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On Monday afternoon, students and other members of the Santa Clara community gathered at the Mission Church to volunteer as ex-tras in a television commercial shoot for the university.

Last week, the O!ce of Market-ing and Communications sent an email to students notifying them of a commercial being filmed for Santa Clara and an opportunity to be in-volved. Santa Clara’s Facebook page also advertised the event.

Assistant Vice President of the O!ce of Marketing and Communi-

cations Rich Giacchetti stated that the commercial will be used for a brand image spot for the university.

He explained that television networks provide a 30-second or 60-second spot to universities dur-ing broadcasts of their NCAA ath-letic performances, typically during the halftime of a game. Giacchetti explained that the commercial will play during this time allotment for Santa Clara basketball games and other Santa Clara games that will be aired on television.

“There are people who are watch-ing the broadcasts who may not be familiar with Santa Clara, so this gives us a chance to just explain what it is that makes us special and di"erent,” said Giacchetti. “What we’re focusing on here are our Je-suit values and the Mission of the university,” referring to the shots being filmed in the Mission Church.

Giacchetti described the com-

mercial as a “here’s who we are” opportunity.

In addition to the scenes filmed at the Mission Church, shots were filmed in various other locations including the St. Ignatius Lawn and in Lucas Hall.

“The Lucas setup was of a per-son drawing parametric equations on a see-through white board,” said junior Robert Boscacci, an intern for the O!ce of Marketing and Communications. Boscacci explained that shooting for the commercial took place throughout the weekend, all day on Saturday and Sunday.

According to Boscacci, the most intense shot to film was an under-water one of a student swimming. The waterproof bag in which the camera was placed began to leak shortly after entering the water.

College Democrats and College Republicans go head-to-head

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College Democrat and College Repub-lican groups on campus went head to head last Tuesday night as they debated domestic, international and social issues that each presidential candidate supports.

Two college Republicans and two Demo-crats each took turns arguing why their can-

didates should be the next presi-dent. After five minutes of pre-

sentation, the other side was al-

lowed three minutes of questions.

The event was sponsored by the debate team and monitored by Melan

Jaich, internship coordinator and director of forensics. He organized a similar debate last election season.

“It worked well four years ago,” Jaich said. “It is great to see people active.”

Sophomore Eleanor Porges and first-year law student, James Giacchetti, argued on the Democrat side. Sophomore Meeks Vaughan and senior Trevor Williams argued for the Republican side.

The Democrats kicked o" the debate with Giacchetti, who started o" by stating why he thought President Barack Obama should be re-elected. He elaborated on how he thought

Obama rescued the auto industry, helped with job growth, ended the war in Iraq, and killed Osama bin Laden.

Next, Vaughan, a sophomore political science major, argued why he though Mitt Romney should be president. Vaughan talked about how Obama was not justified for another term and argued against the Democrats’ point that Obama ended the war.

Next, the other debaters on both sides were given a chance to argue their points. Porges talked about women’s rights and Obama’s plans to provide equal pay for both genders. Williams mostly talked about all the promises that he believed Obama broke during his turn.

Once every debater had an opportunity to speak, each team was given a three min-ute rebuttal to add any more points that were not previously covered or to elaborate on something that was already said. The debaters also used this time to clarify any points that the other team or the audience members misunderstood.

Once all the arguments were all made, the floor opened up for questions from the audi-ence. After a few minutes of a ques-tioning and answer ses-sion, the audience voted on which team they thought won the debate. The majority of the audience picked the Republican side as the clear win-ner.

Contact Amy Bernstein at abernstein@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4948.

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Campus Safety takes active ap-proach to problems

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Bike theft is on the rise at Santa Clara, with 17 bikes stolen since August, and Campus Safety is tak-ing action.

Campus Safety o!cers want students to learn how to properly protect their bikes. Therefore, Campus Safety, in conjunction with the Cycling Club, is hosting a Bike Safety and Security Fair & Lock Swap on Nov. 9 at the Benson Memorial Center in front of the bookstore.

They will be selling u-locks made by On Guard, which have been found to be the strongest

and most secure. If you bring in any other lock, especially cable locks, they will take $10 o" the al-ready discounted $20 locks, which are sold every day at the Campus Safety o!ce.

In addition to discounted u-locks, a brand new, fixed speed bi-cycle and ra#e tickets will be given away. The Cycling Club will be of-fering to do free minor repairs for any bike, including topping o" tires, resetting handlebars, and any other small repair you need.

Cable locks accounted for 15 of the 17 bikes stolen, while the oth-er two had u-locks. One of these U-Locks was found open on the ground with no signs of force and the victim didn’t remember locking it. The other was taken with the bike because it was not secured to a rack.

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1. Jamaica prepares for Tropical Storm Sandy: Jamaicans on Tuesday stocked up on supplies and reinforced roofs ahead of the ar-rival of Tropical Storm Sandy, which is expected to hit the island of posh resorts and sprawling shantytowns as a hurricane with lashing rain and wind.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Mi-ami said the strengthening Sandy was churning over warm Caribbean waters and should reach Jamaica on Wednesday. The late season storm is expected to travel from south to north over the Caribbean country, which hasn’t sustained a direct hit from a hurricane’s eye since powerful Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. 2. Jordan’s king pushes elections as reform path: King Abdullah II called Tuesday on Jor-dan’s fragmented opposition to organize to run for upcoming elections, an implied rebuke to groups that have opposed his parliament-driven reform program in favor of a boycott and street protests. According to the king’s roadmap, elec-tions will be held Jan. 23 for a parliament that will choose the prime minister. Previously, it was the king’s prerogative to appoint a premier.

The plan is aimed at forestalling Arab Spring-style uprisings that have toppled regimes else-where in the region. Jordan has weathered 22 months of street protests calling for a wider public say in politics, although the protests have been small and mild compared to mass uprisings elsewhere in the region.3. British foreign secretary warns against more power for Brussels: Britain has struck

out against pressure for the 27-nation European Union to centralize more decision-making as the continent tackles its debt crisis, with its foreign secretary insisting that Europe needs flexibility and not uniformity.

Rebu!ng German calls for deeper integra-tion, William Hague warned a foreign policy conference in Berlin Tuesday against impos-ing a model designed to help the 17 countries that use the euro with their debt crisis on all 27 members of the EU.4. Kuwait bans public gatherings above 20 people: Kuwait has banned public gatherings of more than 20 people and says police have the power to disperse unauthorized crowds.

The decision is a sign of deepening tensions between the Gulf nation’s Western-allied rulers and opposition factions led by Islamists.5. South Korean activists float leaflets into North Korea: South Korean activists put bal-loons carrying tens of thousands of anti-Pyong-yang leaflets into North Korea, eluding police who had disrupted an earlier launch attempt due to threats from North Korea.

