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Young Girl's Vision Quest Led Her Here By ELAINE SMYTH

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udy Slated On Refugee Resettlement The University of San Diego has entered into an agreement with an eastern university to conduct a research study into the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees. Dr. Edward Foster, dean of the college of arts and sciences, said yesterday that the agreement with the te University of New York in Buffalo is the school's first n onwide research project. . ; Foster said USD faculty and students YOl( be involved in documenting and recording refugee processing and Jl.ay,,lo-day life at Camp Pendleton. They also will study theifi tlimilation into the San Diego C!ommuni- ty - customs and cultural

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Stephanie Rich as Sarah Bernhardt, a one-woman &how, plus Echoes Of: a mime show, will be presented at the Uruve1s1ty of San Diego Satur,lay, at 4 p.m. in the Camino Theatre. The show highlights the Women in France exl11b1t at l.JSD Oct. 20-31. The ?xhibit, a pl 1 oto- illustrated survey on French women, was prepared by the Fro,nch Cultural Services and u. open to the public free of charge Call USO, 291-6480 Ext. 3~. for exact tim . The show, Sarah Ber- nhardt, is a vignette OI, the notonous French actre;;s of , the previous century, and is set in her stage dr~sing room. There she condu,;t., a p ress conference, an- swering questions put to her by im ginar) in- terrogators. Sarah talks

about her life in Paris as Queen of I.he Theatre, her eccent r icities and her menagerie of exot ic animals . She re-enacts her first humorous audition pranks she played on stag~ and her meeti ng with famous and infamous people of her day. In Echoes of: a mime show, Miss Rich gives expre~s1on lo a whole range of emotions. Mime IS commumcat1on without words , using body movement and facial express10n to tell a story. Tickl-ts for I.he two-part bhow are SJ for adults and SI for .,111clenls Ms. H1ch, a stuqent of Marcel Marceau, has toured Europe wilh her show, and at the Edinburgh Internahonal Fesl!val she was awaroed the Scotsman Award She has appeared on Freru:h telev1s1on wilh Marceau and has worked

with the Pental,us Theatre of f,n~and, The Every Theatre of Wales and I.he Theatre Centre Centre, Ltd . of London. the London ncademy of Music and Dramatic Art, and Roya l Scottish Academy, Queen Margaret College and the Welsh College of Mu:,ic and Drama. She has al:,o performed maJor dramatic roles in Europe and America. She has given lecture perfo rmances a t

Into the present day," ~iss Dugan said. "It's a custom so sacred to them that they don't talk about it. So much has peen taken away from them that they are extremely reluctant to talk about their religious customs." • According to custom, ~he said, when each Indian chlld reaches the age of puberty he goes Into solltude, fast,ing and praying from two to four days "ln the hope of re!!eiv- ing a vision that will provJde him with guidance and strength for life " Miss Dugan said that 1,rntil a few years ago, major. ,,mi-

As a young girl growing up in New Milford, Conn., Kath- leen Margaret Dugan was uncertain about her future but felt teaching would play a role In It Thi· month, Miss Dugan will become th fir t female theologian from the laity to teach In the religious tudles department of the Universi- ty of San Diego ,A an assis- tant professor, . he will teach courses in fundamental the- ology to both college stu• dent and minanans. An Inten • young woman, Ml. Dugan doe. n't sc her role as a "missionary" trying to convert her stu• dents, but as a dedicated t ach r pre ntlng theology and Its hi. tory to her class- es "I went into theology as a natural fulfillment of my lov of literature and my deep lnte in theology as well," Mt Dugan said CLEAR A D DISTINCT As a theology instructor, . he said, tie w111 "present th dtsciplin a clearly and d1stlnctly as you would any other acad mlc subject. "T believe theology has a v ry important place in the curriculum in any universi- ty " Miss Dugan received her bachelor' degree in English from Marymount College, Tarrytown, N.Y., where Shi' was graduated magna cum laude, and her master's de• gr in theology at New York's Fordham University, where she iS completing her 'Cl torate in theology She hopes to present her doctoral dissertation on "TI1e Vision Quest of the Plains Indians" when she returns to the East during the Chrlstma holidays. This summer she taught a course on " The Problem of God," and last summer con- ducted a seminar on "The Spiritual Vision of the Native American" In the ecumeni- cal studies center at USO. BROAD PERSPECTIVES At USD, Miss Dugan will try to "bring in perspectives from the world's religions, Including Buddhism, Hindu- Ism and the religions of the native American. "I believe that every world religion can tell us something about God." She points to her doctoral dissertation as an example. Her historical study on the vision quest of the Plains Indians, based on document- ed data gathered from many anthropologists, deal 'th 19th Century Indians at the peak of th ir culture CO TINUE TOD Y "The vision quest 1s a eus- tom that reaches far back in their history and rontinues ..

