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day’s namesake through a rousing reading of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Originally delivered in 1963, King’s words still resonated with Monday’s audience, who applauded as Billingslea recited, “America has given the Negro people a bad check.”

The slogan for the rally was “Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, Justice Matters.”

However, not all responses to the inclusive slogan were positive. Criticisms were brought up at last week’s Difficult Dialogues session, a weekly event hosted by the Office for Multicultural Learning with the intention of providing an open space for the discussion of controversial issues.

During the session, which was titled “Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter,” a very “charged conversation” occurred over the expansion of the original viral hashtag, according to Denise Castillo Chavez, assistant director of Undergraduate Admissions.

“People were frustrated with the watering down of the Black Lives Matter movement,” said Jade Agua, program director of the Office for Multicultural Learning.

The Santa Clara Law School is now offering its students the chance to change the course of state public policy.

A class on the legalization of recreational marijuana in California, spearheaded by Assistant Professor W. David Ball, gives students an opportunity to make a legitimate impact on future legislation.

“The fact that the work we’re doing isn’t just in a vacuum but is something that could be applied pretty directly and pretty soon is a huge part of it for each of us,” said Kendra Livingston, a J.D. candidate and student in the class. “We like to know that our work is going to be utilized.”

Ball is a member of the ACLU Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Law and Policy, chaired

by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, which is tasked with discussing the best way to structure a legally regulated recreational cannabis market in California.

Ball’s 13 students will contribute to the committee by doing research and brainstorming solutions that will be read by members of the commission.

Currently, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska have legalized recreational marijuana use.

Ball said many members of the law community, himself included, see recreational cannabis legalization will pass in California, and that its inevitability drives his participation in the subject area.

“I’m less concerned with whether or not it’s a good idea because I think that it’s happening,” he said. “My main interest is in making sure that it’s done right.”

Ball stresses that drug legalization does not mean boundary-free drug production, sale and use. He cited taxation, license requirements for producers and the criminal justice system as possible regulatory methods.

Ball and Livingston said they are both concerned about the possible diversion of drugs to minors, which could be curbed by mandatory onsite consumption laws that would prevent buyers from taking the product “to go” and distributing it to underage users.

“The legal framework in which we’re operating is ever-changing and very, very unsettled,” Ball said, noting that issues like these are rare in the world of law. “In law, you can generally only make incremental changes. Going from prohibition to legalization is a giant change.”

Bradley Joondeph, associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Law, said that the class was well-received among the administration and faculty, since it allows students to both learn and influence the public sphere. “(The class) is one way to get students to write on topics that people in the legal community want to read about,” Ball said. “I want them to have

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Monday’s audience at the Jesuit Call to Justice participate in a “die-in” protest. They lay on the ground for four and a half minutes, representing the four and a half hours Michael Brown’s body was left in the streets of Ferguson, Mo. The nearly three-hour rally and march spoke out against systemic racism.

Jesuit Call to Justice protests discrimination and police violence Vishakha Joshi

The Santa Clara Amid shrill whistles and honking horns, hundreds of students clad in black marched through campus, chanting in unison, “Black lives matter.”

Santa Clara joined the nation on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in protest against police brutality. The rally, called the “Jesuit Call to Justice,” included personal stories about discrimination and violence, a walk through America’s history of oppressing people of color and a “die-in” protest in front of Santa Clara’s iconic bronze Bronco statue.

Associate Professor of Law Margalynne Armstrong and Santa Clara alumnus Symone Jackson spoke on the historical and legal context of discrimination, as well as law enforcement and state violence.

“Let’s be clear,” said Jackson. “Police brutality is an issue of genocide.”

Jackson cited the “eight stages of genocide,” noting how “blaming victims and denying that crimes have been committed” falls in line with the eighth stage: denial.

Guest speaker Denise Johnson shared the story of her son Gregory, a black man who died at San Jose State University.

Gregory Johnson Jr. was found hanging in the basement of a Sigma Chi fraternity house in 2008.

Denise Johnson said the evidence did not indicate that her son had committed suicide, but instead pointed toward a murder and a hate crime. She said the case currently sits with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

“This was a university,” said Johnson. “I sent him there for a degree. They sent him back in a coffin.”

Ely Flores shared the story of his best friend, Alex Nieto, who was shot and killed by members of the San Francisco Police Department while Laurie Valdez, talked about her personal ties with Antonio Lopez Guzman who was shot and killed by San Jose State University police. Both claimed that excessive force had been used.

Closing out the speakers, Professor Aldo Billingslea, associate provost for diversity and inclusion, embodied the spirit of the

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CAMPUS SAFETY Alcohol Related Medical Emergency Jan. 17: A campus resident was reported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption. He admitted to drinking approximately 10 to 11 drinks at an off-campus party.

CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. He was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifications were made.

Jan. 17: A campus resident and a guest were reported intoxicated and sleeping in a resident’s room. Both admitted to have been drinking at an off-campus party earlier. The non-affiliate guest also reportedly fell in the restroom and hit her head on the tile floor. CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. The non-affiliate guest was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics.

Jan. 17: A female campus resident was reportedly intoxicated in the men’s restroom at Campisi Hall. SCU EMS evaluated her and she was escorted back to her room.

