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By Ian Garcia-Doty | Published January 24, 2013 | Full size is 669 × 1000 pixels

Courtesy of Shari Young Kuchenbecker

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.