Would Jesus vote Democrat? An article in the Stanford Daily written in December would suggest so. The author, Miles Unterreiner, argues that conservatives are “taking the Christ out of Christianity” while the political Left knows that Jesus was “so profoundly liberal a figure.” As a fellow Christian, I find the pride and naïveté of this statement hard to stomach, and I feel obliged to address these harsh claims to try to provide an alternative view. Would Jesus be an American Liberal? The article claims that the Right has an “ideology that so blatantly favors the rich.” …
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The feminist struggle continues, Gloria Steinem says, encouraging a Stanford audience toward 'one new subversive thing'
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A Blog with a View: The Geopolitically Tacky New Year’s Eve Party!
Leland Quarterly24 Jan 2012 | 2:42 amLet it be known that I had a Korean-food themed New Year’s Eve party in the works WAY before Kim Jong Il decided to ruin it all and make me look completely tasteless. Instead of re-theming the menu, I’ve decided to embrace the indelicacy and GO ALL OUT! As such, you are cordially invited to a… GEOPOLITICALLY TACKY NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY!!!!!!!!! Have you ever wondered if you’d make the same dirty jokes at a party if you knew you were being wiretapped? Do you have a burning desire to know what a “Fascist Party Favor” is? Do you ever wonder what kind of tattoo (butterfly, heart, or… -
Lunar (Chinese) New Year, Chicago Style!
Stanford University Press Blog23 Jan 2012 | 11:42 amAs we ring in the Lunar Year of the Dragon (along with Warren Buffett, who played "I've Been Working on the Railroad" on his banjo (!?) to the Chinese people in honor of), President Obama reminds us that "we are stronger because of our diversity; we are richer because of the different cultures that make up this country." Having spent some time in Chicago, our President knows more about how the lunar year is celebrated there than most. Most of us think of the massive, colorful celebrations on the West Coast or in New York when we think about how the… -
Life After Luck: The Lowdown
The Unofficial Stanford Blog27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 amAs you may or may not have heard, Andrew Luck, our hero and savior of the Stanford football program, is off to the NFL. While he could have stayed one more year, he’s done with his degree and I wish him the best in his future endeavors. Besides, I don’t exactly envy the guy. Though he’s [...]
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The Stanford Review
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Jesus: A Democrat?
25 Jan 2012 | 10:18 pmWould Jesus vote Democrat? An article in the Stanford Daily written in December would suggest so. The author, Miles Unterreiner, argues that conservatives are “taking the Christ out of Christianity” while the political Left knows that Jesus was “so profoundly liberal a figure.” As a fellow Christian, I find the pride and naïveté of this statement hard to stomach, and I feel obliged to address these harsh claims to try to provide an alternative view. Would Jesus be an American Liberal? The article claims that the Right has an “ideology that so blatantly favors the rich.” … -
University Gets Involved in Occupy the Future
25 Jan 2012 | 10:17 pmAfter the school-wide “Occupy the Future” event held in December, concern among students over certain Stanford officials’ explicit involvement lingers. Students and observers are split on whether the events were educational or political. The divided opinions about the movement surfaced as a response to the University’s involvement. Included in the movement was a long list of professors writing and speaking for Occupy, promotion emails from faculty such as Dean Julie Lythcott-Haims, heavy support from the ASSU, and help with organization and planning from offices across campus. -
Stanford University should not be endorsing the Occupy movement
25 Jan 2012 | 1:42 pmOn December 9, faculty and students joined together across campus for an event called “Occupy the Future.” Activism like this occurs all the time on modern university campuses, a fact the Review knows well. But this movement was different. This political movement had the backing of the university itself, a sign of the emergence of a dangerous new specter. That Stanford University would support, through its resources, such an inherently political movement as Occupy the Future shows both the pervasion of liberal thought in the university as well as the a complete disregard for intellectual… -
The Death of the Internet?
