The Stanford Daily

Author: Denise Sohn

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Students fundraise for Indonesia disaster

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| “Skip a Starbucks, Save an Orphan.” With this as their slogan, the Indonesian Club at Stanford (ICS) and the Muslim Students Awareness Network (MSAN) have teamed up to raise money to support the GiveLight Foundation, which, according to its Web site, is a “world recognized crisis relief organization that seeks to create durable orphanages in response to natural disasters.

d.school aims to promote hip hop

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| A design school class called “Creating Infectious Action” is doing just that on campus today. From chalking White Plaza to distributing fliers, class members have been hard at work on their latest project.

Swing your partner 'round

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| "Do the most good in life while doing the least harm.” This ideal led Richard Powers, a lecturer in the Stanford Dance Division, to the Farm 14 years ago.

Group to select new leadership

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| As ASSU and class campaigns come into full swing, the administration has been busy selecting new leaders as well. Last week Provost John Etchemendy named the committee to recommend possible successors for materials science and engineering and applied physics Prof.

AllLearn program shuts down

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| If you thought all Stanford students were in their teens or 20s, think again. Thanks to the Alliance for Lifelong Learning, several hundred members of the public have been able to take noncredit courses through Stanford, Oxford and Yale over the last six years.

Law School selects gender committees

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| In early February, Stanford Law School created four committees to look into issues of gender equality on campus as well as in the professional legal world.

Alum recounts NASA experience

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” These words from President Theodore Roosevelt, according to Stanford alumna and astronaut Ellen Ochoa, inspired her to pursue work at NASA.

Bush grants $1.17 M to energy

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| Though President George W. Bush addressed the entire nation in his annual State of the Union speech on Jan. 31, his words — especially his announced plan to reduce foreign dependency on oil — impacted the Stanford community in several specific ways.

Faculty and students weigh in on Alito

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| Last week, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. was confirmed to serve as the 110th Supreme Court Justice of the United States — the culmination of a lengthy process that began with Alito’s nomination by President George W.

Speech elicits mixed reviews

By Rahul Kanakia, Denise Sohn and Deborah Sohn
NEWS| Students gathered in residence houses across campus last night at 6 p.m. to watch President George W. Bush deliver his annual State of the Union address.

Flashmob organized around Claw

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| At 12:20 p.m. precisely yesterday afternoon, students gathered at pre-determined locations to participate in Stanford’s first ever Flashmob, “an inexplicable gathering of a group of people in a place for a short period of time,” according to the event’s Web site.

High school aid policy worries students

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| Just four years after the No Child Left Behind policy went into effect, the federal government has unveiled a new education program that will “rate the academic rigor of the nation’s 18,000 high schools,” according to a recent New York Times article.

EPA high school scores remain low

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| Despite efforts to improve standards, students attending Stanford-operated East Palo Alto High School continue to score low on California’s achievement test in comparison to low-income students in other areas, according to a San Francisco Chronicle article published on October 30.

Another 200 students to go abroad in spring

By Denise Sohn
NEWS| For most members of the Stanford community, any mention of the Stanford campus conjures familiar memories of lush palms, gleaming red roofs and beautiful sandstone architecture.