Editing Stanford University (section)

== Student life ==

=== Student body ===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2020
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Stanford University |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?243744-Stanford-University |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812051356/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?243744-Stanford-University |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|29|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|25|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Non-resident [[Foreign national]]s
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|82|%|2||background:black}}
|}

Stanford enrolled 6,996 undergraduate and 10,253 graduate students in the 2019–2020 school year. Women made up 50.4% of undergraduates and 41.5% of graduate students.<ref name="CDS" /> In the same academic year, the freshman retention rate was 99%. Stanford awarded 1,819 undergraduate degrees, 2,393 master's degrees, 770 doctoral degrees, and 3270 professional degrees in the 2018–2019 school year.<ref name="CDS" /> The four-year graduation rate for the class of 2017 cohort was 72.9%, and the six-year rate was 94.4%.<ref name="CDS" /> The relatively low four-year graduation rate is a function of the university's coterminal degree (or "coterm") program, which allows students to earn a master's degree as a 1-to-2-year extension of their undergraduate program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/highest-grad-rate |title=Best Colleges—Education |work=U.S. News & World Report |date=August 19, 2009 |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314054424/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/highest-grad-rate |archive-date=March 14, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, 15% of undergraduates were first-generation students.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/10/01/concerns-of-first-generation-students-must-remain-a-priority/ |title=Concerns of first-generation students must remain a priority |date=October 1, 2010 |work=The Stanford Daily |access-date=January 31, 2011 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223025538/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/10/01/concerns-of-first-generation-students-must-remain-a-priority/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Dormitories and student housing ===
{{Main|Stanford University student housing}}

By 2013, 89% of undergraduate students lived in on-campus university housing. First-year undergraduates are required to live on campus, and all undergraduates are guaranteed housing for all four undergraduate years.<ref name="CDS" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/apply/apply-housing |title=Stanford University—Student Housing—Apply for Housing 2013–14 |publisher=Stanford.edu |access-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-date=June 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624014137/http://web.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/apply/apply-housing |url-status=dead}}</ref> Undergraduates live in 80 different houses, including dormitories, co-ops, [[Stanford Row House Program|row houses]], and [[#Greek life|fraternities and sororities]].<ref name="ugradres">{{cite web |url=https://resed.stanford.edu/residences |title=Stanford Housing—Undergraduate Residences |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=November 27, 2008 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611010444/https://resed.stanford.edu/residences |url-status=live }}</ref> At Manzanita Park, 118 [[mobile home]]s were installed as "temporary" housing from 1969 to 1991, but have become the site of newer dorms Castano, Kimball, Lantana, and the Humanities House, completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.stanford.edu/pr/91/910724Arc1246.html |title=Manzanita trailers to house Webb Ranch workers |publisher=News.stanford.edu |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729084308/http://news.stanford.edu/pr/91/910724Arc1246.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chelsey |first1=Kate |title=Manzanita residence hall aims at humanities |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/humanities-house-dorm-032015.html |access-date=October 24, 2015 |work=Stanford Report |publisher=Stanford University |date=March 20, 2015 |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920041527/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/humanities-house-dorm-032015.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most student residences are just outside the campus core, within ten minutes (on foot or bike) of most classrooms and libraries. Some are reserved for freshmen, sophomores, or upper-class students and some are open to all four classes. Most residences are co-ed; seven are all-male [[fraternity|fraternities]], three are all-female [[sorority|sororities]], and there is also one all-female non-sorority house, Roth House. In most residences, men and women live on the same floor, but some have single-gender floors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/rde/shs/ugrad/wilbur.htm#junipero |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151009205734/https://rde.stanford.edu/studenthousing/#junipero |url-status=dead |title=Stanford University—Student Housing—Tour Undergraduate Housing |publisher=Stanford.edu |access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref>

Several residences are considered "theme" houses; predating the current classification system are Columbae (Social Change Through Nonviolence, since 1970),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/find-house/columbae |title=Columbae House |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611034746/https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/find-house/columbae |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Synergy (Exploring Alternatives, since 1972).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/synergy/ |title=Synergy House |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102100407/http://web.stanford.edu/group/synergy/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Academic, Language, and Culture Houses include EAST (Education and Society Themed House), Hammarskjöld (International Themed House), Haus Mitteleuropa (Central European Themed House), La Casa Italiana (Italian Language and Culture), La Maison Française (French Language and Culture House), Slavianskii Dom (Slavic/East European Themed House), Storey (Human Biology Themed House), and Yost (Spanish Language and Culture). Cross-Cultural Themed Houses include Casa Zapata (Chicano/Latino Theme in Stern Hall), Muwekma-tah-ruk (American Indian/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Themed House), Okada (Asian-American Themed House in Wilbur Hall), and Ujamaa (Black/African-American Themed House in Lagunita Court). Focus Houses include [[Freshman-Sophomore College]] (Academic Focus), [[Branner Hall]] (Community Service), Kimball (Arts & Performing Arts), Crothers (Global Citizenship), and [[Toyon Hall|Toyon]] (Sophomore Priority).<ref name="ugradres" /> 

