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Op-ed: Stop the blame game
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Frank Miller's 'Sin City' comics
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“It’s a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town.” So begins the first book in Frank Miller’s “Sin City” series of graphic novels, and the story that follows is exactly what you’d expect: dark, mesmerizing and melodramatic.
Thompson's fear and loathing finally catch up to him
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Late Monday, I got an e-mail from Intermission’s own Jen
nie Kim, reading simply, “Very sad.” Her message linked to a news article — at first, I thought it was a joke, maybe a gag story from The Onion.
The editorial board: who we are
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Last Monday, we put out a call for applications to our editorial board. There were some great applicants, but I also received a lot of e-mails that went something like this: “Uh .
Univ. receives $2 mil for Korea studies
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The Korea Foundation will donate $2 million to the School of Humanities and Sciences to endow a new professorship in Korean studies, a gift University officials hail as a major boost to the Stanford’s Korean Studies Program.
Baccalaureate speaker: a Buddhist and a Jew
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Teacher, peace activist and author Sylvia Boorstein will speak at this year’s Baccalaureate Multifaith ceremony on Saturday, June 11.
Housing shortage reported
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Common areas have been turned into bedrooms, normally unoccupied cottages have been opened for housing, students have been assigned to guest rooms and upperclassmen have moved into graduate dorms.
Top 5 Potpourri: Everything under the sun
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Top Five of Dance
1) Movin’ Out
The Broadway hit musical choreographed by Twyla Tharp and danced to the songs of Billy Joel.
New Council to hear Mefford election appeal
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The ASSU Constitutional Council, which recently filled four of its five seats with new members, will hold a hearing Monday regarding a case brought by senior Dylan Mefford last May.
Earle departs for NYC to raise Stanford’s profile
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Vice President for Public Affairs Gordon Earle will leave Stanford’s campus for New York this January to fill the new position of Executive Director of the Office of Public Affairs.
Complaints spur Munger revision
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Stanford has released a new site plan for the controversial Munger Graduate Residences, adding a fourth building and reducing the length and height of others.
Prof says Quran promotes equality between genders
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Asma Barlas argued yesterday that, contrary to popular belief, the Quran is a “radically egalitarian and liberating text” and does not condone misogynistic treatment of women.
Holistic health pioneer blasts societal emphasis on ‘technical know-how’
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Dr. Rachel Remen, one of the pioneers of the holistic health movement, spoke last night about how people can “bless” others in their daily lives and criticized society’s emphasis on technical expertise over personal kindness.
Munger dorm plans draw complaints
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The impending construction of the 600-occupant Munger Graduate Residences has raised serious concerns among some community members who worry about the impact that such a large, centrally located project could have on campus.
Dems regroup, look to the future
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More than 50 students gathered in Tresidder Oak West last night for the first post-election meeting of the Stanford Democrats.
Faculty come out in support of Prop. 71
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As Stanford voters go to the polls today, they will face a controversial California proposition that could bring the University tens or even hundreds of millions of research dollars annually.
Time travel flick suffers from excess of monkeys!!
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ANTHONY: I have just had my mind blown. You heard it here first, folks — the science fiction mindfuck masterpiece “Primer” is better than drugs.
Panelists debate merits of three Calif. propositions
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Students and community members gathered in Tresidder Oak last night to watch debates about three contentious Calif. propositions that will be on the state ballot for the Nov. 2 election.
ASSU withholds special-fees funds from 13 groups
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate and Graduate Student Council recently passed a bill that requires all student groups to set aside 20 percent of their operating budgets as a precaution against high special-fee refund request rates.
Construction on new dorms set for next summer
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Construction of the $100-million, 600-occupant Munger Graduate Residences is expected to begin next summer. The project is being funded by an unprecedented donation of $43.
Campus crime statistics for 2003 show spike in sex offenses
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According to statistics released by Stanford’s Department of Public Safety last week, reports of forcible sexual assaults on campus increased nearly tenfold in 2003, a change largely attributed to last year’s “serial groper.
