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On Oct. 17, The Santa Clara received an email from an unknown sender containing internal documents that were obtained from the Office of Marking and Communications. This is the third time this quarter that the anonymous hacker, known as SCUWatch, has leaked sensitive data from the university.
Internal documents, crisis communication plans made public Sophie Mattson & Jenni Sigl The Santa Clara
In the latest breach of cybersecurity on campus, a trove of internal documents from the Office of Marketing and Communications were leaked by the anonymous hacker SCUWatch. On Oct. 17, this newspaper received an email from an unknown sender containing a file folder labeled “OMC_Leak.” The anonymous sender, who only identified themselves as SCUWatch, sent internal documents from Santa Clara’s Office of Marketing and Communications. Included in these documents were crisis management plans, university social media strategies and personal contact information for upper level administrators. According to Chief Information Officer Bob Owen, there are two ongoing, active investigations by the university into this latest leak and the previous breach of video surveillance footage. Two videos surfaced
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online in recent weeks, one showing the defacement of the 43 students memorial and another of two students drawing a swastika in blood in the Casa Italiana Residence Hall elevator. In an interview with The Santa Clara, Owen said that both leaks were the result of careless password management and not a breach of university systems or firewalls. Owen blamed the video breach on “undisciplined password management,” but could not elaborate because of the ongoing nature of the investigation. He did go into more detail about the OMC leak, stating that a username and password were in plain sight and then used to gain access to a computer. “Regarding the OMC data breach, I can say that it was a situation where we had an employee who basically had a password visible at their workstation that anybody could’ve seen and could’ve taken and could’ve gone to the races with,” Owen said. Owen said that so far in the investigation there is no indication that someone remotely hacked into university systems— human error was instead the culprit. “It would be like me writing my password down on (a business card) and putting it right on my desk and it says ‘Bob’s password’ so anybody walking by can say, ‘oh,
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that’s Bob’s password,’” Owen said. “That’s not good password management.” Owen could not confirm whether or not the owner of the login information is a suspect in the leak of the OMC documents. “Our security systems worked. They were not breached. The problem was that there was undisciplined password management,” Owen said. “This has to do with people not managing and protecting their passwords like they should. That’s not good but it wasn’t like we had a major failure in one of our systems that keep us safe.” According to Owen, the username and password were readily available to potential onlookers. “There are a lot of people in OMC and we’ve got reason to believe that a lot of people could have had eyes on that password,” Owen said.
The Leaked Documents The folder of leaked documents primarily contained crisis management plans standard to any university or organization. However, a careful review of the documents did reveal some peculiarities.
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Shortly after the Mission Church bell tolled on Oct. 14, SCPD arrested a Santa Clara graduate and activist for an unsanctioned protest on campus. Fumi Tosu, a 2003 graduate of Santa Clara’s Jesuit School of Theology, and other peace activists were participating in a nonviolent protest calling for the end of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at Santa Clara. The arrest came after the demonstrators refused to leave campus at the request of Campus Safety officers and the Santa Clara Police Department. Tosu was accompanied by other members of the Catholic Worker community, two Jesuits, a Franciscan friar and members of Pacific Life Community—a network of activists who focus on nuclear disarmament. According to Tosu, he and the other activists were holding a prayer vigil organized under the umbrella of Pacific Life Community. Tosu said he has participated in most of the vigils that the group has held in the past year. This was not the first time Campus Safety and SCPD have asked activists protesting ROTC to leave campus. According to daily Campus Safety logs, protesters regularly voice their disapproval for the program and have to be escorted off Santa Clara property. “There’s been a couple of times when nobody noticed that we were there,” Tosu said. “Other times campus security has come to ask us to leave and they have called Santa Clara P.D.” Shortly before Tosu’s arrest, he was engaging in a discussion with a religious studies class taught by Professor Philip Riley. Riley encouraged his students to speak to the activists. “I think it was a happy coincidence that when the protesting was happening we just finished talking about nonviolent protest and solidarity while looking at texts from Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh,” said one of Riley’s students who wished to remain anonymous. “It was definitely interesting to see our discussions in the classroom come alive right before our eyes.” Campus Safety asked the group to leave otherwise SCPD would begin making arrests. According to Riley, Campus Safety was “respectful and clear” that the group had violated the conditions for being on campus and needed to leave. “I was trying not to be a participant but it was hard,” Riley said. “At one point the police got in (Tosu)’s face and said ‘You have to leave.’ (Tosu) turned to me and said, ‘Professor Riley do you want me to leave?’ and that’s when I invited him to my class. I kind of dodged his question.” Campus Safety refused to let the discussion continue in Riley’s classroom, so many of the activists rolled up their banners and entered the Mission Church to attend noon mass. According to Riley, Tosu was interacting with the students by the
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Oct. 22: A Dunne Residence Hall elevator was reported malfunctioning with a student trapped inside. The elevator door opened on its own after a few minutes. An OTIS technician was notified. Oct. 24: A Dunne Residence Hall elevator was reported malfunctioning with two students trapped inside. Campus Safety responded to assist them.
