Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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ALVINA THERESA KAPUIKI LOPEZ Club Cu-urdinalor '69 Executive Board '69 Student Affairs Board '69 Science Club '69 Honolulu, Hawaii MAJ URS BIULUGY MIN! PRI CIIEMXSTIKY International S President '68 Secretary '67 SCTA '69 tudcnls Club '66. '67, '68, '69

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BOBBI LISTON A whirling top, swift in movement but not in progress, Bobbi is always in a slow hurry. While she races to get ready for class or for a trip downtown, her impatient friends find themselves frustrated but laughing as she runs back to her room for one thing she has inevitably forgotten. Bobbi has learned to enjoy her own company and it is suspected that her endless hours of story-telling are pri- marily meant for her own entertainment. But her audi- ence listens and also enjoys. Her stories may sometimes be lengthy but they are never dull, and are always embel- lished with her special touches and insights into the ex- perience. Bobbi forever astonishes her friends with her hidden talents. She can quietly knit a baby sweater for a new niece or nephew, and the next minute jump up to give a quick demonstration in the fine art of dancing the Irish J ig. Or she can spend an entire afternoon drawing an onion from six angles. Bobbi is excitable and exciting. She is all Irish, be- lieving that life was meant to be savored and enjoyed. For the present that means dancing in a discotheque or talking ,til two. And tomorrow? If you know Bobbi you won't even hazard a guess. 77

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ALVINA LOPEZ Alvina likes to think that she is all scientist, that learning is a process of living, observing and experiment- ing. Named after her scientist uncle Alvin, she seems to have inherited his interest. She Wants to be scientific in her approach and handling of everyday situations. The truth is that in looks and charm she is pure poetry. Per- haps Alvina is at the point where poet and scientist blend. She is, indeed, made up of different elements: a com- pound of Hawaiian friendliness and quick Portuguese temper. As she meets a stranger or greets a friend she is the quintessence of graciousness and, in fact, friendliness is her dominant quality. Yet her temper, like a chemical reaction, can Hare up at appropriate times. All it needs is that iota more of a solution to cause a colorful and ex- plosive reaction. Alvina can, in turn, he active or passive, a talker and a listener. Her interests vary from chemistry to marine biology, from Hawaii to the world at large, from her immediate circle of college friends to whomever at the moment engages her attention. Her conversation is more apt than not to proceed in an orderly way, a scientific procedure of axiom, experiment, and proof. To question and search, and then to produce logical answers is her theoretical approach to an unfa- miliar thing. In her search for the intricacies of life, how- ever, Alvina will bring the scientistis disciplined curiosity and the poet's joy. 79