Convocation: Time to 'unpack your boxes'

By Sarah Lustbader
NEWS| Beaming parents. Bright-eyed 18-year-olds. Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Robin Mamlet introducing her collection of admissions essays as her “flat friends." It could only be one thing: Convocation.

Band’s Mormon-mocking halftime show leads to apologies, sanctions

By David Gauvey Herbert
NEWS| Stanford Athletic Director Ted Leland publicly apologized and the Stanford Band agreed to impose sanctions on itself after it performed a halftime show that mocked Mormonism at a home football game against Brigham Young University on Sept. 11.

Stanford hires top African American Studies scholars from Harvard

By Jennie Kim
NEWS| Stanford has hired African and African American studies professors from Harvard, a move designed to establish Stanford’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity as the national leader in the field.

Letting Go: Parents need an Orientation, too

By Cynthia Cho
NEWS| When Shabnam Jain dropped off her eldest daughter at Branner Hall on Monday evening, she held back tears as she watched Niji, an Atlanta, Ga. native, join her peers in line for their first dinner as Stanford students.

Frosh forge friendships in Cyberspace

By David Gauvey Herbert
NEWS| Nearly 1,000 incoming freshmen joined Thefacebook.com before they had moved into the dorms, tasted dining hall food or heard the shrill cries of “oh-eight!” from frenzied Orientation Volunteers.

Jetsetting with Stanford: Univ. alumni and affiliates trot the globe

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| Coasting at 100 miles per hour over Australia in a DC-3 plane — a type of small aircraft often used during World War II — Prof.

Res Ed orders Row dry for week

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| It is typical for many upperclassmen to celebrate their return to campus by reuniting with their friends over rounds of quarters or beer pong in dorm lounges.

After two years, Univ. lifts staff hiring freeze

By Anthony Ha
NEWS| The University is lifting its two-year hiring freeze for new staff, announced Vice President for Business Affairs Randy Livingston and Provost John Etchemendy last week in a memo to senior administrators.

Endowment grows 18 percent

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| The Stanford Merged Endowment Pool, the primary investment pool for the University’s endowment, generated a return of 18 percent for the 12-month period ending June 20, 2004, according to the Stanford Management Company.

Pre-orientation trips expand to include frosh

By Jenny Allen
NEWS| For this year’s new students, Thefacebook.com was a popular way to meet one another prior to arriving on campus — but it wasn’t the only one.

The countdown to Orientation: Behind the scenes

By Anny Lin
NEWS| Three things are bound to happen this week: New students will wander around campus and wonder why Building 10 is next to Building 240 in the Quad.

Buy, sell books online with other college students

By Stephanie Condon
NEWS| In response to the popularity of last year’s Book Buy Back program, the ASSU is offering a program that allows Stanford students to buy and sell textbooks online, a move that the ASSU hopes will give students more flexibility when buying books.

Stanford A-to-Z

By Julie Lein
NEWS| A ASSU. An acronym for the Associated Students of Stanford University, the undergraduate student government, which was plagued by controversy over the past year after multiple contested elections of its executive officers.

Flat-screens stolen from Stanford Design Group

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| Two flat-screen monitors were stolen from the office of the Stanford Design Group last weekend. The group’s office is in the Storke Building on campus, next to the offices of the Stanford University Press and The Stanford Daily.

Sophomore College celebrates 10th birthday

By Zubin Agarwal
NEWS| In 1995, when Sophomore College was started, the program consisted of five faculty teaching seminars to 10 students each.

Frosh FAQ

By Tam Vo
NEWS| Despite all the staff members who have been hired to make your life easier, all the “informative” presentations scheduled for your benefit and all the advice given to you about everything by just about everyone, you may still have some unanswered questions.

Doing Stanford

By Tam Vo
NEWS| The following is not a message from the administration, the UAC, the CDC, the “Unofficial Guide to Stanford” or your parents.

Stanford traditions: For the frosh who aspires to bleed Cardinal

By Devon Maylie
NEWS| There was a time at Stanford when corduroys were restricted to seniors; students from different graduating classes were distinguished by the kind of hat they wore; freshmen were dunked in tubs in Encina Hall, then an all-male dorm; and students soaked up the sun on Lake Lagunita.