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Class Conscious
Summer Splash
the High Notes
Shaw, Warren '85, and Laura Lyn, Warren '85
Susan Shaw (Communications/Visual Arts) and Laura Lyn (then Laura
Giddings, Psychology) met on their way to take the math placement
test at UCSD during Warren College freshman orientation in June 1981.
They were best friends during college, and had a brief romance during
their junior year. After that, they took separate paths for a decade,
but remained good friends. Susan and Laura reunited as a couple in
December of 1993, and celebrated 13 years together this Christmas
(and 25 years of friendship). They have two daughters, ages 2 and
5 years. The family lives in Flagstaff, Ariz., where Susan works
in human resources for a national business and Laura is a psychologist
at the university and in private practice.
Neta Retter, ERC '05, and Edan Wernik, Revelle '03
Neta studied electrical engineering (her father and grandfather's
careers) at UCSD and she was very active with the San Diego Israel
Alliance and Hillel (Jewish student organization). In May of 2002
she represented UCSD on the Hillel Advocacy Mission to Israel.
I was a Revelle student and completed a major in biotechnology.
I was also involved with the Jewish organizations on campus. The
spring of 2002 was a time of great unrest in the Middle East. A
group of friends of mine and I decided to have a pro-Israel peace
rally on campus. We planned a day with Israeli food, guest speakers
and a booth on Library Walk that had information about Israel.
The booth also had paper cut-outs of peace doves so that students
could stop by, decorate them and write messages for peace on them.
Neta had just returned from the advocacy mission to Israel and
stopped by our booth to decorate a dove. That's when we met.
Neta is now working for Broadcom in Irvine, Calif., where I am
finishing my last year of medical school. We love to hang out with
our friends, play sports and different games (Neta claims that
my victories are all due to luck). We especially enjoy traveling
and have already been to Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Spain, France,
Greece and Turkey together and hope to have many more trips.
We got married on September 3, 2006, in Israel where we both have
family and friends.
Karen Garcia, Muir '84, and Matt Belshin, Muir '82
Karen (Karey) Garcia lives in Del Mar with husband Matt Belshin
and their three children (Brigit, Bree and Bryce), dog (Austin)
and fish (Swimmy).
It was not exactly love at first sight. I can say it was "crush
at first sight." I was 18; Matt was 20 and my orientation
leader. I had not even wanted to attend freshmen orientation, figuring
I could certainly get by without it, having just graduated from
high school and all. My mother, however, convinced me I should
Matt likes to say he had to give up a couple of first round draft
choices to get me in his group. He was finishing his second year,
was on the swim team and a lifeguard. The sunset walk to the cliffs
above Blacks Beach was the clincher. I can still picture him as
he sat on the bluff, wearing a gray UCSD sweatshirt, telling me
about swimming and his summers spent lifeguarding at the beach.
We saw each other frequently around campus, studying on the fifth
floor of Central Library (now Geisel Library) or playing tennis,
but we did not date for two years. It was toward the end of his
senior year, the end of my second, and I was taking a break from
studying in the old Humanities Library, enjoying a bag of corn
nuts and reading the Guardian. I was sitting on the grass near
the Revelle fountain when Matt saw me and walked over for a chat.
Feeling self-conscious about my corn nut breath, I kept offering
him some of my snack while we talked. He continued to decline,
unfortunately. A student production of "Grease" was
currently playing on campus and Matt kept bringing it up. I remember
thinking, "Just ask me, I'll say 'yes.'"
Fast forward seven years to a cross country ski trail near Sun
Valley, Idaho. With each stride, Matt said to himself, "Should
I or…," another stride, "Shouldn't I?" (ask
me to marry him). "Should I or shouldn't I?" He
had quite a rhythm going as he pulled far ahead of me.
As I write these words, 17 years of marriage, three children,
two dogs and countless adventures later, I can truly say I am glad
I went to orientation and glad I said "yes" to both
questions, which he did indeed finally ask.
Melissa Ricard, Muir '84, and Ric Ricard, Revelle '85
My husband, Ric Ricard, is now a professor of education at Texas
A & M University – Corpus Christi (Ph.D. Harvard) and
I am an administrative law judge for the state of Texas (USC Law).
We met at Summer Bridge and had the most amazing four years at
UCSD. We loved every minute of it.
In August of 1981, a small desert-town girl met an inner-city
boy at UCSD, and over the next four years, they learned, loved
and laughed their way through a quality education and a wonderful
life experience. Little did they know that their meeting would
forever change their lives. He was a Revelle psych major, and she
a Muir poli. sci. major.
After eating at the Ratskellar or the Revelle Deli, they would
spend many nights studying and napping at Central Library until
the workers would yell "Library's closed!" at midnight
and off they would return to Muir apartment Q-12 and Beagle Hall.
They sat through each other's classes at P&L and USB and cared
for his lab animals together. He typed (actually on a typewriter!)
all her papers and won her heart. Sure they studied hard, and took
their classes seriously, but they also took having fun seriously.
They volunteered for the Student Council Programming Commission
which conducted the T.G.I.F.s on the grassy knoll where kegs and
live bands flowed freely (this was the 80s!) working at the Pepsi
booth and bringing pitchers of beer to the band. They took scuba
classes together and went on field trips to Mexico (details about
arrests and "borrowed" university vehicles are still
plausibly deniable). They danced all night long with friends at
the Third College apartments to Billy Idol and Madonna (again,
this was the 80s!, big hair and Michael Jackson jackets and all)
and never missed the legendary toga parties at Warren. Their intramural
coed flag football team, named "REA," ran the gamut from
losing every game one year to earning a spot in the playoffs the
next. Life at UCSD was really, really good.
But, alas, all good things come to an end, but no matter where
else in the world they went (L.A., Boston, New York, Texas), they
never forgot all the amazing times they had at UCSD (even if it
was the 80s!).
Anyway, it was fun to spend a little time thinking about these
things, in any event. That was 25 years ago, and tomorrow is our
20th anniversary, my how time flies. Now our dilemma is whether
we want our oldest son, who is 16 to have as much fun as we did
in college. Maybe it would be better if he didn't!
Brooke Shambora Armstrong, Muir '95
I was one of three couples that met at UCSD and then married. Currently,
we all live outside the Sacramento area in a town called El Dorado
Hills and Folsom. Two of us live across the street from each other.
Between the three couples, we have 6 kids under the age of 6.
Timothy Lindfelt, Revelle '04
My wife and I met our freshman year at Wormhole (a one-time universitywide
fair on RIMAC Lawn) in 2000. Despite her being a typical Warren
partier and me a studious Reveller, we hit it off. We became "study
buddies" from that day on (even though my grades took a dive)
until we graduated. We then moved to the Bay Area and got married
a few months later. I'm a mechanical engineer and she's almost
done with her pharmacy doctorate. Wow, our kids are going to be
smart – especially with my super Revelle genes!
Monique DiPaolo Carne, Muir '91, and Doug Carne, Muir '90
It was fall 1986 at Muir College and I was selected to reside on
the fifth floor of Tioga Hall which was part of the house theme "Wilderness
House." The fifth and sixth floors were designated to partake
in activities revolving around the great outdoors. Who knew that
God had a bigger plan when I came to UCSD that fall. I met my husband
of almost 10 years, Doug Carne. We were friends at the start and
our relationship blossomed with our first date on Valentine's Day,
1987. Our first two years at UCSD as a couple were filled with
so many memories including late nights runs to Roberto's
for munchies, "Star Trek" reruns at 11:30 p.m. every
night with the gang, listening to David Bowie endlessly and of
course, dancing and libations in Tijuana! I know that "Wilderness
House" was infamous for long-lasting romances. Doug and I
are one of them! We went our separate ways for a number of years
but that connection from college, "Wilderness House" and
first love brought us full circle.
Mervyn Kowalsky, Warren '93, Ph.D. '97, and Lani Kroopnick-Kowalsky,
Muir '94
My husband (Mervyn Kowalsky) and I met in 1992 (spring quarter)
while I was taking AMES15, and he was one of the TAs. We played
intramural softball together during that quarter and that summer
we started dating. We got married in 1996 while he was still working
on his Ph.D. in structural engineering (he graduated in 1997).
I graduated with a B.S. in bioengineering in 1994.
Gesa Kirsch, Ph.D. '88
It was May 1987, and I was living in Mesa graduate student housing.
My lucky day came when my old car started to leak an unidentified
fluid. I sat on the curb of the parking lot, staring at the drip-drip-drop
coming from my engine. Leaning my head in my hands, I worried
about where I would find the money for the impending repair.
That's when a handsome young man walked by, asked what the matter
was, dipped his finger into the oily, grey pool of fluid, and wondered
whether it was gasoline or oil. No, he didn't fix the leak or linger
much longer, but it was the first time I laid eyes on Tony Schreiner,
the graduate student who lived in the building next door. He had
a view of the
parking lot and tells me that he, too, had noticed me.
He worked as a research associate at Scripps; I worked as a TA
at Third College (now Marshall). We met for lunch on our respective
parts of campus, went on a bike ride along the coast highway, and
hiked in Cuyamaca State Park. Our romance blossomed, but because
I was finishing my degree and looking for a job that year, I was
convinced that our paths would soon part. "Enjoy it while
it lasts," I told myself, and perhaps it was that attitude
that made for a great start of our friendship.
