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Shao released after decade of imprisonment
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After a decade-long imprisonment in China, Graduate School of Business alumnus Jude Shao MBA ‘93 was freed on parole early this month, ending years of efforts by his business school classmates to reverse his wrongful conviction.
Incoming frosh unite for League
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In yet another sign that Facebook is revolutionizing the way incoming freshmen approach Stanford, the Class of 2012 has moved beyond just forming a large class group and has created a student group that hopes to stay active throughout the school year.
Law school drops letter grade system
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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.
Packard hospital fined for self-reported error
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“There was an incorrect configuration of the ventilatory equipment at a patient’s bedside, and this error was immediately recognized and corrected,” said Christy Sandborg, the hospital’s chief of staff.
Faculty salaries differ by speciality, tenure
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Numbers from Stanford reveal that the average salary figure is brought up by high salaries at the professional schools. Furthermore, the average faculty salaries lag well behind coach and administrator salaries, though by a smaller margin than at other schools.
Senate delays making funding decisions
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Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Senate meeting lacked the fireworks of last week’s meeting, which featured a leaked strategy email and ten consecutive roll call votes used as stalling tactics.
Former editors share secrets of Washington
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This time around, though, they weren’t talking about reporting on the ASSU.
Partisanship plagues senate meeting
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There was an elephant in the room at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Senate meeting — the word partisanship.
Candidate disputes slate election conduct
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During last month’s elections, The Giving Tree sent out a statement to the Class of 2010 email list informing students about the class presidents’ accomplishments.
Coach’s salary below top level
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Johnny Dawkins will have a relatively small pool of players he can recruit because of the University’s high admission standards, but will compete in arguably the nation’s toughest basketball conference.
Prof. seeks lighter sentence
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Law Prof.
ProFros flock to the Farm for Admit Weekend
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Over 1,200 prospective freshmen will descend on campus today to get a glimpse of life on the Farm and decide their fate for the next four years.
Candidate plays elections prank
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So why won’t Timp be sworn in to the Tenth Undergraduate Senate next week? His friends all wrote in his name 15 times on their ballots, and a glitch in the voting system counted all the duplicate votes.
Winners of ASSU election announced
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Johnny Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09 were not the only students enjoying an election victory this weekend.
Dorsey-Harris beats GO GO
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In the fifth round of instant runoff voting, Dorsey-Harris won the election with 2,150 votes to Gobaud-Goldgof’s 1,880, a gap of 270 votes.
Dorsey-Harris defeats GO GO
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In the fifth round of instant runoff voting, Dorsey-Harris won the election with 2,150 votes to Gobaud-Goldgof’s 1,880, a gap of 270 votes.
Slates discuss promises on platforms
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David Gobaud ‘08 told The Daily yesterday that several of his campaign promises are anything but certain, and Priyanka Sharma ‘09 admitted that some of her proposals could take a substantial amount of time.
Gaps in election spending exist
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Large differences in campaign spending between this year’s executive slates are largely the result of a decision by two of the slates to hire sweat-free T-shirt companies, according to the candidates.
Dirty campaign politics emerge
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A conflict between junior class slates over campaign emails has led to one of the most heated exchanges between ASSU candidates in recent memory.
Senate attendance records under scrutiny
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“We really have to keep on top of our issues, to be able to advocate successfully,” Kass said.
A Campaign from the Capital
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Senator Stuart Baimel ‘09, who is seeking re-election, may be hoping for the incumbency advantage that the U.S.
Looking back on the outgoing Senate
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Undergraduate senators do not typically stick around. Not a single member of the Ninth Undergraduate Senate was a member of the Eighth Undergraduate Senate. But this year, three current senators, Stuart Baimel ‘09, Patrick Cordova ‘09 and Luukas Ilves ‘09, are seeking re-election.
ASSU Executive Candidates: Barrack Obamma
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The Stanford Daily (TSD): How do you draw inspiration from Mr.
ASSU Executive Candidates: Sharma-Cackler
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The Stanford Daily (TSD): Priyanka, you are the ultimate ASSU insider.
