To shave or not to shave? That is oh-so-rarely the question. For women, running blades across the vast majority of our bodies on almost a daily basis is as much a common practice as brushing your teeth before bed. And this isn’t a new phenomenon. Women have a long and hairy relationship with shaving. During…

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Before I came to Stanford I was a carnivore. I would gladly eat steak for breakfast and I looked forward to barbeques like an eight-year-old counting down to a Disneyland trip. When I returned home and people were shocked by my strange new eating restrictions, I told them it was peer pressure that made me…

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In addition to all the other exciting and mildly controversial aspects of this year’s election, one of 17 measures that have qualified for California’s state ballot is, surprise surprise, the issue of marijuana legalization. If Proposition 64 is passed, which it most likely will be, marijuana will be legalized for adult recreational use, meaning people…

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Do you miss having seasons? It’s a question I get fairly often when people ask me about the move from New Jersey to California. While I do miss certain aspects of winter and think that a 75-degree and sunny Christmas is criminal, when it comes down to it, I would trade a few snow days…

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Some words that come to mind when depicting Palo Alto: Neat, upscale and maybe even, dare I say, relatively uneventful. Some descriptions that are not normally associated with Palo Alto: bohemian, outlandish, and remarkably experimental. Yet sixty years ago those were all words used to describe the area that borders Menlo Park on two sides…

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These days, when we think about purchasing new toys, we usually look to Apple or TechCrunch. But three product design engineers are changing the way both kids and adults play by taking their customers back to the basics. Through their capstone product design class, the goal of which is to design a product and bring…

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Jay Fielden: In contrast to Zac Posen’s jovial, animated demeanor, Jay Fielden, in his sleek black suit and wavy burnt orange hair, stylishly unstyled, manages to strike that elusive balance of being simultaneously wild and controlled, authoritative yet casual. I was immediately struck by his extremely distinct and very arresting presence. He has that look…

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A quick glimpse at my daily attire would tell you that I don’t know anything about fashion. But as I sat there waiting for the arrival of Zac Posen, fashion designer phenomenon, and Jay Fielden, editor and chief of Town and Country, the oldest continually published general interest magazine in the United States, I was…

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I sat down with Davis Wertheimer, a junior majoring in Symbolic Systems and the founder of Stanford’s new beekeeping club. We talked about his interest in beekeeping, groggy bees and the best kinds of honey. Thus far, the club has had a sum total of three meetings, and there are 18 members on the mailing…

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Many Stanford students embark on a study abroad program to encounter new cultures or gain a fresh perspective. But students living in Sigma Chi and Columbae have found that cultural immersion and eye opening experiences do not always require an intensive application or a plane ticket. The Sigma Chi-Columbae house swap was initiated last year…

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To long board or not to long board? Transportation is a big deal at Stanford. Considering the vastness of the campus and demanding schedule it is no surprise that the majority of students rely on some more accelerated form of transportation than their ligaments. But to say that it is just a matter of efficiency…

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Whenever I am about the get into an Uber I find myself in a tense state of indecision. Where to sit? The front seat would require me to make conversation or else sit in awkward eye-contact-averting silence. But climbing into the backseat creates an uncomfortable air of superiority as if I had no interest in…

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There are many impressive individuals at Stanford but some of the most remarkable people I have met here are the ones who have managed to go through even one year of college without any sort of reliance on coffee. I used to be a caffeine holdout, insisting that I would never want to be reliant…

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At Stanford there’s a sentiment that you have to apply for competitive grants to travel to exotic countries in order to have new experiences and become more culturally knowledgeable. Nope. Last Saturday night I discovered that an opportunity for genuine cultural immersion was only a brief 45-minute car ride away. And when I say cultural immersion,…

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Recently, a close friend of this article’s author was evicted from campus housing. The author relays his story, as told by him to the author, below. It is Monday afternoon of week four, you have midterms and p-sets on your mind, an event to organize for a student group and you are on deadline for…

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Watching documentaries is a great way to relax while still doing something productive and educational, or at least that’s how I justify spending so many hours on Netflix. I’ve compiled a list of some great ones out there. Man on a Wire The movie centers on Philippe Petit, an astonishingly spirited and reckless tightrope walker in his…

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As the pervasiveness of pumpkin flavoring might suggest, Halloween is right around the corner — TOMORROW. And since Halloween falls on a Friday night this year there is very little excuse to sit this one out. While celebrating may sound easy enough, when it comes to Halloween there lurks the ever daunting question: What to…

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Stanford likes to call itself a farm. Yes, the campus is vast and green and littered with fruit trees. But windmills, plows and tractors power farms, while Stanford is propelled by ambition, caffeine, textbooks, computer code and some more ambition. While it is reasonable to desire to take full advantage of the innumerable opportunities at…

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The other day Lomita sat down with Elijah Williams ’17 to talk about his clothing line, ERA Clothing, monopolizing on high school trends, fashion advice and the world of blipsters. Lomita: How did you get into fashion? Elijah Williams: A friend of mine told me that I suck at dressing. So I just started getting…

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Until I reached Stanford I was under the impression that “nerdy” implied sitting behind a computer all day and using words that had just been added to the English language.

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Interdisciplinary is a term that gets tossed around a lot these days, a sought after label whose true meaning sometimes gets lost in the academic rhetoric. Not so with Abraham Verghese, a professor and vice chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School of Medicine at Stanford University.

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At times it seems the divide between the West Coast and East Coast is more than geographic and that the only thing these bookends of the United States have in common is the English language, and sometimes even that is hella different.

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Outside of the student-athlete community, Feb. 17 might seem like a normal Monday. For many athletic teams, however, that day is no regular sporting event but rather the culmination of intense anticipation and preparation—the Athlete Date Auction.

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On Nov. 5, over 25 employers will visit Stanford for a career fair held exclusively for Cardinal student-athletes, one of the resources Stanford provides to help student-athletes prepare for life after college. While the time constraints of being on a varsity sport can make it difficult for student-athletes to participate in extracurriculars or internships, the…

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