25 Jan 2012 | 1:33 pm“The Death of the Internet,” “SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers,” “The Most Dangerous Bill in Congress”—all of these headlines have been blaring throughout the nation over the past couple of months as the Stop Online Piracy Act, championed by Congressman Lamar Smith. While both of the bills look to be tabled for now, the issue of intellectual property versus freedom of speech is not going away. There are strong points on both sides of the debate but in my opinion the possibility of harm caused by the PIPA bill far outweighs the benefits. Although theoretically the bill… -
Stanford Labor Action Coalition Misses Full Picture in Row House Staff Petition
25 Jan 2012 | 1:13 pmBefore the end of 2011, the Stanford Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) circulated a petition to restore the wages and benefits of chefs and other kitchen staff in Row houses. The petition, which gathered 1400 signatures (although, as the Daily notes, 200 of those were anonymous or repeat signatures), seems to have tried to accomplish more than one thing. It advocates for reinstated compensation for Row kitchen staff, but at the same time it decries the university’s attempts to centralize kitchen labor, vendor, and purchase decisions. This leaves many others and me wondering what SLAC is really…
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The feminist struggle continues, Gloria Steinem says, encouraging a Stanford audience toward 'one new subversive thing'
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Four decades - and counting - of feminist journalism
27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 amAt a Stanford panel discussion, editors, activists and bloggers come together to salute Ms. magazine and consider the future. -
Give undergraduates the 'gift' of adaptive learning, committee tells senate
27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 amDeveloping the capacity for integrative knowledge is one of the "most crucial gifts" Stanford University can give undergraduates, James T. Campbell, co-chair of a university committee on undergraduate education, told the Faculty Senate yesterday. -
Faculty Senate to hear report on reimagining undergraduate education
26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 amThe Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford University says students need "breathing space" to engage with issues of substance in a deep and sustained way, something not always possible in today's frenetic, multitasking world. The eagerly anticipated report will be presented today to the Faculty Senate. -
Stanford scholars reflect on Arab Spring
25 Jan 2012 | 2:00 amA year after the Egyptian uprising, five scholars talk about democracy in the Middle East, how lives have changed in the Arab world, and what the United States has learned from the Arab Spring.
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A Blog with a View: The Geopolitically Tacky New Year’s Eve Party!
24 Jan 2012 | 2:42 amLet it be known that I had a Korean-food themed New Year’s Eve party in the works WAY before Kim Jong Il decided to ruin it all and make me look completely tasteless. Instead of re-theming the menu, I’ve decided to embrace the indelicacy and GO ALL OUT! As such, you are cordially invited to a… GEOPOLITICALLY TACKY NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY!!!!!!!!! Have you ever wondered if you’d make the same dirty jokes at a party if you knew you were being wiretapped? Do you have a burning desire to know what a “Fascist Party Favor” is? Do you ever wonder what kind of tattoo (butterfly, heart, or… -
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Editor’s Desk: On Facebook
15 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pmby Rachel Kolb On Sunday night, facing the truth that over 45 cumulative pages of final papers were calling my name, I swore off of Facebook. Actually, “swore off” isn’t the right phrase. It implies that I have a measure of self-control, that I could distinguish myself from my legions of friends who complain, “I’m wasting time on Facebook! It’s such a time suck!” even while they… continue to waste time on Facebook, papers and projects languishing all the while. I forced myself off of Facebook, was more like it. Instead of signing a mental pact with myself or deactivating my… -
Office Hours: Patrick Hunt
14 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pmOffice Hours is a Leland Quarterly column exploring the nooks and crannies of our favorite professors’ and lecturers’ workspaces. by Sandy Huang He is probably an expert on truffles. He can teach you what you couldn’t learn in Catechism and Synagogue. He directs Stanford’s Alpine Archaeology Project. You’ve seen him on the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel. Yeah, Patrick Hunt is kind of a big-time professor here at Stanford—even if his humility may cause him to profusely deny it. As a member of Patrick’s SLE (Structured Liberal Education) section, I am… -
A Blog with a View: Holiday Edition
13 Jan 2012 | 9:28 pmby Sarah Weston Friends, Romans, Countrymen, ….random people whose names I picked out of the telephone book,[1] lend me your … sunscreen? Being a person who thrives on rain and over-cast skies, but is forced to brave college in depressingly sunny California, I am so disappointed right now at the downright “pleasant” weather in Missouri over my winter break. Just to be clear, that was a purposefully deplorable transition into a discussion of Missouri weather… Okay, to be honest, I really couldn’t think of a witty play on “lend me your ears,” so I just pretended like I was…
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Lunar (Chinese) New Year, Chicago Style!