traits retained or given up, problems encountered and the agencies involved. Foster announced the joint project yesterday along with Dr. Ronald K. Goodenow of the State University of New York. Gooaenow provided the impetus for the research project while teaching a class on American immi- grants at USD's summer session. ISTPROGRAM Goodenow said he believes this is the first university- related project designed to study the processing, life and problems of the refu- gees. "There was nothing li,ke this done on the Cuban refu- gees or the Hungarian refu- gees either," Goodenow said. While USD studies the Camp Pendleton and San Diego-area refugees, State University will conduct re- search at the camps at Indi- an Town Gap, Pa., and Fort Chaffee, Ark. Goodenow said the goal is to collect and disseminate information about the public policy in handling the prob- lems of the refugee. In addition to financing by USO ($2,500) and State Uni- versity of New York ($4,500), the researchers are being supported by a grant from the New York Council on the Humanities. The council has provided a $1,000 startup grant and is process- ing a $25,000 grant to provide for additional research, offi- cials said. OTHER GROUPS In addition, several nation- al and state foundations are considering financing re- quests, Foster and Goode- now said. Goodenow said the first phase of the research will be to collect data on camp or- ganizations, day-to-day ad- ministration, refugee life within the camps, programs to aid with education and assimilation into the Ameri- can culture, voluntary and governmental agencies in- volved and sponsorship pro- grams. Study of the Vietnamese in

SOLO - Stephanle R ich, a student of French mime Marcel Marceau, will present a one-woman show Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. m the Univer- sity of San Diego Caml- no Theatre.

their re:,ettled areas .will occur in the second phase of the proje .t, he saHI. · Goodenow said. the study may have effects on the cur- rent refugee sitµation as well as any other mass mi- gration which might come in the future. NEED CENTER Although there are plans to close Camp Pendleton at the end of October, Goode- now said he believes there will be a need for refugee centers and sponsor pro- grams for the next year or more. Foster said the coopera- tive project should enable USD to provide summer pro- grams and seminars and adapt the results to giany areas of study at the univer- sity. He also said the project will enable USO, a small, private university, to work with a large public institu- tion on a nationwid·e project. Foster said USO students majoring in many different areas will be able to partici• pate by contributing to the research data collection and gaining experience for their area of specialization.

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versitles didn't offer cour, concerning the religic traditions of the Amerlc Indians. 'TREMENDOUS SURGE' "But now there's a 1 mendous surge of inten both In society as a whol~ well as on collegf' cam on the American Indian . "It's a historical fact we have not understoo valued the culture of American Indian. Par this was Ignorance and any spiritual value in native American cust:,ms." Anthropologists studying North American Indians found that while tribes living within one cultural area had differing cu~toms, their re- ligions often had similar or common forms - such as the vision quest. "It sheds light on the doc- trine of revelation, of man 's search for union with God. It shows the close bond of spiri- tuality and the 11ay of life of a whole race of people," she said.

