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Baseball: Card hopes to carry momentum into Salt Lake City

By : It’s time for the No. 12 Stanford baseball team to flex its muscles. For the Cardinal (33-14, 14-10 Pac-12), anything less than a sweep would be a disappointment…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

M. Tennis: Men ready for NCAA tournament round of 16

By : The Stanford men’s tennis team begins the final chapter of its season tomorrow when it plays its sweet sixteen match against the University of Kentucky. Held at the…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

W. Tennis: Card beats Northwestern, advances to NCAA quarterfinals against USC

By : The Stanford women’s tennis team defeated Northwestern 4-1 in the NCAA tournament round of 16 yesterday morning. With the victory, the Cardinal advanced into the quarterfinals, where it…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Beyda: Consistency is good

By : Men’s swimming coach Skip Kenney was here when Jimmy Carter was president, gas cost under a dollar per gallon and many of our parents were doing “The Hustle”…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
FEATURES

‘Never holding anything back’: Remembering Cady Hine [AUDIO]

By and : Stanford undergraduate Cady Jeanne Hine died of an undisclosed accident at her home in Palo Alto on April 1 at the age of 24. Hine’s close friends and classmates reflected on…

May 17, 2012 / 4 Comments / Read More
NEWS

Hennessy visits BOSP in Florence

By : President John Hennessy visited the Bing Overseas Studies Program’s (BOSP) Breyer Center for Overseas Studies…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Student demonstrators protest Tony Blair’s alleged war crimes [AUDIO]

By : A group of around 20 students protested former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to…

May 18, 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses African development [AUDIO]

By : “Africa, for me, is an endless source of fascination, inspiration and challenge,” former British Prime…

May 18, 2012 / 4 Comments / Read More

Faculty Senate debates number of requirements

By : The Faculty Senate increased the proposed number of required breadth courses for undergraduates at its…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Police blotter

By : This report covers a selection of incidents from May 11 through May 15 as recorded…

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Faculty, students laud Thiel class

By : While Peter Thiel ‘89 J.D. ‘92 has frequently courted controversy with his disparaging outlook on…

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Faculty examine Obama support for gay marriage

By : President Barack Obama's recent announcement of his support for gay marriage was a natural step…

May 17, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More

Profs reform Med School lecture style

By : The traditional lecture-based format of medical education has become obsolete, according to two Stanford faculty…

May 17, 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More
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Kickin’ It with Jason Mayden

By : I’m going to focus on the 180 seconds in my life that started the race towards my destiny,” said designer and Stanford grad Jason Mayden. “It was an…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Dan Klein: Improviser, Inspiration

By : On a recent Monday morning in Drama 103: Beginning Improvisation, two students sit on stage as their classmates watch. They’ve volunteered to act out an exercise about “status.”…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Top 5: Scariest Animated Disney Characters

By : Remember all those years of cringing away from the television as you watched VHS animated movies and the evil characters chanted their theme songs? Yeah, we and our…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Dean Julie, student of life

By : “When you’re a young adult, your own voice needs to be the strongest one you hear. It is your college experience to own, to have agency over --…

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OPINIONS

Existential Fortune Cookies: Group memory

By : One concern that has been brought up in the debate about the Chi Theta Chi lease termination is the loss of…

May 18, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More

Marks My Words: Overcommitted? Get over it.

By : If you asked any undergrad to describe themself in one adjective right now, they’d almost definitely answer with “tired” or “busy.”…

May 18, 2012 / 4 Comments / Read More

Op-Ed: Where is Stanford’s sense of community?

By : oes revoking the Chi Theta Chi lease show students how effective open communication and negotiation can be? …

May 18, 2012 / 11 Comments / Read More

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Blanchat: Dissecting Stanford’s woes at receiver

Where exactly have all of Stanford’s wide receivers been…

Football: A look back at Stanford’s other No. 1 picks

A look back at the days that Garrett, Plunkett…

Football: Bowlsby offered Big 12 commissioner job

According to multiple sources, Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby…

Blanchat: Grading Stanford’s NFL draft fits

While a lot of people like to give grades…

M. Basketball: Cardinal captures second NIT, sends seniors off with rout of Minnesota

After finishing seventh in the Pac-12 during the regular…

M. Basketball: Stanford clobbers Minnesota to take home NIT championship

The Stanford basketball team wasn’t dancing on the postseason…

M. Basketball: Cardinal defeats Cleveland State, stays alive in NIT

The Stanford men’s basketball team captured its first postseason…

M. Basketball: Andy Brown and the high price of a single free throw

After three years and three ACL tears, junior Andy…

W. Basketball: Nnemkadi Ogwumike selected No. 1 in WNBA draft

The LA Sparks selected senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike, the…

Blanchat: How women’s basketball fell short five straight years

But the whole time the Bears were cutting the…

W. Basketball: Stanford loses in Final Four for fifth straight season, falls short against Griner and Baylor

Five straight Aprils, five straight heartbreaks. Last night, the…

W. Basketball: Baylor, Griner stand in Cardinal’s way in Final Four showdown

Playing in its fifth consecutive Final Four, the Cardinal…

BRIEF: Men and lightweight women head to New Jersey for IRA nationals

Today marks the start of the IRA National Championship…

BRIEF: Men’s and women’s rowing teams medal at Pac-10s

Seven of the eight boats medaled, with the women’s…

BRIEF: Rowing teams have mixed success in early season

While the Stanford women’s rowing teams have been successful…

W. Rowing: Varsity eight, four win in Oklahoma

The women’s rowing team kicked off the fall season…

BRIEF: Women’s rowing earns NCAA berth

Stanford was one of 16 schools invited to the…

W. Rowing: Just off the stand

The Stanford women’s rowing team narrowly missed out on…

BRIEF: Women’s rowing headed to NCAA Championships

This weekend, the women’s crew team will begin competition…

Academics

Arts Intensive apps increase, SoCo numbers remain constant

By : Applications for Arts Intensive, one of three September Studies seminar-based programs offered in the weeks leading into autumn quarter, have risen for the coming academic year, according…

May 11, 2012 / No Comment
Crime & Safety

Police blotter

By : This report covers a selection of incidents from May 11 through May 15 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.…

May 18, 2012 / No Comment
Student Life

Student demonstrators protest Tony Blair’s alleged war crimes [AUDIO]

By : A group of around 20 students protested former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Stanford Thursday evening. Holding signs that read "The answer to colonialism is…

May 18, 2012 / 2 Comments
Local

Report on state education shows little progress

By : Five years after a study by Stanford researchers called for reform and increased investment in California’s public education system, progress has been at best underwhelming and inconsistent,…

May 10, 2012 / No Comment
University

Hennessy visits BOSP in Florence

By : President John Hennessy visited the Bing Overseas Studies Program’s (BOSP) Breyer Center for Overseas Studies in Florence, Italy for the first time early on Friday. …

May 18, 2012 / No Comment
Research

Study finds learning outlook affected by environment

By : Students’ outlook toward learning is strongly influenced by their environment, according to a recent study…

May 14, 2012 / No Comment
Student Government

GSC extends NomCom terms

By : The Graduate Student Council (GSC) voted Wednesday evening in favor of extending current Nominations Commission (NomCom) appointees’ terms until June 17 or the completion of the current…

May 17, 2012 / No Comment
World & Nation

Faculty examine Obama support for gay marriage

By : President Barack Obama's recent announcement of his support for gay marriage was a natural step for his presidential campaign, according to Stanford community observers. Several Hoover fellows…

May 17, 2012 / 1 Comment