De Saisset Showcases Santa Clara Sports
The exhibition, “On Top of the Game,” which recently reopened on Jan. 15, gives insight into the university’s rich history of sports.
Campus Safety Report
Jan. 30: A male campus resident was found intoxicated outside of Dunne Residence Hall. SCU EMS escorted him back to his room and evaluated him. CSS conducted a room search and found alcoholic beverages and marijuana.
Divestment Debate Continues
In tug-of-war fashion, university administration and student group Fossil Free SCU continue to disagree publicly on the topic of complete divestment of funds contained in the $850 million endowment from the fossil fuel extraction industry.
Wine Titan
Joe Franzia has attained his own success as a founder of Bronco Wine Company, the country’s fourth largest wine producer. And, with thousands of grapes in his care, it is not surprising that Franzia is grateful for El Niño’s arrival.
Sports Ethics
Several sports legends came to campus Tuesday to talk about the opportunities for character growth and development in competitive sports.
University Prepares to Host Super Celebration
As football fans from every corner of the nation descend upon the Bay Area to watch the Denver Broncos duke it out with the Carolina Panthers, a few thousand of those visitors will find their way to Santa Clara’s campus the day before Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium.
Campus Safety Report
Jan. 25: A female student was reported intoxicated in the Sobrato Residence Hall lobby. SCPD and SCFD responded after after she fell and hit her face when attempting to stand up. Paramedics transported her to O’Connor Hospital.
Cruising in Style
Don’t be confused if you see your partied-out peers being carted around campus in a rickshaw after a long Tuesday night at the Hut or a sweaty Saturday night dancing like a lunatic in a frathouse basement. Soon, this amusing sight may be commonplace.
Politics and Prestige
A Santa Clara alumnus will be taking the halls of China’s best university by storm this August, and it won’t cost him a dime.
Montalvo Arts Center Hosts Requiem in Mission
The usual thick, smoky musk of burnt candles filled the darkened Mission Church, but the audience’s attention wasn’t directed at the altar.
Death Row Activist Speaks at Santa Clara
Bryan Stevenson moved a packed Mayer Theater through oscillating emotions, eliciting both tears and laughter as he shared his experiences working on death row.
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court stepped into the immigration debate Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric about immigrants.
The Refugee Crisis Hits Higher Education
A Middle-Eastern scholar seeking refuge from a war-torn country such as Syria could one day teach on the Santa Clara campus.
Website Update
It took a team of over 200 people and an 18 month timeline, but Santa Clara’s new website is finally here.
Activist Challenges Legal Status Quo
One man, Bryan Stevenson, is spending his life fighting tooth and nail to help change this statistic and to advocate for the rights of prisoners who are mentally ill, impoverished and cast aside by society. The university community has a chance to hear his story tonight when he speaks on campus as part of the second installment of the annual President’s Speaker Series.