College is defined by a number of experiences: classes, student interaction, social life, professors and many other facets.When I interviewed students for my Hackworth fellowship application, I asked them to pick one aspect of their college experience that presented them with the largest issue. The answer was almost always the same–housing.

Tom Brady has spent his entire career surrounded by controversy. Whether it be spygate or Deflategate, he always seems to be in the spotlight for reasons other than his four Super Bowls.

Included in this aggressive attempt to elevate the university’s position among the nation’s premier universities are plans for accepting more students and building dorms to accommodate them. Santa Clara showed leadership and a commitment to ethics when they ousted property managers known for poor response times and unfair pricing.

On Thursday, April 7, the Bishop of San Jose, Patrick J. McGrath visited Santa Clara in response to an invitation from Christian Life Community.

With all of the progress made for gender equality, you would think women would be allowed to express their sexuality as much as men can without being slut-shamed.

People often have difficulty understanding that mental illnesses are just as serious as physical ailments and diseases. Both types of illnesses require medical treatment of some sort, and for the most part won’t go away on their own.

The moment shame and fear stifle important conversation, we have a problem. Asking people to be open to each other’s questions and thoughts is not unrealistic, it is a simple call for decency and respect.

Although the university committed to a small number of new, sustainable investments, it made no commitments to reduce its stock in fossil fuels, nor offer any transparency on the school’s portfolio. Divestment, we argue, is crucial to Santa Clara’s mission for a more “just, humane and sustainable world.”

Those against Affirmative Action imply that I’m only here because Santa Clara needs to fill a quota. That is insulting to every student at this school because it reduces our worth to skin color.

"When the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke the words referenced above, he was speaking from the pain of his experiences in a world where people of color are systematically denied the opportunities afforded to white people."

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said: “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.”

"We need to understand why people think what they do, then respond to them without force, malice or guilt-tripping. Amens from the choir feel good, but they’re empty if non-believers don’t convert."

We are fortunate here at Santa Clara University to live in one of the most diverse areas of the United States. Our student population should reflect this diversity.

He failed to acknowledge that people of color are systematically disadvantaged from birth, and Affirmative Action policies are necessary to help level the playing field. Race and class are tightly intertwined; people of color make significantly less money than white people and the wealth gap is growing.

Lego’s attempt to promote gender equality through their development of pastel colored legos for girls is insulting.

College admissions offices across the country are the most blatantly racist institutions in modern day society.

The night of the Iowa Caucus, I watched in awe as Senator Ted Cruz—the single most unlikeable politician I have ever known—delivered his insufferably long victory speech.

I am suggesting that there is something more to the issue of rape than a mixture of excessive alcohol and misjudgment.