Yggdrasil and Truffula spotlight listing of neighborhood names finalists

Neighborhood Councils opened voting for every neighborhood’s new identify on Wednesday by Google Varieties despatched to every scholar’s inbox, kicking off two weeks of voting to resolve what tree — actual or fictional — every neighborhood shall be named after. 

College students will vote between three to 5 finalists chosen by their Neighborhood Council from a pool of solutions introduced up by college students at ideation classes held earlier this quarter. Although a few of these classes drew tens of attendees, neighborhood councils struggled to attract a crowd to most of the classes. A few of them went totally unattended. 

Regardless, names have been introduced to the scholars, who’re inspired to finish rank-choice voting utilizing a hyperlink or at in-person classes. Every neighborhood shall be named after a tree — however not all of the choices are actual bushes. Neighborhood A submitted “Truffula Tree,” as within the bushes from the Lorax, as one in all its finalists. Neighborhood O supplied “Yggdrasil,” the Tree of Life from Norse mythology. Neighborhood T went additional, suggesting each “Yggdrasil” and “Truffula.”

Repeat finalists between neighborhoods have been pretty frequent. Together with Yggdrasil and Truffula, the names Gingko, Sequoia and Eucalyptus have been submitted by a number of neighborhoods.

Voting will conclude on Sunday, and outcomes shall be introduced firstly of spring quarter, in keeping with the Stanford Report. On the finish of spring quarter, naming ceremonies will happen throughout campus, which can embody planting bushes for every neighborhood or “unveiling different facets of the id.” Based on council budgets, every council can spend as much as $15,000 on its naming course of.

The total listing of finalists:

Neighborhood S:

1. Douglas Fir
2. Elderberry
3. Ginkgo
4. Lilac
5. Sequoia

Neighborhood T: 

1. Hyperion
2. Truffula
3. Yggdrasil

Neighborhood A:

1. Alpine
2. Aspen
3. Joshua Tree
4. Truffula Tree
5. Maple

 Neighborhood N:

1. Bonsai
2. Ginkgo
3. Pine
4. Sequoia

Neighborhood F:

1. Cherry Blossom
2. Flame Tree
3. Rainbow Eucalyptus
4. Wisteria

Neighborhood O:

1. Valley Oak
2. Orchid
3. Oleander
4. Olive
5. Yggdrasil

Neighborhood R:

1. Baobab
2. Eucalyptus
3. Redwood
4. Rosewood
5. Willow

Neighborhood D:

1. Dogwood
2. Dragon Fruit
3. Eucalyptus
4. Magnolia
5. Mango