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De Saisset Opens New Exhibit

Through words and images, author and photographer S. Beth Atkin has long focused her lens on social justice issues as varied as the plight of migrant farmworkers, gangs and, most recently, guns.

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Boba Bubbles up in Santa Clara

Sharetea, a Taiwanese chain that sells black tea and pearl milk tea drinks commonly referred to as boba, just opened a new shop one block from campus. The new franchise hopes to capture the market of the student population.

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Wine Titan

Joe Franzia has attained his own success as a founder of Bronco Wine Company, the country’s fourth largest wine producer. And, with thousands of grapes in his care, it is not surprising that Franzia is grateful for El Niño’s arrival.

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“First Year” to Replace “Freshman”

Nearly half a millennium after the word was first introduced into the English language, Santa Clara is joining universities across the country in the movement to cease the use of the term “freshman.”

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Palestine Awareness Week

Students passing by the library on Monday encountered a green, 8-foot tall mock border wall, covered with a mural adorned with Arabic, a bomb with rainbow sparks and other symbolic artwork regarding the conflict currently taking place in Palestine.

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