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ASG Pushes Honor Code to Fight Cheating Collaboration used to build integrity system Mallory Miller

The Santa Clara Associated Student Government is now using the Groups function of Google Apps to further develop plans for its student honor code initiative.

An email sent out last week by Campus Ethics Director David DeCosse invited the student body to the group where students can view and comment on proposed changes to the plan.

In order to encourage student collaboration, prizes are being awarded to the Residential Learning Communities with the highest levels of participation. ASG plans to post ideas and revisions to the honor code each week, and then students can voice their opinions on the

changes directly.

So far, in the week the group has been available to students, the page has 79 views and comments from 10 different students.

Students have said that they would support a student initiated honor code though; in a survey sent out in spring, about 55 percent of participants said they had witnessed peers cheating in class, 10 percent See ENFORCING, Page 4

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After over half of respondents in a survey conducted last spring reported witnessing cheating. Associated Student Government has pushed forward plans to initiate a student backed honor code. Critics have pointed out that an honor code would not have much power to regulate student behavior, but Director of Campus Ethics David DeCosse points out that universities with honor codes tend to have less instances of cheating.

Shuttle Service in Works for Off-Campus Trips Feedback shows demand for transportaion options Rachel Davidson

Associate Reporter Santa Clara’s Associate Student Government has been researching

a new program that could help students get to and from their favorite off-campus locations: an official Santa Clara shuttle bus service. The idea first evolved from the previous “Safe Walk” program where students could call to be accompanied to and from any location near campus, and expanded to include further off-campus locations for a combined effort towards safety.

Senate Chair and senior Jack Schneeman organized a task force

of different senators and ASG staff to outline a structure of what this service would aim to do. Their first step has been to send out a survey in order to gauge where students’ interests lie.

“So far there has been extremely positive feedback from the survey on all counts,” said Schneeman.

The numbers from the survey have helped his team figure out a definitive structure of how the service would run, based on responses

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about preferred days of the week, cost and location.

So far, research has shown that out of 31 Jesuit universities in the U.S., Santa Clara is only one of nine who do not offer a shuttle service to their students. ASG President Jenna Saso contacted each of these student governments to see what they’re doing differently, and how Santa Clara could potentially follow suit.

“The real work will come with

the detail of the initiative,” said Saso. “We know this will be an indepth project, but we are confident that the university will support our initiatieve.”

The biggest obstacle for now is finding initial funding to get the program on its feet. According to results from the survey, most students would be willing to pay up See SHUTTLE, Page 4

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1. Boeing investigation turns to battery maker: Japanese and U.S. investigators began a probe Monday into the maker of the lithium ion batteries used in the Boeing Co.’s grounded 787 jets.

Tsutomu Nishijima, a spokesman for the battery manufacturer, said investigators visited the company’s headquarters in Kyoto, Japan and that Yuasa was cooperating with the probe.

All 50 of the 787 Dreamliners that Boeing has delivered to airlines were grounded after an overheated battery forced the emergency land-

ing of an All Nippon Airways 787 flight last week in western Japan.

Boeing has halted deliveries of new planes until it can address the electrical problems.

Monday’s investigation involved an introductory meeting and factory tour, with deeper studies into product quality and other issues to follow as the probe continues, said Tatsuyuki Shimazu, the chief air worthiness engineer at the Civil Aviation Bureau’s Aviation Safety Department.

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2. Pirates seize oil tanker in Ivory Coast: Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its whereabouts are unknown, government authorities said Monday.

The vessel was first seized Wednesday as the tanker was preparing to deposit the Jet A-1 fuel at the port of Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, according to Ivory Coast’s government.

It said officials had located the vessel off neighboring Ghana.

Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy

reporting center in Malaysia, said in many previous cases, the pirates released the crew after they had siphoned out the oil and obtained any valuable cargo. The ship initially had trouble docking because a sand storm reduced visibility. Later, the ship’s captain radioed the port manager to report difficulty maneuvering.

Shortly afterward, contact was lost with the vessel. Then ship consignee Koda Maritime informed port officials that armed men had taken control of the tanker.

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4. Protest held in Georgia to demand president’s exit: More than 1,000 people protested outside of the Georgian president’s residence in Tbilisi on Sunday to demand that he immediately resign and hand over executive power to the speaker of parliament.

Presidential elections are due to take place in October, but this schedule in effect will give President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was elected to a second five-year term in January 2008, a sixth year in office.

On Jan. 10, opposition groups and non-governmental organizations announced that more than 1 million of

3. Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles: Grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians are spending hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring prices as President Bashar Assad’s regime faces mounting difficulties in providing basic services to its people.

Syria’s economy is buckling under the twin strains of violence and sanctions that have sapped the government’s finances, devastated the nation’s cities and left its industry and infrastructure in ruins. A power

outage on Monday plunged Damascus and large swathes of the country’s south into darkness, providing a stark reminder of how serious the regime’s challenges are to keep the economy moving — and its people fed and warm.

With the fighting settling into a bloody stalemate that looks likely to grind on for months, if not longer, the government’s inability to provide basic services is likely to fuel frustration and anger with Assad, even from supporters who are deeply distrustful of the rebels fighting to topple him.

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Georgia’s 4.6 million citizens have signed a petition calling for Saakashvili’s resignation.

Saakashvili is barred by law from seeking election to a third term in office. During Sunday’s demonstration, protesters waved anti-Saakashvili banners and encouraged newcomers to sign petitions for the president’s ouster.

The NGO Unanimity for the Rights of Society vowed to have its members camp outside of the presidential palace for up to 10 days, if Saakashvili doesn’t resign by midnight.

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At the Inoperable Humor Improv Show last Friday in the Kennedy Commons, seniors Stephen Layton and Hannah Miller perform the “Slowmotion Olympics” improv game in front of a crowd as Chris Grimmet and Eddie Kalinsky announce their actions. Layton and Miller were performing the sport of "Extreme Nail Clipping.” The group brands themselves as the “funniest, raunchiest, classiest people you know” on their Facebook page.

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1/18: A student was reported intoxicated and unable to care for himself due to excessive alcohol consumption.

CSS, SCU EMS, SCPD, SCFD and paramedics responded. The student was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics.

1/18: CSS responded to check the welfare of a student who was possibly intoxicated and unresponsive. SCU EMS also responded.

Alcohol Violation 1/18: Several students and a nonaffiliate were found drinking and in possession of alcoholic beverages and marijuana in a student’s room. SCPD was contacted and responded. The non-affiliate was cited for an infraction by SCPD. The alcoholic beverages and marijuana were confiscated and disposed of.

Drug Violation 1/19: A student was found in possession of marijuana in the lot near Benson Memorial Center. The student was documented and the marijuana was confiscated and disposed of.

