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Though the coronavirus diagnostic test developed by a Stanford lab is expected to provide results within 24 hours, the University has not shared whether the students have tested positive for the virus as of 6:15 a.m. Sunday.
The decisions come in the wake of a petition calling on the “Stanford administration to take action against on-campus spread of COVID-19.” Started by a group of 15 students on Monday, the petition garnered 1,000 signatures within hours and has been signed by over 3,700 people as of 6:15 a.m. Sunday.
Meanwhile, as coronavirus cases in Santa Clara County have climbed to 32 and surpassed 100,000 worldwide, Stanford faculty experts are weighing in on the outbreak: A sociology professor said that China’s top-down bureaucracy made it difficult for local-level governments to address the crisis, while the director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program predicted that coronavirus was en route to becoming a global pandemic.
An effort to catalogue historical assets in Stanford’s San Juan Residential District is raising questions over whether the University should prioritize history or affordability. On one side of the debate is a group of faculty members and their family members who want to preserve the historic character of their neighborhood. They oppose Stanford’s plan to tear down two houses and build seven new ones in their place. But other faculty worry that a historical designation would interfere with the University’s ability to build more sustainable, high-volume faculty and staff housing.
Housing dilemmas aren’t limited to the San Juan Residential District. As median incomes in Silicon Valley continue to rise, affording a place to live is becoming increasingly difficult, as discussed in this Daily deep dive on affordable housing in Santa Clara County.
On campus, grad students are worried about rent, too, raising concerns over raised prices in the newly developed Escondido Village Graduate Residences.
Softball has been dominant in preseason conference play and is on a nine-game win streak. Baseball, which has struggled this season, is currently competing in a four-game Friday-through-Sunday series against Kansas State. The Cardinal lost the first game on Friday and split Saturday’s doubleheader.
