Moving through the hospital corridors, no one ran up to Dr. Peter Poullos to tell him he couldn’t be on his Segway, or to demand why he doesn’t just walk or to ask to see some proof of his disability. Yet these demands, and worse, have all happened before. Poullos is a radiology resident physician [...]

University must honor
promises to janitors
To the editor,
One year ago, Stanford students, workers and community members went on a hunger strike for a real living wage policy at Stanford. April 20, 2008 marked the one-year anniversary of the end of the fast, which came after a week of negotiations between the Stanford Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) [...]

Santiago, Chile — Good thing you already paid your board bill. The “silent tsunami” of the global food crisis is still building in scope and destructive potential. In an interview on the Center for Global Development’s Web site, expert Peter Timmer estimated that 10 million people could die prematurely if the crisis continues at its [...]

The chair in which I write this column is a toxic conglomeration of mixed plastics, several unknown alloys of metal, cardboard, grease and polyurethane foam soaked in carcinogenic flame-retardants. If the intention of my anonymous chair designers was to pollute my indoor environment and create twenty pounds of un-recyclable waste, they’ve certainly succeeded. If it [...]

Back in senior year of high school, when I saw that big white-and-red envelope with ‘Congratulations!’ across the front, I started to jump up and down.
It was to my surprise, then, that at Stanford’s Admit Weekend I found myself on the brink of going to another school I didn’t particularly like. I know I made [...]

Heterosexual men exposed to erotic photos are more likely to take larger financial risks than they otherwise would, according to a recent study by Stanford researchers.
Assistant Psychology Prof. Brian Knutson told The Stanford Report that the erotic photos create a positive emotional stimulus that triggers an area of the brain associated with anticipation of reward.
Knutson [...]

At last night’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate meeting, senators officially confirmed the 2008 election results and passed budget bills for the 2009 fiscal year.
The new Senate-elect will have its last transitional meeting with the current senators next week. Following the meeting, the newly elected senators will officially take office and choose their Senate and Deputy Chairs.
Senators [...]

This past weekend more than one thousand prospective freshmen, lovingly known as ProFros, got their first taste of Stanford life at the University’s annual Admit Weekend. According to several ProFros with whom The Daily spoke, their experiences at Admit Weekend played a large role in their decision to attend Stanford.
Out of the many activities Stanford [...]

A key voice in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process visited Stanford Tuesday night as part of a speaking tour of American universities.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ambassador to the United States Afif Safieh spoke at Kresge Auditorium in an event presented by the Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (CJME). The event was co-sponsored by the [...]

Leslie Hume Ph.D. ‘79 has been elected to serve as the first female president of the Board of Trustees since Jane Stanford in 1903.
Hume, whose term as president will begin in July, said she was surprised and honored to receive the appointment, and that she is pleased at the progress women have made in higher [...]