Campus Briefs

Historic Home Tour in Santa Clara County Announced
The chance to discover the secret pasts of the buildings and houses that surround our own community is quickly approaching as the Historic Preservation Society prepares to launch the annual Santa Clara Historic Home Tour.
For the past several years, Santa Clara has joined the city's historical group in a tour of sites immediately surrounding the university. It will be held on Dec. 7 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Dec. 8 from noon to 5 p.m.
One of the most exciting of these spots is the Fitzgerald House, which was first owned by Santa Clara alumnus Carl Fitzgerald.
Historian Lorie Garcia helped Mary Hanel, a local history librarian and one of the organizers of the historic tour, in uncovering the story behind Fitzgerald. The two found his obituary, which was originally printed in The Santa Clara on Sept. 15, 1933.
The piece celebrated his musical life filled with a passion for the pipe organ as an active member of the local Musicians Union, and a man who regularly performed on campus at the T&D Theater and St. Joseph's Church.
The tour will begin at the St. Clare Parish Rectory on 725 Washington St.

First Campus Safety Bike Event To Take Place
Campus Safety will be hosting a first bike security and safety fair this Friday outside of the university bookstore. They are looking to help educate and prevent theft of bikes on campus with this event by providing students with resources to protect their bikes.
A variety of activities will also be taking place for the event. This will be the first year this event will take place, due to the rise in bike thefts over the course of the year. So far this school year, 17 bikes have been stolen on campus, 15 of those bikes had regular cable locks and only two had U-Locks.
Students will be able to swap their chain locks for On Guard U-Lock for $10. Usually, the On Guard U-Lock is sold at $20 at the Office of Campus Safety. Campus Safety will also be talking about security and will show students how to properly lock bikes. A raffle will be drawn for students to be able to win a fixed-gear bike, customized with Santa Clara logos. For a small donation, the Santa Clara cycling team will also be offering bike repairs to students as well as washing bikes.

Election Night Draws Anticipated Students for Results
The Harrington Learning Commons was a busy place on Tuesday night, as flocks of students came in and out to watch the election results. The results were shown in six different places throughout the library, to include the 6 top news programs and networks.
Paul Neuhaus, who ran the event, estimated that 200-300 students attended the viewing party at one point.
"Most people would check in and go back to study," said Neuhaus, estimating that 40-50 were present around the time Obama was named president.
Bon Appétit served free popcorn to election viewers, as well as to people walking into the library.
"I'm happy (with the results)," said first-time voter Andres Maldonado, who came and went from the library all night to check results. "I'm proud of having voted. Now I can say that I was part of this election."
Most students left after Obama was re-elected president; however, some stayed behind to watch more coverage of the popular vote and to listen to Obama's acceptance speech.
From staff reports. Email news@thesantaclara.com.