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Dave Barry does Stanford
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The man The New York Times has hailed as “the funniest man in America” gave the packed crowd at Memorial Auditorium some life advice Monday night.
Director compares new policy to other schools’
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Stanford — which now offers free tuition to parents earning under $100,000, along with free room, board and fees for those earning under $60,000 — has been altering its aid program for the past three years.
Aid office details changes
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Last week’s announcement regarding Stanford’s financial aid policies makes awarding aid look simpler — But it is not that clear-cut.
Ron Paul discusses critical issues
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“They like the Constitution, the young people like that.
Paul responds to student concerns
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The campaign of Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) for president has recently garnered criticism on The Daily’s opinions page, as columnists have berated both his domestic and foreign policy proposals.
Residences defaced with hate graffiti
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Two incidents, one homophobic and one anti-Semitic, that occurred prior to winter break have sparked police inquiries and condemnation from University officials.
Chelsea campaigns at Farm
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Chelsea Clinton ‘01 fielded questions about her mother’s presidential bid last night before an audience of more than 100 young women packed on the floor of the Pi Beta Phi lounge.
Avula/Jones update Senate on goals
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ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 and Vice President Mondaire Jones ‘09 kicked off the Undergraduate Senate meeting last night with a progress report on their activities during the summer and fall.
Morgan and Bobo head for Harvard
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A few weeks before the start of autumn quarter, Sociology Prof. Lawrence Bobo and his wife, Associate Communication Prof. Marcyliena Morgan, announced their move to Harvard effective in January.
Crisis in Mexico
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Mexico's Universidad de las Americas de Puebla (UDLA) is reeling, according to a number of UDLA students and faculty, who estimate that nearly 70 professors and 120 staff have been fired or forced to resign since the 2005 appointment of the current rector, Pedro Angel Palou.
Powers resigns as Dean of Students
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Maureen Powers publicly announced her resignation as Dean of Students last month after serving in the post for just one year.
Transgender rights added to policy revision
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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.
Powers resigns from post
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Maureen Powers publicly announced her resignation as Dean of Students last week after serving in the post for only one year. Powers will officially leave Stanford on Sept. 14.
Renowned lit prof. passes away
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Acclaimed Americanist and English Prof. Jay Fliegelman Ph.D. ‘77 passed away on Aug. 14 after succumbing to liver disease and cancer. He was 58.
SLAC faces layoffs as research evolves
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The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has long earned international renown for its work in particle and astroparticle science. But as SLAC shifts its projects toward the field of photon science, the jobs of those working in particle physics research may hang in the balance.
ASSU launches summer party initiative
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Summer school costs irk students
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Ellen Truxaw ‘09 drags herself out of bed at the sound of her 7 a.m. alarm every weekday during the summer. She rubs her eyes, remembering that she has been awake until 2 a.m. because of her job as a High School Summer College mentor.
Election questioned
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate voted 12-1 tonight against holding a runoff between the two top executive slates of last week's elections, overruling a motion brought to the council by Elections Commissioner Bernard Fraga '08.
Admissions dept. seeks rise in low-income students
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An increasing number of high-caliber schools are pushing for socioeconomic diversity in admissions — not just by boosting financial aid incentives, but also by taking students’ backgrounds into account when making admissions decisions.
Army grant sparks letter, concerns
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A group of 65 faculty members have banded together to protest the $105 million grant for the multi-institution U.S. Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC), which will be managed by Stanford. A letter signed by the faculty who oppose the grant pushes for the release of documents related to the grant and advocates for an open dialogue about the ethics of receiving military funding.
Hennessy: We’ll join WRC, FLA
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In his first public statement since 11 students were arrested for storming his office last week, President John Hennessy partially conceded to the demands of the Stanford Sweat-Free Coalition. In an op-ed that ran in yesterday’s Daily, Hennessy announced a compromise that would lay the groundwork for the University to join the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and the Fair Labor Association (FLA).
Rice tours HP, meets with kids
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wore a wide grin as she kicked off her morning yesterday at Palo Alto’s Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs.
Condi eyes return, but in what role?
