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FEATURES/2 SPORTS/8 Today Tomorrow
TEACH FOR AMERICA TOURNEY TIME
For a corps of seniors, it’s back to high Women’s basketball beats Cal and now
school post-graduation shifts focus to Pac-10s and NCAAs AM Shower Sunny
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The Stanford Daily An Independent Publication
www.stanforddaily.com Volume 237
March 10, 2010 Issue 25
DAILY POLL
How seriously do you take
course evaluations?
I Very seriously
Chu calls for innovation
I Somewhat seriously
I Not seriously
U.S. Secretary of Energy says tech competition can help address climate change
I I don’t do course evaluations
By DANA SHERNE “new industrial revolution to give us the energy we question is not if the earth will warm up, but how
To vote, please visit www.stanforddaily.com STAFF WRITER need . . . but in a much cleaner form.” much it will warm up.”
He said that the country needs a comprehensive Chu’s analysis of global climate and evident ex-
Poll Result U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke
Monday about the need for increased competition
energy bill and a price on carbon so that business-
es will have an incentive to go green, rather than al-
pertise received positive reactions from several
students.
Do you think ROTC should be in technological innovation and energy efficiency lowing them to choose “business as usual,” which is “I feel some people probably didn’t have the
MASARU OKA/ in the fight against global warming. cheaper in the short run. scientific background to fully understand his exam-
reinstated on campus? Staff Photographer Some 1,700 students and faculty members filled Chu also explained the science behind human- ples,” said John Melas-Kyriazi ‘11. “For those of us
Yes (52%, 91 Votes) Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, a Memorial Auditorium to hear Chu’s lecture, enti- induced climate change, showing how tempera- who did, it was very compelling and interesting, so
Nobel laureate and former Stanford tled “Meeting the Energy and Climate Challenge.” tures are rising and proportions of carbon-14 (C14) I’m glad he did.”
The event was hosted by the ASSU’s Green Al- — an organic form of carbon found in plants and Others, like Michael Cruz ‘12, a member of the
physics professor, said Monday that liance for Innovative Action. animals — are decreasing more quickly than ASSU’s sustainability subcommittee, wished that
No (24%, 42 Votes) humans’ impact on climate is The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and former would happen naturally.
“more than a smoking gun.” Stanford professor began his talk by calling for a “It’s more than a smoking gun,” Chu said. “The Please see CHU, page 5
Depends on the status of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
(21%, 37 Votes)
STUDENT LIFE ACADEMICS
After Chile For professors,
Undecided
3%, 4 Votes
Total Voters: 174
STUDENT GOV’T
quake, BOSP report cards,too
Senators reviews prep Where do students’ course evaluations
go? Toward setting salaries, admins say
Protocol ‘worked pretty well,’ but
0 20 40 60 80 100
compromise
By KATE BARBER
reaching parents was difficult STAFF WRITER
For students, the end of winter quarter means not only
on SSD bill By JULIA BROWNELL final exams and spring break plans, but also course evalu-
SENIOR STAFF WRITER ations, those thrice-yearly surveys in which students rate
their classes in exchange for an earlier glimpse at their
When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit grades.
Chile on Feb. 27, the staff of the Bing Over- For professors and teaching assistants, those course
Wellness Room is cut from seas Study Program (BOSP) in Santiago,
where 21 Stanford students were studying, Courtesy of Aidan Dunn
evaluations also mean end-quarter grades — not a part of
their GPA, but important for a shot at a raise, a promotion
Stanford students in the Bing Overseas Studies Program in Santiago volunteer in a
budget ahead of fees vote put their emergency protocols into action.
Now, they’re assessing how it went. clean-up effort after last weekend’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake. One student was injured Feb. 27.
or tenure.
Professors who are being evaluated for promotion or
“In some ways it’s an opportunity, be- tenure must submit all course evaluations since their last
By ZOE RICHARDS cause we were so lucky that all the students ical care, she told The Daily. there are assembly points outside Stan- promotion,according to Patricia Jones,the vice provost for
SENIOR STAFF WRITER were okay — but it tested the system,” said Staff followed protocols after the quake, ford’s facilities. faculty development and a biology professor. The results
Irene Kennedy,executive director of BOSP. which happened early on a Saturday morn- The Stanford campus office attempts to of those evaluations play a role in decisions about whether
After five weeks of strenuous de- “I think [the emergency procedures] ing. Using a phone tree, they contacted all remain constantly in contact with BOSP or not to promote a professor, as well as whether or not to
bate about the special fees budget worked pretty well.” 21 students in the program, some of whom staff on the ground during emergencies, hire a teaching assistant (TA) as a full faculty member.
for the Student Services Division One student, Lyla Johnston ‘11, was in- were in Santiago and some of whom were whether by phone, e-mail or, if telecommu- “Additionally, course evaluations are used on a regular
(SSD), the ASSU Undergraduate jured when she jumped from the third-floor traveling for the weekend.The students had nication services are down, satellite phone. basis for setting salaries,” Jones said.
Senate last night finally arrived at a balcony of her host family’s house. She has instructions to call the office in an emer- Every professor must submit an annual report — in-
satisfactory compromise between since returned to the United States for med- gency; in other cities where BOSP operates, Please see CHILE, page 11 cluding course evaluation results — to their department
the bill’s author, ASSU Vice Presi- chair, who makes salary recommendations to the dean of
dent Andy Parker ‘11, and the rest of the school each year,she added.The results of course eval-
MONEY
Double Take
the group’s members. uations help administrators keep professors accountable
The SSD budget has seen signifi- for their performance in the classroom, even after receiv-
cant revision, including, most no-
tably, the removal of Tutoring for
Community from the SSD budget.
The Green Store’s marketing budg-
Terminal grad ing tenure.
Some 80 to 85 percent of students evaluate their cours-
Please see EVALS, page 7
et was also slimmed, and discre-
tionary funding for the manage-
ment arm of the division was alto-
gether slashed. Several salaries
fees fall slightly STUDENT GOV’T
ASSU ballot
were halved, including those for the By ERIC MESSINGER
SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR
executive director of management
and the director of the Wellness
Room. Tuition for some graduate students will go in an unexpect-
almost set
With the hopes of retaining space ed direction starting this fall: down.
for the Wellness Room on the budg- While tuition for undergraduates rose again this year,rates
et, Parker also cut funding for for a segment of the graduate school population will actually
staffing and significantly reduced decrease by almost 10 percent. Beginning in the academic
year 2010-11, rates for graduate students with terminal gradu-
funding for equipment.
Since his most recent proposal ate registration (TGR) status will decrease by 8.8 percent, to Six pairs to run for executive; frosh
$2,517 per quarter from $2,760.
last week, Parker dropped an addi-
tional $10,000 from the bill’s budget Vice Provost for Graduate Education Patricia Gumport flood Senate field; few incumbents
this week. Still, some senators were said her office expects that the decrease will benefit approxi-
not satisfied with the budget’s mod- mately 1,300 graduate students across a number of schools
and programs.Those with TGR status are students late in their By MARISA LANDICHO
ifications.
Alex Katz ‘12, the chair of the graduate education who have completed all of their course- and ELIZABETH TITUS
Administration & Rules Commit- work and degree requirements.
tee and a critic of student group of- Chris Golde, associate vice provost for Graduate Educa- After a flurry of signature validations over the
ficer salaries, maintained that the tion, noted the change “affects almost exclusively the Ph.D. weekend,the Elections Commission released the of-
Senate was making its fair share of students, though a few M.A. students may be the beneficiaries ficial list of ASSU candidates, slates and special fees
exceptions and that SSD’s budget of this.” groups Tuesday afternoon.Looking toward Election
ought to undergo additional com- Gumport said she was pleased to announce the move. Day on April 8, the contenders now have roughly
promise. “I know of no other peer institution that has a tuition de- two weeks to prepare their strategies before cam-
“Some very significant excep- crease, let alone one that’s this substantial,” Gumport said. paign season begins in earnest.
tions are being made for SSD,” Katz “And it’s at a critical phase of their doctoral study, so it’s help- This year,students will have their choice between
said, pointing to the $3,500 in officer ing the students, but it’s also relieving some pressure on the up to six slates for ASSU executive and 39 candi-
salaries that far exceeds the amount departments and the faculty who cover their tuition in these dates for Undergraduate Senate. Fifteen student
that the Senate would typically ap- later stages of their Ph.D. programs.” groups seeking special fees also made the ballot.
prove. The TGR tuition rate had remained constant for the past To earn a spot on the ballot, special fees groups
three years and was set to remain at that level for a fourth. Im- seeking new or increased funding requests,as well as
The Wellness Room: Space on the petus for the decrease came with the announcement of an in- students running for executive, class president or
Special Fees Ballot? crease in the minimum salary for research assistants and Senate, had to gather a specified number of signa-
In keeping with his previous ob- teaching assistants, which are provided by faculty and depart- tures from other students. Students running for
jections to the joint venture, Katz ments. RALPH NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily Graduate Student Council (GSC) positions are not
suggested that the Wellness Room “We’re especially concerned about students that are at the Jeremy Keeshin ‘12, right, and the Stanford Flipside staged an
activities fair in White Plaza on Friday, harking groups like Seventh Man
Please see ELECTION, page 6
Please see SENATE, page 7 Please see TUITION, page 7 Club and FroSoCo Awareness. Keeshin leads the satirical publication.
Index Features/2 • Opinions/4 • Sports/8 • Classifieds/11 Recycle Me
2 N Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Stanford Daily
FEATURES
Those who can, teach
10
By AMY JULIA HARRIS like, ‘how many people died in this battle?’ or
MANAGING EDITOR ‘when did this happen?’, they would say ‘I
don’t know, I don’t know.’ But after the graph-
W
hen Luke Henesy ‘10 began ic novels, they were reciting information to me
tutoring two middle school
girls in East Palo Alto, he
thought teaching was a good
short-term extracurricular
without me having to ask.”
That was the beginning of a steady stream
of improvement for Henesy’s tutees.Their hu-
manities test scores skyrocketed.
Mar
gig.The Stanford sociology major didn’t think “Once I realized that I could have that sort
it was going to become a career path. of impact on two students with minimal effort,
“But tutoring became the most rewarding I got really excited about the program Teach Wednesday March 10
experience of my entire life,” Henesy said. for America,” Henesy said. “I realized that I
Henesy began tutoring at the East Palo could step in right after an undergrad educa- History’s Movie Screening of “Milk”
Alto charter school his sophomore year tion and perhaps be better equipped than, say, 7 PM — Building 320, Room 105
through Stanford’s tutoring program Closing a teacher that they may be having right now
the Gap. He was assigned two pupils, Andrea who is under-qualified in a particular subject.” Study Break:Drive Thru Finals with Chevy:Free
and Vanessa, who were struggling with their “I said, ‘this is what I want to do for two Food and Free Ride in a new Chevy!
