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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co) Times

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Iannacone Means Business ~~!!§D's Athletic ~!!.~~!or 'Th , 11 While comprising budgets. es- ere S fea Y tablishmg decorum and adminis- SAN DIEGO-First, it's the look. That ever-present smtle that tering to daily cnses, he mostly has

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makes you think that what he's doing is actually fun, the neatly cropped hair with touches of gray, and a suit that would sell copies of "Dress for Success." Then, the delivery, Words, with a thick Eastern accent, roll off his tongue like those m a memorized speech. But they arc oh-so believable. His lips are movmg, but is 1t hve. or 1s 1t Memorex• Who cares? You get the message. Furthermore, you like 1t. Then comes the product. o need. You've already bought ll. He 1s a salesman, a businessman. He 1s Tom Iannacone Don't be fooled by the title-ath- letic director of the University of San Diego. He 1s the CEO of Alcala Park athletics. And he means busi- nes. Listen tc, what his constituents and employers have to say. Hank Egan, basketball coach, "H 's a professional. He under- stands what you're doing. He knows what you have to accom- plish. H.s approach Is businesslike, and this 1s a busmess. It Is a way of advert!Sing the university." Th mas Burke, vice president in charge of student affairs, "He has a very dehberatc, measured style." John Cunningham. baseball coach, ' Whenever I talk with Tom, I come away thinking positively," Michael G1lleran. West Coast AtrJettc Conference commisSJoner. "He's ver;> p cparcd. He's a think- er He thmks before he speaks." Bn n Fogarty, football coach. "H • all busmcss and very good at lt ' Dan Yourg, Iannacone's assistant atl-1 tic director "I can't keep up w1thhtm." Few can Nme days ago. the last of 5,865 students at USD finished final exams. The first semester of the 1988-89 sd oal year as complete Soon the campus would empty, and the cla rooms would rcmam dark un- til next year. Students and teachers would

spent his first semester acquamting himself with the university and It people. He 1s eager, but cautious, about implementing his ph1losoph1e, and aspirations when it comes to the university's athletic departrr lJ But don't expect to s e hurncane- like changes in personnel, fac h ](~ enough of a realJSt to know f something isn't br ken, don't foe 1t Iannacone was not brought m BJ an emergency re,;p1rator Th ath lct1c department was breathmg fine-has been now for at a t 9 years smce the former athletic director, the Rev. P.tnck Cahill, 979 80 int NCAA Div 10n I except foott 11, which remain 1v s1on 1II). But Iannacone knows thr de partment cannot stand on 1 rep talion. It must progre s. He undC'T stands business prmc1ples, anrl h:i pnnc1pal busmess 1s a hie c USO. • When Ian'lacone arrived t USO football team was veil 1r o It practice rcg1m n, the eason be gmning In JO days The w men' volleyball team, men's socc r le, rr and men's and women's cro s country programs were under way Many of the other sports-wh lJ include men's and women· ba k t ball, crew and tennis, men's go and baseball and women's swim ming and softball-were alrra

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have almost 6 weeks off to relax, enioy, celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year. But over m the northeast corner of the campus. Iannacone's office remams open dunng the break. and the man who occupies it 1s workmg diligently. There will be no vacation. He says he has too much work to do and claims too little time to do it The lights will burn bright and long, as they have all semester. The phone will still ring and be answered. In this modest office in the USD Sports Center, pencils and papers and typewriters and files will not be idle. ''I'll probably take off (Dec.] 25th and watch some football on (Jan. 2)." Iannacone says with a smile. "But other than that, I have too niuch work to do." An Easterner experiencing hts first "winter-le s" Christmas sea- son. he probably would not even notice the change 1f not for the ab ·ence of students outside his office wmdow and door. This week, Iannacone has worked in tranquihty for the first time since he began his duties as athletic director Sept. I. For Iannacone (I-AN. -a cone), It has been 4 wonderful months of orientation to the school, its studen , faculty and admm1~- tratlon, the commumty and

