• Stanford has complex relationship with rankings
  

  BY: Scott Bland

  Stanford, confident in its reputation as an elite university, never makes a big deal about college rankings. None of the promotional material from the Office of Undergraduate Admission, for example, makes any mention of U.S. News & World Report, the best-known college ranking service...

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• Access limited for disabled students

  By: Viviana Arcia

  Stanford has a reputation for a progressive mindset, both inside and outside the classroom. Yet, in a significant number of cases, this school of thought ...

• Powers briefs Senate on endowment

  By: Joanna Xu

  Since the announcement two months ago of a nearly 26 percent decline in the University endowment, Stanford Management Company (SMC) CEO John Powers, who also ...

• Misdiagnosed: Students recount Vaden ordeals

  By: Christine McFadden

  As the closest health center on campus, students rely heavily on Vaden to diagnose and treat their illnesses. However, Vaden is not always correct in ...

• Campus awaits arrival of H1N1 vaccine

  By: Ryan Mayfield

  While H1N1 influenza vaccines have been expected on campus for some time—officials had expected the vaccine by late October—Stanford will have to wait a bit ...

• Police Blotter

  By: Jane LePham

  This report covers a selection of crimes reported from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 as recorded in the Stanford Police Department Public Bulletin...

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• Everybody work your body

  By: Roseann Cima

  Unbeknownst to most students, at any given time, the Stanford Athletics department employs around 20 personal student trainers for hire.

• Catching up on the catwalks

  By: Ian Montgomery

  What really goes on atop the corridors connecting Alondra, Cardenal, Faisan, Gavilan, Loro, Mirlo and Paloma?

• Facebook addict anonymous

  By: Brianna Pang

  I glance over at the laptop on my desk and realize that I have yet to check my e-mail or Facebook for the day. Just ...

• Hansson makes ballot debut

  By: Kathryn Roethel

  At 57, Fred Hansson is making his public election debut, running to keep the San Mateo City Council seat council members unanimously appointed him to ...

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• Waxworks and Roustabouts: “Selling Out”

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• The GAO Report (Beltway Edition): Need-blind admission for the whole world ‘round

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• Editorial: Chamillionaire lecture offers valuable non-academic insight

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• Flechas y Pedradas: Whipping it out in Spain

  By: Patrick Kozey

• Unfashionable Nonsense: One Historical Fiction, On the Rocks.

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• Students search for sense of self: Blackstage Theater Company explores identity with upcoming performance of Eisa Davis’ “Bulrusher”

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• Remember, Remember, the Play Called “November”

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• Nerds?…Again?

  By: Charlie Mintz

• Close encounters of the worst kind

  By: Annika Heinle

• West Fest

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