News Scrapbook 1986-1988

Solana Beach, CA (San Diego Co.) The Citizen (Cir. W. 20,000)

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~~a~c!'1burg moves are beautiflll ;-- Diego~s second . when he left. Ile is an outstan- and a contmuo, often. the lower Brandenburg concert, presented ding musician, of course, but also strings, ~r harpsichord. this time by the Lo~eles important arc his leadership ca- In_ all six of the concertos, each Cha~chestra , under the pabilitics. section wa_s perfect. The balan_ce direction of Nicholas McGegan , Others making return appear- never wa1vered. Th~ solo m - consisted this time of the entire ances were Allan Vogel on oboe, struments always dommat~d,_but concertos, performed in the set- Susan Gre nberg on flute and never drowned out the !1p1eno ting of the Immaculata Chapel at David Shifrin on larine~. Vogel groups, . , . the Univ<:_rsjty of San Diego. and Greenberg were particularly ~cGegan s ~ond~ctmg was This 1s the epitome of impressive. brisk and shar p, m the true Christmas programs. The s tting The Brandenburg Coucertos baroque_ n:ianner. He encourag~d was superb and the musicians make use of many solo combina- the mus1c1ans to perf~rm at their were clearly among the world 's lions. The concerta nte, a "ri- peak, a_nd they fulfilled every finest Add to that the fact pieno" section - consisting of one of lus demands. . . McGegan is a superb baroque various other combinations - - Lmda Castile conductor.

Students find volunteering is addic ive By ~1ark Sauer ·1arr Writer T IJUANA - Morning sunlight leaked through window openings and gaps ,n the patchwork that passed for roof and walls. The Mexican children athered in o finger-paint, or ma e era on drawings or glue colorful sparkle on scrap paper. The dirt floor of the two- room hut was remarkably dry, cons1derrng an inch of wind- driven ram had fallen the night before, and the kids in this squatters' village (called El Tecolote) were happ!ly en- gaged. Some of them hummed along to the panish Chris mas carols emanating from a plas- tic, battery-run record player rn "I'd much rather be here than domg whatever I'd be doing on the weekend back on campus," said Tracy Williamson, smiling at the &-year-old girl who clung to her waist. "In fact, this · ems so much more important than anything else I do." Williamson was one of five udent volunteers from the Umversily of an Diego who found time on that recent Sat- urday, between studying for "Our main purpose is to give them attent10n,' said Paul Win- ter, as the familiar schoolhouse aroma of peanut butter and jelly filled the air. "And it goes both ways. The volunteers can certainly use the affection and There is no school bell, of course, but the four or five youngsters inside when Winter and hi USD crew arrived to b~in Saturda ' school grew to r than 30 within a bait-hour. ndividual attention is vital the corner. and finishin term p!lp<)r-. to n t some of Tijuana's poorest chi!- dren. aUention, too."

Among the pe1formers were 1 several that are familiar to Sart Diego audiences. Most familiar was Andres Cardenes, San Diego' s ex-concertmaster. It 's clear when listening to this man play that the symphony lost a lot

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come from large families that make their living scavenging the children have gr at trouble developing self-esteem ''They're not used to attention and some will grab on and not let go when 1t s time to leave," said David George, direc or of inos. a San Ysidro charity that coordinates some of the USD volunteer projects 'Bui becau " lhese USD tu- dents keep coming back, the kids here I arn that people will return. that they do care." Projects mMexico, ke the Los dents played real hfe Santas by donating more than 80,000 hours this year in community service. Nearlv 1,000 of USD's 3,000 students helped thousands of people in San Diego and in Mexico since the Catholic uni- versity embarked 18 months ago on a program that is fast becoming a model for Califor- ··The reason for USD's rapid success is that they have a in the local dump because · · I part of an amb1 ous o program at D, whe u- nia colleges.

