June 2007 Media Roundup
June 1
University of the Pacific was briefly mentioned in a Tri-Valley Herald story today about the job prospects for recent graduates. The story said that Pacific is one of several colleges that has job recruiters regularly come to campus.
The Merced Sun Star had a feature story on jazz guitarist Tom Hoffman. The story mentioned that Hoffman also teaches jazz through the Brubeck Institute.
KOTA TV in South Dakota had a story about the "Girls Next Door" series which features Pacific alumna Bridget Marquardt. The story mentioned that she graduated with a masters in communications from Pacific. KAIT TV in Arkansas, KCUA TV in Utah, WKYT TV in Kentucky and Yahoo News all ran the same story.
The Modesto Bee had a feature story on Manteca coffee roasters "Jesus Mountain." The story mentioned that their coffee beans are used at Pacific.
The Record had a feature story on the "Valley Dance" troupe and their upcoming show. The story said the troupe would also be hosting a workshop at Pacific in the next week.
The Record had a story on this weekend's fun run at Pacific to mark the anniversary of the "Bowden Mile," when Mark Bowden became the first person to break the four-minute mile. He set the record at Pacific in 1957.
June 2
The Lodi News-Sentinel had a story about high school freshman Sam Walker. Walker has earned several honors recently for his music, including a seat in the prestigious Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Band Camp at Pacific.
The Tri-Valley Herald had a story that said Pacific alumna Ramona Soto was named the new principal of South/West Park School in Tracy.
June 3
The Sacramento Bee had a story that said the new superintendent of the Del Paso Heights School District is Pacific alumna Ramona Bishop.
Margee Ensign, dean of the School of International Studies, was interviewed on the morning news program of KPIX in San Francisco. She discussed America's growing ignorance of the rest of the world and how that has led the country into several crisis.
June 4
McGeorge professor Nancy Miller was quoted in The Record in a story about a new law that requires government agencies to keep all electronic records indefinitely. That includes e-mails and voicemails.
The Record had a story about eight local high school seniors who won scholarships from various Chinese organizations in the United States. The story said two of those seniors plan to attend Pacific in the fall.
June 5
Sociology professor John Phillips was quoted in a story in The Record about the recently released federal crime statistics. The stats show that crime is starting to rise across the nation, which Phillips blames on the Bush Administrations cuts in funding to police departments.
Sociology professor John Phillips was quoted in a front page Modesto Bee story this morning about a rash of recent kidnaping attempts. Police say one man has attempted to kidnap several teen-aged girls in the past week. Phillips said the man's behavior shows that he is not rational and may even be attempting to get caught.
Marketing professor Suzanne Walchli was quoted in a Record story about the financial report from Diamond Foods. The report said that sales in snack and ingredient categories beat Wall Street expectations. Walchli said that might be because Diamond is advertising its products as healthy snacks, taking advantage of a new consumer awareness of what's healthy and what's junk food.
June 6
The Bakersfield Californian in Kern County had a short story that said local musician Ashley Hauss, a South High grad, has accepted a music scholarship and will study at the Conservatory in the fall.
The Record had a story that said one of the men arrested by authorities and accessed of planning to overthrow the Laotian government participated in the "Stockton Speaks! When We Were Young" program organized by University of the Pacific's Jacoby Center a few years ago.
June 7
The Record had a story on the two summer film series being shown at Pacific Theater - the independent film festival on Wednesday's and the classic movies on Saturdays.
McGeorge professor Michael Vitiello was quoted in a Record story about the Sarah Dutra case. Dutra is the woman who helped a disenchanted wife poison her attorney husband and hide his body. Her sentence is being revisited after court rulings said that judges can't immediately impose the maximum sentence on people unless ordered to do so by the jury.
Jacoby Center director Bob Benedetti was quoted in Spanish-language newspaper Vida en el Valle about an attempt to form a Hispanic chapter of the Republican Party in the Central Valley.
June 8
Nothing to Report.
June 9
The Lodi News-Sentinel had a story on recent high school graduate Ryan Fischer. Fischer was drafted by the Boston Red Sox over the weekend. Fischer told the paper that he may defer a commitment to professional baseball because he is thinking about earning a degree at Pacific.
The Long Beach Press Telegram had a story about the financial disclosure statements recently filed by members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy listed $24,500 in salary from Pacific for teaching courses at McGeorge during the court's annual break.
The San Joaquin Office of Education Web page posted a story that said Ines Ruiz-Huston, Director of the Community Involvement Program and Multicultural Affairs, at Pacific, was the keynote speaker at an event they hosted last week.