Fire Alarm Oct. 18: Campus Safety and SCFD responded to a fire alarm activation in the University Villas fire control room. No smoke or fire were found. Oct. 19: The McLaughlin-Walsh Residence Hall fire alarm was activated, possibly by a resident smoking a vape pen in a room. The resident was not present upon Campus Safety’s arrival and the system was reset.
Medical Emergency Oct. 19: A student reportedly lost consciousness in the Moot Courtroom in Bergin Hall. Campus Safety and SCU EMS responded. She refused further medical assistance by SCFD. Oct. 20: A student injured his wrist when he fell off his skateboard. He was escorted to Cowell Health Center for medical assistance. Oct. 25: A student reported having chronic vomiting and was in need of medical assistance. SCFD was contacted and responded. Paramedics transported him to O’Connor Hospital.
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time mass had started and had “become a focal point.” According to Riley, as Tosu entered the church he told officials that they could not deny him the sacrament, referring to the Eucharist in the Catholic mass. SCPD then forcibly removed Tosu from the Mission Church and arrested him. “I just don’t think you want to go arrest somebody in church,” Riley said. According to the Redwood City Catholic Worker’s blog, Tosu was “taken to a Santa Clara police substation, where he was given a trespass violation admonishment, charged with trespass, cited and released.” His court date is set for Dec. 13 in San Jose’s Superior Court. “I think Campus Safety was well within their rights,” Riley said. “This is not the first time the group has been on campus. I think Campus Safety had some pretty clear directives. This is not how we want to have a discussion with these people— with these protests, these vigils.”
Campus Safety did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the incident. Tosu is a member of Casa de Clara, which is a part of the Catholic Worker movement. The group shelters homeless women and children, distributes groceries to people in their neighborhood and offers mobile showers to those living on the streets. According to Tosu, Casa de Clara is a “community in faith” and they “do work in the neighborhood to care for people who are living on the margins in Silicon Valley.” Tosu said the money and resources used to fight wars would be better spent towards fighting homelessness. “There’s a direct link between our war -making and homelessness both here and abroad,” Tosu said. “We care for the homeless on a day-to-day basis, and we also
want to eliminate the causes of homelessness, including war.” Since his arrest, Tosu has been back on campus to speak to Riley’s class. “To have the activists come into our classroom, I felt a little intimidated,” said one of Riley’s students. “Obviously they were passionate about their beliefs and were even willing to get arrested for it. These activists were unafraid to respond to debate on their arguments and stood tall in their beliefs.” Tosu had a meeting with University President Fr. Michael Engh, S.J., on Oct. 26 to discuss the university’s handling of the situation.
“ I just don’t think you want to go arrest somebody in church.”
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Suspicious Behavior Oct. 20: An unknown person was reported wandering around the sixth floor of Swig Residence Hall acting suspicious. Campus Safety responded but was unable to locate him.
Theft Oct. 19: A student reported that her cell phone was missing and had possibly been taken by a female suspect when she left it unattended for a few minutes in the Vari Hall restroom. Campus Safety investigated video surveillance footage and was able to locate the female student who took the phone, supposedly for safekeeping. The phone was returned to the owner.
Trespassing Oct. 21: An alumnus was observed urinating in the Abby Sobrato Mall fountain. He was contacted and questioned by a Campus Safety officer, given a trespass warning and advised to leave campus. Oct. 24: A non-affiliate female was reported yelling at students and making them uncomfortable in a Harrington Learning Commons women’s restroom. Campus Safety and SCPD responded. She was given a trespass warning and asked to leave campus property.
Vandalism Oct. 22: Two unidentified males were seen on video camera throwing a pumpkin at each other and smashing it in the hallway on the fifth floor of Swig Residence Hall. An investigation is in progress to identify them. From Campus Safety reports. Email news@thesantaclara.org.
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One document labeled “Internal Contact Sheet” contains personal contact information for various upper level university administrators, such as Philip Beltran, the director of Campus Safety and Jeanne Rosenberger, the vice provost of student life. The document even includes university President Fr. Michael Engh, S.J.’s, personal, home and cell phone numbers. Deepa Arora, the university’s communications director, said she created that document herself and originally began printing and distributing it about three or four years ago. The contact sheet is distributed to university administrators in the form of a small, yellow, laminated, folded pamphlet. “People wanted something easy, they didn’t want to put it in their phones, they wanted something that could sit in their dresser drawer or their glove box so this is what we came up with,” Arora said. “We change it every year. We send it to people with a note every year saying that this is private information, please shred it when you are done with it.” A document titled “Diversity On Campus Talking Points” contains a list of the university’s talking points that they use when addressing diversity concerns on campus. “Santa Clara University acknowledges that the campus needs greater diversity,” the document states. “Diversity cannot be viewed as just another initiative; it is a way of life.” There was also an excel spreadsheet titled “Influencers,” which contains the names of a handful of Santa Clara students. It contains descriptions of their accomplishments and personal traits, along with links to their personal Facebook pages, Twitter handles, Instagram accounts and other social media accounts. Arora said that this document was the product of brainstorming and was never used by her office. She described it as an “ideation” created by someone “new to campus.” Senior Lidia Diaz-Fong who serves as president of the Associated Student Government was listed in the document and described as “connected on campus,” “organized” and “professional.” Her personal Instagram account was also linked to the spreadsheet. Diaz-Fong said that although she found her description in the document “flattering,” she also found it strange that social media accounts were linked in the spreadsheet. She said it is even more alarming that the internal documents were leaked in the first place. “Clearly, these are working documents from the OMC and I think that there is something wrong with our information technology security systems that should be checked out,” Diaz-Fong said. “If they are investigating the leaks of the documents and past videos, they’re not being transparent about this with us (the student body). It makes you wonder, if the hackers have access to this, what other things can they see? What’s coming next?” A staff member of this newspaper was also named and described as being “very up on all things Santa Clara.” Their personal Facebook and Twitter accounts were linked in the document.
