News Scrapbooks 1977-1979

Fr day, July 6, 1979

New SD "Competition In edurat1onal fund- raismg ha:; the same effect that It has everywhere elSP: It sharpens the Institution - makes 11 a better insti-

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u d- aiser To Star for private universities ent up 13.1 percent v rsus 13. 7 percent for pub- lic. The prev10us year, it had bei!n public up 17.1 percent and private up 9.6 perc nt," he sad Private uni- versities till corral tw~Lhirds of voluntary funds, but their leadership iS tn danger. , the Jast seven years, ts alumni are relatively young, and contribute only around 1 percent of the mstitut1on 's support, versus an average 27.9 per- cent for major private universities. This means that non-alumni indi- viduals (wealthy donor , etc.), foun- dations and corporations must pick up the slack - and thus far they have been doing oo. In the most

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Last year was a watershed of sorts: Harvard, that quintessential private m ;t1tulion, was displaced at the top of the fund-raising race "Th University of California sys- tem got 67 million, topping Harvard's $63 5 million Harvard had been the per nnlal leader," Haire said. There are a number of reasons for the steady gains of public universi- ties. One 1s the shift in student bodies. "Twenty years ago, the ratio of publw to private enrollmel'lt was one to one - 50 pen·cnt public, fiO percent privatP. Now It's 4 to I in favor of lhe public Institutions," aid Paul R. 11ller, executlve d!l"ector of the Comm1ttc for f,:orporate Sup- port of Prlvatc Univ rSJties, Boston. Also, as f Pd ral and ate govern- ments have felt th economfc sq ze, "The public mstltutlons In th past few years have set up first class development teams and om· into the fund-raising busln ss,'' hP said :rt p ha urlvc slues- arc gain- g momentum again, said .Miller citing a recent poll f 292 b u ss leaders. About 82 p r nt favor in- creased upport of private universi- ties - and 37 .percent y vern• ment suppon or higher edut·ation should be reduced instead of mrrrased. ''Privatr. industry and pnvate universitl · have a bett r und rstandlng or ch other's prob- lems, uch as government regulation and O\ rr lation,' said Miller. (In the last 15 years, corporat10ns have given about 37 percent of their con- tribution dollars to ducatlon.) USD has some peclal problems, Pickett oted Becau its studPnt population has oared 80 percent n

recent year for which data are avail- able, businesses provided $170,000 of USD's $1.2 million funding and foun- dations gave $600,000. Now Pickett 1s looking for way:; to bnng in more corporate money. San Uiego presents a challenge entirely d1ff<•rent from Detroit. "It will take more work to get corporate money here than In Detroit. There, the strategy was to get a genera) c·hair- man out of the Big Three (GM, Ford, Chryslrr) and then get the first t'Onlribulion from one of them Then <'verybody else would scale their rontnbut1on to what th first of the Big Three gave," he said. San Dh•go is lighter on corporate headquarters and lacks the rich manufarturing basr. But Pickett says he feels USO has some compel- ling sales points: "First, this Is San IJ1r>go's university The public sector univc-rsities really do not control their destiny The kinds of programs we offer will be decided here in San !ego in respon. to th ommuni- ty's needs," he said. Then, USO will stress !ls optimum siz (not too big, not too small)~ the quality of its faculty and studrnt body and Its value-oriented educa- tion - "Here, therr is an ethical d1mens10n as well as a technical dimension," he said. Today, some business executives a1 P saying that corporations should not give money to institutions which do not support the free Pnterprise system. In fact, thr. subject came up at the annual meetings of both Dow Ch!'mll-al and Du Pont this year. Atcording to the poll by the Commit- tee for Corporate Support of Private Universities, 78 pcrrcnt of ex cu- lives believe corporations shoul~ re- strain them el es In rnterfermg in academic policies when making fi- nancial contributions. (However, 82 percent said the academic communi- ty is too cntir.al of business,) Viewing the free market orienta- tion of USD's business school, Pick- ett smiled, "That's not our prob! m Our school is very supportive of free enterprise." - Donald C. Bauder Further, if the government's argu- ment that NASA employees ex- ercised discretion in relevant "Skylab" decisions at the "plan- ning" stage, rather than at the "operational" level prevails, the case may be bounced out of court as well. Those high-level "planning stage" decisions, right or wrong, are cloaked with immunity agamst claims for injury or damage. Often, one engaged in ullra-h~z- ardous activities which result in in- jury or damage is held accountable on theories of strict liability or abso- lute liability - without proof or negligence. The doctrines .do not apply to the U.S. government, ac- cording to the Supreme Court. One must prove negligence under the law. It can be done, but it will prove expensive, and a gamble. The United States Is, however, under a 1972 treaty, "absolutely lia- ble to pay compensation for damage caused by its space object on the surface of the- earth or to aircraft in flight" to anyone except U.S. nation, als or foreign nationals participating In the Skylab project. Therefore, if an American living in France were hurt, together with a dozen Parisians, the American would still have to go the claim route, although all that would be left the Europeans would be to settle on an amount. Fault, under the treaty, Is not to be contested. However, the U.S. government may intervene to provide methods of obtaining relief to American victims of fallen debris. The government, of course, need ,not and probably will not deny any valid claim for injury or damage, irrespective of the soundness of its legal position. Before Skylab fell, NASA officials indicate