June 10
McGeorge professor John Sims was quoted in a Sacramento Bee story about "The Tax Lady," aka Roni Lynn Deutch. Deutch is setting up "Tax Resolution Stores" that she says will help poor people avoid tax problems. Critics claim her stores are actually preying on the poor, much like the check-cashing stores.
June 11
Nothing to report.
June 12
The Record quoted Bob Benedetti, director of the Jacoby Center for Public Service and Civic Leadership, in a story about Manteca's efforts to improve its many city parks.
The Central Valley Business Times had a walk-up story about the upcoming San Joaquin Venture Funding and Entrepreneurship Conference that will be held at Pacific next week.
June 13
The Los Gatos Times ran an obit for retired professor Catherine Crisp Beauchamp.
The Blog Drum Corp Planet had a short story on The 28th Annual Moonlight Classic, which will be held at Stagg Stadium this Sunday.
June 14
Digital 50, a news service for business magazines, had a feature story on Pacific Alumnus Jasper Indelicato. He was recently named chairman of the California Wine Institute. His association with Pacific was mentioned in the story. Calibre Macro World Magazine and Yahoo! Finance also ran the same story.
McGeorge professor Brian K. Landsberg was quoted in the Houston Chronicle today about the shift in the Justice Department's Civil Rights bureau. Landsberg said that under the Bush administration, the DOJ has significantly reduced the number of race-related cases it pursues while significantly increasing the number of religious-based cases.
McGeorge Professor Mike Vitiello was quoted in the Hanford Sentinel in a story about a homicide case in Fresno County. In that case, detectives have not found the body which presents some unique challenges to the prosecution, Vitiello said.
KPIX Channel 5 from San Francisco interviewed Eberhardt Dean Chuck Williams about the high rate of foreclosures in the San Joaquin Valley. The interview is scheduled to air at 6 p.m. today.
June 15
Dean Chuck Williams' interview with KPIX in San Francisco was replayed in the Bay Area on their 6 a.m. news today.
The Record had a story today that explained the proper equipment needed for people who are thinking about taking up running as an exercise. The story suggested running the area around Pacific's Stockton campus as the best place to exercise in the city.
The Record had a walk-up story to this Sunday's drum and bugle corp competition, which will be held at Pacific.
The Record had a story about The Stockton Jazz Collective, a local jazz group. The story mentioned that the group's bassist, Brian Clark, is currently studying jazz at Pacific. It also said that Patrick Langham, Pacific's director of Jazz studies, has agreed to join the group and play saxophone to replace a person who is leaving the group this summer to attend college.
The Record had a feature story on Jasper Indelicato being named director of the California Wine Institute. Indelicato is a Pacific alumnus, according to the story.
The Gilroy Dispatch had a feature story about a girl's field hockey team there. The story says that star player Erin Magill will attend Pacific in the fall.
The Mendocino Beacon had a feature story on Pacific alumnus Jeff Brehaut. He's playing the U.S. Open, the story said. The Tri-Valley Herald also ran the same story.
McGeorge Professor Brian Landsberg was quoted in the International Herald Tribune about the Justice Department's recent shift from race-related civil rights cases to religious-based civil rights cases. The blog titled "Right Wing Watch" that's run by the People for the American Way also posted the story this morning.
The San Joaquin Office of Education posted a story on its Web site about the upcoming Certificate in Civic Leadership program offered by the Jacoby Center.
June 16
The Record had a walk-up to Saturday-evening's concert by The Jazz Collective. That group has a Pacific student and a Pacific professor as members.
The Mail Tribune in Medford, Ore., had a brief that said Dugoni Alumnus John Hendy has opened Aesthetic Laser Dentistry in their town.
The Record had a brief that said Congressman Jerry McNerney would convene an ag advisory panel at Pacific on Saturday. The Modesto Bee also ran a similar brief.
The Modesto Bee had a feature story about teachers who continue to take college courses long after they have earned their degree or peaked at the top of their salary scale. The story focused on Modesto teacher Deborah Gunther, who recently completed the Summer Institutes seminar, a special for-credit course offered to educators through the University of the Pacific. Calibre Macroworld also ran the same story. Calibre Macroworld is an online news service that provides information to stock traders, business owners and others who are interested in business in the United States.
The Fresno Bee quoted Eberhardt Dean Chuck Williams about the state's rising unemployment rate and how that is being driven in part by the crashing housing market.
