To the Class of 2007: Have some civility
I recognize that for those expecting political celebrities like Bill Clinton or Condoleezza Rice for our Commencement speaker, the relatively unknown Dana Gioia seems like a second-rate compromise. But to express your disappointment with the Senior Presidents’ selection in such a public fashion demonstrates extreme disrespect for an [...]

What is Israel? With all the arguments and rhetoric we’ve heard over the last week, it’s easy to forget that Israel is a country, not just a controversial subject. The fact is, every single Stanford student’s life has been vastly improved by Israeli innovations and advances in science and technology.
Israel has made your life better, [...]

On Wednesday night, a number of groups — including the off-campus organization pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs — screened a 15-minute film entitled “Out of the Closet and into the Streets of Tel Aviv.” This is neither a documentary (it was produced by a PR firm in Israel), nor does it seek to generate critical discussion. [...]

German: Wie laenger, desto besser.
English: The longer, the better.
The longer, the better, eh? Some things are better not to try to hold onto. Perhaps an English idiom can be scrounged up to demonstrate my viewpoint: Get going while the going’s still good. I’ve written this column long enough. It’s time for me to move on [...]

At last count, the number of online responses to the front-page Daily article announcing Dana Gioia as the Commencement (“Dark horse chosen for commencement,” Jan. 30) speaker was 47. The majority of these responses, unsurprisingly, have been negative. The Class of 2007 feels that once again, they have been screwed.
But wait! A few online posts [...]

An admission: What I’m about to share is a deep personal revelation, something I carry close to my heart and have only ever told one person (plus, I guess, whoever was behind us in line at the CoHo).
Growing up, I was an awkward, nay, an ungainly youth, prone to hovering about the fringes of social [...]

In yesterday’s article about Stanford’s recent designation as an exemplary school for junior faculty (“Report finds junior faculty satisfied”), The Daily mistakenly referred to Vice Provost for Development Pat Jones — whose full name is Patricia — as male. Not only is Pat Jones a woman, but one of her responsibilities is to promote the [...]

The Office for Religious Life announced the name for the new Interfaith Center that will be located on the third floor of the remodeled Old Union on Monday.
The CIRCLE: Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences was chosen as the winning submission from 83 entries into the naming contest and is the creation of Daniel [...]

So who’s ready for a coronation? By the look of things, just about everyone. Reading the columns, watching ESPN’s coverage and feeling the fan vibe, it seems like most people outside of the Windy City are ready to hand the Lombardi Trophy to Peyton Manning and the Colts come Sunday. And in some ways it’s [...]

A few months ago I received a very enthusiastic email from a Stanford alumna telling me about her former advisor Suzanne Abel, explaining why I should interview her for In Focus. When I spoke with Abel, the associate director for external relations at the Haas Center, I saw how she could touch a student’s life [...]