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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FUTURE   One message seemed to come across clearly from the press furor provoked by Chelsea Clinton’s decision to come to the Farm. In the words of Coit Blacker, former national security adviser to President Clinton: “Stanford is the university of the future.” The rush and the quality of applicants for this year are better reasons for such an assertion. Stanford received 16,844 applications, a 2.9 percent increase over last year ­ at a time when some elite universities have seen a drop in applications. Nearly half of the admitted students maintained a straight-A average in high school, more than two-thirds scored 700 or higher out of a possible 800 on the verbal and math portions of the SAT, and more than 90 percent of them ranked within the top 10 percent of their high school class. Nearly two-thirds of those admitted (admission was offered to 2,604) will enroll this fall. That “yield rate” (the number of admitted students who enroll) rose to 64.7 percent ­ up from 61.2 percent in 1996. This is the first time since 1988 that the university hasn’t used its wait list to complete enrollment.

A SAFE PLACE FOR BIKES   Stanford has launched a $1.2 million program designed to make it easier for cyclists to get to and around campus. The 1997 Bicycle Facilities Plan will include the addition of 200 secure commuter bike storage spaces, 400 secure resident student bike spaces, new bike lanes on two streets and new outdoor racks that will accommodate 2,000 bikes. “In previous years we focused on the basics: racks and travel ways,” said John Ciccarelli, bicycle program manager. “Now we’ve learned that the single biggest obstacle to bike commuting is theft, so this year we’re building our first secure bike enclosures.” The enclosures will range from stairwell closets to a large cage in an automobile parking garage. Access to the enclosures will be limited to assigned cyclists. In addition, Campus Drive will be restriped for bike lanes between Serra Street and Palm Drive.

OVERSEAS STUDIES IN MEXICO   Stanford will have a new overseas location: Cholula, Mexico. Beginning winter quarter 1997-98, 25

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