North Korea’s military warned last week that it would strike if the South Korean activ-ists carried through with their plan, and South Korea pledged to retaliate if it was attacked. South Korean police had sent hundreds of of-ficers Monday to seal o" roads and prevent the activists and other people from gathering at an announced launch site near the border.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

Dean of Law School Steps Down for Sabbatical

Dean of Santa Clara Law School, Donald Polden, has recently announced his decision to step down. Summer 2013 will mark the 10th year he will have been at Santa Clara. Polden first became the law school dean in 2003, but will be taking a year-long sabbati-cal, then returning as a law school professor in 2014.

While at Santa Clara, Polden was able to complete the law school’s first comprehen-sive campaign in 2008, which raised more than $17 million in student scholarships, faculty support, and assistance for centers, institutes, and clinical programs.

He has also been responsible for hiring more than a third of the current faculty mem-bers within the law school during his term. He has helped create new curriculum regarding leadership education and has worked exten-sively in creating new academic programs for Santa Clara Law students abroad.

Before he began his time at Santa Clara, Polden was the dean and professor of law at the University of Memphis from 1993-2003. As a professor, he has covered many subjects such as employment law and corporate law. Before he was a law school dean, he spent his time practicing law within the realm of federal securities litigation and antitrust.

Annual Iron Chef Competition is a Re-match

Team Lubecky and Team Brinkman will battle head-to-head in a rematch of Santa Clara’s Annual Iron Chef Competition on Friday evening.

The kitchen at Sauté will transform into a stadium as two teams of five cooks are given a mystery seasonal ingredient and have one hour to prepare three courses, similar to the show, “Iron Chef,” on the Food Network.

“I like the show,” said senior Katherine Bercovitz. “I am excited that they are bring-ing it to (Santa Clara).”

Each competition features two teams that pair up with a Bon Appétit chef. Fri-day’s match showcases General Manager Robert Lubecky and Executive Chef Michael Brinkman who will lead their team of five cooks each.

This competition is different in com-parison to other quarters, as it serves as a rematch from last year’s competition when Lubecky’s team beat Brinkman’s.

Even though each team has an employee leader, the students are the ones who plan the menu and do the cooking. The leaders are just there to provide feedback and help adjust the menu if needed.

After the seasonal mystery ingredient is revealed, the teams have five minutes to decide on the courses they want to prepare. Once the menu is planned, the team divides up the tasks and starts cooking. After the hour is up, the judges try each course and vote on which meal is best and most creative.

The winning teams receive iPod Shuffles and the satisfaction of being the best.

“It is something fun for students, and a way to test their cooking skills,” said Lu-becky.

This is the fourth time that the university is having the iron chef competition and last year was the first year of the competition. .

“It is a great way to bring students in and show them what we do,” said Brinkman.

The battle takes place this Friday at 5 p.m. Students are encouraged to come watch and cheer on the competitors. They can even ask questions while the students are preparing the food.

“We would love to have people come and cheer on their classmates,” said Lubecky.

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Campus Safety responds to a bike theft incident last year. Officers have noticed an increase in thefts since August of this year.

Film crew reviews footage of the new commercial, which will air for basketball season.

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Alcohol Related Medical Emergency10/17: A student was reported intox-icated and had injured her forehead. CSS, SCU EMS, SCPD, SCFD and paramedics responded. The student was transported to Valley Medical Center by paramedics. Notifications were made.10/18: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption while an o" campus party. CSS and SCU EMS responded on campus to treat the student.10/20: A student was found in-toxicated on the sidewalk near the Benson Center, in the middle of the night. SCPD, SCFD and paramedics were contacted and responded. The student was transported to Kaiser Hospital by paramedics. Notifica-tions were made. 10/20: A student was reported in-toxicated in a Swig Hall women’s re-stroom, being loud and disruptive. CSS, SCU EMS, SCPD, SCFD and paramedics responded. She refused transportation to a hospital, and was left in her room in the care of her roommate.10/21: A student was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption. CSS, SCU EMS, SCPD, SCFD and paramedics responded. The student was transported to Valley Medical Center by paramedics. Notifications were made.10/21: A student was reported in-toxicated in a Walsh Hall men’s rest-room. CSS and SCU EMS responded.

He was escorted back to his room and left in the care of his roommate.10/24: A student was observed in-toxicated and stumbling in the grass area near Heafey Law Library. SCU EMS responded. He was escorted back to his o"-campus home by his roommate.

Alcohol Violation10/17: Students were found in pos-session of alcoholic beverages in their room. The alcohol was confis-cated and disposed of.

Drug Violation10/20: Marijuana was found in a resident’s room and was confiscated and disposed of. 10/24: Students were found in possession of alcoholic beverages in their room. The alcohol was con-fiscated and disposed of.

Found Property10/18: A skateboard was found and turned in to the CSS o!ce.10/19: A pair of reading glasses was found in the Parking Structure and turned in to the CSS o!ce.10/22: A cell phone was found and turned in to the CSS o!ce. The own-er was notified.

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Officers Respond to Report CAPS SupportNew programs to help with ris-ing stress

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Santa Clara’s Counseling and Psychological Services is o"er-ing two new support groups for students on campus this fall quarter, which focus on stress management and on support for students with abusive parents. “We’re finding an increase of the number of people on campus with mental health problems and an increase in the severity of the problems,” said Dr. Rose-mary Ellmer, training director and sta" psychologist for CAPS.

The CAPS program provides every undergraduate student with 10 free sessions for coun-seling per academic year. In ad-dition to individual counseling, a variety of group sessions are available as well, which can pro-vide undergrads with the oppor-tunity to discuss and participate with other members. Students can attend as many group ses-sions as desired.

These services are becoming increasingly more important for Santa Clara and universi-ties across the nation as clini-cal psychologists have noticed a higher demand for counseling programs.

A number of reasons contrib-ute to this change in numbers, as students’ personal lives and family situations have changed over the years. According to Ellmer, some students are com-ing to school with a lot of trauma in their background.

In additions, more students are coming to school that have

been on medication whereas be-fore, psychotropic medications weren’t as widespread.

Yet one of the biggest fac-tors that cause students to seek support from CAPS is the “work hard, play hard” mental-ity. “Rest hard” is not part of this mindset, which disturbs students’ abilities to balance a healthy lifestyle.

Universities across the na-tion have seen this rise in lack of balanced lifestyle and thus have had an increased amount of students seeking support from campus programs.

These larger universities, however, are struggling to sup-port this sudden need for coun-seling services, as it is just as-sumed that they will not receive more resources for their sta". Counseling programs thus need to find a way to distribute the services in an equitable way.

One way larger universities have combatted this issue is to cut down the amount of free sessions students are able to attend. In addition, some pro-grams have referred students into local communities to find support groups.

Santa Clara CAPS is in the process of collecting this data in order to find a more e!cient and e"ective way of allocating their resources. The Titanium Sys-tem, the data collection system used by Santa Clara CAPS, is part of a consortium of universi-ties across the nation. The same information can be inserted and accessed by any of the universi-ties with this system. Over the next few years, Santa Clara will accumulate very strong data about numbers and acuity.

Contact Carolyn Entress at centress@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4948.

only thing you need to protect your bike. Being active is equally as im-portant.

