For three hours each Friday last spring, it was me and 15 other students at Arrillaga working our way around the Teaching Kitchen in our chef hats and closed-toed shoes, sautéing, searing, chopping. We were in BIOE 32Q: “Bon Appétit, Marie Curie! The Science Behind Haute Cuisine,” an introsem for sophomores. For about an hour…
There is one consolation this time of the quarter, with exams and essays and presentations and group projects piling up — it is almost Thanksgiving break. We are two weeks away from this necessary week off — a week with no classes to go to, no club meetings and, if your professors are moral, no…
Let’s say it is your first year at Stanford. You are adjusting to the rhythm of life here — the sunny bike rides from class to class, the varying dining hall hours, maybe even being away from home for the first time. Your parents were not able to help you move into your dorm; your…
Three-hundred eighty-seven dollars. This is the number at the bottom of a two-week-old receipt of mine from the Stanford Bookstore. It is what I spent on textbooks this quarter. This quarter, I rented all of the books that had the renting option available, looked through the Facebook group “Stanford Free and For Sale” for cheaper…
For many of us right now, as we start preparing for summer, but especially for the class of 2018, with graduation and “real life” approaching fast, we might find ourselves reflecting on our time here. With the school year’s end in sight, some of the haze that comes with the constant busyness starts to recede;…
With duck syndrome and imposter syndrome and all the other various syndromes we are bound to get at some point in time here, especially if we are stretched a little too thin, what are some remedies?
Amanda Rizkalla discusses why, despite their annoyance, the almost omnipresent caterpillars should be accepted.
Amanda Rizkalla argues that Facebook’s expansion and indispensability in our lives is part of what makes it so challenging to decide where to limit it.
