Fall 08 issue

Fall 2008

 

Archive of
Previous Issues

Editor's Letter

Readers Respond

Credits

 

Green Illustration

Green Means Go

The environmental movement touches our lives like never before. Helping to drive the transformation are a growing number of University of San Francisco alumni, each seeing environmentalism as a social movement whose time has come.

 

Coreographing changePerformance with a Purpose

USF’s performing arts and social justice department does more than teach the fundamentals of acting, voice, and movement. It also teaches students that performance can be used for social change.

 

writingExcellence in Writing

Now in its sixth year of publication, Writing for a Real World honors the finest examples of academic writing across all disciplines. Four essays from the anthology demonstrate what’s on students’ minds and how they choose to express themselves.

 

Departments

Lorraine Taylor

Everyday Heroes
Lorrain Taylor ’86, MHR ’88, reaches out to families of homicide victims after the tragic deaths of her twin sons.

 

Calderon
First Person

One Among Many: A Pilgrim’s Journey, by Christopher Calderon, S.J. ’05

Massaro
Jesuit View

For God and Country: Patriotism and Religious Identity Today

 

Alumni

Crawford
Teresa Crawford '98
has helped human rights groups use technology for social change.

Sonmezsoy
Cenk Sonmezsoy, MBA '00
publishes a popular cooking and baking blog.

 

 

 

News

Mortenson
Author Greg Mortenson on Campus

Ribbon cutting
Kalmanovitz Hall Dedication

Victory garden
Reviving the Concept of Victory Gardens

Gauging the Impact of Aid in Darfur

World Youth Day

El Salvador Immersion for Trustees

"Quote Me"

 

Sports

Nemra
Freshman Haley Nemra an Unlikely Olympian

Walters
Q&A with Men's Basketball Coach Rex Walters