Band falls silent

Absence at football loss disastrous, but Band Run is on
By Jenny Allen and David Gauvey Herbert
NEWS| Midway through the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, a cry arose from the student section.

Frosh flock to Facebook to meet peers

By Kelley Fong
NEWS| The staff in that all-freshmen house formed the Facebook group "Cedro '06-07!" over the summer, but when residents began Facebook "friending" the staff in droves, the RAs became concerned.

Harvard ends early admissions

By Ben Eppler
NEWS| "Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged," he said in a statement.

Frosh ace mandatory booze test

By Kat Lewin
NEWS| Student Affairs and the Alcohol Advisory Board studied the program<\p>--<\p>already in use at more than 350 colleges and universities<\p>--<\p>for three years as part of an effort to explore new ways to bring alcohol education to freshmen.

Press rates diversity, LGBT highly

By Sarah Douglas
NEWS| Look for the "4th" and color in our standing among peer American colleges.

SEIU, Univ. strike deal to end standoff

By Christian Torres
NEWS| Stanford workers voted with 95 percent support to ratify a new three-year contract Sept.

Police ban bikes from Main Quad

By Niraj Sheth
NEWS| The new ban will be advertised through signs and flyers for the first six weeks of the quarter.

Construction afflicts Farm with early morning noise

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
NEWS| For freshmen experiencing Stanford's campus for the first time, the ongoing construction may come as a surprise.

ASSU executives share plans

By Allison Dedrick
NEWS| Students are just now returning to campus, but ASSU President Elizabeth Heng, a senior, and Vice President Lauren Graham, a graduate student in sociology, are already at work for the upcoming year.

Stadium boosts ticket sales, morale

By Sam Bhagwat
NEWS| The final whistle had barely sounded on the Cardinal's season-ending 38-31 loss to Notre Dame last fall when bulldozers began tearing up the field.

Prof. wins MacArthur prize, $500,000 grant

By Ben Eppler
NEWS| They say you can't get something for nothing.

Nike Founder Donates $105 million to GSB

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| “Phil Knight has once again shown the depth of his commitment to Stanford’s future,” said President John Hennessy.

Avoiding the library with a jolt

By Ricardo Gilb
NEWS| Why study off campus, you ask?

Stanford Schools Corporation (SSC) Opens New Elementary Charter School in East Palo Alto

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| “I’m very excited about this school,” said Principal Nicki Smith.

Blood Shortage Leads to Call for Donors

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| Spokesperson Michelle Bussenius said that because of the shortage, seven area hospitals are having trouble finding the amount of blood needed.

Professor of Education named Vice Provost for Graduate

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| Etchemendy said he and President John Hennessy realized the success of many of the Commission’s recommendations would depend on “quickly creating the new vice provost position.” Accordingly, Gumport will assume her new post Jan.

Melvin Schwartz, Nobel Prize winner and ex Stanford, dies at 73

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| Melvin Schwartz, a Nobel Prize winner and a member of the Stanford physics department for 17 years, passed away Aug.