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While Mother Teresa's message was mainly one of love and p_r~yer, she f~rcefuHy reiterated her longstanding oppos1t10n to abortion during her presentation at USD. She first reminded her audience that yesterday was the feast of the Visitation, which recalls the New Testament ~cc?~nt of_ how t~e unborn John the Baptist "leaped for Joy' m Ehzabeth s womb at the news that her cousin Mary, was to give birth to Jesus, the savior. ' Mother Teresa said it was "strange" that God used an unborn child to herald the coming of Christ when today "the mother herself kills her own child" in the "terrible thing" known as abortion. "Abor~ion has become the greatest destroyer of peace because 1t destroys two Ii ves, the life of the child and the conscience of the mother - that little child that was created to _love and to be loved for greater things, de- stroyed by its own mother," she said. "~t us for one second in silence thank our parents for wanting us, for loving us, for giving us the joy of living for we too, if they had aborted us, we would not be her~ today." Mother Teresa, who is 77, was a member of the Sisters of Loreto teaching nuns order in Calcutta from 1929 to 1948 when she founded the Missionaries of Charity nuns Her ministry has since expanded to include an order of brothers and priests and a more than 3 million-member re_d_o_m_in_a_n_tl_y_l_ay_ c_o-_w_o_rkers of Mother Teres~ to work among the poor.

"See how all that is connected to together?" she said wearing the familiar white sari and dark blue sweater' and gr_asping her ever-present rosary beads. ' Urgmg the USD crowd to spend some time at least once a week "alone with Jesus" and to teach their chil- dren to pray, the ~lbania~ nun added: "Pray the rosary together and you will receive the love and the joy and the peace that comes with it." She repeated h~r love-prayer theme later at Our Lady ?f the Angels parish school, where she accepted a paint- mg and several prayer cards from parochial school pu- pils. "Ask your father and mother to teach you how to pray ~.he r_osary and always together ... " she told the children. I will pray for you that you will learn to pray because prayer will give you a clean heart and a clean heart can always see Jesus." The Rev. Ramon Maruffo, Our Lady of the Angels pastor, told a crowd of about 150 that Mother Teresa's ideal of love is "a prayer in motion for the needy of the world." Late_r, .after Mother Teresa finished autographing books ms1de the school, longtime parishioner Fernando "I ~on't really know why I did it," said Ypil\a, a tear coursmg down his cheek. "It was a sign of respect. She is Ypifta kissed the nun's hand.

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SANDIEGODAILYTRANSCRIPT What Attorneys Learned FromBeing Jurors WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988 3A %/¢ Mo t ttorn y don' view a trial from th y of a juror. r ig Higg ,tnd Grel{g Relyt-a, both of H1gg., ~-1 tch r & he would have made the same decision. otJimenez. On the Move: Susan Finlay CUI\!.versit of San Diego Law

very easy for juror11 to get lost m the barrage of testimony," he said. "The threshold for boredom is ex- tremely low." ObJect1ons "went right over the jurors' heads . "Jurors are visually 01 iented and want to see pictures of the ca. e A variety of thmgs keeps their attention." Exhibits are very helpful and "r heve boredom," said Higgs - like the picture of the dead woman. The best questioning - whether it's voir dire or exammation of witne ;; - ts br1ef and to the Don't wander "If you can tele• graph to the Jury without giving away your case it would be very helpful," said. Higgs, who has done defense work much of his career but two years ago switched to the plamttfT's side. And sarcasm, "when used was generally inelTecti ve." Higgs considered Deputy Dis- trict Attorney Denise McGuire's openmg statement the "best thing in th trial." It wa "brief and to the point. It was organized and she knew where he wa going." While an attorney may think that jurors occasionally doze off, Relyea maint med that "they watch everything and notice ev- erything about attorneys," even talking "about them in the hallway." While they may bur t out laughing about omething an at• torney did in the courtroom - did you . ee thol«• exh1bits fall off the chalkboard? - they "do their best to keep an absolute poker face in the courtroom " Why didn't Cordileone excuKe Rfc'lyea? His Juror profile included some- one who believed in personal re- sponsibility and was physically c- t,ve. Although Cordtl •one ran a ri ·k th11t. RPlye might take over the Jury, he concluded that he would be an 1mpart1al Juror. He also felt that Relyea - be- cauHe he was a runner and subscribed lo an outdoors maga• zine - might b.· ab)to to und!•rstand hi argum •nt th t the plaintiff could h ve done more to hosten her pomt, he wa~ remmded. ...l,

