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A recent study by the Pew Re-search Center shows that approxi-mately 55 percent women and 45 percent men attend college.

The gender divisions among Santa Clara applicants reflect a similar trend. Last year, 27 per-cent 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 “a!rmative action” for men. In one case, Jennifer Britz, the former dean of admissions at Ke-nyon College, wrote an editorial in which she admitted to accepting male applicants with much lower test scores than female applicants.

Dean of Undergraduate Ad-missions at Sandra Hayes admit-

ted that the overrepresentation of women in college can be challeng-ing 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 be-lieve 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

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 ex-ample because it’s right down the street. We have a hundred plus ap-plicants 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 di"erence could be attrib-uted to the university’s commit-ment to providing a well rounded student body. Santa Clara’s mis-sion statement even has a section for the commitment to communi-ty and diversity, which reads that the university “cherish(es) (its) diverse and inclusive community

Students join the movement for East Bay march

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You can’t look at a road map without stumbling upon a city cur-rently “occupied” by angry activ-ists. 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” Wednes-day 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 cou-ple 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 Occu-py Oakland movement is gaining momentum in the Bay Area, espe-cially following Olson’s recent hos-

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Protestors “Occupy” Oakland

A protestor holds a candle for Scott Olsen, who died in an Oakland Protest.

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Carbon emissions go down for the first time in many years

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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 O!ce of Sustainability. “A little bit disappointing, but we went in the right direction.”

When former President Paul Locatel-li, S.J., signed the American College and Universities Presidents’ Climate Com-mitment in 2007, Santa Clara pledged to encourage the use of public transporta-tion, begin purchasing or producing en-ergy from renewable sources, minimize waste and construct all buildings to a minimum of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver stan-dard.

While the university has made a num-ber of e"orts 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

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1. “Occupy” protestors arrested: Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with po-lice over food tables, and in Oregon, where of-ficers dragged them out of a park in an a2uent neighborhood.

The “Occupy” movement, which began six weeks ago in lower Manhattan to decry cor-porate influence in government and wealth inequality, has spread to cities large and small across the country and around the world. Dem-onstrators have spent weeks camped out in parks, wearing at the patience of city o!cials — even those who have expressed some level of support for their cause.2. Storms shutdown East Coast infrastrucu-tre: Residents across the Northeast faced the prospect of days without electricity or heat Monday after an early-season storm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines and closed hun-dreds of schools.

Communities from Maryland to Maine that su"ered through a tough winter last year fol-lowed by a series of floods and storms went into now-familiar emergency mode as roads closed, shelters opened and regional transit was suspended or delayed.3. 17 killed in attack on NATO troops: A Tal-iban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Sat-urday in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.

The blast occurred on the same day that a man wearing an Afghan army uniform killed three Australian soldiers and an Afghan inter-preter in the south — attacks that show the re-siliency of the insurgency and are likely to raise new doubts about the unpopular 10-year-old war and the Western strategy of trying to talk peace with the Taliban.4. Population reaches 7 billion: The United Nations marked the world population as reach-ing 7 billion on Monday amid fears of how the planet will cope with a growing population.

The U.N. estimates that the world’s popula-tion will reach 8 billion people by 2025 and 10 billion by 2083. But the numbers could vary widely, depending on everything from life ex-pectancy and access to birth control to infant mortality rates.5. Violence continues despite cease-fire of-fer: A Gaza Strip militant group spearheading a recent campaign of rocket barrages into Israel o"ered on Sunday to cease fire if the Israeli military would do so as well. Israel said it did not want the violence to escalate, but warned it would not hesitate to defend itself.

The rocket fire has provoked retaliatory Is-raeli airstrikes, and on Saturday, nine militants and an Israeli civilian were killed in some of the worst violence in the area in months. The exchange of fire continued overnight, with Pal-estinians firing rockets into Israel in the the morning, and Israeli aircraft targeting militant sites in Gaza, the military said.

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College Night to Showcase Student Art Thursday

This Thursday, the de Saisset Museum will be hosting its annual College night. Planned by students for students, itallows members of the Santa Clara community to get an inside look at the school’s own museum.

There will be a DJ, photo booths, hands-on printmaking and food. In addition, the event will also feature docent tours of the current exhibitions with the museum’s student docents, an art scavenger hunt and a ra2e.

Due to popular demand, this year, there will be two College Nights at the museum. The other will be held April 26, 2012.

Thursday’s event takes place from 7-11 p.m. and is free of charge.

University voted one of best values for private colleges

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has named Santa Clara one of the best values in private colleges, coming in at no. 44 on this year’s Best Values in Private Colleges.

Kiplinger’s rankings looked at 100 private universities and 100 liberal arts colleges that combine a stellar education with economic value. The annual private school report appears in Kiplinger’s December issue and online now.

Kiplinger adjusted its criteria this year to reflect issues that have to do with families. Now, the rankings give more value to the four-year graduation rate — a measure of the college’s ability to deliver academic support and of the overall cost to families — and to colleges that keep student debt down.

Santa Clara University and many other schools have appeared multiple times.

Santa Clara County Votes on Ban of Styrofoam Products

On Tuesday, Santa Clara County o!cials voted on a measure that would ban polysty-rene, known by the brand name Styrofoam. The measure would ban Styrofoam from county fa-cilities immediately, and from unincorporated local food businesses by July 2012, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Styrofoam is commonly used for takeout food and drink containers because of its low cost, sturdy construction and usefulness for both hot and cold foods. But the material is a growing concern for environmentalists, who say that it does not decompose and is rarely recyclable.

“It is an extremely large litter problem,” said Don Gage, board chairman of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. “I hate to be on the side of the environmentalists, but in this case I have to agree with them.”

The California Restaurant Association spoke out against the proposed ban. “This doesn’t address the underlying problem,” said Daniel Conway, CRA spokesman. “Essentially what they’re arguing for is better litter.”

Similar Styrofoam bans currently exist in more than 50 cities and counties statewide, though statewide legislation has so far been unsuccessful.

Toys for Tots Drive BeginsThe Retail Studies Student Association is

partnering with Santa Clara Community Ac-tion Program to host a campus-wide toy drive that will benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation.

This is not RSSA’s first toy drive, but the hope for this year is that the partnership with SCCAP will encourage student participation.

“My sincere hope for this toy drive is that we will have endorsement from various clubs and student organizations outside of RSSA. By extending this toy drive beyond RSSA, it provides an arena for the entire community to give back during the holiday season,” said junior Alyssa Tomasello.

Students are asked to help by donating a new, unwrapped toy to one of the drop-o" loca-tions at the SCCAP o!ce, the Retail Manage-ment O!ce or in Benson. There will also be a table at Benson twice a week for the duration of the toy drive, from Nov. 3 to Dec. 2.

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2009. This is equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1,698 cars, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

A contributing factor to the dra-matic increase is the construction on campus. Since 2000, Santa Clara has seen a 40 percent increase in square footage. But because all of the new buildings are built to LEED gold stan-dards, their energy consumption is less than older buildings — the Learn-ing Commons is twice the size of the previous library, but uses the same amount of energy.

“We’re achieving energy savings in the new buildings that are maybe 40 percent or 50 percent better than required by California law, which is amazing,” said Assistant Vice Presi-dent of University Operations Joe Sugg.

“Almost all of our initiatives in terms of saving energy have also saved dollars,” said Sugg. “They haven’t re-quired us to spend more money on an annual basis — they’ve actually re-quired us to spend less money.”

The lighting retrofits that have been installed around campus are one way that the university is saving energy and money. Both the new out-door LED lights and the indoor CFL lighting upgrades use about 40 percent less energy than the old lights.

Although Santa Clara is currently trying to track all university carbon emissions, only electricity and fuel uses, including gas for university fleets and natural gas, are included in the goal to becoming carbon neutral. Oth-er emissions are di!cult to measure, including student, faculty and staff commuting and air travel.

Carbon neutrality is not only reached through reductions in energy, but also through carbon o"sets and

the purchase of power from renew-able sources, including solar and wind.

Even though Santa Clara has one megawatt worth of solar panel en-ergy coming from the roofs of the Pat Malley Fitness Center and the Leavey Center, as well as on the third level of the parking structure, they were not turned on until after the emissions numbers were calculated in 2009. These panels provide about nine per-cent of our total electricity use and will decrease our carbon emissions significantly.

In addition to these panels, there are also solar panels and a windmill on the Facilities Building and solar hot water on Benson Memorial Center. We also purchase renewable energy from Silicon Valley Power, which decreases our emissions.

Santa Clara is hoping to increase the amount of solar on campus as well as introduce other green technologies which will reduce emissions while sav-ing money.

The e"orts to decrease emissions are not only focused on buildings and operations, but are also reliant on the behaviors of students, faculty and sta".

“Part of that approach is the (O!ce of Sustainability) and working really hard with faculty, sta" and students and changing the culture,” said Sugg. “We think that’s probably worth at least 10 percent of our potential to reduce electricity is through cultural change.”

One of the major e"orts to increase students’ engagement in reducing emissions is the Residential Energy Challenge that takes place during

winter quarter. Last year, students conserved 85,000 kilowatt hours in 10 weeks — the equivalent of how much energy Malley Fitness Center uses in six weeks.

