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One more month until March.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/m-basketball-card-blows-by-sun-devils-with-dominant-second-half/</link> </item> <item><title>A chat with Young the Giant</title> <description><![CDATA[Three years ago, Sameer Gadhia '11 was a typical parent’s dream -- a smart kid studying Human Biology at Stanford, getting involved in his spare time by singing in Talisman and enjoying Greek life in Sigma Nu]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/a-chat-with-young-the-giant/</link> </item> <item><title>NYC bid informs future, admins say</title> <description><![CDATA[After Stanford withdrew from the competition for a tech campus in New York, administrators and faculty maintain that the $3 million Stanford spent on the proposal was not wasted, and that Stanford gained much valuable experience from the venture.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/nyc-bid-informs-future-admins-say/</link> </item> <item><title>‘High demand’ for Overseas Seminars</title> <description><![CDATA[Following a two-year hiatus of its summer Overseas Seminars, the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) received over 460 applications this past weekend for its five 2012-13 programs, according to BOSP Enrollment Services Coordinator Alyssa Geiger.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/%e2%80%98high-demand%e2%80%99-for-overseas-seminars/</link> </item> <item><title>Humanities key to democracy, author claims</title> <description><![CDATA[“We’re in the middle of a crisis…that has been going largely unnoticed--a worldwide crisis in education,” said philosopher Martha Nussbaum Thursday evening to a near-capacity audience at Cubberley Auditorium. “There are radical changes in what democratic societies teach young people, and these changes have not been well thought through.”]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/humanities-key-to-democracy-author-claims/</link> </item> <item><title>The Stanford Clock is ticking&#8230; slower</title> <description><![CDATA[Observant students may have noticed that the Stanford Clock Tower has been about six minutes behind schedule this quarter. The truth is, the clock was actually a full 12 hours off, as well.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/the-stanford-clock-is-ticking-slower/</link> </item> <item><title>Police blotter</title> <description><![CDATA[This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 26 through Jan. 31, as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/police-blotter-5/</link> </item> <item><title>W. Basketball: Slow start nearly catches up to Stanford in win over Sun Devils</title> <description><![CDATA[Many years ago, French botanist Andre Aubreville wrote, “The desert always menaces.” And for the Stanford women’s basketball team, that fact was never truer than on Thursday night.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/w-basketball-slow-start-nearly-catches-up-to-stanford-in-win-over-sun-devils/</link> </item> <item><title>Wrestling: Busy three-meet weekend closes out Card&#8217;s regular season</title> <description><![CDATA[This weekend the Stanford wrestling team (8-6, 3-1 Pac-12) will wrestle in two duals, against the Utah Valley Wolverines at home on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz., on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Cardinal will also wrestle in the California Collegiate Open on Saturday. But after this weekend’s heavy workload, the Cardinal will get a brief respite, as it will not wrestle again until the Pac-12 Championships on Feb. 26.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/wrestling-busy-three-meet-weekend-closes-out-cards-regular-season/</link> </item> <item><title>W. Gymnastics: Card heads to No. 7 UCLA hoping to move on from first loss</title> <description><![CDATA[Coming off a 196.800-194.525 loss against Pac-12 rival Oregon State for its first defeat of the season, the No. 12 Stanford women’s gymnastics team (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) hopes to get back to its winning ways on Sunday against No. 7 UCLA. The meet is the second of five straight road meets against Pac-12 opponents for the Cardinal.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/w-gymnastics-card-heads-to-no-7-ucla-hoping-to-move-on-from-first-loss/</link> </item> <item><title>Beyda: Thanks to recruits, Stanford football seems set for long-run success</title> <description><![CDATA[By now you’ve probably heard about Stanford’s (literally) gargantuan 2012 recruiting class and the struggles of our good ole friends in Berkeley to keep their commits interested. That was one fun signing day.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/beyda-thanks-to-recruits-stanford-football-seems-set-for-long-run-success/</link> </item> <item><title>Being intellectual at Stanford</title> <description><![CDATA[Whether it is seen as an “intellectual” institution or not, Stanford certainly offers a wide variety of experiences to its undergraduates.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/being-intellectual-at-stanford/</link> </item> <item><title>Video Orgy: Pick me up</title> <description><![CDATA[Though the god Apollo has blessed us with the likes of Adele and Mumford &#038; Sons, the musical world has seen its darker days. When clouds gather and Kanye starts to think he can sing or Taylor Swift performs live, there’s only one remedy to the noise -- indulging in the classics.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/video-orgy-pick-me-up-2/</link> </item> <item><title>SWL: The #KobeSystem</title> <description><![CDATA[The idea of loving Kanye West, Kobe Bryant or Aziz Ansari isn't foreign. But when you put them all together alongside the bests of business and entertainment, in the most dapper of duds and wrapped in self-satirizing Illuminati pretension, that just tickles our fancy into a whole new arena of idolization.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/swl-the-kobesystem/</link> </item> <item><title>Review: &#8216;The Woman in Black&#8217;</title> <description><![CDATA[In his first big screen, post-“Harry Potter” role, Daniel Radcliffe trades wizard robes for Victorian coattails in director James Watkins’ “The Woman in Black.” Adapted from Susan Hill’s gothic novel of the same name, the lackluster thriller thrives on cheap scares, but never quite manages to tap into the pathos of the story about a family’s dark secret.