Service & Spirituality
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The Gamble
With his background in marketing and organizational behavior, can Fr. Max Oliva ’61 teach business ethics to the Vegas Strip?
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Why Pope Francis is different, and why a Jesuit pope is rare
SCU Chancellor William Rewak, S.J., looks at how the simplicity and humility of Francis I makes him both a unique pope and a common Jesuit.
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What it means for one of my brothers to become pope
Why is it hard to imagine a Jesuit could be pope? Author and editor James Martin, S.J., offers his take.
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You are here now
The places we pray, near and far, past and present.
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Is Pope Benedict's Twitter pilgrimage ministry?
New media and religion scholar Elizabeth Drescher asks whether the Pope on Twitter really represents a digital ministry. Should it?
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Politics and the ethics of dialogue
Michael McCarthy, S.J., suggests open use of scripture from all sacred texts may be the key to overcoming divisiveness in public discourse.
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Shine a light
Eight hundred years ago, Clare of Assisi traded a life of privilege for one of religious devotion. This year the University celebrates this woman and saint, whose name it bears.
Summer 2012
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A new dean for the Jesuit School of Theology
Thomas Massaro, S.J., has been welcomed as the new dean for JST.
Summer 2012
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Kenya to the Breakers
An SCU student straps on running shoes for a good cause.
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What will you be?
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.
Spring 2012
Winter 2013
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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.
