USD Magazine, Winter 1998

DEPARTMENTS

ALCALA ALMANAC 2 What's Hot at USD ... A Walk in the Park ... In Concert ... Matters of the Heart, Mind & Spirit ... Alpine Engineer ... Industrial Problem Solvers ALUMNI GALLERY 18 Joan McMillan '81 believes in the power of poetry, page 20 ... Judith Groshek '89 says her career is in mint condition, page 22 ... Amie McMullin '96 developed street smarts while volunteering in 3 3 University of the Third Age ... USD Real Estate Conference ... Alcala Park Walking Tour ... Chamber Music Concert ... Founders Gallery Exhibit ... New York Preview ... School of Nursing Lectureship ... Music by Women Composers ... Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards Dinner ... University Community Choir Concert ... Commencement PARTING SHOT Back Caver Tanzania, page 24 KALEIDOSCOPE

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USO MAGAZINE

EDITOR Trisha J. Ratledge CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Kate Callen Michael R. Haskins

PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Ken Jacques '78 Pablo Mason Gary Payne '86 Jonothan Woodward ILLUSTRATORS Charles Glaubitz Troy Viss

Jill Wagner '91 ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G- McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jack Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

ashions come and go ... and come and go.

~ But what's always in vogue are the

friendships that students form on campus. Exploring life after high school while experi– encing responsibility and freedom, perhaps for the first time, students engage in marathon debates, all-night study sessions and lively strolls through the heart of campus. These activities, and more, quickly bond one-time acquaintances into lifelong friends. And that never goes out of style.

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