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/review-the-woman-in-black/</link> </item> <item><title>Wilco shines in San Jose</title> <description><![CDATA[People who complain about how much music sucks today need look no further than Wilco to have their arguments squashed. While other bands have shot to superstardom and either flamed out or comfortably nestled in mediocrity, the Chicago-based band has steadily chugged along, sneakily becoming one of the most important American rock bands around. Despite that, the members of Wilco still maintain a relatively low profile. ]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/wilco-shines-in-san-jose/</link> </item> <item><title>Mind Games: The place of plot in video game history</title> <description><![CDATA[For most of my life and long before it began, video games struggled to break into the mainstream and gain status as a respectable art. And with good reason: rose-tinted glasses or not, even the gaming pioneers of the Ford-Carter years would surely admit that their little hobby was just that, a curious plaything more remarkable for simply working than for touching the heart or soul. The Atari and Intellivision era brought higher fidelity to the medium as it stonewalled its way into the American consciousness with heavy marketing campaigns.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/mind-games-the-place-of-plot-in-video-history/</link> </item> <item><title>Chocolate Heads traverse the cosmos</title> <description><![CDATA[When I first meet the Chocolate Heads crew they’re backstage, buzzing with laughter as they do their pre-show warm-ups. They carry that energy onto the stage as they flutter out the door and into the spacious Roble Dance Studio.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/chocolate-heads-traverse-the-cosmos/</link> </item> <item><title>In good taste: Livin&#8217; la vida veggie</title> <description><![CDATA[After recently switching to a plant-based (almost strictly vegetarian) diet this summer, I realized that a vegetarian diet needs to function like a successful marriage.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/in-good-taste-livin-la-vida-veggie/</link> </item> <item><title>SAG Awards bring several surprises</title> <description><![CDATA[The 2012 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were this past Sunday night, and the red carpet was full of Hollywood’s finest having fun with their fashion choices. ]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/sag-awards-bring-several-surprises/</link> </item> <item><title>The best and worst of Oscar nominations</title> <description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is like a group of guys at a bar. You want them to recognize all the hard work and success of your performance for the evening, but if they don’t -- who needs them! The latter situation applies to this year, a shocking cast of awards overlooking many gems in what seemed like a year of Oscar heavy hitters.
]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/the-best-and-worst-of-oscar-nominations/</link> </item> <item><title>Book Critiqua: Ann Patchett talks novels and news</title> <description><![CDATA[It takes a bit of star power for any lecturer to fill Cemex Auditorium on a school night -- but the New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett spoke to a full house on Monday evening. She was introduced by Professor Tobias Wolff, who fondly recalled a 20-something Patchett just embarking on her literary career. ]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/book-critiqua-ann-patchett/</link> </item> <item><title>Roxy Sass: Sexy can I?</title> <description><![CDATA[Roxy’s heard it said that relationships are like a five-unit class, and over the years she’s had to pull plenty of all-nighters. Fortunately for those of you with a full course load, Roxy’s prepared a quick and dirty guide to the kinds of relationships you’ll find.
]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/roxy-sass-sexy-can-i/</link> </item> <item><title>Review: &#8216;One for the Money&#8217;</title> <description><![CDATA[Falling somewhere between predictable romantic comedy and low-budget cop movie, “One for the Money” adapts best-selling author Janet Evanovich’s 1994 novel into an hour and a half of bland dialogue and Katherine Heigl’s failed attempts at a New Jersey accent.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/review-one-for-the-money/</link> </item> <item><title>Top 5: Things you need to know about the Oscar nominations</title> <description><![CDATA[The 2012 Oscar nominees were announced last week, with possibly one too many surprises. Here’s the lowdown on what you should know.
]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/top-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-oscar-nominations/</link> </item> <item><title>The Stanford Daily, Feb. 3, 2012</title> <description><![CDATA[Print edition of The Stanford Daily, published Feb. 3, 2012.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/03/the-stanford-daily-feb-3-2012/</link> </item> <item><title>Football&#124; Stanford signs historically strong recruiting class</title> <description><![CDATA[It’s not often that the sweetest sound on the Stanford campus is that of a screeching fax machine. But that was the story on Wednesday’s National Signing Day, when the Stanford football team signed its best recruiting class in school history]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/02/football-stanford-signs-historically-strong-recruiting-class/</link> </item> <item><title>DOE selects Stanford solar team</title> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected a Stanford team last week as one of 20 collegiate teams set to compete in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/02/doe-selects-stanford-solar-team/</link> </item> <item><title>Freedom Riders inspire, encourage activism</title> <description><![CDATA[Black History Month kicked off at Stanford Monday evening with a panel of three of the original Freedom Riders, civil rights activists who participated in the iconic Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips from Washington, D.C., to the Deep South in 1961.]]></description><link>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/02/freedom-riders-inspire-encourage-activism/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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