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Students stand in solidarity with Chanel Miller Petition to honor Miller on plaque By NICHOLAS MIDLER STAFF WRITER

Over 100 students turned out to White Plaza on Tuesday afternoon for a tabling event in support of Chanel Miller’s book release. At the event, students signed a petition asking Stanford to let Miller choose the words on a plaque at the site where she was sexually assaulted in 2015. Miller’s memoir “Know My Name,” which was also released on Tuesday, follows her sexual assault by former Stanford student Brock Turner. The case and Turner’s sentencing, which many deemed too lenient, fueled a national conversation about privilege and sexual assault on college campuses. The petition had garnered 517 signatures as of Tuesday evening, according to Sabrina Medler ’20, a Daily staff member and one of three people who hosted the event. Stanford renovated the site of the assault outside the then-Kappa Alpha fraternity house in Oct. 2017, replacing a dumpster that stood in the area with benches and a fountain. Miller was slated to choose a quote for a plaque to be installed at the site. Stanford rejected Miller’s first two choices and chose its own from her victim impact statement, which was delivered at Turner’s sentencing: “I’m right here, I’m okay, everything’s okay, I’m right here.” Miller subsequently resigned from choosing

A three-quarter Stanford Core program focusing on civic education and global citizenship will replace the Thinking Matters requirement for first-year students in the 2020-21 academic year, pending Faculty Senate approval. The pilot program was proposed by committee members of the First-Year Design Team. The recommendation, shared with students by University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne one week before the start of classes, is detailed in a report from a design

Hoover faculty advocate national unity By BERBER JIN DESK EDITOR

STEM-oriented students find it increasingly difficult to declare competitive majors without completing the prerequisite courses in their first year. “The problem of first-year impaction (caused by students taking a high number of prerequisite courses),” such as the math or chemistry sequence, “has only increased, in part due to the rise in the overall number of engineering majors,” the report reads. The number of students seeking to major in STEM fields who did not have the opportunity to

Reflecting on the rise of three Eurasian superpowers — China, Russia and Iran — three Hoover Institution faculty spoke at the Institution’s Traitel Auditorium on the need for national unity in ensuring the promotion of American values and interests over the next decades. The event featured speakers Gary Roughhead, Abbas Milani and Michael McFaul and was part of a broader Hoover lecture series intended to promote values of American democracy, private enterprise and political freedom as it celebrates the centennial of its founding. In front of a packed auditorium, Roughhead, Milani and McFaul sought to build a cohesive overview of the national-security threats posed by the three rising global powers, touching on themes of technological and military development, nuclear weapons, misinformation campaigns and regional spheres of influence. “Iran, China and Russia are all rising former empires and civilizations that are all in one way or another attacking the ideas that define a free society, and we’ve got to get smarter about how we push back,” McFaul said of the influence of the three rising powers. McFaul, who served as former U.S. Ambassador to Russia under the Obama administration, emphasized that he did not believe the U.S. was headed into another Cold War with Russia. But, he maintained that Putin is waging “ideological struggle against the West and liberalism,” seeking to break up NATO and the European Union while developing dangerous new military technologies. While dismissing the existence of a strong Russia-China alliance, Roughhead identified instances of cooperation between the two nations in Eurasia that should concern the United States. The former U.S. Navy officer and 29th Chief of Naval Operations highlighted China’s unprecedented rise as a maritime power and its intensive investment in human capital as primary threats, mentioning that China now produced more computer scientists and electrical engineers than the United States.

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Over 100 students gathered in White Plaza on Tuesday afternoon to show support for Chanel Miller, whose book ‘Know My Name’ details her experience following her sexual assault by Brock Turner. the plaque’s quotation. Former Associated Students of Stanford University President Shanta Katipamula ’19 M.S. ’20 joined Elizabeth Kim ’21 and Medler in hosting the event. Katipamula told The Daily she hoped to “provide an education for some people on our campus who may be less familiar with Chanel Miller’s story.” Stanford’s Class of 2020 is the last to have matriculated before the assault, and Tuesday’s event was an effort to pass down the assault’s history. “Her [Miller’s] assault happened at a time when most of the students on this campus weren’t

even here,” Katipamula said. “We wanted to make sure that we were passing that knowledge down.” Katipamula said she noticed that a lot of the people who stopped by the table were freshmen, some of whom already knew about Chanel’s story and wanted to know how they could continue to carry that torch forward — “which is just so inspiring,” Katipamula added. The event was titled “Words Matter: Stanford Students In Solidarity with Chanel Miller.” “We at the campus community are behind her 100%,” Katipamula said. “We have her back.” Students at the table read over

