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Protest crowd with a sign reading "Abolish the police" held in the air

Allen | Why student activism matters: A look at Stanford’s history

Georgia Allen
  •  
Oct. 29, 2024
Magazine
Main Quad

From the Editors | Introducing the ‘Escondido’ magazine

Linda Liu and Greta Reich
  •  
June 25, 2024
Quizzes
Indian caricatures like these decorated Stanford merchandise until the early 70s, when when the University sought to make its mascot less cartoonish. (The Stanford Daily Archives)

How well do you know Stanford history?

Cameron Duran
  •  
June 25, 2024
Podcasts
Noah Sveiven on a blue background with the text "Office Hours Air" with Noah Sveiven and the Stanford Daily's logo

Office Hours Air: Caroline Winterer on ‘The Apes and Us’ and understanding the past

Noah Sveiven
  •  
Feb. 2, 2024
Reads
An animated book titled "The Dawning of Diversity How Chicanos Helped Changed Stanford University by Frank O Sotomayor" is displayed with Book Review written repeatedly in bold next to it.

‘Dawning of Diversity’ narrates Mexican American students’ stories of the 1970s

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 25, 2024
Podcasts
Noah Sveiven on a blue background with the text "Office Hours Air" with Noah Sveiven and the Stanford Daily's logo

Office Hours Air: Roxanne Nilan, Karen Bartholomew and Larry Horton

Noah Sveiven
  •  
Jan. 10, 2024
Reads
Text on a white background reads "The games of Stanford and California"accompanied by drawings of a football helmet and ball

‘The Games of California and Stanford’ traces thrilling beginnings of football rivalry

Amistad Vanegas
  •  
Nov. 16, 2023
Screen
Film strips from "The Horse on Motion."

How the first moving picture originated from a Stanford controversy

Alexandra Blum
  •  
April 3, 2023
Culture
A half eaten ube donut from CoHo sits against a lavender background next to the words "A CoHo retrospective."

What’s in a CoHo ube donut? Inside the Coffee House’s 55-year history

Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez
  •  
Feb. 23, 2023
From the Community
Sigma Chi house, now known as 550 Lasuen, on a sunny day.

From the community | Commemorating one of the proudest moments in Stanford history

From the Community
  •  
Oct. 20, 2022
Opinions
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From the Community | Stanford activists ‘Disturbed the War’ in the 1960s and 1970s

Lenny Siegel
  •  
April 14, 2021
Opinions
Image of Ellwood Cubberley

Eugenics on the Farm: Ellwood Cubberley

Ben Maldonado
  •  
Feb. 4, 2020
Opinions
Columnist Altair Brandon-Salmon recovers an identity associated with Stanford which we often forget: it was and remains a mausoleum. (MICHAEL BYUN / The Stanford Daily)

Is Stanford a mausoleum?

Altair Brandon-Salmon
  •  
Nov. 4, 2019
Columnists
cardinal-red-daily-s-logo

Eugenics on the Farm: Leonas Lancelot Burlingame

Ben Maldonado
  •  
Oct. 21, 2019
News
Alfred A. Hart Photographs, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries

Remembering the Chinese railroad workers that built Stanford’s fortune

Elena Shao
  •  
May 23, 2019
The Grind
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People with disabilities are still subjected to sub-minimum wages

Trisha Kulkarni
  •  
May 1, 2019
(DEVON NICOLE ZANDER/The Stanford Daily)

A history of housing shortages: how the University accommodates consistent growth

Julia Ingram
  •  
May 16, 2018
(ARCHIVES/The Stanford Daily)

April 19: On this day in Stanford history

Michal Leibowitz
  •  
April 19, 2018
(DAILY ARCHIVES)

Mar. 8: On this day in Stanford history…

Brian Contreras
  •  
March 8, 2018
(DAILY ARCHIVES)

Mar. 1: On this day in Stanford history…

Brian Contreras
  •  
March 1, 2018
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