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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 56 Number 1, Fall 2014

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  14 - HEARING THE CRY OF THE POOR: The Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador by Ron Hansen M.A. ’95. Their murder in November 1989 marked a turning point in the country’s civil war. What do they have to say to us now?

  25 - THE OPEN WINDOW by Lucía Cerna. A first-person account by the housekeeper in the Jesuit community at the University of Central America. She witnessed the killing of six Jesuits by government soldiers, and telling the truth about that night cost her dearly.

  29 - WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? By Mary Jo (Hull) Ignoffo ’78. The historian who has brought Lucía Cerna’s story to the page in the new book La Verdad writes how tragedy in El Salvador bound Santa Clara to the battered country more deeply than ever.

  36 - FOOTBALL RETURNS TO SANTA CLARA by Ann Killion. Six decades ago, Tony Morabito ’31 brought pro football to the Bay Area. Now the San Francisco 49ers have come to play where that dream began—and where they’ve been training for the past 15 years.

  43 - BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME by Sam Scott ’96. Raising the first football stadium in California in 50 years—and making it a Silicon Valley icon—was both a marathon and a sprint for Jonathan Harvey ’91 and Devcon Construction.

  44 - USE YOUR HEAD by Jack Bowen. Examining the ethics of football concussions.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 4, Summer 2014

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  20 - A DAY WITH THE DALAI LAMA photos by Charles Barry, Noah Berger, and Michael Collopy . Close-ups and long views from the spiritual leader’s Feb. 24 visit.

  24 - THE CATHOLIC WRITER TODAY by Dana Gioia. The poet, critic, and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts argues that Catholic writers must renovate and reoccupy their own tradition. At stake: the diversity and vitality of the American arts.

  38 - OUR STORIES AND THE THEATRE OF AWE an interview with Marilynne Robinson. The Pulitzer Prize–winning writer speaks with Editor Steven Boyd Saum about grace, discernment, and being a modern believer.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 3, Spring 2014

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  18 - RADIANT HOUSE by Steven Boyd Saum and Heidi Williams ’06. Building a house for the 2013 Solar Decathlon. That, and changing the world.

  22 - AMÉRICAS CUISINE by Holly Beretto. Telling a delicious tale of food and family with chef David Cordúa ’04. 26 - Lessons from the field by Reinhard Cate ’07. Taut and tranquil moments in Afghanistan—an essay inwords and images.

  30 - INSIDE UKRAINE’S REVOLUTION by Steven Boyd Saum. Along the road to crisis: hope, despair, and a Q&A with writer Andrey Kurkov.

  34 - DECIDE WHO WE ARE by Steven Boyd Saum and John Deever. After half a century as a pariah state, Myanmar is opening to the world. People have stories to tell. And they want to shape for themselves what comes next.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 2, Winter 2014

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  16 - RISE UP, MY LOVE by Brian Doyle. There are sanctuaries built for worship—and that carry beauty visible to everyone. Then there are the improvised places of faith, more subtle in how they speak to the wonder worked there.

  18 - THE CHAPLAIN IS IN THE HOUSE by Jeremy Herb ’08 with Ppotos by Pat Semansky ’08. With the way things have gone recently in Congress, looking to the heavens for some help and guidance might seem like a very good idea. Enter Pat Conroy, S.J., M.Div. ’83.

  24 - WELCOME TO CITIZENVILLE by Jim Cottrill. Who published the one book on government in 2013 that conservative firebrand Newt Gingrich told all true believers that they should read? Try Gavin Newsom ’89, California’s lieutenant governor and San Francisco’s former mayor.

  28 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZEALOTRY Reza Aslan ’95 in conversation with three SCU scholars of religion—Paul Crowley, S.J., Catherine Murphy ’83, M.A. ’87, and David Pinault— about faith, politics, and how we talk about the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth.

  32 - THESE THINGS ARE REAL Gerdenio Manuel, S.J., M.Div. ’78 talks with Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 about finding grace versus succumbing to the dark side, requesting the last seat on the Titanic, and answering a question all Catholic priests face: How can you live healthily as a celibate?

