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Vraisemblable: Paris, c'est un village
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Vraisemblable: Ich liebe Berlin
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Vraisemblable: Life as a train
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Vraisemblable: The green leaf district
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Vraisemblable: A lesson from our engineer friends
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Vraisemblable: Tasting the stars
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Vraisemblable: Too cool for Parisian school
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Vraisemblable:An American in Parisian footwear
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Vraisemblable: Springtime in Paris
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Vicky
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Quest to Spring Break
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Remember those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books you used to love as a child? Do you miss the thrill of turning pages, wondering what zany adventures your decision to explore the mysterious cave on Uncle Howard’s ranch will bring?
Vraisemblable: Avoiding the evil eye
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Vraisemblable: Social filters of sophistication
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Vraisemblable: Vanity Fair
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Vraisemblable: Most certainly not a mail-order bride
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Pep rally draws few
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Seven qualities of highly effective Daily columnists
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Yesterday we described the inner workings of The Daily’s Editorial Board. Today we are describing the ideal characteristics of a Daily columnist.
The hows and whys of the Editorial Board
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In the past few days, we’ve run several advertisements asking students and other community members to join The Daily’s Editorial Board. But few may know the actual roles and duties of the Board’s members.
Our honest opinion
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An opinion is a complicated thing. We hold our opinions dear to our hearts and devote much of our time and attention to them, even though we find it difficult to put them in words or substantiate them with facts.
Workers to strike; univ. responds
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Hospital workers ready for strike
A majority of the Stanford University Medical Center’s 1,300 employees, including nursing assistants, operating room assistants, food service workers, housekeepers and lab assistants, voted to authorize a strike last Tuesday if their contract demands are not met.
Board of Trustees OKs construction projects
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The Stanford University Board of Trustees held its first of five sessions for the year on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Minor dishes to be torn down
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Stanford has recently announced a proposal to tear down five rusting telescope dishes surrounding the behemoth known as the Dish in the foothills behind campus.
New Google digital library hits copyright roadblocks
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Last December Google announced its plan to team up with leading universities and public libraries around the country, including Stanford, to provide instantly searchable copies of library books to all of its users.
Gore to speak at fall GSB conference
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This November, the Graduate School of Business will be hosting the 2005 Net Impact Conference, the largest annual gathering in the world for business students and young professionals.
Rocking out, Stanford style
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Senior Mikey Lee came up with the name for his rock band in what he referred to as a "very Stanford way"--from his reading assignment for "Introduction to Perception.
Sims 2 movie contest looks at college life
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The Sims 2 — a popular computer game where players control every aspect of their computer characters’ lives, from their jobs to their relationships — is partnering with the University of Southern California film school to sponsor a movie-making contest directed specifically toward students.
Student teaches financial skills
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College is the time when many students take charge of their own money. Now, thanks to the efforts of an economics whiz kid, students can set aside their financial fears.
Israel Pride Week marches on
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Despite all the activity in White Plaza yesterday at lunchtime — from the a cappella groups selling tickets to senior class representatives soliciting Senior Gift donations to a filibuster-ers on a podium — it would have been hard to miss the Yom Haíatzamaut , or Israel Independence Day, celebration.
Law students spend time outside the classroom doing pro bono work
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Although Lauren Brady, a second-year student at the Stanford Law School, often finds herself buried under piles of school work, she finds time each week with youngsters at a juvenile detention facility teaching them their basic legal rights.
Banks offer sessions on loan consolidation
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Spring quarter is an important time for seniors with outstanding federal loans. Pending increases in interest rates and the probability of changes in government regulations make it especially appealing for loan-borrowers to consolidate their loans because they can save money on low interest rates.
Greeks give back to the community
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Crazy parties, red cups and alcohol probation often come to mind when people think of Greek life. Yet participating in community service is a regular part of belonging to a fraternity or sorority.
Faculty win Roland prize for public service
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Associate Medical Prof. Marilyn Winkleby and History Prof. Albert Camarillo are the recent recipients of the 2005 Stanford University Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service prize, which recognizes faculty members who encourage students to get involved with public service.
Admit Weekend: The real thing or just an act?
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Many Stanford students have fond memories from Admit Weekend<\p>--<\p>spending time with their RoHos, going to the CoHo for the first time and FoHo-ing (that?
Munger parking plans accepted
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University administrators have decided to accept recommendations from Stanford’s Traffic Advisory Committee to build the proposed parking structure for the Munger housing project to be constructed directly underneath Wilbur Field and delay the widening of Campus Drive.
