Duplicate draw numbers assigned

By Lia Hardin
NEWS| A new number-generating program mistakenly issued duplicate Draw numbers to 81 groups this year, adding additional worries to an already complex process for the 135 affected students.

Committee votes on Exxon Mobil shares

By Lia Hardin
NEWS| The Stanford Board of Trustees Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility (APIR) voted last week to support a joint shareholder resolution that will call on Exxon Mobil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Panelists think about future of print edition

By James Hohmann
NEWS| In a sometimes testy conversation during which panelists cut each other off, an Internet executive, a media industry analyst, the founder of Salon.com and an editorial writer for The San Jose Mercury News offered diverging outlooks for the future of the newspaper.

Project raises Katrina awareness

By Kelsey Mesher
NEWS| Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, many people believe that “everything’s fine.” But according to New Orleans native Sarah Woodward ‘09, “The Big Easy” is still far from the spirited city it once was. In an effort to raise reduced awareness about the issue, Woodward memorialized the city’s losses and its continued struggles through an interactive art installation she constructed near Green Library on Saturday.

Magnetic properties of carbon identified

By Andrew Valencia
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Educated mothers work more

By Allison Dedrick
NEWS| What determines a mother’s decision to work after having children? According to a recent Council on Contemporary Families study, her post-childbirth career choices are not directly related to her husband’s socioeconomic level. The Council found that educated women are actually more likely than their less-educated counterparts to work while raising children, even though such women are generally wealthier.

Attacking with body and mind

By Sam Bhagwat
NEWS| During his youth, Josh Waitzkin was widely regarded as a chess prodigy.