It's been twenty years. We have lived in Michigan (my first
job), Oregon
(his first job), Illinois (our next jobs), toured the world on
bicycles (no jobs that year)
and moved to Boston to be closer to family and friends (among them
another UCSD couple). It's been a wonderful journey and every
once in a while I remind myself, "Enjoy it while it lasts."
Gesa Kirsch is now an English professor at Bentley College in
Waltham, Mass.
Anthony Schreiner, SIO '90, and Karen Redd, Third/Marshall '88
Anthony Schreiner is a research associate and computer systems
administrator for biology and physics at Boston College.
My husband and I met in the fall of 1984 through mutual friends
at the Third College apartments. We began dating in October 1987,
graduated in June 1988, and were married in July 1992. We are now
living in Orange County and have three sons.
Leslie November Goetz, Warren '82, & Jon Goetz, Warren '82
We met during welcome week 1978 at the Warren College dorms our
freshman year, and were married two months after graduation. We
will celebrate our 24th anniversary this summer. We scheduled our
spring quarter classes to be done by 10 a.m. each day, so we could
take the free bus to La Jolla Shores and "study" every
afternoon (at least we always brought our books). We went to Tijuana
the Saturday before our first finals week, and Leslie was the only
UCSD student we knew who was ever carded and refused alcohol there.
We lived in the Warren apartments, next to where the Chargers had
their summer training camp, and one summer Leslie scolded football
legend Dan Fouts for taking up two parking spaces in the apartment
parking lot. A roommate who was a Charger fan explained to her
why this was unacceptable behavior. Jon wrote our names in wet
cement on a sidewalk on the Warren campus, but there's probably
a building there now. Good times.
Chris Mahn, Revelle '97, and Bethany M. Mahn, ERC '97
My husband Chris and I have the cheesiest story, as I was the first
girl he met freshmen year. We lived in the same dorm and he was
actually the first guy to sleep in my room, as we fell asleep
talking. We were good friends for the first two years of college,
dating other people, until one day...voila! We realized how much
we adored each other and finally got together at the end of our
sophomore year. However, I was headed to France through EAP study
abroad for our third year of college. Needless to say, we stayed
together and then after 8 years we finally got married and now
we have a 2 year-old daughter, Piper. We still live and work
in San Diego, not far from campus.
Stephanie Kaplan, Muir '88, and Josh Kaplan, Muir '88
It was welcome week at Muir College in 1984. The first night, the
RAs came around and told us to go out to the Muir quad to meet
people. Off I went ... I saw two guys sitting alone and went up
to them and said, "Hi, I'm Stefanie, let's go meet some people." One
of those guys is now my husband of 17 years, Josh.
Joe Leventhal, Marshall '99, and Erin Patrick, Revelle '99
Joe Leventhal and Erin Patrick met near the end of their junior
year at UCSD. Joe had just been elected A.S. president for the
1998-99 academic year and Erin was in search of a public relations
internship to help gain additional experience before she graduated
the following year.
Erin applied for a director of PR position working directly for
Joe to help bring additional publicity to the Associated Students
and their initiatives.
"I wanted to choose a Director based on their skills. Fortunately
for me, Erin had the skills and the looks," said Joe.
"Joe was so good-looking and impressive when I met him,
but I just couldn't get over how genuine and thoughtful he
was. He really took an interest in everything I had to say," said
Erin got the job, but despite their mutual attraction, Joe and
Erin kept a strictly professional relationship.
"Even though I wanted to date Erin in college, I didn't
think it would be appropriate to date someone who was 'interning' in
my office. Plus, her boyfriend at the time probably would have
had something to say about it," said Joe.
They both graduated the following June and Joe specifically asked
Erin to keep in touch, because he felt that her talent and skills
in public relations might someday lead them to work together again
in the future.
Three years passed and Erin was preparing for a business trip
to Washington, D.C. She had just happened to stumble on UCSD's
alumni website and noticed that Joe was the president of the Washington,
D.C. chapter. After sending him an e-mail letting him know that
she'd be in the area, they agreed to meet for drinks – and
Joe confessed that he had a crush on her in college.
"A few days after, we met for drinks [and] I told one of
my best friends that I knew I was going to marry Erin ... We hadn't
been on our first date yet. But at least my friend wasn't
surprised when he was asked to be in the wedding," said Joe.
"It was great to catch up with Joe during that fateful trip
to D.C., but I had no idea how serious he was about me until I
was back in San Diego. He's a man who knows what he wants
and fortunately, it was me. The connection we made while at UCSD
helped our relationship progress at a faster speed than we probably
would have otherwise," said Erin.
Joe courted Erin for eight months before proposing at the Hotel
del Coronado. The two were married 14 months later in June 2004
and currently reside in Rancho Bernardo.
Juliana Rubenstein, Warren '94, and Ira Rubenstein, Revelle '87
Ira Rubenstein made his first appearance in my life in the spring
of 1986, but we didn't actually meet until July 3, 1989, at the
wedding of two other UCSD alumni: Josh Kaplan and Stefanie (Fox)
Kaplan. But even with this confluence of UCSD students, meeting
Ira really had little to do with the place.
Josh's family and mine had been very close, since we were little
kids. I went to his wedding and met a bunch of his Sigma Alpha
Mu fraternity brothers—Ira among them. Ira asked me to dance,
and by the end of the evening had given me a goodbye kiss in front
of not only my mother, but also my childhood rabbi—very embarrassing,
but very sweet.
It was the summer of 1989. I was still in school, but Ira had
just moved up to Los Angeles and was staying with his grandmother
until he could find a place of his own. I went to visit him there,
where his grandma got me alone to tell me what a good husband he
would one day make (Grandma Fanny was right!).
Also on that trip, I noticed that sitting on her coffee table
was the UCSD course catalog for 1986, my freshman year. I asked
Ira why his grandma had my freshman catalog on her coffee table.
She takes the book and flips to a page with his picture and personal
profile, one of several students they had chosen to highlight
that year.
And then I remembered. Over 3 years before, I vividly remember
sitting in my bedroom at home, completely absorbed in the catalog
and the adventure I was about to have at UCSD, and I saw his
picture and thought, "What a nice Jewish boy. Wouldn't my
mother love him?!"
And she does.
Nancy Bernal, Warren '03, and Sergio Bernal, Warren '04
Sergio and I met at UCSD in 1999 and were just married June 3,
2006. He now works for an industrial metals company in Chula Vista
and I work here at UCSD in ERC.
We met in 1999 when I was living in the Warren apartments with
three great friends—one of which was dating my husband's
best friend at the time. During the first week of school, Sergio
came to campus looking for his friend and couldn't remember
the building or apartment number but for some reason remembered
his friend's girlfriend's building and apartment number—where
I also lived. He knocked on our door, introduced himself and greeted
us with his great smile and warm personality. We invited him in
and told him they would back from class in about 15 minutes. From
the beginning, there was a spark between us that everyone noticed,
but we wouldn't admit to it. His personality was just so joyful
and full of life that it was impossible not to sit and talk with
him. From that point on, the six of us became great friends and
would go to the beach together, cook for each other and go to the
library to study. But we had the most fun together during that
Christmas break when Sergio and I put together a Christmas tree
in my apartment. We didn't have enough money to buy a real tree,
so instead we bought some cheap Christmas lights and formed a 'light
tree' on one of the apartment walls. We stepped back and noticed
it was missing something—a star! So we looked around and
it clicked—Cheerios! We got some string and threaded the
Cheerios through so we could tie the ends together and make a star
out of it. Then we all put our gifts for each other under our tree
and enjoyed a memorable dinner that all of us prepared.
Also during that year, Sergio and I were applying for our citizenship
and we'd go on early morning 'dates' at 4 a.m. to stand in
the freezing cold in order to get in line for the immigration office
downtown. Luckily, the cold and sleepiness never really bothered
us because we always had something to talk about—even at
4 a.m. Throughout all of this we were always friends and never
admitted to each other what we felt, no matter how much other people
kept telling us that the other was interested. Maybe the timing
was just off. After that year we lost touch but would see each
other from time to time on campus and it always made my day because
I'd remember how much fun it was to be with him. During my
junior and senior year we ended up taking a couple of courses together
and would get together in groups to study before midterms. The
spark was still there (and everyone noticed) but still, neither
of us said anything. After class he'd walk me to my car and
on one of those occasions he told me that he was helping start
a Mexican folk dancing group on-campus and that I should join.
I had danced in high school, so I went with him one day and joined
the group. We pulled off a very successful Cinco de Mayo presentation
and I graduated in June of that year. I figured I would never see
him again and I really just gave up on the idea of us as a couple.
I figured it just wasn't meant to be. Then one day during
the summer, which coincidently happened to be my birthday, he called
and asked if I was busy that Friday night, because there was a
fair in his hometown and was wondering if I wanted to go. Of course
I took the offer and had a great time! From there it took about
6 months for us to get it together and officially start dating
but it has been great since then! I came back to UCSD to help him
with the folklorico group and we celebrated his graduation in 2004.
