USD Magazine, Fall 2004

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To Your Health Is there a doctor in rhe house? Why, yes, as a matter of fact, there is. Prevenrive health physician Dr. Regina Fleming was hired July 1 as the first doctor ar USD's student healrh cenrer. The newly renovated center - in Camino Hall, Room 16 1 - has doubled irs clinical space ro include fo ur exam and treatment rooms. T he medical staff has expanded to employ two registered nurses, a

Accept Every Body The fo urth annual Body Acceptance Week was held Sept. 27-30. Presented by a committee of stu– dents and staff, the main goal of the week was promoting and supporting a campus culture rhar enhances bal– anced, healthy living and a positive self image, regardless of one's shape or size. T he week featured a variety of educational campaigns and acrivi– ries. Highlights included "Making ir Big," a presentation by plus-size

uses.... In honor of rhe School of Law's 50th anniversary, rhe California Supreme Court will sir in special session on campus rhe week of Dec. 6 in rhe Joan B. Kroc Insrirure for Peace & Justice rhearre. Oral argumen t sessions are free and open ro rhe public, bur searing is limited. For information, call T heresa Hrenchir, rhe law school's director of special projects, ar (6 19) 260-7438 or send an e-mail ro hrenchir@sandiego.edu.... Noeleen Heyzer, head of the United Nations Development Fund foe Women - the leading operational agency within rhe UN, which promotes women's empowerment and gender equality rluoughour the world - will speak at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 at rhe Joan B. Kroc Insrirure for Peace & Justice. Heyzer will address rhe link between women's rights and peace as part of rhe !PJ's conference on UN Resolution 1325 - which stares rhar women should be involved in all peace negotiations and recon– struction projects - as well as rhe IPJ's distinguished lecture series, rhe theme of which is "Human Rights Under Pressure."

Margaret Valenzuela

Scholarships, awarded annually to exceptional science students. The other students who received the scholarship rhis year were Jacob Schneider, a physics major, and Makala Maybury, who studies biochemistry. Worth Mentioning In August, the chemistry depart– ment received a $617,000 award magnetic resonance spectrometers, used ro analyze and research chemical compounds. Professor Leigh Plesniak will use rhe srare-of-rhe-art machines to research molecules rhar potentially could kill cancer or far cells, and assistant Professor Peter lovine will study the area of chemistry rhar could lead ro rhe creation of complex organic molecules for the creation of new drugs or technological from the National Science Foundation for two nuclear

nurse practitioner, Fleming and two other pracririoners who jointly cover a full-rime position. Among the services provided are physicals for students studying abroad and immunizations, as well as general lab rests and prescript.ions ar less expensive rares rhan rhose typically offered by most insurance plans or pharmacies. Although the center doesn't offer family planning or birch control, it provides well– woman check-ups and referrals for ocher services. Fleming hopes these changes - funded with a portion of a new $38 health fee paid by students each semester - will bring more srudenrs ro rhe center. Health center hours chis semester are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 8:30-11 :30 a. m. and 1-6:30 p.m., Wednesdays; and 8 am.-4 p.m., Fridays.

Ford supermodel Natalie Laughlin. "Ear Smarr" menu specials, including salads and vegetarian irems, also were featured in all campus rescauranrs. Cannery Row In July, senior Margaret Valenzuela rook her second research trip ro Mexico's Magdalena Bay, where she's helping marine studies professors analyze and remediare the environ– mental effects of a fish cannery in che area. "The experience of working in the field showed me how scientists can see a problem and do something about ir," says Valenzuela, who analyzed rhe causes of high levels of heavy metals in rhe area. "I learned rl1ar my work can result in a major improvement ro rhe ecosystem." Valenzuela earned one of three inaugural Alice B. Hayes Science

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