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Students protest Paytan tenure choice
NEWS|
The recent denial of tenure to Adina Patyan, a popular assistant Geological and Environmental Sciences professor, has stumped undergraduate and graduate students alike.
Seven students earn spots on Dean's List
NEWS|
The University announced a seven-person Dean's List last month, rewarding coterminal student Adam Coates and seniors Kiyomi Burchill, Jonathan Chou, Max Etchemendy, Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, Albert Keung and Jason Ross with the Dean’s Award for Academic Accomplishment for the 2005-2006 school year.
The changing face of college politics
NEWS|
On January 16, several chapters of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) announced plans to resuscitate the national organization due to growing discontent with the war in Iraq.
Chompz Delivers
NEWS|
It’s not rare to see Stanford graduates and business students come together to set up their own ventures post graduation.
Public Enemy's Chuck D. comes to Cubberley
NEWS|
“I’ve probably used more curse words in this building than anybody ever — except for the failing students,” quipped rapper Chuck D.
Prescription drug woes: how to stop 125,000 deaths
NEWS|
Failure to follow prescribed medication regimens is an enormous problem in the United States, costing nearly $100 billion and leading to an estimated 125,000 deaths every year.
Next on the table: proper manners
NEWS|
As part of Career Week, the Career Development Center (CDC) will host a full-scale etiquette dinner at the Faculty Club tonight at 6 p.
Study cites new gene linking nerve cells
NEWS|
Stanford Medical School researchers have discovered a key gene that controls the development of connections between the brain and the spinal cord.
Students evaulate new phone bill policy
NEWS|
This is the first quarter that Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS) has implemented its new policy of assessing a joint telecommunications fee, which combines charges for both student network services and landline phones in a single required charge on students’ quarterly bills.
Open-source sprints for five days
NEWS|
Last week 20 open-source gurus from around the world gathered in Santa Clara for a coding “sprint” to improve technology publicly available to businesses and individuals in the programming community.
Gravity probe to prove Einstein's theories
NEWS|
The Gravity Probe B project, a satellite-based collaborative experiment by Stanford, NASA and the Lockheed-Martin Corporation, is in the final stage of its quest to isolate previously unobserved effects predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
SigEp remains on alcohol suspension
NEWS|
Stanford’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity remains on alcohol suspension this fall, following an incident that involved drinking in White Plaza last spring.
Eco-friendly dorm project hires firm
NEWS|
The Stanford Green Dorm Project, a student group dedicated to building a new, state-of-the-art sustainable living residence at the University, has hired an architectural firm to begin planning construction.
Stegner Fellows selected
NEWS|
Stanford’s Creative Writing Program has announced its 2005 Stegner Fellows for fiction and poetry. Each year, the highly competitive fellowship provides five poets and five fiction writers with a stipend to spend two years at Stanford, polishing their writing in intensive workshops, instructing English Department classes and working one-on-one with undergraduate students.
Univ. bucks trend, sees increase in int’l students
NEWS|
While post-Sept. 11 immigration laws have caused a nationwide drop in the number of international students coming to the United States, Stanford has bucked the trend.
UCs struggle to up minority enrollment
NEWS|
University of California schools are always in competition with other colleges for high-achieving students, and even more so for minorities — especially now, with a growing proportion of minority students opting for private colleges like Stanford.
Stanford represents at Bay to Breakers
NEWS|
Elvis impersonators, inflatable dinosaurs and a flock of “runaway brides” were standard fare at San Francisco’s annual Bay to Breakers walk-run, which took place yesterday, raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Sports Medicine Institute and Organs ‘R’ Us.
Med School helps scan mummy child
NEWS|
State-of-the-art medical imaging equipment shed light on a life from the ancient past Friday, as Stanford, Silicon Graphics and the San Jose Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum began studying the body of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian child mummy with x-ray scans that will be evaluated in the coming months.
GSB Dean Joss re-elected to bank’s board of directors
NEWS|
Robert L. Joss, dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, was re-elected to the board of directors of Wells Fargo on April 26.
Conference addresses women’s role in sciences
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Stanford’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender begins its two-day conference on the impact of gender analysis in science, medicine and engineering today.
Univ. hosts graduate students of color
NEWS|
A host of events — including meetings with faculty and dinners with current graduate students — designed to attract master’s and doctoral minority students will take place starting today and ending Sunday as a part of Stanford’s Graduate Diversity Admit Weekend.
Students respond to Arctic drilling
NEWS|
The vote in favor of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, has provoked outcry from a number of Stanford student groups concerned with energy efficiency and environmental protection.
