USD Magazine Fall 2007

L E A P, A N D T H E N E T W I L L A P P E A R .

T H E S T O R Y A LWAY S O L D A N D A LWAY S N E W . CONTENTS

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16 / CONNECTED BY THE VINE

From grapes to glass, wine- makers are drinking deep of la dolce vita , Paso Robles style. A disparate group of USD alumni have wound up in California’s Central Coast region, where they’re most definitely living the dream by following their passion. Turns out that food, wine, family and friendship make up not just an enviable lifestyle but a rock-solid life.

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26 / L I FE IN THE C I TY The summer of ’45 was an enchanted season for USD’s former Fine Arts chair, Marjorie Hart. Her new book, Summer at Tiffany , recounts that heady time, when gals had “moxie” and stockings were drawn directly onto women’s legs. An excerpt from the book follows the article.

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L I F E I S I NH E R E N T LY R I S KY.

CLASS NOTES 34 / Scene of the Crime

Getting approval for a high school class in Forensic Biology was an exercise in sheer determination for Amanda Stroberg. Now, her students can expound about blood spatter, larvae and post-mortem bruising with confidence. 38 / Taking Art to Heart Celebrating the artisans behind the objects is the mission behind Aesthetyx, the store that alumna Judy (Perez) Compton built with an eye toward sustaining a way of life. 44 / The Look of Love Alumnus Mathew Boggs found out the truth behind long marriages: They don’t happen by accident. He spent months doing interviews with couples who’d been married more than 40 years in an attempt to find out the secret to making true love stay.

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