Non-partisan debate-viewing party draws mostly Dems
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Students from across campus packed into Roble’s main lounge last night to watch the first debate between presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry.
Asians versus zombies: Alice and Anthony take on‘Shaun of the Dead’
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When discussing British director Edgar Wright’s zombie spoof “Shaun of the Dead,” the relevant question isn’t “Is it any good?
Report clears way for nature trail
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The University may soon begin to build one of two proposed trails on the eastern border of campus, though several local environment groups contend that the pathway will not serve the community.
After two years, Univ. lifts staff hiring freeze
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The University is lifting its two-year hiring freeze for new staff, announced Vice President for Business Affairs Randy Livingston and Provost John Etchemendy last week in a memo to senior administrators.
Spider-Man 2 improves by leaps and bounds
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By ANTHONY HA
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
In Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man,” a radioactive spider bite freed awkward, introverted nerd Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) from his inhibitions.
GCEP directors defend distribution of funds
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Launched in November 2002, Stanford’s $225 million Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has recently drawn criticism regarding the distribution of funding, the topics covered and the decision-making process that determines who receives research money.
GSC certifies Chioke-Kory
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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) voted last night to certify the results of the ASSU special executive election. This completes the certification process for President-elect Chioke Borgelt-Mose and Vice President-elect Kory Vargas Caro, whose victory was certified by the Undergraduate Senate on Monday.
Constitutional Council members resign
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Three members of the ASSU Constitutional Council have announced their intention to resign from their positions. The Council is now three members short of a quorum and cannot hear any cases until new members have been appointed; these members may need to be selected soon because former ASSU vice presidential candidate Dylan Mefford, a junior, is currently collecting signatures to bring a third case before the Council contesting the Undergraduate Senate’s refusal to certify the April 7-8 executive election.
Chappie slate runs again, deems itself ‘doctors of democracy’
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After being eliminated in the first round of voting in April’s ASSU executive election, The Stanford Chaparral’s ticket of senior Charlie Stockman and junior Matthew Henick now faces four new slates, including candidates from the two slates that beat them in the last election.
Intermission’s guide to the SF Int’l Film Festival
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‘Triple Agent’
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Eric Rohmer’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock is an espionage thriller set in 1930s France.
The San Francisco Int’l Film Festival
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Based on gross box office receipts and barometers of popular culture such as the ever-informative “Entertainment Weekly,” it’s not much of a leap to say that everyone — young or old, male or female, sickly or well, philandering or prude — loves movies.
Shakespeare in Asia leads to cultural exchange
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A four-day event that will bring directors, scholars and performers from across the globe to explore the performance of William Shakespeare’s plays in Asia begins Thursday.
Renowned Ethiopian artist comes to Stanford
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Afewerk Tekle is the foremost Ethiopian painter, muralist and sculptor. Over his six-decade career, he has been awarded numerous honors, including being chosen as World Laureate of the American Biographical Institute at the 27th International Congress Millennium on the Arts and Communication in Washington, D.
Demonstrators protest U.S. policy domestically and abroad
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In the campus’ first major antiwar demonstration this academic year, community members gathered in White Plaza for “Books Not Bombs II,” a smaller version of last year’s student strike.
Underground Reading Series launched
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The English Department’s Creative Writing Program launched its Underground Reading Series last night with local writers Michelle Tea, who read from her forthcoming book “Rent Girl,” and Stephen Elliott, who read from his new novel “Happy Baby.
Follow-up rally to Books not Bombs scheduled for today
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A coalition of student groups will gather today in White Plaza for “Book Not Bombs II” rally, which will feature a rally, alternative classes and a candlelight vigil.
Play addresses rape
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Andrea Cooper, the mother of acquaintance-rape victim Kristin Cooper, will speak tonight in a presentation entitled “Kristin’s Story: A Story of Acquaintance Rape and Rape Depression.
Parents’ Weekend attracts more than 3,000 to campus
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Thousands of Stanford parents are once again flooding campus for a weekend of classes, panels and entertainment.