Jan. 17: A campus resident was reportedly intoxicated inside the women’s restroom at Dunne Hall. CSS and SCU EMS responded. She admitted to have been drinking approximately 10 drinks at an off-campus party.

She was escorted back to her room and left in the care of her roommate.

Jan. 17: A campus resident was reportedly lying unconscious in the hallway outside of a resident’s room.

CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. She was transported to O’Connor Hospital by paramedics. Notifications were made.

Jan. 18: A campus resident was reported intoxicated in his room after consuming 15 drinks at an off campus party. CSS and SCU EMS responded. He was allowed to remain in his room, monitored by his roommate.

Jan. 18: A student was reportedly intoxicated at an off-campus location and was carried back to campus to outside of Swig Hall. CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. Paramedics transported him to O’Connor Hospital. Notifications were made.

Franklin Street Campus To Expand

Santa Clara plans to establish a pedestrian mall around the upcoming Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building to increase student activity on the north side of Santa Clara, which is commonly referred to as the “dark side” of campus.

Beginning at the edge of the new building, the Franklin Street Mall will end just shy of Lafayette Street. Upon completion, the street will resemble the recently renovated Palm Drive and Alviso Street walkways.

Chris Shay, assistant vice president of University Operations, hopes that construction will be finished within a year. Construction on Franklin Street will immediately

begin, following the completion of the Dowd Building in March 2016.

Last week, Shay presented the university’s plans to the Santa Clara City Council. They will vote on the plan in April.

The first phase of the Franklin Street project will take two to three months to complete. Shay was unable to give an estimate of how much the Franklin Street project will cost.

“We anticipate having a detailed design and budget by late summer of this year,” Shay said. “Funding comes from numerous sources, but the primary source for all capital projects dollars are donations to the university from alumni and friends of the university.”

Contact Claire Ingebretsen at cingebretsen@scu.edu.

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Informational Report Jan. 17: A parent contacted CSS to request a welfare check on her daughter, who lives on campus. CSS responded to the resident’s room to investigate. She did not appear to be upset, nor a danger to herself. She was advised to call her parent.

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Medical Emergency Jan. 19: A campus resident reported feeling ill and that she was coughing up blood. CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. She was transported to O’Connor Hospital by a private vehicle.

Student Behavior Jan. 19: A female campus resident requested CSS assistance regarding a male student, who refused to leave her room when asked. He left the room when she called the CSS office. CSS responded to document the incident.

Vandalism Jan. 17: Two lawn banners for Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” martyrs were found damaged in front of the Mission Church.

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Santa Clara’s new food truck, the Pony Express, will now be open on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., giving students another evening dining alternative.

“After only one Wednesday night … we can tell it will be a popular offering,” said Jane Barrantes, assistant vice president of Auxiliary Services, in an email.

The Pony Express will sell food from different on-campus locations every Wednesday night. The food truck, which opened for business in November, sells small plates every weekday for breakfast and lunch next to O’Connor Hall.

In addition to being open on Wednesday nights, the Pony Express is now available for catered gatherings and parties on campus through reservation.

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The Pony Express food truck will now serve its small plates on Wednesday nights from locations around campus from 6:30 p.m to 8 p.m. The option has proved to be a popular dining alternative.

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Jesuit and religious studies associate professor, Maradiaga is a rising leader in the Church with an “insider’s perspective” on current developments in the leadership of the Catholic Church under Pope Francis.

“He knows intimately the plight of the people (in Honduras) who have been seeking refuge elsewhere, risking death in their passage through Mexico,” Crowley said. “He will be able to shed significant theological light on the ethics of migration.”

Rodríguez Maradiaga’s words resonated with audience members, who were also given the opportunity to ask the Cardinal questions after the lecture.

“I was able to connect with a lot of what he mentioned about needing not to judge,” said senior Nabilah Deen.

“We need to take into account everyone’s struggle.”

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In April, Santa Clara City council will vote on the university’s plan to connect Franklin Street to campus and convert it into a pedestrian walkway.

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, a member of Pope Francis’ advisory council of eight cardinals, spoke on Tuesday at Mission Church, discussing the role of mercy within the Catholic Church.

Rodríguez Maradiaga’s lecture reflected upon the value of including mercy and compassion in modern-day ethical discussions. He focused on issues such as the migration of children from Central American countries, including the Cardinal’s native nation, Honduras.

Rodríguez Maradiaga encouraged involvement in public debate to bring mercy into the conversation surrounding immigration policies. He said the issue of immigration is not one of charity, but a struggle for justice.

“The church is a mother,” said Rodríguez Maradiaga. “The church is not here to judge, to condemn, but to embrace those who need open arms of love.”

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Some saw the additions to the slogan as an attempt to make the rally more “manageable, or palatable,” for students, Agua said. According to Castillo Chavez, “Black Lives Matter, Brown Lives Matter” was the original slogan for the event.

“We decided to change it because even though it’s a given that all lives matter, it really humanizes what we’re trying to do,” said Castillo Chavez. “We put black lives on the forefront, but we also included all other lives who have been treated as secondary in our society.”

Following the series of speakers at the rally, chanting students carried posters and cried for justice, marching through off-campus residences, the dorms and the intersection of El Camino Real and Benton Street, where they staged a second “die-in” protest.

