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Santa Clara University Scholar Commons Santa Clara Magazine SCU Publications Winter 2007 Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 49 Number 3, Winter 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 3, Winter 2007" (2007). Santa Clara Magazine. 10. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/sc_mag/10 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 o l u m e 4 9 N u m b e r 3 Magazine Parting Charles Barry Shot Winter 2007 Two wheels good Move-in day for the ’07–’08 academic year. The person in front of you A photo essay by David Pace Page 18 Parents of SCU grads: Has your son or daughter moved? E-mail us at [email protected] with their updated addresses so they’ll be sure to continue receiving this magazine. The Jesuit university in Silicon Valley Q&A on Iraq with Reza Aslan ’95 on how Kabul’s splendid son: www.santaclaramagazine.com 24 Leon Panetta ’60 28 to win a cosmic war 34 Khaled Hosseini ’88 Magazine from the editor Santa Clara There are photographs The country of which, when you happen Wi nter 2007 upon them, startle for honorable people a moment and then let you go: a dramatic Managi ng Editor 28 Tough call instant framed, message transmitted, received, over and out. The meaning, while contentsBy Jim Shepard. Mike Carey ’71 reveals what it takes Steven Boyd Saum 14 to earn your stripes as a head ref in the NFL. not necessarily insignificant, is right there on the surface. and then there are LitErary Editor Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 those photos, like the one on the cover of this magazine, which ask you to see in art di rEctor Redefining nature a way that perhaps you haven’t before—or if you have, it’s been a long time. But Linda Degastaldi-Ortiz By Steven Boyd Saum. Is it the end of wilderness as 16 we know it? And could genetically modified crops more than that, this act of seeing is not something to be rushed. Nor is it neatly PhotograPh Er Santa Clara University, a compre- Charles Barry hensive Jesuit, Catholic univer- be better for the environment? Read what SCU packaged in cellophane and waiting to be unwrapped, consumed, forgotten. sity located 40 miles south of San ditoriaL ntErns scientists are saying. E i Francisco in California’s Silicon Jessica Chung ’06 rather, it is a plea for understanding, the promise of a wisdom to be gained over Valley, offers its 8,377 students Alicia K. Gonzales rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and The person in front of you time. What gives the image this quality? Perhaps it is the luminescent white of contributing A transglobal photo essay by David Pace. WritErs engineering, plus master’s and law 18 the garment, its pale folds speaking of something simple and true. Of course it Adam Breen degrees and engineering Ph.D’s. Distinguished nationally by one Jessica Chung ’06 is the learned hands, cradling the threaded beads. Count your worries and speak of the highest graduation rates Panetta on Iraq Emily Elrod ’05 among all U.S. master’s universities, By Farid Senzai. A Q&A with Leon Panetta ’60, J.D. ’63, Justin Gerdes California’s oldest operating higher- 24 your prayers. and it is the gaze that holds you transfixed: welcoming, questioning. member of the Iraq Study Group and chief of staff Karol Kafka education institution demonstrates Kathy Kale ’86 faith-inspired values of ethics and for President Clinton. Charles Barry he lives in the village of Bereba, in the Country of honorable People—a West Ann Killion social justice. For more information, african nation you might know better as Burkina Faso. Photographer and sCU Jed Mettee see www.scu.edu. Maureen Muscat How to win a cosmic war Tim Myers Santa Clara Magazine (USPS# 609- lecturer David Pace was there this past winter visiting santa Clara colleagues 240) is published quarterly, By Steven Boyd Saum. Reza Aslan ’95 says the David Pace February, May, August, and battlefield for jihadists isn’t Baghdad. It’s not even leslie Gray and Michael Kevane, whose work in africa includes a libraries project J. David Pleins November, by the Office of 28 in this world. But if you fight the enemy on their Farid Senzai for villages that stretches back some years. as for the cover photo, it’s part of an Marketing and Communications, Jim Shepard Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, terms, they win. essay in this issue asking you to take a moment to try and see the