Pacific in the Press | Dec. 11, 2018

Quote of the Week

"I kind of bought into that idea of giving back and using your time to provide service." 

Duane Isetti, The Record, Dec. 7, 2018

Examples of how University of the Pacific was represented in the news media in recent days:

"Housing in the Central Valley is changing; But not necessarily for the better," The Fresno Bee, Dec. 9, 2018: The Center for Business and Policy Research's Jeff Michael was quoted in this story about housing in the Central Valley. "Investors came in a scooped up a lot of property at very low prices just like you've seen in Sacramento. That had positives and negatives," Michael told The Bee. "The positive is it did stabilize the housing market. The downside is you have a lot of houses owned now by these out-of-town landlords which are not necessarily positive and results in a lower homeownership rate." The story also appeared in the Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee, The Tribune (San Luis Obispo) and Merced Sun Star.

"From the editor: For photographer Clifford Oto, Help-Portrait event is all about the subject," The Record, Dec. 3, 2018: Pacific student Shumesa Mohsin and Engineering's Meghan Camino '07 were mentioned in this story as volunteers for the annual Help Portrait, an effort to provide a holiday portrait for the homeless.

"Duane Isetti named Stocktonian of the Year," The Record, Dec. 7, 2018: Alumnus and former Pacific staffer Duane Isetti '63, '66 was named Stocktonian of the Year. "I remember listening to a person who said the most valuable thing we have isn't necessarily money, it's our time," Isetti told The Record. "And so I kind of bought into that idea of giving back and using your time to provide service." The Record's story was shared by insuarancenewsnet.com.

"After infamy, unity: Waterfront gathering commemorates Pearl Harbor," The Record, Dec. 8, 2018: Alumnus Jack Ferrill '50, '58 recalled in this story playing a game of touch football at then-College of the Pacific when he learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He later joined the Marines and fought in the Pacific Campaign before returning to be a student at Pacific.

"Former Bush Staffer, UOP Professor Reflects on Time in Administration," Fox 40, Dec. 5, 2018: Former faculty member Dave Frederickson '66 was interviewed about his time in the George H.W. Bush administration upon the former president's death. "I take nothing away from any of the others, but all can I say is that I think that with George Bush, he really was very comfortable in the role of president," Frederickson told Fox 40. "It fit him very well and he was never ill at ease or never self-conscious about it. It was just a job he had to do. He had a philosophy of life that he saw it in terms of missions, mission assigned, mission accomplished. And so from his perspective being president was just one more mission."

"Pacific students work to recreate Haggin Museum classics," Lodi News-Sentinel, Dec. 8, 2018: Pacific students created an ad campaign to promote the classic J.C. Leyendecker collection at the Haggin Museum. "After meeting with Susan (Obert, Haggin Museum director of development) and learning about the Leyendecker photos, we were inspired to make that the subject of our media campaign," said student Kathrina Morales. Lodi native and Pacific student Shumesa Mohsin told the News-Sentinel, "I was excited and nervous to take on this project because I don't normally do architectural shots, so photographing the buildings was difficult because my lens was too short. ... I really felt inspired to take on a project like this about Lodi. I would really like to compare photos and see places like the Sunset Theatre back in their day." The story also mentioned that the collection was originally acquired by Earl Rowland, an artist and professor at then-College of the Pacific.

"What's the Most Dangerous Food of All Time?," Sebastian Gogola's Interests blog, Dec. 10, 2018: History's Ken Albala was quoted in this blog entry about a survey of food historians and anthropologists on their candidates for most dangerous foods. Albala told the blogger, "For most of our evolutionary history, (sugar) was hard to come by. But in the last five centuries we've begun to eat much more of it than our bodies need or can process. At the same time, we've removed many of the things that would promote our gut microbiome (such as fiber), and began to use antibiotics that further reduce our intestinal bacteria. Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, all manner of infirmities result from over-consumption of sugar. When so many beneficial calories get replaced by sugar, they are metabolized in ways that our bodies are simply not equipped to deal with."

"Oral History Project: Brian Landsberg," Capitol Weekly, Dec. 4, 2018: McGeorge's Brian Landsberg featured in a series of oral history posts on his time as a civil rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice during the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1960s. The story also links to two video interviews of Landsberg.

"Question, Design, Test, Repeat: RAILS grantees practice solving problems with design thinking and learn to tell their story," Medium.com, Dec. 3, 2018: Benerd's Brett Taylor and Pacific's Educational Entrepreneurship program were mentioned. Taylor led a workshop about the program and the principles of "design thinking."

"Brandie Brunni is San Joaquin County's new assistant superintendent of special education," The Record via MedicalHealthNews.com, Dec. 2, 2018: Two-time alumna Brandie Brunni '97, '00, was featured in this story shared by MedicalHealthNews.com. Brunni was named the San Joaquin County Office of Education's new assistant superintendent of special education. She has a bachelor's degree in communicative disorders and a master's degree in speech and language pathology from Pacific.

"Eggman reintroduces legislation to fund CSU campuses," The Record, Dec. 9, 2018: A Center for Business and Policy Research report is cited in this story. "A 2017 report by University of the Pacific's Center for Business and Policy Research found that San Joaquin County, with more than 700,000 residents, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States without a public university campus," reads a portion of the story. "The report also found 300,000-resident Stockton is three times farther than any other large California city from a CSU or University of California campus."

"Texas Tech receives $9.1 million to grow National Teacher Prep Center," Lubbock CW, Dec. 10, 2018: Pacific was mentioned as a partner in a national teacher preparation center. Several other outlets also carried the story.