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.

Band’s provisional status lifted

By Kelley Fong
NEWS| The Stanford Band is finally “All Right Now” after a dramatic year of silence in the stands.

Transgender rights added to policy revision

By Andrea Fuller
NEWS| Students will likely not notice a two-word change when they crack open the first page of their 2007-2008 Bulletin, but these two words are groundbreaking ones for transgender rights at Stanford.

Questions linger about Azia Kim

By Andrew Valencia
NEWS| Charges have yet to be filed against Azia Kim, an 18-year-old from Orange County who was caught impersonating a Stanford student in May after living as an impostor on campus for nearly eight months last year.

Okazaki evicted from UCLA

By Amit Arora
NEWS| In May 2007, The Daily reported that Elizabeth Okazaki, over the course of four years, attended graduate physics seminars, assumed a locker space, and, for months at a time, procured rooms in which to sleep in the Varian Physics Lab.

Powers resigns as Dean of Students

By Andrea Fuller
NEWS| Maureen Powers publicly announced her resignation as Dean of Students last month after serving in the post for just one year.

ASSU executives share plans for year

By Emma Trotter
NEWS| ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 and Vice President Mondaire Jones ‘09 have already taken steps to accomplish their campaign promises.

Construction projects underway all across campus

By Theo Milonopoulos
NEWS| The roundabouts will help divert traffic flow around two permanent structures, one at the southern end of Lasuen Mall in front of the clock tower and one at the northern entrance to White Plaza.

New law school course appeals to all

By Ben Eppler
NEWS| What do Dean Larry Kramer and Profs.

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