The Santa Clara men's basketball team improved to 7-3 with a dominating 60-49 win over the University of Montana Monday night at the Leavey Center. The Broncos built a 17 point lead just five minutes into the second half, 42-25. Although Santa Clara struggled down the stretch, committing six turnovers in the final eight minutes, their lead proved to be too much for the Grizzlies to overcome as the Broncos sealed the victory with two free throws from junior guard Calvin Johnson.

The Santa Clara men's basketball team returned home from a seven game road trip with a loss to the University of Pacific 71-65. With 7:04 left in the game, the Tigers gained a 13 point advantage on a three-pointer from guard Michael Kirby. The Broncos were able to mount a comeback, cutting the lead to four, 66-62, with 57 seconds to play.

The Broncos saw their season come to an end in the third round Saturday night, losing 2-0 to No. 10 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish netted two goals in the second half, ending seventh ranked Santa Clara's 18-game unbeaten streak. Notre Dame struck first midway through the second half on a goal in the 67th minute by senior Joseph Lapira that came off an errant pass from Broncos' defender Jalil Anibaba.

Defense was the name of the game in the Santa Clara women's basketball team won 70-55 against Long Beach State Sunday afternoon at Leavey Center in a non-conference game.

While the university saw a sharp increase in students of color who joined its ranks this year, the number of full-time faculty members who are ethnic minorities has not increased more than a few percentage points over the last decade.

Fist pumped in the air, Apakalips lets a flurry of rhymes and wordplay flow out into the crowd. He turns around to give a nod to Funk Master Phil, who scratches a record methodically on two turntables, building a new pulsating beat, creating something new out of the old.

Senior forward Jen Gottschalk's 28 points lead the Santa Clara women's basketball team to a compelling win over a physical Boise State team 73-51 on Friday. "The team did a terrific job," Head Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson said.

If you think you'd enjoy a bloody, white-faced patient suddenly jerking to life in the middle of the operating room of an asylum, or getting lost in a maze of chain link fences with a strobe light adding to your disorientation, then The Haunting Fields is the right place for you to get some Halloween thrills.

What are the best and worst foods in Benson? What are some of the best and worst dishes in Benson? Find out what students thought.Audio by Kathleen Grohman; photos by Kathleen Grohman, Chris Woodhouse and Christina Harris

During Club Bronco, so many students pile into The Bronco that it is difficult to move around the hot and humid dance floor. Few students know that the founder and disc jockey of Club Bronco, DJ Check-O, is actually senior Juan Blanco, a combined sciences major.

For once, Hollywood is at the center of my attention for the right reason.

Most students chose monologues from plays or literature when auditioning for a role in the fall play, "Fuente Ovejuna," but not Richard Jao.

Billings to serve as interim director of honors program

More than 150 people gathered in the Recital Hall on Tuesday for a screening and discussion of "Posada," a documentary that chronicles the struggles of three undocumented children crossing the Mexican-American border in search of a better life.

The Santa Clara women's soccer team received their 19th consecutive berth to the NCAA tournament Monday, though they won't have a home playoff game for the first time in six years.

Pop quiz: Your boss asks you to lunch to discuss a major promotion. The only trouble is he also invites several of your top competitors. Nervous and famished, you reach for your bread plate to find that your neighbor has mistaken your bread plate for his.

Two men in their 60s make an appearance Monday evening at Double D's sports restaurant in Los Gatos for a book signing.

There are two Byron Waldens. To some, he is the young Santa Clara mathematics professor with a taste for complex numerical analysis, but to others, he is a diabolical but brilliant crossword puzzle constructor who is clearly very good at what he does.