Lacking resources, music department struggles to meet student needs Hannah Knowles and Jack Herrera May 6, 2016 0 Comments The frustration many music students feels begs the question: is Stanford doing enough to support them? Read More »
Open Syllabus Project gives empirical insight into curriculum debates Jack Herrera April 18, 2016 5 Comments As debates continue to smolder—and ignite, in the case of the “Who's Teaching Us” campaign and the now-failed initiative to reinstate a “Western Civilization” requirement... Read More »
Feminist writer Roxane Gay visits campus Jack Herrera April 1, 2016 0 Comments Last fall, new student staffers at the Women’s Community Center (WCC) were given copies of Roxane Gay’s book “Bad Feminist” as a welcome to campus. This Wednesday, the WCC and a bevy of campus... Read More »
Alternative campus journalism platform The Tab launches at Stanford Jack Herrera February 15, 2016 0 Comments Call it a British invasion: After launching web presences at colleges across the East Coast, The Tab — a U.K. based student news platform — has started publishing stories on their new “The Tab... Read More »
Activism Jack Herrera November 2, 2015 0 Comments While justice movements persist on Cal’s campus and our own— and on campuses countrywide—student protests register quietly, quickly, or not at all in the news. Activism, as an average, is now... Read More »
Talking about abortion without having a uterus: my best attempt to not be a dick Jack Herrera October 16, 2015 9 Comments When I begin to question my stance on abortion, I tend to reassure myself by putting the issue in the context of my own feminism. Access to abortion is good for women. I sincerely believe that: the... Read More »
Help! I need a grown-up! Jack Herrera September 30, 2015 0 Comments My column last week touched on what we’ll call the “aPCalypse”: the impending doom of Western Liberalism at the hands of the PC Police. As I noted, Ben Carson warned in 2013 that, “Political... Read More »
‘PC’ is a meaningless term Jack Herrera September 23, 2015 6 Comments Something that could be called “PC Culture” does indeed exist, but the version of “PC” that Carson and others espouse is completely nonsensical and entirely self-serving. And if we’re to... Read More »