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Too Big to Fail: Happy Campers

Too Big to Fail: Happy Campers

Consistent with my recent trend towards bodily imperilment for the sake of “journalism,” I decided to spend a day enrolled in Camp Stanford and see what happened.
If you’re unfamiliar with Camp Stanford, it refers to the lifestyle of those lucky bastards among us who have finished all, or most of, [...]

June 27 2009 | By Jenna Reback | Posted in Opinions | Read More »

Athletics awarded 15th straight Directors’ Cup

Athletics awarded 15th straight Directors’ Cup

Stanford Athletics has claimed an unprecedented 15th consecutive Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup—an annual award presented to the top intercollegiate athletic program in the country…

June 21 2009 | By The Daily News Staff | Posted in Featured, News | Read More »

Pith & Pleonasm: Father’s Day

Pith & Pleonasm: Father’s Day

With no clue how I’d spend my last column, I went back and looked at ideas I’d provided in my original columnist application (we had to propose 10-15), and I immediately noticed that almost every column I’d proposed to write was negative — a criticism of this, an ironic or sarcastic take on that. It’s [...]

June 19 2009 | By Matt Gillespie | Posted in Election 2008, Opinions | Read More »

Too Big to Fail: Five Seven Five

Too Big to Fail: Five Seven Five

Sometimes, less is more. I have no idea when these times are, but this is what I hear.
As I prepared to write my very last Daily column ever, I realized that I could never sum up my Stanford experience in less than 800 words—so, naturally, I decided to write [...]

June 13 2009 | By Jenna Reback | Posted in Opinions | Read More »

BRIEF: Computer Science Prof. Rajeev Motwani dies

BRIEF: Computer Science Prof. Rajeev Motwani dies

Stanford Computer Science Prof. Rajeev Motwani died at his home on Friday. Motwani, well-known in Silicon Valley as an angel investor and adviser to a number of entrepreneurs, including Google co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who he mentored when they were graduate students…

June 7 2009 | By The Daily News Staff | Posted in News | Read More »

Shia LaBeouf Talks “Transformers 2″ with Intermission

Shia LaBeouf Talks “Transformers 2″ with Intermission

With “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” coming out next month, Intermission was lucky enough to sit in on a conversation with Shia.

June 4 2009 | By Annika Heinle | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

Recession leads to strategic shift

Recession leads to strategic shift

The economic downturn has had a significant impact on Stanford’s budget, but with the dust settling on some of the largest changes, the cuts have become far clearer…

June 4 2009 | By Eric Messinger | Posted in News | Read More »

Swine flu hits Farm; students recovering

Swine flu hits Farm; students recovering

Late last week, the University reported that samples from seven students had tested as probable for H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as swine flu. On Tuesday, an eighth diagnosed student was confirmed…

June 4 2009 | By Ryan Mac | Posted in News | Read More »

New GSB dean positive about future

New GSB dean positive about future

Garth Saloner, the newly promoted dean of the Graduate School of Business (GSB) and an economist specializing in entrepreneurship-related research, is quick to dispel any suggestion that his recent appointment bears any relation to the broader economic milieu…

June 4 2009 | By Gerry Shih | Posted in News | Read More »

Diversity concerns hold up NomCom choices

Diversity concerns hold up NomCom choices

ASSU Vice President Jay de la Torre ‘10 said at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Senate meeting that nominations of students to various University committees made by the Nominations Commission (NomCom) will need to be reconsidered…

June 4 2009 | By Zoe Richards | Posted in News | Read More »