World War II history class. years’, and I’m really excited about it,” he 8 PM — Escondido Turnaround
“They didn’t like textbooks because Eng- added.
lish was their second language,” said Henesy. Henesy is just one of the more than 10 per- The Complete Organ Works of Bach, Part X per-
“I kind of felt their pain because I didn’t get cent of the Stanford senior class who applied formed by Dr. Robert Huw Morgan
really excited about history until I read Maus, to Teach for America (TFA) this year. Teach 8 PM — Memorial Church
the graphic novel about the Holocaust where for America, the nearly 20 year old Peace- Thursday March 11
mice and rats and cats are the actual charac- Corps-esque teaching program which enlists
ters.” college grads for two-year stints and places Herd of Cats
Henesy decided to try out this approach to them in failing urban schools, just received 7 PM — CoHo
CONNOR LANMAN/The Stanford Daily
spark Andrea and Vanessa’s engagement. He 46,359 applicants for its 2010 corps. The ac-
went to Green Library and found a set of ceptance rate nationally last year was 15 per- On-campus Teach for America (TFA) coordinators Luke Henesy ‘10 and Kelly Gleischman KSA Ramen Study Break
‘10 have committed their two years after graduation to combat educational inequality. 8 PM — Meyer Library
graphic novels about the Hiroshima bomb- cent of 35,000 applicants.
ings that he thought might capture the imagi- According to Emily Lewis-LaMonica, the Friday March 12
nation of his students. He was right. on-campus recruitment director for TFA, Michigan-Ann Arbor and six percent at UC- West Los Angeles and credited her academic
“They loved it,” he said. “What I started Stanford has seen an upshot in TFA applicants Berkeley apply for TFA. success so far to the guiding influence of her Ethics@Noon:”Cultural Prostitution in Collecting
getting really surprised about was when they the past few years, compared to some of its For Kelly Gleischman ‘10, an on-campus teachers. Antiquities:Why Buying, Selling Someone Else’s
became able to retain and repeat back to me peer institutions. In 2008-2009, roughly six coordinator of TFA, education policy has “The teachers that I had made me who I
info that was factual — for that to happen percent of the Stanford senior class applied to been a life-long passion, and she’s been work- am and made me care about what I do today,” History Is Fraught With Problems”
than at a much higher rate than they did be- TFA. That number nearly doubled this year. ing to close the educational inequity gap Gleischman said. “When I have these experi- 12 PM — Building 110, 1st Floor Seminar room
fore. So when they would typically do history Nearly 12 percent of all seniors at Ivy League throughout her time at Stanford. Gleischman Chocolate Heads Meets Beatflippers
homework, and I would ask them a question schools, seven percent at the University of hailed from a well-to-do school district in Please see TFA page 3 8 PM — Pigott Theater, Stanford Drama Depart-
ment
Satuday March 13
Published in The Stanford Daily Feb. 21,1967
Women’s Self Defense Seminar
FROM THE 10 AM — Ford Center - Burnham Pavilion
Salsa Social with live music from Afro-Latin Jazz
Combo
11:30 AM —Black Community Services Center
FARM TO International Women’s Day
3 PM — Escondido Village Center
Monday March 15
Hoover Institution Media Fellow Book Talk
THE CAPITAL
4 PM — Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution
Stanford Jazz Workshop Jazz Jams
7:30 PM — CoHo
Wednesday March 17
By SARAH FLAMM CIRGE Seminar with Dr. Amy McGuire - Genomic
Data Sharing:Ethics, Policy, and Participant Per-
I
t was a cold, rainy Saturday evening in our nation’s spectives
capital, and Maria Lizet Ocampo ‘06, M.A. ‘06 was 4 PM — Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
giving five students in the Stanford in Washington
(SIW) program a tour of the West Wing of the Reading & Signing with Dr. David Simon
White House. 6 PM — Stanford Bookstore
“And here is where Rahm Emanuel, Vice President
Biden and I enter for work every day,” Ocampo said non- For a posting of your organization’s event,
chalantly, walking through the double doors and into the contact VP of Sales Mary Liz McCurdy at ad-
West Wing. vertising@stanforddaily.com.
Ocampo led the group down the empty hallways, Protesters demonstrated outside of Memorial Auditorium after a talk by then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Protests like For other events, please visit https://newas-
abandoned for the weekend except for several other this would become common on campus, as students became more disgruntled with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. su.stanford.edu/studentevents/index.shtml
small tour groups and watchful security guards.
“You are lucky,” Ocampo said. “Obama just retired to
the residence to have dinner with his family, so we can
peek into the Oval Office.”
R O T C REVISITED
The five Stanford students were awed by the sur-
roundings, from President Obama’s impeccably neat
desk to the general governmental grandeur, while Ocam-
po seemed unfazed and in her element — a tall, 25 year-
old, confident Latina woman walking around her office.
Only four years ago Ocampo was at Stanford, living in
Casa Zapata in Stern Hall as an Ethnic Theme Manager
(ETA), playing in Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford and By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY and Cooperation and the Editor in Chief mous with the war. Universities were, in man said.“ROTC was a whipping boy for
working as a political science research assistant with former SENIOR STAFF WRITER of The Daily in 1969. “As the Vietnam particular, closely scrutinized, with the anti-war protests. It was an easy target.”
Stanford professor Luis Fraga. Having earned a B.A. in po- War expanded, student opposition in- belief that research on college campuses David Harris ‘67, who served as stu-
A
litical science and a M.A. in social sciences from the School lone building ablaze — one creased.” was done to aid military efforts. dent body president from 1966 to 1967,
of Education, Ocampo is now working in the East Wing of iconic image of students’ dis- As resistance mounted against a “The military got tagged in the minds was one of the student leaders in the cam-
the White House in the Office of Legislative Affairs, which content with the United largely unpopular war, Taubman said the of many students as inimical to the tradi-
serves as a liaison between the President and Congress. States government and its armed forces as a whole became synony- tions and values of the university,” Taub- Please see ROTC page 3
“My life at Stanford directly relates to what I do now,” military in the late 1960s.
Ocampo said. She considers her current job as “part two In 1968, amid increased U.S. involve-
of a political science education.” ment in the Vietnam War and growing
Published in The Stanford Daily May 8,1968
Ocampo is just one of many Stanford alumni and fac- protest among the student body,arsonists
ulty who are now working in the White House. Just five twice attacked Stanford’s Naval Reserve
years ago, Michael Ortiz ‘05 was also living on the Farm, Officer Training Corps (ROTC) building,
taking classes to complete his history major and going to successfully burning it to the ground on
Old Union for Stanford in Government meetings. Now, as their second attempt in May. Yet follow-
Assistant to the Director of the Office of Legislative Af- ing investigations, authorities made no
fairs, Ortiz spends his time in the West Wing of the White arrests and could prove no student in-
House, participating in meetings with senior officials, in- volvement.
cluding President Obama. Even as tensions approached a tipping
Ortiz attributed his current interest in politics to point, full-scale action on the ROTC was
not taken until 1970, and the program
was not entirely jettisoned from campus
Please see CAPITAL page 3 until 1973.
The incident and its aftermath are em-
blematic of Stanford’s final clash with
ROTC: demonstrative, but slowly evolv-
ing in a way that relegated it to secondary
status among the campus community. As
the Faculty Senate currently considers
the possibility of bringing ROTC back to
Stanford, there is sure to be more debate
about the issue. A look back at the histo-
ry of the ROTC debate, however, shows
that the controversy wasn’t necessarily
over the program itself, but more about
actions undertaken in the Vietnam War
effort.
“My general sense was that ROTC
was subsumed over time and overshad- The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) building was burned to the ground on a second attempt by arsonists.
Courtesy of Maria Lizet Ocampo owed by other issues on campus,” said
Phil Taubman ‘70, a consulting professor Stanford completely phased out all ROTC programs from campus by 1973.
Maria Lizet Ocampo ‘06 works as a liaison between the
president and Congress in the Office of Legislative Affairs. at the Center for International Security
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 10, 2010 N 3
TFA
Continued from page 2
year. But he said that setting realis-
tic personal goals has remained one
of the most challenging aspects of
the program, even during year two.
years in Teach for America,
“dropouts,” who enrolled in the
program, but bowed out before
completing the full two years and
Walking backward: A day
in the life of a tour guide
“There’s a fallacy that you can go “nonmatriculants,” who were ac-
in and [...] over the course of two cepted but turned down TFA.
ences and I go into these schools and years, make all this incredible “About 20 percent of graduates
realize that it isn’t happening for change,” Bergquist said. “And the said that they ended their experi-
these kids around the country, I real- reality of it is that that’s not how it ence feeling disillusioned,”
ize we need to fix that.” works.” McAdam said. “They didn’t feel ef-
TFA was the obvious way to par- During his first year, he met a fective as teachers and didn’t feel By JENNY THAI “They ask really fun questions,” spond quickly to various scenarios.
ley that passion into action. She ap- student named Nicole who came like this was the most effective way said Caleb Joseph ‘12, a current tour “Just like there is no set Stanford
O
plied for the second TFA deadline in into the eighth grade at a fourth to deal with the underlying issue.” minously dark clouds guide. “[One of] last year’s questions student, there is no set successful tour
October and has already received grade level in math. Nicole could do Those results aren’t too surprising swirled in the sky.A gen- was to draw a type of T-shirt that we guide applicant,”Vosburg said.“What
her acceptance into the program. basic single-digit multiplication and to Rob Reich, political science pro- tle drizzle that had kept should make for the tour guides.They we’re looking for are people with ef-
She’s heading to D.C. next fall to division but was “completely math- fessor, who taught sixth grade in up for several hours ask questions to tease out your per- fective communication skills.”
teach secondary math in one of the ematically illiterate” when it came Houston through Teach for America. paused, as if holding its sonality.” The last step of the application
lowest-performing districts in the to decimals and fractions. The first “I don’t think anyone who’s a breath, before releasing another process is the private interview, where
applicants’ memories are put to the
nation.
“This is exactly how I want to
start my life and have those two
semester Bergquist was teaching,
Nicole had the lowest grade of any-
one in the class. He knew that
first-year teacher, credentialed or
non-credentialed, is an exceptional
teacher after one year,” said Reich.
sweeping spray of rain. It wasn’t the
most ideal weather for a campus tour.
Despite the dreary weather, a clus-
“We are their test as they present a prepared talk on
one of Stanford’s landmarks and re-
years on the ground to make a differ- Nicole needed help, so he tutored “The first year is really, really hard.” ter of about 20 high school students cite Stanford trivia. However, there is
ence within these communities,”
Gleischman said.
her a few times a week before and
after school.
It worked. By the end of the year,
“These are students who have
basically succeeded at anything
they ever wanted to do,” Reich con-
trailed in front of Paige Romer ‘12,
who was calmly enumerating the five
founding tenets of Stanford.
sole link, more to being a tour guide than just
memorizing the history of the school’s
founding.
Nicole had progressed about four tinued.“You put an obstacle in front “We have 8,100 acres of land here,” “It’s more about being able to re-
It was 5:30 a.m. and Jeff Bergquist
‘08 groggily turned off his alarm
clock and rolled out of bed.
grade levels.
“That story alone made me feel
like the year was a success and gave
of them, and they’ll either work
hard enough or have the native tal-
ent to do it well [...] but they [then]
Romer said, earning a multitude of
raised eyebrows and an impressed
whistle from the prospective students.
especially for cover from forgetting things,” Joseph
explained. “If you’ve forgotten every-
thing you’ve memorized, can you stay
He was in the classroom by 6:30 me a lot of confidence,” he said, with find that a bunch of 12 year olds are “To put it in perspective of just how in control? It’s about wielding that in-
in the morning, brewing coffee, set-
ting up his day’s lesson plans and or-
ganizing the small room for Íthe
obvious pride.
But results of that sort come with
a cost — an around-the-clock
eating them for lunch every day.”
But for Henesy, burnout isn’t a
concern yet. He just wants to make a
big our campus is,we can fit 26 Disney-
lands right here on campus.”
While passing through the Main
tourists.” formation and knowing what to do
when you forget it. If you have the
right kind of personality for this, the
rambunctious middle schoolers process of plan, teach, review, re- difference. Henesy applied to Teach Quad,Romer skillfully dodged a pass- facts aren’t that important.”
who would soon be filing in. peat. Bergquist admitted that the for America over the summer at the ing biker, maintaining her backward — CALEB JOSEPH ‘12 If an applicant makes it through
Bergquist teaches eighth grade breakneck speed since beginning suggestion of his big brother in gait without missing a step. the selection process, he or she is then
remedial math in the Balsz school has been tough. Kappa Sigma — one Jeff Bergquist. It was just a typical day for Romer, deemed a Stanford tour guide. But
district in central Phoenix through “You know how exhausted you He was accepted into the program one of the many Stanford student tour Following the written application they are not home free yet.
Teach for America, at a Title I desig- are when you give a presentation for and will be teaching high school guides. process, only a certain percentage of They must then undergo a rigorous
nated school with a sizable number class? You’re just mentally and phys- math in the Boston area — his home Being a tour guide is not an easy applicants progress to the next stage: training program. According to
of Somali refugees. He’s in his sec- ically drained and like, ‘Oh God, I state. He’s excited, but nervous. job,but students find it one of the most the group interview. Byron Vosburg Joseph, two of the most critical skills
ond year as a corps member. For just want to sit on the couch,’” “I think the biggest challenge is rewarding.That is, if you make the cut. ‘09, a student manager for the Stan- are the ability to “feel out the crowd,”
Bergquist, an economics major who Bergquist said. “Teaching is like giv- going to be for all these kids to look “It’s pretty hard to get in,” Romer ford student tour guides,refused to re- or assess the audience’s personality,
went to high school in Palo Alto, the ing five of those a day, every day.” at me, a young white teacher — who said.“This year, I think we received al- veal how many applicants were ac- and to field awkward questions.
program has been a major shift from To see just what the hyper-in- am I to look at you and say, ‘you can most 200 applications, and only about cepted into the next round, saying it Joseph was no stranger to being
his sheltered realm of experience. tense regimen of Teach for America do this, you can go to college just 30 people were accepted.” varied from year to year. asked awkward questions, pointing to
“My first year was extremely does to participants like Bergquist like I did’, because they’re going to The tour guide selection process is Prospective tour guides are placed the time a parent asked him about stu-
overwhelming,” Bergquist said. — and their civil engagement when see a disconnect between me and a lengthy one. First, students are ex- in groups of eight to 10,where they are dent sex life.