Miller’s statement and picked passages to write on colored cards strung behind the table. “What we’re trying to do is fill White Plaza with Chanel Miller’s voice,” Medler told The Daily. “She is finally able to come out and reveal her identity to a nationwide movement that launched a really big conversation about sexual assault on campus.” The idea for the event originated in a Facebook group for alumni of Michelle Dauber’s course, “One in Five: The Law, Politics, and Policy of Campus Sexual Assault.” “[Medler] posted, ‘Hey, we

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team of faculty members led by Senior Associate Vice Provost for Teaching Sarah Church and Stanford Introductory Studies Faculty Director Dan Edelstein. The new core implementation will not affect current students, nor will it ultimately impact students in Structured Liberal Education (SLE), the arts-focused program ITALIC, or the global-focused Education as Self-Fashioning (ESF) frosh course. In his “Fall letter to the community,” Tessier-Lavigne described the changes as part of a vision guided by two themes: “optimism and responsibility.”

The courses in the program would aim to help students “develop the new ideas that will address the pressing issues facing our country and our planet,” he wrote. Example courses provided include “Education for Freedom” and “Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century.” The swap is meant to engage students, especially first-years, in the liberal arts. “This is really more of an attempt to create some guided exploration of a liberal education through these courses,” Church told The Daily. The report detailed that

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Senate talks campus climate Focuses on interaction with student body at 6th meeting By BROOKE BEYER DESK EDITOR

The sixth meeting of the 21st Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) Senate centered on enhancing student engagement with the Senate and facilitation of respectful campus political engagement. Senators looked to the future of the ASSU in the upcoming year, discussing frosh-friendly outreach to set the tone for productive and civil political discourse moving into 2020. The Senate expressed continued support for events in solidarity with Chanel Miller and called for the Fraternity and Sorority Life office to implement risk management such as consent training in houses without Peer Health Educators (PHEs). Senator Jonathan Lipman ’21, representative for the Faculty Senate, reported proposals for changing the first-year experience, primarily through restructuring the Program in Writing and Rhetoric and Thinking Matters programs.

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Facilitating ‘respectful on-campus engagement’ “We have a responsibility to model respectful on-campus engagement,” said Senator Micheal Brown ’22, prefacing his resolution to facilitate greater respect in oncampus dialogue and political engagement. Brown advocated for increased Senate funding for events such as issue-specific debates and potential “funding incentives,” as the resolution states. “Student groups play a large role in determining student opinion on issues and informing students,” Brown said. Senators discussed the need to set the tone on campus heading into 2020 and the potential political tension of the presidential election. Members cited last year ’s healthcare debate between Stanford College Republicans (SCR) and Stanford Debate Society as an example of civil, productive debate, calling for similar collaboration between student groups. While senators agreed on the goal of fostering greater intergroup coordination and dialogue, especially regarding political is-

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“We have a responsibility to model respectful on-campus engagement,” Senator Micheal Brown ’22 stated at the meeting of the 21st Senate on Tuesday night. The Senate discussed plans to facilitate political dialogue. sues, some questioned Senate involvement in this process. Brown supported Senate sponsorship of inter-organization events, citing “evidence of student interest.” However, Senator Sarah Saboorian ’22 argued that the managing of such events was outside the scope of the Senate and should be left to the individual clubs. Senate Chair Munira Alimire ’22 concluded that regardless, the Senate needed to be “more inten-

tional with the campus groups we fund.” Efforts to expand feedback from student body The Senate also discussed measures to enhance communication with the student body, citing website accessibility and a more positive relationship with The Daily as potential steps towards great campus engagement. “We must make our web layout

and means of communication accessible to every single person,” Senator Mia Bahr ’22 said. Additionally, there was discussion of the need for more frosh involvement and a focus on improvements to the Senator Associate Program, which allows frosh to participate in policy and projects tackling campus issues. Contact Brooke Beyer at bbeyer@ stanford.edu.

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‘Spinning Silver’ isThe novela gleams treasure with vividly reimagined fairytales and female protagonists By SHANA HADI MANAGING EDITOR OF ARTS & LIFE

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aomi Novik’s novel “Spinning Silver,” published in 2018, is a spiritual sister (though not a sequel) to her much-lauded “Uprooted” (2016), and just as compellingly explores Eastern European folklore with her own refreshing twists. With the first paragraph a retelling of the “real story” of Rumpelstiltskin (“getting out of paying your debts”), it spirals into something more unique. Unlike many works inspired by fairytales, Novik does not rely on staid tropes as much as she plays with and challenges them, crafting a story where characters can at once be both virtuous and cruel, monstrous and heroic, misunderstood villain and noble queen. Weaving together at least six different first-person voices, Novik follows the journeys of three women in their journeys to make their lives their own: Miryem, a daughter of a Jewish moneylender who takes over her father’s business, Irina, the isolated daughter of a duke who seeks to marry her highly, and Wanda, a hopelessly indebted farmer ’s daughter. The prose reflects the relative education level and inclinations of each perspective, with Miryem and Irina’s more elevated language, and Wanda’s sparser vocabulary and shorter sentences. Each story thread crosses with the others, coalescing into a deeper thematic exploration of borrowing from the future, honoring oaths and paying “what is owed” to self, family and country. Novik’s elaborate world lends itself as a fertile foundation for a novel so complexly-wrought, it could have been extended further without much fan protest (ah well,

