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 »
Why Stanford should divest from fossil fuels Amara McCune November 10, 2015 1 Comment As the weeks bore on, the messages accumulated. Some solicited sign-ups, others informed me of mandatory meetings, and the latest one instructed me to pick a time slot to get legal training so that I... Read More »
On Amazon’s move from clicks to bricks Ramya Balasingam November 10, 2015 0 Comments Without a doubt, Amazon’s addition of “bricks” to “clicks” marks an important event in the book industry. Whether or not Amazon’s “brick” experiment will be successful is a question we... Read More »
Beating the Dreams Out of Excellent Sheep Tashrima Hossain November 9, 2015 0 Comments When we first applied to Stanford, we were asked to demonstrate intellectual vitality-- a genuine interest in expanding our horizons, whether it be as part of a research lab, through a community... Read More »
Defending Kim Davis Rhea Karuturi November 9, 2015 8 Comments Defending Kim Davis is a questionable act. Ever since she made national headlines in September for refusing to issue marriage licenses - to any couple - because she believed the sanctity of marriage... Read More »
Using death to teach us about life Kyle D'Souza November 8, 2015 3 Comments Here it is: Why don’t we talk about death? The questions around end of life include some of the most important questions in our world, yet we rarely take the time to educate ourselves about this. Do... Read More »
The impending death of the brick-and-mortar bookstore Mina Shah November 8, 2015 0 Comments Amazon released two major announcements last week wherein they increased the number of weeks that new mothers can take for maternity leave (yes!), gave new fathers the ability to take paternity leave,... Read More »
America’s energy policy and how it fuels dictatorships Ali Sarilgan November 8, 2015 3 Comments We are thankfully living in a time where the world has identified irresponsible energy usage as a major cause of environmental destruction. Most people acknowledge that something has to be done, but... Read More »