Inside the slates: Stanford Gladiators and L.E.A.D Stanford compete for top student government spots
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on March 31, 2021
The Stanford Gladiators Micheal Brown ’22 and Emily Nichols ’23 and L.E.A.D. Stanford Christian Giadolor ’21 M.A. ’22 and Cricket Bidleman ’21 M.A. ’22 are vying for the support of the student body in this year’s Associated Students of Stanford University executive election.
Brown and Giadolor are running for executive president and Nichols and Bidleman for vice president. Together, the president and vice president lead the ASSU Executive Branch and guide the Executive Cabinet, whose members lead targeted initiatives. Both slates have already met the 200-vote threshold needed to secure a spot on the electoral ballot.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on work-life balance and teaching, research and service have caused significant stress for Stanford faculty members, particularly women faculty, as well as faculty members who are at the lowest level of the Stanford professoriate salary scale, are pre-tenure and who have at-home and family obligations.
Professors Anne Joseph O’Connell, law, and Sara Singer, medicine, delivered to the Faculty Senate a presentation on a quality-of-life survey conducted by the Faculty Women’s Forum. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)
A faculty quality-of-life survey conducted by the Faculty Women’s Forum in late 2020 revealed that untenured faculty members are especially concerned about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on tenure progress and about how the pandemic will be addressed in promotion reviews. The survey also reflected the perception among respondents that the university needs to do more to avoid faculty attrition and increasing inequity,
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on February 18, 2021
Stanford will launch a complete redesign of undergraduate residential life this fall, adopting a neighborhood model ahead of welcoming the entire undergraduate population back to campus for the first time since campus closures in March 2020.
The decision has elicited mixed feelings of concern, optimism, excitement and disappointment from juniors and seniors.
The new plan was announced on Feb. 4, around a month after Stanford canceled plans to bring frosh and sophomores back to campus for the winter quarter. The University still plans to bring juniors and seniors on-sight for spring quarter.
Some students said that they were pleased with the timing of the announcement, while others were skeptical. Gilare Zada ’22 said that it came at an “opportune time” and that she was happy that the University announced the plan well in advance of fall quarter.
Police confirmed death on Tuesday afternoon
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on February 3, 2021
A medical student was discovered dead in an on-campus residence, Dean Lloyd Minor announced to the School of Medicine community in a Wednesday email. The police confirmed the student’s death on Tuesday afternoon.
The police also clarified that there is no ongoing threat to those on campus, Minor wrote. The student’s passing was confirmed to be unrelated to COVID-19.
The student’s identity and cause of death have not been revealed to honor their family’s wishes for privacy.
Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole attached Lloyd’s announcement to an email sent to the broader campus community Wednesday afternoon.