Sections

  • Letters

    Letters

    From Benny to Bucky Bronco, readers write in with their fondest memories of the dynamic mascot, which women professors have made an impact on them, and Jim Flippen '41 and Bill Cahill '61 reflect on reunions past.

    Summer 2012

  • Beauty and beast

    Beauty and beast

    The role of the arts in Jesuit Eduction

    Summer 2012

  • Paint and Serendipity

    Paint and Serendipity

    Light and color and the hazards of nature have shaped the life and art of Mark Alsterlind '76.

    Summer 2012

  • Therein lies a tale

    Therein lies a tale

    From the beginnings of Bucky the Bronco to unlocking the secrets of the universe through dark matter.

    Spring 2012

  • Letters

    Letters

    Readers write in about cover man Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63, the Bronco Battalion, a fateful day in 1970, Bill Stover, and the latest release by Hot Tuna.

    Spring 2012

  • HWJT? (How Would Jesus Tweet?): Reimagining New Media as Social

    HWJT? (How Would Jesus Tweet?): Reimagining New Media as Social

    Asking about the how of social media participation challenges us to examine technological impacts on reflection and interaction.

    Spring 2012

  • Game to the core

    Game to the core

    Becoming Bucky: You know Bucky. But do you know how Santa Clara's Missionites came to be known as the Broncos? See a gallery of the evolution of a sports icon over 90 years.

    Spring 2012

  • Why we fight

    Why we fight

    Why we fight—the question is hard to answer. Perhaps it's important to address the issue more for the questions raised than the answers provided.

    Winter 2012

  • Letters

    Letters

    Readers write in about the Peace Corps, Graham Hall, Fr. Rewak coming home, defending accused murderers, and a remembrance of the class that went to war.

    Winter 2012

  • Life is Serendipity

    Life is Serendipity

    Behavioral economist Meir Statman recounts his serendipitous route to the Mission Campus—and the surprises that working and living can yield.

    Winter 2012

Winter 2013

Table of contents

Features

To catch a thief

A young mathematician at SCU 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?

How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities

A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.

The play’s the thing

Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.

Mission Matters

Heart of the matter

A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.

All work and all play

They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.

Got MOOC?

There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.