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Santa Clara University Scholar Commons Santa Clara Magazine SCU Publications Summer 2007 Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 1, Summer 2007 Santa Clara University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/sc_mag Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Business Commons, Education Commons, Engineering Commons, Law Commons, Life Sciences Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Santa Clara University, "Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 1, Summer 2007" (2007). Santa Clara Magazine. 5. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/sc_mag/5 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the SCU Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Santa Clara Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. V OLUME 49 N UMBER 1 Magazine PHOTO: CHARLES BARRY PHOTO: Summer 2007 Mission: Sustainable John Farnsworth on the buzz about the S-word Page 22 A century of Bronco The SCU Solar Decathlon Wrapping up the most 8 basketball 14 team wants to 32 successful campaign change your world in University history from the editor My 5-year-old son is big on rituals. Mission: Every morning, over peanut-butter toast with honey (him) and black Imaginable coffee (me), we share the morn- ing papers. To get a jump on the day, he likes to check in on his favorite columnists—Charles Schulz, Jim Davis, MANAGING EDITOR Steven Boyd Saum J.P. Toomey, and a few more—who keep him abreast of the goings-on among the LITERARY EDITOR Peanuts gang, in Garfield’s house, in Sherman’s lagoon...you get the picture. Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 ART DIRECTOR Then we scour the pages of a pair of Bay Area dailies for some science stories. Linda Degastaldi-Ortiz More often than not, we come up empty. Of the limited scientific breakfast fare PHOTOGRAPHER Santa Clara University, a compre- Charles Barry hensive Jesuit, Catholic univer- that makes it to our table, astronomy and space exploration are usually a good sity located 40 miles south of San EDITORIAL INTERN Francisco in California’s Silicon bet. Ask our boy the name of the largest planet ever discovered and he’s ready Jessica Chung ’06 Valley, offers its 8,377 students with the answer: HAT P-1—which, he reminds you, is light enough to float in a CONTRIBUTING rigorous undergraduate curricula WRITERS in arts and sciences, business, and glass of water. More toast, please. James Alison engineering, plus master’s and law Adam Breen degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Jessica Chung ’06 Distinguished nationally by one Back on Earth, Easter Monday served up a bonus news feature: Along with of the highest graduation rates John Farnsworth among all U.S. master’s universities, reports on a PG&E plug-in hybrid and an op-ed to match, there was a full- Anne Federwisch California’s oldest operating higher- Fred Foldvary page, multicolored feature titled “Wacky ideas to save Earth.” Said ideas include education institution demonstrates Aaron Glatzer faith-inspired values of ethics and carbon sequestration and bio-engineered photosynthesis. (Having interviewed Erin Hussey social justice. For more information, Aaron Juarez ’04 see www.scu.edu. researchers working on these, I don’t find them particularly wacky, though.) Kathy Kale ’86 Karyne Levy Santa Clara Magazine (USPS# 609- 240) is published quarterly, The idea that most sparks our kindergartener’s imagination: a 16-million-strong Dave Lewis February, May, August, and Paul Mariani armada of tiny flying saucers orbiting our planet to create a solar umbrella to November, by the Office of Jed Mettee Marketing and Communications, reduce heat from the sun. Karen Crocker Snell Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Sarah Stanek CA. Periodical postage paid at Santa Imagination is also a quality very present in this issue of SCM—exploring what we DESIGNERS Clara, CA, and at additional mailing Cuttriss & Hambleton office. Postmaster send address talk about when we talk about “sustainability.” Writers have taken on the mean- changes to Santa Clara Magazine, CAMPUS NEWS c/o Donohoe Alumni House, Santa ing of the S-word in terms of ethics and economics, and in terms of nuts-and- CONTRIBUTORS Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053-1505. bolts construction—with a little help from some PV cells and bamboo I-beams. Deepa Arora Karen Crocker Snell Readers—you can also update your When it comes to what is imaginable, and what is sustainable, your mission, ADVISORY BOARD address information online at www.santaclaramagazine.com. should you choose to accept it, might just be laid out between these covers. Margaret Avritt Terry Beers The diverse opinions expressed in Elizabeth Fernandez ’79 Santa Clara Magazine do not Which, in fact, contain something