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

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Becoming involved with those who live in the surrounding connmunities sometimes means inviting the community to Santa Clara. Emily McFarland, SCCAP director, enjoys a Bronco basketball game with two mentally disabled women from Agnews Hospital. Scott Aiyn Crayons, Kool-aid, and lots of patience are the staples at Martha ' s Kitchen when children are involved. Michelle Marvier baby-sat these children while their parents received food from the volunteers. Kim Johnson photographed various SCCAP activities for a photo essay. By documenting SCCAP ' s work, Kim gained insight into the needs of the San lose community. Scott Alyn Exercising a Social Conscience 1 3

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Exercising a Social Conscience SCCAP and the Special Olympics help solve real world problems, by Beth Limberg To students, The Santa Clara Community Action Program — SCCAP — is a a roller coaster into the wild, sometimes desperate, world beyond academia. Through its 12 programs SCCAP allows students to come to grips with some of the problems that exist just outside the University walls. I don ' t think that those who began SCCAP 20 years ago knew what would happen to their club. It isn ' t one of Kelly Kordner Taking a breather in between Special Olympics basketball games, )eff Ringgald and his buddy ' s expressions prove that happiness is just being together. The Special Olympics games are held in the fall and spring quarters. those organizations that just pops up on every campus, like student government or a newspaper. They struggled for money, office space, and recognition. We take it for granted now. ..the office, the vans, a real budget. One program started it all, a program working with children at an elementary school in a poverty-stricken area. Then SCCAP shifted to political counseling and draft protests. That was, after all, the sixties when everything was political. Eventually SCCAP moved into programs for the developmentally disabled, for senior citizens, for the incarcerated and their families, for the homeless and the hungry, for children in need of religious teachings... the list keeps going. Recently, SCCAP started working in mental health, women ' s issues, and immigration. I guess you could say that SCCAP jumps on the bandwagon. The participants are concerned with what ' s happening NOW in the community. That ' s what SCCAP is here for. Most of what we learn in class is three years behind life. (Isn ' t that the lag before our textbooks are published?) SCCAP can ' t afford that lag. Neither can the community. We meet the needs, some of them anyway, of both the community and the students. Why do we do it? Why do we spend three hours visiting with a kid whose dad is in jail when what we really should be doing is studying for that midterm tomorrow? Why do we waste a Saturday of perfect beach weather to accompany one of the athletes in the Special Olympics? Why do we serve at a soup kitchen on Tuesday nights when all of our friends are on their way out to party? There ' s no real answer. It ' s not a logical or even tangible reason. But. ..the faces. If you could just see the faces of those we work with — the joy, the sorrow, the love, the pain; it ' s always a strange combination. The feelings are not all good. But the feelings are strong. And that strength . keeps us going. t - 1 2 student Life

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Although not the Lone Cypress on 17 Mile Drive, this is a familiar sight for visitors to Carmel and Monterey. Students were attracted to the Monterey Peninsula for field trips to the Aquarium, whale watching, and the junior and Senior balls. San Francisco ' s unique character and intrigue lured Santa Clarans to espresso in North Beach, museums and picnics in Golden Gate Park, the Grateful Dead at the Civic, wontons at Sam Wo ' s, WCAC basketball at USF, partying EVERYWHERE, and — yes — even jobs at the Embarcadero. Tim Myers Not just another dive, Henry ' s High Life is a dining tradition. Students were known to frequent this barbeque located in a mexican neighborhood next to the Julian Street off-ramp of Interstate 280. Artists, musicians, and members of the avant-garde in San Francisco have turned SoMa District warehouses into dance clubs, art galleries, bars, and cafes. Club 9, The Oasis, Club D-V-8, and professor Susan Felter ' s photography exhibit at Vision Gallery attracted many Santa Clarans to the South of Market Street area. San Jose ' s downtown re-development is changing the face of Santa Clara ' s largest neighbor by juxtaposing old and modern architecture along Almaden Boulevard and Market Street. 1 4 student Life