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More than 200 people flocked to Roble Field Saturday to reenact half a billion years of plate tectonic movements for a short film.

Stolen laptop contained personnel records

Employees hired before Sept. 28, 2007 affected
By Devin Banerjee
NEWS| The University has contacted almost 62,000 current and former employees hired before Sept. 28, 2007 whose personal information was contained in a recently stolen laptop.

Baseball advances to College World Series

By Nick Parker
NEWS| Stanford swept Cal State Fullerton in a best-of-three Super Regional this weekend to advance to the 62nd College World Series, which begins June 14 in Omaha, Neb.

Shaw to stand by standards

By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| Stanford is unique among universities nationwide for its balance of success in the classroom and on the playing field. Yet for many, the admission office is responsible for precluding success in high profile sports such as football and basketball.

Univ. sees drop in alcohol emergencies

By Theo Milonopoulos
NEWS| Fewer Stanford students are going to the emergency room because of alcohol poisoning than in previous years, according to statistics provided by the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) and Vaden Health Center. But many of the cases reported this year involve not only freshmen but also upperclassmen and graduate students.

Law school drops letter grade system

By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| Stanford Law School faculty voted last week to drop the school’s letter grade system in favor of an honors, pass, restricted credit or no credit system. Stanford will join Yale and Berkeley, among other law schools, in eschewing traditional letter grades.

Class size discussions to continue

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| Though plans for formal expansion may be far down the road — or may never materialize at all — Stanford recently experienced an unplanned class size increase due to high yield in admission cycles.

Potential football recruit killed in shooting

By Theo Milonopoulos
NEWS| Jamiel Shaw, Sr.

New J-Ro RFs to bring diversity

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| “They don’t talk about our relationship being interracial, they don’t talk about Aaron being trans, but they do talk about Aaron’s septum piercing,” Mitchell said.

Farm seeks to accommodate young faculty

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| “They have to make a lot of choices males do not have to make,” added WorkLife Office Director Teresa Rasco.

Univ. to still admit two-year college transfers

By Julianne Stern
NEWS| In a previous email to The Daily, Abbott had cited the reduced rate of transfer admission as a “negative consequence” of this year’s record freshman yield.

Gender-neutral pilot off to slow start

By Joanna Xu
NEWS| The 2008-2009 school year will be the first in which students may live in gender-neutral rooms.

Seniors sign sustainability pledge

By Nikhil Kamat
NEWS| Stanford Seniors now have the opportunity to voice their commitment to environmental stewardship after graduation through the 2008 grad pledge.

Grads to face tough economy, job market

By Andrew Valencia
NEWS| As members of the Class of 2008 prepare to leave the Farm, uncertainty remains as to what kind of job market they will face away from Stanford.

BRIEF: Prof., VSO win ASSU awards

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| The ASSU VSO/Teacher of the Year Awards Commission has named Biology Prof.

Hardcore seniors

By Pam Sud
NEWS| For many graduating seniors, spring quarter senior year is defined by a mixture of excitement, fear and nostalgia.

Are you getting enough?

By Andrea Sy
NEWS| “So much to do, so little time!” — perhaps the statement that truly epitomizes the life and culture here at Stanford University.

Five days at the poverty line

By An Le Nguyen
NEWS| “Poverty is more than just a moral issue.

Campus ACLU chapter takes action

By Roxna Irani
NEWS| Rights, derechos, droits — a term used in common conversation, demanded liberally when someone throws a tantrum and very often taken for granted since most college students don’t have to fight for their rights each morning when they wake up.

Bubble rap

By none
NEWS| “You don’t know who Jocasta is?