breathe in love, calm, light breathe out anxiety, pain, anger   live life mindful not as a puppet seek a life, not a job   sit in an inflatable turtle at the Claw on a hot day close your eyes, walk the labyrinth, imagine another world allow Stanford to let you smile everyday fall asleep…

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My role as editor-in-chief has taught me that you are nothing without your staff. I learned that when problems need to be solved, listening and taking a step back is the hardest thing to do as a leader, but it is also the most important. My role as editor-in-chief taught me that you are nothing…

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No. 9 Stanford women’s basketball (13-3, 3-1 Pac-12) roared back this past weekend from a 49-31 loss to No. 14 Arizona State in its second game of Pac-12 play last week with a 72-52 win over Utah (11-4, 3-1) on Friday night. Sunday’s game wasn’t quite as comfortable of a victory, as the team fought Colorado…

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Entering her 30th season on The Farm, head coach Tara VanDerveer is excited to see how the year unfolds for the young Stanford women’s basketball team — even if the upcoming season holds a bit more uncertainty than previous years have held. “For a long time there we had an All-American returning every year and that was…

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Anyone who knows me knows that The Stanford Daily is my home away from home -- the place on campus into which I have poured my time, energy, heart and soul over the past three years. The Daily should not just be for writers and editors to find refuge and purpose, though. As Editor in Chief, I want to ensure that The Stanford Daily holds a place on this campus as an outlet for all student voices and issues.

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The 2015 NBA Champions, the Golden State Warriors, visited Stanford Monday morning for a shootaround at the Arrillaga practice gym ahead of the team’s first preseason game at the San Jose SAP Center. The Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 95-87. Sup champ? #GoStanford #Warriors ??? pic.twitter.com/PuqpTVzAkY — Stanford WBB (@StanfordWBB) October 5, 2015 The Stanford women’s…

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No. 8 Stanford men’s soccer lost its first road game on Friday to unranked UC Santa Barbara but rebounded three days later to take down top-25 ranked Louisville. Junior Jordan Morris recorded the team’s first goal of the season in the Stanford Cardinal’s 1-0 win over the Louisville Cardinals, while junior goalkeeper Andrew Epstein finished…

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The No. 1 lightweight rowing team won the program’s fifth IRA national title in six years over the weekend, with victories in both the varsity eight and varsity four Grand Finals. The varsity eight got revenge over rival Harvard-Radcliffe with its three-second victory — last year, Harvard-Radcliffe overcame the Cardinal by 0.5 seconds at the finish…

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Members of the three Stanford rowing teams, like many Stanford students, left campus at the start of the Memorial Day weekend. However, they didn’t return in time for Tuesday classes, and instead remained at their respective training sites to prepare for and compete at nationals — they will come back to the Farm just in…

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Last weekend, all three Stanford rowing teams came home with hardware to show for their hard work. The No. 1 lightweight varsity eight remains undefeated in spring competitions with its narrow victory in the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships. At the Pac-12 championships, No. 6 women’s rowing brought home the silver medal in the varsity eight,…

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Between practice, meetings, travel and time in the weight room, football players spend eight to nine hours a day on their sport, perfecting their craft so that they may play the sport they love and perform at peak level for their team and fans every Saturday in the fall. For a player who has dedicated…

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After putting on a dominant performance in 2014 at the annual Big Row, in which all three top women’s rowing boats sealed the deal over Cal, the Cardinal headed into that season’s Pac-12 Championships on a high. This year, however, the team enters the Pac-12s on the tail of narrow losses to the No. 2 Golden…

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Stanford women’s basketball ultimately ended the 2014-15 season on a high note after an up-and-down year as one of the top 16 teams in the nation, leaving a pleasant taste in their fans’ mouths. Two years ago, the Cardinal were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16 — also finishing in the…

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Playing in its brand new facility for the first time, Stanford’s women’s sand volleyball team hosted the NorCal Invitational this past weekend with three pairs reaching the semifinals in the pairs tournament and the Card finishing second overall in the team tournament. Scenes from @StanfordSandVB‘s home opener. pic.twitter.com/BpHMNo2olF — GoStanford Vault (@GoStanfordVault) March 7, 2015 The Card…

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Stanford’s women’s basketball team has won the Pac-12 conference or at least a share of it for the past 14 years. Until this season. Head coach Tara VanDerveer isn’t worried about rankings or records at this point. She is focused on the Cardinal playing more games. Come tournament time, only the first game is guaranteed.…

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Five Stanford players scored in double digits to propel the No. 19 Card (21-8, 13-4 Pac-12) to a 69-58 win over the No. 7 Beavers (25-3, 15-2).  Stanford handed OSU its first loss of the season in Gill Coliseum, snapping a 21-game win streak. With Stanford’s upset victory over Oregon State, the Card only need…

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On its last Pac-12 road trip of the season, in its penultimate Pac-12 game of the season, Stanford women’s basketball finds itself in an unfamiliar situation when it plays No. 7 Oregon State on Thursday. With four losses in conference and sitting squarely in third place in the Pac-12 standings with not much chance of…

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With 3:54 remaining in the first Battle of the Bay matchup, Stanford women’s basketball led the Cal Golden Bears 54-45, capitalizing on a 15-0 run. In that span, it wasn’t only the Cardinal offense that contributed to the run but also a staunch defensive performance that held Cal to 0-of-11 in shooting in an eight-minute…

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To follow up the loss, Arizona (9-14, 2-10) completed their first weekend sweep against the Cardinal since 2007-08, beating Stanford in the final eight seconds of the game, 60-57.

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The last time that No. 12 Stanford women’s basketball (17-5, 9-1 Pac-12) played No. 10 Arizona State (20-2, 9-1), the Card were ranked two spots higher than the Sun Devils. This time around, in the second half of Pac-12 play, it’s ASU that has the advantage and Stanford that will look to win from behind…

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This comes from a junior who actually did figure out her priorities before it was too late and has decided to live her time at Stanford according to her own desires and what she wants to do and not according to what others do or what she should do.

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Stanford men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins told CBSSports.com on Monday that forward Reid Travis would practice this week in preparation for the Card’s away game against Washington. The 6-foot-8 freshman incurred an upper-leg stress fracture on Dec. 29 in the team’s win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and has been sidelined ever since. Travis averaged 7.5 points…

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Last year saw Stanford remain atop the college athletics world, winning the Directors’ Cup for a 20th consecutive year. Three student-athletes were named national players of the year in their respective sports, 11 head coaches earned coach of the year honors and 20 sports earned top-10 postseason finishes.

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While the reliance upon Samuelson’s shooting is still the same from last year’s game at Washington to this season. This year’s No. 15 Stanford women’s basketball team (10-4, 2-0 Pac-12), as compared to the style of play of the team that lost to Washington last year, is vastly different.

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