Students can also determine their personal carbon emissions with the Bronco carbon footprint calculator, which was developed by Santa Clara students during their Environmental Ethics Fellowship with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and put on the O!ce of Sustainability’s webpage.

“The only way we are going to get as close to climate neutrality as pos-sible is if everyone on the campus is engaged,” said Cromwell.

Contact Mandy Ferreira at mnferreira@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Joe Sugg is a key leader in the efforts to become carbon neutral at Santa Clara. During his 15 years at Santa Clara new technologies such as the windmill on the roof of University Operations have been installed to decrease our carbon emissions before 2015.

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Alchol Related Medical Emergency10/27: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consump-tion. Campus Safety and SCU EMS responded.10/28: A non-affiliate male was found intoxicated on the lawn area outside of Benson Center. Cam-pus Safety, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. He was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifications were made.10/28: A non-affiliate male was found intoxicated outside of Swig Hall and attempted to gain access into the building. Campus Safety, SCU EMS, SCFD and paramedics responded. He was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifications were made.10/28: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption. Campus Safety, SCU EMS, SCPD, SCFD and paramedics responded. The student was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifications were made.10/29: A non-a!liate male was re-ported intoxicated and unrespon-sive in Sanfilippo Hall. Campus Safety and SCU EMS responded.10/29: Two students were reported intoxicated in a Swig Hall restroom. Campus Safety and SCU EMS re-sponded.10/29: A student was reported in-toxicated and non-responsive in a resident’s room. Campus Safety, SCU EMS, SCFD and paramedics responded. 10/30: Three students were re-ported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption in their room. Campus

Safety and SCU EMS responded.10/30: A student was reported in-toxicated and possibly sustained a head injury while falling. Campus Safety, SCU EMS, SCFD and para-medics responded.11/1: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption at an o" campus location. Campus Safety and SCU EMS.11/1: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption. Campus Safety, SCU EMS and SCFD responded.

Alcohol Violation10/29: Students were found in pos-session of alcoholic beverages and a small amount of marijuana in their room. All items found were confis-cated and disposed of. The students were documented.10/29: An underage student was found in possession of alcoholic beverages in her room. The alcohol was confiscated and disposed of and she was documented.

Bicycle Theft10/28: A bicycle was reported stolen from outside of a resident’s room in the University Villas.10/28: A bicycle was reported stolen from the Casa bike racks.10/28: A bicycle was reported stolen from the University Villas.10/31: Two bicycles were reported stolen from the Loyola bike racks.

Fire Alarm Activation10/26: A Swig Hall fire alarm was activated by burned food in a fourth floor kitchen. Campus Safety re-sponded.

10/27: Campus Safety and SCFD responded to a fire alarm activa-tion caused by burned popcorn in McLaughlin Hall.

Found Property10/26: A pair of reading glasses was found and turned in to the Campus Safety o!ce.10/26: Two sets of keys were found and turned in to the Campus Safety o!ce.10/26: A small purse was found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice.10/27: A wallet containing a false driver’s license was found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice. The owner was notified, and the false driver’s license was confiscated.10/27: A skateboard was found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice.10/27: A computer power adapter/charger was found and turned in to the Campus Safety o!ce.10/28: Two keys were found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice.10/28: A set of keys was found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice.10/30: A wallet was found and turned in to the Campus Safety of-fice.10/31: A hooded sweatshirt was found and turned in to the Campus Safety o!ce.

Hit and Run10/29: A vehicle was reported hit by another unknown vehicle while parked in the Cowell lot.

Information Report10/29: A student reported that some-one had smashed her carved pump-kin against a pillar outside of her Villas Apartment.

Medical Emergency10/26: A student fell o" his bicycle and sustained minor injuries. He re-fused medical assistance from SCU EMS. He was escorted to his home by Campus Safety.10/29: A student requested medical assistance for his sprained ankle. He was transported to O’Connor Hos-pital by a friend.10/29: A student stumbled while wearing high heels and injured her ankle. Campus Safety responded. She was transported to O’Connor Hospital by a friend.10/29: A student injured her fin-gers while playing basketball and requested medical assistance. Cam-pus Safetyand SCU EMS responded.10/30: A student accidentally dis-charged her pepper spray in her pocket and injured her leg. Campus Safety and SCU EMS responded.10/31: A student reported having trouble breathing. Campus Safety, SCFD and paramedics responded. She was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifica-tions were made.10/31: A student reportedly at-tempted to harm himself. Campus Safety and SCPD responded.10/31: A student fell o" his skate-board and injured his head. Cam-pus Safety, SCU EMS, and SCFD responded. He was transported to O’Connor Hospital by a friend.

Student Behavior10/29: A student was taken into custody by SCPD for being drunk in public place at an o" campus lo-cation.10/29: A student was observed yell-ing toward Swig Hall in the middle of the night on Market Street. He was admonished and documented by Campus Safety.10/30: A student was observed yell-ing loudly in front of the Mission Church in the middle of the night. He fled the area upon noticing Cam-pus Safety’s arrival.11/1: Campus Safety responded to Casa Italiana to investigate possible marijuana use. No marijuana was found in a room search.

Suspicious Incident10/29: A sta" member was found intoxicated inside his parked vehicle with the engine still running in the Sobrato lot. SCPD was contacted and responded. He was taken into custody for drunk in public.

Trespassing10/26: A non-affiliate male was observed loitering near the bicycle racks outside of the Learning Com-mons. SCPD was contacted and re-sponded. He was taken into custody for prowling and trespassing.

Vandalism10/27: Gra!ti was found written on a curb of the Franklin lot.

From Campus Safety reports. Email news@thesantaclara.com.

CAMPUS SAFTEY REPORT

Business school students unaware of curved grades

Danae StahlneckerC($%')*+%)$, W')%"'

Many students in the Leavey School of Business are still unaware of a grading guideline adopted al-most three years ago.

The guideline suggests that in each class, professors do not give any more A’s than there are B’s, and that the total number of A’s and B’s should not be any more than 80 per-cent of the issued grades.

“It was interesting in that we didn’t hear about it and that we didn’t know about it,” said freshman Delia Cuellar, “I’ve talked to other business students and I know a lot of people don’t know about it.”

Upperclassmen, also attest to the low-key existence of the guideline.

“I have only had two profes-sors mention it during the couple years that this grading procedure has been in e"ect,” said senior ac-counting major Christi Lucas. “The first professor taught an extremely di!cult class which everyone knew when they signed up for it. It wasn’t expected that a lot of students would get A’s to begin with, so the policy didn’t really matter in that situation. The second professor who mentioned it taught an honors class and only brought up the policy to say that she wouldn’t be following it for our class because it would be unfair since we were all top students to begin with.”

Another concern that had ini-tially been raised about the guide-

line was that it might cause too much competition. Supporters of the policy think that the business school should teach about working in a competitive atmosphere.

“It definitely raises the bar, but I think that’s okay because we’re studying business, and once you go out in the real world and you’re do-ing business, you can’t expect every-

body to be nice,” said Cuellar.Faculty Director of Undergradu-

ate Business Programs Carolyn Ev-ans said, “We want our degree to be a really quality degree, and we want to send a signal that it’s a good degree and that the grades here are meaningful.”

“The second thing that we want is that we’re trying to be fair — to be

fair across all the classes and across all the sections, so if you take the same class with one professor ver-sus another professor, you should get the same opportunity to get the same grade,” she said.

Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Business Programs Jo-Anne Shibles admits that there was questioning of the guideline when it first came out,

but that there have been no major controversies so far.

“When I first heard about the policy, I wasn’t happy about it be-cause I thought it would be unfair. However,” said Lucas, “I have not felt a"ected by it.”

Contact Danae Stahlnecker at dstahlnecker@scu.edu.

Grading Guideline Goes Largely Unnoticed

Senior Robert Maciel and senior Jenny Nicholson study in the Leavey School of Business. For the most part, students have not noticed the grading guideline which recommends that professors only give out a limited number of A’s and B’s in each class. The guideline was pushed forward to ensure fairness and consistency across classes in the business school.

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pitalization. Even on Santa Clara’s campus which is usually reserved and isolated from issues like these, Rodriguez has seen a change.

“The occupations have been talk-ed about a lot and politically that has surprised me because I think here there is no political discourse at all,” said Rodriguez. “There’s something moving people and you have to ask why.”

In order to help drum up support from those who may be hesitant, Oc-cupy Oakland activists have prom-ised to march upon any school or business which punishes a student or employee for participating in Wednesday’s march.

Over 1,600 people voted last week in the decision to carry out the “Oak-land General Strike,” according to the Occupy Oakland website, mean-ing a much larger turnout was ex-pected for last night’s protest.

“I think Wednesday is going to be a real test as to how far this move-ment can go,” said Rodriguez ear-lier in the week. “I hope it won’t get violent.”

The march and protest was in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement and an attempt to high-light what protestors believe is a growing wealth disparity in the United States with a small, rich per-centage of the population exploiting the middle and lower classes.

