News Scrapbook 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego co.) Evening lrlbune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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Habib's instruction to SDSU graduates: • • een th pt1m1sm d- Cf_ - :::-- unthinkable. Its preventio~ is the By Jo eph The ken first task of our defense p0bcy. Tribune &1ucat1on Writ r . "We live in a world where crises Diplomatic trouble-shooter Ph1hp are endemic. When we c~nnot pr7. C Habib prinkled word~ of _warning v nt hem, we must deal with them. with dashes of optimism m his advice Habib, called "the Man w1~h the to n Diego State Umvers1ty gradu- Golden Suitcase" beca~ o_f hi! su~- atcs . t c ~cs in difficult negotiations, said ln a commencement address eace must be achieved at all costs. SDSU yesterday, Habib ·aid he d1dn t P "We need a commitmen_t to peace wlint to dampen their JOY on such a or we run the risk of be~ng on~t a happy occa - 10 n, but he felt com- footnote in the pages of history, he pelled to talk of serious matters. arned. t" es He told the 7,500 graduates that a Despite such troublesome 1m , multiph ity of problem:; face the however, Habib said he saw no r~a- wor d today, from the dangers of n~- on for the gra uates to be anything cl r proliferation to o, ld hunger but optimistic . . ., h to terron m "It is a time for o~llmism. e "Ho do vou deal with all th~e., •d •·in my profession it is a neces- nf d , sai . t· - must be 1 u t at confuse and co oun . us · sity. At your age, op 1m1sm he y 0 generation will be a natural and vibrant outgrowth of ·ud ed n large part on how you re- youth . . ? { 0 1 e these problems · 'How could yo~th be pessimiSllc. cros town yesterday, th~The momentum 1s with you. Keep versity of San Diegg s 750 gra uates going." .

Tribune pholo by Bruce K /luff PHILIP HABIB SAYS I UES CO~FUSE AND CONFOUND U.S. aide addresses Sao Diego State graduates

heard cne Most Rev. Leo T. M~h~~• bishop of the San Diego Roman a · olic dioce! e praise them for the and matunty they developed 'Your skill are matched only with your human under tanding of oth- ers " the bishop said •·You possess an o 'nness for new ideas, but possess kil \\h1le at USD. p Habib. currently engaged m trymg t negotiate peace in Central Amer~- ca for President Reagan, t?ld SDSU s that diplomacy is an alter- gradual 'I don't believe m t e mev1tab1hty of conflict." he said. "Nuclear war is Jfid founda tions of fundamental nnc1ples." native to use of force . .

Later, in a ne~sb c~n~~~~nc:ue~~ Aztec Center, Ha 1 1e . tions about his role in Central Arnen- He discounted a r~en~ newspaper article that said the s1gnmg ~fa pact in Central America by the flv~ Cfnd tadora countries and th~ m_e States would result m ~bis nation sending troops to that region. , "If we sign such a pact;, we wo?dt send troops down there, he sa · ca peace negotiations.

resignation because "he went t?O far" in seeking a peace agreeme~t m Nicaragua. The White House .reiect- ed the plea and defended Habib. Questioned about the ch~rge of th~ conservative group, Habib rephe h Ply "I work for the president s ar ' . d' .d l" and not for any (other) m 1v1 u~ . Habib appeared relaxed and 1oked with members of the news med_1a. "The only thing I'd r~ally hkze~ talk about is_ this fantastic weather,

Guatemala and Nicarag?a, d Habib said he wasn t concerne that the proposed June 6 treaty dead- line won't be met. "Often a date is used to push nego- tiations along," he said. "The process is being escalated. "We in the Umted States .'"'.ould su port a comprehensive: ven~1able aireement. But we aren t buying a Last week, a group of congress1_0~- al conservatives asked for Habib s .

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Monday, May 26, 1986

Beulah Mahaffy waves her history degree from University of San Diego, where the 79-

year-old former schoolteacher was the old- est graduate among 725 receiving degrees.

USD: 'This class is a thril e ,' Bishop Maher tells graduates Continued from B-1

The oldest student graduated was Beulah Mahaffey, who will turn 80 on Sunday. She received her bachelor of arts in history 41 years after moving to National City from Kansas, where she taught in a one-room school- house. The Southwestern College transfer student carried a 12-unit class load while maintainmg a 3.2 grade point average. In separate ceremonies, 217 gradu- ate students and 327 law students received USD d:plomas. Saturday, USD bestowed an honorary degree on Eleanor Holmes Norton, former head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commisssion.

At the graduate ceremony yester- day , honorary degrees were conferred on Robert and Dorothy De- Bolt, the parents of 20 children, in- cluding 14 adopted with physical or mental handicaps. More than 2,500 children have been placed in foster homes by Aid to Adoption of Special Kids, an agency founded by the De- Bolts 10 years ago.

relief efforts and his project to merge the San Diego College for Women into USD. Maher has been chairman of the USD board of trus- tees for 14 years and bishop of the San Diego Diocese since 1969. In a hint at the controversy over his objections to birth control pro- grams in city sct.ool health centers, the bishop said the 1986 class re- spected human life "in all its depths." "The present social whims reflect lalse social mterests," Maher said. 'You are concerned about social Jus- tice, the care of the poor,"

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Roman Catholic Bishop Leo T. Maher receives a honor- ary doctorate in humane letters from the Univetsity of San Diego at commencement exercises yesterday. Among those officiating at USD over the weekend were USD Presi- dent Author E. Hughes, undergradu- ate valedictorian Jayne Renee Wag- goner, Law School valedictorian Mark L. Pollot and graduate valedic- torian Laura J. Tearse. L--------~--~---------------~~----.~~----~------L··