This past May, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business published an article entitled, “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness.” The titular (no pun intended?) paradox is that, despite the increase in power and options available to women over the past 35 years, “Measures of subjective well-being indicate [...]

This report covers a selection of the crimes added to the Stanford Police Bulletin from July 23 to July 29…

The E-word has gotten a bad rep as of late, and it doesn’t deserve it. In fact, the past few weeks have been a big lesson in why empathy–the ability to understand and share the feelings of others–is so important. In the aftermath of Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination, Republicans came armed with accusations that [...]

The opening round of the 2009 Bank of the West Classic drew thousands of fans to see the likes of Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. Among the star-studded field, Stanford rising junior Hilary Barte and rising senior Lindsay Burdette were ready to take a shot at the cream of the crop.
As the runner-up at the [...]

It takes most programs decades to win two national championships, but don’t tell that to the Stanford women’s water polo team. The Cardinal club team had the pleasure of winning two in three days last week at the 20-under and 20-over national championships in Stockton, Calif.
Stanford completed a clean sweep of the tournament — going [...]

I know — I’m a New York Giants fan bred to hate everyone and everything infected with the green and white virus that is Eagles football. Yet Johnson, one of the more humble and publicly soft-spoken men in the game, practically commanded admiration…

When the All-SEC preseason team was released last week, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow of Florida was a near-unanimous selection for first-team quarterback.

Football gears up for Pac-10 Media Day
It might still be July, but the media already has its mind on the pigskin, as the Pac-10 unofficially kicks off the football season today with its annual Media Day. The event will be held in Los Angeles this year, but it will be more interactive than in [...]

The name was finally added to Stanford’s local implementation of Aspell, Zimbra’s quirky gnu-emblazoned spell checker, when The Daily brought the issue to IT Services last Tuesday.

While fears of swine flu may have subsided since early spring, summer has seen at least eight more cases of H1N1 influenza on the Farm…