23 Jan 2012 | 11:42 amAs we ring in the Lunar Year of the Dragon (along with Warren Buffett, who played "I've Been Working on the Railroad" on his banjo (!?) to the Chinese people in honor of), President Obama reminds us that "we are stronger because of our diversity; we are richer because of the different cultures that make up this country." Having spent some time in Chicago, our President knows more about how the lunar year is celebrated there than most. Most of us think of the massive, colorful celebrations on the West Coast or in New York when we think about how the… -
Jason Mazzone, author of Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law, on SOPA
17 Jan 2012 | 8:18 pmWith an estimated 7,000 websites, including Wikipedia, Mozilla, Reddit and Wordpress, threatening to go dark on January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, PIPA, we thought now might be a good time to take a a closer look at bills heading to Congress in the new session. For that we turn to Jason Mazzone, renowned legal scholar and author of Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property, and a recent piece he wrote for TorrentFreak, which we excert in part here: "Title I of SOPA (dubbed the E-PARASITE Act) creates a “market-based… -
Jason Mazzone, author of Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law, on SOPA
17 Jan 2012 | 8:18 pmWith an estimated 7,000 websites, including Wikipedia, Mozilla, Reddit and Wordpress, threatening to go dark on January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, PIPA, we thought now might be a good time to take a a closer look at bills heading to Congress in the new session. For that we turn to Jason Mazzone, renowned legal scholar and author of Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property, and a recent piece he wrote for TorrentFreak, which we excert in part here: "Title I of SOPA (dubbed the E-PARASITE Act) creates a “market-based… -
With the Publication of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Six, SUP and the Zohar Education Project Reach Mid-Point of Monumental Undertaking
13 Oct 2011 | 4:18 pmComing soon: next month marks both the publication of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Six (Stanford University Press and the Zohar Education Project, Inc., $55.00) and the midpoint of a monumental project: the authoritative new English translation of the masterpiece of the Jewish mystical tradition. The 12-volume Zohar: Pritzker Edition, translation and commentary by Daniel C. Matt, is based on a newly constructed critical text—the only modern text that draws on many variants in the early Aramaic manuscripts—and brings a hidden treasure of Western Culture to lay… -
Stanford Announces Re-Launch of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche!
16 Sep 2011 | 1:41 amWith the publication this September of Dawn: Thought on the Presumptions of Morality (volume 5 in the series; translated by Brittain Smith, afterword by Keith Ansell-Pearson $21.95 paper/$65 cloth), Stanford University Press resumes publication of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, the first complete, critical, and annotated English edition of all of Nietzsche's work. Begun in 1995 and on hiatus for over a decade, the series, organized originally by Ernst Behler and Bernd Magnus, is a translation of the celebrated Kritische Studienausgabe in 15 Bänden (1980) edited by…
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The Unofficial Stanford Blog
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Life After Luck: The Lowdown
27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 amAs you may or may not have heard, Andrew Luck, our hero and savior of the Stanford football program, is off to the NFL. While he could have stayed one more year, he’s done with his degree and I wish him the best in his future endeavors. Besides, I don’t exactly envy the guy. Though he’s [...] -
The End of IHUM
26 Jan 2012 | 11:10 pmToday is the day we’ve all been waiting for…the death of IHUM. In its report published today, the Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) has proposed drastic changes to the education of a Stanford undergraduate: the creation of SLE-like dorms with different themes a drastic change to the breadth requirements “Helix courses” (find out more [...] -
Sh*t Silicon Valley Says
26 Jan 2012 | 1:48 amI’m surprised that this “Sh*t People Say” thing isn’t played out yet. Anyway, this may not be as spot on as Sh*t College Freshmen Say, but I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t understand 90% of it if I hadn’t come to Stanford. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the [...] -
“Occupy: Something Borrowed or Something New?”
