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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 4, Spring 2008
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14 - LET THE SUN SHINE IN By Steven Boyd Saum. In the international Solar Decathlon competition, a team from Santa Clara blazed a dazzling trail from almost-ran to third in the world.
20 - VISIONS FROM THE SIXTIES By Lisa Taggart. It was art that broke all the rules. And now an exhibit at the de Saisset Museum, curated by Santa Clara scholar Andrea Pappas, captures the sense of optimism and energy when the only limits were imagination itself.
26 - JORMA'S JOURNEY By Mark Purdy. With Jefferson Airplane, he helped define the San Francisco sound. With Hot Tuna and solo, he’s continued to delight fans with his fretwork. But once upon a time, he was playing guitar in the Nobili Hall cafeteria and handing out fliers that read “Jerry Kaukonen—Blues, Rags and Spirituals.”
30 - O PIONEERS! By Scott Brown. When Santa Clara opened its doors to the enrollment of women as undergrads in 1961, it forever transformed the University. And those pioneering women learned that it took courage and humor to lead the way.
35 - TWO ARTS A poem by Michael Blumenthal.
36 - REALITY CHECK By Anne Federwisch. A pair of presidents of the California Association of Realtors share the lowdown on the mortgage meltdown.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 3, Winter 2007
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14 - TOUGH CALL By Jim Shepard. Mike Carey '71 reveals what it takes to earn your stripes as a head ref in the NFL.
16 - REDEFINING NATURE By Steven Boyd Saum. Is it the end of wilderness as we know it? And could genetically modified crops be better for the environment? Read what SCU scientists are saying.
18 - THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU A transglobal photo essay by David Pace.
24 - PANETTA ON IRAQ By Farid Senzai. A Q&A with Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63, member of the Iraq Study Group and chief of staff for President Clinton.
28 - HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR By Steven Boyd Saum. Reza Aslan '95 says the battlefield for jihadists isn't Baghdad. It's not even in this world. But if you fight the enemy on their terms, they win.
34 - KABUL'S SPLENDID SON By Justin Gerdes. On the heels of A Thousand Splendid Suns, the second novel by Khaled Hosseini '88, comes the long-awaited film adaptation of The Kite Runner.
36 - PALEOLITHIC BURIAL A poem by Tim Myers.
38 - ...AND ALL FOR ONE By Ann Killion. Three Santa Clara alumnae on the U.S. women's soccer team on what went right (and wrong) in the World Cup.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 2, Fall 2007
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14 - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT By Ron Hansen. Set your alarm clock early-then get up and follow Paul Locatelli, S.J., through a day of leading the University and serving as pastor, professor, mayor, and CEO.
22 - BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS By Gerald McKevitt, S.J. How Italian Jesuits helped shape the American West, from religious devotions to curriculum to pasta.
28 - YOU ARE HERE By Sarah Stanek. SCU students and faculty collaborate on a groundbreaking project documenting early life at Mission Santa Clara-and the result is a book that's the first of its kind for any mission in California.
32 - LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK By Diane Dreher. Discovering vocation today and making time for life's deeper questions amid a culture of consumerism, careerism, and constant commotion.
35 - BUTANO RIDGE A poem by Rebecca Black.
36 - CALLINGS A roundtable of scholars, alumni, and community leaders looks at how community-based learning is transforming lives. And panelists ask hard questions about the very nature of higher education itself.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 1, Summer 2007
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8 - A CENTURY OF BRONCO BASKETBALL, By Jed Mettee and Steven Boyd Saum. Celebrating the first hundred seasons.
12 - A FAMILY SHOW By Steven Boyd Saum. Meet new men's basketball coach Kerry Keating.
14 - A SPACE THAT TALKS TO NATURE By Miriam Schulman. A team of SCU students aim to win the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. And save the planet.
19 - EPITAPH FOR THE JOURNEY A poem by Paul Mariani.
22 - THE BUZZ ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY By John Farnsworth. When we talk about "sustainability," what are we really talking about?
26 - THE GREEN TAX SHIFT By Fred Foldvary. Want an environmentally sustainable economy? Start making polluters pay.
