Iranians at Stanford face hurdles

Students confront Visa delays, visits from FBI
By Devin Banerjee
NEWS| The Daily found several cases in which a U.S.-bound Iranian student has been delayed by ramped-up security measures put in place following the attacks on September 11, 2001, along with President Bush’s declaration that Iran is a member of an “axis of evil.”

Draw leaves record numbers unassigned

By Joanna Xu
NEWS| On Friday, May 23, students learned their fate when Student Housing sent out assignments via email and posted Draw statistics for the 2008-2009 school year — all but 122 students, that is.

Faculty weigh pros and cons of e-books

By Kamil Dada
NEWS| Seven years after its inception, Google Books remains a subject of debate among faculty.

Baboons, beards and Sapolsky

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| Biology Professor Robert Sapolsky teaches the wildly popular class “Human Behavioral Biology,” offered every other spring.

At your service: Gardner Fellows

By Mima Mohammed
NEWS| Every year, the John Gardner Fellowship Program selects six seniors from the graduating classes of Cal and Stanford to receive the opportunity of a lifetime: a $27,500 stipend and a 10-month placement in a government or non-profit agency.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

By Chelsea Ma
NEWS| “At Stanford, people get a lot of respect for doing their own thing, but that’s not really the case in China,” Tracy Chou ‘09 said.