ALCALA CAN'T COMPLETELY ENJOY WIN.Byline: Brian The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. Dohn Daily News Staff Writer Maybe in a month or two, center Julio Alcala will have a clear enough mind to understand the magnitude of what Cal State Northridge accomplished. Maybe, but it seems so trite. His 45-year-old mother, Consuelo, has been given little time to live. So while most of the 23rd-ranked Matadors basked in the excitement of a 21-7 triumph against No. 18 Montana that will give the program unmatched national exposure, Alcala went home. Not to his dorm but back to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. to be with his mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. , who is in the terminal stage of leukemia leukemia (l  kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature .
``She's not doing real good,'' Alcala, 21, said. ``The doctors, there's not really too much they can do. She's just at home. It's hard to concentrate on something, even this big game, when you have something bigger slipping away back at home.'' You want emotion, Alcala's situation offers it. Just not the kind that should be associated with a football win. This is grief and sadness and shock that seems to zap A command that typically deletes the data within a file but leaves the file structure intact so that new data can be entered. See wipe. 1. (language) ZAP - A language for expressing program transformations. ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation", M.S. that strength of a 6-foot-4, 285-pound giant. And CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge left guard Mike Barnes Mike Barnes can refer to:
``We're both struggling and trying to keep our minds on the task at hand,'' Barnes said. ``It's a real battle for both of us, just knowing the condition that our families are in right now. I told him to keep focus on this game. This game was big. I said, `Let's do this for our moms.' ``I see it in his eyes. He's there, but he's not there. He's got that distant look. It's hard not having your family here supporting you when you know they're in trouble.'' Indeed, on what could be one of the happiest days of his athletic life, Alcala is hurting deeply. A few days ago Alcala was uncertain if he would play against Montana, having missed some practice time to spend precious time with his mom. It seems so insignificant to wonder about such a thing, but playing a football game had the potential to offer Alcala a few hours of solace and escape. ``That's the real-life stuff going on in Julio's life,'' CSUN coach Ron Ponciano said. ``It's a pain no one knows unless they've gone through it, and I haven't. The only thing important is his family.'' Unfortunately, Alcala's plight is not new. At this time last year doctors told Consuelo she had a month or two to live. A final, desperate treatment prolonged pro·long tr.v. pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs 1. To lengthen in duration; protract. 2. To lengthen in extent. her life. ``It was a good year and I'm happy for it,'' Alcala said. ``She's always been real positive about it. We've always tried to support her, and her decisions to get treatment or not, and I think right now the best thing for her is to live it out. It's her time to rest, I guess. She's been through a lot.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO ALCALA |
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