28 - DELIVERING THE GOODS By Dashka Slater. A pair of SCU alumni mentor two Kenyan entrepreneurs trying to clean up the environment and save lives.
32 - AN AUSPICIOUS MOMENT By Karyne Levy and Karen Crocker Snell. The Campaign for Santa Clara has given a new sense of possibility to the University's mission.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 4, Spring 2007
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8 - ARCHAEOLOGISTS OF THE CARIBBEAN By Monte Lorenzet. Eye patch and peg leg-we all know what makes a pirate. Or do we? Only recently have scientists taken a serious look at the archeology of piracy, with SCU's Russ Skowronek one of the hearties unearthing facts buried beneath centuries of myth.
12 - ARE PEOPLE GETTING CRAZIER? By Thomas G. Plante. From what the media offers every day, you can't help but think the world is going to hell in a handbasket. What's really going on? And what can we do about it?
21 - A TEACHABLE MOMENT Q&A with President Paul Locatelli, S.J. Have we moved beyond the disrespect of ethnic stereotyping? An off-campus party serves up a vivid reminder that clearly we have not.
22 - THESE ARE MY PEOPLE By Steven Boyd Saum. Photographer Dan Dion '92 confesses his addiction to comedy. Then again, nobody has photographed comics like he has.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 3, Winter 2006
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8 - WELCOME HOME, STEVE By Steven Boyd Saum. Basketball superstar Steve Nash '96 comes home to Santa Clara for a unique honor: a ceremony retiring his Bronco jersey. In a convocation address, he tells how Santa Clara changed his life. Now he wants the University to take its mission global.
12 - THE SCHOOL OF HOPE By Martha Ellen Stortz. Scholar and teacher Bill Spohn earned deep affection and the respect of the Santa Clara community in his years directing the Bannan Center for Jesuit Education. When he was stricken with cancer, he and his wife, Marty Stortz, looked death in the face-and they learned profound lessons about love and grace amidst grief.
20 - THIS IS THEIR STORY. INTO THE HANDS OF THE FATHER By Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. '80. How can we enter into the last human experience of this earthly life with faith, hope, and love? In 1575, in the first ministerial plan to help the dying written in the West, Juan de Polanco, S.J. set out to answer that very question.
24 - LEARNING TO LIVE. AGAIN. By Steven Boyd Saum. Bonds of friendship forged at Santa Clara have kept John M. Sobrato '83 and John Nunziati '83 close for decades. And now they've saved a life.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 2, Fall 2006
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8 - TRUTH, LEGEND, AND JESSE JAMES By Ron Hansen M.A. '95. Jesse James' exploits made him a legend even in his own time. Now the author of the novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford reveals what it takes to get beyond coloring book heroes and villains to understanding a charming psychopath and his killer. Plus insights into the making of the forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.
14 - VIOLENCE IN THE MOVIES By Jim Shepard. Movies keep giving us more motion, more mayhem-which is exactly what we want. But what price that desire? 20 - Her Favorite Theatre By George F. Giacomini Jr. '56. Actress Helen Hayes once dubbed Santa Clara's Mayer Theatre her alltime favorite. Learn how Fess Parker, the Golden Circle, and the legacy of a Minsk-born son of a junkman conspired to give the performing arts a permanent home on campus.
22 - SAILING IN THE LIFEBOAT By Christopher Bomba '74. When Santa Clara's beloved theatre known as The Ship had to be abandoned, the stage players took to The Lifeboat. And made quite a virtue of necessity.
23 - INSIDE THE INDUSTRY By Sarah Stanek. Aspiring to a career in Hollywood? Then here are a few alumni you should know.
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Santa Clara Magazine Volume 48 Number 1, Summer 2006
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8 - THE MAN BEHIND THE SOUND by Karen Crocker Snell. As a young music-loving soldier in the final days of World War II, John T. "Jack" Mullin '36 went to investigate a German recording device called a magnetophon. His resulting work in sound profoundly affected the field of recorded audio.
