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The story of the forgotten social With Jim Harbaugh in San Francisco, Few Showers Partly Cloudy networking site who will take over on the Farm? 53 35 55 42 The Stanford Daily TUESDAY www.stanforddaily.com Volume 238 January 11, 2011 Issue 54 AT KNIGHT,GSB SETTLES IN Staff begins move to new site By MATT BETTONVILLE facility consisted mostly of 70- to 80-student, tiered-row classrooms,the Knight Center fea- Four of the eight buildings in the rising tures smaller and more intimate rooms to ac- Knight Management Center, new home to commodate this change in curriculum. the Graduate School of Business (GSB), “The Knight Management Center has opened this month and nearly 150 staff mem- many more of these different-sized class- bers have moved in.The remainder of the fa- rooms where you can reconfigure the room cility is scheduled to open in March. and do lots of different, more experiential The four buildings now in use include projects and more seminar-style classes,” Ka- three buildings on Serra Street and one on vanaugh said. Arguello Way, all of which consist of ground- Faculty and students now using the facility floor classrooms and faculty offices in upper praise Knight’s modern equipment as well as JENNY CHEN/The Stanford Daily floors. its environment and decor. The overall setup Primarily administrative staff has transi- of the buildings has changed to allow for bet- Four buildings in the Knight Management Center, the new home of the Graduate School of tioned to Knight, including executive educa- ter lighting. Business, opened this month. The facility is located at the intersection of Serra Street and tion, admission, external-relations and “There’s a natural light everywhere. It Campus Drive East. human-resources staff, said Kathleen Ka- strikes me as a much more welcoming envi- vanaugh, Knight Management Center pro- ronment for learning,” said Derrick Bolton, (LEED) Platinum certification, the highest involved in the project later this year. gram director. Some classes have moved to GSB assistant dean and director of M.B.A. level of environmental sustainability certifi- The construction budget for the center was the new facility. admission, in an e-mail to The Daily. “It re- cation that the U.S. Green Building Council $345 million, according to Kavanaugh. The Knight Management Center project flects, and even enhances, the GSB’s focus on (USGBC) awards, Kavanaugh added. The The cost “will come in under that,” said was a response to a new GSB curriculum that collaboration and innovation.” USGBC has already approved the design of Kavanaugh. “The question now is just how launched in fall 2007 calling for more classes The complex is on track to receive Leader- the complex for LEED Platinum, and the held in smaller settings.Whereas the old GSB ship in Energy and Environmental Design GSB will submit a report on the construction Please see KNIGHT,page 2 OBITUARY SPEAKERS & EVENTS Claire Roscow, Judith Jamison recounts a lifetime of dance 1988-2010 By CAROLINE CHEN Claire Hollemans Roscow of STAFF WRITER Lakewood, Colo., passed away un- expectedly on Dec. 28, 2010 in Den- Before she even opened her mouth ver, Colo. Beloved Claire was born to speak, Judith Jamison received a to Kurt Roscow and Debra Holle- standing ovation from the audience at mans on Aug. 28, 1988. Cubberley Auditorium on Monday Claire was the younger of two night,when the world-renowned artistic daughters. She graduated from director of the Alvin Ailey American D‘Evelyn High School as the vale- Dance Theater was interviewed by dictorian of the Class of 2006 and Harry Elam, vice provost for under- was active in many math and science graduate education, and shared her life clubs and student organizations, story and love of dance. serving as senior class president and Renowned both as a dancer and cho- participating in varsity sports, in- reographer,Jamison,67,is soon to retire cluding diving,track and cross coun- from her position with the dance com- try. Claire enjoyed the benefits of pany. Her numerous awards include being on sports and science and Kennedy Center Honors and the Na- math teams that were top-ranked in tional Medal of Arts, and she was listed the state, which included winning in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influen- the top Small High School Math tial People in 2009. Team in Colorado her senior year. Despite her numerous accolades, In sports,Claire earned the coaches’ Jamison was remarkably personable,in- award for most enthusiasm and fusing her anecdotes with self-deprecat- team spirit. ing humor. Growing up in a musical Claire attended Stanford Uni- family where her father sang opera and versity, where tremendous opportu- played classical piano, she began dance nities