Sam Premutico – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com Breaking news from the Farm since 1892 Sun, 31 May 2015 07:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-DailyIcon-CardinalRed.png?w=32 Sam Premutico – The Stanford Daily https://stanforddaily.com 32 32 204779320 Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 talks surveillance and security https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/29/senator-dianne-feinstein-55-talks-surveillance-and-security/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/29/senator-dianne-feinstein-55-talks-surveillance-and-security/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:22:58 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1101751 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 spoke on May 28 at CEMEX Auditorium about American surveillance laws and national security. The talk was sponsored by six Stanford organizations, including the Hoover Institution, Freeman Spogli Institute and Stanford in Government.

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U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 spoke on May 28 at CEMEX Auditorium about American surveillance laws and national security. The talk was sponsored by six Stanford organizations, including the Hoover Institution, Freeman Spogli Institute and Stanford in Government.

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U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 speaks on threats to national security during a talk on May 28 (KEVIN HSU/The Stanford Daily).

In the talk, moderated by consulting professor Philip Taubman, Feinstein discussed her defense of the country’s national security laws, as well as her criticism of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. In addition to her position as Senator, Feinstein was the mayor of San Francisco during the 1970s and 1980s, and currently serves as the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Feinstein will be flying to Washington D.C. over the weekend, where the Senate will discuss extending the NSA’s metadata collection program. Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which outlines the metadata collection program, is set to expire at midnight on Sunday.

“It is often depicted as a surveillance program. In my view it is not. In my view, surveillance is observation over a period of time up close and personal. That’s not what this is,” said Feinstein with regards to the NSA’s perceived surveillance programs. Rather, Feinstein insists the programs only query data when there is a “reasonable, articulable suspicion” surrounding a phone call from a known terrorist.

Though Feinstein feels a program such as that outlined in Section 215 is necessary, she would rather telecom companies hold the data until a warrant for any data is obtained, and then hand the information over to the NSA. Current reform efforts of the program are taking the approach under consideration.

Feinstein also took time to discuss her perception of current terrorist threats, including ISIS, recounting the crimes ISIS has carried out in the recent past.

“I don’t think during my lifetime I’ve ever seen the degree to which evil exists out in the world today,” she said. “They are in my view the personification of evil.”

When asked about Snowden, Feinstein did not hesitate to share her criticism of his actions.

“I think it’s a very serious crime,” said Feinstein, discussing the release of sensitive military data. “I don’t respect him for what he did. I believe he should come back to the United States and take his punishment, candidly.”

In addition to her discussion of recent NSA programs embroiled in controversy, Feinstein spoke about her involvement with the report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation techniques following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Feinstein has pushed for the report to be made available to the public in its entirety.

 

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Police Blotter: May 17 – 25 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/28/police-blotter-may-17-25/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/28/police-blotter-may-17-25/#respond Thu, 28 May 2015 15:00:53 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1101604 This report covers a selection of incidents from May 17 to May 25 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from May 17 to May 25 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Sunday, May 17

  • An unknown suspect stole an individual’s keys after she accidentally left them in the exterior lock of her office door in the Landau Economics Building sometime between 5:20 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack in front of Lathrop Library sometime between 12:20 p.m. and 12:50 p.m.

Thursday, May 21

  • An individual’s unlocked bike was stolen from the stairwell lobby of his Sterling Quad residence sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside of the Beckman Center sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
  •  An anonymous user posted on Yik Yak that they wanted to kill themselves at 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 22

  • The driver of a vehicle attempted to evade SUDPS deputies after they attempted to conduct a traffic stop near Lomita Dr. and Roth Way at 2:20 a.m.
  • An abandoned golf cart was found near Bowdoin St. and the Cowell Cluster at 9:15 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a controlled substance near Oak Road and Stock Farm Road at 10:30 p.m.
  • Two individuals were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol near Theta Delta Chi between 11:50 p.m. and 11:55 p.m.
  •  An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol at 11:55 p.m. near Grove House.

Saturday, May 23

  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication at 12:54 a.m. near Hurlburt House and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from the North side of Wilbur Hall sometime between 10:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Theta Delta Chi at 11:45 p.m.

Sunday, May 24

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Campus Drive East and Mayfield Ave. at 12:05 a.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Theta Delta Chi at 12:30 a.m.
  •  An unknown suspect stole an individual’s iPhone off a table at Hurlburt House and fled in an unknown direction sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 12:45 a.m.

Monday, May 25

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a false drivers’ license near Florence Moore Hall at 4:10 a.m.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the nine-day period between May 17 and May 25.

 

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Police Blotter: May 12 – May 16 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/21/police-blotter-may-12-may-16/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/21/police-blotter-may-12-may-16/#respond Fri, 22 May 2015 00:17:57 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1101319 This report covers a selection of incidents from May 12 to May 16 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from May 12 to May 16 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Tuesday, May 12

  • An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from the patio of his Escondido Village II residence sometime between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13

  • No incidents reported.

Thursday, May 14

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of drug paraphernalia near Lasuen Street and Campus Drive sometime between 10:25 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside of Sequoia Hall sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside Jerry House sometime between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 5 p.m. Thursday.

Friday, May 15

  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication near Old Union and transported to the San Jose Main Jail sometime between 12:35 a.m and 12:45 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack in front of the Sports Cafe sometime between 10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
  • Two individuals were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol at 11:30 p.m. near Mayfield Avenue.

Saturday, May 16

  • An unknown individual possibly on the Stanford Campus posted on Yik Yak about a possible suicide attempt sometime between 12:55 a.m. and 1:55 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect stole an individual’s wallet and iPhone from the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning sometime between 2:10 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
  • An unknown male suspect struck a victim in the face when the two approached each other in the bike lane on the 300 block of Santa Teresa at 3:25 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for driving under the influence under the age of 21 and being in possession of a controlled substance near Palm Drive and Palo Road sometime between 4:43 p.m. and 5:10 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication at 5:05 p.m. near Serra Street and Arguello Way and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, four alcohol transports were reported for the five-day period between May 12 and May 16.

 

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Police Blotter: May 5 – May 11 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/13/police-blotter-may-5-may-11/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/13/police-blotter-may-5-may-11/#respond Thu, 14 May 2015 02:42:41 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1100902 This report covers a selection of incidents from May 5 to May 11 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from May 5 to May 11 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Wednesday, May 5

  • An unknown suspect stole an individual’s unattended wallet from Treehouse sometime between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 6

  • An individual’s reportedly U-Locked bike was stolen from a bike rack in front of the Packard Building sometime between 8 p.m. Wednesday and noon Thursday.

Friday, May 7

  • An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from in between the Donner and Serra wings of Stern Hall sometime between 7:15 p.m. Thursday and 10:50 a.m. Friday.

Saturday, May 8

  • An individual was cited and released for having a controlled substance in a vehicle at 5:46 a.m. near Campus Dr. and Quarry Rd.
  • An individual was arrested for driving under the influence near near Mayfield Ave. and Lane W. at 10:40 p.m.

Sunday, May 9

  • Three individuals were arrested for public intoxication near Arboretum Dr. and Galvez St. at 9:45 a.m. and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.
  • An individual reported that a suspect exposed his penis while urinating in public near Kappa Alpha at 4:30 p.m. The reporting party does not wish to press charges.

Monday, May 10

  • A noise complaint was reported for Synergy House at 4 a.m. The noise was turned down upon contact and no further complaints were made.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stood on top of an individual’s parked car near Florence Moore Hall and smashed the rear window with an unknown object sometime between 6 p.m. Sunday and 5 p.m. Monday.

Tuesday, May 11

  • An individual’s reportedly chain-locked bike was stolen from the outside the Cummings Art Building sometime between 10:45 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from outside the Burbank wing of Stern Hall sometime between noon and 3:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect was confronted when stealing packages from an individual’s Escondido Village residence doorstep at 5:05 p.m. and fled eastbound on a bike.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported for the seven-day period between May 5 and May 11.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights speaks https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/06/u-n-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-speaks/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/06/u-n-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-speaks/#respond Thu, 07 May 2015 05:14:48 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1100505 The former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gave the inaugural HANDA Center Lecture on Human Rights Tuesday night in Cemex Auditorium. Pillay reflected on her time as High Commissioner and discussed current human rights conflicts around the world.

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Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gave the inaugural HANDA Center Lecture on Human Rights Tuesday night in Cemex Auditorium. Pillay reflected on her time as High Commissioner and discussed current human rights conflicts around the world.

Pillay was born in South Africa and served as the first non-white female judge on the country’s High Court. Later, she served as a judge at the International Criminal Court and as the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She took over as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2008 and held the position until 2014.

During her discussion, Pillay took time to address prioritizing certain human rights over others, emphasizing that it could not be done.

“My interpretation is that all human rights are important to all individuals. You can’t actually grade the human rights and say one is more important than another,” she said.

The comment came after recounting that by the end of her six years as High Commissioner, she had pointed to 55 countries by name with human rights concerns.

“My aim was to be inclusive and focus on all concerns,” she said. “A few developed countries objected to me shining the lens in their backyards on discrimination for instance against minority groups… They said I should be instead focusing on gross human rights violations in conflicts where thousands of people are being killed.”

Pillay’s work focused largely on previously unaddressed minority groups whose human rights had not been ensured, including LGBT individuals, migrants and people with albinism. Her efforts to address human rights for the LGBT community were met with hesitancy from the Arab world and Africa.

“They said by doing so I was creating new rights,” Pillay said. “I should adhere to internationally agreed rights, and these rights are not internationally agreed. I took the approach that the universal declaration of human rights to which they all subscribe speaks of equality and nondiscrimination and I find here a group of people who are being discriminated against and not being treated equally.”

Pillay noted that she addressed the issue carefully from the perspective of violence and discrimination. The efforts resulted in the High Commissioner’s office preparing studies on the international prevalence of homophobia, violence and discrimination against LGBT individuals.

Discussing the current conflict in Syria and the human rights violations in the region, Pillay called the U.N. Security Council’s lack of action a failure.

“By their failure to agree and act collectively in the face of horrendous violations they were responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in Syria,” she said.

After her lecture, Pillay answered questions submitted by the audience. One question was asked about the belief that the U.N. forces “Western” notions of individual human rights onto the rest of the world.

“Pain is pain. Whether you’re a woman from a developing country or you’re a Western woman, if you’re being beaten up the pain is the same,” Pillay responded. “In my time, at least, I heard less and less that these are Western notions. In fact the universal declaration was drafted not just by Western states but all states including Africa, including Egypt.”

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Police Blotter: April 29 – May 4 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/06/police-blotter-april-29-may-4/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/05/06/police-blotter-april-29-may-4/#respond Thu, 07 May 2015 03:07:00 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1100522 This report covers a selection of incidents from April 29 to May 4 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin. Wednesday, April 29: An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from in front of Green Library sometime between 8:20 a.m. and 1:35 p.m. An individual’s unlocked bike was stolen from in front […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from April 29 to May 4 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, April 29:

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from in front of Green Library sometime between 8:20 a.m. and 1:35 p.m.
  • An individual’s unlocked bike was stolen from in front of the Art Gallery sometime between noon and 1 p.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from in front of the North-West side of Lathrop Library sometime between 4:20 p.m. and 6 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication near Wallenberg Hall at 5:20 p.m. and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.

Thursday, April 30:

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from in front of the Green Earth Sciences building sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
  • A golf cart was stolen near the Taper Law Student Center sometime between 1:45 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect was looking into an individual’s Griffin House bedroom window while she was dressing sometime between 9:35 p.m. and 10:05 p.m.

