Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program is bringing one of history’s most reclusive poets into the public light, putting on a three-part series of performances in memory of Emily Dickinson. The series kicked off last night with a play about Dickinson’s correspondence with her mentor.
Three actresses played the often-misunderstood 19th century poet in Drama Department Artist in [...]

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) discussed last night approaching the University to increase graduate stipends amidst concerns that the stipends are not keeping up with changes in the economy.
GSC parliamentarian Adam Beberg, a Computer Science doctoral candidate, gave a presentation to the council highlighting how the weakening of the dollar and rises in commodity prices [...]

Sleeping late on Fridays may soon become a thing of the past for students at the University of Iowa, thanks to a new university policy designed to curb Thursday night drinking. The University plans to pay departments to hold their classes on Friday mornings, dishing out $20 per student who signs up for a rescheduled [...]

Stanford has reduced the number of new single-family housing units it is planning to build along Stanford Avenue from 75 to 37 in an effort to appease College Terrace residents who expressed concerns about increased traffic in their neighborhood, which borders the southeast corner of campus.
“The number of houses proposed now is almost half of [...]

Some of Stanford’s nearly two dozen undergraduate and graduate students from Pakistan missed the first few days of winter quarter due to the South Asian state’s recent political upheaval.
After Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a “state of emergency” military rule last November, which silenced nearly all voices of opposition in the political arena, the international [...]

The Office of Undergraduate Admission’s recent adoption of the Common Application has created a gap of more than 2,000 applications in the University’s final count for the Class of 2012. These “incomplete” applications, which would have contributed to the count last year, are not considered in this year’s tally.
To become an applicant for admission in [...]

Students and community members came out en masse last night for the “Faculty for Obama” forum held at Toyon Lounge. The talk featured candid policy discussions and a question and answer session with four presidential campaign advisors to Senator Barack Obama (D-IL).
The speakers included Law Profs. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Larry Marshall and William Gould, as well [...]

As the remaining Republican presidential candidates debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California last night, some at Stanford may have pondered, “What if?”
The debate, the second to be held at the library this campaign cycle, has brought the national spotlight to Simi Valley, Calif., a quiet city of 119,000 residents in the [...]

When the No. 7 Stanford men’s volleyball team takes the floor tonight in Burnham Pavilion, it will be going for just its second win over Pacific in its six previous attempts. The tide seems to have turned — while the Cardinal is having its best season in [...]

118 games ago, Candice Wiggins made her highly-anticipated first appearance in a Stanford uniform. Now, three and a half seasons later, the senior guard is poised to claim the Cardinal’s career scoring record — besting the legendary Kate Starbird ‘97 in the process. Wiggins, who has 2,204 career points, needs just 11 to tie and [...]