Spring 2015 Week 3

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Students Encouraged to Conserve Water Fountains across campus to be shut off due to drought Mallory Miller

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Student Jessica Kirk demonstrates how to take a “Navy shower” in the fake shower stalls set up at the “60 Seconds Less” Earth Day booth. The “60 Seconds Less” campaign was launched to get students to conserve water.

In celebration of Earth Day yesterday, students signed a “60 Seconds Less” pledge, an initiative launched to get students to take shorter showers and save water during a critical state-wide drought. Associated Student Government and the Center for Sustainability kicked off the “60 Seconds Less” campaign by setting up fake shower stalls and signs with tips on how to take “Navy showers” at an Earth Day booth, to establish a personal connection with water use and demonstrate that students can easily help reduce the amount of water they consume. Navy showers run as little water as possible: Turn on the water quickly to get wet, turn off the water while soaping up and washing your hair. Make sure to run the water for only a short period of time to rinse off. “We are really hoping to continue this as long as the Center for Sustainability is here, because the drought is obviously something that is just not going to end,” said sophomore ASG senator Areany Tolentino. She first envisioned the campaign after reading about a NASA scientist who predicted that California only has one year’s supply of reservoir water left. She pitched the idea to the the Center for Sustainability a few weeks ago, and the two

groups immediately got to work. Santa Clara recently ranked 19th in Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Schools list for 2015, third in College Raptor’s Top 25 Green Campuses of 2015 and beat out Google in 2014 for the Acterra Business Environmental Award (one of the most prestigious environmental awards in the Silicon Valley). Now, the school is continuing to do its part to conserve water and fight the drought. The Benson Fountain will be drained and turned off on May 1, and the the St. Ignatius and Abby Sobrato fountains will be converted to recycled water as soon as the university designs new plumbing infrastructure and obtains permits to run the fountains with recycled water, according to Lindsey Kalkbrenner, director of the Center for Sustainability. “Turning off the fountains is a very visual way to see water is no longer ubiquitous in California,” said Kalkbrenner. “It’s a symbolic gesture to show that water is not omnipresent.” Kalkbrenner said the amount of water the university conserves really depends on whether or not students limit the amount of water they use. Showerhead fixtures designed to release only 1.5 gallons of water per minute have already been installed in dorm bathrooms. “That behavior change is a component that we can’t force,” said Kalkbrenner. “We have to just invite people. That’s really the only way we can get behaviors to change voluntarily.” Contact Mallory Miller at memiller@scu. edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Placeholder Website Stirs Up Controversy Anonymous writers parody student life at Santa Clara Eddie Solis Jr.

The Santa Clara Placeholder News, a satirical magazine that focuses on Santa Clara, has gained an online presence, causing laughs for some Broncos and headaches for others. “Our goal is never to actually show things as they are, perfectly and factu-

ally,” said Placeholder Head of Operations Sam Clemency, the pen name used by a Santa Clara student. “Our goal is to put (Santa Clara) up to a funhouse mirror that distorts everything.” Each Placeholder article addresses a topic or event that occurred at Santa Clara and exaggerates it to the point of absurdity, while still leaving students with something to laugh at, feel angered by or think about. The satirical magazine’s 13 writers and contributors have published over 100 stories since its October 2014 launch, according to Clemency. It features issues of high tuition prices, student apathy and cultural appropriation in party culture,

among other topics. “I think (Placeholder) is a great way for students to engage with issues in a satirical way,” said Jade Agua, program director for the Office for Multicultural Learning. An article titled “(Multicultural Center) Under Fire for ‘Douchey Frat Boys & Vapid Sorority Girls’ Theme Party” riled up MCC participants and Greek life members when it was first published. Students, not knowing the site was satirical, were offended that the MCC would be so insensitive; others who realized the joke were glad that Placeholder used their platform to turn the tables and bring up a prevalent issue. Averaging two thousand hits per week

and 200 hits per article, according to Clemency, Placeholder News has found its niche and popularity on campus by making fun of first-year students, Santa Clara’s sports teams, sorority and fraternity members and more. “I’m totally okay with making fun of Santa Clara people for being privileged,” said Wendy Peffercorn, a pen name for a Placeholder writer. Students have found the site to be full of spunk and hilarity. Readers excitedly share their favorite stories through Facebook. See SATIRE, Page 5

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