14 - THREE ROOMMATES IN PARIS By John Patrick Donnelly, S.J. It has been 500 years since Francisco Xavier and Pierre Favre were born, and 450 years since the death of Ignatius of Loyola. Quite a lot has happened since 1529 at the University of Paris, when the three men shared a room and went on to form the Society of Jesus.
18 - SPIRITUAL EXERCISES By Ron Hansen. In his mid-20s, Iñigo de Loyola kept an informal notebook of the consolations, graces, and inner wrenchings he experienced while meditating on scripture. This Manresa notebook went on to become a practical manual that has helped escort countless others through mystical contact with their soul's deepest yearnings and thus with God.
20 - WHO CARES ABOUT BIODIVERSITY? By Miriam Schulman. Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society, says preserving biodiversity is one of the central problems that confronts us-and not necessarily for the reasons you'd think.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 4, Spring 2006
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8 - A DREAM OPPORTUNITY by Monte Lorenzet. Santa Clara University's sleep lab is one of just a handful of similar research facilities at undergraduate institutions. Students, alumni, faculty, and the research community are all benefiting from the fledgling lab.
10 - SCIENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE by Kim Kooyers. Social entrepreneurs use technology to address some of the world's urgent needs. Last November, some of these innovators were honored at the Tech Museum Awards, an international awards program.
14 - GIGANTES Y CABEZUDOS by Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. In an intensive workshop featuring seasoned artists from Spain, SCU students explored virtues and sins through the art of cartoneria, a Spanish and Mexican folk art tradition.
18 - JUSTICE DELAYED: REOPENING THE EMMETT TILL CASE by Margaret M. Russell, associate professor, SCU School of Law. Late last fall, the FBI concluded an 18-month investigation into the case of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African- American boy. What have we learned (and not learned) about civil rights in the 50 years since?
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 3, Winter 2005
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8 - AFTER AMERICA by Deepa Arora. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., the former editor of the Jesuit weekly magazine, America, is spending a sabbatical year at SCU. He sat down for an exclusive interview with SCM to reflect on what he has witnessed, what inspires him, and the future of the Church.
16 - A HALF-CENTURY OF ART AND HISTORY AT SCU by Victoria Hendel De La O. "Through its exhibitions and collections, the museum allows students and faculty to expand the walls of the classroom," says Rebecca M. Schapp, director of the de Saisset Museum, which is celebrating its 50th year.
18 - MAKING SENSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BY MAKING SENSE OF ONESELF by Eric O. Hanson, Patrick A. Donohoe, S.J., Professor of Political Science at SCU. An education for the twenty-first century must foster intelligence and spirituality, global and local visions, technological and traditional forms of expression, and lifelong learning for service and for its own sake.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 2, Fall 2005
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6 - THE DRIVE TO CREATE by Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. Albert Hoagland, an adjunct professor at SCU for more than 20 years, helped to build the first disk drive. Now is he working to preserve the history of magnetic disk storage.
10 - UNFINISHED MESSAGE by Toshio Mori. We share an excerpt from a collection of short stories by Mori, whose work highlights the plight of Japanese immigrants in the U.S. during World War II. The book is a part of the California Legacy Series, a partnership between SCU and Heyday Books.
14 - THE FAMILIAR STRANGER By Cynthia M. Baker. A Jewish assistant professor of religious studies at SCU, Baker has found a fit between Jews and Jesuits. She reflects on her experiences in this personal essay.
18 - PORTRAIT OF AN SCU STUDENT VOTER by Kim Kooyers. As part of her work as a Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU, Elizabeth Simas '05 conducted a campus-wide survey of SCU students to explore students' values and voting behavior.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 1, Summer 2005
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9 - A MOGUL IN THE MAKING By Larry Sokoloff J.D. '92 While working toward his business degree, SCU sophomore Tyler Dickman runs a multimillion-dollar business based in Florida.
10 - TOP OF THE CLASS: FOUNDATION HONORS INNOVATIVE SCU PROFESSORS By Kim Kooyers. This year's winners of the Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence and the Brutocao Family Foundation Award for Curriculum Innovation are examples of the SCU's outstanding teaching scholars.