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 55 Number 1, Fall 2013

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  6 - ONE IN A MILLION By Michael E. Engh, S.J. A note of thanks from the president to SCU alumni. For the Leavey Challenge, you came through in record numbers to secure a $1 million challenge grant for the University.

  20 - GOOD LIGHT: A PHOTO RETROSPECTIVE with Charles Barry. For a quarter century he has told Santa Clara's stories in photographs. Here are a few.

  26 - YES, BUT IS IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO? By Sam Scott '96. From business to government to college campuses, it's not always a question that gets asked. But here's how the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics set out to change that.

  32 - POTIONS AND POISONS By Elizabeth Fernandez '79. Medical sleuth B. Joseph Guglielmo '73, dean of the nation's top school of pharmacy, on the challenges of treating patients. And a health care system.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 4, Spring/Summer 2013

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  12 - KEEP THE DOOR OPEN By Jeff Zorn. For teaching and advising and a ministry that's blessed this place for 48 years-a colleague pays tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.

  16 - IN THIS TOGETHER By Mitch FINLEY '73. For folks retired but not at rest, Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality offers a way to do and be more.

  18 - WALK ACROSS CALIFORNIA By Jesse Hamlin-with images by Robert Boscacci '14, Frederic Larson, and Edward Rooks. An epic journey in which one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State. It's a hike-and a course-like no other.

  28 - MILLER'S TALE By Steven Boyd Saum. To tell the story of Bob Miller '67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it's the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.

  34 - BLOOD. SWEAT. TEARS. REPEAT. By Jeff Gire. Nina Acosta '82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD's SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?

  41 - THE $1 MILLION QUESTION By Jeff Gire. Can SCU alumni win the University's first-ever challenge grant? It's within reach if 9,000 undergrad alumni make a gift by June 30.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 3, Winter 2013

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  16 - TO CATCH A THIEF by Vince Beiser. Mathematician George Mohler has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?

  22 - HOW TO PREVENT A BONFIRE OF THE HUMANITIES by Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77. A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs-and wants-folks who know how to tell a story.

  26 - A POEM, A PRAYER, AND A MARTINI FOR THE RHINO Two conversations with Chancellor William J. Rewak, S.J.-who's just published his first collection of poetry, The Right Taxi.

  30 - THIS WILL NOT BE ON THE TEST. by Mitch Finley '73. For students of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, there's neither homework nor grades. But there is love of learning-and a special connection to SCU.

  32 - THE PLAY'S THE THING by Jesse Hamlin. Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the bard to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival like you've never heard him. And you can thank Peter Friedrich '91.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 2, Fall 2012

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  18 - WE, ROBOTS By John Deever. Adventures with the Robotics Systems Laboratory by land, sea, and sky. And in orbit.

  20 - SARAH KATE WILSON VS. GODZILLA By Jeff Gire. Tackling big problems- like attracting more women to engineering and transferring mountains of data through the air.

  22 - DELUGE AND DROUGHT By Erica Klarreich. Lessons in how to wedge more data into less space-and build a smarter energy grid.

  24 - BUILDING BIOMEDICAL TESTS By Melissae Fellet. Where engineering meets biology, the work ranges from diagnosing voice disorders to tracking toxicity in the brain.

  26 - THE LONG VIEW By Justin Gerdes. Construction and design: Make it safer, stronger, and do it all sustainably. 28 - Drago's gold By Sam Scott '96. From an Olympic water polo medal to designing systems for the rocket that put men on the Moon.

  30 - WINGs By Paul Totah '79. For a century, John J. Montgomery has been given short shrift when it comes to his role as an aviation pioneer. It's time to set things right.

  32 - CAN YOU STAND THE HEAT? By Steven Boyd Saum. To design a heat shield that could get the Curiosity rover through the atmosphere of Mars, NASA turned to a team headed by Robin Beck '77.

