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Gaieties streaker takes down Oski

‘Fifty Shades of Grayeties’ brings enthusiasm and a misleading title to Big Game Week

Dan Kubota
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Dec. 1
Cartoons
(GRAPHIC: OLIVIA ROSE/The Stanford Daily)

The Big touchdown

Olivia Rose
  •  
Nov. 20, 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
  •  
Nov. 16, 2024
Culture
A group of students wearing colorful clothes dancing on stage.

2023 ‘Gaieties’ pokes fun at Stanford controversies, student experiences

Dan Kubota
  •  
Nov. 20, 2023
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
  •  
Nov. 16, 2023
Culture
Actors wearing red stand on stage. The background of the stage is a screen displaying Hoover Tower and “BEAT CAL”

Gaieties ‘Cardinal Sin’: Fostering community through imperfections

Alexandra Blum, Shreya Komar and Anjali Ragupathi
  •  
Nov. 27, 2022
Campus Life
November 16, 2021: A banner reading “BEAT CAL” hangs on Old Union at Stanford University in the week leading up to Big Game. (Photo: NIKOLAS LIEPINS/The Stanford Daily)

‘Rivals for Life’ blood drive seeks 13th consecutive win over Berkeley

Caroline Chen
  •  
Nov. 15, 2022
Culture
Nine people sing together standing up, with their phones, laptops or scripts in their hands

‘Gaieties’ creative team gears up for ‘Cardinal Sin’ and Big Game

Greta Reich
  •  
Nov. 13, 2022
Opinions
George Stavri '86 (right) and Kostas Koutentakis '87 (left) holding up a "BEAT CAL" banner in Cypress.

Letter to the editor | A ‘BEAT CAL’ banner from the Mediterranean

From the Community
  •  
Nov. 19, 2021
Women's Soccer
Stanford's five graduating seniors (left to right) Sam Tran, Carly Malatskey, Sam Hiatt, Lauren Rood and Beattie Goad won their 81st game with the Cardinal 4-0 over Cal Friday night. (Photo: JIM SHORIN / isiphotos.com)

Women’s soccer axes Cal on senior night

Daniel Martinez-Krams
  •  
Nov. 8, 2019
Senior forward Taylor Greenfield captured tournament MVP honors after scoring a career-high 20 points in Sunday's championship game against Cal. She also had 17 points, including the go-ahead basket in Stanford's semifinal win over No. 9 Arizona State. Entering the Pac-12 tournament, Greenfield had gone 11 straight games played without scoring in double figures. (JOHN TODD/isiphotos.com)

Women’s basketball clinches Pac-12 tournament title

Alexa Philippou
  •  
March 9, 2015
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Axe Committee prepares campus for 116th Big Game

Jana Persky
  •  
Nov. 22, 2013
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‘Beat Cal’ on the 7 summits

Vivian Wong
  •  
Nov. 19, 2010
Daily Banter
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Abolish Football or Beat Cal?

Aysha Bagchi
  •  
Nov. 16, 2010
The Stanford Daily

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