Community sibling programs grow to ease freshmen adjustment to college Nikhita Obeegadoo December 4, 2014 0 Comments Freshman blues are an integral part of the Stanford college experience. From homesickness to culture shock, these feelings vary across a wide spectrum, and it is often hard to find an optimal way of... Read More »
Undergraduate Senate overrides Executive veto on funding bill Nikhita Obeegadoo November 2, 2014 1 Comment In response to Tuesday’s veto of a funding reform bill, the Undergraduate Senate held a meeting on Saturday, overriding the Executive’s veto with a 12 to 3 vote, which was more than the two-thirds... Read More »
Exec vetoes 14-1 Senate vote on funding bill Nikhita Obeegadoo October 29, 2014 4 Comments During the Oct. 28 meeting of the ASSU Undergraduate Senate, The Bill to Assign Reserve Accounts to Student Groups was extensively debated and ultimately ended with a veto by ASSU Executive Elizabeth... Read More »
Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner,” speaks at Stanford Nikhita Obeegadoo April 17, 2014 1 Comment On Wednesday evening, Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner,” spoke at Stanford as part of the School of Medicine’s “Medicine and the Muse” renewal-themed symposium. Read More »
Asif Ali Khan brings “qawwali” to campus Nikhita Obeegadoo April 3, 2014 1 Comment On Saturday night, Pakistani singer Asif Ali Khan and his group brought qawwali— a form of Sufi devotional music that has been in existence for more than 700 years, and that remains... Read More »
Emeritus English Professor Ron Rebholz dies at 81 Nikhita Obeegadoo November 12, 2013 0 Comments Ron Rebholz, professor emeritus of English, passed away on Nov. 8 from natural causes. He was 81 years old. Read More »
OAPE piloted 5-SURE On Foot at FMOTQ Nikhita Obeegadoo October 23, 2013 0 Comments 5-SURE On Foot, the Office of Alcohol Policy and Education (OAPE)’s new security escort service funded by the Stanford University Department of Public Safety, was unofficially launched last night at... Read More »
Jim Clark donates $60 million to Stanford Nikhita Obeegadoo October 16, 2013 0 Comments Former Stanford professor and founder of Netscape and Silicon Graphics, Jim Clark, donated $60 million to Stanford for the purpose of interdisciplinary research spanning life sciences, technology and... Read More »