Talk:Stanford Tree

NPOV dispute
The introduction to this article is clearly biased. It is written in a sarcastic tone and uses judging terms such as "bizarre" and "adequately conveys." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.160.41 (talk) 04:25, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Tommy Leep
What I was told (in an email from Band management) is that Tommy was initially brought outside to the concourse for being on the court when he shouldn't have. Then they didn't get mad at him for dancing in the concourse until an ESPN TV crew found him and put him on TV. At that point, he was "distracting from the game", so they made him take off the costume and stand with the Band. Sly Si 06:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I heard today that the Stanford Tree was ejected from a game for "dancing in an undesignated area" Monday, the ejection of the Tree seemed more fascinating than the evisceration of the sixth-seeded Seminoles. Tommy Leep, a 21-year old from Menlo Park, Calif., encased in the green, triangle-shaped mascot's costume, irritated NCAA officials at the Pepsi Center first by crossing the midcourt line, then by dancing in a hallway. He was ordered to cease and desist, to remove his costume and dance no longer. The fans broke out in a "Bring back the Tree" chant. -- this is from http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/14147605.htm

Erin Lashnits
On an unrelated note, I believe that Lashnits was not fired, merely suspended; it simply happened that the time of the suspension exceeded the time remaining in her term. Can anyone else confirm this and edit the article to reflect it? Sly Si 04:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)


 * And yes, Erin was suspended until the end of her term. So basically the same thing as being fired.


 * True. But it's already mentioned in the article, and does not need to be repeated next to her name.

"The Third"
Do my eyes deceive me or is everybody who has worn the tree costume a "the third"? Is this some peculiar formatting error or some ongoing tradition? I am particuarly puzzled by William Robert Rothacker Jr, III. Junior the Third? Poechalkdust 23:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)


 * This is not an error.


 * I am removing the "III"s. If this is some kind of a Stanford/band tradition (with which I am not familiar), then please provide a source (I haven't found one on Google).  If none is available, at least provide some sensible explanation.  Otherwise, I don't see that this has a place in Wikipedia.  BenG 02:03, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, the III's are a Stanford tradition. As is the tradition of every Tree taking the previous Tree's first name as their middle name.  When one becomes Tree, s/he relinqueshes his/her rights to their old middle names.


 * Nothing is actually relinquished. Just leave the names as they were. The III's and middle names are a "tradition", but don't really add anything to this page except confusion.

What if we put in the middle names and "III"s, and put a note at the bottom explaining the tradition? Does that add anything to the article? Is the tradition even well-known enough among Stanford students/band members to be worth including even if it does add something to the article? I'm in the Band, and I didn't even know about the middle name thing until yesterday (I knew about the "III" one). I'm not taking either side on this as of now; just putting the idea/question out there. Sly Si 09:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * A note somewhere explaining the whole thing would go a long way, in my opinion. BenG 16:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The 1989 Stanford Band "Book of Hand" says nothing about the middle name or "III" tradition. It lists Gil Blank as the tree for that year. Is there a tree list on an LSJU web site? Group29 16:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Gabriel, the Mini Tree
Should this include a mention of Gabriel, the mini Tree? He has appeared several times during the 2011-2012 basketball season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.0.180.81 (talk) 19:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)