Almost two years ago this week, Dr. Amy Bishop, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Alabama, stepped into a routine faculty meeting with a loaded gun. When she stepped out of the room, the gun was smoking, the magazine was empty, three of her colleagues were dead, and another three were seriously injured. Bishop had recently been informed that she had failed to acquire tenure.

Sophomore Tabot Clarke, who was in a medically-induced coma for much of last week, remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Senior Matt Brinda underwent successful surgery at Stanford Hospital last Thursday and is currently resting comfortably, says Fr. Jack Treacy, S.J.

The Loyola Leadership Corps hosted a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu self-defense seminar in Sobrato Commons last Sunday from 1-2:30 p.m. The event was a basic self-defense course open to both males and females and focused on combat useful in real-life encounters.

Kelly Nightengale decided during her sophomore year that there was no way she could fit her third writing requirement into her busy schedule during the regular school year. But she was traveling to Australia during the summer, which left her only one real option — an online course.

Two Santa Clara students are suffering from serious injuries after being struck by oncoming cars in two separate incidents last week.

Sophomore Talbot Clarke was crossing the street at El Camino Real and Benton last Friday at 7:25 p.m. when she was hit by an oncoming van.

The second accident took place last Tuesday, at the corner of Market and Main Streets. Junior Kelly Wells was struck by an oncoming car while biking through a crosswalk on her way home.

It has become tradition for Santa Clara students to celebrate a win for the men's basketball team against Gonzaga by burning couches. The team has not won a home game against Gonzaga, however, in nine years. According to Officer Ray Carreira of SCPD, Santa Clara Fire Department responded to six fire calls in regards to the couches being set ablaze.

Respondents used an automated external defibrillator to help senior Matt Brinda's heart regain natural rhythm. He was then rushed to O'Connor Hospital in San Jose where he was treated for a "heart issue," according to the Director of Campus Ministry Fr. Jack Treacy, S.J.

Salvadoran composer, Guillermo Cuellar, who was commissioned by Archbishop Oscar Romero to write "Misa Popular Salvadoreña" will be featured in the concert.

The song was written during the Archbishop's lifetime and serves as a symbol for life, the struggle for human rights, and was a cry against the brutal repression that killed tens of thousands of people in small countries, including El Salvador.

Representatives from all 28 Jesuit American universities and colleges came together on the Santa Clara campus to discuss their hopes for what Jesuit higher education can and will be in the future during the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education this past weekend.

The West often holds a skewed portrayal of eastern traditions. One tradition in particular, that of the veil, is frequently misunderstood. Contrary to popular belief, the eastern veil is not necessarily religiously linked or forced upon women. The veil is much more of a cultural tradition than one rooted in religion.

What most students experience upon coming back is the "reverse culture shock" of returning to their home country after living abroad for three months or more. "I wasn't ready to come home," said John McCorkle, a junior who studied abroad in Grenada, Spain during the fall quarter.

Bronco Week kicked off on Tuesday as the start of a week of school spirit, which has been showcased across the university.

According to sophomore Matt Mosier, a member of the Activities Programming Board in charge of Bronco Week, a number of different university groups have worked together to sponsor events and activities around campus to boost school spirit.

According to Dmitri Woods, assistant director of the production, the main message that the show was trying to get across was that there is no actual definition for being black, and that black is a socially constructed concept. "Our goal was to try to convey that each person is an individual who tries to pave their own path and should not be categorized by any single component of their character," said Woods.

Construction on the Donohoe Alumni Building, located across from McLaughlin Hall, is now nearing completion as the members of the Alumni Association prepare to move back in this Monday. "The construction process was not too big of a distraction, and the noise did not affect me too much.

At the end of last Sunday's men's basketball game against USF, tickets were passed out to get Ruff Riders excited for the men's home basketball game against Gonzaga next Thursday January 20.

At the Saturnalia opening, a list of increasingly zany tasks is distributed to any brave soul considering a run for Lord or Lady of Misrule. Each task is assigned a certain amount of points and, over the course of the week, whoever can earn the most points earns the title. Tasks worth 250 points included holding a dance party in a public place, crawling to class, and re-enacting the intro to the 90's TV sitcom "Friends" in a fountain.

The University has decided not to implement an overload tuition rate for any portion of the 2010-11 academic year, according to a letter sent out by Interim Provost and Vice President of academic affairs, Don Dodson on November 29 of last quarter. On March 23, the university announced that it would charge undergraduate students an "overload tuition" rate of $1,038 per unit for each unit above 20 taken in any quarter of the 2010-11 academic year.