opened up for her. Claire was classes when she was six. a dedicated volunteer, securing a “I knew nothing,” she laughed, “as position as a freshman volunteer co- opposed to children nowadays who ordinator for the Class of 2010,lead- know everything at six.” ing efforts for campus-wide blood By her first performance, Jamison drives and proudly crossing over the said she was “hooked” and, from then gallon donation level herself. Claire on, continued to dance classical ballet, secured a fellowship at the Robin- jazz and tap through university. Origi- nally, she intended to major in psychol- son Lab of the Stanford School of BRYANT TAN/The Stanford Daily Medicine her freshman summer and ogy, but eventually left Fisk University continued with that program Judith Jamison, right, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, spoke with Vice Provost to join the Philadelphia Dance Acade- for Undergraduate Education Harry Elam Monday night in Cubberley Auditorium. Jamison, 67, is set to Please see OBITS,page 2 retire from her position with the company. Please see JAMISON,page 2 ACADEMICS iPads find role in medical education By JOSHUA FALK Clarence Braddock, associ- in PDF form on Coursework, in- DESK EDITOR ate dean for medical education, cluding lecture slides and syl- held an “iPad summit” last quar- labi, Stringer said. The program The School of Medicine in ter that convened students, fac- in its first quarter has focused on August distributed iPads to its ulty and educational technolo- annotation programs that can 91 incoming first-year stu- gists to discuss the role of the streamline notetaking and or- dents as part of a trial to incor- iPad in the classroom and how it ganize content. porate the device into the is impacting teaching and learn- “Different courses found its school’s academic experience. ing. use was different depending on Seeking to facilitate student The school supplied each the type of material presented learning, the program has also course with an iPad in order to and how students study for that tried to pique faculty interest help familiarize faculty with the particular discipline,” Stringer in the iPad and develop more technology their students will said. content for it, said Jenn be using. The school also In surgery professor John Stringer, director of education- launched a website called Gosling’s human anatomy al technology at the School of MedApp, which allows faculty course, a requirement for all Medicine. and students to find and review first-year M.D. students, stu- “We’re very interested in iPad apps for use in courses, re- dents used iPads to annotate studying the effects of the iPad search or clinical practice. anatomical drawings in lectures, on the teaching and learning en- Even before the iPad trial, ZACK HOBERG/The Stanford Daily vironment,” Stringer said. students had access to content Please see IPAD,page 2 Index Features/3 • Opinions/4 • Sports/6 • Classifieds/7 Recycle Me 2 N Tuesday, January 11, 2011 The Stanford Daily When Jamison joined Alvin using old-fashioned printouts to Ailey in 1965, the company had iPads, Gosling said. JAMISON only 10 dancers and little funding. IPAD But Gosling emphasized that Continued from front page Jamison described the company Continued from front page the learning experience in a class members’ packed schedule, per- such as human anatomy still re- formances in trying conditions on volves around visual images, re- my. uncovered, non-spring floors and but did not utilize the technology gardless of how they are actual- In the early years of her career, the resulting bloody knees and much in sections, where section ized. not only did Jamison have to over- feet. Despite the difficulties of the activities demanded students’ at- “You go from drawing on the come prejudices against black early years, Jamison spoke with tention, Gosling said. chalkboard, decades ago, to draw- dancers,but she also stood out of the pride of the company’s conviction. Matthew Mansh, a first-year ing on a computer image,” Gosling crowd, literally, because of her un- “We did it for the love of dance, medical student from Philadel- said, “But the actual way of trans- usual height. At 5’10”, she is taller for the love of Alvin and for the love phia, said he finds the device par- mitting the image hasn’t changed.” than most dancers. of being excellent at what we do,” ticularly useful for drawing on “I was wondering why everyone she said. anatomical structures. Contact Joshua Falk at jsfalk@stan- else was so short.” she said. “The This passion for dance is what “For doing visual note taking, ford.edu. mantra was always longer, longer! Jamison looks for today when she it’s almost better than paper,” Go higher! Lift! And I was there al- watches dancers audition to join the Mansh said.