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Thrill-seeker Samantha Larson waves a Stanford banner atop Mount Everest and proudly celebrates becoming the youngest American to climb the Seven Summits. The incoming freshman said she was glad she took a year off to travel but is ready for new challenges at the University.
Architect plans big makeover
A new Graduate School of Business in a new location is one part of a return to the principles of Stanford’s original plan
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The face of the Stanford campus will change dramatically over the next 20 years as the University undergoes significant architectural modifications, according to University Architect David Lenox.
Med School to ban smoking
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The School of Medicine has instituted a new ban on smoking in all parts of the Medical School campus. The new policy, set to take effect in August, will ban smoking outdoors within the vicinity of the Medical School.
Admissions dept. seeks rise in low-income students
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An increasing number of high-caliber schools are pushing for socioeconomic diversity in admissions — not just by boosting financial aid incentives, but also by taking students’ backgrounds into account when making admissions decisions.
Shuttle to provide cheap airport travel
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A new shuttle service, sponsored by the Undergraduate Senate and Graduate Student Council (GSC), will run every hour to SFO and every two hours to the San Jose airport (SJC) next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for $5.
Incoming freshman conquers Everest
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When incoming freshman Samantha Larson summited Mt. Everest on May 16, she became the youngest American to stand on top of the world.
Dispelling on versus off-campus housing myths
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As students across campus prepare to move out of the room they have been living in for the last nine months, many might wonder what determines the rates they pay, and whether it is worth it.
Surgery simulation center opens
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Medical School students who dread working with cadavers can breathe a sigh of relief. Stanford Hospital’s Goodman Simulation Center — a new 1,350 square foot training facility — opened its doors last Friday after eight years of planning and development.
Stanford offers new stem cell explanations
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Clothing drive planned for shelters
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Students in a charitable mood can donate new and used goods at collection sites around campus as they clean out their dorm rooms for the summer. From June 12 to 18, InnVision Clothes Closet, a local community service group, will hold a clothing drive benefiting local homeless shelters.
Hoover regarded fondly in Belgium
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Hoover's substantial humanitarian accomplishments have not been forgotten in Belgium, which remembers him for his efforts in wartime relief, postwar reconstruction and leadership of an organization that continues to promote relations between the two countries.
Street View a little too close for comfort?
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A new innovation by Internet tech behemoth Google has rekindled the age old debate about the limits of privacy.
Life: not all fun and games
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Bowers, Efron receive science medal
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Last Tuesday, more than two years after the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy should have chosen the eight winners of the 2005 National Medal of Science, President George W. Bush announced that Emeritus Psychology Prof. Gordon Bower and Statistics Prof. Bradley Efron Ph.D. ‘64 had won the nation’s most prestigious honor for scientific contribution.
Serapio to speak at Baccaulaureate
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Nikki Pareno Serapio ‘07, coordinator of Americans Against the Darfur Genocide, will speak at Stanford’s Baccalaureate Celebration on June 16, the Office of Religious Life (ORL) announced last week.