Day 5 of labor fast

Students met with Hennessy last night but no resolution on the living wage demands made by SLAC leaders
By Lia Hardin
NEWS| Members of the Stanford Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) met yesterday with President John Hennessy, Human Resources Director Diane Peck and Dean of Students Maureen Powers to discuss the University’s living wage policy for contracted workers.

Ex-terrorists draw mixed reactions

By Niraj Sheth
NEWS| In a packed Kresge Auditorium rimmed with cops and scattered with cameras last night, three men claiming to be former terrorists rained fire and brimstone down on Islam — a faith they said they once held — in a talk that elicited a wide range of reactions from the charged crowd.

Walking the Farm

By Ruth McCann
NEWS| Given Stanford’s moniker, it is eminently appropriate to say that we are “walking the Farm” as we examine the extent of Stanford’s outer boundaries, checking up on the state of the University and assessing what exactly is under Stanford’s purview. It is far more than students, certainly. There is the agricultural land, the nature preserve, the various tenants along whose fences we have walked. I remark to Kennedy and Hennessy that it seems almost impossible to keep track of the Stanford “community,” if we are thinking about all 8,180 acres. Kennedy and Hennessy give me wise looks that say “No,” so I reconsider and amend. It is complex, I say, but not impossible. They heartily agree.