Students lay silently on the sidewalk for four and a half minutes, symbolizing the four and a half hours Michael Brown’s body lay in the streets after he had been shot.

Meanwhile, senior Max Silva and graduate student Daniela Velasquez were among the few who walked from the throng of protest-

ers across the street to the Santa Clara Police Department station to request a signature on a Call to Action statement written by members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

The statement acknowledges systemic oppression of people of color and explicitly stands in solidarity with them.

According to Silva and Velasquez, fSCPD officials said they personally agreed with the statement but were not under the authority to sign it at that time. University President Michael Engh, S.J., who attended Monday’s rally, was one of the first to sign the statement.

“I thought it was very important for all the Jesuit colleges and universities to stand united for this cause,” Engh said. “It’s important for us to educate ourselves about the matters of justice and to work for justice. It’s part of the whole mission of the university.”

Organizers of the event included Campus Ministry; Creating Progress at Home; Igwebuike, Santa Clara’s Black Student Union; the Office for Multicultural Learning and the Multicultural Center.

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During the rally and march held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students dressed in black and walked around campus and nearby residences, stopping at the police station. Santa Clara alumnus Symone Jackson (top) spoke about the historical context of police brutality in America. Professor Aldo Billingslea (right), associate provost for diversity and inclusion, read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, originally delivered in 1963.

Fire Ravages Student Home on Bellomy Street Students Flames from outlet destroys garage home to three students Sophie Mattson

The Santa Clara Three Santa Clara students have been displaced after a fire that demolished their offcampus home on the night of Saturday, Jan. 17.

A fire investigator’s report will determine if it was caused by an electrical fire.

Junior Kieran Skelly, as well as seniors Adam Schellenberg and Chris DeWeese, lived in the converted garage of the off-campus house on Bellomy Street known as Chalet, until a fire started in an outlet at approximately 8 p.m,

according to Skelly.

“It completely destroyed everything,” Skelly said. “There’s two rooms, a double in the front and a single in back and it started in the double that Chris and I have.”

No one was inside of the converted garage when the fire started, but several people were inside the main house, according to Skelly.

The fire did not damage the main house, which four people currently inhabit, but spread to a tree before it was extinguished. Nobody was injured in the fire.

Skelly was the first of his housemates to see the fire, which took firefighters roughly three hours to extinguish.

“I was coming back from Safeway and you could see the black smoke coming out of the rafters at about 8:30 p.m,” he said. “It was of my worst fears realized, I was in shock. It was how you’d expect to feel when you see your stuff burning up.”

Skelly said he has been living in other people’s homes until he finds a place to live for the remainder of the academic year, and that he might move into on-campus housing.

Schellenberg, Skelly and DeWeese have retained a lawyer and filed insurance claims.

Skelly said his losses from the fire are estimated at a total of $15,000.

People had previously lived in the same converted garage according to Skelly, but the landlord told him, Schellenberg and DeWeese not to live in the garage before they moved in.

“She sent us an addendum four days before we were supposed to move in on July 4 saying we weren’t allowed to live in the back house,” Skelly said.

The fire investigator’s report will be released today.

Contact Sophie Mattson at smattson@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Three students lived in the converted garage of the off-campus house Chalet, until it burnt down on Jan. 17. Nobody was injured from the fire, which took three hours for firefighters to extingush. The fire did not spread to the main house. A fire investigator’s report, to be released today, will determine if an electrical fire sparked the blaze.

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written a variety of important, salient, novel pieces, and to use that in order to help them advance their careers.”

The structure of the course differs compared to most law seminars because Ball has substituted traditional 20-page writing prompts with a number of shorter assignments, most notably a student blog.

The readings also deviate from the typical casebook framework, since the students must come up with solutions to the current state of marijuana legislation.

Joondeph said that the “stars came into alignment” for Ball’s class, given his participation on the Blue Ribbon Commission and availability to prepare and teach an upper-division seminar.

He said he hopes to see similar courses in the future.

“It’s wonderful, and if we could have a series of classes like this where we’re able to involve students in cutting edge legal questions and shape that public policy before it happens, I think it would be fantastic,” he said.

Both Livingston and classmate Erin Callahan hope to add to their portfolios and diversify their background in law by taking the class.

“I hope to create a body of work that I am proud of and to have a specialization in this developing area of law,” Callahan said in an email.

Contact Collin Baker at cbaker@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Expressing Faith Through Creative Soul Student production explored spirituality with performing arts Summer Meza

Associate Reporter It’s not every day that practicing yoga becomes a performance art in spirituality. Sun salutations, original songs and tap dance routines took the stage this past weekend as part of Santa Clara’s Charisma 2015, a celebration of self-expression, spirituality and diversity of the arts.

“The whole thing emanated a certain peace, self-assurance and confidence,” said audience member Natalie Grazian. “It really reflected a sense of self-growth.”

Every year, a team of performing arts students go on a retreat to reflect on their own spirituality and self-identity. This experience then comes together as a student-run, studentproduced show. The students represent their personal exploration through any number of performance types of their choosing.

“We all tried to gather a collection of mediums that spoke to us spiritually as a group

and as individuals,” said Sarah Olive-McStay, a member of the Charisma ensemble.