Crisis Communication Plans A folder labeled “Crisis Communication Documents” contained various contingency plans detailing the process for informing the student body about hypothetical crises that could affect the university community. The hypothetical crises include active shooters on campus, the spread of disease, a data breach, the death of a construction worker, a student death from alcohol poisoning, a sit-in to protest campus diversity issues, a terrorist attack at Levi Stadium and the Leavey Center and a sexual assault at an off-campus location. One of these hypothetical scenarios is a “Terrorist attack at the front entrance of the Leavey Center, six people injured including four SCU donors struck with bullets from what is believed to be a lone attacker wielding an AK47.” In the folder regarding the response to the hypothetical terrorist attacks, a document labeled “Super Bowl Crisis Action Matrix” appears to contain a systematic approach to addressing the crisis, weighing the university’s priorities for which groups should be taken care of during the event. In the same document, the question “What will happen if nothing is done?” is posed and the response is that “The reputation of the university will take a huge hit if students are not taken care of and information to alumni, parents, families and donors is not communicated effectively.” The folder with information of how the university would respond to a protest concerning campus diversity contains a document titled, “Diversity Process Map Visual.” It contains a prioritized timeline of actions the university would take to respond to the incident. The document indicates that the first response to the events would be to “prepare an official statement from SCU,” “post on (Facebook), Twitter” and “write talking points for use by (university) officials.” The second line of response would be to “monitor Facebook and Twitter for information and rumor control” and “secure statement from trustees in support of President and send to campus community,” followed by other steps. It also indicates that after the crisis is resolved, the response
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The Office of Marketing and Communications has crisis communication maps for various hypothetical situations. The diversity process map (above) outlines their plan to handle a protest of an on-campus diversity issue. Other crisis plans address sexual assault and a campus shooter.
would be to “Get op-ed written about issue to run with President or Provost byline” and also “Get blogs written about the issue and place on behalf of alums and donors.” In the crisis communication plan for sexual assault, there are specific instructions not to use social media channels to communicate information regarding reported incidents. When asked why this policy was in place, Arora said that it is in order to comply with Title IX rules. Another document contains a scanned report from March 2015 by SimpsonScarborough titled “Santa Clara University Image & Positioning Research.” The report analyzed the way that prospective students, alumni donors and alumni nondonors view the university and how it measures up to other comparable institutions of higher education. In the research, 939 alumni donors and 457 non-donors were surveyed online, as well as 881 high school students identified as ideal prospective students. The report stated that among the surveyed alumni, they most strongly associate the words “Jesuit Catholic, community-oriented, ethical and intelligent” with Santa Clara. However, the words “caring,” “diverse,” ambitious,” and “global” were least often used among the alumni to describe the university.
Handling the Aftermath The individual who released the leaked documents used a hidden Tor email address to conceal his or her identity. Tor is free software that enables people to communicate anonymously on the Internet and prevent someone from obtaining the individual’s location and browsing history. The software is commonly used by whistleblowers to anonymously communicate information. Tor is also used by individuals living in countries like China and Iran, where access to websites like social networking platforms is limited, allowing them to browse the web without restrictions. Tor email addresses are encrypted to allow users to hide their IP addresses, preventing the origin of emails from easily being traced. Since the hacker released the OMC documents through Tor, Santa Clara has no current plans to attempt to uncover the identity of the person who sent the email. “You start dealing with the dark web and ways of covering tracks. There’s just no way that we can find out who that is,” Owen said. “Maybe the National Security Administration has resources to do that but we don’t.” In the wake of the leak, Owen said that the university will stress cybersecurity training, which will include more detailed instruction on how to properly create and protect passwords. “It’s the human element that failed in this occasion, so we are going to offer a lot more training,” Owen said. “A recommendation that is coming out of my division is to make cybersecurity training mandatory for all employees.” To prevent someone from obtaining your password and hacking into your accounts, Owen recommended using a “pass phrase” instead of a traditional password. He used the example, “Letthewordgoforth1961,” which is a quote from President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and the year he said it. To increase password security, he also suggested using a phrase from a favorite book or poem and changing a word. He offered the example of “Maryhadalittlerotweiler1999” instead of “Maryhadalittlelamb1999” as a password.
