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A picture of Stanford students in the band playing instruments

From ‘Bearial’ to Regatta: LSJUMB prepares for Big Game

Geoffrey Franc
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Nov. 19
News
The head of a stuffed bear resting on the Claw Fountain in White Plaza. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Oski the Bear pronounced dead at ‘Bearial’

Torin Young
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Nov. 18
Campus Life
The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band conducts the Bearial — a symbolic “execution” of Cal’s beloved mascot, Oski the Bear — at White Plaza in preparation for the 127th Big Game. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

‘The band always wins’: LSJUMB gears up for Big Game

Alana Belle M. Tirado and Grace Zhao
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Nov. 19, 2024
Campus Life
A drawing of the Stanford tree holding an axe while standing on the Cal mascot, Oski. Oski is a bear skin rug.

A ‘ginky’ play and spirited ‘Bearial’: Big Game traditions live on

Maia Pak and Audrey Tomlin
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Nov. 16, 2024
Campus Life
The Axe Committee sets up camp in White Plaza and blows The Stanford Whistle every hour leading up to big game. (Photo: DAVITA WRONE/The Stanford Daily)

126th annual Big Game traditions continue alongside student activism

Anna Yang and Paridhi Bhatia
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Nov. 16, 2023
Campus Life
Stanford football players hold the Axe trophy

‘Take Back the Axe’: Stanford gears up for Big Game with decapitated teddy bear and train whistles

Callia Peterson and Rani Chor
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Nov. 15, 2022
Photos
The Axe Committee, the guarder of the Stanford Axe, cheer on the Cardinal from the bleachers.

Photo gallery: Student spirit during Big Game Week

Crystal Chen and Andy Huynh
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Dec. 2, 2021
News
a member of the band spears a teddy bear into the claw

An impaled teddy bear and fountains that run red: Stanford’s Big Game traditions

Alex Tsai
  •  
Nov. 19, 2021
News
a member of the band spears a teddy bear into the claw

An impaled teddy bear and fountains that run red: Stanford’s Big Game traditions

Alex Tsai
  •  
Nov. 15, 2021
SAM GIRVIN/The Stanford Daily

Cal bear ‘bearied,’ impaled again

Catherine Zaw
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Nov. 19, 2013
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Stanford celebrates Bearial

The Daily Photo Staff
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Nov. 16, 2010
The Stanford Daily

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