[[File:Stanford-bikes.jpg|thumb|left|Many students use bicycles to get around the large campus]]
[[housing cooperative|Co-ops]] or "Self-Ops" are another housing option. These houses feature cooperative living, where residents and eating associates each contribute work to keep the house running, such as cooking meals or cleaning shared spaces. These houses have unique themes around which their community is centered. Many co-ops are hubs of music, art and philosophy. The co-ops on campus are 576 Alvarado Row (formerly Chi Theta Chi), Columbae, Enchanted Broccoli Forest (EBF), Hammarskjöld, Kairos, Terra (the unofficial [[LGBT]] house),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/coop/cgi-bin/public/wiki.php?wikiid=1&pagename=Terra |title=About Terra |work=ResEd |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216121632/http://web.stanford.edu/group/coop/cgi-bin/public/wiki.php?wikiid=1&pagename=Terra |url-status=live }}</ref> and Synergy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/resed/Staff/StaffResources/StudentMgmt/CoOps.html |title=Residential Education—Cooperative Houses |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=November 27, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Phi Sigma, at 1018 Campus Drive was formerly [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity, but in 1973 became a Self-Op.<ref>This chapter had voiced concern that women were being treated unfairly due to the campus ban on sororities. ''Nu Deuteron Chapter'' voted to become co-ed in 1973, [https://archive.org/stream/signet6465phis/signet6465phis_djvu.txt relinquishing its charter over the matter], according to fraternity records (accessed November 17, 2016). This occurred just four years before the ban on sororities was ended by the Regents.</ref> By 2015, 55 percent of the graduate student population lived on campus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lapin |first1=Lisa |last2=Chelsey |first2=Kate |title=New graduate housing proposed for Escondido Village |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/october/grad-housing-proposal-102215.html |access-date=October 24, 2015 |work=Stanford Report |publisher=Stanford University |date=October 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023090314/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/october/grad-housing-proposal-102215.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stanford also subsidizes off-campus apartments in nearby [[Palo Alto]], [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], and [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]] for graduate students who are guaranteed on-campus housing but are unable to live on campus due to a lack of space.<ref>{{cite web |title=Off Campus Subsidized Apartments |url=https://rde.stanford.edu/studenthousing/off-campus-subsidized-apartments |website=Student Housing |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009212655/https://rde.stanford.edu/studenthousing/off-campus-subsidized-apartments |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Athletics ===
{{Main|Stanford Cardinal}}
[[File:11-04-06-LSJUMB-003.jpg|thumb|The [[Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band]] rallies football fans with arrangements of "All Right Now" and other contemporary music]]
In 2016, Stanford had sixteen male varsity sports and twenty female varsity sports,<ref>[http://www.gostanford.com/ Stanford Sports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401192801/http://www.gostanford.com/ |date=April 1, 2015 }} Page accessed June 11, 2016</ref> nineteen club sports,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cardinalrec.stanford.edu/clubsports/ |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150409211134/http://cardinalrec.stanford.edu/clubsports/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |title=Stanford Cardinal Recreation – Club Sports |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> and about 27 intramural sports.<ref>[https://archive.today/20160614202207/http://cardinalrec.stanford.edu/intramurals/Stanford Cardinal Recreation – Intramural Sports] Page accessed June 11, 2016</ref> The '''Stanford Tree''' is the [[Stanford Band]]'s mascot and the unofficial [[mascot]] of Stanford University. Stanford's team name is the "[[Stanford Cardinal|Cardinal]]", referring to the vivid [[Stanford Cardinal Red]] color (not the [[Northern cardinal|common songbird]] as at several other schools); the university does not have an official mascot. The Tree has been called one of America's most bizarre and controversial college mascots;<ref>{{cite web |last=Howell |first=Sean |date=2005-09-26 |title=How the Card got its color |url=http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/9/26/howTheCardGotItsColor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129082745/http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/9/26/howTheCardGotItsColor |archive-date=2007-01-29 |access-date=2007-04-14 |website=[[The Stanford Daily]]}}</ref> it regularly appears at the top of Internet "worst mascot" lists,<ref>{{cite web |last=Whitt |first=Richie |date=2008-11-20 |title=The 10 Worst Sports Mascots of All-Time |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2008/11/the_10_worst_sports_mascots_of.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225103655/https://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2008/11/the_10_worst_sports_mascots_of.php |archive-date=2009-02-25 |access-date=2009-09-24 |website=Sportatorium |publisher=[[Dallas Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Golokhov |first=Dave |title=Top 10 Lame Sports Mascots |url=http://www.askmen.com/top_10/fitness/54c_fitness_list.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517003217/https://www.askmen.com/top_10/fitness/54c_fitness_list.html |archive-date=2009-05-17 |access-date=2009-09-24 |website=[[AskMen]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 worst college mascots |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/pgStory?contentId=8654338&MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002#sport=COLLEGE%20FOOTBALL&photo=8652682 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020032214/http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/pgStory?contentId=8654338&MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002#sport=COLLEGE%20FOOTBALL&photo=8652682 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2008 |access-date=2009-09-24 |website=[[Fox Sports]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Andrew |date=2009-04-10 |title=The 10 Worst Mascots of All Time |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154086-10-worst-mascots-of-all-time#page/11 |access-date=2009-09-24 |website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref> but has also appeared on at least one list of top mascots.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hodkowski |first=Ryne |date=2011-10-11 |title=Top 50 Mascots in College Football |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/887515-college-football-top-50-mascots-in-college-football/page/5 |access-date=2012-03-19 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |archive-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217073454/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/887515-college-football-top-50-mascots-in-college-football/page/5 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Tree is a member of the [[Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band]] (LSJUMB) and appears at [[American football|football]] games, [[basketball]] games, and other events where the band performs.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tree |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/lsjumb/tree.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307044810/http://www.stanford.edu/group/lsjumb/tree.html |archive-date=2007-03-07 |access-date=2007-04-14 |website=[[Stanford Band]] |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref>

