Vol. 12, Issue 3 • Fall 2008 Street Mission Serving the Homeless with Bryan Mauk ’08 New Faces on the Faculty Farewell to Tim Russert ’72 COVER STORY 10 Homeward Bound For Bryan Mauk, a 2008 Carroll graduate, Cleveland’s homeless are a passion – and meeting them where they live, an honor. By Kristin Ohlson Photograph by Janet Century Janet by Photograph Members of John Carroll’s Labre team head out to meet the homeless community on a Friday night in July, the ministry’s 200th consecutive Friday night on the streets. From left are Bryan Mauk ’08, Jacque Vogt ’09, Brendan McLaughlin ’08, and Jenna Woodarek ’09. See “Homeward Bound,” page 10. On the cover: Bryan Mauk ’08. Photograph by Janet Century FEATURES 16 Farewell to a Friend VOL. 12 ISSUE 3 FALL 2008 John Carroll University says goodbye to Tim Russert ’72. Homily by Reverend James Prehn, SJ. JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY 18 Carroll Is in the Details President Look closely at the fine points that give the John Carroll Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ campus its unique beauty. Photography by Daniel Milner Vice President for University Advancement 21 The Start of Something Big Doreen Riley Director of University Introducing the new tenure-track faculty who have joined Marketing and Communications John Carroll’s ranks this fall, bringing with them a rich Christine Somosi ’81 array of experiences. Let the learning begin. Editor By David Budin Ken Kesegich Alumni Journal 26 The World According to Lo Castro Michele McFarland National student columnist of the year Jenna Lo Castro Campus Photography Coordinator ’09 has something to say – and her own way of saying it. Cheri Slattery By Ken Kesegich Advisory Board George Bilgere Sherri Crahen Linda Eisenmann DEPARTMENTS Kimyette Finley ’95 Jack Hearns ’61 2 President’s Message Mary Lavin ’87 3 Mailbox John Marcus ’72 (ex officio) 4 On Campus Paul V. Murphy Doreen Riley 28 The Jesuit Way Rev. Thomas Schubeck, SJ 29 Giving: Investing in John Carroll’s Future Barbara Schubert ’62 Karen Schuele 30 Athletics Christine Somosi ’81 36 Images of Carroll Brian Williams 37 Alumni Journal / Class Notes 61 In Memoriam 64 My Turn John Carroll Magazine is published quarterly by John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Blvd., Inside back cover: Carroll People University Heights, OH 44118 [email protected] / 216-397-4321 Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, OH 44118, and additional mailing offices. ENROLLMENT QUARTERLY ISSN 1542-0418 www.jcu.edu/magazine 32 John Carroll’s enrollment update and guide POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: John Carroll Magazine to the college admission process University Marketing and Communications 20700 North Park Blvd. Contributors: Jeffrey Bendix, Keith Boyer, David Budin, Janet Century, Kathy Ewing, University Heights, OH 44118 Sal Felice ’57, Jeff Miller, Daniel Milner, Kristin Ohlson, Peg Quilty, John Reid, William Francis Ryan, Christopher Wenzler ’90, Robert Wetzler It is the mission of the magazine to provide an Design: Villa Beach Communications, Inc. engaging and accurate reflection of the University and its extended community for its alumni and the Printed by Lane Press other members of the John Carroll family. FALL 2008 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Common Ground isiting Cleveland’s homeless on a frigid Friday projects. This past year, 14 different immersion groups night in 2006, I saw something unexpected. I went to seven states and four different countries. In Vwas with the Labre Project, the street ministry the spring, I traveled to Jamaica and there witnessed a founded on John Carroll’s campus two years earlier by sight that moved me. A John Carroll student involved three of our students. The group goes out every Friday in an immersion experience, junior Alec Barker, was night and distributes food and other essentials. More shaving an elderly man. Alec is a Blue Streak football than anything else that night (even more than the player, a large young man who administers bruises on coldness of my feet!), I was taken by the relationships the gridiron. I’ll never forget the image of the student I saw between the John Carroll group and the men caring for the infirm man half his size. More than that, and women on the street. I’ll never forget the love he showed. At every stop, the Carroll members, mostly students, asked the homeless for updates on their We discover what we have families. And the homeless asked the same of the students. Meaningful discussions ensued. The students in common only by getting to were in no hurry to climb back into the warm vans. know those who struggle. Even though I