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Four years of Daily-ness in 500 words
OPINIONS|
Four years goes by much too quickly. Now, in 500 words or less, I am supposed to convey something moving and insightful about my time here at Stanford.
Dershowitz calls for a shift in dialogue
NEWS|
Noted Harvard Law Prof. Alan Dershowitz decried the state of dialogue surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on college campuses during a speech last night in a less-than-half-full Memorial Auditorium.
Our Modern World: Online video...Ok Go!
OPINIONS|
Our Modern World: NorKs go nuclear
OPINIONS|
Amidst all of the political fallout, the news has provided science enthusiasts and armchair security buffs with plenty of excuses to speculate.
Our Modern World: Getting organized with google calendar
OPINIONS|
School is back in full swing and it’s time to get organized.
Stopping terrorists at the border
NEWS|
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While senators beat their chests and blow hot air over reforms for illegal immigrants, the agency that is responsible for administering U.S. immigration policy sits in such a state of crisis that it puts the security of the entire nation at risk.
Below the Beltway: Condi in the Frying Pan
NEWS|
WASHINGTON -- Capital Hill was bustling this past week to cram in a last bit of work before its two-week Easter recess. While illegal immigration and Tom DeLay's resignation stole headlines, Congress also dealt with more subtle and complicated issues such as nuclear non-proliferation.
So you want to make it rich
NEWS|
Mark Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard when he started the Facebook.com. Within only a few years, the Facebook has grown to become the ninth most visited site on the Internet, used by nearly 5 million college students.
Intel-based processors give Apple some extra crunch
NEWS|
This week, Mac aficionados descended on San Francisco’s Moscone center for Macworld, the one-week expo concerned with everything Apple.
Want a perfect playlist? Clairvoyant computers come to the rescue
NEWS|
Computers are not supposed to be able to read your mind, but in today’s column we look at two cases where they come pretty darn close. The first is Pandora, a new Internet radio station that knows what kind of music you like.
Learn to play tag and you won’t be intimidated by cryptic HTML language
NEWS|
In today’s day and age, everyone should know a little bit of HTML.
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is the lingua franca of cyberspace.
Controlling your computer from overseas? Mais oui!
NEWS|
Controlling one computer from another is one of the coolest tricks on the Web.
My roommate learned this the hard way.
The changing face of file-sharing
NEWS|
The internet just isn’t what it used to be.
Six years ago, Shawn Fanning set off a counter-culture revolution with the release of Napster, the first widely-used filesharing network.
Looking for 15-year-old cereal? Sure thing!
NEWS|
If one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, then the Internet connects the garbage man to the scavenger.
In the second installment of this two-part series, we tackle the task of finding random stuff on the Web.
Web bargains for the whole bunch
NEWS|
They say you can find almost anything online. While finding true love on the net may still be in the realm of Hollywood fiction (especially if you’re looking for someone named Lafonda — gosh!
Wikipedia is wicked cool
NEWS|
The time has come to buckle down and hit the books. But before you start writing your next research paper, make sure you are familiar with the best free information resources on the Web that will make your background work easier.
Finding inner peace, one server at a time
NEWS|
Placing documents on the Web isn’t just for computer geeks.
Free pizza is now just a filter away
NEWS|
Anyone who has returned from a vacation knows the horror of a swamped inbox. Irrelevant dorm announcements, requests for lofting tools and the occasional Nigerian pyramid scheme crowd out the important stuff — like class assignments and messages from friends and family.
Surfing for the overscheduled
NEWS|
Your computer should be a time-saver, not a time-sink.
If you are like most Stanford students, then you’re already facing a quarter so full of classes and commitments that shaving off even a few seconds of your time will be worthwhile.
The idiot's guide
NEWS|
Moving into college can be daunting, but setting up your e-mail shouldn’t have to be.
Stanford provides students a vast array of options for getting “@stanford.
Tech execs show new products
NEWS|
Leaders from digital media — including Yahoo, Microsoft and Sony — mingled with venture capitalists, professors and students yesterday at the 13th annual Networking Symposium.
Playboy scouts out Stanford
NEWS|
Playboy magazine is coming to Stanford next week to recruit female students for inclusion in its October “2005 Girls of the Pac-10” issue.
STAND urges Univ. divestment
NEWS|
Students from the campus group Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, or STAND, presented a report on divestment yesterday before the Stanford Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility, or APIR, in their continued effort to have the University divest from corporations that support the current Sudanese government.
Faculty Senate hears stem-cell proposal
NEWS|
The Faculty Senate met yesterday afternoon to address the University’s stem-cell research policies and to review progress on a new campus-wide database and finance system.
Longtime Hoover archivist retires
NEWS|
After serving students and researchers for over a decade, Cissie Hill will retire this week from her post as the Hoover Institution’s exhibit coordinator.
Dispatch disbands: 110,000 fans say bye at group’s final show
INTERMISSION|
Only two days after John Kerry gave his speech and the delegates packed their bags for home, Boston was invaded yet again.