In 1930, following a unanimous vote by the executive committee for the Associated Students, the athletic department adopted a new mascot (Indian). The Indian symbol and name were dropped by President [[Richard Wall Lyman|Richard Lyman]] in 1972, after objections from [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] students and a vote by the student senate.<ref name="mascot">{{cite web |title=What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname? |url=http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208445366 |publisher=Stanford Athletics |date=July 7, 2015 |access-date=July 7, 2015 |archive-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708093921/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208445366 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stanford is a member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] in most sports, the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] in several other sports, and the [[America East Conference]] in [[field hockey]] with the participation in the inter-collegiate [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA's]] [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=209720287 |title=Cal, UC Davis, Pacific, Stanford Added As #AEFH Associate Members |publisher=America East Conference |date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> The two official colors of the university are [[Stanford Cardinal Red]] and [[Palo Alto Green]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Color – Identity Guide |url=https://identity.stanford.edu/design-elements/color/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130232613/https://identity.stanford.edu/design-elements/color/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1930 until 1972, Stanford's sports teams had been known as the Indians and during the period from 1951 to 1972, Prince Lightfoot (portrayed by Timm Williams, a member of the [[Yurok tribe]]) was the official mascot. But in 1972, [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] students and staff members successfully lobbied University President [[Richard Wall Lyman|Richard Lyman]] to abolish the "[[Native American name controversy|Indian]]" name along with what they had come to perceive as an offensive and demeaning mascot. Stanford's teams reverted unofficially to the name "Cardinal", the color that had represented the school before 1930.<ref>{{cite web |title=Native American History at Stanford |url=http://www.stanford.edu/dept/nacc/timeline.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306153421/http://www.stanford.edu/dept/nacc/timeline.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2002 |access-date=2007-04-14 |website=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref>

From 1972 until 1981, Stanford’s official nickname was the Cardinal, but, during this time, there was debate among students and administrators concerning what the mascot and team name should be. A 1972 student referendum on the issue was in favor of restoring the Indian, while a second 1975 referendum was against. The 1975 vote included new suggestions, many alluding to the industry of the school's founder, [[tycoon]] [[Leland Stanford]]: the [[Robber baron (industrialist)|Robber Barons]], the Sequoias, the Trees, the Cardinals, the Railroaders, the Spikes, and the Huns.
Its traditional sports rival is the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. The winner of the annual "[[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]" between the [[California Golden Bears football|Cal]] and [[Stanford Cardinal football|Cardinal]] football teams gains custody of [[the Stanford Axe]].<ref>Jay Matthews for Newsweek. August 8, 2008 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140316091327/http://www.newsweek.com/12-top-college-rivalries-country-87831 The 12 Top College Rivalries in the Country]</ref> 