1/22: Several students were found in possession of marijuana and assorted paraphernalia in a student’s room. The marijuana and assorted paraphernalia were confiscated and disposed of.

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Informational Report 1/22: A Swig Hall fire extinguisher cabinet glass door was accidentally damaged by a student. A work order was submitted to repair.

1/23: Students were reported yelling and making loud noises at pedestrians outside the student’s room. CSS responded.

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Medical Emergency 1/17: A Bon Appétit staff member was reported having a vision problem and looking pale while working at the Benson Memorial Center. CSS, SCFD and paramedics responded. He declined transportation to a hospital.

1/18: A student injured his finger while playing basketball in Malley Fitness and Recreation Center. CSS and SCU EMS responded.

1/20: A student requested medical assistance for his swollen ankle. CSS and SCU EMS responded. He declined transportation to a hospital.

1/22: A student was reported having stomach flu symptoms and requiring medical assistance. CSS and SCU EMS responded.

Student Behavior 1/18: A student was found sleeping underneath a table inside Adobe Lodge during closing. The same student was also found sleeping in the basement of the Harrington Learning Commons earlier. The student was woken up and asked to leave the building.

1/21: Three students were observed disturbing the traffic cones and delineators on the east side of Swig Hall, and sitting inside one of Bon Appétit electric carts. They were admonished and asked to return the cones back to their locations.

Vandalism 1/18: A vending machine located by the Daly Science building was found vandalized. A debit card belonging to a student was found underneath the machine. Investigation revealed that the student was responsible.

1/18: Graffiti was found written on a handicap stall of a men’s restroom at Buck Shaw Stadium.

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Enforcing Honesty Shuttle Service Preferred Continued from Page 1

admitted to cheating themselves and over 50 percent of the students said they would support a student-initiated, student-operated academic honor system.

The results received from the survey encouraged ASG’s Chief Justice Aven Satre-Meloy to launch the honor code project.

“Statistically speaking, the numbers show that there are less students who cheat at universities with honor codes than at universities that do not have honor codes,” said SatreMeloy. ASG is modeling their plan to enforce the honor code after other universities that have recently developed honor codes over the past 15 years. The proposed plan is to have students sign an honor pledge at the

beginning of the year, saying they will abide by the honor code for the academic school year.

Santa Clara already has an academic integrity policy, according to DeCosse.

“But we don’t have a regular, public way of re-enforcing such a policy. And that’s where an honor code comes in,” said DeCosse.

The implementation ideas on the current revision of the honor code are to require students to sign the honor code at theirentrance to the university and at the beginning of each academic quarter. Additionally, the honor code would be posted on bulletins, syllabi and all greenbooks.

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$20 each quarter for the system through a flat rate, but flexible arrangements charging students by usage is a weighable option, too.

Senior Sumeet Chadha does not mind the charge because of the inherent benefits of the proposed system.

“I think it’s in line with our mission to be a more sustainable world by offering an alternative to driving,” said Chadha.

While it’s unclear how many Santa Clara students currently use local transportation, Schneeman said that nearly 90 percent of students surveyed would prefer a Santa Clara shuttle service to public transportation. Not only would this decrease students’ ecological footprint by re-

ducing the number of cars borrowed or shared, but it would “foster more

“(This would) foster more of a community by putting students in a shuttle with people they don’t necessarily know.” of a community by putting students in a shuttle with people they don’t necessarily know and might spark a conversation,” according to Schneeman.

“Getting off campus is really re-

freshing and a nice way to escape schoolwork,” said freshman Katie McDermott.

She said she would definitely utilize this service to give variety to the monotony of life in the bubble.

At this point, Schneeman’s goal is to get a beta version of the service running by early spring quarter, which would offer limited hours of rides to one or two locations, though he admitted that that timing is pretty ambitious. However, this is one of the largest projects that ASG is currently pursuing and the committee is anxiously awaiting students’ reactions to drive the proposal to be accepted by the university.

Contact Rachel Davidson at rldavidson@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Forge Redesigned Hiring of new manager brings number of changes Angeles Oviedo

The Santa Clara The past November, the Forge Garden welcomed its new manager, Santa Clara graduate Rose Madden, who will be spearheading several new developments at the Forge this year.

Madden explained that the Forge had gone without central oversight since its beginning in 2009.

“It’s been floating without one person in charge of it,” said Madden. “Some faculty members have been overseeing it. There’s an AmeriCorps and university program called Bronco Urban Gardens, which operates out of the Forge as their home base, but there wasn’t anybody really focused on the garden.”

According to Madden, the opportunity to manage the Forge Garden arose last spring when the 2007 Ripple House was moved to the Forge. With the solar house at the Forge, the site came under the wings of the facilities department, having previously been under the authority of the Environmental Studies Institute.

Recognizing the need for a site manager, university officials put together a proposal for a garden manager position.

“I had been a part of the Forge since its beginning,” said Madden.

“I graduated in 2009, the same year the garden was started, so I helped put the cover crop in the very first year.”

She maintained contact with

director of the Environmental Studies Institute Leslie Gray who informed her of the manager position, which she was eager to apply for. Once Madden was offered the position, she left her employment at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, where she managed the 11-acre farm.

Since taking on the position in November, Madden has been hard at work to redesign the Forge. Her plans for the garden are featured in an extensively detailed handdrawn map of the garden that includes a greenhouse, a classroom, a student-research area, native hedgerows, a pollinator sanctuary to attract bees and butterflies to help with pollination, and an aquaponic gardening system designed by a Santa Clara student.

“We received a grant for a greenhouse last quarter and we put in a couple bids for different prices and styles,” said Ellen Orabone, BUG and AmeriCorps volunteer. “We’re planning on putting it up soon this quarter to protect some of the little seedlings we have going.”

Madden said, “Today we had a class that met out front, but soon there’ll be a classroom to meet in.

We only had 10 shovels, but we had 20 students, so those kinds of things will come when we’re more prepared to work with a larger group.”

Madden encourages students to visit the Forge and to not be intimidated by gardening.

“Visit the chickens or take a walk around and look at what’s growing,” said Madden. “You don’t have to love sweating and shoveling, you can just come and hang out while you’re here.”

Contact Angeles Oviedo at aoviedo@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Locatelli Transforms into Night Market This upcoming Saturday, the Asian Pacific-Islander Student Union will be hosting a “Night Market,” an event modeled after famous Taiwanese street night markets.

The event will feature cultural food, games and live entertainment.

On schedule for entertainment is Santa Clara’s Hipnotik, the a cappella group Supertonic, and a K-pop dance group featuring Santa Clara students, alongside other student performances.

According to the event’s Facebook page, other Multicultural Center clubs will be holding booths at the event.

Admission to the APSU’s Night Market is free and open to the public. Like a traditional night market, the event will be held at night, running from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. at the Locatelli Student Activity Center.