This year, the show, performed at the Fess Parker Studio Theatre, included pieces ranging from violin playing, to singing, to a zen performance of on-stage yoga with cast members repeating sun salutations and breathing exercises. For some, their spiritual and personal journey was best showcased by a piano solo, for others, a lively tap dance.

“For me, the highlight was the tap dance,” said Grazian. “At first, it looked as if her feet were dancing without her control, then eventually the rest of her body joined in on the dance.”

The show, which is comprised of entirely original student work, always brings together a well-rounded combination of mediums, whether it be spoken word or a more visual art, which has led to its success year after year.

Expressing her spiritual experiences, OliveMcStay wrote a song for the show that focused on redemption. Utilizing her well-equipped cast in her piece, she aimed to inspire the audience — to breathe life into someone, as the archaic definition of inspire describes.

The intensity and honesty of a work that comes from the artist’s heart cannot be imitated or recreated. This sort of raw energy was felt by the audience.

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Students let their inner spirit flow as they dance it out on stage for Charisma 2015. The production was an entirely student-run, student-directed show that featured a variety of performing art mediums.

Many college students are at a time in their lives when they are constantly growing and learning more about themselves and their own spirituality. Charisma represented that journey. “(Charisma) helped me to be introspective

of where I come from spiritually and where I encounter God,” said Olive-McStay. “For me, it’s music and how I take God and my experiences and share them with people.”

Contact Summer Meza at sameza@scu.edu.

MCC Director Talks Diversity at Santa Clara

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Students walk through Shapell Lounge located outside of Benson Memorial Center. The space houses Santa Clara’s different multicultural clubs such as MEChA, Barkada and Igwebuike as well as providing Broncos the opportunity to find a community within the larger student body.

Openness to culture creates understanding Eddie Solis Jr.

The Santa Clara Racial tensions are at the forefront of our country’s mind. This week, Santa Clara celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a justice rally. Focusing on understanding and equality, Max Nguyen, the director of the Multicultural Center, expressed the importance of diversity within our community.

The Santa Clara: What does

diversity mean to you?

Max Nguyen: Diversity means celebrating all the various differences that come from each of us.

We all have these different stories that causes us to perceive the world in a certain way.

Diversity is when you have all these different perspectives clashing with each other, but you want to be able to celebrate the fact that they are different. We then have all those different approaches and angles of looking at life.

TSC: In the midst of the racial issues in America, why does diversity matter?

Nguyen: Even though it’s 2015, people still don’t understand how the system has caused us to think in

certain ways. That leads us to perceive people in ways that are unjust — racism, stereotyping, setting expectations that people can’t meet, subjugating people or culturally appropriating people in ways that are disrespectful.

TSC: How does this issue relate to Santa Clara?

Nguyen: Coming to Santa Clara, we all have the privilege of going to a university. Not many people have the opportunity to get an education as awesome as ours.

At the same time, that privilege of being in (a) private school in the United States is mostly attended by a majority white, upper-middle class. That’s who can afford college and you see that reflected in our de-

mographics when you walk through school.

For some people, (there is) a lot of diversity (here), but for some people there’s not. What I’m really hoping for is (for) people at this school to realize their different privileges and see how their privileges allow them to do different things without them even thinking about it.

When you don’t have to think about something, that’s a privilege.

TSC: How can students promote diversity throughout campus?

Nguyen: Look at your own friend group and their backgrounds in terms of ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, sexuality and examine if those people are the same as you. If they’re different, how can you

make them even more different?

I feel like the greatest way to see the other side of the grass is to have those close friends who tell you, “This is my life and if you’re my friend, you will respect it.”

When you have those different kinds of friend groups that have very diverse opinions (and) perspectives, it broadens your own because you’ll be more empathetic (toward) those situations just because they’re your friend.

TSC: What helps with understanding diversity?

Nguyen: You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable. That means, when I went into college looking for friends with the same background, it was me looking for something to feel comfortable with.

I realized that was the wrong way to do it. What helps you build yourself as a person is to do things that scare you and challenge your mindset.

TSC: Why is it important to be uncomfortable?

Nguyen: If you don’t have these uncomfortable conversations, no one’s going to talk about the issues.

If you don’t talk about the problem, you’re ignoring the elephant in the room. There’s this huge problem and we all have to work to solve it, but we can’t do that with colorblindness and saying, “Oh, you’re making a race issue out of something that shouldn’t be an issue.” Someone being offended about it means that there’s still an issue.

TSC: What advice can you give Broncos?

Nguyen: Be the best storyteller and listener that you can be. We all have these different stories from our life experiences that we want to share with others, but you also want to be a good listener as far as listening to other people’s stories.

They bring us together. They connect us. It can bring us to a oneness.

Contact Eddie Solis Jr. at esolis1@ scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

TOP REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR COUCH THIS WEEK 1/22 | THURSDAY Eco-Fashion Show and Art Show Time: 7 p.m.

Location: de Saisset Museum Why Go? Chic meets green on the runway as designers showcase looks that are environmentally friendly.

1/23 | FRIDAY Junior Class Taco Extravaganza Time: 11 a.m.

Location: Pony Express Why Go? Munch on some tasty tacos and chat it up with your class of 2016 companions.

Bronco Music Night Time: 9 p.m.

Location: The Bronco Why Go? Start your weekend right with a night of acoustic music performed by fellow students.