As of May 23, 2024, Stanford has won 136 NCAA team championships, more than any other school. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 48 consecutive years, from 1976–77 through to 2023–24.<ref name=Champions>{{cite web |title=NCAA Champs|url=https://gostanford.com/news/2024/5/22/womens-golf-ncaa-champs.aspx |publisher=Stanford University Athletics |access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref> As of January 1, 2022, Stanford athletes have also won 529 NCAA individual championships. No other Division I school is within 100 of Stanford's total.<ref>{{cite web |title=Championships Summary |work=NCAA website |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |access-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320185655/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Stanford have won 25 consecutive NACDA Directors' Cups, from 1994–1995 through to 2018–19, awarded annually to the most successful overall college sports program in the nation.<ref name=Champions/> 177 Stanford-affiliated athletes have won a total of 296 Summer Olympic medals (150 gold, 79 silver, 67 bronze), including 26 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 27 medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.<ref name=Champions/> In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Stanford-affiliated athletes won 26 medals, more than any other university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/news/2016/7/1/athletics-stanford-olympic-history.aspx |title=Olympic Medal History |work=Stanford Medicine |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815175534/https://gostanford.com/news/2016/7/1/athletics-stanford-olympic-history.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Traditions ===
*{{anchor|Hail, Stanford, Hail!}}"Hail, Stanford, Hail!" is the Stanford hymn sometimes sung at ceremonies or adapted by the various university singing groups. It was written in 1892 by mechanical engineering professor Albert W. Smith and his wife, Mary Roberts Smith (in 1896 she earned the first Stanford doctorate in economics and later became associate professor of sociology), but was not officially adopted until after a performance on campus in March 1902 by the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39027 |title=Century at Stanford |author=Karen Bartholomew |publisher=Alumni.stanford.edu |date=March–April 2002 |access-date=August 22, 2014 |archive-date=April 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404160401/https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39027 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.stanford.edu/Assets/StanfordHymn.pdf |title=Hail, Stanford Hail! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095506/http://music.stanford.edu/Assets/StanfordHymn.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]: The central football rivalry between Stanford and [[California Golden Bears football|UC Berkeley]]. First played in 1892, and for a time played by the universities' rugby teams, it is one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States.
*The [[Stanford Axe]]: A trophy earned by the winner of Big Game, exchanged only as necessary. The axe originated in 1899 when Stanford yell leader Billy Erb wielded a lumberman's axe to inspire the team. Stanford lost, and the Axe was stolen by Berkeley students following the game. In 1930, Stanford students staged an elaborate heist to recover the Axe. In 1933, the schools agreed to exchange it as a prize for winning Big Game. As of 2021, a restaurant centrally located on Stanford's campus is named "The Axe and Palm" in reference to the Axe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Stories from the Archives: Student Traditions |date=<!--undated exhibit--> |publisher=Stanford Libraries |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/stanford-stories/feature/student-traditions |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Big Game Gaieties: In the week ahead of Big Game, a 90-minute original musical (written, composed, produced, and performed by the students of Ram's Head Theatrical Society) is performed in Memorial Auditorium.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Big Game Gaieties |work=Ram's Head Theatrical Society |url=http://ramshead.stanford.edu/gaietieshistory.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215134746/http://ramshead.stanford.edu/gaietieshistory.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2013}} The Big Game Gaieties started in 1911 (when the Big Game was rugby) but did not acquire its present name until the 1920s when it also became part of Ram's Head. The tradition was dormant from 1968 until revived in 1976 and has run ever since.</ref>
*[[Full Moon on the Quad]]: An annual event at [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]], where students gather to kiss one another starting at midnight. Typically organized by the junior class cabinet, the festivities include live entertainment, such as music and dance performances.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions">{{cite news |title=Top 10: Traditional Events |date=January 17, 2014 |author=<!--not stated--> |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/01/17/top-10-traditional-events/ |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820210158/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/01/17/top-10-traditional-events/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The [[Stanford Marriage Pact]]: An annual [[matchmaking]] event where thousands of students complete a questionnaire about their values and are subsequently matched with the best person for them to make a "marriage pact" with.<ref>{{cite podcast |last1=Mayyasi |first1=Alex |last2=Gonzalez |first2=Sarah |title=The Marriage Pact |website=[[NPR]] |publisher=[[Planet Money]] |date=March 5, 2021 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972943944/the-marriage-pact |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818215915/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972943944/the-marriage-pact |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sarah |title=The Kids Are Making 'Marriage Pacts' to Distract Themselves From Doom |date=May 19, 2021 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/style/marriage-pact-college-stanford.html |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720171649/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/style/marriage-pact-college-stanford.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ramgopal |first=Kit |title=Inside the Stanford Marriage Pact |date=February 19, 2019 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/02/19/inside-the-stanford-marriage-pact/ |access-date=August 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sass |first=Roxy |title=Ask Roxy Sass: Marriage Pact edition |date=November 22, 2020 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/11/22/ask-roxy-sass-marriage-pact-edition/ |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818220621/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/11/22/ask-roxy-sass-marriage-pact-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Fountain Hopping: At any time of year, students tour Stanford's main campus fountains to dip their feet or swim in some of the university's 25 fountains.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A fountain hopper's guide to Stanford |last=Coca |first=Richard |date=April 23, 2019 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/04/23/a-fountain-hoppers-guide-to-stanford/ |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name="official traditions">{{cite web |title=Student Life: Traditions |date=February 1, 2021 |publisher=Stanford Facts |url=https://facts.stanford.edu/campuslife/ |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Mausoleum Party: An annual [[Halloween]] party at the [[Stanford Mausoleum]], the final resting place of [[Leland Stanford Jr.]] and his parents. A 20-year tradition, the Mausoleum party was on hiatus from 2002 to 2005 due to a lack of funding, but was revived in 2006.<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/janfeb/red/mausoleum.html |title=A Party to Die For |date=January–February 2007 |work=Stanford Magazine |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |last=Chien |first=Jennifer |access-date=November 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103192446/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/janfeb/red/mausoleum.html |archive-date=November 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, it was hosted in Old Union rather than at the actual Mausoleum, because rain prohibited generators from being rented.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Devin |title=Mausoleum Party is a go: Regardless of rain, the party set for Old Union |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20081031-01.2.9 |access-date=March 19, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |issue=31 |volume=234 |page=3 |date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, after fundraising efforts by the Junior Class Presidents and the ASSU Executive, the event was able to return to the Mausoleum despite facing budget cuts earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20091007-01.2.4 |title=Mausoleum: next to die? |work=Stanford Daily |last=Feliciano |first=Cassandra |date=October 7, 2009 |page=1 |volume=236 |issue=14 |access-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822004642/http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20091007-01.2.4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Wacky Walk: At commencement, graduates forgo a more traditional entrance and instead stride into Stanford Stadium in a large procession wearing wacky costumes.<ref name="official traditions" /><ref>{{cite web |title=How do you explain Stanford's Wacky Walk? |date=June 8, 2018 |publisher=Stanford News Service |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/08/wacky-walk/ |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Steam Tunneling: Stanford has a network of underground brick-lined tunnels that conduct central heating to more than 200 buildings via steam pipes. Students sometimes navigate the corridors, rooms, and locked gates, carrying flashlights and water bottles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pipe Dreams |last=Baughman |first=Shawnee |date=April 12, 2010 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/04/12/pipedreams/ |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820212457/https://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/04/12/pipedreams/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Stanford Magazine'' named steam tunneling one of the "101 things you must do" before graduating from the Farm in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Many Have You Done? |author=<!--no byline; staff article--> |date=September–October 2000 |magazine=Stanford Magazine |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/how-many-have-you-done |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
*Band Run: An annual festivity at the beginning of the school year, where the band picks up freshmen from dorms across campus while stopping to perform at each location, culminating in a finale performance at [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]].<ref name="Stanford Daily traditions" />
*Viennese Ball: A formal [[Ball (dance)|ball]] with [[waltzes]] that was initially started in the 1970s by students returning from the now-closed (since 1987) Stanford in [[Vienna]] overseas program. It is now open to all students.<ref>{{cite news |title=Strictly Ballroom |first=Theresa |last=Johnston |work=Stanford Magazine |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |date=May 2002 |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/mayjun/features/vienneseball.html |access-date=August 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221113650/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2002/mayjun/features/vienneseball.html |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The long-unofficial motto of Stanford, selected by President Jordan, is "''Die Luft der Freiheit weht.''"<ref name="stanford_facts_founding">{{cite web |title=Stanford Facts: The Founding of the University |url=http://facts.stanford.edu/about/ |publisher=Stanford University |date=2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213020952/http://facts.stanford.edu/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Translated from the German language, this quotation from [[Ulrich von Hutten]] means, "The wind of freedom blows." The motto was controversial during World War I, when anything in German was suspect; at that time the university disavowed that this motto was official.<ref name="casper" /> It was made official by way of incorporation into an official seal by the board of trustees in December 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/becoming-stanford/feature/the-university-seal |title=The University Seal |website=Stanford Libraries |date=May 31, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204061110/https://exhibits.stanford.edu/becoming-stanford/feature/the-university-seal |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Degree of Uncommon Man/Uncommon Woman: Stanford does not award honorary degrees,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://registrar.stanford.edu/bulletin/4913.htm |title=Stanford Bulletin: Conferral of Degrees |access-date=September 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228213935/http://registrar.stanford.edu/bulletin/4913.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/bulletin0809/4913.htm |title=Stanford Bulletin 2008/2009: Conferral of Degrees |website=Web.stanford.edu |access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> but in 1953 the "degree of Uncommon Man/Uncommon Woman" was created by Stanford Associates, part of the Stanford alumni organization, to recognize alumni who give rare and extraordinary service to the university. It is awarded not at prescribed intervals, but instead only when the president of the university deems it appropriate to recognize extraordinary service. Recipients include [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Bill Hewlett]], [[Dave Packard]], [[Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health#Lucile Packard|Lucile Packard]], and [[John W. Gardner|John Gardner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Degree of Uncommon Man/Woman |publisher=Stanford Alumni Association |url=https://associates.alumni.stanford.edu/awards/degree-uncommon-manwoman |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820202440/https://associates.alumni.stanford.edu/awards/degree-uncommon-manwoman |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Former campus traditions include the Big Game bonfire on [[Lake Lagunita]] (a seasonal lake usually dry in the fall), which was formally ended in 1997 because of the presence of endangered [[salamander]]s in the lake bed.<ref>Stanford Press Release, October 1, 1997 [http://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/971001bonfire.html Big Game Bonfire is a tradition of the past] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612105556/http://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/971001bonfire.html |date=June 12, 2016 }}</ref>