According to Kate Chesley, associate director of University Communications, the mission of Parents’ Weekend, an annual event, is to “help parents feel engaged with the University and welcome on campus.
Names of students removed from online ASSU refund list
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The ASSU recently took its controversial list of special-fee refund applicants off its Web site. According to ASSU President Nadiya Figueroa, this decision was prompted by widespread access to the list and concerns about student privacy.
Trustees approve laundry plan set to start next fall
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Under the new “Just Like Home” system recently approved by the Board of Trustees, students will pay a flat laundry fee as part of their housing bill.
In a ‘Fog,’ McNamara loses morals, pants
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“The Fog of War” — filmmaker Errol Morris’ profile of former US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara — is full of haunting urgency and a sad resonance with the present.
Junior named 'Top 20' by USA Today
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Alex Bradford, a junior majoring in public policy, has been selected as a member of USA Today’s “2004 College Academic All-Starts First Team,” a group of exceptional undergraduates from around the country.
Senior Aaron Levine to compete for SportsCenter spot on new reality show
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This spring, senior Aaron Levine will be competing on ESPN’s new reality show “Dream Job.” If he beats 11 other finalists, Levine will receive a one-year contract to join the network as a SportsCenter anchor.
Ew...Naked Beatles!
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A review of The Beatles' "Let It Be Naked"
Students seek special funds for humanitarian charity groups
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This spring, when Stanford undergraduates go online to select a new ASSU president and decide which student groups will receive special fees funding, they may face a new decision: whether to pay an extra $3 to support aid groups such as Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders.
MC Lars hips up the Stanford scene
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MC Lars keeps it on the DL, gives Intermission the 411
A Hard Hobbit to Break: 'Return of the King'
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‘The Return of the King’ brings all the seeds planted in the first two films to fruition.
2003 Strikes Back
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2003: A year in review thru' top 5 lists.
Study warns of corporate funding
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Stanford ranks 13th in a list of universities with the most private research funding, according to a Tufts University professor who argues that recent increases in funding could have dangerous effects on the validity and dissemination of scientific data.
Intermission interviews Adam Johnson
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“Parasites Like Us,” the debut novel from Adam Johnson, tells the story of anthropologist Hank Hannah and his struggles after a plague wipes out most of North America.
This film is not even ‘Close’
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Kung-fu film that doesn't quite pack the punch it should
Bob: The dean of rock critics
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Robert Christgau’s Web site describes him as the “Dean of American Rock Critics,” and he has the credentials to back it up.
Angry Young Spaceman
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Science-fiction writer Corey Doctorow's debut collection of short stories "A Place So Foreign and Eight More" live up to his reputation as a rebellious futurist visionary.
DVD Pick of the Week: Versus
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First-time Japanese writer-director Ryuhei Kitamura’s “Versus” is probably the closest a movie can come to a shot of pure adrenaline.
Shultz signs with Schwarzenegger
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Hoover Fellow and former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz recently joined the gubernatorial campaign of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
DVD pick of the week
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“Secretary,” the darkly romantic comedy from director Steven Shainberg, doesn’t waste any time getting your attention: In its first scene, Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) walks through a kitschy, colorful office, her arms fastened to a horizontal bar across her shoulders.
DVD pick of the week
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Critical integrity compels me to admit right off the bat that neither “American Pie” nor its sequel are particularly good films.
DVD Pick of the Week
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Jean-Luc Godard’s latest film, “In Praise of Love” (2001), is a dense, haunting labyrinth of thoughts, allusions and images.
DVD Pick of the Week
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Warner Bros. recently released new editions of four classic Charlie Chaplin films — “The Gold Rush,” “Modern Times,” “The Great Dictator” and “Limelight,” — together as volume one of “The Chaplin Collection.
Univ. affirmative action unaffected by ruling
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s two rulings on affirmative action last month both mirrored and reinforced Stanford’s own admissions policies.
