USD Magazine, Winter 2002

Diversity Improves T he results of a campus-wide effort to improve diversity in the student body were seen in chis year's freshman class, says Admissions Director Stephen Pultz, who noted a substantial increase in the number and quality of students of color applying to the university. Pultz says 31 .3 percent of this year's fresh– man class is made up of students from under-represented groups, compared to 25 .4 percent last year. Pultz said the increase is significant in light of today's intense compe– tition among colleges for top students.

In the News

Toreros Finish in Second Ar the close of the Torero football season, *" two defensive players who became best friends enjoyed one final taste of glory. Seniors Anthony Banovac and Kyle Slusser - who were featured with the rest of the ream in rhe Fall 2001 USD Magazine– were named to the Pioneer Football League's All-Conference first ream. Slusser set a USD record with 15 career interceptions, and Banovac is second on the Torero all-rime list in quarterback sacks with 18. More important, the two seniors helped the ream to a 6-3 record, its best since 1997 and good for a second-place tie in the PFL. "Some of our most dominant offensive players had graduated, so we came in with a lot of unknowns," says head coach Kevin McGarry. 'Tm proud that these players stepped up, played with confidence and accomplished so much. " Other top players included sophomore Eric Rasmussen, a rookie quarterback who threw 15 touchdown passes and ran for two more, and senior Dylan Mora, rhe No. 8 punter in the nation and rhe best in the PFL, who made the All-Conference first ream at his other position, wide receiver. Senior right end Mart Guardia and senior offensive lineman Justin Dixon also were

Honorable Intentions U SD's Academic Integrity Committee recen tly presented a report to President Alice B. Hayes recommending the creation of a student-enforced honor code. Currently, students abide by an academic integrity policy that is overseen primarily by faculty. The new policy would be similar to the School of Law, where students rake an active role in the creation and enforcement of an honor code, reporting violations and meting our punishment. An10ng the suggestions: Hire a university ethics officer to oversee a campus-wide aca– demic integrity and judicial affairs program; create an eth ics code to govern behavior of high-level administrators (the president and her cabinet) and students; implement a "top down" ethics training program for all mem– bers of the USD community. "Cheating rares don't go down until stu– dents control their own behavior," says CoLlege of Arts and Sciences Dean Patrick Drinan, who served on rhe committee. "Studies show a student-enforced honor code can cur cheating rares in half."

Law Professor Remembered

t w Professor

Paul Wohlmurh,

a faculty member since 1975 who specialized in reach– ing contracts and researching the rela–

tionship between law and human behavior, passed away Nov. 30. He was 63. School of Law Dean Daniel Rodriguez called Wohlmuth "an esteemed colleague, an imaginative scholar, a dedicated reacher, and a devoted university citizen" whose interests spanned much of rhe school's curriculum. "Through his work with the Institute of Law and Systems Research, which he found– ed, and through his collaborations with many of the world's leading behavioral scien– tists and cognitive theorists," Rodriguez said, "Paul explored the deep questions of how human beings, through legal rules, structures and theories, deal with a complex world. " A graduate ofYale Law School, Wohlmurh taught at the University ofToledo and the University of Pennsylvania before joining USD. Wohlmuth received a National Science Foundation grant and a University Professorship for his research into human activity patterns, which are being applied to workplace health and safety regulation. Condolences can be sent to family mem– bers in care of Dean Daniel Rodriguez, USD School of Law, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, 92110.

picked for the All-Conference squad.

Wide receiver Dylan Mora

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