Post-Grad Service Gives To Participants Two quarters to go and many seniors are still scratching their heads with uncertainty about graduation, and more importantly, what they’ll be doing afterwards.

Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest is a yearlong post-graduate service program that is based on the four values of simplicity, spirituality, social justice and community. In an effort to work with the marginalized, the JVC develops authentic relationships and takes the opportunity for personal transformation.

“Not only are you working and living in communities, but you’re engaging in very direct relationships with other people that also

hope to work towards social and ecological justice for a year after college,” said Ian Roeber, a JVC northwest recruiter.

Roeber has been traveling around the U.S. and landed at the Santa Clara Career Center last Thursday to give an info session on what this program entails and sharing bits of his own experience along the way.

Morgen Oswood has been working for JVC since she graduated from Santa Clara in 2012 at a nonprofit legal aid services in Kansas City. One of her favorite parts about the program are the community nights held weekly, which offers volunteers an outlet to compare stories and challenges with people with similar beliefs. “It’s just been an awesome opportunity after going to Santa Clara, where they teach you how to use your degree for the better of society,” said Oswood.

Applicants to JVC come from all areas of the U.S., and they can expect a range of employment openings such as community health, legal advocacy, social work, education, environmental advocacy and many more. While the program aims to provide spots for students coming from every discipline, a lot of the work depends on the need of the placement community. “Ultimately, you can find something that challenges you throughout the year and allows you to use the skills you’ve had throughout your entire life,” said Roeber.

The recruiter also emphasized the post-program benefits, like having such a stellar experience on your résumé for future jobs or graduate opportunities. Roeber says that employers are often impressed that JVs are “flexible and able to work in a challenging setting,” as well as adaptable.

Regardless of the placement, JVC offers a stellar program revered by recent grads as a way to give

back after receiving indispensable education.

Volunteers Help High Schoolers’ Education Strive for College SCU is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month, and its success has insured that it will keep growing. The program helps mentor kids from low-income families through the complicated college application process.

Last year, 11 Santa Clara students volunteered once a week with 33 students at Overfelt High School in San Jose. This was a big change from the sometimes 500:1 ratio. With the help of Santa Clara Broncos, students from Overfelt High School have applied to hundreds of colleges and universities all over the country.

The students helped committed to the program for one year and are motivated to achieve a higher education. Many of them are the first in their family to even apply to college.

After these sessions began, eight of these students even applied to Santa Clara, a university that was previously never on their radar.

This year, Strive for College SCU has partnered with Prospect High School in Saratoga to work with 50 low-income students. Within a year, this program has more than doubled in size and has allowed many of these students to achieve their dreams of attending a four-year college or university.

All of the mentors involved are current students at Santa Clara who volunteer an hour a week to helping out these students in need.

Even though this program is only celebrating its first year, its vast success proves that there will be many more to come.

From staff reports. Email news@ thesantaclara.com.

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Claire Ingebretsen

Graham Hall Should Turn a New Corner T here have been varying reports on the “new” Graham Hall. Many residents complain the dorm is not social enough, is too quiet and thus lacking a tight-knit community.

What most do not realize is that it is not because the community is flawed, but the physical environment they live in.

The Alpha RLC is known for hosting a wide variety of programs celebrating the arts, literature, philosophy, history and art history. Saturnalia, a little over a week long festival is full of competitive and fun events. Such traditions helped sophomore Patrick McDonell “fall in love with Santa Clara.”

The Alpha community is not anti-social or a bad one. In fact it is the opposite. Many of the people in Alpha are quickly becoming some of my favorite people at Santa Clara.

Residents of Graham complained it is difficult to see other residents. This may be attributed to a lack of a central lounge. There are 12 neighborhoods in Graham consisting of one lounge, a full kitchen and roughly 30 students.

Not having a common lounge means residents tend to set up in the lounge closest to them, inhibiting them from moving to a common space to meet other residents.

Furthermore, residents cannot see their whole neighborhood. If you look down the hallway on any Graham floor, you will find nothing but a corner.

This makes for a very restrictive environment, since just around that corner is the rest of your hall. Being unable to see other residents does not encourage resident interaction.

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Graham Hall, the newest residence hall, houses the oldest Residential Learning Community at Santa Clara. Graham was the most coveted dorm for incoming freshmen and rising sophomores when choosing housing last spring. Although the facilities are anything but second rate, there are mixed reviews of living in Graham from current residents.

Granted, it may be too early to rule Graham out as a non-social residence hall.

McDonell admits that “a quarter-and-a-half in may be too early to say, but I don’t see the same community as I did in Nobili.”

Along that same line, André Joseph, a community facilitator in Graham, insists the architecture “is fine, it has potential. It is a new building, and we are still figuring out how to navigate that.”

Joseph brings up a great point

— Graham is still being sorted out.

Residents and CFs are still learning how to socialize in the new layout.

The old layout for Alpha was Nobili, last year. McDonnell recalls Nobili “as a tight and fluid community.” He attributes this to sharing one main hallway, a common lounge and “stuffing kids in like sardines.” McDonnell reasons that being in close contact with his peers forced Nobili residents to “figure out how to create a rich

community.”

Joseph explained that “some of his best nights of formation (CF training) were spent sitting in the hallway of Nobili.” The current Graham CFs originally lived in Nobili because construction on Graham was not yet finished.

Little has changed in the Alpha RLC. What has changed is where Alpha is located.

Yes, Graham is not what everyone expected it to be. But when is anything exactly as you expect?

Architecture does influence who you see and how you communicate with them, but it is not the do all end all.

I invite the residents of Graham to break the building in a bit more. If all else fails, say hello to a few new faces at our next fire alarm.

Claire Ingebretsen is a sophomore political science major and editor of the Opinion section.

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Hollywood May Have Overstepped in “Zero Dark Thirty”

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s I sat in the dark, crowded theater watching “Zero Dark Thirty,” I felt uneasy and unsure about something. The controversial film depicts the “true” story of how the infamous Osama bin Laden was found and killed by American forces. As my fellow moviegoers cheered when the screen showed U.S. forces raiding the compound, I thought, is this actually benefiting our country?

The scenes of the CIA waterboarding prisoners were hard enough to watch, but what was harder to watch was the way the movie was filmed and told.

It was filmed showing the director’s point of view of what life is like in Pakistan and Afghanistan, when U.S. forces and the CIA were present.

Most people sat there complacent, accepting this view at face value.

Many people, including myself, do not know what life is like there.

Original phone calls from the Sept. 11 attacks were played, and a wave of sadness and unrest hit me and the rest of the room suddenly.

This is when I realized that “Zero

Dark Thirty” might become a catalyst for hatred and further violence involving racism on both the American side and the Middle East.

