Over the weekend, a special ASSU commission selected CDDRL program coordinator Larry Diamond as the Teacher of the Year. "Two big principles of selection were consistency and scale of candidates' involvement and impact," ASSU Teacher of the Year Awards Commission co-chair Eugene Nho said. "While we recognized the great impact that a single event can make, we thought the effort to consistently help the student body through various programs. In the case of the Teacher of the Year award, guidance and teachings were more important." Commission co-chair Sarah Golabek-Goldman said that students at opposite ends of the Middle East dialogue came together in order to commend Diamond for his incredible contributions to student life. Diamond's influential teaching was widely agreed among students to "transcend political and ideological barriers." The ASSU award will be presented in special ceremony at Tresidder Union on May 31, 2007.