Friday, May 1:

  • An individual was arrested near Clubhouse for public intoxication at 10:40 p.m. and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication and multiple outstanding warrants near Columbae House at 10:45 p.m and transported to the San Jose Main Jail.

Saturday, May 2:

  • A family of ducks fell into a storm drain near Tresidder Memorial Union sometime between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. The ducks were heroically caught and returned to the rest of the family nearby.

Sunday, May 3:

  • Multiple individuals were cited and released for trespassing at the Mitchell Pool Place at 12:40 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly chain locked bike was stolen from in front of Roble Hall sometime between 7:50 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Monday, May 4:

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the window of a victim’s vehicle near Sigma Alpha Epsilon with an unknown object sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an R&DE golf cart near Wilbur Hall sometime between 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, three alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between April 29 and May 4.

 

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Throwback Thursday: Swastikas upset students, University improves response time to offensive graffiti https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/30/throwback-thursday-swastikas-upset-students-university-improves-response-time-to-offensive-graffiti/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/30/throwback-thursday-swastikas-upset-students-university-improves-response-time-to-offensive-graffiti/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:00:19 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1100124 The swastika found at SAE this weekend was not the first instance of anti-Semitic graffiti at Stanford. The symbol was found multiple times on campus in 1988; in one instance, the University took two weeks to remove the swastika. Students reacted to this delay in the Daily article below, initially published on Nov. 10, 1988.  […]

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The swastika found at SAE this weekend was not the first instance of anti-Semitic graffiti at Stanford. The symbol was found multiple times on campus in 1988; in one instance, the University took two weeks to remove the swastika. Students reacted to this delay in the Daily article below, initially published on Nov. 10, 1988. 

By Laura Jacobson, Senior staff writer

Nov. 10, 1988

It took 10 minutes yesterday for a University worker to respond to a report of a year-old swastika in Lambda Nu and paint over it — a marked contrast to the two weeks it took the University to react to a report last month of a swastika on an East Lagunita basement wall that had also gone unchecked for over a year. Yesterday’s prompt action is a result of community pressure on the Housing Facilities Office to respond immediately to complaints of offensive graffiti. In recent weeks students have grown angry and frustrated with Housing Facilities because of its seeming lack of concern about the East Lagunita swastika. In addition, students are dismayed that such a frightening symbol could remain visible for so long in common areas on campus.

“It’s disgraceful that Stanford students can walk by these, and other offensive graffiti, and not take any action,” said junior Jessica Mahlab.

The University delayed two weeks before it painted over the East Lagunita swastika, which Mahlab reported to Housing Facilities on Oct. 6. It was not painted over by the end of the week and, when Mahlab reported again, she was told that Facilities Manager Rich Lang would personally paint over the swastika. When the swastika remained unpainted the following Friday, Oct. 14, an assistant in Lang’s office offered Mahlab a bucket of paint and told her she could paint it over herself, Mahlab said. But the paint was not delivered to Mahlab by the following Wednesday, Oct. 19, and Mahlab told her resident assistant, Kim Coleman. The next day Coleman asked Lang to paint over the swastika by noon.

“I just forgot to paint it — it wasn’t an intentional delay,” Lang told The Daily yesterday. “I had the paint and the brushes available and I told her [Coleman] that if the student wanted to do it right now, she could,” Lang said.

Coleman then called Lynn Glick, Lang’s boss, who asked that the swastika be painted over immediately. It was finally covered two days later. The delay outraged several students, and since then the University has tightened its policy to repond to racially offensive graffiti. Student Housing Manager Suzanne Tamiesie said managers and assistant managers in Housing Facilities have been trained in the appropriate response to offensive graffiti.

Not only must such graffiti be painted over immediately, Tamiesie said, but a photo must be taken. The photo will allow facilities to “share with [the Office of] Residential Education what has occured and to find patterns and evidence of where things happen,” Tamiesie added.

When Mahleb reported the Lambda Nu swastika to Housing Facilities at 3:45 p.m. yesterday, it took only minutes for a Facilities worker to arrive with paintbucket in hand. He photographed and painted over the graffiti by 3:55 p.m. Mahlab said the University’s prompt response to the swastika in Lambda Nu was “very positive and commendable.” The two graffiti incidents have sparked grave concern among Jewish students here, who only last week were shocked to find fliers distributed on campus by an anti-Semitic political action committee.

“The swastika is a painful and a scary symbol,” said senior Susan Buseck, a Jewish student. “The Nazis killed an entire branch of my family. They caused a massive disruption of Jewish people’s lives and their culture.”

The swastika in the Lagunita basement had been there for more than a year, residents said. The Lambda Nu swastika and the words “white power” were scrawled on a third-floor bathroom door there after the annual Big Game Bonfire last November, according to house residents. White supremists calling themselves “Skinheads” and “members of the white master race” allegedly defaced the door, said senior Thorn Hayes, a third-year Lambda Nu resident. Lambda Nu is located near the Lagunita lakebed where the Bonfire celebration is held.

“It wasn’t anyone from the house — it was random,” said another resident, Daniella Evans. “We all knew it [the swastika] was there,” she said.

Evans, a senior, said she told Lamda Nu house manager Michael Furlong about the swastika last year. The University said the swastika was not reported, and Furlong, who has graduated, could not be reached yesterday.

Responding, Director of Housing Keith Guy said, “I find it difficult to believe that if it were officially reported that there was not an immediate response.”

“It concerns me,” Guy added, because the swastika was “relatively old, not new stuff.” Not everyone in the house knew of the swastika because the coed bathroom is on the third floor and serves eight residents, said Lambda Nu RA Matt Schwartz. Schwartz said he was told about the swastika yesterday.

“The University should have removed it at the end of last year,” he said. “People this year attempted to cover it over with pen … but they did not try very hard,” Schwartz said. He added that last spring residents covered the swastika with artificial snow spray, but he thought a cleaning crew washed off the paint at the end of last year.

Daily Photographer: Michael Topolovac; Caption: Project Custodian Jeff Hines applies paint to the swastika in Lamda Nu. The swastika originally appeared Nov. 19, 1987.

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Police Blotter: April 21 – April 28 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/29/police-blotter-april-21-april-28/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/29/police-blotter-april-21-april-28/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 05:34:21 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1100111 This report covers a selection of incidents from April 21 to April 28 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.   Tuesday, April 21: An individual’s bike was stolen from in front of the Sherman Fairchild Science Building sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 9:40 a.m. An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from April 21 to April 28 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Tuesday, April 21:

  • An individual’s bike was stolen from in front of the Sherman Fairchild Science Building sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 9:40 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack near Hoover Tower sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.

 

Wednesday, April 22:

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

 

Thursday, April 23:

  • San Mateo County Engineers extinguished a small vegetation fire near Piers Lane and Alpine Road at 1:19 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an unattended purse from between Building 20 and Building 50 sometime between 1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.
  • An individual parked and abandoned a vehicle reported stolen out of San Jose on Stanford Ave. at 5 p.m.

 

Friday, April 24:

  • An individual was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) near Bowdoin Lane and Campus Drive sometime between 12:40 a.m. and 1 a.m. and was transported to the San Jose Main Jail.

 

Saturday, April 25:

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

 

Sunday, April 26:

  • An unknown suspect or suspects used an unknown object to smash the rear windshield of a rental car outside of Theta Delta Chi at 12:35 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects spray painted a pentagram onto the southwest exterior wall of Casa Italiana sometime between 12:01 a.m. Monday and 7:40 p.m. Tuesday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects spray painted swastikas on Sigma Alpha Epsilon house property sometime between 12:01 a.m. and 1:30 a.m, causing approximately $500 in damage.

 

Monday, April 27:

  • An unknown suspect stole an individual’s unattended backpack from the Huang Engineering Center sometime between 12:10 a.m. and 12:20 a.m.

 

Tuesday, April 28:

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a controlled substance at 12:45 a.m. on Stanford Ave.
  • Two individuals engaged in a verbal altercation at the Student Services Building sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. The suspect then threw his sunglasses at the victim’s face.
  • An individual’s reportedly chain-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack near Building 60 sometime between noon and 6 p.m.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, no alcohol transports were reported for the eight-day period between April 21 and April 28.

 

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Security flaw found in website used for ASSU election voting https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/28/security-flaw-found-in-website-used-for-assu-election-voting/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/28/security-flaw-found-in-website-used-for-assu-election-voting/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:31:19 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1099982 During the ASSU election, the ballot website exhibited a security flaw that could have allowed individuals to tamper with voting results had it gone unchecked. Three Stanford students discovered the bug when trying to access the website to vote and immediately notified the ASSU Elections Commission, which had the vulnerability patched.

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During the recent ASSU election, the ballot website exhibited a security flaw that could have allowed individuals to tamper with voting results had it gone unchecked. Three Stanford students discovered the bug when trying to access the website to vote and immediately notified the ASSU Elections Commission, which had the vulnerability patched.

The vulnerability became evident when the website displayed a server error when the site could not be accessed. Due to a bug in the site’s code, the server error gave access to troves of sensitive information.

“The debug flag had been set to ‘true’ on the server, which basically means it shows all the information that could be helpful in debugging it,” Russell Kaplan ’17 said. “When we were all looking at this page, it was clear that there was definitely sensitive information on the page. One of them was the credentials for the database used by the ASSU to handle all of [its] voting. And the username and the host and the password for the database were just exposed on the website once you find a server error.”

Kaplan discovered the bug along with two other CS 106 section leaders, Jason Teplitz ’17 and Sam Redmond ’18, while working in the LaIR on the night of April 15. Redmond received an email alerting him to vote in the ASSU election from his dorm but was presented with a server error when he tried to access the link. The three of them began investigating the page when they noticed the information that was being displayed.

“We started investigating more, and sure enough, we were able to log into the server from the computer in the LaIR, and from there were able to read and write permissions to every single field in the database,” Kaplan said.

According to Kaplan, this “severe” security vulnerability made every individual’s voting record visible and allowed for prior submissions to be altered.

“You [could] modify people’s votes and … rig the election,” he said.

By the time they identified the bug, there had been a few hundred votes cast. The three students were not sure if they were the first to catch the bug and immediately emailed ASSU Election Commissioner and fellow section leader Saj Sri-Kumar ’16 notifying him of the vulnerability. Sri-Kumar, whom the students described as “very responsive,” then notified an individual who had access to the site’s code and had the incorrectly set debug flag patched within minutes.

While the individual bug, which Teplitz described as trivial and easy to avoid, was fixed, the students feel that the site likely has other security vulnerabilities.

“I’m not at all convinced that there aren’t other problems with the site, but they’ve taken care of that one,” said Teplitz. “It feels like there are probably other vulnerabilities to this website. It doesn’t feel like a secure voting system by any means.”

Sri-Kumar insists that at no point was the election’s integrity at risk, noting that votes are saved in multiple places.

“What they did was very helpful, but we had a number of security measures in place,” Sri-Kumar said.

Sri-Kumar also explained that, to the best of his knowledge, the website itself was never actually breached.

“At no point did anybody breach anything. Even if they had, it wouldn’t have made any material impact,” he added.

The website is passed down year to year and adjusted accordingly. The code is stored on a private server, separate from the general ASSU server, for security purposes. Only the election commission has access to it, according to Sri-Kumar.