My thoughts raced as I remembered how some of the Middle East reacted to the anti-Islam film in September. “Zero Dark Thirty” could upset the people with its graphic scenes of their men and women being killed by U.S. soldiers.

We are often quick to buy into the hype of movies that are “based on a true story” that we don’t often question the consequences of their widespread popularity unless it directly affects us. To Americans, seeing people being murdered or killed is the norm in Hollywood movies, but to more conservative countries this may not be the case.

This movie will possibly stir hatred towards those who attacked us as people listen to the frantic 911 calls from those trapped in the towers on Sept. 11. I did; it was impossible not to.

Is it actually healthy for our country to essentially rehash what happened in a graphic, documenta-

ry-style movie? We should always remember what happened and honor the victims and families of Sept. 11 and those who fought in the Iraq War, but Hollywood should be careful not to cross a fine line. Where I just felt angry and sad during the movie, another normal citizen may act upon their perpetuated hatred and take it out on innocent people, as events have shown quite recently in the U.S. Hollywood is not the reason violence occurs, but we cannot deny it may be a catalyst. When something as delicate as the relationship, or lack of, between Americans and people of the Middle East is depicted in Hollywood, there is of course going to be discussion on either side or possibly violence.

I have consistently heard those around me call people who may look or act like they are from the Middle East derogatory names or worse, say they are probably “terrorists.” “Zero Dark Thirty” may possibly reinforce this racism, because it is in fact racism. Some will leave the movie feeling hopeful for the future and others

will be leaving with more hatred for the Middle East and al-Qaeda than ever before.

To fix the perception of average Americans from a Middle Eastern standpoint and to fix the perception of the Middle East from an American standpoint since Sept. 11 may be impossible.

However, movies, literature and television can educate both sides and stop reinforcing biases. Not every person from the Middle East is in al-Qaeda and agrees with terrorism, which many Americans do not understand.

There is also a clear difference between a documentary, and a movie filmed like it is a documentary. Though the filmmakers were in contact with the CIA, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is completely accurate. Michael Morell, acting director of the CIA, released a statement on the agency’s website stating that the “CIA interacted with the filmmakers through our Office of Public Affairs but, as is true with any entertainment project with which we interact, we do not control the

final product,” according to a Time magazine article.

Movies like “Zero Dark Thirty” will not stop being produced, but what Americans can do is research and educate themselves on such topics beforehand to decrease discrimination and realize what is true and what isn’t.

As citizens, it is our responsibility what we do with the media that is presented to us. Asking questions and doing formative research may help eliminate biases, discrimination and essentially inform consumers of what they should expect from the media and what they shouldn’t.

Nicole Theodore of Miami University.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Jonathan Tomczak

Smart Spending Stems From Schooling I

f an education is supposed to prepare us for the “adult world,” then it’s failing in one major respect: dealing with money. Why isn’t it a requirement for schools to teach students about managing their personal finances?

In the state of California, the education standards for economics can be met by only one semester of class. What’s worse is that the standards deal only with macroeconomics, or how the economy works on a societal level. Nowhere is there any concern that students, upon leaving high school, understand the importance of a credit score or even how to balance a checkbook.

I’m very fortunate that my father not only understands how to manage the family’s finances well, but has been willing to teach me.

Many young adults are not as lucky, and must exit high school teaching themselves what is arguably the single most important skill we can have.

In a world where credit has become king and consumerism runs rampant, the temptation to spend or borrow mindlessly can be too much for some. People who graduate high school uninformed may graduate college in so much debt that it will take until retirement to dig themselves out.

This hurts the economy as a whole just as much. The Great Recession was caused mostly by

an explosion in “subprime” mortgages, or mortgages given to people who wouldn’t be able to pay the banks back if they called in the loans, which of course they did. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that subprime mortgages went from 8 percent of total mortgages in 2005 to 20 percent in 2007, the year the recession began.

Of course, part of the blame lies with the banks, who shouldn’t have been giving out loans like cheap taffy. Yet, if the American people had been taught the basics of budgeting and if knowing which terms to stay away from in a loan was a bedrock of American education, then there wouldn’t have been so many bad loans to begin with. The recession would likely have still happened, but there wouldn’t have been anything “Great” about it.

The solution is a simple one: include state education standards that focus on personal finances. checkbook balancing.

It’s a sad state of affairs where students learn more about compound interest in a calculus class than they do in economics. It wouldn’t even cost the state a lot of money to implement; only that which is needed to design the standards and add the material to state tests.

The free market depends on a consumer that spends wisely.

A smart shopper is able to spend

DANIEL NALLY — THE SANTA CLARA

Many college students graduate without a sense of what economics is, and have little idea how their personal finances contribute to the broader national and international economies. Learning to budget your finances should be integrated into school curriculum.

more money more often, leading to a steady growth instead of sickly cycles of boom and bust. With the fiscal health of the nation a hot

topic, personal finance education is a simple solution that will benefit every American, every day.

Jonathan Tomczak is a junior political science and history double major.

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Don’t Bring Sunblock to This “Beach” Annual electronic music show draws in more each year Natalia Pavlina

Associate Reporter Students will be lining up to enter Club Illusions, anticipating a night to remember at the annual winter quarter event “Don’t Bring Sand to the Beach” this Feb. 2.

In previous years, students have looked forward to a night of fancy lighting, dancing and loud, thumping electronic music at the hands of student announcers alongside the rest of their peers. This year, they are eagerly anticipating even more.

It all began four years ago when Leve1, a student-run production company, decided they wanted more out of the Santa Clara party life.

“All the house parties were getting shut down because of the noise,” said Connor O’Rourke, present chief manager at Leve1. “They wanted to create a way for (Santa Clara) kids to party safely without sacrificing the type of music they wanted to play.”

It seems that in the past few years at Santa Clara, more and more students have been picking up on the growing electronic dance music subculture, some even trying their luck on the turn-tables. And as any

EDM-head will tell you, this genre sounds best when blasted through high definition speakers.

Santa Clara senior Raymond Jacob, known by many as announcer and producer, “Atlas,” can attest to this fact. “Artists and DJs love to hear their music played loud,” said Jacob. “When it’s turned up you hear the nuances and accents that make the music what it is. Plus it’s really fun, because if the music is up, then so is the dance floor.”

The first DBSTTB was held in a modest coffee shop in Santa Cruz, music provided entirely by student DJs. Only about 80 people attended.

The following year, Leve1 was able to accommodate a greater population by finding a more adequate location. Around 400 people showed during the second year, and though the performers were still all resident DJs, the event lasted hours longer, and was held at a larger venue.

By the third DBSTTB event, Leve1 had grown as a company, and hopes of expanding the event further were high. Instead of hiring only student DJs, they were also able to book a few more pronounced artists, specifically Autoerotique, La Sape and Crunch Theory. The hard work paid off and over 600 people attended.

