Show Basement ff View Stanford University versus Larry Curtis Managing Editor I I dwell in the tiie nether regions of the College Center sometimes never seeing the tiie light o of f the tiie sun The Tiie BUTT BUIT COLD office offers me mea a panoramic view of the drinking fountain and bathrooms My perspective o of f living beneath the notice o of f most o of f humanity gives me unique perspectives it gives me A VIEW FROM THE BASEM BASE- BASE ME M ENT T. T My view fr from m the basement boarded a plane and flew to Palo Alto Calif the home of Stanford University Since I perceive perceive perceive per per- the average student has about the same chance of attending Stanford as I do virtually virtually virtually vir vir- none I thought it might be interesting to make some comparisons I will be critic criticized zed and reminded that Stanford and are different kinds of institutions institutions institutions in in- and have different goals I will be pointed out that the two shouldn't be com com- pared But some of the people there attended the same high school I did and even the same classes They are a school and we are a school and remember its it's just for fun STUDENTS One of Stanford's goals is diversity Part of their admittance admittance admittance admit admit- tance guidelines consider the applicants background whether they be cult cultural ral religious o or racial Th Those s who might be considered traditional minori minorities ies make up the majority of the student population population population tion or so it seemed to me By compa comparison ison the student population of looks like the clip from Pink Floyds Floyd's The Wall movie when students dressed identically are on the conveyer belt We lack the variety ACTIVITIES I 1 was lucky enough to be at Stanford for the annual Exotica Erotica ball It involves dancing but focuses on costume To enter the party one must don his or her best exotic or erotic outfit I didn't see anything I 1 would call erotic but plenty of exotic I think bizarre would be bemore bemore bemore more correct One gentleman wore a shoelace and a leaf you guess where Another wore only a strategically placed stocking cap Several costumes consisted of garbage bags obtained obtained obtained ob ob- from the campus bookstore In contrast pays comedians comedians comedians co co- co- co medians to tell non sial jokes and holds barbecues Try to picture the Exotica Erotica ball happening at our lovely Not a chance Did anybody at Stanford get into trouble Not a chance This was not a school sponsored activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac but it happened on cam cam- pus Would a club be allowed to reserve the quad and hold such an event here Not a chance I neither endorse nor condemn condemn condemn con con- such an event I am just comparing COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT INVOLVE INVOLVE- MENT The Saturday I arrived in California I was taken directly directly directly direct direct- ly to a community carnival for financially challenged children in East Palo Alto I watched and participated as hundreds of students donated a Saturday to give these children a positive experience Those students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents in charge had put in many more hours of planning and preparation does have an effective community service program but the as a whole doesn't support it like Stanford students do But again I am just comparing In conclusion I must mention mention mention men men- tion that if eating eating lunch with an average student from each college it would be difficult to tell who came from where People are people Stanford people just wear their jockstraps jockstraps jockstraps jock jock- straps on the outside for special special special cial occasions |