Santa Clara Snapshot: 1970

30 years later: Check out these stats from the seventies.

  • 3 philosophy courses required to graduate
  • 4 days of classes (M-T-Th-F)
  • 31 buildings
  • 100 people at United Farm Workers Organizing Committee meeting to discuss union-only lettuce purchase for the campus dining services
  • 233 professors
  • 700 students boycott classes and join a teach-in to protest U.S. military action in Cambodia
  • $1,725 tuition per year
  • 5,902 students enrolled
post-image The 1970 challenge: How many bedframes can SCU undergrads stack on top of one another? Photo: SCU Archives
Pitch Perfect Coaching

Under Coach Gina Carbonatto’s leadership, Santa Clara softball is not only breaking records but also building a winning culture that extends far beyond the diamond.

She’s a Star

It only took 11 matches playing with the Broncos for Mana Hayashi ’28 to get noticed.

A Robot’s Place

Does our gender affect the way we interact with robots? Manizheh Zand Ph.D. ’25 heads to the kitchen to find out.