26 Jan 2012 | 1:39 amAs part of Stanford’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, two incredibly renowned professors will be holding a discussion tomorrow comparing and contrasting the Occupy movement and the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968. Stanford’s own Clayborne Carson will be accompanied by Harvard professor Charles Ogletree at the Black Community Services Center at 7:30pm. A civil [...] -
#spoiled
25 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pmBeing a Stanford student automatically gives you so many opportunities and opens so many doors. We can talk for ages about the incredible classes available, the amazing people we have met, the brilliant people that come speak here, and the numerous job opportunities available. But today, I am going to ignore all that. I’m going [...]
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The Stem Cell Blog
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Stem Cell Transplant Helps Hawaii Professor Live
12 Jan 2012 | 9:25 amvideo chat w/ Turkish doctor University of Hawaii associate professor, Cristy Kessler, was suffering from a rare combination of three different autoimmune diseases: Vasculitis, Scleroderma, and Akylosing Spondyliitis. The pain was so bad, that, in her own words, she was “preparing to die.” She was constantly on a combination of prescription pain medications including morphine and vicadin, and could barely walk down the street. Stem cell transplant looked like the only viable option for Cristy, but because the procedure is not approved by the FDA or covered by insurance, she would… -
Geron Halts Stem Cell Research
18 Nov 2011 | 10:53 amGeron Corporation Geron Quits Stem Cell Research – A leader in the field of stem cell research, and in the midst of the world’s first clinical trial using embryonic stem cells, Geron Corporation abruptly announced that it is leaving the stem cell business entirely. This bombshell comes in the midst of a terrible year for the California-based biopharmaceutical company in which the company stock has dropped about 70%. In the wake of the announcement, the stock dropped to another 52 week low today of $1.58 per share. The decision to cease stem cell trial, which held promise for those… -
Researchers Create New Organ From Stem Cells
11 Nov 2011 | 3:11 pmmouse stem cells Functioning Organ Created From Stem Cells Japanese researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology have successfully created a fully functioning pituitary gland from the embryonic stem cells of a mouse. The cultured pituitary gland was then successfully implanted into a mouse, (replacing the animal’s non-functioning organ) where it worked flawlessly. The significance of this can’t be overstated, as what they have successfully created a functioning organ from a group of stem cells. Although the procedure was done with a mouse, this is an important step… -
Scientists Find Solution for Stem Cell Therapy Side Effects
16 Aug 2011 | 4:01 pmpluripotent stem cells Pluripotent stem cells are the key to many of the most promising developments in regenerative medicine. Why is that? Because these are the cells (including the well known and controversial embronic stem cells) that can develop into just about any kind of cell in the human body. (i.e. the same stem cells that are used to treat a burn victim can also be used to help prevent a heart attack) Until now, the main side effect in using these pluripotent stem cells is the chance that the cells won’t change into the appropriate type of cell needed during therapy. These… -
Stem Cell Treatment for Heart Attacks Approved in South Korea
7 Jul 2011 | 2:21 pmSouth Korean Scientist South Korean Stem Cell Program Scores a Victory - Five years have already passed since scandal rocked the South Korean stem cell research program. (This, of course, when professor Hwang Woo-Suk was publicly disgraced after being found guilt of fraud and embezzlement after fabricating the results of his stem cell research.) And on this five year anniversary, South Korea has not only secured the 2018 Winter Olympics, but has also gained approval from their Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) for a stem cell medication intended for heart attack victims. Heart Stem Cells…
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Clastic Detritus
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Blogging scientific papers and copyright [UPDATED]