'28 Days' packs a bang with a few bucks
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In a summer dominated by big-budget spectaculars like “The Matrix Reloaded” and “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”, the British zombie flick “28 Days Later” is a delicious piece of counter-programming from director Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting”) and first-time screenwriter Alex Garland (whose novels include The Beach).
E-mail alleges fast was broken; members deny accusations
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E-mail alleges fast was broken; members deny accusations
Over the past two days, more than 200 students have received an e-mail written by the co-president of the Stanford College Republicans alleging that he had seen five members of the Coalition for Labor Justice eating at the Treehouse, in supposed violation of the fast being conducted to protest University labor policy.
Fast ends as students reach agreement with Hennessy
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Six students decided last night to end their seven-day fast in support of a process to bring about a code of conduct for labor policies.
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY: The roads less traveled: leaving the farm
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Thanks to everyone for reading these monthly special projects — I hope that they made you laugh, cry and think. And a big, sloppy kiss to all my awesome writers!
Students, Hennessy to talk after fast relocates
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Six students from the Coalition for Labor Justice moved their hunger fast from the Main Quad to the front of El Centro Chicano yesterday afternoon after being told to leave by the University administration.
Intermission infiltrates the SF Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
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Inform the Vulcans we are about to make a very loud noise.
— Capt. Archer, “Star Trek Enterprise”
We were driving through the parking lot of San Jose’s Doubletree Hotel when Alice grabbed Anthony’s arm and started shrieking, “Oh my God!
Springfest celebrates diversity
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Thousands gathered in Ford Center Plaza at noon yesterday for Stanford’s 9th Annual Multicultural Springfest.
Dean of students search continues
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Over the next two weeks, each of the final four candidates vying to replace Marc Wais as Stanford’s dean of students will be arriving on campus for a two-day visit.
Farewell to 'Buffy': An obsessed fan says goodbye
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I guess I should be happy that “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is ending. I mean, it’s definitely time — seven years is a damn respectable run, and I’d hate to see “Buffy” reduced to the state of “The X-Files” in its final years, ridiculously drawing itself out just to milk a few more dollars from the premise.
Joss Whedon on life, love, and leaving 'Buffy' behind
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Joss Whedon is the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spinoff “Angel.” “Buffy” has attracted a cult following — it’s a funny, scary and moving show that tells the story of Buffy Summers, the “Chosen One” and her battles against a wide range of supernatural evils.
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY: A closer look at the freshman experience
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This is the fourth of a monthly series of special projects, each devoted to examining in-depth a specific issue of importance to the Stanford community.
NY trio good enough for all their 'Yeahs'
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OK, so I’m as tired of hearing and reading about the “garage rock revival” (or, even more ridiculously, the “rock revival”) as anyone else — hell, I’m already as bored with the inevitable Strokes backlash as I am with the band itself.
San Francisco International Film Festival
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This year’s 46th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival was my first ever film festival. I’d heard stories – the mad excitement of Cannes, the wild parties at Sundance.
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY: A look at labor at Stanford
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This is the third of a monthly series of special projects, each devoted to examining in-depth a specific issue of importance to the Stanford community.
Univ. sets living-wage guidelines
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Stanford administrators released the University’s living-wage guidelines yesterday, which call for companies contracted by the University to pay their employees a minimum of $10. 10 per hour if health benefits are provided and $11.35 per hour if no health benefits are provided.
Intermission makes psychic friends
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Intrepid Intermission journalists Anthony Ha and Karan Mahajan have delved into the mysterious world of psychics in the Bay Area.
Cottages vacated as precaution for SARS quarantine
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Housing Assignment Services is evicting nine students from their cottages at Murray and Yost to create space which may be needed in the future to house community members displaying pre-SARS symptoms.
Gov Co cottage residents asked to switch dorms
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In an e-mail sent Friday afternoon, students living in the cottages at Murray and Yost were told by Housing and Assignment Services that they would have four days to move into new residences.
Students and faculty protest war in city, on campus
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As part of a coordinated effort to protest the start of war in Iraq, thousands of demonstrators inundated San Francisco yesterday, marching, stopping traffic and blocking entrances to buildings.
