• Obituaries

    Obituaries

    Remembrances of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael L. Hackworth '63, former Broncos coach Larry Hauser, adjunct law professor Edwin H. Taylor—and recent obituaries of Santa Clara alumni.

    Summer 2012

  • A big, beautiful voice

    A big, beautiful voice

    Brian Thorsett '00, who performs everything from Mozart to Britten, didn’t always seem destined for the stage. For starters, he couldn’t match pitch.

    Summer 2012

  • Imagine you are here:

    Imagine you are here:

    It could be something small, or something gigantic, but art of any form is capable of piercing through our daily distractions to give insight or pleasure.

    Summer 2012

  • 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

  • Kenya to the Breakers

    Kenya to the Breakers

    An SCU student straps on running shoes for a good cause.

  • He's Baaack!

    He's Baaack!

    After a stint with the PawSox, former Bronco Daniel Nava is back in the Majors with the Boston Red Sox.  

  • Heard on Campus: James McLurkin

    Heard on Campus: James McLurkin

    On April 16, 2012, James McLurkin addressed an audience at Mayer Theatre as part of SCU's President's Speaker Series.

  • Dream—and do big things

    Dream—and do big things

    Celebrating 50 years of women—with Mary Frances Callan '65, M.A. '67, an educator among the first class of women, and Brandi Chastain '91, a soccer star who scored the penalty shot heard ’round the world.

Spring/Summer 2013

Table of contents

Features

Walk Across California

An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.

Miller's Tale

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.

Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.

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?

Mission Matters

When justice is kidnapped

The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

Double trouble

Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’14. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.

Keep the door open

For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.