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By George Chen | Published September 16, 2012 | Full size is 3177 × 2111 pixels

(SIMON WARBY/THe Stanford Daily)

Free Speech and the Academic Mission
Justifications for free speech hold true on University campuses as surely as they do elsewhere.
Which Drowns You Faster: the Gravity or the Flush? Part I
I am humbled and reminded of how much more structural inequality, or racism, or sexism, or poverty that I could have had to overcome.
Bring back Western Civ
Stanford should have a standard core curriculum in the “Great Books” mold, exposing people to the most important ideas in our history.
Joy vs. Pleasure
The pursuit of joy, I would hypothesize, is what moves us.
Returning to Reality
I have been avoiding writing this column for about three weeks now–and I might avoid getting to the point for a few more sentences. I think I fell back into depression again these last few weeks.