Week marks Israel pride

By David Gauvey Herbert
NEWS| In the opening event of Israel Pride Week last night, Israeli activist Avner Even-Zohar argued that Israel is at a social and political crossroads, with opportunities for both positive and negative change.

Journalists address post 9/11 coverage

By Brendan Selby
NEWS| In recent years, media bias has come to the forefront of the public discourse on the state of American journalism, with those in the field and regular citizens alike questioning the conservative or liberal bent of many high-profile publications.

Kennedy talks science

By Sam Floam
NEWS| “Now is a fabulous time to work on a scientific journal,” said former University President Donald Kennedy at last night’s lecture entitled “What’s Around the Corner in Science.

ASSU Senate discusses costly textbooks

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
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Students get rid of stress

By Anny Lin
NEWS| Stanford students may discover a new way to manage stress and fine-tune their mental capacities at tonight’s talk “Leadership and Trust,” led by philanthropist Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the world’s largest volunteer-based non-governmental organization, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron Scholes, a former Stanford business professor.

Profs receive distinguished fellowships

By Molly Cunningham
NEWS| The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced two weeks ago the election of its class of fellows for 2005, including five Stanford scholars.

Doctors research preventative counseling

By Meg Waltner
NEWS| Family planning and tobacco use are not common topics at a typical teenager’s medical check-up — at least not according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study, which found that less than 50 percent of adolescents receive preventive health counseling during medical visits.

Registrar speaks about

By Katherine Cox
NEWS| As the quarter nears its end, Stanford students are scrambling to secure summer internships — some that may conflict with Stanford’s notoriously late finals week.

Stanford, WTO partnership places trade documents online

By Rose Jenkins
NEWS| For scholars interested in international commerce over the past 50 years, April 19 was a big day. On that day, the GATT Digital Library — a collection of 30,000 public documents and 200 reports related to the workings of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT — was uploaded online at http://gatt.

When the mall is only a click away

By Amanda Mitchell
NEWS| When freshman Casey Zuber fell in love with a pair of shoes she found online, not being able to try them on was the only thing that kept her from immediately purchasing them.