Pin ItemailprintSOPA, A.K.A. the Stop Online Piracy Act, is dangerously close to becoming a law. Instead of waiting until 2012 to discuss the matter, Congress is meeting on Wednesday to try and sneak it by Americans who will be too busy getting ready for the holidays to notice that their internet has just become censored. [...]
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The college basketball season is just getting under way, but we already have an early candidate for shot-of-the-year. Check out Stanford‘s Gabriel Harris, who, with just seconds left in the first half of a game against Colorado State, casually lobs the basketball down the court for a magnificent 3/4-court shot to beat the first-half buzzer. [...]
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The Stanford Graduate School of Business has received a $100 million gift, the second-largest gift in its history, and up to $50 million in matching funds, from Robert and Dorothy King for research into eliminating poverty in the developing world. The Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies that’s been created with the donation will [...]
We’ve seen lots of inspiring things since the Apple co-founder passed away. Now, we proudly present, the Steve Jobs tribute pumpkin. “I usually only carve people that I am inspired by or touched by,” Stanford Medical Student Raymond Tsai said. “Steve Jobs, I think, is just an inspirational person for a variety of reasons. I’m [...]
It’s that time of year. U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the top colleges in America. This year, Princeton University tied Harvard University as the top-ranked National University in the 2012 college rankings. Last year, Harvard stood alone as the sole, top-ranked National University, a category that encompasses large, research-oriented [...]
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John Mayberry Jr. is looking for love in all the wrong places. It seems the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder is attracted to actress Antoinette Nikprelaj, who played a sexy mermaid in the latest “Pirates of the Caribbean” film. Mayberry, 27, is taking a rather unusual route to try and snare his beautiful mermaid, however. Rather than call Nikprelaj [...]
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Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who helped bring peace to Bosnia and negotiated the release of American hostages in Iran, died Friday at the age of 85 from complications of kidney and bladder cancer. Christopher “passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles,” said his family in a statement on [...]
Today’s Stanford-Arizona college basketball game has been postponed following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others this morning. “The University feels the game should be delayed with deep respect to the victims and families impacted by this tragedy,” said Arizona athletics director Greg Byrne this afternoon. Byrne added that the University of Arizona security [...]
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The mystery surrounding Jim Harbaugh appears to be over. The now-ex-Stanford football coach has signed a deal to become the next head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Following Stanford’s defeat of Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl on Monday, Harbaugh became a hot commodity. It was rumored that the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and [...]
Chelsea Clinton is set to tie the knot with her boyfriend of about five years, Marc Mezvinsky, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday in Rhinebeck, New York. It’s sure to be quite a spectacle as hundreds of people have crowded into town to try and catch a glimpse. Clinton, 30, is expected to marry her [...]
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Repent! The end is near! Or is it getting farther away? Actually, we’re not quite sure. On Thursday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced that it will adjust the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock, which shows how many minutes we are until midnight (Armageddon). Have we moved closer to midnight? Have we [...]
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The iPhone apps market is about the hottest thing going. Within the next several days, wanna’ be iPhone app makers can view a Stanford computer science course on how to create iPhone apps to sell in the iPhone App Store – and they can see the course [...]
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