Strike leaders face Univ. investigation
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The Office of Judicial Affairs is investigating six student organizers of last Wednesday’s “Books Not Bombs” anti-war strike in the Main Quad for possible violations of the campus disruption policy and the Fundamental Standard.
"Quiet American" may create thoughtful Americans
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By ANTHONY HA
Delayed by more than a year from its original fall 2001 release date, director Phillip Noyce’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel “The Quiet American” has finally arrived — a beautiful, thought-provoking exploration of American naïvete and British cynicism in politics and love.
Gonzo journalist Thompson better as comic
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By ANTHONY HA
“I like this book, and I especially like the title, which pretty well sums up the foul nature of life in the U.
Grad students seek tax exemptions
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Graduate students from all over the country, including Stanford, converged on Washington, D.C., last Thursday as part of a larger effort to convince U.S. legislators to return graduate student scholarships to their previous tax-exempt status.
Professor talks politics
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Luis Fraga is an associate professor of political science whose research interests including voting rights policy and urban politics and policy.
Protest marches to Hoover
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Students rally against war on Iraq and Hoover hiring policies.
Over past 10 years, grad schools fail to improve diversity
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Many have lauded the success of Stanford’s efforts to increase undergraduate diversity, but the University’s attempts at the graduate student level have yielded far fewer gains.
Bikini Kill’s riot grrl swagger lives on
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RECORD BIN: There were female punk bands before Bikini Kill, but few that had dared to be so primal and raw, and even fewer that made gender so central to their music. Thus, the band’s sound was at once startlingly old-fashioned and revolutionary.
Despite rough spots, ‘Two Towers’ pulls it off
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So before we go any further, I will note that “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” also succeeds in “pulling it off”: It believably and seriously continues the story and stays true to the spirit of the books.
'London Calling' lives on as punk masterpiece
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Call it what you will — punk, “rebel music” (a term that Strummer used) or just plain rock ‘n’ roll — the Clash embodied the spirit of the thing, and when understood in this light, the band’s third album “London Calling” can be seen as the great punk album, even though its tracks incorporate ska, reggae, rockabilly and God knows what else.
The BEST of pop culture in 2002
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Our writers comment on the best of pop culture of the past year
The BEST movies of 2002
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Our movie critics list their top 5 films of the past year
Just in time for the holidays: A wish list for the geeks in your life
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Let’s start with a confession: I’m a complete science fiction geek.
Jonze and Kaufman deliver sublimely messed-up film, cookies
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I walked into the screening of “Adaptation,” the latest film from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze thinking that I knew what to expect.
Hospital negotiations break down
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On Monday, a federal mediator attempted to bring together union workers and managers from the Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospitals to work out a new contract.
Leigh depicts brutally honest portrait of family life
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“All or Nothing” tells the story of the Bassett family and its neighbors, all of them poor and unhappy.
Students seek bigger BCSC
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Representatives from the Black Student Union hope to meet with Provost John Etchemendy and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Gene Awakuni on Dec. 6.
Sand Hill Rd. expansion approved, 3-2
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On Tuesday night, the Menlo Park City Council approved the widening of Sand Hill Road in a three to two vote.
‘Coraline’: A story about one evil mother
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“Coraline” is a children’s novel in the best sense: It treats its young heroine neither as an idiot nor a miniature adult.
Student groups ‘trick-or-treat for cans’
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Tonight, members of fraternities, sororities and service organizations will be haunting the streets of Palo Alto, trick-or-treating not for candy but for canned goods.
University Press cuts translations and humanities publications
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Facing financial difficulties, Stanford University Press recently enacted several measures intended to reduce losses, cutting both the number of editors working at the press and the number of books published.
More than 45,000 protest war in S.F.
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Tens of thousands of people marched in San Francisco last Saturday to protest the potential U.S. war against Iraq. Among the rally’s attendees were between 50 and 100 Stanford students.