School) has been elected presiding judge of the South Bay Municipal Court for 1988-89. She was ap- pointed to the bench in March 1980 and was the presiding judge in 1982. She is the current associate dtan of the California Judicial Col- lege. John Monks, associate dean of ortheastern University School of Law in Boston, assumes his new post today as president of Western State University, with campuses in San Diego and Fullerton. Monks received his J.D. from Nor- theastern after spending 15 years irt marketing in New York City. Patricia Meyer has become a partner in Mike Aguirre's firm, which is now named Aguirre & Meyer. She has worked for Aguirre for five years. "Can you imagine someone who has lasted five years with me?" asked Aguirre. Brant Noziska (USO) and Kevin Quinn (Cal Western) have made partner at Thorsnes, Bar- tolotta, McGuire & Padilla. Linda Beliveau (UC Davis) has joined Jennings, Engstrand & Henrikson. * * * The Judicial Fellows Program - patterned after the White House and Congressional Fellows - is looking for persons who have an interest in judicial administration. Two fellows will spend a year beginning in September 1989 at the Supreme Court and the Federal Judicial Center. For information write Vanessa Yarnall, Associate Director, Judicial Fellows Pro- gram, Supreme Court of the United States, Room 5, Washington, D.C., 20543, or call (202) 479-3374. The deadline for applications is Noy 15,1988. /

"I thought that somebody like Higgs would be able to sift through the technical difference," said Jimenez, who's been with the Of. lice of Defender Services for three years after being in private prac- tice for nine. "He was caught up in the emotional aspects." "I kind ofmade a mistake." What about a juror's privacy? "The jury selection process is re- ally an intrusive process," said Relyea. There is a "real fear of

Mack. did and cum• aw 1y with fas cin1.1ting per pecllve , one. which they probably never would hav guined ,,,. trial lawy!•rs. It waK their finit tun agJuror . "I didn't expect to b • nam ·d to th!• jury," said Higgs, who's ~en pr,,ct1cing for 17 yeurtt. "Every I 1wyer I talked to wa amaz •d." Thi. wllH th second trial for a murder ca. •, th fir8t having ~en overturn ·don appeal, and 1t ended in a mt. trial. According to defen attorney John Jimen :,;, a third is s •t for later this month. Relyea's ca!W was II trip and fall involvmg, 11few· y. paradox- ical position," Raid Relyea, who oc- cas1onally handles the. e type· of c,c PH. "Th y have th most power md the least power." They decidt• the verdict but it's Judge who decides when to arrive ,n the morning, when to take a bn•nk und whpn to go home ut n,ght. Most will let you know that jury duly ,s "a pretty big interruption of their hf•," but once picked "this wus truly u. olemn responsibility." "A comph•te change seems to tak pince," a,d Relyea ,Jo Cordileone of Hinchy. Witte, Wood, Anderson & Hodges, who repre nted Safeway, and sole practitioner Loui. a Porter, who rt•presPnted the plaintiff. both did n good Job of acknowl dgmg the d1 rupt ion in th jurors' ltves, Rely a felt, which "went n long w11y with the juror ." While th ca w not a. com ph tted s m ny, it wa "very, ",J urorH r • placed m

