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The annual campus fireworks display lights up the sky near Hoover Tower on July 3. Guests gathered in the Oval to watch the light show. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/7738
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The annual campus fireworks display lights up the sky near Hoover Tower on July 3. Guests gathered in the Oval to watch the light show.

BREAKING NEWS: Second fire torches foothills

20-acre blaze contained within hours
By Jennifer Liu
NEWS| Firefighters got little rest after a June 25 brushfire scorched almost 200 acres near the Stanford Dish: a smaller blaze that charred another 20 acres in the Stanford foothills kept them scrambling on Thursday.

Farm goes up in flames

By Jennifer Liu
NEWS| Firefighters brought a 177-acre brushfire near the Stanford Dish under control on June 25. Flames also threatened Stanford Sierra Camp.

Band’s provisional status lifted

By Kelley Fong
NEWS| Vice Provost for Student Affairs Greg Boardman announced on June 14 that he had lifted the indefinite provisional status of the Band, which first tooted its newly reinstated horns at Commencement on June 17.

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Right-handed pitcher Nolan Gallagher was the first Stanford player selected in the 2007 MLB Draft. Gallagher was the 135th pick overall, and he signed with the Seattle Mariners on June 20. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/7730
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Right-handed pitcher Nolan Gallagher was the first Stanford player selected in the 2007 MLB Draft. Gallagher was the 135th pick overall, and he signed with the Seattle Mariners on June 20.

Card secures 13th Directors’ Cup

By Christian Torres
SPORTS| It wasn’t in question a few weeks ago, but now it’s official: Stanford has earned its 13th straight Directors’ Cup.

Three sign MLB contracts

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| After five Stanford juniors were selected in the annual Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on June 7-8, the futures of two remain somewhat uncertain.

BRIEFS: Haber, Neill help USA to softball gold

By Christian Torres
SPORTS| Though they are just rising sophomores, Stanford’s Alissa Haber and Rosey Neill claimed their first championship on June 30.

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Editor's Welcome: July Fourth at The Daily

Trading in fireworks for a celebration of words
By Nick Parker
OPINIONS| All these things come to mind as I wonder why I’m not out celebrating the most American of holidays. Then I realize it’s because there’s somewhere else I’d rather be — here, at The Daily, working hard to put out a newspaper.

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