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Web Exclusives

The following list includes Santa Clara Magazine articles that are found only in the Web edition.

Alumni

• Steve Nash in his own words—The Podcast
  Read the press conference Q & A and the convocation address, listen to the podcast, and check out the photos.
• From Head to Toe
  When Hope Hanafin '75 works on a movie, she is onscreen every second—or rather, her award-winning costumes are.
• Alumni put faith into action
  One way some alumni make use of the values and goals taught at Santa Clara University is to participate in a service program such as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) or the Peace Corps.
• SCU Alumni Mayors
  A list of SCU Alumni who have served as mayors.

Ethics

• God and Diplimacy: An Interview with Madeleine Albright
  Steven Boyd Saum interviews the former U.S. Secretary of State.
• An Ethical Vocation
  The Faith, Ethics, and Vocation Project utilizes research, community-based learning, and courses to help students integrate faith, ethics, and the environment.
• Photography, Lynching, and Moral Change
  An ethical examination of art exhibits featuring images of lynchings.
• Do animals have rights?
  The theological status of animals as moral beings, by Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.
• Sin against the innocent
  Keynote address for the Sin Against the Innocent: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church conference, delivered by Leon Panetta

On Campus

• Heavy hitters on the SCU Roster
  This academic year brings some new names (and familiar ones, too) to high-profile positions on campus. From provost to director of the Ignatian Center, from registrar to dean of education, counseling psychology, and pastoral ministries, read about the vision they bring to their new roles at the University.
• Ten Guidelines for Thinking Catholics
  Read extended excerpts from a recent talk by Thomas Reese, S.J.
• Gigantes y Cabezudos
  Exclusive photos from SCU's Gigantes parade.
• Ignatius: Holy man of the Renaissance
  Reflections on Santa Clara’s statue of St. Ignatius

Faculty

• Giving Back
  Former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63, teaches a political science course at SCU every fall. He says it allows him "to stay in touch with a generation that ultimately is very important to the future of our democracy."
• A conversation with Hans Boepple
  By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93 - Interview date: 11/10/04
• A dialog of faith
  Moral reflections on Middle East conflict from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives.
• A diary from Poland, continued
  More excerpts from Professor Jane Curry's diary from her year in Poland
• Cottonlandia
  A poem by Rebecca Black, who won the 2004 Juniper Prize for Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Press. Black is a lecturer in English at SCU.
• Film depicts struggles of Law Center clients
  Clients, students, and staff of the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center are featured in a new documentary about the struggles of workers to get compensation under the state of California's workers' compensation system.
• "Passion"-ate perspectives on Mel Gibson film
  Faculty commentary on "The Passion of the Christ"
• Playing West to East
  Teresa McCollough, SCU professor of music, played a sold-out recital at the Beijing Modern Music Festival
• Professor predicts economic growth in 2005
  SCU Economics Professor Mario Belotti predicts a period of solid and sustainable growth for the U.S. economy.

Sports

• 'Best ever' 1962 Broncos baseball team nearly went the distance
  Santa Clara University’s 1962 baseball team was arguably the best in school history.
• Crew adds value--and values--to the SCU experience
  For 38 years, Santa Clara University Crew, the intercollegiate rowing team, has taken a group of freshman walk-ons and engendered in them a certain set of skills, values, and principles.
• Late '60s were glory days for SCU hoops
  Comparing basketball teams from different decades is a challenge-particularly when they were both so successful. Dick Degnon, SCU's athletic news director from 1962 to 1981, offers his perspective on the greatest basketball team in Santa Clara University history.
• Taking a shot overseas
  Former Bronco basketball players keep their careers going by playing professionally around the world.

Students

• Shakespeare in San Quentin
  Aldo Billingslea's course in "Performing Shakespeare" took the Bard behind bars for a project where Santa Clara students worked alongside inamates at San Quentin State Prison. Read comments from the students and view photos from the performance.
• Cleaning up After Katrina
  SCU’s students helped tear down homes that were destroyed during Katrina and the flooding that followed.
• My Mother Taught Me
  Erin Pate '04 won the 2003 McCann Short Story Prize from SCU's English Department for this story.
• Still-born
  SCU senior Alexander Matthew Weyand won the Tamara Verga Prize for his poem, "Still-born".
• The Real World is calling
  Internships help SCU students grow personally and professionally