=== Religious life ===
Students and staff at Stanford are of many different religions. The Stanford Office for Religious Life's mission is "to guide, nurture and enhance spiritual, religious and ethical life within the Stanford University community" by promoting enriching dialogue, meaningful ritual, and enduring friendships among people of all religious backgrounds. It is headed by a dean with the assistance of a senior associate dean and an associate dean.
[[Stanford Memorial Church]], in the center of campus, has a Sunday University Public Worship service (UPW) usually in the "Protestant Ecumenical Christian" tradition where the Memorial Church Choir sings and a sermon is preached usually by one of the Stanford deans for Religious Life. UPW sometimes has multifaith services. In addition, the church is used by the Catholic community and the other Christian denominations at Stanford. Weddings happen most Saturdays and the university has allowed blessings of same-gender relationships and legal weddings.<ref>{{cite web |title=University Public Worship |work=Office for Religious Life |publisher=Stanford University |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/religiouslife/cgi-bin/wordpress/memorial-church/university-public-worship/ |access-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715011708/http://web.stanford.edu/group/religiouslife/cgi-bin/wordpress/memorial-church/university-public-worship/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In addition to the church, the Office for Religious Life has a Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning, and Experiences (CIRCLE) on the third floor of Old Union. It offers a common room, an interfaith sanctuary, a seminar room, a student lounge area, and a reading room, as well as offices housing a number of Stanford Associated Religions (SAR) member groups and the Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Religious Life. Most though not all religious student groups belong to SAR. The SAR directory includes organizations that serve atheist, [[Bahá’í]], Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh groups, though these groups vary year by year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Associated Religions |work=Office for Religious Life |publisher=Stanford University |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/religiouslife/cgi-bin/wordpress/students/sar/ |access-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705083841/http://web.stanford.edu/group/religiouslife/cgi-bin/wordpress/students/sar/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Windhover Contemplation Center was dedicated in October 2014, and was intended to provide spiritual sanctuary for students and staff in the midst of their course and work schedules; the center displays the "Windhover" paintings by [[Nathan Oliveira]], the late Stanford professor and artist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Xu |first=Victor |title=Windhover contemplative center to finish by early summer |work=The Stanford Daily |date=May 8, 2014 |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/05/08/windhover-contemplative-center-to-finish-by-early-summer/ |access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Some religions have a larger and more formal presence on campus in addition to the student groups; these include the Catholic and Hillel communities at Stanford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Catholic Community at Stanford: About us |url=http://catholic.stanford.edu/about/welcome |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913010012/http://catholic.stanford.edu/about/welcome |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}} The Catholic Community is a personal parish in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California|Diocese of San Jose]] and staffed by the [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]] and lay leaders.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hillel at Stanford: About |url=http://hillel.stanford.edu/about/ |access-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009065021/http://hillel.stanford.edu/about/ |archive-date=October 9, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

=== Greek life ===
Fraternities and sororities have been active on the Stanford campus since 1891 when the university first opened. In 1944, University President [[Donald Tresidder]] banned all Stanford sororities due to extreme competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stanford.kappa.org/chapter-history |title=Kappa Kappa Gamma – Beta Eta Deuteron History |publisher=kappakappagamma.org |date= |access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> However, following [[Title IX]], the Board of Trustees lifted the 33-year ban on sororities in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/chiomega/cgi-bin/history.php |title=Chi Omega – Nu Alpha – History |website=Cgi.stanford.edu |access-date=September 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104456/http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/chiomega/cgi-bin/history.php |archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref> Students are not permitted to join a fraternity or sorority until spring quarter of their freshman year.<ref name="greek-faq">{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://resx.stanford.edu/news-values/faq/recruitment-and-intake/frequently-asked |website=Stanford Residential Education |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=May 12, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Stanford has thirty-one Greek organizations, including fourteen sororities and sixteen fraternities. Nine of the Greek organizations were housed (eight in University-owned houses and one, [[Sigma Chi]], in their own house, although the land is owned by the university).<ref name="daily-summer-chi">{{cite news |last1=Soong-Shiong |first1=Nika |title=Life at Summer Chi |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/08/23/life-at-summer-chi/ |access-date=June 17, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |date=August 23, 2013}}</ref> Five chapters were members of the African American Fraternal and Sororal Association, eleven chapters were members of the Interfraternity Council, seven chapters belonged to the Intersorority Council, and six chapters belonged to the Multicultural Greek Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/fsl-organizations |title=FSL Organizations |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=June 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611030246/https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/fsl-organizations |url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Student groups ===
[[File:GSPB urban hike.jpg|thumb|Students on an urban hike organized by the Graduate Student Programming Board (GSPB)]]
Stanford has more than 600 student organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://admission.stanford.edu/student/communities/index.html |title=Campus Communities & Service Opportunities: Student Organizations |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> Groups are often, though not always, partially funded by the university via allocations directed by the student government organization, the ASSU. These funds include "special fees," which are decided by a Spring Quarter vote by the student body. Groups span athletics and recreation, careers/pre-professional, community service, ethnic/cultural, fraternities and sororities, health and counseling, media and publications, the arts, political and social awareness, and religious and philosophical organizations. In contrast to many other selective universities, Stanford policy mandates that all recognized student clubs be "broadly open" for all interested students to join.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Dustin |date=February 27, 2019 |title=GUEST ROOM {{!}} The Problem With Selective Organizations |url=https://cornellsun.com/2019/02/27/guest-room-the-problem-with-selective-organizations/ |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=The Cornell Daily Sun |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211010061141/https://cornellsun.com/2019/02/27/guest-room-the-problem-with-selective-organizations/ |archive-date=October 10, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Evelyn |date=January 17, 2020 |title=Thank you for your interest: The problem with selective clubs. |url=http://northbynorthwestern.com/thank-you-for-your-interest-the-problem-with-selective-clubs/ |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=North by Northwestern |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Membership  |url=https://ose.stanford.edu/policies/student-organization-policies/membership |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=Office of Student Engagement |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010061150/https://ose.stanford.edu/policies/student-organization-policies/membership |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Northwestern joins Harvard in urging exclusive clubs to open up their membership |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/24/northwestern-joins-harvard-urging-exclusive-clubs-open-their-membership |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=Inside Higher Ed |first1=Jake |last1=New |date=May 24, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

