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Calling the response to his potential candidacy “simply humbling and inspiring,” former Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig announced yesterday that he will not mount a bid for Congress from his San Francisco-area district. The copyright and cyberlaw expert, who has been at Stanford since 2000, had been encouraged to run for office by Harvard cyberlaw professor John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94. Palfrey was the leader of a Web-based “Draft Lessig” movement to encourage his friend to seek office. In a video posted...
...disappointing third place finish in the HYP meet last weekend. Senior Haibo Lu snatched first in the 800 meter run with a 1:57.18 finish, while sophomore Vito Cannevo captured fourth at 1:59.27. Sophomore Stephen Chester finished the 3K in 9:00.47 to seal a fifth-place bid. Junior Neville Irani and freshman Eric Clayman finished back-to-back in the weight throw, hurling 16.45m and 15.83m, respectively, for sixth and seventh in the event. Sophomore Graham Infinger tied Northeastern University’s Andrew Staples at sixth in the long jump with a 6.44m leap...
...genuinely do love it that much,” Eccles said on why she entered a bid to be named Customer of the Year. “I go there all the time and I figured it would be good to maybe not have to pay every time I went...
...income rising from $680million in 2002 to $9.2billion in the first nine months of 2007, placing it as one of the top-three diversified mining and metals firms in the world. The industry has become blast-furnace hot: witness BHP Billiton's hostile $147.4 billion bid for iron-ore-rich Rio Tinto Group...
...from the south of San Francisco to San Mateo. The seat opened up when its former occupant, Democrat Thomas P. Lantos, who had held the seat since 1981, died earlier this month. A special election for the seat is scheduled for June 3. If he decides to mount a bid, Lessig would face off against Jackie Speier, a 30-year veteran of local politics who has already announced her candidacy. In his video, Lessig had kind words for his potential foe, saying she has been an “extraordinarily good state senator.” —Staff...