“There are so many things coming they leave the program sociology them,” Henesy said. “But if it can pected to complete a very personal, all interviewed by a tour guide manag- In addition to gracefully handling
at you, there are so many things to Prof. Doug McAdam conducted a even get one student to go from written application. Questions are er and several current tour guides.Ac- persistent parents and speaking clear-
deal with, and at times you’re at a pioneering study called “Assessing joining a gang to going to any col- aimed to elicit more personal informa- cording to current tour guides, the ly, another important skill learned by
place where you don’t even know the Long-Term Effects of Youth lege, then it’s going to be worth me tion from the potential guides, and group setting was a chance for the se- all tour guides is the ability to walk
where to start. You have all these Service: The Puzzling Case of Teach crying every day after school or some are so unusual that they often lection committee to assess the appli- backwards.
ideas, you know all the techniques, for America,” looking at applicants whatever it takes — literally put- catch applicants off-guard. cant’s ability to present well and re- “Tourists are always impressed by
but running a classroom yourself is from 1993 to 1998. He found that ting every amount of blood, sweat the walking backwards trick,” Joseph
an incredibly taxing experience.” not everyone can handle the and tears into it.” said. “It’s really funny but for some
Bergquist says that his second lifestyle. reason they love it. Every time I hop
year has been much steadier, after The study compared “gradu- Contact Amy Julia Harris at har- upstairs backwards, they all gasp a lit-
having gotten his bearings his first ates,” who completed their two risaj@stanford.edu. tle bit and then they applaud when I
reach the top.”
Walking tour groups vary greatly in
size, ranging from one person to a
CAPITAL
two before returning to law school,” That belief led Ocampo to get in- record-breaking party of 90 people.
Ortiz said.“Four years later, I’m still volved in the Obama campaign in The largest tourist groups usually
here. It has been an incredible expe- Florida in 2008. After Obama was come in the summer,when the highest
Continued from page 2 rience. I’m so grateful to Stanford elected, Ocampo volunteered with number of prospective students and
for opening the door to so many of the Obama presidential transition tourists visit campus. Tour guides are
these opportunities.” team, working on English language- equipped with megaphones for such
his experiences at SIW. While in Ocampo also cited SIW as the learner policies. Soon, she was hired occasions.
the Washington program, he in- launch pad for her political future. on as staff in the Office of Legisla- There are two kinds of walking
terned with Senator Harry Reid She said that interning at the De- tive Affairs, where she is currently tours conducted. One tour is geared
(D-NV) and took a class on con- partment of Justice through SIW working. toward tourists and features a general
gressional oversight from Walter sparked her interest in politics. It was 8 p.m. and Ocampo was overview of the Stanford campus as
Pincus. While there, Ocampo said she was wrapping up the West Wing tour. well as a generous helping of Stanford
“I knew I’d want to return to inspired by a note that then-Senator The SIW students left the White trivia. Another tour is tailored to
Washington after graduation,” Ortiz Obama wrote to her in a copy of his House after thanking Ocampo for prospective students and their par-
said. book,“Dreams From My Father” — her personalized tour, chatting ents, supplemented with information
He did, coming back to D.C. to “Maria, dream big dreams!” about their dinner plans in George- on the application process.
work for Reid after receiving his “As a child of immigrant parents town for later in the night. Ocampo With so much pressure riding on
B.A. He then got the opportunity to and the first person in my family to watched them leave, a few years re- their shoulders in these situations,cur-
work for Obama’s press office, and graduate from college, I feel that my moved from her time as a SIW stu- rent guides realize that they have to
soon enough found himself where story is an example of a big dream, dent, before heading back to work perform well.
he is now, in the Office of Legislative the American dream,” Ocampo for a couple more hours. “We are their sole link, especially
Affairs. said. “As typical as it sounds, I for tourists,” Joseph said. “We are the
“After graduation, I expected to strongly believe this dream should Contact Sarah Flamm at sflamm@ only information that they’re going to
serve in government for a year or be one available to everyone.” stanford.edu. get while they’re here. What’s scary is
if I sound stupid during my tour, if I
stutter, I may as well be the only Stan-
ford student that these people speak
to in their entire lives.”
It seems that that pressure has
yielded positive results so far. Priya
Khangura,a junior at the University of
Michigan, had already made her col-
lege choice, but nevertheless enjoyed
the Stanford tour.
“It highlighted the important as-
pects of this school,” she said. “It’s
pretty comparable to other campus
tours, but I think I really like this cam-
pus.”
Bert Dempsey was on tour with his
wife and two daughters, one of whom
Presents was two years away from making the
college try.
“This is actually our first college
tour, but I thought it was very good,”
he said. “The length was right — it
Shankar Vedantam RALPH NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily wasn’t too long, and we got to learn a
lot of things about this campus.”
Hoover Tower is one of the many stops on the student-led campus tours.
Tour guides undergo a competitive vetting process that includes an Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stanford.
extensive application process and group interviews before they are chosen.
The Washington Post edu.
ROTC
consistency between ROTC and situation might have lent itself to
Stanford’s scholarly mission. the removal of ROTC in the early
Speaking on his new book: “If you believe in the life of the
mind, you don’t drop napalm on vil-
70s.
Kennedy said that the issue
Continued from page 2
lages,” he said. “blew up” due to America’s involve-
“The backdrop to all of this was ment in Cambodia, which began in
pus movement against the war. Pro- the Vietnam War, where very clearly 1969 and reached a height domesti-
claimed as a radical during his time the military was engaging in acts that cally in 1970, when National
in office, Harris would go on to be were unacceptable in an academic Guardsmen killed four student pro-
nationally known for his anti-war context,” Harris continued.“The set- testers at Kent State University.
demonstrations. ting was Vietnam, but it was in some Taubman indicated, as well, that
In 1966, Harris ran on a platform way universal.” eventual change came from both
that called for the elimination of This “academic context” would faculty and students.
ROTC, but quickly saw the issue later become the grounds for Even then, according to Kennedy,
take a back seat to the more pressing ROTC’s removal from campus, it took several months for Stanford
topics of the day: equal rights for fe- when members of the administration to negotiate the deal discontinuing
Monday, March 15, 2010 male students and, of course, Viet- argued that the military instructors the ROTC program. After ROTC
4 – 6 pm nam. He noted that while ROTC
protests still flared up on campus
and core curriculum of the program
did not meet the intellectual stan-
lost its academic standing within the
University, it took an additional
during his time, action against dards of the University. three years for its presence to be en-
ROTC was slow to develop, sped up William Perry, professor emeri- tirely removed.
Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution only by the context of the war. tus and the former Secretary of The impetus, as always, was clear.
“It became more and more of an State, and David M. Kennedy ‘63, “Back then, if you were against
issue the more that the war became history professor emeritus, argued the Vietnam War, you were almost
Light refreshments served an issue,” Harris said. “It would be for the reintroduction of ROTC on by definition against the military
fair to say that there was at least half campus last week before the Facul- services,”Taubman said.“The ROTC
a decade of build up to the decision ty Senate. Kennedy believed that program became a target.”
[to eliminate ROTC].” such academic arguments were de- “It was a perfect storm,”he added.
While Vietnam remained the main batable then and are still debatable
focus, it provided an avenue for Har- today. Nevertheless, Kennedy ac- Contact Wyndam Makowsky at
ris to address what he saw was an in- knowledged that the context of the makowsky@stanford.edu.
4 N Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Stanford Daily
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to be substantive in their pursuits. In environ- the ones they are only enduring to advance to Andrew Valencia
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ting their full heart and soul into anything. kinds of things happen every day, and some-
Many if not most Stanford students exhib-
it a degree of dedication for causes and organ-
times they are necessary.What is most impor-
tant to keep in mind, however, is that at this S ENSE AND N ONSENSE
izations outside of themselves. Whether they point in our lives we are all still growing into
are helping to organize charity events, serving
in student government or actively working
with various student groups, this campus is
the people we will one day become, and it
would be very sad to spend this time connect-
ing only to the people, organizations and ideas
Reflection During Finals
filled with motivated and tenacious people. that will be of benefit to us some other time. Aysha
I Bagchi
Most of the time, you would be hard-pressed With spring quarter approaching, graduat- generally enjoy being a student, but finals even the best is bad.There isn’t much of a rem-
to hear anything disparaging about those who ing seniors will be accepting job offers while time is a consistent exception. The last edy in our hands, but I can think of one useful
commit themselves to numerous forms of most other undergraduates commit to sum- week or so of the quarter means a lot of suggestion: dedicate at least a little time each
campus activity and public service. What the mer internships. While this is always a stress- pressure, not nearly enough time, at least one day over the next couple weeks to forgetting
Editorial Board would like to suggest,howev- ful and uncertain time of the year, the Editor- moment of panic, inevitable disappointments about all the material you are supposed to
er, is that there is a distinct difference, if only ial Board hopes that all students on campus, and dorms and dining halls filled with students cram into your head.Take some time to relax,
on a spiritual level, between those who com- “resume-padders” included, will keep in in a generally depressed state — which is de- reflect and remember that a lot of things are Now, I am not kidding myself into thinking
mit themselves out of passion and those who mind that the true value of a person or expe- pressing. Until finals are over, students are important in your life and your grades are just students can just head to the woods when an
are simply trying to bolster their own image rience is not always determined by what value submerged in a torrent of mounting to-dos one of them. Insert some breathing room into o-chem final or a 20-page research paper is
and qualifications. they can be to you in the future, but rather by that leave little time to think. the end of your quarter! around the corner. It is reasonable that
This issue is not black and white, by any what can be attained here in the present mo- It is a big shame that the last couple weeks What this breathing room will look like schoolwork takes some priority, and our less
means. A great many students probably line ment. of the quarter are not conducive to reflection. depends on the student, but for everyone it reflection-filled social lives are also important.
It would be nice if our educational structure begs for some outlet, some protected space But reflection should be up there as some-
Bunning,GOP appeal to
encouraged us to make sense of what we have of comfort and calm. Take a walk around thing we need regularly — especially during
learned, to step back and think in the open air. Lake Lag (there is still water in it, and prob- our toughest weeks. Sometimes removal and
Synthesizing a quarter’s worth of material in a ably not for long!). Listen to music. Read part reflection is the way to subvert a real crisis,like
way that gives us a holistic understanding re- of a favorite book. Play the piano in your deciding to forget your schoolwork altogether
quires some breathing room, and the intense lounge. Meet up with friends for some finals- or getting seriously depressed when a final
outdated ideals structure of Finals Week depletes our oxygen
supply.
Unfortunately, students do not have much
power to change this. The experience may
free downtime. Go on a date. Write poetry.
Meditate, pray or savor some sweet silent
thought. Write in your diary. Read a Daily
column (that’s one down!). Remove yourself
does not go as planned. Some calm downtime
will make finals less painful and the risks at-
tending them less serious.
