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High school student Alex Dworetzky attempts a “PS Whirl” trick with a footbag while Abram Sanata, another high school student looks on. The Stanford Footbag Club celebrated its 20th anniversary in White Plaza with a series of hackeysack games in the September sun. #gallery http://daily.stanford.edu/image/full/7871
Alvin Chow

High school student Alex Dworetzky attempts a “PS Whirl” trick with a footbag while Abram Sanata, another high school student looks on. The Stanford Footbag Club celebrated its 20th anniversary in White Plaza with a series of hackeysack games in the September sun.

Fellow faces Senate test

Critics block Evers’ appointment to key D.C. education post, others support Hoover scholar
By Gerry Shih
NEWS| When Hoover Fellow Williamson Evers was nominated in February by President George W. Bush to be assistant secretary of education for planning, evaluation and policy development he hardly could have expected such a protracted fight for his confirmation.

Study finds increase in dorm fires

By Laura Carwile
NEWS| The number of fires occurring in campus housing across the nation has increased substantially since 1998.

Solar car team races to meet Oct. deadline

By Mike Ding
NEWS| The Stanford Solar Car team is gearing up for the semiannual World Solar Challenge in Australia next month.

GSC shuts down Comedy Club

By Susana Montes
NEWS| The Graduate Student Council (GSC) denied $8,000 of funding — the maximum amount of money the Council gives to a graduate student organization — to the Comedy Club at its first meeting of the year last night.