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F E A T U R E S 14 / Flying, by Dave Devine ‘05 The single best essay on running you will ever read. Really and truly. 18 / No More!, by Paul Myers We asked the University’s health director why America is a culture soaked in rape. He answered with a roaring passion that will make you weep. page 14
24 / The Angle of Mursey, by Brian Doyle Ensign Susan Moscato, United States Navy Nurse Corps, 1969. 26 / Francis, by Elisabetta Pique March, two years ago: a new pope, a new hope. 30 / Under Water, by Anne Fadiman ’15 hon. Water, joy, water, grief.
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32 / Unconditional Surrender, by Elizabeth Samet A West Point professor musing on her hero: Ulysses Grant.
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4 / Saint Mary’s Home for Boys at age 125 page 24
5 / The stunning painter Alredo Arreguin on campus 6 / ‘My Home Town’; Eric Chambers ’03 on Oregonness 7 / The deft accounting professor Ellen Lippman 8 / 44 years of tart brilliance: Sue Säfve retires 10 / Physicist Max Schlosshauer: what is quantum machanics? 11 / Amanda Monroe ’16 rediscovers…the University of Portland
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12 / Sports, starting the national bronze medalist, men’s crosscountry 13 / Briefly, starring Oregon’s best educational bargain… 37 / Football All-American Joe Enzler ’37 48 / The wry brilliant Sister Veronica Baxter, S.N.J.M.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND MAGAZINE Spring 2015: Vol. 34, No. 1 President: Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. Founding Editor: John Soisson Editor: Brian Doyle Cheerful Tempestuous Designers: Chris Johnson & Joseph Erceg ’55 Mooing Assistant Editors: Marc Covert ’93 & Amy Shelly Harrington ’95 Fitfully Contributing Editors: Louis Masson, Sue Säfve, Terry Favero, Mary Beebe, Anna Lageson-Kerns
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