''[[The Stanford Daily]]'' is a student-run daily newspaper and has been published since the university was founded in 1892.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/about/ |website=Stanford Daily |access-date=June 12, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612172753/http://www.stanforddaily.com/about/ |archive-date=June 12, 2016 }}</ref> The student-run radio station, [[KZSU]] Stanford 90.1 FM, features freeform music programming, sports commentary, and news segments; it started in 1947 as an AM radio station.<ref>{{cite web |title=About KZSU |website=KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM |publisher=Stanford University |url=http://kzsu.stanford.edu/stationinfo/ |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> [[The Stanford Review]] is a conservative student newspaper founded in 1987.<ref name="review">{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Lisa |last2=Atallah |first2=Alex |title=A Brief and Non-Exhaustive History of the Stanford Review |url=http://stanfordreview.org/article/a-brief-and-non-exhaustive-history-of-the-stanford-review/ |website=Stanford Review |access-date=June 12, 2016 |date=February 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611193736/http://stanfordreview.org/article/a-brief-and-non-exhaustive-history-of-the-stanford-review/ |archive-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Fountain Hopper]]'' (''FoHo'') is a financially independent, anonymous student-run campus [[Tabloid journalism|rag]] publication, notable for having broken the [[People v. Turner|Brock Turner story.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanford, the swimmer and Yik Yak: can talk of campus rape go beyond secrets? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/08/stanford-swimmer-yik-yak-campus-rape |last1=Glenza |first1=Jessica |last2=Carroll |first2=Rory |date=February 8, 2015 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> Stanford hosts numerous environmental and sustainability-oriented student groups, including Students for a Sustainable Stanford, Students for Environmental and Racial Justice, and Stanford Energy Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Groups |url=https://sustainable.stanford.edu/be-cardinal-green/students/student-groups |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=Sustainable Stanford – Stanford University |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227232327/https://sustainable.stanford.edu/be-cardinal-green/students/student-groups |url-status=dead}}</ref> Stanford is a member of the Ivy Plus Sustainability Consortium, through which it has committed to best-practice sharing and the ongoing exchange of campus sustainability solutions along with other member institutions.<ref>name="Leadership Through Partnership">{{cite web|title=Leadership Through Partnership|url=https://sustainability.yale.edu/priorities-progress/leadership/leadership-through-partnership|access-date=November 18, 2023|publisher=Yale Sustainability}}</ref>

