The 8:04 p.m. quake was the biggest in the Bay Area since San Francisco's Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. There were dozens of aftershocks following the initial quake, which originated on the Calaveras Fault near Alum Rock. Assistant Campus Safety Director Phil Beltran said there were no damages to the university, though an elevator in Nobili Hall stopped momentarily.

Kerry Keating's head coaching tenure at Santa Clara began with a 69-68 exhibition loss to a Division II school. The Broncos dropped the 1-point contest against Cal State Stanislaus after the Warriors' Duane Jones made two free throws with a minute remaining.

The Santa Clara men's and women's cross country teams finished third and fourth, respectively, at the West Coast Conference Championships this past weekend. Senior Mike Delaurenti lead the way for the men, finishing the challenging 8K course in 25:27, good enough for third place overall.

Monday marked a university celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., former Superior General of the Society of Jesus and namesake of the university's Arrupe Partnerships program.

In the wake of our third-place win in last week's Solar Decathlon, a lot of people have been congratulating the team for many different things.

At first glance, Katherine Aoki's artwork might seem to belong in the pastel pages of a children's storybook, or in the periwinkle squares of a baby's quilt. Looking closer, her images are not for children. With an understanding of each piece's backstory, Aoki's work becomes a humorous yet effective feminist critique of the media's message to girls.

By Ryan Donough The Santa Clara ultimate Frisbee team will be hosting the Santa Clara Carmen Classic, their first-ever tournament, this weekend. President and captain of the team Alex Seber hopes that the tournament will help boost the popularity of the program on the national scale and draw the attention of some of the more elite programs in the U.

By Nicholas Pinkerton

As I stepped off the elevator onto the seventh floor of Swig, a passing resident cast a side glance at me as if I had just jumped into the Benson fountain naked.

Nooses aren't supposed to exist in our enlightened, post civil-rights movement, 21st century world. They're supposed to be images in history books and museums that remind us of a shameful past of slavery, oppression and discrimination, not be part of our daily news cycle.

Craving an experience abroad that coupled service with their studies, a few arts and business majors developed the university's first two student-initiated immersion trips.

Better safe than sorry with medical amnesty

Domestic Engineer. Vertically challenged. Person of substance.

Carrie Underwood has managed to avoid the sophomore slump with her new album, "Carnival Ride," released on Oct. 23, by following age-old advice: Don't fix something that's not broken.

With 167 locations in over 40 countries to choose from, deciding where to study abroad can be a long and confusing process.

This past weekend, your favorite, duteous newspaper staff traveled to Washington, D.C., for a national college journalism conference. To some Santa Clarans, the thought of leaving on Halloween weekend may have been ludicrous, but to me, getting away for a weekend meant something even more exciting than Halloween.

Before the Red Sox even had the chance to open a bottle of bubbly after their World Series sweep, there was one notable baseball figure who stole the show.