So break past the surface of your sub-
L
ast week, the estimated 1.2 million old and rigid political mindset that blames partly be the consequence of all of our profes- from schoolwork for a little while and re- merged life and take a few moments each day
Americans currently receiving feder- government programs for eliminating the sors trying to assert their classes as the most member the many other important things in over the next two weeks to put things in a lit-
al unemployment were almost left incentive of people to work while appealing important in our schedule by demanding your life that deserve attention even during tle perspective! I can see it now — thousands
without recourse, as it appeared that Con- to market forces to correct everything. more from us than could reasonably be multi- times of overload. of Stanford students lying on the lawns of the
gress would not be able to extend their ben- What is so alarming is that, even as nation- plied by four or five classes.We are left with a One of the things I love about writing a col- Oval, pondering beside Rodin’s Thinker at
efits by the necessary deadline. Fortunately, al unemployment remains consistently at series of courses that all hope to dominate our umn is that it forces me to reflect on my life as Cantor, jamming at the CoHo all day . . . But
Congress was able to push through the jobs 10 percent or higher, public figures like schedules, which becomes especially tough a student each week.This is not always an easy wait a second! Before you close all your books
bill, but only after reaching a deal with lone Delay and Kyl are still able to appeal to during finals. Add to that the responsibilities task,especially during hectic times,and I prob- and head for the beach,don’t get carried away:
Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY), whose fili- these outdated arguments to push their students carry outside of schoolwork, as well ably would not do it as often if I did not have a remember you do actually have finals to study
bustering had placed the bill’s passage in party’s agenda. The problem is not that the as our social activities, and we find expecta- deadline to force me.Student life is scheduled, for!
jeopardy. The Editorial Board is glad to see unemployed do not have incentive to work tions that are often unrealistic and encourage our days are full and most of us are running
that benefits for the unemployed were ex- — the problem is that the American econo- some to flounder. behind.But nonetheless,breathing space has a Want to take a break? Send Aysha a comment at
tended, but we also fear that Bunning’s my has failed to sustain the number of So what are we students to do? In this case, rightful claim in our lives! abagchi@stanford.edu.
voice and those of his mindset will continue workers seeking employment in the United
to block needed relief efforts in the future. States. The latest estimates show that for
The most alarming aspect of this failed every available job in America, there are six
filibuster is that it has rallied economic ide-
ologues even more extreme than Bunning
workers seeking employment. It is not a
problem of incentive, but a problem of the
S TRANGELY C HARMING
himself — Bunning’s own statements re- demand for employment dwarfing the real-
Insomnia Week
veal that he does not oppose unemploy- ity of what the job market really has to
ment benefits on principle, but simply felt it offer.
was irresponsible to pass a jobs bill that Continued deficit spending is an unsus-
would further contribute to the federal tainable problem, and Bunning is right to
deficit. In contrast, two public figures who be concerned about its long-term dangers.
U
have come to Bunning’s defense since he But he and his Republican colleagues can- p to this point, my columns have function of the brain, and understanding
first started the filibuster — Former House not prevent the government from providing hopefully been educational and en- how 30 billion neurons work in harmony can Jack
Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX) and essential funds to the millions of unem- tertaining, but perhaps not immedi- be a daunting task (despite years of field re- Cackler
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) — have used the ployed workers in America. Nor can they ately applicable to most of your everyday search, I am still trying to understand the
debate over the jobs bill to attack public re- continue to appeal to outdated rhetoric lives. And while I would be thrilled if my minds of individuals with two X chromo-
lief efforts on the ideological front. Delay, about incentive and motivation when the writing inspired one of you to a lifelong voy- somes). To aid this problem electroen-
appearing on CNN, warned that “unem- American worker continues to seek em- age of scientific exploration, I can also un- cephalography (EEG), or “electric brain
ployment benefits [keep] people from ployment, only to find that American indus- derstand that some of you may already have mapping,” is incredibly useful. Scientists un- brain in organizing thoughts into memories
going and finding jobs” while Kyl declared try and American business have nothing plans (for life, that is). To this end, I’d like to derstood since the late 1800s that neurons and thereby aid learning. Lack of sleep can
on the Senate floor that “continuing to pay available for them. If Congress is really seri- write about a subject that each of you can re- communicated via electric signals and, using have disastrous effects on judgment. Both
people unemployment compensation is a ous about cutting back on unemployment search every day! Particularly in light of the this knowledge, Hans Berger developed the Challenger explosion and the Exxon-
disincentive for them to seek new work.” spending, then it should commit itself to find- fact that this is Dead Week, it seems like a EEG in the mid 1920s. His device consisted Valdez oil spill may have been avoided had
These assertions by Delay and Kyl are ing a real solution for reviving this lumbering great time to talk about modern research on of two simple silver wires, attached to the those involved with each been well-rested.
nothing new. In fact, they represent a very giant that we call the economy. sleep. front and the back of the head and then con- Several recent repeated studies have indi-
Despite the fact that all humans spend nected to a galvanometer that measured the cated that pulling even one all-nighter can
nearly a third of their life sleeping, scientists activity between the two. EEGs have gotten impair driving performance worse than a .10
Unsigned editorials in the space above represent the views of The Stanford Daily's editorial board and do not have only recently begun to understand much more sophisticated since then and can percent BAC. So while sleep isn’t fully un-
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff. The editorial board is comprised of six Stanford students, led sleep in terms of its purpose and function. now, aided with knowledge of what different derstood, it’s definitely a good thing to get
by a chair. To contact the editorial board for an issue to be considered, or to submit an op-ed, please e-mail While it’s easy to piece apart a cadaver to components of the brain do, be used to ana- on a regular basis.
editorial@stanforddaily.com. study most other organs, sleep is inherently a lyze many more aspects of human thought. Unfortunately, basic math works against
One of the main things EEG allowed re- Stanford students. With an average of 15
searchers to study was overall brain activity. units a quarter, students are expected to
J UST A T HOUGHT While awake, the human brain consumes
around a quarter of all the energy the body
spend 15 units in class, plus 45 out of class, for
a total of 60 hours a week on school work, as
uses, despite weighing only about two per- a very rough lower bound. Given that many
Can Mexican food be better than sex?
cent of the average human body. Or, more students are involved in one or two student
plainly, the average brain cell gets 12 times organizations, possibly a sports team and a
its fair share of energy. As an illustration, job or a research position, roughly tacking
even with our fancy linear accelerators, the on 10 hours a week for each of those brings
average Stanford student uses only about the total up to 100. Adding in six hours on
G
iven that it is now officially Dead gredients’ temperature, whether they are three times the global energy average weekends to socialize and at minimum two
Week, and most people reading this mixed or clumped, quality of meat, variety of (which is still more than one, so keep con- hours a day for meals, showering, and any-
newspaper are struggling frantically salsas . . . “ Also, Danny’s own criteria: is the serving!). Because being awake is so ener- thing else in life, the total comes to 120 hours,
yielding 48 for sleep — or barely under
to reconcile the demands of their classes with Nikola last bite the best? “It should be because all of getically draining, during sleep the brain
drastically lowers its energy consumption, in seven hours a day. While these are all rough
their procrastination, some light reading is in the sauces from the meat, salsa, guacamole,
order. Discarding the more cerebral topics of Milanovic sour cream and beans should sink down to several different stages, which can be moni- calculations, the fact remains that the odds
moral philosophy and social psychology for the bottom [ . . . ] so the last bite should have tored through EEG. The first four stages en- are stacked against us getting anything re-
some culinary advice is the best way to ac- everything plus the extra juices that make a tail sequentially deeper sleep, marked by re- sembling a reasonable amount of sleep.
complish this. Specifically: burritos. burrito taste good in the first place.” Now duced energy output, but, curiously, in the While I wouldn’t give up a second of my
The nice part of being a columnist is that I onto the spots . . . deepest sleep, brain activity suddenly jumps busy Stanford life, we all need more sleep.
old money elitism and Massachusetts De-
can write exclusively about my personal life The Best On-Campus Burrito Award:The up to near wakefulness. This, of course, indi- Perhaps we suffer from hubris; as successful
mocrats Republicans. One west coast import
and pretend people care or I can make at- only thing I like more than cheap Mexican cates dreaming, and the associated Rapid Stanford students, surely we can wade
I allowed into my cozy mid-Atlantic sphere,
tempts to indoctrinate students to my politi- labor and cheap Mexican vacation destina- Eye Movement (REM) sleep was first docu- through the waters of drowsiness unscathed.
however, was Chipotle. As such, I was aston-
cal beliefs through 750-word snippets, like tions is cheap Mexican food, and it doesn’t mented by Dr.William Dement, the beloved It’s amazing how Stanford students take
ished to arrive at Stanford and meet a local
some columnists.I could depart from the nor- come any cheaper than Jimmy V’s, which has Stanford professor of “Sleep and Dreams” meticulous care of physical, mental and aca-
named Danny Zuckerman who passionately
mal litany of cynical armchair reflection to burrito day every Thursday for $5. Added — a class I highly recommend. demic health, and yet routinely neglect
hated Chipotle. With his help, I went on a
write a poetic ode to the United States of bonus: ask them to grill your tortilla. The exact function of each stage of sleep sleep. I hope the above examples have illus-
whirlwind tour of all the Mexican outlets the
America. Or I could use my writing to pen an Best Convenience Burritos Award (a is still not well understood. On the whole, by trated the flaw in this logic, and I encourage
immediate area had to offer (on the ASSU’s
incendiary commentary about blowjobs and quick drive): Taqueria El Grullense on El freeing up energy from the brain, sleep you all, even during Dead Week, to develop
dollar, too — so that’s where your Special
male domination in an effort to extrapolate Camino Real. A “truly authentic” restaurant greatly aids the body’s immune system, healthy sleep habits. At least, a man can
Fees are going). He and I now hope to give
my personal experience onto an entire gen- with a sister (or hermana, as they say in Mex- wound healing and growth processes. Addi- dream.
you a survival guide to locating good burritos
der. Instead, I’ll use this space to help out around Stanford. ican) taqueria in Redwood City listed among tionally, sleep aids hormone regulation, al-
other burrito fanatics. the top 20 burrito joints in the Bay Area. Fre- lowing effective control over weight and The clock right now says that Jack is an incredi-
Danny lists four aspects to consider in a
I am from the east coast. Accordingly, I alertness levels, among other things. Other ble hypocrite. Tell him to go to bed at
Mexican restaurant: “price, proximity, au-
like boat shoes/shorts dotted with lobsters, Please see MILANOVIC, page 5 studies indicate that sleep might aid the cackler@stanford.edu.
thenticity, atmosphere.” In a burrito: “the in-
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 10, 2010 N 5
MILANOVIC M IDNIGHT F RYER
Supermarket in Redwood City
boasts the best meat around (they
take out a slab of meat and chop it up
Continued from page 4 right in front of you), huge quesadil-
las and steamed tortillas. The down-
side: no free chips and salsa, and also
“Watch Your Language, Young Lady!” Part
II
quented by possible gang members, relatively expensive (though, to be
so possibly not the safest eatery. fair, this is relative to that taco truck
Great salsa bar, though.A close run- that drives around campus at noon).
ner-up: Sancho’s, a brand new outlet Finally, Taqueria Los Charros of
in downtown Palo Alto, with the eas- Castro St. in Mountain View. Yanran asks that you read the article with a British chemicals lighting up in our brain, but talking
iest good burritos to get to. Also, de- Best Burritos Around (my vote): accent: “I am not British by any means, but since “dirty” is something we are not capable of or al-
licious fish tacos. La Costena, a Mexican supermarket the article might otherwise lack ‘propriety,’ read- lowed to do in public. This is not just for sex —
Best Local Sit-Down Award: and burrito factory conveniently lo- ing it with a British accent might just add some ‘le- when we talk about anything, it is not enough that
Sometimes eating good burritos cated in Mountain View.You’ll think gitimacy.’” Yanran we arrive at the same result. We have to agree on
just can’t be accomplished while you died and went to heaven, but Lu the means by which we derive the result, too. My
S
standing. Celia’s is a great alterna- then they realized it was not your o I am a woman talking about sex.To be spe- critics and I have argued like Catholics and Protes-
tive for those who like to sit down time, so they sent you to Mexico in- cific, I am an Asian woman, a species that has tants though our intentions are the same, as if
for their food. A good bar, great stead. been sexualized because of our “submis- there is only one (correct) way to reach G-d (of
menu and authenticity all add to the Finally, the Worst Burritos sion,” talking about sex. I am not sure how this course, let us not forget the Muslims and the Jews,
experience. So whether you’re Award: shared by the place in Tresid- particular status contributes to my voice as I ap- we carrying the same mentality as the high school too).
looking for a good place to have a der, The Treehouse, Uno Mas and proach this rather tantalizing subject. In addition, guy who swore off pink shirts because it might “di- In that light, perhaps my claim that sex breaks
sit-in to protest a janitor’s firing, or the worst of the worst: Chipotle. In I am not sure whether people take offense to the minish his masculinity”? down economic and social barriers is not true.
