The Santa Clara Fall Quarter Week 2

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Off-Campus Party Scene Draws Attention Welcome Weekend shows the wild side of partiers Anna Esquibel

The Santa Clara As soon as the first police vehicle showed up on Bellomy Street to break up what can only be described as a riot on the Saturday of Welcome Weekend, it was bombarded with multiple containers of liquor that broke upon hitting its windows. Within minutes, 10 other police vehicles were at the scene to end the first night of partying in the Santa Clara school year. The Santa Clara reviewed Campus Safety Reports from the first two weeks following Welcome Weekend from this year and compared them to last year. Incidents involving alcohol or aggressive student behavior have more than doubled in 2012, from 14 to 36. And that doesn’t even account for all of the commotion that has

occurred off campus, according to Director of Campus Safety Services Phil Beltran. “I think it’s a good indicator of what’s going on off campus since the students then come back on campus,” said Beltran. The party scene has gotten so intense that CSS and the Santa Clara Police Department are scheduled to have a meeting today to discuss the “fervor” of the students these past weekends, according to Beltran. This year the partying aspect of that weekend was brought to national attention due to a short segment run by CBS San Francisco News about how residents living near the university “say the party scene has become larger and rowdier than in the past.” “I would hate for someone to graduate from Santa Clara and then apply for a job and not get it because Santa Clara has a reputation for being a party school,” Assistant Dean of off-campus life, Kimberley Gilkey, said. “There is so much more life and

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Students blocked Bellomy Street while celebrating Welcome Weekend. Some people feel partying has gotten out of hand. See RAGERS, Page 7

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