Then in December 2004 he proposed and the world has been nothing
but happiness. We were engaged for a year and a half and just two
and a half weeks ago were married here in San Diego, Calif. Sergio
and I are still active within the UCSD community and have been
very active with the UCSD Chicano Alumni Association which just
this past year established new programs and made big steps towards
UCSD Chicano student preparation for the world after UCSD. We were
both very lucky to meet here and to still be a part of the UCSD
Kipp Martell, Warren '86, and Deborah Martell, Muir '89
While we didn't actually meet while we were at UCSD, we did shortly
after graduation. We met at a small company in San Diego (which
was, coincidently, founded by a UCSD alumnus) and became quick
friends. Together with some other coworkers, we worked on UCSD
alumni events, including an annual fundraiser, a 10k race called
Joggin' and Jammin'. That was many years ago and now we're living
in Boise, Idaho, and are the proud parents of eight-year old twins,
Quinn and Berkly. I am a marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard and
Deborah is a freelance graphic designer.
Although we didn't know each other at UCSD, we learned we had many
mutual friends and acquaintances and discovered we were at UCSD
events and parties at the same time, including the Che Café,
TGIFs and the coffee shop at The Grove.
We still have family in San Diego and are planning to give our
kids a tour of the campus when we visit next month. While they
may think some of our stories are boring, I'm sure they'll get
a kick out of learning about the annual watermelon drop and seeing
some of the Stuart Collection installations, including the Sun
Michelle (Johnson) Casad, Warren '01, and Andrew Casad,
Warren '01
At Earl Warren College's freshman orientation in June 1997,
we both came with our mothers. During this orientation our mothers
somehow found one another and began to talk about us. We didn't
know each other but ended up eating breakfast with our mothers
and consequently one another. For the most part, we just sat at
the table while our mothers conversed. When the school year began
we occasionally saw one another in passing, since we both lived
in the Warren dorms, however, we never talked.
Finally during our sophomore year, we both became active members
of the Catholic community at UCSD, and served as student ministers
together. We got to know each other much better and spent a little
time together. We were also in the same organic chemistry lecture
and Michelle borrowed my chemistry lab notebook from the previous
Both of us spent our junior year abroad, with Michelle in Galway,
Ireland, and Andrew in Copenhagen, Denmark. We were able to make
the most of our time in Europe, and went on trips together during
the school breaks. In January 2000, we were in Interlaken, Switzerland,
and Andrew proposed over a pot of fondue.
We both graduated in 2001, and got married at All Hallows Catholic
Church at the top of Mt. Soledad on August 4, 2001. We have been
married for nearly 5 happy years now. Michelle is pursuing a Ph.D.
in cell biology at Duke, and after obtaining a master's in
theology and a master's in anthropology, Andrew now works
at a church in Chapel Hill, NC, as director of liturgy and the
Angie Garcia, Revelle '01, and Hugo Garcia, Warren '02
We were both in the same political science class (Poli Sci 13)
with Alan Houston in fall quarter 1999. One day in discussion,
he was sitting behind me, and I heard him ask a guy if he had missed
anything important during lecture. The guy said no, but I remembered
our paper assignment was passed out. So I turned around and told
him the assignment. He asked to see the handout, and graciously
thanked me. As for that other guy—what an idiot—he
must have missed lecture too! I must have caught Hugo's attention
because immediately after class, he approached me, and in a very
gentleman-like manner properly introduced himself and shook my
hand. He walked with me a bit as I was on my way to work (on campus)
and we talked about the basics—our majors, where we lived,
etc.—and found we had a lot in common. I actually remembered
seeing Hugo in class before during lecture because he was the one
who sat in the first row and always raised his hand to answer questions/make
comments. The professor, Dr. Houston, even knew him by name. So
my first impression of him was he was a dorky nerd. But he actually
turned out to be just a really smart guy, who is very funny, and
outgoing. Since then, he began to sit next to me in class (towards
the back!) and we studied for exams together. He was the type of
guy who never did any of the assigned reading and still wrote excellent
papers. I was so jealous because I read every single page of every
single book and we both ended up with the same grade! After the
class ended, our friendship grew stronger and it turned into a
serious relationship.
Since graduating from UCSD, we have been very involved with the
L.A. chapter of the UCSD Alumni Association. We have even attended
UCSD basketball games when they're in the L.A. area (against CSULA
or Dominguez Hills). We loved UCSD so much that we decided to get
married on campus on August 1, 2004. We had our ceremony and reception
at the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club. It was amazing. The ceremony
in the inside courtyard was beautiful, the food was fabulous, and
everyone loved it! We were so happy to be able to take our wedding
pictures around campus and reminisce about the time we met. Those
memories will last a lifetime. We always try to stop by campus
whenever we are visiting San Diego just to see how the campus has
changed—it's just amazing. We are both so happy to have been
a part of such a great university, and so lucky that we met each
other. Thanks Alan Houston, for Poli Sci 13!
Jennifer Armstrong-Wells, Warren '96, and Jason Wells, Muir '95
My name is Jennifer Armstrong-Wells and my husband is Jason Wells.
We have been married almost 12 years and met at UCSD. We initially
met at Sun God in 1992 through mutual friends as freshmen. Specifically,
Jason had a Sun God party in his Muir dorm room and I helped him
clean up everything after everyone left. We didn't start to date
until the end of our sophomore year, although we did spend a lot
of time together through our mutual friends (Jason was a Sigma
Nu, and I was a founder of Alpha Chi Omega, and our fraternities
had a core group of friends who did everything together).
We did the usual college student things, nothing too exciting
but it sort of old-fashioned. I was double major in bio-anthropology
and archaeology, and Jason majored in QEDS (I think it is quantitative
economics now). Jason gave me his fraternity pin on New Year's
Eve 1993, and proposed to me at the Sigma Nu formal in Palm Springs
in May 1994. We were married on December 17, 1994, during winter
break, as we were both seniors at that time. The wedding was great
since all of our friends from college were there, so it was one
big party.
Jason graduated with high honors in June 1995 and began working
at Encad as a business analyst (he had also done an internship
there during college). At that time, I decided to apply to medical
school, so I stayed another year at UCSD to finish my pre-med requirements.
I graduated cum laude and with honors in bio-anthropology. I worked
at UCSD in the Upward Bound program as a physics instructor after
graduation, and also ran the Osteoporosis Prevention Program at
UCSD SOM in conjunction with the San Diego Unified School District
with the late Dr. David Sartoris.
I also took that year after graduation to do my medical school
applications. We had to coordinate where I would go to school with
Jason's work, as he wanted to pursue his goal of working in investment
banking. In the summer of 1997 we moved to San Francisco and I
started medical school at UCSF. Jason began working at what was
then known as Montgomery Securities as a research associate in
technology. In 2001, Jason left investment banking and worked for
a hedge fund firm in San Francisco, still covering technology.
During medical school, I did a joint program at UC Berkeley to
get my MPH (2001). I was inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical
Honor Society and graduated from medical school in 2002. I did
my pediatrics residency at UCSF and am currently finishing my fellowship
training in child neurology at UCSF.
During this time, besides working so hard, we had a beautiful
daughter named Amelia. She is now 4 1/2 years old and our greatest
accomplishment. Jason has also recently started his own hedge fund.
Most of all, Jason had been a tremendous source of support during
my medical school and residency, a time that is especially stressful
on marriages. I could not have done it without him.
Mike Houston, Marshall '01, and Tina Wang, Muir '01
Mike and I had mutual friends at UCSD. Through Kevin Lau, we met
in CS20 back in winter quarter 1998. However, it was not until
the summer of 1999 when our relationship developed. During that
summer, we had one class together. Mike was rooming with Kevin,
his high school friend, at the time. Since I was also taking
one other class, in which Kevin was in, I was over at their place
everyday, either studying with Mike for one class or with Kevin
for the other class. All of us would do stuff together. However,
eventually, it was just Mike and me.
During senior year, Mike was accepted into graduate school in
computer science at both UCSD and Stanford. We talked about which
program suited Mike the best. At the end, Mike chose to attend
Stanford University. However, at the time, I was already working
and had a full-time offer at a wireless startup company in San
Diego; I had planned to stay in San Diego.
After graduation, Mike went on a trip with his father for a couple
of weeks. It was then that I realized I truly loved him and wanted
to be with him. Since I didn't have any job offers in the Bay Area
and didn't want to just sit around, I started looking into some
of the Bay Area's graduate programs that had late application filing
dates. I eventually applied to Santa Clara's engineering program
and was admitted.
In September 2001, Mike and I moved up to the Bay Area. Mike is
currently finishing up his Ph.D. in computer science. Meanwhile,
I have finished my master's degree and have worked for a
couple of companies before heading back to school. I am currently
pursuing a degree in law. We will both be finished with school
(hopefully) by 2007.
Last Christmas, Mike and I finally went back to San Diego to visit
Kevin, UCSD, and the places we had enjoyed. Visiting the campus
brought back a lot of fond memories. We took pictures of Library
Walk, Price Center, the new EBU buildings, and of course, our colleges!
When we arrived at HSS, where we first fell in love, the most
amazing thing happened—Mike proposed in front of the building!
Of course when he called out for me, I hadn't realized what was
going on since I was still holding the camera and taking pictures
of the surrounding area. When I finally looked up, he was on one
knee and was holding the ring! Mike proposed and I said yes.
That day will always be memorable, especially since we also got
a parking ticket on campus that day. When we first entered the
campus, we saw a sign for free parking for December 23-25. We didn't
realize that when we parked, that that day was actually the 22nd.
