Fall 2011
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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.
Fall 2011
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Welcome home, Fr. Rewak
SCU's poet-president William Rewak, S.J., returns to the Mission Campus as chancellor.
Fall 2011
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Comings and goings
Welcome to a new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, a new director for the Ignatian Center, and farewell to Don Dodson.
Fall 2011
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Lost and found
Eighty-eight artists from 30 countries worked in media both ancient and new to create art inspired by the Dalai Lama. The exhibit, The exhibit, Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, was on campus through Dec. 14, 2011.
Fall 2011
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Up, up, and away
Further nanosatellite adventures in the cosmos—with SCU students at Mission Control.
Fall 2011
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A dazzling (and new!) first impression
Prepare to be dazzled by two new buildings rising on the Mission Campus: the Patricia A. and Stephen C. Schott Admission and Enrollment Services Building—and a brand new Graham Hall.
Fall 2011
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Sisters act
Nuns have increasingly become either icons of Old Catholicism or strangely dressed figures good for nostalgic laughs. Michael T. Whalen aims to set a few things right in his new documentary.
Fall 2011
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Faith seeking understanding
Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M, says the issue of the Resurrection is often skirted in theology, and yet it's arguably the most central tenet of the Christian faith.
Fall 2011
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Santa Clara Snapshot: 2001
2001: Santa Clara celebrated its 150th year in June. That fall, the University mourned the victims of the September 11 attacks including student Deora Bodley and alumnus Lawrence Getzfred '71.
Fall 2011
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Grotesque advertising stimulates creativity and pocketbooks
Grotesque advertising is seductive because it allows viewers to think more, says researcher Ed McQuarrie.
Fall 2011
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Table of contents
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.
