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The Band cheers on the Stanford football team during Saturday’s game against San Jose State. After a year of review,  a permanent administrative director now works between the Band and the University. #gallery http://daily.stanford.org/image/full/7819
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The Band cheers on the Stanford football team during Saturday’s game against San Jose State. After a year of review, a permanent administrative director now works between the Band and the University.

Donald Rumsfeld coming to Stanford

Former secretary of defense to join Hoover as visiting fellow
By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| Donald Rumsfeld will be joining the Hoover Institution as a distinguished visiting fellow, the University announced Sept. 7. Debate since the announcement has spurred political activism rare at Stanford and broaches such topics as campus partisanship, academic freedom and the nature of the relationship between the University and Hoover.

Freshmen use Facebook more than ever

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| Stanford is one of a handful of schools nationwide that does not tell incoming freshmen who their roommates will be until the first day of New Student Orientation (NSO).

Stanford takes fourth in rankings

By Stuart Baimel
NEWS| Stanford remained fourth in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 ranking — part of the annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue — trailing only perennial list-toppers Princeton, Harvard and Yale.

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Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana ‘07 left a lasting imprint on the Stanford women’s golf team. The biological sciences graduate played in 44 events for the Cardinal over her four year career and was named a captain on last year’s squad. In addition to her collegiate accolades, Tangtiphaiboontana represented the U.S. in August’s World University Games in Bankok, Thailand. #gallery http://daily.stanford.org/image/full/7826
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Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana ‘07 left a lasting imprint on the Stanford women’s golf team. The biological sciences graduate played in 44 events for the Cardinal over her four year career and was named a captain on last year’s squad. In addition to her collegiate accolades, Tangtiphaiboontana represented the U.S. in August’s World University Games in Bankok, Thailand.

UPDATE: Football fights, but Oregon runs away, 55-31

Card climb from 21-3 hole with four straight TDs, but Ducks score last 31
By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| Superior speed is as absolute as gravity in today’s college football. The slower team can soar for awhile, but they always crash back to Earth.

Card tramples SJSU

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| The lowly San Jose State Spartans (0-3) were just what the doctor ordered: Stanford (1-1) claimed its first win in 308 days — its first in the new stadium and its first under rookie Coach Jim Harbaugh on Saturday night. The 37-0 thrashing was the first shutout win for the Cardinal since 1996.

Oregon to provide tough test

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| It may still be summer, but don’t be fooled — Saturday’s visit from Oregon might just be Stanford’s most important game of the season. Saturday night, under the glare of the stadium lights and the eyes of thousands of new students, Jim Harbaugh will find out whether he has made any progress in his nine months here.

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Life in the freshman dorm

By Darren Franich
OPINIONS| Living in an all-freshman dorm is the best and worst thing that will ever happen to you. It’s summer camp with booze and video games and friends with benefits; it’s also boarding school with a few hundred extra rules and regulations.

A warm welcome to Dean Rumsfeld

A nerdy debate: FroSoCo versus SLE, part I

A nerdy debate: FroSoCo versus SLE, part II

Stanford - A corporate beacon of clapboard and stucco

Where have all the campus activists gone?

Sweat-free tactics questionable

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