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it. Administrators expect it: The former provost will be back at Stanford in 2009.
Exotic Erotic regulates
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Rumors that the Office of Student Activities (OSA) was forcing 680 Lomita residents to change the name of their annual Exotic Erotic party swept campus earlier this quarter, and while 680 Residential Assistant Lindsay Schauer ‘07 dispelled this myth, she added that there will be one big change this year: Tickets.
Committee vote divided
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ASSU Senate Chair Priyanka Sharma ‘09 cast the deciding vote for Corinne Prudhomme ‘09 as the chair of the Appropriations Committee on Friday, breaking a 4-4 tie.
Factions split in committee battle
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The ASSU’s Appropriations Committee is the new battleground for a division between senators endorsed by the Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) and those supported by The Stanford Review.
A climactic battle for ASSU Senate chair
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Tension boiled over at last night’s nearly three-hour ASSU meeting, which was the first of the newly sworn-in ninth Undergraduate Senate. Much of the debate centered on a possible schism between SOCC-endorsed candidates and Stanford Review-endorsed candidates; the Senate chair and deputy chair narrowly claimed victory in hotly contested votes; and, in a dramatic moment, Senator Jonathan Kass ‘10 proposed revoking his vote for Eugene Nho ‘10 as deputy chair.
Senators stand by runoff rejection
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Though several ASSU senators told The Daily they planned to bring the results of the election up for discussion to the Undergraduate Senate, last night’s meeting proceeded largely without event.
Election debate rages
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Three ASSU senators told The Daily that they felt pressured by Hershey Avula ‘08 and Mondaire Jones ‘09 to vote against the runoff, while Avula and two other senators categorically denied the accusations.
In addition, outgoing ASSU President Elizabeth Heng ‘07 and Vice President Lauren Graham ‘07 said they were told by several senators that some of their colleagues did not feel comfortable voting on short notice, and that senators were contacted by Avula or Jones and encouraged to vote against the runoff prior to the meeting.
Election questioned
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate voted 12-1 tonight against holding a runoff between the two top executive slates of last week’s elections, overruling a motion brought to the council by Elections Commissioner Bernard Fraga ‘08.
News Reader Program loses, Go-Pass fails
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The two measures on the ballot for graduate students failed to pass, even though they were supported by majorities.
A new dynamic for the Senate
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Hershey Avula ‘08 and Mondaire Jones ‘09 ran as ASSU insiders, talking up their experience in the Senate this year throughout the campaign.
Avula by 38
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In one of the closest elections in memory and with the highest voter turnout in ASSU history, Hershey Avula ‘08 and Mondaire Jones ‘09 were chosen as the new ASSU executives over their top rivals Brett Hammon ‘08 and Lakshmi Karra ‘08 by a margin of a mere 38 votes.
Breaking news: News Readership Program, Comedy Club are only special fee requests defeated
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All but one student group on the ballot received undergraduate or joint special fees in the ASSU elections.
In a surprise to the crowd gathered at the CoHo Friday night, the Stanford News Readership Program’s request for funds to deliver the New York Times and San Jose Mercury News to students was rejected.
The two measures on the ballot for graduate students failed to pass, even though they were supported by majorities. The GO-Pass advisory referendum would have continued a controversial program to pay for off-campus graduate students' transportation. Its failure to win a super majority likely means the end of the program.
Breaking news: Victorious Avula/Jones will face divided Senate
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Hershey Avula '08 and Mondaire Jones '09 ran as ASSU insiders, talking up their experience in the Senate this year throughout the campaign. They have pledged to attend all the chamber’s committee meetings and work more closely with the Senate than their predecessors.
But the Senate that will be sworn in next month could be very different than the one they led this year.
BREAKING NEWS: Avula/Jones wins by 38 votes
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In one of the closest elections in memory, by a margin of a mere 38 votes, and with the highest voter turnout in ASSU history, Hershey Avula '08 and Mondaire Jones '09 were chosen as the new ASSU executives over rivals Brett Hammon '08 and Lakshmi Karra '08.
