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Feb. 23, 2023
In 1982, members of The Stanford Daily worked to piece together an all-time Stanford-Cal prank. But 40 years down the line, those on both sides of the stunt dispute what really happened.
By Zach Zafran
June 9, 2021
As themes come and go, some short-lived and others with a deep history, they each hold a vibrant and integral place in Stanford’s housing history, frequently living on through institutional knowledge as informal themes.
By Olivia Popp
June 12, 2021
The Class of 2021 endured a senior year largely online due to the ongoing pandemic. Their undergraduate careers were entirely upended. We collected 153 responses on a variety of topics.
By Sophie Andrews and Anuka Mohanpuhr
Feb. 6, 2022
"Antigone: A New Trans Play" pushed through the difficulty of COVID-19 to make a moving twist on the classic show by exploring ideas of self, writes Lydia Wei and Kyla Figueroa.
By Lydia Wei and Kyla Figueroa
Jan. 28, 2020
Almost three years after joining, I realize that staying in the sorority was also a mistake. By convincing myself that the system itself could be changed, I helped perpetuate a system that hurts people. I was a diversity token to display every year at the presentations to administrators on why my Greek organization should remain on campus. Meanwhile, new women entered the system under the false pretense that there were “diversity efforts” only to experience the same racism and classism, except maybe a little better concealed.
July 10, 2020
We compare some key points of Stanford’s plan with peer institutions that have also released fall plans, including Harvard, Yale and the UCs.
By Vivian Jiang
Jan. 29, 2020
Tessier-Lavigne and Drell emphasized their continued interest in working with students on campus issues but that change could come slower than students would hope.
By Kate Selig
Oct. 3, 2020
Nine days after announcing that there will be a 2020 Pac-12 football season, the conference released its schedule on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The unconventional six-game season caps off an unconventional year, and will be the first time since World War II that Stanford football will not play USC nor UCLA.
By Cybele Zhang and Jeremy Rubin
April 29, 2022
“Silicon Valley is teaching you and your parents and Stanford donors that what college is really about is vocational — it's about elite training to get really great jobs at Google and Facebook,” Sabol said. “And that’s the worst form of education. It repeats social classes. It keeps everyone in line and keeps the rich, rich and the poor, poor.”
March 11, 2020
The Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa) sorority will occupy the residence at 1047 Campus Drive for three years, while the Chi Omega sorority will live in the house at 664 Lomita Drive for one year, Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) announced on Wednesday morning.
By Julia Ingram
Oct. 19, 2022
In the first installment of his column "An Invitation to Reconsider," Yonatan Laderman recounts spiritual lessons from the island of Paros and what he learned about the role of the director as he directed his first theater show at Stanford.
Feb. 1, 2024
From rock to R&B and indie, a myriad of musical artists will be performing near Stanford in 2024. Where will you find yourself next?
March 27, 2022
Of course, the axiom of “errare humanum est” has been around for millenia, and Alexander Pope propelled it into the English canon in 1711, so what I am saying is not new. But what would be the use of this lesson if it is taught only once?
By Matthew Turk
Dec. 16, 2020
In the four days since Provost Drell announced her decision to bring back freshman and sophomores for winter quarter, the plan has been met among students with a mixture of cautious jubilation and overt skepticism. But this is not March, and we really can trust even our sometimes-sorry administration to implement a data-driven reopening that is both fulfilling and consistent with harm reduction principles.
By Cooper Veit
April 7, 2022
The Terra staff respond to Lucy Kross Wallace's article defending J.K. Rowling. They write, "It is laughable to say that J.K. Rowling “represents” women: she has more in common with the rich men who sell out our country and make life unbearable for women."
Aug. 8, 2020
Cornell University researchers predict that a virtual semester will lead to more COVID-19 infections than an in-person one. Cornell had announced its plans to welcome students back to its Ithaca campus for residential instruction this fall. As for many other universities, the decision came after a thorough consideration of a variety of factors.
By Vivian Chang
June 11, 2022
This year marked the second year that students have signed up for housing under the recently implemented neighborhood system, a ResX initiative launched this year that divides Stanford’s row houses, themed housing, apartments and dorms among seven different neighborhoods, each bearing a different letter of the Stanford name.
Aug. 25, 2021
Tevvez, a prolific French artist, has produced an prodigious portfolio of Zyzz memorial songs and video accompaniments. On this 10 year anniversary of Zyzz’s passing, Will Li dives into Tevvez’s most recent album, "Phantom."
By Will Li
Nov. 10, 2021
No. 3 Stanford (0-0, 0-0 Pac 12) will tip off against Morgan State (0-1, 0-0 MEAC), a Division I program from Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday at 3 pm PT at Maples Pavilion. It is the Cardinal’s first official competition of the 2021-22 season and the first game in Maples with fans since the end of the 2019-20 season.
By Sofia Scekic
Feb. 24, 2022
It was the most unspectacular athletes in school who became the most successful long-distance runners. Because when you are faced with a lack of talent, the only thing left to do is work hard, Brandon Kim writes.
By Brandon Kim