Despite Sri-Kumar’s confidence that the election was never in jeopardy, Kaplan, Teplitz and Redmond felt that the site’s information could have easily been manipulated.

“It wouldn’t be hard at all for just one person, a student or not even a student, to just completely invalidate the voice of the student,” Teplitz said. “It’s the end goal of trying to exploit the system. You end up with complete control over where the data goes, so you can change the entire ballot, you can change people’s names, statements, rewrite how much money everybody is getting in special fees.”

According to Teplitz, it would have been possible to set automatic triggers that would divert votes from one candidate to another.

“You can honestly probably do all of this and nobody would have noticed,” he said.

The ASSU did not feel it was necessary to notify students of the security flaw.

“Especially with tensions running high, it didn’t make sense to tell people there was a problem when there was no problem,” Sri-Kumar said.

Kaplan, however, feels students should have been notified of the vulnerability, given how close many of the elections were.

“The margin of victory was very slim in some of the races — voters should have assurance that outcomes reflect the student body’s decision and not the whims of a hacker,” Kaplan said.

 

Kylie Jue contributed to this report.

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Police Blotter: April 14 – 20 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/22/police-blotter-april-14-20/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/22/police-blotter-april-14-20/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:43:34 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1099628 This report covers a selection of incidents from April 14 to April 20 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.   Tuesday, April 14: An individual was repeatedly harassed by an unknown suspect who called from a blocked number and left sexually explicit voicemails between 1:30 p.m. Monday and 9:26 a.m. […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from April 14 to April 20 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

 

Tuesday, April 14:

  • An individual was repeatedly harassed by an unknown suspect who called from a blocked number and left sexually explicit voicemails between 1:30 p.m. Monday and 9:26 a.m. Tuesday.
  • An unknown suspect attempted to pry open the screen of a kitchen window and gain entry into an Escondido Village II residence sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight.

 

Wednesday, April 15:

No incidents were reported for this day.

 

Thursday, April 16:

  • An individual’s reportedly cable locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside of the Skilling Building sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
  • A small gas valve broke while a PG&E crew was working on a gas line near Manzanita Dining Commons at 2:52 p.m. PG&E turned off the gas, and an SU alert was sent out when the area was deemed safe.

 

Friday, April 17:

  • A Campus Security Authority informed SUDPS that a female student was reportedly sexually assaulted in her residence hall by a Stanford student known to her. The incident occurred sometime between April 4 and April 5.
  • A noise complaint was reported for Hurlburt House at 11 p.m. The noise was turned down and the party was moved inside upon contact.

 

Saturday, April 18:

  •  An individual was arrested for grand theft, possession of drug paraphernalia and prowling near Mudd Chemistry Building and transported to the San Jose Main Jail. The incident occurred sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.
  •  An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from in front of Kappa Alpha Theta house sometime between 12:45 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  •  A reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside of the sunken diamond field sometime between 6 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday.

 

Sunday, April 19:

  •  An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack in front of Donner sometime between 3 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Sunday.
  •  An individual was cited and released for being under the influence of a controlled substance and for being in possession of drug paraphernalia at 7:14 p.m. near Campus Drive and Stock Farm Road.

 

Monday, April 20:

  • An unknown suspect stole the front wheel, seat and carbon fiber seat post from an individual’s reportedly U-locked bike outside of Munger Building Two sometime between midnight and 7:45 a.m.
  •  An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a false ID and for biking with both ears covered by earbuds at 8:20 a.m. near Arguello Way and Bowdoin Ln.
  •  An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from in front of the Anderson House sometime between 7 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday.
  •  A parked and locked golf cart was stolen from the Elliot Program Center sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Monday.
  •  An individual was cited and release for resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace officer and for running a stop sign at 5:55 p.m. near Santa Teresa St. and Samuel Morris Way.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported for the seven-day period between April 14 and April 20.

 

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Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D.’82 and President John Hennessy have both expressed concern for Stanford’s campus culture in the last day.

Provost worried by tone of campus dialogue

At Thursday’s Faculty Senate Meeting, the Provost made a statement on recent debates and protests within the student body, including the current ASSU elections.

“In recent months, I have been increasingly distressed by the tenor of discourse on campus,” Etchemendy said.

“Whether the issue is Israel and Palestine, sexual assault and due process, investment in fossil fuels, marriage and gay rights, black lives, or increasing disparities in wealth, we seem to have lost the ability to engage in true dialogue. Dialogue is not monologue times two. The essential feature of dialogue is not speaking but listening; listening with respect and then expressing, in turn, one’s own view with clarity, rather than volume.”

Etchemendy referred to ASSU endorsements made by student groups as a particular concern.

“I would like to ask our students which they would prefer: a senate composed of thoughtful, open-minded students representing the full range of student opinion, or a senate preselected to represent a filtered set of beliefs. If the answer is the latter, then I fear we have failed as a university,” Etchemendy concluded.

The Provost’s statement comes amidst heightened scrutiny of the endorsement process, following allegations that the Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) engaged in an anti-semitic line of questioning when interviewing one candidate for their endorsement.

President requests feedback on campus climate

The Office of the President sent out an email yesterday to all Stanford Students informing them that they would be asked to participate in a 10-15 minute survey on Stanford’s campus climate. The survey will ask students about their perceptions of campus culture and safety, focusing on their experience with sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking and relationship violence, according to the email.

In order to assure the anonymity of participants, the survey will be conducted by an outside research organization. Answers will not be linked to participants’ names.

Summary results of the survey will be shared with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the federal agency responsible for enforcing Title IX, according to a link included in the email.

 

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Police Blotter: April 8 – April 13 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/15/police-blotter-april-8-april-13/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/15/police-blotter-april-8-april-13/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:44:30 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1099142 This report covers a selection of incidents from April 8 to April 13 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin. Wednesday, April 8: An individual reported that she witnessed an individual possibly holding a gun on the second floor of her Escondido Village residence at 8:05 p.m. A suspicious phone call was […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from April 8 to April 13 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, April 8:

  • An individual reported that she witnessed an individual possibly holding a gun on the second floor of her Escondido Village residence at 8:05 p.m.
  • A suspicious phone call was received at the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building sometime between 9:55 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

 

Thursday, April 9:

  • An individual was arrested near Mayfield Avenue and Campus Drive for riding under the influence at 1:00 a.m.

 

Friday, April 10: 

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen near Escondido Village II sometime between 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, and 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 10.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks on the south side of the Gunn Building sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

 

Saturday, April 11:

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Mayfield Avenue at 11:30 p.m.

 

Sunday, April 12: 

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from Parking Structure 5 sometime between noon on Saturday and noon on Sunday.

 

Monday, April 13: 

  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered a fenced-in construction area on Stock Farm Road and stole multiple copper fittings and construction tools from two locked containers. The incident occurred sometime between 3:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Monday.
  • An individual was arrested near Electioneer Road and Fremont Road for vehicle theft and transported to the San Jose Main Jail sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 9:36 a.m.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, no alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between April 8 and April 13.

 

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Police Blotter: March 30 – April 7 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/08/police-blotter-march-30-april-7/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/08/police-blotter-march-30-april-7/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:14:30 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1098559 This report covers a selection of incidents from March 30 to April 7 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.   Monday, March 30 An individual was cited and released for being in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana near Narnia House at 3:30 p.m. An unknown suspect stole an […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from March 30 to April 7 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Monday, March 30

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana near Narnia House at 3:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect stole an individual’s University-issued cellphone from a Lathrop Library bathroom stall sometime between 4:00 p.m. and 4:10 p.m.

 

Tuesday, March 31

  • An individual’s cable-locked bike was stolen from in front of the Cummings Art Building sometime between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered the Green Earth Sciences Building mail room, faced the camera towards the floor and stole a package at 10:15 p.m.

 

Wednesday, April 1

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a suitcase accidentally left in front of an El Escarpado residence sometime between 1:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

 

Thursday, April 2

  • An individual was arrested near Lane Hall and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for being in possession of burglary tools and being in possession of a weapon at 11:35 a.m.
  • An individual’s cable-locked bike was stolen from a Green Library bike rack sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

 

Friday, April 3

  • An unknown suspect pulled out his genitals and began stroking them while looking through a window near Lagunita Court at 9:45 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana at 11:15 p.m. near Larkin West, Stern Hall.

 

Saturday, April 4

  • An unknown suspect or suspects removed a backstop cushion worth 1,000 dollars from the Sunken Diamond sometime between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 9:00 a.m. Saturday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects wrote several phrases in chalk on the sidewalk near Hoover Tower and the tower itself at 10:00 a.m. causing approximately 300 dollars in damages.

 

Sunday, April 5

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

 

Monday, April 6

  • An individual chased, caught and retrieved his bike from a suspect near Olmsted Road without conflict sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 2:05 p.m. The suspect was seen in the area prior to the theft.

 

Tuesday, April 7

  • An individual’s bike reportedly U-locked to itself was stolen from a Castaño residence hall bike rack sometime between 10:30 p.m. Monday and 9:50 a.m. Tuesday.
  • A suspicious individual was reportedly hanging around Kappa Alpha Theta and possibly peering into windows at 8:25 p.m. The individual left when contacted.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the nine-day period between March 30 and April 7.


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Police Blotter: March 9 – March 29 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/01/police-blotter-march-9-march-29/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/04/01/police-blotter-march-9-march-29/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:24:51 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1098178 This report covers a selection of incidents from March 9 to March 29 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from March 9 to March 29 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Monday, March 9 – March 11

  • No incidents were reported.

Thursday, March 12

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an individual’s viola from the Nitery sometime between 11:50 p.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
  • Rosse House was evacuated after a pan accidentally caught fire at 2:55 p.m, causing heavy smoke.

Friday, March 13

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for driving under the influence and driving unlicensed near Palm Drive and Roth Way at 3:20 a.m.
  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted on Feb. 28 in her residence hall. No information about the individual allegedly responsible for the assault was provided.

Saturday, March 14

  • No incidents were reported.

Sunday, March 15

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the window of a victim’s vehicle, stealing an iPhone charger and wallet containing credit cards, gift cards and currency sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m near Stanford Avenue.
  • Unknown suspects entered the Central Energy Facility and attempted to steal several bundles of copper wire before being interrupted and then fleeing the facility sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 10:10 p.m.

Monday, March 16

  • No incidents were reported.

Tuesday, March 17

  • One athletic vehicle was tipped over and one had its wires pulled from under the dash in front of the Sunken Diamond Baseball Stadium sometime between 7:00 p.m. Monday and 5:00 a.m. Tuesday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the driver’s side window of a victim’s vehicle in Parking Structure 5 and stole a purse containing a wallet, currency, cards and other items sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, March 18

  • An individual was punched in the stomach while walking on the footpath of the Stanford golf course sometime between 11:30 p.m. and midnight by a suspect the victim may have known from a prior encounter.

Thursday, March 19

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication near Pampas Drive and Serra Street at 2:31 a.m.

Friday, March 20

  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she is the victim of on-going stalking by an ex-partner, who is also a student. The date when the stalking began is unknown.
  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted in September, 2011, in her residence hall by a male student known to the victim. The time and date of the incident have not been determined.
  • A generator at the demolished Meyer Library caught fire and was billowing smoke at 3:25 p.m. before PAFD arrived and extinguished the flames.

Saturday, March 21

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a controlled substance near Galvez Street and Arboretum Road at 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 22

  • PAFD responded after a computer caught fire and began emitting a small amount of smoke at Mariposa House at 8:15 a.m. There was no damage to the building.

