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Freshmen consider ethics at 'Three Books' program

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The "Three Books" program has become a staple of New Student Orientation. This year, Debra Satz, director of the Center for Ethics in Society, invited authors Tracy Kidder, Anne Fadiman and Joyce Carol Oates to talk to first-year students about "seeing things that are uncomfortable."

Exhibit marks 200th anniversary of Mexican independence

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Celebrating Mexico: The Grito de Dolores and the Mexican Revolution opens today at the Green Library. Stanford is joining Berkeley's Bancroft Library with collaborating exhibits celebrating the Mexican bicentennial. Both libraries are well known for their Mexican history collections.

Rising stars make it a new era for ethnic studies at Stanford

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Stanford magazine features an article about six key scholars, hired in the last three years, who are strengthening the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Historian Al Camarillo spearheads an effort to make Stanford "the best university in the world doing this work."

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  • Bill Lane memorial service: A memorial service to celebrate the life of Bill Lane, member of the Class of 1942, former publisher of Sunset and a longtime Stanford supporter, will be held at noon Oct. 1 in Memorial Church. A reception will follow at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
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