Gaieties

Culture
A student stays barely afloat in green, murky water next to a duck.

Stanford students ask: Why me?

Alana Yamat
  •  
Dec. 2
Reviews
Gaieties streaker takes down Oski

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

Dan Kubota
  •  
Dec. 1
Campus Life
The Axe Committee's Big Game countdown tent in White Plaza.

Tree-ditions: Stanford rallies for 128th Big Game

Violet Negrette and Naina Mehrotra
  •  
Nov. 19
Humor
Stephen Miller, in his favorite bathing suit, is very excited to fountain-hop. (Graphic: SEBASTIAN STRAWSER / The Stanford Daily)

Stephen Miller to direct Gaieties: ‘Because Gaieties means happy’

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Oct. 2
Senior Column
"Becoming a News managing editor at The Daily taught me to nurture writers, not just their work, if you want to read great writing." (Courtesy of Rima Makaryan)

Riley | A love letter to the foothills, to California

Oriana Riley
  •  
May 28, 2025
The Grind
A graphic reading "Dreams with Levi Lebovitz" overlaid on a rainbow and cloud

Pillow Talk: The Gaieties-Lorax situationship shift

Levi Lebovitz
  •  
Jan. 16, 2025
University
Jon Levin in main quad

Q&A: President Jonathan Levin looks back on his first quarter

George Porteous
  •  
Dec. 15, 2024
Culture
2024 Gaieties cast

Better than Big Game: Gaieties weaves poetry into motion

Jessica Su
  •  
Dec. 2, 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
The Grind
Stanford students dressed in red hold the Axe trophy.

Heartbreak, hope and tradition: My Big Game journey at Stanford

Joanne dePierre
  •  
Nov. 14, 2024
Culture
black and white photo of the 1952 gaities show, which features a large arched "Beat Cal" banner

Raising the curtain: Unveiling the 130-year history of ‘Gaieties’

Lauren Boles
  •  
Dec. 6, 2023
Multimedia
A Stanford player lunges to catch the football at the end zone while a Berkeley defender reaches behind him.

Photo Gallery: A week of tradition

The Daily Photo Staff
  •  
Nov. 24, 2023
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
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
  •  
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
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
Arts & Life
The cast of Gaieties performing

‘Gaieties 2021: LE-LAND!’ emphasizes tradition and community

Bryan Steven Monge Serrano
  •  
Nov. 17, 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
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