<p>JHS, I’ve yet to meet the faction of Stanford students who feel that the Daily represents their viewpoints or culture; it’s a strange phenomenon for sure. I got a kick out of your statement about intellectualism as a subculture practiced behind closed doors. I think that if someone is mainly listening to freshmen, it can seem that way at times. My take is that almost everybody here was a pretty serious nerd in high school, and when they first get here freshman year, some people decide to briefly try on a “cooler” persona, just to see what it would be like for a change. This doesn’t last more than a quarter or two, if that long. Nerdiness remains in the DNA. Besides, it turns out that smart is way cool here. And intellectual is, too.</p>