USD Magazine Summer 2008

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B E A S T U D E N T T O T H E E N D O F YO U R D AY S .

28 / THE ODDS -BEATER Student-athlete Gyno Pomare helped bring USD to the Big Dance. What happened before that — a win at Kentucky, a delirious run through the West Coast Conference Tourna- ment and a dramatic upset of Connecticut — represented a seismic shift in the fortunes of USD basketball. And it’s hard to imagine any of it happening without Pomare.

U S D M A G A Z I N E F I N D O U T T H E T H I N G S Y O U D O N O T K N O W .

D E P A R T M E N T S

AROUND THE PARK 6 / A Place to Call Their Own Kickoff celebrates the new Student Life Pavilion, which promises to “change the life of every student at the University of San Diego.”

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8 / Best Intentions All across campus, the push to adopt green practices that support sustainability are changing the way things have always been done into the way things should be done. 10 / Everybody’s House The United Front Multicultural Center provides a space where all students are free to explore their identity. 12 / Wanted: Justice in Mexico David Shirk, director of USD’s Trans-Border Institute, puts a high priority on advocating reform for justice in Mexico, the institute’s signature project.

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N E V E R K N OW T O O M U C H .

ON THE COVER: Illustration by Christina Ung

POINT OF VI EW 18 / The Lives of Scholars and Soldiers One man’s journey: Excerpts from the blog of Daniel Akech James ’04, who has returned to Africa to “rebuild the youth, rebuild the nation.”

TORERO ATHLET I CS 14 / The Drive to Succeed

Golf coach Tim Mickelson is determined to bring a national championship to USD. In the meantime, he’s living the life.

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