Letters Summer 2017
Let’s look back at the future of STEM. Comments on our Spring 2017 mag.
Brian Patrick Green, 15 Jun 2017
9 min read
Risk
Let’s look at the biggest threats to our very existence. For a glimpse into the future, start with a tiny group of islands literally going underwater.
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
Go Big, Go Home
Ken Sears ’55 put Santa Clara in the Final Four and became the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Steven Boyd Saum, 15 Jun 2017
11 min read
The Good, the Bad, and the Kid
In which we talk with Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 about truth and fiction and Billy the Kid—and when you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys.
John Deever, 15 Jun 2017
13 min read
Muzhik of La Mancha
Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita and then took on Don Quixote for the stage. Scholar Scott Pollard ’81 explores why.
Heidi Williams ’06, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
What Sparks Your Enthusiasm?
Professor Tim Healy is a live wire. Ideas swarm in his brain like extra electrons in his outer valence band.
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
Retro Ruggers
Santa Clara Men’s rugby wins the Jesuit Cup and earns a spot at nationals.
Giannina Ong ’18, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
Superlative Seniors
Women’s lacrosse earns top seed at nationals: checking in with Maggie Von Massenhausen ’17 and Claire Smoker ’17.
Giannina Ong ’18, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
History in Motion
Hayden Shieh ’18 earns a spot in the NCAA tourney for the third straight year and regionals for the second time—the first Bronco ever to do so.
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
On the Road
For men’s basketball Coach Herb Sendek and crew, summer is a time to build the program for the future.
SCM Staff, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
Masthead
The editorial, creative, and production teams behind Santa Clara Magazine.
Michelle Marvier ’90, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
Wickedly Complex
Emerging diseases, cyberterrorism, and food insecurity are tough nuts to crack. That’s why we need to put scientists and engineers together.
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
The Greatest
Cameron McCarthy ’17 fought her way to the National Collegiate Boxing Championships again this year. Meet the best female boxer in SCU history.
Eryn Olson ’16, 15 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
Cam’s Corner
A course on courage with Marty Sammon ’56 and Cameron McCarthy ’17. Both have duked it out in the ring.