Author: Susana Montes
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Beloved Stanford employee dies at 98
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Dorothy Laxson Loring passed away on April 14, 2008.
Students haunted by bike tickets
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When Erin Waller ‘09 went to pay an old bike ticket that had been issued during fall quarter, the last thing on her mind was that there was a warrant out for her arrest.
New parking structure to open this month
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The 1,180-space Wilbur underground Parking Structure 6 (PS6) is scheduled to open later this month, pending regulatory inspections.
City, University look to market Palo Alto
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The city of Palo Alto will invest up to $240,000 over the next two years to improve upon Destination Palo Alto, a homegrown marketing project to promote the city nationally and internationally.
GO Pass program on the rocks for 2008
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The GO Pass program subsidizes train passes for graduate students who live off campus, providing them with unlimited use of the Caltrain.
GSC approves change to officer term limits
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The successors of both the ASSU President and Vice President will have to take the helm sooner than expected this year, due to a bill passed with a two-thirds majority vote at the Graduate Student Council (GSC) meeting last night.
Rush restrictions affect sororities
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For the past week, members of Stanford’s six Inter Sorority Council (ISC) sororities participated in the annual recruitment process.
Q&A: Sgt. William Treseder
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Sergeant William Treseder joined the Marine Corps in September 2000. Last fall, he was admitted to Stanford as a transfer student from West Valley College, where he was secretary of his fraternity, student body president and valedictorian. After being recalled into active duty in Iraq, he has deferred his admission to Stanford.
GSC reviews graduate student living expenses
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But Beberg also acknowledged that the survey needs to be refined in order to provide more inclusive data.
GSC approves special fees ballot requests
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Funding recommendations were made by the ASSU Undergraduate Senate Appropriations Committee.
GSC reviews alumni mentoring program
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Two representatives from Stanford Alumni Mentoring (SAM), a student group which aims to connect undergraduate students with alumni in one-on-one online mentoring relationships, provided an overview of the program’s goals and funding needs to the Graduate Student Council (GSC) last night.
GSC outlines plans for Diversity Week
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According to Buie, a fifth year graduate student in mechanical engineering, the Diversity Week event, which is still in the works, will be a joint initiative between the ASSU and the GSC Diversity Committee and will run from Feb.
Journalist talks other side of Iraq
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Author Dahr Jamail gave a bird’s eye view of the war in Iraq last night in Kresge Auditorium.
Grads confused by dual degree options
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Some graduate students are not fully aware that they can complete a dual or joint degree program from two different schools while at Stanford.
GSC votes down making all grads eligible for GO Pass
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The GO Pass for off-campus graduate students is a program that subsidizes train passes for unlimited use of Caltrain.
GSC turns down Provost’s GO Pass solution
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The GO Pass program subsidizes train passes for graduate students who live off campus, providing them with unlimited use of the Caltrain.
Barriers block int’l students
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John Pearson, director of the Bechtel International Center, reminded the Graduate Student Council (GSC) last night that some international students may face delays or denials regarding their student visas.
Summit offers advice to student groups
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Experienced undergraduate event planners offered advice on how student groups can work through funding intricacies and event planning strategies at the first annual ASSU Volunteer Student Organization Collaboration Summit on Friday afternoon.
GSC approves ASSU airport shuttle funds
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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) approved $2,706 last night to co-sponsor the ASSU Airport Shuttle service for graduate and undergraduate students who plan to leave campus for Thanksgiving break, which begins next Friday.
GSC worried for future of GO Pass
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The GO Pass program subsidizes train passes for graduate students who live off campus, providing unlimited use of Caltrain.
Prof. tackles ethics of Rumsfeld appointment
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Ehrlich opened the event, titled “Environmental Ethics and Should Rummy Be Invited to Campus?” with a concrete answer to the question posed in the seminar’s title.
Leaders talk Burma crisis
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About 30 students, faculty and community members attended “Burma’s Crisis: What Should Outsiders Do?” at Encina Hall yesterday afternoon for a discussion on possible ways to respond to the Southeast Asian country’s oppressive military junta.
GSC doles out $8k for KSAS
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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) approved $8,000 dollars of funding — the maximum amount of money the body gives to any graduate student organization — to the Korean Student Association at Stanford (KSAS) last night.
Roundtable debates energy issues
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University organizers rolled out a round table presentation called “Courting Disaster: The Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet” in Maples Pavilion on Saturday morning.
GSC hears talk on graduate diversity
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Represented by co-chair Marja Mullings, a second-year chemical engineering doctoral candidate, the GSC Diversity Committee encouraged GSC members and other students to participate in a “diversity talk” that will be held next Saturday at 9 a.m.
Rally against Burma oppression
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“If the world doesn’t act, Burma is doomed,” Nick Harmony, a human rights activist, told the assembled crowd.
GSC votes in full favor of student group budgets
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GSC shuts down Comedy Club
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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) denied $8,000 of funding — the maximum amount of money the Council gives to a graduate student organization — to the Comedy Club at its first meeting of the year last night.

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