DEAR ANN:
My friends keep making fun of the size of my country! What can I do?
ANSWER:
First, depending on whether your country is too small or too big, you could
petition your government to either hack off a bit of its land or colonize an
uninhabited island somewhere.
Second, you could take notes from the TV show
“Glee,” which has used singing and dancing commercials to draw attention to
social issues like bullying.
You could use those ads on an international
platform encouraging governments to bend over backward to be the first to
remedy the epidemic of “national size jokes,” convincing them that the
flashiest way to go about that would be to dramatically change the size of the
country.
DEAR ANN:
My roommate is pure evil. I think she
might be a vampire. How do I deal with
her?
ANSWER:
Is she very pale? Does the air get
colder when she is in the room? Does she
sparkle in the sunlight? I’m afraid you
have not a vampire, but a Stephenie-Meyerpire on your hands. In this case, neither garlic nor stakes will
work.
If so, a roaring pyre could be the cure, but the
smoke will set off the fire alarm and you’ll have to walk all the way out to
the grass, and let’s face it: exercise is for the weak.
Dining hall always hospitable, even if food doesn't please everyone
By Emily Beltran
Co-Opinion Editor
Lakeside Dining Hall is far from a stereotypical cafeteria. Instead of a scary old lady with a hairnet serving slabs of mystery meat and tuna casserole, the friendly staff of the dining hall provides healthy meals to students, faculty, and campers.
Lakeside is one of Stanford’s eleven student dining halls that serves the EPGY students staying in the GovCo Cluster among other camps and students. Lakeside boasts organic fruits and vegetables, soft serve ice cream, a salad bar and an assortment of vegetarian options.
“The food is pretty cool,” James Fan, a student in the screenwriting class, said. “The food here helps you get the nutrition you need to get through a tough day of EPGY classes.”
“The dining hall is not that bad,” game theory student Tre Albritten from Texas said. “I just think it’s funny that they have so many potatoes at each meal.”
The pizza is one of the most popular items. Fresh, oven-made pizza slices are offered every day.
“The pizza is delicious,” Paulina Graham, a 15-year-old student from Nicaragua, said. “The cheese [melted on] is fantastic. I look forward to a yummy slice every day after class.”
Graham also really enjoys the orange salad.
Some
other highlights include the ice cream with sprinkles and Oreos, the
watermelon, desserts such as pound cake and pie, and the rice dishes.
The entrée each night can range from enchiladas to jerk chicken.
“You can do
creative things with the ice cream, such as making banana splits and
root beer floats,” 16-year-old journalism student Ann Xu from San Jose,
California said.
Many students say that lunch is the best meal.
“I like lunch a lot,” Kelly Butler, a 17-year-old journalism student, from Okemos, Michigan, said.
Mint chocolate chip cookies recipe
At Stanford, there aren’t many choices in the dining hall for dessert. When you get home, these wonderfully minty and chocolate-y cookies can be made for bribery (tested and proved), or just a daily sugar fix. But bakers beware—these cookies tend to vanish once made.
By Kelly Butler
Advertising Manager
Each house in Governor’s Corner has its own pride.
The houses resemble sports teams: everyone roots for their own and everyone thinks it’s the best. There is always one team, however, that really is the best – and, as with sports teams, one house trumps all.
For the GovCo cluster, that house is Treat, a modest building on the corner with multiple reasons why it can’t help being simply the best.
Lounges
On a trip to the Murray lounge, I stepped over so many chairs and half-sleeping students it took me five minutes to get to the other side to interview someone. “[Murray’s lounges] are too cramped,” Reed Motulsky, a 16-year-old from New York said, adding he is envious of Treat’s lounge.
Luna de Buretel, 16, a resident at Murray from London, was upset that Murray and Yost had no ping-pong, foosball or board games in their lounge, activities Treat has. When Treat’s lounge overflows, there are back porch hammocks.
Staff
The trip to see The Dark Knight Rises was something many enjoyed – with the exception of those who couldn’t go. Murray couldn’t attend the finale of the seven-year trilogy because they were low on staff…what a shame.
Kids from Yost and Murray admitted some counselors seem like “they don’t want to be here.” Not a surprise, with the lack of hammocks.
