USD Magazine, Fall 1996

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ALCALA ALMANAC 2 Volleyball Bulgarian style ... A master plan ... The science of sea bass ... A museum transformation ... Coffee kudos ... Napkin poetry ... Movers and shakers ... Survey said ... Hands across the border ALUMNI &ALLERY 21 Mike Whitmarsh '85 sees the silver lining, page 24 ... Dawn Lighter '90 (M.A.) has the write stuff, page 26 ... Michael Brower '92 (M.B.A.) is not just puttering around, page 28 KALEIDOSCOPE 33 President's reception ... Pericles ... The music of Bach ... Thanksgiving Mass ... French flute music through the ages ... Alumni Mass ... Starting a foreign operation ... Torero Tipoff ... Juliana of Norwich ... International negotiations ... Spring family weekend PARTIN& SHOT Back Cover

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America's Town Hall Meeting After months of preparation, renovation and expectation, Shiley Theatre held the nation's spotlight for 90 minutes on Oct. 16 as the site of the final presidential debate. When the audience filed out and the candidates left for their respective ral– lies, quiet fell over the theater once more. But, like the renovation that improved this venue, the USD community is forever changed by the experience that came to be known as "history in the making."

EDITOR Trisha J. Ratledge CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Kate Callen Michael R. Haskins

PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoto Jonathan Woodward

Jill Wagner '91 ART DIRECTOR Visual Asylum

ILLUSTRATION Amy Jo Levine Joel Sotelo

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PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FDR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G- McNamara DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jack Cannon DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78

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