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Gus Jewell

Students protested Donald Rumsfeld’s Hoover Institution appointment with a “Rumsfest” carnival yesterday that featured “Pin the precision-guided nuclear weapon on the terrorist.”

Levy probes Pakistan

French journalist discusses involvement in Pearl’s death
By Kamil Dada
NEWS| French journalist and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, author of “Who Killed Daniel Pearl?” spoke at Kresge Auditorium Thursday night for the second annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.

Missing student found

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Nicholas Dunn '09, the student who was reported missing Thursday after failing to arrive home in Hawaii, has been found, according to his roommate, who said Dunn showed up in his room Friday morning.

FLiCKs changes leadership

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| Fans of throwing paper airplanes at movie stars are keeping their fingers crossed for FLiCKs. After experiencing technical trouble earlier this quarter, the movie-screening organization now faces a change in leadership.

Developers unveil plans for luxury hotel on Univ. land

By Nicole Perlroth
NEWS| After years of planning and community outreach, Stanford and Dallas-based Rosewood Hotels and Resorts unveiled the sign last night for a brand new nearby property: The Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, which will be located near the intersection of Sand Hill Road and Interstate 280.

Foster care worker describes system’s troubles

By Maneesha Limaye
NEWS| In honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Amanda Norwood, housing advocate for Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YFES), spoke last night to a group of about 20 Stanford students on the problems of housing foster youth before and after emancipation.

Foreign student enrollment increases nationwide

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Foreign students are feeling more and more at home at Stanford and other American universities, according to a new report by the U.S. Government.

Bush awards Hoover fellow Hanson humanities medal

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| President George W. Bush awarded Hoover Institution Fellow Victor Davis Hanson with a National Humanities Medal yesterday at the White House.

Clinical trials find new volunteers through database

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Paid studies may be popular among students, but now everyone — not just members of the Stanford community — will have access to the various clinical trials being performed at the School of Medicine.

Bio-X supercomputer one of the fastest and greenest

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| Leave it to Stanford to have not only one of the world’s top supercomputers but also one of greenest.

Saving seabirds with dish soap, water

By KT Mertes
NEWS| After last week’s spill poured nearly 60,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, emergency response teams called for “qualified” volunteers to assist in coastal cleanup efforts.