  34 - THE MILLION-DOLLAR LEAVEY CHALLENGE By Jeff Gire. SCU can receive a major grant- but needs gifts from 9,000 undergraduate alumni to make it happen.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 1, Summer 2012

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  14 - BELLA VITA By Ron Hansen M.a. '95. After 66 years, Professor Victor Vari is retiring. He's imparted to generations of Santa Clara students an understanding of Italian language and culture-and how to live a beautiful life.

  18 - THE SPORTING LIFE By Ann Killion. From when women first arrived on the Mission Campus 50 years ago and athletics was a dirty word-to internationally known programs and penalty shots heard 'round the world.

  20 - RESPECT THE GAME By Britt Yap. They've been national champs and the subject of dreams-may-cometrue movies. But in the beginning, they were women who just wanted to play soccer.

  22 - THE MAKERS By Jesse Hamlin. What does it mean to teach the arts-and to create art in all its forms- here and now? By that, we mean here at Santa Clara, in the heart of Silicon Valley, with threads reaching out to the rest of the world.

  32 - ELEMENTAL By Steven Boyd Saum. Fate and design, weather and the story of beauty: painting as a way of life for Mark Alsterlind '76. 34 - Medicine at 13,000 feet By MiKe Larrimore '08. A photo essay from a medical aid expedition in the mountains of Peru.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 4, Spring 2012

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  20 - WHAT WILL YOU BE? By David Mckay Wilson. San Francisco's Immaculate Conception Academy has found a work-study program that gives low-income students what they need. Starting with a bigger view of the world.

  22 - BUCKY BRONCO CONFIDENTIAL By Jeff Gire And Sam Scott '96. Who wears the costume today may be classified information. But here are a few secrets revealed-including how Bucky came to be.

  26 - TALKIN' DUST BOWL BLUES By David Mckay Wilson. The ghost of Woody Guthrie stalks the stage-with Rob Tepper '00 playing the role. This year marks the centennial of the iconic American folk singer's birth.

  28 - WHY WOMEN PROFESSORS? By Nancy C. Unger. Marking 50 years of coeducation at Santa Clara-and recognizing that it's not just the composition of students that has changed profoundly. Women as teaching scholars are a big part of the equation.

  30 - EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN By Roberta Kwok. Dark matter makes up 85 percent of the material in our universe. It envelops our galaxy-yet scientists have never seen it. That's why physicist Betty Young is looking-right here on Earth.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 3, Winter 2012

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  18 - MY FIGHT, MY FAITH By Steven Boyd Saum. As head of the CIA, Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 restored confidence in the agency and oversaw the mission to find Osama bin Laden. Now, as secretary of defense in an age of budget austerity, he has to make sure the Pentagon doesn't break the bank-and that the nation doesn't break faith with the men and women who serve.

  24 - GENERAL JOE By Sam Scott '96. When Joseph Peterson '72 signed up for ROTC as an undergrad, he planned to complete his military service and then move on. Nearly four decades later, he finally has: with three stars on his shoulder, after overseeing training of more than 100,000 Iraqi police, and having served as deputy commander of U.S. Forces Command, responsible for some 900,000 soldiers.

  28 - FROM ENEMY TO EMPATHY By Kevin Tripp. Political scientist William Stover teaches students to understand volatile conflicts through first-hand experience. Thanks to virtual simulations, there aren't casualties. But there is a new way of seeing.

  30 - BRONCO BATTALION By Sam Scott '96. What does it mean for a Jesuit university to be home to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps? Seventy-five years after ROTC came to Santa Clara-and 150 years after officers were first trained on campus-a few answers are clear.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 2, Fall 2011

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  18 - CHANGE THE WORLD. OR AT LEAST HOW YOU SEE IT. Edited by John Deever and Steven Boyd Saum. The U.S. Peace Corps turned 50 this year, with more than 340 Santa Clara grads (and faculty and staff) having served as volunteers over the years. A few of them recount their time in-country-and where it's taken them.

