News Scrapbook 1988

Los Angeles,CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D. 50,010) (Cir. S. 55,573) NOV 28 1988

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rAdults Discover New World Steer1n¥fh.ose Who Never learned toLiteracy By DAVID MOLLAR, Times Staff Wntt'T

community colleges and had been helping teachers with paper work in their regular elementary-level classes at Carson. "It's a coincidence that we were sharing the same idea," Buffington said. "I wanted to increase parent involvement and in particular follow up on research that says that children learn better when parents are able to read to them ... and we want the community to seethe school as something positive for all of them." $10,000 Procram Grant To establish the center, USO received a $10,000 grant from Campus Compact, a Rhode Island-based consortium of more than 100 college and university presidents that promotes student volunteer act1vit1es. The. tie-in with Carson gives residents of the heterogenous Linda Vista neighborhood-a mixture of ethnic groups and income levels-flexible and anony- mous access to literacy programs, which many avoided because or the shame connected with admitting that they cannot read or wnte. And 1t gives USO students another vehicle to help the community. "Before this program, I didn't know much about the Carson area at all, in fact I had never seen Carson," said USO senior Nancy Nadeau, a University City High School graduate who oversees the literacy program, w 1ch includes child care while the adults study. 'I Wa • Totally Sboc,ked' "I never gave illiteracy a second thought and I guess I was totally shocked at how many people cannot read. I'm JUSt happy we can use the resources of the univ rs1ty to get thmgsgomg." For Nadeau, a commumcat1ons major, administra- tion of the proJect 1s a maior challenge, much different from the filing or phone work often found in volunteer programs. Nadeau and other student tutors complete

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BOB GRIESER Loi Angeles Tim University of San Diego sophomore Anastasia Hyll works with an adult in the literacy program at Carson Elementary School in Linda Vista. n n hours of trammg given by sJlecialists from the co1. mumty college d1stnct. Nadeau also helps recruit othfij"S for the proJect. "We learn how to gear the tutoring to the adult student, :i understand what they want to gel out of the program, such as whether they want to do a better Job, or help with their children, or whatever. "We understand that we should be giving them skills that they can apply to their lives, that will be useful to them" said Nadeau, who carries ut the Please see LITERAC , Page 2

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.I Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064) NOV 29 1988 .Jl/(e,i '1 I'. C. B F.sr

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I 888 / Euphoria wanes ever so slowly for Toreros By Kirk Kenney -:Jt 5~ Tribune Sportswriter

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points. I told myself, 'Here's 17,000 stupid people rooting for the wrong team.'" As it turned out, Bell was right. Twice. The Toreros relived the win a couple of hours later when a tape delay of the game was shown on tele- vision in Albuquerque. Cal Lutheran (3-2) takes a three- game winning streak into tonight's game at La Verne before coming to San Diego. The Kingsmen are led by 6-foot-4 senior guard Steve de Lavea- ga, who is averaging 32 points.

people," said Dottin, who had nine points and nine rebounds off the bench. "When we hadn't scored in the first 4½ minutes and the crowd was clapping, I was getting sweaty palms. After we scored I calmed down, then I got in the game and shut the crowd out of my mind." Sophomore center Dondi Bell used positive visualization as a confidence builder. "I tried to focus on my nervous- ness," said Bell, who had a game- high 12 rebounds along with nine

The USO basketball team spent the better pa1 t of yesterday working on its transition game. The Toreros (2-0) were coming off the euphoria of Sunday night's 64-53 upset of New Mexico and focusing on tomorrow night's home opener at 7:30 against Cal Lutheran. "That game was a confidence builder," said USO guard Gylan Dot- tin, one of seven freshman on the Toreros roster. "It showed we can really come together as a team." The Toreros didn't let their sur- roundings overwhelm them. USO came back from an early 13-0 deficit with 16,889 screaming fans in a hos- tile environment known as The Pit, the home of the New Mexico Lobos. "I liked playing in front of all those

USD rofessor to discuss book, 'Satyajit Ray' DEL R - A great artist 1s celebrated m lhe new book "SatyaJit Ray: A Study of His Films' by Umvel'Slty of San Diego prof or Ben ~yce. ~e will autograph and d1scu his work at 7:30 pm. Wednesday at Book Works Flower Hill (in Flower Hill Center), 2760 Via de la Valle, Del Mar 5

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