Pakistani students protest martial law

Day Five of Musharraf’s emergency rule
By Patrick Fitzgerald
NEWS| Pakistani students at Stanford took to White Plaza yesterday to protest Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s self-coup, condemning the Pakistani president’s declaration of emergency rule as unlawful and illegitimate.

Stanford Store selling Rainbows

By Loren Newman
NEWS| The shelves at the Stanford Student Store are a little more colorful this year, now that the student-owned and operated retail outlet is selling Rainbow sandals.

Rumsfeld vote again postponed

By Mahncy Mehrotra
NEWS| ASSU senators once again postponed a vote on Donald Rumsfeld’s appointment as a Hoover Institution Distinguished Fellow at their meeting last night, citing a need to ensure that the bill is properly written.

Volunteers provide by-the-book equality

By Andrea Sy
NEWS| Volunteers from the University’s Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) and Hands-on Bay Area came together last night for “Bring Me A Book” Volunteer Night. The event took place at the Bring Me A Book headquarters in nearby Mountain View, where the volunteers had dinner and learned about the organization.

Happiness discussion hosted by Buddhists

By Minh Phan
NEWS| “The most important belief in Buddhism is the existence of potential in our life,” said Ph.D. candidate Jason Lo, a member of Stanford’s World Peace Buddhists (WPB), at yesterday’s workshop entitled “Happiness: What is it and how do we hang onto it?”

Start-up implants GPS in cell phones

By Roxna Irani
NEWS| Silicon Valley startup Loopt, the brainchild of Stanford student Sam Altman, enables users to know the location, activities and availability of their friends at all times without using phone calls or email. Using location-based technologies, the program facilitates real-world interaction between friends via a social mapping service available on mobile hand-sets.

Making the grade

By Mike Ding
NEWS| Last week, Stanford students turned the tables on the nation’s law firms. As part of a larger effort to increase diversity, students are assigning grades to their prospective employers — and in their eyes, it’s only GPA that matters.

Fundraising ranked seventh

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| In The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual “Philanthropy 400” report published last week, Stanford ranked seventh among the top 400 charities in 2006.