  26 - HOW CAN YOU DEFEND THOSE PEOPLE? by Steven Boyd Saum. Public defenders on the Homicide Task Force in Chicago have heard that question time and again. Between them, Robert Strunck '76 and Crystal Marchigiani '78 have some 40 years on the task force, representing accused murderers-many of whom faced the death penalty. And they have a few answers.

  31 - BAND OF SISTERS Celebrating 50 years of women at Santa Clara: In autumn 1961, a small, brave vanguard of women enrolled at Santa Clara as undergrads. And the University would never be the same.

  32 - TRADITION SHATTERED: Gerri Beasley '65 and a few classmates share their stories of arriving on the Mission Campus.

  34 - REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS GRAHAM: by Jeff Gire. The first residence hall built for women, the Graham Residence Complex boasted a gate that was locked at night, a pool, the Pipestage Club, and bounteous hijinks over the years.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 1, Summer 2011

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  18 - WHAT DO INVESTORS REALLY WANT? By Meir Statman. A renowned behavioral finance expert reveals how our desires shape our actions when it comes to investing. (Hint: It's not just money that we're after.)

  20 - LAW AT 100. A century of legal education at SCU. See snapshots from across the years-and look at the big picture of how the legal landscape has changed

  22 - THE BIG IDEA!: Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77 on Silicon Valley high tech gold and a brief history of intellectual property law.

  24 - WOMEN'S WORK: Stephanie M. Wildman on jobs, the law, and a century of redefining "differences."

  26 - ALTRUISM V. APATHY: Beth Van Schaack makes the case for international criminal law-from Nuremburg to Yugoslavia and into the 21st century.

  28 - UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: Writer John Deever examines the latest from the Northern California Innocence Project: exonerations and some massive studies of prosecutorial misconduct.

  30 - A WILD SURGE OF GUILTY PASSION By Ron Hansen, M.A. '95. It was known as the crime of the century. And it's the stuff of Hansen's latest novel, set in Prohibition-era New York. Here's the story behind the book.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52 Number 4, Winter 2011

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  16 - LIFE CYCLE A Photo Essay By Susan Middleton '70. Luminous beauty drawn from two remarkable projects-Evidence of Evolution and Spineless. And a sneak peek at a show by this Guggenheim fellow opening in April at SCU's de Saisset Museum.

  20 - CAN NEWSPAPERS & JOURNALISM SURVIVE THE DIGITAL AGE? DOES IT MATTER? By Jeff Brazil '85. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist goes looking for answers, talking to industry veterans, and taking stock of the new forms of journalism arising.

  30 - REVEALED! THE TRUTH BEHIND NO NAME! By Sam Scott '96. On today's Rock Report: the story (and real identity) of a legendary bad boy disc jockey. It's none other than Mike Nelson '96, whose freshman thrash band was once booed off the stage at the Leavey Center.

  32 - SATELLITE HEART By Sam Scott '96. For the first part of her life, Anya Marina '96 found her voice a source of embarrassment and ridicule. Now, with her third album on the way, it's her bread and butter.

  46 - THE PAUSE FOR COZ By Adam Breen. A much-beloved Jesuit, Fr. Richard Coz touched the lives of generations of Broncos-including Steve Erbst '88, who established the Pause for Coz scholarship program in his honor. Sadly, Fr. Coz died on New Year's Eve.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52, Number 3, Winter 2010

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  14 - GOOD LIT By Alicia K. Gonzales '09 and Steven Boyd Saum. It's time to light 10 candles on the birthday cake for SCU's California Legacy Series. To date: 43 books, 500 radio broadcasts, and a handful of movies. What's next? Something big.

  16 - SHAPING THE FUTURE by Adolfo Nicolas, S.J. What can Jesuit universities do-together-to make the world a more humane, just, and sustainable place? It starts with imagination, an unequaled global network, and a conference in Mexico City- where Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolas takes stock of challenges to Jesuit higher education today.

  24 - A LAST GOODBYE TO PAUL LOCATELLI, S.J. Thousands came to give their last farewell to Fr. Locatelli this summer. Here we share some words from the homily by Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., and eulogies by Mario Prietto, S.J., and niece Lynn Locatelli.