aece · to them in d1. cu · ing academic or h .,;;:;:,...,....,.--.ut rate at San D1Pgo campuses varie:s, wit - ,blems.

·an Diego State University reporting 20 to 2.5 •1r entering freshmen class leavmg before r I ov r, and 40 to 45 percent by the end of ar , 11 Is estunated that half of the .freshmen a colleg or university make 1t to the exerc1. ·s 1 a qualifier here that should be noted., t Watson. director of academic services for tv of San Di go, contrnds, a good number or f, 1 •av , one umver tty go to another, yet they dropouts." ,. h think the term "dropout" 1s accurate, s e 1 s thru who go from one campus to another, tud, nts we r fer to as 'stop-outs.' They are who, for exampl , take a year off school to t they want to do, g t their act together, as

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new head Pickett was awarded Ph.D. in Higher Educalto U1e University of Denv e holds two masters: an M P A from the University of ISSouri in Policy Planning Analy is, and an M.A. in English from Duke University. He earned his B.A. in English from Rockhurst College. Dr. Pickett will fill the office presently held by Dr. Gilbert L . Brown, Jr. Dr. Brown will assume the newly created post of Special Assistant to the President.

USD name U D President Author E. Hughes announced the ap- pointment or William L Pickett, Ph.D ., as vice president for University Relalions. Dr. Pickett i currentlv Vice president for University Relations at the University of Detroit. Prior to going to Detroit, he held po 1tioru; at Reg1 College as Director of Development and Foundation Relations, and as senior ad- m1nbtration analvsl at the l\luhl.·est Research ·Institute in Kansas City, Mo.

SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE EVENING TRIBUNE JUL 1 3 1979

MEXICANS LEARN ABOUT U.S. LAW

"Tb_e Swing Years," a jazz concert, with Dick Braun and ?JS ban~. will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at USO s Cammo Theater.

develop d with the youth of M i o nd a m jor law chool of the .",he tated. I rat rnity Inn i a concept developed from medieval day . Law chool in those day would put up law tud nt at Inn do e by the chool. The Inn then became the focu for the formation of I. w fraternities. The Inn from Me ico City covered II expense with the exception of travelling cost . "23 youth , who already must have completed their tudie and be working with e tabli hed firms took the opportunity to come to San M4 • @1¥i

Speaking of birthday celebrations, the Rev. Nick Rev- eles of the University of San Diego and his fellow pianists Ilana Mysior and Michael Bahde have scheduled a Beet- hoven's birthday concert and party for Dec. 16 at the uni• versity.

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MEXICAN LAW STUDENTS RECEIVE COM- PLETION CERTIFICATES FROM USO. THEY NOW RETURN TO MEXICO TO ENTER LAW PRACTICE.

