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Frost Amphitheater: A trove of Stanford history
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On the corner of Campus Drive and Galvez St., the Arrillaga Alumni Center stands prominently as a testament to Stanford’s commitment to its past.
An Art Affair to remember
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STEPHANIE CONDON
DESK EDITOR
After spending countless hours together in classrooms, labs and libraries, most students become familiar with each others’ academic skills — it isn’t too surprising to learn that the guy next to you aced his econ problem set or that your lab partner already got her results.
In a relationship on Valentine's Day
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Oh, Valentine’s Day. As if midterms week wasn’t enough, here’s one more test to prove you’re able to stick your commitments.
The Donk makes its network television debut
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Whether it’s on its way to one of the Band’s rallies or rolling down the Row on a Saturday night, it’s hard not to notice the Badonkadonk.
Band's trademark car for sale on Amazon.com
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Clearly, the Donk is a one of a kind, so if anyone is willing to fork out the $19,999.95 for it, Ormond said he’d build a new one rather than sell the original.
Faculty members play role in national stem cell debate
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Stanford’s Institute for Cancer / Stem Cell Biology and Medicine promises to conduct some of the most advanced stem cell research in the country in upcoming years, and several faculty members are involved in deciding how that research should be carried out.
California grants will fund stem cell research
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Editor’s note: This article is the first of two examining stem cell research. Today’s article discusses how Stanford will be affected by the passage of Proposition 71.
Google to put library online
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A year and a half after Stanford University Libraries acquired new machinery to digitize library and Stanford University Press materials, Stanford is partnering with Google Inc. in its quest to make more literary resources available online.
Law school affirmative action
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Even before its official publication in the Stanford Law Review later this month, a study criticizing affirmative action is creating a flurry of controversy.
International relations: Stanford branches out
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During a trip to Beijing earlier this year, University President John Hennessy appeared as a guest on Dialogue, a talk show produced and aired by China Central Television.
Students rally for disclosure
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Attracting attention in White Plaza with a milk carton sculpture and flyers, the Stanford Coalition for Investment Disclosure began collecting signatures yesterday from Stanford community members to petition for disclosure of University investments.
Bush camp declares victory
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Declaring President George W. Bush the victor in the election against Sen. John Kerry, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card announced early this morning he was confident that the president had won Ohio’s electoral votes.
Students urge Univ. investment disclosure
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The Stanford Coalition for Investment Disclosure, also known as SCID, is lobbying the University to make the process for investing Stanford’s endowment more transparent.
Stanford launches Safety Awareness Week
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Student Housing and the Stanford Fire Marshal’s Office kicked off Stanford’s first Safety Awareness Week on Monday in an effort to provide residents of graduate and undergraduate housing with more information about safety and security.
Munger helps Univ. to near-record fundraising year
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Stanford raised a total of $524 million in contributions during the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the second most successful year in Stanford’s fundraising history.
5-SURE service to roll out changes
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5-SURE, the free, student-staffed campus transportation service, has delayed starting operations until Tuesday. The staff is taking time to implement changes such as the use of Global Electric Motorcars rather than golf carts and the eventual operation of a weekend “party van.
Students march for lower tuition
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With camping gear and guitars in tow, students from the University of California Santa Cruz spent a night at Stanford nearly two weeks ago as part of their 90-mile march to 14 different Bay Area college campuses to discuss the shortcomings of California’s higher education system.
Buy, sell books online with other college students
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In response to the popularity of last year’s Book Buy Back program, the ASSU is offering a program that allows Stanford students to buy and sell textbooks online, a move that the ASSU hopes will give students more flexibility when buying books.
COW to improve phone reception
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In response to complaints of poor reception on campus, AT&T will be placing a second cell-on-wheels (COW) device on campus.
Mountain lion cannot be hunted with guns
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In the event that a mountain lion was responsible for the injury of two horses on Stanford property in the past two weeks, firearms will not be used to capture or kill it, Senior Assistant to the President Jeff Wachtel announced yesterday.
Rowles to leave OSA
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Assistant Director of Student Activities Judith Rowles will be leaving Stanford at the end of the academic year, she announced yesterday.
Ortolano named permanent Haas Center director
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Leonard Ortolano, the UPS Foundation Professor of Civil Engineering in Urban and Regional Planning, will assume the role of permanent director of the Haas Center.
Islam awareness campaign dispels stereotypes
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The Muslim Student Awareness Network (MSAN) launched its seven-week Islam awareness campaign “A Taste of Islam: Stamping Out Stereotypes” last week, to celebrate the diversity of the Muslim community as well as to dispel negative stereotypes associated with the religion.
