The class of 2020 by the numbers
The class of 2020 has dealt with one of the most unusual years in Stanford history. With COVID-19 forcing the mythical senior spring online, seniors have had their years and lives upended.
•
Dylan Grosz
Dylan is a senior majoring in Symbolic Systems-AI and minoring in Economics. He very much enjoys playing guitar, listening to music, and reading FiveThirtyEight. As a Senior Data Team Writer for The Stanford Daily, Dylan hopes to offer his data-driven approach to journalism as a vessel for others to navigate the vast, stormy seas of society. He will also usually do so in an overly dramatic metaphor.
Insights from the 1st Stanford Community Survey
From April 8-24, we staged our first survey: asking students about their opinions on various Stanford institutions, their Stanford experience, national politics and more.
A closer look at Stanford students’ COVID-19 petitions
Since March, students and faculty have voiced their concerns through petitions about topics ranging from housing to academics to workers’ rights. Here are a look at the petitions that have circulated since the beginning of March.
•
Visualized: COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area
As cases of COVID-19 continue to develop in Santa Clara County and at Stanford, The Daily is tracking the number of cases, including their reported causes and outcomes. All data comes from daily reports by Santa Clara County Public Health.
Embracing Brockhampton
Several minutes after hearing BROCKHAMPTON’s especially playful mic check, their superfans rushed the meadow at Frost Amphitheatre. Most caught the ire of security personnel and slowed their all-out sprint, appeasing them by blurring the line between power walking and light jogging. Though the boyband was a couple hours away from performing, an especially lively lineup…
Nadia Jo and Dylan Grosz
• Modeling the Draw
Modeling the Draw is a calculator that mimics Stanford’s annual residential Draw. Using linear regression on historical draw statistics from 2014 to 2018, Modeling the Draw estimates your chances of getting into your desired residence for the upcoming school year. Try the calculator now! Contact Lily Zhou at lilyzhou ‘at’ stanford.edu, Charles Pan at cpan22…
•
Student group protests Salesforce chief scientist
Ten students protested the invitation of guest lecturer and Salesforce Chief Scientist Richard Socher in “SYMSYS 1: Minds and Machines,” on Tuesday morning.
•
As length of presidential campaigns increases, 2020 might follow suit
Election Day 2020 is 651 days away — and while this may appear to follow a trend of presidential bids coming earlier every election year, data on historical presidential announcement dates show a more complex story.
Treasure Island Music Festival features a variety of awesome acts
Eight hours of raving, roaming and manmade dust storms weren’t enough to stop people from crowding the main stage of the Treasure Island Music Festival. The main act that night was the ever-psychedelic Tame Impala, and despite the groovy stylings of Jungle on the second stage, a strong contingent of Tame Impala hyper-fans skipped their…
Damn, Peggy: The Stanford Daily talks with JPEGMAFIA
In an interview ranging from new music to our favorite 90s Nickelodeon cartoons, The Stanford Daily got a chance to speak with rapper JPEGMAFIA over the phone on his birthday while he was eating at Chili’s. Coming off of the success of his new project “Veteran,” JPEGMAFIA and his deconstructed take on trap music has…
9 Acts to check out at Treasure Island Music Festival
In less than a week’s time, I will be heading to the Treasure Island Music Festival (TIMF) as it kicks off this Saturday in Oakland. With headliners A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala, TIMF boasts an extremely exciting and high-energy lineup even compared to previous years. In no specific order, here are nine acts to…
The Breeders: a cross-generational appeal
Kim Deal howls a muffled siren as Jim Macpherson taps out the start to “Cannonball.” With a bass lick from Josephine Wiggs and a groovy riff from Kelley Deal, The Breeders of 1993’s seminal “Last Splash” are reunited at last. As “Cannonball” bangs on The Masonic’s vaulted ceilings, the sleeping cells of youth in the…
A look at BROCKHAMPTON, a hip-hop anti-collective All-American Boyband
Last week, BROCKHAMPTON stormed Camp Flog Gnaw painted blue, pompously rapping their truth to a crowd of thousands, but just a year ago, their dreams remained locked away behind starry eyes. Rather explosively, BROCKHAMPTON has taken over as indie hip hop’s darling, thanks in part to their consistently enthusiastic fan engagement and acclaimed releases of…
