The off-campus Dead Houses, a popular choice for non-dorm housing, runs about $600/room in rent a month. Pretty great deal, especially considering the fact that zillow.com recently valued each house at about $1.9 million. Owner Rob Levitsky doesn't seem to mind. “I’m not a yuppie — I drive an old truck and I wear old clothes,” Levitsky said. “I

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Apparently Condi doesn't like to negotiate in real life, either. Prof Coit Blacker, one of Condi's closest friends, recalls her giving a jewelery salesclerk an especially hard time.

"Let's get one thing straight," he recalls her saying. "You are behind the counter because you have to work for minimum wage. I'm on this side asking to see the goo...

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Forget Director's Cups, Nobel Prizes, and Rhodes Scholars. Wesley Yeo, class of 2002, is believed to have set a record with 13 roommates in four years, though stats are unofficial and courtesy of Stanford Magazine. How's that for a collegiate accomplishment?

A newbie to the Stanford diving team posts impressive stats: she won the 1-Meter Division III CIF Championships, was 2-Time Conference Champion, etc etc. But when you take a look at Miss Stellar's personal bio, she notes that for her to "improve as a person", she'd need to "act the same way when I'm tired and stressed as I do when I'm rested and

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A new policy put out by Stanford's medical school states that the entire medical campus will be smoke free, including on patios, seating areas, and any open areas bounded by certain roads. This seems like a universally healthy move--until you read the fine print. The ban applies to the med school campus, but not to the Stanford Hospital or the L

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Stanford's sports website, gostanford.com, boasts a weekly poll that's relatively reasonable. This week, however, takes the cake:

Football Fanpoll - Which of these teams on the 2007 scheduled does Stanford most favorably match up against?

A) Arizona State
B) TCU
C) Arizona
D) Washington State
E) Washington
F) San Jose State

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Former Synergy resident Katherine Roubos ('07) has suddenly found herself accused of sin. As part of an assignment in a three month internship with the Daily Monitor newspaper, Roubos was asked to cover gay issues in Uganda. Unfortunately, anti-gay protestors rallied up with banners and demanded the immediate deportation of the Stanford grad. Lo

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Apparently, being an academic doesn't include dating perks. One craigslist ad, supposedly posted by a professor asks,

"Have you ever wanted to play with a professor in his office? If so let's do it this morning at my office at Stanford...or my home on campus"

Thirty to one this guy's an IHUM prof. They're always into that early morning academia,

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Misguided parents often think enrolling their child in a camp at Stanford will increase their chances of college acceptance. Unfortunately, one family took the idea one step too far, publishing an article in the "top stories" part of their newspaper. Apparently, "Gabriela Zeagler, a seventh-grader at Marina Middle School .. gained tools that she

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Stanford has once again made the cut for the semi-finals of the defense department's robotic vehicle race later this year. The car can travel more than 100 miles without any sort of human involvement. Sounds pretty spiffy, but why on earth are we testing for the Defense Department again?