USD Magazine, Summer 2002

SUMMER 2002 volume 17 • no . 4 USD MAGAZINE 8 features The Gathering Place

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EDITOR Susan Herold e-mail: Sherold@sandiego.edu CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Michael R. Haskins Mhaskins@sandiego.edu Timothy McKernan Timothym@sandiego.edu Krystn Shrieve Kshrieve@sandiego.edu DESIGN & PRODUCTION Warner Design Associates, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHERS David Harrison Rodney Nakamoto Gary Payne '86 Brock Scott Cover photo by David Harrison Back photo by Brock Scott EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Harlan Corenman 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 atSan Diego, CA 92 110. USO phone num– ber (619) 260-4600; emergency security (619) 260-2222; disaster (619) 260-4534. Postmaster: Send address changes to USD Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA University of San Diego PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes

Campus visitors will soon be able to kick back in their own "living room" in the Degheri Alumni Center, as construction begins this fall. Passion for Discovery Their love of innovation led Donald and Darlene Shiley to ensure the future of USD 's new Center for Science and Technology, which will bring together all USD science departments under one roof Graduate Stories Some may say the future generation is lost, but we had no problem finding the good in the latest crop of graduates. A Season in the Sun As they rook the field in the final weeks of their once-golden season, the Toreros baseball team had one last chance to prove they were really as good as they knew they could be.

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The "real story" behind the statue atop The Immaculata ... The pros and cons of cameras in the courtroom. Alumni Gallery Lee Morron '75 doesn't let blindness limit her horizons ... Peria Yanchulova '00 digs her way to the 2004 Olympics ... Homecoming 2002: Be There. In Their Own Words African village lights fire in Tim '93 and Alex '92 FoxWhite. Calendar

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