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Students perform at Urban Nights over the weekend.
The Daily returns on Monday, March 28.
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Starting tomorrow, The Daily will not publish until Monday, March 28, due to Finals Week and spring break.
Students hack GSB admissions
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Forty-one applicants to the Stanford Graduate School of Business hacked into their online applications last week using instructions found on an online Business Week forum.
Most groups OK'd for ballot
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All of the groups that petitioned during last week to be placed on the special-fees ballot were approved at last night’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate meeting except for Six Degrees: A Journal of Human Rights and The Stanford Daily, which were unable to turn in the required number of signature.
Senate rejects bills to split groups' budgets
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Elections Commissioner Troy Steinmetz, a sophomore, updated the Senate on the status of special fees petition verifications at last night’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate meeting.
'Fuchies' grow in numbers
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When Computer Science Prof. Eric Roberts talks about the divide between “techies” and “fuzzies,” he refers to the words of C.P. Snow, a famed physicist turned novelist.
'Die-in' aims to raise Darfur awareness
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Commonly known as the “intersection of death,” the corner of the quad by the clock tower really earned its name Monday as students participated in a “die-in” protesting the crisis in Darfur.
Medical Center plans to expand
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Stanford Medical Center announced plans late February to move some ambulatory care clinics to a new outpatient facility in Redwood City, marking its first ever off-campus expansion.
Yale changes aid, follows Harvard
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When Harvard significantly changed its financial aid policy in hopes of better accommodating low-income students last spring, Yale administrators sat back and let their rival institution take the risk.
Cap and Gown turns 100
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“The fact that my service is paving the way for future generations of women makes the bumps along the way worth it,” said Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at Saturday’s Cap and Gown centennial celebration.
Law profs. debate affirmative action
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Affirmative action hurts African Americans more than it helps them, asserted UCLA Law Prof. Richard Sander at last Friday’s panel “Benefit or Burden? Affirmative Action in American Law Schools."
Roosevelt Institution reviews progress
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Preferring political banter to beer pong, Roosevelt Institution fellows from the Committee on International Development, Democracy and Health discussed the crisis in Darfur last Thursday night with John Prendergast, the special advisor to the president of the International Crisis Group.
Bookstore posts lead warnings
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“Prop. 65 warning: Consuming foods or beverages that have been kept or served in leaded crystal products or handling products made of leaded crystal will expose you to lead — a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Merce takes over White Plaza
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company will perform once in White Plaza and present its touring piece “Split Sides” for Stanford Lively Arts this week.
All bets on
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It’s fun. It has the potential to be financially rewarding. It takes a bit of luck and a lot of strategy.
It’s online poker.
When entering beware — you’re being watched
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If you are prone to linger by the front door of Castano, you should know that you are being watched — possibly by every resident.
Too busy for a date? How about one in three minutes?
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Everyone complains about the lack of dating at Stanford. Fewer people actually do something about it.
Perhaps this is because we’re all still thinking inside the box.
Biodesign programs promote student biotech startups
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By ROSE JENKINS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With the development of increasingly powerful scientific tools and the onslaught of big investment, the biomedical and biotechnology industries are rife with opportunities to work on innovative medical technologies.
Getting hitched on campus
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Although Memorial Church is constantly flooded with a stream of tourists posing for pictures, on weekends, the church’s halls are filled with the sounds of an organ playing “Here Comes the Bride.
Sink, swim or paddle like a duck?
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With the onset of spring quarter-like weather this past weekend, many students abandoned studying at Meyer and Green libraries for taking naps on Wilbur Field and running on Campus Drive.
Defining an eating disorder: Where do you draw the line?
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While many students stay healthy by exercising regularly and eating well, some can take these to extremes.
The ultimate balancing act: classes, activities and a love life
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Spring is (almost) here and love is in the air — that’s the saying, right?
Vital Statistics
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Gallons of coffee consumed annually per capita in the United States: 9
Gallons of coffee consumed annually per capita in the United States 50 years ago: 16
Billions of dollars spent on dieting and diet-related products by Americans annually: 40
Millions of women in America estimated to be suffering from an eating disorder: 10
Millions of men in America estimated to be suffering from an eating disorder: 1
Number of Americans who got married in the 12-month period ending July 2004: 2,162,000
Sources: American Dietetic Association, National Eating Disorders Association, National Center for Health Statistics

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