A day in the life at Stanford...
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast - A great time to catch the front page headlines |
| 8:30 a.m. | Constitutional Law Lecture & Discussion: “Bakke vs Regents of the University of California” Review majority and minority opinions; discussion on impact on society. |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch - Grab a sandwich and hang out on the lawn. Meet with your professor to discuss whether the term paper should focus on affirmative action or the charter school movement. |
| 1:00 p.m. | Leadership and Public Service
Lecture and Tips: “Effective Persuasive Speeches – How to win over your audience.” |
| 3:00 p.m. | Leadership and Public Service
Grassroots Organizing: Panel of leaders from advocacy organizations give students advice on how to get involved in community activism projects. |
| 4:00 p.m. | Free time: Stop by the University Bookstore. Catch second half of the faculty-staff basketball game before dinner. |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner: Your professor joins your table at the cafeteria. The conversation ranges from which university has the best Political Science Department to which one has the best fight song. (Hint: Your professor got a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Mock Congress Committee Session: Your bill on offshore oil drilling is up before the Natural Resources Committee. A classmate wants to offer an amendment that would weaken the bill. You’ve lobbied other members of the committee to kill the amendment. |
| 9:00 p.m. | Free Time - Work on a section of your term paper about judicial activism. |
| 10:00 p.m. | Floor meeting led by the RA:
Review options for a cultural trip this weekend. Surprise birthday party for one of the students on the hall - parents had a cake delivered! |
| 11:00 p.m. | Curfew - Make sure to get a good night's rest for the Speakers Day tomorrow. |