FAFSA Completions Down In CA: How Palo Alto Area Schools Compare

See how college aid applications changed for Palo Alto area high schools.

From the Community | Anti-racism Requires Facing Our Privilege, Not Litigating It

Two Jewish counselors filed a complaint arguing that the anti-racism training in CAPS had created a hostile environment for them as Jews.

National Merit Scholars From Palo Alto Announced

Nine high school students from Palo Alto are among the 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners.

Opinion | Our Columnists On Loss And Normalcy

Indefinability is a central theme in two beautifully written articles by our columnists last week.

From The Community | Jews Call ‘Antisemitism’ While New Atrocities Unfold In Our Name

Referring to someone as a shanda fur die Goyim — literally, “a shame before the goyim [non-Jews],” is not to be taken lightly.

From The Community | American Vultures And The Conflict In Israel And Palestine

In Isaac Asimov's story “The Gentle Vultures,” an advanced species of aliens wait for humans to start a nuclear war before they step in.

Opinion | Our Columnists On Ego and Narratives

Two recent articles by our columnists stake out competing views on “ego".

Opinion | How To Do Things With Loss

I've always had difficulty with endings.

Letter From The Opinions Editor: A New Paradigm For Opinions

In recent years, The Daily's opinions section has had an uncertain identity.

Opinion | Ingenious And Democratic: Two Sides Of The Same Coin

Ordinarily, we think that a genius, among other things, is someone who is generally better than others.

Opinion | The Pitfalls Of The Narrative Self

Philosopher Daniel Dennett writes, “We try to make our material cohere into a single good story. And that story is our autobiography.”

Opinion | A Defense Of Big Ego

I imagine a future in which everyone cultivates and deepens their egos, like oases that then nourish increasingly sweeter fruits.

Op-Ed | Listen To Black, Latinx And Indigenous Scholars In This Pandemic

Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people in the US are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Opinion | The Invisibility Of The Woman With ADHD

ADHD was defined based on the behaviors of hyperactive, young boys and this concept left no room for girls.

Opinion | What Work Is To Be Done By Peripheral Countries?

If peripheral countries want to give something substantial to the world, they must do so without refueling historical forms of expansionism.

Graduation 2021: Surprise Your Graduate By Sharing A Photo On Patch

Tell us why your grad is special and send a message of congratulations on Palo Alto Patch.

Opinion | Where Are All The Pacific Islanders?

The racial classification of Pacific Islanders has long eluded the minds of governments, the general public and, at times, their community.

Opinion | Is Being Pessimistic About The Future Unethical?

A letter was left outside of my apartment, and the sender said nothing about their identity except that their name is “22nd Century.”

Op-Ed | Departmental Accountability Is A Must: The Case Of Stanford Chemistry

This article contains discussions of violence against Black people that may be troubling to some readers.

Opinion | In Defense Of Pure Villainy

I recently re-watched “One Hundred and One Dalmatians,” the 1961 animated Disney film.

Opinion | Can A Theoretician Lead A Rich Life?

I am a theoretician. It means spending my time employing simply the power of mind and will to conduct inquiries about the world.

Opinion | Respectability Politics Hasn’t Stopped Them From Killing Us

Naturally, there has been an ebb and flow of respectability politics, but never had it been so mainstream as when Barack Obama was elected.

Opinion | ‘Police on Santa Teresa’

How will the on-campus police presence change with the new neighborhood system?

FAFSA Completions Down In CA: How Palo Alto Area Schools Compare

See how college aid applications changed for Palo Alto area high schools.

Stanford To Require COVID Vaccinations For All Students By Fall

Earlier this month, Stanford announced plans​ to bring back all students for in-person instruction for the fall quarter.

South Bay School Chosen For Nationwide Environmental Award

Los Altos High School was one of the two Bay Area schools to receive the recognition. The other was the Nueva School in San Mateo County.

5 Palo Alto Students Honored As National Merit Scholar Recipients

The students, including four from Palo Alto High School, and another from Henry M. Gunn High School, were among 1,000 recipients recognized.

The Price We Must All Pay: Carbon Pricing

Overwhelming evidence has shown the accelerating impacts of climate change.

Tell Stanford: End The Collective Bargaining Agreement With The Deputy Sheriffs’ Association

Author's Note: We wrote this piece before the Chauvin trial verdict was announced.

Stanford Announces Plans For Limited In-Person Graduation Events

The school's president said that commencement ceremonies will be held on June 12 and 13 and that 2020 graduates would have a ceremony later.

Opinion | Silence And Judgment On Social Media Activism

At the height of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in June 2020, I had an exchange with a close friend that I regretted later.

Opinion | We Need Politics, But With Empathy: Enter “Shaping Our Future”

We all know that polarization is a perverse and pervasive fact of current politics.

Opinion | How Much Of The Canon Do We Cancel?

In search of clarity and something like inner peace, over the past few months I’ve picked up and put down the question.

Opinion | Is Intuition Necessary For Rigorous Inquiry?

As folk wisdom says, we should listen to our gut, instincts, intuition.

Ex-Palo Alto Administrator Tapped For New Role

Wesley Cedros served as assistant principal at Gunn High School.

Stanford University Plans For All Students To Return This Fall

The university is also reviewing whether it will require vaccinations for students who are on-campus.

Opinion | I’m Glad, For A Change, That My Family Is Small

Like many others, the violence and racism against people in Asian communities over the past weeks have made it difficult for me to focus.

Opinion | We’re Still Not Prepared For The Next Pandemic

I was not prepared for the pandemic. Neither was Stanford, nor was America’s government.

Palo Alto-Based Education Company Partners With MLS Club

Osmo's partnership with the Philadelphia Union includes providing kits and tablets to a nonprofit and sponsoring the Union Kids Club.

Opinion | Guilty Humanities

Recently, shiny automated job board notifications, enticing me into thinking about my future career, have invaded my inbox.