“ ...if the hackers have access to this, what other things can they see?”
Ethical Implications of the Hack Kirk Hanson, executive director of the on-campus Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, said that he does not think that the release of the OMC documents was an ethical choice on the part of SCUWatch. “The SCUWatch people, in revealing the OMC documents are not ethically thoughtful and are simply voyeuristic. Every organization has contingency plans,” Hanson said. “The Ethics Center has talking points for all kinds of issues. Having the crisis plans is the thoughtful, prudent working of an organization.” From an ethical standpoint, he said it is easier to justify the release of the security footage depicting the vandalism of the 43 students memorial and the Casa security footage because of the public interest in releasing the tapes. Shortly after the campus community was made aware of those incidents, SCUWatch posted CCTV footage of multiple perpetrators committing the acts. The response to the video footage on campus was widespread disdain for the acts and a call for increased transparency on behalf of the administration. Many also called for the drawing of the swastika in the Casa elevator to be labeled a hate crime instead of an act of vandalism or bias incident. “There’s a case to be made that there was public interest in that, but only if you feel that the administration was not taking it seriously or that it was somehow proportional to reveal the identities of the individuals,” Hanson said. However, Hanson said he is opposed to the wholesale release of information and private correspondence like this and called it theft. He compared it to the latest WikiLeaks scandal, in which thousands of emails between Hillary Clinton and her aides were released. “The way the release of the documents is being handled, there’s this implication that there’s something sinister here,” Hanson said. “There’s nothing sinister here, it’s simply responsible management—from what I know—of the documents.”
Looking Forward Owen said the administration has not officially linked the CCTV footage breach with the OMC leak. While they could be the work of the same hacker, a definitive connection between the two incidents has yet to be drawn. “Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” Owen said. “(But) we haven’t seen anything.” The Santa Clara attempted to contact SCUWatch through the private messaging system on Vimeo, where the group posted leaked surveillance footage. At the time of publication, they had not responded. Owen said that his office has not had any contact with SCUWatch. When asked if the OMC will be implementing specific changes in response to the leak, Arora said that they will be following the recommendations of IT. In response to a followup question about possible increased oversight of student workers, Arora offered the same answer. “We’re going to follow IT’s recommendations,” she said. Contact Sophie Mattson at smattson@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4849. Contact Jenni Sigl at jsigl@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4853.
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Lindsay Tenes
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If, like many others, you find yourself in the yearly predicament of how to maximize your Halloween experience, then by golly you’re in the right place. You may think you’re doing this spook-tastic holiday right, but rest assured, you’re not. Follow these tips on everything from innovative costume ideas to fun activities, and you’ll be sure to have the best Halloween yet.*
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If you see one of your neighbors has an uncarved pumpkin on their porch, go ahead and carve it for them. They’ll be grateful that you put in the work so they don’t have to. When you replace the newly carved pumpkin, be considerate and leave the flesh, pulp and seeds on the porch as well. If you see your neighbours have already-carved pumpkins, just steal them. They’re done with the fun part anyway. Get a leg up on the competition by starting your trick-or-treating a day early. You’ll have your pick of the best candy! Pick a marginalized group of people and play up a stereotype about the culture as your costume. Suggestions include a sombrero and mustache or an “Indian” headdress. Go to your local pumpkin patch with a group of friends and your boombox, blast your song of choice by The Smashing Pumpkins and have a nice cup of tea. Paint your face with a calavera and share a picture of yourself at a Día de Los Muertos celebration on Instagram, without knowing anything about the history or cultural significance of the holiday. If it’s labeled as lingerie in the store, it’s automatically a costume. If children come to your house to trick-or-treat and you don’t have any candy, pour a shot of Vitali in their candy bag. Boys, put a little effort into your costumes for once. I know it’s tempting to recycle that lederhosen you had such a good time in at Oktoberfest, but there is a world of pop culture references out there to spark your creativity. I personally suggest anyone from “Sharknado.” Easy and instantly recognizable. Dress up as a clown and hide in the bushes next to 7-11, waiting to ambush random passerbys.
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If you’re in a relationship, use this unique opportunity to dress up together so everyone knows you’re dating. Recommendations include: Kim Kardashian and either Kris Humphries or Ray J, Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend or Woody Allen and his ex-wife’s adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn.
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No matter what you choose to do on Halloween night, remember that alcohol must be involved. One cannot possibly have a good time at a college function and also be sober.
