Prof. David Brady was appointed to the post of Hoover Institution Deputy Director, beginning Jan. 1.
As deputy director, Brady will oversee the extensive library and archive collections the Hoover Institution maintains on campus and will assist the Institution’s director, John Raisian, with administrative duties.
Raisian expressed confidence in Brady’s ability to assume the post.
“Dave has a [...]

The University’s financial report to the Board of Trustees shows a surplus, a marked improvement over last year’s deficit, but these numbers do not necessarily translate into any short-term changes in budget allocation or promises of future windfalls.
Stanford’s year-end financial results show an operating surplus of $46 million for the fiscal year that ended Aug. [...]

The Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity’s annual blood typing drive, held last Thursday and Friday in White Plaza, attracted 547 participants — three times higher than last year’s turnout — reflecting the success of the fraternity’s campaign to get the word out about the drive.
This year’s drive was held in the name of Chloe Chang, the [...]

Just when students start getting into the swing of their schedules and adjust to the pace of college life, the fall time change strikes. This phenomenon has the capacity to throw life asunder as internal clocks are recalibrated in accordance with the time change.
Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April [...]

One of the main objectives of the University is to produce well-rounded, intellectually vibrant students. That’s why we have general education requirements, right? We all have to take I-Hum and PWR, which are the bane of every freshman’s existence — unless, of course, you read our column in class. But that’s just the beginning. Soon [...]

Anyone who lies down in the middle of a crowded intersection and faces certain arrest must have a good reason to, right? As radical anti-war activists have demonstrated in the past few weeks, extreme behavior is not always justified.
Despite what you may have read in the editorials or seen spray-painted on a sheet in White [...]

Anyone who lies down in the middle of a crowded intersection and faces certain arrest must have a good reason to, right? As radical anti-war activists have demonstrated in the past few weeks, extreme behavior is not always justified.
Despite what you may have read in the editorials or seen spray-painted on a sheet in White [...]

Tomorrow at 8 p.m., University President John Hennessy will hold a town hall meeting at Tresidder Oak West to address the student concerns identified as the most pressing in a recent survey.
ASSU President Mónica Henestroza, a senior, and Vice President Nick Rodriguez, a junior, made arrangements for the event earlier in the quarter.
“We asked President [...]

Last night the ASSU Undergraduate Senate held its final meeting of the quarter, introducing status reports on the University’s living-wage policy, the senate’s communications initiative and the ASSU financial manager’s report.
Senate Chair Bo Cowgill, a senior, introduced the Executive Committee’s statement on the living wage policy to the floor.
After expressing approval of the administration’s commitment [...]

The ASSU Undergraduate Senate last night began to deliberate about the best approach to dealing with the special-fee budget surplus, ultimately tabling the discussion to the Executive Committee.
The Senate rejected the idea of creating an ad hoc committee to decide the fate of the surplus, opting instead to work within the executive branch to determine [...]