The 2004 women’s gymnastics team is packing a powerful one-two-three-four-five punch this season, giving the No. 6 Cardinal its highest preseason ranking ever. With talent and leadership cultivated in their three-plus years on The Farm, seniors Lindsay Wing, Caroline Fluhrer, Lise Leveille, Shelly Goldberg and Kendall Beck could be the ones to lead the gymnastics [...]

1-for-6 from beyond the arc against Fordham. 1-for-5 against Boston. 0-for-5 versus Georgia. And 0-for-4 in Stanford’s matchup with then-No. 2 Tennessee — not statistics that the Cardinal’s three point specialist, junior Sebnem Kimyacioglu, is used to seeing in the boxscore when she leaves the floor.
It was a slump the Mountain View native had never [...]

The tiny town of Page, Ariz., on the shores of Lake Powell, is a four-and-a-half hour drive from the campus of Arizona State. But for Matt Haryasz, who was born and raised in Page, the Stanford men’s basketball team’s game against the Sun Devils in Tempe tonight will be a sort of homecoming-away-from-home.
Two years ago, [...]

The No. 7 Stanford women’s basketball team (11-2, 4-0 Pacific-10 Conference) seeks to stay unbeaten in the conference with two tough Pac-10 games looming, as the team faces off tonight against Arizona State and Saturday against Arizona. Though the Cardinal is coming off two recent losses during winter break to No. 5 Tennessee and No. [...]

The No. 4 Stanford men’s basketball team (11-0, 2-0 Pacific-10 Conference) is the underdog heading into Tucson, Ariz., but you wouldn’t know it by all the talk surrounding the Cardinal’s highly anticipated match-up against No. 3 Arizona (9-1, 1-0) on Saturday.
For the time being, at least, no one has anything negative to say about this [...]

By MEKLIT WORKNEH
We braid it, cornrow it, plait it, dread it, straighten it, relax it, flat iron it, curl it, put in extensions, put in a weave, fade it and grow out an afro. What do we NOT do to our hair?
Hair may seem like a simple feature to many people. However, I’ve noticed that [...]

ESPN is at the center of many a debate in my household. Every time I turn on “SportsCenter,” I can count on hearing the two standard complaints. First comes “It’s always on!” While this claim is demonstrably false, I realize that proof of its falsity is merely technical. When an hour-long program. airs daily editions [...]

Two-thirds of all unmanned missions sent to the Red Planet in the past several decades have ultimately resulted in some form of failure. Given these odds, the successful landing of NASA’s Mars rover “Spirit” earlier this week elicited quite a stir from the space exploration community and the general public. Many will remember that NASA’s [...]

During the month of January, many dorms will head out of state on their annual snow trips, a Stanford tradition where hundreds of students drive to Lake Tahoe for a weekend in a winter wonderland. They hit the slopes to ski, snowboard, sled, taking advantage of some of the best skiing in the West. [...]

If New Student Orientation left some lingering questions, the sophomore class has a second chance to get oriented.
The first-ever Sophomore Reorientation event will occur this evening between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Fisher Conference Center in the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
The programs offered tonight will include panels and information sessions on a variety of [...]