*Please do not do any of these things. I don’t want to be responsible for your terrible choices. Contact Lindsay Tenes at ltenes@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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Annual Fall Concert Falls Off Calendar Activites Programming Board decides to hold only one concert this year Max Eberhart
Associate Reporter Kid Cudi and Shwayze & Cisco Adler in the 20092010 school year. Young the Giant and Chance the Rapper in 2013-2014. And finally, MisterWives and Sage the Gemini in 2015-2016. For several years now, Santa Clara’s Activities Programming Board (APB) has held two concerts every school year—one in the fall and another in the spring. That is, until this year. In a recent email to students, APB leadership announced that they were replacing the traditional Fall and Spring Concerts with a larger concert later in the year. According to APB Director Njideka Akudinobi, the decision was made with input from a student survey that concluded the majority of students favored a larger concert as opposed to two smaller ones. However, as Akudinobi noted, the move to scrap the two concerts for a single performance was somewhat inevitable. “APB wanted to continue to align all parts of our organization with our Year 1 Goal of our 5-year plan from last year which was ‘Bigger is Better,’” Akudinobi said. “This theme means that APB will focus on planning large-scale events that will reach a greater array of students. We hope to implement that this year with our concert and other programs.” With this decision also comes uncertainty in the results. There is currently a survey out until Friday, Oct. 28 that will determine which genre will play at the concert. However, students will not know exactly who is playing at the concert for a while. Akudinobi said she was unsure when students might expect to hear further information about artists. In fact, Akudinobi was unable to provide any further details about this year’s concert, and did not reveal whether the performance will take place in Winter or Spring quarter. However, don’t expect the concert to be
anytime soon, as Akudinobi stated that “the next couple of months will really be focused on brainstorming ways to make the concert exciting besides just seeing the main act.” Akudinobi also could not explain how this year’s single concert will be any different than the previous ones. Nonetheless, Akudinobi wants the student body to expect great plans. “(APB) really wants to improve the overall experience and excitement around the concert,” she said. In my opinion, to bring more students to the concert, APB should really consider something like a minicarnival with activities outside of the music. In order for this event to be a true success though, APB should have strong acts—artists and groups like Run The Jewels, Danny Brown, Sufjan Stevens, Flying Lotus and Lil B fit the bill. These artists all appeal to mainstream pop culture, while still satisfying those who want top tier music—a combination that hasn’t always been present in previous APB concerts. But for the love of all that is holy, please no country music. Contact Max Eberhart at meberhart@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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(Above) Bay Area rapper Sage the Gemini performed at Santa Clara’s Locatelli Activity Center in Spring 2016. (Bottom) Young the Giant, a rock band from Southern California, performed at the Leavey Center in Fall 2013. This year, APB will host only one, bigger concert in lieu of holding two separate concerts.
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Jefferson’s Nickel: Two Sides of the Same Coin
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rab a nickel, then flip it. On one side you have Thomas “all men are created equal” Jefferson and on the other his slavery plantation, Monticello. Did you get heads or tails? Jefferson or Monticello? No matter what side of the nickel you get, Monticello and its torrid history of slavery, rape and abuse remains engraved on American currency. During Jefferson’s occupation, the Virginian plantation housed over six hundred slaves and only freed a little over ten. The plantation is a symbol of the decades of institutionalized racism still affecting people today. Somehow, this is a symbol we have chosen to represent America. Historically, countries use their currency to broadcast who’s in power and what values they hold as a result. The symbols used on currency may not all hold up as faultless ideals but that doesn’t mean we lower our standards on what emblems we recognize as American just because they’re traditional. Symbols matter. It’s why people get up in arms about burning the American flag. Our currency is a manifestation of the racism in our country’s legacy and how often neglected this part of our story is. We see Monticello as a great, historical site because of Thomas Jefferson, but we forget—or choose to forget—it was also one of the many sites of pain and torture for African-Americans. In discussing America’s complicated legacy of freedom, we see a persistent need to either condemn or forget those dark spots in history we are ashamed of. We constantly fix our own history because we’re ashamed and don’t want our proud nation to be associated with discrimination. So we brush hate crimes under the rug, like intern-
ment of Japanese-Americans or the thousands of acres of land stolen from Native Americans. Rarely do we talk about that crime, even on a campus as guilty of it as ours. We acknowledge slavery, then we forget to acknowledge the full implications of it, including the fact that the Founding Fathers were slave owners. The Founding Fathers were racist. They were a product of their time and their time did not value people of color. That doesn’t make them any less brilliant and that doesn’t mean we erase them from American history. We don’t forgive them for their racism even as we thank them for the ideological standards they’ve set for each of us here in America. Part of healing the racialized divides in the U.S. is owning up to the mistakes of the past. Taking an extreme view one way or the other is not a solution. We can’t ignore the hypocrisy, the bigotry, the sexism that all the historical figures we lionize inherently possessed. We also shouldn’t trivialize their contributions to American society because they are problematic figures. With the recent Treasury announcement that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, we can see the beginning of movements and conversations that can capture the multicultural reality of America. More than 8.5 billion $20 bills were in circulation last year and starting in 2020, a suffragist and freedom fighter will be internationally recognizable as our ideal. And yet we still have Monticello on the back side of the nickel. Perla Luna is a sophmore sociology and English double major and is the editor of the Opinion Section
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WCC Overall 3-0-0 9-3-1 2-1-0 10-3-0 2-1-0 5-5-3 2-2-0 6-7-3 2-2-0 6-7-0 1-2-0 7-6-1 1-2-0 7-7-0 0-3-0 5-7-0
Women’s Soccer Team Pepperdine Loyola Marymount Brigham Young Santa Clara San Diego Portland San Francisco Gonzaga Pacific Saint Mary’s
WCC Overall 6-0-1 11-3-3 5-2-0 10-4-3 4-1-1 13-2-1 3-2-1 6-6-4 3-3-0 8-7-1 2-3-1 8-5-3 2-4-0 6-10-0 2-4-0 6-7-2 1-5-0 1-12-1 1-5-0 3-12-2
Volleyball Team San Diego Brigham Young Pacific Gonzaga Loyola Marymount Saint Mary’s Portland Santa Clara Pepperdine San Francisco
WCC Overall 10-0 19-2 8-2 19-3 7-3 13-9 5-4 12-7 5-5 14-8 5-5 10-11 4-5 11-10 3-7 12-10 2-8 8-14 0-10 4-19
UPCOMING GAMES Men's Soccer Santa Clara @ Saint Mary’s
Sun. 10/30 1:00 p.m.
