Over 400 pro-Palestine students walked out of Stanford’s 133rd Commencement ceremony Sunday morning, waving Palestinian flags, while President Richard Saller greeted graduates. Many more students who remained seated wore keffiyehs and waved…
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‘A time of potential turmoil’: Outgoing President Richard Saller reflects on a turbulent year
Outgoing President Richard Saller reflected on a tumultuous year at Stanford in a Friday interview with The Daily. As he prepares to hand over leadership to Jonathan Levin ’94 on Aug. 1,…
Stanford starts disciplinary referrals but allows encampment to remain
The University will start to issue disciplinary proceedings against demonstrators who participated in an attempted takeover of the mechanical engineering building May 20, President Richard Saller told the Faculty Senate at a…
Protestors enter engineering building
Demonstrators entered Building 570, a mechanical engineering building where students were present, as part of a march on Monday. Demonstrators vandalized the building’s interior and attempted to construct barricades, according to remarks…
Stanford renames Maples Pavilion court after Tara VanDerveer
Tara VanDerveer has a laundry list of accolades. She’s a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, has been named a five-time national coach of the year and has won three national…
Since Sterling: Stanford Historical Society traces role of University president
As upheaval from student protests continues to shake universities and put pressure on its administrations, the Stanford Historical Society (SHS) gathered on Wednesday to reflect on the role of the University’s president…
Incoming University president Jonathan Levin ’94 charts optimistic future
Graduate School of Business (GSB) Dean Jonathan Levin ’94 is charting a new direction for the University. His appointment as Stanford’s next president on Thursday follows the resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne last…
Pro-Palestine students protest Condoleezza Rice
Palestinian flags and “Spineless Saller,” a blown-up cut-out of President Richard Saller with bloody hands, waved overhead as 75 students gathered outside Encina Hall at 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Protestors demanded the…
Ph.D. student testifies before Congress on antisemitism at Stanford
Kevin Feigelis, a seventh-year physics Ph.D. student at Stanford and an organizer involved with the Blue and White Tent, urged Congress to investigate campus antisemitism at a bipartisan roundtable hosted by the…
Pro-Palestine sit-in to end at 120 days with University negotiations
The pro-Palestine Sit-In to Stop Genocide will end overnight camping on Friday, Feb. 16 after two negotiation meetings with President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez, per an agreement reached with the…