“The Oakland General Strike is a warning shot to the one (percent),” proclaimed the movement’s website. “Their wealth only exists because the 99 (percent) creates it for them.”

Oakland received national atten-tion in the past week after police and protestors clashed last Tuesday leav-ing one protestor, Iraqi war veteran Scott Olson, 24, hospitalized after being struck in the head with a tear gas canister. Police used tear gas as well as bean bag rounds to control the crowd, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Port spokesman Isaac Kos-Read said maritime operations had e"ec-tively been shut down, and interim Oakland police chief Howard Jordan

warned that protesters who went inside the port’s gates would be com-mitting a federal o"ense.

In Philadelphia, protesters were arrested earlier Wednesday as they held a sit-in at the headquarters of cable giant Comcast. Military vet-erans marched in uniform in New York, angry at their dim job pros-pects. And parents and their kids, some in strollers, formed a “chil-dren’s brigade” to join the Oakland, Calif., rallies.

“There’s absolutely something wrong with the system,” said Jes-sica Medina, a single mother who attends school part time and works at an Oakland café. “We need to change that.”

In Los Angeles, New York and other cities, demonstrators held their own rallies in solidarity with the Oakland protesters, who called for Wednesday’s “general strike” af-ter the city became a rallying point last week when an Iraq War veteran was injured in clashes with police.

Protesters, city o!cials and busi-ness leaders were optimistic the strike would be peaceful, and there was little to no visible police pres-ence all day.

Although windows at two bank branches and a Whole Foods store were broken and gra!ti was painted inside one of the banks, o!cials de-scribed the protests as peaceful and orderly and said no arrests had been made.

“It is important to acknowledge the wolrd is watching Oakland to-night,” city administrator Deanna Santana said as demonstrators began to gather at the port. “And we need to ensure it remains a safe place for everyone.”

Oakland is no stranger to politi-cal activism. In Oakland, protests against the Bay Area Rapid Transit service have been o" and on since the shooting of unarmed citizen Oscar Grant by a transit police o!cer in 2009.Despite the potential dangers, student activists still made the trip to Oakland for Wednesday’s march.

Organizers say they want to stop the “flow of capital.” The port sends goods primarily to Asia, includ-ing wine, rice, fruits and nuts, and

handles imported electronics, ap-parel and manufacturing equipment, mostly from Asia, as well as cars and parts from Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai.

Craig Merrilees, spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said its members were not being called to strike, but that they supported the protesters.

The members “are supporting the concerns raised by Occupy Oakland and the Occupy movement to speak up for the 99 percent and against the corporate greed that is wrecking America,” Merrilees said.

Elsewhere, police in Philadelphia arrested nine protesters who staged a sit-in inside the Comcast lobby.

One protester, Bri Barton, said she was there because the gleaming Comcast tower represents excessive wealth in a city with many blighted neighborhoods. “It’s hard for me to see this and that existing in the same city,” she said.

In New York, about 100 military veterans marched in uniform and stopped in front of the New York Stock Exchange, standing in loose formation as police officers on scooters separated them from the entrance. On the other side was a lineup of NYPD horses carrying of-ficers with nightsticks.

“We are marching to express sup-port for our brother, (Iraq war vet-eran) Scott Olsen, who was injured in Oakland,” said Jerry Bordeleau, a former Army specialist who served in Iraq through 2009.

The veterans were also angry that returned from war to find few job prospects.

“Wall Street corporations have played a big role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Bordeleau, now a college student. He said pri-vate contractors have reaped big profits in those countries.

In Boston, college students and union workers marched on Bank of

America o!ces, the Harvard Club and the Statehouse to protest the na-tion’s burgeoning student debt crisis.

They say total outstanding stu-dent loans exceed credit card debt, increase by $1 million every six min-utes and will reach $1 trillion this year, potentially undermining the economy.

“There are so many students that are trying to get jobs and go on with their lives,” said Sarvenaz Asasy of Boston, who joined the march after recently graduating with a master’s degree and $60,000 in loan debt. “They’ve educated themselves and there are no jobs and we’re paying tons of student loans. For what?”

Some parts of this article first appeared on USATodayCollege.com. Contact Kurt Wagner at jwagner@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852. Lisa Le", Terrence Chea and Terry Collins of the Associated Press contributed to this article.

Thousands of protestors gather in Oakland for a march to shut down the port. Supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement organized to stop the flow of capital and to speak out against the corporate greed that has”wrecked America.”

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of students, faculty, sta", administra-tors and alumni, a community that is enriched by people of di"erent back-grounds, respectful of the dignity of all its members, enlivened by open communication, and caring and just toward others.”

Political Science Professor Diana Morlang said that she likes having an even gender proportion in the class-room. “I think my style in class is very conversational, so I think it shouldn’t be very intimidating to one group or the another,” she said.

In the fall of 2010 (more current numbers were unavailable), the School of Arts and Sciences was made up of 62.4 percent women, represent-ing 66.2 percent of the total female student body, while only 27.7 per-cent of the School of Engineering was made up of women, representing less than 9 percent of female students.

Even in these schools, men and women sometimes tend to self-select into particular majors. This self-se-lection process means that some ar-eas of study are more heavily weighed towards one gender or the other.

Santa Clara is focusing on the separations of gender in education by increasing e"orts to bring diversity in certain programs, such as taking stu-dents to conferences and banquets

that support women in professional programs. The university has seen an increase in women participating in computing related majors by 31 percent in two years, according to a recent press release from the uni-versity.

The engineering department of-fers a number of programs that re-cruit and retain women in the com-puter sciences. Santa Clara is also part of a program that is committed to increasing the number of women in technical fields.

It’s not that women or men are better at certain things than the oth-er, said Ruth Davis, associate dean of undergraduates for the School of Engineering, it’s that they bring dif-ferent perspectives to looking at a problem.

Laura Ellingson, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program said she would argue that gender diversity is important to education, but it does create a more competitive atmosphere for women.

“In less than two generations, we’ve gone from not allowing women to allowing women who have to com-pete against each other at a much higher level than the men have to compete against each other,” said Ellingson.

Contact Matthew Rupel at mrupel@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4849.

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To the Editor:

Loyalty to a school has nothing to do with the number of athletic events one attends.

There is a reason attendance is low at Santa Clara athletic games: lack of interest in seeing teams that continually lose.

Similarly, there is a reason we will wait in line for hours to get our Gonzaga tickets: a high level of interest in seeing our rivals beaten.

People like watching basketball because it’s exciting, while the pre-vailing opinion seems to be that women’s sports are not.

That is why attendance is the way it is. It is not a lack of loyalty, it is a lack of interest.

The only way to increase inter-est is increase the level of play and

intensity. I wholeheartedly support the

academics at this school, and would defend to anyone the qual-ity of the education I am getting.

I would not defend the athlet-ics, though, because our teams do not win championships — unless you count the “definitely not the NCAA National Championship” the basketball team won last year.

If the Loyalty Program wants a crowd of insincere fans they are welcome to have me swipe my ac-cess card, stay for a quarter to eat some popcorn and leave, because I’ll be damned if I don’t get my Gonzaga ticket.

Thanks,Jenny Vandenbelt

Class of 2012

Feliz Moreno UWire Article

The next time you are walking around campus, take a look around and count how many

people you see sporting dreadlocks. Or count how many students you see with brightly colored hair, mo-hawks, wearing tie-dye or a trench coat.

Then try counting how many people you see wearing Tom’s, leg-gings or North Face attire. It will probably be too many to count.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with wearing Tom’s, North Face, J. Crew or Abercrombie everyday — that is as long as you’re okay with looking like everyone else on cam-pus. It seems that looking like every-one else is actually a goal of Santa Clara students.

If you visit other, more tradition-ally liberal campuses, it’s not strange to see students sporting cargo pants, long hair or trench coats. It’s not strange to walk onto a community college campus and see students our age with hair dyed purple or blue with numerous piercings adorning their face.

Our generation is noted as being big on physical self-expression, but you would never know it based on our student body.

Santa Clara students seem to have an aversion to self-expression through dress. I am surprised when I see tattoos poking out of shirtsleeves or a face with more piercings than

usual.There is a girl in one of my classes

who has pink streaks in her hair, and I was surprised by it. I was also im-pressed to see a guy wearing bright orange Crocs in the library, but I shouldn’t be.

Coming from a large public high school with all kinds of cliques and characters, it should not have been of any surprise to me, but here on our clean-cut campus it seems out of place.

Maybe the student style on cam-pus is streamlined because many of our students want to maintain a professional appearance at all times. In that case, I would say that we are still students and while going to class every day might seem like a very serious matter, now may be our last opportunity to sport that crazy hair style that is discouraged in the professional world.

Maybe it is because we lack per-sonality — although I am positive that is not the case. Personally, I think the professional business world and pressure to fit in has too much influence over our students. I mean, we aren’t in high school any-more, so why should we be judging each other based on the way we pres-ent ourselves?

