A funny smell wafted across campus last week.

Confusion over a change from stipend to hourly payment for Orientation Leaders has left some OLs feeling under-compensated after receiving their final paychecks for the summer.

When did cheating become such a mainstay in our culture?

Halloween at Santa Clara is the night when many drop their inhibitions -- and in some cases a good portion of their clothes -- and take to the streets. But among the throng of cop uniforms (both real and synthetic) it is difficult to remember that not everyone honors the dead the way we do in America.

Santa Clara will be a little more "Silicon Valley" come December.

It has recently come to my attention that Marcus Vick is playing wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins. For anyone who does not follow professional or college football, that statement probably does not mean much, but for an avid football fan like me, this is a shock.

With Buffalo Springfield playing in the background, members and friends of the GREEN Club worked together Friday using old bottles, red cups and recycled plastics to form sculptures and decorations displayed Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the first Campus Sustainability Day.

Not a single one of the 13 wins secured by the Santa Clara women's soccer team this season was bigger than last Thursday's 3-2 victory over Portland, the defending national champions.

Whatever happened to school spirit? In the old days, Santa Clara was exploding with school spirit. Everyone dropped everything to attend sporting events. It didn't matter if you had a midterm or if it cut into your drinking time, supporting your school was the way of life. Back then, the university did not have Ruff Riders -- a club with a record high 3,200 members -- yet people were organized to head to the game.

From kindergarten until college, education is our primary social system. Many of our values, ideas and beliefs are inextricably tied to school. Our study-habits, social groups and, ultimately, our grade point averages reflect how we choose to participate in the educational system.

The Santa Clara Solar Decathlon team has been given a challenge grant of $50,000 by University President Paul Locatelli, S.J., provided they can raise $50,000 on their own from other sources.

I am responding in part to the issues raised last week by Roujin Mozaffarimehr's opinion piece, specifically in relation to the idea of Islamic censorship of the exercise of 'Western' freedom of speech.

When Keith Wilbur faced Loyola Marymount for the first time as the Broncos' head men's water polo coach in 2002, he had no idea what to expect.

Santa Clara University: located in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Hewlett Packard is a 20 min drive from campus; Google is 15 minutes away and Apple is only 10.

The No. 15 women's volleyball team has a tough road ahead of them if they plan to repeat as West Coast Conference champions.

Second place is good enough for men's cross country at this weekend's West Coast Conference cross country championships, as the Portland men have dominated the conference for several years.

Locatelli knows an opportunity when he sees one.