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Carbon Gender Gap Not Represented Protestors “Occupy” in Student Population Emissions Oakland Decrease Carbon emissions go down for the first time in many years Mandy Ferreira The Santa Clara Santa Clara University has reduced carbon emissions for the first time in four years since committing a pledge for higher standards of sustainability on campus. The change comes just one year after President Michael Engh, S.J., set the goal for the university to be carbon neutral by 2015. “Our goal for the end of 2010 was to reduce our emissions 20 percent below to ‘97 levels by the end of 2010 — we got to 11 percent,” said Lindsey Cromwell, director of the Office of Sustainability. “A little bit disappointing, but we went in the right direction.” When former President Paul Locatelli, S.J., signed the American College and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, Santa Clara pledged to encourage the use of public transportation, begin purchasing or producing energy from renewable sources, minimize waste and construct all buildings to a minimum of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver standard. While the university has made a number of efforts to promote sustainability, such as installing energy saving lights around campus, carbon emissions are well above the goal. Carbon emissions more than doubled from 8,659 metric tons in 2000 to 17,913 metric tons in See EXPANDING, Page 3
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2011 Applicants |
Increase in Female Applicants from 2006
Male Female 43% 57%
Male Female 50.4% 49.6%
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Hayes. One reason for this could be a number of all-male Jesuit high schools that act as feeders for Santa Clara. “Bellarmine is the obvious example because it’s right down the street. We have a hundred plus applicants from Bellarmine every year,” said Hayes. “It’s not like we admit every guy that applies from Bellarmine. But the vast majority, there’s really no reason why we should not admit them.” The difference could be attributed to the university’s commitment to providing a well rounded student body. Santa Clara’s mission statement even has a section for the commitment to community and diversity, which reads that the university “cherish(es) (its) diverse and inclusive community
You can’t look at a road map without stumbling upon a city currently “occupied” by angry activists. Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathering in Oakland forced a halt to operations at the nation’s fifth busiest port Wednesday evening, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September. Some Santa Clara students joined Occupy Oakland for an “Oakland General Strike” Wednesday night. Police estimated that a crowd of about 3,000 had gathered at the Port of Oakland by about 5 p.m. Some had marched from the city’s downtown, while others had been bused to the port. “If they successfully shut down the city, even if it’s only for a couple of hours, or if they successfully shut down that port, it’s going to say something about the potential of other occupations across the U.S.,” said senior Natali Rodriguez in preparation for the march. Rodriguez feels that the Occupy Oakland movement is gaining momentum in the Bay Area, especially following Olson’s recent hos-
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Decrease in Female Enrollees from 2006
GRAPHIC BY ALEXANDER MOLLOY DATA FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OFFICE
Despite their increasingly larger pool of applicants, female enrollment declines Matthew Rupel The Santa Clara A recent study by the Pew Research Center shows that approximately 55 percent women and 45 percent men attend college. The gender divisions among Santa Clara applicants reflect a similar trend. Last year, 27 percent more women applied to Santa Clara than men, but the enrolled class is almost exactly split at 50/50. Administrators from colleges around the nation have admitted to “affirmative action” for men. In one case, Jennifer Britz, the former dean of admissions at Kenyon College, wrote an editorial in which she admitted to accepting male applicants with much lower test scores than female applicants. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Sandra Hayes admit-
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ted that the overrepresentation of women in college can be challenging when trying to build a diverse class, but that Santa Clara does not let in unqualified students to bolster numbers. “Yes, we always want more men. But if I’ve got a man who I believe is not academically prepared for Santa Clara, I don’t care that he is a man. I wouldn’t sacrifice that piece for the gender equity,” said Hayes. Since 2006, Santa Clara has seen a substantial increase in female applicants — 2,599 more. But the number of female students who enrolled dropped by 91. Hayes said that Santa Clara has “not yet been in that position where (the school) really has had to be intentional about getting that balance.” Santa Clara tends to get a lot of strong male applicants, said
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