Spring 2012

  • Bronco Profile: Where the heart is

    Bronco Profile: Where the heart is

    An epic journey to find a family and a tribe Ralph Juarez '88 never knew.

    Spring 2012

  • Experience a new connection to SCU

    Experience a new connection to SCU

    Introducing the new Alumni Association website—new look, new features, new possibilities

    Spring 2012

  • Alumni in the news

    Alumni in the news

    Jason Tarver '97 joins the Oakland Raiders as defensive coordinator, Lloyd Pierce '98 is the player development coach for the Memphis Grizzlies, and Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., STL '87 became the 32nd president of College of the Holy Cross.

    Spring 2012

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries

    Remembrances of  William Yabroff, who co-founded the graduate counseling psychology department at SCU, and former SCU library director Victor Novak—and recent obituaries of Santa Clara alumni.

    Spring 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

  • In Print: New books by alumni

    In Print: New books by alumni

    Khaled Hosseini '88 releases The Kite Runner in graphic novel form, Thomas R. Pegram '78 reexamines the Ku Klux Klan, Claire Rudolf Murphy '73 brings a tale of persistance to children, plus others are featured.

    Spring 2012 | IN PRINT

  • Santa Clara Mag Blog

    Santa Clara Mag Blog

    We've mothballed the old Santa Clara Mag Blog but you can still look through these archives for past stories.

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.