HUMOR: Based on story, characters, balance, gameplay and enjoyability, we determine, once and for all, if chess really lives up to the hype.

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HUMOR: Dear Unethicist, It has become horrifyingly apparent that my little sister is now taller than me. Am I in the wrong if I do something about it? —Short Sibling

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HUMOR: The Unethicist is a column for Michelle Fu (who has never taken an ethics class) to answer your burning ethical quandaries.

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While distance learning has been difficult for the whole Stanford community, one group has been disproportionately affected by the costs of living at home: college YouTubers.

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President-Elect Joe Biden announced that he and the USA will be forgoing the traditional inauguration, opting instead to elope in the Sierra Nevada.

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2020 is over! Somehow everything is even worse. Throw your grand ideas about “working out more” and “getting good grades” into the trash because here are five realistic resolutions you should set for this new year.

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SATIRE: “Prior to November third, if you pointed a gun to my head and asked me to point out Georgia on a map, I’d be dead in an instant. I miss those days.”

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IMPORTANT: this article is for Professor Venkatesh only! If you aren’t Professor Venkatesh, what are you even doing on this page!

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Minutes after pledging to himself that this would be the quarter his GPA went up, Jason Lin ’23 could be found lying on his bed, deeply entrenched in rat videos on TikTok as a Twitch Minecraft stream played in the background.

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Stanford may be virtual, and students may be Zooming from their childhood bedrooms, but still, against all odds, feels still find a way to flourish.

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Stanford frosh everywhere were startled and confused during NSO when the new Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education suddenly emerged from their electronic devices like the girl from “The Ring.”

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