Maybe we all dress the same be-cause we are all afraid of looking like we don’t fit in. The campus climate is not one that is wary of people who

walk around campus wearing baggy jeans and gold chains, or people with numerous tattoos and spiky hair. Theres no doubt some students here feel pressured to dress like everyone else. College should be one of the few times in our lives when we can worry less about our physical appearance and more about our mental enrich-ment. So why do so many students on our campus feel so much pres-sure to cut their hair, remove their piercings and trade in feathers and fishnets for cardigans and T-shirts?

Of course, I say all this as a girl who rarely wears anything more in-teresting than jeans and a T-shirt. I feel like I can’t even go out on cam-pus wearing tye-die without getting funny looks (and I thought tye-die had lost its “hippie” stigma over the last decade or so and become pretty main stream, but maybe I was wrong). Or maybe our student body should just lighten up and dare to step out looking di!erent once in awhile.

The next time you want to wear those grungy looking boots, or that gothic make up or “hippie” hair, I urge you to do it. There is nothing wrong with dressing di!erent from the mainstream. It at least makes life interesting.

Feliz Moreno is a sophomore English major and editor of the Opinion section.

Bank of America, your profits are great, but this means that the new fees

you’ve decided to charge people with your debit cards are com-pletely unnecessary. For those readers who aren’t aware, there will be a monthly $5 fee to have a debit card with Bank of America.

Well, Bank of America, I think it’s time we had a little chat.

I hear that you’re no lon-ger the largest bank in the U.S. thanks to that big bully, JPMor-gan Chase. But this doesn’t mean you get to lash out towards the people who love you. For years, millions of people have put their trust in you to not lose all of their money if the Great Depression reoccurs. That’s really all you’ve had to do for quite a while. We don’t ask too much of you — just don’t lose our money and don’t make it too painful to get back from you. I mean, most of us are lazy enough that we’ll put up with some inconvenience, but enough is enough.

You posted $6.2 billion in profit this quarter. And that’s good. Glad to see you back on your feet. Now it’s easy to see that you’re not really hard up for cash, so this would be an ex-cellent opportunity for you to stop screwing over Americans. I mean, with Occupy Wall Street, people are actually calling out banks, investment firms and rat-ings agencies on their terrible business practices.

See, there’s an issue right here: people who rate businesses or investments shouldn’t be paid by those businesses or the people who own those investments. OK?

Can you see why we’re all a bit peeved about this, Bank of America? If a company is sell-ing me a TV, and I decide to ask people what they think of the TV,

I’d like to hear if it will explode when I plug it in, or if it comes to life if I watch it after 10 p.m., rather than be fed sponsored lies.

But I digress. This new way to charge for a previously free service comes as a response to reforms brought to Wall Street by the Dodd-Frank Act which reduced how much banks can charge retail-ers due to debit card swipes.

And as college students, banks are constantly after our money anyway. Be wary, everyone, and do your research. If you’re like me, you probably don’t have the $20,000 or so in the bank that ex-empts you from these fees, so you may think about switching banks.

With $6.2 billion in profits this quarter, it’s not like we should

feel upset for them. There’s absolutely no reason to stand for these fees. Never mind that Bank of Ameri-ca also plans to cut 10 percent (or 30,000) of its employees and close to 10 percent of its branches. Nah, d o n ’ t w o r r y about it guys, America doesn’t

need those jobs anyway. Oh, wait. And you say the 2,000 people you fired in this wave of layo!s didn’t show up on your $6.2 billion profits, huh? Seems like you re-ally didn’t even need to fire those people either. But I’m sure you know what you’re doing.

Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan defended these deci-sions, saying that customers un-derstand the bank has a “right to make a profit.” Well, I suppose we understand that profits are the point of a business, but we can also understand that you made a profit before the institution of this fee and the firing of 2,000 hardwork-ing Americans. So I hope you’ll understand our right to protest.

Jacob Oller from the University of Oklahoma.

Dare to mix it up once in a while and step out looking different like the girl in the middle, and not in work out attire or professional clothes everyday. Try to be interesting and bring a little color to campus life, college may be the last time and place to do so.

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I’d like to think I’m funny. It’s my hope that there are people in my life who would answer “yes”

if you asked if I make them laugh. When I’m happy, I cheer others up with jokes. When I’m not, I use hu-mor to make myself feel better. In my constant pursuit of new mate-rial, I often find myself encounter-ing a particularly troublesome pair of words: “too soon.”

It would seem that there is an “off-limits period” when making jokes about sensitive subjects. When this period ends, no one knows. Which tragedies are sub-ject to the doctrine of “too soon” is also often a mystery. Yet, despite its nebulous boundaries, “too soon” has become a rule of thumb, a snap reaction to any light-hearted mate-rial that lies outside of one’s comfort zone.

Two days after Muammar Gad-dafi was killed in Libya, he became the inspiration for my Halloween costume at the suggestion of a cre-ative friend. I thought it was a great idea. With his distinctive dress and newsmaking ability, Gaddafi was guaranteed to get a smile from any politically conscious partygoer. And yet, as I pitched this idea to friends, I heard those inescapable words a number of times. “Too soon for Gad-dafi humor,” friends told me, “Why don’t you give it at least a couple of weeks?”

Why? A man’s death is always a sensitive subject, but haven’t there been instances where it was laughed at almost immediately? Consider the Darwin Awards, a collection of hundreds of stories about people

who have humorously eliminated themselves from the gene pool. Ninety percent of these people are dead, many were married with chil-dren. Yet, there’s no denying that these stories are funny. They’re funny no matter how much time has passed. “Too soon” does not apply. And if you’re going to have exceptions, where do you draw the line? This is my problem with “too soon” — if it doesn’t work for every

situation, how do you tell when it applies?

It’s not as if it would be so hard to, as a culture, come up with a bet-ter metric. Consider psychology: as new versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have been released, more and more mental health issues are being characterized not as a case of “you have it or you don’t,” but as a degree on a continuum. Perfect

health is all the way on the left, with the most severe cases on the right. Most cases, however, fall right in the middle.

Why not apply this system to sensitive topics? A really mean spir-ited joke about Gaddafi’s death is not the same as a light-hearted Hallow-een costume, and they should not be judged on equal terms. For greater tragedies, more care is required.

Shouldn’t it be about the joke?

The topic is no more than a vehicle for the punchline. A truly tasteless joke isn’t tasteless because it’s about a sore subject, it’s tasteless because it’s mean, inconsiderate and not fun-ny. I hope I’m not the only person to realize that a little light-hearted humor can always make a situation a little bit brighter.

Sam Gutelle of Northwestern University.

Muammar Gaddafi, Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse (from left to right) have all been added to the list of the recently deceased. So how long must we wait before we can joke around about their lives, legacies and deaths? Certainly, people whose deaths get publicized through the Darwin Awards do not decide when we start joking about thier deaths.

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In a recent New York Times ar-ticle, environmental journal-ist Elisabeth Rosenthal asked,

“Where did global warming go?” In many ways, her feelings echo mine.

It is the question of a confused and frustrated person who was hopeful about climate change mitigation in 2008, but has lately become more pessimistic.

Both politicians and the pub-lic seem less concerned with cli-mate change than they were three years ago, and governmental action seems unlikely in the near fu-ture.

While this can partially be attributed to the powerful fossil-fuel lobby and the economic re-cession, I think a large part of the problem stems from the way we talk about cli-mate change.

Climate sci-entist and Princ-eton professor Robert Socolow addressed this in an essay published last month. So-colow’s main claim to fame in the climate world is a 2004 paper that argued that, contrary to popular belief at the time, it was possible to stabilize greenhouse gas emis-sions for the next 50 years using technologies we already had.

Though no technology was sufficient on its own, we could achieve this goal if we combined seven technologies. (Disclaimer: my thesis advisor, Stephen Pacala, coauthored this paper.)

Many climate scientists and activists greeted this paper with excitement. Here was a precise, doable plan for the next 50 years. Surely the government and the public would take heed.

In his recent essay, Socolow mused on why his paper failed to galvanize action. Mainly he sees this as a failure of communication, and I think there is truth to what he says. The current rhetoric is both divisive and alienating.

Many skeptics refer to climate advocates (both scientists and ac-tivists) as global warming alarm-ists. Activists, on the other hand, dismiss skeptics as climate deniers and idiots.

Certainly, this is not a produc-tive way to have a conversation.The thing is, there is truth to both sides. There is uncertainty in the science and, as a result, climate models predict a variety of possible future scenarios.

These scenarios include both extremes — situations where car-bon emissions do not have much environmental impact (for a while, that is) and situations where the world spirals out of control with a five-meter sea level rise by 2100, massive drought and flooding, hu-man conflict over resources and, ul-timately, massive human mortality.

Most likely it is a middle scenar-io, with significant harmful e!ects that are not of such apocalyptic magnitudes.

The problem is, it is hard to predict exactly where the thresh-old levels are. We know that in-creased carbon dioxide levels will have certain e!ects, we just don’t know when exactly those e!ects will materialize.

Scientists and activists seem

reticent to mention uncertainty or that the more stable scenario is possible.

They fear that doing so will lead to inaction. But, rather than spurring action, the “alarmist” approach has opened the door for skeptics to poke holes in the story and to accuse climate scientists of lying or distorting the data.

