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From the Community | Effective protests: From Vietnam to Gaza
"The bitterness and vitriol we now see from those defending the Palestinians … they have boomeranged," writes Chuck Ludlam '67, who previously led campus protests against the Vietnam War. The...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/05/08/from-the-community-effective-protests-from-vietnam-to-gaza/
From the Community | Graduate workers seek recourse for sexual harassment
"Going forward, the primary point of contact for graduate workers facing misconduct must be SGWU, and not University administrators. The Union must be able to empower graduate workers to seek rea...
From the Community | Contextualizing discipline of pro-Palestine protestors
"But as the administration well knows, students are not 'camping' for recreational purposes, but rather using their encampment to peacefully protest Stanford’s investments in the destruction of...
What’s your threshold, Stanford?
"I wondered: How many dead Palestinian children would it take for Saller to speak up? To just say one word in condemnation of Israel’s attacks? Surely one innocent child killed is one too many,...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/04/28/whats-your-threshold-stanford/
AB 1780: A call for equity in California college admissions
"Hearings for AB 1780 are underway and Stanford student voices are essential in passing a bill that’s long overdue. Use your voice to call for the end of legacy admissions practices in Californ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/04/24/ab-1780-equity-california-college-admissions/
From the Community | A parent’s perspective on protests during Family Weekend
"On a university campus, one known globally for its wide-ranging academic pursuits and creative expressions, some of my fellow parents chose to verbally abuse someone else’s children," Bartol w...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/03/15/from-the-community-parents-weekend-2024/
From the Community | Instead of attacking critics of Israel, explain why we shouldn’t
"To attack critics of Israel with the label 'antisemite' also carries its own dangers — it not only evacuates the term of its legitimacy and power, it also distracts our attention from authenti...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/03/13/instead-attacking-critics-israel-explain-why-we-shouldnt/
From the Community | ‘Sustainability Science and Systems’ is ambiguous corporate lingo
"The proposed move towards 'sustainability' represents a worrying trend away from the natural sciences in exchange for vague corporate lingo," write the Earth Systems Student Advisors The post ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/02/25/sustainability-science-systems-name-change-opinion/
From the Community | The health harms of fossil fuel research funding
"If the Doerr School accepts funding from the fossil fuel industry without guardrails, history has taught that industry interests will prevail over the mission of the school to solve the climate ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/02/22/health-harms-fossil-fuel-research-funding/
From the Community | Stanford’s climate action plan needs to think bigger
"It is not enough for Stanford to simply make its own campus sustainable," Burk writes. "It must leverage its unique resources and expertise to take action where it is needed most, and create fut...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/02/20/climate-action-plan-think-bigger/
From the Community | Alumni commend Stanford’s historic sit-in to stop genocide
Students at the Sit-In to Stop Genocide have compelled the Stanford community to recognize the nature of the Israel-Gaza conflict and a collective complicity, several alumni write. The post Fro...
From the Community | The tragedy of GSB students voting down a defense technology club
Innovation in defense technology is a vital step to securing the nation's future, and the GSB decision to reject a defense technology club marks tragic a step back, Szablowski writes. The post ...
From the Community | Healthcare’s role in the ‘firearm epidemic’
Arusha Patil ’25 argues that physicians are key to preventing gun violence. "My generation is sick of nightmares about gun violence," she writes. "We're ready to dream." The post From the Com...
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/01/25/from-the-community-healthcares-role-in-the-firearm-epidemic/
From the Community | On language, silence and the sit-in
"I am seized by the possibility that this sit-in, in addition to making clear students’ demands, also generates a signal of commitment to our shared humanity," writes Aracelis Girmay. The pos...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/08/from-the-community-on-language-silence-and-the-sit-in/
From the Community | Gaza: The war of the words
"Legal terms are twisted for emotional impact, and shouted chants replace civil discourse," writes Alan Fisher. The post From the Community | Gaza: The war of the words appeared first on The S...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/08/from-the-community-gaza-the-war-of-the-words/
From the Community | A Muslim student’s perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli crisis
"Straw-manning our position as a defense of terrorism or antisemitism is intellectually dishonest and unconducive to progress," writes Hamza El Boudali. The post From the Community | A Muslim s...
From the Community | Antisemitism is alive and well at Stanford
“For the first time in my life, rather than the unabashed pride I have always felt as a member of the Stanford family, I feel ashamed,” writes Michael Weis. The post From the Community | An...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/08/from-the-community-antisemitism-is-alive-and-well-at-stanford/
From the community | What should a university stand for?
Platforming false and unsupported arguments is antithetical to the pursuit of truth and knowledge with integrity, MacKenzie writes. The post From the community | What should a university stand ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/11/28/from-the-community-what-should-a-university-stand-for/
An open letter to Jewish students at Stanford University
Jewish students should have the right to engage in civil discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without fear of physical harm or verbal abuse, a group of alumni write. The post An op...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/11/09/an-open-letter-to-jewish-students-at-stanford-university/
From the community | What Stanford has lost
It is our responsibility as an academic community to engage in dialogue with compassion and respect, Etchemendy writes. The post From the community | What Stanford has lost appeared first on T...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/11/08/from-the-community-what-stanford-has-lost/
From the community | Stanford must respect fellows’ right to unionize
The Stanford administration is acting hypocritically in denying fellows the right to participate in union bargaining, Beller writes. The post From the community | Stanford must respect fellows�...
