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Matthew Turk

Matthew Turk ’24 is a desk editor for The Stanford Daily. He leads the mobile app development team as well and expects to major in computer science. Matthew has participated in several technical and financial internship programs. From January to May 2021, he worked with the frontend development team at Blocklight Analytics in his hometown of Chicago and was the engineering fellow at The Texas Tribune this past summer. His debut novel, An Invincible Summer, went on sale in stores in February. Ask Matthew about astrophysics, football and the automotive industry. Contact him at mturk ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

Fool me once…

Typically, one’s move-in date for college is not readily forgotten, especially when there’s a surging variant of COVID-19 that threatens us all with the prospect of the embarrassing mistake of once again trusting too much in our institution’s promises.

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Sep 28 2021

36 new COVID-19 cases reported as instruction returns to in-person format

The 7-day positivity rate on campus is 0.21%, compared to 1.7% for the county and 3.4% for the state as students have moved into their residences for fall quarter.

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Sep 20 2021

Concerns over ethics, diversity lead some Stanford students to say no to Silicon Valley

An entry-level software engineer at a top Internet company can expect a salary of $140,000 per year. There is free gourmet food in the office, not to mention walking trails and other amenities. To some among the rising generation of workers, something about this is too good to be true.

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Sep 19 2021

Stanford Crossword Puzzle

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Sep 15 2021

Surgical masks very effective in preventing spread of COVID-19, Stanford study finds

The research team utilized a set of four interventions on 300 randomly selected intervention villages. These actions, called the “NORM model,” included free mask distribution, providing information on correct mask-wearing practices, public reinforcement and mask-wearing endorsement by trusted public and religious leaders.

Tom Quach and Matthew Turk

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Sep 01 2021

‘We’re just destroying ourselves’: H.R. McMaster courts controversy at SIG event

Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster promoted a wide range of conservative talking points at a small Stanford in Government event on Wednesday attended by roughly a dozen students. Among his theories, McMaster said that today’s curriculum of “self-loathing” in schools may advance critical race theory (CRT), which he called “a form of racism itself,” and warned of growing terrorist threats in Afghanistan.

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May 21 2021

Business & Technology

Stanford alumna Kate Rubins returns to Earth after six months of being in space

Advancements in biology like Rubins' research will be crucial for the success of NASA’s Artemis exploration program, which could possibly result in Rubins being the first woman to walk on the moon as soon as 2024.

Kristel Tjandra and Matthew Turk

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Apr 25 2021

All off-campus Stanford-funded internships must be virtual

This year’s new experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) include research, a Cardinal Quarter or some other relevant experience outside of the classroom. They can take place at Stanford or elsewhere, but the only in-person ELOs that will be funded are on campus.

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Apr 18 2021

Herd immunity probably not necessary to end pandemic, experts say

Achieving herd immunity is not guaranteed, especially given complications like emerging variants, pockets of low vaccination coverage, hesitancy and lack of access. However, reaching the immunity threshold may not be a prerequisite for getting out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Apr 08 2021

Lake Shore Drive: Upper school

Going into high school, I knew the games were over, but I still kept up my charade for as long as possible. I wanted to maintain the illusion that I had a sense of wonder, not that I could take a test, writes Matthew Turk.

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Mar 17 2021

The Waiting Game

Matthew Turk reflects on the isolation of finishing high school and beginning college from home.

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Mar 13 2021

Lake Shore Drive: Middle school

When will I ever return to that boy who loved the spirit of learning and living life for the sake of it? Instead of being inclined to spend hours on end building circuits, that’s now something I’d have to force myself to do, writes Matthew Turk.

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Mar 11 2021

Lake Shore Drive: Lower school

Now in my first year as a college student, it’s become more evident that I’m leaving behind who I was, and I am not sure who I am, writes Matthew Turk.

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Mar 04 2021

Business & Technology

Stanford students work to demystify quantum computing for high schoolers

In addition to organizing boot camps, campus events and outreach efforts to bring accessibility to quantum computing, the SQCA’s partnership with qBraid has given rise to new initiatives to bring the online platform to high schools in the Stanford network at no cost.

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Mar 02 2021

Business & Technology

Vlad Tenev ’08 apologizes to House Financial Services Committee over Robinhood controversy

Grilled on conflicts of interest, market manipulation and the details of order fulfillment, Robinhood chief executive officer (CEO) Vlad Tenev ’08 ended up apologizing for his company's handling of January’s events.

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Feb 19 2021

New campus COVID cases halve from week prior, 8 reported in total

Like last week, surveillance tests for students this week exceeded 10,000, this time reaching just over 12,000, roughly a 480-test increase from last week.

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Feb 15 2021

Remembering reality

Without stories and memory, there would be no identity. But how, exactly, does memory chronicle events?

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Feb 15 2021

Not on the side of the people, not on the side of hedge funds: Robinhood C.E.O. wants best of both worlds

Tenev reaffirmed that he was not influenced by hedge funds to limit the trade of certain securities on the platform and answered over a dozen questions, ranging from where he feels the company’s criticism is deserved, to improvements to the financial system, to his sleep schedule.

Matthew Turk and Denise Hui Jean Lee

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Feb 11 2021

Business & Technology

Stanford economists weigh in on Robinhood controversy

Two weeks ago, individual traders sent video game retailer GameStop’s stock ballooning to a closing price of $347 — a 2,000% increase from that of the previous month — to the chagrin of institutionalized investors who have been betting on the stock price falling in a tactic known as "shorting" the stock.

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Feb 09 2021

The utility of useless ideas

It's too dangerous to get in the mindset that you should only do what you love.

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Jan 24 2021

Stanford reports 26 new COVID-19 cases, a decline from spike last week

The University reported 13 new student COVID-19 cases and 13 new faculty, staff and postdocs cases — a drop from the previous week’s 82 combined new cases.

Sam Catania and Matthew Turk

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Jan 18 2021

Noam Chomsky encourages Stanford to ‘clean its own house’

The linguist and public intellectual encouraged student activists, and warned of nuclear threats and climate change, in a wide-ranging webinar on Friday.

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Jan 17 2021

Another friendship platform is founded. Will Amigo be the one that sticks?

With hundreds of users already, the friend-making service looks to create new friendships in a less academic context.

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Dec 15 2020

Teresa Leger Fernandez J.D. ’87: ‘Ahora es cuando’

When deciding to run, she says she happened to come across her father’s memorial ceremony program sheet. It read “Ahora es cuando”: the time is now. The slogan was her father’s “calling cry,” she said, and then it became hers.

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Dec 08 2020