The Record had a walk-up story to this Thursday's Venture Capital Conference that will be held at Pacific. It focused on a Lodi businessman who will participate in the conference.
The interview that Dean Chuck Williams gave to KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco last week about the high rate of foreclosures in the valley was repeated on Channel 31's evening broadcast in Sacramento.
June 17
The Record ran a story that repeated a predication from Sean Snaith. Snaith told the paper last year that the housing market would not crash, but instead would gradually slow down like a "souffle." Instead, the story says, the market crashed fairly quickly, as is evident with the record number of foreclosures in the Valley. Calibre Macroworld also ran the story.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a brief reminding readers that the Summer Golf Classic - proceeds are used to support the Hutto Patterson Pediatric Clinic at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry - are on sale and the classic will be held next month.
The Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado Springs ran an editorial written by Timothy McGettigan, interim director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, that said that Harvard's announcement that professors should focus more on teaching and less on research is more ground-breaking than many outside of academy realize.
June 18
The Mendocino Beacon had a feature story on Pacific alumnus and professional golfer Jeff Brehaut. Brehaut missed an automatic qualification into the U.S. Open by one stroke this weekend, the story says.
The Modesto Bee had a feature story on Pacific senior Montez Harrison. Harrison plays soccer for Pacific. She also is a volunteer for this summer's soccer camp for young players. And she is a frequent volunteer at the YMCA in Modesto.
The Sacramento Business Journal had a story on plans by California State University Sacramento to build an annex campus in Rancho Cordova. In the story, it compared the proposed size of that campus (200 acres) to Pacific's Stockton campus (150 acres). The Milwaukee Business Journal published the same story.
June 19
The Record had an editorial today about Pacific's sale of KUOP to Capital Public Radio on Sacramento. The editorial said they are waiting to see if the deal will bring more local radio coverage to Stockton or firmly make the station a Sacramento-only outlet.
Bob Benedetti, director of the Jacoby Center, was quoted in the Record today in a story about Republicans who already have announced that they will try and unseat newly elected Congressman Jerry McNerney. Part of the strategy, Benedetti said, will be to try and convince Latinos to vote Republican.
June 20
Deep Sea News had a short update about an exploration of the "Grand Canyon," a depression in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. The update says that a professor from University of the Pacific is onboard, however it fails to name who the professor is.
The Modesto Bee had a story that said bones dug up near Pacific's Stockton campus several decades ago and used as a research tool by Pacific professors were reburied in a Native-American ceremony in the San Luis Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday.
Sean Snaith was quoted in a story in The Record that said the economy has slowed down so much in the past year that the country may be in a recession.
June 21
Yahoo! Finance had a story that said LifeCycle Pharma has established a Scientific Advisory Board to review organ transplant issues. Among the members is Pacific alumnus Dr. Larry Chodoff. KAIT TV in Arkansas and MacroWorld Investor magazine also ran the same story.
The Record had a brief that said the Model Alternative High School held its commencement ceremony at Pacific last night.
The Record quoted Sean Snaith in a story about how housing prices are starting to dramatically drop. Snaith called it the "housing market hangover."
Vida en el Valle, a Spanish-language newspaper, had a feature story on Franklin High School graduate Vanessa Armendariz, who received one of the highest grade point averages in the entire county (4.93). The story said she did it partially by taking an engineering course at Pacific after school and getting an A in that course.
KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco interviewed Bob Benedetti last night for a story that is scheduled to air at 5 p.m. tonight in the Bay Area. He talked about the "Stockton Speaks" project where community leaders from nine different ethnic groups in Stockton were interviewed. The media is interested in the project now because one of the people interviewed was recently arrested by the federal government and charged with plotting to overthrow the government of Laos.
June 22
The Rapid City Journal in South Dakota had a feature story about another local high school player who was offered (and accepted) a full scholarship to play in a Division I basketball team. The story mentioned that three other students from the same school - Stanley County High School - also have been offered basketball scholarships to Division I schools in the past two years. One of those students, Sam Willard, currently plays for Pacific.
The Record had a story on yesterday's Venture Capital Conference that was held at Pacific. The story focused on Pacific alumnus Matthew deBord, who made a presentation at the conference about his up-and-coming food company Origami. It also quoted Mark Plovnick, Pacific's director of economic development.
Sean Snaith's quote about the "housing market hangover" was used in an article in today's issue of Remodeling Magazine.
The Central Valley Business Times had a story on their Web site this morning about the Venture Capital Conference.
