FALL 2011 SLU’s ambassadors show off campus / Page 18 LONGT I M E FACU LT Y NEW MEDICAL CENTER ALUMNUS COMIC BOOK REFLECTIONS PROJECTS CRUSADER PAGE 8 PAGE 14 PAGE 22 FALL 2004 WINTER 2005 { president’s message } { contents } n page 8 of this issue of Universitas, you will find some of our wise and experienced faculty members offering their insights about what they have learned during their tenure at Saint VOLUME 38, ISSUE 1 Louis University. And while I know I have not been here as long as some of them, I do think Omy 24 years have offered opportunities for growth and better understanding. EDITOR So, here’s my take on what I’ve learned. Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) Being held back does not have to hold you back. When it comes to health, there is nothing like CONTRIBUTORS (My first grade teacher failed me for not knowing having good genes. (Both my Mamma and Papa Marie Dilg (Grad SW ’94) English. Today, I have a master’s degree in linguis- lived to be 98.) Amy Garland (A&S ’97) tics and a Ph.D. in sociolinguistics.) Elizabeth Harris Krasnoff The transformative power of a Jesuit education is Never back away from a challenge when the best often realized later in one’s life. “ON CAMPUS” nEWS STORIES interests of the University are at stake. University Communications Sometimes, you can make sweeping changes that Medical Center Communications Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and almost no one comments on, but raise parking Billiken Media Relations 18 dignity. No matter who they are, what they do for fees, and you won’t hear the end of it. a living, where they come ON THE COVER SLU ambassadors from, what language they Back row (from left): Mary Michael Daunhauer, speak or how you may features Matt Satcher, Dani Trout have encountered them. 8 14 18 22 and Steve Siemborski Middle row (from left): Alyssa Hermann When SLU students tell INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION AND WALK THIS WAY CRUSADER WiTH A PEN and Grant Podolski KNOWLEDGE RECREATION you that they want to SLU’s ambassadors show Alumnus Denny O’Neil has Front row (from left): Leila Houshmand, change the world after they Ten longtime faculty members Two new Medical Center Nikki Pain and Jon Schwendeman prospective students a been the force behind many share their life lessons. facilities encourage Photo by Steve Dolan graduate, believe them. personal side of campus. comic superheroes. — By Elizabeth student interaction. Illumination can — By Marie Dilg — By Amy Garland Harris Krasnoff — By Marie Dilg DESIGN happen during your Art Direction: Matt Krob lowest moments. Just ask Saint Ignatius. departments Universitas is published by Saint Louis University. Opinions expressed in Universitas are those of the Committees, commis- individual authors and not necessarily those of the 2 | ON CAMPUS University administration. Unsolicited manuscripts and sions and blue ribbon pan- Make a Difference Day Record enrollment Professor honored photographs are welcome but will be returned only if els are fine, but taking action is what really matters. Too many peaceful people get caught up in the • • accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. in Ireland • SLU histories online • Expansion in Madrid • World Letters to the editor must be signed, and letters not evils of war — something I saw firsthand in Beirut intended for publication should indicate that fact. 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(Again, no bias.) 32 | PERSPECTIVE Reproduction in whole or in part without President permission is prohibited. A professor with SLU’s Legal Clinics reflects on his experiences. Trust is a renewable resource, but it must be renewed. It must be earned and then cultivated. It 33 | THE LAST WORD is not a “one and done” commodity. Letters to the editor 22 the ARTS at SLU { on campus } SLU ranKS HIgh on seVeral LIsts News & World Report once again has recognized U.S. Saint Louis University as one of the top 100 universities in the country. In the 2012 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” SLU ranked 90th among the more than ams I ll I W 280 national universities in the country — a list topped by chad Harvard, Princeton and Yale. The ranking placed SLU among Y B the top five U.S. Jesuit universities for the ninth year in a photo row. U.S. News also gave high marks to the undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship (No. 13) and international Bali High, pieced by Pamela Nihiser, New students listen to a speaker quilted by Cheri Vollmer, 2010. business (No. 16). during convocation. Additionally, SLU has earned national recognition for New students Quilt exhibition community service by Washington Monthly. In its recent boost unfolds at SLUMA “2011 College Rankings” issue, the magazine named SLU No. The Saint Louis University Museum of Art is 2 on its list of universities that participate in the most com- enrollment presenting “Threads of Tradition II: St. Louis munity service. Overall, the University was listed 94th out of aint Louis University has Quilters” through Dec. 23. The exhibit displays 258 colleges making a “contribution to the public good.” The the work of local quilters. More than 40 quilts, S enrolled one of the largest featuring various patterns and quilting tech- Washington Monthly rankings followed the announcement classes in its history, welcoming niques, showcase the talents involved in the art that SLU made the President’s Higher Education Commu- 1,707 freshmen and 401 trans- of quilting. Quilt styles include the charm, the nity Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a “crazy” and the memory quilt. SLUMA’s hours fer students to SLU this fall. are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sun- school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and SLU’s total enrollment is now day. For more information, visit sluma.slu.edu. civic engagement. 14,073, an all-time record. The freshmen also are among Hotel IgnaCIO garners awards SLU’s brightest ever. The mean Vaughn grade point average of the Y effre he Landmarks Association of St. Louis has selected class is 3.77, and the average Y J B Hotel Ignacio as one of the year’s “Most Enhanced ACT score is 27. The class also hoto T P Buildings.” The hotel also was named a “Development of the includes 246 honor students. Year” by the City of St. Louis and the St. Louis Development The class of 2015 was cel- Corp. SLU was one of only five projects chosen by city of- ebrated during SLU’s annual ficials as top developments “that most dramatically convert a new student convocation in Au- catalytic vision for the city into bricks and mortar.” gust at Chaifetz Arena. Univer- SLU and the Lawrence Group spent nearly a year trans- sity President Lawrence Biondi, forming the 100-year-old structure into a boutique hotel. S.J., was on hand to address the The major rehabilitation project, which began in June 2010, more than 2,700 people in at- MAKING A employed four architects, 10 interior designers and 65 differ- tendance and welcome the new DIFFERENCE ent subcontractors. students to SLU. Senior nursing student Linda St. Francis screen, Adrian Kellard, 1985. Latex on wood with hinges. Collection of Antonia HOMECOMING FUN: Alumni dolan Trinh paints at Gateway Middle E Lasicki and William Devia, Niskayuna, N.Y. and their families enjoy the V ste School during Make A Difference Billiken Tailgate during Saint Y B Day on Oct. 29. More than 3,000 Louis University’s Homecoming hoto MOCRA shows Weekend, Sept. 23-25. More P students, faculty and staff partici- than 3,000 people attended pated in SLU’s 2011 Make A Dif- work of Kellard this year’s Homecoming.