Letter from the Editor: Food
Dear reader, I’m writing this letter from Stanford’s study abroad program in Florence, which is to say: for the past…
Category: Opinion
From the Community | A note on academic freedom and institutional orthodoxy
There has been a great deal of conversation in our community recently over a motion introduced in the Faculty Senate.…
Editorial Board | Don’t make Stanford the next Berkeley
The future of racial diversity in higher education currently hangs in the balance. Like many legal experts, we expect that…
From the Community | Doerr School confuses wealth and fame for leadership and knowledge
What group of people is best positioned to advise a new school of sustainability? On June 5th, we got Stanford…
From the Community | Shared Governance
I was pleased to see that the Provostial Search Committee had representation from the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholar communities.…
From the Community | After death threats against its Vietnamese community, Stanford stayed silent.
Content warning: This message references anti-Asian violence/racial violence. Earlier this quarter, a man was found and detained on campus after…
From the Community | That Hello Spirit
We don’t need to tell you do we? Because you feel it — every time you walk around without your…
From the Community | A parable of academic freedom
Dear Prof. Berk, Together with Prof. Lipsick, I brought before the Faculty Senate, in its May 11 session, the resolution…
From the Community | SEIU 2007 supports Stanford Graduate Workers Union
Our Union, SEIU 2007, has represented more than 1200 Stanford workers since 1970. We proudly support the Stanford Graduate Workers…
Editorial Board | MTL is abusing the concept of Academic Freedom
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne expressed unusual fervor about the Hoover Institution when several members of the Faculty Senate proposed a resolution…