• Range of motion

    Range of motion

    Misha Patel Bechtolsheim ’05 studied business and dance at SCU but assumed they were mutually exclusive. She soon learned otherwise.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • The mountains we climb

    The mountains we climb

    Courage, confidence, and a good trail guide are all invaluable. Bryan Neider ’78 found all three at Santa Clara.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • New books by alumni

    New books by alumni

    Joe Frontiera ’97 weighs in on how to turn losers into winners, Lewis Buzbee ’79 concocts a time-traveling tale involving Mark Twain, and more offerings of fiction and non-fiction from alumni.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • Burning bright

    Burning bright

    From building bonfires to businesses, Hall Evans ’51 understands why it's important to support a bright idea.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries

    Remembering Michael Anthony Sweeney, Leonard Napolitano ’51, and others.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • We walk

    We walk

    If you're going to walk across California, there are many ways other than incremental units to assess the distance, to imagine the journey.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • Letters

    Letters

    Readers write in to defend the humanities, praise the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and more.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • The first Jesuit Pope

    The first Jesuit Pope

    SCU Chancellor William J. Rewak, S.J., on why Pope Francis I is different. And why a Jesuit Pope is rare.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • In living color

    In living color

    Celebrating Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors, with Keiko A. Montenegro ’16, Kendra McClelland ’13, Maddie Regan ’16, and Lindsay Fay ’15.

    Spring/Summer 2013

  • The Gamble

    The Gamble

    With his background in marketing and organizational behavior, can Fr. Max Oliva ’61 teach business ethics to the Vegas Strip?

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.