Students protest new airport-screener laws
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As the Nov. 19 deadline to federalize all airport screener positions approaches, several Stanford students are working to protest the new regulations.
Michael Moore: Kiss kiss, bang bang
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“Bowling for Columbine,” the latest documentary from writer / director Michael Moore, is a disturbing and thought-provoking film.
Faculty Senate holds first meeting
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The Faculty Senate held the first meeting of its 35th year yesterday afternoon. During the meeting, President John Hennessy presented the University’s new living-wage policy to the senate.
Anti-war demonstrators converge on Union Square
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Thousands of people gathered in San Francisco’s Union Square yesterday at 2 p.m. to protest the United States’ proposed bombing of Iraq.
Geeky Fanboy meets SLEATER-KINNEY
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“Hello?”
“Hi, this is Anthony Ha from The Stanford Daily . . . Is this Corin?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Oh . . . wow.”
Journalist fired from post at epa.net
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Henrietta Burroughs, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, was fired last week from her position as content manager of the East Palo Alto Web site epa.
Death to the Beatles! Long live John!
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“The dream is over,” John Lennon tells listeners near the end of his 1970 masterpiece, “Plastic Ono Band.” This wasn’t what Beatles fans wanted to hear so soon after the breakup of their favorite band, nor were they interested in songs that rejected nearly everything that the Fab Four had become.
Mirrielees parking woes increase
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Mirrielees, recently renovated to house triples instead of doubles, found its population jump by over 50 residents this fall.
A-1 Liquors shuts doors after Aug. blaze
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Palo Alto’s A-1 Liquors, a venue frequented by Stanford students, closed in late August after it was devastated by a blaze that caused several hundred thousand dollars worth of damage.
U.S. News ranks Stanford fourth
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In the newest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings, Stanford moved up from fifth to fourth place.
Sleater-K ‘Beat’ is number one
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On “Step Aside,” the strongest track off Sleater-Kinney’s brilliant new album “One Beat,” vocalist Corin Tucker demands, “Why don’t you shake a tail for peace and love?
DVD Pick of the Week: "Donnie Darko"
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Writer/director Richard Kelly’s debut feature “Donnie Darko” (2001) begins as the titular teenage hero (Jake Gyllenhaal) awakens on the side of a mountain road, having apparently biked there in his sleep.
DVD Pick of the Week: Lord of the Rings
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Director Peter Jackson’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” is a true epic, bringing the much-loved novel by J. R. R. Tolkien to life as only a Hollywood team with an obscenely large budget could.
URO lets undergrads explore their passions
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Senior Clea Kaske is spending her vacation far from the quiet of the Stanford campus, studying the operation of international courts in the Hague, Netherlands.
DVD Pick of the Week: Gosford Park
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When filmmakers claim that a movie doesn’t fit into one of the standard genres, they often come off as disingenuous or unbearably pretentious.
DVD Pick of the Week: Evil Dead II
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Writer/director Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn” (1987) may not have been the first movie to spoof the horror genre, but it’s indisputably the funniest.
Quest Scholars learn about college and service
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This Saturday, 21 high-school students will graduate from the five-week Quest Scholars Program, joining a group of graduates that will include 85 Stanford students come this fall.
DVD Pick of the Week: Waking Life
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“Waking Life,” a mind-bending animated feature from Richard Linklater, alternates between innovative brilliance and mind-numbing pretension, but its combination of beautiful imagery with rambling, didactic dialogue is impossible to forget.
DVD Pick of the Week: Rashomon
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Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” (1950) begins in feudal Japan when a commoner enters a ruined gatehouse seeking shelter from the rain.
‘Widowmaker,’ a sub-par sub movie
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Well, it’s not as bad as it sounds.
“K-19: The Widowmaker” is crippled by a terrible title, but it still manages to be sporadically entertaining and even, on occasion, quite moving.
DVD Pick of the Week: The Royal Tenebaums
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It’s always been hard to describe the films of writer/director Wes Anderson — they are a delicate mix of whimsy and melancholy with unmistakable visual style.
