Following fire hydrant break, water floods Santa Teresa
A broken fire hydrant at the intersection of Lomita Mall and Santa Teresa Street propelled a wave of water into the air early Thursday afternoon. The water then flooded eastward...
Santa Clara County voters recall Judge Aaron Persky
Santa Clara County voters have recalled Judge Aaron Persky ’84 M.A. ’85, who raised national controversy after sentencing former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexual...
Senate rejects nomination of non-Native renaming committee members, appoints Randolph as election commissioner
Procedural confusion filled Room 209 of the Nitery on Tuesday night as the 20th Undergraduate Senate debated whether to confirm two nominees to the University Building Naming Committee. Senators ultimately...
Escondido Village gas leak shuts down part of Campus Drive, people advised to ‘avoid the area’
Following an Escondido Village gas leak, authorities have closed down portions of Campus Drive and shut off gas service in two East Campus graduate residences, according to a series of...
Breaking silence, Persky says recall will compromise judicial independence, prove dangerous
Two years after handing down a controversial ruling in a sexual assault case that drew international scrutiny, Judge Aaron Persky ’84 M.A. ’85 broke his silence on Tuesday morning to...
College Republicans email acknowledges ProFros attending ‘race-based events’ are not target audience
An email sent to members of Stanford College Republicans (SCR) announcing the group’s Admit Weekend event openly acknowledged that the organization does not “target” students of color in its recruitment...
Recently-released OCR letter details policy inconsistencies, concerns in two Title IX cases
More than three years after the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) first announced its investigation of complaints against Stanford, the University released OCR’s April letter detailing the agreement reached following...
After scam call, Stanford student wires ‘large sum’ to China
On April 12, a Stanford student was phone scammed and wired a “large sum of money” to a foreign caller, according to an AlertSU report released Saturday night.