GSC fills four Const. Council seats

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
NEWS| In a unanimous vote last night, the Graduate Student Council approved four nominees to the ASSU Constitutional Council.

Students honor veterans, peace

By Kristen Bell
NEWS| Mel Pointer was a Vietnam veteran from Oakland who read the newspaper everyday and loved to watch football. Senior Laurel Stewart is a Stanford student from Oregon who majors in American Studies and enjoys baking organic chocolate chip cookies.

ResEd rule annoys student publications

By Joe Sexton
NEWS| A Residential Education policy that prohibits door-to-door distribution of student publications without consent from individual dorms is still causing concerns among students a full year after Res Ed began enforcing of the rule more stringently.

15 years later, remnants of Berlin Wall persist

By Simon Shuster
NEWS| Last night at Haus Mitteleuropa, a panel gathered to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and to reflect on the development of Germany.

Students don black to protest election results

By Aliyya Haque
NEWS| On the heels of last week’s presidential election, some students spent Tuesday dressed in black to express their disapproval of the election results as part of a nationwide protest called “Mourning the Vote.

Messenger bags: The newest trend in bookbags may be bad news for your back

By Jessica Lin
NEWS| From stiletto heels to tongue piercings, sometimes fashion trends verge on the side of danger. The newest trend in backpacks — messenger bags — may join the collection of fashion accessories that are not optimal for your health.

Feel guilty if you're not studying all the time? You may be a workaholic

By Chuan-Mei Lee
NEWS| It’s 11 p.m. on a Friday night. People are heading over to SAE or Bob or wherever there might be booty-shaking music. But not the 30 or so students still hard at work in Meyer Library. Is it just midterm season? Or is there a subculture of workaholism at Stanford?

Women's health group kicks off awareness campaign

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| Whenever women become involved with a female-focused issue, people often deem the issue — and those working on it — a part of the feminist movement. But according to the new student group “Promoting Women’s Health and Human Rights,” the issue of women’s health touches the lives of both men and women.