Women's Soccer Gonzaga @ Santa Clara Portland @ Santa Clara
Broncos Pull Off Major Upset Santa Clara stuns Loyola Marymount in overtime victory Bo Kendall
The Santa Clara Santa Clara women’s soccer kept their hopes of winning the West Coast Conference alive after a dramatic overtime win at Loyola Marymount University on Sunday. The 2-1 upset came against the second place team in the conference two days after losing at #19 Pepperdine University, the top team in the conference. Santa Clara currently sits in fourth place in the WCC and need to win out to have any hope at the conference crown. With the win over LMU, Santa Clara improved their record to 6-6-4 overall and 3-2-1 in conference. The Broncos fell behind in the second half at LMU, conceding a goal in the 59th minute. They were not behind for long though, as just 13 minutes later Jordan Jesolva found the back of the net. It was Jesolva’s sixth goal of the season, good for most on the team. The game remained even at 1-1 through 90 minutes. Seven minutes into the overtime period, center back Gudrun Arnardottir used her head on a set piece to give the Broncos the win in sudden victory. “It really shows the character and resiliency of our girls,” said Head Coach Jerry Smith. “This was as close to a mustwin game as you can have at this point in the season and I thought they responded well.” Santa Clara’s offense has stalled for most of the season, averaging just over a goal per game. But they came to play on Sunday.
The win kept Santa Clara undefeated in overtime over the past two seasons, with a record of 8-0-6. The Broncos were challenged early and often. Goalkeeper Melissa Lowder faced five shots on goal and allowed one, but made some outstanding saves, including a diving stop in the 52nd minute. “Melissa was challenged right away and made a stop in the first few minutes,” said Coach Smith. “The goalkeepers made it difficult for both offenses today so I’m really proud that we were able to score that second goal.” The Broncos did have their struggles this weekend, as they suffered a difficult loss at the hands of Pepperdine Friday night. But to face the two top teams in the conference on the road in one weekend is daunting. Netting one win should be considered a success. “This win also helps us with positioning in our conference. It was a great comeback
at the end of a really tough weekend,” said Coach Smith. “I thought we played hard in both matches and I was really happy to see that.” The Broncos also faced Brigham Young University, the third place team in the WCC, on the road this season and tied the Cougars 0-0. The team is currently in third place in the WCC. The three most difficult conference games being played on the road illustrates just how difficult the scheduling was for this young team. Next up for the Broncos are two huge but winnable home games as Santa Clara fights to keep its postseason hopes alive. Friday night they bout with Gonzaga University (6-7-2, 2-4-0) at 7 p.m. and on Senior Day they face University of Portland (8-5-3, 2-3-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Contact Bo Kendall at bkendall@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
ARCHIVE PHOTO — ETHAN AYSON
Santa Clara’s offense has been better as of late, scoring at least one goal in each of their last three games. The offense needs to continue to perform as the Broncos enter the final stretch of the year.
Fri. 10/28 7:00 p.m. Sun. 10/30 1:00 p.m.
Volleyball Struggles on the Road
Thu. 10/27 7:00 p.m. Sat. 10/29 1:00 p.m.
Offense continues to struggle as Broncos shutout on the road
Volleyball Portland @ Santa Clara Gonzaga @ Santa Clara
7 / Sports
The Santa Clara
Thursday, October 27, 2016
QUESTION OF THE WEEK What’s the greatest title run of all time?
Jimmy Connors - Claire McLoughlin It’s 1991 and a 39-year-old Connors gets into the U.S. Open on a fluke, a wild card entry. He’s old, he just had what should’ve been career-ending wrist surgery, and he’s absolutely detested by the tennis world. He pulls off a win against Patrick McEnroe after being down two sets and way behind in a third. He goes on to win the next two rounds in straight sets. Next he’s down in the fifth set to Aaron Krickstein and comes back yet again. He heads into the quarterfinals and wins that too. That’s where the run ended. He lost to Jim Courier in the semifinals and retired shortly after. Why call it the greatest run in sports history if it didn’t lead to a trophy? Jimmy Connors defied biology. He beat guys way younger than him, he set New York on fire and he did it in typical Jimmy fashion: scrappy, unapologetic and outrageous.
