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Students stop for a quick conversation between classes in what is fondly referred to as the Intersection of Death due to the many whizzing bicycles that populate it throughout the day.

Admit yield increases by 2 percent

Dean of Admission points to lowest ever acceptance rate, one of the highest yield rates, for Class of 2010
By Shirin Sharif
NEWS| Though still a long way from Harvard’s 80 percent, Stanford’s yield rate increased to a respectable 69 percent this year, up from 67 percent last year, according to Richard Shaw, dean of admission and financial aid.

BOSP works to put Madrid site on map

By Katherine Cox
NEWS| Students who imagine taking a study break at a tapas bar with their Stanford peers and new Madrid companeros may soon realize their dreams as the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) staff work to open a new center in Spain’s major urban center.

First Gores Award given to Law prof. since 1977

By Loren Newman
NEWS| Assoc. Prof. of Law and Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar Michele Landis Dauber has been named the first Law School professor to win The Walter J.

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Junior left fielder Jackie Rinehart notched three hits in Friday's game against No. 5 Alabama. The Crimson Tide defeated the No. 7 Cardinal 4-1 in that game. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/6056
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Junior left fielder Jackie Rinehart notched three hits in Friday's game against No. 5 Alabama. The Crimson Tide defeated the No. 7 Cardinal 4-1 in that game.

Women fall in super regional

Softball squad loses in extra innings to Alabama
By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| A seven-run deficit in the first inning is not the right way to start off a softball game. While No. 7 Stanford managed to fight back and tie the score in the second game of its series with No.

Cardinal earn Texas Regional bid

By Wes Mateo
SPORTS| Entering their final series of the season, a two-game set against UC-Davis, the Cardinal were looking to put an exclamation point on a second half surge that turned around their 2006 campaign.

Men's tennis: Top-seeded doubles team drops out early

By Carling Nguyen and Ben Backes
SPORTS| Singles The Cardinal picked up several Ws in NCAA singles competition this past weekend at Taube Tennis Center. Senior KC Corkery won four of his matches in a run to the semifinals, while freshman Matt Bruch picked up one win in his NCAA debut.

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Late Nite: a triumph for student advocacy

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OPINIONS| At the start of this academic year, Stanford Dining made a commitment to keeping Stern Late Nite open seven days a week (“Stern Late Night serves on weekends,” Oct.

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