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Thesis Thursdays: Otis Reid

by Otis Reid

Thesis Thursdays is our new feature that highlights some of the most promising undergraduate theses coming out of Stanford. This week, we turn the spotlight on Otis Reid ’13 and his path breaking work exploring the impact of governance on Ghana’s Stock Exchange. Program: Democracy, Development and Rule of Law ( through the CDDRL) Thesis [...]

Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis Release Cabinet Picks

by Otis Reid

Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis (CMD) have followed up on their announcement of the shape of their Cabinet, releasing the list of names of its membership. As I postulated in my earlier post, it’s a big expansion. The list of names totals 16 Chairs and Co-Chairs, 18 members of the Community Board, 3 Directors 3 non-Cabinet appointments, and a new [...]

Why are Female Senators Outnumbered 2:1?

by Otis Reid

I’ve been putting it off, but regular readers of the blog know that I just can’t resist running the numbers on ASSU elections. This year is no exception. I’ve finally finished tabulating the results and gathering background data and I’m pleased to unveil my latest findings. The first question that I’ll try to answer is [...]

Cruz/Macgregor Describe Cabinet Plans, Launch Application

by Otis Reid

The Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis executive has launched its cabinet application on their Stanford 2.0 website. Obviously the people who join will largely come to define their positions, but it’s worth a look at their organizational chart just to get an idea of where things might go.   A diagram of the Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis cabinet structure (Photo: Stanford 2.0). [...]

Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis Announce Chief of Staff and Answer Questions About Transition

by Otis Reid

New ASSU Executives Michael Cruz and Stewart Macgregor-Dennis are appointing Emma Ogiemwanye ’12 as their Chief of Staff. Ogiemwanye is currently at Stanford in Washington, but will presumably be Skyping into transition meetings in preparation for the selection of the rest of the Cabinet and the beginning of the Executive’s efforts to complete all of [...]

Faculty Senate Votes to Return ROTC (Aborted Live Blog)

by Otis Reid

The ASSU Senate President Michael Cruz, in his speech in front of the Faculty Senate, has officially asked that the Faculty Senate reject the return of ROTC. In his speech, he asks that the Faculty Senate reject the return of ROTC in the name of Stanford’s non-discrimination clause, a stand for transgender rights, and a [...]

Ad Hoc Committee Recommends Return of ROTC

by Otis Reid

The ad hoc committee of faculty, students, and staff that has been exploring the possibility of ROTC’s return to campus has released its decision, preparing for next week’s Faculty Senate meeting, where the full Faculty Senate will vote on the issue. Here’s the text of their recommendation: Accordingly, the Committee unanimously recommends the following: The [...]

New York State of Mind

by Otis Reid

President Hennessy discusses the University’s financial health, developments on Stanford’s campus, the New York campus, and more.

New York State of Mind: President Hennessy, Others Comment on New York Satellite Campus

by Otis Reid

Stanford President John Hennessy and others gave the annual Address to the Academic Council this afternoon (you can see last year’s live blog), which outlined some news about Stanford’s Palo Alto Campus development, but focused in large part on Stanford’s proposal to develop its first full-scale satellite campus outside of California (the Hopkins Marine Center [...]

Election Results Announced: Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis, SOCC Victorious

by Otis Reid

The 2011 Spring General Election results have officially been announced by the Elections Commission. The quick run-down is: highest undergraduate turnout in recorded history, driven by sophomores, who turned out at a rate 20 percent higher than last year (perhaps due to the fierce class president race), offset by 28 percent lower graduate turnout (several [...]

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