Stanford women’s volleyball player Samantha Wopat (A.K.A. Sam Wopat) has died, the school announced yesterday. Wopat, a 19-year-old sophomore outside hitter, died on Sunday at Stanford Hospital, surrounded by family, friends, and her teammates. She remained in the intensive-care unit until her death. The school has not yet released an official cause of death, but [...]
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Almost all of us use social networking sites – whether it’s for our businesses or for our own personal use. However, things start to get a bit uncomfortable when one finds out they don’t have control over their own personal information. Consumers just don’t have the legal rights to control how their personal data is [...]
Jeremy Lin has arrived in the NBA. The red-hot point guard from Harvard has gotten the New York Knicks fired up and launched a craze dubbed “Linsanity”. Lin, the first Taiwanese-American to play in the league, rose from obscurity to demigod by averaging 25.3 points and 8.3 assists in three wins that have taken the [...]
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 [...]
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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