We still have the parking ticket and it will be framed for the
Mike and I got married on August 26, 2006, at the Stanford Memorial
Bob Carlin, Warren '83, and Evlyn Platt, Muir '83
My name is Bob Carlin, and I met my lovely wife, Evlyn Platt, while
attending UCSD. We got married in 1984 and are now proud to call
the U.S. Virgin Islands our home. I was a founding member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity where I met Evlyn, who was the president
of the "little sisters" organization. We've been inseparable
ever since. We both had two decades of experience running successful
businesses in San Diego. Evlyn was a clinical psychologist, and
I had a design/draft/build company. We look back on our time in
San Diego with great fondness, especially our time at UCSD, and
where we had the opportunity to "spread our wings" when
the area still had that little, big town atmosphere.
Two years ago, we realized a dream we had been planning for 10
years. We packed our bags and headed off to paradise—the
US Virgin Islands.
Of our years at UCSD, our best memories are of Walk's Pub, rallies
at "the plaza," and slow strolls through the eucalyptus
groves where you could almost get lost while watching the butterflies.
Matthew Cronin, Muir '99, M.D. '06, and Patti Orozco,
Revelle '99
I met him on the bus that the Student Affirmative Action Committee
(SAAC, which I don't think exists anymore, but it was a committee
that reported to Vice Chancellor Joseph Watson) had chartered for
the weekend. We were going on a mountain retreat to talk about
bridging the gap between different cultural and ethnic student
organizations. I was one of the Women's Resource Center representatives
but we had reps from all of the student groups that participated
on the committee: BSU (Black Student Union), MECHA (Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), APSA (Asian Pacific Student Alliance),
LGA (Lesbian and Gay Association) and the WRC (Women's Resource
Center). The Guardian had sent their editorial columnist to cover
the weekend activities. His name was Matthew Cronin and we spent
the majority of the bus ride talking about Thoreau's "Walden
Pond" and other great books. I was reading some great works
at Revelle and although I was registered as a biology major at
the time, my interests were moving toward the social sciences,
which we engaged in during our long weekend discussions.
Long story short, that was Friday, January 25, 1985 and over the
course of the weekend, among the politics of race that were being
discussed and played out between the SAAC members, an interesting
thing happened between Matt and I that continues to this day.
I have been involved with clinical research and trials for nearly
16 years now. I have developed and led clinical operation teams
at several biotech companies and find a great source of satisfaction
in the management of teams conducting complex trials. Matthew
is the managing editor at Inside Tennis magazine, sportscasts
on webradio at the French and US Opens, contributes to several
tennis outlets including the Grand Slam websites and he is cofounder
of www.tennisreporters.net. We are still engaged by politics
and social structures, but mostly, we are engaged by each other
and our three wonderful children.
Michelle Silverman Taylor, Warren '91, and Jorge Taylor,
My husband Jorge Taylor and I met at UCSD in 1986. We were 18-year-old
freshmen, and in our very first month at Warren College when we
started dating. We have now been married 13 years and have two
kids together.
Maria Andujo Hanger, Ph.D. '93,
and Philip A. Hanger
My husband and I met at UCSD in 1990, have been married 16 years,
have a five-year old son, Andrew, and two adult daughters (my step-daughters),
Emily and Vicki.
My husband, Philip A. Hanger, Ph.D., completed the final three
years of his clinical psychology training, which included his internship
and post-doctoral training, through the UCSD Department of Psychiatry
at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. At that time in 1990, I
was a graduate student in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program
in clinical psychology. We met at a campus water fountain, and
had our first date at Wendy's in the Price Center (we were poor
graduates students and could not afford anything fancy!).
is now the assistant deputy director of mental health for San
Diego County, in the Forensics and Strategic Planning Division.
I am the associate director of San Diego State University's Counseling
and Psychological Services.
Mitch Maler, Warren '84, and Nancy Curtis Maler, Muir '84
My wife Nancy and I met at a church college group in 1981 when
she was a freshman at UCSD and I was transferring to UCSD from
San Diego State. We attended UCSD together until we graduated in
the spring of 1984. Since Nancy was a history major and I was a
history minor, we took a lot of the same classes and spent a lot
of time studying (each other) together.
Our study sessions would usually took place at the SIO library
or the 4th floor of the Central Library. We eventually abandoned
our sessions at SIO because we wouldn't get much studying done,
as we were prone to taking long walks on the beach.
One of our favorite memories of taking classes together is when
we took an Italian history course with Professor H. Stuart Hughes.
Professor Hughes was one of our all-time favorite professors and
an absolute joy to talk to. One morning, he was passing back our
midterm blue books. Nancy wasn't in class, so I asked Professor
Hughes if I could get Nancy's blue book. Knowing that we were dating,
he agreed, but said with a big smile and a twinkle in his eye, "Mitch,
you didn't do quite as well as Nancy." I told him that really
wasn't a big surprise. We all had a nice laugh.
Nancy and I have been happily married for nearly 21 years. We have
two wonderful boys and love to show them the campus and tell them
about our happy memories of UCSD.
Ryan Drenan, Revelle '00, and Briana Farrand Drenan, ERC '00
My wife, Briana Farrand Drenan, and I met in 1998 during our third
year at UCSD. We were both cognitive science majors and met in
one of the many classes we had together. My wife was looking for
someone to help her with her homework and thought I looked smart,
as she says, so she asked me to study with her. We dated for a
while, then got engaged in February of 2000. We got married in
Santa Barbara in May of 2001 and just celebrated our 5-year anniversary
last week. Briana graduated with her major in cognitive science
with a specialization in neuroscience, and I graduated with a double
major in cognitive science and biology. We moved to St. Louis in
July of 2001 to attend graduate school. Briana earned her master's
in occupational therapy from Washington University in 2003, and
I graduated with my Ph.D. in molecular cell biology from the same
university in January 2006. Most importantly, we welcomed our first
child, Dylan, on July 7, 2005. We now live in Pasadena, Calif.,
where Briana is working as an occupational therapist, and I am
a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
in the Division of Biology. I am researching nicotine addiction.
Ryan Woodman, Warren '05, and Mara Evans, Warren '05
My boyfriend, Ryan Woodman, and I met in Sept. 2001 and we're still
together one year after graduating in 2005.
Freshmen during welcome week are bound to do and try just about
anything. Nowhere else would I have been caught dead square dancing,
but the idea of two-stepping with other giddy, equally embarrassed
freshmen sounded like a good way to start my college career. Who
was I kidding? I wanted to meet some boys!
Five years later it all seems like a blur. Ryan and I were in
the same group of couples, but we were not each other's partner.
Nevertheless, when it came time for the eight of us to mix and "swing
our partners" I looked forward to dozy-doing by him. He lived
in Harlan Hall and I lived in Stewart, and over the course of the
week we came to know each other pretty well. By the end of September,
I turned to Ryan and asked, "So when are you going to take
me on a date?"
Over the course of the next four years we stuck together. We helped
each other find the right majors and sat through some brutal chemistry
lectures. Ryan taught me how to drive and waited anxiously as I
took my driving test. I've encouraged his desire to become
a doctor and study fitness and exercise. Ryan has put up with me
leaving him for months on end to visit my family in Nairobi, Kenya,
and later in Mexico. Ryan attended almost all the movies I covered
as a UCSD Guardian reporter and would frequently be found at my
home for many years: the UCSD International House.
Today, one year after our graduation, we both have research positions
at the Naval Medical Center here in San Diego. Ryan is preparing
for a summer research fellowship in Prague. He has set his sights
on medical school. This summer I will finish my work in heart failure
research and in the fall I will start my Ph.D. in ecology at UC
I'm sure crazier things have happened during Warren College's
welcome week, but that night of square dancing is still with me
many years later.
Lori Lennon Bassman, Revelle '81, and Harley Bassman, Muir '81
My husband and I met at freshman orientation for Revelle College
in 1977. He was "Handy Harley" and I was "Lucky
Lori" in the "name game." Corny, I know, but
it has stood the test of time.
Harley went on to get a MBA at the University of Chicago, and
I continued on to UCLA's School of Medicine. Harley is now
a managing director at Merrill Lynch, and I am a non-practicing
psychiatrist, full-time mother of 4. We have lived in New York
City for the last 20 years but still visit San Diego frequently.
We both have very fond memories of UCSD, and are thankful for the
terrific education which we received. Our oldest daughter, Lindsay,
who is a junior at the Chapin School, toured UCSD this fall and
loved it. Could this be the harbinger of another great romance?!
Amy Holmes Davis, Marshall '98, and Paul Davis, Marshall '98
My husband Paul and I met the very first day of school (technically
move-in day) in September of 1994. My parents and I had just said
our good-byes, and then within the hour, I met Paul at the Thurgood
Marshall dorms. His roommate went to high school with one of my
suitemates, so my husband, his roommate and a couple of suitemates
decided to come up to my suite to meet the girls his roommate's
friend was going to live with for the year. We hit it off (almost)
instantly and he quickly became my best friend at UCSD. However,
I had a boyfriend at home and kept telling myself I just liked
Paul as a friend. By spring quarter I realized that there was something
more there, so I broke up with my boyfriend at home and Paul and
I started to date shortly thereafter (April 22, 1995). We were
inseparable :). We both lived in the Thurgood Marshall upper apartments
our second year and as luck would have it, I ended up in the apartment
above his. We moved in together our junior year and got engaged
within a few months. For those that knew us, this didn't come as
too much of a surprise but it's still a bit unusual these
days to get engaged at 20 and 21! We decided on a relatively long
engagement since we wanted to graduate before getting married,
so a September 1998 wedding date was in the works. We graduated
a quarter early in 1998, moved back to the Bay Area (we grew up
just 20 minutes from one another) and focused on the wedding. We
got married as planned on September 5, 1998, with plenty of UCSD
friends cheering us on.
