UPDATE: Hoops tops USC in ugly win, 52-46

Card shoots only 27 percent, but displays strong defense
By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| It wasn’t pretty, but the Cardinal emerged on top 52-46 Saturday evening in a game marred by dreadful shooting numbers and myriad turnovers.

UPDATE: University welcomes early admits

By Christian Torres
NEWS| It wasn’t 12, but 11 days before Christmas, 738 students received their first gift: an early admission to Stanford. Letters from undergraduate admissions arrived in mailboxes nationwide on Dec. 14, welcoming the first members of the Class of 2012.

UPDATE: Two seniors named Marshall Scholars

By Nick Parker
NEWS| Two Stanford students - Sean Arenson '08 and Priyanka Narayan '08 - were among the 37 recipients of 2008 Marshall Scholarships, the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission announced in a Nov. 30 press release.

UPDATE: Power outage hits campus

By Nick Parker
NEWS| An extensive power outage occurred Friday night around 11:30 p.m. and lasted for nearly three hours before the lights came back on at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

UPDATE: Trustees approve plans for new Daily building

By Andrew Valencia
NEWS| At its Dec. 12 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new building for The Daily, which will be located adjacent to Old Union and is scheduled to be completed in October 2008.

The Roots rock Farm

By Jeff Gilliland
NEWS| The lights on the stage went dark and the crowd in sold-out Memorial Auditorium went wild Saturday night as the hip-hop band The Roots shook the stage in the annual Big Game Concert following the Stanford football team's 20-13 win over Cal earlier in the evening.

New course evaluation site debuts

By Christian Torres
NEWS| Just as students are wrapping up fall quarter classes and beginning to think about courses for the winter, a new course guide Web site has made its way online. Launched yesterday, CourseRank is a complement to the current course guide system available on Axess and was built by three Stanford juniors.

Hospital expansion plans get initial approval

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| A major hurdle has been cleared in the Stanford Medical Center’s proposed expansion. Though Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) is still negotiating with the city of Palo Alto regarding the construction process, an outside consultant has approved the University’s initial proposals.

Inaugural Big Party a big hit on campus

By Devin Banerjee
NEWS| “I, personally, thought the Big Party went fantastically,” said ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 in an email to The Daily.

UPDATE: Stanford nets biggest win of season

By Associated Press
NEWS| Brook Lopez scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half as Stanford won its sixth straight game by beating Texas Tech 62-61 Saturday.

Program to fund library textbooks

By Devin Banerjee
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Hypnotist, comedians kick off Dead Week with laughs

By Roxna Irani
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ASSU looks to improve shuttle

By Mahncy Mehrotra
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Farm alum to revise food pyramid

By Mike Ding
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Prof. has plan to clean up Hunters Point

By Heather Heistand
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Darfur fast to raise money, awareness

By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| After Big Game last weekend, Stanford has yet another chance to beat Cal today.

Researchers discover aging-linked gene

By victor cruz
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VW funds high-tech car facility

By Kamil Dada
NEWS| For a $1 million prize-winning robotic car like Stanford’s “Junior,” the Volkswagen Passat that snagged second place at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge last month, you might expect a snazzy parking space on campus.

Ribbon Week combats sexual violence

By Emma Trotter
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Pedometers spur physical activity

By Laura Rumpf
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Cruisin’ campus

By Kamil Dada
NEWS| Lights flashing, siren blazing, we chased after the car and pulled over the driver.

From the Farm to the Hill

By Gea Kang
NEWS| “Some people see their contribution as being a fireman, while others may see it as being a nurse, or a full-time parent, or business entrepreneur.

Kerosene at 30,000 feet?

By KT Mertes
NEWS| Unfortunately, long-distance flights — even for the laudable motives of merrymaking and family togetherness — can have serious environmental consequences. Airplanes emit carbon just as cars do, and in relatively similar amounts: small cars generate about 0.5 pounds of carbon dioxide per person per mile, while commercial aircraft produce around 0.6 pounds of CO2 a pop.

Waiting for Democracy

By Chelsea Ma
NEWS| Following Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s coup in early November came a flood of media attention highlighting civilian violence and crushed hopes for a democracy. But behind this dismal facade, Muslim students on campus are viewing the crisis through a more complex, even optimistic, lens.

BRIEF: Lantana break-in results in thefts

By Rahul Kanakia
NEWS| Several doors in Lantana were forced open on Monday between 1:30 p.m.

BRIEF: Prof. sues doctor after son’s 2005 suicide

By Andrew Valencia
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