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Autumn 2026

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Amy Walker Slankard, her brother, and her parents, walks down Escondido Road. Each person is carrying items for her dorm room.

Photo: Chuck Painter/Stanford News Service

The analog TV. The typewriter case. The ten-speed, flare pants, and feathered hair. Move-in must-haves may have changed since Amy Walker Slankard, ’80, settled into Larkin 50 years ago (with help from her brother, Scott Walker, ’78, and parents, Mary Alyce and Nelson), but the feeling of your first day on the Farm cuts across generations. 

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