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The Harvard of the West

On March 18, 1963, the brothers of Beta Chi, formerly the Stanford chapter of Sigma Nu, delivered a statement of defeat to Harvard President Nathan Pusey. The sixties were a tumultuous decade for the Greek community at Stanford. Although the Stanford Trustees formally stated in 1957 that the university sought to end discriminatory practices among [...]

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“I go chain myself to yellow machinery”

A year-old TIME Magazine article opened with the line, “There is no such thing as too extreme for Mike Roselle.” It’s a catchy statement, but a misleading one.

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Science is a Noisy, Continuous Parliament

Interview with 2006 National Book Award winner Richard Powers

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Letter from Roberto Bolaño

“Dear Ruffinelli”: My Private Correspondence (Just One Letter) with Roberto Bolaño (The Secret Life of a Uruguayan Poet)

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Interview with William T. Vollmann

Scrupulously Avoid the Desire for Results: 2005 National Book Award Winner Talks to The Claw

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Interview with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Stanford alumna examines the role of women in Afghanistan

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As our former editor-in-chief once said: if The New Yorker and The Atlantic had a bastard child, it would be The Claw Magazine. We hope one day this will be true. Until then, we are a Stanford student publication that supports and showcases the Farm’s rich culture in politics, humanities, and the arts. In this spirit, we publish investigative reporting, columns, essays, fiction, fine art, doodles, and everything in between.