you just can’t rise to the occasion, Danny’s words (as he wants them in fact that the silent, obedient Asian woman is Would “everyday” sex language in public Certainly a yoga practitioner is capable of a more
try Celia’s. his epitaph): “A good burrito does speaking, or the vulgar language I used to express media make us vulgar and break down the eco- dynamic range of sexual positions; an open-
Best Burritos Around (Danny’s not start with a McDonald’s brand- my “disobedience” or my lack of English abilities nomic and social barriers we so desperately build minded and rich person will have surgical-grade
vote): Karlita’s on Woodside Road. ing or end with white rice.” Thank — to which I am hanging on for dear life as I try all the time? What I mean by it is when we imagine silicon or even gold toys; and a religious person
The biggest, best stuffed, and defi- you, west coast, for teaching me that to express sexuality, since I was never taught a respected person (such as a CEO or the presi- has Jesus or G-d in the bedroom while they are
nitely sloppiest burrito you’ll ever Chipotle is the Ke$ha of burritos. about it in my native language. dent) in the middle of a sexual act — without doing the deed. When we carry social markers to
have. Don’t make plans for the night As I search for a new, more “appropriate” lan- clothes, imperfections unabashedly displayed, a place that supposedly exposes us to our utmost
afterwards unless they include a I want my epitaph to say “Seacrest, guage to talk about sex, I am lost for words. Some- drenched in sweat while making faces only made basic selves, it is only reasonable to ask: is the so-
restroom. The taqueria at Chavez out.” nikm@stanford.edu. how “cunnilingus” or “fellatio” does not quite in agony yet claiming the most divine pleasure — cial and economic structure an innate part of the
have the same ring to it. Besides not knowing their the person’s presence is almost silly. In a weird human makeup, or is it something so ingrained
meanings, they sound like some obscure kinky sex- way, sex becomes something that breaks bound- into our brain that we feel uncomfortable letting
ual act when they come up on the college “Purity aries: no matter if we wear Gucci or No Bound- go of it — the lack of it making us feel naked?
Test.”Therefore, I want to ask, is it not appropriate aries (a Wal-Mart brand) in public, we still perform Are we not yet comfortable in just our own skin?
to use the “everyday” language when we are ap- the same primal act. Nothing about the act pre- Do we have to look at our bodies and imperfec-
proaching an “everyday” subject? We have no serves “manners,” “propriety” or other distinc- tions through a veil of “propriety?” What would
problem in introducing “technical” terms such as tions among humans.A king making love is just as be left of us when we are stripped away of the
“isomorphism,” “confirmation bias” or “diminish- obscure as a peasant making love. decorative feathers of social and economic mark-
ing marginal utility” into our conversation. In fact Of course, people argue, we are not prude peo- ers? I certainly hope I would not look like your
we are quite proud when we do that and laugh,“we ple and we talk about sex. We just need to talk Thanksgiving dinner.
are such Stanford students.”Yet how are we so un- about it using “appropriate” language in “appro-
comfortable introducing “everyday” language priate” settings.We have to address it in a scholar- To defend her opinion that social pretense is a ridicu-
into “elevated” media such as the school newspa- ly and intellectual way. We can examine the veloc- lous idea, you will never, ironically, catch
per? Would it potentially “dumb” us down? Or are ity of semen in projectile motion or the numbers of yanran@stanford.edu “naked” without her words.
CHU
Continued from front page
“It’s more
Chu had used his time to talk about
energy policy and “how you change
individuals’ mindsets — the Ameri-
than a smoking
can mindset — rather than so much
about the nitty-gritty.”
Chu warned that the United gun.”
States might lose its leading position
in the world in the absence of further
technological advances. Decades
ago,Americans were at the forefront STEVEN CHU,
of automobile technology, energy
transmission and nuclear power. Secretary of Energy
Now, countries in Europe and Asia
are investing more money in those
fields. On an individual basis, Chu also
“If we hold off the inevitable for said that Americans need to learn to
another five years or 10 years, we’ll use energy more wisely. For example,
lose because other countries are he stated that more energy efficient
ahead,” Chu said. “We will play fridges have saved an amount of
catch-up and the United States is at electricity greater “than all the re-
risk. Energy touches everything in newable wind and solar energy we
the United States.” make today.”
According to the Nobel laureate, “That’s how important energy ef-
China spends $9 billion a month on ficiency is,” he added.
clean energy, investing heavily in Chu also offered suggestions to
wind energy. Chu recalled an occa- students on how to be more energy
sion in which he asked the head of efficient, such as becoming more in-
their state grid about how he got peo- formed,turning off lights,shutting off
ple to pay for the system. water and putting a computer to
“Well, of course, nobody likes sleep.
money taken out of their wallets, but Some students found these latter
we tell them how important it is,” the suggestions somewhat lacking in
unnamed official responded to Chu. substance.
“Different system,” Chu quipped “The only thing that rang a little
to the laughing audience. sour for me was the answer to what
But Chu went on to acknowledge young people can do,” said Eli Pollak
the United States’ longstanding role ‘12.“I would never downplay the im-
as an “innovation machine,” adding portance of individual action, but
that the Obama administration’s young people, especially as talented
new policies provide a “reason to a group of young people as you had
hope.” in the room today, have an essential
“Scientists have come to the serv- role in driving forward the techno-
ice of our country in times of nation- logical advances for this issue.”
al need,” he said. Chu also spoke Monday evening
Contributing to this effort, Chu at a panel, along with Henry Kelly,
said the Department of Energy the Department of Energy principal
hopes to foster scientific communi- deputy assistant secretary; Lynn Orr,
ties that encourage collaborative, the director of the Stanford Precourt
multidisciplinary innovations. Institute for Energy; Camron
The Department of Energy also Gorguinpou, the executive director
has established an agency called the of Scientists & Engineers for Ameri-
Advanced Research Projects ca and moderator Teryn Norris, the
Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to fund director of Americans for Energy
“high-risk, high-reward” projects. Leadership, who is also a Daily
Stanford received $4.9 million in Oc- columnist.
tober to research incentives for ener-
gy-efficient behavior in homes and Contact Dana Sherne at desherne
small businesses. @stanford.edu.
6 N Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Stanford Daily
STUDENT GOV’T
UNIVERSITY
Bhandari to become Herkovic:Google Books
ASSU financial chief is ‘too useful to fail’
MS&E graduate student
By KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKI net revenues from advertising to rights
will oversee $14 million STAFF WRITER holders. One of the key features of the
agreement would be Google’s ability to BRIAN HOWALD/The Stanford Daily
By CAROLINE CHEN Stanford is currently in a partnership make considerable use of out-of-print
STAFF WRITER with Google to help digitize millions of and “orphan” works, which are out-of- the co-founder of Google,in which they TSD: Could you describe some of the
books for the online Google Books data- print but still protected under copyright found that they were both very interest- features of the Google Book Search
Raj Bhandari, a graduate student base,aneffortthathasanimmensepoten- law; revenues from these works would ed in the idea of the mass digitization of database and what is convenient about
in management science and engineer- tial to democratize access to literature and be mediated through the new Book books to unleash the information sitting using the database?
ing, is eager to step up as the new knowledge. Google has scanned more Rights Registry. on library shelves.That may not have it- AH: The great power of Google Book
ASSU Financial Manager and CEO than1.7millionbooksownedbyStanford The settlement also contains provi- self started the Google Book Search Search is in search. And the power to
of Stanford Student Enterprises in the last five years and hopes to scan mil- sions for the establishment of institu- project,but it put us in a position so that search any book is a powerful tool.If the
(SSE), the financial branch of the lions more over the next decade. More tional and public access subscription when Google got serious about it in settlement goes through,there will be a
ASSU. Bhandari’s ascension will take than two dozen major libraries around systems, which would enable compa- 2003, they immediately started talking lot of full texts available, depending on
place in July when Matt McLaughlin the world have signed on to the project. nies,colleges and individuals to have ac- to Stanford about our participation and how authors and publishers individual-
‘08 ends his two-year term. The University last month con- cess to the Google Books catalog. discussion about how to go about such a ly react. In general, the public will be
Bhandari M.S. ‘10 will manage a firmed its support of the Google Book If the settlement is approved, Stan- plan. So we were one of the first five li- able to read, instead of snippets, some-
staff of 50 student employees and Search Settlement Agreement, which ford will become a Fully Participating braries that were on board when thing like up to 20 percent of the text of
oversee $14 million, including $5 mil- CAROLINE CHEN/The Stanford Daily Google and copyright owners had Library in the Google Books effort, Google went public with this in 2004. the particular book that is under copy-
lion that constitutes the ASSU en- “I want to allow the student employ- brought before a federal court.The new which would expand its current access right,and they would be able to read 100
dowment, which is invested by the settlement made modifications to the to the Google Book catalog. TSD: How does the Google Book percent of the text of the book that is out
ees to define SSE,” Bhandari said. A original agreement, which was reached Andrew Herkovic,director of com- Search subscription work? of copyright. The terms of the settle-
Stanford Management Company,and
$7 million allocated to student groups. University of Pennsylania alumnus, in 2008 as a resolution to separate law- munications and development at Stan- AH: If the settlement goes through, ment have been limited to books pub-
Bhandari expressed enthusiasm he is set to replace current ASSU fi- suits filed by the Authors Guild and the ford Libraries,called the Google Books the Fully Participating Libraries will lished in the United States,Canada,the
for his new job, describing SSE as an nancial manager Matt McLaughlin Association of American Publishers in project “too useful to fail. I believe that have access to at least all of the content United Kingdom and Australia.
organization “run off the energy of ‘08 in July after a two-year stint. 2005 accusing Google of“massive copy- something useful, if not perfect, will that they provided. Furthermore, Unfortunately, we’re not talking
the students” and his staff as “some of right infringement.” come out of the court.” under the settlement,every library will about every book. We’re only talking
the smartest and best students at Under the 303-page amended set- Herkovic spoke with The Daily have the right to one terminal, so to about books published in those coun-
Stanford.” nomic conditions the organization tlement, Google would make a one- about Stanford’s relationship with speak [i.e. for one simultaneous user]. tries where the author or publisher has
While he is excited to bring his ex- faced. time payment of $125 million to rights Google,the new settlement and the fu- Individuals unaffiliated with the insti- not opted out.That’s a huge limitation
perience as a graduate student to One ongoing issue that Bhandari holders, authors and publishers to ture of the Google Books project.Here tutions would be able to buy access to on the power of the system. But we’re
SSE, Bhandari sees his role as mainly will inherit from McLaughlin is the re- negate liability for materials that have is an edited excerpt. Google Books on a pay-as-you-go looking at access to a lot of full texts,but
motivational. cent spike in refund requests from already been scanned, searched and basis or various, not yet fully articulat- not as much as we would hope in an
“I want to allow the student em- students, which has risen from an av- made available online. Part of the pay- The Stanford Daily (TSD): How did ed subscription schemes. If the settle- ideal system.But a lot more than would
ployees to define SSE,” Bhandari erage of 500 undergraduates per ment would also be devoted to the es- Stanford first begin its relationship with ment is approved, Stanford students have been possible under the original
said. “My job is to allocate and moti- quarter in two prior years to 1,132 un- tablishment of an independent non- Google Book Search? on campus would not need to pay any- settlement with Google.
vate people to do what they want.” dergraduates this winter. The spike profit entity called the Book Rights Andrew Herkovic (AH):As you know, thing for access.