Since then we have both gone to law school at UC Hastings; we went "back
to back" – I went first graduating in 2002, and then
Paul went, graduating in May 2005. We are now both lawyers practicing
in Silicon Valley. However our biggest news is that we just welcomed
our first child, Anna, into the world on March 14, 2006. She is
a joy!
We are so grateful for our UCSD experience! Our lives certainly
wouldn't have been the same if we hadn't both made the decision
to attend UCSD/ Thurgood Marshall. We love UCSD and are planning
our first family vacation with Anna this summer and have decided
to go to San Diego, in part, to show her where her parents first
met. :)
Elisabeth Eva Frausto, Warren '02, TEP '03, and Joseluis,
Marshall '01
I met my husband, Joseluis, through mutual friends in the Science & Engineering
Library on March 2, 1999, when we were both undergraduates. We
spent most of the rest of that day together talking, and when
he dropped me off at my car in East Parking, he asked me out
on a date. Our first date (March 5, 1999) began and ended in
another parking lot at UCSD, where we met before having dinner
in La Jolla. UCSD was a huge part of our relationship, and was
very important to both of us even after we graduated. After nearly
five years together, Joseluis took me for a long walk around
the campus (as we sometimes did) on February 29, 2004, and afterwards
in "our" parking lot at UCSD, he proposed. We were
married in San Diego on March 5, 2005, the 6th anniversary of
our first date. We live and work in San Diego, and UCSD will
always be special to both of us for many reasons.
Heidi Silvia Fisher, Revelle '00, M.S. '01, and Caleb
Fisher, Revelle '00, M.S. '01
Both of us were on the crew team since the fall of my freshman
year, but we didn't actually meet until spring break, which for
rowers is known as "spring row" —and not a break
at all. I was a first year novice rower, and he was a sophomore
on the men's varsity team. I can't say it was love at first sight,
but it soon grew into that and we stayed together for next 3 1/2
years. After all, it's hard to find a boyfriend or girlfriend that
understands that you need to be in bed by 9 because you have practice
at 5am the next morning, even on Saturdays. The weekend after graduation
(Caleb took 5 years so we graduated together), we were married.
Next month will be our 6 year anniversary and I we now have a 7
week old daughter. We currently live in the Boston area, but we
will certainly take our daughter, Edie, to UCSD when she starts
looking for schools.
Myla Rugge, Warren '97, and Rob Rugge, Warren '98
We met in September of 1994 when Rob moved into Stewart Hall. I
was a sophomore and he was a freshman. I was his RA. Now, it isn't
as scandalous as it sounds. :) We didn't date until the very end
of the school year. In fact, our first date was on June 1st. We
have been together ever since.
I graduated from UCSD in 1997 with a B.A. in Communica-tion and
moved to Los Angeles where I worked in the film and television
industry. Rob graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in Visual Arts – Digital
Media and moved to Seattle to work for Microsoft. In 1999, I moved
to join him in Seattle. I completed my master's degree in
communication at the University of Washington in 2003, and we were
married in the same year. Rob is still working for Microsoft and
I am an academic counselor at UW.
We loved our time at UCSD, and we have many special memories from
our time there.
Stephanie Stephens Davison, Third/Marshall '89, and Christopher
Davison, Muir '92
Timeline: August 1988
Michael Dukakis and Senator Lloyd Bentsen were making a bid for the White House
and Bentsen came to campus on the stump. I remember the day perfectly because
it was the day that I also met my future husband out on the Muir Commons. The
air was heavily charged that day and I remember thinking, even then, that this
would be a day I would always remember; there were security forces on the rooftops
all around and crowds were gathering to hear the Senator speak. Even so, I
decided I would make way to the front of the crowd and shake Bentsen's
hand and introduce myself. It was a thrill, and I became a lifelong democrat!
I was a an anthropology student at Third College, and on that fateful day I
was enjoying my lunch and people watching (as anthropology students do), when
at a nearby broken table my future husband, Chris Davison, a Muir political
science student, sat down for lunch and nearly lost his food over his shoulder
as the bench beneath him failed. I invited (rescued) him to join me, and after
a brief chat about politics—that's not my typical conversation
starter, but due to the events of the day, it seemed apropos!—we then
walked over to the rally where Lloyd Bentsen was speaking.
I wanted to see Chris again, so in a wild leap of faith, I asked him out to
a play on campus. I had never asked a guy out before, so I gave him a fake
name! What a goof! The season at the playhouse didn't open for another
two months; when it did finally open, he went to every play with me that season.
The rest is, as they say, history.
We were married in July of 1991 at the Hotel Del Coronado by a friend and fellow
student who was studying for his doctorate in seminary at UCSD. George Williams
and Chris had worked together shining the ballroom floors in the Price Center
as students! Nine years later, Chris and I had our son, Curran, now starting
kindergarten this fall. We have been happily married for 15 years. We now reside
in Redmond, Washington, both working for non-profit foundations.
Britt Raubenheimer, SIO '96, and Steve Elgar, SIO '85
We met in 1992 when Britt was a graduate student at Scripps, and
Steve, a graduate from UCSD-Scripps, was visiting UCSD for a few
months. Within a few months of meeting and falling in love, we
had embarked on a half-year long journey to Spain, where we worked
in Valencia. It was a little risky, but things worked out fine,
and for the last 14 years we have been inseparable.
We shared a desk in Spain, and then shared an office at Washington
State University, UCSD, and recently at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, where we are scientists.
We were married on the Scripps pier, and we believe it was the
only wedding conducted on the pier. Of course, it was not an official
wedding, but rather a meeting of field technicians, students, technicians,
and scientists during a large ocean field experiment. As long as
we were all meeting on the pier, we decided we may as well get
married ... (no weddings are allowed on the pier, but both of us
are good pals with the Wayne Pawlelek, who was in charge of the
Scripps SCUBA diving program, he made somewhat of an exception
for us, since we have been associated with UCSD since 1980. We
have an office at Scripps, and Steve retains a research position
at UCSD).
We have many stories, ranging from drifted-in broken boats while
SCUBA diving at Scripps, to a trip to Antarctica on a Latvian research
ship, to learning how to ski in northern Idaho despite Britt's
recent loss of vision (she is blind now). I have a few cool photos
of us in our orange vests that say "blind skier" and "guide" flying
down steep ski runs in northern Idaho with me screaming "right-left-right-left...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
stop." Britt has more courage than imaginable (and I have
never heard her complain despite suddenly loosing her vision a
few years ago).
Joan Baldwin Clabby, Revelle '83, and Bill Clabby, Revelle '84
The first time I saw my future husband was during the Welcome Week
slide show at Revelle College, 1979. He had green face paint, large
green glasses, and a green trench coat that opened to reveal a
red lining with black polka dots. We were told this was the previous
year's Watermelon Queen, Bill Clabby.
My mom had wisely advised me to look for the BMOC—the Big
Man on Campus—and with no quarterback in sight, the Watermelon
Queen looked like the next best way to get connected on campus.
The following day someone pointed him out to me (without the green
face paint) and that night he was carried out onto the Revelle
Quad in a lifeguard chair dressed as "Captain Fun." I
knew I had my man.
Lynda Craven, Revelle '91, and David Jeffrey Craven, Revelle '91
My husband and I met on campus during our second year as Revelle
students. We graduated in 1991 and currently live in Phoenix, Arizona,
and have two daughters.
Like I mentioned, we were both Revelle students, and though you
would think we would have met in one of the Humanities courses
that all Revelle students were required to take, we actually met
at an Argo Hall dance.
I had joined the Triton yearbook staff my freshman year to find
something to do other than academics, and I became the editor for
the Revelle campus portion of the yearbook. Jeff had signed up
with the photo staff and was one of the few photographers randomly
assigned to cover and take photographs of campus activities. I
lived on campus and he commuted, so normally our paths may not
have crossed at all.
As luck would have it, we both happened to be at the Argo Pit at
one of the Argo Hall dances that the campus puts on. I noticed
him with his camera and yearbook photo staff badge, so I introduced
myself as part of the yearbook staff. And after the official business
of covering the events of the night was done, we spent most of
the wee hours of the night chatting in the Argo Hall 3rd floor
lounge, along with some of the yearbook staff members. I have never
laughed so much and we had so much to talk about. We really felt
a bond and shortly thereafter my small staff of 5 Revelle students
and Jeff became good friends and we hung out together at the other
campus activities during our years at UCSD.
Our first "date" was the Revelle semiformal dance.
It started out as a group thing; a total of 8 of us were planning
to attend. But slowly, one by one, our other friends backed out
and we ended up with a twosome, or a double date. Jeff and his
good friend, Matt (one of his best men at our wedding), and Diana
and I were the last 4 of the original 8. The guys wowed us with
a delicious home-cooked dinner and the presentation was definitely
impressive. Instead of getting food at the dance, we spent a wonderful
evening having dinner and getting to know each other a little better.