person in front Sarah Stanek CA. Periodical postage paid at Santa Heidi Williams Clara, CA, and at additional mailing office. Postmaster send address Kabul’s splendid son of you—in the dignity each possesses, by virtue of their humanity: Who is this dEsign Ers changes to Santa Clara Magazine, By Justin Gerdes. On the heels of A Thousand Cuttriss & Hambleton c/o Donohoe Alumni House, Santa 34 man, this woman, this child—whose lives are not making headlines today? Splendid Suns, the second novel by Khaled Clara University, Santa Clara, CA campus news Hosseini ’88, comes the long-awaited film Of course, the absence of newsworthy events in their lives can be a blessing contributors 95053-1505. Deepa Arora Readers—you can also update your adaptation of The Kite Runner. indeed. The pieces in this magazine that look at current events in Iraq and Iran— Karen Crocker Snell address information online at Donna Krey www.santaclaramagazine.com. interviews with leon Panetta and reza aslan—bring that point home. so does the e x c l u s i V e s Paleolithic Burial advisory board The diverse opinions expressed in Charles Barry A poem by Tim Myers. fiction of Khaled hosseini, depicting what he calls “lives of ordinary people caught Margaret Avritt Santa Clara Magazine do not On the Web 36 Terry Beers necessarily represent the views of in very extraordinary experiences.” all three offer a challenge that is all the more Elizabeth Fernandez ’79 the editor or the official policy of Whose globalization? Santa Clara University. Copyright …and all for one Rich Giacchetti Globalization is the new reality for higher education—but By Ann Killion. Three Santa Clara alumnae on the difficult: amid violence and mayhem, to find the ability to see deeply. Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 2007 by Santa Clara University. Reproduction in whole or in part what does that mean in terms of the gritty reality for much 38 U.S. women’s soccer team on what went right (and Kathy Kale ’86 That’s not to say to see naively. (Burkina Faso—the Country of honorable People— Paul Locatelli, S.J. ’60 without permission is prohibited. of the world? President Paul Locatelli, S.J., talks with the wrong) in the World Cup. James Purcell Santa Clara faculty about what’s at stake. Read his remarks was given its present name by leaders who had taken power in a military coup Paul Soukup, S.J. at www.santaclaramagazine.com. in 1983 and discarded the name Upper Volta.) Instead, the demand might be to 2 Letters see a difference between people and government—or between what is and Sapolsky on biology and individuality 4 Mission Matters Listen to an interview with renowned behavioral biologist what could be. Robert M. Sapolsky. Download the podcast. 12 Bronco Sports 37 In Print Keep the faith, Loggers, outlaws, and Merry Pranksters 39 A Letter from the Donohoe Santa Clara Magazine is printed on paper and See a gallery of some of the scores of vintage photographs at a printing facility certified by SmartWood Alumni House to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. that Bob Dougherty ’91 MEE, ’96 MBA has collected in his From forest management to paper production to new book, La Honda. Visit the SCM Web site. 40 Class Notes and Bronco Profiles printing, FSC certification represents the highest social and environmental standards. The paper 48 After Words steven Boyd saum contains 30 percent post consumer recovered Managing editor fiber; cover stock contains 10 percent. 49 Calendar About our cover Photo taken in the village of Bereba, Burkina Faso 2007 by sCU www.santaclaramagazine.com faculty member David Pace. see Page 18 for more of his work. Winter 2007 Santa Clara Magazine On the Web e x c l u s i V e s Read more letters online. Visit www.santaclaramagazine.com letters mission mattersand follow the “Letters” link. A day in the life Built by immigrants An AVID fan elements of safety should be presented involved in, and he made it all perfect. of the president I once asked my Boston College pal I enjoyed the profile of SCU alumnus and foot comfort should be discarded. When our first son was born, the little guy became Brian Daniel (or, as Dan What a wonderful article is “A day in Fr. Joseph Appleyard why many of the Johnn Ybarra ’86, who volunteers for JOSEPH b. ALLEGRETTi called him, “B. Daniel”). When that the life of the president,” in the Fall Jesuits at SCU and USF had Italian the AVID program amid his duties as a Carson City, Nev.