Russ Nickel, a four-year EPGY counselor who has worked at three houses, says Treat is the best he’s worked at, mainly because of its staff. “Counselors all hang out together” and are “really fun and willing to participate,” he said.
People
“I feel like we’re funnier, because we’re the creative kids,” said Treat’s Sabrina Clevenger.
Murray’s Anna Mulia, in game theory said “I heard everyone is really funny in Treat.”
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Instead, an alternate course of action could be
to strap her to her chair and force her to read “The Historian,” word-for-word,
in all its 900-page glory. Once she has been blinded with good literature, ask
for a roommate switch. DEAR ANN:
How can I Dougie better?
ANSWER:
“Teach Me How to Dougie” itself is teaching you how to Dougie! Clearly you’re not listening to the lyrics
closely enough. Try some deeper
interpretation.
For instance, the second verse says, “I step up
in da club and all these girls bug me/Ya boy dancing, none of them know
me.” It’s difficult to find the hidden
meaning in such philosophical lines, but I’ll try my best to educate you.
“Da club” is a metaphor for the threshold of
Dougie-ing skill that gets you to the next level. When all the girls “bug” you, that is the
sign that you should begin your meditation.
Dance in your mind until finally you can
translate those abilities to real life so well that people will have to know
you.
This parallels the protagonist in the song, who
persists in dancing, yet still “none of them [the monks] know” him.
But trust me: once you do some more close
reading yourself of the song, Dougie Enlightenment is not far away.
DEAR ANN:
Where are my socks? ANSWER: My feet were getting cold. Sorry. 
Courtesy of Stanford website
LAGUNITA COURT is the residence that borders the Lakeside Dining Hall
While some students like the food, others wish that there was more variety.
“The food was good
at first,” 14-year-old Henry Brooks from Pasadena, California said.
“But I am really sick of it now. We eat the same thing every day.”
“Since I go to an
international school, we have really diverse options each day. The food
here is decent; it just is really similar each day,” Jane Gardner,
rising sophomore from Singapore, said.
Many students also think that some dishes could be improved.
“The food is
okay,” rising sophomore Anita Yerneni from game theory said. “But I tend
to spend a lot of money [on food] at other places.”
“The food can be bland,” 16-year-old Maria-Teresa Cummings said.
While students
think that some dishes could be better, many agree that the staff is
very hospitable. Often the staff is joking with students or tangoing
behind the buffet line.
Since lines tend to be very long inside, the staff has set up a buffet line for EPGY outside to help alleviate this problem.
“I have a lot of
allergies, ranging from cherries to hazelnuts” Keeley Michael, 20th
Century Humanities student from Seattle, said. “I have to be really
careful about what I eat. The staff here is awesome. They know me by
name and make sure I always have good options to eat.”
Makes 48
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon mint extract
6 drops green food color
2 eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup mint cookie pieces
1. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
2.
Beat butter, sugars, and mint extract in a large bowl. Add eggs one at
a time, mixing well after each addition; add food coloring.
3. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and cookie pieces.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.
5.
Bake in preheated 375-degree F oven for 9 to 11 minutes, or until
golden brown. Let stand for 2 minutes; move to wire racks to cool
completely.
Courtesy of Stanford website
Nickel also said that out of all the houses he has worked at, Treat has the best students.
“You
guys all hop in and play games,” he said, a sharp contrast to the
stories he told of other houses, including tales of psychotic breakdowns
and fights over girls.
Daniel Ellis, head counselor of Yost himself, said kids from Treat are “mature and social.”
Maybe
it’s because Treat’s workload is more manageable. “We’re not always
working, but we get enough done. Our work is more fun,” said Connor
Lifson, in screenwriting at Treat, during an interview conducted on
gently swinging hammocks.
Murray’s
Maddie Hilal, 16 from New York, said the “physics kids have so much
reading, they have to spend their entire free time on it.”
How
irksome it must be to have free time swallowed by a roaring, monstrous
abyss of homework, cowering in the vicious dark of the bleak lounges.
Hammocks would be a good idea.
I
understand the other inhabitants of the GovCo cluster feel pressures of
loyalty and sports-like pride in their houses, but with relaxing
hammocks, hilarious counselors, luxurious lounges, laughing students,
and did I mention relaxing hammocks, it’s impossible to deny that Treat
really does trump all.
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