The Faculty Senate delayed a conflict-of-interest resolution yesterday afternoon after professors agreed that $10,000 was too low a limit for disclosure rules.
The debate centered on a clause that would require faculty to disclose investments not managed through a third party if they were greater than $10,000. The revisions to policy were sent back to committee, [...]

Cardinal football player Kenneth Tolon, a senior, was booked for resisting arrest last Friday at a party on Maddux Avenue in Redwood City, according to the Redwood City Police.
Officers arrived at the party of over 100 people after neighbors complained about the noise.
The incident began when Tolon got into a verbal argument with a friend [...]

A new academic field attracting chemists, biologists and geologists alike is gaining popularity at Stanford. The Earth Systems program is planning a new concentration in astrobiology, and one undergraduate is pursuing am Individually Designed Major (IDM) in that field.
Astrobiology is the interdisciplinary study of the origins of life on Earth and the possibility of life [...]

The Stanford Hawaii Club would like you to stop making excuses for all those times you couldn’t make it to your tropical getaway, and settle for the next best thing tomorrow. With spring in full swing, the club will host its 24th Annual Luau tomorrow, May 1, at 12:30 p.m. in the Manzanita Courtyard.
In past [...]

A center to serve Palo Alto’s homeless population is now a little closer to reality, thanks to the efforts of Lantana’s priority residents and the Community Working Group (CWG). Last night, the public service theme dorm presented a check for $2,000 to representatives from the CWG’s Opportunity Center, a supportive housing facility, which is set [...]

Not long ago, the idea of entrepreneurial education was a foreign concept at most business schools. Today, a growing number of universities nationwide, including the Graduate School of Business, are beginning to recognize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking as part of general management education.
“Studying management issues in newer companies is an excellent way to learn [...]

With higher energy prices looming and a low-cost power contract expiring at the end of the year, Palo Alto is weighing the option of building its own natural-gas-fired power plant. Taking a cue from Stanford, which has its own independent power plant, the city is looking to become more energy self-sufficient.
A committee of four Palo [...]

Poor Stanford guys. Social dysfunction reached a new height when sports columnist Dan McCarthy published an open love / hate letter to me on Wednesday, in lieu of his regular column.
Dan, I can follow the standings, I do look pretty in pink, but I’m taken. Thanks anyway, though!
Dan isn’t the only reject at Stanford this [...]

After the Stanford women’s water polo team (18-3, 10-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) practiced one last time at home before heading to the MPSF postseason tournament, it decided on one thing.
“It’s going to be a team weekend,” explained junior two-meter Hannah Luber.
The Cardinal is hoping to stick together, emotionally and mentally, at Los Alamitos Joint [...]

After scoring half the number of goals that No. 5 Loyola College scored last Saturday, the unranked Stanford women’s lacrosse team is looking for a better outcome this weekend in Washington, D.C. as it faces No. 7 Georgetown in its last game of the regular season.
The Cardinal (8-7, 4-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is 2-1 [...]