USD Magazine Summer 2010

T U R N I N G WO U N D S I N T O W I S DOM .

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20 / THE KIDS AREN’T ALL RIGHT For more than 20 years, Professor Robert Fellmeth and his colleagues at the USD School of Law’s Children’s Advocacy Institute have been fighting the good fight to improve — and even save — the lives of countless children. The lofty goal? To protect society’s weakest members.

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26 / WHERE COMBAT MEETS COMPASSION USD’s core academic and altruistic values reflect its billing as a “university of peace,” but it’s also an institution with extensive military ties, making it just as much a “university of justice.” Here, warriors and humanitarians are increas- ingly intertwined in a complex dynamic as they rethink and reshape conventional ideas about war and peace.

A P A T H W I T H NO O B S T A C L E S P R O B A B L Y DO E S N ’ T L E A D A N YWH E R E .

CLASS NOTES 32 / It’s All About Dignity

Doing good in the world is just good business for Ilea Dorsey ’02, who’s made a career out of traveling the world and helping others. 35 / Field Notes To pursue her interest in physical and biological anthropology, Maria Kelly ’03 travels to destinations so remote that they aren’t even on most maps. 36 / Love, Actually When Curtis Dadian ’90 met the love of his life, sparks didn’t just fly, they burst into an open flame. 42 / Happily Ever After Satin, tulle and just a shimmer of fairy dust: That’s the promise made to girls served by the Princess Project.

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GIVING BACK 12 / The Campus Connection

Bert Degheri ’61 is a firm believer in the idea that opportunity should be accompanied by a moral responsibility.

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