Stanford announced Thursday that the number of co-op student staff will be significantly reduced in the upcoming school year — and many students worry these cuts will negatively impact both staffers and their residents.

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Students shared personal experiences that they believe the ASSU should take into consideration when making any statement involving Israel and Palestine.

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Leading scholars on the intersection of social media platforms and democracy say that though content moderation by social media platforms can be beneficial, it has its drawbacks because of the platforms’ potential to remove valuable content and the lack of transparency about the decision-making process.

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As students face difficulties with online learning and socialization, Shea Fedigan and Stephanie Clarke recommend changing your work environment, avoiding prolonged eye contact on Zoom and taking time away from the screen to combat Zoom fatigue.

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Under the Single Transferable Vote method, each voter would rank Undergraduate Senate candidates on a single ballot.

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Even if the Undergraduate Senate passes the bill and it is reintroduced, Council co-chair Kari Barclay said he is “confident that it will not pass” in the Council. Brown said that they condemn the reticence and inaction of the GSC.

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Fall quarter will include flexible work opportunities for staff employees, involving onsite, hybrid and fully remote work.

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Emily Nichols '23, the former vice-presidential candidate on the Stanford Gladiators slate alongside Micheal Brown '22, announced on Tuesday that she had dropped out of the race.

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ProPublica reporter and author Alec MacGillis said that regional inequality negatively impacts both economically disadvantaged areas and “winner” cities that experience economic prosperity.

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Amid COVID-19, continued police brutality and recent nation-wide acknowledgment of anti-Black racism, Black students have been faced with many challenges. Even so, students have found unique ways to cultivate their passions and find hope during these tumultuous times.

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Undergraduate senators spoke out against the Freshman Senators Act and recommended alternative ways to account for the lack of frosh representation.

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Stanford will hold a virtual commencement for graduating seniors from June 11-13.

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The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team is tasked with spearheading the push to improve diversity and equity within the paper’s newsroom, as well as supporting The Daily's community outreach effort.

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Human challenge trials involve injecting participants with the virus to study their reactions in comparison to a control group who has not been vaccinated. The tension between challenge trials’ ability to speed up vaccine development and the risks it willingly poses to participants has spurred international debate on the subject.

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Creating a daily routine and preparing notes before class were among tips peer learning consultant Melissa Santos shared with students at a Tuesday event.

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Many Black students say they are frustrated and disappointed by the lack of police intervention that followed Trump supporters’ armed insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. And while they are frustrated by the contrast between the present moment and the police-incited violence and intimidation of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters, students say they are not surprised.

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Undergraduates say they were surprised by Stanford’s announcement of its plan to invite students to campus in winter quarter, and that they are concerned for the safety of local residents, service workers and other students.

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Students worry that Stanford’s $33.5 million project to create a Public Safety Building on campus will lead to increased police presence and punitive measures instead of promoting public safety.

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The University temporarily ran out of COVID-19 testing slots for Thanksgiving week, later adding 300 slots.

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Stanford alumni featured in Netflix's The Social Dilemma documentary talked changing incentives in the technology industry to end the exploitation of users in interviews with The Daily.

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Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi championed divesting tax-payer dollars from policing and investing in Black communities at a Friday event.

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With Election Day imminent, Stanford students are struck with intense emotions ranging from fear and anxiety to hope, with these sentiments piling on in an already fraught year at Stanford and in the U.S.

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The Supreme Court has fielded a wave of emergency stay applications — which, when granted, allow a party to disregard a lower court’s decision while SCOTUS deliberates — due to the pandemic and a change in court norms, Stanford lawyers said at a Wednesday event.

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Data consistency and coordination between government sectors will be vital in the next stage of the United States' COVID-19 response, said General H. R. McMaster and student researchers during a Wednesday event hosted by the Hoover Institution.

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