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Brunch off

Brunch off

You’re reading this over your bad coffee and Cheerios made of multi-grain cardboard. Your orange juice is mostly hydrogenated corn syrup. Don’t settle. You deserve a real breakfast.

January 30 2009 | By Austin Zumbro and Molly Thomas | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

Dear Fraîche, We like you now, not like before

Dear Fraîche, We like you now, not like before

…So far as things go in our Palo-Altonian yogurt world, Fraîche is nothing less than a fro-yo haven for gentlemen and scholars. Consequently, we’re unspeakably thankful that Fraîche has opened up shop in Tresidder.

January 30 2009 | By Ruth McCann | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

STAMP brings mental health issues out of obscurity

STAMP brings mental health issues out of obscurity

In its most recent effort to promote positive social change on campus, the Stanford Theater Activist Mobilization Project (STAMP) presents “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” a candid look at the mental health issues of Stanford students.

January 30 2009 | By Monica Miklas | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

The So-Called “Maestro of Klez Funk” Comes to Stanford

The So-Called “Maestro of Klez Funk” Comes to Stanford

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, artist Josh Dolgin (or Socalled, as he’s called) gave the crowd a salient sampling of what it means to be truly creative.

January 30 2009 | By Ashley Rhoades | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

Student group Artspan helps kids through art

Student group Artspan helps kids through art

Most of the children there find it hard to perform daily tasks; almost none of them have had an art class before. Nonetheless, they seem to genuinely enjoy the weekly lessons with Stanford volunteers, who call their project Artspan.

January 30 2009 | By Calla Huan Sheng | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

Digital style: student designed iPhone apps push the envelope

Digital style: student designed iPhone apps push the envelope

Last quarter, Stanford offered CS193P, called iPhone Application Programming. The students had the opportunity to design their very own application for the iPhone and distribute it online via Apple’s App Store.

January 30 2009 | By Nikhil Kamat | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

“Lost”: Intermission asks the ultimate question: “Lost” or “24”?

“Lost”: Intermission asks the ultimate question: “Lost” or “24”?

When I met Kate Austin, I forgot all about Kim Bauer.

January 30 2009 | By Will Trueheart | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

“24″: Intermission asks the ultimate question: “Lost” or “24”?

“24″: Intermission asks the ultimate question: “Lost” or “24”?

The winner is, of course, “24,” and really it’s no contest.

January 30 2009 | By Teddy Steinkellner | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

Melt your stress away

Melt your stress away

In November of last year, that scene became slightly more sophisticated with the opening of Melt Ultra Lounge on Emerson Street.

January 30 2009 | By Theo Polan | Posted in Intermission | Read More »

When fashion is the art: Yves Saint Laurent at the De Young

When fashion is the art: Yves Saint Laurent at the De Young

The 40-year retrospective at the De Young Museum in San Francisco is dedicated to the death of one of the last maestros of the dazzling generation of couturiers, which includes Coco Chanel, Christian Dior and Christobal Balenciaga.

January 30 2009 | By Ksenia Galouchko | Posted in Intermission | Read More »