Dept. of Labor re-opens Univ. discrimination case

By Barrett W. Sheridan
NEWS| In 1998, U.S. Department of Labor investigators began looking for evidence of discrimination at Stanford in response to complaints by 32 female and minority staff members.

Board of Trustees OKs construction projects

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| The Stanford University Board of Trustees held its first of five sessions for the year on Monday and Tuesday of this week.

Roosevelt Institution welcomes students

By Joaquín Hernández
NEWS| Hoping to inspire a new crop of students to engage in policy discourse, members of the Roosevelt Institution hosted a “welcome back” reception in Tresidder Union last night to laud the Institution’s recent accomplishments and outline its sweeping agenda for the organization’s role at Stanford and beyond.

New film studies program gets start

By Cassidy Deline
NEWS| Whether they are chic artists experimenting in a small, modish studio or Oscar-winning Hollywood directors managing their millionaire stars, filmmakers today are carrying on a tradition born out of the dust and hay of the Stanford Barn.

ASSU Senate debates dorm door to door flyering policy

By Anuradha Sivaram
NEWS| The “business-casual” atmosphere of last night’s ASSU Senate meeting became increasingly businesslike as Senators discussed and debated issues concerning dorm flyering policies and student group funding.

Indian law class to be offered next semester

By Andrew Burmon
NEWS| Last March, Colin Sampson, now a third-year law student, walked into the office of Marcus Cole, the Law School’s dean of curriculum, to push the administration to create an Indian law course for this academic year.

New nanotechnology lab opens

By Adam Widman
NEWS| University researchers unveiled the newly renovated Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory (SNL) on Oct. 5, located in the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Features.

Tales of the City

By Navin Sivanandam
NEWS| Occasionally, when I write these columns, people actually read them. And even more infrequently they send me e-mails. Last week’s masterpiece elicited two responses.

Spotlight on grad families

By Ronald Chan
NEWS| Stanford students are undoubtedly a dedicated bunch, filling their days with classes, jobs, parties and other activities.

Stanford Canadian Club carves up some turkey

By Jessica Yu
NEWS| Students feasted Monday night at the Bechtel International Center on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and loads of pumpkin pie.