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MEX CA I.EARN ABOVTU.. LAW

·Carlo Alberto Gabuardi Arreola, Jaime Marti Itur- bide Juan Martinez del Ca~po Rivero, Ignacio Martinez del Rio Corona, Con uelo Millan Silva, Armando Moreno Cervan- te Elvira Rebollo Mendoza, Jo;ge Richaud, Gabriela Ma. Roel Trigo , Cesar Santos Cantu, Carlo Enrique Silva Badillo, Mentor Tijerina Martinez, Lui Enrique Jose Vergara Aguado, and Ruben Zorilla Garza. To Ruben Zorrilla the biggest differences between U.S. Law and Mexican was the I ck ol Common law in Mexico. Mentor Tijerina admired our "Check and Balance "exi ting within our government. The cour e ended but the friend hip e t blished will la t and hopefully create bond of under tanding betwe n the two countrie .

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The Act requires that a claim first be submitted to NASA itself. If that agency refuses to honor the claim within six months, or if It cannot be amicably settled, suit may be insti- tuted. If the claim is not settled before the parties are to appear in court, a plaintiff will be entitled to present proofs in a non-jury trial before a federal district judge. If commencing a full-blown law- suit against the U.S. governml'nt sounds easy, don't be too sure. The government is immune from liability unless plaintiffs can show that it was "negligent," that 1s, that the conduct of one or more of its employees fell be!o11 the stand rd established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm, which failure was the prox- imate cause of the harm suffered. The government could argue that the scientific advantages of the project were substantially greater than the risk of harm to anyone below, and that its actions were reasonable under the circumstances. Those arguments could_Prevail. It could also urge that since the place in which the allegedly negli- gent act or omission occurred, pre- sumably Washington D.C., has no laws holding a private person liable for dropping debris from sky labora- tories on people and property below, the government is accordingly immune.

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week ion", Explained n Hain. "In tho e three u ed to Con titutional I.aw, Admini trative law, the U.. Legal y tern, Common Law Proce , Tort , and Contra t and Commercial Law." A i ting Dean H in wer : Dean Donald Weck · tl.'in Prof. Edmund Ur in, A . Dean Gr nt Morri , nd Prof. Edw rd lmwin· D w k the tudents were intr e

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Fortuifovsly, Sky/ob, Americo ·s gigonfic space vehicle that last ifs battle with sunspots, scattered its potentially lethal debns over Australia s outback and the Indian Ocean. But Skylab as o generic term 1s not behind us. Officially the for(Jler space station wos designated Obied 6633, a ren,nder that there are nearly 5,000 man- ma-ie abiects still in space. NASA reports that at least one large ane falls to earth each day. So far, none hos hurt o person or caused property damage, but the possibility remains. In the following ort,cle prepared for The Son Diego Union, Hof Braff, a visiting low professor al the · · · and Garris Leisten, o stu enf ass,stant, examine the legal implications of a lethal '"Skylab. · The princ,ples they lay down would apply to any other celestial objed launched by fhe United States that caused harm ar damage. Any American citizen inJured or suffering damage from American space debris may have a valid legal claim against NASA - an agency of the United States government - under the Federal Tort Claim Act. The Act permits the U.S. govern- ment to be held liable: "for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where. the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission ·occurred."

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sports camp Weeklong day camps in sports instruction will be offered to youths this summer by the University of San Diego. The first, an all-sports program, features in- dividualized instruction in swimming, soccer, softball, basketball, volleyball, raquetball and tennis. It"s scheduled from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. July 9 to 13. The coed program is open to youngsters 9 to 14. The $100 fee includes daily lunches and a t- shirt. Instructional day camps include girl's volleyball Aug. 6 to 10, basketball for grades 3 to 7 Aug. 13 to 17, basketball for grades 8 to 11 Aug. 20 to 24, and waterpolo Aug. 13 to 17 and August 20 to 24. For registration in- formation, phone 291/ 6480 Ext. 4272. /

Seminar on Law r'\ In USD Courtroom A "How To Do It" seminar covering criminal law, personal mjury and family law will be presented Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grace courtroom of the University of San Diego School of Law. Sponsored jointly by the California Trial Lawyers Assn. and its San Diego chapter. the seminar will have a faculty of nine. The criminal law-plea bargaining session will be conducted by Superior Court Judge William T. Low, Tom Adler, and Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Richard D. Huffman. The faculty for personal injury discussions will be Superior Court Judge Gilbert Harelson, Daniel T. Broderick III, and Thomas H. Ault. Family law will be explored by Superior Court Judge Gerald J. Lewis, Steven R. Striker, and Robert C. Baxley. For information call Harvey/ Levine or Robert M. Fox. /

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