Stanford Wins Polly Award for Door-to-Door Ban

Stanford University has won many honors for its academic excellence, and rightfully so. Embarrassingly, however, the administration has just been awarded a Polly—the “Campus Outage” award—given out annually by the Collegiate Network (CN) and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). Stanford tied for third in the nation; the top five are given the “honor.” The administration earned the egregious award for its actions in silencing The Stanford Review.

Conservative Words on a Conservative Number of Pages

Before writing this piece, I had assumed that The Stanford Review isn’t much better or worse than most moderate and conservative campus papers. We do a fairly consistent job at coming out every other week (or even more frequently) with eight to sixteen pages of reporting on campus, national, and international affairs, events, and politics; we are active in campus political debate; we challenge the student body and administration to make Stanford a more welcoming place to open intellectual learning and debate.

Cartoon: On Immigration

Review Cartoonist Paul Craft draws on the current situation.

Let the Walls Come Tumbling Down

There is a most malign myth in this world, and it is of particular alarm how rapidly it is spreading throughout the country and abroad. Carried by the flows of globalization, that most essential force that pumps the lifeblood through the world economy, this foul fiction metastasizes like the most malignant cancer. What is this false notion?

The Reason and the Passion

As the “First Job Contract” (CPE) bill neared the final stages of approval by the French government, the country was rocked by protests. Currently there are only two types of job contracts that most employers can use, one with a maximum six month term for temporary workers, and the other, which allows employees to take their employer to court if they are ever fired or laid off.

SOCC and Liberalism Dominate Election

Stanford’s Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) and fiscal liberals scored a clear victory in this year’s election, held from April 12 to 13. Voters approved funding for all but one special fee group while electing ten SOCC-endorsed candidates to the fifteen-seat Undergraduate Senate. Heng with Graham, the executive slate endorsed by SOCC, also proved triumphant in last week’s election.

Editor's Note: ProCons

I have always been a big fan of “Stanford talk.” The trendy practice of using strange-sounding acronyms to describe locations and people around campus generates a laid-back and unique atmosphere that is very characteristic of our University. There is no time that the use of these acronyms is more prevalent than during Admit Weekend. In this spirit, I wish to define and discuss a new term, the “ProCon”: a prospective conservative admit.

Ann Coulter is an Enigma

Ann Coulter is an enigma. So much so, that I think she deserves to become the topic of Stanford’s next PWR class. It would be even better and more outrageous than “The Rhetoric of Menstruation” that was included in the course bulletin last year. It would present freshmen with the challenge that I’m facing writing this article now. How do you analyze a public figure whose blatantly explicit (and inflammatory) statements you’re never quite sure are said in jest?

Smoke Signals

Admit Weekend is an exciting time for ProFros and all of the Stanford community. As high school seniors are finalizing their plans for their undergraduate experience, current students and faculty get a sneak preview of the individuals that will contribute to the future of their institution. Smoke Signals explores the ups, downs, and sideways of Admit weekend and college admissions.

Neila Hachicha speaks out in Tunisia

Authoritarian states come in many shapes and sizes. Today in Tunisia, Neila Charchour Hachicha is battling a government apparatus that has ushered in sweeping reforms and improvements in living standards, while still stolidly quelling political freedom.