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ness admini tration major Ron Bone, who is the first to admit tha, Ns ilk aren't generally considered the vol unteer type. "Working in the business world, I believe, is a noble way to earn a liv- ing," Bone said. "But that doesn't mean you can't use your administra- tive skills to help out your fellow man." Bone and a group of fellow stu- dents used their manual-labor skills one weekend this year to renovate and paint buildings at the Viejas In- dian Reservation in East County. "We try not to make this into an exercise in do-gooding, hke, 'Look at us, look ,, hal , e' e done,'·· Bone said... W1fr t1 kr.uc and the idea is to learn "At night bers of the pened to hem in t 1s country. The idea is to raise octal cor sciousness." It 1s no uncommc,n for USD stu- dents to beg off t e volunteer move- ment, claiming hat with part-time jobs and school they have no time left. About thrn Rauner and Bartel pie who need rem rl al work in read- 1ng and math." Clement said. "My student is 19 and dropped out of ·chool in the 11th grade Now he's very motivated and his learning has increased tremendously. "At our last session, he told me that I shouldn't become a lawyer, I should become a teacher. That sort of thing 1s very gratifying." Clement, who has succeeded in re- eruitmg several other law students mto volunteering and in gettmg up-. port for the program from the LSD "My friends always ask, 'How can you be volunteering when you're in school full time and president of the bar association? And I try to tell them how fu lfilling it is," she said. 'It's really not that much time - a,bout 90 mmute (w1ce a week. But fhe fhing 1s you bave to make time for what's really imp >rtant m hfe.'' !_tal.J.ut1'd;~iB11S'-live a on on at has hap- nod knowingl_ d trot out Lesley Clement She 1s 2f. lnrd-~ e;ir law student, preside'!t o' he Student Bar Associa- lion anr a tu r rn her spare time. t an a ult-literacy pro- 'oil ge, helping peo- "[ work gram at Me i ,,,~,..,.. L, out of it an op s e helps

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leering on both th !teal and nationa1 levels, has wntte, two books on managing vol ntetr programs and ha two da ghten who are Peace Corps veteran A comm1ttE'e of /acuity members at USD, who are d ermined to coun- ter apathy in todafs college student with community action programs, said Rauner I perectly suited to the task. "The difference in ordinary pro- gram and dynamc ones is getting students to reali2! that this can be the most excitmgpart of their expe- rience at the niversity," said Rauner, who qm ly warms to the topic and sound ea football coach firing up the troos at halfttme. "It's like witt Special Olympics last year Peopll ould come up to me afterward ad say, 'Gee, I wish I'd known abou 1t. Well, we had posters pla tere all over, but they didn't connect utll people who had participated tah..'

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English and arithmetic, USD stu- dents are addmg to the lives of many kids from Spanish-speaking families. Carlos' teacher, Mana Cazares, said Carlos and others m his class are making great strides thanks to tutormg from college students. "This is called a 'combination class.' We have fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders here," Cazares said "A few of them need individual instruc- lion and would fall way behind with- out 1t. These tutors make such a dif- Wi h contmued progress, Carlos should be up to speed and jorn the mainstream school population in two years - about the time Kathy DiTo- maso will be graduating from USD and lookmg for her first job. A junior maioring in business and psychology, DiTomaso coordinates the university's crew of tutors at five Southeast San Diego elementary schools (two of which are private). •·coming into the r lives as we do often deprived of at borne," DiToma- so said. "Besides 1t s the biggest ego trip - you walk mto the classroom they scream your name 1 do it bee u e I love children Of our tutor do. We wouldn t tay m 1t I w weren t getting a lot of satisfaction from 1t ourselves. One of Uiose dray, ing immense sat- i faction from volunteering is busi- m ference." gives these I tio e re

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USD hopes to Brown-bag Tribune stall report ~9_ t; U~lays its firsr home game in tlfi'ee weeks tonight when the Toreros host Brown. Game time is it 7:30. USD 3-4. Brown, which hasn't playea since Dec. 10, is 3-2. their top three-point shooter (17-of- 40, 43 percent). He was 4-for-4 on three-pointers in the Toreros' 71.59 loss to Fullerton State last Wednes- day.

Point guard Danny Means is the only other USD plaver·averaging in double figures (13.0), The Toreros are opening a four- game, nine-day home stand. After ~rown, th~ Toreros play the Univer- sity of Missouri at Kansas City on Wednesday, USIU on Saturday and Texas-Arlington a week from tomor- row. USO will open West Coast Athletic Conference play Jan. 15 at Loyola Marymount.

Brown's victories have been against New Hampshire, Texas and Bryant College (97-78), the Bruins' last opponent. Brown's losses have been to Stan- ford (90-78) and Providence (104-90) The Bruins are led by 6-foot-5 for: ward Marcus Thompson and 6-7 cen- ter Anthony Katsaros, who are aver- agi~g 19.8 and 11 points per game. Sixth man Marty Munn is leading the Toreros is scoring (15.6) and is