O'Connor to speak at Commencement
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Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a Stanford alumna, will speak at the 2004 Commencement, Stanford’s Senior Class presidents announced Tuesday.
Cordell saga resolved
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Stanford and the city of Palo Alto can finally resume business as usual. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill last Friday that will allow LaDoris Cordell, Stanford’s vice provost for campus relations, to sit on the Palo Alto City Council without disrupting business between the two entities.
NFL head stresses individual responsibility in ‘Black America’
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In a speech entitled “How to Make Black America Better,” NFL Director of Football Operations Gene Washington told a group of students last night to start addressing the problem by improving themselves as individuals and by looking to the black business leaders of the United States for inspiration.
Students try out to be Tree
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A group of students gathered in the Band Shak Monday evening to embark on a quest to be the next Stanford Tree — or, as this year’s Tree Will Rothacker puts it, “the next member of the most exclusive club of lucky bastards on campus.
Cordell controversy closer to resolution
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Stanford and the Palo Alto city council moved one step closer on Wednesday to engaging in contract negotiations once again.
Students to parade hybrids
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Stanford students and community members will parade an assembly of hybrid cars through Palo Alto this Saturday. The demonstration will be part of the Bluewater Network’s Global Warming Campaign to show Ford Motor Company that consumers prefer automobiles that slow global warming.
Author stresses individualism
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Author, actress and comedian Aisha Tyler stressed the importance of individualism at a comedic routine last night in Kresge Auditorium, where she read excerpts from her new book.
Stanford alumna joins Cirque du Soleil
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After a stressful day of classes, meetings, papers and problem sets, it’s probably typical for a Stanford student to fantasize about running away with the circus.
Campus group campaigns for variety of animal rights
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Animal Rights on the Farm, a new student group advocating the fair treatment of animals, held its first meeting last Tuesday.
Sally Ride urges young girls not to abandon sciences
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Yesterday afternoon, approximately 750 middle-school-aged girls gathered on Lomita Mall to catch a glimpse of their role model.
Senate committee approves bill to allow Cordell to serve
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At a meeting yesterday that was attended by Stanford and Palo Alto representatives, the state Senate Local Government Committee approved a bill to amend a law that prohibits Palo Alto from conducting business with Stanford due to Vice Provost for Campus Relations LaDoris Cordell’s association with both.
Cordell bill advances
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By STEPHANIE CONDON
STAFF WRITER
The California Senate narrowly approved a bill on Monday that would allow Vice Provost for Campus Relations LaDoris Cordell to sit on the Palo Alto city council without disrupting business between Stanford and the city.
Native Americans at Stanford build community
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When Sandy Kjono stepped into the Stanford bubble as a freshman, she felt like she’d been through it all before — the feeling of being slightly disjointed from other people, no one really understanding the community she was from.
BCSC celebrates MLK Jr. with events and supply drive
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In remembrance of the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., the 2004 MLK Jr. Celebration continues with events this week, in an effort to foster greater intellectual discovery about King.
Representatives travel on behalf of Cordell
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Stanford and Palo Alto representatives will be traveling to Sacramento today to attend a state Senate meeting on behalf of a bill that would allow Vice Provost for Campus Relations LaDoris Cordell to sit on the Palo Alto city council without disrupting business between Stanford and the city.
Filesharing down on campuses, up at Stanford
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The number of college students estimated to be sharing files over the Internet has decreased by more than half since last spring, but the number of complaints of students illegally downloading music at Stanford has actually increased this year.
A3C unveils new online activities guide geared toward Asian students
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Covering everything from the Bay Area’s best karaoke bars to campus film screenings and food outings, the Asian American Activities Center will launch its own online Asian entertainment guide tomorrow and host a party to celebrate the Web site’s debut.
Cordell finally joins council
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Vice Provost for Campus Relations LaDoris Cordell officially became a Palo Alto city council member Jan. 1, bringing contract negotiations between Stanford and Palo Alto to a halt.
Cordell still hopes to stay on council
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The future for the Palo Alto city council seat of LaDoris Cordell, vice provost for campus relations, remains unclear.
Council backs Cordell's bid to serve term
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The Palo Alto city council voted unanimously at last night’s meeting to seek legislation to allow LaDoris Cordell, vice provost for campus relations, to sit on the council without jeopardizing the city’s contracts with Stanford.
Law may keep Cordell off council
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An obscure state law has thrown into question the legality of LaDoris Cordell's seat on the Palo Alto City Council.
