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V OLUME 48 N UMBER 1 Magazine SantaPublished for the Alumni and Friends of SantaClara Clara University Summer 2006 Three Roommates in Paris At the University of Paris in 1529, Pierre Favre, Francisco Xavier, and In˜igo de Loyola shared a room. Out of this relationship, the Society of Jesus was born. Page 14 PHOTO: CHARLES BARRY CHARLES BARRY PHOTO: Jack Mullin ’36 Biodiversity: Jill Mason ’99 8 and the art of 20 Who cares? 30 is back from sound the brink sscm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.inddcm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.indd C 44/25/06/25/06 44:40:11:40:11 PPMM from the editor This is my last letter to you. I have enjoyed my Dear Readers: brief stint as acting editor. And I have certainly acquired a huge respect for magazine editors everywhere. To be good at it, you need an unusual combination of skills: an almost EDITOR obsessive grasp of details and, simultaneously, the ability to envision the big Margaret Avritt picture and how each of the myriad small puzzle pieces fits. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly ’93 The University has hired a new managing editor. His name is Steven Saum, and, ART DIRECTOR Nancy Tobler Turek by the time you read this, he will be at his desk here in Donohoe. He comes to SCU PHOTOGRAPHER from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, where he was the editor in chief. Charles Barry PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Steven has more than 15 years of writing and editing experience with publications Deborah Hill for universities, nonprofits, and government in the U.S. and internationally. WEB EDITOR Melissa Eckel ’05 Other changes are in the works. Beth Kelley Gillogly ’93, who has worked on the CONTRIBUTING WRITERS magazine in various capacities for the last six years, will no longer be with us. I John Patrick Donnelly, S.J. Anne Federwisch want to thank her for all the photo captions she wrote, all of her careful editing, Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly ’93 Joseph Goethals ’99, J.D. ’05 all the interviews she conducted, all the interesting features she proposed and Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 Kirk Hanson created, and generally for all the care she lavished on the magazine. Roland Hu Karyne Levy Starting with our August issue, Ron Hansen will be joining us as the literary edi- Miriam Schulman Karen Crocker Snell tor. Ron is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., Professor of Arts and Humanities at Sarah Stanek SCU. He teaches English and, as many of you know, is the author of a number of DESIGNERS Cuttriss & Hambleton critically acclaimed novels, including Mariette in Ecstasy, Atticus, and Hitler’s Niece. CAMPUS NEWS CONTRIBUTORS Ron also writes extensively about the relationship of art to faith. (A nice sample is Deepa Arora Karen Crocker Snell Ron’s essay on the Spiritual Exercises on Page 18.) Ron will be tapping into his con- ADVISORY BOARD siderable literary network to bring new voices to the magazine. Margaret Avritt Terry Beers Elizabeth Fernandez ’79 I believe Santa Clara Magazine is already a showcase for the spiritual and Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 intellectual richness of the University community. And I am looking forward to Kathy Kale ’86 Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. ’60 seeing what the publication becomes in the capable hands of Steven and Ron. James Purcell Paul Soukup, S.J. It has been a pleasure. Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California’s Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous under- graduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus Warm regards, master’s and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the third-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master’s universities, California’s oldest higher education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu. Santa Clara Magazine (USPS# 609-240) is published quarterly, February, May, August, and November, by the Office of Communications and Marketing, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. Periodical postage paid at Santa Clara, CA, and at additional mailing office. Postmaster Margaret Avritt send address changes to Santa Clara Magazine, c/o Donohoe Alumni House, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053-1505. The diverse opinions expressed in Santa Clara Magazine do not necessarily represent the views of the editor or the official policy of Santa Clara University. Copyright 2006 by Santa Clara University. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. The paper used for Santa Clara Magazine is 10 per- cent post consumer recovered fiber. It is printed with soy-based inks and aqueous based coatings that contain fewer volatile organic compounds than conventional inks. www.santaclaramagazine.com sscm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.inddcm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.indd D 44/25/06/25/06 44:40:17:40:17 PPMM Santa ClaraMagazine contents SUMMER 2006 The Man Behind the Sound 8 by Karen Crocker Snell. As a young music-loving soldier in the final days of World War II, John T. “Jack” Mullin ’36 went to investigate a German recording device called a magnetophon. His result- ing work in sound profoundly affected the field of recorded audio. Three Roommates in Paris 14 By John Patrick Donnelly, S.J. It has been 500 years since Francisco Xavier and Pierre Favre were born, and 450 years since the death of Ignatius of Loyola. Quite a lot has happened since 1529 at the University of Paris, when the three men shared a room and went on to form the Society of Jesus. Spiritual Exercises By Ron Hansen. In his mid-20s, Iñigo de Loyola 18 kept an informal notebook of the consolations, graces, and inner wrenchings he experienced while meditating on scripture. This Manresa note- book went on to become a practical manual that has helped escort countless others through mysti- cal contact with their soul’s deepest yearnings and thus with God. Who Cares About Biodiversity? 20 By Miriam Schulman. Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of SCU’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, says preserving biodiversity is one of the central problems that confronts us—and not E XCLUSIVES necessarily for the reasons you’d think. On the Web SEMANSKY PATRICK PHOTO: Cleaning up After Katrina 2 Letters Visit www.santaclaramagazine.com for a story 4 Mission Matters (including journals and photos) about SCU students, includ- 6 Bronco Sports ing Alexandra Goldberg, above, who worked with Catholic 7 In Print Charities of New Orleans to aid in Katrina relief efforts. And on our Web site, read a profile of Amielynn Abellera ’04, who 24 Campaign News volunteered in Biloxi, Miss., with the nonprofit organization 26 Alumni Association’s Anniversary Hands On USA. 27 Class Notes An Ethical Vocation 36 After Words Visit us online for a story on the Faith, Ethics, and Vocation 37 Calendar Project, which utilizes research, community-based learning, and courses to help students integrate faith, ethics, and Cover image: the environment. St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) from ‘Gallery of Portraits,’ published in 1833. Courtesy of Bridgeman Art Library. Summer 2006 Santa Clara Magazine 1 sscm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.inddcm_1205258_Sum06_r4.1.indd 1 44/25/06/25/06 44:40:22:40:22 PPMM letters Lorem ispsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer ut elit, set diam nomummit nibh euismod tincitdunt at” What about lynching Delayed justice is in San Jose? better than no justice I was very impressed and moved by The article “Justice Delayed: your article (“Justice Delayed,” Spring Reopening the Emmett Till Case” is 2006), but I wonder if we should the most moving, powerful article I’ve look a little closer to home in study- read in more than 20 years of reading ing racial injustice. As a Santa Clara the Santa Clara Magazine. Reading undergraduate, I remember viewing that the 50-year-old murder case has a picture taken around, I think, 1936, been reopened made my day; justice showing a number of students, or at delayed is better than no justice at least students wearing USC (it was the all. I also applaud your inclusion of University of Santa Clara back then) the grisly photo of the 14-year-old’s shirts, in the forefront of a mob, who beaten, disfigured face at his open- took a prisoner from the San Jose jail casket funeral. For readers who object and lynched him. Am I in error, or did to you using the photo, simply point this indeed happen? In reading about out its significance, as you suggest in Emmett Till, I was reminded that not your editorial: “Rosa Parks reportedly all racial injustice happened in the said that she saw Till’s disfigured face South. I wonder what the reaction of in her mind’s eye in the second she the University student body, faculty, murder of a white Santa Clara gradu- decided not to give up her seat on the and administration was at the time of ate, Brooke Hart.