Getting accepted to Stanford isn’t getting any easier. In 2000, the university received about 18,300 applications. In 2010, that figure had increased 75 percent to more than 32,000 applications.
Stanford seniors perform Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s award-winning 2003 drama “The Pillowman,” a dark play where nothing is simple, and even the most horrific tragedies come to an uneasy truce through comedy.