Students Question Free Speech
Recent activism by student organizations on Santa Clara’s campus has raised questions about oversight of the right to free speech on campus.
Budget Announced for 2016 Fiscal Year
Santa Clara plans to allocate money toward the expansion of the university, raise faculty salaries and implement tuition hikes in the 2016 fiscal year.
Black Student Union Sings Anthem
Approximately 30 students performed an 80-second rendition of civil rights activist and poet James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” often called the Black National Anthem, in Benson Memorial Center’s main cafeteria on Monday during the lunch hour.
Understanding Diversity the Jesuit Way
As a Chicano student, I am regularly one of the only minority students in my classes. I can count the number oof non-white professors whose classes I have taken on one hand. I have been questioned as to why I am majoring in English if I am Mexican.
Turning a Blind Eye to Our Neighbor’s Slaughter
The lack of international coverage and government stagnation that has taken place in Mexico during the country’s war is shocking.
Cash-Strapped Teachers Highlight Broken System
In his film “Annie Hall,” Woody Allen famously declares “Those who can’t do, teach. And those who can’t teach, teach gym.”
An Eye for an Eye Will Not Solve the ISIL Crisis
Throughout the summer, countless young men and women of all ethnicities have joined the ranks of radical Islamist groups.
Family Rides for Terminal Illness
In an attempt to find a cure for a rare neuromuscular disorder, the Rupel family will be competing in a 60-mile cycling event in honor of their son. Matt Rupel, now 23, graduated from Santa Clara in 2013.
Request for Performing Drag Queen Denied
University officials rejected an appeal to allow Jonathan Hunyh, an unaffiliated performer, to participate in this year’s drag show.