Monday, March 23

  • A verbal domestic dispute occurred sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. near an Escondido Village residence.

Tuesday, March 24 – Wednesday, March 25

  • No incidents were reported.

Thursday, March 26

  • An individual’s reportedly locked bike was stolen from the Varian Physics Lab bike rack sometime between noon and 6:00 p.m.

Friday, March 27

  • Two individuals were arrested near Oregon Expressway and El Camino Real and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for outstanding felony warrants out of San Benito County at 12:48 a.m.
  • An individual was arrested for domestic violence near an Escondido Village residence after hitting his partner in the chest and biting the victim’s wrist when he tried to stop the arrestee from hitting him at 8:20 p.m.

Saturday, March 28

  • No incidents were reported.

Sunday, March 29

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a golf cart from the track house parking lot sometime between 6:00 p.m. Saturday and 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the 21-day period between March 9 and March 29.
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This report covers a selection of incidents from March 2 to March 8 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Monday, March 2

  • An individual’s bike was stolen from a Sloan Math Center bike rack sometime between 9:20 p.m. and 11 p.m. The individual was unsure if the bike was locked or not.

Tuesday, March 3

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia near Page Mill Road and I-280 at 1:50 a.m.

Wednesday, March 4

  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered a victim’s Escondido Village III residence through an open window sometime between 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, stealing two laptop computers.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered a victim’s Escondido Village II apartment through an unlocked sliding-glass door sometime between 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday. The victim’s wallet, camera and unopened Amazon packages were stolen.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the window of a victim’s vehicle located in Parking Structure 6, stealing a laptop case. The incident occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Thursday, March 5

  • A civil dispute occurred near the Bambi Modular at 1:30 p.m.

Friday, March 6

  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female University employee reported that she was forcibly fondled by a male coworker sometime in October of 2014. The incident occurred in the 600 block of Escondido Road.
  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was coerced into performing a sexual act on a male student sometime in early 2014. The suspect was known to the victim, and the incident occurred in the 400 block of Arguello Way.
  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted while incapacitated by a male student sometime in early 2014. The suspect was known to the victim, and the incident occurred in the 500 block of Mayfield Avenue.
  • A campus security authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted during the 2012-2013 school year by a male student who was known to the victim. The location of the incident was not specified.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects cut out and stole letters and logos from the heavy vinyl panels on the backstop of the Sunken Diamond Baseball Stadium sometime between midnight and 7 a.m.

Saturday, March 7

  • A victim’s vehicle was stolen from Parking Structure 6 sometime between 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 2:10 a.m. near Palm Drive and Arboretum Road.
  • Four individuals were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol near Nathan Abbot Way and one for being in possession of a controlled substance sometime between 11 p.m. and 11:25 p.m.

Sunday, March 8

  • An unknown suspect or suspects knocked over a large terra cotta plant-holder in Wilbur Dining sometime between 3 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Zambrano Hall bike rack sometime between 12 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the seven-day period between March 2 and 8.

 

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Glenn Beck talks compassion at CCARE event https://stanforddaily.com/2015/03/06/glenn-beck-talks-compassion-at-ccare-event/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/03/06/glenn-beck-talks-compassion-at-ccare-event/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:40:36 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1097129 Television and radio personality Glenn Beck spoke with James Doty Thursday night at Tresidder Memorial Union about the role of compassion in his life and its place in society. The dialogue was sponsored by Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), which Doty directs.

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TV personality Glenn Beck spoke Thursday night about compassion (KEVIN HSU/The Stanford Daily).
TV personality Glenn Beck spoke Thursday night about compassion (KEVIN HSU/The Stanford Daily).

Television and radio personality Glenn Beck spoke with James Doty, clinical professor of neurosurgery, on Thursday night at Tresidder Memorial Union about the role of compassion in his life and its place in society. The dialogue was sponsored by Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), which Doty directs.

Beck spent time discussing the role that compassion has played in his personal edification and the apparent shortage of compassion in society today. The often contentious media personality spoke about his own personal struggles with drug and alcohol abuse and the vital role that his faith has played in guiding him.

Beck, who has worked at both CNN and Fox News and is the founder of TheBlaze news network, argued that due to the highly divisive political atmosphere in which discussion of “principles” has been replaced with that of “interests,” society is largely devoid of compassion today. When it comes to questions of torture, war and other divisive topics, Beck feels that people often share many of the same principles. Discussion of personal interests, however, leads us to ignore the principles on which we base our beliefs.

“What’s happening in our country right now and in our world – the reason we’re all so screwed up – is because our politicians, our political parties and our citizens and our pundits are all talking about interests,” Beck said.

“In order to heal ourselves, we need to go to uncomfortable places, have uncomfortable conversations and realize we’re not that different from one another,” Beck said. “We do have principles and humanity in common.”

Beck, a devout Mormon, made frequent reference to faith in the discussion. He discussed a recent trip to Israel with a large group of pastors, a conversation with Billy Graham of the Bill Graham Evangelistic Association and the close work his charity, Mercury One, has performed with religious leaders. Beck cited the cooperation his charity has produced between ostensibly opposing religious groups as evidence that compassion arises when we see each other as fellow humans.

CCARE, which is affiliated with Stanford’s School of Medicine, seeks to understand what motivates us to act compassionately and altruistically.

“My experience so far is there is only one world, we’re all in it and ultimately we have to live in it together,” Doty said.

Doty, who jokingly quoted Beck’s description of “elite institutions with useful idiots,” felt Beck was a relevant speaker for CCARE to host due to the many turns his personal and professional careers have taken.

“You can’t judge somebody by soundbites,” Doty said. “You judge somebody by spending time with them and realizing that almost everyone has the same hopes, aspirations and desires.”

 

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Police Blotter: Feb. 24 – Mar. 1 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/03/04/police-blotter-feb-24-mar-1/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/03/04/police-blotter-feb-24-mar-1/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:19:15 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1097015 This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 24 to Mar. 1 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin. Tuesday, Feb 24. An individual was asked to leave Tresidder Memorial Union at 1:10 p.m. after stating that the individual had permission from the University to perform a stunt for “Tree Week”. […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 24 to Mar. 1 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Tuesday, Feb 24.

  • An individual was asked to leave Tresidder Memorial Union at 1:10 p.m. after stating that the individual had permission from the University to perform a stunt for “Tree Week”.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Clark Center bike rack sometime between 9:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Feb 25.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects threw eggs at the Zambrano Hall stage and broke decorative wood, costing approximately $200 dollars in damage sometime between 9:15 p.m. Tuesday and 10:50 a.m. Wednesday.
  • A victim’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from a Lathrop Library bike rack sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Hewlett Teaching Center bike rack sometime between 12:50 p.m. and 2:05 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects pried open the window of a victim’s vehicle in Parking Structure 5 and stole the car stereo and a pair of prescription glasses sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a stereo from a victim’s locked vehicle in Parking Structure 5 sometime between 12:50 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered a victim’s vehicle at the Field Conservation Facility and stole the car stereo sometime between 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.

 

Thursday, Feb. 26

  • An unknown suspect or suspects forced entry through an Enchanted Broccoli Forest window sometime between 2:00 a.m. and 2:50 a.m. Nothing was stolen from the residence.

 

Friday, Feb. 27

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s wallet after it had fallen out of his pocket while changing at the Stanford Golf Driving Range sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

 

Saturday, Feb. 28

  • An individual’s reportedly U-Locked bike was stolen from the Rinconada House bike racks sometime between 3:00 p.m. Friday and 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
  • A juvenile ran away from home after making threatening statements, and was located five hours later. The incident occurred sometime between 12:50 p.m. and 6:10 p.m.

 

Sunday, Mar. 1

  • An individual was hit in the head at 2:45 a.m. by an unknown suspect at Kappa Sigma House. The individual declined medical attention.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 4:00 a.m. near Escondido Village.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a bag containing an iPhone, iPad, and wallet near the Nixon Elementary School sometime between 4:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a purse containing credit cards and currency near the Nixon Elementary School at 5:45 p.m. The suspect or suspects tried to use the cards in San Jose, CA.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, no alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between Feb. 24 and Mar. 1.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

 

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Police Blotter: Feb. 18 – Feb. 23 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/25/police-blotter-feb-18-feb-23/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/25/police-blotter-feb-18-feb-23/#respond Thu, 26 Feb 2015 05:44:48 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1096528 This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 18 to Feb. 23 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin. Wednesday, Feb. 18 An unknown suspect made multiple phone calls and left voice mails to Building 530 between 9:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18. Thursday, Feb. 19 An […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 18 to Feb. 23 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

  • An unknown suspect made multiple phone calls and left voice mails to Building 530 between 9:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Thursday, Feb. 19

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest at 1:06 a.m. near Tresidder Memorial Union.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Law School bike rack sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 8:45 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a false ID near Lake Lagunita at 11:20 a.m.
  • A two inch low-pressure gas line at the Central Energy Facility reportedly broke sometime between 1:45 p.m. and 3:31 p.m. PG&E later repaired the break.
  • A Campus Security Authority informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted in Fall 2014 by a male student. The time and location of the incident were not specified.
  • A Campus Security Authority informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was sexually assaulted on February 6 by a male student. The time and location of the incident were not specified.

Friday, Feb. 20

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole cash from a locked file cabinet in a storage room of the Zambrano Hall basement sometime between 3:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, and 8:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20.
  • An unknown suspect or suspect stole a victim’s department laptop from her locked Littlefield Center office sometime between 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, and 9:30 a.m. Friday,  Feb. 20.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a CD deck from a victim’s reportedly unlocked vehicle in Parking Structure 5 sometime between 9:45 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21

  • An unknown suspect or suspects turned over an unattended rental golf cart parked near Wilbur Way and Bowdoin Lane sometime between 1:00 p.m. Friday and 11:35 a.m. Saturday, causing damage from spilled battery acid.

Sunday, Feb. 22

  • A victim noticed a suspect standing between the driver’s side door and seat of the victim’s vehicle in Parking Structure 6 at 2:00 a.m. The suspect fled in a vehicle when confronted. The victim’s window was shattered.
  • An unknown suspect or suspect vandalized two exterior walls of a Lomita Drive student residence with purple paint sometime between 6:00 p.m. Saturday and 7:00 a.m. Sunday, causing under $400 in damage.

Monday, Feb. 23

  • An unknown suspect or suspects jacked-up a victim’s vehicle in front of Wilbur Hall, stealing the front right tire sometime between 7:30 p.m. Sunday and 6:20 a.m. Monday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects vandalized the east wall of the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building with black spray paint sometime between 3:00 p.m. Saturday and 8:00 a.m. Monday.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the six-day period between Feb. 18 and Feb. 23.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu

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Police Blotter: Feb. 12 – Feb. 17 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/18/police-blotter-feb-12-feb-17/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/18/police-blotter-feb-12-feb-17/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 05:21:07 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1096018 This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 12 to Feb. 17 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 12 to Feb. 17 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Thursday, Feb. 12

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

Friday, Feb. 13

  • An individual was cited and released for being in possession of a controlled substance in a vehicle at 8:15 a.m. on Stanford Ave.

Saturday, Feb. 14

  • An individual left the unlocked door of her Terra House dormitory room closed and upon returning found it open sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15

  • An unknown suspect or suspects entered an individual’s unlocked vehicle near Angell Field and stole an iPhone 5s sometime between 4:15 p.m. and 4:45 p.m..