One girl, one goal: Become Greek
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You may have seen the throngs. The mini-skirt-wearing, trendy-purse-toting, perfect-hair-sporting throngs.
It could only mean one thing: sorority rush.
Med school tests depression drug
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The Stanford Medical School is testing the effectiveness and safety of the drug Duloxetine, intended for patients suffering from dysthymia, a chronic and low-grade form of depression.
Center offers computer security courses
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The Stanford Center for Professional Development, or SCPD, has launched a new online computer security program to teach software professionals the principles of designing more secure systems.
Stanford ranked No. 1 for Hispanics
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Stanford was named the best university for educating Hispanic students in the nation in last month’s issue of Hispanicmagazine.
Sororities use online database for rush this year
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This week marks the beginning of 2005 Intersorority Council, or ISC, recruitment. But rush will be a little different this year, with ISC switching to an online system for the first time.
Multiple sclerosis drug proves fatal, recently recalled
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Elan Corp. and Biogen Idec, two drug development and manufacturing companies, have, as of Feb. 28, voluntarily suspended all sales and clinical trials of Tysabri, a new drug used to treat multiple sclerosis.
Bushnell speaks on sex, city and shoes
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Candace Bushnell, author of “Sex and the City,” the book that inspired the HBO hit series, spoke at Kresge auditorium last night about her life, the show and, of course, sex.
Black law students sponsor summit
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To address issues confronting the black legal community, including the responsibility professionally successful blacks have to other blacks, the Stanford Black Law Students Association, or BLSA, held a conference on Saturday entitled “Beyond Black Letter Law.
Residents voice their opposition to Munger dorm proposal
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University Provost John Etchemendy held a meeting yesterday to discuss the size and location of the planned Munger graduate housing project and to give community members an opportunity to air their concerns about the proposed expansion of Campus Drive and other facets of the construction.
V-Week provokes contrasting opinions
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At Stanford, the week before Feb. 14 is no longer just about flowers and chocolate. Instead, it has become a time when students and other community members join others around the world in raising awareness about violence against women.
Faculty question calendar changes
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For the 2005-2006 academic year Thanksgiving break will start at the beginning of the week to accommodate students who must miss classes to travel home for the holiday, a change that has sparked controversy after it was presented at a recent Faculty Senate meeting.
Job fair targets tech students
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Engineering and science students flocked to the Arrillaga Alumni Center this past Saturday for the annual Opportunity Job Fair, hosted by the Stanford School of Engineering.
Sprinkler malfunction sounds off Mirrielees fire alarm, damages rooms
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At 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Mirrielees residents were evacuated after a broken sprinkler head caused a fire alarm to sound off.
CBPA play explores idea of weddings
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The Committee on Black Performing Arts, also known as CBPA, will produce tomorrow “The Wedding Project,” a theatrical performance exploring African-American social practices and the concept of weddings.
Cardinal Care insufficient in graduate student health coverage
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The University-offered Cardinal Care insurance plan is inadequate because it does not offer dental or vision coverage, according to the Graduate Health Care Task Force, a student group founded in 2001 to examine the most cost-effective health care options for graduate students.
Stanford Hospital faces influx of trauma patients
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Beginning Dec. 9, the Stanford Medical Center will be one of only two licensed trauma centers in Santa Clara County.
The medical center recently announced that it would take on extra patients and add facilities in order to ensure continued emergency care to area residents in light of the upcoming closure of the San Jose Medical Center emergency care division due to financial difficulties.
Showtime: students on the airwaves
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Ever wonder what it would be like to have people from all around the Peninsula listening to your every word?
U.N. expert cites nuclear danger
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Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency, delivered the annual Drell Lecture yesterday about the present and future of non-proliferation and arms control.
Wisse: Palestine not Israel’s fault
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Harvard professor Ruth Wisse said on Friday that Israelis should not be blamed for the hardships of Palestinians in a talk that focused on a speech last week by pro-Palestinian activist and Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein.
SICs now in Time Schedule
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When students show up to the first day of “The House of Wonders,” a Student Initiated Course offered winter quarter, they can rest assured about the credit they will receive for their in-class adventures.
Recycling program takes off
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Newspapers piled two feet high and soda cans stacked in a corner do not make attractive dorm-room decorations. But such sights are common in the rooms of recycling-conscious residents.
Stanford receives $25 mil from National Science Foundation for education research center
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After receiving nearly 50 proposal applications for a new research center, the National Science Foundation awarded a $25 million grant to be shared between three institutions, including Stanford’s Center for Innovations in Learning, an interdisciplinary laboratory that conducts research to study how people learn.