ASSU Executive Candidates: GO GO Gobaud Goldgof
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GG: The other slates want to convert Old Union into a social place, and we want to convert it into a study place.
ASSU Executive Candidates: Doshi Hon
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The Stanford Daily (TSD): You have both spent time within the Executive branch of the ASSU.
ASSU Executive Candidates: Dorsey-Harris
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The Stanford Daily (TSD): You both have done some very impressive things with public service.
Candidates seek group endorsements
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Though student group endorsements have sparked much less contention in the current ASSU election cycle than in years past, candidates are still working hard to rack them up.
Focus of student campaigns shifts
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A spate of campaign flyering began at 12:01 a.m. yesterday, as candidates kicked of the 2008 ASSU election cycle.
Hennessy, senator at odds over endowment
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The combination of rapidly growing endowments and increasing tuition costs at universities around the country has drawn recent scrutiny from Congress. Stanford President John Hennessy told The Daily he opposes any attempt by Congress to introduce legislation.
Hennessy, Senator at odds over endowment spending
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The combination of rapidly growing endowments and increasing tuition costs at universities has drawn recent scrutiny from Congress. Stanford President John Hennessy told The Daily he is against any attempt by Congress to introduce legislation that would tell universities how to spend their endowments.
Student loans safe, Univ. says
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Growing concern has driven some universities to draw up emergency strategies in case the student loan market fails, but Stanford officials say students here should not worry.
Law Prof. Lessig to launch new initiative
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Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig will not be running for a seat in the House of Representatives, but that does not mean that he is slowing down his campaign to change Congress.
Tuition increases by modest amount
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While some students will get a break from Stanford’s enhanced financial aid program, others might be facing sticker shock next year.
BRIEF: Law Prof. Lessig decides not to run for Congressional seat
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Stanford Law Prof.
Prof. hopeful on N. Korea
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North Korea is serious about taking steps to denuclearize but will not proceed much further until the U.S. makes several important concessions.
Congressional bill criticized
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A bill in Congress that promises to lower the cost of college education has drawn criticism from officials at Stanford, who say the bill is burdensome and possibly harmful.
Oprah for '08
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Unlike last year’s highly criticized speaker choice, this year’s Commencement speaker will not be suffering from a lack of star power.
Oprah Winfrey, the world famous talk-show host and philanthropist, has accepted the University’s invitation to speak at Stanford’s 118th Commencement.
Lessig weighs Congressional run
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Stanford Law Prof. Lawrence Lessig is on the verge of running for a seat in the House of Representatives left vacant by the death of Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) in the state’s 12th Congressional District.
Mars workshop launched
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Maybe the quad’s red-tiled roofs had something to do with it, but the fifty aerospace experts meeting at Stanford this week just could not stop talking about the red planet.
Most dorms receive one old showerhead
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At a meeting last week, Resident Assistants across campus came up with a way to ease residents' showering woes.
Police caution students about thefts
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Five uniformed deputies came to a meeting of Sterling Quad residents last night to discuss the recent spate of robberies.
University admits 16 through QuestBridge
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As colleges boost their financial aid packages for the 2008-09 school year, they are scrambling to make elite education available to students of all economic backgrounds. Stanford is no exception: for the second year, the University is participating in the QuestBridge match program and has already accepted 16 participants for the class of 2012.
Low-flow showerheads replaced in Lag, Roble
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The two West Campus dorms have a lower water pressure than other dorms on campus, which decreases the flow rate of the showers.
Showerheads spark ire
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The new low flow showerheads that have been installed in many dorms across campus have sparked mixed reactions from students.
Fellowship rewards career teachers
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The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is launching a fellowship program that promises to attract top students to the teaching profession — and keep them there.
Darfur fast to raise money, awareness
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After Big Game last weekend, Stanford has yet another chance to beat Cal today.
Airliner hides prizes around campus
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Laura Chau ‘11 woke up early yesterday morning with a mission: to find free plane tickets.
Prof. explores legal role of neuroscience
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Ninth Circuit judges spar
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