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Staff, students and faculty gathered last night to hear an independent committee's findings on University labor practices. Later, more than 60 activists marched to President Hennessy's home to demand action on the issue. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/4048
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Staff, students and faculty gathered last night to hear an independent committee's findings on University labor practices. Later, more than 60 activists marched to President Hennessy's home to demand action on the issue.

Labor issues ignite debate

By Kristen Bell
NEWS| “Where is Hennessy?” chanted students, workers, faculty and community members as they walked out of last night’s standing-room-only town hall meeting on Stanford’s workplace policies.

Students march on Hennessy’s house

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| A group of about 60 Stanford students and staff, led by members of the Stanford Labor Action Coalition, marched to University President John Hennessy’s front door last night to deliver a statement responding to a University report on workplace issues.

MEChA, other groups fear special-fees repeat

By Aliyya Haque
NEWS| About a year ago, the Stanford Review published a series of articles depicting MEChA as a racist organization. Then in April, the student group, formally Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, lost its ASSU special-fees funding.

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Olympic meda�list Dana Kirk, a junior, will swim the butterfly, freestyle and individual medley for the Cardinal this season. Kirk helped Team USA win a silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley in Athens this summer. Joining her on the swim team this season are two other Olympians, classmate Kristen Caverly and freshman Caroline Bruce. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/4043
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Olympic medalist Dana Kirk, a junior, will swim the butterfly, freestyle and individual medley for the Cardinal this season. Kirk helped Team USA win a silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley in Athens this summer. Joining her on the swim team this season are two other Olympians, classmate Kristen Caverly and freshman Caroline Bruce.

Teams set to make splash

Talented women’s swim team sets high expectations for self as season begins on Saturday
By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| If you asked most women’s swim teams whether they would be satisfied by a fifth-place finish in the 2004 NCAA Championships, the answer could be a resounding yes. This is not the case for Stanford, though.

After 12 days rest, field hockey faces Pacific

By Antardeb Guharay
SPORTS| The Stanford field hockey women (6-9, 0-4 Northern Pacific Athletic Conference) have struggled with close calls and tough losses all season.

Club Sports Update: Taekwondo gears up, hockey nabs win

By Alice Ann Spurgin
SPORTS| Like the sport itself, there is more to the Stanford Taekwondo club than meets the eye. Taekwondo is not just physical combat in white jumpsuits.

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OPINIONS| This is a question that has followed me around my entire life. I have to deal with a constant defense of the very fabric of who I am.

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