Monday, Feb. 16

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Crothers Hall bike rack sometime between 2 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Monday.

Tuesday, Feb. 17

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Gates Computer Science Building bike rack sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:55 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from an Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation bike rack sometime between 10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • Two individuals engaged in a verbal altercation in front of an Olmsted Road residence sometime between 3 a.m. and 5 p.m. The individuals then had a tug-of-war over a backpack.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between Feb. 12 and Feb. 17.

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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Police Blotter: Feb. 4 – Feb. 11 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/13/police-blotter-feb-4-feb-11/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/13/police-blotter-feb-4-feb-11/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:22:20 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1095599 This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 4 to Feb. 11 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Feb. 4 to Feb. 11 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the ZAP house bike rack sometime between 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Thursday, Feb. 5

  • An unknown suspect or suspects attempted to burglarize a vehicle parked in Parking Structure Six sometime between 7:50 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. It was one of three incidents from the same time frame and location.

Friday, Feb. 6

  • A campus security authority informed SUDPS that a female student reported she had been sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant on Jan. 16. The incident occurred near the 500-600 blocks of Mayfield Ave. at an unspecified time.

Saturday, Feb. 7

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the Sloan Math Center bike racks sometime between 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Wilbur Hall bike rack sometime between 4:00 p.m. Saturday and 9:00 p.m. Friday.

Sunday, Feb. 8

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

Monday, Feb. 9

  • A campus security authority informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she was the victim of an attempted rape and forcible fondling on Apr. 18 or Apr. 19 of 2014. The incident occurred in Raines Apartments at an unspecified time. The alleged perpetrator was a male student.
  • An individual was cited and released for driving unlicensed and being in possession of less than one ounce of marijuana near Campus Drive and Roth Way at 5:20 p.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from outside Lathrop Library sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 10:50 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 10

  • An individual’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from the Durand Building bike rack sometime between 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
  • An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from in front of Mirrielees sometime between 5:15 p.m. Monday and 7:00 p.m. Tuesday.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of a controlled substance near Lomita Drive and Mayfield Ave. at 7:50 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

  • An unknown suspect entered the Cogeneration plant after hours and attempted to steal 25 rolls of copper wire at 12:45 a.m. An individual walked in on the suspect, who then fled.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the eight-day period between Feb. 4 and Feb. 11.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem@stanford.edu.

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Police Blotter: Jan. 27 – Feb. 2 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/04/police-blotter-jan-27-feb-2/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/02/04/police-blotter-jan-27-feb-2/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:03:07 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1094948 This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.   Tuesday, Jan. 27 An individual found her master bedroom door slightly open when she returned to her Lathrop Place residence. She remembers sliding and locking the door, though there was no […]

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Tuesday, Jan. 27

  • An individual found her master bedroom door slightly open when she returned to her Lathrop Place residence. She remembers sliding and locking the door, though there was no sign of forced entry or theft. The incident occurred sometime between 7:50 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Jan. 28

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the Kimball Hall bike racks sometime between 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.

 

Thursday, Jan. 29

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Stern Hall bike rack sometime between 4:00 p.m. Wednesday and 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
  • An individual’s bike was stolen from the Sherman Fairchild Science Building balcony area sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
  • An individual’s bike, reportedly U-locked to itself, was stolen from outside the Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

 

Friday, Jan. 30

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Wallenberg Hall bike rack sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 8:45 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested at the Stanford Bookstore and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for petty theft and resisting arrest sometime between 12:55 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near the intersection of Campus Drive and Mayfield Avenue at 1:50 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole two bottles of prescription medicine from a victim’s backpack in Roble Hall over a two day period between 1:00 p.m. Thursday and 5:00 p.m. Friday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s unattended iPhone from Zambrano Hall sometime between 10:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near the intersection of Campus Drive and Mayfield Avenue at 11:45 p.m.

 

Saturday, Jan. 31

  • No incidents were reported for this day.

 

Sunday, Feb. 1

  • An individual’s reportedly chain-locked bike was stolen from the Cedro bike racks sometime between 11:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. Sunday.

 

Monday, Feb. 2

  • An individual received fraudulent calls from a person claiming to be an IRS agent sometime between 1:35 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. The caller stated that the there was a warrant for the individual’s arrest for overdue taxes.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the seven-day period between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu. 

 

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Police Blotter: Jan. 20 – Jan. 25 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/28/police-blotter-jan-20-jan-25/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/28/police-blotter-jan-20-jan-25/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:38:14 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1094512 This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 20 to Jan. 25 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 20 to Jan. 25 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Tuesday, Jan. 20

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an unattended laptop from from a third floor conference in Sweet Hall sometime between 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 and noon on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
  • A verbal altercation occurred between an individual and a Marguerite Shuttle bus driver near Olmsted Road and Hulme Court at 9 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke into a victim’s locked vehicle in the Stock Farm South parking lot, stealing the stereo system and currency sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 21

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Rains Complex bike rack sometime between 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 and 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21.
  • An unknown suspect spray painted multiple walls of The Old Chemistry Building sometime between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, causing approximately $300 in damage.

Thursday, Jan. 22

  • An individual’s front bike tire and wheel were stolen from his reportedly locked bike near Munger Building One sometime between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication near Lomita Mall and transported to San Jose Main Jail sometime between 6:30 a.m. and 6:35 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a golf cart from the charging station behind Stern Hall sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday, and 7:50 a.m. Thursday.

Friday, Jan. 23

  • An individual’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from the bike rack area outside Stern Hall sometime between 11 a.m. Tuesday and 4:40 p.m. Friday.

Saturday, Jan. 24

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole two unattended skateboards from the sidewalk near Mayfield Avenue and Dolores Street sometime between 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Mayfield Avenue and Lagunita Drive at 11:25 a.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Lomita Drive at 9:55 p.m.
  • Four individuals were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol between 11 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. near Bowdoin Lane and Arguello Way.

Sunday, Jan. 25

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a Stanford Athletics golf cart from outside the Stanford Stadium sometime between 2 p.m. Thursday and 12 p.m. Sunday.
  • According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, three alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between Jan. 20 and Jan. 25.

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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Police Blotter: Jan. 13 – Jan. 19 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/21/police-blotter-jan-13-jan-19/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/21/police-blotter-jan-13-jan-19/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:42:10 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1094185 This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Tuesday, Jan. 13

  • No incidents were reported.

Wednesday, Jan. 14

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the windows of two vehicles parked near Stanford Avenue and Raimundo Way sometime between 6:25 a.m. and 7:35 a.m. A purse was stolen from one of the cars.

Thursday, Jan. 15

  • An individual was cited and released for driving on a suspended license on Junipero Serra Boulevard at 12:55 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole various parts from a victim’s reportedly locked bike near the Center for Education Research sometime between 3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 16

  • An individual was cited and released for having under 28.5 grams of marijuana near the Cower Boat House lot at 12:15 a.m.
  • One individual was cited and released for possession of cocaine, and two were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol near the Row & Cluster Office at 11:48 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 17

  • A juvenile was cited and released for driving under the age of 21 with a 0.1 percent BAC or higher near Campus Drive and Bowdoin Lane sometime between 1:41 a.m. and 2:10 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 18

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for attempted rape at 1 a.m. near Lomita Court.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from in front of Roble Hall sometime between 3 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Sunday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke the rear passenger window and stole personal items from a victim’s vehicle parked in Parking Structure Six sometime between 10 a.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke into the rear passenger side window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a purse sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. near the Nixon Elementary School.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke into the left rear window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a purse sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. near the Lyman Graduate Residences.

Monday, Jan. 19

  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks in front of Rinconada House, Wilbur Hall, sometime between 4 p.m. on Sunday and 10 a.m. on Monday.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks in front of Arroyo House, Wilbur Hall, sometime between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks in front of Building 200 sometime between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the seven-day period between Jan. 13 and Jan. 19.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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Police Blotter: Jan. 7 – Jan. 12 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/14/police-blotter-jan-7-jan-12/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/14/police-blotter-jan-7-jan-12/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:41:15 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1093853 This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 7 to Jan. 12 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Jan. 7 to Jan. 12 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Wednesday, Jan 7.

  • A victim’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from a Gates Computer Science bike rack sometime between 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18 and 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

 

Thursday, Jan 8.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for domestic violence at 3:15 a.m. in Escondido Village II.
  • An individual received a suspicious letter at 10:30 a.m. addressed to “The Dean On Men” near Old Union. The letter did not contain any threats.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an unattended briefcase containing a laptop and iPad from the victim’s McCullough building office sometime between 5:20 p.m and 7:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s unattended laptop and charger from her Shriram Center office sometime between 3:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. while she was away.

 

Friday, Jan 9.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects pried open the door to the Shriram Center office suites and stole a MacBook Pro sometime between 6 p.m. on Thursday and 7:30 a.m. on Friday.
  • An individual was cited and released for creating a public nuisance by urinating in public near Campus Drive and Mayfield Avenue at 11 p.m.

 

Saturday, Jan 10.

  • A victim’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from in front of the Arrillaga Family Dining Building sometime between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 1:18 a.m. near Campus Drive and Escondido Road.
  • An individual accidentally lit a towel on fire while cooking at an Escondido Village V residence at 7:24 p.m. The fire was extinguished with minimal damage to the stove and burner.

 

Sunday, Jan 11.

  • A victim’s reportedly unlocked bike was stolen from the Otero wing of Wilbur Hall sometime between 10 p.m. on Tuesday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

 

Monday, Jan 12.

  • An area near the Avery Aquatics Center experienced flooding due to a possible water line break sometime between 1:25 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. before the water was turned off.
  • SUDPS was made aware of an incident by The Stanford Daily of a male student who was reportedly sexually assaulted by an individual known to the victim in October 2013. The incident occurred either late at night or early in the morning at an unidentified location.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported during the six-day period between Jan. 7 and Jan. 12.

 

Contact Sam Premutico at samprem ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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Stanford’s Summer Humanities Institute brings talented humanities students to campus https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/14/stanfords-summer-humanities-institute-brings-talented-humanities-students-to-campus/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/14/stanfords-summer-humanities-institute-brings-talented-humanities-students-to-campus/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:34:05 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1093891 In line with Stanford’s recent attempts to reaffirm the place of the humanities on campus, the University is reaching beyond its current student body and reaffirming that commitment to those who have not yet arrived. Stanford’s Summer Humanities Institute (SHI) functions as an intensive three-week summer program in which high school students come to Stanford and explore their interests in various humanities courses.

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Stanford's Summer Humanities Institute brings high school students to campus for the summer to take various three-week humanities courses. (MIKE ABBOTT/Stanford News Service)
Stanford’s Summer Humanities Institute brings high school students to campus for the summer to take various three-week humanities courses.
(MIKE ABBOTT/Stanford News Service)

In line with Stanford’s recent attempts to reaffirm the place of the humanities on campus, the University is reaching beyond its current student body and establishing that commitment to those who have not yet arrived. Stanford’s Summer Humanities Institute (SHI) functions as an intensive three-week summer program in which high school students come to Stanford and explore their interests in various humanities courses.

The program began operations a few years ago with the aim of exposing talented students to the experience of rigorously studying the humanities with tenured Stanford faculty, with courses “meant to introduce… kids to college level material and college level exploration,” according to Debra Satz, the Senior Associate Dean of the Humanities and Arts, Professor of Ethics in Society and (by courtesy) Political Science who initially conceived of SHI.

