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Volleyball team receives official club sport status
Title IX behind university's decision to name women's volleyball a club sport
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After three years of fighting to make its status legitimate, the women's club volleyball team has secured a spot as a university club sport.
Bon Appetit apologizes over benefits 'miscommunication'
$150 given to workers 'enhanced' previous plan, manager says
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Bon Appetit management sent out a letter of apology and explanation to its employees on Monday after complaints about changes in their health benefits plan.
Campus briefs
Board of Trustees approves Business School construction, new majors
New Core requirements include social justice, diversity classes
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Beginning fall 2009, all incoming students will be required to take courses centered on social justice and civic engagement. Business and engineering majors will have to complete a diversity course and four units of fine arts, and a campus writing center may be in use by faculty and tutors.
Disaster simulation trains EMTs
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Bodies covered in faux blood littered the floor, bleachers and offices of the Leavey Center on Sunday around 1 p.m. as Santa Clara Emergency Medical Service team members rushed in and out with stretchers, neck braces and wheelchairs to reenact a simulated mass disaster situation.
Class of 2011 most competitive
Next year's freshmen class sets GPA, SAT records for university
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The class of 2011 was selected from the largest application pool in the university's history, and this fall they will arrive on campus with some of the top academic records for Santa Clara to date, said Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Terry Shoup.
Free speech policies questioned by groups
T-shirt company, 'Vagina Monologues' raise speech concerns with university
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Alumnus Mike Wiesner returned to campus in April with his college-themed T-shirt company, Major Fashion, to sell shirts that read phrases like, "I'm not a drama queen, I'm an actress," and "But what does it mean to have a philosophy degree?"