different—not just in terms of words and ideas, Rich Giacchetti necessarily represent the views of but in terms of the paper on which they’re printed. For starters, there’s the matte Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 the editor or the official policy of Kathy Kale ’86 Santa Clara University. Copyright finish. Along with that, we’ve managed to move to paper that contains 30 percent Paul Locatelli, S.J. ’60 2007 by Santa Clara University. James Purcell Reproduction in whole or in part post-consumer waste. You might also have noticed the green logo in the column Paul Soukup, S.J. without permission is prohibited. to the right. That would be the mark of the Forest Stewardship Council, which certifies the forest from which the paper comes and the paper manufacturer, through to the plant where this magazine is printed. Teaming with companies that commit to FSC certification is a way of supporting social and environmental standards. Something imaginable. And, as this magazine shows, quite possible. Keep the faith, Santa Clara Magazine is printed on paper and at a printing facility certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). From forest man- agement to paper production to printing, FSC certification represents the highest social and environmental standards. The paper contains Steven Boyd Saum 30 percent post consumer recovered fiber; cover Managing Editor stock contains 10 percent. www.santaclaramagazine.com Santa ClaraMagazine contents SUMMER 2007 A century of Bronco basketball By Jed Mettee and Steven Boyd Saum. 8 Celebrating the first hundred seasons. A family show 12 By Steven Boyd Saum. Meet new men’s basketball coach Kerry Keating. A space that talks to nature 14 By Miriam Schulman. A team of SCU students aim to win the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. And save the planet. Epitaph for the Journey 19 A poem by Paul Mariani. The buzz about sustainability 22 By John Farnsworth. When we talk about “sustainability,” what are we really talking about? The green tax shift 26 By Fred Foldvary. Want an environmentally sustainable economy? Start making polluters pay. Delivering the goods By Dashka Slater. A pair of SCU alumni mentor 28 two Kenyan entrepreneurs trying to clean up the environment and save lives. E XCLUSIVES On the Web FOUNDATION TWAIN MARK COURTESY An auspicious moment 32 By Karyne Levy and Karen Crocker Snell. Mark Twain’s cats and other Califauna The Campaign for Santa Clara has given a new What noisy cats are we! Yes, that’s really Mark Twain’s sketch, sense of possibility to the University’s mission. “Morning Song.” It’s one of dozens of images that you’ll find alongside writings about California critters and their rela- 2 Letters tionship with California peoples in Califauna: A Literary Field 3 Mission Matters Guide. SCU’s Terry Beers and Emily Elrod ’05 edited this lovely volume, a new addition to the California Legacy Series, pub- 7 Bronco Sports lished in collaboration with Heyday Books. Paw your way to 13 In Print www.santaclaramagazine.com and read exclusive excerpts. 34 A Letter from the Donohoe Mission: Sustainable Alumni House Building green, recycling, and changing attitudes for 35 Class Notes and Bronco Profiles the future. How’s SCU walking the sustainability walk? 40 After Words Solar nexus 41 Calendar Applied Materials President and CEO Mike Splinter calls solar About our cover energy the next big opportunity for Silicon Valley. Splinter A defining moment with Lacey Schauwecker, a junior took his message to the world via an address at Santa Clara English major from Tempe, Ariz. Photo by Charles Barry. on April 20. Log on to our Web site to listen to a podcast. Summer 2007 Santa Clara Magazine 1 On the Web E XCLUSIVES Read more letters online. Visit www.santaclaramagazine.com lettersletters and follow the “Letters” link. Quotet” More solar power to them Stigma and mental illness Congratulations to the SCU Solar The National Alliance on Mental Decathlon team (Mission Matters, Illness for years has been fighting the Spring 2007 SCM) on being chosen stigma that is associated with mental for this elite competition. You are the illness. As a father who had a son with stewards of a collaboration of great a mental illness, I feel that using the implication to all mankind. It is indeed word “crazier” in the title [of Thomas an exciting opportunity for SCU and Plante’s article] and numerous times in team members. the text was insensitive to the problem of mental illness. BRIAN T. DEL GIORGIO CPA ’68 Santa Maria However, I did find the article very interesting and informative. But what are universities RICHARD BERRYESSA M.A. ’74 doing about mental disorders? San Jose While I appreciate “Are People Getting Crazier?” in your Spring 2007 issue, it is These letters were received before the tragic an academic discussion of mental illness.