Features
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A colorful Holi Day
Riot of color? Sort of. It's Santa Clara's observance of the Hindu spring festival of Holi, which means lots of powdered paint, lots of fun, and polychromatic students galore.
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Good Samaritans save community college football program
A selfless act by Albert "Rocky" Pimentel '77 reminds us of the importance of helping people who first help themselves.
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Golden States of Grace
Photographer Rick Nahmias explores faith on the edges of society in a photodocumentary exhibit at the de Saisset Museum.
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Bishops' conscience model makes light of practical reason
Theological ethicist David DeCosse evaluates the model of conscience used by American Catholic bishops.
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My fight, my faith
As CIA director, Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 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.
Winter 2012
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General Joe
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 and having served as deputy commander of U.S. Forces Command.
Winter 2012
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From enemy to empathy
Political scientist William Stover teaches students to understand volatile conflicts through firsthand experience. Thanks to virtual simulations, there aren't casualties. But there is a new way of seeing.
Winter 2012
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Bronco Battalion
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.
Winter 2012 | FEATURES
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Begin with love
Three exhibits at the de Saisset Museum tackle the subject of homelessness—from the Great Depression to our streets today.
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How can you defend those people?
As public defenders on the Homicide Task Force, Robert Strunck '76 and Crystal Marchigiani '78 have some 40 years between them representing accused murderers—many of whom faced the death penalty.
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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.
