[ColoradoTree]

I think all of us on this board love Stanford, and supporting its athletic teams is the most fun way we get to deepen the connection to the place that we love. But if there's big, newsworthy stuff about Stanford, whether good or bad, I want to know about it, even if it's only tangentially related (or completely unrelated) to Stanford sports.

I hear the point that we run the risk of dividing the Board when we get beyond the tribal unifiers that are Stanford sports, and that's always something to keep in mind. We don't need to discuss the ins and outs of daily campus life, or ResEd's view of the broader Greek community (though Theta Delt gets to keep its house for now!), but this is something shocking that happened on campus, and that seems like the kind of thing that's totally appropriate to let folks on this Board know about. We are a community here, after all, and things like this are profound shocks to the entire Stanford community. I'm certainly not glad to know it happened, but it feels right that I do. 

If nothing else, it's a powerful, Stanford-related reminder that there are more important things than sports. I hope the student's family and friends eventually find some peace and understanding surrounding this.

[ColoradoTree]

I think all of us on this board love Stanford, and supporting its athletic teams is the most fun way we get to deepen the connection to the place that we love. But if there's big, newsworthy stuff about Stanford, whether good or bad, I want to know about it, even if it's only tangentially related (or completely unrelated) to Stanford sports.

I hear the point that we run the risk of dividing the Board when we get beyond the tribal unifiers that are Stanford sports, and that's always something to keep in mind. We don't need to discuss the ins and outs of daily campus life, or ResEd's view of the broader Greek community (though Theta Delt gets to keep its house for now!), but this is something shocking that happened on campus, and that seems like the kind of thing that's totally appropriate to let folks on this Board know about. We are a community here, after all, and things like this are profound shocks to the entire Stanford community. I'm certainly not glad to know it happened, but it feels right that I do. 

If nothing else, it's a powerful, Stanford-related reminder that there are more important things than sports. I hope the student's family and friends eventually find some peace and understanding surrounding this.