  30 - SUMMIT PUSH By Justin Gerdes. The tale of a tax accountant and mountaineer-and the baby steps that took Megan Delehanty MBA '90 to the top of Mt. Everest.

  44 - ...AND LADIES OF THE CLUB By Sam Scott '96. In 2010 the Catala Club celebrated 80 years of work and play. As a group, they've raised millions for scholarships. And they have stories to tell.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52 Number 2, Fall 2010

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  16 - JUSTICE, EDUCATION, AND THE CATHOLIC IMAGINATION By Keith Warner, O.F.M. A religious vision of a sustainable future is less about politics than ethics. It means drawing on deep spiritual currents in the Catholic tradition-and environmental concern as if people mattered.

  22 - WRITING THE ISLAND An essay in the words and images by John Seibert Farnsworth and Charles Barry. A journey to the Sea of Cortez-to paddle and dive, to hear the island speak, to look carefully, to write, to come home sunburned and transformed.

  30 - INTERNET, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. By Sam Scott '96. One fine winter day, Dan Kaminsky '02 stumbled upon a hole in the Web that could make for a hacker's field day. It wasn't a flaw with a browser or a piece of hardware. It lay in the foundation of the Internet itself.

  48 - IN MEMORIAM: CHANCELLOR PAUL LOCATELLI, S.J. '60 By Gerald McKevitt, S.J. A fellow Jesuit reflects on the man, priest, and president who profoundly touched so many lives at Santa Clara, in Silicon Valley, and beyond.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52 Number 1, Summer 2010

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  16 - COURAGE IN THE FACE A photoessay from Haiti by Michael Lattimore. A journey to document humanitarian work by doctors in the wake of the January quake.

  20 - PILGRIMAGE By Martha Stortz. Walking the Camino to Santiago de Compostela, and learning a few things along the way: about big questions, saints, direction, and feet.

  28 - THE HISTORIANS An interview by Ron Hansen M.A '95. Between them, historians George Giacomini '56 and Tim O'Keefe can claim nearly a century of educating Santa Clara students. This year, both close the books on teaching in the classroom. But first they pause to reflect on the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the true. With a reading list for you.

  34 - APPLY YOURSELF By Anne Federwisch. SCU alumni reach out to high school students in Los Angeles who have economic odds stacked against them. They show that Santa Clara is within reach-and they tutor kids as young as 13 to get them ready.

  36 - GOOD, RAW WORK By Maggie Beidelman '09. With teens from some of the toughest schools in Boston, Kelly Knopf-Goldner '90 has spent the past six years teaching a couple basic lessons: Writing matters. And here's how you do it.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 51 Number 4, Spring 2010

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  14 - BENDING LIGHT By Steven Boyd Saum. They wanted to show that green living is not a compromise. So, for the international Solar Decathlon, the SCU-led Team California built a house of light and wonder. And it was dazzling enough to win No. 3 on the planet.

  22 - CONNECT THE DOTS By Scott Brown '93. From border security to disaster preparedness, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano '79 has one immense portfolio. She's also the point person on immigration. How to put those together?

  28 - THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME By Kristina Chiapella '09 '09. Generations ago, Native Americans in the Bay Area lost their land-and the land lost them. But that is hardly the end of the story.

  34 - BREAKING BREAD By Dona Leyva. For Claudia Pruett '83, MBA '87, it's a family affair wrapped in love and tradition-including 50 years of serving lasagna to SCU econ majors by her parents, Rose and Mario Belotti.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 51 Number 3, Winter 2009

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  18 - EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED By Christine Cole. For the first time since the invention of the printing press, artists have put quill pen to paper to hand-write-in calligraphy-the Bible in its entirety. The result is a wonder to behold. And available to readers and gazers at Santa Clara.

  24 - HOLD THE LINE By David McKay Wilson. At Harlem's Frederick Douglass Academy, basketball coach Pat Mangan '84 has built a legendary program by making sure his players have their priorities straight. Family first. School second. Then hoops.

