The Daily brief: Aug. 13, 2010
Rankings | Forbes’ lists are out: By a new measure that emphasizes student point of view and satisfaction, Stanford is sixth on a list that boasts Williams College as its frontrunner. Stanford also...
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Marks My Words: The S-Word – Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I described my annoyance with the Stanford response — when people hear that you’re from Stanford, they are sometimes quick to peg you as one of those elitist brats. Oh, you go to...
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Mitt Romney led the charge as a Big Game prankster in 1965
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s love of practical jokes has been well-documented: he’s admitted to playing “a lot of pranks in high school” and his family teased him for it...
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Alexandra Botez: Stanford’s first female Chess Club president
Alexandra Botez ’17, the first female president of Stanford Chess Club, has been playing chess since she was 6. (YELIZAVETA ORLOVA/The Stanford Daily) For Alexandra Botez ’17, chess has been an...
View ArticleNot another Clinton, not another Bush
“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.” So sang Roger Daltry in The Who’s classic “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” which decried the futility of political change. The USA seems to be taking this sentiment...
View ArticleIn favor of the other Clinton, the other Bush
In his column “Not another Clinton, not another Bush,” Daily columnist Joel Gottsegen rightly points out the potential corrupting influence of nepotism in American politics. Citing examples like India...
View ArticleStanford announces Kenneth Olivier as new Board of Trustees member
Kenneth E. Olivier ’74 is the newest member of the Stanford Board of Trustees. Olivier will begin his five-year term on Dec. 1, 2015, according to a Stanford Report article. Currently, Olivier is also...
View ArticleRice not a candidate for UT Austin presidency
Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice has denied that she is a candidate for the presidency of The University of Texas at Austin. Speculation arose in recent days that Rice was the frontrunner for this...
View ArticleObama to deliver keynote address at cybersecurity summit
The White House Press Office announced Monday afternoon that President Obama will be coming to campus on Friday to deliver remarks at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection,...
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Board of Trustees elects two new members
Angela Filo was recently elected to the Board of Trustees (Courtesy of Angela Filo). The Stanford University Board of Trustees recently elected two new members: Angela S. Filo, founder of the Yellow...
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Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named next president
The Board of Trustees announced today that Marc Tessier-Lavigne, current president of The Rockefeller University in New York and former Stanford faculty member, has been selected as the 11th president...
View ArticleA new president for an expired status quo
By now most of us have heard the news: Stanford’s 11th president, selected by the Presidential Search Committee after “six months and thousands of hours reviewing prospective candidates in a...
View ArticleKatipamula elected Senate chair as 18th Undergraduate Senate meets for first...
The first meeting of the 18th Undergraduate Senate centered around elections and the legacy of the past Senate. Elections for Senate chair, deputy chair and committee chairs took up the bulk of the...
View ArticleReflecting on the Hennessy tenure
With the end of the school year comes the end of President John Hennessy’s tenure as president of Stanford. In spite of criticism he’s faced over the years, most would agree that his 15 years at the...
View ArticleHennessy’s term as President comes to close
In his 16 years as the University’s executive-in-chief, President John L. Hennessy has overseen landmarks and milestones for the University. His tenure brought Stanford the Engineering Quad, more than...
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President Obama talks inclusive entrepreneurship, moderates panel with Mark...
President Barack Obama addresses the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford, CA. (RAHIM ULLAH/The Stanford Daily) “This is the place that made nerd cool,” said President Barack Obama when he spoke...
View ArticleMarc Tessier-Lavigne reaches out to students on first day
University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne started his tenure as Stanford’s 11th president on Thursday, Sept. 1, taking over for former university president John Hennessy. Tessier-Lavigne, a former...
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Q&A with Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Stanford’s new president
Marc Tessier-Lavigne officially took office Sept. 1 as Stanford’s 11th president, following John Hennessy’s 16-year tenure. Tessier-Lavigne, an award-winning Canadian neuroscientist, was previously...
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Tessier-Lavigne inaugurated as Stanford’s 11th president
(RYAN JAE/The Stanford Daily) Students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered in Frost Amphitheater on Friday morning to celebrate Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s inauguration as Stanford’s 11th president. While...
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Lecture on history of U.S. presidency contextualizes election
David Kennedy, the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford, gave a lecture last week on the history of the American presidency. Kennedy’s talk was featured as part of the Bechtel...
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