26 Jan 2012 | 7:31 amGo take a look at this post from Simon Wellings at the blog Metageologist about using images from journal articles for blog posts. He did some digging to find out what the actual policies are for a few different journals in geosciences. Unsurprisingly, most publishers do not allow re-posting of figures/illustrations from papers without paying a fee. The Geological Society of London (GSL), however, has a different policy: I happen to belong to the Geological Society of London and the particular diagram I am dying to copy is in their journal. A quick and helpful twitter response from them… -
Austral parakeets in the early morning
25 Jan 2012 | 8:41 am[This post is primarily a test of sharing/viewing videos from Vimeo] Here’s a very short video I took while doing field work in Patagonia in 2005. It’s early in the morning, the sun is still behind the ridge, so the lighting is poor. Make sure you have your volume up so you can hear these birds. They are Austral parakeets, which are fairly common in this part of Chilean Patagonia. Filed under: Uncategorized -
Some housekeeping and thoughts about the future of this blog
22 Jan 2012 | 9:26 amNow that I’m back here on the old blog I’ve got a bit of housekeeping to attend to. Sidebar In an effort to keep the site clean and easy to read, I’ve simplified the sidebar to the right. There are so many geoscience blogs now (this is a good thing!) that there’s no way I’m going to spend the time to maintain a list of them all here. I’ve got the automated feed of the >100 geoscience-themed blogs from my GoogleReader list (called ‘The Latest From Other Geoscience Blogs’). Make sure to check out this list updated regularly by Ron Schott for… -
Moving my blogging back to this site
20 Jan 2012 | 7:05 pmI’m back on my old site here after a year and a half blogging for Wired Science. Check out my post over at Wired if your curious why. It’ll be fun being back at the old site — it’s comfortable, like putting an old and real comfortable pair of shoes on. Here’s the address for the RSS feed for this site: http://clasticdetritus.com/feed/ Filed under: metablogging -
Friday Field Foto #123: Sometimes you need to cross a river
3 Sep 2010 | 8:30 amThis week’s Friday Field Foto doesn’t show any geology — but shows what a geologist must sometimes do to get to the rocks. In this case, I think we are on our way back from spending several days staying at the base of and climbing the mountain in the background on the right. Good times. Crossing the Rio Zamora, southern Chile (© 2010 clasticdetritus.com) Happy Friday! Filed under: Friday Field Foto, Patagonia, photos/images
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Thoughtful Ideas
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China Bashing
26 Jan 2012 | 10:04 amThose whom the Gods would destroy they first bash China. So spoke President Obama in his January 24, 2012, State of the Union speech. "I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules. We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last [Bush] administration -- and it's made a difference. Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires. But we need to do more. It's not right when another country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated. It's not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on… -
Hoover-Gingrich Connection
22 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pmIn 2001, Newt Gingrich was a Distinguished Visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution Thoughtful Ideas first met Gingrich in April 1981. Newt is a strong proponent of an optional flat tax modeled along the lines of Hong Kong's personal income tax, which we discussed on several occasions.TI advises Newt to read the previous three memos to Mitt. -
Memo to Mitt, No. 3
19 Jan 2012 | 12:28 pmIf you are elected, you will find yourself in the White House surrounded by a Praetorian Guard of advisers, handlers, assistants, and numerous well-wishers, most of whom will try to curry favor by reinforcing your predilections. Those who disagreed with their boss, e.g., Paul O’Neill and Larry Lindsay in the first year of the Bush Administration, were quickly dispatched from office.After you remove President Obama’s czars, Thoughtful Ideas suggests that you appoint an official Remonstrator The person holding this post must be completely independent from other White House… -
Memo to Mitt, No. 2
17 Jan 2012 | 12:21 pmYour economic policy team, listed below, includes two distinguished economists, one from Columbia and one from Harvard. They served as back-to-back Chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush in his first term."Economic Policy Team (announced Sept. 6, 2011) Led by Dean R. Glenn Hubbard, Professor N. Gregory Mankiw, former Senator Jim Talent and former Congressman Vin Weber (note Weber was first announced as special advisor on policy on Aug. 24)."To augment their advice, Thoughtful Ideas suggests that you add several experts to provide additional… -