The Lodi News-Sentinel had a story on the Venture Capital Conference.
The Record had a stand-alone photo of Pacific crew members trimming back the ivy on Morris Chapel.
The Venture Capital Conference was mentioned in a Modesto Bee story about a visit to that city by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi yesterday.
June 23
The Sacramento Bee had a story that said McGeorge Alumnus Mark Curry, a prosecutor in Sacramento County, was appointed to a superior court judge's post by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week. Calibre Macroworld, an online business paper, ran the same story.
The Californian, a newspaper in San Diego, ran a short story that said McGeorge Alumnus Timothy Freer was appointed to a superior court judge's post by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week.
The Honolulu Advertiser had a short story that said the William S. Richardson School of Law in Hawaii is co-hosting a two-day summit with McGeorge regarding a program called "Wingspread." According to the article, Wingspread is a "two-day summit that brings together outreach programs and community educators across the curriculum to coordinate and enhance efforts in creating a pipeline of programs to equip Hawaii's students to seek higher education and professional careers in law and in the leadership of the nation."
June 24
Pro-Health, a blog for medical doctors, reprinted an article from last month's issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, a journal. The article was written by several Sports Sciences professors on campus. The article looked at some of the responses given by athletes who were first put through rigorous physical tests. It was meant to determine the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Remodeling Magazine ran an article about the downturn in the national housing market and signs that the country may now be ain recession. Sean Snaith, business forecasting consultant to Pacific, was quoted in the article.
The World News Daily, an "alternative" news distribution company that often claims to uncover evidence of conspiracy theories, ran a report that said the memberships roster to the "Bohemian Grove," a club famed for its exclusive members that include almost every U.S. President in the past 50 years, was leaked over the weekend. The story said that Dr. Don DeRosa, president of the university, is a member of the club.
June 25
The Record had a feature profile on Pacific alumna and high school teacher Sandi Warmerdam.
June 26
Dean Chuck Williams was quoted in an editorial in The Record today. The editorial was about the increase in the local unemployment rate and Williams said that was due to the severe downturn in the housing market.
Women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts was quoted in a Sacramento Bee story today about a study that said there are fewer women coaches in women's basketball than there were 30 years ago. Roberts said that she didn't think there were any differences between how men and women coached, so she was concerned about the shrinking number of female coaches.
June 27
Congressman Jerry McNerney announced in his blog that he has requested $400,000 for a new telephone survey system at the Eberhardt School of Business Forecasting Center and $500,000 for the Natural Resources Institute in the School of Engineering and Computer Science.
The Reno Gazette Journal had a brief in its "People to Watch" column that said Pacific alumna Jennifer Wallis was hired as director of sales and marketing for the Sierra Place Retirement and Assisted Living Community in Carson City.
June 28
The Record had a feature story on Franklin High School graduate Vanessa Armendariz, who received one of the highest grade point averages in the entire county (4.93). The story said she did it partially by taking an engineering course at Pacific after school and getting an A in that course. This story previously ran in the Spanish-language paper, Vida en el Valle.
The New Haven Register had a story that said filming for the fourth Indiana Jones film is set to begin at Yale University this week. Yale was selected because it resembled University of the Pacific, the story says.
June 29
Provost Phil Gilbertson was quoted in an editorial in The Record today about the decision of some universities to no longer participate in the US News and World Report rankings. Gilbertson told the record that Pacific is hoping to contribute to the discussion by looking at new ways to rank incoming students, such as with Emotional Intelligence tests.
The Record had a walk-up story about the August economic summit that will be hosted by Jerry McNerney at Pacific. McNerney said he's holding it to prompt discussions on unique ways to approach unemployment and job growth issues in the Valley.
The Record had a brief in the paper about the Fulbright Award the University received to fund an Arabic-language instructor and class and in the next year.
The San Francisco Examiner had a feature story on independent pharmacist Paul Tam. The story said he's a Pacific alumnus.
The Placer County News had a story on McGeorge alumnus Mark Curry being appointed to a superior court bench by Gov. Schwarzenegger. It was a reprint of the Sacramento Bee story that ran last week.
June 30
The Evergreen Times Weekly, a small paper in the Seattle area, had a feature story on some of the recent high school grads who are headed to college. One of the students quoted was high school valedictorian Elaine Trinh, who will attend Pacific in the fall, according to the story.
George Randels, associate professor of social ethics, was quoted in a Record story about people who look for pastors online to perform marriage ceremonies.