14 - A GLOBAL ETHIC: A CONVERSATION WITH HANS KUNG By Rita Beamish '74 Hans Kung, scholar, Roman Catholic priest, and author of some 50 books on religion and theology, visited SCU in April as part of an international symposium on global ethics.
18 - UNIVERSITY AMBASSADORS By Michael Harvey 'OS Through their involvement in the University Ambassadors program, more than 100 alumni, parents, and friends of SCU help put a personal touch on the recruitment process.
19 - VIRTUAL ENGINEERS By Larry Sokoloff J.D. '92 SCU Professor Mark Ardema's Introduction to Aerospace Engineering class was bigger than usual when students from EI Salvador joined via the Internet and satellite television.
20 - WIELDING THE GAVEL By Rita Beamish '74 The first in a new SCM Alumni Heritage Series, this profile highlights the many SCU alumni who have served their communities as mayor.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 4, Spring 2005
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8 - 'AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT' By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. SCU Music Professor Hans Boepple is a gifted pianist and dedicated teacher.
10 - EMBRACING DIFFERENCES By Adam Breen. Senior Aaron Uchikura spent a summer helping children in Moscow orphanages.
12 - THE KOKO CONNECTION By Victoria Hendel De La O. Senior Tierra Wilson's perseverance landed her a job as a gorilla research assistant and caregiver.
16 - A ROTATION IN ETHICS By Rita Beamish '74. Students learn about the ethics of health care by shadowing doctors and nurses at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 3, Winter 2004
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8 - AN ARTIST WITH A MISSION By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. In his latest series, Howard Anderson '71 created paintings of the 21 California missions.
10 - THE SPIRITUALITY OF GIFT GIVING By Tom Beaudoin. Is it possible to turn our gift giving into a spiritual exercise?
14 - RAISING ARIZONA By Susan Shea. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano '79, a rising political star, uses the lessons learned at SCU to serve her state.
20 - LEAVING COMMUNISM BEHIND By Jane Curry. An SCU professor and Fulbright Scholar researches forgiveness and justice in post-communist Poland.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 2, Fall 2004
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8 - PRIZE-WINNING POETRY By Alexander Matthew Weyand '04. A poem by an SCU junior wins two student poetry competitions at SCU.
10 - I HAVE A QUESTION By Miriam Schulman. The director of communications for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU explores the ethics of Internet research.
14 - JUSTICE IS SERVED By Susan Vogel. The Santa Clara University Community Law Center celebrates 10 years of service with a new endowment and a new name.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 1, Summer 2004
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8 - A PUZZLING PROFESSOR By Adam Breen. Byron Walden, an assistant professor of mathematics at SCU, draws on his knowledge of numerical analysis to create crossword puzzles for The New York Times.
10 - THE LAUNCHING PAD By Larry Sokoloff J.D. '92. Top government agencies, other universities, and companies are relying on the University's Robotics Systems Lab-and its students-to build and monitor satellites.
16 - A NOVEL TEAM By Kristin Lenore '04. The University's publishing partnership with Heyday Books aims to help preserve California's cultural legacy.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 45 Number 4, Spring 2004
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8 - TOP TEACHERS By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93-Meet three SCU professors who received University awards for teaching excellence and curriculum innovations.
10 - BLAZING THE TRAIL By Victoria Hendel De La O. There are many unique challenges and rewards for the hundreds of first-generation college students at SCU.
14 - THE SCU DIFFERENCE By Margaret Avritt. The value of an SCU education goes beyond statistics and scores. Students at this university have experiences that engage and transform them.
18 - MIND OVER MONEY By Hersh Shefrin and Meir Statman. Two SCU professors of finance explore how psychology can help us understand how people behave when they make financial decisions.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 45 Number 3, Winter 2003
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10 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT SCU By Paul Locatelli, S.J. ln an adaptation of his convocation address, SCU 's president describes the University's goal to educate "the whole person."
12 - 'BECKHAM' BOOSTS SCU SOCCER By Victoria Hendel De La O. References to SCU in the hit movie have brought international attention to the women's soccer program.
14 - SEEKING SOLUTIONS Experts vi sit campus to discuss the issue of clergy abuse and work on a book about the topic.
