q 110 I'm concerned Wey is tuition , o h1i;h and , mo rcs~o /

2/2:r-/1~ USD stuaents, laculty debate religious study By MO iTY 'ORRIS EVENING TRIIUNI EdU(OIIOtl Writer 'fhe chairmiln of the RdigiOU5 Stud- ies Department al tbf' University ?f San Diego said he h<•lieves cour:~es m. religion should rem:lrn a graduation r~ qmrement regardless of studenl opposi- tion. The Re~. Msgr. John R. Portman told a gathering of 500 students.yeste~: day in Camino TheatPr t~at .rehgm~ 15 an important ingrl'dit•nt m h~eral edu• cation and belong, in thl' cumcula_. . USD requires nine unils of religious courses for graduation regardless of a student's religious affiliation. Before this rule took effect last year only Cathohc students were required to study religion, hut had to complete 12 umts of rourse work. "If God gave man free will_.". ask~~ Barry Lyons, a sophomore pollt1ea~ sc 1• ence major, '"then why does_ the umv_er- sJly deny us that freedom m selecting religious ,·ourses?" . Msgr. Portman said it was 1mporta.nt to distinguish he1 ween academic dis- cipline mid campus ministry. "Course in rPhg1011 hPre are not a secret way of conning them I stud~n1.:') into religion." ~bgr. Portman _said m an interview. "We have no requirement tor attending church or anything like that. There is a difference between the Religious Studies Department and the campus ministry. "Our concern - our primary concern _ is the academic study of relig10n And I really don't think you have a lib- erally-educated per~on if he 1s~'t knowledgeable about the Judea-Chris- tian religions." But Lyons, rn, who said there is strong opposition among_ students to the rehgion requirement. 1s. opposed to making religious instruwon mandato- r}. . 1 "I don't think you ,hould force peop e to take religion," he said. "It's a per- :,;0nal thing.'' Msgr. Portman wa~ one of several members of the USD faculty and ad- ministration including the president, Dr. Author Hughes. fielding questions from students during Academics Day - a day-long session designed to create better understanding amoung students about the operation of the university. Classes were cancelled for the entire da, in favor of a series of open ses- sions. workshops, debates and round- table discussions. Academics Day was the brainchild of Garv Schons, 20, a junior philosophy major and secretary of academics in student government. . Schons said he hit upon the idea shortly after takmg his student post be- cause "most students really have abso- lutely no idea of how a university is operated and why things are done the wav they are." Schons and John Murphy. 21, student body president, approached Hughes with the idea, and the president agreed to cooperate 1nth them in the program. Some of the subject. under Ire liy students were i;eneral edul'ation re• I Continued on pa J ii

Teamsters Back USD Leg_g~.~l l2_ic T ·arn !er Local . unilier 36 yrslerday pre. enter! a $250 eh ck to 'he Unlvt•rsity of San Die o to help support its legal clintt . The ch tk went Ir> the USO I.aw .,c·hool to support activities at three clinics - in Linda Vis- ta, at tbe Community Crisis Cent£>r and in :"iational City. T cl m · Kl\ e legal aide to re 1d nt f ch,advantaged area· w th vo unteer help from the law chool.

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I 1/>'\I ;;._ Toreros lose Final, 6~ Uni, ers1ty of G -

The led by Billy .Jat'k rn a~c: Bob Jrnm..,; . who eacli r t 23 i)O'n' ,, battled back ram a 49 42 i' 'fllme cieficit to tie the gam at 82 all with 40 st•eonds rem1un1ng In the game. They qu ckly added four points on a layL and two free thl'O\\S by Bc'l Parker before the T r rrs eould coun'.er at the bun r on a 20-footer by ~tan W ashmgt n Was, on led the USO at- tack with 23 p nn 111th Skip La.me drhng '9 Pinky Smith, 15 Brn Th 'lip on, 12 and Fred Atk on, IO. The loss ga\c USD a 12•14 sea- son re ord C,1 1 Pc y finished with a 16-9 man< \ i I ors

½~- r Ii ious study ~ CONTINUED FROM PAG~ B•I quircments, including religion, tuition fees, and curriculum development. Students asked Msgr. Portman about the possibility of negotiating on the re- ligion requirement, and his response was that such negotiations would prob- ably end up lowering o ending the re- quirements which he id he feels "are already minimal." "l don't want to get int the situation where you h e just · lit dab of this and a lil b of 4 he said. "I think it is academ1ca ly necessary to offer co r. c .. and trail'.!tng In eligion - necessary in order to understand your heritage." e Plans

Author To Lecture Here

I •. .,j Dr. and Mrs. Author E. Hughes, r ight, were honored at a reception Saturday in La Jolla . With the Hughes are Dr. and Mrs. Delwin Schneider. Dr. , :

Umve ty of T as, is the author of 10 novels, 12 come• di and namerous articles for ocw papers and maga- zine m ooth I orth and South merica

Hughes is president of the Umvers'lty of San Diego which is star ting an Ecumeni cal 1 nter of Worl d Reli gions.