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dunng the SUll'lmer to accept an iate pastorsh1p at Guardian ngel Cathedral in Las Vegas A nat10nw1d earch for h1 suc- c or yielded Iannacone, who had held the same P0Sltion at St. Fran. c1s Coll gem Loretto, Pa. From 80 applicants. VSD mv1ted

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.I Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064)

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Tribune SiaJf Report The 11§D ha~tbail team w II at- tempt to shake a two-gatne I s ng streak and climb back over the .500 mark when it plays the University of North Texas tonight at 7:30 at the USO Sports Center. The Toreros ( 4-4) dropped both games of last week's road trip, Io. ing to Nevada-Reno and Montana. North Texas (2-5) has a way of brigging out the best in its opponents, however Ask Loursiana Tech, Ne- bra ka. Baylor, Montana State and U-T San Antonio. Each has beaten the Eagles this season, although Bay- lor needed four overtimes for a 96-95 win. lt gets WOTSP. North Texas will be playing with- out 6-foot-8 forward Ronnie Morgan, who is on academic suspension. Mor- gan is the team's leading Tebounder with 11.4 rebounds a game and its

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The Eagles are averagmg 76.1 points a game, which isn't bad con- sidering they're shooting 37.l percent from the field. Guard Deon Hunter leads the Eagles with 16.3 points a game. USO should be buoyed by what North Texas has faced this season. U the Toreros need more incentive, they may want to consider the fact that North Texas leads the series 1-0. The Eagles defeated the Toreros 83- 73 when they met during the 1979-80 season, USO's first at the Division I level. Freshman forward Gylan Dottin leads USD with 13 points a game fol- lowed by junior forward Craig Cot- trell with 12.5. Toreros sophomore center Dondi Bell is averaging 10.4 points and 7.5 rebounds. /

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Qttching the Ray USD professor profiles Indian director in book By Jamie Reno Call it a magnificent obsession m?.re than 20 years - to continue? My greatest incentive in the face

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traveling and searching for the man's many films, it was at times ex_tremely difficult to keep going," said Nyce. He did not have a publish- er until late in the game and his only funding early on was $6,000 in sti- pends from USD and the Indo-Ameri- can Friendship Society. Exhausted as his bank account t~en, were times Nyce considered g1vmg up on the project. "It was especially difficult for me because during most of the research- i~g and writing I retained my posi- tion as a teacher," he said. So what inspired Nyce _ who has taught literature and film at USO for

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. Ben Nyce spent seven years ·and his own _money traveling the world researching and writing a book on the films of Indiai director Satyajit Ray. T_he USO ~fessor started the proJect whic~~e "Satyajit Ray: A Study of HJS Films" out of respect for work of the man many see as India s most accomplished and revered director. But before long Nyce w?ndered what he had gotte~ himself mto. "With all the expenses and all the

?f all the adversity was that I am Just such a great admirer of the man's work. That kept me going" Nyce said. ' "Y ou see, as unbelievable as it may sound, there has never been a book_ written in English_ a compre- hensive one - that analyzes Ray's wo~k. In a way I felt this great obli- gation to be the first to write such a book, for this man. I had to finish what I started." Nyce's interest in films can be

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two from France, one British ana me other Italian, and I decided after speaking to them that if I got going on the project right away, I could probably produce a book first. And. none of the other books was being scheduled for release in this coun- try." So Nyce began to research and write, knowing it would require

})l 0-lllCn,- ......_, _ He refuses sometimes to be political, and India, of course, is a nation that has its share of political problems." R&ential to the writing of any comprehensive work on an artist is, of course, accessibility. But, Nyce .., ... u. ,.,.,

' I wa immediately fascinated by th1 man's approach to the medium It was 11ch a wonderful, warm and down to-earth film," Nyce said. Nyce's devot10n to Ray's was com- plete by 1961, when he attended a retrospective of Ray's first three films (one of which is "Pather Pan- chali ') at the now-defunct Unicorn

The tie~ ir•-~-~~--.,..-~ project, Nyce said is that he'll need only travel to New York and Los An- geles. Reno is a free-lB11ce writer.