The university updated its posters and banners policy Thursday, allowing students to hang posters and banners from windows.

The key to navigating political discourse if you don't want to discuss your views is to "signal understanding, but not necessarily agreement," one expert says.

But some students at Stanford fear speaking up. "Students are afraid to hang a Palestinian flag out the window of their dorm room, to attend protests, to even speak about Palestine in class ...

Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. On Wednesday morning, Stanford President Richard Saller’s desk was splattered with fake blood over an American flag and topped with a thick packet of papers listing ...