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Faris Ali Mohiuddin speaks to student groups at the VSO event in Tressider. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/5429
Joel Lewenstein

Faris Ali Mohiuddin speaks to student groups at the VSO event in Tressider.

Students share stances on the remaining props

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With millions expected to vote across the state in the California special election, concerns regarding redistricting, pharmaceutical drug discounts and electricity regulation will finally be addressed today.

ASSU recognizes student groups

By Loren Newman
NEWS| The Oak Lounge in the Tressider Student Union was filled nearly to capacity yesterday evening by student leaders for the 2005 Student Volunteer Organizations (VSO) Collaboration Dinner.

Solutions to Katrina disaster pitched

By James Hohmann
NEWS| A panel of Stanford faculty discussed how government and private organizations failed the people they were supposed to protect from Hurricane Katrina and explored ways they could be made more effective.

Blood center celebrates off-campus relocation

By Ada Yee
NEWS| Imagine sitting back in a comfortable, auto-reclining chair to watch a DVD, check your e-mail and, while you’re at it, save a life.

Fools of Prophecy to perform at Stanford

By Dahlia Weiss
NEWS| Chart-topping revolutionary Israeli fusion band The Fools of Prophecy (Shotei Hanevuah) will be performing on the Stanford campus today as part of their first United States tour.

The changing face of file-sharing

By Andrew Leifer
NEWS| The internet just isn’t what it used to be. Six years ago, Shawn Fanning set off a counter-culture revolution with the release of Napster, the first widely-used filesharing network.

Wary of Wikipedia

By Mark Kogan
NEWS| It’s Sunday morning and you’re still recovering from the weekend. You have a paper due in the next few days but you don’t have the willpower to get started. It’s a short paper, but it’s research-heavy and you just aren’t in the mood to make the hike to Green to get the preliminary investigating done.

Blogging brings political voices, gossip to a forefront

By Jessamyn Edra
NEWS| Since the late 1990s, online journaling — also called “blogging” or “weblogging” — has redefined the way people keep journals and record ideas.