“You guys need to be aware,” said Phil Livak, Watch Commander of Campus Safety. “When people are walking around texting and somebody is messing with a lock, they should call Campus Safety.”

Campus Safety has been work-

ing towards a solution. Since the beginning of this quarter, they have apprehended five bike thieves that were in the process of stealing a bike. The dispatch o!cer saw some of these would-be thieves on cam-era, and alert officers on patrol caught the others.

Even with the most alert o!cers and best locks, completely elimi-nating bike theft is impossible.

As Livak pointed out, “For ev-

ery five bike thieves that go to jail, there are five more out there wait-ing to take their place.”

There is no surefire way to pre-vent bike theft, but if you prop-erly lock your bike and stay alert, chances are you can avoid getting your bike stolen.

Contact Robert Wear at rwear@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4948.

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The leak was found and the camera was insured.

In addition to underwater shots, students were filmed playing soc-cer, water polo, music, and even dancing.

“We consider our education as about teaching people how to put things into motion and action,” said Giacchetti as he elaborated on the purpose of the brand image spot. “We’re doers, so we want to show people are engaged in academic ac-tivities, music, athletics, campus

activities where people are doing things.”

Giacchetti added that the com-mercial will have other uses besides television broadcasts. The video will likely be played in Leavey during games and featured on the univer-sity’s website.

According to Giacchetti, the commercial is expected to be ready in mid-November, just in time for the basketball game broadcasts.

Contact Angeles Oviedo at aoviedo@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4948.

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Students and faculty tabled at the Sustainability Fair yesterday to promote campus sustainability initiatives. Tables at the event included Malley Fitness Center, Bon Appetit Dining Services,The Food and Agribusiness Institute and more. If you were unable to attend the fair, but want more information about campus initiatives, stop by the Office of Sustainability.

Price tags for pri-vate and public universities in-crease

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The sticker price of in-state tu-ition at four-year public universi-ties climbed about $400 this fall, an increase of nearly 5 percent that brought the average to $8,655. Room-and-board charges grew by a comparable amount, raising the full cost for students living on campus to $17,860 per year.

The latest annual figures from the College Board, out Wednesday, show that only about one-third of full-time students pay that published price. The estimated net price — what students pay on average after accounting for grants and tax credits — remains considerably lower than the list price: about $2,910 for tuition at public four-year universities, and $12,110 including room and board.

At private colleges, enrolling about one-quarter of four-year college students, list prices re-mained substantially higher: $39,518 on average, including room and board. During the previous three years, net prices at private colleges had declined. But this year net tuition and fees increased by $780. Including room and board, but factoring in aid, the typical student at a private college is paying $23,840 per year.

Graduate student Navid Shaghaghi attended University of California, Berkeley for his under-graduate studies, before attending Santa Clara.

“The di"erence is the gradu-ate student can only get loans so there’s a lot of loans to pay back,” he said.

At public two-year colleges, tu-ition and fees increased $172 to $2,959. On average, those costs are entirely covered by aid. Drawing on his experience from UC Berke-ley, Shaghaghi said, “For public schools, there are more opportu-nities for scholarships.”

Altogether, the latest figures send mixed signals. They high-light that higher education, al-though economically essential, is devouring an ever-increasing share of family incomes, which are lower than a decade ago. But the numbers could also signal an inflection point where several un-sustainable trends in costs, bor-rowing, and student aid at last begin to break, though it’s too soon to say for sure, said report co-author Sandy Baum of the Col-lege Board and George Washing-ton University.

Prices were up this year, though at barely half the rate of the previous two years. Enroll-ment, after surging nationally for several years after the economy collapsed in 2008, has leveled o". Partly as a result, federal aid is also now declining slightly after several years of double-digit in-creases.

Even student borrowing, the source of much anxiety, declined last year by about 4 percent. Bor-rowing remained 24 percent high-er than five years earlier, but the annual decline was the first in at least two decades.

Explanations could include debt aversion, more parents employed, or simply a decline in enrollment overall, particularly at for-profit colleges, where stu-dents typically borrow more than at other types of school. “Even though we do get loans from the government, there are a lot of pri-vate loans, but those have higher interest rates,” said Shaghaghi, referring to private schools.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, at least 123 col-leges charge more than $50,000 per year in combined tuition, fees, room and board.

“The tuition hike really im-pacts the more well-o" students, but for students who can’t really afford the tuition, financial aid covers most of it, which is nice,” said junior Suni Hamilton.

AP contributed to this story. Contact Katherine Chow at klchow@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4948.

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Students carved and decorated pumpkins in the Locatelli Center as they watched Hocus Pocus and prepared for the upcoming Halloween week. This is one of APB’s many events for the season. Their next event is a costume contest Friday.

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Don’t get me wrong, when I first heard about the RLCs I thought they were going to

be a blast. Looking back upon freshman year

I remember the importance and em-phasis upon the “life-altering” Resi-dential Learning Communities said I was supposed to learn not only in class but also in my learning com-munities.

It made perfect sense: live in a community that has the same inter-ests as me and we would all become the best of friends. I would be able to attend classes with students who also had similar interests. The RLCs sounded great until the end of my freshman year when I realized that I didn’t choose an RLC because of its programs or interest, but rather, its reputation and living styles.

Going well into my sophomore year, the RLCs appeal started to wane. None of my building-mates shared any of my classes or my major. Liv-ing in Sobrato Hall as an English and philosophy major, I did not know many students who were in any of my classes. It later hit me that after my Critical Thinking and Writing and Cultures and Ideas requirements I wouldn’t have many students to work with or talk to about my schoolwork.

The RLCs promise of academic interaction outside of the classroom within my community became some-what of an empty lie. As I started to take upper division classes with ju-niors and seniors, my RLC was looking more and more like a place to lay my

head rather than a place to interact with other students who may have the same academic interests.

Although students can attend weekly events and foster a sense of community amongst their fellow stu-dents, this year I hardly went to any social events put on by my RLC. Most students I knew were more concerned about going out on a Friday night,

and were not aware of any the RLC events. Students’ interests shifted from fostering a sense of community and solidarity, to finding a building that fit their personal social needs.

Though I think that the RLCs are excellent examples of how college housing should be organized, students don’t make living decisions based upon the RLCs interests. Freshman

Patrick Farley said “I would rather go out on the town, and like to know more people outside of my RLC.” All I am suggesting is that the RLCs realize that their strong points may in fact not be that relevant to students after their freshman year.

Some RLC events or on-campus events are very popular. Many pro-grams have a strong following and at-

tendance. Yet I feel that most students who are not incoming freshman are not worried about the interests and events put on the RLCs, and this is something that school housing should consider when promoting Residential Learning Communities.

Julian Castillo is a sophomore English and philosophy double major.

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For the first time, I am planting roots after grow-ing up an expatriate and

traveling upwards of 10 times per year. As a way to do so, I will be voting in the upcoming election.

Signing my voter registration form this summer felt like mak-ing a promise to the American government. A promise to make a well-informed decision based on facts that would help grow the country into success.

