IN THIS ISSUE


SPRING 2017


Loyola magazine is published three times a year for alumni and friends.


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CONTRIBUTORS


Frontlines: Erinn Connor, Heather Eidson, Amanda Friedlander (’18), Anna Gaynor, Adriana Geday (’17), Tasha Neu- meister, Drew Sottardi, Shanna Yetman


Alma Matters: Dana Almdale, Evelina Ayrapetyan (MEd ’13), Jocelyn Cheng (BS ’94), Laura Colón Baker (BA ’08),


Mary Houston (BS ’07, MEd ’13), Olivia Koppmann, Leticia Nieto (BA ’03), Nick


Ramirez (BASC ’14), Anne Wicker (BA ’83) Additional photography: Mark Beane,


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Jordan Carbol (’17), Heather Eidson, Anna Gaynor, Murillo Goncalves (’17), Ray Man- rique, Katie Wall (‘18), Steve Woltmann


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THE LONG & WINDING ROAD Twenty years after fleeing Cuba, a mother and daughter’s remarkable journey will bring them to graduate from Loyola side by side.


FROM REFUGEE TO RAMBLER


Surviving a war in Sarajevo inspired Alma Begicevic (BA ’98) to devote her life to defending human rights.


THE JESUIT NEXT DOOR For many Loyola alumni, Jerry Overbeck, S.J., is like a member of the family.


LISTEN FIRST In polarized society, Loyola faculty stress the importance of speaking a little more softly.


DEPARTMENTS 4 FRONTLINES


27 OUR BACKYARD 28 AROUND THE WORLD 30 DISCOVERY 32 ALMA MATTERS 41 ALUMNI VOICES


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Tamara Franco, left, and her daughter, Patricia Brito, who both will graduate from Loyola this May, walk on the path


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