Offended by a 14-foot white granite cross erected to honor the site of the second Santa Clara Mission, resident Andrew DeFaria decided to sue after years of “enduring unwelcome contact with this clear symbol of the Christian religion.”

At a town hall meeting on Monday, City of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor and councilwoman Kathy Wanabe officially endorsed Democratic candidate Ro Khanna who is currently campaigning to represent California’s 17th District in Congress. According to Gillmor, this is the first time she has ever endorsed a candidate for higher office.

There was little disagreement among candidates at the Associated Student Government’s election debate last night. Three tickets for president and vice president spoke to approximately 30 members of the campus community.

In response to widespread concern following the suspension of the study abroad program, CASA El Salvador, students, staff and faculty gathered on April 13 to discuss how the university can continue its engagement in El Salvador.

With the release of Academy Award-winning film, “Spotlight,” the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse controversy has propelled the issue into the national spotlight once again. On Monday evening, the Santa Clara community took part in this discussion.

Carolyn Woo, author, academic and the president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services or CRS, will address the graduating class of 2016 at Santa Clara’s 165th undergraduate commencement ceremony on June 11.

Next month, three university employees who serve on the Bon Appetit dining staff in the Benson Memorial Center will be published authors. Their writings will be printed in an annual collection of work by participants in Read Santa Clara, the City of Santa Clara’s adult literacy program.

At the annual state of the university address, President Fr. Michael Engh, S.J., announced to the Santa Clara community that the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve both women’s and gender studies and ethnic studies as standalone majors.

The tension was palpable inside the City of Santa Clara council chambers last week as many Santa Clara residents voiced strong disapproval for an impending redevelopment of land one block north of the Santa Clara campus.

The outlook for 133 people living in rural Africa is a little bit brighter because of two Santa Clara engineering students.

In tug-of-war fashion, university administration and student group Fossil Free SCU continue to disagree publicly on the topic of complete divestment of funds contained in the $850 million endowment from the fossil fuel extraction industry.

Bryan Stevenson moved a packed Mayer Theater through oscillating emotions, eliciting both tears and laughter as he shared his experiences working on death row.

A Middle-Eastern scholar seeking refuge from a war-torn country such as Syria could one day teach on the Santa Clara campus.

When Melissa Bica graduated from Santa Clara in 2014, she left not only with a degree in computer engineering, but also with a desire to apply her knowledge and skill set for social benefit.