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CU, lGA GIFI'-Mrs. Anna B. Culligan, center, of San Bemantlno, presented the collection of letters, papers and book of her late husband, Emmett J. Culligan, to the Univ rslt o San Diego last Friday, Accepting here are Dr. Author E. Hughes, right, USO president, aud Bishop Leo T. Maher, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Looking un re two of Mrs. Culli&an's sons, Thomas, left , of

LaGrange, Ill. , and Father John, OCD, of Gilroy, Calif. Emmett Culligan, who acted as an advisor to the late Bishop Charles F. Buddy In the founding o USD, was founder of the water treatment industry In 1936. The coUecllon will be housed In the ·,ersit)'s James S. Copley Library.-SC photo

of this was a tremen.!.,;;3:::s;;-- guilt complex on the part of white Americans, which pre- vented them from seeing

l't•°"'- / ,so 7 Pretria I Tactics A Questioned By JACK WEBB Patty Hearst's lawyers ap- which Miss Hearst was re- pear to be attempting to try !erred to as being "spaced her case in the press - but it out," tearful and as ··not could backfire, prominent even the same person that . California attorneys said .. participated in the Hiber- yesterday. nia Bank robbery." "Obviously, this case is "Ordinarily, attorneys ' being tried in the press, and would try to avoid pretrial apparently the defense at- .J)Ublicity, but that's not hap- torneys have considered a pening here," Bechefsky decision to go to the public said . "I suppose they justify early in the case," said How- it in their own minds by ard Bechefsky, secretary of saying it's necessary to com- the San Diego County Bar bat all the negative publicity Association. " It may make it that has come out (in the impossible to get an impar- Hearst case) but it could tial jury." degenerate into a very un- Bechefsky said that hold- fortunate thing." ing a press conference, as MORE PUBLICITY Hearst lawyers did yester- Bechefsky noted that F. day, " in an effort to mold Lee Bailey has been selected I the minds of the public . . . to head the Patty Hearst 1 is frowned on by the profes- defense team. I sion, though I'm not aware " As I recollect it, F. Lee • of any specific ethical canon Bailey has ggne to the public f on this point. prior to triaT in other cases 1 MAY BOOMERANG he's handled, and my feeling "It may boomerang, is that we can look for a lot a though, beca the U.S. At• more pretrial publicity," Be- v torney and tbe FBI may chefsky said. a have a lot of information Michael Pancer, president .!- that they could release in of the American Civil Liber- t. response " • ties Union in San DI go, said \I Bechefsky was referring that he wouldn't criticize n to yesterday's press confer- •Balley or the decision to hold ence by members of the a press conference. Hearst defense team, at .TERMED FAIR

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-~;zy;p - -;··; 30 h s The University of San Diego received a first place award for the best maintained school or university grounds. The USD campus includes 190 acre of land, which is cared for by a staff of 13 gardeners. Roger Smith is supervisor of grounds.

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Buildings Not Adequate For Wheelchair Users buildings by two Univer ty of San Diego tudents has concluded that none of the five are adequately equip d for h ndicapped u ers. Th buildings urveyed were the County Courtho e, City O rations Building, City Administration Building, ivic Th ater and Security Pacific Bunk Building. The tudents, Sharron Hall and Kathleen McAnulty, whose survey wa part of a clas project, rated the courthouse lowest after finding it had no r .stroom. , drinking fountains, telephones or vending machines accessible to wheelchair users. While new buildings must make provi ion for people in wheelchairs, existing tructure are not required to add such facilities. A survey of five downtown office

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"It's fair for an attorney to come in and try to even the score, especially where there's been so much pretri- al publicity that's negative to Patty Hearst," Pancer said. Pancer agreed, however, that there is "certainly a risk" that the U.S. Attorney or law enforcement agencjes may attempt to combat Hearst defense lawyers by releasi»g information of their own. Don Weckstein, dean of the schOQ} of law at the Uni- versity of San Diego, said this is unlikely, however. "The prosecution has more to lose than e de- fense in this sort of thing." Weckstein safd. "They could start ~isclosing things Jhat could be used to ask or a mistrial or a change of venue."

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