<p>Now I don’t set out to be a businessman, but it seems one thing is clear:</p>
<p>Assuming Bloomberg may have initially wanted Stanford more than Cornell, this preference was not large enough for the New York City negotiating team to offer Stanford many incentives to stay in the competition. If Bloomberg wanted Stanford so badly, it would have happened. In the end, though, Cornell’s proposal was (at worst) marginally worse than Stanford’s and quite possibly (gasp) superior. Thus it came down to the negotiations, and Cornell was more willing and likely better equipped in that regard. A poster earlier brought up the zoning regulations and politics Stanford currently faces in California, which though far from trivial are a whole different animal than what Stanford would come across in New York. </p>
<p>Also, as a Stanford student, I would like to assure any outside readers that the sentiments expressed by some posters earlier, especially one in particular, do not reflect accurately on our student body. I’m glad the last few pages have been relatively level-headed. </p>
<p>I sometimes find myself wondering the lengths that some students will go to defend Stanford. Yeah it’s a fine institution, but it’s not holier-than-thou. Take, for instance, the inconsistency of Stanford administrators regarding the NYC planning stage:</p>
<p>[Editorial:</a> Faculty input and the NYC decision | Stanford Daily](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/11/09/editorial-faculty-input-and-the-nyc-decision/]Editorial:”>Editorial: Faculty input and the NYC decision)</p>