A different approach, as pro-posed by Socolow, would be to pres-ent climate change as a risk, rather than as a doomsday prophecy lurk-

ing around the corner.

In doing so, scientists and activists would a c k n ow l e d g e that the sce-nario painted by skeptics is plausible, thus at least some-what neutral-izing that argu-ment.

C l i m a t e scientists and activists would seem reason-

able and trustworthy rather than extremist.

And if we told Americans that there is a small chance that green-house gas emissions might have little e!ect over the next 100 years, an equally small chance that these emissions could be catastrophic, and a big chance that these emis-sions would cause very severe (but not catastrophic) problems, I think most would rather play it safe.

We could get past this stalemate of “he said, she said.” But the issues addressed by Socolow are not the only problems with climate change communication. Part of the prob-lem stems from how we talk about the environment more generally.

Climate change and environ-mentalist rhetoric often pit hu-mans against, or outside of, the environment.

We must “save” the planet. Though dramatic expressions may rouse some, I believe that this strategy is actually alienating to many.

No one wants to save the planet — or even cute polar bears — if it is at the expense of oneself or one’s family. No one wants to save the planet by destroying the economy. Skeptics often warn that our focus on climate change distracts atten-tion and resources from alleviating world poverty.

But the truth is, we are part of the system and our rhetoric and policy should both reflect that.

Alarmist scenarios are so alarm-ing because of how they affect people and societies, not merely because of how they impact ani-mals or plants.

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the problems of the developing world such as drought, hunger, poverty and con-flict will only worsen.

As one of my professors ex-plained, the world is not made up of ecosystems, it is made up of social-ecological systems in which we a!ect the environment and the environment a!ects us.

It is not us or the environment. It is us and the environment. By saving the planet, we are saving ourselves.

Miriam Geronimus of Princeton University.

Both politicians and the public seem less con-

cerned with cli-mate change than

they were three years ago.

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Science Fiction or Real Science?

University Library, Physics Department, Residential Learning Communities Program,and Bon Appétit Present

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Come hear Dr. Philip Kesten, Associate Professor of Physics at Santa Clara University,

discuss The Physics of Star Trek

Crack open The Physics of Star Trek, by Lawrence Krauss, andyou’ll immediately encounter such science fiction staples as

transporter beams, wormholes, and warp drive.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, noon-1:30 p.m.Williman Room, Benson Center

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Eco-friendly fash-ion show benefits local nonprofit

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A charity fashion show without any clothing?

The Sustainable Business Stud-ies Club, which aims to connect stu-dents with local sustainable com-panies and organizations, teamed up with San Jose-based nonprofit organization Resource Area for Teaching to host the Anything But Clothes fashion show on Tuesday night.

Over 30 models and designers, as well as RAFT volunteers and local teachers, gathered at the Locatelli Center and showcased costumes made of any sort of recyclable ma-terial other than clothing to a small crowd, which was almost outnum-bered by the models themselves.

The runway portion of the fashion show kicked o! with Right Said Fred’s one-hit wonder, "I’m Too Sexy." One by one, the models showed off their handmade cre-ations — outfits that consisted of trash bags, aluminum foil, plastic red cups, world maps, beer boxes, Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets

and wrapping paper, among many other materials. The show's playl-ist continued with Shania Twain’s hit "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," despite the fact that all the models except for one happened to be male.

The small audience laughed in pleasure and shock as each model worked the runway. One of the models, senior Patricia Nevers, who wore a costume made of a map of the world and a 3-D, paper maché star, explained the rationale be-hind her outfit: "I want the kids to go global and reach for the stars."

Before the show's start, RAFT volunteer Chris Romero introduced the nonprofit organization. Accord-ing to the organization's official website, RAFT — one of 330 busi-nesses certified as a Bay Area Green Business — develops project idea sheets and compiles donated mate-rials that would end up in landfills into low-cost activity kits that are sold to teachers in hopes of facilitat-ing more hands-on learning in the classroom. For example, RAFT sells 30 Light Spectrum kits, which are made of a paper towel roll with two holes punched on both sides, tin foil and a piece of plastic film, for $3.

“RAFT’s mission aligned well with our (club's) goals," said Adri-enne Syme, SBSC president. "With the funding cuts to schools, espe-cially in impoverished areas of San Jose, RAFT transforms the learning

experience by providing teachers with a!ordable materials that make learning joyous, inspiring and en-gaging.”

After Romero's introduction at the show's beginning, local teachers approached the podium and shared how they had benefited from the organization's work. "Instead of recycling old binders, they can be-come an art journal for students, and old T-shirts can become reus-able bags," said Katherine Renee, a local teacher.

Ellie Harnow, who teaches at a school in Campbell, also uses RAFT's kits in her classroom. "Without RAFT, I could not have run any program, public or private — period," said Harnow.

After about 20 to 30 minutes, the fashion show wrapped up, and the judges chose the best five designs. After the top five models worked the runway one more time, the judges deliberated and selected freshman Nicholas Reed, dressed in a brown paper scarf, as the winner for the most original design and the recipi-ent of an Amazon Kindle.

All the models were asked to donate their creations to help RAFT's e!orts, as long as — as co-host Charles DeNault said — "you have clothes on underneath them."

Contact Mileen Zarin at mzarin@scu.edu.

Patricia Nevers (above) works the runway in a costume made of recyclable materials.

Over 30 models and designers showcased homemade costumes to a small crowd on Tuesday night (above). The costumes were donated to San Jose-based nonprofit Resource Area for Teaching to support the organization's efforts with local schools.

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Students showcase skills in Food Net-work-inspired event

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Pans sizzled, knives flashed across cutting boards and tensions ran high in the kitchens of Benson Marketplace as two teams of 10 students gathered for the first Iron Chef Santa Clara competition on Friday night.

According to Melissa Reynen, marketing manager of Santa Clara University Dining Services, the event served as a community and team building exercise for students, as well as an opportunity to draw attention to dining services. Bob Lubecky, who is serving his first year as Bon Appétit general man-ager at Santa Clara and has hosted similar events at other institutions, organized the event with Reynen.

Shortly before the event started, Lubecky met the two student teams to lay out the ground rules. With the help of one of Santa Clara's sous chefs, each team had one hour to create a three-course meal in which each course contained a secret in-gredient.

As the clock struck 5 p.m., Lubecky pulled the sheet, with a showman's flourish, that hid the competition's mystery ingredient: sweet potatoes.

The atmosphere grew increas-ingly hectic as the student teams worked on their three dishes.

"We had full reign over the kitchen," said event participant and senior Andrew Parker. Because both teams had access to all of the kitchen's ingredients and equip-ment, "it was hard to decide what exactly we were going to do and how to incorporate the secret ingredi-ent," he continued.

Each group had to choose a team name: Team Squash consisted of freshmen Kayla Clemson and Alex Nauman, and sophomores Michael Davisson, Phillip Eukel and Lauren Farwell, with sous chef Luis Acosta. Team Morimoto — named after one of the Iron Chefs on the original Japanese show and its American counterpart — consisted of fresh-men Edward Kronfli and Marit Knapp, juniors Eliza Brennan and Haley Watson and Parker, assisted by sous chef David Anderson.

The competition ended sharply at 6 p.m., and both teams presented their meals to the judges. The judg-ing panel, which included law stu-dents Samuel Jain, Peter Swiniarski and Patrick Wallen, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Philip Kesten and Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services Jane Barrantes, assessed each meal ac-cording to five scoring categories: taste, texture, timing, temperature and originality.

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Students and Bon Appétit sous chefs create sweet potato dishes in the Benson Marketplace kitchen.ANDERS RODIN — THE SANTA CLARA

Team Morimoto presented a mesclun salad with sweet potato croutons and a ball of goat cheese for its appetizer. Squash countered with an autumn salad with cran-berries and pecans, topped with sweet po-tato vinaigrette. The judges seemed enrap-tured by the dishes, and the race to see who would win the title of Santa Clara's first Iron Chef — and the prize of a n engraved iPod shu)e — was on.

For the main course, Team Morimoto carried out a sweet potato hash with sunny-side-up eggs. Team Squash’s main course was stu!ed chicken breast with sweet po-tatoes and ricotta cheese, served with fried sweet potatoes and topped with a sweet potato alfredo sauce.

For the dessert round, Team Morimoto presented a sweet potato mousse tart with

candied bacon, streusel and a strawberry puree. Team Squash brought out a coun-try sweet potato pie, topped with a pecan brown sugar streusel and garnished with whipped cream and caramel sauce.

The intense judging period concluded shortly after 7 p.m. Kesten complimented both teams’ “great creativity,” and each dish received quality marks. Ultimately, there could only be one winner, and once each judge had delivered their remarks, the win-ner was announced: Team Squash.

Jane Barrantes said that she hopes the next Iron Chef Santa Clara event, which may come as early as next quarter, “draws a bigger crowd” the next time. She encour-aged all students to throw their hat in the ring to earn the title of Santa Clara’s next Iron Chef.

Contact James Hill III at jhill@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

How would you describe our generation's style?

Question of the Week by Sarina

Caragan

Alex Cabral, ’15

"I feel like the style is kind of laidback, but it's also a flash-back to our past.