In addition, the program serves “to encourage more students who had strong interest in the humanities to consider Stanford when they applied for college,” said SHI director Dan Edelstein, who is a Professor of French and (by courtesy) History, and currently a visiting professor at Princeton University.

The three-week courses, attended primarily by rising high school seniors and juniors, are modeled after courses that would be offered to current Stanford undergraduate students. Topics include humanities disciplines such as History, Philosophy and Literature.

“It was a three week program…so all the information of a 10-week course was squeezed into a three-week course, so it was…pretty intense,” recalled current Stanford freshman Ibrahim Bharmal ’18. Bharmal attended SHI as a rising senior in 2013, taking “Philosophy and Literature” with Professors Lanier Anderson and Joshua Landy.

Due to the brevity of the program, Satz found that the courses cannot go as in depth as their typical Stanford analogs, and neither was his final written assignment as demanding.

According to Mohit Mookim ’18, an SHI classmate of Bharmal, there were 50 students enrolled in the course, 30 of whom were fellow rising seniors. Of the 30 students who would potentially apply to college in the months following the camp, according to both Mookim and Bharmal, 11 are currently enrolled at Stanford.

“We saw a surprising number be admitted and then come to Stanford,” Edelstein said, referring to those who attended SHI the same year that Bharmal and Mookim did. Edelstein also noted that the percent of admitted students who ultimately decide to come to Stanford is higher than that of typical admits.

“The kind of student who would apply to this sort of program tends to be already very motivated and tends to be a high academic performer,” he said.

The admissions criteria for the program are loosely based around those of Stanford, in addition to a demonstrated interest in the humanities and an ability to write. The program, which is entirely need-blind in regards to financial aid, looks for applicants who “are on the level of our Stanford undergraduates,” according to Satz.

Bharmal and Mookim both indicated that at the time they applied to SHI, a potential boost in their chance of admission to Stanford was not a motivating factor.

“The main reason why I did it…was mostly just to see if I could perform at a college level,” Bharmal said.

While at SHI, students do get the chance to interact with Stanford admissions officers. During an event towards the camp’s end, SHI students were given a tour and a talk.

“There was an actual admissions officer that recognized you as more than just an average [prospective student]…they just talked about getting in and certain things that might be helpful in the humanities specifically,” Mookim said. “I think the officer specifically pointed at that you’re helped by not only going to this camp, but saying you’re a humanities student at a place where in some ways [they’re] trying to expand the humanities.”

The program culminates in the third week with a 10-page research paper. After submitting the project and finishing the camp, each student receives an evaluation from his or her professor, meant to reflect on the student’s work during and progress in the course. Students often use the evaluations as a letter of recommendation when applying to college.

“Towards the end of it they [mentioned], ‘We’re going to issue these letters of [recommendation], and when you apply to college you can definitely use them,’” Bharmal said, who chose to focus on a synthesis of literary theory for his project.

Mookim, who didn’t personally use his evaluation from a Stanford professor as a letter of recommendation, knew multiple students who did.

“You email the professors, and they would do it in a heart beat,” Mookim said.

“We’ve had conversations [with admissions officers] about what the program consists of,” Edelstein said. “They often will…see the letters that get submitted from our students so they’re just curious about the details of the program.”

“I mean, does it help their chances? I don’t know. I think that they’re able to talk about why they like the humanities at Stanford so they can be a little more specific in their [applications]…They’ve also done work that a lot of high school students with an interest in the humanities have never done before…I think they have some solid achievements they can point to that maybe other students with interests in the humanities don’t have,” Edelstein added.

“We did not create this program as some kind of secret back door to admissions to Stanford,” Satz noted. For Satz, if enrollment at SHI leads to an increased chance at admission to Stanford, it is not causation but correlation.

“We don’t take students into this program who we think wouldn’t be very competitive for Stanford admissions.”

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Police Blotter: Dec. 3 – Jan. 6 https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/08/police-blotter-dec-3-jan-6/ https://stanforddaily.com/2015/01/08/police-blotter-dec-3-jan-6/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:58:16 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1093544 This report covers a selection of incidents from Dec. 3 to Jan. 6 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Dec. 3 to Jan. 6 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, Dec. 3.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke the window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a purse near Stanford Ave. and Junipero Serra sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a laptop and currency from a victim’s Arrillaga Outdoor Ed. and Rec. Center gym locker while the victim was exercising sometime between 10:00 p.m. and 10:45 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for driving under the influence near El Camino Real and Oregon Expressway at 2:00 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 6.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication near Campus Drive and Arguello Way at 12:40 a.m.
  • An individual reported being repeatedly harassed by an ex-boyfriend sometime between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. near the Gates Computer Science building.

Sunday, Dec. 14.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the rear window of a victim’s vehicle parked on the second floor of Parking Structure 1 but did not take anything sometime between 6:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a laptop from the music department main office in the Braun Music Center sometime between 4:30 p.m. Friday and 8:00 a.m. Monday.

Tuesday, Dec. 16.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole money from a victim’s wallet located in his locker at the Arrillaga Gym and Weight Room sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 18.

  • Precious metals, including gold and platinum wire, were stolen from the Stanford Nanofabrication Laboratory in the Paul Allen Building sometime between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 19.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for trespassing and refusing to leave the Gates Computer Science building sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects pried open a window screen, entered the Escondido Village II residence and stole a victim’s computer sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21.

  • A juvenile was cited and released after causing significant damage to an elementary school’s lawn on Escondido Road sometime between 6:00 p.m. and 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 28.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke the front passenger window of a victim’s vehicle on Electioneer Road and stole a flash drive and currency sometime between 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 2.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail at 12:45 p.m. for an outstanding warrant issued by Santa Clara County.

Saturday, Jan. 3.

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the rear passenger window of a victim’s vehicle and stole a purse and pair of boots near the Nixon Elementary School sometime between 8:10 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 5.

  • A Campus Security Authority (CSA) informed SUDPS that a female student reported that she had been sexually assaulted in the fall of 2013 at an unspecified date, time and location.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication near Los Arboles Street and Santa Teresa sometime between 12:00 a.m. and 12:45 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 6.

  • A vehicle was stolen near Lagunita Court at 3:00 p.m.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, six alcohol transports were reported for the 35-day period between Dec. 3 and Jan. 6.

 

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Police Blotter: Nov. 19 – Dec. 2 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/12/04/police-blotter-nov-19-dec-2/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/12/04/police-blotter-nov-19-dec-2/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:42:28 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1093019 This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov 19. to December 2. as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov 19. to December 2. as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, Nov. 19

  • An Axe Committee prank in White Plaza was reported to SUDPS deputies at 6 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect entered two separate Terra House dormitory rooms without permission. The suspect fled and entered a vehicle upon confrontation sometime between 6:47 p.m. and 6:55 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20

  • A victim was sent $4,042.22 worth of fraudulent checks in the mail and asked to cash them.
  • An unknown suspect spray painted “Advertisement Here” on the School of Education’s north wall sometime between 5:00 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, causing $300 in damage.

Friday, Nov. 21

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 1 a.m. near Olmsted Road and Yale Street
  • A verbal altercation occurred between two parties near the Environment & Energy Building at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 5:30 a.m. near Campus Drive and Lomita Drive.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol at 9:40 a.m. near Mayfield Avenue and Lomita Drive.

Sunday, Nov. 23

  • No incidents were reported.

Monday, Nov. 24

  • A victim’s unlocked bike was stolen from outside Rinconada House sometime between 11 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday.

Tuesday, Nov. 25

  • No incidents were reported.

Wednesday, Nov. 26

  • The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office requested assistance from the SUDPS EOD K-9 unit for a bomb threat at West Valley College at 12:30 p.m., which was cleared without incident.

Thursday, Nov. 27

  • A victim’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from Kimball Hall sometime between 12:20 a.m. and 7:10 a.m.
  • Students protested peacefully and quietly inside the Arrillaga Dining Commons between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for driving under the influence at 2:23 a.m. near Embarcadero Road and El Camino Real.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication at 3:18 a.m. near El Camino Real and Sam McDonald Road.
  • When walking through Masters Grove, a victim was bitten by a suspect’s pitbull at 3:40 p.m. The suspect, whose other dog was unleashed, then fled the scene.

Saturday, Nov. 29

  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a McFarland Court bike rack sometime between 5 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Sunday, Nov. 30

  • An unknown suspect entered a victim’s unlocked Rains Complex apartment at 5:15 a.m. The suspect fled after the victim called out.

Monday, Dec. 1

  • A commercial airliner was painted with a green laser believed to have originated from the Stanford University campus at 7:24 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 2

  • Food that was left on a stove caught fire, causing heavy damage to an Escondido Village I apartment sometime between 2:20 p.m. and 2:31 p.m.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, 4 alcohol transports were reported for the -day period between Nov. 19 and Dec. 2.

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Stanford restricts travel to West Africa over break due to Ebola concerns https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/20/stanford-restricts-travel-to-west-africa-over-break-due-to-ebola-concerns/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/20/stanford-restricts-travel-to-west-africa-over-break-due-to-ebola-concerns/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:32:43 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1092518 At 6:57 p.m. on Nov. 19, the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs sent out an email outlining Stanford’s travel policies over Thanksgiving and winter breaks, intended to minimize the risk of exposure to Ebola. The email states that Stanford-related travel to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone by any community member is currently […]

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At 6:57 p.m. on Nov. 19, the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs sent out an email outlining Stanford’s travel policies over Thanksgiving and winter breaks, intended to minimize the risk of exposure to Ebola. The email states that Stanford-related travel to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone by any community member is currently prohibited, and other countries such as Mali may be subject to similar restrictions soon, citing strained public health infrastructures in these countries. The email also cautioned community members against travel in general to West Africa.

Any student returning from Liberia, Guinea, or Sierra Leone will be required to remain off-campus for a period of 21 days and contact Vaden Health Center for an evaluation. Mali and certain West African countries may become subject to the policy. Students whose travel plans may be affected by the restrictions are encouraged to contact their respective Residential Education Residence Dean (RD) to obtain temporary housing accommodations over winter break.

For further information on Stanford’s Ebola-related policies, the email encouraged students to visit https://ebola.stanford.edu.

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Police Blotter: Nov. 12-Nov. 18 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/19/police-blotter-nov-12-nov-18/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/19/police-blotter-nov-12-nov-18/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:33:45 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1092472 This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov 12. to Nov. 18 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov 12. to Nov. 18 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

Wednesday, Nov 12.

  • A piece of glass artwork hanging in the Li Ka Shing Center For Learning was discovered broken sometime between 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday and 2:48 a.m. on Thursday. How the incident occurred is unknown.

 

Thursday, Nov 13.

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of a controlled substance while driving at midnight near El Camino Real and Serra Street.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks outside the Hewlett Teaching Center sometime between 9 a.m. and 10:50 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s bike tire from his reportedly U-locked bike outside the Steuber Rugby Stadium sometime between 4:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

 

Friday, Nov 14.

  • A victim’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from the bike rack outside Munger 5 sometime between noon on Friday and noon on Sunday.
  • The music level was lowered after an unknown party reported a noise complaint near Mayfield Avenue and Santa Ynez Street sometime between 11 p.m. and 11:35 p.m.

 

Saturday, Nov 15.

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol at Stanford Stadium at 4:29 p.m.

 

Sunday, Nov 16.

  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 1:42 a.m.

 

Monday, Nov 17.