But I couldn’t help but feel a little anxious with this new-found privilege; after all, I’ve only been living in the States for about a year now. I was never re-ally around to experience all the e!ects of presidential elections, including how each presidential decision has a!ected everyday life in the U.S., and yet my first vote ever just happens to be for one of the most important elections in the last century.

Expatriates live in a bubble, experiencing the world and other cultures while still identifying with their motherland as a per-manent home. And being away from it all, their only source of information about the U.S. comes from the TV and the Internet, which actually isn’t that much at all. Facts and figures have time to become satirized and oversimpli-fied by the time it reaches them on

the other side of the planet. I can’t be held to too much

blame for viewing the past presi-dential elections like a reality show. I couldn’t see the unfiltered e!ects of each passed bill on the American population or the di-rect e!ects on the quality of life in general. Instead, everything seemed surreally entertaining.

But is it my background that causes me to view the election this way or is the ever growing popularization of the reality TV phenomenon causing my genera-tion to view the election in this light?

With each speech and debate, the constant back and forth of subtle mocking and slights are emphasized to the viewer rather than the actual topics being dis-cussed. Or at least, those are the moments I pay attention to the most. Reality TV has taught me to focus on the scandal of the situa-tion, rather than the substance of the matter.

No one can truly say that they know the outcome of the Novem-ber election with complete confi-dence, so until then, I’m keeping myself informed factually and avoiding my Netflix account at all costs.

Katherine Rualo is a sophomore undeclared business major.

Fifty-Five percent of surveyed students indicated they had witnessed another student

cheat, but only 10 percent said they themselves had cheated in a class.

Last year, members of the Associ-ated Student Government of Santa Clara conducted a comprehensive survey of students’ opinions regard-ing academic integrity issues.

The survey also found that 51 percent of the 574 students surveyed said they would support a student-initiated and student-operated aca-demic honor system, while only 14 percent said they would not support such a system.

What this finding reveals is that we as students are not holding our peers accountable for academic dis-honesty in the classroom, and we are not alone. Faculty members are not holding students accountable, either.

Last year, the O"ce of Student Life received only 20 reported cas-es of academic integrity violations from faculty members. This number is down from 45 reported cases dur-ing the 2010-2011 academic year.

Faculty members are required to report all cases to OSL under the Academic Integrity Protocol, but as OSL admits, the number of reported cases is surprisingly low.

I believe Santa Clara needs and must have an honor code. Rarely are students involved in the decision-

making process that determines the sanctions for violations.

If we as students are given the privilege to sit on Peer Judicial Boards that hear cases involving vio-lations of the Student Conduct Code and are expected to hold our peers accountable for their behavior out-side the classroom, why shouldn’t we be given this same privilege and opportunity within it?

In my four years here, the atti-tudes surrounding cheating among undergraduate students have seemed apathetic. The general con-sensus I have observed is that most students know cheating happens, but few rarely ever talk about it with their peers.

Professors will address the is-sue briefly at the beginning of most classes but then will not speak of it again throughout the quarter. Cheating becomes an issue that most students turn away from, and inci-dents are handled directly between faculty and student.

An honor code could change that. By giving students shared re-sponsibility with faculty members for determining sanctions. It can raise awareness of cheating on our campus and can encourage students to hold their peers accountable. An honor code that students support can put pressure on faculty mem-bers to accurately report violations to OSL.

This year I am asking students to support the initiative to adopt an honor code and rea"rm this univer-sity as one that truly prides itself on its students’ conscience, compe-tence and compassion.

On Nov. 14, there will be an Ethics at Noon in the Wiegand Room in the Arts and Sciences Building that will allow students to discuss the actual text of the honor code.

During week 10, there will be another Ethics at Noon to provide students with an opportunity to pro-pose alternatives to the adjudication process Santa Clara currently has for academic integrity violations. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is sponsoring both events. I would appreciate your presence and valuable contributions to these discussions.

Aven Sartre-Meloy is a senior political science and environmental studies double major.

Students participate in a theme event in the DaVinci Residential Learning Communities. Residential Learning Communities’s are intended to foster a community within a dorm by grouping students with similar interests, and provide opportunities to socialize. However, to many, RLCs have an empty presence in dorm life and do not fulfill their promises.

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Are RLCs Losing Their Appeal and Point?

Articles in the Opinion section represent the views of the individual authors only and not the views of The Santa Clara or Santa Clara University.

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UWire Article

Blake Shaffer

Mitt Romney generated a lot of flak for his “bind-ers full of women” remark

during Thursday’s second presiden-tial debate. And he deserves to be criticized, but not for some throw-away comment taken wildly out of context.

No, it is not the wording of Rom-ney’s comments that o!ends, but the fact that he and President Barack Obama feel the need to pander to women.

Whether the topic is jobs or con-traception, what makes a group of bureaucratic men, largely removed from public life, qualified to preach about issues they perceive to be im-portant to women?

The answer is simple — nothing. Politicians should campaign on

principle-driven policies, rather than pigeonhole the American elec-torate into neat, little subgroups based on race, gender and income level.

Your desire to court my vote should be driven by the areas where my individual ideals and principles coincide with yours. To do other-wise is inherently sexist and fails to take into account the diversity of women’s interests.

News flash, politicians — women as a voting block do not possess a col-lective brain. We have di!erent pri-orities, influenced by our individual thoughts and experiences.

Most Americans, and women in particular, are intelligent enough to extrapolate the impact the goals of federal policy will have on their lives. If they like what they perceive to be the implications toward them personally, they’ll vote for a candi-date. If not, they’ll apply the same rational process to the stated goals of the other candidate.

It’s the only way to end this ri-

diculous “malarkey,” to borrow a phrase from Vice President Joe Biden, about one party wanting to take away women’s health care choices. This fear mongering is not only downright asinine, but ought to be extremely o!ensive to any self-su"cient woman.

Excuse me if I don’t define myself by whether or not I have access to “free” contraception, or go running to the federal government to solve my problems. Are we really going to allow others to dictate how we should act or feel about these per-sonal issues? And what exactly about this follows the “feminist” doctrine of strength and independence?

And the same principle applies to subdividing voters by race or in-come level. Are we really going to let anyone besides ourselves frame how we should think about issues that a!ect us? That’s not individu-alism. It’s some bizarre form of col-lectivism, and it’s a perversion of the underlying foundation of American government — personal sovereignty.

Essentially, this means that be-cause we’re individuals with unique experiences and viewpoints, no one but us can know what’s in our best interests. That’s why government is limited and ultimately answerable to the people.

This is precisely why candidates for public o"ce should run on ideals, not this degrading groveling toward the perceived priorities of narrowly defined groups of voters.

In the end, that’s what America boils down to — principles. When we perform our greatest civic duty, voting, shouldn’t it be based on this, not the divisiveness of political pan-dering?

Megan Revillo of University of Maine.

I think it’s safe to say that FIFA is the uno"cial sport of dorm rooms across America. If you’re

in college, someone will be playing FIFA.

