A Day in the Life of a Stanford Student: Work, Study, and No Friends

1. The Other Kind of Day in the Life of a Stanford Student

2. What do I do in a Day • Work • Study • Work • Look at Strangers because I have no friends. • Eat • Sleep • Work • Study

3. Do I have a Life? OF COURSE NOT!!!

4. What are the classes like? • Hard (Do you really want to do stuff like this?) • % Define time values • >>t = 0:1:10; • >>% Define acceleration of gravity • >>g = 9.80; • >>% Compute displacement y • >>y = g/2 * t.^2; • >>% Plot • >>plot(t,y,'b--') • >>% Create labels • >> grid on • >>xlabel('Time [s]') • >>ylabel('Distance fallen [m]') • >>title('Distance fallen as a function of time on)

5. What’s the Food Like? •  • The dining halls serve iffy food so much that I want to eat off campus eve • Our dining halls don’t actually look like this while we’re eating

6. Who Do We Hate? Cal sucks!!!

7. So Really, What is Life Like as a Stanford Student? • If you get sick • If you’re concerned about your illness or develop severe symptoms, consult with a medical professional, especially if you’re at high risk of flu-related complications. High-risk students include those with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease. They should contact their healthcare provider as soon as possible, and seek attention at the first sign of symptoms. • Most cases of this flu can be managed through self-care. Vaden Health Center is available if you are concerned or very ill. Call Vaden at (650) 498-2336. Health care professionals are available to consult about whether or not an appointment is necessary and how symptoms are best managed. • Students who become sick are encouraged to remain isolated and avoid contact for 24 hours after their fever has gone away without the use of fever-reducing medications. You should alert your residence staff to your illness because they may be aware of additional resources for you. For instance, Dining Services is prepared to deliver food to ill students, and academic directors are available to discuss missed academic responsibilities. • Those with flu-like illness should stay away from classes and limit interactions with other people (called self-isolation), except to seek medical care, for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines. • If possible, residential students with flu-like illness who live relatively close to the campus should return to their home to keep from making others sick. Students with a private room should remain in their room and receive care and meals from a single person. Students with flu-like illness who need to leave their room for any reason should wear a surgical mask. • When Vaden Health Center is not open, urgent medical advice is available by calling 498-2336. • Getting meals while you're sick • Stanford Dining meal plan and Mirrielees students: Students who have flu symptoms should notify their resident assistant or resident dean. The resident dean will fill out a questionnaire and meals will be delivered to the ill student. • Row houses: Ill students living in a row house will be served meals by their house. If a significant number of students in a house are sick, Stanford Dining will assist the house with meal service as requested by Residential Education. • Grad students: Ill graduate students will receive meals primarily from friends or roommates. If this is not sufficient and graduate students need meal delivery, the sick student should notify a community associate or grad life office dean. The grad life office dean will fill out a questionnaire and meals will be delivered to the ill student. • Availability of antiviral drugs • Stanford has a limited supply of Tamiflu. Stanford would follow the most current public health recommendations for the use of Tamiflu. • If your roommate is sick • According to the CDC you should: • Limit your contact with your sick roommate and try to maintain a distance of six feet. • If close contact cannot be avoided, your sick roommate should wear a surgical mask, if tolerable, when he or she is around you and other people. • Frequently clean commonly touched surfaces. • Getting vaccinated • While it will not prevent H1N1 strains of flu, the seasonal flu shot is nonetheless highly recommended this year. Check the main page of this website for a schedule of seasonal flu shot clinics. • Additional information H1N1 immunizations will be available soon. • Diminishing flu spread • The university plans to continue to aggressively communicate with students about steps for diminishing vulnerability to the flu and other airborne viruses, following guidelines established by the CDC and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. • Examples include fliers widely distributed in residences and dining halls about the importance of regularly washing hands and covering coughs. Students are encouraged to stay healthy by keeping their immune systems strong with regular exercise, vitamin-rich foods, sufficient sleep and plenty of fluids. • Studying abroad • Public health authorities consider the spread of H1N1 to be global, with ongoing community-level outbreaks occurring throughout the world. • The CDC website contains the following recommendations for travel to areas reporting novel H1N1 flu: “CDC recommends that travelers at high risk for complications from any form of flu discuss their travel plans with their doctor. Together, they should look carefully at the H1N1 flu situation in their destination and the available healthcare options in the area. They should discuss their specific health situations and possible increased risk of traveling to the area affected by novel H1N1 flu.” • The Bing Overseas Study Program has contingency plans ensuring access to medical care and housing and anticipating screening at airports. • The most recent information about H1N1 • The best sources of current pandemic influenza information are the websites of the CDC and the World Health Organization.

8. Just Kidding… • Life as a Stanford Student is wonderful. • There’s so much opportunity here. • There are so many opportunities to help the communities outside of Stanford. • It’s one of the only ways to break out of the Stanford bubble. • The workload is manageable with good time management skills.