there’s always fanfiction). Drawing from Eastern European mythology and folklore, its thrilling magic follows the logic of fairytales, with enchanted trees growing atop family graves, powers becoming true after being proven three times, a house inhabiting two realms and even a man cursed to share his body with a demon since birth. At the novel’s start, Miryem’s kindhearted moneylender father — unwilling to be harsh in enforcing his contracts — has led his family to live in poverty. As much as she loves her father, when her mother falls deathly ill, Miryem refuses to let her succumb to the winter frost. She goes out “wrapped in coldness” to take back her family’s wealth. Even when her neighbors try to send her away, she notes, “ I found something bitter inside myself, something of that winter blown into my heart ... I stayed in their doorways, and I didn’t move.” Unlike her father, Miryem recognizes the necessity of a firm voice in demanding money repaid, though it brings social discomfort. To ensure an impoverished farmer pays off his debt, Miryem conscripts his daughter Wanda to work for her family, eventually linking their fates together when Wanda leaves her abusive father and eventually moves in with Miryem’s parents. However, Miryem’s unorthodox business practices and skillful bargains in expanding her family’s wealth not only elicit her neighbors’ resentment, but also exacerbates her family’s ostracization from the village due to their Jewish culture. Amidst these rising tensions, Miryem’s talents attract the attentions of the Staryk king, an otherworldly ruler of the elvish personifications of winter. Challenged to “turn silver into gold” or forfeit her life, she sells Staryk silver jewelry

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Naomi Novik draws from Eastern European mythology and folklore to create a stunning work with complex characters, calculated machinations and thrilling magic. Instead of relying on worn-out tropes, she challenges their foundations. to Irina’s father (who pays in gold), and the king marries her as an illwanted reward. Meanwhile, Irina — bedecked in the stunning creations — beguiles her countrymen with her charm and her charmed jewelry, eventually marrying the tsar and becoming the de facto ruler of the land. However, unlike traditional fairytales, Miryem and Irina’s problems only escalate with their royal marriages. In gaining material wealth, they become trapped under the weight of other problems, with spouses who aim to murder them, squabbles among the nobility, and meting out the fate of both the human and Staryk realms, both trapped in a harsh winter due to the unquenchable thirst of a demon. And yet, within every contract and story, there are at least two different sides, with people fueled by differing motivations, skills, leverage and assets which led them to collaborate in the first place. Where Novik spectacularly succeeds is in shaping the dynamic personalities of her characters, which drive the reader to reflect on the moral dilemmas surrounding traditional fairytale plots (and biblical allusions, such as Judith slaying Holofernes). No one is wholly good or bad, and they will both charm and horrify you in their quests to save their homes by whatever means necessary. Miryem and Irina’s spouses — the Staryk king and the tsar — first appear rather

BOSP Photo Contest Winners: Academic Pursuits The Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) announced the winners and honorable mentions for its 2018-19 photo contest. Over 140 photos were submitted from students in overseas seminars and faculty-initiated pro-

grams. Five winners and honorable mentions were selected in four categories. Each day, The Daily will print the winner and honorable mention photo from each category, the first being ‘Academic Pursuits.’

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WINNER: ‘Sunset Photography in Makalali’ — South Africa, summer 2018-19 seminar. Melina Walling ’20 captures her conservation photography classmates observing giraffes.

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HONORABLE MENTION: ‘Torres’ — Argentina/Chile, summer 2018-19 seminar. Olivia Popp ’20 photographs the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile at the end of a class hike.

despicable, but Novik’s brilliant characterization reveals that their darker sides respectively stem from a sense of responsibility (the king tries to save his failing lands) and a demonic possession (the tsar is beholden to its manipulations). The Staryk realm, at first appearing as a brittle, frigid place, warms to Miryem once she understands that the rigidity of the culture also means oaths are taken to the highest extreme, with debts and generosity always repaid. Meanwhile, Irina swiftly acclimatizes to the political games of the nobles with alacrity, wielding her power to address the needs of the peasants and establish a flourishing empire. The characters’ interlinked arcs, along with changes of heart, lead to two epic final battles, with Miryem and Irina saving their respective realms, and Wanda content in a snug cottage in the woods with her brothers and newfound family. Admittedly, much like its predecessor, “Uprooted,” the novel’s romantic subplots — nonetheless linked to the theme, as marriage is a form of contract — spring from the gothic archetype of a disproportionately powerful man who falls for a virtuous younger woman. While the heroines in this case are not meek and kind — Miryem’s shrewd bargain-making and Irina’s calculating ruthlessness are not typical traits rewarded in folktales — they nevertheless “prove their