From the Community | On radical pro-Palestinian voices on campus
Demonstrations on campus were not calling for co-existence, but the eradication of Jewish existence in the region, Horowitz writes. The post From the Community | On radical pro-Palestinian voic...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/31/from-the-community-on-radical-pro-palestinian-voices-on-campus/
From the Community | Denying the history of settler-colonialism only perpetuates suffering in Israel and Palestine
Israel and the U.S. must recognize the history of settler-colonialism the Palestinians have experienced in order bring justice and peace to Israel and Palestine, writes Wolfe. The post From the...
From the Community | Urging the president and provost to condemn atrocities in Gaza
The statement by the president and provost effectively exonerates the State of Israel by failing to acknowledge its role in the conflict, writes Palumbo-Liu. The post From the Community | Urgin...
From the Community | SJP leadership should apologize
The refusal to acknowledge the loss of life and the equating of Hamas terrorists and Palestinians should disqualify SJP leaders, writes Adam Lifshitz. The post From the Community | SJP leadersh...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/15/from-the-community-sjp-leadership-should-apologize/
From the Community | The impact of Hamas’ devastating attack
Hamas' terrorist acts will bring Palestinians no closer toward achieving their legitimate claim to self-determination, writes Matthew Wigler. The post From the Community | The impact of Hamas�...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/13/from-the-community-the-impact-of-hamas-devastating-attack/
From the Community | There is no justification for terrorism
The killing of civilians is never justified, whether by Israel or Hamas, writes Benjamin Driscoll. The post From the Community | There is no justification for terrorism appeared first on The ...
From the Community | Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine
Palestinians have a legal right to resistance to resist occupation, apartheid and systemic injustice, Students for Justice in Palestine writes. The post From the Community | Stanford Students f...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/10/from-the-community-stanford-students-for-justice-in-palestine/
From the Community | The big problem with R&DE’s small plates
Stanford student Eliana Fuchs comments on the detrimental effects of downsizing dining hall plate size on restrictive eating and self image. They write, "intentionally-restrictive plates are not ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/09/from-the-community-the-big-problem-with-rdes-small-plates/
Letter to the Editor | Across diverse backgrounds, we are m...roach Stanford’s fossil fuel engagement than you might think
Six graduate students speak up on the Doerr School's entanglement with fossil fuel companies, suggesting a set of recommendations for Stanford's Committee on Funding of Energy Research and Educat...
From the Community | A note on academic freedom and institutional orthodoxy
“When senior University administrators tell the Faculty Senate that they cannot even consider a resolution,” writes postdoctoral scholar Tim MacKenzie, “the only internal coercion and insti...
From the Community | Doerr School confuses wealth and fame for leadership and knowledge
Commenting on the recent announcement of the new membership of the Doerr School’s Advisory Council, Yannai Kashtan writes: “If we want to solve climate change equitably, we need decision-make...
From the Community | Shared Governance
Tim Mackenzie calls for transparency, accountability, and diversity in representation as the university embarks on a search for a new Provost. He writes, “With all the attention being paid to t...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/06/07/from-the-community-shared-governance/
From the Community | After death threats against its Vietnamese community, Stanford stayed silent.
"Repeated online threats culminated in the physical presence of a suspect on campus," write Britney Tran, Dwight Hua and Kyle Nguyen. "However, despite the severity of the event, Stanford has yet...
From the Community | SEIU 2007 supports Stanford Graduate Workers Union
SEIU 2007, a union which has represented more than 1200 Stanford workers since 1970, writes: “It is ultimately in Stanford University’s interest to recognize the Stanford Graduate Workers Uni...
From the Community | Why did we propose a resolution about ...ssociation of Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer with Stanford?
“We expect the members of our faculty to be truthful and not knowingly publish false information,” write professors Branislav Jakovljević and Joseph Lipsick. “Therefore, we should expect p...
From the Community | Thought police or moral integrity?
“There is a line; there are people Stanford will not associate with,” writes computer science and electrical engineering professor Philip Levis. "Perhaps Ms. Mercer and Mr. Murdoch are close ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/05/23/from-the-community-thought-police-or-moral-integrity/
From the Community | Living the DCI dream
On his experience as a fellow in Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, Joe Seldner writes: “I’ve gone to dozens of sporting events here, attended many lectures and other events outside ...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/05/22/from-the-community-living-the-dci-dream/
From the Community | A parting love letter to the Well
"Let us recognize that substance use disorder is a serious and complex issue that affects many," write Noel and Ryelee Vest, resident fellows of Stanford’s substance-free and wellness-themed ho...
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/05/18/from-the-community-a-parting-love-letter-to-the-well/
From the Community | Election reform: good intentions but questionable execution
Cautioning against the recently proposed ASSU joint bylaw changes, Lodewijk Gelauff and Viktor Krapivin write: “Unfortunately, haste is a poor advisor when it comes to crafting legislation.” ...