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Classmates fight for jailed MBA
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Shao has served ten years in prison for charges of tax evasion, charges that classmates and human rights advocates have called unfounded.
Prof. counters Basque president
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More than a month after Basque President Joan Jose Ibarretxe’s controversial campus appearance, Joseba Arregi, a professor of sociology at the University of Basque Country, offered a rebuttal to Ibarretxe’s support of Basque independence.
Need for HPACs under evaluation
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Feedback has been positive for a pilot program that replaced Head Peer Academic Coordinators (HPACs) in some undergraduate dorms with other forms of advising, according to a recent study reported by Undergraduate Advising and Research (UAR) Director Susie Brubaker-Cole.
Row staff selection revised
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This year’s Row house staff application process included a new step that aimed to expose all applicants to all houses.
Dining director Taherian leaves Stanford for Yale
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Rafi Taherian, executive director of Stanford Dining since 2005, will leave his post at the end of this month after 12 years of service to the University.
Research advances despite stem cell controversy
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“We had to look carefully to make sure no facility, no test and no experiment used even a penny of federal dollars,” said Irv Weissman, director of Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
Short on funds, SLAC cuts jobs
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As a result of Congressional budget cuts for the 2008 fiscal year, the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) has announced the anticipated layoffs of 225 of its 1,650 employees, in addition to financial cutbacks to some of its programs.
Prof. has plan to clean up Hunters Point
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Farmer lays out Rwanda health plan
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Paul Farmer, co-founder of the healthcare organization Partners In Health (PIH), returned to campus Saturday night to give the keynote address for the FACE AIDS National Conference.
Certificate program goes entirely online
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Using VMware technology, the program teaches clients how to construct attacks and test their own defenses in isolation of real systems, according to Neil Daswani M.S.
Housing task forces consider Draw reforms
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Upperclassmen frustrated by their undesirable “preferred” Draw numbers may see their luck change in coming years.
Inequality center launches
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The war on poverty has a new arsenal: Stanford’s recently-launched Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (SCSPI).
Bailout keeps Times, Merc in dining halls
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Although the SNRP received 67.57 percent of the undergraduate vote, it fell short of the requisite endorsement by 15 percent of the total student population, both graduate and undergraduate.
Tresidder tradition closes doors
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Unaware of the impending demise of the CoHo, students left campus last June oblivious to the fact that a favorite meeting spot and student concert venue was cleaning its crepe griddle for the last time.
Zimbardo delivers farewell lecture on evil
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There was not a single empty seat in the psychology lecture hall yesterday morning as Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus of psychology, delivered his final Psychology 1 lecture, “The Lucifer Effect” — an event that marked the end of his 50-year teaching career. Yesterday’s lecture by the “Godfather” of Psychology 1 — an allusion to Zimbardo’s Bronx upbringing — focused on the psychology of evil.
IHUM changes coming
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Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) classes will have shorter sections and be worth fewer units next year, if the Faculty Senate approves recommended changes.
BSU co-hosts annual Valentine’s Day event
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Single or not, Stanford students and community members were welcome to Black Love 2007 for a Valentine’s Day evening of poetry and performance last night at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
Student panels keep tabs on IHUM, PWR
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“The idea behind it is to make sure that students have a way of sending ideas to the administration of IHUM in addition to course evaluations,” said Dr.
Sophomore heads up group for students with disabilities
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Joe Kay never expected to begin his Stanford career as a student with disabilities. The highly-touted Stanford volleyball recruit had lettered in volleyball and basketball in high school and had earned awards for his saxophone skills.
Energy Bowl kicks off
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During last year’s Great Annual Energy Bowl and Water Derby, undergraduate dorms cut back 150,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 1.2 million gallons of water compared to the year before, saving the University $22,000.
New humanities grants announced
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In a move that earned him a standing ovation from the Faculty Senate at the end of last quarter, President Hennessy announced a new pilot program to give all tenured and tenure-track humanities faculty $5,000 yearly grants to cover research costs.
Study predicts collapse of seafood supply
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Experts predict a 90 percent depletion of all wild seafood species by the year 2050, according to a study published in the Nov. 3 issue of Science magazine.
Unlike IHUM, Freshman 15 may stick around
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With rosy-faced first-years loading up on Stern Dining waffles and Lakeside cheese sticks, the “freshman 15” is ubiquitous, but a recent study suggests that it’s not exactly what we thought.
New service delivers snacks, supplies to carless
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Too lazy to trek to TresEx?