worth” by their talents and success, eventually leading their husbands to reform. By the end of the novel, the heroines have earned their reward: years of peace and prosperity. The Staryk king accepts Miryem’s proposal of a Jewish wedding and honors her by revealing his secret name, and the tsar gazes at Irina like “she is the most beautiful thing in the world.” But do the romantic leads even “earn” (what a loaded word it becomes) the heroines themselves? The turbulence of these characters, before and after the “redemptions,” makes you wonder if their futures will truly be happily ever after. If on your wedding night your husband tried to poison you, or feed you to a demon, would you ever be able to overlook that? By fairytale logic, perhaps. After all, the heroines planned the very same. Novik’s unflinching portrayal of the gritty underside to fairytales and their “happy endings,” especially when showing the consequences of breaking a promise — and how money can both corrupt and mend — is what makes the novel truly lasting. She has crafted a rare treasure in “Spinning Silver,” with a beautifully written, never-boring, thought-provoking and flawlessly executed tale worth every read. Contact Shana Hadi at shanaeh@ stanford.edu.


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What’s missing from the SEIU agreement? n August 31, 2019, Stanford University and Service Employees International Union Higher Education Workers (SEIU) Local 2007, came to a tentative agreement on their new five-year contract. Members of SEIU Local 2007, which represents approximately 1,270 Stanford employees including food service workers, custodians and groundskeepers, voted to ratify the agreement on September 6. The tentative agreement includes stipulations on wage increases for the next 5 years; an expansion of workers’ eligibility for the Medical Contribution Assistance Program (MCAP), Stanford’s healthcare plan; and the rectification of discrepancies in wages for some classes of workers, such as food service workers and custodians, where workers hired after September 1, 1997 were paid lower wages than their counterparts doing similar work. The ratification of the tentative agreement marks the end of a several monthslong negotiation process that occurred through this summer, and a Stanford press release reaffirmed the university’s ostensible commitment to its employees, stating that “university employees play an important role in supporting Stanford’s mission.” However, the tentative agreement is equally striking for what it does not include — a number of union proposals for better terms in a variety of areas including affordable housing, subcontracting and adjustments of service workers’ wages to better fit market rates that Stanford categorically rejected in the negotiations process.

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Stanford rejected a union proposal to set aside more affordable housing for workers. Rising costs of living in the Bay Area without commensurate increases in wages continues to plague Stanford service workers, with some commuting to campus from as far as Stockton or Sacramento. The issue isn’t helped by Stanford, which currently provides subsidized housing to only around 12 of the 1,270 workers represented by SEIU, and whose nearby “housing options” at Stanford West and Colonnade Apartments currently have a combined waitlist of over 1,000 applicants. During negotiations, the union proposed prioritizing 10 percent of all newly vacant and/or constructed Stanford housing for SEIU members, who currently receive low priority in the lottery system for below market-rate housing. Stanford rejected this proposal without providing an alternative. Stanford rejected a union proposal to realign workers’ wages to market rate wages.

CORE Continued from front page take AP courses has increased, according to the report. Edelstein and Church said they hope to increase accessibility among the liberal arts knowledge students have despite their academic experiences before attending Stanford. The report further states that lower-income students interested

HOOVER Continued from front page Milani’s take on the Iranian threat characterized the country’s cultivation of relationships with China and Russia as a developing “brotherhood of authoritarianism.” While mentioning the unique threats of state-sponsored radical Islam and radical sectarianism enveloping the Middle East, Milani also urged the audience to pay attention to the evolving geopolitical dynamics in the Persian Gulf. “If we are in a Cold War with Russia, if the world is on a collision course of some sorts with China, how China and Russia position themselves in the Persian Gulf, how they position themselves in Iran is going to have a very important and profound impact and not many people are paying enough attention to this,” he added. All three panelists made pleas for increased national unity and po-

Another issue facing Stanford service workers is a discrepancy between the wages they earn at Stanford and wages earned by employees doing comparable work at other places, a discrepancy SEIU proposed to rectify in negotiations through a committee that would identify how pay for various classification series (e.g. Lab Assistants or Food Service Workers) compared to market rates. After conducting market research, SEIU proposed adjusting pay scales for 17 job series that would bring wages on par with the industry or other union members on campus. However, Stanford rejected this proposal without providing an alternative. It’s worth distinguishing this rejection from the wage increases that Stanford committed to for food service workers and custodians in the tentative agreement. Those increases were introduced to rectify internal Stanford policies which made it so that some workers hired post1997 were paid less than their counterparts hired pre-1997. Stanford’s rejection of market realignments speaks to its unwillingness to match the pay provided by its competitors. Not only that, but in the contract negotiations process Stanford also called for a limitation on the scope of realignments to “comparable institutions” instead of competitors, belying its ostensible commitment to provide workers fair wages.

