Undergraduate student found deceased in campus residence
Friday’s death is the fourth student death announced by Stanford since February.
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Battery and unwanted kissing incident reported at Campus and Galvez
A woman was unwillingly lifted off of the ground and kissed on the forehead by an unknown man who ran up to her at the intersection of Campus and Galvez late Thursday night. The male suspect then asked the victim to get into his car with him; she declined and he left, according to an AlertSU Crime Alert sent to the Stanford community.
As heat lessens, Stanford ends chilled water curtailment
Stanford confirmed Thursday that the curtailment will end in all buildings by the end of the day, thanks to forecasts predicting cooler temperatures.
Amid student pushback, rock climbing wall at ACSR to be replaced by fitness center
The bouldering gym at the Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation (ACSR) is closing on Wednesday, a move that sparked pushback from students.
Stanford will accept County’s request to quadruple housing in General Use Permit if approval conditions are modified
While Santa Clara County has requested that Stanford construct four times the amount of faculty and staff housing they originally intended to under the 2018 General Use Permit (GUP) application, the University maintains it cannot meet this demand without a series of modifications to the County’s conditions for the application’s approval.
Sentenced to one day in prison, six months of home confinement, former sailing coach apologizes for role in admissions scandal
After accepting $610,000 in bribes to reserve athletic recruitment spots for wealthy families’ children, former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer was sentenced on Wednesday to one day in prison and six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring.
Mental health service increases, administrative restructuring announced in Student Affairs spring update
The merging of administrative oversight toward student groups and Greek life, increased mental health services and the promise of continued campus social programming were among the announcements shared in Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole’s spring quarter update to the campus community on Tuesday.
Stanford to direct funds gained from admissions scandal to ‘public good,’ launches external review into admissions
Stanford is working with a state attorney to find a worthy cause to donate the $770,000 fraudulently gained from the national college admissions scandal — including the $610,000 obtained from bribes to former head sailing coach John Vandemoer — according to a victim impact statement submitted to Boston District court. Vandemoer’s sentencing hearing will take place on Wednesday.
