Dance Marathon surpasses previous fundraising by $12,000
Performances were put on by acapella groups such as Fleet Street, Everyday People and Talisman, as well as hip hop groups such as Akasma Bellydance, Stanford Bhangra and Urban Styles.
By the numbers: My failed resolutions from freshman year
As anyone who has studied for a PSYCH 70 final can tell you, we tend to regret the things we didn’t do more than we regret all of the embarrassing, guilt-inducing or downright idiotic things that we’ve actually done. Whatever the psychological explanation for this phenomenon, it certainly seems to ring true as I look…
Stanford alumnus Ryan Hall earns spot on U.S. Olympic team in marathon
Former All-American distance runner Ryan Hall ‘05 secured a spot in the 2012 Olympic Games with a second-place finish at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The more things change, the more things stay the same
In a similar way, the dream of fundamentally revamping your life overnight just doesn’t translate into reality. You can dream about your dozen resolutions ’til the cows come home, but if you stop to think about it for a split second, the realization hits that there just isn’t enough time in a single day to do it all, let alone do it all well.
Cross-Continental Marathon
So far, Kiefer’s marathons have taken him to: Cork, Ireland; Rosario, Argentina; San Francisco, Calif., and most recently, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
For surprise marathon winner Bechtol, running is nothing new
It seemed highly unlikely that a Stanford graduate student and first-time marathoner could win the San Francisco Marathon on July 25, but Keith Bechtol, a 25-year-old astrophysics student on the Farm, didn’t just win the marathon — he beat the 26.2 mile course record by two minutes…
Grad student surprises in marathon win
Stanford astrophysics student Keith Bechtol won this year’s San Francisco Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2:23:28…