  • A Campus Security Authority reported to the Stanford Department of Public Safety that a female student had been sexually assaulted at an unknown time and place.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects spray-painted “Cal” Berkeley graffiti on the claw fountain in White Plaza sometime between 4:55 a.m. and 5:09 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s currency from his unattended lanyard near Munger 5 while the victim was at work sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
  • After a victim left her cellphone inside the Maples Pavilion, an unknown suspect or suspects stole the phone sometime between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. A “ping” shows the phone is located in Menlo Park.
  • An individual was arrested and transported to the San Jose Main Jail for domestic violence at 7:54 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Nov 18.

  • An unknown suspect attempted to enter an Enchanted Broccoli Forest dormitory room after cutting the window screen at 9:45 p.m. The victim was able to scare the suspect away before he could enter.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported for the seven-day period between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18.

 

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Police Blotter: Nov. 5 – Nov. 10 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/12/police-blotter-nov-5-nov-10/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/12/police-blotter-nov-5-nov-10/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:12:06 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1091979 This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Wednesday, Nov. 5

  • An unknown suspect or suspects forced open the front right passenger door of a victim’s vehicle in Parking Structure 1 and stole the car stereo sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
  • A victim’s reportedly cable-locked bike was stolen from outside Larkin sometime between 6 p.m. on Wednesday and 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Thursday, Nov. 6

  • An unknown suspect or suspects broke the right rear window of a victim’s car near Stanford Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard and stole electronics, purses and currency sometime between 3:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m.
  • An individual refused to leave the Tresidder Memorial Union computer lab (LaIR) until SUDPS deputies arrived sometime between 5:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication near the Shriram Center and was transported to the San Jose Main Jail around 11:10 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 7

  • An unknown suspect or suspects threw eggs at a Cedro House dorm room window at 1:30 a.m. No damage was reported, only a foul odor inside the room.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from a Caltrain station bike rack on University Avenue sometime between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from outside Florence Moore Hall sometime between 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
  • Two individuals were cited and released for being minors in possession of alcohol near Campus Drive and Mayfield Avenue at 10:20 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Lagunita Drive and Lomita Drive at 10:45 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Campus Drive and Alvarado Row at 11:30 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Campus Drive and O’Connor Lane at 11:45 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Campus Drive and Alvarado Row at 11:45 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 8

  • An unknown suspect or suspects wrote a threatening homophobic message on a victim’s Florence Moore dormitory door name sign sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects threw an unknown object and broke a small window on the ground floor of the Florence Moore, Alondra Wing common area at 11:59 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 9

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole the handlebars, seat and front fork from a victim’s reportedly locked bike outside Robert Moore South sometime between 10 p.m. on Sunday and 1 p.m. on Monday.

Monday, Nov. 10

  • An unknown suspect or suspects punctured three tires of a victim’s parked vehicle in Escondido Village I sometime between 7:30 p.m. on Monday and 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, no alcohol transports were reported for the six-day period between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10.

 

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Michael McFaul announced as new director of Freeman Spogli Institute https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/09/michael-mcfaul-announced-as-new-leader-of-freeman-spogli-institute/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/09/michael-mcfaul-announced-as-new-leader-of-freeman-spogli-institute/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2014 04:00:36 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1091676 Provost John Etchemendy PhD ’82 and Vice Provost and Dean of Research Ann Arvin announced Wednesday that Stanford political scientist and former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul ’86 M.A. ’86, will lead Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI).

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Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. ’82 and vice provost and dean of research Ann Arvin announced Wednesday that Stanford political scientist and former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul ’86 M.A. ’86, will lead Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), according to the institute’s website.

McFaul will take over the position in January from Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Ph.D. ’00, who was elected as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court on Tuesday.

McFaul, a Stanford political science department faculty member since 1994, joined the Obama administration as special assistant to the President for three years and senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council at the White House. According to the institute’s website, he later served as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2012 to 2014.

McFaul has previously been involved with the FSI, serving as its deputy director from 2006 to 2009 and as director of FSI’s Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) from 2005 to 2009.

He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. McFaul later completed his D. Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1991.

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Gas line break near Old Chem building resolved https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/06/gas-line-break-near-old-chem-building-resolved/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/06/gas-line-break-near-old-chem-building-resolved/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:36:38 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1091606 At approximately 8:49 a.m. this morning authorities responded to a gas line break near Roth Way and the Old Chemistry Building on Lomita Drive, according to an email sent out by AlertSU.

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At approximately 8:49 a.m. this morning authorities responded to a gas line break near Roth Way and the Old Chemistry Building on Lomita Drive, according to an email sent out by AlertSU.

The Keck Science Building, Herrin Labs and Herrin Hall were temporarily evacuated. Individuals were advised to remain away from the area. According to the SUDPS website, Math 113 (2:15-3:30 p.m.) and Math 42A (1:15-3:05 p.m.) were relocated due to the evacuation.

A second alert was sent at 2:16 p.m., indicating the situation had been resolved and all buildings had been reopened.

Previously this year, there were gas line breaks near the same intersection on Aug. 18, at Comstock Circle and Escondido Drive on June 9 and at the Arrillaga Family Sports Center on April 29.

Laura Goldstein, director of the Department of Project Management, acknowledged that with construction projects involving excavation there is a risk of disruption to underground utility service.

“There has been an increase in construction activity lately, particularly utility work, which of course, increases the risk of these disruptions,” Goldstein wrote, in an email to The Daily.

However, according to Goldstein, none of these gas line breaks have been related to the SESI project. As of August, the project has completed 21 of the 22 miles of underground pipe, encountering hundreds of utility crossings, with very few impacts to existing utility service.

Goldstein also suggested that the apparent increase in gas line breaks could be related to the responsiveness of an updated campus alert system.

“I don’t think there is an increase in utility service disruptions lately, I do think with the new alert system, everyone is much more informed about issues when they do occur,” Goldstein said.

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Police Blotter: Oct. 27 – Nov. 4 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/05/police-blotter-oct-27-nov-4/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/05/police-blotter-oct-27-nov-4/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:37:05 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1091520 This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 27 to Nov 4. as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 27 to Nov 4. as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Monday, Oct. 27

  • An unlocked four-seater electric golf cart was stolen from the Gilbert Biological Sciences building’s loading dock area sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday, Oct. 28

  • A suspect attempted to defraud a victim by claiming to be an IRS collection agent and stating that the victim would be arrested if he did not pay. The incident occurred at a Lyman Graduate residence some time between 3:08 and 4:33 p.m.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from in front of The Stanford Daily building sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 29

  • No incidents were reported.

Thursday, Oct. 30

  • A victim’s unlocked bike was stolen from outside Tresidder Memorial Union sometime between 12:45 and 1:45 p.m.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from outside the Haas Center sometime between noon Thursday and 11:50 a.m. Monday.

Friday, Oct. 31

  • An individual’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike racks in front of Rinconada House sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the rear passenger window of a victim’s vehicle with an unknown tool sometime between 1:10 and 2:05 p.m.. The incident occurred near Stanford Ave. and Junipero Serra Blvd., and the victim’s wallet, checkbook, credit card and gift cards were stolen.
  • After verbally arguing near Tresidder Memorial Union, a suspect struck a victim’s face, leaving a slight contusion at 8 p.m.
  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) at 11 p.m. near Escondido Rd. and Galvez Mall.
  • An individual was reported missing around 11 p.m. and found early Saturday morning. There was no indication the individual was ever in danger.

Saturday, Nov. 1

  • A Munger Graduate Residence party turned off the music after a noise complaint was filed at 2 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 2

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) near the Sigma Nu fraternity at 1:10 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 3

  • A fire extinguisher was used to put out a “duraflame”-type log after it was found burning on a Parking Structure 5 concrete deck at 7:50 a.m.
  • A victim discovered that his two laptop computers were stolen after an unknown suspect was seen earlier exiting the victim’s Crothers Hall dorm room with a red backpack sometime between 6:14 and 6:30 p.m.
  • A commercial airliner was painted with a green laser originating from somewhere along the border of Stanford University and Palo Alto at 7:27 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 4

  • A victim’s unlocked bike was stolen from outside the School of Medicine sometime between 8:30 and 9 a.m.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, four alcohol transports were reported for the nine-day period between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4.

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Clayman Institute for Gender Research celebrates 40th anniversary https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/03/clayman-institute-for-gender-research-celebrates-40th-anniversary-on-nov-6/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/11/03/clayman-institute-for-gender-research-celebrates-40th-anniversary-on-nov-6/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:30:59 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1091189 On Nov, 6, Stanford’s Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research will be hosting an event to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

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On Nov. 6, Stanford’s Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research will be hosting an event to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The Institute will highlight its past achievements and leaders as well as discuss the Institute’s vision for the future. The event will conclude with a discussion of what change in gender equality will look like over the next 40 years.

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research opened its doors in 1974. The institute is celebrating 40 years of gender equality programs and research on Nov. 6. (VERONICA CRUZ/The Stanford Daily)
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research opened its doors in 1974. The institute is celebrating 40 years of gender equality programs and research on Nov. 6. (VERONICA CRUZ/The Stanford Daily)

The Clayman Institute’s history goes back to 1972, when professor of education Myra Strober arrived on campus as the Graduate School of Business’ first female faculty member, looked at Stanford’s faculty and asked: “Why are there so few women here?” Prior to coming to Stanford, Strober, a labor economist who received her Ph.D. from MIT, was hired as a lecturer in the economics department at UC-Berkeley.

When she asked her department chair why two of her male classmates at MIT had been hired as assistant professors while she was hired as a lecturer, Strober was told it was because she lived in Palo Alto.

“I left his office and drove home…and became a feminist on the Bay Bridge,” Strober said.

With the support of then-University President Richard Lyman, provost at the time William Miller, who is now a professor emeritus of political economy, their wives and grants from the Ford Foundation, Strober founded the Center for Research on Women (CROW) in 1974. The Institute focused on research around the shortage of women in leading positions at universities and corporations and sought to provide a space to discuss women’s issues on campus.

Initially the Institute hosted various lectures and conferences revolving around women’s issues. With the late Dianne Middlebrook as director, CROW helped develop courses relevant to women’s issues and ultimately helped establish Stanford’s Feminist Studies program in 1981, according to documents provided by the Clayman Institute.

After changing its name to the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the institute, based at Serra House, organized the Faculty Women’s Caucus to address issues involving Stanford’s female faculty members. According to the Institute’s Director of Marketing, Erika Fogarty, the group helped establish Stanford’s parental-leave policy, which didn’t exist at the time, and convinced Stanford to release salary information based on gender.

In 2004 the Institute was given the name it has today – the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research – and has launched a number of initiatives in recent years under the directorship of sociology professor Shelley Correll M.A. ’96 Ph.D. ’01. In May 2014, the Institute launched the Center for The Advancement of Women’s Leadership alongside a Corporate Partner Program to apply and conduct evidence-based research in corporate settings.

“The program is actually a very exciting opportunity to bridge that gap between academic knowledge and actual workplace practices,” Correll said.

According to Correll, the opportunity to harness academic scholarship on women’s leadership to improve workplace practices will be a vital component of the gender equality discussion in the next decade.

For Strober, who is currently a member of the Institute’s advisory board, the next decade will require further focus on the problems and solutions that we know already exist.

“The answer is not sexy,” Strober said. “We need more child care—more affordable child care. We need women to lean in; we need companies to meet them halfway; we need discussion and change with regard to subtle gender bias.”