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6 Wesday, June l, 1988 LOCAL BRIEFS Rev. Cahill will leave USD to be parish priest . The~~k. Cah!ll, athletic State linebacker Kevin Maultsby and di_rector at the U~ers1ty of San a friend pleaded guilty to charges of Diego for the past nme yean;, yester- misdemeanor assault on a former da'y said he will become a parish roommate. pries~ at the Guardian Angel Cathe- The 20-year-old Maultsby and co- drat m Las Vegas. defendant Manuel Hernandez-Shute ''I'~; ne_ver had a par~~ exper_i- Jr. entered their change of pleas be- ence, said Ca~1ll, ~s. an~ this fore Municipal Court Judge Frederic should be something different. L. Link in connection with an inci- . The church Cahill will .serve !s dent involving Maultsby's former nght off the Las Vegas Strip and m roommate Marc Sievers its collections accepts gambling Under t~rms of the piea bargain chips fro casinos. In Las Vegas, the defendants face no more than on~ Cahill said he will _be in residence at year in county jail a d a fine, accord- BIShop Gorman High School, where ing to Deputy District Attorney Rob- he _expects to do some college coun- ert Eichler. In return for the guilty selmg. pleas, kidnapping, robbery and false Cahill said he expects to begin his imprisonment charges were dis- duties in Las Vegas between Aug. 15 missed. and Sept. 1. He said his successor, to Authorities said the incident oc- be selected by a faculty committee curred last Dec. 11 after a ring disap- headed by Thomas Burke, USD's vice peared during a party at Maultsby president of student affairs, likely and Sievers' apartment complex. will be chosen by Aug. 1. Authorities said although the thief

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strangers." Both Cordileone and Porter "ac- knowledged the intrusion" and emphasized they were not trying to pry - which was good - but you couldn't escape the questions. For instance, where did Relyea shop, what magazine~ did he read, what were his bumper stickers, hobbies, "what do you do in your spare t . ?" 1me. Jurors were "part of a very big system that has control over you," said Relyea. "You bond immediately. You know you're in the same boat and can't talk to anybody else." Aside from the familiarity being the rea- son for this closeness, it also "might be boredom." The jury returned a verdict against Safeway for about $50,000, less than what the arbitrator had awarded, noted Cordileone. Neither Relyea nor Higgs was the jury foreman. * . * In April Alan Douglas gave notice that come October he was bowing out as II pro tern referee at Juvenile Court. He didn't know exactly what he wanted to do with his life but the present job wasn't it, not with the staggering caseloads and accompanying stress. Shortly thereafter he walked in- to an interview at the downtown courthouse and something told him that "this job is yours if you want it. 11 He qow supervises 20 Superior Court research attorneys - a job which "pulls in all of my experi- ence and expertise." * * *

T he MiHion: After a private luncheon and public speech to 6,000 yesterday~SD's Torero Stadium, Mother Teresa took her profo~ndly s_imple message to her favorite audience: the children The 78-year-old wonder _ who · seems designed to bend to children found them at Our Ladies' School m the Sherman Barrio. At her request, the stop was a late addition to an already-crowded itinerary. The school principal, John Doyle, is the son of her San Diego friends and ho_sts, Dr. Anita Figueredo and Dr. Wilham Doyle. And the frail messenger seemed to take strength from the youngsters. Her lesson was direct: Love. Love begins in our homes. We find it by praying together. Mother Teresa was suffering from a cold yesterday. And she was running a fever. But she gave her entourage the energy to keep a grueling schedule. And between stops, she sat on the bus conductmg the business of expan~ing her mission in San Diego and T1Juana. "Does she take naps to renew her energy?'' someone asked Dr. Doyle as the bus was about to leave the school. "As far as any of us can tell," said Doyle, "she doesn't sleep and she doesn·t eat."

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was not identified, Sievers allegedly paid Maultsby $40 toward the value of the missing ring. Authorities said restitution was slow in coming and Maultsby al- legedly got Shute to beat up Sievers, who then was taken to an automated teller machine where he allegedly was forced to withdraw $400. After Sievers was dropped off at a friend's home, Maultsby and Shute were arrested in connection with the incident. Link scheduled a July 6 sentencing date for Maultsby and Shute.

Cahill is one of the few priests serving as athletic director at a Catholic university. He came to USD in 1978 from St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Ill., where he was the school's athletic director for 14 years and president for two years. After a year at USD, Cahill went on a sabbatical leave for a year, then re- turned as athletic director

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