Stanford is also home to a large number of pre-professional student organizations, organized around missions from startup incubation to paid consulting. The [[Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students]] (BASES) is one of the largest professional organizations in Silicon Valley, with over 5,000 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=A new student's guide to Stanford's entrepreneurial ecosystem, part 2 |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2021/07/04/a-new-students-guide-to-stanfords-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-part-2/#:~:text=The%20largest%20and%20oldest%20of%20which%20is%20BASES,5%2C000%20general%20members%20on%20their%20weekly%20mailing%20list. |website=The Stanford Daily |access-date=October 6, 2021 |date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> Its goal is to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://bases.stanford.edu/team |website=BASES: Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students |access-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006160127/https://bases.stanford.edu/team |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[StartX]] is a non-profit startup accelerator for student and faculty-led [[Startup company|startups]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://startx.com/about |title=About StartX |work=StartX}}</ref> It is staffed primarily by students.<ref>{{cite web |title=StartX Demo Day attracts Stanford-connected start-ups, Silicon Valley investors |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/02/08/startx-demo-day-attracts-stanford-connected-start-ups-silicon-valley-investors/ |website=The Stanford Daily |access-date=October 6, 2021 |date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> Stanford Women In Business (SWIB) is an on-campus business organization, aimed at helping Stanford women find paths to success in the generally male-dominated technology industry.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Elizabeth |title=Stanford Women in Business hosts events to boost entrepreneurship |newspaper=[[The Stanford Daily]] |date=May 25, 2015 |url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/05/25/stanford-women-in-business-hosts-events-to-boost-entrepreneurship/ |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> Stanford Marketing is a student group that provides students hands-on training through research and strategy consulting projects with [[Fortune 500]] clients, as well as workshops led by people from industry and professors in the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stanfordmarketing.org/ |title=Stanford Marketing |access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stanfordmarketing.org/recruitment/ |title=Become An Associate |access-date=February 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209070557/http://www.stanfordmarketing.org/recruitment/ |archive-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> Stanford Finance provides mentoring and internships for students who want to enter a career in finance. Stanford Pre Business Association is intended to build connections among industry, alumni, and student communities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planning for Business School {{!}} Academic Advising |url=https://advising.stanford.edu/beyond-undergrad/planning-business-school |website=advising.stanford.edu |access-date=October 6, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Stanford is also home to several academic groups focused on government and politics, including [https://sig.stanford.edu/ Stanford in Government] and [https://www.stanfordwomeninpolitics.com/ Stanford Women in Politics]. The [https://sslap.stanford.edu/ Stanford Society for Latin American Politics] is Stanford's first student organization focused on the region's political, economic, and social developments, working to increase the representation and study of [[Latin America]] on campus. Former guest speakers include [[José Mujica]] and [[Gustavo Petro]].<ref>{{cite web |title="About Us" |url=https://sslap.stanford.edu/about-us |website=Stanford Society for Latin American Politics |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref> Other groups include:
*The Stanford Axe Committee is the official guardian of the [[Stanford Axe]] and the rest of the time assists the [[Stanford Band]] as a supplementary spirit group. It has existed since 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Axe Committee: About us |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/axecomm/cgi-bin/wordpress/?page_id=67 |access-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017115343/http://web.stanford.edu/group/axecomm/cgi-bin/wordpress/?page_id=67 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO) which hosts the annual Stanford Powwow started in 1971. This is the largest student-run event on campus and the largest student-run powwow in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Founding of SAIO {{!}} Native American Cultural Center |url=https://nacc.stanford.edu/about-nacc/history-timelines/founding-saio |website=nacc.stanford.edu |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Tatiana |title=Stanford Powwow celebrates Native American history, culture |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/13/stanford-powwow-celebrates-native-american-history-culture/ |access-date=October 30, 2019 |work=The Mercury News |date=May 13, 2017}}</ref>
*The Stanford Improvisors (SImps for short) teach and perform improvisational theatre on campus and in the surrounding community.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Stanford Improvisors |url=https://www.stanfordimprovisors.com/ |access-date=March 16, 2021 |website=stanfordimprovisors.com}}</ref> In 2014 the group finished second in the Golden Gate Regional College Improv tournament,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sfimprovfestival.com/2014/01/31/tall-grande-venti-takes-top-bay-college-title-to-rep-sf-in-nationals/ |title=Tall, Grande, Venti Takes Top Bay College Title to Rep SF in Nationals! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702150359/http://sfimprovfestival.com/2014/01/31/tall-grande-venti-takes-top-bay-college-title-to-rep-sf-in-nationals/ |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and they have since been invited twice to perform at the annual San Francisco Improv Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sfimprovfestival.com/performers2014/simps/ |title=San Francisco Improv Festival |website=Sfimprovfestival.com |access-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908062218/http://sfimprovfestival.com/performers2014/simps/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Asha for Education]] is a national student group founded in 1991. It focuses mainly on education in India and supporting nonprofit organizations that work mainly in the education sector. Asha's Stanford chapter organizes events like [[Holi]] as well as lectures by prominent leaders from India on the university campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stanford.ashanet.org/blog/2015/11/asha-dandiya-featured-in-india-abroad-magazine/ |title=Asha Dandiya featured in India Abroad Magazine |publisher=Asha Stanford |date=November 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stanford.ashanet.org/blog/2015/10/adhik-kadams-100-mile-bike-ride-for-100-donors/ |title=Adhik Kadam's 100-mile bike ride for 100 donors |publisher=Asha Stanford |date=October 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://allevents.in/circle/asha-stanford-welcome-dinner-with-adhik-kadam-and-the-borderless-world-foundation/1696538670565831 |title=Asha Stanford Welcome Dinner: with Adhik Kadam and the Borderless World Foundation |website=Allevents.in |access-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224234229/https://allevents.in/circle/asha-stanford-welcome-dinner-with-adhik-kadam-and-the-borderless-world-foundation/1696538670565831 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Safety ===
Stanford's Department of Public Safety is responsible for law enforcement and safety on the main campus. Its deputy sheriffs are [[peace officers]] by arrangement with the [[Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office]].<ref name="police-employment">{{cite web |title=Employment Opportunities |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/SUDPS/employment.shtml |website=Stanford University Department of Public Safety |access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> The department is also responsible for publishing an annual crime report covering the previous three years as required by the [[Clery Act]].<ref name="clery">{{cite web |title=Safety & Security Results: Crime Statistics |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/SUDPS/safety-report/stats-toc.shtml |website=Stanford University Department of Public Safety |access-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611051350/http://web.stanford.edu/group/SUDPS/safety-report/stats-toc.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> Fire protection has been provided by contract with the Palo Alto Fire Department since 1976.<ref name="fire-dispute">{{cite news |last1=Sheyner |first1=Gennady |title=Palo Alto, Stanford clash over fire services |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/10/22/palo-alto-stanford-clash-over-fire-services |access-date=June 11, 2016 |publisher=Palo Alto Online |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> Murder is rare on the campus, although a few cases have been notorious, including the 1974 murder of [[Arlis Perry]] in Stanford Memorial Church, which was not solved until 2018.<ref name="PAO">{{Cite web |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/06/28/suspect-in-grisly-stanford-memorial-church-murder-kills-self |title=Sheriff: Grisly 1974 Stanford murder solved |author=Staff |date=June 29, 2018 |website=PaloAltoOnline.com |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913153323/https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/06/28/suspect-in-grisly-stanford-memorial-church-murder-kills-self |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also infamous was [[Theodore Streleski]]'s murder of his faculty advisor in 1978.<ref name="daily-murder">{{cite news |last1=Xu |first1=Victor |title=A history of murder at Stanford |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/10/10/a-history-of-murder-at-stanford/ |access-date=June 12, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |date=October 10, 2014}}</ref>

