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Tendency to Rationalize Is No Big Deal, Student Tells Self

Laney Kuenzel — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:20:54 +0000

Last Monday, Psych 1 got personal for freshman Carrie Messner. With each passing moment of Professor Gregory Walton’s lecture about rationalization as a defense mechanism, Messner grew more and more uneasy. “Professor Walton was describing exactly what I do all the time,” recalled Messner. “Like how I convince myself that eating a whole pint of ice cream is good for me, because it has 80 percent of my daily calcium. And that I don’t have a boyfriend because guys are just intimidated by how beautiful and smart I am.”

At first, Messner reacted with panic to the realization that she was a chronic rationalizer, but after a few minutes, she started to calm down. “Actually, when I think about it, I don’t rationalize all that often,” she thought to herself. “Besides, almost everybody I know does it, so it definitely can’t be that big of a deal.” By the time Professor Walton started talking about repression, Messner had forgotten the whole incident ever happened.

On Closing the Gap

David Kravitz — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:13:15 +0000

On Thursday, April 29, professors, students and alumni from Stanford came together in the Tresidder Oak Room for a panel discussion called “Closing the Gap.”

I am outraged. The Gap has such great clothes at reasonable prices. Right now, for a limited time only, men’s and women’s shorts are 30 percent off. And have you seen their new gray chambray military shirt? It looks great with just about anything.

How could we, as Stanford University students, let this happen? It is our responsibility to stand for what’s right, to give justice to the weak and the fatherless, to maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

The Flip Report: April 22nd

Jeremy Lai — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:19:13 +0000

In	5 Minutes Ago	Out
Class of ‘14	Class of ‘13	Going to class
Kappa Sig’s Homophobia	ΣΑΕ’s respect for women	ΔΤΔ’s respect for couches
Volcanoes	Earthquakes	The Plague

Report: PoPo to No-No RoHo-ProFro Hook Ups

Jeremy Lai — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:31:53 +0000

At this year’s Admit Weekend, the Stanford PoPo will patrol dorms with ProFros to prevent ProFro-RoHo hook ups.

The PoPo has worked with the Head HoHos, HoHos and VoCos of FloMo, J-Ro and Arroyo. They also have trained them to answer questions about SoCo, O-Show and Lenovo.

Head HoHo Toto said, “We’re working extra hard to provide alternative activities like YoYos, PoGos, and watching Tony Romo.”

Current RoHo and former ProFro JoJo from Kyoto commented, “Yeah, I stayed in Soto last year. I hooked up with some RoHo at the CoHo. I think his name was BoBo, and he was so-so. We got some FroYo afterwards. But no homo.”
(Lai)

AlertSU Update

Ellis Reid — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:30:48 +0000

Warning: Pretentious student spotted near the Coffee House. The student was last seen wearing taupe Desert Boots, skinny jeans and a scarf. He may or may not have been wearing a blue or possibly black United Colors of Benetton sweater. Exercise extreme caution! The Stanford Sheriff’s Department considers this student to be well read and extremely pretentious. He has already tried to engage three students in a debate over the relative merits of truth and artistry in Nietzschean philosophy. All three students are in stable condition, although one of the students, who claimed that Nietzsche had no respect for truth, was severely burned by a Parliament Light. If you see this pretentious student, DO NOT approach him. Dial 911 and run as fast as you can in the opposite direction.

Area Man Dies on Russian Chat Roulette

Zach Galant — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:53:28 +0000

An area man logged on to Russian Chat Roulette the other day to chat with random Russians. Unfortunately, after randomly talking to a few Russians and thirty Russian dicks, he lost and died. He should have known that based on the rules of the website, you have an equal chance of getting a person, getting a dick, or getting shot in the head.

Students Celebrate Spirit of Games by Participating in Beer Olympics

Zach Galant — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:56:34 +0000

Last Saturday, Stanford students celebrated the Winter Olympics by competing in the Beer Olympics. Students from all over campus gathered together in Main Quad for a spectacular opening ceremony that included 151 shots lit on fire, representatives from every cultural group on campus, and dance performances by that crazy freshman who was already hammered.

Following the ceremony, students participated in various beer games modeled after winter sports. Students started off with curling, sliding quarters towards a red cup, trying to get them as close to the cup without hitting it.

The most popular event was the biathlon. Students raced around Lake Lag, stopping at checkpoints where they had to take various shots, shotgun beers, or bounce quarters into cups. If students failed, they had to take a penalty lap. “It was gnarly man,” said biathlon participant Lonnie Akridge, “Running the lake gets your heart rate jacked. It makes it so hard to bounce that quarter in the cup.”

Unfortunately, the Ice Luge was cancelled because the large block of ice was deemed unsafe after a student took a practice shot, got too drunk off it, ran into a pole, and went to the hospital. The University took no responsibility for an unsafe ice block, stating it was the student’s error.

Area Man Humiliated by Hands-Free Wireless Device

Jonathan Pulsipher — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:11:59 +0000

Sophomore Jim Callofax had an embarrassing experience last Wednesday. While sitting in the quad talking to his four-year-old niece on a Bluetooth “hands-free” phone, Amanda Walkins, a junior majoring in Gender Studies, walked in front of him. According to several spectators in the area, Callofax responded, saying “Come over here, coochie coo.” He looked questioningly at the shocked Walkins who had stopped in front of him but thinking it wasn’t important, he continued. “I’m going over to your house, and I’m gonna jump on you, and I’m gonna blow raspberries all over your stomach . . . why are you looking at me?” Callofax was then incapacitated with several shots of pepper spray and a jolt from a tazer the woman was carrying. At a hearing on the case held by the University Disciplinary Committee, Callofax was censured for his actions.

The Flip Report: February 23, 2010

Jeremy Keeshin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:22:49 +0000

In	5 Minutes Ago	Out
Chat Roulette	Omegle	Normal Conversation
Buzz	Twitter	Normal Conversation
Facebook Stalking	Stalking	Normal Conversation

Retractions

Adam Adler — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:24:35 +0000

  It has recently come to our attention that we have made some factual errors in previous issues of the Flipside. We would like to take this opportunity to address some of these errors and to set the record straight.

1. In Issue 28, we wrongly stated that Relay for Life was pro-life—they are actually anti-life.

2. We reported that 67.4 percent of Stanford students disapprove of the ASSU Senate. Further studies have shown that our statistic was flawed. Only 67.3% of students disagree with the ASSU.

3. We wrongly suggested that lima beans are the worst tasting vegetables—this is not true. We do, however, stand by our assertion that they are the ugliest vegetables.

4. Obama was reported to have said, “Yes We Can,” not “Yes We Car”

5. An additional study showed that 67.5 percent of Stanford students disapprove of the ASSU Senate—not 67.3 percent. We retract our second retraction and apologize for any civil unrest this might have caused.