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Singer explores animal rights
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Animal rights took center stage last night as Peter Singer delivered a talk titled “All Animals Are Equal, But in What Sense?” to a full house in Dinkelspiel Auditorium.
Students push for sustainable cups
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Pollan stresses healthy living
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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. So goes the motto of Michael Pollan’s latest book, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” which he spoke about to a packed Kresge Auditorium last night.
BigFix supplement shoots for sustainability
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On Jan.
Unassigned in Draw limbo
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Educated mothers work more
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What determines a mother’s decision to work after having children? According to a recent Council on Contemporary Families study, her post-childbirth career choices are not directly related to her husband’s socioeconomic level. The Council found that educated women are actually more likely than their less-educated counterparts to work while raising children, even though such women are generally wealthier.
Housing design earns victory
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Powwow exhibits talent
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This weekend, 30,000 people will gather on campus for three days of constant dancing, drums and songs at the 36th annual Stanford Powwow.
Crunch time for Spring Faire organizers
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Hopes for cyber wizard in future
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Energy building project warms up
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The new building is named after Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang ‘90 and his wife Akiko Yamazaki ‘90, who recently donated $50 million for its construction. It is scheduled to open in November.
Students chosen as conservation scholars
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Alum elected first female president
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Stanford alumna Tracy Fitzsimmons — who earned her Masters and Ph.D.
Students vote paper cut
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Every weekday, students across campus wake up to free copies of The New York Times and The San Jose Mercury News. But that will likely change after the Stanford News Readership Program (SNRP) failed to win special fees in last week’s ASSU elections.
Students honor Fraga
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Students and supporters of Political Science Prof.
Conservative students to broaden base
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Co-founders of the nascent Stanford Conservative Society (SCS) are hoping to spark far-reaching discourse that attracts students of all ideological stripes and mobilizes the University’s conservative community.
Teaching decisions
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As seniors contemplate their post-graduation plans, some will consider participating in Teach for America (TFA) — an increasingly popular program, which offers college graduates full-time, two-year teaching positions in poor or rural public schools, with the goal of providing underprivileged students a quality education.
Energy talk warms up
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Energy Crossroads 2007 kicked off last night with opening remarks by former CIA Director R. James Woolsey. The message? Get excited about alternative energy.
Car of Future developing
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Ever wished your car could drive itself?
Alum donates $75 million
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Jerry Yang, University trustee and co-founder of Yahoo!, and Akiko Yamazaki, his wife, recently pledged $75 million to the Stanford Challenge fundraising effort in an attempt to promote interdisciplinary programs at the University.
Industry support increases
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Industry funding for academic research increased in 2005 after a three-year decline, according to data compiled by the National Science Foundation.
Civil rights remembered
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Brothers Don and Robert Winston spoke about their experiences as activists in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement as part of a Living History program in Cedro Lounge Sunday night.
Black student graduation rate rises
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Good news: the nationwide enrollment of black students in college is the highest it has ever been. Bad news: the national graduation rate is still below 50 percent.
In Russia, media mystery thickens
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In the wake of the deaths of a fellow reporter and a spy who spoke out against the current government, Russian journalist Evgeny Kiseliev argued last night that despite President Vladimir Putin’s tightening control, political debate is still alive.
Cafe says Ciao! to waste
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Starting this week, Ciao!, the cafe located in the basement of the Terman Engineering Building, will be offering customers the choice of biodegradable service ware — trays, forks, knives, spoons, napkins and soup cups will all be available for an additional 15 cents per meal.
Group calls for lower emissions
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Global warming has become a hot issue at Stanford with the University’s announcement of new sustainability institutes and funding increases for environmental research in the past few years.
Sigma Chi celebrates house revival
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Sigma Chi brothers of all ages gathered at their house on Lasuen Mall Friday afternoon to celebrate recently completed renovations, a happy contrast to the fraternity’s situation four years ago.
Mayhem upstaged by shows
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Students descended upon the Main Quad last night, intrigued by the mystique of Full Moon and expecting the debauchery that traditionally marks the event.