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World rel igions center is planned

.. llo(lla1t·e ,111d H,·alitv. · \\ rill n ant.I narrated IJy a1 l hislorwn t,cnnel11 Ct,rk. ,,s shown on ~;n neI work.-. 1·am1n o Hall Thl'a tr, . l mvcrsit v ,,f San l>it•go. Akal;, Park . 11 a.111. and 7 p.111 Fr,·t• IO the µubll<. 29 l-6481l. t•xte11sio11 35.J-34•, lo , mfor,nation WEDNESDAY \'i kt.,r Frani,l. M.l l .. Ph. D.. 1·mine11t 1>sych11ther;i pisl, rir,,kssor. author and lec turer. l ·amino Theatre. l niver si tv uf San IJiego. 8 r>.m Fr;'l' 111 tne 1>ub1I, . 291-ti480. l'X!cnsm11 3a.J- :J46 for lurth,·r mfurmat um ll al l .\uditurium . Univ, rs1t1· uf ~a11 IJ1ego. Ak.,Ja P,,rk at ll p 111. l91-64,:0. ,·xtcns1on 3.14 f111 mforination. Lect ure: ·P,~·d10the 1:1p1 and l'hilo,uphy' bv TII RSDAY L('(·ture: ·Populat1un ant.I 1,:n\•ir onm\·nt hv l' ,111 1 Ehrlilk . , l)e Sales

lengt11 ad ven ture Iravclug with m person m1rra1 ion b1 Cla, I· ran, 1sco. t 'ivic J'heatc-r. 8: 15 µ m. I· or i11form.1tion ,·all 23h- li510. Old To,1 n 11 ,~toriC' Pa rk \\alki1111 T..ur. .,ponsored b1 San D,e.e;o S1a(e Cullegc. l\lcC'IS tla il~· at 11 ,un through tne ioth at the, isi tor,· cenkr. 4016 \\ all"ce Sl. 1· or 1urth,·r mforn1ation ,·all 2iii-483I. TUESDAY Leci urt•: ·World Aff,, 1rs·· b1 l>r. \ lon zo Bakt·r. Sponsored In San lliej!,, Wuman s l' hi lh.1 rm o11 ic Com,n itlee. Sher ,1 ood lla ll. ;oo Prospe.. t St.. L , Jolla 3p.111 :\l;i.-Lers Uem,,nstrauon ,,f ,,n anl(ct s I rom Ohio Sd 1001, In lue Cas" Ucl 1 'rado, Baluoa P,uk. 11 ,1. m . F1l,11 Series · Civilization · lk eb., na .Japan, sc lnt,·rna11on;JJ 1 !owe,

by students SAN DIEGO - A free legal service for poor residents of San Diego has been opened by law students from the UmversI~Y. of S Diego and superv1s1ng an h s n Diego attorneys from t e a Bar Association. V. ta The Lin d a IS Nei hborhood Service Cen.ter. g . ed bv the Mex ican superv1s . 1 American Advisory Counc:n provides oflice space at 22 d Comstock St. Student~ an ttomevs are organized mto 12 ~earns and work in turns from~ to 6 Pm. Mondays throug Thursdays and 7 to 10 tro Fr1davs. John Sherry. rofe~sor. is student supervisor. P The students will handle c.a~es through litigation. spec1a1Izmg la ndlord and tenant affairs. m . d umer welfare right an cons . problems similar program I~ Los Angeles now has. a caseloa of 700. expanding at the rate of 35 case a week.

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Grossmont College plans to Martin consultant fi rm, told a market for locate its second campus in a meeting of the San Diego sec- $18,000 range. 6,000-acre "new town" - tion, American Institute of the Midway plan to apply in July for a $50 eastern part of the county, a Churck Wagon that the devel- million loan guarantee from the development consultant told opment will contain from 22,000 federal Department of Housing area planners yesterday. to 25 dwelling units. He said and Urban Development, Sut- The area still requires ap- the "downtown" of the planned ter, neighborhood centers and a proval from the county Board community, consultant Rad green belt containing two golf of Supervisors for rezoning and Sutnar said courses, including the present approval from the Com- Sutnar and Joe Bill. director Cottonwood Course. . . P.rehensive Planning Organiza- of the county service area M~st of th.e public services _m. t1on. for the federal grant appli- which will provide urban ser- cludmg police protection, fire cation. vices to the now rural region, protection, sewers, \Yater, Bill said that the planned described the proposed devel- parks, open space and recrj!a- community will be the first in opment as a "new concept'' tional facilities will be provided the county in which all services and a "county prototype" de- thrnugh the county service dis- are ~rovided through a county velopment. tnct, funded by a property tax service area district. Rancho San Diego will be lo- levy within the district. The district would be similar cated east of Spring Valle~ and Sulnar said that housi_ng to an incorpora1ed di,strict, South of El Cajon at the inter- would b I rn all price levymg taxes and issuing ds . section of State R1ghwa, s 94 rang . out 80 per cent of to pay for urban improvements. and 54. A population of from county residents have an in-1 Bill said that developers ad 65,000 to 75,000 is anticipated. come of less than $10,000, .he no plans fo build schools for the Sutnar, an official oI the A. C. said, which md1cates a maior community. housing in the Rancho San Diego developers Rancho San Diego - in the Planners, at The two-year college has it w, have its own industrial nar said. been offered a site adjacent to center, a commercial town cen-

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