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Protesters wore black coverings on their heads in White Plaza yesterday to protest the appointment of Donald 
Rumsfeld to the Hoover Institution as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Speeches and songs dotted the hour-long rally. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/8171
Jason Chuang

Protesters wore black coverings on their heads in White Plaza yesterday to protest the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld to the Hoover Institution as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Speeches and songs dotted the hour-long rally.

Rally against Rumsfeld

Students, professors protest former defense secretary’s Hoover appt.
By Patrick K. Fitzgerald
NEWS| Students, faculty and community members rallied in White Plaza yesterday afternoon to protest the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld to the Hoover Institution as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, marking the one-year anniversary of his resignation as secretary of defense.

Dorms battle in capture the flag match

By Mima Mohammed
NEWS| Over 100 freshmen wearing white and red athletic gear descended on Stanford Stadium last night for an enormous game of capture the flag.

Faculty Senate debates Rumsfeld

By Carlee Brown
NEWS| Hoover Institution Director John Raisian adamantly defended the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at yesterday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Raisian directly addressed the concerns of a number of faculty regarding Rumsfeld’s new position.

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The Cardinal offense will look to bounce back in Pullman, Wash. tomorrow after managing just 15 points in their last two weeks of work against the Huskies and the Beavers. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/8173
Sammy Abusrur

The Cardinal offense will look to bounce back in Pullman, Wash. tomorrow after managing just 15 points in their last two weeks of work against the Huskies and the Beavers.

Update: Stanford destroys Harvard, 111-56

By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| The No. 23 Cardinal routed Harvard 111-56 Friday night in its first of three contests in this weekend’s Travelers Basketball Classic. Stanford’s point total was its highest since 1990, and the 55-point margin of victory was the third-highest in school history.

Cougar Hunting

By Christopher P. Anderson
SPORTS| From this point on, every game is an elimination game for Stanford.

Volleyball gets the job done

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| To beat No. 4 Washington in Seattle, the No. 5 Stanford women’s volleyball team needed to give everything it had and then some. But after two and a half hours of play, that’s just what happened.

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Editorial: Planes, trains and automobiles

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OPINIONS| While it is true that America’s geography is wholly unlike that of rail-laden Europe or Japan, there is evidence that disappointing consumer preferences have left an underrated U.S. rail system cold and dead.

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