ASSU executives share plans
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Students are just now returning to campus, but ASSU President Elizabeth Heng, a senior, and Vice President Lauren Graham, a graduate student in sociology, are already at work for the upcoming year.
Prof. spearheads rise of bioethics
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Bioethics is a field largely condemned to the backburner of scientific thought, often overshadowed by more eye-catching technological advancements.
Study finds race matters in death penalty
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Race still plays a large role in swaying the death sentence, according to the findings of Jennifer Eberhardt, an associate professor of psychology at Stanford.
Feminism can’t solve all, Muslim speaker advises
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Stressing open-mindedness, education and humility as requirements for Western feminists hoping to aid Muslim women, Asifa Quraishi gave a talk last night entitled “Western Advocacy for Muslim Women: It’s Not Just the Thought That Counts.
Green Dorm Project snags $75,000
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The Stanford Green Dorm Project and Lotus Living Laboratory was recently awarded $75,000 to continue research on energy efficient and environmentally-friendly buildings.
Frosh compete for first Mr. Cardinal
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Acts including a ribbon dance to “I’m a Barbie Girl” and an original song praising toast earned freshman Roble resident Austin Lyon the title last night in the first ever Mr.
Prof. keeps the beat alive, during surgery
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At Stanford Hospital, higher-risk patients can reap the benefits of “beating heart” surgery, an unusual technique that allows the heart to keep beating during open surgery.
Bursting the Stanford Bubble
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Today over 200 students, faculty, staff and alumni will reach out to the surrounding cities as part of Stanford’s first Community Partnership Day.
E.U. will act as uniting force in future
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The Honorable Joschka Fischer, a renowned German politician, addressed a full house in the Bechtel Conference Center yesterday afternoon with his lecture entitled “Europe’s Prospects in a Globalized World,” exploring the challenges Europe faces in the 21st century and the increasing importance of the European Union.
New law building in the works
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Last December, William Neukom — a 1967 graduate of the Stanford Law School — made a $20 million donation to the Law School to be used for the construction of a new academic building.
Dining faces variety platter of opinions
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Dining services at Stanford have undergone a number of changes over the past few years, keeping food at the forefront of student debate.
Special fees hits the road to reform
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With the Constitutional Council’s recent ruling on partial refunds of special fees, it will now be easier for students the reclamation of funds that would have been allocated to specific student groups.
Annual senior pledge is leaderless at Stanford
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This June, seniors at colleges across the nation will take the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility, vowing to consider environmental and social concerns in their careers and job selection.
New SSE CEO named
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Recently appointed to be the new ASSU Financial Manager and Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE) Chief Executive Officer, Matt McDonald will officially take over the positions from Justin Fishner-Wolfson beginning July 1.
Bookstore answers critics of high prices
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As winter quarter reaches its midpoint, the mad scramble and the long lines at the Stanford Bookstore to buy textbooks have died down.
Islam Awareness Month showcases culture
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Interested in the Muslim world?
Snow trips triumph over stormy weather
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The season for snow trips is here again — the past two weekends have seen dorms across campus packing up to make the trek to the Tahoe area, leaving the drizzly Stanford climate in search of powder.
El Centro celebrates Posadas
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Mary and Joseph finally found a safe haven to give birth to baby Jesus at El Centro Chicano on Saturday, Dec. 3, after stopping at Ujamaa, Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, Okada and Casa Zapata earlier in the evening.
Kennell Jackson passes away
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Kennell A. Jackson, the only African American professor of African and African American history at Stanford University and longtime resident fellow of Branner Hall, passed away Monday, Nov.
Conference encourages change through law
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More than 300 people gathered at the Stanford Law School’s seventh annual Shaking the Foundations Conference on Progressive Lawyering this past weekend.
Fundraising exceeds expectations
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Students, get ready to donate to your alma mater after you graduate because Stanford now has a new record to beat; this past year was Stanford’s most successful fundraising year ever.
Students fast for earthquake victims
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Imagine taking midterms and writing papers on an empty stomach. For the approximately 400 Muslim students at Stanford who are participating in Ramadan, the month of fasting, abstaining from food and water during the day becomes routine.