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A Stanford professor is researching technology that would improve the life of laptop and iPod batteries by as much as 20 times.

Stanford seeks profs. to study race

Five-year plan aims for 10 new scholars in CCSRE
By Kamil Dada
NEWS| To contribute to Stanford’s ongoing commitments to faculty diversity and the study of race and ethnicity, the University has launched a five-year plan to appoint at least 10 of the top young scholars in the nation whose research focuses on ethnicity and race.

Super battery in works

By Joanna Xu
NEWS| The research of Materials Sciences and Engineering Prof. Yi Cui could significantly elongate battery life.

Fellowship rewards career teachers

By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is launching a fellowship program that promises to attract top students to the teaching profession — and keep them there.

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Basketball hits the road

No. 23 men head north to Oregon
By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| At 6 p.m. tonight, Stanford men’s basketball visits, on paper, the least threatening opponent it will face for the rest of the season: Oregon State.

No. 7 Card looks to rebound vs. OSU

By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| Before last weekend, it had been 14 years since UCLA and USC had swept Stanford.

No. 1 men's gymnastics gears up for Windy City Invite

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| The Stanford men’s gymnastics team looks to get its 2008 campaign off to a roaring start while living up to their preseason ranking as the top team in the country when they compete at the 38th annual Windy City Invitational at the University of Illinois at Chicago this Saturday.

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Editorial: Feel Good, Inc.

By Editorial Board
OPINIONS| While misguided volunteering is better than no public service at all, the worry remains that when students are lulled to believe that a brief service stint represents genuine work and change, the original purpose of the education is defeated and the service is rendered altogether worthless.

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