Student tempers flared last spring as anonymous instigators posted racist and incendiary comments on Yik Yak and the immigration awareness Mock Border Wall. As a result, the university is attempting to bolster student understanding about the importance of reporting bias incidents.
Read MoreSanta Clara is beginning preparations to implement a new California law: the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplace Act. It will take effect July 1, 2015.
Read MoreMembers of the Santa Clara community will have to stamp out their cigarettes in compliance with a new policy banning the use of tobacco products on campus, beginning July 1, 2015.
Read MoreLast week, Santa Clara released its 2014 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report — which named the number of sexual offenses that occurred from 2011 to 2013 — in accordance with the Clery Act, a federal statute requiring universities to log crime statistics.
Read MorePresident Michael Engh, S.J., announced in September that Santa Clara will ban tobacco use. The decision was made in response to a proposal drafted by two Santa Clara faculty members, which calls for a tobacco-free campus.
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