GSC approves special-fee changes

By Will Oremus
NEWS| The Graduate Student Council (GSC) voted unanimously last night to approve a four-part plan designed to protect and stabilize the special-fee system of funding student groups.

Judicial bylaw changes compel testimony

By Jordana Huber
NEWS| Two new bylaws of the Student Judicial Charter of 1997 have come into effect after approval by the Faculty Senate last week.

Fellow named to Iraq WMD panel

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| President George W. Bush named Graduate School of Business Prof. Emeritus Henry S. Rowen last Thursday to a bipartisan commission charged with the investigation of possible intelligence failures concerning the United States assessment of Iraq’s weapons arsenal.

Ace in the hole

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| Reflecting a national trend, the poker scene on campus is heating up. The game, once stereotyped as a pastime for casino rats and middle-aged men, is attracting a younger following of students playing for fun, pride or money.

GSB investment conference addresses jobs, networking

By Aliyya Haque
NEWS| Hundreds of students, faculty members and business professionals attended the Sixth Annual Principal Investment Conference held yesterday at Stanford and sponsored by the Graduate School of Business (GSB).

When a fear goes too far: Dealing with phobias

By Phoebe Prioleau
NEWS| While many of us feel slightly uncomfortable when we step on an airplane or cringe at the thought of creepy, crawling critters, it would be wrong to label these fears as phobias, unless the anxiety associated with the object or experience significantly disrupts the activities in our daily lives. According to Alejandro Martinez, director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the level of fear and anxiety experienced during a specific situation or object is an important factor in determining whether or not something can be classified as a specific phobia.

Risky sexual practices

By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| Condoms. Pills. Spermicide. All the tools of the trade, right here at Stanford — at Vaden’s Sexual Health Peer Resource Center (SHPRC) and Planned Parenthood only minutes from campus. Heck, you can find them even in a bowl outside your Peer Health Educator’s (PHE) room three doors down. But just how many students are willing to take advantage of these contraceptive candy stores? Or more importantly, how many students have the knowledge to do so properly?

Medicine as the imperfect art

By Charles Feng
NEWS| How will you die? Based on my family’s medical history, I know a heart attack will ultimately lead to my final curtain call — quick and dirty, the way I’d prefer for it to happen. I won’t have to deal with the agony of impending mortality and prolonged goodbyes.