Features
Breathing Room
The transformation of Camino Hall’s basement from what some have described as a dungeon into the department of art’s crown jewel has been a year-long labor of love. Along with luxuries like a wood shop, metal sculpture work area and drawing and painting studios, the current crop of seniors are thrilled to have their own studio spaces to create art when-ever the muse hits.
Bulldog for the Underdog
Reluctant to strike a pose, Michael Shames ’83 (J.D.) has been a tireless advocate for California’s consumers since founding the Utility Consumers’ Action Network, the nonprofit watchdog that looks out for the little guy’s interests when it comes to fraud and utility abuse. But when he started out, he didn’t realize he’d wind up facing the press several times a day.
In His Natural Habitat
Departments
Online
Feature
A Walk in the Park
The University of San Diego Blog
Take a walk through Alcalá Park with our blogger, KellyGirl, as she
offers her perspective on the goings-on around the USD campus.
Editorial License
Of soul-searching, blogs, and whether the unexamined life is worth living. Also, our usual plea for letters, e-mails and other communiqués.
Campus Almanac
A Voice for the Voiceless
The Oscar Romero Center for Faith in Action has a modest mission: to change the world. Also: annual All-Faith Service and the answers to “Just One Question.”
Alumni Almanac
The Magnificent Seven
Revamped Alumni Honors recognize USD’s most outstanding graduates with a black-tie
spring gala.
Faculty Almanac
A Running
Start
The Institute of College Initiatives guides students from grade school to grad
school. Also: provost named; visiting scholar Julio dePaula.
Sports Almanac
How Sweet It Is!
Women’s volleyball team reaches highest-ever national ranking. Also: senior
basketball players want to win.
Alumni Gallery/Class Notes
The Dolphin Whisperer
SeaWorld trainer DeMar McGuire ’03 is living her childhood dream: to work and
play with dolphins. She hardly even notices the fish juice anymore.
In Your Own Words
One Simple Phrase
L.J. Davis ’89 started down the writer’s path early, but it took a special
professor to say the magic words.