Bhandari also praised McLaugh- pushed McLaughlin to enforce a 2004 Registry, which would collect revenue Stanford Libraries has been digitizing Someone in the community unaffil- TSD: How has the Stanford alumni
lin’s tenure. ASSU by-law that allows up to 10 per- from third-party users of Google Books materials for many years, but on a very iated with Stanford would have the op- connection to Google affected Stan-
“Matt is like our Obama, coming cent of the requested refund money content and transfer that revenue to small scale — generally for special pur- portunity to seek a terminal in a Palo ford’s relationship with Google?
into a business when the stock mar- to be covered by a buffer fund. Be- rights holders. poses or projects.In about 2002,Univer- Alto library or would be able to seek a AH: The fact that Larry and Sergey
kets were crashing and keeping things yond that amount, refunds come out The settlement would enable sity Librarian Mike Keller was at a re- terminal on the Stanford campus and [Brin M.S.‘95 Ph.D.‘98] are closely asso-
running,” he said. of the groups’ budgets. Prior to this Google to continue scanning and dis- treat at the home of Paul Allen,the Mi- would have equivalent rights of any- ciated with the Stanford computer sci-
Bhandari commended McLaugh- year, the by-law never came into play, playing books under the condition that crosoft co-founder,and found himself in one on the campus — I believe that to
lin’s efforts to expand interest in SSE McLaughlin said. the company turn over 63 percent of its conversation with Larry Page [M.S.‘98], be true. Please see LIBRARY, page 7
and increase the number of applicants
for SSE jobs, despite the difficult eco- Please see SSE, page 11
ACADEMICS
ELECTION Bioengineering major ramps up
Adina Tecklu and Stephanie Webb
make up Think Thirteen!, while Frosh
Council members Steven Greitzer and
Continued from front page Shane Hedge,along with Maxine Litre
and Misha Nasro, joined together for
Sophs 4 More. By RYAN MAYFIELD partment provides to clinical laboratories through right focus. This con-
required to petition,though some used This year’s Class of 2012 presidents STAFF WRITER ongoing collaborations,”Tung wrote in an e-mail to trasts with many
the Elections Commission option to return as the only slate for junior class The Daily. other BioE depart-
declare their candidacy last week. presidents, with 181 signatures: Marie Bioengineering,one of the most recently formed Such interests are similar to those of Travis ments, which are much
The petition phase closed Friday at Caligiuri-de Jesus, Adrian Castillo, departments on campus, has only been a graduate Urban ‘11, who entered Stanford looking to major more strongly focused on
4 p.m., prompting last-ditch paper pe- Taylor Goodspeed and Isabelle Wi- level program for five years and was not available to in biology and get a coterminal degree in bioengi- biomedical applications.”
tition drives and mass e-mail bom- jangco picked up a fifth member for undergraduates until the beginning of this school neering. With the addition of the bioengineering Over the next five
bardments at the end of last week. next year, Cody Sam. year. undergraduate degree this fall, Urban decided to years, the program is ex-
Tasked with monitoring the elec- The Class of 2011 also posted one But despite its relative youth, the program is al- make the switch. pected to expand
tion process, the Elections Commis- slate for class president. With 122 sig- ready ranked within the top 10 in the nation for its “They opened up the major,so I thought I would through the addition of
sion — an independent and appoint- natures, current presidents Pamon graduate component. just take a stab at it,” Urban said.“I had to go talk to 25 faculty members. The
ed body of the ASSU — spent the Forouhar, Dante DiCicco and Mona This year, only a handful of students have de- the guy who designed the major, but in the end, he principal unknown com-
weekend verifying petitions. Hadidi are joined by Molly Spaeth. clared majors in bioengineering. There is a great let me go forth, for better or for worse.” ponent remains the under-
To validate each petition,Commis- deal of interest in the major, however, according to Urban’s interest came from research he saw graduate program, which
sion members contacted 15 randomly Undergraduate Senate Jim Plummer M.S.‘67 Ph.D.‘71, dean of the School being done by professors into areas like synthetic began last quarter with BRIAN
selected signers and questioned how A total of 39 candidates are set to of Engineering. biology and metabolic engineering. A particular some organizational is- HOWALD/The Stanford Daily
their signature was obtained. Peti- compete for 15 spots on the Under- “We are worried that the number of undergrads study included reengineering bacteria to design sues, despite the great
tions were declared valid once eight graduate Senate in a race that is frosh- considering this major may overwhelm the BioE medicine. interest.
or more people confirmed their signa- heavy. Three juniors and six sopho- department,” wrote Plummer in an e-mail to The “It’s a more cost effective way of producing a “The first bioengineering undergraduate course
tures. mores made the ballot, with 30 fresh- Daily. complex drug,” Urban said. “For me, that’s what I took was last quarter,” Urban said. “They didn’t
At press time, one petition was men making up the majority of candi- This prediction is based on anecdotal informa- fired me up about bioengineering,It seems like a re- have a syllabus — we were told a midterm would
pending authorization, according to dates. tion,as well as the popularity of bioengineering pro- ally cool facet of the major, or one area that the happen in the middle of the quarter, and we didn’t
Elections Commissioner Quinn Slack Juniors Philip Bui, Danny Crich- grams across the nation. Johns Hopkins University major covers that I wanted to explore in-depth.” know when it would happen.”
‘11. ton and Nikola Milanovic are the only is currently ranked first in the nation with a major Over the next five years,the Stanford program is Urban estimated that between 30 and 35 stu-
upperclassmen in the race. Crichton they call biomedical engineering, which is the expected to continue expanding, and professors are dents arrived on the first day of class. This number
Executive and Milanovic are also Daily colum- largest department within its engineering program. hoping that along with this increase in size comes was slimmed down to a core of seven, including six
Five of six executive slates were nists. While some students are interested in the mix- even greater prominence in national rankings — declared bioengineering majors, he said.
given the go-ahead for the April elec- Michael Cruz, Andrew Jang, Ben ture between engineering and pre-medical pro- perhaps reaching the top three in the near future. The curiosity shown by freshmen in the new
tion:Angelina Cardona ‘11 and Kelsei Jensen, Deniz Kahramaner, Miles grams, there are additional factors that draw stu- “Within a few years, it will have a 21st century major, however, could be a positive sign of future
Wharton ‘12 with 339 signatures, Unterreiner and Rafael Vasquez are dents in, according to Leslie Tung, director of the home when the fourth building is finished in the popularity.
chemical engineering doctoral stu- the sophomores on the ballot. Unter- undergraduate biomedical engineering program at SEQ [Science and Engineering Quad] II,” Plum- “It’s moving in the right direction,” Urban said.
dents Ryan Peacock and Jonathan reiner is also a Daily writer. Johns Hopkins. mer wrote.“We believe the intellectual focus of the
Bakke with 224, juniors Austin Guz- Freshmen Milton Achelpohl, “Others are interested in the access that our de- department (based on quantitative biology), is the Contact Ryan Mayfield at rmayf24@stanford.edu.
man and Patrick Mahoney with 219, Khaled Alshawi, Anush Ammar, Pat
junior Katherine Heflin and senior Bruny, Katie Cromack, Pukar Hamal,
Daniel Leifer with 214 and juniors Madeline Hawes, Daniel Holstein, UNIVERSITY
Thom Scher and Stephanie Werner Arielle Humphries, Deepa Kannap-
with 208.
Executive slates needed 200 signa-
tures to make the ballot.
Billy Kemper ‘11 and Josh Meisel
pan, Daniel Khalessi, Jason Lupatkin,
Stewart Macgregor-Dennis, Edouard
Negiar, Karissa Paddie, Robin Perani,
Tianay Pulphus, Kevin Roberts, Re-
College app ad in Stanford Magazine troubles some
‘12 of the slate Two Dope Boys in a becca Sachs,Kamil Saeid,Percia Safar, By KATE ABBOTT acterization is incorrect. Richard Shaw, the dean of admis- plication, but it’s not as simple as it
Caddylack made the ballot with 207 Rahul Sastry, Will Seaton, Bennett DESK EDITOR “We’re helping kids who could get sion, wrote to several universities also sounds,”Abbott said.“If we add such a
signatures, but await validation as the Siegel, Carolyn Simmons, Daniel into Stanford on their own,” she said. partnered with the Ivy League Net- question, we need to determine what
commission determines whether or Thompson, Juany Torres, George The Stanford admission applica- “We can’t invent talents, but we can work to alert them of Stanford’s situ- to do with that information, and we
not they have enough graduate signa- Tsiveriotis, Noemi Walzebuck and tion asks a variety of questions to show how to better represent them.” ation. need to determine how we address
tures to receive public campaign fi- Showly Wang are also in the running. gauge a prospective student’s interests The company helps clients outline “It has nothing to do with the ads honesty.”
nancing, which they are requesting. Seaton is a contributing writer for The in everything from dormitories to aca- application strategies to improve their themselves,” Cool added, “but with The faculty committee has yet to
Last year, three executive slates Daily. demics to potential roommates. An chances and provides oral feedback on [the reader’s] perception of the com- make a decision on adding such a ques-
were on the ballot, compared to the Only one incumbent, Cruz, is run- applicant must also sign an honor essays, Hernandez said. Her experi- pany and the business practices as un- tion.
potential six slates this year. ning for reelection. Senators Dean code. ence with applications from the uni- ethical.” “We are concerned about adding a
Notably, three of the slates on the Young ‘11 and Anton Zietsman ‘12 But what if applicants had to ac- versity perspective,she said,means she So, how does an admission officer question to the application that might
ballots have female representation; originally considered reelection bids, knowledge whether or not they had knows “what would be crossing the flag outside help? encourage students to be less-than-
the last female executives were Eliza- but later decided against it. used outside help, like a for-profit line” in terms of help. “We certainly encounter situa- honest if they feel their answer will in-
beth Heng ‘07 and Lauren Graham Both Young and Zietsman opened counseling agency,during the process? She charges up to $40,000 per tions where we are suspicious when fluence their admission one way or the
‘07 three years ago. petitions, earning 55 and 66 by Friday That was the question Shawn Ab- client, sometimes for months of coun- the application or the writing appears other,”Abbott said.
Peacock and Bakke are also the closing time.Young did not campaign bott, the director of admission, raised seling, Business Week reported in to be too ‘polished,’ so we always look Cool is concerned, for his part, that
first doctoral students to run for and said he does not intend to go for to the faculty’s Committee on Under- 2007. for multiple pieces of evidence in an rejecting this advertisement when no
ASSU executive since 1999, the earli- another term, while Zietsman hopes graduate Admission and Financial According to the magazine’s ad- application,” Abbott wrote in an e- other university has done so would set
est year the Elections Commission to head to Stanford in Washington Aid earlier this year. Abbott brought vertising manager, Phil Johnson, the mail to The Daily.“If the essay is bril- a negative precedent.
has election returns posted on their (SIW) fall quarter instead. up the issue following concerns about advertisement is not directly placed liant, we typically expect that the stu- “Not everyone agrees that these
Web site. “I applied to SIW for fall quarter an advertisement currently running in by the publication itself; rather, the dent will also have strong grades in practices are unethical,”he said.“[Her-
and the idea was to petition — de- the Stanford Magazine for an “appli- magazine is a partner with a third- English courses, strong writing test nandez] could be a savvy entrepreneur
Class Presidents pending on whether or not I get in, I’d cation boot camp” run by Michele party group called the Ivy League scores and recommendations that that has exploited a market successful-
In the class president elections, either run for Senate or drop out,” Zi- Hernandez — who bills herself as Magazine Network, which purchases talk about a student’s writing ability.” ly.”
only the Class of 2013 will have an ac- etsman said. He expects to hear back “America’s premier college consult- advertising space in elite college mag- According to Abbott,there is not a For now, Abbott hopes that appli-
tual contest.Four slates for sophomore from SIW soon. ant” — that has provoked responses azines across the country. formal policy in place to deal with cants remain honest and attest to their
class president were validated:Sophs 4 from several alumni, according to “The magazine does represent the “suspicious” applications. He would own work when signing the personal
More with 254 signatures, iThirteen Special Fees Kevin Cool, the magazine’s editor. University, and if something is really not say directly whether or not an ap- statement. He likened the online sig-
with 229,So-phresh with 196 and Think Fifteen special fees groups made “The Hernandez company, and inappropriate, it is the discretion of plicant who paid Hernandez’s compa- nature to abiding by Stanford’s Funda-
Thirteen! with 163. Slates needed at the ballot by closing time,rounding out probably other similar companies, ap- the magazine and the editor to pull ny for help would be considered cheat- mental Standard.
least 100 signatures to get on the ballot. the total special fees field to 51 groups, pear to be helping college applicants, it,” Johnson said. ing. “We aren’t blind to the fact that
iThirteen consists of freshmen Slack said. A campaign policies meet- including Stanford applicants,cheat on So far, there are no plans to re- A move toward a more clear policy, some students use independent col-
Camilla Boyer,Nelson Estrada,Adam ing for those groups’ representatives is their applications,” Jonathan Eisen- move the advertisement from the Abbott said, would be to add a ques- lege counselors,” Abbott said. Unfor-
Klein and Greg Naifeh. set for tonight at 8:15 p.m. in Old berg ‘92 told the Office of Admission in Stanford Magazine. tion on the Stanford application asking tunately for us, it is impossible for us to
Joel Aguero, Imani Franklin, Elise Union. a letter he provided to The Daily. “We’re not contractually obligated whether or not the applicant received know exactly who is using a counselor
Geithner and Thomas Hendee, all Hernandez, the head college con- to run these ads, but if all other outside help with his or her applica- and to what degree.”
