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Football is BackT hey're back. Just two months after the team's second straight Rose Bowl Game, Stanford football got back in the public eye on Saturday, March 1, with the first of three open practice sessions. The two-time defending Pac-12 champions went through progressions before finishing with a 25-minute scrimmage in front of fans who braved intermittent rain and heavy winds for the glimpse of the players. |
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Taming the Storm, Capturing its PowerC ould a large deployment of offshore wind farms protect America's coasts against hurricanes in addition to harvesting a renewable source of power? Research from Stanford engineering professor Mark Z. Jacobsen suggests an array of 78,000 turbines off the coast of New Orleans would have sapped Hurricane Katrina's storm surge by up to 79 percent. |
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End to Campus Tobacco SalesC igarette sales are being snuffed out on the Farm. The University has asked campus vendors to cease sales of all tobacco products, including chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes, effective March 1. "Tobacco sales are inconsistent with our many programs that support healthy habits and behaviors," said Susan Weinstein, '72, MBA '79, assistant vice president for business development. |