Exclusive: Four very real and serious takes on the new album ‘Reputation’ by music artist Taylor Swift
Note: this piece is a satirical article. Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” is the most anticipated pop album of the year, and we at the Daily were so excited to review it that we didn’t even have time to listen to it. Instead, we used our advanced music reviewing algorithms to generate all possible reviews of “Reputation.”…
Personal, not political apocalypse on Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘Villains’
Most relevant hard rock groups are acts of survival rather than revival. Other than a few groups like UK’s Royal Blood, most currently relevant hard rock acts were born out of 90s scenes like grunge or the sludgy drone of the Palm Desert Scene. Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA) are no exception to this…
Reflections on funk and punk
Emblazoned across the wall adjacent to the stage were trippy colors flowing back and forth between audience and performer. On the docket for the night were California-based funk bands Atta Kid and Thumpasaurus, hosted by Stanford’s own Jazz Consortium in the living room of 576 Alvarado. With an hour each, both bands took similar musical avenues…
Father John Misty gets it half-right on ‘Pure Comedy’
Under the moniker “Father John Misty,” Josh Tillman has spent his last two records sarcastically musing about himself. Tillman’s experiences and relationships hold the central focus of 2012’s “Fear Fun” and 2015’s acclaimed “I Love You, Honeybear.” On these records, he exhibited a calculated abuse of simplistic and fun lyrics about his experiences, weaving nuanced…
The Red Hot Chili Peppers bring the hype to Oracle
After funk-rocking for nearly 35 years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have certainly accumulated a diverse fanbase. Last month, parents and children, fans alike, flooded into Oakland’s Oracle Arena, most donning red-asterisk T-shirts from performances past. Whether they were carrying a drink already or patiently waiting to overpay for one, the older fans started to bubble with…
Thundercat’s ‘Drunk’ offers a sobering message on escapism
Coming off the acclaim of his work on Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled unmastered” and his own “The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam” mini-LP, bass virtuoso Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, turns to a clear lyrical message on “Drunk,” his first full studio album in four years. Clocking in at about 51 minutes and 23…
Interview: Moon Hooch Makes “Energy Music”
In the wake of Moon Hooch’s new EP “The Joshua Tree,” I chatted with founding member Mike Wilbur about his Brooklyn-based trio. From their roots busking in the subways of New York, they have since translated their urban performance efforts into three studio albums and, now, an EP. Wilbur and his bandmates James Muschler and…
Review: Homeshake’s ‘Fresh Air’ is an ode to failed communication
A modulated voice introduces the artist’s sophomore full-length “Midnight Snack” by adding a question mark to his name: “Homeshake?” Who is Homeshake? On first listen, Peter Sagar seems like a slightly underproduced solo artist, a naive descendent of a possibly saturated slacker rock genre, simply a former touring guitarist for the successful Mac Demarco. However,…
A Slacker Rock Revival
You have to try in rock despite what you’ve recently heard on your alt rock radio. The rise of slacker rock acts like Mac DeMarco and Kurt Vile has communicated a more laid-back approach to the industry, through its subdued instrumentals and seemingly easygoing lyrical themes. Born out of the 90s, our group of unconcerned…
Interview: Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton talks production and confidence in changing sound
I sat down with Jack Stratton, separated by the length of California, for an extensive telephone interview on November 6, ranging in discussion from his production techniques on certain tracks to fan theories about his birth. The bandleader of the funk band Vulfpeck, Stratton comes fresh off of the band’s new record “The Beautiful Game,”…
Vulfpeck more seriously explore post-recording production in ‘The Beautiful Game’
Just like their name’s near homophone, Vulfpeck plays as a wolfpack, as a tight cohesive unit whose only goal is to follow its alpha: the groove. “The Beautiful Game” is no different, inheriting the pithy funk of all its LP and EP predecessors. Before their LPs (silent and loud), Vulfpeck released 4 EPs every year…
Load more
