Top 10: Palo Alto Area Bars
Food Editor Renjie Wong gives us his take on the top ten bars in the Palo Alto area.
Give ’em the Axe, then take it back: the history of Axe thefts
Although the Axe is supposed to reside with the winner of the most recent Big Game, the prized weapon has changed hands illegally eight times in the storied history of the Stanford-Cal rivalry. The Axe, the physical representation of Stanford’s collegiate rivalry with UC-Berkeley, was first stolen by Cal students on April 15, 1899, only…
ESPN SportsCenter comes to the Farm
It’s not quite the traditional Saturday “College GameDay” show, but ESPN is still bringing its set to Stanford for tonight’s top-five clash between the Cardinal and the Oregon Ducks. At 9:15 a.m., ESPN will kick off the first of three broadcasts of “SportsCenter” from the set it has constructed in White Plaza. According to ESPN…
All Shook Up: Stanford’s earthquake history
Early in the morning of April 18, 1906, Stanford students were asleep in their beds when a massive earthquake shook them awake. The 7.8-magnitude shaker, known as “the Great Earthquake,” lasted for a 20 seconds and caused tremendous damage throughout the Bay Area, including two deaths at Stanford. Eighty-three years later, history repeated itself. A…
Freshman year bucket list
As you get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of your first year on the Farm, don’t forget to take time out of your hectic schedule of new friends, exams and random dance floor hookups to indulge in some of Stanford’s most cherished freshman year traditions.
Three Books Review: “The Art of Fielding”
Chad Harbach’s breakout novel, “The Art of Fielding,” charts the personal growth of students and faculty at a small liberal art school, with mixed results.