The controversy stems from a satirical flyer Nicholas Wallace J.D. ’21 sent to a law school mailing list on Jan. 25, advertising a fictitious event that…
In the 2020-21 academic year, salaried graduate students working as teaching assistants or research assistants shelled out approximately 40% of their salary to…
The certification comes in the wake of historically low voter turnout across the board, and especially within the graduate student body. The record-low turnout…
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The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is urging the administration to freeze rent in the Escondido Village Graduate Residences (EVGR) until the University can provide a functional legal mailing address and substantial building facilities. At the Council’s Wednesday meeting, however, Stanford’s Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE) pushed back on the GSC’s petition, saying that the rent hikes are necessary to meet the University’s funding needs for housing.
The Council also unanimously passed a slate of bills that will allow amendments to the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) Constitution including a move to a Single Transferable Voting (STV) system and the elimination of gendered language in the Constitution to appear on the spring general election ballot.
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on February 18, 2021
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) debated the Faculty Senate’s resolution on the Hoover Institution, with some councilors calling the response from the University “incredibly upsetting” and “appalling.” Councilors also reaffirmed their stance that Stanford should not invite juniors and seniors to campus for the spring quarter amidbacklash from undergraduates at the Wednesday meeting.
The discussion about the Hoover Institution comes less than one week after the Faculty Senate passed an amended resolution that put Provost Persis Drell and Hoover Director Condoleezza Rice in charge of “increasing interaction” between the Hoover Institution and the University. Hoover has drawn heavy scrutiny after its fellows repeatedly spread misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election. The original resolution sought to convene an ad hoc committee to review the relationship between Stanford an