  28 - LESSONS IN DIPLOMACY. By Sam Scott '96. How Bob LaMonte '68 was inspired to teach history. And become the No. 1 superagent for coaches in the NFL.

  34 - OUR LADY AT NOTRE DAME By Sam Scott '96. Judith Maxwell Greig M.A. '81 takes the helm at the best-kept secret on the Peninsula.

  36 - THE SAFE STUFF By Scott Brown '93. Q&A with heavyweight financial advisor Jim Hulburd '82.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 51 Number 2, Fall 2009

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  16 - POLITICS AND RELIGION: STILL ON A COLLISION COURSE? An interview with Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli Knesset. Plus excerpts from talks by E.J. Dionne Jr., Lisa Sowle Cahill '70, and Michael Eric Dyson.

  20 - THE GULF OF WONDER By Emily Elrod '05. With a movie, Patrick McVeigh '78 offers investors a unique opportunity: Wake up the citizens of America and help them save one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Plus, a 30 percent return.

  24 - SEASON PREMIERE: "RESURRECTION" By Karen Crocker Snell. Forensic investigator Horatio Caine lies facedown in a pool of blood. Who killed him and why? That's what CSL Miami writer and co-executive producer Barry O'Brien '79 has to figure out. That, and how to bring Caine back to life.

  30 - MOORE'S LAW By Paige P. Parvin. Outgoing National Bar Association President Rodney Moore J.D. '85 on knocking down racial walls in the legal profession.

  32 - ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - VENETIAN STYLE By Joe Wolff '67, M.A. '72. Succumbing to the cuisine of The Most Serene Republic.

  34 - ITS OWN REWARD By Sam Scott '96. Their impact is global: From the Mission campus to Zimbabwe, here are six honorees of the Alumni Anniversary Awards.

  36 - PRO KICKS FOR A NEW GENERATION OF BRONCOS By Sam Scott '96. Meet the veterans of SCU's mens's and women's soccer teams called to the professional ranks this year.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 51 Number 1, Summer 2009

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  14 - INAUGURATING PRESIDENT ENGH By Steven Boyd Saum. On the occasion, a ringing challenge from President Engh: Make SCU a champion for environmental justice. Read the speech and see the photos.

  22 - SAVING BOUNTY By Elizabeth Svoboda. Our food-safety system is in shambles, but there are ways to make it work again. For one answer, look to your leafy greens.

  28 - CAN WE SOLVE HUNGER IN OUR LIFETIME? BY Dashka Slater. Here are six ideas that, practiced together, will make a difference.

  34 - ALTERNATIVE REALITY: "WORLD WITHOUT OIL" By Paul Totah '79. Alternate reality games can help solve future global crises. Ken Eklund '79 has already shown it can be done.

  36 - SUPERMAN RETURNS / STILL NO. 1 By Sam Scott. It's jerseys to the rafters for basketball stars Kurt Rambis '80 and Melissa King '93.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 50 Number 4, Spring 2009

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  14 - INTELLIGNCE CENTRAL By Scott Brown '93. Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 to head the Central Intelligence Agency.

  16 - REDEFINING HOMELAND SECURITY By Scott Brown '93. President Obama taps Janet Napolitano '79 for Cabinet post.

  18 - HERE TO LISTEN, LEAD, AND HELP WRITE OUR NEXT CHAPTER. MICHAEL ENGH, S.J., PRESIDENT. An interview by Ron Hansen M.A. '95.

  24 - FISH GOTTA SWIM, BIRDS GOTTA SING By Alicia K. Gonzales '09. The latest from the California Legacy Series

  28 - SILKEN CHOREOGRAPHIES By David Rains Wallace. Biologist Janice Edgerly-Rooks is one of a handful of experts in the world on the webspinning em bi ids-the most amazing insects you've never heard of.

  34 - GOD, THE BANJO, AND ME By Mitch Finley '73-A writer teaches his fingers to dance the five-string-and finds sacred time.

