Opinion Abolish Grades Grades serve two purposes: to motivate students and to assess their level of understanding. However, they are counterproductive in both realms. Grading incentivizes busywork, corrupts students' motivations, and proves Bethany Lorden 12 Apr 2024
Opinion FMOTQ: Excellent Sheep, Poor Romantics What makes Stanford more than a mere mimetic imitation of other “elite institutions” is its irreverent and “quirky” student body. We break free from the prudish strictures of the East Thomas Adamo, Bethany Lorden 2 Feb 2024
Opinion Abundance: The Deepest Reality The basic reality of this world is abundance, not scarcity. How can this be? There is a new war in Israel, and a long war in Ukraine, both over disputed Bethany Lorden 6 Nov 2023
Opinion Go Ask Her Out Stanford's dating culture is, at best, insipid, and for the most part, distasteful. Unhealthily codependent couples define romance as dining hall homework sessions, acquaintances hook up and never Bethany Lorden 23 May 2023
Opinion Stanford Needs a Herd of Goats Yes, goats. We do not need goats fertilizing the Oval, tripping about the traffic circles, acting as speed bumps for athletes on e-bikes, or squeezing into Stanford's innumerable Bethany Lorden 12 Apr 2023