The same cannot be said for the sport of soccer itself. It is competing in an already crowded market domi-nated in turns by football, baseball and basketball. But if soccer isn’t at the top of the heap, how did FIFA come to dominate games like NBA 2K or Madden NFL?

For starters, FIFA is an easy game to pick up and play. It doesn’t require intricate knowledge of the rules or understanding of the for-mations, plays or positions. As long as someone can figure out how to pass and shoot, they know enough to scrape by. That’s not say that it has no depth; knowledge of players, teams and tricks is what separates the good from the great, but you don’t really need any of these to at the very least get close to a goal.

It’s also a very forgiving game. Since soccer is low-scoring to begin with, it’s pretty common for most games to end in either a draw or a two point spread. Since the possi-bility of tying a game is only a few goals away, it’s rare to feel like you’re out of the match in a game of FIFA. Even in those worst case scenarios, it is a whole lot easier to stomach a 5-0 loss in soccer than a 98-12 in basketball.

On a practical level, FIFA usu-ally takes about the same amount

of time. The clock doesn’t stop every time the ball goes out of bounds or a player takes a dive (which is bound to happen).

No matter what happens, some-one is going to be upset in about 16 minutes. This frees up the next

person in the rotation to hop on.Above all nothing beats dropping

a dead fish on someone after a goal or staring down the crowd as Super Mario. Nowhere else can you rub your opponent’s face in a goal in so many ways.

While soccer may not be Amer-ica’s pastime or favorite sport, in some ways the U.S. is catching on to what the rest of the world has known for quite some time. FIFA, on the other hand, has been, and in all prob-ability will remain, one of the best

dorm room hobbies. And as a final note to all of the Real Madrid players out there, I think it’s about time you took o! the training wheels, buddy.

Blake Sha!er is a sophomore communications major.

It is a safe assumption that FIFA is a whopping success in dorm life. It is a staple in many dorms. However, the game’s popularity does not reflect soccer’s popularity in the U.S.IRONHAMMERS.ORG

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Soon to be gradu-ates line up for portrait season

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Although it is only week six of fall quarter, for seniors, this week is a reminder that graduation is just around the corner with the start of senior portraits.

Ultimate Exposures will be on campus from Oct. 22 through Nov. 9 taking professional portrait pho-tographs of seniors for the yearbook with the option of ordering prints in their cap and gown or business

clothes. For some seniors, this is a monu-

mental moment that they took every precaution to prepare for.

“I’ll be getting a hair cut and hav-ing my hair stylist show me how to style it so it will look good with the cap,” said senior Kendra McClelland, “I also will be doing my makeup that day and practicing how I think it will look best in the pictures in the days leading up to my pictures.” .

Other students are using di!erent methods to prepare for their portrait shoot.

“I’m not doing anything crazy but I have been going to the gym more to prepare, and on the day of, I’ll just make sure to brush my teeth and throw on a Hawaiian shirt,” said Kevin Henderson.

For many students, their senior

portraits represent how their class-mates will remember them. They are used in the yearbook but many stu-dents also use them for graduation

announcements and display them in their houses.

“I wanted to make sure I looked and felt good,” said senior Laura Antonelli, who took her portrait on

Oct. 23. “I hope this picture reminds people of the happy person I was in school, the great memories we had and I hope they look at it and say, ‘wow, that’s a great picture of her.’”

Taking their senior portrait also caused an emotional response for many seniors.

“I thought it was going to be like taking any other picture and then when they took out the cap and gown for me to put on, that’s when it became real, that this is my senior portrait and it made it sink in that this is the last of everything for us seniors,” said Antonelli.

For other seniors, this moment made them excited about the future and their impending graduation.

“I’m actually just astonished at how much I’ve grown and just how much I’ve learned and matured

through college,” said McClelland. “Coming into college you are hoping that you’ll be prepared to go out into the real world and now I’m feeling like I am and I’m ready to take the next step into the next season of my life.”

For others, putting on the cap and gown made them nostalgic and reflec-tive of their time spent at Santa Clara.

“It’s crazy to think about how four years have gone by so fast,” said Hen-derson. “I can still remember walk-ing on to campus for the first time freshman year and I know that I’ll be sitting at graduation with most of my friends that I made that first day. I don’t want it all to end.”

Contact Anna Esquibel at aesquibel@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Happening Halloween Haunts

Great America’s Halloween HauntIf you like amusement parks, but just wish that you could

scream more, then try Great America’s Halloween Haunt this weekend.

The entire park is decorated, while several attractions and areas are completely redone to complete the Halloween look. The spooky scene starts at 7:00 p.m. and lasts until midnight.

Park-goers can expect a ghastly scene, complete with actors wandering the park, dressed in their creepiest clown costumes to get you to scare you right back to the dorms. Faint of heart beware, this event is for those who can take disturbing images.

Winchester Mystery HouseClimbing the stairway to heaven? Try the stairway to nowhere.The Sarah Winchester Mystery House, famous for its strange and

twisted construction, is hosting its terror attraction, “Fright Nights,” for the second year in a row. Going after hours means that you’ll be in on e of two events, either the “Walk with the Spirits flashlight tour” or “The Curse of Sarah Winchester: Resurrection.”

Those who go to the flashlight tour will get the chance to wander through the winding house alone, accompanied only by the moonlight.

End up at “The Curse” and you’ll experience a live-action game where actors in ghoulish garb chase you through the haunted house.

Masquerade Costume MegaParty Don’t want to go far from campus? Try the Masquerade Costume

MegaParty at Neto’s Market and Grill.The party will showcase Santa Clara DJs backed by full scale light-

ing and sound systems, with 4,000 watts of bass and sound equipment and over $30,000 in lighting equipment.

Anyone over 18 can go, but there is a $5 cover charge for those under 21. Top Shelf Productions, the company behind the event, stated that they wanted to provide a safe place for Santa Clara students on Hal-loween. If you’re looking to party and still need a place to go, try Neto’s.

All Soul’s Night at Liquid Lounge

Those looking to find a more grown-up setting should try All Soul’s Night at the Liquid Lounge in San Jose.

The event is only for the 21-and-over crowd, and will be featur-ing the soulfully spooky sounds of The JurassiC, a funky pop-jazz band that has senior Jackie Gage taking center stage with the vocals.

The event will have a costume contest and a dance o!, so you can boogie your bones and do the monster mash. As an added bonus, Liquid Lounge will be providing free food.

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Graduates start businesses and get to be the big boss

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Although Santa Clara graduates boast an extraordinarily high em-ployment rate after college, there’s another option that’s often pursued: starting a business.

After Amanda Arthur’s gradua-tion, she and her father, Tom Arthur, decided to go forward with some-thing that, for years, had just been a subject of conversation at the dinner table. They started a business by cre-ating a mobile to connect businesses and consumers at a local level.

