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Junior, a 2006 Volkswagen Passat wagon, is the Stanford Racing Team's robot entry in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

Spar over divestment at ASSU

No resolution passes at SCAI-inspired meeting
By megan maass
NEWS| The ASSU Undergraduate Senate heard from the Jewish Student Association (JSA) and Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel (SCAI) last night for and against a bill authored by Senator Nabill Idrisi ‘09 calling for the University to selectively divest from “companies that violate international law and abuse human rights in Israel and Palestine.”

Grad student dating blues

By Niraj Sheth
NEWS| Why are so many single graduate students unlucky in love? In interviews conducted by The Daily, students blamed a number of factors — including insular graduate programs that make it hard to meet others, a large chunk of already married students who shrink the dating pool and unbalanced male-female ratios in several departments that make finding someone to go out with on a Friday night that much more difficult.

Tree hopefuls vie to avoid first cuts

By Loren Newman
NEWS| Who will be the next Tree? That’s the question on the minds of people across campus as Tree Week stunts came to a conclusion yesterday with a flurry of activity during which candidates vied to become the next mascot of the Stanford Band.

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Staff set for 2007

Harbaugh hires 10, including four from San Diego and a pair of Stanford standouts
By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| After Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby hired him in December as the new head football coach, Jim Harbaugh went on a hiring spree. Ten hires later, Harbaugh admits it was a monumental task.

Stanford second at Pacific Coast

By Danny Belch
SPORTS| The fifth-ranked Cardinal tallied an overall score of 216.650, just behind top finisher No. 2 Oklahoma (218.450). The top-ranked team in the country, Michigan, was fourth with a 214.000.

Card falls just short in PR Classic

By Roxanne Dickinson
SPORTS| After enduring a three-day battle against many of the nation’s top schools in the Puerto Rico Classic, the No. 2 Stanford men’s golf team finished just one stroke behind No. 5 Georgia (850), landing in a tie for second place.

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Editorial: Stop the tuition squeeze

By Editorial Board
OPINIONS| We are deeply troubled by skyrocketing tuition costs, and there seems to be no end in sight.

Nat-ural Philosophy: To everyone I’ve kissed in the past month: You might want to read this

Atomic Nectarine: A triumph of the human spirit

The Indie Typist: Returning to the nest