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(a site requiring 24-hour continuous operations) from shift premiums and compensation for missed meal breaks; and refused to pay out accumulated sick time to workers who leave Stanford for any reason upon

in STEM did not have the resources to be as equipped as their more advantaged peers, “requiring them to take on even larger course loads in the first year.” The new core aims to create a similar first-year for all students, regardless of their experiences before Stanford. Similarly, the Core’s designers found that the 2012 transition from the erstwhile Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) system to Thinking Matters obliged students “to fill their first-year course load

with prerequisites for majors.” “There is no indication that students are making greater use of their curricular freedom to explore interests beyond the major,” the report states. Edelstein said the Core is intended to aid students in exploration. “I think what’s important to remember here is that Stanford is designed to provide a liberal education to all students,” Edelstein said. The danger of students and faculty not understanding the liberal

arts focus, he added, is that the former view “breadth requirements as just boxes to check.” According to Edelstein and Church, students compromise academic exploration to maintain a higher grade point average. “In some ways, what we’re moving to is not a larger requirement than many of our peers, but really a first-year requirement that is more intentional,” Church said. Referring to questions surrounding the purpose of college, ethical obligations and what it

litical awareness of the threat posed by China, Russia and Iran. “We’ve got to start with us — we need to get our own house in order,” McFaul said. “We need to have a sense that this is a common mission, American national security and American prosperity, and if we continue to fight over ourselves and between ourselves, we will lose the struggle against these three countries we are talking about.” “I would start by giving everyone a map,” Roughhead quipped, adding that a proactive and shared policy of research and innovation was necessary for the U.S. to maintain its global leadership. As the event opened up to questions, some audience members were nostalgic for former years of American national unity, asking speakers how such unity could be achieved once again. Rousing calls for renewed national initiative in defending and promoting American values and democracy from the speakers at times elicited applause from audience members, who seemed largely sympathetic to that sentiment.

While almost all the seats were filled at the Traitel Auditorium, noticeably missing from the audience were Stanford students. “I was surprised at the attendance for a Week 1 event, but I was also disappointed if only in the lack of young professional turnout, because we’re the future and we should really see more young people here,” said Kyle Kinnie ’19, who now works at Hoover. First-year MBA student Francisco Enriquez, who attended the event with three classmates, said that though he was American, he recognized that the event could feel “American-centric” for international audience members. Nonetheless, he appreciated the broader importance of broader civic participation in American foreign policy debates. “I think everyone should engage in the conversation of ideas. I think everyone should have engaging critical thought as it relates our place our world, as it relates to our country, and as it relates to the future of our world,” he said.

The next event in the series is titled “Hoover’s One Hundred Years of War, Revolution and Peace” and will include historians Victor Davis Hanson and Niall Ferguson as

Stanford also rejected various other union proposals regarding harassment, the Central Energy Facility and sick time. These areas are not the only ones in which Stanford rejected union proposals without compromise — it also turned down a proposal to provide paid leave for employees who are the victims of sexual harassment; refused to eliminate a policy which excludes union members at Stanford’s Central Energy Facility

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Stanford’s negotiation tactics involved giving next to no ground on questions of wages and vacation hours. Finally, even the areas in which Stanford and SEIU came to a compromise speak to a lack of respect on Stanford’s part for its obligation to bargain in good faith. In multiple areas of contention, Stanford essentially stonewalled SEIU’s attempts at negotiation. For example, SEIU proposed increasing the vacation accrual cap for its members from 240 to 480 hours of vacation time — more a necessity than a privilege considering that almost 200 food service workers are laid off during various times in the year and often have to supplement their missed income with vacation benefits. Stanford initially responded that it would maintain a cap of 240 hours. As negotiations progressed, SEIU dropped its proposal from 480 hours to 440, then 400, then 320, but Stanford did not budge. Eventually, the vacation cap remained at 240 hours with the concession of an enhanced accrual rate for members with a 240 hour cap. Another example of Stanford’s approach to negotiation involves the agreement on wages and contract terms. The previous contract had a five-year term with an annual wage increase of 3 percent. SEIU began negotiations by proposing a threeyear, one-month term with a 7 percent wage increase each year, to which Stanford responded with a five-year, 3 percent per year offer — a continuation of the previous con-

Stanford refused to end subcontracting for work already performed by union members. Stanford also employs a large number of workers through subcontracting, a practice that allows the university to acquire labor while withholding benefits from subcontracted workers that longer-term workers would be eligible for. Subcontracting also erodes the strength of unions by providing Stanford access to a flexible, non-unionized workforce that could weaken any collective action taken by members of SEIU. During contract negotiations, SEIU proposed ending subcontracting for all work “customarily and routinely” performed by union members, a proposal that Stanford rejected without providing an alternative.