 

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Police Blotter: Oct. 21 – Oct. 26 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/29/police-blotter-oct-21-oct-26/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/29/police-blotter-oct-21-oct-26/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:16:52 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1090911 This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 21 to Oct. 26 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 21 to Oct. 26. as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

  • Unknown suspect or suspects vandalized a tire on a victim’s vehicle off campus at midnight.

 Wednesday, Oct. 22

  • No incidents were reported.

Thursday, Oct. 23

  • A verbal domestic dispute occurred between two parties in Escondido Village II sometime between 9:30 and 10 a.m.

 Friday, Oct. 24

  • An individual was arrested and transported to San Jose Main Jail for public intoxication on El Camino Real and Galvez Street at 9:20 p.m.

 Saturday, Oct. 25

  • An individual was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) near Arguello Way and Campus Drive at 11:21 a.m.
  • A vehicle caught fire near Sigma Alpha Epsilon due to a mechanical failure at 12:30 p.m. No injuries were reported.
  • A Campus Drive fraternity turned down the music level after a reporting party called with a noise complaint at 11:16 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 26

  • A victim reported a possible sexual assault at an unknown time and location.
  • A Lomita Drive fraternity turned down the music level after a noise complaint was made sometime between 1:40 and 1:45 a.m.
  • A Mayfield Avenue residence turned down the music level after a noise complaint was made at 1:50 a.m.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s unattended lacrosse bag from the hallway of his Serra Mall fraternity at 4 a.m.

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the six-day period between Oct. 21 and Oct. 26.

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New ChEM-H building approved, to begin construction during summer of 2016 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/27/new-chem-h-building-approved-to-begin-construction-during-summer-of-2016/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/27/new-chem-h-building-approved-to-begin-construction-during-summer-of-2016/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:11:46 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1090531 Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees approved the construction of a $254 million building to house Stanford’s Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H) and Neurosciences Institutes (SNI). Expected to be complete by summer of 2018, the building will be located on West Campus at the site currently occupied by the Cardinal Cogeneration Plant.

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Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees approved the construction of a $252 million building to house Stanford’s Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H) and Neurosciences Institutes (SNI). Expected to be complete by summer of 2018, the building will be located on West Campus at the site currently occupied by the Cardinal Cogeneration plant.

Demolition of the plant is set to begin in summer of 2015 and continue through summer of 2016. Construction of the new building will then begin and is expected to finish in two years.

With each institute using one wing, the new facility will provide ChEM-H with office space for the four new faculty already hired and the 15 to 16 more faculty members the institute hopes to recruit over the next five to seven years. The space will also include collaborative “Knowledge Centers,” described as “know-how driven facilities” designed to help introduce students and researches to practical problem solving techniques in a field of interest, according to the institute’s director, Chaitan Khosla, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering .

Initially named the Institute for Chemical Biology, Stanford ChEM-H began two years ago as an interdisciplinary research institute aimed at studying the intersection of chemistry, biology, medicine and engineering to understand and advance human health. The institute hopes to challenge the traditional notion of chemistry and biology as two necessarily different disciplines.

Khosla, who has taught Stanford’s introductory Biochemistry course — BIO 188 — for more than 10 years has observed that, when students enter the class, it is their first opportunity to integrate what they’ve learned in chemistry and biology. Through a ground-up approach to an integrative education at the interface of biology and chemistry the institute aims to provide a more fluid understanding of the two disciplines.

“[Students’] education has largely happened in silos with occasional reference to the other,” Khosla said.

The Medicinal Chemistry Knowledge Center, established in 2013 as Stanford’s first Knowledge Center, will move into the building’s first floor. The centers will ideally allow those studying human health to have easier access to the technical innovations and capabilities already developed on campus.

ChEM-H will also partner with the nearby SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to capitalize on the ability to visualize molecules at an atomic detail.

Though ChEM-H and SNI will function in separate wings, the two institutes will collaborate on areas of common interest such as imaging, computation visualization and other technologies like microscopy. Despite the shared interests, the institute anticipates creating a “compelling, cohesive building to house what at first glance are very diverse institutes” will be a challenge, says project spokesperson Amy Adams.

The SNI wing will be home to gene viral vector, induced pluripotent stem cell and human neuroscience labs as well as a “Theory Center” at the building’s center to connect the building physically and intellectually, Adams said.

Stanford is analyzing data on daylight and its effect on natural lighting and heat transfer to organize the building’s windows, and seeks to minimize laboratory energy and water use. The facility will also house a pub on the first floor.

 

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Police Blotter: Oct. 14 – Oct. 20 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/22/police-blotter-oct-14-oct-20/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/22/police-blotter-oct-14-oct-20/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:02:58 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1090340 This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 14 to Oct. 20 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 14-20 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

 

Tuesday, Oct. 14

  • An individual made a suspicious phone call to SUDPS at 4:04 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Oct. 15

  • SUDPS received information from a Campus Security Authority (CSA) that a female student reported that she believes she was sexually assaulted on Oct. 11.

 

Thursday, Oct. 16

  • Authorities responded to a noise complaint at Munger Graduate Residences at 10:30 p.m. The music level was then lowered.

 

Friday, Oct. 17

  • An individual was arrested near El Camino Real and Stanford Avenue for driving under the influence (DUI) at 12:08 a.m. and transported to San Jose Main Jail.
  • An individual turned in currency found near her bag at Cobb Track sometime between 6 and 7 a.m. The currency’s owner is unknown.
  • Authorities responded to a noise complaint at a Mayfield Avenue fraternity at 10:15 p.m. The music level was then lowered.
  • An individual smashed the window of a victim’s parked vehicle and stole a wallet containing currency, a credit card and driver’s license sometime between 11:30 and 11:35 p.m.

 

Saturday, Oct. 18

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole a victim’s unattended keys at Cobb Track sometime between 1:10 and 1:20 p.m.

 

Sunday, Oct. 19

  • An individual was arrested, cited and released for driving unlicensed near Cambridge and El Camino at 2:15 p.m.

 

Monday, Oct. 20

  • SUDPS received information from a CSA that a female student reported that she had been sexually assaulted by a known acquaintance in a Mayfield Avenue residence during the 2012 winter quarter.

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, three alcohol transports were reported for the seven-day period between Oct. 14 and 20.

In an update to last week’s bulletin, on Oct. 13, SUDPS received information from a Campus Security Authority (CSA) that a female student reported that she had been sexually assaulted on Oct. 8.

 

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Police Blotter: Oct. 8 – Oct. 13 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/15/police-blotter-oct-8-oct-13/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/15/police-blotter-oct-8-oct-13/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:58:58 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1089855 This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 8 to Oct. 13 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 8 to Oct. 13 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.

 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 8

  • An unknown suspect or suspects made $215.98 in fraudulent charges using a victim’s debit card information in Cabazon, California, sometime between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication near Memorial Church and transported to San Jose Main Jail sometime between 12:20 a.m. and 1:15 a.m.

 

 

Thursday, Oct. 9

  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike rack in front of Branner Hall sometime between noon on Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from in front her Serra Mall residence sometime between 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
  • A victim’s unlocked bike was stolen from her Escondido Village residence sometime between noon and 8 p.m.

 

 

Friday, Oct. 10

  • An individual was arrested and cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol at a Mayfield Avenue fraternity at 3:45 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested and cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Roble Hall at 4:42 p.m.
  • An individual was arrested and cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Leo Weinstein Field House at 5 p.m.
  • Three juveniles were cited and released for petty theft of bicycles near the Hoskins Court Bus Stop at 8:30 p.m.

 

Saturday, Oct. 11

  • An unknown suspect or suspects smashed the rear driver’s side window of a victim’s vehicle and removed a duffle bag with a sleeping bag inside sometime between 7 p.m. Friday and 7:55 p.m. Saturday.
  • Deputies responded to two noise complaints at a Mayfield Avenue fraternity sometime between 12:25 and 1:42 a.m.
  • Authorities responded to a noise complaint at a Mayfield Avenue fraternity at 11:46 p.m., when the music was moved inside and turned down.

 

 

Sunday, Oct. 12

  • An individual was arrested and cited for being a minor in possession of alcohol near Lomita Court at 12:33 a.m.

 

 

Monday, Oct. 13

  • An unknown suspect or suspects stole an unlocked white cargo van from the loading dock parking area of the Clark Center sometime between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 4:30 a.m. Monday.
  • A victim’s reportedly U-locked bike was stolen from the bike rack outside of the Hulme Highrise sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 7:50 a.m. Monday.

 

 

According to the Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin, one alcohol transport was reported for the six-day period between Oct. 8 and Oct. 13.

 

 

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Police Blotter: Oct. 1 – Oct. 7 https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/10/police-blotter-oct-1-oct-7/ https://stanforddaily.com/2014/10/10/police-blotter-oct-1-oct-7/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:36:23 +0000 https://stanforddaily.com/?p=1089441 This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 1 to Oct 7 as recorded in the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

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This report covers a selection of incidents from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 as recorded in the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin.

 

Wednesday, Oct. 1

  • A U-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside Kimball Hall sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 30 or Oct. 1.
  • An incident of child abuse occurred in Escondido Village III Building 110 at 6:00 p.m.
  • A U-locked bike was stolen from a bike rack outside Wilbur Hall sometime between 11:00 p.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 1 or Oct. 2.

 

Thursday, Oct. 2

  • A suspect was arrested at the Stanford Bookstore and was charged with commercial burglary between 11:26 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. The individual was transported to San Jose Main Jail.

 

Friday, Oct. 3

  • An unknown suspect vandalized a window at the Jerry House between 12:00 p.m. and 2 p.m. on either Oct. 3 or Oct. 4.
  • An unknown suspect stole 25 boxes of copper piping from the Western Allied Mechanical Company storage box between 1:40 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 or Oct. 4.
  • A victim’s cable-locked bike was stolen from the park bench it was locked to outside the Sherman Fairchild Science Building sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
  • A victim’s cable-locked bike was stolen from the Soto Wing bike rack of Wilbur Hall by an unknown suspect sometime between 5:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. between Oct. 3 and Oct. 5.
  • An unknown suspect or suspects vandalized an area in front of Building 420 with permanent paint pens sometime between 6:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. between Oct. 3 and Oct. 6. The damage will cost between $400 and $500 to remove.
  • An individual was arrested for public intoxication on Governors Ave. near Santa Teresa St. and was transported to the San Jose Main Jail at 11:55 p.m.

 

Saturday, Oct. 4

  • An individual pushing two bikes behind the McFarland Highrise stated that he was given the bikes to donate when approached. The bikes were confiscated for safekeeping by the SUDPS at 2:35 p.m.
  • A victim’s unlocked bike was stolen from the bike rack outside Wilbur Hall sometime between 3:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.

 

Sunday, Oct. 5

  • No incidents were reported.

 

Monday, Oct. 6

  • An unknown suspect removed the contents of an envelope while it was in the mail processing center sometime between 2:00 p.m. and 5:02 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Oct, 7

  • An unknown suspect stole a watch, wallet, cash and iPad from a locked car at Stanford Stadium between 5:20 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
  • While inspecting a property fence line, a party reported finding marijuana growing in the foothill area of Old Page Mill Road between 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
  • A cable-locked bike stolen between Aug. 13 and Sept. 13 was recovered and returned to its owner at 4:00 p.m.
  • An unknown suspect stole a victim’s unattended wallet from Tresidder Memorial Union sometime between 4:45 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

 

According to the SUDPS bulletin, two alcohol transports were reported for the seven-day period of Oct. 2 to Oct. 8.

 

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