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The Santa Clara, 2017-10-19 Santa Clara University Scholar Commons The aS nta Clara SCU Publications 10-19-2017 The aS nta Clara, 2017-10-19 Santa Clara University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tsc Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Business Commons, Education Commons, Engineering Commons, Law Commons, Life Sciences Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Santa Clara University, "The aS nta Clara, 2017-10-19" (2017). The Santa Clara. 52. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tsc/52 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the SCU Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aS nta Clara by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday, October 19, 2017 WHAT’S INSIDE 5 SCENE 6 OPINION 8 SPORTS A review of Girls should stay The dangers of Beck’s “Colors” out of Boy Scouts watching sports Contaminated Thoughts “Turtles All the Way Down” helps explain the inexplicable Perla Luna managing editor The world of young adult literature is littered with cross-country road trips, life- changing midnight kisses and an existential moments of self-examination. John Green’s novels are no different, but “Turtles All the Way Down” sets aside these tropes in favor of a deeper reader experience. Released Oct. 10 to much anticipation, Green’s newest and most personal novel yet centers around 16-year-old Aza Holmes as she tries to solve the mystery of a missing billionaire evading arrest. With the help of her fearless best friend and the billionaire’s dreamy son, she embarks on a madcap ad- venture involving sewage art shows, phished reporters and plenty of Star Wars fan-fiction. Except, as readers eventually realize, the Sherlockian plot is set dressing to the real heart of the novel: Aza’s mental health journey. Aza is living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, an affliction leaving her with a deep-seated fear of disease and contamina- tion. She’s plagued by “thought spirals” which make something as innocent as kissing a mas- SANKALP MOHANTY FOR THE SANTA CLARA sive ordeal. These are not the cliched thoughts of a GRAND REUNION WEEKEND: From Oct. 12 through Oct. 15, Santa Clara welcomed back alumni, family and friends for the annual Grand Reunion teenage girl worried about making out with celebration. The festivities—aimed at reconnecting former classmates—included campus tours, a mass, a golf tournament and a block party. a boy she likes. These are ever-combative thoughts built on and fed by fear—gut-wrench- ing, all-consuming fear. What if his bacteria invades her? What if she’s contaminated? What if she’s just mi- crobes and bacteria and not a real person? Wildfires Spark Campus Support Aza cannot rationalize these thoughts any more than she can unthink them, and so she they packed up the car in 20 minutes and and was able to bring a carload of items finds herself giving into the compulsions tem- Fire damage affects left. Within the hour, his neighborhood just up to his hometown last weekend. He has porarily relieving her anxiety. She’ll obses- north of Santa Rosa was evacuated. even received enough donations to make sively reread Wikipedia entries on bacteria or students; creates Hedges’ family had to be evacuated three a second trip. hand-sanitize the cut on her finger until her times from the areas they sought accommo- “I’ve had a week to come to terms with inner-demons tell her it’s safe to stop. fundraising efforts dations. They did not have access to cable this,” said Hedges. “I went home last week- Reading her thoughts as she battles back or the internet, so it was Hedges who moni- end and saw it and it was shocking. I don’t and forth with herself is a visceral experi- tored social media and followed updated fire think it’s going to be the same.” ence. And as she splits herself in two—an Aza Erin Fox maps of the affected areas. Senior Ben Lara attended the same high who can wade through dirty rivers and an Aza News editor When Hedges saw a video of a private school as Hedges and said a lot of people he who afterward has to scrub herself raw—she school close to his neighborhood destroyed, knew had to evacuate their homes. wonders which of the two parts she really is. Wildfires have devastated California he thought the fate of his home was the As an economics major, he noted how Or if she’s either at all. wine country and other parts of the state same. housing prices are already expensive in his John Green has touched on the question of over the past week, with blazes blamed for “I saw that it was gone and thought my area, and how there will be a supply shock identity before—some would say with quasi- at least 40 deaths and destroying some 5,700 house was gone too,” he said. due to destroyed houses. philosophical self-indulgence. But here, it structures. According to Hedges, his aunt and “I think it’s going to take years to re- feels natural and intimate in a way that could While the danger from the deadliest, uncle lost their home completely. Two of build and I don’t know if we’re ever going be unsettling for some readers as they become most destructive cluster of blazes in Cali- his friends from high school’s houses are to bounce back completely,” he said. “It’ll privy to the immovable force of Aza’s thoughts. fornia history is far from over, the smoky destroyed as well. One of the friends found be interesting to see if people can even con- Green knows first-hand what’s it’s like to live skies have started to clear—including here his mom’s engagement ring when pick- tinue to live there.” with OCD, and it’s remarkable to watch him in Santa Clara. ing through the rubble, as well as a silver As a member of ROTC, Lara was planning patiently (but unflinchingly) make sensorial Junior Max Hedges said he received a trumpet. to enlist in active duty upon graduation, but a pain that’s largely inexplicable. text from a friend early in the morning of Hedges is currently collecting supplies is now re-evaluating his options due to the “Part of what’s terrifying about pain is that Oct. 9, asking if his family was safe. to send up to active shelters, such as clothes, Upon learning of the wildfire situation, pillows and blankets. See NORTHERN, Page 3 See JOHN GREEN, Page 4 he called his family at about 1:30 a.m. and He received much support from students Since 1922 www.thesantaclara.org @thesantaclara @thesantaclara One free copy 2 / News The Santa Clara Thursday, October 19, 2017 CAMPUS SAFETY ASG Recap: Week Four Edition Alcohol-Related Medical Emergency could be taken by media services to then with their personal electronic device and Senate talks be archived in the library, only available to asking them to vote on it during election Oct. 14: A campus resident was intoxicated and those with a Santa Clara account. season. injured one side of his face when he walked into a pole. recording meetings, If any person in the room of the meet- Additionally, ASG candidates can- CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. He declined further ing objects to being recorded, no record- not request that students go on their re- medical assistance. pushy candidates ing will be allowed. spective devices and vote while they are Oct. 14: An alumnus was reported feeling ill after “We’re here to represent our constitu- present. Criteria for personal electronic drinking at the Grand Reunion event in Malley Center. ents, we’re here to represent the student devices include laptops, tablets and smart- He was evaluated by SCU EMS and declined further Meghan McLaughlin body, whether we’re senators or mem- phones. medical assistance. The Santa Clara bers of the judicial branch, whether we’re Mike Nuttall, both the Associate Di- members of the executive branch, gov- rector of the Ignition Center for Jesuit Fire Alarm Amidst a larger discussion on possi- ernment is meant to be for the people, Education and a member of the Sustain- bly prohibiting recordings of Associated it’s meant to be open,” At-Large Senator ing Excellence Committee, presented to Oct. 13: A San Filippo Residence Hall fire alarm was Student Government (ASG) meetings by for Mental Health Bjorn Thyrring said. the ASG Senate an update on what the activated by a fog machine in a resident’s room. CSS and outside sources, the main focus was on It was suggested that these measures Sustaining Excellence Committee has SCFD responded. whether or not to pay media services to on restricting recordings of ASG meetings accomplished in Phase 2 of the project. film meetings. not be applied to the bylaws until the fol- This phase is focused on the imple- Information Report Members of the Santa Clara commu- lowing academic year so future members mentation of the ideas produced in Phase nity were also given the opportunity to of ASG will be aware of the implications of 1 of last academic year. One idea explored Oct. 11: A non-affiliate male was reportedly stalking comment on this discussion at the week ASG membership. Therefore, this poten- was replacing the six-session Summer a female staff member.
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