USD Magazine, Fall 2000

FALL 2000 volume .15 • no. I USD MAGAZINE features Our 15 Minutes 5 With its dramaric architecture and friendly students, Alcala Park gets Hollywood's attention as a great locale for film and television shoots. A Dream Comes True 8 The Jenny Craig Pavilion, USD's state– of-the-art arena for sporting events and student activities, makes its debut. The Match Game 12 by Susan Herold departments

USD Alumni Magazine http://alumni.acusd.edu/usdmagazine

EDITOR Susan Herold e-mail: Sherold@acusd.edu CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Michael R. Haskins Timothy McKernan John Titchen DESIGN & PRODUCTION Warner Design Associates, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Coit Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoto Gary Payne '86 ADVISORY BOARD Arian E. Collins '87 Laura Hale '92 Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) Prof David Sullivan PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS John G. McNamara USD Magazine is published quarterly by the University of San Diego fo r its alumni, parents and friends. Editorial offices: USD Magazine, Publications Office, University ofSan Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92 1I0-2492. Third-class postage paid at San Diego, CA 92 110. USO phone num– ber (6 19) 260-4600; emergency security (6 19) 260-2222; disaster (619) 260-4534. Postmaster: Send address changes to USD Magazine, PublicationsOffice, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92 1I0-2492. University of San Diego

Ever wonder how you ended up with your freshman roommate? The wise and patient folks from Housing and Residence Life explain the strategy behind matching the perfect roomies.

Alcala Almanac 4 Alumni director now fund-raiser ...

Toreros get new look .. . Professor helps steer NASA robot ... NPR's Ira Glass heads event ... Dorms wired for ethernet ... First graduates of Master's in Global Leadership ... New Feature: Ask the Experts.

Who Will Care? 16 by Michael R. Haskins

When Alzheimer's disease strikes, the strain of taking care of a loved one often can be too much to handle unless fami- lies are prepared to face the illness with a unired front. Some USD experts have ideas about where co start.

Alumni Gallery 20 Patrick Barry '65 gave peace a chance ... Mike Sexcon '70 takes co the road with rock 'n roll ... Protecting the world's leaders is the job of Jennifer Babic '97. Calendar 31 Fall Family Weekend .. . USD Theatre Arts presents "Subject co Fies" .. . Founders Day Vespers Service .. .

Transnational Crime in the Americas .. . USD Symphony Orchestra Concert ... Alumni Mass .. . World Link Youth Town Meeting.

On cover, from left: Senior guard Dana White, junior guard Melissa Glazebrook and senior volleyball captain Adrian Frediani.

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