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Author: Bob Borek

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Campus braces for utility bill increase

By Bob Borek
NEWS| University students around the country are being asked to turn back their thermometers. As the price of natural gas continues to rise, universities are busy trying to find ways to account for the higher utility costs.

Clubs forced to move from Knolls and Roble

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Stanford Outdoors and several other clubs were recently informed that they would be forced to move from their current storage space at the Knoll and Roble Studios, formerly Roble Gym, by the Office of Student Activities (OSA) last Wednesday.

Jane Stanford’s watch returned

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Nearly a century ago, at a time when Stanford University was strapped for funds, Jane Stanford’s watch was sold by the University to help buy books.

Tibetan doctor connects East and West

By Patrick Fitzgerald and Bob Borek
NEWS| The Stanford Friends of Tibet lecture series — counting down until the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama — wrapped up last night with an event on medical issues led by world-famous Tibetan doctor Tsondue Gyatso.

Editorial questions Beinin's political stance

By Bob Borek
NEWS| History Prof. Joel Beinin was harshly criticized in The Stanford Review last week for a supposed pro-Palestinian bias in teaching his courses.

Group organizes earthquake relief effort

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Pakistanis at Stanford (PAS) will hold a meeting today with the Office of Student Activities in hopes of starting a campus-wide drive to raise money for victims of the worst earthquake in Pakistan’s history that struck near the Pakistan-India border on Saturday, Oct.

Stanford trio nabs NIH honors

By Bob Borek
NEWS| On the heels of an ex-professor winning a Nobel Prize and a researcher nabbing a “genius grant,” Stanford continued its academic prowess, boasting more National Institutes of Health Award winners than any other university this year.

Senior dies in sleep, friends celebrate her life

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Senior Katie Swanson passed away in her sleep Tuesday night due to unknown causes. A transfer to Stanford from Princeton after her sophomore year, Swanson was an alumna of Menlo High School, known for her ease in making friends.

'Hotel Rwanda' hero revisits genocide

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “I had seen the international community abandon us, but I never gave up,” said Rwandan refugee Paul Rusesabagina during his speech at De Anza College Monday evening.

Katrina hits close to home for Cardinal

By Bob Borek
NEWS| A number of Stanford students and faculty will begin their school year with more than academic stress on their minds. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many are more concerned with the safety of their friends and family, and what lies ahead after so much has been destroyed.

Students question ROTC policy

By Bob Borek
NEWS| A recent article in The Stanford Review advocating the reinstatement of the Reserve Office Training Corps, or ROTC, on Stanford’s campus has created a stir and has led some students to question the University’s current policy toward the program.

Stress damages physical health

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “We’re all running around without a clue as to what we’re running around for,” said Fred Luskin, director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and lecturer at the School of Education, at a workshop held yesterday afternoon.

Radiology marks centennial

By Bob Borek
NEWS| One hundred years ago, the average American life expectancy was 47, and 90 percent of doctors had no college education.

Prof. heads to Chile to fight cancer

By Bob Borek
NEWS| During one of the first ever humanitarian missions to treat skin cancer, Dermatology Prof. Hayes Gladstone traveled to Chile last month and provided free care to more 20 patients.

Offices can receive rebate if they recycle

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Stanford University uses about 175 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, 470 million pounds of steam and 29 million ton-hours of chilled water each year, according to Campus Energy Manager Susan Kulakowski.

VW partners with Stanford

By Bob Borek
NEWS| The recent partnership between Stanford and Volkswagen Automotive University, an institution of post-graduate education run by the corporation, could yield both advanced driving technology and greater opportunities for doctoral students to gain research experience with industry professionals.

Students mark Nakbah, Palestinian catastrophe

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “Nakbah is the most important date on the Palestinian calendar,” said sophomore Omar Shakir, co-president of the Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, or CJME, during the Nakbah Day event held yesterday in White Plaza, as part of Palestinian Awareness Month.

Brown prof. speaks on Iran

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “Iran has been a scapegoat for the United States since the Iranian Revolution of 1978 and 1979,” said William Beeman, visiting professor of anthropology and director of Middle East studies at Brown University, last night during his lecture “Iran Today: An Anthropological View.

ACLU lawyer promotes public interest law

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “Service is the rent we pay for living on this earth,” said Maya Harris, director of the Racial Justice Project at the Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union during her speech last night.

Students describe violence in Gaza

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “One soldier can decide whether you go to university or not,” said Hekmat Bessiso, a student from the Gaza strip currently attending Al-Quds Open University.

Roots declares selves legendary, perform legendarily

By Bob Borek
INTERMISSION| “Right now we’re performing at about seventy percent capacity,” declared The Roots emcee, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter about forty minutes into their show last Sunday night at Santa Clara University.

Mixers help grad students explain research to peers

By Bob Borek
NEWS| “As the saying goes, in a PhD, you know more and more about less and less,” quipped Vijay Somandepalli, co-chair of the Graduate Student Programming Board, or GSPB.

Law group forges ties with athletes

By Bob Borek
NEWS| In order to develop relationships with Stanford athletes making the transition to professional sports, the Stanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association, or SESLA, held a pair of roundtable discussions last Friday on NCAA compliance and mid-market sports.

Alumnus writes about Rice

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Stanford alumnus Marcus Mabry will author a biography of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for Rodale Publishers entitled “Twice as Good: The Souls of Condoleezza Rice.

SCBN to air Stanford ‘Daily Show’

By Bob Borek
NEWS| Inspired by “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, two sophomores are planning to launch their own mock news broadcast show.

Sudan ambassador denies claims of genocide in the Darfur region

By Bob Borek
NEWS| The Sudanese government is not pursuing a program of genocide in Darfur, Khidir Haroun Ahmed, Sudan’s ambassador to the United States said last night during a talk hosted by the Muslim Students Awareness Network.