Stanford to lease land for hotel

By Will Oremus
NEWS| A 21-acre triangular slice of land on the southeast corner of Interstate 280 and Sand Hill Road is “just sitting there with nothing on it,” said Stanford Management Company spokesman Bill Phillips.

Gov. comes to Mem Aud

By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found himself in the hot seat during a special live taping of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” in Memorial Auditorium on Monday, March 14. His appearance, part of the show’s nationwide college tour, drew 700 audience members and more than 200 protesters outside, including many nurses, teachers and firefighters.

Daily burglarized, five monitors stolen

By Will Oremus
NEWS| In September, burglars hit the Stanford Design Group. In November, it was the Mechanical Engineering Department. This past weekend, it was The Stanford Daily.

Greek system cleans up act

By Shirin Sharif
NEWS| After several fraternities and sororities violated University conduct policies last year, the Office of Student Activities, or OSA, took action to increase communication between administrators and Greek organization leaders and to improve training for these students.

Stanford courts Harvard economist

By Jenny Allen
NEWS| The Economics Department is awaiting responses to seven offers recently extended to potential new faculty members. “Since our goal is to be the best Economics Department in the world, the offers are to a mix of senior people of the first rank and junior people we think are potential future stars,” said Tim Bresnahan, chair of the Economics Department.

Multiple sclerosis drug proves fatal, recently recalled

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| Elan Corp. and Biogen Idec, two drug development and manufacturing companies, have, as of Feb. 28, voluntarily suspended all sales and clinical trials of Tysabri, a new drug used to treat multiple sclerosis.

Bio center opens

By Bonnie Swift
NEWS| Less than a year after the groundbreaking ceremony, the Bridging the Rift project, or BTR, began research in January at its facility on 150 acres of land straddling the Israeli-Jordanian border.

Stanford ranks second in donations

By Sarah Rizk and Nick Hoy
NEWS| Stanford University attracted more than $524 million in private donations in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, 2004 — placing the University second, behind Harvard, for the amount of such gifts received.

Adventures in the West, adjustments in the East (Part One)

By Jessica Zhang
NEWS| Although the words “spring break” usually connote wild nights and days at the beach, for many Stanford students, the past week away from campus was not necessarily spent with tanning oil in one hand and a margarita in the other.

Adventures in the West, adjustments in the East (Part Two)

By Adam Widman
NEWS| With made-for-TV movies like “Spring Break: Shark Attack” and MTV broadcasts titled “Spring Break: Cancun,” many think of spring break as a time to bask under the sun.

Vacationing at home is just as nice . . .

By Jenny Baer
NEWS| Some of my friends hopped on planes to Mexico or boarded ships for a week-long excursion in the Caribbean. I, however, opted for the 15-minute drive home in my dad’s white station wagon.

Ignorance is bliss when it comes to banking

By Grace Liu
NEWS| In the last year or so, a lot of my friends have told me they’ve begun to disregard the news. “It’s just too depressing,” they say.