Stem cell research gets major boost

$43.5 million poured into new building, expected to draw researchers
By Shelby Martin
NEWS| Despite federal bans on certain types of stem cell research, Stanford is forging ahead in the field. The University took home $43.5 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine last week and has plans in the works for a new research facility.

Partisanship plagues senate meeting

By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| There was an elephant in the room at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Senate meeting — the word partisanship.

Housing apps face Web lock

By Theo Milonopoulos
NEWS| Several students reported seeing incorrect information on their online housing applications around the 6 p.m. draw deadline this past Sunday, finding wrong email addresses, inaccurate rankings and mistaken priority assignments on Axess.

Alternatives to Middle East major offered

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| Harvard, Yale and Princeton offer degree-granting programs in Near Eastern Studies or Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and UC-Berkeley offers a program in Middle Eastern Studies.

Senators debate committee appointments

By Mahncy Mehrotra
NEWS| Senator Luukas Ilves ‘09 asked that Senate Chair Tiq Chapa ‘10 explain his rationale for choosing the eight senators that he did.

Online bulletin to be revamped for 2008-2009

By Robert Toews
NEWS| “We have long felt that the Bulletin needed to be available in a fully HTML, Web-based format,” said Bulletin Editor and Assistant University Registrar Stephen Arod Shirreffs, who has worked on seven Bulletins to date.

BRIEF: Chemistry professor strives for HIV cure

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Chemistry Prof.

BRIEF: Research uses platypus genome to study testicular descent

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Testicular descent is the moving of the testicles away from the warm core of the body during development.

For love or for money?

By Stacie Chan
NEWS| Resident Assistant (RA) decisions came out recently, introducing a new group of freshman dorm RAs for next year.

The one, the only...

By Aisha Wells
NEWS| As one of the oldest and largest student-run organizations on campus, the Band has made a name for itself, both through impressive musical talent and wild and crazy attitude.