[Mick]

This may not be a popular piece but I thought it should be shared. I, for one, wasn’t aware of tensions between athletes and non-athletes on campus. 

I’m so f***ing sick of this shit. That was my immediate reaction upon hearing that Stanford intends to bring back all student-athletes in the winter. Those of you who are not on campus may be unaware that tensions here have been high, but they are, and very much so. R&DE has made a number of highly unpopular decisions, including forcing almost every student currently in undergraduate housing to move to a new residence after winter break and removing ovens from undergraduate apartments in order to force them onto a wildly expensive and inadequate meal plan. Meanwhile, there are many students still stuck at home, with abusive parents, lack of internet and technology access, crowded houses and otherwise poor learning situations who would greatly benefit from coming back to campus. But Stanford is making that incredibly difficult.

Do athletes have to deal with any of this? Of course not. Athletes might as well be descended from Leland Stanford himself, for how well the University treats them.

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2021/01/20...r-student/

Best quote is the opener: I’m so f***ing sick of this shit. 

Second best quote is: "Maybe I sound bitter."

Uh, yeah.  You do sound bitter.  As an FYI, student-athletes commit 40 hours per week to their sport, so yes, they get some accommodations from the university, including a training table diet designed to maximize their performance.  And what may seem like housing and class assignment accommodations are the result of shoehorning those 40 hour work weeks into available time and restrictions resulting from COVID-related mandates from the county.  It doesn't surprise me that an undergrad sounds like a spoiled brat, whining about what others have when she is a student at the most exclusive university with the second-best undergraduate experience in the USA.  If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between sxxt and syphilis.

[Mick]

This may not be a popular piece but I thought it should be shared. I, for one, wasn’t aware of tensions between athletes and non-athletes on campus. 

I’m so f***ing sick of this shit. That was my immediate reaction upon hearing that Stanford intends to bring back all student-athletes in the winter. Those of you who are not on campus may be unaware that tensions here have been high, but they are, and very much so. R&DE has made a number of highly unpopular decisions, including forcing almost every student currently in undergraduate housing to move to a new residence after winter break and removing ovens from undergraduate apartments in order to force them onto a wildly expensive and inadequate meal plan. Meanwhile, there are many students still stuck at home, with abusive parents, lack of internet and technology access, crowded houses and otherwise poor learning situations who would greatly benefit from coming back to campus. But Stanford is making that incredibly difficult.

Do athletes have to deal with any of this? Of course not. Athletes might as well be descended from Leland Stanford himself, for how well the University treats them.

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2021/01/20...r-student/

Best quote is the opener: I’m so f***ing sick of this shit. 

Second best quote is: "Maybe I sound bitter."

Uh, yeah.  You do sound bitter.  As an FYI, student-athletes commit 40 hours per week to their sport, so yes, they get some accommodations from the university, including a training table diet designed to maximize their performance.  And what may seem like housing and class assignment accommodations are the result of shoehorning those 40 hour work weeks into available time and restrictions resulting from COVID-related mandates from the county.  It doesn't surprise me that an undergrad sounds like a spoiled brat, whining about what others have when she is a student at the most exclusive university with the second-best undergraduate experience in the USA.  If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between sxxt and syphilis.