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Students question Russian political youth group
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Officials associated with Russia’s pro-Kremlin youth group, Nashi, met with Stanford students and administrators yesterday .
Fish out of Water: Scrabulous
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Fish out of Water: How to win money
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Having spent most of my Lake Tahoe ski trip with a teenage lift ticket attached to my snow pants, I knew that there had to be less humiliating ways to get more bang for my buck.
Fish Out of Water: Go green
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Fish out of Water: Go-go queen
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Fish out of Water: Tech, cars and 'us': How I survived my first Crazy Blind Date
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Fish out of Water: I heart firearms
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Fish Out of Water: I can read your mind (no, really)
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Fish Out of Water: Not my midterm
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Fish out of Water: Cruisin' for a bruisin': My ride-along with the Stanford police
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Fish Out of Water: Give my regards to Broadway
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SOS: Educational excellenceis a mess
NEWS|
While IHUM essays and dorm meetings may seem slightly less overwhelming than AP courses and SATs, Stressed Out Students (SOS), a research group started by School of Education lecturer Denise Pope, believes an overemphasis on academic achievement persists at the college level — a problem that may lead to the sacrifice of academic integrity.
Senior events in jeopardy
NEWS|
On March 2, seniors across campus found a stern email from their class presidents in their inboxes.
“Over the past few months,” the email began, “there have been a number of incidents of misconduct reported at senior events.
Stanford awaits OK for hotel
NEWS|
As Stanford awaits the green light from the Menlo Park City Council on its plans to develop a luxury hotel and office complex at the Sand Hill Road corridor, a debate over the costs and benefits of the project has come to the forefront.
Recent grad dies in Berlin
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On Monday evening, Berlin police learned of the death of Patrick Wood, a recent graduate of Stanford's Class of 2005. Wood, a double major in mathematics and computer science, had been interning at Siemens, a German engineering firm.
Faculty defend pen-only policy despite student objections
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For students taking a two-hour biology or chemistry midterm, it would seem that their choice of writing utensil would be the least of their worries.
Gender-bender blast
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Boys in shoulder pads not your style?
Politics of the Past Collide at Cantor Exhibit
NEWS|
There aren’t many places nowadays where you’ll find FDR, Stalin and Hitler all in the same room. One such place, however, is at “Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster, 1914-1989,” the current featured exhibit at the Cantor Arts Center.
ET Phone Santa Clara
NEWS|
You think your problem sets are hard?
Exploring will do you good
NEWS|
Whether you’re already sick of Wilbur dining, looking to escape the Flicks masses or just trying to capture an elusive state of nonconformity, Stanford’s campus offers a variety of activities that can give you a much-needed dose of individuality.
Alumnus sings, performs in memory of friend
NEWS|
Success for the Stanford graduate can be defined in many ways. Entering a prestigious graduate school, landing a job at a hot firm, saving lives at an accomplished NGO — many take these paths oft-traveled.
Van brings medical and counseling resources to homeless and uninsured teens
NEWS|
In the course of just one month, Seth Ammerman can be found anywhere from the San Jose Emergency Housing Consortium to the Boys and Girls Club of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco. He travels widely as part of the Lucille Packard Children Hospital’s Adolescent Outreach Program. Driving to shelters, agencies and continuation schools in the Teen Health Van with three other staff members, Ammerman is able to provide homeless and uninsured adolescents with free medical evaluations, medications and arrangements for future treatments.
Local offers healthy, often organic dining
NEWS|
Jesse Cool is what some people might call incongruous.
Though Cool is the owner and founder of CoolEatz, an organic catering business with three umbrella restaurants including the Cool Cafe at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford, she also admits to having recently stopped in at In-N-Out for french fries and a Coke.
Making the bucks: Stanford students find a variety of jobs on campus to cover their living costs.
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For Carolyn Mansfield, a resident of Junipero, earning $10 an hour is simply a matter of walking to Residential Fellows Gavin Jones and Judy Richardson's cottage to baby-sit their eight-month old daughter Hazel.
Junior kayaks to victory on American River
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Two weekends ago, junior Andrew Peterman took first place in the American River Festival National Tournament for Slalom Whitewater Kayaking.
Abroad alternatives abound for students
NEWS|
For students who want to step away from the bubble, Stanford offers a large array of opportunities. Its overseas centers range from those in Australia to Kyoto; Bejing to Paris; Santiago to Moscow.
Stanford researches sleepless nights
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Like eating vegetables, exercising and brushing one's teeth, we all know that getting enough sleep is essential. But many people don't get enough sleep -- and not because they're too busy to hit the sack -- because they literally can?t.
Sleep disorders, ranging from Restless Leg Syndrome, or RLS, to sleep apnea, can make it difficult for some to get their requisite eight or so hours of sleep. But new research suggests that many disorders can be treated, or at least managed.
Motorcycle Diaries
NEWS|
Let’s be honest, I’m pretty badass.
Though don’t have any tattoos, rocker boyfriends or mug shots to date, I bend the rules in my own sort of way.
Graduate schools rank high
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Stanford University fared well in U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 edition of the annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” published April 4.
The Daily profiles ASSU executive candidates
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The thousands of colorful fliers with catchy slogans plastered around campus can only mean one thing: The ASSU elections are soon to come.
Sink, swim or paddle like a duck?
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With the onset of spring quarter-like weather this past weekend, many students abandoned studying at Meyer and Green libraries for taking naps on Wilbur Field and running on Campus Drive.
Candidates face tight election race
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The ASSU has received more than 100 declarations of intent from undergraduate students running for executive president, executive vice-president, class president or senator.
Honduras provides public health venue
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Though still a senior majoring in human biology, Jennifer Miller has already had the opportunity to work hands-on in the public-health field — something that is usually unheard of for an undergraduate.
The single life on Valentine's Day
NEWS|
Send any flowers to yourself recently?
Inphayte: Student produced label grows
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Forget about camping out for the next American Idol auditions. For your chance at musical stardom, look no further than to seniors Frederick Alexander and Jonathan Jones, the founders of Stanford’s first record label, Inphanyte.
Global justice, war crimes convictions... All in a day's work for Prof. Terry Karl
NEWS|
In the early 1980s, Political Science Prof. Terry Karl was visiting El Salvador when she stumbled across a tortured body lying in a McDonald’s parking lot.
Film festival stresses tolerance
NEWS|
Fruchtman hopes his piece will make an impact on the Palo Alto viewers.
“Perhaps my film will inspire or encourage people in [Palo Alto] to help those struggling with addiction,” he told “Palo Alto Weekly” the Oct.
Workout upgrade
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athlete presence.
Zopey has never been to Arrillaga, but she has heard from friends that it is intimidating to go work out where there is such a large percentage of varsity athletes.