At what point is it alright to have someone of the opposite sex stay overnight? For live-in staff at Santa Clara, that point is marriage.

The proposed system would eliminate the need for mail room workers to spend time hand writing slips for student mailboxes, a process that can lead to missing slips and basic organizational issues.

It is not uncommon for Santa Clara Emergency Medical Services members to go without adequate sleep on a busy party night at Santa Clara. But newly elected EMS Director Mohit Kochar may be losing sleep this week for other reasons — hiring new squad members, helping run the EMS Mass Casualty Incident simulation and dealing with the new and improved EMT carts.

Despite threats of rain and stricter rules, the 100th anniversary of the historic Bay to Breakers race went on as planned for many students this past Sunday.

Santa Clara President Fr. Michael Engh, S.J., announced Dr. Dennis Jacobs as the the campus' new provost for academic life in a campus-wide email. "I'm very excited, and think that for the university he's a great choice," said Don Dodson, the interim provost who has filled the seat while Santa Clara searched for a new provost.

Housing changes will include the opening of the newly completed Campbell townhouses, as well as the demolition of the current Graham buildings, which is scheduled for late June or early July. Construction on the new Graham building will begin immediately after and "New Graham" will be ready for students in the fall of 2012.

"The thought that the death of one man [Bin Laden] will end the overall conflict is simply ludicrous. In order to end events such as this one we need to put a greater emphasis on U.S. intelligence gathering and cooperation with Pakistan intelligence, because when it comes down to it every terrorist related event stems from the conflict between Israel and Pakistan," said Bobak Esfandiari, Santa Clara junior.

On May 5, more than 250 people gathered at Santa Clara to celebrate the 41st Annual Engineering Senior Design Conference, an event that showcases the projects the senior engineering students have been working toward in their four years at Santa Clara.

Zazzle, the new sponsor of Bay to Breakers, is laying down the law and enforcing restrictions relating to alcohol and registration.

This past Saturday, the first annual Diversity Leadership Conference, sponsored by Google, was hosted by the Office of Multicultural Learning.The conference was held in the Locatelli Center with an attendance of over 300 participants and students from numerous Bay Area Universities.

A group of 20 Santa Clara students from MEChA and the Labor Action Committee chanted their way down Story Road last Sunday, along with thousands of others in San Jose's annual march for immigrant and laborer rights.

After receiving several complaints from both students and staff, IT Services has put together a team of experts in order to gather data and information regarding issues and preferred e-mail providers from faculty, students and staff.

The sounds of students loudly celebrating could be heard around campus Sunday evening as news of Osama bin Laden's death reached Santa Clara.

"We were watching Sports Center," said sophomore Scott Johnson, "and it came on the ticker." Sophomore Alex Pascal said he yelled "America" when he found out.

Last Friday's royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton occurred half a world away from Santa Clara, but that didn't stop students from enjoying the festivities on live television despite the alarming 3 a.m. start time.

The Princeton Review has selected Santa Clara as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada for the second consecutive year.

This Saturday, the first annual Diversity Leadership Conference with the theme of (De)constructing Diversity in the Bay Area will be hosted by Santa Clara from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.