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One of the more beautiful people-watching habits at Stanford is to notice the suffusion of what people learned in class into what they talk about… Continue Reading »
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Sent From My iPhone: Frat Parties Suck, but Go to Them Anyway
But fear not, enterprising freshmen, because even though it may not appear so at first glance, Stanford does hold its own on the party scene; it’s just that the administration wants you to work for it a little, which is foreign territory for a lot of you…
McDonald: failure is not just an option; it’s inevitable
It’s a piquant suggestion, though, because even though Etch mostly just means, “Take hard classes so we can look good,” he’s kind of got a point, though you won’t really need to try in order to fail. Even if you make it out of here without a dreaded “NP,” or even an “RP,” on your transcript, you will fail at something, and you will fail someone.
This Column Sent from my iPhone: Maybe You Should Repair Your Soles First
If there is one thing that exasperates me more than self-righteous old people, it’s psych studies that claim to justify said self-righteousness…
This Column Sent from my iPhone: The 794 Words You Can Never Say In Real Life
One of the more annoying byproducts of the current incarnation of hipsterism is the need to classify every social interaction into moments, especially epic ones…
This Column Sent from my iPhone: For A New Generation, Life Begins with “Inception”
Precious then, is the movie that truly succeeds at captivating the public’s attention, like “Inception” has done in the past two weeks…
This Column Sent from my iPhone: Listen, Summer, You Ain’t So Big
Though everyone will claim to have their personal preferences, it’s pretty much unanimous consent that summer, out of all the seasons, is top dog…
This Column Sent from my iPhone: The Kids are All Right, Dammit
I’m officially a member of the news media now, and even though I swore I’d always stick up for them, I had continued the shameful news media tradition of treating teenagers as though they were an alien species…