We did eventually make it to the dance that night, but I was definitely
not disappointed by the dinner and conversation earlier in the
Still nothing serious at this point, but over the years at UCSD,
we found that special something in each other. Maybe it was his
ability to make me smile and laugh and have a good time by just
hanging out. It was probably the way I felt comfortable talking
to him about the pitfalls and challenges I felt at college. It
was definitely the way he made me feel like I was the only one
in the room when he talked to me in a crowded student lounge. The
yearbook brought us together in the beginning. And whenever I get
the chance, I look back at the work we did together in that project,
with his photos and my layout and editing, I can't help but
remember the great time we had together at UCSD.
At our UCSD graduation party, we announced our engagement, and
two years later, after he finished with law school and took the
California Bar Exam, we became Mr. and Mrs. David Jeffrey Craven.
Jay Lee Kelley, Marshall '98, and Carrie Kelley, Muir '96
My fiancé and I are both UCSD alumni, all but 2 members
of the wedding party were UCSD alumni, and many of the guests were
UCSD alumni. I proposed at the UCSD glider port, and the wedding
was across the street from the UCSD campus at the Estancia. We
met at UCSD, but only started dating a few years after graduation.
Our wedding was on June 3, 2006.
Lawrence Raful, Muir '72, and Dinah Maurer, Muir '72
I met Dinah Maurer in the fall of 1968, our freshmen year, at the
Mathews dorms. I look back now and realize that I fell in love
with her the moment I first met her, but at the time we were just
good friends. She was dating a guy from home (LA) and I had broken
up with my high school girlfriend from Colorado. As a matter of
fact, when Dinah's boyfriend came to visit her that first year,
I invited him to stay that weekend in our dorm room, and I even
went out to dinner with the two of them and paid for the pizza!
In the spring of that first year, I mentioned to her that I was
going to annual San Diego auto show, and she wondered why anyone
would do that, since she had never been to a car show before and
had some preconceived notions about what it was about. I invited
my "friend" to join me, and we went to the car show together—which
she enjoyed—and then, on a lovely, slightly foggy night,
we took the old ferry across to Coronado, and as we walked around
the Del Coronado in the moonlight, and (I think) we fell in love.
That night, we stayed up and talked until the early morning hours.
I freely admit, even in these days of political correctness, that
I was first attracted to her because of her smile, her long hair,
short skirts and great legs (which, after three daughters, she
still has). We dated after that night and got married in September
of 1971, just before our senior year. A number of UCSD students
and staff attended our wedding, including our dear friend Professor
Patrick Ledden, now a blessed memory. This fall, we will be married
for 35 years, and we owe it to UCSD.
Her Version:
Dinah Raful, Muir '72
On a beautiful fall evening, on Matthews Campus, at UCSD, in October,
1968, my roommate said to me, "Why don't you come with me
to meet my new boyfriend's roommate? He's really cute." I
walked over to the two-story suite and a guy came to the door of
his room...a big guy, with a torn gray West Virginia T-shirt, with
a mop of curly hair and a huge smile. And he said, "Hi, I'm
Larry." Maybe that's when I fell in love…I don't know.
He just immediately became the "big brother I never had." There
were many nights that we walked the paths of Muir College, sharing
our thoughts and dreams. He played the guitar for me and introduced
me to his favorite songs. I wrote home to my parents saying, "I
met this guy, he's like a big brother and he's so nice." I
never remembered feeling so comfortable in my life with some guy.
After doing terribly in my classes fall quarter — much to
my surprise — he made a poster for me. It was priceless.
He scribbled on the top, "LIFE" and attached an Elmer
Fudd figurine, a Talmudic story, a Snoopy cartoon which all focused
on "What else did I want to get out of college besides classes?" I
should have realized then that I would marry someone who sees life
as precious and had the understanding, even as an 18-year old,
of how to live life to the fullest! With three beautiful daughters
and celebrating 38 years together, how fortunate and lucky are
Katy Simpson, Warren '90, and Richard Simpson, Warren '90
My husband and I met while living at the Warren Apartments on the
third day of school our freshman year at UCSD in September of 1986.
We began dating 3 weeks later and have been together ever since.
We got engaged after graduating in 1990 and we were married in
1992. We now have 4 children ages 10, 8, 5 and 1.
Erin Johnson Shade, Warren '93, and Jonathan Shade, Warren '93
Jonathan Shade and I met during fall quarter in 1989. He was studying
computer science and I was studying biology. We were both sophomores
living in the Warren College apartments. He and his roommates shared
the first floor apartment right in front where the loading zone
was; my roommates and I had the same apartment on the 5th floor.
He knew a couple of my roommates from freshman year but I had never
met him. According to his story, he and his roommates had "seen
me around" and wondered if they could get me on their innertube
water polo team. Jonathan knocked on our apartment door one evening
and my roommate answered. He knew her and he asked if she was interested
in joining their team. She said no but asked if anyone else was
interested, and I enthusiastically joined. They didn't know that
I had played water polo in high school, but that fact made their
plan work like a charm.
Not long after I joined the team, Jonathan asked me out on a date.
He was disappointed when I said I just wanted to be friends, but
eventually we became best friends. We spent many hours together,
playing and studying. I loved that Jonathan could help me with
calculus and physics. The following school year, when we were juniors
and both lived off campus: he in Solana Beach and me in Del Mar.
I worried that our new physical distance would create distance
in our relationship and I found myself wanting to spend more and
more time with him. We did spend a lot of time together and by
November I came to the shocking conclusion that I was in love with
him. When I shared this with him, he confirmed the feeling was
mutual. It was mostly a shock to me; my roommate couldn't believe
how long it took me to figure what had been happening between Jonathan
and me; she had known for a long time.
Jonathan proposed to me in Hawaii in 1991 while we were on a vacation
that I had won; what a great trip that was! We were married July
17, 1993, in Carmel Valley, Calif., with many UCSD friends as guests
and some were in the wedding party. One of his sophomore year roommates
was the best man and another was a groomsman; my three roommates
from sophomore year were all bridesmaids. Jonathan had graduated
from UCSD in June 1993 and then I graduated later that year in
December. As newlyweds in 1994, we moved to Seattle for Jonathan
to earn his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Washington.
Although the transition from San Diego to Seattle was initially
tough, we now love living in Seattle. It's hard to believe that
in July 2006, we'll have been married for 13 years. It's equally
hard to believe that we have been living in Seattle for 12 years.
Despite the fact that they are all in California, my best friends
are still the roommates I had that sophomore year when I met Jonathan.
UCSD was an amazing place and I had some of the best times of my
life there, especially that magical sophomore year during which
I met my best friends and the love of my life.
Dave Ford, Warren '90, and Diana Scandura, Revelle '90
Since they were both math majors and they attended the same church,
David Ford and Diane Scandura met in the fall of 1987. They became
good friends, helping each other in various classes, but there
was no romantic interest at all.
In the summer of 1990, after they had both graduated and moved
up to the Los Angeles area for their careers, they got back in
touch. After going out casually a few times in the fall of 1990,
they realized they were destined for each other. (Actually, Dave
realized it first, and it took a few months of romance to convince
Diane). They began dating "exclusively" in February
1991. (I guess we had to "mature" for a while before
we were ready for each other.) By this time, Diane was already
preparing to start her master's degree in math at Cal State
University, Long Beach.
After a year of dating, Dave proposed to Diane on the Queen Mary
in front of several hundred cheering people by singing a love song
("Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke) and saying that it
would truly be a wonderful world if she would become his bride.
(The crowd went wild.)
They married in August of 1992, and they even teach classes on
marriage. They have two beautiful daughters (6 and 8 years old).
Dave is still programming computers for a living (his career passion),
and Diane teaches math part-time at a local community college (while
their daughters are in school).
They're DEEPLY indebted to the great
friends they gained at UCSD, and the experience they had at UCSD
has left an indelible mark
on their innermost being.
Stephanie Collins, Warren '94, and Jim Hant, Muir '93
My husband, Jim Hant, and I met while at UCSD in 1991. We don't
have much of a story other than that we met through the Greek system,
dated briefly my freshman year, were "friends" off and
on throughout college, and then started dating again in spring
1994, right before I graduated. We both moved to LA for grad school
at UCLA — I went to law school and he got a Ph.D. in engineering.
We got married in 1999, and we now have two kids, Benjamin (2 1/2)
and Sydney (1). We live in Manhattan Beach, but we are considering
moving back to San Diego in the near future.
Dave Tomlinson, Revelle '95, and Lisa Remedios, Revelle '94
My wife Lisa and I met the first day of our freshman year — on
the rails of the Argo Hall dorms in 1990. She was a Revelle biology
major and I was a Revelle Lit/Writing major, and the one thing
we had in common was that we both worked at the cafeteria.
We recently celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary and have
2 girls, aged 5 and 3. She has since graduated from medical school
(in Minnesota) and we now live in Dallas, Texas, where she is finishing
her third year of a four-year residency in OB/GYN at Parkland Hospital.
I work for a software company here doing product marketing and
user interface design.
Debra Quick-Jones, Warren '81, and Don Jones, Muir '81
My husband and I met in '79 in Professor Mike Gilpin's population
biology class, otherwise known to us as "Mikey." We met
mid term when I moved 3 rows forward to escape an annoying person
in the back row. I captured my husband-to-be's attention from the
cute redhead sitting by him. Guess it was ok, as we are celebrating
our 20th anniversary in October!
