Stanford
New Contemplation Center the Result of Aggressive Game of “Text or 4.2 Million Dollar Building”
Stanford Board of Trustees member Wendy Munger woke up in a daze last Sunday morning only to realize that she had approved a new 4.2 million dollar contemplation center as part of a ridiculous game. Modeled...
May 1st, 2012
Cool ProFro Scores Alcohol for Upperclassmen
With Admit Weekend in the rearview mirror, rumors have begun to surface of a lone cool ProFro who managed to obtain alcohol for his hosts despite a campus-wide ban in effect throughout the weekend. The...
April 30th, 2012
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for “Master Hand” Theory
Stanford economics professor Gerald Walker was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in economics after pioneering the new “master hand” theory of markets to explain recent trends in global finance.
“The...
April 30th, 2012
Board of Trustees To Buy $4.2 Million of “Contemplation Toilets”
After an extensive study regarding the contemplation resources available on campus, the Stanford Board of Trustees took a decisive action in a vote this past week and designated 4.2 million dollars for...
April 30th, 2012
Study: Conversations on Concrete Benches Around Meyer Library Revealed to be Sickeningly Cliché
In a report released last Wednesday by behavioral scientists at Stanford, researchers concluded that the overwhelming majority of conversations that take place on the concrete benches encircling Meyer...
April 23rd, 2012
Ogwumike Selected No. 1 in WNBA Draft, Relegated to Life of Poverty and Anonymity
While the campus and football world have been abuzz with the expectation that Andrew Luck will be selected with the first overall pick in the NFL draft, senior Nnemkadi Ogwumike was silently selected with...
April 23rd, 2012
Disgruntled Groundskeeper Plants Crimson Flowers Instead of Cardinal Flowers
Jarring. Surreal. Nightmarish. These are only a few words that have been used to describe the aftermath of disgruntled gardener John Scarborough’s rampage. Fed up and undervalued, John spent an entire...
April 23rd, 2012
ResEd Unveils Entrepreneurship-Free Dorm
This past week, Stanford dean of Residential Education Deborah Golder announced that, starting next fall, Naranja will be the testing grounds for a new entrepreneurship-free housing option.
“We’ve...
April 16th, 2012
Dean Julie to Step Down in June: “If IHUM Goes, I Go”
After years of loyal service to Stanford, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Dean of Freshmen and Undergraduate Advising, has officially declared that she will resign from her position in June. Yet this will not be...
April 11th, 2012
OAPE Selects 24 Random Freshman to Participate in the Drinking Games
In a yearly celebration designed to remember the horrors of excess alcohol consumption and the Great Alcohol Transport of 1994, Stanford will celebrate the Drinking Games this week. Last week, one boy...
April 9th, 2012


