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CAPS director, current students discuss mental health challenges, strategies for incoming frosh

by Shray Vaidya — August 18, 2019August 18, 2019No Comments

The weight of a new environment, pressure to forge new friendships and start of a stressful academic journey can all contribute to mental health challenges faced by first-year college students. At a high-profile, rigorous university like Stanford, these issues are amplified further, wrote Bina Patel, director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Vaden Health Center, in an email to The Daily.

Q&A: Incoming Stanford Humanities Center Director, literature professor Roland Greene

by Manat Kaur — August 17, 2019August 18, 2019No Comments

The Daily spoke with Greene about the role of the humanities and SHC at Stanford, as well as his own goals as SHC director.

Stanford proposes new medical office building, standalone parking garage in Redwood City

by Brian Lee — August 17, 2019August 17, 2019No Comments

The project is planned to accommodate the local Redwood City community through street improvements, resource sustainability and reservation of public open spaces.

Spanning more than a decade, Stanford Medicine’s Renewal Project to end with opening of new hospital in fall

by Catherine Feng and Selina Yang — August 12, 2019August 14, 2019No Comments

Project efforts have included updating the School of Medicine with new labs, replacing the Edwards, Lane, Alway and Grant buildings and reopening Welch Road as a two-way thoroughfare. The project also saw expansion of the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and renovation of the Hoover Pavilion healthcare building.

#StanfordToo planners compiling stories, creating website after April panel leaves students dissatisfied with school administrators

by Anishi Patel — August 10, 2019August 10, 2019No Comments

While the April event proved popular, students criticized Stanford administrators’ framing of the issues discussed, as well as the fact that three of the administrators left the event half an hour early due to time constraints.

Elite college counseling: A legal, prohibitively expensive pay-to-win game in admissions

by Stella Pagkas — August 10, 2019August 10, 2019No Comments

This year’s college admissions scandal drew a media spotlight. Every year, however — and with far less fanfare — students’ families pay hundreds or thousands of dollars an hour for completely legal college counseling, and with it, offers of virtually guaranteed college admission.

Tensions persist in Palo Alto over Castilleja School’s proposed campus renovations

by Arushi Saxena — August 10, 2019August 10, 2019No Comments

Castilleja School’s proposal has faced community backlash, with nearby residents expressing concerns about increased traffic, rising housing costs and the school’s previous violation of city regulation.

Three-week long ‘Close the Camps’ protest in Palo Alto targets U.S. immigration policy

by Rachel Jiang — August 9, 2019August 9, 2019No Comments

On the first day of the protest, dozens of people held signs showing phrases such as “Never Again means Close the Camps,” and “Support our undocumented brothers and sisters.”

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