USD Magazine, Winter 1998

C Winier 1998 Volume 13 Numlier 2 ONTENTS Jealures

FAITHFUL FRIEND Monsignor I.B. Eagen was an accomplished figure in the San Diego Diocese, in the San Diego community and at Alcala Park. But he didn't measure success by the titles he held. He measured it instead by the people he served. When complications from pancreatic cancer took him suddenly in October, we lost a moral guidepost, a spiritual leader, a faithful friend. PAliE 7

THE PERFECT COMBINATION History professor Ray Brandes found a way to combine his two loves, teaching and baseball. And through a unique collaboration, he turned a class of students into historians. PAliE 5

REALITY BYTES: Students Conquer the World Wide Web The Internet is not housed on one giant computer or controlled by one group of people. It is thousands upon thousands of pages of information, photos and video created by and available to anyone. Some of those pages are created by USD students who taught themselves the ins and outs of Web site design. With a click of a mouse, you can see that their creations are just as diverse as they are.

USD INTRODUCES SILVER ANNIVERSARY SEAL

On the 25th anniversary of the merger between USD's predecessor institutions, the university unveils a seal that reflects all of its founding entities. PAliE 6

REFLECTIONS ON ANEW YEAR & THE RESOLUTIONS THAT INEVITABLY PRECEDE IT

From turn-of-the-century traditions tossed upon history's scrap heap, you can still find meaning in the rites of the

modern New Year. PAliE 12

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