USD Magazine, Summer 1999

Summer 1999 Volume 14 Number 4 ONTENTS

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USD MAGAZINE

Playing Hardball Whether it's a field of dreams in Iowa or a packed stadium in Japan, Mike DiMuro '90 makes his home behind the plate as a professional baseball umpire.

EDITOR Susan Herold (E-mail: Sherold@acusd.edu) CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Michael R . Haskins John Titchen JiU Wagner '91

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Chemistry Habit Sister Patricia Shaffer has searched for a leukemia cure and spiritual peace as a USD professor. She's retiring after 40 years, but her legacy continues.

ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoto Gary Payne '86 ILLUSTRATORS Charles Glaubitz Joel Sotelo

'7 A Worldly Experience Fish tacos, flip-flops and football may be familiar to most stu– dents, but they can be a perplexing lot for ·the one out of every 20 USD students who hails from another country.

10 A Bumper Crop As USD evolves into a nationally recognized university, admis– sions officers face a record number of applicants vying for a limited number of classroom seats. Because of the demand, shaping each year's freshman class goes beyond SAT scores and grade point averages to focus on accomplished and motivated students.

ADVISORY BOARD Arian E. Collins '87 Laura Hale '92 Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) David Sullivan PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G. McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

14 Outer Limits In between research and grading papers, USD professors get their kicks - and their peace of mind - by pushing themselves to the limit in pastimes ranging from mountain climbing to mountain man living.

RELATIONS Jack Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

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Departments

ALUMNI GALLERY 19 Jim Peters '84 failed at his first business venture, but he soon learned the staples of success ... Angela Giglitto '85 has a full-blown case of fla– menco fever ... Bridging the generation gap between Filipinos is what drives Juanita Santos Nacu '98 PARTING SHOT Lacrosse Club Back Cover

ALCALA ALMANAC 2 Helping Hands: Faculty, Staff Assist Community ... USD Soccer Nets Pro Success ... Alumni Achievements Saluted ... Party Like It's 1999 ... Top 10 Bizarre Tour Questions ... Fifty Who Made a Difference CALENDAR 29 Sports Camps ... 50th Anniversary Community Party ... Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Groundbreaking