Alberto Ortega, ’15

"Definitely better than past genera-tions' (style). We have swag."

Bryan Herrera, ’14

"You can't even hear it; it's so loud!"

Eric Defina, ’14

"A cultural leftover of everything that's come before us."

Laura Santamaria, ’13

"A progressive throwback: bring-ing back the old stuff and making it better."

Iron Chef Santa Clara Fuels Competition

"We had full reign over the kitchen. It was hard to decide what exactly we were

going to do and how to incorporate the secret ingredient." - Andrew Parker ’12

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Non-business student launches online company

Keli DemertzisT*) S+"#+ C,+$+

If you had to compromise your individuality in order to keep your job, would you do it?

Senior Adam Reiss faced this di-lemma after being asked to remove his nose piercing for a new job. He refused, and Co!ee and Cigarettes Clothing Company, his Web-based T-shirt company that officially launched two weeks ago, was born.

Reiss, who is a psychology major with minors in Spanish and creative writing, began his journey toward student entrepreneurship after a co!ee shop chat in June 2011, when he and a group of his friends first envisioned the online clothing com-pany. A potential employer's request for him to remove his then-unhealed nose piercing served as the catalyst to get his T-shirt business o! the ground.

“To others, this seems like some-thing really trivial and obvious: take out the piercing and keep the job," said Reiss. "It rubbed me the wrong way. I didn't — and still don't — want to have to compromise myself for a job, especially at this point in my life, and for a job where I'd be serving food and mopping floors. I quit the

job before I even started and decided to make my own way, to find a way to make money and not compromise myself in any sense.”

However, Reiss did not jump from a minimum wage employee to an overnight success story; he spent nearly four months looking for investors and completing legal paperwork. He first applied for and was denied a loan in early summer because he was "21 with no collateral and no income."

"So I went to my parents, in-formed them of the situation and upon hearing the interest rate — the estimate was 10 percent at best — my dad basically said, 'E! a bank. I'll lend you the money. I trust you; you'll pay me back,'*" said Reiss.

The next steps included produc-ing the designs for the company's T-shirts. According to Reiss, finding a T-shirt designer was "pretty taxing" and "a learning experience." He had to learn how to approach and com-municate with potential business partners in an appropriate way. "Fig-uring out how to navigate the world of professional correspondence was weird," said Reid. "I think I initially o!ended (a potential designer) by o!ering him financial compensation much lower than he expected.”

Reiss has voiced plans for com-pany expansion — proving that this isn’t just an after-school hobby. He wants to add more shirts to his line, as well as hats, crewneck sweatshirts and women's clothes. Also, he has plans to host a promotional event with The Hut. "I plan on going as far

as possible with this," said Reiss. "If this is my job for the rest of my life, that would be really rad.”

As a student entrepreneur with real-life experience in the corporate world, Reiss o!ered some words of advice to his fellow Broncos who are interested in starting their own businesses, especially non-busi-ness majors. "Don't let anything

discourage you, as cheesy as that might sound," said Reiss. "You have to make things happen, make your own way — there's no single path. I mean, I'm not a business major; I've never taken a business class. And here I am, running a business. Forget everyone else. Do what you want.”

Reiss's recent business launch has proved that sticking to your

guns can pay o!. When asked why he thinks he has what it takes to be a business owner, Reiss answered: “Because I want it. I want it real bad. And I'm doing something about it. I think that's half the battle.”

Contact Keli Demertzis at kdemertzis@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

British band avoids sophomore slump with newest album

James Hill IIIT*) S+"#+ C,+$+

For any fan worried about Flor-ence + the Machine falling victim to the “sophomore slump” that plagues artists with breakout de-buts, let me ease your mind: "Cer-emonials" is one of the best albums of 2011.

British songstress Florence Welch and her Machine burst onto the music scene with their 2009 debut album, "Lungs." After gaining attention on this side of the pond through MTV, "Twilight" and the Grammy Awards, the Brit-ish rock outfit has returned with sophomore e!ort "Ceremonials" — and the album does not disappoint.

The album’s opening track, “Only If for a Night," begins with the line: “And I had a dream...” The opener alludes to both the ethereal style that drives this entire album and the whirlwind that has been the band’s life since the release of "Lungs." Dreams, ghosts, the mys-tical and fantastic — these lofty themes drive "Ceremonials" and, buoyed by Welch’s stellar voice and a stronger band emphasis, add to a memorable, dreamlike atmo-sphere that is set in stone after the next two tracks.

The second song “Shake It Out” begins innocuously enough, with relatively quiet lyrics about regrets and one’s past. Once the chorus kicks in it is easy to see that the track has more ambitious, arena-filling aspirations. By the time we reach the bridge — one of the best I’ve ever heard, in any song — the song has built into a show-stopping anthem on letting go and growing

not just past, but with your flaws.It would be fair to expect a

drop o! after a song like “Shake It Out," especially since it is the second track on a 12 song album, which has 20 tracks on the deluxe version. However, the third track “What the Water Gave Me” will have none of that. The five and a half minute tune — which was first played live at a concert last July in Berkeley’s Greek Theatre — builds and retreats twice before finally allowing Florence + the Machine to explode to a rollicking conclu-sion. When played back-to-back, "What the Water Gave Me" is the most fulfilling 10-minute stretch on an album since Kanye West spent nearly the same amount of time sending up toasts in 2010’s “Runaway."

"Ceremonials" continues quite spectacularly, even after its biggest highlights. The quiet surrender in “Never Let Me Go," the casual acknowledgement paired with well-controlled vocals in “Break-ing Down" — the album never lets up. “Lover to Lover” harkens back to old-school pop and R&B, and the album's second o+cial single “No Light, No Light” nearly rises to the heights of “Shake It Out” and “What the Water Gave Me."

Though the album is never quite as flooring after “No Light, No Light," it certainly does not lose momentum when it reaches its fi-nal tracks. “Spectrum” seems to be Florence’s best e!ort at wrestling the phrase “Say my name," and al-bum closer “Leave My Body” is a callback to an hour’s worth of bril-liant tone, music and lyrics.

Additionally, "Ceremonials" is one of the rare cases when even the bonus tracks could have been in-cluded in the album and detracted nothing from the listening expe-rience. “Remain Nameless," the science-themed “Strangeness and Charm” — which had its live debut

alongside “What the Water Gave Me” — and “Bedroom Hymns” are all worth a listen. The three songs given the acoustic treatment, “Heartlines,” “Shake It Out” and “Breaking Down” are just as good, if not better than their fully pro-duced counterparts.

Adele’s "21," which also fea-

tured work by "Ceremonials" producer Paul Epworth, has sold over 10 million copies this year and has helped establish her as the current hot British songstress. Following Adele's lead, Florence + the Machine’s superior "Ceremo-nials" should be destined for chart dominance in the months to come.

The album is unbelievable and es-tablishes Florence + the Machine as a truly talented band and red-headed siren Florence Welch as one of our generation's premier singer-songwriters.

Contact James Hill III at jhill@scu.edu or (408) 554-4582.

Coffee and Cigarettes Clothing Company sells graphic T-shirts inspired by "the music scenes I'm into," says senior psychology major and company founder Adam Reiss. Reiss hopes to expand the product selection to include hats, sweatshirts and women's clothing.

Florence + the Machine's album "Ceremonials," which hit stores on Nov. 1, is the rock outfit's second album since their 2009 debut.

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11/03 | THURSDAY

de Saisset College Night Time: 7 p.m.- 11 p.m.Location: de Saisset MuseumWhy Go? Photo booths, free food, raffles and art.

MCC Week: Sierra Leone's Refugee All StarsTime: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.Location: Locatelli CenterInfo: $7 general admission; free for Santa Clara studentsWhy Go? Q&A with the country's refugees and then hear some interesting music.

11/04 | FRIDAY

Stanford Blood Center DriveTime: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Location: Williman RoomInfo: Make an appointment online.Why Go? You might help save a life.

Little Shop of Horrors Opening NightTime: 8 p.m.Location: Mayer TheaterInfo: Also on Nov. 5 - 6 , Nov. 8 - 12Why Go? See the year's first fun musical!

11/05 | SATURDAY

Golden State Warriors "We Believe" Charity GameTime: 6:30 p.m. Location: San Jose State University Event CenterInfo: Starts at $20Why Go? Get your NBA fix, and all proceeds go to cancer founda-tions.

San Jose Sharks vs. Nashville PredatorsTime: 7:30 p.m. Location: HP Pavilion Why Go? Enjoy some time off-campus!

11/06 | SUNDAY

Men's Soccer vs. St. Mary's Time: 2 p.m. Location: Buck Shaw StadiumWhy Go? It's Senior Day for the Broncos, so come out and cheer on our graduating players in their final home game against the rival Gaels.

11/07 | MONDAY

Bronco Bus to San Francisco for Jack's Mannequin ConcertTime: Loading at 4:45 p.m., Departing at 5 p.m. Location: Leavey Center Parking Lot Info: Tickets for the concert and bus are $40Why Go? Join your fellow Broncos on a trip to SF to see the popular rock band.