Open-heart surgery saves premature baby
NEWS|
Weighing in at just 1.5 pounds, the smallest premature baby ever to survive open-heart surgery that required switching the aorta and pulmonary artery was successfully operated on Thursday by a Stanford pediatric cardiac surgeon and professor at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.
TIPS plans campus improvements
NEWS|
The Team to Improve Productivity at Stanford, or TIPS, a group comprised of Stanford faculty and staff members interested in improving the general quality of life on campus, held its monthly meeting yesterday to spread the word about new resources and services.
Peking University tour kicks off at Mem Aud
NEWS|
The Peking University Performing Arts Troupe kicked off its first U.S. tour with a performance in a packed Memorial Auditorium Saturday afternoon.
GSC examines funding policy
NEWS|
Stanford’s Graduate Student Council is debating whether it should fund on-campus religious groups.
“Funding religious groups is a challenging aspect of our organization’s responsibility for allocating money to student groups,” said Moriah Thomason, chair of the GSC and a fourth-year neurosciences Ph.
Our democratic experiment is waning, West says
NEWS|
Princeton Prof. Cornel West gave an impassioned talk last night to a crowded Memorial Auditorium on the state of democracy in America.
Stanford aids underprivileged with free services at Arbor Clinic
NEWS|
This summer, Stanford Medical School’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department has become the latest discipline to volunteer its services at Menlo Park’s free Arbor Clinic, which offers medical exams and treatment to underserved and indigent residents in the South Bay.
Perry speaks out against Bush administration and Iraq war
NEWS|
Stanford professor and former Secretary of Defense William J Perry has stepped into the limelight to support Democratic candidate John Kerry in his bid for the presidency.
New Law School dean discusses plans for future
NEWS|
After an exhaustive search, Associate Law Dean and Prof. Larry Kramer of New York University (NYU) has been tapped as the next dean of Stanford Law School.
Interdisciplinary project pieces together third-century Roman map
NEWS|
Stanford professors and students have been working to piece together an ancient map of Rome as part of the Forma Urbis Romae Project, which brings together the Departments of Computer Science and Classics.
Iris Chang addresses genocide and oppression in China and America
NEWS|
Chinese-American historian Iris Chang emphasized the connection between remembering genocide and preventing it at a lecture last night to a packed audience in History Corner.
Fund. Standard violations climb
NEWS|
Last quarter’s report on cheating and Fundamental Standard violations showed a sharp jump in alcohol-related cases, which Judicial Affairs Program Coordinator George Wilson credited to a stricter University stance toward alcohol.
Event raises rape awareness
NEWS|
Tomorrow night, a coalition of campus groups will co-host Take Back the Night, an annual event designed to raise campus awareness about rape and sexual assault.
Rocca jokes ‘Daily’
NEWS|
Touching on issues ranging from the current ASSU election to cheerleading, humorist Mo Rocca spoke to a crowded Kresge Auditorium last night in a special ASSU Speakers Bureau event.
Seminar prepares students for field work
NEWS|
Undergraduate Research Programs will present a Pre-Field Preparation Conference this Saturday in an attempt to teach students how to use their field-research grants.
ASSU Senate rejects bill for Great Donation
NEWS|
In its meeting last night, the ASSU Undergraduate Senate rejected a proposal by the Students for the Great Donation to place a special referendum on the spring quarter ballot allowing student’s to add $3 to the following year’s undergraduate ASSU fee.
Newsweek and SIIS sponsor national security panel
NEWS|
Yesterday at noon, the Stanford Institute for International Studies and Newsweek Magazine co-hosted a panel discussion entitled “Perspectives on National Security.
Bay Area conference to focus on int’l health
NEWS|
Stanford will host the 6th Annual Bay Area International Health Conference this weekend. This year’s event, which is titled “International Health in Conflict,” will focus on challenges to public health policy posed by civil and political unrest in the world.
Summer dining plan criticized
NEWS|
The Stanford University Dining Committee met last night to discuss issues relating to summer meal plans for the 2004 summer session.
Festival in Hayward on Sat to benefit India’s blind
NEWS|
The Sankara Eye Foundation will present “Rhythm of Light,” a music and dance festival, this Saturday, Feb. 21, at Chabot College in Hayward.
Forum discusses consequences of PATRIOT Act
NEWS|
Students gathered at the Oak Lounge in Tresidder Union last night for a forum on the USA PATRIOT Act, sponsored by the Stanford Community for Peace and Justice.
Police chief discusses sexual assault
NEWS|
Students gathered at the Women’s Community Center last night to discuss sexual assault policy and prevention with Stanford Police Chief Laura Wilson.
My sister’s first words were ‘Michael Jackson’
INTERMISSION|
Review of Jackson's greatest hits