Activists march on Hennessy’s office

By Miki Sofer
NEWS| Yesterday at noon, members of the Stanford Labor Action Committee marched from White Plaza to University President John Hennessy’s office in the Main Quad to deliver letters demanding the implementation of what it calls “fair labor standards.”

Stanford Hospital faces influx of trauma patients

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| Beginning Dec. 9, the Stanford Medical Center will be one of only two licensed trauma centers in Santa Clara County. The medical center recently announced that it would take on extra patients and add facilities in order to ensure continued emergency care to area residents in light of the upcoming closure of the San Jose Medical Center emergency care division due to financial difficulties.

Groups use Big Game to raise spirit

By Jennifer Liu
NEWS| The teddy bears hanging from nooses around campus are only one indication that Big Game Week has undergone a change this year.

BASES kicks off Social E-Challenge

By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| Whether in it for the fame, fortune or social consciousness, Stanford students gathered last night at the Graduate Community Center to kick off the annual Social Entrepreneurial Challenge sponsored by the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students, also known as BASES.

Poet explores Native American culture

By Laura Carwile
NEWS| Award-winning poet and writer Simon OrtÌz said yesterday in a speech at the Stanford Bookstore that the Native American culture has been hindered by its encounters with mainstream “Euro-American” culture.

Beating the Bears since 1892 . . . A history of Big Game

By Rebecca A. Jacobs
NEWS| With less than 24 hours to before the 107th Big Game, a Stanford student waits for the AXE committee’s hourly countdown in White Plaza wearing her Cardinal t-shirt and clutching a hideously molested teddy bear.