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Sensible, but a little prejudiced
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Dish to reopen Saturday
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The walking paths near the Dish — closed for almost four weeks — are expected to open again on Saturday. The popular trails were closed by the University after two fires in late June and early July scorched nearly 200 acres in the Stanford foothills.
ASSU airport shuttle earns mixed reviews
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A June trial run of the shuttle service that ferried students to the SFO and SJC airports saw nearly 400 passengers, a number high enough to please supporters of the program. Others, however, were upset by its run at 20 percent capacity and said the cost of the service outweighs its usefulness.
Further Farm fires spark investigations
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Firefighters got little rest after a human-caused June 25 brushfire scorched almost 200 acres near the Stanford Dish.
BREAKING NEWS: Second fire torches foothills
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Firefighters got little rest after a June 25 brushfire scorched almost 200 acres near the Stanford Dish: a smaller blaze that charred another 20 acres in the Stanford foothills kept them scrambling on Thursday.
Farm goes up in flames
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Firefighters brought a 177-acre brushfire near the Stanford Dish under control on June 25. Flames also threatened Stanford Sierra Camp.
BREAKING NEWS: Fires threaten Farm, Sierra Camp
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Firefighters brought a 177-acre brushfire near the Stanford Dish under control on Monday afternoon, but flames still threatened other Stanford affiliates: the raging Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe forced guests and staff at Stanford Sierra Camp to evacuate the same day.
Pilot compost program to run at Tresidder
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Starting today, students eating at Union Square in Tresidder have the option of composting their trash instead of tossing it, just in time to cap off Earth Week. As the first step in the complete transition to biodegradable service ware at Stanford Dining retail locations, the compostables will include cups, plates, containers, straws and napkins made from sugar cane, potato starch and corn starch.
Dining halls go local
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Stanford Dining and Residential & Dining Enterprises kicked off the first ever Eat Local Celebration on Sunday in an effort to raise awareness about sustainable food.
Dining halls go green
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The A given to Stanford’s initiatives in food and recycling in the first nationwide college sustainability report card was no great surprise for Stanford Dining — especially since sustainability has long been a core concern for the University’s dining services. In the last 10 years, every on-campus dining hall save one has undergone major renovations, and the exception, Florence Moore Dining, is due for its own overhaul in the next couple of years.
Placement in draw frustrates
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A number of students who returned to The Farm at the beginning of winter quarter found themselves unexpectedly placed in graduate housing in Crothers Hall and Crothers Memorial as a result of a particularly large housing crunch.
Initiatives aim to boost grad diversity
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In a continuing effort to bolster graduate student diversity, the University announced several initiatives last week designed to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in its graduate programs.
ResComp to wait on Vista system
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Microsoft released its new Windows Vista operating system (OS) to the general public last week, making it the first major Windows overhaul since the 2001 debut of Windows XP.
Acid leak at SLAC quickly contained
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The Palo Alto Fire Department was called to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) yesterday morning to contain a sulfuric acid leak. There were no injuries, and all SLAC buildings were open for work by 8 a.m.
“Monologues” to kick off V-Week
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Stanford’s twelfth annual benefit performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” will open this year’s V-Week in an effort to draw emphasis to the week’s activities and their message of ending violence against women.
RA application to include early option
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Residential Education introduced a new Early Decision application earlier this quarter designed to streamline the Resident Assistant (RA) and College Assistant (CA) selection process.
Voting for Change
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Palestinian democratic activist Mustafa Barghouti spoke last night on the nascent Palestinian democratic process and the current and future prospects for what he termed “a society closer to democracy than any other Arab country.
Students share ideas on Old Union
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If the purpose of the Old Union renovation is to provide a home for student groups, then it should look like home. At least that was the idea advanced yesterday during the town hall meeting hosted by Student Affairs and Capital Planning to present and discuss preliminary suggestions for floor plans and furnishings for the new Old Union.
Shumway, first U.S. heart transplant surgeon, dies
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Norman E. Shumway, the surgeon who performed the first successful human heart transplant in the United States in 1968, died Friday, Feb.
Law clinic wins decision against desert landfill
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The world’s largest landfill, 17 years in the making, would have received 20,000 tons of garbage a day from Los Angeles County for 117 years.
