''The Stanford Review'' (also known as ''The Review'') is a student-run newspaper that serves Stanford University in

Stanford, California Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University. The population was 21,150 at the 2020 census. Stanford is an unincorporated area of ...

. It was founded in 1987 by

Peter Thiel Peter Andreas Thiel (; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in F ...

and Norman Book.

History

In 1987, after around 500 students participated in a march led by Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition, the students were inspired to put forth

the Rainbow Agenda ''The Rainbow Agenda'' was a set of demands put forth by a coalition of student groups at Stanford University in the late 1980s. Inspired by Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition (now Rainbow/PUSH), Stanford's Rainbow Coalition demanded that the univer ...

, a list of the concerns that the minority students wanted the institution to address. ''The Stanford Review'' was founded to provide an "alternative viewpoint" to what was expressed in the Agenda, by the " vocal few", as they were referred to in the publication's first issue, dated June 9, 1987, in an article titled "Stanford Review is here to stay". The founders felt that views being expressed were inconsistent with views held by majority of the student body. It aspired to be a place where "rational debate" could exist at the university. In 1995, the paper prevailed in a free-speech lawsuit against the university's speech code. The

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ruled that the code which banned insults that were racially and/or gender-motivated was unconstitutional. In a 2016

letter to the editor A letter to the editor (LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about an issue of concern to the reader. Usually, such letters are intended for publication. In many publications, letters to the editor may be sent either through conventional mail ...

of The Stanford Daily, the managing editor wrote that "the entire purpose of The Review is to publish unpopular views". The letter also clarified that although the newspaper serves as an outlet for writers, whether they are a staff writer or otherwise, The Review itself may or may not have a position on the subject matter. Incorporated in 1990 as nonprofit 501(c)3, a large portion of the publication's revenue is generated by fundraising efforts and alumni donors. While Thiel also makes financial contributions, he has hosted staff reunions at his home, and meets with the editors quarterly as a way to stay current with campus activities in general.

Notable former editors and staffs

(founding editor-in-chief), co-founder of PayPal, Founders Fund, Palantir Technologies *Ken Howery (former managing editor), co-founder of PayPal, Founders Fund *David O. Sacks (former editor-in-chief), co-founder of Yammer, angel investor *Keith Rabois (former opinion editor), chief operating officer of Square, Inc., Square, investor at Khosla Ventures *Stephen Cohen (entrepreneur), Stephen Cohen (former editor-in-chief), co-founder of Palantir Technologies *Joe Lonsdale (former editor-in-chief), co-founder of Palantir Technologies *Stephen Russell (former section editor), co-founder of Prism Skylabs *Eric M. Jackson, Eric Jackson (former editor-in-chief), chief executive officer of CapLinked *Gideon Yu (former business manager), co-owner and former president of the San Francisco 49ers, former chief financial officer of YouTube and Facebook *Ryan Bounds (former opinion editor), Assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, District of Oregon and failed nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit *Tim Groseclose (former intramural sports editor), economist *Bruce Gibney (former editor-in-chief), former venture capitalist at Founders Fund, author *Fred Savage (former staffer), actor (The Wonder Years, The Grinder) *Candice Jackson (former news editor), Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights under Secretary Betsy DeVos *Josh Hawley (former writer), United States Senator representing the state of Missouri.

Books written by former editors

Notable books written by its former editors include: * ''The PayPal Wars'' by Eric M. Jackson * ''Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine'' by Candice E. Jackson *''The Diversity Myth, The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford'' by Peter Thiel (co-authored David O. Sacks, David Sacks) *''Zero to One by

and Blake Masters

References

External links

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History

Notable former editors and staffs

Books written by former editors

See also

References

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