Following fire hydrant break, water floods Santa Teresa Courtney Douglas June 14, 2018 0 Comments A broken fire hydrant at the intersection of Lomita Mall and Santa Teresa Street propelled a wave of water into the air early Thursday afternoon. The water then flooded eastward down Santa Teresa, and... Read More »
Santa Clara County voters recall Judge Aaron Persky Courtney Douglas and Julia Ingram June 6, 2018 21 Comments Santa Clara County voters have recalled Judge Aaron Persky ’84 M.A. ’85, who raised national controversy after sentencing former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexual... Read More »
Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student Brian Contreras, Ada Statler and Courtney Douglas May 31, 2018 52 Comments Emails between the Hoover Institution's Niall Ferguson and well-known Republican student activists John Rice-Cameron ’20 and Max Minshull ’20 reveal coordination on “opposition research”... Read More »
Senate rejects nomination of non-Native renaming committee members, appoints Randolph as election commissioner Courtney Douglas May 30, 2018 0 Comments Procedural confusion filled Room 209 of the Nitery on Tuesday night as the 20th Undergraduate Senate debated whether to confirm two nominees to the University Building Naming Committee. Senators... Read More »
Escondido Village gas leak shuts down part of Campus Drive, people advised to ‘avoid the area’ Courtney Douglas May 29, 2018 0 Comments Following an Escondido Village gas leak, authorities have closed down portions of Campus Drive and shut off gas service in two East Campus graduate residences, according to a series of AlertSU... Read More »
President and Provost commit to international need-blind admissions, announce postdoc salary raise to $60k Claire Wang and Courtney Douglas May 18, 2018 0 Comments A commitment to need-blind admissions for international students, increased faculty diversity and an 80 percent carbon-free, zero-waste campus by 2030 were among the prominent issues presented by... Read More »
Kairos house staff fired for ‘unreported’ incident Claire Wang and Courtney Douglas May 9, 2018 0 Comments Kairos has fired its entire house staff in connection with “an incident that went unreported” in October, multiple sources have confirmed. All staff members have since been ordered to move out of... Read More »
Breaking silence, Persky says recall will compromise judicial independence, prove dangerous Courtney Douglas May 9, 2018 5 Comments Two years after handing down a controversial ruling in a sexual assault case that drew international scrutiny, Judge Aaron Persky ’84 M.A. ’85 broke his silence on Tuesday morning to denounce the... Read More »
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