1/24 | SATURDAY Men’s Basketball: Pepperdine University Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Leavey Center Why Go? Support your Broncos as they take on the Pepperdine Waves.

1/25 | SUNDAY Liturgy Time: 10 a.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Location: Mission Church

1/26| MONDAY The Forge Garden Drop-in Volunteer Hours Time: 2 p.m.

Location: The Forge Garden Why Go? Be one with the Earth and volunteer at Santa Clara’s own organic garden.

1/28 WEDNESDAY Iggy vs. Azealia: Racial Dynamics Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Shapell Lounge Why Go? Discuss the differences, similarities and controversies surrounding two powerhouse female rappers.

Santa Clara University New Music Festival Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Music Recital Hall Why Go? Explore the musical stylings of Alvin Lucier, American composer.

A Capella with Coffee and Tea Time: 9 p.m.

Location: The Bronco Why Go? Listen to impressive performances and sip on some warm refreshments.

To suggest events for the calendar please contact Eddie Solis Jr. at calendar@scu.edu.

1/27 | TUESDAY Overheard at SCU Time: 11 a.m.

Location: Outside of Shapell Lounge Why Go? The Multicultural Center and other students will be exposing attitudes on campus though social media.

RLCA Presents SCU A Capella Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Mayer Theatre Amphitheater Why Go? Enjoy amazing performances by Santa Clara students while snacking on cookies and hot chocolate.

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When Hashtag Activism Meets Tragedy ADD L

ast April, armed militants devastated the small town of Chibok as they stormed a boarding school in the northeastern region of Nigeria and abducted 276 teenage girls.

The world did not turn a blind eye to this tragedy. Several grassroots campaigns sprung up in the following weeks, with millions calling for their political leaders to “bring back our girls.”

People held protests, petitioned online and supported key political figures as they voiced their approval for the campaign. Malala Yousafzai, a young girl who was shot

by Pakistani Taliban when she was 15 because of her courageous call for educational opportunities for women, got behind the movement.

As did Michelle Obama, someone who one would assume had the ear of the President.

Most notable, however, was the enormous outpouring of support for the missing girls that took place on social media. With over a million retweets, the hashtag “#BringBackOurGirls” blew up on Twitter. The Facebook page of the same name, which posts about the number of days that have passed since the girls’ abduction (283 as of today), still has over 230,000 followers.

Yet for many, the effort to #BringBackOurGirls went no further than a quick retweet or like on Facebook. People moved on.

A brief glance at Twitter this week hinted at where our society’s true passions lie. The upcoming Whitney Houston movie was most trending, as was “Beliebers Day,”

which after 30 seconds this writer will never get back, was discovered to actually be in mid-June.

Far less discussed was Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 80 people in Northern Cameroon on Sunday.

There was practically no mention of the fact that over 200 of the abducted young women are still missing.

Few saw the satellite images released by Amnesty International, which showed the utter ravaging of the towns of Baga and Doron Baga in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants during the first week of January.

Over 3,700 homes were destroyed, thousands have been reported killed and the destruction is so severe that, as Amnesty International’s Nigeria researcher Daniel Eyre noted, “Residents have not been able to return to bury the dead, let alone count their number.”

Instead, let’s all laugh at the retweets to the hashtag “#FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview,” which dominated Twitter for most of the weekend.

Such a dismissal of a crisis is reminiscent of the public reaction to Invisible Children’s movie “Kony 2012,” which sought to shed light on the crimes of African warlord, Joseph Kony.

The film sparked widespread outrage, was viewed over 100 million times and filled Facebook walls for weeks. Support for the moment dropped off significantly when the mental stability of Jason Russell, the film’s director, came into question. The follow up film, “Kony 2012:

Michelle Obama shows her support for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which calls for the release of the hundreds of young women violently abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria last April, but has been relatively abandoned after its 15 minutes of fame.

Part II – Beyond Famous,” was dramatically less successful.

Russell’s breakdown and the loss of support for his movement that followed highlighted the problem faced by many of today’s social media driven campaigns.

It happened again two years later with “#BringBackOurGirls.”

After the earthquake in Haiti. With the Ice Bucket Challenge. During the Ebola crisis. Even with the Occupy Movement.

Society eagerly moves on to the next crisis before the first one is bettered. This tragedy ADD has plagued modern movements as they have lost needed funding and

interest while their targets remain relatively unfazed.

It’s safe to say that Joseph Kony and Boko Haram care about whether or not you retweeted about them just as much as they care how quickly you can binge watch the newest season of “House of Cards.”

We need to go beyond hashtag activism. Both effortless and mindless, it ultimately does little to actually affect our world.

If only there were a way for people to voice their opinions and influence the actions of leaders in a democratic society. Perhaps then steps could be taken to influence the actions of the oil-rich Nigeria, a

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country that had to import $6.5 billion worth of primarily agricultural goods from the U.S. in 2013, up 28.8 percent from 2012.

Maybe then something would be done about the absurdly corrupt nation that saw its leader dancing the night away at a wedding instead of making any comments about the horrific massacre that took place in two towns in his own nation.

Or you could “#DescribeYourSexLifeWithABand,” which was most trending on Twitter yesterday.

Thomas Curran-Levett is a junior political science major and the Opinion Editor for The Santa Clara.