She didn’t major in business, and in fact, studied history and politi-cal science, but Arthur says she has learned more in the past year than she ever would have dreamed. She hopes that what happened with Facebook at Harvard University can be replicated with her app at

Santa Clara. It’s called OptTown, and it allows

users to create their ideal “town,” by adding their favorite local busi-nesses. These businesses then have a direct communication channel with loyal customers, allowing the busi-ness to post deals and announce-

ments and o!er loyalty programs. Whenever users check the app, new deals are o!ered, which they can take advantage of by having the cashier scan a code on their phone on-site, at the business itself.

“It’s been amazing, watching an idea come to fruition,” Arthur said.

Since the app went live in Febru-ary at Santa Clara, Arthur has had two tasks. She has been cold-calling businesses, convincing them to join the network and to start offering discounts. At the same time, she has been encouraging students on campus to download the app and start taking advantage of these deals. Popular restaurants like Togo’s, Sub-way and Jasmine Thai are on the Santa Clara network. The app is now live at University of California, Davis and San Jose State University, and she hopes to someday take it all over the country.

Arthur isn’t the only Santa Clara grad flexing her muscles in the busi-ness world. The runaway success Bronco Delivery was an idea that sprouted from then-students An-thony Prieto and Arthur Gallanter.

The pair added the feature to the 10 year old Santa Clara com-pany they bought, Bronco Student Services, which o!ered storage and laundry services to students.

Since they bought the company, the Bronco Delivery sector has soared and they have doubled the

amount of storage customers. Since the co-owners no longer attend Santa Clara, they hired three cur-rent students to run the day-to-day operations of the company.

Prieto shared that they have been thinking about franchising the idea and taking it to other schools, but

adds that this may prove di)cult since part of the company’s success was their unique relationship with Santa Clara.

Contact Liz Wassmann at ewassmann@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Food trucks deliver new culinary options to chow down on

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Santa Clara students will have a new lunchtime option this fall; two food trucks will be parked on Market Street near the library every Tuesday and Thursday.

Gold Rush Eatery and Waffle Amore both opened within the last few months, and provide on the go options for students getting sick of food on campus, or who don’t have time to go back to their houses for lunch.

Gold Rush Eatery, owned by Kris Zankich, o!ers primarily burgers and fries. Their best-selling items are the Gold Rush Burger, the Frontier Burg-er and their root beer float. Their burgers have a “Gold Rush sauce,” which was inspired by a sauce used

at Linda’s Parisian Burgers, a drive-in diner in Mountain View.

Zankich’s wife, Lisa Castillo, works at the Morgan Autism Center and sometimes brings her students over to practice their job skills at the truck. Gold Rush Eatery also drives to the center so autistic kids can prac-tice their communication skills by ordering food.

He says his truck is available to rent for group events or fundraisers, and that he will donate part of the profits back to the cause. He has also said that when he gets 500 “likes” on his Facebook or Twitter page, he will randomly award a $50 gift card to a customer.

According to Zankich, the truck has been a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. One of the biggest struggles has been finding workers who are able to drive the truck. Zankich is fearful to let just anyone drive it, because “it might not look like a Porsche, but it costs about the same amount.” Gold Rush Eatery is also considering park-ing near campus late at night, to pro-

vide an alternative to The Bronco. The other food truck on cam-

pus is named Waffle Amore. This truck serves a variety of specialty wa*es with various toppings. The Liege Wa*e is caramelized on the outside, and soft and chewy inside. The truck’s owner, Judy Vandoorne, worked in telecommunications for 30 years. She was burnt out from the corporate life, and her job was sent overseas, so she decided to try something new.

Vandoorne explained that she loves feeding people, driving and be-ing outside, so a food truck seemed like an exciting option. She is half Belgian, so wa*es were a natural choice. She even went to Belgium for a month to learn about the process, and then practiced at farmers’ mar-kets to make sure she could stand on her feet and interact with customers for long enough.

At Waffle Amore, most waffles cost five dollars and there are ever-evolving specials. As the weather cools down, Vandoorne may begin

serving co!ee in the morning. And what does she think about

her sudden career shift? “It’s exhausting, but it’s the most

fun I’ve ever had,” said Vandoorne.Visit the new food trucks from 11

a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-

days, parked on the street by the Benson Memorial Center and the Harrington Learning Commons.

Contact Liz Wassman at ewassman@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Anthony Prieto, starter of Bronco Delivery, stands in the Bronco kitchen. Prieto and Amanda Arthur are among many Bronco Entrepreneurs.

SAMANTHA JUDA — THE SANTA CLARA

SAMANTHA JUDA — THE SANTA CLARA

What are you going to be for Halloween? by Samantha

Juda

Daniel Call, ’16

“I’m going to be Keith Stone.”

Thomas Fairman, ’16

“I’m going to be the Greek god

Perseus.”

Ashlyn Selland & Briana Mitchell ’15

“Ariel and Belle.”

Lindsey Bertolacci, ’15

“I’m being a vam-pire, Dora, and I am also going to be a

superhero.”

Henry Targett, ’16

“A cop, maybe.”

Entrepreneurial Endeavours Take Off

Burgers and Waffles Roll up to Campus

“It’s been amazing,

watching an idea come to fruition”

Orders are taken at Gold Rush Eatery, a new food truck that can be found near cam-pus. For those not craving a burger, Waffle Amore can also be spotted on Tuesdays.

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10/25 | THURSDAY

Lunch With the PoliceTime: 1:30 p.m.Location: Benson ParlorWhy Go? Have a free slice of pizza with Officer Green and Sgt. Rodri-guez and have an open discussion about any concerns you have had this year, as well as precautions to take in the future.

Forge Work DayTime: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.Location: The Forge GardenWhy Go? Take a break from midterms and get your hands dirty working in the university’s urban garden.

MusicircusTime: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.Location: Music & Dance BuildingWhy Go? Up to 50 musicians will be performing in the same place at the same time to help celebrate the 100th birthday of musician John Cage.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Saint Mary’s CollegeTime: 6 p.m.Location: Leavey CenterWhy Go? Cheer on the Broncos as they play bay area rival – The Dons. Ruff Riders will hand out Buffs and face paint for the first set.

Love JonesTime: 7:30 p.m.Location: Locatelli Activity CenterWhy Go? Check out the awesome talent you are surrounded by at Santa Clara.

10/26 | FRIDAY

Forge Halloween Pumpkin PartyTime: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.Location: The Forge GardenWhy Go? The first annual party will include pumpkin carving and a brief nutrition lesson to prepare you for the Halloween candy season.

Men’s Soccer vs. University of PortlandTime: 7 p.m.Location: Buck Shaw StadiumWhy Go? Cheer on the Broncos as they play Portland.

APB and MCC Present: Hallow-een Dance Extravaganza!Time: 8 p.m.Location: Locatelli Activity CenterWhy Go? Think you have the best costume? Show it off and win prizes at the costume competi-tion! Got killer dance moves? Then get ready to dance all night long! There will also be games, crafts and lots of free candy!

10/27 | SATURDAY

Men’s Water Polo vs. Loyola Mari-mont University Time: 1 p.m.Location: Sullivan Aquatic CenterWhy Go? Cheer on the Broncos as they play the Lions.