Conference highlights less visible Asian Americans
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Asian Americans should join each other and marginalized minorities to fight for social justice, speakers said on Saturday at the annual Asian American Pacific Islanders Issues Conference, which addressed the issues facing an increasingly diverse Asian American population in the United States.
Students hold Ramadan fast for charity event
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With the number of hungry families in the United States continually increasing, the Islamic Society of Stanford University is hosting the Ramadan Fast-A-Thon to acknowledge those in the community who go hungry and also to bring awareness of the celebration of Ramadan on Sunday.
Israeli officer speaks on education, rights
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Two days after the Israeli government’s marginal approval of a prisoner swap with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, Israeli Minister of Education Limnor Livat spoke on campus yesterday to a crowd of approximately 150 people.
Students celebrate Dia de los Muertos
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Surrounded by images of skeletons and photographs of loved ones, about 20 students took part in the blessing of the ofrenda (which means altar in Spanish) on Sunday for the traditional Latin American holiday Dia de los Muertos.
Middle Eastern Film Festival underway
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Approximately 40 people attended the opening night of the first Middle Eastern Film Festival last night. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Awareness Network, the festival will show one movie each week over the next month and a half, in correspondence with the month of Ramadan.
Zipperstein appointed UAC Director
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The Undergraduate Advising Center has appointed History Prof. Steven Zipperstein as its faculty director, a new position that has been created in response to the center’s weak reputation.
SCN brings Jason Mraz to campus in November
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Solo artist Jason Mraz, whose first single, “The Remedy,” has received nationwide airplay, will perform at Memorial Auditorium on Nov.
Liquor-laden Long's opens
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A new Long’s Drugs store, with a complete alcoholic beverage section, opened at the Palo Alto Town and Country Village Shopping Center in August, just one month before Stanford put three of its row houses on alcohol probation and renamed “Senior Pub Night” as “Senior Night.
Frosh Arrive
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Freshman Tina Chen will probably be surprised, and perhaps a little embarrassed, when she hears the Branner staff yell out her name as she arrives for the New Student Orientation check-in today.
Hamburg tackles bioterrorism risk
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In yesterday’s lecture “Bioterrorism: A Challenge to Science and Security,” Dr. Margaret Hamburg, vice president for biological programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.
Ambassador speaks on future Korean relations
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Kyung-Won Kim, the former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, spoke on the topics of proliferation, anti-Americanism and the two Koreas.
Professor discusses forest management
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Approximately 125 members of the Stanford community gathered yesterday to hear Dr. Barry Noon, a professor of wildlife ecology at Colorado State University, give the 15th Annual Boething Lecture on Forests and the Human Predicament.
30,000 expected for Powwow
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Today through Sunday, more than 30,000 people are expected to attend the Stanford American Indian Organization’s 32nd annual Stanford Powwow.
Politics may set tone for ASSU Senate
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On a campus characterized by intense academic rigor and a geographic location for which the nickname “The Farm” is well-suited, it is not surprising that Stanford students are reputed to show little political fervor.
Walk to help fight AIDS
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In 10 cities across the United States — including San Francisco — local community members will participate this Saturday in the first annual “Student Global AIDS Walk: A Call to Action.
As neighbors visit campus, students rally for workers
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Stanford opened its doors to its neighbors on Community Day yesterday while student activists marched to protest the University’s position on wage levels and benefits for its unionized workers.
1st annual Fun Run to assist EPA YMCA
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In effort to reach out to the East Palo Alto community, the Haas Center for Public Service and Sigma Alpha Epsilon are hosting the first annual 5K Fun Run / Walk.
University to host neighbors
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In its continued efforts to reach out to populations surrounding Stanford, the University will host the second annual Community Day this Sunday.
Universities to track sex offenders
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By September, sex offenders affiliated with any college or university campus in the United States must be registered with campus police, in accordance with the federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.
Departments seek to fill gaps in Latin American Studies
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As the University’s final Latin American studies majors near graduation and as Overseas Studies plans to close its Puebla and Buenos Aires programs, other departments — History in particular — are bolstering their faculty with Latin American experts.
At the School of Education new gov't created
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The School of Education has a new government and a new plan to increase communication among students and staff.
How low can ski-trip costs go?
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For a weekend in Tahoe, $40 did not seem exorbitant to sophomore Connie Chen, who expressed delight that her dorm landed luxurious accommodations for its ski trip.
Meeting held on minority admissions
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Support for affirmative action was voiced at a town hall meeting last night.
West Nile strikes student; danger low for others
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For most students, a slight rash would not be much to worry about. For senior Erin Lapping, it signified the oncoming of the potentially fatal West Nile virus.