have worked in street ministry and done many immersions of my own, I was surprised by e join with others in continuing to mourn the depth of the relationships. the loss this summer of Tim Russert ’72; The Labre students live WReverend Joe Schell, SJ; Board of Directors the John Carroll mission. They member Jerry Breen ’68, ’75G; faculty member Miles understand that what we all have in Coburn ’75G; student Marcel Jeffries; and many other common is far more important than alums, parents, and friends. Our sorrow is tempered, our differences. What a gift. We however, by our conviction that death constitutes a discover what we have in common change of life, not the end of it. Jesus’ own resurrection only by getting to know those and his promise of eternal life with God in glory who struggle. That’s what makes enables us to continue the work of so many committed immersions and ministries like the members of the John Carroll community, even after Labre Project so valuable. This they have passed on. We are people of hope determined issue’s cover story chronicles Bryan to mold the world ever more closely to the Gospels Mauk ’08, who helped found the through leadership and service to the world. You Labre ministry at John Carroll and can be proud of your involvement with John Carroll has started a new effort to aid the University, because you are contributing to making a homeless – the Metanoia Project. difference. I’m proud of our students’ involvement in Labre and other God bless, Reverend Robert L. Niehoff, SJ 2 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY FALL 2008 Photograph by Robert Wetzler MAILBOX The Class of 1943 My family appreciates the wonderful article on the five members of the class of ’43 that included my father, Leo Bedell. The article captures his personality very well. He is a no-frills guy, as evidenced by his reluctance to take on the mantle of hero and not offering a lot of details of the action surrounding his Silver Star citation. As a kid, I had a natural curiosity about his wartime experiences but also a sense that it wasn’t an open topic. His children respect that, just as we respect his “roll up your sleeves and get to work” attitude that he admitted helped him deal with the aftermath. It also helped him and my dear mother raise nine children, cope with the loss of a tenth to a childhood illness, start a successful business, and instill in us our Catholic values. Contrasting that reluctance in revisiting the horrors of the Central Pacific of 63 years ago is a letter written by my father, at the time a 23-year-old U.S. Navy ensign, to a grieving mother from Granger Township, Ohio. That mother, Mrs. Young, lived on a small farm there on the outskirts of Akron. Her 19-year-old son, LeRoy, a shipmate of my father’s, was killed off the shores of Iwo Jima two days prior to the assault by the U.S. Marines. My father told me of the visit he and my mother made to Mrs. Young shortly after my parents were married. During the visit, Mrs. Young presented that letter she kept safely pressed in the pages of her family Bible since receiving it upon her son’s death. It was a very poignant and moving letter offering my father’s consolation for her son’s sacrifice while bravely carrying out his duties, assurance that he did not suffer, and acknowledgement of the fine upbringing that she gave her son. It is a letter that belies the writer’s youth but affirms his Robert Müller by Photograph Leo W. Bedell Sr. responsibility and sensitivity to the boy’s mother. Tom Brokaw, in his book The Greatest Generation, confirms the trademark silence of many of the WWII veterans. But, we should note, many of them have shared the pain of their wartime experiences with those that have suffered most as a result of the war. Thanks again for a fine article. Terry Bedell ’77 Stow, Ohio On the Summer Issue Congratulations on the summer issue, and may future issues bring the school continued identity, plaudits, well wishes, and success in helping cement long-term goals and enrich the lives of students who prize their years at Alma Mater. Paul T. Bohn ’49 Rocky River, Ohio I appreciated the summer issue, especially the remembrance of Fr. Joe Schell. Credit should be given to him going back to the 1950s, when he started the Alumni Sodality composed mostly of graduates of JCU, Notre Dame College, and Ursuline College. We had a great group with Fr. Schell for many years. As a result of our meetings and work together, plus the friendship, many marriages came about from that group of friends. That was how I met my wife, Mary Lou. Going forward over 50 years, the members who are still around met at Bunny and Bob Hill’s house – by coincidence the day of Fr.