Union votes to allow strike

By James Hohmann
NEWS| Stanford University service workers voted overwhelmingly last night to give their union the right to strike. The vote passed with 96 percent support after leaders of the negotiating team for Service Employee International Union Local 715 (SEIU) told members that a vote to authorize a strike would be crucial to gain leverage in talks with University officials.

OSP keeps attracting students

By Daisy Chung
NEWS| The Bing Overseas Studies Program has historically attracted a large number of Stanford students, a pattern that has continued this year.

Raagapella wins national a cappella title

By Andrew Burmon
NEWS| Tacked to the wall of senior Sanjay Kairam’s room in Durand House is a black shirt proclaiming, “I directed the National Champion South Asian A Cappella group, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

OSA looking for Greenwell replacement

By Loren Newman
NEWS| Student party planners across campus felt the void when Assistant Director of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) Joey Greenwell resigned over the summer and moved on to bigger and better things.

Students evaulate new phone bill policy

By Melissa Fusco
NEWS| This is the first quarter that Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS) has implemented its new policy of assessing a joint telecommunications fee, which combines charges for both student network services and landline phones in a single required charge on students’ quarterly bills.

Student takes Jeopardy! prize

By Kat Lewin
NEWS| “Pizarro founded this city whose present name is from a Quechua word meaning ‘talker’” The correct answer is Lima — just ask junior Nico Martinez.

New hormone can suppress appetite

By Ada Yee
NEWS| A college student’s concern with weight, diet and exercise may seem like nothing out of the ordinary; however, Americans everywhere have become increasingly alarmed about the rise of national obesity rates.

Learn to play tag and you won’t be intimidated by cryptic HTML language

By Andrew Leifer
NEWS| In today’s day and age, everyone should know a little bit of HTML. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is the lingua franca of cyberspace.