Tyler Brown

The Fifty Shades of Economic Inequality

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While the Occupy Movement was ultimately unsuccessful, it did shed light on the growing divide between the rich and poor, a gap discussed at length by Thomas Piketty in his text “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.”

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ne afternoon at the Malley Center, I was going through the motions of my usual workout when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a fellow student step up to a barbell stacked with what looked like far too much weight. To my chagrin, he began to repeatedly deadlift the barbell with form that screamed, “Sure, I’d love to horribly injure my back!”

I was reminded of this free-weight fiasco a week later when I attended a discussion led by economics professors Alexander Field and William Sundstrom.

The discussion was centered on “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a 2013 book by

French economist Thomas Piketty. Carried by Piketty’s painstaking research and innovative thought, “Capital” has quickly become one of the most heavily discussed economic works in decades.

Now, for an econ nerd such as myself, the thought of such a book being released is enough to jumpstart my salivary glands. But I recognize that other people’s interests might lie elsewhere. For those people, reading a 600page tome on economics is probably about as fascinating as binge-watching C-SPAN. There is a reason, though, that the book has been called the “Fifty Shades of Grey” of economics books in terms of its impressive

bestselling numbers. But it didn’t sell so many copies because of its flowery sexcapades.

“Capital” paints a vivid, empirical and alltoo-scary picture of what I believe is the most challenging issue facing Americans today: economic inequality.

It may still be too early to tell, but upon looking back at the Occupy Movement, it’s a stretch to label it a success; the rich are still getting richer, the poor are still getting poorer and injustices against gender and race are still as prevalent as ever.

If there is one area that the Occupy Movement did succeed in, it was spreading awareness and generating debate about just how unequally wealth is distributed in America. It even condensed the perpetrators of inequality into a handy buzz-phrase, the aptly coined “one percent.”

If it’s true that economic inequality in our country is worsening, why is nothing being done about it? A brief look at U.S. lawmakers is the only thing required to answer this question. Last year marked the first time in history when millionaires made up a majority of Congress. So if the people in charge of fixing a problem are the ones benefitting from it, they have no incentive to take action.

This rule rings especially true when their fellow top decile members are the ones keeping them in office.

If you look at the current state of the U.S. economy, there might not appear to be such a pressing difficulty. The unemployment rate is falling, exports are rising and our GDP is rising faster than most of the world’s other largest economies. If these things can occur simultaneously with the growth of economic

inequality, what’s the problem?

Unfortunately for the lower 90 percent, the reasons inequality is damaging directly correlate with the reasons it’s not going away anytime soon.

Placing the vast majority of income and wealth into the hands of a small group of people is a disastrous move that could result in the undermining of democracy, as politicians are much more likely to respond to the desires of those who are funding their campaigns than nameless voters.

A second institution that economic inequality damages is the financial system itself.

Our politicians say that America is a land of equal opportunity for all, but in a world with rising costs of living, steep tuition costs and unchanging real wages, how much longer will they be able to keep a straight face?

The truth is that America is, and will in all likelihood remain, a rich country. The sad part is that it isn’t one in which every citizen gets to see the benefits of that wealth. Just like that perplexed sap deadlifting at the gym: lots of weight, poor form. And unless someone tells him otherwise, it’s only a matter of when, not if, he breaks his back.

Tyler Brown is a junior economics major.

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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The Santa Clara

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Rugby Stifles Stanford in Comeback Win Despite trailing late, Santa Clara snatches improbable victory Alli Kleppe

The Santa Clara An energetic crowd helped keep morale high for the Santa Clara men’s rugby team on Friday. Despite local rival Stanford University striking first, the Santa Clara University Touring Side came back from a 19-3 deficit to win 22-19 at the end of the two halves.

The Santa Clara men’s rugby team welcomed Bay Area neighbor Stanford to Bellomy Field in a non-league match underneath the lights on Friday. The first few minutes of the match established the energy of the game, with Stanford scoring and then adding on a conversion to go up 7-0 almost right away.

In spite of the early score, Santa Clara was far from routed. An active Bronco offense forced the Cardinals to go on the defensive, which they did well for the first half of the game, rendering several scoring attempts by the Broncos ineffective.

Stanford held the Broncos to just one penalty goal, scored by senior J.J. Holmgren midway through the half. However, the first half ended with Stanford on top, 14-3.

Halftime brought a chance for the SCUTS to reenergize and adjust their play. Although Stanford scored again early in the half to push their lead to 19-3, Santa Clara began to fight back.

Off an attack set up from a lineout, sophomore Conor Rounds was able to dash from midfield into the try zone for Santa Clara, and

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Freshman Miguel Chapa solidified the Broncos’ frantic victory with his late score against Stanford University. After a conversion, the team stopped the Cardinal on their last chance and defeated them 22-19, despite trailing 19-3 early in the second half. The men’s rugby club takes on the University of Arizona on Saturday at home.

Holmgren converted it to cut Stanford’s lead to 19-10.

With just a little less than a quarter of the game left, sophomore Matt Fitzgerald scored to pull within four points, putting Santa Clara within one try of tying the game.

After 10 minutes of back and forth, Santa Clara pressed one last time and sent freshman Miguel Chapa racing into the try zone to put his team up 20-19.

