A message from John L. Hennessy and Nicholas B. Dirks Op Ed November 19, 2015 0 Comments Dear Members and Friends of the Berkeley and Stanford Communities: On November 21, 2015, Stanford and Cal will square off in the 118th annual Big Game at Stanford Stadium, an event that has been a Bay... Read More »
We are not going away Op Ed November 19, 2015 12 Comments On Monday, 375 students and faculty members rallied in front of the Office of the President and the Provost. Since then, between 80 and 100 students have been sitting in, camped in tents surrounding... Read More »
In response to the Stanford Review Op Ed November 18, 2015 3 Comments In response to Andrew Han’s piece in the Stanford Review titled “Fossil Free Stanford: Clearer Rhetoric, but Still Misguided.” My name is Andrea Martinez; I was one of the speakers at the Fossil... Read More »
A response to sexual assault questions from the Provost Op Ed November 18, 2015 1 Comment In recent weeks, a number of questions have been raised about Stanford’s implementation of the recommendations of the Provost’s Task Force on Sexual Assault Policies and Practices, the... Read More »
No laughing matter Op Ed November 16, 2015 1 Comment I would like to comment on the situation unfolding at many of America’s universities. My father was a white man born in Kingston, Pennsylvania and my mother is a black woman born in Kingston,... Read More »
The press release we deserved Op Ed November 15, 2015 1 Comment Stanford University announced today that it would expand its definition of sexual assault to include all non-consensual sexual acts. This change brings Stanford into line with the definition used by... Read More »
‘The Correct Textbook of History’ Op Ed November 12, 2015 0 Comments This is not the title of a textbook that appears in George Orwell’s dystopian novel. It is the title of an actual history book that all secondary school students will be taught in 21st-century South... Read More »
Faculty Repeat Call for Fossil-Fuel Divestment Op Ed November 10, 2015 2 Comments 4 November 2015 Dear President Hennessy and the Board of Trustees, As faculty of Stanford University, we write to request an answer to our letter of March 2014 (http://www.stanfordfacultydivest.org/).... Read More »