Slates reflect on executive race
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Forty percent of all students voted in this week’s ASSU election, according to initial internal estimates obtained by The Daily after polls closed at midnight this morning. In a record turnout, 55.4 percent of undergrads voted. Of the 5,848 students who cast online ballots, 2,248 were graduate students and 3,600 were undergrads.
Results will not be announced until 5 p.m. at the CoHo, but with the race behind them, some slates looked back on the challenges and highlights of an intense campaign week.
Catch An Art Affair this weekend . . .
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Throughout the week, boards has been nailed and tents propped as bikers swerve through a maze on White Plaza.
“Fair campaign” labels revoked after late emails
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Two ASSU Executive slates and one senatorial candidate had the “fair campaign” label removed from their names on the online ballot last night, as Elections Commissioner Bernard Fraga ‘08 considered revoking the designation from more candidates amid an apparent spate of violations Thursday.
A reality check for campaigns
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Every year, like clockwork, ASSU executive slates propose extensive reforms in an effort to entice voter support. But according to a number of administrators, these published platforms are often vague, lacking the details that would allow for an accurate assessment of campaign promises.
OSA dominates Exec. campaign
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Several ASSU Executive slates have made revamping the Office of Student Activities (OSA) a top issue in their campaign platforms.
ASSU Slates: The Warm Weather Party
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ASSU Slates: Submit
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ASSU Slates: Brett and Lakshmi
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ASSU Slates: Avula/Jones
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ASSU Slates: Aaron Smith and Kyle Ladewig
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Crisco is ingredient for ASSU
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When official campaigning for next week’s ASSU elections began just after midnight on Wednesday, a number of candidates new to the process were not prepared for the annual antics of The Chapparal that traditionally accompany the flyering frenzy.
ASSU race is officially on
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Campaigning for next week’s ASSU elections kicked off at at midnight yesterday, as candidates gathered in White Plaza to begin flyering.
Poet-in-residence shares insights, work
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A standing-room only crowd packed Campbell Recital Hall last night for a poetry reading by the Mohr Visiting Poet and former United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky ‘65. Pinsky — who delivered Stanford’s Commencement address in 1999 — is a professor at Boston University but is a visiting professor at the University this quarter, and he gave his reading as part of his role as the Mohr Visiting Poet.
Zoot Suit Week brings acclaimed poet, play
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Casa Zapata brought two-time HBO Def Poetry Jam performer Joe Hernandez-Kolski to Stanford last night for a spoken word event in Stern Dining.
Record donations received
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Stanford raised $911.2 million from 72,118 private donors in 2006, according to figures released by the University on Wednesday.
IT launches new spam filter
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[SPAM:####] Last week, a number of students fell victim to an email scam perpetrated by spammers masquerading as Bank of America officials. Today, IT Services will institute a new filtering technique in an attempt to lower the amount of spam students receive.
Email scam snares students
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Over the last week, Stanford chat lists have been inundated with messages cautioning students about a Bank of America scam that managed to make its way into many students’ email inboxes.
Jeff Bingaman
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Long after his Stanford Law School days of going for cheeseburgers and beer at what he called “Zot’s,” Jeff Bingaman became a Democratic senator in New Mexico.
College press freedom bill passed
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The bill, AB 2581, is nicknamed the “Hosty bill” in reference to the 2005 Hosty v.
Israel-Lebanon conflict stirs local tension, response
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Aboriginees tour western U.S.
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Douglas and Rebecca Bird, assistant professors of Anthropological Sciences, brought the family — Nyalangka Taylor, her daughter and two grandchildren — to the country as a part of a bio-cultural exchange project.
Small fires, suspicious cars and juvenile jubilee
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This report covers a selection of crimes from May 26 to May 31 as recorded in the Stanford Police Department Public Bulletin.
Univ. defends living wage
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Stanford administrators remain firmly in support of the new living wage plan they announced on May 8, despite the Stanford Labor Action Coalition’s (SLAC) claims that the shift in policy was ineffectual.
Tresidder's closing time raises eyebrows
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Students looking to take advantage of Tresidder Memorial Union’s first floor area — a valuable collective study and meeting space for students looking for a central campus location — have faced inconsistency in the building’s closure time.
