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Against a Public Service GER

by Quinn Slack

Why a public service General Education Requirement is misguided.

Against a Public Service GER

by Quinn Slack

Yesterday’s Stanford Daily carried an editorial calling for Stanford to create a public service GER. They propose letting students fulfill the new GER by taking relevant classes or by completing a service-related internship. To their credit, they aren’t piling on another requirement: they say that it should just be an additional EC (Education for Citizenship) [...]

ASSU Senate campaign spending caps are unnecessary and unjust

by Quinn Slack

Spending caps on ASSU Undergraduate Senate elections are often proposed. Supporters of spending caps argue that the financial burden of a Senate campaign, usually $50-250, is so high that less wealthy students are dissuaded from running for office. They also contend that enacting spending caps would give all students equal access to campaign resources. Both [...]

Supporting Student Groups Means More Than Voting Yes

by Quinn Slack

A more efficient Special Fees system based on Vouchers would allow students to better direct money to groups they feel need it more.

BeWell Spreads Wellness Fever Across Campus

by Quinn Slack

BeWell offers prizes and monetary incentives to students and employees who complete tasks associated with wellness.

Activity Vouchers: “Redirect, Not Refund”

by Quinn Slack

An “activity voucher” system could enhance student control of VSO funding and eliminate the inefficiencies of the current Special Fees system.

Unpacking “The List” Controversy

by Kyle Huwa

The Review unpacks everything surrounding the “The List” controversy over the past 48 hours. This includes the accusations of journalistic misconduct, interviews with those quoted in the article, and statements from the journalist involved.

Professor responds to “athlete class list” article published in The Daily

by Quinn Slack

Professor Donald Barr, Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Department of Pediatrics, has written a letter to the editor of The Stanford Daily to request a correction to yesterday’s article “Stanford athletes had access to list of ‘easy’ courses.” Barr says he was misquoted in The Stanford Daily in a way that implied he compared the [...]

Stanford Daily distances itself from “easy athlete class list” article (updated)

by Quinn Slack

The Stanford Daily is trying to downplay its top story today, “Stanford athletes had access to list of ‘easy’ courses,” after it provoked widespread outrage among students (and at TUSB and inside The Daily) who feel it blew the issue out of proportion. The story has also garnered Stanford a lot of negative attention in [...]

Some Special Fee petitions going slowly; will the deadline be extended?

by Quinn Slack

Six online Special Fee petitions appear to be well short of the required number of signatures, which in most cases is 695 undergrads. These groups may also be using paper petitions, in which case their online counts would understate their success. As of tonight at 9:15pm, the at-risk groups and their current signature counts are: [...]

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