GENESISTHE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF SAINT IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPAR ATORY, SF, SUMMERV 2010 genesis v 1 JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COMMEMORATES 20 YEARS OF COEDUCATION The day after SI’s varsity baseball team beat SHC 3–2 at AT&T Park April 20, members of the Block Club drove to Sacred Heart to pick up the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy and return it to SI. The two schools first played in 1893, establishing the oldest high school rivalry west of the Rocky Mountains. The Bruce-Mahoney trophy game dates back to 1946 and commemorates those from both schools who lost their lives in WWII. Joe Boswell ’02 and Kate Brandt ’03, who both work in the Obama Administration, are pictured here in the historic Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Office Building with the White House in the background. Read about them on pages 35 and 38. AttleePhotography.com. 2 genesis v genesis v A Report to Concerned Individuals Vol. 47, No. 2 Summer 2010 Administration Rev. Robert T. Walsh, S.J. President Mr. Joseph A. 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SI’s Chamber Singers and Concert Choir performed Carols by Candlelight at Holy Name of Jesus Church in December under the direction of Chad Zullinger. genesis v 3 First Words Saint Ignatius Board of Trustees Rev. Michael McCarthy, S.J. ’82 There’S an adaGE amonG journaLists that the Kearney echoes the words of Pope Paul VI, who said, in Chair only stupid question is the unasked one. So I can only 1972: “If you want peace, work for justice.” Samuel R. Coffey, Esq. ’74 blame myself for not asking one particular question But even the legal system has its limits in fighting Rev. Kevin Dilworth, S.J. of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a woman who spent chaos and disorder. Take, for instance, the battle Mr. Curtis Mallegni ’67 25 years on the Supreme Court seeking to further the against disease waged by Lauren Kutzscher ’03 and Rev. Thomas O’Neill, S.J. ’74 rule of law and order. I wanted to ask her what it was Jill Costello ’06. The former endured 100 days in Rev. Mario Prietto, S.J. like dealing with the chaos and disorder of the disease the hospital, 14 rounds of chemotherapy, 10 days of Mr. Stanley P. Raggio ’73 that had ravaged her late husband, John O’Connor ’47, radiation and major surgery in her successful fight Nancy Stretch, Esq. who had suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease from 1990 against Ewing’s sarcoma. For her, order prevailed. Rev. Robert T. Walsh, S.J. ’68 until his death last November at the age of 79. I wanted Jill was not so fortunate. Despite 20 rounds of to know how she dealt with the paradox of order and chemo, she entered into hospice care at UCSF after a disorder that seems to define most of our lives. year’s fight against stage IV lung cancer and died June Board of Regents I didn’t ask that question. It seemed a little too 24 at the age of 22. Only a month before, she led her Mr. Curtis Mallegni ’67 New Age California, and I had come armed to the varsity crew at Cal to second place in the nation and Chair teeth with more than a dozen questions pertaining was named the Pac-10 Women’s Rowing Athlete of the Mrs. Anne Ryan to the courts and current events, questions provided Year. That death visited someone so young and loving Vice Chair to me by friends in the legal profession (including as Jill seems profoundly disordered, and we mourn Mr. Kerwin Allen ’78 former SI faculty member Kathy Purcell, Alumni alongside her family and friends. Mrs. Marlies Bruning Director John Ring ’86 and assistant U.S. Attorney One Sunday morning in late May, Jill and Lauren Mrs. Catherine Cannata Phil Kearney ’76), by fellow reporters and by (who was Jill’s sorority sister at Cal), along with their Mr. Peter Casey ’68 members of SI’s social science department. fathers, had breakfast together on Chestnut Street, Mr. Paul Cesari ’75 But I wonder what she would have said. After all, she companions on a shared journey. Mr. Sherman Chan ’85 left the highest court in the nation in 2006 in part to On June 23, Lauren heard two pieces of news: that Mr. Jeff Columbini ’79 care for her husband who was living in an assisted care doctors had found in her “no evidence of disease,” and Mr. Joseph Diffley ’64 facility. She watched as the disease progressed to the that Jill was preparing to die. “Yesterday, on perhaps Mrs. Sue Dudum point where John no longer recognized his wife. the happiest day of her life, Lauren spent the evening Mrs. Dana Emery Even though I never asked that question, as you read sobbing when she learned the news about Jill,” said Mr. Robert Enright ’76 the stories here, you will see the theme of order and Lauren’s father, Bernd. Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick ’64 disorder emerge. I’m not sure if you’ll find any Great “What I have learned from watching Lauren and Mr. Gordon Getty* ’51 Answers to any Great Questions; you will probably Jill is that we all need help,” he added. “We all need to Mrs. Yvonne Go grow more confused, but, I hope, in a good way. reach out to those friends and family members who give Mrs. Nanette Gordon Take, for example, the feature section, which meaning to our lives and to the faith and dreams that Mr. John Grealish ’79 looks at grads who author books and blogs. Some of sustain us in the hardest of times.” Ms. Kathryn Hall my old newspaper friends worry about online blogs Perhaps this is the best way, the only way, to discover Mr. Brit Hahn replacing journalism and book publishing. Those in the light and order amidst the darkness of chaos. Mr. Peter Imperial ’77 blogosphere, they argue, don’t rely on multiple sources, —Paul Totah ’75 Mr. John Jack ’73 fact checkers or editors. All they need is an opinion and The Hon. Kathleen Kelly a computer. On one side, they see the traditional order Mr. Greg Labagh ’66 of The New York Times; on the other side, the disorder Mrs. Mary Kay Leveroni of the Drudge Report. Mrs. Louise Lucchesi However, as you will discover, the lines separating Mr. Ivan Maroevich ’69 blogs, books and traditional journalism aren’t always Mr. William McDonnell* ’42 clear. Read the profile of SI’s alumni bloggers, and I’ll Mr. Paul Mohun ’84 bet you’ll come away respecting what they do, just Dr. Richard Moran as most of the SI authors mentioned here respect the Christopher Moscone, Esq. ’80 power of blogs, which they use to promote their books. Martin D. Murphy, Esq.* ’52 In his memoir, Under the Blue Flag, Phil Kearney Rev. Thomas H. O’Neill, S.J. ’74 also examines the dialectic of order and chaos as he Mr. Clyde Ostler documents his time in Kosovo prosecuting people Mrs. Beverly Riehm guilty of mass murder and white slavery. He believes in Mrs. Karen Rollandi the rule of law as the only answer to establish a just and Dr. Robert Szarnicki peaceful society. He writes that “people need to know Mr. Gregory Vaughan ’74 they can rely on their legal system to rectify the wrongs Rev. Robert T. Walsh, S.J. ’68 of the world and that misconduct has appropriate * Lifetime Members consequences. Justice is the fundamental ingredient of peace—without one, there can never be the other.” Jill Costello at Lourdes along with her Aunt Kathy and mother, Mary, last May. 4 genesis v Contents Development 6 Mother & Sister Fund Mike Homer ’76 Scholarship 7 Regent Chairman Curtis Mallegni Grateful for SI’s Help Features 10 books & blogs 10 Phil Kearney Fights for Justice Under the UN’s Blue Flag 14 Angela Choi’s Book Makes a Stab at Killing the Kitty 16 Natalie Lee Draws a Love Triangle of Visions and Revisions 18 A Mother Reflects on Her Son’s Brush with Death 20 Jonathan Lin’s Publishing Firm Offers Bible Stories in Manga Form 24 After Losing Fame and Money, Freeman Michaels Found Success 26 The New Media: SI Bloggers Get the Word Out 32 A Conversation with Fashion Designer Derek Lam ’84 36 Creating a Video Blog to Make Cooking Easy School News 38 Cover: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Makes Historic Visit to SI 26 42 Class of 2010 Honored at 151st Commencement at SI Church 48 BSU & AAAS Celebrate 40 Years of Promoting Diversity 50 Kevin Grady Comes Full Circle to Return to the Classroom 51 John Grealish Named New Admissions Director 52 Diversity Director to Work on Curriculum & Community 53 From the Nightmare of Rwanda to Life at SI 54 Jake Koch and Kim Maher Receive Christian Service Awards 55 John Morrison Raises Money to Shine the Light Sports 57 Terry Ward Honored by CCS for Athletic Legacy 58 Sports News 32 Alumni 60 The Call for Real Educational Reform: by Dr.