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Despite recent ratification of an agreement betweeen Stanford and SEIU, there remain several items workers would have liked to see reflected in the new contract. Ethan Chua outlines these items.

MILLER Continued from front page should do something to support [Miller]. Anyone interested?’ and it grew organically out of that,” Katipamula said. The event also drew attention to sexual assault on campus and the Title IX reporting process. “We really need to keep campuses accountable for protecting survivors of sexual assault,” said Theresa Gao ’21, a volunteer at the table. Stanford’s “Title IX process is traumatizing for a lot of survivors to the point where people like my friends don’t want to go through the process,” Gao added. “When you

tract’s status quo. The eventual agreement reached involved a minuscule increase on Stanford’s part — the five-year contract term was retained, but with an annual wage increase breakdown of 3.75% for the first year, followed by 3.5% for the next three years, back to 3.75% for one year, instead of 3 percent each year. This is a far cry from the union’s proposal of 7 percent annual increases over three years and a month. In addition, Stanford bolstered its wage proposal with a $1,000 “signing bonus” to be paid out to workers if they agreed to the

contract terms Stanford proposed. While Stanford’s press release happily emphasized the collaborative nature of contract negotiations and the valued work of university employees, the facts tell a different story: a story of a university which categorically denied a wide range of reasonable proposals by the union in a variety of areas that matter deeply to workers such as affordable housing, wage realignments and subcontracting; and a story of a university which, while gesturing toward compromise, basically stonewalled substantial union proposals in areas such as vacation hours and annual wage increases. While the five-year tentative agreement has been ratified, the fight for a living wage, better benefits and basic dignity for Stanford’s service workers is far from over — and we’ve seen that Stanford, on its end, has failed to do its part. Contact Ethan Chua at ezlc327 @stanford.edu.

means to be a global citizen, Church said, “Each of these courses has the scope to explore the questions from multiple interdisciplinary angles.” The Stanford Core is expected to cost the University $4.7 million per year, nearly twice as much as the Thinking Matters program currently costs the University, since it will be implemented all three quarters as opposed to one quarter. Contact Leily Rezvani at lrezvani @stanford.edu. speakers. It will take place on Nov. 4. Contact Berber Jin at fjin16@stanford.edu. consider that survivors on campus don’t report, that shows how the problem is underrepresented in a lot of these statistics.” Keagan Cross ’23 stopped by the table and picked one of Miller’s quotes to copy on a notecard: “You took away, my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy my confidence, my own voice, until today.” “I think that’s really powerful and inspiring,” Cross said. “She is still going through this process of reclaiming things that are very basic to her identity — things that are very basic to her self-worth. I think it shows how exhausting it can be going through that process.” Contact Nicholas Midler at midler @stanford.edu.


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SPORTS WIN-STREAK CONTINUES CARDINAL DEFEAT SAN JOSE STATE AT HOME IN 3-0 VICTORY By DANIEL MARTINEZ-KRAMS DESK EDITOR

Despite a slow start, No. 1 men’s soccer (7-0, 1-0 Pac-12) exploded for three second-half goals in a win over San Jose State (0-7, 0-0 WAC) last night. This is the best starting record for the Cardinal since 2002. At halftime, a 0-0 scoreline felt eerily similar to the 2018 season opener — the most recent time the two teams met. Neither side finished a goal in that game, which ended in a scoreless draw after double overtime. “San Jose passed and moved the ball very, very well,” Stanford Head Coach Jeremy Gunn said, “so they have those periods in the game where they’re really buzzing.” Just a little over six minutes into the second half, however, freshman forward Ousseni Bouda reversed the story line with a clinical finish to give the Cardinal the lead. Junior forward Charlie Wehan poked Bouda through into the box, and the freshman gained position on his defender and put away his third goal of the year. The second goal came less than two minutes later in the 54th minute on a senior defensive midfielder Derek Waldeck half-volley at the top of the box. To set up the goal, Spartan goalkeeper David Sweeney was able to punch away the corner taken by junior right back Logan Panchot. Bouda wisely passed up on the shot to allow Waldeck to score his second of the year. Waldeck also created the chance for the third goal, putting pressure on Spartan defender Jeff Dukes deep in San Jose territory. Waldeck was then able to slip freshman forward Gabe Segal across the goal for an easy finish. Segal now claims a team-high four goals, scoring in each of the last three games. “The strikers are all fighting for time, and they can all stake a claim

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Senior defensive midfielder Derek Waldeck (above) was key to Stanford’s momentous second half. He had one goal and one assist to lift the Cardinal to seven wins on the season — Stanford’s best start since 2002. that they should be getting more minutes,” Gunn said. By the final whistle, Stanford outshot San Jose 21-6, including 113 in shots on goal. In just his second career game, Sweeney set a lofty standard with eight saves, as he was under a barrage all night. Stanford also made changes to its ten field-position players for the first time this season with redshirt sophomore midfielder Kei Tomozawa and junior forward

