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Hennessy's background would indicate that he could be the ideal Silicon Valley president for a school that has long been associated with the tech world...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Stanford Reacts to Selection of 10th President | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

...Kristin A. Torres, a senior who served as the first-ever undergraduate on a Stanford presidential search committee, said yesterday that Hennessy wasn't picked because of his computer science and engineering background...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Stanford Reacts to Selection of 10th President | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

Stanford senior Kristen A. Torres, who served as the undergraduate student search committee member, said Hennessy's technology-based background had no bearing on his selection...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: John Hennessy Appointed Stanford President | 4/4/2000 | See Source »

...understands technology, and that's important....[But] he wasn't picked because of his computer science and engineering background...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: John Hennessy Appointed Stanford President | 4/4/2000 | See Source »

...that the absent parents of the child who shot Kayla are irrelevant and gun legislation is relevant? Why not require parenting classes and forbid procreation without a background check, waiting period and license? This legislation, as absurd as it sounds, would have been more beneficial to Kayla. JOSEPH L. GREENE Canyon Country, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 3, 2000 | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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