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Lake Lagunita, which didn’t hold water at all last year, is slowly filling up as a result of recent rain combined with a drainage project designed to clean the water in reservoirs near the lake for domestic uses. The University has no current plans to fill the lake. #gallery http://daily.stanford.org/image/full/8014
Masaru Oka

Lake Lagunita, which didn’t hold water at all last year, is slowly filling up as a result of recent rain combined with a drainage project designed to clean the water in reservoirs near the lake for domestic uses. The University has no current plans to fill the lake.

Toledo talks faith in democracy

Peru’s former president urges Latin America to confront health and education
By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo called on Latin American leaders yesterday to make the social investments needed to meet the challenges of poverty and inequality and secure a future of sustainable democratic development.

Sex survey explores college romantic trends

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| The lack of dating at Stanford may be lamentable, but recent research from Sociology Prof. Paula England suggests it’s hardly unique.

SHPRC offers pregnancy tests

By Loren Newman
NEWS| Pregnancy tests will be available starting Monday at the Sexual Health Peer Resource Center, located on the second floor of Vaden Health Center.

Male feminists plan anti-rape ribbon campaign

By Emma Trotter
NEWS| The White Ribbon Campaign might not sound very manly, but that’s just the image campus feminist group Men Against Violence (MAV) is hoping to combat as it gears up for its first campus-wide event next month.

Willpower not enough to break bad habits

By Laura Rumpf
NEWS| Willpower alone may not be enough to conquer those extra pounds, addictive habits and other vices we struggle with every day, according to a recent feature story in Stanford Medicine Magazine.

High demand for CS majors

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| A computer science (CS) degree from Stanford has always been a valuable possession, and it is only getting more lucrative.

Avula/Jones update Senate on goals

By Andrea Fuller
NEWS| ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 and Vice President Mondaire Jones ‘09 kicked off the Undergraduate Senate meeting last night with a progress report on their activities during the summer and fall.

Ending spam, for good

By Marissa Miller
NEWS| Joe Wagner has found a new way to put an end to world hunger: by taking illegal spammers to court.

Fraga announces move to UW despite student outcry

By Christian L. Tom
NEWS| After 15 years at Stanford, Political Science Prof. Luis Fraga is saying goodbye. Fraga made his decision public on Monday, saying that he and his wife will accept positions offered by the University of Washington (UW). They will assume their new posts on July 1.

Got (Raw) Milk?

By Mike Ding
NEWS| Living on an organic diet saved his life, Kenyan native Willson Kimeli Naiyomah told students and faculty Tuesday night in a lecture in the Geology Corner.