CQ
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In his debut feature, writer/director Roman Coppola (son of Francis Ford) riffs from “8 1/2,” “Barbarella” and the French New Wave, creating an entertaining, if ultimately forgettable, film.
Mieville?s ?Scar? tells worthy tale
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Although China Mieville?s last two novels, ?King Rat? and
?Perdido Street Station,? were impressive books that deserved considerable critical acclaim, but it is only with his latest work, ?The Scar,? that he has created a fully-fledged masterpiece.
LaDoris Cordell: Moving from the Superior Court to the Stanford Quad
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In March of last year, after spending 19 years in Santa Clara County’s Municipal and Superior Courts, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell returned to Stanford University to serve as vice provost and special counselor to the president for campus relations.
DVD Pick of the Week: Buffy Season 2
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After a solid first season, Joss Whedon’s cult TV show, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” took off in its second year, becoming one of the the most imaginative shows on television.
An alternative to your bunk-bed in Stern
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Sexual intercourse is a completely natural activity that, like many other natural activities, can be done anywhere. Anyone who has seen dogs in a public park or a bull mounting a dairy cow in a green field knows this to be true.
Play these tunes on the jukebox and you'll be all hers
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Ah, music — the soundtrack of our lives. And really, when are you in greater need of a soundtrack than those moments of wild abandonment, when you and your special someone have your arms wrapped around each other and you find yourself trapped deep in his or her, uh, eyes?
I ain't no sissy! No 'chick flicks' here. No siree!
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Steeped in American dating tradition, the movies remain the destination of choice for most couples seeking to spend some time together.
A user's guide to Intermission's Dating Issue
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In this final issue of Intermission, we hope to evoke that latent part of all of your personalities that continually asks questions — that inquisitive, restless part of your souls that demands an elusive answer to an important conundrum.
Anthony and Kareem's Farewell
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All right, kiddums, this is it: the big good-bye. We all knew that this moment would come eventually, so try not to shed too many tears.
Listen up, it's time to get schooled!
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Think you know about music, kid?
Dushku distracts yet another interviewer
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Although 21-year-old Eliza Dushku acted in movies like “True Lies” and “This Boy’s Life” while in her early teens, I didn’t notice her until her appearance as Faith during the third season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which I only half-jokingly refer to as the greatest television show of all time.
My spider-senses are tingling!
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You know, I’ve always liked Batman a little bit better than Spider-Man. He seemed darker, more iconic, more angst-ridden .
Goo Goo's latest is a dud
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Ever since the mid-’90s success of the single “Name,” the Goo Goo Dolls have tried to strike an uneasy balance between the louder, rougher rock that the band started out playing and the smooth, predictable pop that seems to fuel its commercial success.
Silverberg finds the key to immortality in his writing
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From the late ’60s to the late ’70s, one of the most intensely productive figures in literary science fiction was Robert Silverberg.
Long live S.F. strip clubs!
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On Saturday, April 13, Intermission’s intrepid reporters traveled to San Francisco, determined to explore the dark, seedy underbelly of the city — strip clubs.
Nothing fake about Pseudopod
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Last year, Pseudopod won a “Best College Band” contest run by rollingstone.com and iuma.com, and used the prize money to record its second album, “Rest Assured.
'Panic Room' can't join the 'Club'
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“Panic Room” is not “Fight Club.” Remember this, and everything should go reasonably well.
“Fight Club,” director David Fincher’s previous movie (and by far his best), was an out-of-control, destructive film, one that reached out and smacked the viewer in the face.
Kylie Minogue is porn-tastic!
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So we might as well get this out of the way right now — Kylie Minogue is super-hot. She totally sizzles — hell, she scorches.
Dylan brings home the bacon
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This is the first in a series of articles called ‘The Record Bin’ exploring classic albums from the past: pop music for people who like pop music.
Rice's 'Queen' is 'Damned' indeed
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So I figured I had the perfect angle to take for my review of “Queen of the Damned,” the sequel to “Interview with a Vampire.
