Also in this issue:
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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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Warrior class
An interview with One Bullet Away author and former marine Nathaniel C. Fick.
Winter 2012 | ETHICS
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Honoring top educators
Recognizing exceptional members of the SCU community for their scholarship, teaching, and leadership in 2011.
Winter 2012 | FACULTY & STAFF
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May the road rise up to meet you
A journey to Northern Ireland in search of peace and hope. For the Winter 2012 SCM, Martha Suto '70, who has lived for nearly 40 years in Derry, talks with Alumni Association Executive Director Kathy Kale '86 about surviving decades of The Troubles—and what lies ahead.
Winter 2012 | BRONCO NEWS
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Sweetness
On New Year’s Day 1937, a team from a little Jesuit school in the Santa Clara Valley stunned the sports world with an upset that won them the Sugar Bowl. And put their home on the map.
Winter 2012 | HISTORY & TRADITION
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Let me lay it on you
Hot Tuna is back with their first studio recording in 20 years. Jorma Kaukonen '64 has tunes and hard-earned wisdom to share, writes Mark Purdy.
Winter 2012 | ALUMNI ARTS
ALUMNI NEWS
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Jason Tarver ’97 is the new defensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders. He previously worked with the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University.
Michael Geraghty J.D. ’78, an Anchorage attorney, will be Alaska’s next attorney general.
A.J. Riebli '91 was production manager on the Academy Award nominated Pixar short film "La Luna."
Nina Acosta '82 has been selected to compete on the reality TV show "Survivor: One World," which premiered Feb. 15.
Oscar-winner Arthur Schmidt '59 is editing the latest film by Robert Zemeckis, Flight, starring Denzel Washington.
Ashkon Jafari '08 of StudentMentor.org was recently invited to the White House to meet with President Obama and officials.
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Living in Truth: Honoring Václav Havel
Steven Boyd Saum and Paul Wilson, 21 February 2012
The life and work of playwright, dissident, and former Czech President Václav Havel will be honored with an evening of readings, remarks, and remembrances on February 29.
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Talking dust bowl blues
David McKay Wilson, 16 February 2012
The ghost of Woody Guthrie stalks the stage in a one-man show starring Rob Tepper '00.
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Discouraging job creation overseas could backfire
David Yosifon, 10 February 2012
David Yosifon argues that there are other ways to encourage job growth without resorting to protectionism.
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Most excellent!
Deborah Lohse and Clay Hamilton, 7 February 2012
SCU's Bronco Battalion is again recognized as the most-excellent university-based officer training program with a MacArthur Award.
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Heard on Campus: Woz
Clay Hamilton, 3 February 2012
On Jan. 26, 2012, Steve Wozniak addressed a sold-out audience at Mayer Theatre as part of SCU's President's Speaker Series.
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Doing something unfamous
Lindsey Kouvaris '02, 27 January 2012
Andy Warhol Polaroids on display at the de Saisset Museum Princess Caroline, Wayne Gretzky, and dozens more.
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Here comes the sun ... and our solar decathletes
Connie Coutain, 26 January 2012
The 2013 Solar Decathlon is on! Santa Clara is competing for the third time, after third place wins in 2007 and 2009.
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Welcome to the new santaclaramagazine.com
Clay Hamilton, 6 January 2012
It's more than just a new look. Here at the online SCM, you'll now find new material every week—with updates from around campus and throughout the SCU Alumniverse.