Darryl Evora, Revelle '86, and Kami Larsen Evora, Warren '84
It was the second Friday in January, 1982, and the new quarter
at UCSD had begun exactly five days before. A celebration of the
end of the first week of second quarter seemed in order and my
best friend, Joan Madonna, had volunteered her Mesa off-campus
apartment for a party. Joan, her roommate Ginny, Amy Bastien and
I planned a low-key party at Joan's apartment.
At about 7:00, Joan's neighbor, Peter came over for an
early beer. He was a real psychedelic kind of guy, about fifteen
years older than the rest of us. He brought with him his brand-new
roommate, Darryl Evora. Darryl had arrived that very day from Honolulu,
Hawaii. Darryl believed, for some reason, that the second semester
was going to begin on the following Monday, January 20. In fact,
Darryl had already missed the first week of classes. He was a dark,
good-looking guy who did not seem terribly stressed by the fact
that his class registration was less than complete and he'd
missed the first week of classes. He was transferring into UCSD
after having done three years at University of Hawaii and a year
at Seattle University (making him a 5th -year Revelle student).
I was intrigued. I was a third year Warren student (a junior)
who had also transferred. Darryl stayed exactly 40 minutes at our
party and then said his brother's former girlfriend (also
from Hawaii) was taking him out to dinner in Tijuana for his birthday
(which was two days later). "Bummer, he's taken," I
thought. I was wrong.
A few weeks after meeting Darryl, I noticed he was in my 150-student
communications and culture class. I had also seen him skateboarding
around the apartments at Mesa, since he lived right next door to
my best friend, Joan. When our comm. culture teacher assigned the
movie "Hearts and Minds" as a required viewing (on
campus), I took the opportunity to ask Darryl if he needed a ride
to the movie since he lived off campus and didn't have a
car. He indicated he had a "hairy" genetics exam to
study for and would rush to the movie if he could spare the time.
He asked me to save him a seat – just in case.
I arrived early to the movie and saved a center, second row seat
for Darryl by putting my jean jacket on the seat. After telling
about ten students who desperately hoped to sit in Darryl's
seat that it was indeed saved, the credits on the movie began to
roll and I was embarrassed to be holding a second row seat for
someone who was not showing. About two minutes into the movie,
Darryl came running down the stairs and joined me.
We started dating shortly after our initial meeting. We shared
many happy and fun memories at UCSD. One of the funniest was our
disaster "first" date on which we went to see an Indian
movie at the Revelle College campus. I lost my glasses in the grass
while walking to the movie and we hunted for a half hour before
finding them. Then, my seat flipped up as I tried to sit, landing
me on the floor at the beginning of the movie. Ultimately, the
movie turned out to be horrible, and we were both a little reluctant
to say it stunk. We finally left about half way through.
I graduated in 1984 (December) with a communications major and
he followed me in 1986 with a degree in Animal Physiology (pre-med).
We married in 1988. Darryl's now a pediatric radiologist
at Children's Hospital, San Diego (he returned to do his
residency at UCSD Medical Center in radiology in 1993). I went
on to law school at Hastings College (in San Francisco) in 1986
and we now reside in the Scripps Ranch area. We have two kids,
Sean (14) and Erin (12) and we constantly stress to both of them
that they should get really good grades so they can get into UCSD,
because it's such a great school.
Peter Corrigan, Revelle '88and Karen Bergan, Revelle '88
Milo Aukerman, Muir '86 and Robin Andreasen, Revelle '91
Thank you for the the fun article on campus romances; I'm sure there are many more couplings out there that we don't know about. Two I can think of offhand were friends at the time: Peter Corrigan and Karen Bergan, both Revelle 1988 I think; and Milo Aukerman and Robin Andreasen, both also Revelle students (she became a freshman in 1986, Milo was a few years older and then continued on to grad school at UCSD, I believe). Both couples are now married and living on the east coast. Goodness knows I had my share of potential/temporary couplings as well. Fun memories; the social aspect is what I remember best from my years there.
Thanks again,
Pam Middings, Revelle 1989
William C. Morris, Revelle '72, Ph.D. '98 & Amy Linsk Morris, '73
When I opened your January 2007 issue of @UCSD, I realized I'd never gotten around to sending in my own story of UCSD romance. And since no one featured in your article equals my husband and me for romance longevity, I thought I'd send you this belated synopsis.
Bill and I met on a blind date on Friday the 13th -- February 13, 1970 -- when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. We were brought together by his friend John Listopad. Revelle '73 and John's then-fiancee Nancy Ton Revelle '73, who was my neighbor in Blake Hall. Not much thought went into the match-up: I was recruited on half an hour's notice, I believe after another girl had canceled.
The four of us had an oh-so-romantic dinner at Revelle Cafeteria and then went to a drive-in double feature in John's 1956 Jaguar touring car. (Bill got to drive; John and Nancy got the back seat.) After we returned to campus, Bill and I wandered and talked for a long time. In keeping with the theme of the day, we walked under a step-ladder and crossed paths with a black cat on Revelle Plaza. Fittingly, our first kiss occurred the next evening, Valentine's Day.
Bill says he was smitten immediately. I wasn't so sure; I'm not a person who likes to rush into things. Fortunately for me, he was persistent. We were married on May 12, 1974, and are happier than ever together after nearly 33 years.
We lost contact with both John Listopad and Nancy Ton soon after graduation. So if either of them is out there reading this, we'd just like to send them a huge "Thank you!"
Amy Linsk Morris
San Diego
UCSD's Department of Visual Arts
"It's safe to venture a guess that the campus has also served, over 47 years, as the eucalyptus-scented backdrop to many thousands of love stories."


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BEFORE IT became a masterpiece used in the world's film and lit classes as a manifesto of voyeurism, Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" was just a
The film has just been restored in a new color-corrected print, which means that you can swim in the blue-green pools in Grace Kelly's eyes. But if eggheads have made it a subject of scholarship, it's because Hitchcock and his screenwriter, John Michael Woolrich, really did create a lasting multimedia
"Rear Window" has held up as a popular and critical favorite because there's a guilty dose of the voyeur in each of us. (Jimmy Stewart's character, L.B. Jefferies, is a photographer hypnotized by the goings-on of his neighbors across the courtyard.) In his furtive spying on the world outside his window, "Jeff" is a more 21st-century character than his George Bailey or Jefferson Smith; he has seen evidence of a murder, which justifies his spying.
Sidelined with a broken leg, Jeff sits in his wheelchair and assembles a string of narratives for the lives of his neighbors. Stewart's true greatness as a star comes through as he inhabits a character who, under other circumstances, would seem perverse. Jeff can't tear himself away from the window, even to appreciate Lisa, the uptown girl (Kelly) who slums in his crammed apartment because she loves him.
Thelma Ritter plays Stella, Jeff's physical therapist, as her trademark sage, compassionate broad, the kind of woman you want to applaud every time she walks into the room. "We've become a race of peeping Toms," she exhales. On film, there has rarely been a more gratifying transition as there is when Lisa, Stella and finally Jeff's detective friend Tom (Wendell Corey) begin to believe him.
Hitchcock often oversold "Rear Window" as an experience of "delicious terror," but it's also a subtle romantic comedy. The terror comes as much from the film's claustrophobia (frequent Hitchcock cinematographer Robert Burks shot from dangerously low angles mostly in the confines of Jeff's apartment) as it was in its suggestion of the inevitability of incidental invasions of privacy.
The film also prefigures picture-in-picture TV, shortened attention spans and our worship of anything promising "convenience." If Raymond Burr (as the film's bloated killer) wants to murder Jeff, too, he has to deliver homicide to Jeff's front door. Were Hitchcock making this movie today, you better believe Jeff would've captured the whole bloody mess on his hand-held Sony Digital.
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However , everyday also valentines for me, so makes not much special , i had a wonderful dinner , i call it "Famitines dinner" ...... which is valentines + my family. wahahaha. well , try it to have your loves one all together dining at the same table , it will be something great.
But , nothing greater than driving all the way to Selesa Hill Resort to support my buddy marriage proposal plan , way to go Robby Beng ..... Me ,weiwei n Merve drove all the way and have to be there before 930pm. plan goes smooth , but later after the proposal , according to grace Merve blew the cover coz seeing him wear white .. and the way he walks ????? .... :P
anyway how .. i'm happy with Rob , starting another of his new chapter in life.. but seriouly , like wat grace say , never seen him so uncomfortable before :P , the way his hand shaking which gave grace a suspicious whole night :) , lame acting laaa.
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Pune, India -- (SBWire) -- 12/06/2017 --Market Scenario:
The major growth driver of Photovoltaic Market includes growing population which drives the demand for effective and reliable electricity supply, increasing solar installations with energy storage and stringent government rules and regulations among others.
Hence the market for Photovoltaic is expected to grow at high CAGR (2016-2027).
However, varying weather conditions and high technological cost are the major factors which are hindering the growth of Photovoltaic Market.
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- Panasonic Corporation
- Mitsubishi electric corporation (Japan)
- Trina Solar (China)
- Canadian Solar (Canada)
- Jinko Solar (China)
- JA Solar (China)
- Hanwha Q CELLS (South Korea)
- First Solar (U.S.)
- Yingli Green (China)
- ReneSola (China)
- Kiira Motors Corporation (Uganda)
- Tesla (U.S.)
- Solar city (U.S.)
- Sun Power Corp (U.S.)