Musical Mavericks - Teresa Mc-Collough & guestsTime: 7:30 p.m.Location: Music & Dance BuildingWhy Go? Dr. McCollough and col-leagues will perform the works of John Cage to help celebrate the 100th birthday of the musician.

10/28 | SUNDAY

LiturgyTime: 10 a.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. Location: Mission Church

Women’s Soccer vs. University of San DiegoTime: 11:30 a.m.Location: Buck Shaw StadiumWhy Go? Cheer on the Broncos as they play USD. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month, so the first 50 Ruff Riders will receive free pink t-shirts.

Men’s Soccer vs. GonzagaTime: 2 p.m.Location: Buck Shaw StadiumWhy Go? Cheer on the Broncos as they play the Bulldogs. Free sunglasses for the first 50 Ruff Riders.

10/29 | MONDAY

Forge Work DayTime: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: The Forge GardenWhy Go? Take a break from midterms and get your hands dirty working in the university’s urban garden.

Study Abroad 101Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Location: Daly Science, 206Why Go? All students looking to study abroad next year must at-tend one of the Study Abroad 101 information sessions.

10/30 | TUESDAY

Film Program: Danza Folklóorica Escénica Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Location: Library Viewing Room AWhy go? Watch the story of the dance through the life and work of an internationally acclaimed artist and choreographer.

APB Presents: Country HoedownTime: 7:00 p.m.Location: Locatelli Activity CenterWhy go? Join us for a night filled with Country Swing and Coun-try Two Step, courtesy of Sugar Rhythm Dance Company!

10/31 | WEDNESDAY

Music at Noon: Heritage of the Pacific RimTime: 12 p.m.Location: Recital HallWhy Go? Free mid-day concert. A great way to relax and prepare for the second half of the week.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

MALU VELTZE — THE SANTA CLARA

SMANTHA JUDA — THE SANTA CLARA

SAMANTHA JUDA — THE SANTA CLARA

TOP REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR COUCH THIS WEEK

SEE LOVE JONES, 10/25

SEE FILM PROGRAM, 10/30

SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER, 10/28

To suggest events for the calendar please contact Samantha Juda at: sjuda@scu.edu.

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Senior Kayla Lommori hits the ball during the game against University of San Diego earlier in the year. The Broncos five set victory over highly ranked Brigham Young University last weekend put Santa Clara in fourth place in conference. They will face third place Saint Mary’s College at home today.

Broncos upset highly ranked Cougars in five sets at home

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“A signature win” was how Head Coach Jon Wallace described last Sat-urday’s three sets to two defeat of 18th ranked Brigham Young University.

The Santa Clara women’s volleyball team hosted BYU last Saturday, facing a Cougar team with a 19-1 record. The Broncos brought everything they had and fought to the end, needing all five sets to pull out their biggest win of the year.

“I literally could not get a smile o( my face,” said middle blocker Megan Anders of the feeling after the win.

The Broncos got a career-best perfor-mance from Anders, who set her personal record with 25 kills.

Anders was named West Coast Con-ference Player of the Week for her per-formance.

“Megan has been playing at a high level all season and it’s fantastic for the conference to recognize her e(orts this past week,” Wallace told Santa Clara Ath-letics online.

The Broncos won the first set after several break points.

“We prepared all week to really know exactly what (they) were doing,” said An-ders. “We brought in a couple of guys from the men’s team to hit over us to imitate what they were going to do.”

Katy Schatzman, the Broncos’ libero, had an especially solid game. Schatzman led the team with 17 digs, which helped keep rallies alive and helped o(set the strong attack from BYU’s high-powered o(ense.

“The goal for me was to stop num-ber 19, and I think we stopped her really well,” said Schatzman.

She was referring to the 6-foot-7-inch Jennifer Hamson of the Cougars, a force to be reckoned with due to her size and hitting ability.

Wallace, Schatzman, and Anders all identified special preparation and a stel-lar scouting report as keys behind their victory.

“We had to play the game tight to our

talent to have a chance to win and we did that,” Wallace commented.

“You have less to lose, it’s more fun to play a team you’re not supposed to beat,” said Anders. “If you get blocked, then you get blocked; it’s all about competing really hard.”

Wallace was pleased not only with the e(ort of his team, but also the team’s im-provement over the course of the season.

“Our girls have been getting tougher and tougher week by week,” he said. “They were more determined to win this week than in the previous weeks.”

The Broncos will next face 25th ranked Saint Mary’s College at home today.

“Saint Mary’s is a big rival, especially for my family,” said Schatzman of the matchup.

With the win over BYU and their schedule, featuring ranked and confer-ence opponents, the Broncos have set up their path to earn an NCAA tourna-ment bid at the end of the season in mid-November.

“We’re on the bubble, we have eight matches left and four of them are against teams ahead of us,” said Wallace.

Anders said, “I can still smile about that one. There were people jumping out of the stands, and it was just so much fun.”

Contact Henry Gula at hgula@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

MALU VELTZE — THE SANTA CALRA

BYU Handed Their Second Loss

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The junior middle blocker had 25 kills in the upset win over Brigham Young University.What do you think made the difference in the BYU game?We didn’t give up. When we got blocked or dug, we didn’t hang our heads; we just got ready for the next point. We kept grinding away.What does beating a team like BYU

do for your team’s confidence?It gives us the confidence that we can and will hang with and beat teams ranked above us. Do you have any pre-game routines?I listen to the same song before every game, and on Thursdays I take a nap. Saturdays I eat Bill’s Cafe for breakfast.

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Women’s Soccer

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Women's Volleyball

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Men’s Water Polo

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UPCOMING GAMES

Men's Soccer

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Women's Soccer

Santa!Clara!@!San!Francisco Fri"!#$%&' ()$$!p"m"Santa!Clara!@!San!Diego Sun"!#$%&* ##)+$!p"m"

Women's Volleyball

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Men’s Water Polo

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Men’s Ultimate

The Santa Clara men’s ultimate team is hosting its only home tournament of the season this weekend. The tournament will take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Teams from Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Uni-versity of California, Santa Cruz and others will be present as well. The championship game will be on Sunday at 1:45 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

))))This)Friday5)the)Broncos)will)host)the)University)of)Portland)Pilots)in)a)matchup)between)two)contend-ers)for)the)West)Coast)Conference)title3)Portland)is)currently)six)points)behind)the)first)place)Broncos5)who)beat)the)Pilots)in)a)thrilling)overtime)game)two)weeks)ago3)The)game)will)begin)at)-)p3m3)at)Buck)Shaw)Stadium3)The)game)will)also)be)televised)to)a)national)audience)on)Fox)Soccer3)

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Over 6,000 peo-ple show up for groundbreaking

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After the required two minutes of digging was up, an o6cial from Guin-ness World Records gave the word that the record had been broken. Air cannons shot blue and white confetti into the air and thousands held their commemorative blue shovels in the air to celebrate.

