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

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SENIORS DAVE MAHMOOD and Sharon Scott 'Pena 3 'cY' 'Pi . 'es togethe' d 'i 9 3 Picnic at STANDING BETWEEN THE Mission Nobili and the Alumni picnic grounds on a fan aftemoo the Faculty Club, this statue of Jesus ties the boundaries of the gardens together. ln the SUE PROANO JOINED other members at an ln- spring it is surrounded by sun-hungry bodies ter Varsity Christian Fellowship. and drooping bouquets of Wisteria. photo by Luann Gores 1 take the pressure. I dropped . - - e Elementary Latin I that quarter, too. fArs Ionga vita brevis - published, and Would you eh?j With Latin I always got my like to teach a class next second declension ablative quarter? I wanted to suffixes mixed up with my first memorize every Norton declension nominative ones, Anthology and to translate not to mention my third Dante's1nferno back into declension past perfect Italian. In retrospect, I think my indicatives. Of course, I have expectations were a bit much. always enjoyed dropping I started off fall quarter with language classes. Freshman 17 units, but I dropped year, I dropped Spanish Clxlo sej, American Economic History and sophomore year I dropped after three weeks of class. I was French Ue ne sais pasj. You supposed to give an oral would think that Fr. Phipps presentation on British would realize that Iyay antcay mercantilism to a class full of eakspay oreignfay ang- Econ. majors, but I couldn't uageslay. Thus, I postponed photo by Sarah WOOd ii fi fig gt sifiiiii Il photo by Lou: T lberl ALTHOUGH THE LADY Broncos had a discouraging season, Luann Gores and Karen Ulmer enjoyed the company of their teammates and being part of the twentieth year of women's sports at SCU. my scholastic enthusiasm for later in the decade. I think I began feeling cognitive dissonance QPsych of Adjustment, Fall quarter, 19805, right after The Prayer self-destructed. It was autocide, I think. The Prayers' death wasn't too spectacular. I mean, the engine burst into flames, and the hood flew 200 feet into the air, but it wasn't all that exciting. I sat on the curb among the carnage and thought, Something isn't right Ccontinuedj 1 ff' I

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2 i U 6 . photo by Luan l've had thirteen interviews This year I learned the cause Weeks of rain, days of study- and no job offers! Scary and effect relationship in ing -it must have been stuff. But then, the job syllogistic reasoning, the winter quarter. But ljust got market is scary news right elementary rules of usage, an extension on the term I now. l feel like l know all the problems in justifying a paper, and the warm breezes . there is to know about belief in God, and the art of a of spring blew in with the resumes, cover letters, and planned accident. l will finish afternoon sun -- l feel an ir- call backs -- l'm really get- this year with one piece of resistable urge to set aside ting bored with thinking general knowledge: everyone those books. l've got all I about how wonderful l am. is here to learn, but we are weekend! Maybe l should become a also here to teach. Because l -- Matt Kelsey career counselor! have listened l have gained a -- Carla Dal Colletto more open mind, and a lot of friends. Mtifdwif Jeff Martin

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photo by Chris van Hasselt r'-4-'HW FRESHMAN TODD GATES and a fellow baseball player from Long Beach, CA pause on Leavey stairs. Many of their practices were juggled about or cancelled due to the rains. . . . people here. I am not having a good time. Just then the fuel tank blew and the left rear tire whizzed past my face. After that, I re-enrolled in the Human Race - martyrdom was getting a bit tedious - and I found some of the truest friends I could ever hope for. I made myself vulnerable to the pain inherent in friendship and romance, which, at times, was difficult. It was much easier to saunter along the Mission walk, 'QW ,I l,. ,, fffflwmi Op ng If THIRD FLOOR McLAUGHLlN resident Francis Ogbogu was one of the crew of freshmen who made life exciting for RA Brian Murphy. FROM LOYOLA H.S., in Los Angeles, junior Charlie McPhee worked with Sean McNamara, director, on the technical end of Godspell. Behind him sits senior T.V. Production major Kim Pendergast. if I - ff , 'l . - r I' Y..-Sig ' X' -l :,ial!ntkW'i .srrfggfljl gig -. .52 . 4 sl 'wjv-I ,I X i Wa .F all of the other homo sapiens connected to their respective backpacks. I certainly couldn't have dazzled them with my flawless scholastic records but I could give them my humor Cwhat was left of itj, and my love for life. ' If I learned anything junior year, it was the value of friendship. There is no justice, there is no truth, there may not be any meaning in life, but there is friendship. Knowing that, life makes a lot more sense. . Albert Einstein once said, God is subtle, but he is not malicious. I thought God was malicious my junior year. I thought he must have been bored one afternoon, so he f nudged one of his ever-present archangels and said: Hey, Iet's blow up the kid's car and see what, he does .... Lets stick all of the kid's friends in Ethiopia Iet's slip him a bogus Latin test fly all of the Alaskan salmon to Portugal, and see' what ihe. does It'll be great . . . Now that junior year is just another memory, I realized that He was subtle. To this I can only say, Annuit -Coeptis Latin for, He has smiled on our undertakings. Annuit Coeptis is also the motto on the us. one dollar bill. Funny no-.. Z those things work out - Christopher Br