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Chavez celebration ends with words from a friend

By Christopher Pedregal
NEWS| The week-long Cesar Chavez Commemoration celebration came to a close Friday with a final presentation in Dinkelspiel Auditorium that synthesized the themes explored throughout the week — unifying Chavez’s life with the struggles that Latinos face today.

Julian Castro,Class of 1996, runs for mayor of San Antonio

By Sara Inés Calderón 1
NEWS| Some would argue that Julian Castro doesn’t need public relations to make him look like the perfect politician. He was born on Mexican Independence Day, grew up in a mostly Mexican-American neighborhood in San Antonio, and attended Stanford University and Harvard Law School.

Economics lecturer David Johnson departs for Wellesley

By Sarah Rizk
NEWS| Economics Lecturer David Johnson, who is praised by students for his lively lecturing style, is teaching his last quarter at Stanford before departing to Wellesley College.

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Riding a two-game win streak into Tempe, Ariz., junior Chris Minaker and the Cardinal found themselves chasing the Sun Devils all weekend in ASU's three-game sweep. Stanford hosts San Jose State in a non-conference game Tuesday night. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/4847
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Riding a two-game win streak into Tempe, Ariz., junior Chris Minaker and the Cardinal found themselves chasing the Sun Devils all weekend in ASU's three-game sweep. Stanford hosts San Jose State in a non-conference game Tuesday night.

Card suffer rare Pac-10 sweep at ASU

By Alex Gyr
SPORTS| For 64 straight weekends of Pacific-10 Conference play, the No. 14 Stanford Cardinal had won at least one game in a three-game series.

Volleyball ends regular season with two losses

By Alice Ann Spurgin
SPORTS| The regular season ended on a sour note for the Stanford men’s volleyball team, which dropped two consecutive matches to No.

Softball perfect in Oregon

By Elizabeth Aguilar
SPORTS| In the first game, Stanford’s pitching took care of business; in the next, the Cardinal batters did the work. And in the final game of the Stanford softball team’s three-game set in Oregon, the rain delayed play for a couple of hours before the Cardinal prevailed again.

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OPINIONS| In gigantic lecture classes, it often seems as if professors are just figures you see on the distant stage, waving their hands and pontificating, while teaching assistants are our real teachers.

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