Alcalá 1990

"When I went down to Tijuana, I learned that I wasn't building a house for some poor people; we were building a home for a fam– ily rich in love and enthusiasm. The kids even taught me how to play jacks."

''Reaching Our· is quite an understatement for USD. Through many diverse organizations there are opportunities to "reach out" and assist underprivileged with time, effort and dedication. To the right you can share the joy and sense of achievement with several USD students as they build a framework for families in Tijuana; to the left you can share the warmth of a meal with the homeless at a soup kitchen in downtown San Diego. The young men and women who share the life of the University of San Diego and contribute to its growth are a multi-talented group who have many options in their life's choices. They have chosen USD for various reasons: most of them would like to acquire the power to think clearly and independently, to form sound and discriminating judgments, to satisfy a developing intellectual curiosity, and to accept as their own values of authentic freedom, open– ness to change, and responsibility to serve the society in which they live. They attend a Catholic University, and the majority of them are Catho– lics who share certain commitments and wish to explore vital religious questions in a free, yet informed way; but a high percentage of stu– dents of other faiths insures the pre– sentation of a diversity of views, so characteristic of the pluralistic American society. Afriendly campus atmosphere, op– portunity for close rapport between faculty and students, class sizes which facilitate personal attention and instructor accessibility, and a genuinely caring attitude on the part of all who make up the USD commu– nity - such are the elements creat– ing the educational environment of the University of San Diego.

Paula Marcheschi USD Junior

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