The myth of intellectual vitality? On housing and culture at Stanford and Oxford Nick Burns October 2, 2017 0 Comments I saw an Onion headline a while back, “Malala Can Tell Oxford Paired Her With Roommate Just Because They’re Both Nobel Laureates” that first made me laugh and then made me really think. The... Read More »
The nuance of the word ‘nuance’ Cate Camara June 13, 2017 0 Comments I’ve never before heard the word “nuance” receive as much popular use as I have at Stanford. After hearing this word pop up in multiple contexts at Stanford, I decided to look further into this... Read More »
Are Stanford students excellent sheep? Deresiewicz revisited Nick Burns March 7, 2017 2 Comments The institutional philosophy and resulting campus culture of Stanford is based on the idea that if students are kept on equal footing and encouraged to aspire to personal success, the threat of... Read More »
Toto, we’re not on the East Coast anymore Emily Schmidt December 1, 2016 0 Comments Since my awkward middle school years, I’ve said over and over that I would go to school in California. As a little girl, I dreamed of swaying palm trees, sun-kissed surfer boys and celebrities on... Read More »
Organization Kid Kiran Sridhar January 4, 2016 3 Comments One needs merely to scan recent news headlines to understand how starkly campus culture has changed in the nearly fifteen years since Brooks' article. From the protests at Yale over systemic racial... Read More »
Why we can’t have nice things Lily Zheng November 8, 2015 1 Comment Once in awhile I find myself wondering just what “sex” means at Stanford. There’s the Sexual Health Peer Resource Center (SHPRC) and three dollars of free sex toys and condoms every quarter;... Read More »
On Natty Light and nauseous nights Lily Zheng November 1, 2015 0 Comments It’s a Friday night, and you’re exhausted from that p-set or paper you’ve stayed up all night for. Your friends are heading out, but you don’t know if you have the motivation. What’s one... Read More »
An open letter to anonymous opinions: Sit your ass down Mina Shah May 26, 2015 22 Comments Posting from a place of anonymity doesn’t make your thoughts valid or true. And if you’re not careful about what you’re writing, you can seriously hurt some people. Read More »
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