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United Citizens Against Citizens United
The Palo Alto City Council became the latest of many in California to consider an endorsement of the grassroots organization Move to Amend’s proposal for a 28th constitutional amendment. The...
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The Future of the Grand Old Party
On November 7th, President Barack Obama was handily reelected by a wide margin in the electoral college, and a slim majority in the popular vote. For the Republican Party, his victory was in some...
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Hanushek: Low Tuition at Public Universities Is Unfair
Hoover Fellow Dr. Hanushek argues that taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize society’s future “winners.” Does the argument hold water? At a recent talk on campus, education policy expert Dr. Eric Hanushek made...
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Should Stanford Subsidize STEM Degrees?
If Stanford tried charging higher tuition for students of color, lawsuits would be filed faster than you can say “Civil Rights Act of 1964.” If Stanford tried charging higher tuition for women, Lilly...
View ArticleIs There a Brain Drain of Stanford Students?
“Excellence alone without humanity is worthless.” – Harold Koh The Haas Center, located right off the southeastern rim of Campus Drive, has a respectable motto: choosing action over apathy since 1985....
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Stanford’s New Humanist Chaplain: John Figdor
When I sat down to talk with Stanford’s Humanist Chaplain, John Figdor, he had just finished setting his email’s autoreply to inform students who were looking to set up a meeting with him that he would...
View ArticleConfessing Frustration
Lies are the backbone of society, according to Stanford Confessions. We lie about our farts, we lie about the extent to which we still love our high school sweethearts, and we lie about our mental...
View ArticleVideo Games Might Actually Promote Altruistic Behavior
A kid sits down in front of the TV to enjoy an afternoon of video games, grabbing the handheld controller and traveling into a virtual reality. In that world, however, there are no punishments for...
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What Confessions Pages Reveal About Their Schools
There’s plenty of talk about Stanford’s instantly famous ‘confessions’ page, but we weren’t the first ones and we aren’t the only ones spilling confessions on facebook. In fact, the University of...
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Student Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage
In light of the Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments over the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, The Stanford Review interviewed students from three different...
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Delays and Solutions at the Post Office
If you’ve received a package through USPS this quarter, you have probably waited at least 45 minutes in line, wondering what it is that’s taking the post office so long to retrieve your packages. As...
View ArticleAn Interview with Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, was a leader behind the open letter Don’t Divest, Educate. He has taught and spoken multiple times at Stanford, including a debate at the...
View ArticleWhen the Debt Hits the Ceiling
Last Thursday, October 17th, Democrats and Republicans were able to come together to fund government and raise the debt ceiling. However, the showdown could repeat itself in just four months, on...
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The Judicial Affairs Controversy
The new Office of Community Standards office at Tressider Union What started last Spring with the release of a case study alleging violations of students’ rights has spiraled into an ongoing...
View ArticleGun Lunacy and Broken Policy: An Interview with Professor John Donohue
Professor John Donohue’s office sits midway down a corridor on the second floor of the luxe William H. Neukom Building, part of Stanford Law School. I visit twice, on a Monday and a Friday. On both...
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An Interview with Dr. Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya is an associate professor of Medicine at Stanford and, by courtesy, of Economics. He has been studying the healthcare market for 20 years. He received a BA in economics, an MD and a...
View ArticleFree Speech at Stanford
How Stanford can pioneer a new approach to free speech on college campuses. Matthew Arnold, a nineteenth century cultural critic, proposed “the notion of the free play of the mind on all subjects being...
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Google Buses Targeted Over SF Housing Prices
This Google bus was stopped at a bus stop in The Mission on Dec. 9th Image from @maxbatt Growing unrest in the Bay Area over rising housing prices burst into the public stage on December 9th, when a...
View ArticlePerspectives from Abroad: La Bella Figura
Every embarrassing experience in my first two weeks in Florence was due to my ignorance of la bella figura. My cultural education as to why I should never wear pajamas to the breakfast table taught me...
View ArticleSix Californias? The Nation’s Biggest Potential Breakup
No US territory has gained statehood since Hawaii in 1959, but that hasn’t been for a lack of trying. In November 2012, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted in a “non-binding referendum” in favor of...
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