BREAKING NEWS: Avula/Jones wins by 38 votes

By Andrea Fuller, Sam Bhagwat and James Hohmann
NEWS| In one of the closest elections in memory, by a margin of a mere 38 votes, and with the highest voter turnout in ASSU history, Hershey Avula '08 and Mondaire Jones '09 were chosen as the new ASSU executives over rivals Brett Hammon '08 and Lakshmi Karra '08.

Breaking news: Victorious Avula/Jones will face divided Senate

By James Hohmann, Sam Bhagwat and Andrea Fuller
NEWS| Hershey Avula '08 and Mondaire Jones '09 ran as ASSU insiders, talking up their experience in the Senate this year throughout the campaign. They have pledged to attend all the chamber’s committee meetings and work more closely with the Senate than their predecessors. But the Senate that will be sworn in next month could be very different than the one they led this year.

Breaking news: News Readership Program, Comedy Club are only special fee requests defeated

By James Hohmann, Sam Bhagwat and Andrea Fuller
NEWS| All but one student group on the ballot received undergraduate or joint special fees in the ASSU elections. In a surprise to the crowd gathered at the CoHo Friday night, the Stanford News Readership Program’s request for funds to deliver the New York Times and San Jose Mercury News to students was rejected. The two measures on the ballot for graduate students failed to pass, even though they were supported by majorities. The GO-Pass advisory referendum would have continued a controversial program to pay for off-campus graduate students' transportation. Its failure to win a super majority likely means the end of the program.

Slates reflect on executive race

By Andrea Fuller and Emma Trotter
NEWS| Forty percent of all students voted in this week’s ASSU election, according to initial internal estimates obtained by The Daily after polls closed at midnight this morning. In a record turnout, 55.4 percent of undergrads voted. Of the 5,848 students who cast online ballots, 2,248 were graduate students and 3,600 were undergrads. Results will not be announced until 5 p.m. at the CoHo, but with the race behind them, some slates looked back on the challenges and highlights of an intense campaign week.

Winter housing crunch alleviated

By Niraj Sheth
NEWS| As usual, the turn of spring has brought to campus showers, flowers — and housing relief. As more space in student residences has become available, the housing crunch undergraduates suffered winter quarter has come to an end.

Health expert takes on flu

By Lia Hardin
NEWS| World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases David Heymann warned faculty and students gathered Encina’s Bechtel Auditorium that the world’s pandemic preparedness programs would be critical to combatting a potential avian flu outbreak.

Campus play goes “Wild”

By Maneesha Limaye
NEWS| The provocative musical “The Wild Party” will make its first Bay Area appearance in Memorial Auditorium tonight as the Ram’s Head Theatrical Society kicks off its annual spring production.

Day brings fun, locals to the Farm

By Mahncy Mehrotra
NEWS| Campus will be flooded with thousands of locals Sunday as the University hosts its fifth annual Community Day. More than 50 student organizations and campus departments plan to host activities for visitors in the day-long event, which will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.

Pumping up enviro efforts

By Jenny Baer
NEWS| Local volunteers will kick off Palo Alto’s Earth Week tomorrow with Step It Up Silicon Valley, part of a nationwide effort comprising 1,000 events across the country.

Comedian Silverman plans May stand-up

By Daniel Novinson
NEWS| It’s no joke: Sarah Silverman is coming to Stanford.

Med School hosts conference on eye care

By Lia Hardin
NEWS| The non-profit organization Unite for Sight will be holding the fourth annual International Health Conference at the Stanford School of Medicine this weekend. The conference will feature 300 speakers and will attract 1,500 attendees from five different continents.

Police Blotter

By Rahul Kanakia
NEWS| This report covers a selection of crimes from Apr. 5 to Apr. 11, as recorded in the Stanford Police Department Public Bulletin.

The Petri Dish: Sort species. Battle chaos.

By Shelby Martin
NEWS| Humans battle life’s chaos by sorting, organizing and cataloging. Thousands of specimens line the drawers of the Natural History Museum in quiet witness to the comfort of clear-cut categories. Knowing that species aren’t as clear-cut as we think doesn’t make it easier to let go of them. Were Linnaeus around next month to blow out his 300thbirthday candles, I think he’d understand.

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