Off-Campus Housing FairTime: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Location: Williman RoomWhy Go? An opportunity to speak with landlords about off-campus living opportunities for the 2012-2013 school year.

11/08 | TUESDAY

Women's Basketball vs. Sonoma StateTime: 7 p.m.Location: Leavey CenterWhy Go? Season-opening exhibition against the Seawolves and your first chance to see Preseason All-WCC senior Alyssa Shoji and the Broncos in action.

11/09 | WEDNESDAY

Center for Science, Technology and Society Speaker: Matt Flannery, Co-Founder and CEO of Kiva.orgTime: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Location: Arts and Sciences Building, Wiegand CenterWhy Go? Hear Flannery speak on his experience founding and working with the online microfinance company.

Members of the men's soccer team donned banana suits and mustaches, hopped into and congregated in Benson Marketplace — then were chased out of the cafeteria by a student in a gorilla suit — in a flash mob on Monday night. After the banana-suited soccer players scattered, another student dressed in safari gear entered the room, "captured" the gorilla with a net, and escorted the gorilla out of the room.

RYAN SELEWICZ — THE SANTA CLARA

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

TOP REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR COUCH THIS WEEK

To suggest events for the calendar please contact James Hill III at: calendar@thesantaclara.com.

SEE 11/06, SUNDAY

MEN'S SOCCER TEAM GOES BANANAS

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Men's team defeats Saint Mary's on newly-turfed Bellomy Field

Emily SchultzC!"#$%&'#%"( W$%#)$

The Santa Clara men’s lacrosse team broke in the new turf on Bellomy Field on Saturday morning with a strong 12-5 win over rival Saint Mary’s College.

The Broncos maintained consistent possession of the ball throughout the game and despite a slow first quarter, they opened up the scoring late in the game for a convincing victory. Although this match was merely a preseason friendly, Saint Mary’s is a conference rival, and the win was promising for a Santa Clara team that is looking forward to the spring season.

With 15 freshmen returning this sea-son, the team is hoping to be stronger and more complete.

“We started with all freshmen last year,” said assistant coach John Walsh, “but this year we have more depth at every position. We only lost four seniors last year, and we’ve got a good crop of fresh-men.”

This optimism translated into Satur-day's preseason match-up, as the Broncos played a dominating possession game on o(ense, moving the ball quickly and strik-

ing when Saint Mary’s could no longer hold them back. The two teams had met only two weekends before at the UC Da-vis CALI tournament, where the Broncos earned a 9-1 victory. Consequently, the Gaels seemed intent on playing a defensive game in order to redeem themselves.

The first quarter was scoreless until Santa Clara finally found the back of the net with 1:29 left in the frame. The Bron-cos would score again before the quarter was over. Although the Gaels managed to score in the second quarter, they found themselves unable to contain Santa Clara, which tacked on two more points to lead 4-1 at the half.

After the break, it was clear that the Broncos had not lost their momentum during halftime. Santa Clara was ready to extend the lead and their stifling de-fense pressured Saint Mary's into multiple turnovers. This defensive tenacity led to fast-break o(ense for the Broncos.

But Santa Clara still had trouble finish-ing o( their chances. After five minutes of several shots ricocheting o( the goal posts, the Broncos finally managed a break through and scored three times in four minutes. Saint Mary’s answered with a goal of their own, but Santa Clara would strike again before the third quarter could end. The Broncos would have another four goals in the final period. With a final score of 12-5, there was no denying that the Broncos' victory was well-deserved.

Freshman Joey Coleman and sopho-more AJ Von Massenhausen led the San-ta Clara o(ense with 3 goals and 1 assist apiece.

Senior Matthew Baker, a member of the team for the past four years and the current team president, expressed his ex-citement about the upcoming season with the developing team.

“Even though it’s still a young team, all the incoming freshmen are more on board with what the team is trying to ac-complish,” said Baker. “We’re trying to play at a faster pace and to go farther this year. The team is clicking faster and has been better at promoting unity.”

Head coach Gary Podesta is hoping that his players will be able to accomplish the goals he has set down for them.

“We’re trying to have more intelligent play, and more depth in more positions,” explained Podesta. “We are really working on developing our younger players.”

Although the team is still young, they have the foundation to advance and im-prove this upcoming spring season. The ever-increasing team unity, which was on full display against the Gaels on Saturday, will be one of the primary factors that will make Santa Clara a stronger, faster and more fine-tuned force. This spring season promises to be exciting for the Broncos.

Contact Emily Schultz at eschultz@scu.edu.

Sophomore Robbie Inch attempts a shot on goal during a game last spring against Nevada. The Broncos prepared for this spring with a 12-5 victory over conference rival Saint Mary's last Saturday morning in a preseason friendly. It was the first game played this year on the new turf of Bellomy Field.

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Club Lacrosse Shows Promise in Victory WCC STANDINGSMen's Soccer

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BRONCO BRIEFS

Men's Water Polo

The No. 15 Broncos (15-13) came up short against No. 7 Pacific (10-9) by a final score of 11-5 at the Sul-livan Aquatic Center. Santa Clara fell to 0-3 against the Tigers this season. Seniors Marcus Akerland, Brett Zylstra and James Case each scored a goal for the Bron-cos. Goalkeeper Michael Wishart tallied eight blocks to add to his school record. Santa Clara returns to action on Nov. 4 for a conference matchup at UC San Diego.

Women's Volleyball

Santa Clara lost in straight sets to Brigham Young on Saturday afternoon at the Leavey Center. The set scores were 25-11, 25-19 and 25-22. It was the first time the Broncos hosted BYU since the Cougars joined the West Coast Conference. Reigning WCC Player of the Week, Dana Knudsen, led Santa Clara with 12 kills while teammate Kaleigh Durket added 10 kills of her own. Bridget O'Hara had 11 digs and Alyssa Anderson had 37 assists. The Broncos (9-12; 4-6) will travel to Malibu for a tough matchup against conference-leading Pepperdine on Nov. 3.

Men's Crew

Santa Clara men's crew team placed two boats in the top 10 at the Head of the American Regatta at Lake Natoma in Sacramento on Saturday. The Varsity Four placed fourth and the two Varsity Eight boats came in seventh and tenth respectively.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The sophomore shot 3-over par to lead Santa Clara at the Cabo Collegiate in Baja, Mexico.

Favorite pre-game meal?Scrambled eggs, a bagel and fruit.

Biggest role model?My Dad.

Best part about playing in Mexico?Being able to look out over the ocean all day.

If you could play another collegiate sport, what would it be and why? Basketball, because I love to play and the atmosphere at games would be a lot of fun.

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Taxing conference schedule has led to aggressive play

Gabe TaylorT*) S+"#+ C,+$+

With 20 games being crammed into a two and a half month season, the Santa Clara men’s soccer team is bruised and battered. Six play-ers are currently bench-ridden with injuries, and the physicality present on the pitch is continuing to take its toll.

Hamstring injuries have plagued Mykell Bates, Alex Fitschen and Ga-briel Romero, while starting mid-fielder Murphy Campbell remains on the sideline after su(ering a sea-son ending injury at the beginning of the season.

On Oct. 14, Santa Clara and Loyola Marymount combined for 35 fouls, and eight cards — two of which were red. The redcards — handed out to both a Bronco and Lion’s player — were issued before halftime arrived.

“I think Santa Clara’s tradition is (as) a pretty physical team,” com-mented San Diego’s head coach Sea-mus McFadden following the Bron-cos’ 4-1 rout of his Toreros.

Prior to the 2004 season, West Coast Conference teams only played each other once. Now, every team competes against conference op-ponents twice — once at home and once on the road.

And the teams have left little doubt that they will turn to physical-ity if it means exiting the field with a victory. With teams jockeying for position in the tight WCC standings, the games can turn into battles.

“The game tends to be more ag-gressive than probably it should be,” said Santa Clara head coach Cam-eron Rast.

A primary reason Rast takes this stance is that when a players

are carded, they are able to return to the match after being subbed out.

“It is a physical league, and it’s kind of the environment that’s been created in this conference for soccer, and you can really tell,” said senior midfielder Brandon Zimmerman.

Soccer is physical in nature. Slide tackling, bodying up on the opposing players and charging in for a 50-50 ball are all a part of the game.

“You never really want to see a guy get hurt in this game,” said Zim-merman, who is known for his ag-gressive and vocal style of play. “But the thing about it is if you go in soft on a tackle, you’re making yourself more liable to be hurt.”

The WCC’s most controversial move came with the decision to in-still a bye week. Rather than allotting more time for the matches to take place, teams’ schedules require play-

ers and coaches to exert an immense amount of energy in a shorter period of time before and after the week o(.

“That decision is pretty unbeliev-able to me,” said Zimmerman.

In late September-early October, Santa Clara was forced to compete in four conference games within the span of eight days.

“That’s not conducive really to playing with a high level of quality,” said Rast, noting that it is di6cult enough to play two games in a week.

After picking up consecutive wins against the University of Portland and Gonzaga, the Bron-cos dropped the remaining two to the University of San Francisco and Saint Mary’s.

“When you play four games in eight days, somebody’s bound to get hurt,” said Zimmerman.