Entering this year, Leve1 had their sights set on making even more progress, so they called in Top Shelf Lighting and DJ Services, another local production company that has

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Bright lights and thumping music attracts students of all kinds who want to dance and get both a social and musical experience.

grown a great deal in the past year.

The two companies were proud to announce that DJ and producer TJR would be headlining this year’s event. With over 30,000 likes on Facebook, 18 million views on YouTube and a song sitting in the Top 10 on the iTunes song charts, it’s safe to say that this is kind of a big deal.

As it turns out, securing such a

big-shot headliner took a lot of foresight and a little bit of luck. “We had to pick someone who is going to be big in the future, someone people will want to see by the time the event comes around,” O’Rourke said. “We had the ball rolling with him before any of his big stuff was even out.”

Considering the amount of growth the event has seen in just

four years, it seems the only direction DBSTTB will go from here is up. But no matter what happens in future years, O’Rourke reiterated that the goal of DBSTTB will always be to create a safe environment that is “for the love of the music.”

Contact Natalia Pavlina at npavlina@scu.edu.

IGWEBUIKE PRESENTS “FOR COLORED BOYS AND BLACK GIRLS”

RYAN SELEWICZ — THE SANTA CLARA

Students of Igwebuike, Christopher Paschal, Max Walter, Naomi Evans, Symone Jackson and R.J. Kennedy (left to right), perform in the Martin Luther King performance “For Colored Boys and Black Girls.” The show was presented in Mayer Theatre on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Igwebuike, the African-American student organization of the Multicultural Center, hosts the moving performance on an annual basis.

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Lauren’s Locales: Chabot Science Center

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The impressive planetarium at Chabot provides several amazing exhibits year-round.

Lauren Bonney

Associate Reporter Do you like learning about stars, planets and space? Then take a trip to the Chabot Space and Science Center. Located in the Oakland hills,

Chabot Space and Science Center has served the San Francisco Bay Area’s schools and citizens with astronomy and science education programs for over 115 years.

The Center features an array of interactive exhibits, including

a state-of-the-art full dome planetarium. Be mesmerized as you soar through space, look upon digitally recreated constellations and gaze far off into the Milky Way. If you are curious about the Mayans, then sit down and experience the “Tales of the Maya Skies.”

This planetarium show transports you back to the ancient jungles of Mexico and envelops you in the Mayan culture, stories and science that have affected our way of life.

The observatory at Chabot Space and Science Center offers spectacular views of the bay as well as a fantastic glimpse into the sky. Night viewings are especially fun during the summer months, but make sure to wear something warm while you enjoy the stars.

Anybody who is fascinated by the celestial universe would find Chabot’s exhibits worth the trip.

“Touch The Sun” The newest exhibit allows visitors to observe our closest and brightest star up close in all its electromagnetic glory. Check out sunspots, solar storms and more.

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Chabot’s Observatory Explore the skies with one of Chabot’s three giant telescopes during their night or day time viewings. Incredible views amaze no matter what time of day.

Contact Lauren Bonney at lbonney@scu.edu.

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Local Salon Fosters Community Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

A nearby hairdresser emphasizes a family feeling Liz Wassmann

The Santa Clara A mere three blocks from campus, in a small, nondescript building, is a little hair salon called Da One Above. Not many students are familiar with the unique destination, but the name and religious iconography on the sign outside has often led to curiosity about the salon.

“I am a Christian woman, and I wanted my business to glorify God,” the owner of the salon, Clyther Felix, explained, while using a round brush to dry a client’s hair. “That’s why choosing the name was easy.

Because He’s what this whole place is about.”

Felix explained, in her steady, paced way of speaking, that she had been to too many hair salons that were just catty. When she opened Da One Above seven years ago, her goal was to foster a place that helped clients from the “inside out.” The salon functions as a community center for clients, a place where they know everyone and can relax and catch up. She wanted to create the kind of place where people would feel comfortable leaving their children.

Clients come for all types of services, especially those who are seeking expertise in textured hair, something the salon specializes in.

They come to have their hair braided, to have weaves put in, to have relaxer applied, to have it straightened, colored or some combination of the above.

The age range of the clientele varies from little girls squirming in the chair getting their first braids to older women who have been customers for years leisurely flicking

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through magazines while Felix blowdries their hair.

Many clients come frequently, to get their hair washed and styled.

Felix puts a real emphasis on building relationships, and thinks of the salon as a family. For example, if one of her loyal clients is going through a tough time and can’t pay, she will cover them until they get back on their feet.

In addition to doing hair, the salon hosts purse parties, sessions on how to manage money and classes on women’s health. A back room doubles as a massage parlor and esthetician’s office, and another room holds a small gym with a personal trainer available by appointment.

Da One Above is a welcoming, affordable place for students not only to get their hair done, but also become a part of a community.

Contact Liz Wassmann at ewassmann@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Samantha Juda

Students sound off on the best and worst of Bronco life

Thumbs up to the San Francisco 49ers making it to the Super Bowl.

Thumbs up to Tapingo working with other nearby restaurants.

Thumbs down to oblivious people walking who make skateboarders fall.

Thumbs down to being hungry on nights when the Benson Memorial Center is closed.

Submit Thumbs up or Thumbs down to sameza@scu.edu

“If you could change one thing about Santa Clara what would it be?”

Darren Chin, ’14

Griffin Lerude, ’15

Kelli Fujinaga, ’16

Carly McPherson, ’16

Andrew Dugoni, ’13

“I would add the (Santa Clara) football team.”

“I would want a bigger rec center, with more basketball courts specifically.”

“The hours of Benson.”

“I would add a Jamba Juice to campus.”

“I wish there was a hot tub on campus that we could use.”

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TOP REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR COUCH THIS WEEK

SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, 1/24 KATELYNN CUSTUS FOR THE SANTA CLARA

1/24 | THURSDAY Forge Work Day Time: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: The Forge Garden Why Go? Take a break and get your hands dirty working in the university’s urban garden.

Women’s Basketball vs. Saint Mary’s College Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Leavey Center Why Go? Support the Broncos in their game against the Gaels.

1/25 | FRIDAY BUG Presents: Forge Garden Movie Night Time: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Solar House, Forge Garden Why Go? Join Bronco Urban Gardens at the Solar House for a premiere screening of “Vanishing of the Bees.” This documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds regarding the relationship between mankind and the environment. Enjoy honey infused beverages and snacks and stick around for a brief and stimulating discussion after the show.

Santa Clara Biology Department Seminar Series: Karen Young, “Molecular Diagnostics — an Industry Perspective” Time: 3:30 p.m.

Location: Daly Science 206 Why Go? Karen Young, director, Roche Molecular Systems, will give her talk on molecular diagnositics — an industry perspective.

