Tree sprouts, Dollies chosen

By Shirin Sharif
NEWS| The new Stanford Tree and Dollies have been selected and are ready to carry on Stanford tradition and take their places alongside the band through Winter 2005.

Follow-up rally to Books not Bombs scheduled for today

By Anthony Ha
NEWS| A coalition of student groups will gather today in White Plaza for “Book Not Bombs II” rally, which will feature a rally, alternative classes and a candlelight vigil.

Speakers criticize news media’s coverage of domestic violence

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| The news media present one-sided coverage of domestic violence, according to participants in a symposium last night at the Stanford Women’s Community Center.

World Bank president explains his global role

By Dandan Wu
NEWS| James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, spoke yesterday afternoon at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) about the World Bank’s development and his experience in transforming the institution from a financial group to an organization focused on people and poverty.

Space Technology Center opens

By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| In an effort to advance space research through academic and industrial collaboration, two new technology centers have opened near the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

Bridge wins west, goes to nationals

By Jessica Wang
NEWS| This weekend, while the Stanford men’s basketball team was busy dominating the Pac-10 at Maples Pavilion, another Stanford team was also conquering the west.

Underground Reading Series launched

By Anthony Ha
NEWS| The English Department’s Creative Writing Program launched its Underground Reading Series last night with local writers Michelle Tea, who read from her forthcoming book “Rent Girl,” and Stephen Elliott, who read from his new novel “Happy Baby.

Immunization controversy: Should colleges require the bacterial meningitis vaccine?

By Lauren Gong
NEWS| It starts out like a bad case of the flu: You experience body aches, a high fever, headaches and vomiting. The reason you suspect it might not be an ordinary case of influenza is a stiffness in the back of your neck. These are the symptoms of meningococcal meningitis, which caused the death of Alisa Lewis, the UC-Berkeley basketball player on Jan. 19, and has prompted many to wonder whether vaccinations should be a college entrance requirement.

National hormone therapy study halted

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| Nearly 11,000 American women received a letter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this past Monday explaining that the estrogen hormone therapy clinical trial they had been involved in was being stopped a year earlier than planned due to the unacceptable health risks associated with the treatment.

Stocking your essential college life medicines

By Charles Feng
NEWS| My parents keep our cornucopia of medicine bottles tucked away in a nondescript cabinet in the bathroom — for fear that snooping visitors might unearth dirty, little secrets concerning the current state of our family’s health. Adhering to family tradition, I stash my medications in a white plastic bag at the bottom of my dresser. As a senior, I can tell you that there is no doubt that college life is stressful: Lack of sleep, tough courses, endless extracurricular activities — they all take a toll on your immune system. Which is why every college student should be armed with an essential medicine kit.