An Inconvenient Truth: Campus Climate warms up Tristan Vanech May 27, 2015 2 Comments Just over a year ago, the University announced the closing of popular sandwich eatery Ike’s Place, much to the chagrin of students who had enjoyed its being a delicious alternative to dining halls... Read More »
Supporting activism: A pre-req to being a racial ally Elena Marchetti-Bowick April 28, 2015 16 Comments When confronted with racial activism, rather than labeling it as overdramatic and annoying, consider that people of color have been fighting systems of oppression since the day they were born. And... Read More »
Don’t tell us how to feel Op Ed April 15, 2015 37 Comments The definition of anti-Semitism is not decided by an individual. It is especially not declared by those that have never been Jewish; it is something that is never fully agreed upon unless there is... Read More »
Board of Trustees decides not to divest from companies in Israel Michael Gioia April 14, 2015 15 Comments In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the Stanford Board of Trustees announced that the University would not divest from certain companies operating in Israel. The statement responds to a request... Read More »
Confronting baseless allegations: The SOCC endorsement process Op Ed April 13, 2015 120 Comments These allegations are false; they do not reflect what actually transpired in the endorsement process and mischaracterize the aims of a SOCC endorsement. Out of respect for our values, trust in our... Read More »
What to talk about when no one is innocent Jack Herrera April 2, 2015 5 Comments At Stanford, we are removed from the hatred that exists in the stones of that Old World land on the Mediterranean. We have the opportunity to look away from the past, and into the future. Let’s... Read More »
Stanford’s rich history of divestment movements Jeremy Quach February 11, 2015 10 Comments Stanford Out Of Occupied Palestine (SOOP) is not the first divestment movement to take Stanford’s campus by storm. Calls for divestment from partners of the Sudanese government, coal companies, and... Read More »
Why SJP is antithetical to Stanford values Op Ed February 9, 2015 37 Comments When students decide that their mission is so blindly committed to a cause that they do not make an attempt to present Israel’s rationale, they are the creators and propagators of harmful one-sided... Read More »