Memo to Mitt
15 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pmChina is heir to a long, proud, distinguished civilization. Its people have long memories. If you try to muscle China with punitive sanctions over their currency’s exchange rate, they will respond in kind, perhaps switching orders from Boeing to Airbus.China’s economy is trending upward at a rapid rate. The U.S. economy grows slowly. As the economic, political, and military power lines cross in the years to come, China will increasingly flex its muscles.If you are elected president, I hope you will listen to a range of China experts, not just those who reinforce…
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Stanford MBA Admission Blog
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Thoughts from the people who evaluate your applications
19 Jan 2012 | 4:36 pmRound 2 deadline was last week, and so we are in full swing. Reading the large volume of high-quality applications that Stanford receives is a challenging and enriching job. You might be interested in hearing what it's like for our staff reading your applications. Here are some comments from our readers about their experience... — "It's like reading hundreds of biographies. Everyone has a story to tell." — "When someone I've recommended for admission gets in, I feel that in my own small way, I've enabled someone who is eventually going to change the world." — "The applicants have… -
GSB Students Travel the Globe
11 Jan 2012 | 11:55 amOver winter break, students traveled all over the world, including Argentina, Cambodia/Thailand, China, India, Kenya, and Qatar/UAE, on Global Study and Service Learning Trips. Participating in a global experience is a required part of the GSB's curriculum. It's also a highlight for many students, who return from their trips with amazing insights and stories. To get the inside perspective about student trips and see video clips, visit the Stanford GSB website. -
You Are Invited to Many Voices and XX Factor
3 Jan 2012 | 3:26 pmRegistration has just opened for Many Voices: Perspectives on Diversity and XX Factor: Women Changing the World, two events that can help you learn more about the Stanford MBA Program. Both of these events include an overview of the program, a class immersion experience, and opportunities to hear from Stanford GSB students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Space is limited, so you must complete a brief application if you'd like to attend. See the links below for more information. We hope to see you there! Many Voices: Perspectives on Diversity 10 March 2012 XX Factor: Women Changing the World 11… -
Take a Tour of Knight
13 Dec 2011 | 4:16 pmWe are excited to announce that, beginning 20 January 2012, Stanford GSB Knight Management Center tours will be offered on most Mondays and Fridays at 3:15 p.m. These 45-minute tours will be led by current MBA students and are a great way to learn more about Knight. Class Visits and Information Sessions will also be offered on the same days as tours. To sign up for any of these events, visit our on-campus events page. -
Winter Campus Visit Events
6 Dec 2011 | 11:47 amOn Friday, 9 December 2011, registration will open for Winter Quarter Class Visits and Information Sessions. Information Sessions will begin on Friday, 6 January 2012, and Class Visits will begin on Tuesday, 17 January 2012. Visiting the Stanford GSB is a great way to get to know our program better, but a campus visit is neither required nor expected. Out of fairness to all applicants, we do not give preferential treatment in the admission process to those who have visited the GSB. For detailed information about our events, please visit our on-campus event page. We hope to see you this…
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Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness
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metacool Thought of the Day
12 Jan 2012 | 1:28 pm"Most people don’t form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling. ...when you read a biography of someone you admire, it’s rarely the things that made them happy that compel your admiration. It’s the things they did to court unhappiness — the things they did that were arduous and miserable, which sometimes cost them friends and aroused hatred. It’s excellence, not happiness, that we admire most. ...Fulfillment is a byproduct of how people engage their tasks, and can’t be pursued directly. Most of us are… -
What's a sleestak?
