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2. Surprise climate change deal with China: The climate change agreement between the United States and China caught the world by surprise after months of secret negotiations built on an opening that arose last year when President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in the California desert. The deal, announced Wednesday, could mark a turning point in international negotiations, because it brings together the two largest emitters of heat-trapping gases for the first time. Whether it will actually
to confirm that they are the students missing since Sept. 26 after an attack by police in the southern state of Guerrero. “The statements and information that we have gotten unfortunately point to the murder of a large number of people in the municipality of Cocula,” Murillo Karam said at a news conference. Some 74 people have been detained so far in the case. Murillo Karam said authorities are searching for more suspects. From AP Reports.
slow the increase in world temperatures remains to be seen. The agreement signals that Obama intends to pursue the issue in his final years in office, although many of Congress’ supporters of the action lost their seats in last week’s elections. The U.S.-China deal has its roots in a June 2013 summit at the Sunnylands estate, where Obama and Xi reached an agreement on pursuing the reduction of hydrofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerators and insulating foams. From AP Reports.
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1. Burned remains suspected to be 43 missing in Mexico: Suspects in the disappearance of 43 college students have confessed to loading the youths onto dump trucks, murdering them at a landfill and then burning the bodies and dumping the ashen remains into a river, Mexican authorities said Friday. In a somber, lengthy explanation of the investigation, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam played video showing hundreds of charred fragments of bone and teeth fished from the river and its banks. He said it will be very difficult to extract DNA
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11/10: A bicycle with a missing front wheel was impounded at the Malley Center bike racks.
11/10: CSS responded to a fire alarm in a resident’s room. The resident initially claimed he burned popcorn but later admitted to smoking an electronic cigarette.
11/8: An unknown person wrote inappropriate sexual comments on a bulletin board on the sixth floor of Swig Hall. CSS responded to document the incident. 11/9: CSS responded to a report of two nonaffiliate guests causing a disturbance by yelling and acting erratically in the University Villas parking lot. CSS questioned both of them and told them to leave campus property. 11/10: An emblem was removed from the back of a vehicle while it was parked behind Schott Stadium.
Informational Report 11/10: CSS and SCPD responded to a report that a campus resident might be a threat to himself and/or others. SCPD took him to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for an evaluation, and notifications were made.
Medical Emergency 11/8: CSS responded to Palm Drive to assist a non-affiliate visitor who injured her hands and legs while running with her sister. Her parent declined SCFD assistance and the child received first aid. 11/8: A campus resident reported having an irritated eye when she woke up. CSS responded, and she was advised to see a doctor for further evaluation. 11/8: A student injured his knee while playing soccer at Bellomy Field. SCU EMS evaluated him. 11/9: A campus resident reported having flulike symptoms and requested medical assistance. SCU EMS evaluated her. 11/11: A student injured himself after falling off his skateboard in a campus parking garage. Paramedics took him to O’Connor Hospital.
Suspicious Person 11/8: A non-affiliate male made a female student feel uncomfortable when he followed her and kept looking at her while she studied in the library. She said he left the library when she did, and he then went to a grassy area to bury a dead bird. CSS responded and located him in the library. He was uncooperative when he was questioned. SCPD responded and he was admonished for trespassing. 11/8: CSS responded to a report that a nonaffiliate male was loitering around vehicles in the Kids on Campus parking lot. He was identified inside of the library and questioned. He was told to stay off campus and escorted out of the building.
Trespassing 11/7: A non-affiliate male was seen loitering in the Benson Memorial Center and the O’Connor Hall parking lots. CSS told him to stay off campus. 11/10: A suspicious person was reported loitering around Facilities. SCPD responded because of a communication issue. SCPD told the individual to stay off campus property.
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Corrections Collin Baker, not Nicolas Sonnenburg, wrote “Race Too Close to Call,” (Page 3, Issue 7, Nov. 5, 2014).
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The Santa Clara
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Hands-Free Vehicles Memorial Held for Anderson Company presented automotive technology Nicolas Sonnenburg The Santa Clara
The rage-inducing frustration of rush hour commutes may become more bearable with driverless cars. Velodyne, Inc., a Silicon Valleybased company, aims to alleviate the stress and monotony of driving. They presented their technology to develop self-driving cars at Santa Clara on Nov. 3. “Driving can be boring,” said Wolfgang Juchmann, director of sales and marketing at Velodyne.“Unless there’s nice scenery or a pretty girl sitting in the passenger seat, it’s not fun. Bumper to bumper traffic everyday to and from work is horrible.” Their devices, ranging in size from a hockey puck to a milk jug, use a combination of lasers that rotate 360 degrees. They take up to 1.3 million readings per second, creating a map of the surrounding area. The device then communicates with camera and a computer to control the car. Over the past decade, Velodyne has developed LiDAR technology.