Frosh Council members, form So- Contact Marisa Landicho at landi- sultant at Hernandez College Consult- schools are running them, then we tion.
phresh. cho@stanford.edu and Elizabeth Titus ing and former assistant director of ad- need a compelling reason not to,” “We’re wrestling with the idea that Contact Kate Abbott at kmabbott@stan-
Brennen Clouse, Cordelia Sendax, at etitus@stanford.edu. missions at Dartmouth, said that char- Cool said. a question should be added to the ap- ford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 10, 2010 N 7
INTERMISSION PRESENTS STUDENT LIFE
LEGALLY BLONDE IN THE BAY AREA A handful transfer — out
F
Intermission (i): How does “Legally tweens are really big fans. My fa- By LAUREN WILSON keeping track, administrators said. East Coast schools,including Yale,the
or many of us, law school, med-
Blonde:The Musical” differ from the vorite compliments, though, come Then there’s the fact that leaving University of Pennsylvania and Co-
ical school and graduate school
film? Will the fans of the movie be from the fellas. They’ll tell me, “My Fierce competition and few seats the Farm is not always permanent, as lumbia. He cites Columbia’s “unbe-
are all dreams and distinct pos-
pleased with the play? girlfriend [or whomever] dragged mean that just 25 transfer students was the case with Bakkegard’s ad- lievably large, diverse and under-
sibilities for our futures. We work
Natalie Joy Johnson (NJJ): The mu- me here and I loved it!” It’s a really were accepted to Stanford in 2008; an visee. standing Jewish communities” a rea-
hard at academics, stuff our resumes
sical is very much the same story as fun show and very energetic, very average of 30 make the cut each year, Students can file for a leave of ab- son for its appeal.
and excel at extracurricular activi-
the film. It’s about Elle, who is, of saccharine. It also helps that the cast according to the Registrar’s office. sence, which holds their spot at Stan- While Yale and Brown don’t nec-
ties. Moving on to something like
course, jilted by her boyfriend,Warn- is a group of ridiculously beautiful Once transfer and new students get ford for two years in case they decide essarily solve the religion issue for
Harvard Law is a goal we actively
er, and everything that follows. Ex- people (laughs). in, Stanford boasts a retention rate to come back, regardless of whether him, their proximity to his East Coast
work toward every single day.
cept in the stage version, you add around 98 percent. or not they enroll at another school. home makes them both viable op-
For one girl, Harvard Law was a
song and dance. The biggest differ- i: What do you think is the message But what about the other two per- Eighty-four students took leaves tions.
dream she didn’t know she had —
ence between the musical and the that people should take away from cent — those who choose to leave? of absence this winter, as did 175 in “I felt closer to home in Israel last
and it wasn’t she had the scorn of a
movie is that you get to see Elle and the show? Koren Bakkegard, an associate fall quarter and 200 last fall, for rea- year than I did this year, so that’s kind
boy and her Delta Nu sorority sis-
Emmett really fall in love. In the NJJ: I can boil the big, overall theme dean in Undergraduate Advising and sons ranging from job opportunities of an interesting feeling,” he said.
ters’ help that she tried her hand at
movie, it’s just like, Luke Wilson is of the show into one of the lines in Research, is often the person to meet to relatives’ illnesses. However, he is waiting until spring
the Ivy League. In one of the most
there for a little bit, and boom, they the script. “Being true to yourself with those undergraduates who trans- While the percentage of students quarter before he makes a final deci-
successful and ubiquitous films of the
get engaged in the end.You see more never goes out of style.”At the end of fer from Stanford. who choose to transfer is small, the sion.
past decade, “Legally Blonde,” Elle
of that on stage — musicals love a the day, that is the message to take “The image I use when I talk to question still remains as to their rea- “I am kind of an East Coaster at
Woods takes the legal world by
good love story. away. And I think that it means students is:it feels like we’re on one of sons why. heart,” said another student who is
storm by proving that a girl can be
something to everybody. those moving sidewalks at an airport “A lot of it just has to do with feel- considering a transfer, and was grant-
both smart and fashion savvy. In
i: Who do you think the ideal audi- with the railings,and once you’re on it, ing a sense of community or a match ed anonymity because of the personal
2007, the movie got revamped into
ence member is for “Legally Blonde: Catch “Legally Blonde: The Musi- you’re on it, until you get off,” with the culture of the institution,” nature of the decision.“There’s a very
“Legally Blonde: The Musical,” and
The Musical?” cal” in San Jose, March 16-21.Tickets Bakkegard said. “That’s not at all the Bakkegard said. “Sometimes it’s overwhelming sense of school spirit
it is coming to San Jose from March
NJJ: Honestly, the brilliant thing start at $20. reality of the undergraduate experi- about looking for a specific academic here that sort of transcends school
16-21. Intermission was lucky
about this show is that there is some- — annika HEINLE ence.” program and feeling that Stanford spirit and ends up a kind of blind,
enough to chat with Natalie Joy
thing for everybody. Obviously, it contact annika: Not many students choose to trans- doesn’t have exactly the specialty feverish contentedness. It’s just a real-
Johnson, who stars as Paulette, Elle’s
reaches a lot of women and girls — a n h e i n l e @ s t a n f o rd . e d u fer out; Bakkegard speaks with the area they’re looking for.” ly — almost forced happiness, that
beautician best friend.
majority of students who come to their For one student — who was grant- because the sun is shining and we’re
academic advisers considering a trans- ed anonymity because he felt the de- all wearing red, everyone has to be
fer.During more than a year and a half cision to transfer is a sensitive,person- happy all the time. It just ends up kind
EVALS
as an associate dean, she said she has al matter — religion is the issue. of oppressive after a while.”
not spoken with more than a dozen “There’s an irreligious attitude on However,she remains on the fence
freshmen per year about leaving. campus, particularly in this unfamil- about whether or not to stay.
Continued from front page Last year, she said, she spoke with iarity with Judaism,” he said. As a de- “Maybe all of the things I just com-
fewer than 10 students interested in vout Jew, he has had trouble reconcil- plained about are all in my head, and
transferring. Of them, only three ulti- ing his strong religious beliefs with the I’m just making myself miserable be-
es during fall, winter and spring quar- mately left for another university. lifestyle of his peers:many students go cause I’m crazy,” she said. “And
ters, according to Rosa Chappell, an Since then, one decided to re-enroll at out on Friday nights, which are also maybe I’ll see that and get really
assistant University registrar.For sum- Stanford. the nights of the Sabbath. super stoked about being here at
mer courses, the rate drops to 65 or 70 But there is only anecdotal infor- “I don’t have that kind of social ex- some point. But in the meantime,
percent. Some departments boast mation about how many students posure I was hoping for,”he said.“I feel transferring is still an option.”
higher numbers: for instance, more seek to leave Stanford. Because there not embarrassed, but kind of afraid to
than 90 percent of political science stu- is not a required administrative openly wear the yarmulke or things Kate Abbott contributed to this report.
dents return evaluations, said depart- process for students who leave, unless like that as I walk around campus be-
ment chair James Fearon. they choose to speak with their aca- cause I feel like people look at it funny.” Contact Lauren Wilson at lhwilson@
Of course, although course evalua- demic adviser, there is no way of He is currently applying to several stanford.edu.
tions are part of the promotion and
salary-setting processes, Jones said the
University values course evaluations as RALPH NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily
LIBRARY
a measurement of teaching quality,too. A student completes an end-of-quarter course evaluation online in exchange deeply involved in participating in the — access issues.Elevators that are smaller or
“Teaching is an important part of for an early glimpse at her winter grades. Administrators said the evaluations forming the public good side of the Book larger than our book trucks have really
faculty work,” Jones said.“It is expect- Search settlement. We’ve been working been logistical problems in a really large-
factor into decisions about promotions and salaries for professors and TAs.
ed that our faculty are good teachers.” Continued from page 6 with Google in a pretty authentic partner- scale project. I would say that overall
That is especially the case with ship to make the most of that. Our rela- we’ve had a very successful working rela-
in there that I really appreciate having. “My larger criticism of course eval-
many TAs, who, in many departments, tionship has matured in the sense of pro- tionship with Google staff.
I would guess most faculty really ap- uations is that they tend to result in re-
get critical feedback from course eval- ence department — Google was, in fact, viding a great deal of advice and involve-
preciate those sorts of comments from sponses to presentation of material,
uations. In the economics department, born here — certainly played a role. ment in how Google is going forward. TSD: Do you think the growth of
students.” rather than what’s actually learned,”
TA evaluations also help determine Among other things, it made it easier to Google Book Search reflects the devel-
Jones, who teaches upper-division Boggs said in an e-mail to The Daily.
who among them receives quarterly develop and maintain good communica- TSD: Are there any negative ways in opment of a more autodidactic society?
biology courses, said she looks back at Hong agreed that there is some
awards. Evaluations may also affect a tion between the Stanford Libraries and which the Google Books agreement af- AH:In its ideal state,[the] Google Books
course evaluations from past years room for improvement in the process.
TA’s future postings. Google.The other university that is most fects Stanford? Search service making vast numbers of
when preparing for courses she has “The current feedback is on a
“Some of my TAs ask if I’ll write a similar to Stanford in commitment and AH: Are there downsides for us? The books available to the public to be
taught before. micro level, so there is less discussion
recommendation letter for them,so I’ll scope in Google Book Search is the Uni- major downside to the settlement as we searched and,to some extent,to be read,
But the course evaluation system is between the student body and the fac-
go back and look at their evaluations,” versity of Michigan. They are quantita- understand it is that it remains silent on can be understood as a huge step forward
not without weaknesses, professors ulty body about where the students
Jones said. tively ahead of us, and they have been the subject of books that remain outside in the democratization of information.
said. If they wish to evaluate their think a program should be going,”
Course evaluations include both a very public in support of this.It may be no of the scope of the settlement,which is to And doing so essentially means that if
courses and sections in the middle of Hong said.“If there were a systematic
numerical ranking portion and a short coincidence that Larry Page himself was say books published everywhere except you are a student at East Podunk Com-
the quarter, they must create and dis- effort for this from the University
answer portion, in which students are an undergraduate there. The possibility in English-speaking countries. We have munity College,that you will have access
tribute their own evaluation forms, as level, that would be more successful.”
asked to write their own comments that personal relationships and contacts material at Stanford that is not in English, to millions of books,as does the Stanford
the University-wide system only solic- Although many students evaluate
about the class. greased the wheels cannot be dismissed. and we’re scanning that material. But student. There is a powerful argument
its evaluations at the end of the quar- their courses thoughtfully, Boggs
According to Carol Boggs, a biolo- how freely that material becomes accessi- that that really makes possible the im-
ter. noted that there are always those who
gy professor and the director of the TSD: Since Stanford became involved in ble by the open Web is less certain.That is provement of that person’s potential
“I wish the system could be im- don’t take evaluations seriously.
Program in Human Biology, depart- Google Book Search in 2003, how has a definite downside of the settlement. horizons and prospects for education.
proved to allow for more information “I also know faculty (not me!) who
ment heads and administrators can that relationship developed over time? Whether that will definitely bite Stanford, And if they’re not a student at all, but
in the middle of the quarter,”said Han have gotten marriage proposals via
only see the numerical rankings, while AH: All the library partners of Google I don’t know. rather a citizen, it could be very empow-
Hong,an economics professor and the course evaluations,” Boggs said.“That
the individual professors and TAs may Book Search meet twice a year,and it’s a ering for it to be assumed that vast num-
director of undergraduate studies for does not bode well for the seriousness
see the short answers — which Jones really interesting gathering to look at the TSD:How has the scanning process been bers of books are at their fingertips.[ . . . ]
the department.“There’s nothing offi- and professionalism with which those
said lend useful insight. problems and the opportunities and solu- organized? Have there been problems? We really hope that it will have the ef-
cially in place for that.” students approached the evaluation!”