5 Jan 2012 | 11:17 pmWhere do great songs come from? A great question, to which I must ask: what's a sleestak? Every once in a while, I become obsessive about a special tune. Case in point, I've probably listened to Tower of Power's Knock Yourself Out several thousand times. When I encounter a piece I like, I need to listen to it over and over and over to unlock its secrets. It drives my wife nuts. Here's my latest obsession, a tune called Cloisonné: Readers of metacool will know that I deeply admire They Might Be Giants. Not only is their cover of Tubthumping… -
Innovation principles by Markkula
24 Dec 2011 | 4:41 pmThe genesis of these thoughts on marketing from Mike Markkula are detailed on page 78 of Walter Isaacson's intriguing biography of Steve Jobs. In their clarity, simplicity, and actionability, they are stunning. As a marketer, I take three lessons from them. First, they are about people. Markets are made up of individuals. When striving to bring something new and cool to life, we're much better off imagining the life of a single customer than we are trying to disaggregate and disambiguate mountains of anonymized market data. A holistic understanding… -
metacool Thought of the Day
22 Dec 2011 | 2:45 pm"Between the unknowns of birth and death it is our love and courage, the banishment of fear, that decides if we really lived." - Steve Matchett
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Fairly Used
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Attack on Open Access
6 Jan 2012 | 6:36 pmEven very popular government mandates have opponents, and the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Public Access Policy certainly has its critics. According to the agency, “The NIH Public Access Policy implements Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008). The law states:” The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance… -
Behind the Scenes With Winston Tabb, Representing Libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
4 Jul 2011 | 8:53 pmBEHIND THE SCENES WITH WINSTON TABB, REPRESENTING LIBRARIES AT THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)Mary Minow: Good morning. I understand that international treaty discussions concerning libraries, archives and copyright are scheduled in Geneva in November 2011. How did that come to be? Winston Tabb: Really, where we began was at the International Federation of Library Associations and Instititutions (IFLA) World Congress in Oslo in 2005. We didn't start with the idea of a treaty at all, but with an interest in finding real-life, detailed examples from… -
Copyright Case Summaries: Interview with Cicely Wilson and Courtney Minick of Justia
22 Apr 2011 | 7:39 pmAbove: Cicely Wilson and Courtney Minick of Justia, holding Sheba and Belle, respectivelyCopyright Case Summaries: Interview with Cicely Wilson and Courtney Minick of JustiaThe Stanford Copyright and Fair Use site is pleased to announce a new feature to aid readers in keeping up and understanding copyright cases in a timely manner: copyright case summaries. To explain this new feature, Mary Minow talks to two editors of Justia, Cicely Wilson and Courtney Minick. Mary Minow: Tell us about the copyright case summaries that the Stanford Fair Use site will be offering to readers.Cicely Wilson and… -
Interview: Rich Stim, Permissions and Fair Use
24 Mar 2011 | 6:21 pmRich Stim is corporate counsel for Nolo. Rich is the author of several Nolo intellectual property books including: Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk ReferencePatent Pending in 24 Hours Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business Rich also writes two blogs for Nolo, What Price Justice and Nolo's Patent, Copyright & Trademark Blog, and provides information about trade secrets and nondisclosure agreements at NDAs For Free. He lives in San Francisco and has been without cable TV since 2006. Nolo has published a new edition of the volume Getting Permission, a… -
Correction: Google Book Settlement case court docs here
24 Mar 2011 | 3:00 pmHere is the corrected link for over five years of court documents, organized by date. Courtesy of Stanford Fair Use and Justia: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/blog/2011/03/the-authors-guild-et-al-v-goog.html
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LibraryLaw Blog
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Pornography and Internet Filters By Grayson Barber Hat tip: Martin Gomez, LA Public Library
10 Jan 2012 | 12:36 pmPornography and Internet FiltersBy Grayson BarberHat tip: Martin Gomez, LA Public Library Recently the Los Angeles Times published two editorials on the presence of pornography in libraries. Ordinarily, one might expect a leading newspaper to take a hard First Amendment line, upholding the right of library customers to read anything in a library so long as it is legal. Instead, the Times described libraries walking “a tightrope." The editorials acknowledged the deep discomfort many of us feel when we are inadvertently exposed to unwanted pornographic images. Oddly, though, when a man was…
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Stanford sleep expert Rafael Pelayo featured on KGO
