Monday, August 25th, 2008
USD Trustee Conan Looks to New Role
USD Trustee Conan Looks to New Role

Sister Kathleen Conan, R.S.C.J., provincial superior of the United States Province and a University of San Diego trustee for three years, was elected superior general of the international Society of the Sacred Heart at this month’s General Chapter gathering in Lima, Peru.

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    Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
    USD’s Matusz, Orioles agree to MLB contract, $3.2 million signing bonus

    Former University of San Diego All-American pitcher Brian Matusz and the Baltimore Orioles came to terms on a Major League Baseball contract on Aug. 15, more than two months after the lefthander was the team’s fourth overall pick in the draft.


    Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
    As Drug-Related Violence Rises in Mexico, Security Concern Also Rises

    David Shirk recently received a call from the president of a hospital in El Paso, Texas. The news wasn’t good; in fact, it was another example of what’s really happening along the U.S.-Mexico border.

    “In the last couple of months, he said they’ve had 27 cases of drug-related assaults that wind up on their doorstep because either these people are dropped off across the border or somehow they’ve made it across and go to facilities on the U.S. side because they’re trying to escape the violence in Cuidad Juarez,” said Shirk, director of the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute (TBI).

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