Crown Library Off Limits

Undergrads barred from Law Library during Reading and Finals Week
By Shirin Sharif
NEWS| Undergrads looking for a quiet study spot in the Robert Crown Law Library to survive the midterm crunch are out of luck — their SUID cards won’t get them access to the library until May 19, during the Law School’s reading and examination period.

Bush, fellows plan library and legacy

By James Hohmann
NEWS| During his visit to campus last month, President George W. Bush asked senior Hoover Institution fellows for advice regarding his legacy and presidential library, The New York Times reported Monday.

Destination: Yosemite

By Joaquín Hernández
NEWS| For resident assistants (RAs) across campus, shoring up dorm enthusiasm for a weekend trip during mid-quarter mayhem can be daunting.

Muslims protest Palestinian anniversary

By Marie-Jo Mont-Reynaud
NEWS| A crowd of approximately 60 students and community members gathered in White Plaza at noon yesterday to eat imsakhan — Palestinian chicken wraps — and commemorate Nakba Day.

RADICAL ISLAM CRITICIZED

By James Hohmann
NEWS| The West needs to take the threat of fundamentalist, militant Islam more seriously, controversial British commentator Christopher Hitchens told a predominately older audience at the Geology Corner auditorium last night.

ASSU deliberates budget changes

By Cassie Harvey
NEWS| The ASSU Undergraduate Senate convened last night to discuss the transition from this year’s senators to next year’s incoming members, approve special-fee umbrella groups and elect a new deputy chair.

Judas’ gospel reconsidered

By Rahul Kanakia
NEWS| Two religious studies professors painted a fantastic picture of the Gospel of Judas and the early Christians who wrote it — now labeled heretics by some — at the Stanford Humanities Center last night.

Move over, MMORPG!

By Sam Bhagwat
NEWS| The online gaming world is dominated by “massive multiplayer online role-playing games” (MMORPG)’s — worlds where vast numbers of players’ characters interact, fighting each other and computerized monsters, going on quests and practicing crafts like smithing and wizardry. For those who desire the broad, interactive experience MMORPG’s provide, yet tire of fighting monsters and prefer their own space, an alternative may be forthcoming.

Boot Camp bridges divide between Windows and Mac

By Sam Bhagwat
NEWS| In March, hardcore geeks praying for a way to run their favorite arcane role-playing game, available only for Windows, on their Mac received their salvation from Jesus. Jesus Lopez, that is — a San Francisco programmer who won a $13,000 prize by writing a patch enabling the Windows operating system to run on Macintosh computers. Even better, Apple jumped on board and in April released a beta version of Boot Camp, a simpler program designed for the same function, enabling software designed for Windows to be run on a Macintosh.