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SCU Postcard examining Catholic feminism
An excerpt from Lisa Slowe Cahill's lecture on April 27, 2003, 7:30 PM, discussing how it's possible to be a female catholic and be a feminist in the modern sense. Includes byline at the bottom about how Santa Clara lectures are "free and open to the…
Spring 1990 WSP Enrollment
A breakdown of the WSP courses offered during the spring quarter of 1990 by male and female students.
Student President Letter to Father Terry
A letter to Father Terry from the student president of SCU in response to Father Terry's decision to make the Alameda Dorm all male. Letter shows students' wishes to "de-maleize" and "de-coed" some dorms on campus and switch to a coed living…
Students Discuss Parietal Hours with Trustees
As students push for open dorms, trustees are hesitant to approve this proposal, as discussed in this article from The Santa Clara newspaper. Concern for decrease of donor support is at steak if twenty four hour parietal hours are implemented.
Students Favor No Dorm Hours
Students discuss abolishing dorm hours for women on campus.
The First Coeds Reunion Survey
A packet of the surveys given to the first coed alumni, as well as some examples of filled in surveys.
The Santa Clara Announces New Dean of Women
An article in The Santa Clara newspaper announcing Viola Kamena as the new dean of women at SCU.
The Way We Were
An article in The Santa Clara newspaper marking fourteen years since coed dorms were established at Santa Clara. Now, all dorms are coed on campus.
To the Coeds
A male student writes his frustrations with the assumption that the presence of coeds at Santa Clara has improved the decorum of the male students, making them less "sloppy." The author argues that Santa Clara was perfectly fine prior to coeducation.