Prof. hopeful on N. Korea

Hecker visits nuclear facility, declares progress being made in disarmament
By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| North Korea is serious about taking steps to denuclearize but will not proceed much further until the U.S. makes several important concessions.

More postdocs seek jobs in private sector

By Tiffany Cartwright
NEWS| As more Ph.D. graduates are choosing jobs in the private sector over academia, attitudes and programs at Stanford are adapting to meet the changing needs of graduate students. According to the Career Development Center (CDC) Web site, in 2004-2006, over 50 percent of graduating Ph.D. students in the School of Engineering went on to the private sector.

Tree candidates make final push

By S. Werner
NEWS| Tree Week Stunts continued over Parents’ Weekend and yesterday, building up to the climax of the festivities — the selection of the new Tree on Wednesday evening.

Noted Africana studies Prof. returns to Farm

By Eric Messinger
NEWS| James T.

Students initiate new round of compostable ware

By Laura Rumpf
NEWS| Kwan and Lee originally came up with the idea of introducing compostable products to campus eateries in their freshman Program in Writing and Rhetoric class, “The Politics of Food.” Over the past two years, they have worked with Moonbean’s, Ciao!

BRIEF: Law Prof. Lessig decides not to run for Congressional seat

By Nikhil Joshi
NEWS| Stanford Law Prof.

BRIEF: Popcorn cost lowers movie theater ticket prices, study finds

By The Daily News Staff
NEWS| The study found that by charging more for concessions such as popcorn, movie theaters were able to keep ticket prices lower.

A whole new world

By Alex Armand Akbari
NEWS| Sophomore Alex Akbari is from Nashville, Tennessee.

Politics in action

By Kelley Fong
NEWS| Four Stanford alums are already making their mark on the California political scene — and they just graduated last June.