STANDINGS Men's Basketball Team Gonzaga (No. 3) Saint Mary’s Pepperdine Brigham Young Santa Clara Portland Pacific San Francisco San Diego Loyola Marymount

WCC Overall 7-0 18-1 7-0 15-3 5-2 12-6 5-3 15-6 3-4 9-10 2-5 11-8 2-5 10-9 2-5 8-11 2-6 9-11 1-6 5-14

Women’s Basketball Team Gonzaga Saint Mary’s San Diego Brigham Young Pacific San Francisco Portland Santa Clara Pepperdine Loyola Marymount

WCC Overall 7-0 14-4 6-1 13-5 6-2 14-3 6-2 14-5 5-2 14-5 2-5 4-14 2-5 6-10 1-6 6-12 1-7 6-12 0-7 2-16

UPCOMING GAMES Men's Basketball Loyola Marymount @ Santa Clara* Pepperdine @ Santa Clara*

Thu. 1/22 8:00 p.m.

Sat. 1/24 8:00 p.m.

* on Comcast Calif.

to support the SCUTS. After two exhibition wins in November, Friday’s win improved the squad to 3-0 on the season.

Regular season games start the third week of February and their next game is this Saturday at home against the University of Arizona.

Contact Alli Kleppe at akleppe@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

Women Fall in San Francisco Basketball loses to conference foe on the road Saturday Claire McLoughlin The Santa Clara

Santa Clara dominated the boards and edged the University of San Francisco Dons in second chance points during their game on Saturday, but were unable to come out with a win.

Despite hanging with the Dons for the majority of the game, the Broncos were unable to suppress a late run by USF and fell 62-45.

This brings the Broncos’ record to 1-6 in the West Coast Conference and 6-10 in the season.

Toughness in the paint was a big factor in the Broncos keeping the game within reach.

Seniors Vanessa Leo and Nici Gilday battled against the USF defense, with

center Leo picking up her second double-double of the season (13 points, 12 rebounds) while guard Gilday grabbed seven rebounds and scored nine points.

Sophomore forward Marie Bertholdt put up seven points and wrestled away three rebounds from the Dons as well.

Even though Leo had a big night, she admitted there were a couple tactics the entire team could have used differently to achieve a better result.

“USF was able to expose our lack of defensive effort,” she said. “USF is a team that loves to attack the rim and we allowed them to aggressively take us off the bounce, exposing our slower close outs.”

The Broncos are now a little over halfway through their season.

“We want to be the most disciplined, hardest working and toughest team in our conference,” Gilday said. “If we stick to those three things in the second half of conference we will be just fine.”

Leo shared similar observations.

“As a team, we are still focusing on our same fundamentals and striving to be the hardest-working team in the

league,” she said. “Our approach will include these same goals along with better execution, more efficient shots and winning the rebounding game.”

Leo, a senior who stands to face USF for the last time in her career, is looking forward to a rematch.

“With better energy, execution and focus, the outcome would have been much better for us,” she said. “We know what we need to work on and will come out next time with more urgency and aggressiveness.”

The Broncos have a tough week ahead of them. They travel south to face the Lions of Loyola Marymount University today and continue down the coast to play the Pepperdine University Waves on Saturday.

The Broncos have traded wins with LMU and Pepperdine for several years so both games will be huge in terms of how the conference shakes out towards WCC playoff time.

Contact Claire McLoughlin at camcloughlin@scu.edu or call (408) 5544852.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Denzel Johnson Men’s Basketball

Women's Basketball Santa Clara @ Loyola Marymount Santa Clara @ Pepperdine

Holmgren solidified the lead with a conversion, and the Broncos led 22-19.

Although Stanford had one more chance to tie the game, the SCUTS held strong and blocked the drop goal to clinch the spectacular win.

Stanford’s B-side defeated the Broncos’ B-side 38-0.

It was a good mix of Santa Clara students, parents and even some faculty that came out

Thu. 1/22 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 1/24 12:00 p.m.

BRONCO BRIEFS Men’s Tennis The No. 56-ranked men’s tennis team took care of business in their opening matches this year with two shutouts.

The victories came against the University of California, Santa Cruz and Sonoma State University.

Johnson scored 11 points and dished out five assists in the team’s win against University of San Francisco on Saturday.

How has the team gotten back on track after losing two straight conference games?

We just locked in and began taking

more pride on the defensive end of the floor.

How is the team approaching the last stretch of the season?

Just trying to remain focused throughout each practice and game, but still having fun with it.

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SPORTS Thursday, January 22, 2015

Andrew Slap

Don’t Bet Against Belichick

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his year’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will be one for the ages. The Seahawks hope for a repeat as the champions, while quarterback and coach duo Tom Brady and Bill Belichick seek their fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Seattle comes into the Super Bowl with an eight-game winning streak, including a miraculous comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. It’s easy to focus on the last four minutes of that game, when the Seahawks sealed their victory, but we can’t forget about the rest of the game. Seattle’s offense looked flat-out pathetic. Russell Wilson threw four interceptions and could barely get a first down.

New England, on the other hand, enters Superbowl XLIX after embarrassing the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship, crushing them 45-7. Brady was sharp, and running back LeGarrette Blount seemed just as impressive as Marshawn Lynch.

