Parsley is Gharsley: A waffle kurfuffle, or: How the heck can’t you people...
There’s nothing quite as awful As the beeping of a waffle Iron when I am still waking, Thinking only about making My little bowl of Lucky Charms. And those stupid, shrill alarms Echo round the dining...
View ArticleNew Class to Replace IHUM
There’s been a lot of talk lately about whether or not IHUM should be replaced, and if so, how. I’ve also been made aware of several conversations about how Stanford students don’t know how to deal...
View ArticleI’m, Like, Totally Profound: Stanford Rants
At the start of last week, I sent a few e-mail lists an invitation for students to anonymously vent their biggest Stanford-related frustrations by listing them on a Google Doc. There were over 100...
View ArticleThe Most Unhelpful Advice Ever
What makes my day, more than anything else? When people say, “You know, Robin, you really just need to get laid.” Oh, really? Great, thanks! I had absolutely no idea. I’ll get right on that. You know,...
View ArticleI’m, Like, Totally Profound: Too Darn Many Student Groups
So I come along with random little projects like the “Let’s talk about anything” doohickey. They have no real name, no budget, no meeting times, and no particular structure. It takes maybe an hour,...
View ArticleThe Greatest Discussion Forum At Stanford
…aside from the Diaspora, anyway. You’re reading this post. It’s buried inconspicuously in one of the more obscure regions of the Daily’s website along with the other Daily Banter posts. Since you went...
View ArticleI’m, Like, Totally Profound: Everyone Else’s Lives Suck, Too
Last Thursday The Harvard Crimson published a letter, written by an anonymous student, titled “I Am Fine.” You can read the whole article here, but here’s an excerpt: “I feel like I should remember the...
View ArticleI’m, Like, Totally Profound: Wanted: messiah
Two weeks before Christmas, Bill O’Reilly called Wikileaks “a threat to our way of life.” And I thought, “So what?” Our way of life is a threat to us. We’ve got record rates of obesity, two wars, an...
View ArticleI’m, Like, Totally Profound: I’m dropping out of Stanford.
I’m leaving for Marine Corps Boot Camp on March 20th, sans college degree. Originally I wanted to write deeply and personally about that decision for this last column, and include my joke about how I...
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