ASSU changes election rules to protect free speech

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| With ASSU elections set to begin at the start of spring quarter, student leaders have been working with the University to reform its election policies to provide better protection of free speech.

Coffins, bat mitzvah kick off Tree Week

By Barrett W. Sheridan
NEWS| There weren’t four weddings, but there were two funerals, a bat mitzvah and a royal procession at last night’s information meeting for prospective Tree applicants.

Black law students sponsor summit

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| To address issues confronting the black legal community, including the responsibility professionally successful blacks have to other blacks, the Stanford Black Law Students Association, or BLSA, held a conference on Saturday entitled “Beyond Black Letter Law.

Forum discusses Russian IT

By Simon Shuster
NEWS| Last week, officials and businesspeople from around the world came to Stanford to rub elbows at the U.S.-Russia Technology Symposium, the premiere technology conference between the two nations.

Open-heart surgery saves premature baby

By Melissa Fusco
NEWS| Weighing in at just 1.5 pounds, the smallest premature baby ever to survive open-heart surgery that required switching the aorta and pulmonary artery was successfully operated on Thursday by a Stanford pediatric cardiac surgeon and professor at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.

Festival features French films, directors

By Michael Tamkin
NEWS| Tonight marks the beginning of “From Script to Screen: Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema,” a French film festival of screenings and discussions with directors.

E-mail wars: You've got mail

By Aneto Okonkwo
NEWS| Many Stanford students check their e-mail every minute. Some students cannot live without it. E-mail messages arrive regularly from friends, family and class mailing lists.

SLAC plans $400 million x-ray laser

By Jessica Yu
NEWS| With nearly $400 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Stanford Linear Acceleration Center (SLAC) is on the brink of making revolutionary discoveries.

Counting the 'invisible people' of Brazil

By Lija McHugh and Adam Stone
NEWS| How can technology transform international development?