Dear Reader
Huda Al-Marashi ’98’s new book tells the story of her marriage putting culture and family—Muslim Americans—front and center.
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REALITY CHECKUsing VR to battle workplace adversity
Lauren Loftus, 6 Mar 2019
3 min read
This Land Is There Land
Tommy Orange’s There There is SCU’s Winter 2018 Book of the Quarter—a novel at once a furious rebuke and a soothing affirmation of the modern Native American experience.
SCM Staff, 10 Dec 2018
2 min read
Meditations on Our Lady
Examining the importance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in everyday lives as part of Santa Clara’s annual La Virgen Del Tepeyac performance.
Steven Boyd Saum, 15 Nov 2018
2 min read
Khaled Hosseini’s Sea Prayer
The new book by Khaled Hosseini ’88 is spare and haunting and beautiful.
Michelle McGurk, 24 Sep 2018
2 min read
Big Egos, Big Demands, and Big Results
Anna Yen ’91’s first novel features a 20-something juggling demands.
Aurora Zahm ’18, 21 Sep 2018
6 min read
The End of Eden?
Scholar Terry Beers traces the competing ideas and ideals that have shaped California.
Perla Luna ’19, 27 Mar 2018
2 min read
Not Immigrant but Refugee
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is a war novel, a spy novel—but don’t call it an immigrant novel.
Tina Vossugh, 27 Mar 2018
2 min read
Mixing or Matching?
When it comes to immigrants in Silicon Valley, it’s both, says sociologist Tomas R. Jiménez ’98.
Monique Beeler, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
The Prof Who Taught Infinity
SCU’s Gerald Alexanderson profiles a legendary mathematician.
SCM Staff, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
Tales From the Rock
Ghosts, gangsters, and super creeps: a fictional deep dive into Alcatraz history
Monique Beeler, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
Byzantine Digital Deluxe
Kathleen Maxwell uncovers the secrets tying together illuminated manuscripts.
Giannina Ong ’18, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
Ball or Strike?
Or, when you’re standing behind the plate, what can sports teach us about ethics?
Matt Morgan, 27 Mar 2018
< 1 min read
A Cautionary Tale
Sociologist Laura Nichols ’90 on how past and present converge for undocumented college students.
Monique Beeler, 27 Mar 2018
2 min read
What Does Politics Have To Do with Beauty?
Timothy Lukes answers. Part of the equation: showman P.T. Barnum, naturalist John Muir, and auto designer Harley Earl, who gave us the ’57 Chevy.
Steven Boyd Saum, 20 Nov 2017
5 min read
Give Them a Voice
The author of The Kite Runner talks writing, refugees, and his hopes and fears for Afghanistan.