Claire McLoughlin The Santa Clara
Santa Clara came up empty on their road trip, dropping both matches against University of the Pacific and Saint Mary’s College. The Broncos faced Pacific Thursday night and were out of sync from the beginning. Santa Clara lost the first set handedly at 25-15. “Our coaches talk a lot about being the aggressor and not letting other teams be the aggressor on us,” said senior Madison
Dutra. “On Thursday, Pacific was the aggressor.” Santa Clara stepped up their play from there, but could never top Pacific. The Broncos lost the next two sets 25-23 and 25-21. The Broncos played Pacific much closer in their first meeting of the season, losing a nail-biting five set match at Leavey Stadium. “At Pacific a lot of different things weren’t working together as well as they should be” said senior Sabrina Clayton. “We just need to continue and focus on making it difficult for the other team to put the ball down on our side by having great defense.” Throughout the match, there were 14 tie scores and five lead changes. Santa Clara actually totaled more kills than Pacific but had almost twice as many errors. “They outplayed us,” Dutra said. “It is
2004 Boston Red Sox - Andrew Slap Facing the Curse of the Bambino and an 0-3 deficit to the Yankees, the Red Sox somehow found a way to rally. The magic started Game 4 on a cold night in Fenway, with Boston trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth. The Red Sox were facing Mariano Rivera, arguably the greatest closer of all time, and all hope seemed lost. But then Kevin Millar drew a walk, Dave Roberts stole second and three innings later Big Papi hit a walk-off homerun. The next night it took 14 innings before the Red Sox walkedoff again, pushing the series back to New York. That’s when Curt Schilling, pitching on a bloody ankle, shut down New York. The rest is history. The Sox crushed the Yankees in Game 7 before sweeping the Cardinals to deliver Boston its first World Series in 86 years.
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Santa Clara struggled all weekend, failing to take a set against both Pacific and St. Mary’s. The Broncos need to have a more balanced attack if they want to gain ground in the West Coast Conference.
really unfortunate to come out this past weekend and not perform the way we know how.” Though the squad left with a loss, they did gain the return of junior setter Kirsten Mead. Mead, who’d been out since the beginning of September with an ankle injury, had 16 assists. The Broncos had two days to regroup after Pacific until they headed to their next match, a quick trip up north to visit the Gaels of St. Mary’s College. Santa Clara has struggled coming out of the gate all season, and Saturday was no different. “We made too many uncharacteristic plays at the beginning of the match that may have set us up for a loss later on,” Dutra said. The Broncos held their own throughout the match, but could never string together enough points to take a set. “Saint Mary’s played a great match,” Dutra said. “I think we could have followed the scouting report better. They had a few girls that were taking over the match on offense and we did not find a way to shut them down.” Santa Clara lost in straight sets, yet were outscored by just 10. But the Broncos are past the point of taking solace for remaining competitive. At this point in the season it’s all about getting the W. The Broncos return home to the Leavey Center on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. to take on the University of Portland. They’ll then host Gonzaga University at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29. “We are off to a good start this week with practice and I am confident we will come out on top against Gonzaga and Portland,” Dutra said. “Other than some technical changes, our mindset remains the same. We are here to win, compete and be the best we can.” Contact Claire McLoughlin at camcloughlin@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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SPORTS Thursday, October 27, 2016
Ben Epstein
Pay College Athletes The Cleveland Indians, who are representing the American League in the World Series, are currently valued at $825 million dollars by Forbes. The payroll for the AL Champs is actually relatively inexpensive compared to the rest of the MLB—$114,707,868. Let’s compare this to another popular team based in Ohio – the Ohio State University Buckeyes football team. In January of 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported that the most lucrative program in College Football was valued at a whopping $946.6 million dollars. However, the average salary for Ohio State players amounted to all of $0. What gives? The NCAA has maintained since its inception that their student-athletes shall not receive compensation for their participation, regardless of how profitable they are. Instead, the NCAA claims the, “students’ priority remains on obtaining a quality educational experience and that all of student-athletes are competing equitably.” At first glance, this policy seems to be an admirable attempt by the NCAA to enforce the value of education and make sure all universities are competing on a level playing field. In reality, it is just an outdated system enforced by a corrupt corporation, which incorrectly identifies as a non-profit, coupled with profit driven universities. For starters, the universities responsible for delivering “the quality educational experience” for their studentathletes don’t adhere to educational standards and are more concerned with the profits. The educational value provided for student-athletes definitely does not reconcile the issue of a lack of compensation. Not only do universities refuse to reward the athletes, but also they punish players who take any sort of monetary reward from signing autographs or merchandise sales. Student-athletes essentially work for the university—as they contribute significant value to the organization and are held to a strict code of conduct—yet they are treated as volunteers. The student who works in the school bookstore gets paid, yet the millions of dollars generated by the athletic program goes to everyone but the student-athlete. Something is clearly wrong. The NCAA should not try to argue for equality amongst athletic programs when it is obviously disproportionate. Why should a basketball player for the University of Louisville—which was estimated by Forbes to be worth $39.5 million dollars in 2014—be restricted by the same amateur rule as a Louisville gymnast or even a fellow men’s program with significantly less value? There are options for just compensation: whether it be a percentage of jersey sales—so that the best and most exciting players are compensated based on a merit system—or even a percentage of the ticket sales to reward the highest earning programs. At the end of the day, there are a great deal of disenfranchised college athletes. It’s wrong for the NCAA to continue to argue that they are trying to protect student athletes’ well being when they won’t let them profit from their hard work and innate talent. Ben Epstein is a senior finance major.
