Archive for September, 2008

Motocross racer plays as hard as he works

Motocross racer plays as hard as he works

David Sapia (BSBA ’91, MHS ’98) has found a shortcut to health and happiness: “Don’t let your career rule your world.” Sapia takes his shortcut on a motocross dirt bike—he plays hard and rides harder. At 45, Sapia admits he’s one of the older riders racing on the dusty and […]

Photographer Henry Dallal has captured images around the globe

Photographer Henry Dallal has captured images around the globe

Henry Dallal (BSBA ’77) offers advice that is clear and simple: “Travel and appreciate a more global culture. The world is big. Experience it in all its shapes and forms.” It’s advice he has clearly followed himself, and he’s done so with a keen eye. Along his path around the […]

Parent to Parent: Planning for your student’s first visit home

As Lauren was our first child to go off to college, September filled us with both excitement and trepidation: How would she manage so far from home? By all counts, it seemed that she spent her first quarter happy and quite able to handle her own life. We couldn’t wait […]

Heraldo Munoz’s solitary war

Heraldo Munoz’s solitary war

Heraldo Muñoz (MA ’76 and PhD ’79 international studies) is Chile’s ambassador to the United Nations. He was appointed to the post in June 2003, just after the U.S. launched its March invasion of Iraq. At the time, Chile was an elected member of the U.N. Security Council, and Muñoz […]

Helping Africa

Helping Africa

Is the African Union the best hope for a beleaguered continent?