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Students air concerns at OSA meeting
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The Dean of Students Office and the ASSU sponsored a town hall meeting last night to allow students the chance to share their views about the Office of Student Activities (OSA), Old Union and Tresidder Union.
Students air concerns at OSA meeting
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The Dean of Students Office and the ASSU sponsored a town hall meeting last night to allow students the chance to share their views about the Office of Student Activities (OSA), Old Union and Tresidder Union.
Senate meeting mired in debate
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Farmers outraged over dirt from Munger
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ASSU blasts sit-in arrests
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ASSU Senators expressed anger and frustration at their meeting last night about the arrests of 11 students — all members of the Stanford Sweat-Free Coalition — who participated in a five-hour sit-in at President John Hennessy’s office to protest what they believe is the University’s reluctance to restrict sweatshop labor in factories that produce apparel that bears the Stanford name.
ASSU selects Diamond as teacher of the year
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The ASSU has finally found something it can agree on: over the weekend, a special ASSU commission selected Political Science Prof. and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Larry Diamond as the Teacher of the Year. The Black Student Union (BSU) was also chosen as the Voluntary Student Organization (VSO) of the Year.
Senators enjoy first short meeting of term
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Unexpected debate over SOCA funding
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ASSU Senator Patrick Cordova ‘09 took an unorthodox measure to obtain funding for a Stanford Organizing Committee in the Arts (SOCA) program during last night’s Undergraduate Senate meeting.
Spring cleaning
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ASSU rejects divestment
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The Undergraduate Senate failed to pass a controversial but toothless divestment bill last night calling for the University to reevaluate its investments in Israel and Palestine.
Election questioned
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate voted 12-1 tonight against holding a runoff between the two top executive slates of last week’s elections, overruling a motion brought to the council by Elections Commissioner Bernard Fraga ‘08.
Senate plans vote on MidEast divestment
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Senator Nabill Idrisi ‘09, who authored the proposal, told his peers that he made several changes to the first version of the bill to reflect their concerns and those of other students.
New course evals. are restricted
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But even those students who finished their evaluations by the deadline are not able to see how their peers ranked the same professors or how faculty for classes they are taking this quarter fared in evaluations.
Charter change considered
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate spent most of its brief first meeting of the quarter discussing two proposed changes to the judicial charter.
Study: Calif. schools need big overhaul
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The “irrational and complex” K-12 school system is failing millions of California’s students. That is, according to a Stanford-sponsored study, until the way schools are funded and managed is completely revamped.
ASSU endorses amendment
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The Undergraduate Senate passed an advocacy bill, two elections commission measures and approved an amendment to its constitution at the group’s final meeting of the quarter last night.
Online petitions transform efforts
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The new electronic signature process requires all groups to gather signatures through an online petition. To “sign,” a student must enter a valid last name, student ID and SUNet ID, a process that has drawn mixed reactions from the thirteen student groups — nine undergraduate, three joint and one graduate — petitioning for special fees this year.
Spar over divestment at ASSU
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate heard from the Jewish Student Association (JSA) and Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel (SCAI) last night for and against a bill authored by Senator Nabill Idrisi ‘09 calling for the University to selectively divest from “companies that violate international law and abuse human rights in Israel and Palestine.”
NSO not just for freshmen
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Everybody remembers New Student Orientation (NSO) from freshman year. It is hard to forget the Krispy Kremes hanging on trees, the Band Run or the awkward rounds of Two Truths and a Lie in dorm common rooms. Some students love it, others hate it — either way, it has traditionally been an experience reserved solely for freshmen and transfer students. Next September, however, graduate students will have a chance to join in on the fun.
ASSU urges Univ to rethink living wage
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ASSU talks sweatshop labor
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The ASSU Undergraduate Senate passed two significant advocacy bills at their weekly meeting last night.
Old Union delays ire students
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After more than a year of construction and delays, administrators say the new Old Union is nearing completion. But as the University prepares to take possession of the renovated building it is still unclear when students might be able to begin using the facility.
Heng gives annual address
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“Old Union is not being done right.” Those were the words of ASSU President Elizabeth Heng ‘07 during her State of the Association address last night.
Big plans for the future
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Lenox sees the future of Stanford’s campus in terms of these small academic communities, which would function both as autonomous units and as part of the larger community.
Herbivores removed to increase plant life
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For carless, new shuttle makes shopping simple
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