League of Disgrace Andrew Slap
The Santa Clara
Ray Rice July 2014 Ray Rice initially suspended two games for domestic violence.
Adrian Peterson September 2014 Adrian Peterson takes field for Viking Week 1 after abusing his son.
Greg Hardy September 2014 Greg Hardy, found guilty by judge of domestic violence, plays Week 1 for the Carolina Panthers.
“I became an abuser and hurt Molly physically, emotionally and verbally. I viewed myself as God basically and she was my slave.” Josh Brown, kicker for the New York Giants, confessed these heinous acts in his journal and only received a one-game suspension from the NFL. The punishment was inexcusably weak and sent shockwaves and outrage throughout the media and public. The anger is more than justified, but we shouldn’t be surprised. For a while now it’s been painfully clear that the NFL has zero integrity to speak of. The priorities of the league are all out of whack. Ray Rice initially received a two game suspension for knocking his wife out cold and Josh Brown, a monster with more than 20 instances of abusing his wife, sat out a game. Combine those punishments and your still a game short of Tom Brady’s sentence—a four game suspension for allegedly deflating footballs. It’s easy to point the finger at Roger Goodell. He is the commissioner—and he is a disgrace, but he shouldn’t shoulder all the blame. Don’t get me wrong—Goodell should be fired immediately. He talks about the importance of protecting the shield yet consistently embarrasses it. But it’s important to understand that the only reason he’s still in power is to
Tom Brady May 2015
Tom Brady suspensed four games for allegedly deflating footballs before the Patriots’ 45-7 win over the Colts.
protect these spineless owners. They keep him around to shield themselves from the public. We forget that Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti tried his best to sweep the Ray Rice case under the rug and Giants owner John Mara knew about Brown’s past yet still resigned him this offseason. “(Brown) admitted to us he’d abused his wife in the past,” Mara said. “What’s a little unclear is the extent of that.” Now anyone with a speck of decency wouldn’t make such a stupid remark. But for many in the NFL, it’s win at all costs. Mara’s calculation was probably a simple one: Josh Brown is the best kicker available for the Giants, so let’s ignore his despicable character and every moral fiber in our being and bring him back. Mara’s not alone in this thinking. The Patriots saw several red flags before drafting Aaron Hernandez in the 2010 Draft, but come the fourth round he was the best player on the board, so they took him anyways. And Jerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, was in tears trying to explain himself after the backlash the Panthers received over their handling of Greg Hardy. Hardy, who choked his girlfriend and threw her on a bed covered with rifles, was found guilty of assault by a judge that summer. Yet come Week 1, he was in uniform for Carolina. “When it comes to domestic violence,
Le’Veon Bell July 2016 Le’Veon Bell suspensed four games for missing an NFL drug test.
Josh Brown July 2016 Josh Brown initially suspended one game for domestic violence.
my stance is not one of indifference,” Richardson said. “I stand firmly against domestic violence, plain and simple.” Cry me a river, Jerry Richardson. But don’t pretend that you care. The fact that you allowed Hardy to step on the field says everything. Hardy showed no remorse for his crimes, but that didn’t seem to bother Jerry Jones. Jones brought him to Dallas because he thought Hardy would help him win. There’s no redeemable ending for the NFL. Even their Breast Cancer Awareness effort, in which they cover their players and coaches in pink, is more business than charity. An ESPN report found that only 8.01 percent of the proceeds from the pink gear goes to cancer research. That’s all the multibillion-dollar organization can spare. The NFL is greedy and dishonorable. They’re littered with scandals and have shown no ability to handle them properly. But maybe one day, they can get their act together. It’s not likely, but it’s not difficult either. The solution is simple: Come down hard on domestic violence and send the message that the league will not tolerate this barbaric behavior any longer. Any player involved in a domestic violence incident should be suspended for a year. After that, they can be reinstated and it’s up to a team to decide if the player is worthy of a second chance.
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Ray Rice (left) and Josh Brown (right) are all but banned from the NFL after being found guilty of domestic violence, but only because of public outrage. If Roger Goodell (center) had his way, Rice and Brown would’ve missed a combined three games and would be on the field today, still representing the NFL.