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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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1 I"· 1888 /Thoughts turn to love, virtue at USD philosophy conference ;2fl5'5 By Ann Levin philosophers ex~rtmg the most influence on the 20th cen- "One t~in~.the ancie~ts.~id: Ther spoke to a very_ basic with the role you have in your society The virtues of a Tribune Stall Writer tury, Germany s Immanuel Ka~t (~724-1804) and En~- human wISh, Smith said._ They_ la1~ out a sort of wisdom father are different from the virtues of a son. When thoughts turn to romance on Valentine's Day, land's John Stuart MIii (1806-1873), m favor of Greece s that contemporary Americans fmd marmchair psycholo- most of us send greeting cards, but 200 of the nation's Aristotle (384-322 B.C ), Plato (427?-347? B.C.) and Socra- gy. "Aristotle and Plato said_ virtue is that which enab!es leading philosophers gathered in San Diego planned to tes (470?-399 B.C.). "If someone said to me, 'I want to improve my life,' I'd you to perform Y?Ur func~IOn, to _perform what yo~ re dispense with the hearts and flowers to argue about love, "In the last 15 years, there has been a resurgence of recommend reading Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics.'" supposed_to be domg. Thats a difficult theory to revive, happiness, excellence and other virtues. interest in Aristotle's logic and ethics after 300 years of Fred Sommers, a philosopher from Brandeis Universi- because m the o!d ~~ys people knew what they were Dennis Rohatyn, a University of San Diego philosophy neglect," Rohatyn said. ty, accompanied his wife, Christina Hoff Sommers of supposed to be domg. professor, said it was a coincidence thafhis department's Nicholas Smith, a profesor at Virginia Polytechnic In- Clark University, to the conference, even though she Richard Taylor, a philosopher with a fringe of white "Conference on the Virtues" fell on the same weekend as stitute and State University, said the ancients became teaches _e!hics and he doesn't. beard who gave yesterday's opening speech while Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day, a holiday dedicated attractive because Kant's "duty ethics" and Mill's utili- . A log1c1an by trade, Sommers couldn't help comment- dressed in work boots, white painter's pants and a demm to two virtuous Americans. tarianism failed to answer a lot of questions about how mg on the currently fashionable interest in virtue. jacket, was more optimistic about applymg Aristotle's Nevertheless a session scheduled this morning was people behave. "It's a secul~r al~ernative to th~ Moral Majority," said lessons to the ills of modern life. devoted to lov~. The program for tonight is "Panel Dis- "Put i't thi's way," sai'd Mi'chael Carella, who teaches Sommers, addmg: Part o_f the v_1rtue movement is how t h 1 d After an introduction that included a recitation of the cussion: Rottenness." ethics at San Diego State University: "Utilitarianism is • 0 approac m_or~ .e ucatl?n· An st ot1e was unabashedly books be has written and prestigious institutions where Why all the fuss about virtue? Because virtue theory is b k t ,. m favor of soc1abzmg kids mto the culture. the current rage among philosophers who teach ethics. an rup · "'J'.eachers today have not been doing that; they're he has taught, he brushed aside the accolades and men- Believe it or not, there's a revolution under way in Rohatyn chimed in: "And Kantian ethics are waning." afraid of that; but now people are saying, 'Let's do it for tioned his proudest achievement: university philosophy departments. Therefore, many philosophers have turned to the our own culture like he (Aristotle) did it for his.' " "Two weeks ago, I became a father, and I named my Modern teachers of ethics are rejecting the two moral Greeks, who wrote extensively about human character. Asked to define virtue, Sommers said: "It has to do infant son Aristotle." P. C. B

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840)

FEB 1 41986

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The executive director of the San 1e oCrime Commission dented yes- t rd y that any portion of a $25,000 Anne Swanke reward fund establish- ed to find the killer of the USD stu• d nt w earmarked for one of the in the case again. t mult1pl murder defendant David All n Lucas Roger Young told Superior Court Judge Franklin B. Orfield that none of the money to his knowledge was I as1d for Jodie Santiago, 34, of attle Santiago i · a key prosecution wit- n . havmg urvived a severe throat lashrng on June 9, 1984. Santiago eyw1tn e

Williams that read, "No payment to Santiago until after the trial." Earlier testimony mdicated that $10,000 of the reward fund had been paid to Diana O'Grady in settlement of a lawsuit she filed against the commISSion for information she sup- plied the Sheriffs Office just before Lucas' arrest in December 1984. Saunders also sought to learn the identity of the anonymous donor of $20,000 to the fund, but failed when Orfield sustained each objection made by Deputy District Attorney George Clarke.

Roger Young told Superior Court Judge Franklin B. Orfield that none ofthe money to his knowledge was set aside for Jodie Santiago, a key prosecution witness.

