ASSU executive slates hold debate

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
NEWS| The three ASSU executive slates faced off at Peet’s Coffee in Tresidder Memorial Union last night during the annual ASSU Executive Debate.

Ballot details and logistics explained

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
NEWS| For the past week, campaign flyers have covered the walls of dormitories asking students to choose from over 30 prospective undergraduate senators and 11 different class slates.

Organ registry debuts

By Daniel Novinson
NEWS| More than 87,000 Americans — about 18,000 of whom are Californians — are waiting for an organ transplant, and 17 patients on the waitlist die every day.

GSB rejects online hackers

By Simon Shuster
NEWS| Patience is a virtue, and impatience — as some Graduate School of Business applicants learned the hard way — can override one’s dreams of a Stanford Masters of Business Administration.

Forum on Islam promotes tolerance

By Mima Mohammed
NEWS| To provide a forum for all members of the Stanford community to ask questions about and acquaint themselves better with the Islamic faith, two Islamic student groups hosted a panel last night entitled “Islam Reflections and Perceptions,” including both students and Muslim leaders.

Medical students’ proposal could become state law

By Jenny Allen
NEWS| After reviewing 129 submissions, local California State Senator Joe Simitian (D-11th District) announced on Mar. 31 five winners of the annual “There Oughta Be A Law” contest, including a team of five first-year Stanford medical students.

Visiting experts teach global entrepreneurship

By Anny Lin
NEWS| Technology and global entrepreneurship experts from around the world are on campus today and for the rest of this week to meet and discuss their experiences and careers in the United States and Asia.

Junior Albert Chang wins $30,000 Truman Scholarship

By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| When Junior Albert Chang saw Secretary Colin Powell excuse himself from a conference, the then-State Department intern followed — right into the men’s restroom, where Chang promptly informed Powell that he trumped Albert Einstein as his childhood idol.

Sororities use online database for rush this year

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| This week marks the beginning of 2005 Intersorority Council, or ISC, recruitment. But rush will be a little different this year, with ISC switching to an online system for the first time.

Bionic eye could stimulate sight in blind

By Katherine Cox
NEWS| A group of Stanford researchers this February unveiled a new technology that could someday simulate vision for the blind.

Student group offers Web design workshops

By Rose Jenkins
NEWS| Do you have a Web site that could be enhanced with Javascript?

BlackBerrys pop up around campus

By Amanda Mitchell
NEWS| Senior Michael Ortiz first discovered the benefits of the BlackBerry device, a type of Personal Data Assistant (PDA), while interning at the office of U.

Is Compassionate Capitalism the Cure?

By Lija McHugh and Adam Stone
NEWS| This week we interviewed David Green, founder and executive director of Project Impact. Green’s innovations in technology and distribution have helped make healthcare accessible in developing countries.