Title IX office, CAPS find new home in Kingscote Gillian Brassil January 24, 2018 0 Comments Located between the Faculty Club and Harmony House, Kingscote underwent a year-long renovation effort geared toward opening more university offices — in particular, the offices under the Division of... Read More »
Judge Persky recall petition gets nearly 100,000 signatures Gillian Brassil January 12, 2018 0 Comments The petition to recall Judge Aaron Persky ’84 A.M. ’85, the presiding judge in the sexual assault case against former Stanford student Brock Turner, reached nearly 100,000 signatures Thursday. The... Read More »
Classy classes: Students bring video games to life in CS 146 Gillian Brassil January 11, 2018 0 Comments Last fall, fourteen student teams designed computer, video and mobile games in CS 146: “Introduction to Game Design and Development.” Read More »
American public no more polarized than decades ago, Stanford professor finds Gillian Brassil January 8, 2018 0 Comments Research from Wendt Family Professor of Political Science Morris Fiorina shows that the American public is not more politically polarized than it was in 1976, despite the apparent polarization of... Read More »
Supreme Court’s travel ban green-light spurs new uncertainty for international students Gillian Brassil December 6, 2017 0 Comments Executive Director of Bechtel International Center Shalini D. Bhutani explained that students from abroad have F-1 and J-1 Visas, which are not affected by the travel ban. For some Stanford students,... Read More »
Q&A: Former LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks state of politics, immigration Gillian Brassil December 1, 2017 0 Comments The Daily sat down with former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, who is one of the Democratic candidates running for governor of California, to chat about why he thinks “politics is... Read More »
Senior class presidents contest FoHo report of their U-Haul crash Courtney Douglas and Gillian Brassil November 30, 2017 0 Comments The Fountain Hopper account, sent out in an email last week, details an accident that occurred last spring when the presidents attempted to drive a rented U-Haul with their newly appointed cabinet... Read More »
Faculty Senate talks long-term planning, ‘Diversity in the Field’ initiative Gillian Brassil October 30, 2017 0 Comments In its first meeting of the academic year, Faculty Senate received updates on long-range planning, a recap of President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s first year and a debrief from executive leaders of the... Read More »