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Sonja Hansen

Sonja Hansen '22 is the Managing Editor of Photo and Video for Vol. 257. She served as the Managing Editor of Video in Vol. 256 in addition to contributing to news. Hailing from Sacramento, California, Sonja is studying Earth Systems on the Land Systems track. Contact her at smhansen 'at' stanford.edu.

Campus food pantry pop-up to proceed with modifications in April

Food-insecure students and their families will see several changes aimed at countering the spread of coronavirus at Residential & Dining Enterprises’ (R&DE) "Food Pantry Pop-Up" on April 13.

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Mar 31 2020

Stanford team creates digital map of free meals for Bay Area children

A team of undergraduate and graduate students has created a digital map detailing where Bay Area children can still find free meals in the wake of school closures that have upended plans for students who rely on free and reduced-price lunches.

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Mar 29 2020

Student Government

Senate denounces course fees

"[Students] don't need extra courses, they need financial security," Senator Mià Bahr ’22 said. The Senate discussed the elimination of course fees in its 11th meeting.

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Oct 30 2019

Student Government

Senate considers bill to require student groups to report diversity metrics for funding applications

The Undergraduate Senate discussed initiatives involving significant changes to the appropriations committee, as well an app intended to improve campus safety, plans to collect data through polls and a resolution that would restructure personal projects.

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Oct 01 2019

Brock Turner sexual assault survivor ‘Emily Doe’ to release memoir

The survivor of convicted felon Brock Turner’s sexual assault, known publicly as Emily Doe, will release a memoir in September on her experience surrounding the attack that took place in January 2015.

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Jun 08 2019

Day-long food innovation conference tackles food waste, innovations

The theme for this year’s FoodInno conference addressed the waste accumulated at every step of the food production process

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May 24 2019

Mallory Smith’s ’14 posthumous memoir ‘Salt in My Soul’ to come to campus

Mallory Smith passed away from cystic fibrosis at the age of 25. She wrote 25,000 pages worth of journal entries, which her mother published after her death in 2017 as “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life.”

Leily Rezvani and Sonja Hansen

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May 15 2019

Stanford study reveals how our brains react to Pokémon

Just in time for the release of "Detective Pikachu," Stanford research detailing how Pokémon affects brain development was published

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May 09 2019

21st Senate swears in, elects in-house positions

After swearing to uphold the values of the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU), the 21st Undergraduate Senate elected senate positions during their inaugural meeting

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May 01 2019

Stanford team competes as a finalist in national cybersecurity simulation

For the first time since the student group’s foundation in late 2015, Stanford Applied Cyber was a national finalist in the two-day long simulation that mimicked the high-stress situation of a cyber attack.

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Apr 26 2019

Emmett Till painter talks 2017 controversy

Artist Dana Schutz spoke in conversation with Hamza Walker, director of nonprofit art space LAXART, on appropriation in the arts during the inaugural talk for the Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg Artist Conversation Series on Monday evening.

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Mar 05 2019

Panel of mental health experts, students discuss designing a mentally sustainable Stanford

Faculty responses to mental health issues, Stanford’s current lawsuit entanglement and suicide were the center of a Monday night panel discussion on mental health.

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Feb 26 2019

Stanford Club Boxing struggles to secure SAL funding

Stanford Club Boxing, which has operated as an unofficial club sport since September, has faced obstacles in trying to secure funding from SAL.

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Feb 08 2019

Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor discusses gun control, national activism

SIG events committee member Emily Katz ’19 said the event was pulled together in only a few days after Deitsch reached out to inform the group of his interest in visiting campus.

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Jan 28 2019

Former Italian prime minister talks populism, education and female leadership

Renzi, who served as prime minister of Italy from Feb. 2014 to Dec. 2016, has taught courses on European leaders' challenges at Stanford’s Florence campus in the fall quarters of 2017 and 2018.

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Jan 09 2019

Disabilities Awareness Week wraps up with rally for disability community center

Members and allies of the disability community gathered on Friday to rally for a permanent disability community center on campus.

Sonja Hansen and Regina Kong

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Nov 05 2018

Student entrepreneurs take on ASES Bootcamp’s $20 challenge

Huddled together and clutching a tub of large cookies, a few of the latest additions to the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) waited for the arrivals of people to the Row late on Friday and Saturday night on Oct. 12 and 13.

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Oct 25 2018

Planned Parenthood chapter advocates for reproductive rights on campus

On Oct. 10, Planned Parenthood publicly launched a campaign to protect access to abortion in light of the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

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Oct 18 2018