Convocation carries on despite rain
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How many jokes about inclement weather can Stanford administrators and faculty make?
Fallen tree shuts SLAC
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A tree fell and cut through the main power lines feeding the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center last Wednesday, causing a power outage that stopped operations until today.
Muslims hold culture fest
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Who wants to settle for dining hall food when you could have fatayer?
Nobel laureate addresses grads
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Iranian human rights lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi delivered a politically charged commencement address at the Stanford Law School yesterday morning.
Students display films at spring festival
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Feel like watching a drama? A mockumentary about a cappella groups? A fake film-noir comedy about a dog private detective? The Stanford Film Society, or SFS, will be showing these and over 20 other short films at its annual Student Film Festival, which will run from this Thursday through May 21 starting at 7:30 p.m. each night at Cubberley Auditorium. Senior John Jackson, co-president of the SFS, said more than 100 shorts have been shown at the film festival over the last four years.
Journalists selected for year of study
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It’s not easy to take time out of a professional career to go back to school. But every year, mid-career journalists compete for the prestigious Knight Fellowships, which offer the chance to study independently at Stanford and participate in special seminars for a year.
Students receive funds for start-up
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On the afternoon of April 9, sophomore Sam Altman and his group won $2,000 in the BASES Business Plan Competition. That night, he was on a red-eye flight to Cambridge, Mass.
Magazine names rocker, activist as student leaders
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If you picked up a copy of Current magazine last week, you might have noticed that one of the faces on the cover looked a little familiar.
BASES business competition awards $2,000
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Is your social life less than ideal?
Judicial Affairs puts out Honor Code guide
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Freshman Laura Holmes admits that she is uncertain of what what exactly qualifies as an Honor Code violate and what does not.
iPods lure students to watch video
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Did you receive e-mail about sexual harassment and iPods recently?
SIG deadlines extended
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For several years, Stanford in Government, or SIG, has offered paid, competitive fellowships for students to gain work experience in government offices nation- and world-wide, from Sacramento, Calif.
Bookstore posts lead warnings
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“Prop. 65 warning: Consuming foods or beverages that have been kept or served in leaded crystal products or handling products made of leaded crystal will expose you to lead — a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
URP grants grow more competitive
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Junior Kevin Gao was one of the 41 students who applied last year for a Chappell Lougee grant from Undergraduate Research Programs, or URP, and one of 35 students who received funding for his proposal — an 85 percent acceptance rate.
The road to Dollie destiny
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Feel like a slave to problem sets? The thought of another paper makes you ill? Add two crazy weeks of dance auditions and interviews with the Stanford Band and you have the life of a Dollie dreamer.
Anchor dissects American English
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Veteran journalist and former co-anchor of the Public Broadcasting Company’s MacNeil / Lehrer Newshour, Robert MacNeil discussed his new documentary, “Do You Speak American?
Speaker tells women to reclaim Islam
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Interpreting of the holy texts is one of the most important ways for Muslim women to assert their rights, said Ingrid Mattson, professor of Islamic Studies at Hartford Seminary, last night at an event titled “Clearing the Path to God: Women Reclaiming Islam.
Poet tells story in art
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Poet Sekou Sundiata performed “blessing the boats,” a one-man multimedia performance of his near-death experiences on Saturday night at Dinkelspiel Auditorium.
Students hit all the right notes in ASSU-sponsored ‘Stanford Idol’ singing contest
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Simon, Randy and Paula?
South Asian film week transcends Bollywood
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When South Asian cinema is mentioned, often the first thing to come to mind is Bollywood, the wildly popular genre of Indian movies.
Class delves into Ancient Indian yoga
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Madonna does it. Gwyneth does it. Countless other celebrities have touted the physical benefits they receive from yoga or Pilates, echoed by what seems like a nationwide obsession with two formerly obscure forms of exercise.
Getting turkey without going home
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For many out-of-state or international students who prefer staying on campus to spending time traveling during this Thanksgiving holiday, campus and community groups are offering several options to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
Groups use Big Game to raise spirit
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The teddy bears hanging from nooses around campus are only one indication that Big Game Week has undergone a change this year.
Profs emphasize political activism in post-election U.S.
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Last night journalist Amy Goodman and Stanford scholars Larry Diamond, David Dill and John McManus stressed the importance of grassroots activism in “Onward!