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)

identified Lucas as her assailant dur- ing two preliminary hearings. Lucas, 30, a Casa de Oro carpet cleaner, faces six murder charges in the Nov. 20, 1984, death of Swanke, 22; the Oct. 23, 1984, slayings of Rhon- ·da Strang, 24, and Amber Fisher, 3. a girl Strang was baby-sitting in her Lakeside home; the May 4, 1979, mur- der of Suzanne Camille Jacobs, 31, and her 3-year-old son, Colin Michael

Jacobs; and the Dec. 8, 1981, slaying of Gayle Roberta Garcia, 29; as well as Santiago's attempted murder. Questioned by defense attorney William Saunders, Young told the court, "To my knowledge, the (reward) money is a closed issue." Saunders said later that he was re- ferring to a note Young apparently had written following a conversation with Deputy District Attorney Daniel

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Sunday, February 16, 1986

... new wheels ... T~e l~year-old clunker that got Mane Hitchcock, San Diego's be- loved puppeteer, around was on its last leg - so far gone she had to turn down some engagements. "I had to get gas, oil or transmis- sion fluid every one to three days and carry water in the car. I was just scared to go anywhere," Hitchcock said. Thanks to several area Lions clubs and private donors, though, Hitch- cock's been on the road again since August when she was presented with a newer 1981-model station wagon. The Mission Lions and Lionesses and the Silvergate-Midway Lions clubs spearheaded the fund-raiser. "I can't believe the mileage I get and what it used to cost me " Hitch- cock said. ' Hitchcock, 74, in her 38th year of puppet shows in San Diego, has a full schedule again, including several ap- pearances at the Puppet Theater in Balboa Park. ... and an unsolved issue A year ago this month, construc- t10n was to start at Mission San Diego de Alcala on an 8,100-square- foot multipurpose parish ball to be built on top of archaeological ruins ex~avat~ over a 20-year period by Un1j.ers1ty of San Diego students. Bllt a group of parishioners-, local archaeologists and historians argued that the construction would destroy or seal off access to ruins not yet completely investigated. Their protests resulted in actions by the city's Historical Site Board and in October by the city council' which required another environmen: ta! report and a full scientific report on the two decades of archaeological work at the site before a building permit could be issued. But there was a catch that may lead to the start of construction by the end of this year, with or without the required reports, and protesters or not: By law, the council's denial is good for only 365 days, after which church officials may proceed as they wish. City planners and opponents say it's increasingly apparent the church is simply going to wait until the 365 days are up and then start building. Church attorney Donald Worley said recently he had looked into the costs involved to prepare the re- quired reports, but that church offi- cials had not instructed him to hire an archaeologist to conduct the stud- ies. Opponents say their last hope is a proposed change in the historical site ordinance that would allow the coun- cil to deny a building permit perma- nently, which Worley vowed to fight. No ~te bas been set for the proposed rev1s10n to come before the council. Staff writers Michael Ric" .1nd and Maria Puente also eontri• ;iled to this column.

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

FEB 17 1986

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r.x. ---- 1· .. n n ex-po 1tic1an .•. Former Republican Assemblyman Tom Hom says his 1970 indictment in the city's Yellow Cab scandal proba- bly shortened bis polihcal career, even though be was acquitted. But he wonders if the past would hinder him now in an election. "I'm sure it had been a setback " Hom says now. "Whether it stih would affect me in future plans for politics, which I don't have, I don't know." Hom was among eight members of the 1967 council indicted by the coun- ty grand jury on bribery or conspira- cy charges in connection with cam- paign contributions believed tied to an increase in Yellow Cab fares ap- proved by the council. The indictments shocked the city much t e same as the rash of charges that r ·ulted in last year's conviction of former mayor Roger Hedgecock for conspiracy and perju- ry. In the Yellow Cab case former Councilman Allen Hitch pl~aded no contest to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge. The others either had the charges dropped or were acquitted in court trials. Despite his acquittal, Hom lost his 1970 bid for re-election to the state Assembly and his bid for mayor in 1971. Hom, who has worked in the family real estate enterprises since hIS defeat, said life today is much easier than when he was an elected official. ~ti_ll h~ misses the atmosphere of pohhcs, 1f not politics itself, he said. 0 :, b

Old Glory: A flag flies from the last of 3 972 steel beams installed recently at University Center on 'the University of ~an. Oleg~ camp~s. The $9 million so-called <-a111pus "hv- mg room contains nearly sop tons of steel beams, said Paul Muzzy, marketing director for Trepte Construction Co. USD president Author E. Hughes and others added their signatures to the beam before it was placed In the 74,500-square-foot, two-level structure which features a student dining hall, faculty dining room, student govern- ment offices, deli and sundries store. It is the fourth multi- million dollar building to rise on the campus since 1983. -~-------------...,...,===-=--==----L