Similar to sonar, LIDAR sensors create a 3D map of its surroundings using a collection of lasers. Companies including the Toyota Motor Corporation, Ford Motor Company and BMW are using LiDAR technology to create selfdriving prototypes. Juchmann said companies like Lockheed Martin, which produce aerospace and defense technology, have successfully used Velodyne’s innovations to build military transportation and large-scale self-operating construction vehicles. Legal questions have proved to be a major hurdle to the development of LiDAR technology for selfdriving cars. The Federal Aviation Administration prohibits private citizens from using unmanned aircraft systems, which often operate with LiDAR technology. Laws regulating self-driving cars have yet to be written. “If a car’s computer is forced to either hit an old woman or a young boy in the street, the program will ultimately make a decision,” Juchmann said. “Because the code that would make that decision is written by a programmer, courts could hypothetically go back and find that individual responsible.” Contact Nicolas Sonnenburg at nsonnenburg@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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The campus community remembered Nick Anderson, a senior accounting major who died last week, at his memorial service in the Mission Church on Nov. 8. Anderson’s friends said he was witty, extremely intelligent and very compassionate toward others.
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soccer and hockey, said senior Sean Merchak. “He boasted an exhaustive knowledge on so many different players and teams,” Hauck said. “His face shone with enthusiasm when he talked about the New York Jets, and
even though I’m not a huge sports fan, Nick’s excitement never failed to make me grin.” Because of his passion for working on cars, Anderson aspired to become involved in the auto industry, Merchak added. Known as a picky eater, Anderson always found new restaurants to show his friends and
enjoyed eating Mexican food at La Victoria Taqueria. Anderson’s memorial service was held at Mission Santa Clara on Nov. 8. Contact Sophie Mattson at smattson@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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Students engage in conversation about campus sexual assault policies and suggest possible improvements at a panel discussion and community forum on Nov. 6.
had 12 reported sexual assaults.” Williams asked the panel if they felt the school’s procedures for dealing with sexual assault are fair and compassionate. Cedar Smith, co-officer of the Wellness Center’s Violence Prevention Program, said the procedures should ensure a survivor’s comfort throughout the reporting process. “I think Campus Safety has some room for growth in terms of the ways that they take the reports,” Furrow said. “I think they don’t necessarily get a lot of training in ways to approach these really difficult conversations.” To increase dialogue about sexual assault on campus, the panel and audience suggested that students should engage in conversations about healthy relationships. They also said Santa Clara should educate students on how to support sexual assault survivors and should
make information about sexual assault prevention more accessible. “When we have events like this, men feel intimidated and don’t want to come in,” said senior Amanda Bolan, who attended the event. “If we can get men more involved, then they will feel like they can, for example, call their friends out when they engage in behavior that supports rape culture.” Belinda Guthrie, Title IX coordinator, said she hopes to implement a “three-click rule” to raise awareness about the sexual assault reporting process. “Within three clicks from the home page of a university, anyone should be able to access information on how to report a sexual assault, who to report it to and which resources are available,” Guthrie said. Contact Krista Clawson at kclawson@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
Sustainability Legend to Retire After 19 Years Sugg spearheaded many sustainable campus programs Mallory Miller
The Santa Clara Joe Sugg, an older gentleman from the South, steadily walked into the Facilities building conference room, choosing the seat in the very center of a seven-foot table to park his lanky body. He stretched his arms for 10 seconds and said in his deep calm voice he was ready to talk. Sugg, Santa Clara’s assistant vice president of university operations, oversees building management, construction, energy use and waste management on campus. After having worked at Santa Clara for the past 19 years, Sugg will step down from his position next week. Sugg grew up on a farm in Arkansas where his family grew vegetables in their garden, ate fresh meat and free range
chicken eggs, and drank fresh milk. According to Sugg, his upbringing in a sustainable environment inspired him to pursue a career in sustainability. “Joe was instrumental in creating the Center for Sustainability, the Forge (Garden), drinking fountains to fill up water bottles, (a system to use) recycled water, sustainable residence halls and probably much more,” said Iris Stewart-Frey, chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department. Originally hired as director of Facilities, Sugg reorganized and expanded facilities to include Campus Safety Services. In the late 1990s, Sugg planned to make campus structures more energy efficient and spearheaded a campus recycling program. Under his leadership, in 2003, Santa Clara joined the South Bay Water Recycling program — a municipal organization in San Jose that provides sustainable drinking water to South Bay cities — to irrigate campus lawns with recycled water. “There were a lot of individuals who were concerned with our conservation and recycling and social justice and the economics of doing things in a sustain-
able manner, but nobody had put it all together,” said Sugg,“so we went in spits and spurts.” Sugg and Amy Shachter, senior associate provost for research and faculty affairs, established an ad hoc committee and wrote a proposed campus sustainability policy. Former University President Paul Locatelli, S.J., approved and enacted the policy 10 years ago. In 2006, a sustainability coordinator was hired to foster collaboration on campus for green practices. Chris Shay, director of facilities and capital planning at Stanford University, will take Sugg’s position on Nov. 17. “Joe Sugg is a visionary and exemplary leader in all facets of running of a modern university,” Shay said. “Among individuals in my profession we universally look up to Joe and follow many of the practices that he has pioneered. Without a doubt, Santa Clara University has specifically benefited greatly from Joe’s leadership in the field of sustainability.” Contact Mallory Miller at memiller@ scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.
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Joe Sugg, assistant vice president of operations, was instrumental in establishing the Center for Sustainability and will step down next week.