The Struggles and Successes of a Disappeared Stanford Review In the early 1980s, when Ronald Reagan became President and the nation was in the midst of the Cold War, nearly 30 politically conservative student publications emerged in college campuses jpb11 4 Jun 2010
New Draw System Leads to Changes in Dorm Class Mix The implementation of the tier lottery system for housing assignments, which replaced the former priority draw system, substantially changed the way students are assigned to housing. The new draw structure jpb11 21 May 2010
New Execs Discuss Plans for Administration After weeks of extensive campaigning and outreach to the Stanford community, Angelina Cardona ’11 and Kelsei Wharton ’12 were visibly relieved after being announced as the winners of the ASSU jpb11 23 Apr 2010
Med School’s New Voting System In an effort to increase voter turnout in ASSU elections, Stanford’s School of Medicine will now synchronize voting for its own elections with the general ASSU elections. Before the jpb11 4 Apr 2010
Students Enjoy Rice’s Class When former Secretary of State and University Provost Condoleezza Rice announced her return to Stanford, students’ reactions were mixed. While some on campus disagreed with her work within the Bush jpb11 19 Feb 2010
Initiative to Increase Understanding of U.S. Military When transfer student and Marine Veteran William Treseder ’11 arrived at Stanford in 2008, he was amazed by the little exposure students had to the U.S. military. Hoping to jpb11 21 Jan 2010
Huntsman Addresses Student Conference From November 15 to 20, ten Stanford students traveled to Beijing to help coordinate and participate in the “On Common Ground” conference organized by the student-run Forum for American/ Chinese jpb11 3 Dec 2009
Regional Tensions Complicate Honduras Power Struggle Almost five months since a military coup in Honduras ousted President Mel Zelaya, the country remains politically unstable. On June 28, Latin America woke up to the shocking news of jpb11 19 Nov 2009
Elite Panel Lays Out Road to Economic Recovery As part of the programming for Reunion Homecoming Weekend, Stanford hosted a roundtable discussion entitled, “The Road Back: From Economic Meltdown to Renewal.” The event featured a stellar panel composed jpb11 5 Nov 2009
A Guide to Flip-Flopping On October 20, U.C. Berkeley Professor Robert Van Houweling came to Stanford to present his research to the Graduate School of Business. In the event, titled “Candidate Inconsistency and jpb11 5 Nov 2009
Community Center Protests Unsuccessful The controversial budget cuts to community centers drew campus-wide attention last Spring Quarter as the Concerned Students for Community Centers (CSCC) organized several events protesting these cuts. The most eye-catching jpb11 22 Oct 2009
Fiorina’s Senate Run Shows Signs of Promise Things are moving forward for Stanford alumna Carly Fiorina.Stanford alum Carly Fiorina, ‘76 announced she jpb11 14 Sep 2009
Objectivist Brook: Excessive Government Regulation Caused Current Crisis On May 14, Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute Yaron Brook came to Stanford to present “Capitalism Without Guilt: The Moral Case for Freedom.” In the event, hosted by jpb11 28 May 2009
Students Fast to Protest Community Center Cuts When The jpb11 28 May 2009
Michael Newton, Leading Genocide Expert, Discusses The Trials of Saddam Hussein at Stanford Law School On April 23, Vanderbilt law professor and leading expert on the Kurdish genocide Michael Newton came to Stanford to present “The Iraq Genocide: Al-Anfal. Personal Perspectives and Legal Residue.” The jpb11 30 Apr 2009
Donna Brazile Analyzes Obama’s First 100 Days at Stanford NAACP Event Last Monday, Democratic strategist and political commentator Donna Brazile entertained Kresge with a talk titled “100 days…100 years: Obama’s Report Card and Black America”. The event, which featured jpb11 16 Apr 2009
Renowned Journalist Ahmed Rashid Discusses US Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan Pakistani journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid came to Stanford on March 10th to speak on “Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan: A New Direction in US Foreign Policy.” In jpb11 2 Apr 2009
Sleep and Dreams: A Legitimate Class? The recent announcement that Sleep and Dreams will no longer fulfill the Natural Science GER has sparked much discussion on campus. While, with some modifications, the class does have the jpb11 26 Feb 2009
