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Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom spoke on February 21st to students in Public Policy 154, "Policy and Politics in California," taught by David Crane and Joe Nation. The Lt. Governor recounted his start in politics (a surprise appointment to the San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission by Mayor Willie Brown), his experiences at Mayor of San Francisco, and his prognosis for better public policy in California. He stressed the need for additional political reforms in Sacramento, particularly campaign finance reform.     

Teryn Norris, Class of 2011, was featured on this weekend's NPR program "All Things Considered" to discuss the growing student movement to encourage more talented young people into public service, entrepreneurship, and technical fields -- and away from Wall Street. 

Norris co-wrote an op-ed in the Stanford Daily in October 2011, "When we saw the Occupy Wall Street movement rise this fall ... we felt like it was a really important time to step out and say this is how we think this is impacting universities across the country and why it's relevant to students today," Norris tells NPR.