27 Jan 2012 | 4:11 pmStanford professor Rafael Pelayo, MD, was the guest on KGO’s Ronn Owens Show yesterday. During the hour-long interview, Pelayo discussed and took listeners’ questions on mobile applications that claim to help you rest easy, sleep disturbances related to aging, the dream cycle, the importance of sleep environment and the effectiveness of sleeping aids, including various [...] -
Why you should encourage your boss to exercise
27 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pmPast studies have shown that exercising can reduce anxiety, help in treating depression and boost your mental health in other ways. Now a study (subscription required) recently published in Journal of Business and Psychology shows it could also make the workplace more enjoyable — that is if it’s your boss who’s hitting the gym. Scientific American [...] -
Study of over one million Americans identifies connection between obesity and pain
27 Jan 2012 | 11:30 amFindings recently published in the journal Obesity offer new insights into the link between obesity and chronic pain. In the study (subscription required), researchers analyzed responses from 1,010,762 men and women who answered health survey questions during a telephone interview by the Gallop Organization between 2008 and 2010. Participants’ body mass index (BMI) was calculated [...] -
Statisticians are so hot right now
26 Jan 2012 | 11:02 pmThe first inkling I had that statisticians could be the opposite of dull was at last spring at Stanford’s Cancer Institute retreat. I was listening to the keynote speaker and thinking: (1) A statistician for the keynote? I hope I can keep my eyes open; and (2) What he’s saying is revolutionary! The speaker was [...] -
Research shows kids’ health good predictor of parents’ future health
26 Jan 2012 | 6:25 pmI was a pretty healthy kid growing up, something I’ve mostly attributed to my parents’ encouragement of my vegetable-eating, outdoor-playing tendencies. It wasn’t until today when I read this Reuters article that it even occurred to me that my health could influence – or predict – that of my parents. A new study in the [...]
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Not All Entrepreneurs Drop Out of College
27 Jan 2012 | 9:24 amA new Pew Research Center survey finds that two-thirds of the public believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor. As much as we’ve talked about the 99 percent this winter, little ink has been spilled about what kinds of entrepreneurial efforts might actually enable economic mobility. But US policy makers and their European counterparts are increasingly viewing entrepreneurship as one of the possible solutions to our current economic ills, as evidenced by the creation of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology… -
Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work
26 Jan 2012 | 10:46 amWhat does a global effort to reduce malnutrition have in common with a program to reduce teenage substance abuse in a small rural Massachusetts county? Both have achieved significant progress toward their goals: the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has helped reduce nutritional deficiencies among 530 million poor people across the globe, while the Communities That Care Coalition of Franklin County and the North Quabbin (Communities That Care) has made equally impressive progress toward its much more local goals, reducing teenage binge drinking by 31 percent. Surprisingly, neither… -
Ensuring That “Scaling What Works” Actually Works
26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 amIf you follow the nonprofit press closely, I imagine that over the past year you’ve been treated to a healthy dose of the “scaling what works” rhetoric. Perhaps it’s gone something like this: “We know what works, and if we could just steer funds to those organizations with superior results, society would be much better off.” The message seems to be that our heads are in the sand, and if we could pull out long enough to see the light, all our problems would be solved. To be clear, nonprofits that invest in measuring, improving, and ultimately proving their… -
Some Questions About Udacity
25 Jan 2012 | 11:00 amSebastian Thrun has made headlines for a variety of his accomplishments as computer scientist doing groundbreaking work on artificial intelligence. He has long been interested in robotic vehicles, leading the team that developed the car which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. He is the co-inventor of the Google Street View mapping service and is the brains behind the Google self-driving automobile. He joined Stanford University as a full professor in 2007. (Full disclosure: I’ve never met him.) Impressive though these accomplishments are, Thrun made an announcement about a new project… -
Data for Promotion, Engagement, and Reporting
25 Jan 2012 | 9:00 amInevitably, January is filled with predictions and resolutions. We ponder the innovations and evolutions that may unfold in the technologies we use, and consider the issues we want to tackle in our work and communities. Me? I'm focused on data. This year will, I hope, be the year of data. I see more organizations looking for ways to be data-driven in decision making, communications, campaigning, and marketing, and I see a growing interest in and understanding of the value in sharing data. The more we share our data with each other inside and outside of our organizations, the more…
