University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

Page 8 text:

! 1 1 K , 4L ' ,?W P ' ' K J r 1 1 here ' sa mood of make-believe, of escapism atSCU, which is one very good way to have fun.

Page 7 text:

I wonder if there is such a thing. When you get right down to it, everybody comes into this place a little different and everybody leaves a little different. We know that Broncos don ' t all do the same thing. In fact, there are plenty of different ways to get an education at this school, and that ' s what this yearbook tries to show. It takes a different mentality to organize an art exhibit than it does to design and build a cement canoe. It takes a different mentality to hammer out a drama production than it does to hammer out an opposing lineman. No, there is no Bronco Mentality. But there is, in 1979, a Bronco mood. . .

Page 9 text:

.jr ; .: : r ■ i . 2Bb HjjM itimj ' 3 ' m j W -1 -SKt -■■ . ' - ? . i V H III p How does a whole school get into a mood? Well, 3500 undergrads ain ' t a lot, and most of them live together in the dorms, separated only by paper thin walls dressed up with Cheryl Tiegs and Robert Redford posters. SCU is a cohesive community, and it aims to be. It ' s a Catholic school and it ' s an expensive school Could the Bronco mood be the white upper-middle class mood? SCU admits a high percentage of minorities, but the diverse culture that they bring to the campus has little overall impact on the style of living here. Sixteen students showed up for a Chicano sponsored concert during Cinco de Mayo week. The mood on Santa Clara campus is not much different from that of well-off members of the country as a whole; a little smug, a little frivolous, a little self-centered, a lot content. In short, SCU is in a very good mood in 1979. Some folks are a little discontent because there is not enough discontent here, though. The rallying cry is, Fight apathy — start a cause! But few are interested. The seventies have nearly run their course and that makes the sixties, those violent, slogan shouting, tear gas clouded sixties, ancient history. Eight years ago, The Redwood editorialized, Marches simply do not work any more. Many of the individuals who participated in the early marches are disillusioned with the state of the present peace rallies. . . Gone were the days when students sprawled in front of the ROTC drill team at an awards ceremony in symbolic protest. Long gone were the days when SCU was forced to close for saftey because of an impending take-over attempt by students. Nearly a decade later, such social activism is considered an oddity at SCU. When students gather, they gather to have fun. pur and simple. A balmy afternoon of circus entertainment in the Mission Gardens, a sun drenched nine innings at Buck Shaw, the make-believe world of the May Faire — these are the activities that bring students together in large, happy crowds.