A panel comprised of experts on Iran addressed a packed room in Building 420 last night during “Iran Unraveled: Temptations of Tradition and Modernity in Iran.” Sponsored by the ASSU Speakers Bureau, the four-member panel addressed internal and external paths toward change in Iran, a country which has once again entered the media spotlight because [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended the California Tiger Salamander — an amphibian species found in Lake Lagunita by scientists during the 1930s — for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. However, this change in the species’ status is not expected to significantly affect the Stanford community’s usage of Lake Lagunita.
Conservation plans [...]

At its next meeting, the Faculty Senate will discuss and vote on the recommendation of the Subcommittee on General Education Requirements to make several changes to the General Education Requirements, effective as of the 2004-2005 academic year.
The biggest proposed change is to require students to take one course in each of the three Area II [...]

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.C., told an audience of approximately 100 people that the threat of bioterrorist attacks calls for a “greater coordination of effort” among professionals from varying fields.
“We need to define new [...]

A Stanford architecture class is playing a vital role in the construction of a community center and school in Amatitlan, Guatemala. Designing all aspects of the project — from dormitories to a church and retreat center — these students will show their work at a professional presentation to potential clients and contributors on Monday.
The Guatemalan [...]

Echoing the advice he gave at the end of his January emergency budget report, University Provost John Etchemendy once again advised the Faculty Senate not to panic about the University’s financial situation but to “feel free to worry.”
The budget report, he said, “which I give annually,” is intended to provide comprehensive information about the University’s [...]

Six students from the Coalition for Labor Justice moved their hunger fast from the Main Quad to the front of El Centro Chicano yesterday afternoon after being told to leave by the University administration for violating Stanford’s policy on use of the Quad.
President John Hennessy has agreed to meet with six representatives of the coalition [...]

Forrest Gump’s momma used to say that you could tell a lot by a person’s shoes — where they’re going, where they’ve been.
One look at Mark Walker’s kicks probably couldn’t tell you much.
But according to Reebok, he’s the future of basketball. And he has a lot of going — and growing — to do.
Walker, who [...]

This weekend will mark a ground-breaking move in NCAA track and field as Stanford and three other sites around the country play host to the very first NCAA Regional Track and Field Championships.
The Cardinal will host the West Regional Championships today and Saturday and looks to send many of its athletes to the NCAA Championships [...]

Forty-win regular seasons and Pacific-10 Conference championships are nice, but everyone around the Stanford baseball program knows that neither of those achievements determines how an individual year will be remembered.
Head coach Mark Marquess and his staff have raised the bar so high for the Cardinal that the lone measuring stick of any value that marks [...]