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Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students
Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students
Decker Paulmeier at Stanford. (Photo by Marlena Sloss for The Free Press)
A working-class student. A star soccer player. And the ominous emails from all-powerful administrators.
By Frannie Block
03.23.23 — Education
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Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students

Decker Paulmeier grew up working nights and weekends in his family’s barbecue restaurant in South Carolina. He took his first double shift when he was eight years old, and eventually hustled his way up from bussing tables to mixing drinks behind the bar. 

Like a lot of people who went to Bluffton High School, the medium-sized public school in his South C…

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Frannie Block

Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.

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