==== Campus sexual misconduct ====
In 2014, Stanford was the tenth highest in the nation in "total of reports of rape" on their main campus, with 26 reports of rape.<ref name=":wsj2016" >{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/07/these-colleges-have-the-most-reports-of-rape/ |title=These colleges have the most reports of rape |first=Nick |last=Anderson |date=June 7, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In Stanford's 2015 Campus Climate Survey, 4.7 percent of female undergraduates reported experiencing sexual assault as defined by the university, and 32.9 percent reported experiencing sexual misconduct.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/10/01/one-third-of-stanford-women-experience-sexual-misconduct-survey-finds |title=One-third of Stanford women experience sexual misconduct, survey finds |last=Kadvany |first=Elena |date=October 1, 2015 |work=Palo Alto Online |access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> According to the survey, 85% of perpetrators of misconduct were Stanford students and 80% were men.<ref name=":4" /> Perpetrators of sexual misconduct were frequently aided by alcohol or drugs, according to the survey: "Nearly three-fourths of the students whose responses were categorized as sexual assault indicated that the act was accomplished by a person or persons taking advantage of them when they were drunk or high, according to the survey. Close to 70 percent of students who reported an experience of sexual misconduct involving nonconsensual penetration and/or oral sex indicated the same."<ref name=":4" />

Associated Students of Stanford and student and alumni activists with the anti-rape group Stand with Leah criticized the survey methodology for downgrading incidents involving alcohol if students did not check two separate boxes indicating they were both intoxicated and incapacity while sexually assaulted.<ref name=":4" /> Reporting on the Brock Turner rape case, a reporter from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' analyzed campus rape reports submitted by universities to the U.S. Department of Education, and found that Stanford was one of the top ten universities in campus rapes in 2014, with 26 reported that year, but when analyzed by rapes per 1000 students, Stanford was not among the top ten.<ref name=":wsj2016" />

==== ''People v. Turner'' ====
{{Main|People v. Turner}}

On the night of January 17–18, 2015, 22-year-old [[Chanel Miller]], who was visiting the campus to attend a party at the fraternity [[Kappa Alpha Order]], was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner, a nineteen-year-old freshman student-athlete from Ohio. Two Stanford graduate students witnessed the attack and intervened; when Turner attempted to flee the two held him down on the ground until police arrived.<ref name=NYToutrage>Liam Stack for ''The New York Times''. June 6, 2016 [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/outrage-in-stanford-rape-case-over-dueling-statements-of-victim-and-attackers-father.html Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage]</ref> Stanford immediately referred the case to prosecutors and offered Miller counseling, and within two weeks had barred Turner from campus after conducting an investigation.<ref>Ashley Fantz for CNN June 7, 2016 [http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/ Outrage over 6-month sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford rape case]</ref> Turner was convicted on three felony charges in March 2016 and in June 2016 he received a jail sentence of six months and was declared a sex offender, requiring him to register as such for the rest of his life; prosecutors had sought a six-year prison sentence out of the maximum 14 years that was possible.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_29970782/palo-alto-former-stanford-swimmer-gets-6-months| title=Stanford sex assault: Brock Turner gets 6 months in jail| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603152038/https://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_29970782/palo-alto-former-stanford-swimmer-gets-6-months| archive-date=2016-06-03 | newspaper=Mercurynews.com| accessdate=2023-10-18}}</ref> The case and the relatively lenient sentence drew nationwide attention.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/06/06/stanford-sexual-assault-victim-statement-viral/ |title=Stanford Sex Assault Victim's Story Draws Worldwide Reaction |last=Fehely |first=Devin |date=June 6, 2016 |work=CBS SF Bay Area |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> Two years later, the judge in the case, Stanford graduate [[Aaron Persky]], was recalled by the voters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/us/judge-aaron-persky-recall-results-brock-turner/index.html |title=Voters oust judge who gave Brock Turner 6 months for sex assault |date=June 6, 2018 |work=CNN |access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kimmel |first1=Michael |title=Guyland. The perilous world where boys become men. |date=2018 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=9780062885739 |pages=1–2}}</ref>

==== Joe Lonsdale ====
{{see also|Joe Lonsdale#Sexual assault allegations}}
In February 2015, Elise Clougherty filed a sexual assault and harassment lawsuit against venture capitalist [[Joe Lonsdale]].<ref name=Benner>Katie Benner for Bloomberg News. February 2, 2015 [https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-02-02/clougherty-s-sexual-assault-suit-against-formation-8-s-lonsdale Benner on Tech: Parsing a Sexual Assault Suit]</ref><ref name=Bazelon1>Emily Bazelon for ''The New York Times''. February 11, 2015 [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor]</ref> Lonsdale and Clougherty entered into a relationship in the spring of 2012 when she was a junior and he was her mentor in a Stanford entrepreneurship course.<ref name=Bazelon1 /> By the spring of 2013 Clougherty had broken off the relationship and filed charges at Stanford that Lonsdale had broken the Stanford policy against consensual relationships between students and faculty and that he had sexually assaulted and harassed her, which resulted in Lonsdale being banned from Stanford for 10 years.<ref name=Bazelon1 /> Lonsdale challenged Stanford's finding that he had sexually assaulted and harassed her and Stanford rescinded that finding and the campus ban in the fall of 2015.<ref>Emily Bazelon for ''The New York Times''. November 4, 2015 [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/magazine/the-lessons-of-stanfords-sex-assault-case-reversal.html The Lessons of Stanford's Sex-Assault-Case Reversal]</ref> Clougherty withdrew her suit that fall as well.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-privateequity-lonsdale-lawsuit-idUSKCN0SR23Q20151102?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews |title=Woman drops sex assault case against U.S. venture capitalist |newspaper=Reuters |date=November 2, 2015 |last1=McBride |first1=Dan Levine}}</ref>