Just felt an earthquake in Brooklyn, lasted about 90 seconds… I'm not making this up. In DUMBO.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6801275/Stanford-fires-sailing-coach-college-bribery-scandal.html
Stanford fires sailing coach 'who was paid $110,000 to get a student into college who chose to go elsewhere - then was offered $500,000 for ANOTHER fake athlete who didn't even end up applying'
Stanford comes up through a "mothers club":
Marjorie Klapper — A resident of Menlo Park, California, and the co-owner of “a jewelry business.”
>Marjorie Klapper
https://inmenlo.com/2011/04/28/megan-edson-margie-klapper-bling-is-their-thing/
That their babies were born around the same time landed Megan Edson (left) and Margie Klapper in the same Stanford mother’s group. They became friends and started dreaming about opening a boutique when their kids got older.
That time came last year, but instead of a retail store they started M&M Bling, selling fine jewelry at parties, trunk shows, and events. “Eventually, we would like to open a store or have some space in a store,” said Margie, who lives in Menlo Park. “But this was a good way to start, and it keeps the costs down.”
The co-owners travel all over to select stones and find jewelry that’s fun, different, and affordable.”We’ve found it’s really important to go to the show and get to know the vendors,” said Megan. “Not only do we get better deals, but we’ve met the nicest people, most of whom are running a family business.”
AGAIN:
Marjorie Klapper owns mmbling and they sell illuminati designed jewelry, and started through a mothers' group at Stanford.
NOTABLE as fuck
STANFORD MOTHERS CLUB
STANFORD MOTHERS CLUB
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/95/950620Arc5149.html
Ida Mary Hoover, a former longtime president of the Stanford Mothers Club and widow of William G. Hoover, professor of electrical engineering, died Tuesday, June 13, after a short illness at her home in Los Altos Hills. She was 85.
Hoover was born Ida Mary Robinson in Reno, Nev., a descendant of pioneer California and Nevada families. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Nevada, and did post-graduate work in art at the University of California-Berkeley. She married William Hoover in 1933. They were married for 60 years, until his death in 1993.
Ida Mary Hoover was active in the community, working at the university library for several years, then devoting much of her time to Stanford and Mid-peninsula groups. She served as president and a board member of the Stanford Mothers Club for a total of 30 years.
Hoover was responsible for many fund- raising events including the annual Chrysanthemum Party, which provided two scholarships a year for Stanford students. She received the Stanford Associates Award for distinguished service.
In addition, she was a troop leader for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and was on the boards of the United Way of Santa Clara County, the YWCA and the Castilleja School in Palo Alto. She also was a member of the Committee for Art at Stanford, the Children's Health Council and the Century Club of San Francisco.
Hoover traveled extensively with her husband, an internationally known expert on radio and electronic communications. She also was an accomplished author of haiku poetry and enjoyed arranging flowers. When they lived on campus, the couple was well known for their hospitality to students, especially on holidays.
She is survived by a son, Sidney Hoover, '63, of San Francisco, and a daughter, Christine Sorensen, '64, '66, of Los Altos, and four grandchildren – Hilary, Class of '97, William and Andrew Hoover; and Julia Hoover Sorensen.
Stanford's Office of Undergraduate Admissions has launched a three-year pilot program to identify and enroll the nation's “most intellectually curious and accomplished students.”
According to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aids James Montoya, the new Yield Enhancement Program will begin this spring with four major elements:
A strengthened President's Scholars program, allowing travel funds for up to 200 admitted students of extraordinary promise to visit the campus. If they do enroll, scholars will receive $1,500 research grants each, a fall welcoming dinner and expanded faculty contacts, and participate in quarterly symposia.
Letters and phone calls from professors to admitted students who have expressed extraordinary interest in the faculty member's area of expertise.
Increased staffing of the Financial Aids Office during the April-May “yield period,” to better answer student questions about financial aid packages.
An improved, more academically focused “Stanford Admit Weekend” for visiting prospective freshmen April 20-23. The four-day event will replace the Prospective Freshmen Week of years past.
Stanford's Office of Undergraduate Admissions also plans to expand the involvement of Stanford alumni - including recent graduates - in its nationwide recruitment and yield activities, beginning with a three-city effort next fall.
“Our research shows that a large number of the admitted applicants who enroll elsewhere have not spoken to a Stanford alumna or alumnus and that the yield rate for those who have had alumni contact is noticeably higher,” Montoya says. “For many competitive universities, well-trained alumni play a positive admissions role in their local areas.
“While we understand that this represents a major undertaking for the university,” he says, “we believe it will enhance recruitment and yield efforts and create stronger links between alumni and the university.”
Cream of the crop
The latest efforts to strengthen Stanford's recruiting strategies were recommended by Stanford's Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aids in response to “considerably more intense” competition among colleges in the 1980s and 1990s for the nation's most academically talented students.
While the number of Stanford applicants has jumped almost 18 percent since 1990, the university's freshman yield rate - the percentage of admitted students deciding to enroll - has been hovering around 54 percent in recent years, 10 points below what it was in the mid-1980s.
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/95/950308Arc5332.html
GUYS:
Carol was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 23, 1932 to Royal and Thelma McKean, the youngest of their five children. She married Daniel S. Livingston on September 12, 1953 following their graduation from the University of Utah. While at the U, she began her lifelong commitment to the Chi Omega Sorority, which included her work in leading the re-establishment of the Nu Alpha chapter at Stanford in 1991. Her collection of over 400 owl pieces – the symbol of Chi Omega – plus the numerous recognitions she received from the national and local sorority attested to her love and dedication to her sorority sisters.
GUYS:
>Her collection of over 400 owl pieces – the symbol of Chi Omega
>Her collection of over 400 owl pieces – the symbol of Chi Omega
>Her collection of over 400 owl pieces – the symbol of Chi Omega
https://spanglermortuary.com/tribute-ajax/print-obituary.html?id=1019
started chi omega, and leadership of Stanford Wives Club