18 - UNEARTHING THE PAST By Connie Skipitares. SCU archaeologists, anthropologists, and students probe a site near campus to learn about the area's history.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 45 Number 2, Fall 2003
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12 - 'A FAVORITE ABODE OF SCIENCE' By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. A new exhibit of Santa Clara University's scientific equipment from 1851-1900 reveals the Jesuits' early dedication to scientific inquiry, and the ways in which the University contributed to the history of science.
14 - COMING HOME By Mitch Finley '73. More than 60 million Americans are Catholic, but millions of them are estranged from the Church. More often than you might think, however, "lapsed Catholics" decide to come home to the Church. Why did they leave? And what brings them back?
18 - STUDENTS TO THE RESCUE By Erin Ryan '03. The Santa Clara Emergency Medical Services Program serves the University with more than 40 SCU students who are certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). These students volunteer time and expertise when fellow Broncos need help.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 45 Number 1, Summer 2003
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8 - MASS APPEAL By Erin Ryan. Each week hundreds of students close their books for the night and crowd into Mission Santa Clara for an informal 10 p.m. Mass. The service has drawn students and the community to church for more than 30 years.
10 - BREAKING THROUGH By Francisco Jimenez. An excerpt from the autobiography of Jimenez, who faced many challenges since he and his family entered the United States from Mexico when he was 4. Through work in the fields, to deportation, to struggles in English class, he persevered. And now he's a professor at SCU.
16 - CORE VALUES By Robert M. Senkewicz. Santa Clara University's curriculum - periodicaIly modified during the past century-and a-half-is based in tradition and shaped by innovation.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 4, Spring 2003
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8 - DREAMS REFLECT OUR WAKING WORLD By Kelly Bulkeley. A teacher of religious studies at SCU argues that dreams are much more than just personal - they reflect larger issues in culture, politics, and society.
12 - SCHOOL WORK By Jean Merl. High school students in South Central L.A. are gaining valuable job skills while they help pay for their private education. And SCU alumni are helping to make it all work.
18 - BELIEVING IN HEALTH By Thomas G. Plante. Research shows that religion may be good for your health, but that does not mean that doctors will start prescribing it any time soon.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 3, Winter 2002
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10 - GLOBALIZATION EMPOWERS GOOD AND EVIL By Rob Elder. Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prizewinning author and international affairs columnist for The New York Times, discusses this complex issue during a visit to campus.
14 - ON THE COLLISION OF WORLDS By Fred White. Corny science fiction movies inspire an SCU English professor to ponder deeply cosmic questions.
18 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR SANTA CLARA By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. SCU launches the largest campaign in its history, with plans for endowed scholarships, a new library, a new building for the Leavey School of Business, and much more.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 2, Fall 2002
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6 - INSTITUTE ON GLOBALIZATION By SCM Staff. For the academic year 2002-03, SCU will focus on globalization and how it is shaping our world.
12 - TOUGH TALK By Dale Larson. End-of-life conversations can help us cope with the loss· of a loved one.
16 - BUILDING CHARACTER By Miriam Schulman . Alumni are helping troubled kids make better choices using a program developed by SCU's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 1, Summer 2002
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10 - PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH By Paul Locatelli, S.J. SCU's president encourages us to look squarely at the scandal in our midst.
12 - TIME TO GIVE By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. Alumni share their experiences of volunteering in the Peace Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
18 - IS GREED GOOD? By Susan Vogel. A group of SCU professors discusses this thorny issue.
22 - FROM GANG LIFE TO PREP SCHOOL By Cecilia Kang. Enrique Flores '02 escaped gang life in East San Jose. Now he helps others do the same.
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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 43 Number 4, Spring 2002
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3 - BIG GIFT FOR BUSINESS SCHOOL BUILDING By SCM Staff. Silicon Valley investor Don Lucas donates $15 million to the Leavey School of Business.
8 - REACHING THE GOAL By Barry Holtzclaw. The women's soccer program has steadily become a national power.
16 - THE ART OF ADMISSION By John Kovacevich. The admissions office shapes the classes of the future by seeking a mix of diversity, creativity, and promise .