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Team finishes fifth at Hilo invitational

Team finishes fifth at Hilo invitational

A momentum-building fifth-place finish at the Hilo Intercollegiate Invitational two weeks ago leaves the men’s golf team ready for more today and tomorrow at the Ashworth Collegiate Invitational in West Lake Village, Calif.
“I think the morale’s high right now and the guys are fired up for the Ashworth,” head coach Conrad Ray said. “We had [...]

February 28 2006 | By Christian Torres | Posted in News | Read More »

SoCal teams are too much

SoCal teams are too much

There are only four weeks left in the season, but something is still missing for the men’s volleyball team. They played well in spurts this weekend but came up short, losing to No. 13 Southern California in three straight games and to No. 3 Pepperdine in four.
“We have definitely shown improvement in some areas,” senior [...]

February 28 2006 | By Rebecca Harlow | Posted in News | Read More »

A Pond fit for the Kings

A Pond fit for the Kings

You can never have too many sports teams. Or so I thought. Despite being inherently superior to its northern brother, southern California is plagued by a surplus of professional athletic organizations.
Fans from San Diego to Los Angeles own the rare privilege of choosing from a plethora of teams — Dodgers, Angels or Padres? Kings or [...]

February 28 2006 | By Andrew Lomeli | Posted in News | Read More »

Late collapse leaves Cardinal with second

Late collapse leaves Cardinal with second

Seven of the top 10 men’s gymnastics teams in the country battled it out for top honors on Saturday at the Aquafina Pacific Coast Classic. Six events ran simultaneously as top-ranked Oklahoma, No. 3 Stanford, No. 6 Michigan and several other talented squads provided a great show for a crowd of more than 3,000 spectators. [...]

February 28 2006 | By Andrea Ayala | Posted in News | Read More »

Second-place invitational finish for Cardinal

Second-place invitational finish for Cardinal

It’s been a long time since the members of the women’s water polo team last enjoyed a victory over conference rival UCLA. The Cardinal lost all four of their contests against the Bruins last season, including the penultimate NCAA title match. The final loss came in particularly crushing fashion, as the Stanford women held their [...]

February 28 2006 | By Wes Mateo | Posted in News | Read More »

Card vault over Husky squad

Card vault over Husky squad

Three Stanford gymnasts now know what it is like to say goodbye forever to their memory-filled home arena. At Burnham Pavilion Friday night against Washington, seniors Natalie Foley, Glyn Sweets and Jessica Louie experienced a goodbye to remember.
No. 12 Stanford scored over 49.000 in three of its four events and decisively crushed No. 37 Washington [...]

February 28 2006 | By Justina Grayman | Posted in News | Read More »

A team of traditions and teasing

A team of traditions and teasing

The Daily continues its “Through My Eyes” series on the women’s tennis team with sophomore Whitney Deason.
Not just ‘the mature one’
Sorry I can’t give you funny anecdotes like Theresa [Logar] did (“A presence on and off the court,” Feb. 14). I’m going to bring it down a notch…
I don’t want to be like, “I’m responsible,” [...]

February 28 2006 | By Whitney Sado | Posted in News | Read More »

Women claim league title

Women claim league title

The Stanford women’s track and field team is getting used to this — after capturing the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship this past weekend in Seattle, Wash., the Cardinal returned home the owners of their fourth-straight league title.
At the beginning of Saturday’s events, the women trailed Arizona State by 32 points. But the team didn’t [...]

February 28 2006 | By Israel Rojas | Posted in News | Read More »

Annual senior pledge is leaderless at Stanford

Annual senior pledge is leaderless at Stanford

This June, seniors at colleges across the nation will take the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility, vowing to consider environmental and social concerns in their careers and job selection.
Seniors at Stanford, however, may be left out of the nationwide effort, as difficulties have arisen in finding a group to organize the pledge on [...]

February 28 2006 | By Allison Dedrick | Posted in News | Read More »

Roosevelt holds T-shirt design contest

Roosevelt holds T-shirt design contest

Nearly everyone has heard about the Roosevelt Institution, the nation’s first student-created progressive think tank that is found at various universities across the nation — including a thriving chapter on Stanford’s campus.
But the nationwide student group has taken another step to promote awareness of the Roosevelt Institution at universities — a T-shirt design contest.
In true [...]

February 28 2006 | By Laura Carwile | Posted in News | Read More »