Neto’s Market and Grill: All City Elite Time: 8:00 p.m.

Location: Neto’s Market and Grill Why Go? Neto’s is hosting All City Elite, through DreamSkape Entertainment, with special guest artists Eliquate and Four O’clock Heroes.

Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at door.

1/26 | SATURDAY Into the Wild: Point Lobos Day Hike Time: 8 a.m.

Location: Point Lobos Day Hike Why Go? Join Into The Wild Club on this day hike, leaving from the Mission Church. Only 25 spots are available so sign up quick.

The trip is disabilities accessible.

Cost: $5 Women’s Basketball vs. University of Portland Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Leavey Center Why Go? Support the Broncos in their game against the Pilots.

Into the Wild: Ice Skating Time: 11 p.m.

Location: Point Lobos Day Hike Why Go? Join Into The Wild Club for ice skating. There are 20-30 spots are available.

Cost: $20.

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1/27 | SUNDAY Liturgy Time: 10 a.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Location: Mission Church

1/28 | MONDAY Homelessness Awareness Week: “The Soloist” Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Shapell Lounge Why Go? Come watch “The Soloist,” featuring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx. “The Soloist” explores the realities of homelessness in America and its close connection to mental illness.

1/29 | TUESDAY Homelessness Awareness Week: Nightlife with CORE Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Kennedy Commons Why Go? A special worship centered around homelessness.

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1/30 WEDNESDAY Music at Noon: Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall Why Go? Internationally acclaimed composer, improviser and accordionist Pauline Oliveros comes to Santa Clara. This is the first of her three concerts this week.

Bannan Institutes: Sacred Pixels, Sacred Games Time: 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Location: Williman Room Why Go? Join panelists Rachel Wagner, associate professor

of religion in the department of philosophy and religion at Ithaca College, and Sean O’Callaghan, assistant professor of world religions at Salve Regina University, Rhode Island, for this engaging discussion, with series curators Elizabeth Drescher and Paul Soukup, S.J. Homelessness Awareness Week: Faces of Homelessness Panel Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Williman Room Why Go? Individuals from across the Bay Area will share their experience and stories of homelessness.

SCU Unplugged: Residence

Energy Challenge Kick-off Event Time: 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Location: The Bronco Why Go? Join KSCU, the Housing Office and the Office of Sustainability as they kick-off the 4th Annual Residence Energy Challenge with acoustic music performances. Learn how your RLC can win the Energy Challenge and participate in a TOMS raffle giveaway!

To suggest events for the calendar please contact Samantha Juda at: sjuda@scu.edu.

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WCC STANDINGS Men's Basketball Team Gonzaga (No. 8) Brigham Young Saint Mary’s San Diego Santa Clara Pepperdine Portland Loyola Marymount San Francisco

WCC 4-0 5-1 4-1 4-1 3-3 1-4 1-4 1-5 1-5

Overall 17-2 15-5 15-4 11-9 15-6 9-9 8-12 8-11 8-11

WCC 5-1 4-1 4-1 3-1 3-3 2-4 1-4 1-4 1-5

Overall 14-4 12-5 12-6 12-5 11-7 8-11 4-12 6-12 8-11

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Broncos Defeat Rival Dons

Women’s Basketball Team Gonzaga Saint Mary’s Santa Clara Brigham Young San Diego Loyola Marymount Pepperdine Portland San Francisco

UPCOMING GAMES Men's Basketball Santa Clara @ San Diego Portland @ Santa Clara

Sat. 1/26 1:00 p.m.

Thu. 1/31 7:00 p.m.

Women's Basketball Saint Mary’s @ Santa Clara Portland @ Santa Clara Santa Clara @ San Diego

Thu. 1/24 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 1/26 2:00 p.m.

Thu. 1/31 7:00 p.m.

BRONCO BRIEFS Men’s Tennis

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After winning two matches last weekend, the men’s tennis team will head north to Berkeley to compete in the ITA Kickoff this weekend. Santa Clara will face the University of Michigan in the first round. The field is rounded out by Boise State University and University of California, Berkeley. There are 15 four-team tournaments like this taking place around the country, where the winner of each one advances to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in February. The Broncos will enter the weekend ranked No. 35 nationally.

Men’s Basketball

Santa Clara’s Meagan Fulps looks to put the ball up around a University of San Francisco defender during the Broncos 61-48 home victory over the Dons this past Saturday. Santa Clara is enjoying much success during the early portion of their league schedule as they sit at 4-1, only a half game out of first.

Team now sits just half game out of first place in WCC Ryan Mahoney

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The Santa Clara men’s basketball team beat California State University, Bakersfield 66-36 on Wednesday night. Marc Trasolini had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the way for the Broncos. It was the team’s third straight win after two West Coast Conference wins last week.

Student-Athletes For the fall quarter of 2012, Santa Clara’s studentathletes posted a 3.06 grade point average.It was the 17th time in the last 18 quarters that Bronco studentathletes eclipsed the 3.0 mark. Eleven student-athletes received a 4.0 GPA. The men’s cross country team led all sports with a cumulative GPA of 3.337.

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The Santa Clara women’s basketball team won their third straight West Coast Conference game with a 61-48 home victory over rival University of San Francisco on Saturday night in a yet another defensive battle.

The Broncos had recently won close tilts against Pepperdine University (3836) and Loyola Marymount University (58-54).

The Broncos (12-6, 4-1 WCC) were paced by Ricki Radanovich, with 15 points and five rebounds, and Lindsay Leo, with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Three of Radanovich’s four field goal makes came from behind the arc.

Santa Clara trailed 5-0 after Alicia

Scafidi’s early 3-pointer. Scafidi lead the Dons offensively with 12 points. USF had a slow night on the offensive side of the ball, shooting only 31.6 percent from the floor.

“What we were harping on in practice was defense,” said senior forward Lindsay Leo. Stopping their opponent has become a hallmark of Santa Clara’s style. “Our defense is fueling us,” said Santa Clara Head Coach Jennifer Mountain. “We are doing a good job of taking away people.”

Santa Clara managed to get those much needed stops, and turned an early deficit into a 10-7 lead on Nici Gilday’s 3-pointer with 13:15 remaining in the first half. The score teetered back and forth in the first half, until Santa Clara pulled away late, ending the half with a 28-21 lead.

The Broncos charged out of the locker room in the second half and at one point led by as many as 11 points. Though USF would cut into the lead, at one point trailing by only 6, the Bronco’s offensive effort helped keep the game out of reach for the Dons.

USF, who went 3-13 last season in the

WCC and 1-13 the season before, has been a perennial doormat under Head Coach Jennifer Azzi, who took the reins in 2010.

The Broncos are showing that they may indeed be a contender for the WCC crown this season, should current trends continue. The Broncos had a 5-11 mark in conference last season.

