Grad commission has potential

By Editorial Board
OPINIONS| University president John Hennessy recently announced the creation of the Commission on Graduate Education. By July of next year, the Commission will articulate “an overall vision of how graduate education at Stanford’s various schools might be enhanced over the next five years.

Paint By Nipple Number

By Erin Lashnits and Mary Stone
OPINIONS| You and your special man friend have been bumbling along in typical Stanford relationship ineptitude for a few weeks when your roommate leaves for some sort of engineering-conference-really-cool-thingy.

Why America’s media sucks

By Ben Ho
OPINIONS| Media herding is something that always piqued my interest. During the Clinton administration, church burning suddenly became a big issue.

Does the world still believe in democracy?

By Will Nelson
OPINIONS| By WILL NELSON Many people around the world tacitly support the Iraqi Sunni insurgents and their terrorist allies. They heap criticism on the occupation while treating the insurgents’ barbaric tactics as inevitable consequences of American arrogance, as if the insurgents have no choice but to kidnap and kill innocents.

Letters to the editor

By The Stanford Daily Staff
OPINIONS| Humor targeted at minorities not worthy of publication As members of the Black Student Union, reading the editorial by Amanda Burley and Jackson Brossy truly “hit home” for us.