Normally in the Super Bowl, there’s a great debate on who has the edge in the quarterback matchup.

This time, however, it’s not even close.

Brady has more touchdowns, passing yards and a higher completion percentage than Wilson both in the regular season and the playoffs.

For the Seahawks to win, their defense will need to continue to carry the team. Seattle’s defense, the top in the league, held Aaron Rodgers, the probable league MVP, to just six points in the second half of the NFC Championship. But they’ll have a lot to handle against New England.

The Patriots have a very balanced offense. One week, they can win by throwing it 51 times, as the Ravens found out in the divisional round, while the next week, they can run 40 times, like they did against the Colts in the AFC Championship.

While the “Legion of Boom” may limit receivers such as Brandon LaFell and Julian Edelman, the team will have a real tough time against Rob Gronkowski, the best tight end in the NFL. Seattle gave up three touchdowns to Antonio Gates in their loss at San Diego, and the Broncos and Cowboys each scored twice with their tight ends against the Seahawks.

Belichick does an excellent job of taking away his opponent’s greatest strength. Last week against the Colts, he held T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis’ top receiver, to one catch. In the Super Bowl, he’ll surely try to limit Lynch by loading up the box, forcing Wilson to lead the offense.

This will be tough for Wilson, as he doesn’t have many offensive weapons to work with. Stud corner Darrelle Revis will shut down Seattle’s top receiver, whoever that is, and Brandon Browner should take out the second.

As hard as it is to pick against the defending champs, it’s even tougher to count out Brady and Belichick. Prediction: Patriots 27, Seahawks 17.

Andrew Slap is a sophomore communication major.

Squad Secures Second Straight Men’s basketball team gains conference ground Nick Redfield

The Santa Clara Despite fighting a nagging finger injury, Brandon Clark has still posted a solid 15.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists on average per game this season.

“I’ve been struggling with a finger injury but today I played without the tape on my hands,” Clark said. “I think (the slump) was just more of a mindset when I was looking down and seeing the tape on my fingers.”

While his points are slightly lower than last year (16.9), his contributions to the team this season are undisputed.

“I just got tired of people telling me I need to pick it up,” Clark said. “I know what I needed to do.”

And just when Santa Clara needed their senior most on Saturday night versus the University of San Francisco, Clark silenced the doubters as he led the Broncos to an impressive 70-64 win over the Dons.

He led the team in points, rebounds and assists in the game with 23, eight and five respectively.

Both teams entered the contest tied with a 2-4 conference record. Looking to gain ground on the heavyweights of the conference, the winner of Saturday’s game would solidify its position in the middle of the West Coast Conference.

“This game (against USF) is always (competitive) no matter what the records and what the circumstances are,” said Head Coach Kerry Keating.

Clark exploded in the first half, totaling 15 points in the first 20

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Senior Brandon Clark controls the ball in a win against the University of San Francisco on Saturday. In spite of a finger injury, Clark led the team with 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists. The Broncos host Loyola Marymount University tonight.

minutes to help give the Broncos a 39-28 lead at halftime.

“It’s a credit to our staff for sticking with (Clark) and encouraging him to put the time in that he needs to come through and, thankfully, it came through today in a big way,” Keating said.

Santa Clara continued their momentum into the second half extending their lead to as much as 18 points.

“I thought we competed from the beginning and set the tone that we are going to be just as physical as they are,” Keating said. “That’s so important in these league games.”

The Broncos also received helpful contributions from most of the starters. Jared Brownridge had a successful night, scoring 18 points and six rebounds. Guard Denzel Johnson scored three 3-pointers to add to his 11 points on the night.

“It’s all rhythm for me as long as I come in early before the game and get my shots up, I feel comfortable taking a shot at any time,” Johnson said.

Santa Clara shot an incredible 47.6 percent from beyond the 3-point line, hitting 10 threes throughout the course of the game.

One of which came from Australian freshman Kai Healy.

“I think that was big for Kai. Coming in, he was not really fresh because he hadn’t been in the game at the time,” Johnson said.

“He comes in — hits a big three — and that was huge for us.”

Healy’s 3-pointer was the Broncos’ only field goal in the final 10 minutes of the game as the Dons cut the wide margin to just six points. Several Bronco free throws down the stretch shattered any hopes of a comeback from the Dons as Santa Clara held on to their lead to win the game 70-64.

“We need to carry over this momentum and keep playing for each other because everybody is stepping up right now and finish out conference strong,” Clark said.

The Broncos have two crucial home conference games this week.

They host Loyola Marymount University today and Pepperdine University on Saturday. “(The win’s) big because we’re both fighting for that middle ground right now as we head into the next six games,” Keating said.

“Defending home turf is going to be important in this conference to get anything out of it and any momentum we need towards the next game, of course, as we move forward towards March.”

Tipoff for the LMU game is set at 8 p.m.

Contact Nick Redfield at nredfield@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

MEN’S TENNIS RETURNS WITH ROUTS

MAX WESTERMAN — THE SANTA CLARA

Junior Ashot Khacharyan returns a ball during one of the team’s first two matches on Saturday. The men’s squad shut out both the University of California, Santa Cruz and Sonoma State University 4-0 in their return to the courts. The Broncos are now 2-0 overall in the season and will travel to the ITA Kick-Off this weekend.