Arda Bulut receiving their first starts of the season. Wehan had the first look on goal for the Cardinal, but his attempt in the 8th minute sailed just high. Freshman forward Ousseni Bouda was called for three first-half offsides but righted himself with the second half goal. “It was a great first ball, a lovely slip in by Charlie then an emphatic finish by Ousseni,” Gunn said. After just two shots in the first

35 minutes of play, the 36th minute saw three for the Cardinal. At halftime, Stanford led in shots 5-2 shots and put three on frame. The Cardinal were called for seven of the eight fouls and both teams took a pair of corners. “First half, it’s just a tough soccer game,” Gunn said. “It was just one of those games where we still have the better chances in the first half, we just couldn’t quite capitalize on those.”

The second half started quickly with a Sweeney save, and then Wehan missing high over the top of the bar. The first eight minutes of the second half included five shots for the Cardinal, matching their first half total, and two goals. “The first 15 minutes of the second half truly, truly wins the game,” Gunn said. “It was quite clear that we were on top in that period.” Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Thomas recorded his first of three saves in the 54th minute on a shot by midfielder Danny Sanchez. The Spartans looked to have their best chance at a goal in the 56th minute, but forward Rodolfo Castro whiffed on the shot. Castro was gifted another opportunity five minutes later but again missed wide without testing Thomas. Fifth-year center back Tanner Beason was shown the lone yellow card in the game for a foul on defender Omar Lemus. Segal had two more chances to score, first in the 70th minute when he found himself one-on-one with Sweeney. The keeper was up to the task, however, and came out of the box to deflect the shot. The second shot came nine minutes later in the 79th minute on a save from Sweeney, and the follow-up was blocked despite Sweeney getting caught off his line. Thomas preserved the shutout, the fifth of the year for Stanford, with an 89th minute save on Sanchez. The Cagan Stadium student section was in full force for the game. “We’re really hopeful that we’ll have a tremendous support once we start conference here,” Gunn said. “It’s gonna be another incredible, tough fight.” Stanford looks to extend its winning streak Saturday at Santa Barbara (5-2, 0-0 Big West). Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Contact Daniel Martinez-Krams at danielmk@stanford.edu.

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Junior forward Catarina Macario (above) has begun her campaign to defend her Hermann Trophy Award with ten goals and six assists in just the first eight games. Macario scored the game-winner in the most recent game.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

No. 2 versus No.3 in LA Stanford seeks key Pac-12 victory to open conference play By ALEJANDRO SALINAS MANAGING EDITOR

Riding a two-game winning streak, No. 2 Stanford women’s soccer (7-1, 0-0 Pac-12) opens its conference calendar with a visit to No. 3 USC (7-0-1, 0-0 Pac-12) on Saturday. The Trojans are the highest-ranked team the Cardinal has faced thus far, and the matchup has the potential to previewing a postseason thriller. The last time the two sides met was on Sept. 30, 2018. After a scoreless 90 minutes, the match went to extra time. Stanford’s Sophia Smith netted the game-winner in the 97th minute to lift the then-top-ranked Cardinal over then-No. 2 USC. The sophomore forward has tallied three goals this season. Both teams enter Saturday’s

meeting on a similar trajectory as the two sides are ranked in the top three. Stanford enters the game fresh off a 4-2 victory at Santa Clara. The challenging Broncos knotted the game twice, before junior forward Catarina Macario scored the winning goal in the 77th minute with a perfectly placed 25yard free kick. Macario, two-time ESPNW Player of the Year, leads the conference in points (26), and her conference-leading count of 10 goals is tied for the most in the country. She also has six assists on the season, tied for the most in the Pac-12. The Trojans may prove to be the toughest challenger this season. They are led by forwards Penelope Hocking and Tara McKeown. The duo have produced two-thirds of the goals this year for USC, and are tied

for third in the conference in goals scored with seven each. Despite a talented roster, USC broke its seven-game winning streak at Baylor (3-2-3, 0-0 Big-12) on Friday, after the Bears came back from a 2-0 first-half deficit to end the game tied. The two programs have met 19 times, with 15 of those falling in Stanford’s favor. Over the last 10 years, Stanford has built an 8-2 record against USC, with the only loss in Trojan territory being a 0-3 defeat on Oct. 6, 2016. Stanford’s quest for its fifthstraight conference title begins Saturday in Los Angeles. The match kicks off at 1 p.m. PT from McAlister Field. Contact Alejandro Salinas at asalinas @stanford.edu.


