NEWS UPDATE: Trustees vote to divest

Investments pulled from four companies
By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| The University Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to divest from any directly-held investments in petroleum companies PetroChina, Sinopec, Tatneft and ABB, Ltd.

Alcohol allowed on the Row during NSO week

By David Gauvey Herbert
NEWS| Small groups of students on the Row will be able to drink beer, wine and malt liquor this fall during New Student Orientation, or NSO, University officials announced last week.

Student killed by train, death is ruled a suicide

By Sara Inés Calderón 1
NEWS| Sophomore Giancarlo Colombo, a Dallas native and Adelfa dorm resident, died Monday in a train accident in Sunnyvale. His death was preliminarily ruled a suicide by Santa Clara County coroners yesterday, said Residence Dean Jamila Rufalo to a crowd of about 100 people last night in the lounge of Eucalipto dorm.

Watergate informant identified

By Katie Bearman 1
NEWS| Nick Jones, Class of 2003, has discovered a new reason to admire his grandfather, Mark Felt — recently identified as Deep Throat, The Washington Post’s famous informant responsible for blowing the lid off the Watergate scandal, which caused President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974.

Grad students to move to Mirrielees

By Aliyya Haque
NEWS| Due to a housing crunch, graduate students will move into Mirrielees in the fall. The decision to open the dorm to graduate students was made at the start of this quarter in response the high number of undergraduate vacancies expected in the fall, said Todd Benson, director of housing assignment services.

Tickets on sale for Dalai Lama

By Camille Ricketts
NEWS| A limited number of tickets for two events taking place during the Dalai Lama’s visit to campus on Nov. 4 and 5 went on sale yesterday at the ticket office on the first floor of Tresidder Memorial Union for students, faculty and staff.

Renovations to begin this autumn

By Sara Inés Calderón 1
NEWS| Construction will commence for a $24 million renovation project of Old Union at the end of this year. Consequently, the community centers housed in Old Union — the Asian American Activities Center, El Centro Chicano and the Native American Cultural Center — will be relocated temporarily to a complex of portable modular units in the parking lot at the intersection of Santa Teresa and Lomita.

Guess? pulls offensive shirts

By Anne Ritchie
NEWS| Some members of Stanford’s Colombian community are taking action against what they deem an offensive shirt manufactured by Guess?

Students question ROTC policy

By Bob Borek
NEWS| A recent article in The Stanford Review advocating the reinstatement of the Reserve Office Training Corps, or ROTC, on Stanford’s campus has created a stir and has led some students to question the University’s current policy toward the program.

Hoover Fellow to advise Defense Dept.

By Barrett W. Sheridan
NEWS| Hoover Institution Fellow Martin Anderson has been appointed to the recently established Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation, which will advise U.

Gore to speak at fall GSB conference

By Victoria Degtyareva
NEWS| This November, the Graduate School of Business will be hosting the 2005 Net Impact Conference, the largest annual gathering in the world for business students and young professionals.

Software advances nanotech

By David Kuo
NEWS| Mechanical Engineering Prof. Kyeongjae Cho’s latest research in nanotechnology may help other researchers explore this burgeoning field better than ever before.

Cartoons simplify chemistry

By Daisy Chung
NEWS| For anyone interested in learning the basic principles of chemistry, “The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry” might be the best alternative to a textbook.

Study shows wind may meet energy demands

By Cassidy Deline
NEWS| Wind power is being touted as the newest alternative energy source. Stanford researchers report that it may be the key to keeping up with the world’s growing energy demand.

Elephants detect vibrations

By Michael Tamkin
NEWS| Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, a research associate at the Medical School’s Department of Otolaryngology, has concluded after conducting research for 10 years that elephants are able to use ground vibrations to send a variety of messages, including warnings and mating calls.

Roller hockey gains club sport status

By Stephanie Fagliano
NEWS| The Stanford Roller Hockey Club, which has existed unofficially for the past two or three years, has recently secured official club status from Stanford.

Senate echoes recommendation to divest

By Sal Umberto Bonaccorso
NEWS| The ASSU Undergraduate Senate convened for its final meeting of the academic year on Sunday. Members discussed three important advocacy bills — one regarding a new Overseas Seminar in Israel, another on door-to-door distribution of student publications and a third on the University’s divestment from oil companies that operate in Sudan.

Plans for luxury hotel progress

By Killeen Hanson
NEWS| Stanford's plans for a 165,000 square-foot luxury hotel on University-owned land on Sand Hill Road have gone to the Menlo Park City Council for initial approval.

SSE's Capital Group holds office hours

By Nila Bala
NEWS| The Stanford Student Enterprises Capital Group, a student-run financial organization that offers banking services to student groups, held a drop-in information session last Friday to educate the student body about retirement savings accounts with particular emphasis on Roth IRAs, or Individual Retirement Accounts.

‘Saving Face’ portrays unconventional love story

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| Movie producers and screenwriters are often hesitant to deviate from the typical Hollywood love story: boy meets girl, boy and girl overcome challenges, boy and girl live happily ever after.

Alumnus sings, performs in memory of friend

By Courtney Weaver
NEWS| Success for the Stanford graduate can be defined in many ways. Entering a prestigious graduate school, landing a job at a hot firm, saving lives at an accomplished NGO — many take these paths oft-traveled.

Exotics in Eden?

By Rose Jenkins
NEWS| In Guam, nearly all the birds and a few endangered species have been devoured by the species of brown tree snake that arrived from Australia in the middle of the last century.

Where does your stuff go when you leave?

By Francie Neukom
NEWS| Uncashed checks, cell phones and hamsters may not seem easily forgettable. But Imogen Hinds, associate director for housing operations, has found these and more within the walls of the Row houses after the students have left.

Another hit to the head?

By Michelle Keller
NEWS| To power through a night of studying a couple of winters ago, senior Marie Kobler braved the dark and walked down the steep stairs of the Stanford house in Oxford to get a snack from the kitchen.

Wheatgrass: Power food or waste of your money?

By Jessica Yu
NEWS| On campus, it is not unusual to see students hitting up the vegan food bar at the Marketplace at Wilbur, sipping soymilk at Stern or making the trip to Trader Joe’s for banana chips and dried cranberries.

Podcasting: Journalism for the masses?

By Chuan-Mei Lee
NEWS| Mehdi Yahyanejad, a post-doctoral fellow specializing in bioinformatics at Stanford, typically spends Thursday evenings with a microphone and a laptop computer.

Racing against the clock... without a driver Racing against the clock

By Rose Jenkins
NEWS| By ROSE JENKINS CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Drivers not required.” That’s the motto adopted by the Stanford Racing team and printed on the side of “Stanley,” the Volkswagen S.