On the morning of the Earth-quakes game with MLS rival Los Angeles Galaxy, 6,256 fans of the team gathered to participate in the groundbreaking for their new stadi-um, which is scheduled for comple-tion in 2014.

The previous record for a partici-patory groundbreaking was held in Jaipur, India, where 4,532 diggers took part.

“This is a landmark day for all Bay Area soccer fans,” Club Presi-dent Dave Kaval said to the crowd. “I couldn’t be more proud to be a part of this organization. The support from our fans has been tremendous the entire way through this process, but today was something special.”

The Earthquakes have never had a permanent stadium since their in-ception in 1974. A soccer-specific stadium is crucial to the league’s suc-cess, commissioner Don Garber said.

The new stadium will have a ca-pacity of 18,000, about three times the amount of people that showed up for the groundbreaking. In June, the Earthquakes and Galaxy played to a sell-out crowd of over 50,000 at Stanford Stadium. Filling those seats should be no problem.

Later that day the Earthquakes played to a 2-2 tie in front of a sold out Buck Shaw Stadium (10,744) on the campus of Santa Clara, their soon-to-be former home.

During the second-half of the

game Sunday, approximately 100 Galaxy fans had to be escorted out after tensions rose between them and Earthquakes fans. Over 20 extra police o(ers were on hand and seven arrests were made.

The Earthquakes had already locked up first place in the Western Conference before the game, and

have one more game on the road be-fore playo(s begin. They will face the winner of the first round game be-tween the Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps in the knockout round.

Contact Chris Glennon at cglennon@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

San Jose Earthquakes fans dig during the groundbreaking Sunday (left). Los Angeles Galaxy Robbie Keane (7) fires a shot toward the Earthquake goal in the second half.

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Sti! competition sees Broncos go .500 at home

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The Broncos picked up wins over in-state opponents California Baptist University and Fresno Pa-cific University, but dropped two other games, keeping their record four games under .500.

The Santa Clara men’s water polo team hosted its annual Ro-deo Tournament this weekend, and teams came from all across the country to participate. The field was highly competitive, with six of the eight squads ranked in the top 20.

They dropped both of their matches against East Coast teams, Brown University and Bucknell University.

“We had an unfortunate first

game against Bucknell,” said sophomore Mark Davis. “The good thing to take away from the week-end was that we improved every single game.”

Junior Theo Nasser added, “It was a good tournament. We enjoyed hosting it. A lot of good teams come down here. We played four good teams and had four good games. Both of our losses came to top-20 teams; two solid, very well-coached teams.”

The Broncos entered the tour-nament ranked 19th in the country with a 7-11 record. The first match of the tournament for the Broncos was actually the first home game of the year for the team, despite the season already being more than a month old.

“It was really, really awesome Friday night. We got a really good crowd out there,” said Davis.

“The atmosphere in the aquatic center was really nice to feed o( of. We look forward to having more home games throughout the sea-son; hopefully we’ll get some good

crowds like that again.”After dropping the close open-

ing match to Bucknell 7-10, the Broncos rebounded on Saturday by getting a close win over Cal Baptist, 7-6. Jimmy Moore, Theo Nasser and James Rude all had two goals for the Broncos. Santa Clara scored three in the second period after ending the first period tied 2-2.

“These were very physical, very high intensity games,” added Nasser. “We took a lot away from our losses, and were happy to get our wins.”

The Broncos split their games on Sunday against Fresno Pacific and Brown. It is not uncommon for the team to play two quality opponents on the same day.

“Definitely playing two games a day can really get to you, espe-cially when it gets to the fourth quarter of that last game, you’re really trying to grind out the end of the game,” Davis said. “Sometimes what determines who wins is who can actually grind it out at the end and ultimately pull through and

win the game.” Davis said that despite losing

to Brown, it may still have been the best game the team played all weekend. “We played them really well,” he said. “At the end of the fourth quarter, they just pulled away.”

Santa Clara now will face five single games before heading into the Western Water Polo Associa-tion tournament at the end of the season.

The final stretch includes a home matchup against Stanford University and one game against University of California, Davis.

“The biggest thing for us is im-proving every game and making sure we are at our best heading into WWPAs,” said Davis.

The Broncos will return to the pool Saturday, Oct. 27 to face Loyola Marymount University in a conference match-up.

Contact Ryan Mahoney at rmahoney@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Santa Clara’s Connor Brown looks to pass during one of the Broncos’ games during the Rodeo Tournament this past weekend. Santa Clara went 2-2 over the three day event, winning games against both of the in-state opponents that they faced. They will be back in the pool this Saturday when they take on Loyola Marymount University.

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Another Orange OctoberI don’t care that 20 out of 25

ESPN baseball experts picked the Detroit Tigers to defeat the

San Francisco Giants, because in the MLB playo(s, more than most other sports, it’s about who’s hot. And the Giants are scorching.

In their final three games against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Giants outscored their opponents 20-1. The Giants’ second baseman, Marco Scutaro, earned an NLCS-record 14 hits in the series, batting .500 over seven games despite a sore knee.

The Tigers, though, have a weapon that both the Reds and Cardinals lacked: a true ace. Justin Verlander, the reigning American League Cy Young winner, is slated to face the Gi-ants in games 1 and 5. The Tigers’ four starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 1.02 this postseason and have been turning batters into statues with their blazing fastballs.

But anyone who tuned into July’s All-Star Game recalls the Giants having a field day o( of the Tigers’ ace, winning themselves World Series home-field advantage in the process. Verlander can be beat.

The Giants have an undeniable advantage on the defensive side, and all season Detroit has relied on a re-markably high strikeout rate (9.6 per 9 innings) to make up for their shoddy fielding. The Giants rarely whi(: San Francisco finished the regular season with the fourth fewest strikeouts in all of baseball.

Besides starting pitching, the Tigers’ biggest edge is their o(en-sive power: they hit 163 home runs this season, compared to the Giants’ league low of 103. They also have Miguel Cabrera, the league’s the first triple-crown winner since 1967.

But the Tigers o(ense won’t matter if they can’t hold onto their leads. Their bullpen has struggled this postseason, and their All-Star closer, Jose Valverde, has a whopping playo( ERA of 27.00. The Giants, in contrast, have an array of trustworthy relievers against both right and left-handed batters. And despite the early-season loss of All-Star Brian Wilson, the Gi-ants may have improved at the closer position with Sergio Romo.

The Giants’ odd pitching order for the series may be their biggest weakness. Since Matt Cain started two days ago, the Tigers won’t see him until game four. If Barry Zito and Madison Bumgarner can open the se-ries with two solid games, the Giants will be in a good position, as Ryan Vogelsong and Matt Cain are much surer bets to deliver in games 3 and 4, respectively.

This band of misfits is every bit as entertaining and resilient as the crew that shocked the world two years ago: the Giants have won an MLB-record six elimination games this postsea-son. Although the Tigers are their toughest opponents yet, the magic will continue.

Max Minowitz is a senior political science major and associate reporter for The Santa Clara.

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