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Asia-Pacific is expected to dominate the Global Photovoltaic Market with the largest market share due to growing production and installation of photovoltaic in the countries such as China, Japan and Rest of Asia where China is one of the leader in Photovoltaic module production in the region, and therefore accounting for high million and is expected to grow over more billion by 2027.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that pits the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission against the federal government.
At issue is the Fifth Amendment prohibition against the taking of private property for public use without just compensation.
The AFGC wants to collect $5.7 million from the U.S. Corps of Engineers for timber losses at the Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area in northeastern Arkansas.
The Commission claims that the U.S. Corps deviated from its standard water release program during the 1990s, leading to six-years of flooding across much of the 23,000-acre management area downstream.
The result of those floods was predictable and extensive, the commission contends — destruction of much of the bottomland hardwood forest that made the area a premier site for duck hunting and a popular location for bird watching.
The Corps, however, says the flooding was temporary and therefore not subject to the "taking clause." The federal agency argues that to rule otherwise could jeopardize the nation's flood control system.
AGFC won an early decision when the Court of Federal Claims ordered the Corps to pay $5.7 million to compensate the state wildlife for 18 million board feet of timber destroyed by the flooding.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last year overturned that ruling. The AGFC appealed to the nation's highest court.
The case has drawn national attention. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities and National Association of Counties have filed a brief in support of the Corps.
The National Federation of Independent Business, National Association of Home Builders, American Farm Bureau and American Forest Resource Council have filed a brief in support of the AGFC.


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Welcome to USAAA WeeklyNews, an email newsletter that addresses a range of topics on Autism Spectrum Disorders including Asperger's Syndrome.
Company hires adults with autism to test software
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin. Rider Hallenstein draws cartoons of himself as a DeLorean sports car. Rick Alexander finds it unnerving to sit near other people.
"Traits that make great software testers - intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail - also happen to be characteristics of autism. People with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, have normal to high intelligence and often are highly skilled with computers.
This is the unusual workforce of a U.S. startup that specializes in finding software bugs by harnessing the talents of young adults with autism.
Traits that make great software testers - intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail - also happen to be characteristics of autism. People with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, have normal to high intelligence and often are highly skilled with computers.
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School uses vinegar to discipline children
Are Texas schools getting away with cruel and unusual punishment?
by Valerie O'Berry
Children at a Texas Elementary School allegedly had cotton balls soaked in vinegar put into their mouths and were forced to go on a treadmill longer and faster than they wanted to as a form of discipline. The children being disciplined suffer from autism.
Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disability, which impacts the normal development of the brain, making it hard for children to interact with others and communicate either verbally or non-verbally. Diagnosis usually takes place before the age of three.
""If I were to attempt to force an adult to do something like this, I would be arrested and charged with assault and battery.
The school's disciplinary practices are called aversive interventions and vinegar-soaked cotton balls put in the mouth along with similar abusive disciplinary strategies are not illegal in schools... FULL STORY.
Early, Intense Therapy Benefits Children with Autism
By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on September 30, 2011
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are typified by impaired social-communication skills. Children and adolescents with ASD have difficulty understanding, interacting and relating with others.
New research suggests intensive therapy, especially at early ages, can help children achieve the best outcomes.
The intensive therapy helps children with autism improve social and communication skills, say the leaders of a current study.
"Over time, a striking majority (95.4 percent) of children demonstrated improvement for these skills with children who had received behavioral, speech and occupational therapy benefiting the most. The response to therapy was greatest among those with higher nonverbal IQs.
"It's important for children with autism to begin treatment as soon as possible," said clinical psychologist Dr. Micah Mazurek, assistant professor in the Department of Health Psychology at the University of Missouri. "The more intense or comprehensive the therapy, the better it is in terms of helping children improve social and communication skills."
Researchers reviewed data from more than 1,000 children and adolescents with ASD. FULL STORY.
October 27-30: USAAA 2011 World Conference & Expo, Seattle, Washington
Whether you've just received a diagnosis of autism or you've struggled for years to find answers, you know how difficult it can be to find hope. The vast amount of information, in cyberspace or print, from doctors to friends, on special diets to social skills, can overwhelm even the most dedicated parent. How can you sort through the junk mail and begin down the road to success?
"The primary function of the USAAA conference is where parents, caregivers, health care practitioners, individuals with autism, students, educators, therapists and anyone who wants to learn more about services and treatment for persons living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can learn about effective interventions – both medical and educational.
Introducing the US Autism & Asperger Association 2011 World Conference & Expo. The theme: "Autism Education and Treatment: A Road to Wellness." The goal: to demystify the confusion around autism and to arm you with tools of practical protocols and new resources. After four days, you will leave the conference with a considerable head start down the road to wellness.
With an unprecedented conference format and presentations from some of the most respected experts in the international autism community, the USAAA conference is a can't-miss opportunity. Here's a sneak peek at just a few of the conference highlights:
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CW's The Flash captivates viewers across the country
"My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive." This quote has a lot of meaning and appreciation for the millions of viewers who watch the CW show, The Flash. Grant Gustin plays the role of Barry Allen, also known as The Flash, who many believe is the new upcoming star in the comic world. The show was named favorite new drama by the People's Choice Awards in 2014. The show premiered in 2014, and is now in its third season.
The show first came about as a spin-off of the show, Arrow, which is based on the character Oliver Queen, who has been stranded on an island for over five years. During those years, he learns and grows, and discovers that his family legacy was all a lie. Once he returns to his city, he becomes a vigilante to protect the city.
The creators of Arrow decided to bring Allen back to the small screen by giving the audience a sneak peek of how the character becomes The Flash. Of course, some viewers were a bit concerned when the show was first released to the public. Critics were worried that the new show would not meet the expectations of fans of the original story of The Flash, from iconic comic books to the cartoon movies.
The shows starts when Allen is struck by lightning during a particle accelerator explosion. He later on discovers that he has remarkable powers as the fastest person alive. He's even faster than the sound barrier. As the show goes on, we see him turn into an incredible superhero, and we see the development of his amazing abilities. The show has a lot of components that focus on other things, such as time-travel and people with special capabilities.
When the show aired on the CW, it was an instant hit, beating all the other shows on the TV network. One of the reason this show I think is so successful is that it does a crossover with different shows, such as Arrow and Supergirl. The show also is original but refers to its origins in the comics, making viewers feel excited to see some of the characters from the comics come to life.
When season two ended, it left viewers in shock and wanting more, but they had to wait a couple of months until season three premiered.
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"Oprah Winfrey is offering to "produce" the half-hour Barack Obama advertisement set to air on Oct. 29, a top source tells the DRUDGE REPORT. The Daytime TV dynamo has even offered up her studio space in Chicago.
"She's been begging Obama to let her help," a source explaines.
It is not clear if the Obama campaign would pay Winfrey for any production services.
Requests for comment from Oprah went un-returned.
The Obama campaign finale is seen as a high risk move, designed to remove any remaining voter doubts on the first term senator.
CBS, NBC and FOX will air the info-commercial, with the start time of a potential World Series Game 6 being pushed back by eight minutes.
Mystery surrounds the production: Will it simply be Obama sitting at a desk reading TelePrompTer? Or will it incorporate multi-media elements, on the road footage, and sweeping historic images.
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Imagine sipping a cocktail at a Kerry Simon rooftop bar, overlooking — Carson Avenue?
The downtown revival that started on Fremont Street is spreading, with businesses opening beyond the small corridor between Las Vegas Boulevard and 10th Street.
On Wednesday the Las Vegas City Council approved tavern licenses for two restaurant and bar concepts at 124 S. Sixth St., the former John E. Carson residential hotel and site of a convenience store and barber shop.
"Don Welch's vision was always to bring it over to Carson Avenue, so not everything is on one street," said developer Trinity Schlottman, who is working on the project. Welch heads the Downtown Project's small-business fund.
Construction at the site began in May. When it's complete, it will house three restaurants, a juice bar, a yoga studio and tattoo, flower and doughnut shops. The second floor will be office space.
Plans for the Kerry Simon restaurant include two stories of contemporary American fare with bars on both levels and outdoor seating.
Simon is a celebrity chef behind Simon at Palms Place, KGB gourmet burgers at Harrah's, Pork &Beans at the Container Park and the menu at Sapphire Pool &Day Club.
The second tavern license is for a sushi restaurant.
Downtown redevelopers have dabbled beyond Fremont Street, opening Eat, La Comida, two Work in Progress co-working locations and renovating the Bunkhouse Saloon, but most efforts have focused on the single street.
La Comida is owned by Jenna and Michael Morton, who also own La Cave at Wynn and the recently opened Crush Eat Drink Love at MGM Grand.
In recent years, several new bars and restaurants have opened on the stretch, including Le Thai, the historic Atomic Liquors, Park on Fremont, Backstage Bar &Billiards, Fremont Country Club, Radio City Pizza and Commonwealth.
Previously the neighborhood was neglected.
The Downtown Project owns $93 million in downtown property, mostly contained between Las Vegas Boulevard and Maryland Parkway and Lewis Avenue and U.S. Highway 95, but uses for much of the land is yet to be determined.
"Now we're one block north of Fremont on Ogden, and now we're bringing activity one block south," Schlottman said.
"It doesn't have to be on Fremont to be a success."
Contact reporter Kristy Totten at firstname.lastname@example.com or 702-477-3809. Follow @kristy_tea on Twitter.


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