‘The Hell with Love’ and Self-Help
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Most people realize that art, in the broad sense of the word, can have a profoundly cathartic effect. I can personally attest that reading and rereading Dan Clowes’ “Ghost World” has brought me back time and again from the brink of driving a sharp, pointy stick into someone’s eye.
Alum Kataoka establishes art scholarship
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Drue Kataoka, a 23-year-old artist and Stanford alumna from the class of 2000, has collaborated with The Menlo Park Rotary Club to sponsor an annual art scholarship for high school students.
Euphor!um for a legal high
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“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man .
Night Outreach helps homeless
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Several nights a week, Stanford students walk along University Avenue, interacting with the homeless and distributing basic necessities.
Schwartzman doesn't take acting too seriously
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Jason Schwartzman made his movie debut in director Wes Anderson’s gloriously quirky comedy “Rushmore.” Schwartzman’s Max Fischer, an ambitious teenager involved in every extra-curricular activity imaginable while failing his classes, was the heart of the film, and Schwartzman’s performance was unforgettable.
New ME laboratory close to completion
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Stanford’s new mechanical engineering laboratory is nearing completion, according to Assoc. Vice Provost of Land and Buildings Langston Trigg.
'Mind' lacks beauty
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Ah, Christmas. That special time of year when movie studios take a momentary break from blowing shit up and telling semen jokes to roll out their uplifting celebrations of family values — i.
Study calls Stanford ‘unaffordable’
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A recent nonprofit foundation report claimed that many public and private universities — including Stanford — remain inaccessible to most low-income students.
Medical Center tests disease warning system
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In response to the rising threat of bioterrorist attacks, the Medical Center is testing an early warning system for suspicious disease outbreaks.
Doctor treats underprivledged teens
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A Stanford physician and his staff are putting a number of at-risk Bay Area teens on the road to good health — and they are doing it out of a motor home.
Cuban:computers underused in teaching
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By ANTHONY HA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Apparently, not everyone is convinced that computers have revolutionized the way students learn.
This 'Snake' is vaguely unsatisfying
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What’s the best way to describe Canadian playwright Brad Fraser’s “Snake in Fridge?” Is it a character drama? A sex comedy?
Office of admission delays early deadline
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Because of recent anthrax-related mail delays on the East Coast, Stanford’s Office of Undergraduate Admission extended until today its original Nov.
Send yourself an aerogramme
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Judging from its debut LP, “A Story in White,” Glasgow rock band Aereogramme really likes its guitars. From the opening riffs of “The Question is Complete” to the power chords that close “The Art of Belief”, the band rarely wastes an opportunity to hit the listener with the sonic crunch of electric guitars playing full blast.
Rhythms, Beats & Rhymes: Hip-hop dance
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This fall, Stanford’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation is offering a hip-hop class for the first time, and instructors have been overwhelmed by student enrollment numbering in the hundreds.
When beautiful people go to 'Hell'
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Watching the movie adaptation of a book you admire is always risky business. There is, of course, the chance that the filmmakers managed to ruin it completely.
Hawke needs training
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Early in “Training Day”, narcotics officer Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) turns to rookie Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) and asks him, “So why do you want to be a narc?
Islamic speaker talks to students
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Over 100 students of varied races and religions gathered yesterday evening in the West Oak room of Tresidder Student Union to hear a talk given by Minister Keith Muhammad, a representative for Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam.
Chem-Bio building site gains approval
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The County Planning Office of Santa Clara issued an Architectural and Site Approval Thursday for the proposed Chemistry / Biology Building at the intersection of Roth Way and Campus Drive West.
Thalia Zedek: been here, but not yet gone
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The Cellar at Johnny Foley’s is filled with customers awaiting the night’s performance. On stage, band members do some last-minute tuning.
Apple to unveil new retail store
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To the delight of campus Mac addicts, Apple Computer, Inc. will unveil its new Palo Alto Apple retail store tomorrow. The grand opening will bring a several-month-long construction project to an end and further Apple’s plan to open 25 stores during this calendar year.