The Broncos will host the other member of the three-pronged Bay Area Catholic school rivalry, Saint Mary’s College, in a game on Thursday night.

“Same game plan,” said Leo. “We understand what they’re going to try to do offensively and we’re going to respond to that.”

The Broncos and Gaels both sit at 4-1 in the WCC, good for a tie for second place, with only Gonzaga with a better conference mark at 5-1. Saint Mary’s handed Gonzaga it’s only conference loss of the year. “(It) is a huge opportunity for us. We’re at home, Saint Mary’s is a very good team.

It’ll be a great game,” said. Leo. The tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Contact Ryan Mahoney at rmahoney@ scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Raymond Cowels III Men’s Basketball The senior from Chicago scored 32 points in two games last week to help the Broncos get back on track with two big road wins.

He scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers, in Santa Clara’s 31-point victory over the University of San Francisco. He followed that up with 15 more points on Saturday against Pepperdine University.

Cowels has provided a consistent spark to the Bronco offense this year, averaging 9.8 points per game while shooting 42 percent from behind the arc.

Cowels is closing in on 1,000 career points, a milestone that is not uncommon to this team as Kevin Foster, Marc Trasolini and Evan Roquemore all have over 1,000.

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Hockey and the Sharks Are Finally Back San Jose starts season with two impressive wins Henry Gula

The Santa Clara The San Jose Sharks opened their season in Canada with two solid wins over the Calgary Flames on Sunday and the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

There are many Sharks fans on campus who were excited about the team’s 2-0 start, especially in a shortened season where each game counts for more.

“The Sharks season looks bright,” said sophomore Ramsey Fisher. “(Antti) Niemi is off to a great start, the addition of Brad Stuart will strengthen our defensive line and the youth on our third and fourth lines give energy to the big guns on the top two lines.”

During their game on Sunday, Patrick Marleau scored a pair of goals to lead the Sharks to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames in the seasonopener for both teams.

Martin Havlat and defenseman Dan Boyle also scored for the Sharks during a three-goal second period.

Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski each had a pair of assists. Lee Stempniak scored for Calgary, which led 1-0 after the opening period.

With the victory, the Sharks spoiled the debut of new Flames coach Bob Hartley. San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi made 31 saves for the win. Miikka Kiprusoff, playing his 600th career game, stopped 25

of 29 shots for Calgary.

Boyle scored on a two-man advantage with a minute remaining in the game.

Marleau scored his team’s first and third goals in the second period.

San Jose took advantage of Calgary’s defense around Kiprusoff to score its three second-period goals from close range. Marleau took a pass from Boyle and paused to make Kiprusoff stretch before making it 3-1 at 18:10. Kiprusoff lost control of a save off his chest and Havlat banged the loose puck in at 15:05.

Marleau tied the game at 13:52 with a power-play goal. Stempniak scored a power-play goal at 12:21 of the first period for Calgary’s first goal of the season.

Sharks defenseman Brent Burns was out of the Sharks lineup with a lower-body injury. Forward Scott Gomez, recently bought out of his contract by the Montreal Canadiens, skated with the Sharks during their optional pre-game skate Sunday.

The Sharks fared even better in their second game of the season.

Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture each had two goals and an assist as the San Jose Sharks won their second game in a row to start the NHL season, defeating the Oilers 6-3 on Tuesday night and ruining Edmonton’s home opener.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Dan Boyle also scored and Thornton had three assists for the Sharks (2-0-0).

San Jose struck first on a twoman advantage just three minutes into the match as Pavelski fed it to Boyle at the top of the circle and his blast got past Edmonton’s starting goalie Devan Dubnyk.

It was a 2-0 game just over a min-

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The San Jose Sharks opened up their season with two victories in Canada over the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. The wins were a great start for the Sharks, who, like the rest of the NHL, will be playing a shortened schedule this year due to a long lockout.

ute later as the Sharks again capitalized on the power play, this time on Couture’s wrist shot that fooled Dubnyk.

Edmonton was able to respond on a power play of its own 8.5 minutes into the opening period.

San Jose quickly restored its twogoal lead halfway through the first as Thornton’s no-look pass from behind the net found Marleau, who sent home his third goal of the season.

Just over a minute later it was a 4-1 game for the Sharks as Marleau scored high to the glove side on a quick shot from the slot on another power play with Thornton picking up

his third assist of the game.

The first period pounding wasn’t over yet. San Jose added two more goals to make it 6-1 after 20 minutes as Couture scored his second of the game on a rebound with just under two minutes left and Vlasic scored on a screened point shot with 40 seconds remaining.

San Jose out-shot Edmonton 17-7 in the first period. Edmonton got a goal back on a two-man advantage of its own with five minutes left in the second as Justin Schultz, a player the Oilers acquired as a free agent after a league-wide bidding war last summer, scored his first NHL goal to make it 6-2. Edmonton cut the

lead in half three and a half minutes into the third.

Both teams are back in action on Thursday as the Oilers remain at home to face the defending Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings, while the Sharks return to San Jose for their home-opener against the Phoenix Coyotes.

“The Sharks are a great thing for the city, and I’m glad the NHL is finally back,” said junior Karla Gaitan.

“They look good this year!”

Contact Henry Gula at hgula@scu. edu or call (408) 554-4852. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Katie Le Upsets No. 9 Player in Nation Women’s tennis’ star continues to make history Chris Glennon

The Santa Clara Santa Clara’s best women’s tennis player ever keeps on getting better. And she’s only a junior.

Over the weekend, Katie Le (No. 26 in the country) beat the University of California, Berkeley’s Anett Schutting (No. 9) in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.

“I was so nervous,” said Le. “I was up 5-1 and I just kept telling myself to close it out. I had to pull through.”

In an interview with Santa Clara Bronco Athletics online, Head Coach Ben Cabell said the win was the biggest ever for a Santa Clara tennis player. “It’s an amazing win that will propel not only her confidence but the entire team’s as well,” he said.

By simply looking at the score you might think Le won with ease, but she assured us that was not the case. “The score made it seem like it wasn’t close,” she said. “But to me, it felt like it was (tied at six) the entire time. (Schutting is) a really solid player. You really have to play every single point out.”

And that’s just what she did, in the process adding another line to her already impressive résumé as a Bronco tennis player. Le is the defending West Coast Conference Player of the Year and former WCC Freshman of the Year, but the local native from Milpitas, Calif. has her

sights set higher this year.

“I want to be the number one player in our conference again,” Le said. “I want to be ranked in the top 25 in the country and play in and win a round in the NCAA Tournament.”

Le lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year to Georgia State University’s Abigail Tere-Apisah. Playing in 80-degree weather under 60 percent humidity, Le battled to a heartbreaking three set loss, 6-7(4), 7-5 and 0-6. Her appearance in last year’s tournament was the first ever individual bid to the singles tournament for a Santa Clara Bronco.