Powwow to draw 30,000 visitors
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Dancing and drums will fill the Eucalyptus Grove tonight as the Stanford Powwow kicks off its 35th annual event. Sponsored by the Stanford American Indian Organization, the Powwow will bring approximately 30,000 visitors throughout the weekend, making it Stanford’s largest student-run event.
The fuzzy menace
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Though the squirrels have long kept their title as Stanford’s most infamous furry animal, a new fuzzy menace has appeared as prime challenger — the caterpillar.
Break the Silence
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A group of students dressed in identical T-shirts screamed aloud at the LGBT center just after 8 p.m. yesterday as they gathered to “break the silence” after not speaking for an entire day.
Stem Cell Funding still in Limbo
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As the University moves to utilize its $1.2 million grant for stem cell research training from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) — the first of three annual installments to come — the promise of additional funding still hangs in legal limbo.
Band marches into public criticism
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From Christian mockery at Notre Dame to parodies of polygamy at Brigham Young University, the Stanford Band’s list of outrages grows every year.
Juggling books with babies
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Curious graduate students seeking to understand the balance of academics and parenting filled Braun Auditorium last night to hear personal perspectives from a panel of scientists.
Most groups bag enough signatures
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As Friday’s deadline for ASSU Special Fees petitioning approaches, student groups working to obtain the required number of signatures have been largely successful.
Stanford dismisses wireless scare
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While a small college in Canada known as Lakehead University made international headlines after shutting down campus wireless due to purported health risks from electromagnetic forces, Stanford continues to blaze ahead in its expansion of wireless Internet access on campus.
When architecture meets the real world
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Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger took the podium at Annenberg Auditorium last night to speak about architecture’s relationship to two of the greatest crises of recent times — the World Trade Center disaster and Hurricane Katrina.
Peaking ticket sales save the night
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A surprisingly pleasant peak in stagnant ticket sales will mean approximately 800 people shuffling in the halls of the Hyatt Regency tonight as Stanford hosts the 29th Viennese Ball.
Univ. eyes Palo Also reservior site
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Denying the Feb. 12 report by The San Jose Mercury News, University officials maintain that there is no hostility between the city of Palo Alto and Stanford over the construction of an emergency water reservoir on University property.
SCBN Tuned Out?
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Funding issues and equipment deficiencies have critically hindered the success of the Stanford Cardinal Broadcasting Network (SCBN).
New GRE set for October
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The new Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the standardized gatekeeper for most students applying to graduate school, will debut in October.
Corporate social responsibility issues debated
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At a time when Enron has become a dirty word and lobby scandals have made recent headlines, the Stanford Law Schools’ corporate social responsibility lecture last Thursday night raised the challenging moral issues that corporations face.
Muslim comic skewers stereotypes
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“I have a raw deal because if I give a bad performance tonight, the headline in the school paper tomorrow will read ‘Muslim comic bombs,’ and even if I do well the headline will read ‘Muslim comic kills.
Employers snoop on Facebook
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Though the wildly popular Facebook.com began as a place for college students to post pictures and quirky interests, the site has now become a tool for potential employers, much to the chagrin of some young job-seekers.
Commencement speaker still unknown
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Though the identity of the 2006 Commencement speaker will remain confidential until he or she is confirmed, the secrecy of the selection process has not prevented intense speculation and student enthusiasm for particular selections.
All students would need to pay for dorm lounge cable
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Despite the seemingly overwhelming enthusiasm of college students for shows like “Six Feet Under” and “Chappelle’s Show,” for students who wish to watch cable TV in their dorm lounges, it may come as a surprise that every single resident must pay a fee in order to have cable in the lounges.
Med School studies schizophrenia
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A study conducted by Stanford Medical School’s Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research recently made a breakthrough regarding the development of schizophrenia, indicating a genetic defect as a potential predictor of the disease.
Mixed Co. celebrates anniversary
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Instead of groans about upcoming midterms or whispers about Full Moon on the Quad, the sounds of crying toddlers filled the halls of Memorial Auditorium Saturday night before Mixed Company’s 20th anniversary a cappella show.