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NSO Feeling nostalgic for last year’s move-in By RICHARD COCA STAFF WRITER

Last year, during this time, the highlight of my New Student Orientation (NSO) was being almost kicked by a Dollie during Band Run. This year, I’m glad to report otherwise. As corny as it sounds, the highlight of my NSO was getting to meet the incoming class of 2023 (or twenty-tree, as the frosh like to insist). The only difference between this year’s NSO and mine was that instead of having almost been hit by a Dollie, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia. (That, and the fact that I got to run as a part of the band this time.) Nostalgia comes in many forms. It can be as significant as remembering the first time you left home, but it can also be as small as constantly being mistaken as a frosh because you’re wearing a red lanyard. As a community coordinator for this year’s NSO, I am no stranger to the feeling of nostalgia that undoubtedly comes packaged with the ever-sodreaded sophomore slump.

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Helping the frosh move into their dorms was not only exciting and re-energizing, but it reminded me about how nervous I was while moving in. It also reminded me of how exciting that day was. Stanford was still new to me; this year, seeing the frosh wide awake with bright eyes reminded me of how 360-something days ago I really couldn’t fathom actually going to Stanford for the first few days. I also remembered all the upperclassmen who told me to “give it a minute.” The so-called frosh innocence and energy would soon dissipate, they warned. And to an extent, they were right. A few weeks later, Math 51 sud-

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denly in the mix, I felt the full weight of classes and extracurriculars start to age me. Despite the loss of my fresh frosh optimism, throughout my time at Stanford, I fountain hopped in some fountains of youth and made a conscious effort to try to remain optimistic. Seeing the incoming frosh has renewed that spirit. Although I, as a sophomore, have to run around campus at 11 p.m. to plan for recruitment, I find incredible joy in seeing frosh climb the claw at that crazy hour. It also makes me happy when I see frosh complain about chemistry and Math 51; it makes me even happier when I’m able to advise them

about their concerns. With the introduction of a new class on campus, I was reminded, in a good way, that long after I’m gone, there will be a class of 2030. While some things will undoubtedly remain the same, my hope for the future is that it will get easier for the frosh year after year. And to the frosh reading this, don’t be shy to reach out and talk to upperclassmen. I think you’ll find that most of us want to help you in any way we can. Contact Richard Coca at richcoca@ stanford.edu.

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I’m boycotting all the gyms #CancelAllGyms By PATRICK MONREAL SATIRE EDITOR

This is it. This is the final straw. I woke up this morning to news that Stephen Ross — CEO of the company that owns SoulCycle and Equinox — will be hosting a huge fundraiser for the re-election of Donald Trump. What am I going to do about it? I’m protesting everything, starting with SoulCycle and Equinox. I know, it’ll be hard. As someone who has never been to either of those establishments, I cannot even begin to fathom what I will be missing out on. I mean, Wikipedia describes Equinox as a “luxury fitness company.” The location in Palo Alto even has 4.8 stars on Facebook. “Nice stretchchchch after a long day with both boys sick!” reads a review from local resident Masha Zhdanovich. Now, I’m sure all parents with sick boys will call me crazy or irrational for taking a stand, but here’s the thing: I could be sitting on the same exact stationary bike that Trump once laid his sweaty cheeks upon. There’s no way of knowing, and the thought of that alone makes my insides squirm. In fact, to ensure I’m doing my due diligence, I’m boycotting gyms altogether. That’s right. Like a Catholic middle schooler who says he’s giving up school for Lent, I am protesting fitness establishments everywhere. No more Planet Fitness. No more Equinox. No more Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation.

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To protest Trump fundraising events hosted by SoulCycle and Equinox CEO Stephen Ross, I’m protesting fitness establishments everywhere — including Nearrillaga. No more Pokemon gyms. I’m done. It’ll be a huge sacrifice. Anyone who’s seen me in real life knows that I visit the gym religiously. (You’ve definitely seen me at Nearrillaga before.) But I’m serious; I even called my mom to make sure she throws away my 5pound dumbbells at home. And you know what? I’m taking it one step further. To drive the message home to Mr. Ross, I’m protesting everything having to do with his wretched surname. Yeah, that’s right. You won’t catch me vacationing in the former Scottish earldom of Ross. The discount department stores operating under Ross Dress for Less? No chance. My posters of Disney Channel star Ross Lynch? Torn to shreds. Not even David Schwimmer is safe; no wonder why “Friends” is leaving Netflix. In fact, I’m

even done with the American flag. There’s no way you can convince me that Stephen Ross isn’t the great-greatgreat-great-great-greatgreat grandchild of Betsy Ross. To put it simply, I will not rest until every person at Stanford recognizes the blood on their hands for indulging in frivolous, tangential-at-best connections with Stephen Ross. Okay, but just so we’re clear ... I draw the line at Rick Ross.

Editor’s Note: This article is purely satirical and fictitious. All attributions in this article are not genuine and this story should be read in the context of pure entertainment only. Contact Patrick Monreal at pmonreal@stanford.edu.

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