Rast and Zimmerman both agree

that health and consistency are im-perative for a soccer team to thrive.

Jam-packed schedules are cre-ating a roadblock across the WCC that limits teams’ ability to gain mo-mentum, with many teams merely having one day in between matches. With this minimal gap, coaches are left with insufficient preparation time before the next game springs upon them.

When asked how a coach pre-pares for a game when the team only has one day to rest, McFadden was quick to reply, “you don’t.”

If McFadden controlled the fate of WCC soccer, he would tweak the schedules in order for teams to primarily compete on Wednesdays and Saturdays instead of the typical Friday and Sunday games that are assigned now.

“We’re not doing justice to the

student athlete or their experi-ence,” said McFadden, adding that the league is “dogging” the players by asking them to perform at a high level on Friday night, and then ask-ing for more of the same less than 48 hours later.

Whether it’s a one-day break or a team taking a much-needed breather during their bye week, the fact remains that teams are su(er-ing from the current scheduling and rules. Soccer is a physical sport, but the league must establish a balance between aggressive play and safety in order to protect the health of the student athletes. Only until this balance is achieved will teams be capable to perform to the best of their abilities.

Contact Gabe Taylor at gtaylor@scu.edu or at (408) 554-4852.

Forward Erik Hurtado (top left) prepares to kick the ball against Loyola Marymount last Friday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. Midfielder Harrison Hanley (top right) leaps high into the air during Santa Clara's 4-1 win over San Diego on Sunday afternoon. Forward Carlos Montes (bottom) attempts to avoid the slide tackle during Sunday's game against USD.

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

Physicality is Theme of WCC Men's Soccer

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a good all-around team. There wasn’t a single player to which Santa Clara could devote most of the defensive attention. As a result, the Broncos were faced with the challenge of treating every Waves player as a potential threat.

“I thought Pepperdine was a very tough team,” said Smith. “They’re kind of a blue-collar, hard-working, physical team and sometimes those are the hardest teams to prepare for. If (our opponent has) one go-to player or a playmaker, sometimes we can do things di(erently defensively, but when the entire team is just a hard-working, second-e(ort, scrappy type of team, those are tough teams to play against.”

Following the win on Friday, Santa Clara leapfrogged Pepperdine to move into first place in the West Coast Conference. The Broncos came back strong on Sunday with a 4-0 rout of Loyola Marymount to stay atop the conference. The team has now won 10 of its last 11 contests, dating back to Sept. 23.

Santa Clara hopes to carry this momen-tum into its final regular season game against fellow WCC front-runner, San Diego. A vic-tory would seal the conference championship for the Broncos.

Santa Clara is looking forward to the pres-sure of the game at USD, a matchup filled with end-of-season implications. Back-to-back WCC Player of the Week Bridgett Miller hopes to continue her success on the big stage.

“We’re looking forward to our run in the NCAA tournament, but we know that we have to focus on USD to put us in the best pos-sible position going forward,” said Miller. “We know that USD will come out with a hard fight, and we welcome that challenge.”

Contact Ryan Marshall at rmarshall@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

Sophomore Alyssa Anderson sets the ball during Santa Clara's game against Brigham Young University on Saturday afternoon at the Leavey Center. The Cougars of BYU defeated the Broncos (9-12; 4-5) in three sets.

Bronco midfielder Julie Johnston (right) jostles for position with Pepperdine's Michelle Pao during Santa Clara's 1-0 conference victory over the Waves on Friday night.

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

Broncos Hand Pepperdine First Loss of SeasonContinued from page 16

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Win over Waves puts Santa Clara atop conference

Ryan MarshallT*) S+"#+ C,+$+

The Waves of Pepperdine came into Buck Shaw Stadium on Friday afternoon undefeated, ranked ninth in the nation and sitting atop the West Coast Conference. On their way out, they were no longer undefeated, and had relinquished the top spot in the conference to Santa Clara after losing 1-0.

The Broncos led the way with 14 of their 17 total shots coming in the first half, while Pepperdine managed only three shots in that time. On a number of occasions in the first half, Santa Clara fans and players on the bench were on their toes anticipating a goal, but the score remained 0-0.

In the 22nd minute, freshman

Sofia Huerta broke away and had a one-on-one with Pepperdine’s goal-ie as she approached from the left edge. Huerta struck the ball, rolling it across the goalie box to the opposite corner, out of the goalie’s reach. Al-most as soon as the ball left her foot, Santa Clara fans could be heard ex-haling at the sight of the ball striking the right goalpost and being fielded by a Pepperdine defender.

In another similar scenario in the first half, sophomore Julie John-ston’s attack was thwarted by a great defensive play from Pepperdine’s goalie, Roxanne Barker, who had four saves on the afternoon. Barker boldly challenged the streaking Johnston, kicking the ball out of bounds and saving a potential Santa Clara goal in the 44th minute.

The Broncos would get another opportunity right before the end of the half. With seven seconds left, Bronco senior goalkeeper Bianca Henninger sent a free kick from about midfield up for grabs near the goalie box.

After bouncing o( a Bronco play-er, a Pepperdine foot and the grass all within a few seconds, senior Bridgett Miller was able to obtain posses-sion and immediately sent the ball through the air into the back of the net for what would be the only goal of the game.

Coming at the end of the half, the goal was a particularly good source of momentum; Pepperdine could not counter-attack nor have any chance of immediate redemption. The Waves had to wait for the second half, and were forced to watch the Broncos celebrate as they trotted o( the field for the break.

Head coach Jerry Smith, in his 25th season with the Broncos, was particularly pleased with the goal, mentioning that it was an aspect of the game they had been working on recently.

“We have a couple of things we’ve really been working on and one of them is to score free-kick goals,” said Smith. “We (got) a free-kick goal to-day in a very timely fashion right at

the end of the half, which gave us some good momentum going into halftime.”

But Pepperdine came out firing in the second half, out-shooting Santa Clara 8-3 to go along with four corner kick opportunities.

Even so, the Broncos’ defensive e(ort was able to turn the shots that Pepperdine did get o( into di6cult ones.

“I thought today we did a nice job of transitioning from a zone de-fense to a marking defense as they got close to our goal,” said Smith. “They had a few shots, but far fewer than they normally get in a game, and they didn’t have that many shots on goal. I think that had a lot to do with our players doing a nice job of transitioning to a marking defense at the right moment.”

What was more impressive about the Broncos’ defense, Smith noted, was the fact that Pepperdine is such

Freshman midfielder Katie Speidel races past two Pepperdine defenders during the Broncos' 1-0 victory Friday evening at Buck Shaw Stadium. The win moved Santa Clara past Pepperdine and into first place in the West Coast Conference. The Broncos beat Loyola Marymount two days later and have now won 10 of their past 11 contests.

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

The Cards That Did Not FoldAs a long-time baseball fan, I

couldn’t help but watch in awe as the St. Louis Cardinals com-

pleted their surreal run to glory last Friday by beating the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the World Series. Although these Cardinals were not from Arizona, they sure rose out of the ashes more times than your traditional Phoenix. This team was unlike any other I had seen before. A team with more fight and resilience? I had seen none. Not until the 2011 Cardinals came along and shocked the baseball world.

They weren't even supposed to make the playo(s, and quite frankly looked dead in the water. With five weeks left in the regular season, the Cardinals were 10 1/2 games out of a playo( spot and going nowhere fast. However, with nothing to lose, they won 21 of their final 31 games, and somehow squeaked into the playo(s on the very last night of the season.

The Cardinals’ frantic run to the postseason was impressive, but many, myself included, believed their magic was about to run out. Waiting for them in the first round of the playo(s were the Phillies, the team with baseball's best record during the regular season. Down 2-1 in the best-of-five series, St. Louis promptly beat two of the Phillies' best pitchers in consecutive games to advance. These were the 2011 Cardinals.

Next they faced the Milwaukee Brewers. There was already bad blood between the two teams. Back when St. Louis was down for the count in early September, a Brewers’ player had taunt-ed the Cardinals via Twitter: “...I hope those crying birds (enjoy) watching the (Brewers) in the Playo(s!!!” That tweet no doubt lingered in the minds of the Cardinals. They used the insult as mo-tivation to beat the Brewers, who were wrong to think they had seen the last of St. Louis.

The Cardinals were of course heavy underdogs in the World Series, having had no business making the playo(s in the first place. Even for the red-hot Cardinals, the Rangers were proving to be a tall order. Down three games to two in the best-of-seven series, St. Louis was losing by two runs going into the last inning of Game 6. They were three outs away from elimination. But these were the 2011 Cardinals. Down to their last strike — twice — the “cardiac Cardinals” rallied to tie the game in both the ninth and 10th innings before a walk-o( home run in the 11th sent the series to a deciding Game 7.

No other team in history had won it all after being 10 1/2 games out of a play-o( spot as late as Aug. 24. But if their run to baseball's brink was any indication, it was clear that these Cardinals weren't just any "other team." After overcoming an early deficit in Game 7, they went on to make easy work of the devastated Rangers to win the World Series. This result was improbable, and the way they got there seemed impossible. But these were the 2011 Cardinals.

Nick Ostiller is a sophomore communication major and editor of the Sports section.

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