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"Drinking at Duke"
In this two-part series, Sanette Tanaka examines the alcohol policy and drinking culture at Duke University. The reporter reveals differences in drinking policies between private and public universities, as well as examines the effectiveness of the "new associate dean," who has implemented an "education-based harm-reduction model" in an effort to curb "binge drinking among students."
Tags: alcohol; binge drinking; Tom Szigethy; Stanford; Harvard; Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research; UNC; Wake Forest; National College Health Assessment
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Secrets of the Knight: Sir Allen Stanford and the Missing Billions
In the wake of the 2008 financial crises, a variety of Ponzi schemes surfaced but few as elaborate as Allen Stanford's. "Secrets of the Knight" details Stanford's in-depth network of offshore accounts, business ventures and lavish spending. It explores how his empire was built and how it fell.
Tags: Allen Stanford; Ponzi; scheme; Antigua; Barduba; Texas; billionaire; knight; scandal; finance; business;
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Stanford's disappearing game refuge.
The Stanford University foothills, which are major spots of academic and technological advancement today, are in fact lands dedicated by the state legislature as a state game refuge in 1927. The Weekly reveals how the California Department of Fish & Game abandoned management of the refuge in the early 1950s. Further, the story discusses why the refuge status remains relevant today, despite Fish & Game and Stanford's assertions that the refuge as an entity worth protection is obsolete.
Tags: ornithological; Junipero Serra Road; Stanford Dish Area; Don Feria
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Southern Exposure - "The New Loan Sharks"
This two issue series documents how market forces and regulatory inaction have fostered a pattern of impropriety and lawbreaking among major lenders. The first issue focused on how Citigroup has become the leader in "subprime loans" targeted at moderate-income and minority borrowers. The article is supplemented by a timeline, sidebars and maps and tells the story of people whose financial lives have been wrecked by Citigroup's practices. Then, SE conducts an investigation of the subprime autofinancing market, They find that questionable car sales tactics are institutionalized practices fueled by top-down market forces and the policies of GMAC, Nissan and other big players.
Tags: General Motors; Maria Flores; CitiFinancial; Stanford I. Weill; Sherry Roller
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Second Chance: Only after recruiter's death did colleagues learn of his past.
This story explains how a Lucent Technologies executive's criminal history was not uncovered until he died. According to the author, "A routine audit by Lucent after Mr. (James) Baughman died disclosed discrepancies in a contract he had struck with an employee-search firm, resulting in a multi-million-dollar billing dispute." Baughman also forged a Stanford University transcript.
Tags: identity; Lucent; employees; criminal history; past; hidden; secrets; James Baughman; Lucent Technologies; money; fraud; scandal
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A banker's setback leaves Michiganders feeling shortchanged
Stanford Stoddard, a multimillionaire in Southfield, Michigan, wants to start a bank. However, because of his questionable past, the FDIC refused his deposit insurance, making it impossible for him to start his bank. Even with the help of prominent friends, Stoddard still failed to get the required insurance.
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FutureNet
An account of how the Internet has evolved and continues to grow. Richards also introduces the visionaries who have shaped the networked world and addresses new trends, concepts and business issues arising from the Internet's evolution.
Tags: BOOK; Internet; Transcontinental Railroad; Leland Stanford; Silicon Valley; World Wide Web; ARPANET; TCP/IPs; Digital Millennium Copyright Act; copyright issues; encryption; BOOK PAGES-274
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The Last Laugh
Young writes; "There's nothing unusual about heated battles between business rivals. But in this case, there's an extra dimension stoking the flames, The club Craig and Jeff Glazer will compete with happens to be named Stanford Glazer's Comedy Club. Stan Glazer, you see is their father, and he's aiming to settle the score in a long-standing feud with his sons." When Stan Glazer's first club began failing he turned over ownership to his sons who quickly turned the club into a profit making machine. Stan Glazer tried unsuccessfully to sue his sons over money he believed they owed him from the club. Smart Money looks at the long-running family feud now that Stan Glazer has opened another club in competition with his sons.
Tags: Business; entertainment; comedy
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The Genetic Surprise
Should people with genetic predisposition for certain diseases be charged more for health insurance? In 20 states, laws are on the books to preserve the privacy of genetic testing, but potential employers can still ask for a genetic profile. Is it really fair? Forced anti-discriminatory insurance rates, such as those that are in place in New York, force insurance companies to raise rates to cover costs of the outliers. It also prices many -- mostly younger people -- out of insurance. Is it "genetic discrimination" or "just another form of predictive information, like sex, age, weight, and past medical history?"
Tags: Genetic testing; insurance; Stanford Program in Genomics; Ethics; and Society; Risk Management and Insurance Program at U.T. -Austin; Denter for Biomedical Ethics at teh University of Pennsylvania; privacy
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Small gains on Stanford 9 scores cut across all levels of language ability
Whether large or small, wealthy or poor, predominantly English-proficient or dominated by students who were not fluent, school districts across California fell into a pattern of slight gains in reading and more robust gains in math on the Stanford 9 standardized tests from 1998 to 1999.
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