The Stanford Daily

Author: Emma Vaughn

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Gioia to give Sunday Commencement address

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| (Note: This story was originally published on Jan. 30.) The surprise choice of Dana Gioia '73 as Commencement speaker had students scratching their heads and searching Wikipedia for more information about the poet and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. As University and student leaders praised the Bush appointee, immediate reaction from the senior class was mixed.

Dark horse chosen for Commencement

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| The surprise choice of Dana Gioia as Commencement speaker on Monday had students scratching their heads and searching Wikipedia for more information about the poet and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Election draws student, faculty involvement

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| As four more presidential candidates entered the fray last week, including the much anticipated Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama announcements, Stanford students and faculty are revving up for what could be one of the most exciting — and crowded — elections in recent history.

Muslim comedian doesn't pull any punches

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Speaking to a relatively small audience in Margaret Jacks Hall on Friday, award-winning Muslim comedian Shazia Mirza held nothing back, mocking religion, race, politics and society in a racy stand-up routine that she has performed across the nation.

Growth hormones not a cure-all for aging

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| In a report released Tuesday, a team from the Medical School debunked the popular assumption that growth hormones slow the aging process.

More than just the voice in Green

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Most students know R.T.

Undergrads bemoan Law Library ban

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| For the second quarter in a row, undergraduates have been banned from Law Library reading rooms for Dead Week and finals week, a move that has drawn praise from law students and grumblings from undergrads.

Senior discontent on the rise

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Senior Jarret Guajardo returned from his 22nd birthday party at Comprade’s like most others: in a good mood, a few drinks deep and ready for some hijinks.

Bill dubbed as first choice

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Seniors are taking advantage of this fall’s highly charged political atmosphere to campaign for the selection of Bill Clinton as Commencement speaker.

Stanford shoots for the moon

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| If a group of alumni and faculty have their way, the next overseas studies destination for undergraduates could be the moon.

IRS rules in favor of Univeristy

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| After a three-year battle, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled this week to allow Stanford donors to invest charitable trusts directly into the Stanford Merged Endowment Pool (MEP) for the first time.

911 call on 9/11 response

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| At a Friday screening of the documentary “9/11: Press for Truth” at Gunn High School, Stanford grad Paul Thompson and Berkeley English Prof. Peter Dale Scott charged the Bush administration of failing to make Americans safer and pointed to a governmental cover-up at the film’s Palo Alto debut.

Campus to host FACES conference

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| “It is basically like having an NGO based at Stanford,” said 2003 graduate Jessica Weiss, who founded FACES in 2001.

Mausoleum Party: Security likened to Full Moon

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| A recent spree of incidents involving theft and trespassing has made security a top priority for the organizers of tomorrow’s Mausoleum Party.

Farm will fill dining halls with produce

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Thanks to a new student-run Community Farm, which is dedicated to providing organic produce to dining halls around campus, Stanford’s popular moniker “The Farm” will finally hold true.

Law students team up with ACLU to fight for illegals

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| For the past month, the Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic has been working closely with the American Civil Liberties Union to secure the release of four immigrants in southern California who have been detained for periods as long as four years without a hearing.

Hennessy to revamp education

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| “It is a beneficial exercise to stop and examine the state of U.S.

At Leland, a literary success story

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| “The reaction thus far has been very positive,” said junior Annie Wyman, an editor of the magazine.

Students cry foul over athlete perk

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Training Table is a joint effort by the Athletics Department and Dining Services to provide athletes with flexible meal times and food choices.

Students help nation face AIDS

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| For the past year, three Stanford students have managed to raise $250,000 through FACE AIDS, their effort to mobilize students in the fight against the disease in Africa.

Pulitzer winner calls for global media presence

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Speaking to an older and predominantly conservative audience in Arrillaga Alumni Center yesterday, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Cohn argued that newspapers ought to think globally and not locally, as the recent industry trend has been.

More than just nudity: The co-op life

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| At the top of San Juan street, above the chaos of the Row, sits a beautiful New England-style house. Dried herbs and flowers hang from hooks in the kitchen, and the scent of fresh bread fills the rooms.

Aplia keeps students and professors on the same page

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Graduate School of Business Prof. Paul Romer said he was first inspired to create an online teaching tool -- which developed into Aplia -- in the late 1990s when he realized that his teaching was being inhibited by the lack of preparation among students and the mass amounts of grading.

TAs -- Friends not foes

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| They grade your papers and problem sets. They spam you with e-mail. They talk to you about the importance of Henry Stimson's atomic bomb theory.

Why choose Stanford?

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| While Admit Weekend provides ProFros with an array of fun activities and experiences, it can be hard to get a true sense of Stanford life after just a few days.

Excavation inspires art

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| A new psychedelic art movement, termed “Jokes for Birds,” has arrived on campus. It can be seen on the front lawn of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house, which has been transformed into an installation project featuring hanging bicycle mobiles, shopping carts, Starbucks cups and whatever else the residents can find to string up.

The boys' story: Animal House 2005

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Metal pieces went flying last Thursday as excited freshman and sophomore boys tore apart an old car with sledgehammers, crowbars and bats in a University-sanctioned rush event.

Hooray! Three cheers for Camp Stanford

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| What would a Stanford utopia look like?

In good 'Company'

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| As the curtain closes at the end of Act I in this year’s Ram’s Head Theatrical Society’s production of “Company,” Director Merritt Baer tells the actors to take a five-minute break during their long rehearsal before they have to reassemble for Act II.

Too busy for a date? How about one in three minutes?

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Everyone complains about the lack of dating at Stanford. Fewer people actually do something about it. Perhaps this is because we’re all still thinking inside the box.

Eight to showcase talents for 'Idol' title

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Over the last few weeks, more than 500 votes have been cast. We’re not talking about student government elections — that isn’t until April.

A balancing act -- the life of a Stanford athlete

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| In their black and red warm-up suits, athletes tend to stand out on campus. This is not to say that they don't mingle with the "regular" students in almost every setting--after all, we do take the same classes and attend the same events.

Cracking down on DUIs... Stanford gets tough

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| During the 1970s, getting pulled over for drunk driving was a common occurrence for college students. The driver would be lightly reprimanded, asked to be more careful in the future and then offered a ride home.

It's the thought (and price) that counts

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Whether you are just hooking up, seriously dating or spending this Valentine's Day away from your sweetheart, we've found the perfect gifts (in three different price ranges) for you.

Riding the pine...Non-starters speak out on what motivates them to play

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| At some point during their career at Stanford, many students dream about being a part of the Stanford basketball team. The fame and exposure combined with the unconditional support of an obsessive fan base seems like the ideal way to spend four years of college.

For some students, last call comes too early

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| It is 1:30 a.m., and for most college students in New York, the night is young. They have barely finished primping and are just heading out to the nearby bars and clubs, where they will remain until the wee hours of the morning.

The journey to that perfect seminar size

By Emma Vaughn
NEWS| Students in all fields of study have found themselves cut from small seminars and colloquia due to size constraints.