“I’ve amped up my training,” she said. “Three times a week and I’ve increased the amount of conditioning and weights I do.”

Her new training regiment and focus could propel Le to reach her goals. “You have to mentally prepare yourself,” she said. “We don’t do anything different (against the top players).”

Regardless of her future success, Le’s achievements up to this point in her career weren’t necessarily expected.

“I didn’t expect to be ranked this high,” Le said. “I remember as a freshman I was No. 108 and I thought that was really good. (The success) is not something I would have expected. My teammates have been there to support me all the way and that’s really helped.”

Le and her teammates will be back in action on Saturday when University of California, Santa Cruz visits Santa Clara.

Contact Chris Glennon at cglennon@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Katie Le, shown above, recently beat Anett Schutting of the University of California, Berkeley, the ninth ranked player in the country. The win was the biggest in the program’s history according to her coach, Ben Cabell. Le is currently ranked No. 26.

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Chris Glennon

No More Moral Victories J

udging the success of a sports team is a black and white thing.

You either win a game or you lose it. You make the playoffs or you don’t. You don’t get any points for a moral victory.

Last year, I could almost get on board with the idea of a moral victory. With the injuries and off-thecourt issues the team faced, it wasn’t all that surprising that they stumbled our way through West Coast Conference play. This year, however, expectations should unquestionably be much higher.

They have three seniors, Marc Trasolini, Kevin Foster and Raymond Cowels III, a point guard, Evan Roquemore, who has scored more than 1,000 career points and a seven-foot center, Robert Garrett, in the starting lineup. From the difference I’ve already seen between this year and last, these Broncos have the chance to be one of the best Santa Clara men’s basketball teams in a long time.

At the end of spring quarter last year, I wrote, “A window of opportunity has opened for the experienced Broncos to stake their claim at the top of the conference.” I still beleieve this, and although Gonzaga University has shown itself to be one of the top teams in the nation, I don’t think we as fans should be satisfied with an 81-74 loss. The players certainly aren’t.

After the game, Trasolini said, “We let them get easy buckets. That’s unacceptable, and it’s something we take responsibility for.” Neither Trasolini nor Foster, arguably the two best players on the team, nor Head Coach Kerry Keating, said they were happy to lose by seven.

A middle-of-the-pack conference finish would not be something to get excited about this year. Santa Clara was two seconds away from finishing their non-conference schedule with a 13-1 record, with that one loss coming at the hands of the number one team in the nation.

It might be hard for some students to head into the Leavey Center expecting to see a win after some of the stuggles Santa Clara has had in league the past two years, but that’s exactly what the student body should do. The team just picked up two big wins on the road, so now is the time to jump on the bandwagon to make sure the Broncos play in the best environment possible so they have the best chance to defend their home court.

While imagining Santa Clara playing in one of the big two tournaments in March might be tough, it’s happened before and I guarantee it will happen again. And you know what’s great? This year’s team has the talent to make my guarantee come true.

Chris Glennon is a sophomore finance major and editor of the Sports section.

Broncos Get Back in the Win Column

MALU VELTZE — THE SANTA CLARA

Santa Clara senior Kevin Foster splits two California State University, Bakersfield defenders on his way to the hoop during the Bronco’s 66-36 win on Wednesday night. Foster was instrumental this past weekend in leading his team to two West Coast Conference wins on the road. The Broncos now sit in fifth place at 3-3.

Santa Clara moves to 3-3 in WCC Play Nick Ostiller

The Santa Clara Just when it seemed like the Santa Clara men’s basketball conference season was turning into a disaster for the second straight year, Kevin Foster decided to turn it up.

The senior sharpshooter, who missed a dozen West Coast Conference games last season due to a suspension, turned the number 12 around by hitting that many 3-pointers over the course of the Broncos’ two conference victories last week against the University of San Francisco and Pepperdine University.

Foster scored 27 points against the Dons and 29 more against the Waves, earning him Player of the Week honors in the West Coast Conference for the second time this season.

“He was taking good shots in rhythm and you got to feed the dog when it’s hot,” Head Coach Kerry

Keating told the Examiner online.

“When he’s going, you kind of got to let him go. It’s a pretty good proposition when he’s feeling it like that.”

Foster’s teammates were also singing his praises after the two wins, both of which came on the road.

“Offensively, he’s been as good as he’s ever been,” said senior forward Marc Trasolini. “Just hitting tough shots, making great decisions and we all know how capable he is of that. He’s been doing it all year and so it’s really not a surprise.”

Despite shooting a blistering 62.5 percent from the field last week, Foster emphasized the team’s focus on the other end of the court.

“We were just making sure we had a contest on every shot and make sure we were closing out and being aggressive on defense,” Foster said in an interview with the Examiner online.

Although Foster has been known to shoot the lights out, other facets of his game don’t really stand out. Over the course of his career at Santa Clara, the Katy, Texas native has never averaged more than three rebounds and four assists per game. Yet, against San

Francisco, Foster pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds, a stat-line that Broncos’ fans are more accustomed to seeing from a forward like Trasolini.

“It’s one thing you don’t usually see out of Kevin,” said Trasolini. “You know he’s elevating his game when he has 10 rebounds so that was good to see him get a little double-double action.”

While supporting his teammates, Trasolini has been no slouch himself during the team’s last couple of games. The senior from Canada grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds at San Francisco and then got aggressive on offense against Pepperdine, pouring in 18 points behind Foster’s 29.

After Santa Clara opened up WCC play with a victory at home against the same San Francisco Dons on Jan. 2, the Broncos proceeded to lose three straight in conference. Two of those losses came at the hands of then No. 10 Gonzaga University and a tough Brigham Young University team, but the 84-80 loss to Loyola Marymount University sandwiched in between those two setbacks was tough to swallow for players like Trasolini, especially after blowing a nine-point halftime lead.

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“We really beat ourselves against LMU, a game we should’ve won and we had won,” said Trasolini. “That stuff just really motivates us and we really wanted to get back on track.”

Following the intensity in practice, Keating was in good spirits after his Broncos were able to get back to their winning ways against the a team they had already proven they could beat.

“We’re really happy coming off a tough stretch and for us to come out and respond on the road in a place that’s a really tough place to play,” Keating said. “I thought we did a great job of responding on the defensive end. It led to good looks on the offense.”

Trasolini echoed the sentiments of his head coach. He said, “It felt good to really take it to our crosstown rivals. We always have a strong rivalry with them.”

Santa Clara will head back out on the road for a matchup with the University of San Diego on Saturday night before returning to the Leavey Center to host the University of Portland next Thursday.

Contact Nick Ostiller at nostiller@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.