  36 - PUTTING SOCIAL JUSTICE, SIMPLE LIVING, COMMUNITY, AND SPIRITUALITY ON THE MAP By Alicia K. Gonzales '09. This year, 20 SCU grads began serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Here's where you'll find them.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 50 Number 3, Winter 2008

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  12 - ONE GOLD...AND A HOST OF MEMORIES By Ann Killion. A Beijing Olympic scrapbook.

  16 - GOD AND WOMAN AT YALE By Steven Boyd Saum. For more than 300 years, the role of Yale University’s chaplain has never been filled by a woman, a layperson, or a Catholic—until now. Meet Sharon M. K. Kugler ’81.

  20 - WITH RENEWED VIGOR AND ZEAL By Michael G. Boughton, S.J. How six decrees define the mission of the Society of Jesus in the years to come.

  22 - LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT By Michael S. Malone ’75, MBA ’77. Without meaning to, America has reinvented itself as a nation of entrepreneurs. For better and for worse, the repercussions will be global. And guess where you’ll find the epicenter.

  28 - PLUCKY SEVEN By Alicia K. Gonzales ’09. They’re under 40, they’ve come from near and far, but now these educators, entrepreneurs, execs, and attorneys call Silicon Valley home. And the local business media says they’re ones to watch.

  30 - CRIME AND PUNISHMENT By Emily Elrod ’05. As a prosecutor, Laura Rogers ’84 took on cases against sex offenders who stepped straight out of every parent’s nightmare. Now at the Department of Justice, she’s trying to make sure that when these convicted criminals come out of prison, they don’t have any place to hide—on the map or on the Web.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 50 Number 2, Fall 2008

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  10 - MEET MOUNTAIN By Lisa Taggart. A Q&A with SCU women's basketball coach Jennifer Mountain.

  12 - KATRINA AT THREE By Pat Semansky '06. A New Orleans photo essay.

  16 - THE MEDDLING PRIEST FROM OZ By Emily Elrod '05. An interview with Australian Jesuit John Brennan, S.J.-lauded as a "national treasure" and an "ethical burr."

  18 - 20/20 VISION By Robert M. Senkewicz. How has the presidency of Paul Locatelli, S.J., transformed the University-as a place-and as an idea?

  28 - GO WITH YOUR HEART By Francisco Jimenez. An exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, Reaching Out.

  32 - SPEAK AND YOU SHALL BE HEARD By Alicia K. Gonzales '09. A look at Ethnic Community Builders, oral histories of Mexican Americans in San Jose.

  33 - IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK...By Steven Boyd Saum. More than 30 years later, they do. And Tom Eichenberg '76, M.A. '77 gets back his long-lost wallet.

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  Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 50 Number 1, Summer 2008

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  10 - SPEED RACERS An interview by Gwen Knapp. Cycling legend Greg LeMond talks ethics and doping in sports.

  14 - MEET THE NEW FATHER GENERAL By Steven Boyd Saum. Introducing Adolfo Nicols, S.J., the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

  16 - NO SIMPLE HIGHWAY By Juan Velasco. The Casa de la Solidaridad is less a place than a journey—one that offers a new understanding of solidarity. And a new meaning of home.

  22 - EXILES By Ron Hansen. A tale of a shipwreck, a priest, and a poet. Hansen tells the story behind his new novel, which weaves together the tragic wreck of the liner Deutschland and the life of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.

  26 - FOR I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU VISITED ME By Elizabeth Fernandez ’79. More than half the women in California prisons are mothers. Some go months or years without seeing their children. But with the Chowchilla Family Express, Eric DeBode ’88 is trying to change that.

  32 - STAND UP By Lisa Taggart. Women should rule the world, says Dee Dee Myers ’83. And she’s not kidding. Really.

  35 - SUPERDEMS! By Anne Federwisch. Meet Christopher Stampolis ’87, M.A. ’98. He’s one of the folks who likely holds the key to who’ll be the Democrats’ presidential nominee.