“Not every student takes the time tions. And Stanford has participated AH:It’s a considerable — or logistical — fect of making people better aware of
Others feel that course evaluations
to answer questions by writing,” Jones wholeheartedly in those partner meet- nightmare to move thousands of books differences in quality in available infor-
focus largely on presentation, rather Contact Kate Barber at kbarber@stan-
said.“But there are always suggestions ings.There is kind of a level playing field from campus over to Google, return mation.A lot of the stuff on the Web is
than on the quality of course content. ford.edu.
among all of the library partners, except them,get them back on the shelf.And,in hard to distinguish in terms of its quality
that many of those partners have pretty fact,each book,after it has been selected of truthfulness. Books, of course, have
tight restrictions on how much they are
TUITION
measure of predictability. ing Committee form,” according to off of the shelf,is checked out as if Google the same problem, but to know that a
“By tagging it to the actual one-to- the University’s graduate tuition cat- willing to do and how far out on a limb were a person . . . Google itself has its book was held by Stanford or the Uni-
three-unit standard tuition, people egories. they are willing to go. Harvard and the own controls, but the labor is being con- versity of Michigan gives it a certain au-
around the University can do their Provost John Etchemendy an- New York Public Library, who were two ducted mainly by Google people with a thenticity that a Web site or Joe Moe’s
Continued from front page of the original five, were very, very cau- considerable amount of oversight and re- blog cannot.
budget projections much more pre- nounced the decrease at Thursday’s
dictably,” Gumport said. Faculty Senate meeting. tious in terms of what material they were view by Stanford [Libraries].There have
minimum, just so they can make ends Graduate Student Council Co- willing to provide. Stanford has been certainly been glitches. Our books are in Contact Kathleen Chaykowski at kch
meet,” Gumport said. “So we in- Chair Nanna Notthoff, a Ph.D. stu- Contact Eric Messinger at messinger@ much more gung-ho. Stanford has been so many places;there have certainly been aykow@stanford.edu.
creased the minimum [research assis- dent in psychology, called the move a stanford.edu.
tant and teaching assistant] salary by “significant improvement.”
Correction
SENATE
five percent, knowing that that was “I think it will have an impact,” said, adding that many of the contro- “Effectively, this bill is dead,” he
going to put more pressure on the Notthoff said. “I think it will remain versies that have surfaced surround- said.
other parts of the University that pay to be seen how meaningful it is.” ing the initiative represent “more of Creasman reported word from the
them.” Graduate students can request In “Faculty Senate talks ROTC” a criticism” of the way the Wellness University President’s office that
The new TGR rate will also be TGR status when they have success- (March 5), The Daily incorrectly re- Continued from front page
Room is run than a fundamental op- President Hennessy felt the bill was
pegged to the tuition level for gradu- fully “completed all required courses ported that emeritus Prof. William position to its spirit. “inappropriate” and that the ASSU
ate students enrolled for one to three and degree requirements other than Perry spoke to the Faculty Senate functions more like a voluntary stu- “We’re still trying to evaluate the was not authorized to legislate Uni-
units. The rate will rise in line with the University oral exam and disser- about his son’s experience as a Ma- dent organization (VSO) and ought usefulness of it,”Wharton said.“Until versity policy. The GSC also objected
that rate in future academic years, tation, completed 135 units and sub- rine. In fact, he was speaking about to apply for funding independently we can do that we should fund it, but to the bill, voicing concerns about its
which Gumport said will provide a mitted a Doctoral Dissertation Read- his grandson. in the fall on the general fee. work even harder to make sure that it hurried approach, Creasman said.
“It does not mirror the service is being evaluated properly.” “As long as students do not under-
project as envisioned by the ASSU, stand their rights, then we as student
as laid out by SSD,” he said, suggest- Senate Salary Cuts Revisited representatives cannot rest,”Creasman
ing that the shuttle service and A second bill on deck for vote at suggested, adding that he will be seek-
Green Store provided different the start of spring quarter is one that ing the expertise of the American Civil
functions that should not be lumped would tighten the reins on Senate Liberties Union (ACLU) and other or-
together with the Wellness Room, salaries. ganizations about a way forward.
which could operate on its own. The bill supports stipends for the “This issue is not closed,” Creas-
After a straw poll to gauge sup- Senate chair,Appropriations chair and man said.
port for the bill with and without the secretary,and proposes the payment of On a more jovial note, Senator
amendment to remove the Wellness stipends at the end of the term after ef- Zachary Warma ‘11 made his exit ad-
Room from the SSD budget, Parker fective completion of respective roles dress before his departure for spring
agreed to withdraw the Wellness and duties, as well as attendance at 90 quarter at Stanford in Washington,
Room from the bill’s proposal, sub- percent of the Senate’s meetings. reading from a scroll of makeshift
tracting $4,000 from the overall SSD Some senators rejected the dis- parchment to a captive audience of
special fees budget. Seven of the 12 bursement of payment at the end of constituents and friends over celebra-
senators present would have sup- the term, suggesting that such a meas- tory drinks.
ported the bill with the Wellness ure would make public service more
Room, but one more senator’s sup- unfeasible for some students.Accord- Appropriations Funding & The Spe-
port would have been needed to ingly, the bill was amended to dis- cial Fees Ballot
muster a two-thirds vote over Katz’s perse stipends in quarterly install- Recommending 41 percent of stu-
amendment. ments. dent groups’ funding requests in Feb-
Parker said in an interview with In addition to the amendment, a ruary, the Appropriations Committee
The Daily that the compromise number of senators supported the increased the Senate’s spending ap-
means “a harder road for [the Well- addition of a $1,000 salary for the provals last month, but the body is
ness Room] in the future.” deputy chair, who is often asked to still $24,000 under budget,said Anton
“When it comes down to it having step in for the chair and must Zietsman ‘12, the Appropriations
something on the special fees ballot spend significant time at addition- Committee chair.
for SSD, it is better than nothing,” al meetings. The week’s funding bills and pub-
Parker said. lications funding bills were unani-
Kelsei Wharton ‘12, the deputy Free Speech is “a Fight that Needs to mously passed. A graduate member
Senate chair, declined to support the be Fought,” Senator Says of the Elections Commission was also
bill with the amendment to remove Senator Adam Creasman ‘11 an- approved at Tuesday’s meeting.
the Wellness Room from the budget. nounced the withdrawal of a free
“I felt that the Wellness Room speech bill that he co-authored with Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stan-
should still be a part of the bill,” he Parker. ford.edu.
8 N Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Stanford Daily
SPORTS
CLOSING OUT
Women finish regular season strong, start postseason play Friday
By NATE ADAMS on the half. Outside the 10-0 outburst, the ed Stanford’s first three-pointer of the game
DESK EDITOR Cardinal offense did not look particularly with 13:33 remaining on a wide-open shot
impressive either, as Stanford opened the from the corner to make it 39-27. The Card
Closing out an impressive regular season game going two-for-eight with two was just 2-13 from beyond the arc on Satur-
on Saturday afternoon,the Cardinal women turnovers in four minutes, and shot 40 per- day, with both baskets coming from Tinkle.
bested rival Cal on the road to secure a per- cent before halftime. She finished with eight points and nine re-
fect conference record, beating the Bears For both teams, solid defense con- bounds.
63-48. Stanford managed the victory with- tributed as much to the poor shooting in the Following Tinkle’s first three, Ogwumike
out the help of its star player, senior center first half as a lack of offensive coordination. took initiative on offense and helped the
Jayne Appel, as forwards Kayla Pedersen Cal stepped up big on transition defense, in- Cardinal to pull away. She scored a jumper
and Nnemkadi Ogwumike stepped up with tercepting passes and interrupting Stan- soon afterward that gave her a game-high 17
23- and 22-point efforts, respectively. ford’s ability to set up on offense. Eliza points at the time, and then made a decisive
Whether or not it was a result of missing Pierre, who finished with a game-high three layup to make it 45-29. She turned to her
Appel, the No. 2 Cardinal (28-1, 18-0 Pac- steals for Cal, made a particularly impres- teammates and pumped her fist emphatical-
10) had a hard time establishing an offensive sive interception of a Lindy LaRocque pass, ly upon landing on the court, sensing that a
rhythm and driving to the basket in its com- breaking quickly across the court to score an perfect conference record was becoming
fortable, though often sloppy, victory. The easy layup. Stanford, meanwhile, frustrated more and more certain.
Stanford staff revealed that Appel had the Bears with its ability to quickly set up in Stanford never let Cal pull within 10
sprained her ankle in practice on Tuesday, the defensive zone, protecting the basket points for the remainder of the game, de-
and it remains unclear when the reigning and forcing long-distance, low-percentage spite a passionate effort from the Bears as
Pac-10 Player of the Year will be able to re- shots. Senior guard Rosalyn Gold-Onwude time wound down. While the Cardinal had
turn. Despite a large group of friends and was particularly effective, holding Gray- already secured its 10th consecutive out-
family coming out to support Appel at Lawson (18.0 points per game) to four-for- right or shared conference title several
Berkeley, her birthplace, she was sidelined 13 shooting from the field. In Cal’s victory weeks ago, the victory gave Stanford the
with a large orthopedic boot on her right leg last season, Gray-Lawson singlehandedly first perfect Pac-10 season by any team since
for the entire game. dismantled the Cardinal with 37 points. the Cardinal last went undefeated in 2002.
After a solid season and a 5-1 record over The Bears pulled within 20-17 on a pair Stanford has now won 35 of its last 38 meet-
the previous three weeks, the Bears (17-12, of Gray-Lawson free throws with less than ings with the Bears.
11-7) had plenty of momentum and a lot to three minutes remaining in the half, but The season might be over, but the Cardi-
play for on Saturday, their annual Senior Stanford was able to establish a more com- nal’s ambitions are anything but. Stanford’s
Day.A win against Stanford — who handily fortable 26-19 lead before heading to locker next step on its quest for a third consecutive
defeated the Bears at Maples Pavilion on room. Junior guard Jeanette Pohlen nearly Final Four appearance and its first national
Jan. 2, winning 79-58 — would have been a gave the Cardinal a 10-point lead with a des- championship since 1990 will take it to Los
big confidence booster and helped to secure perate three-point attempt as time expired, Angeles, where it will play as the No. 1 seed
a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Despite but the shot fell short. Despite playing solid in the Pac-10 Tournament. The Cardinal,
winning the “Battle of the Bay” at home last defense, Pohlen and Gold-Onwude strug- who won the tournament last season, will
season by a score of 57-54 to hand rival Stan- gled on offense,as Stanford’s pair of starting open up against either Arizona or Washing-
ford its only conference loss, the Bears were guards combined for a total of just three ton State on Friday.
unable to repeat the upset. field goals on 19 attempts. Of course, Stanford’s ultimate goal is to
While the final score might suggest oth- Both teams edged a bit closer toward earn a national title. The Cardinal nearly
erwise, however, Cal hung tough in the their normally solid offensive production in achieved that goal just last season, but was
opening minutes of the game. Stanford the second half, but neither was able to put defeated by Connecticut in the semifinals.
quickly found itself down 4-0 after a jumper together any streaks of strong shooting. The No. 1 Huskies have not lost since that
from senior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson — Stanford had the better resurgence, howev- game, and are the only team to defeat Stan-
Cal’s offensive leader on Saturday with 15 er, with the tone set immediately by an Og- ford this season. If the Cardinal reaches the
points — and did not lead until a Pedersen wumike layup that gave her a double-dou- title game, there is a good chance they will
layup at 13:00 put her team up 8-6.That bas- ble. She finished the game with 22 points be facing off against an all-too-familiar foe.
ket came in the midst of a 10-0 Cardinal run and a game-high 14 rebounds. Stanford will begin its NCAA Tourna-
that put Stanford up 14-6 midway through Freshman forward Joslyn Tinkle,playing ment run either March 20 or 21.
the half. a career-high 34 minutes in Appel’s absence, KYLE ANDERSON/The Stanford Daily
Cal went scoreless for over six minutes also made important contributions down Contact Nate Adams at nbadams@stanford. Redshirt junior guard Melanie Murphy and the Stanford women’s basketball team capped off an
during the stretch, and shot just 25.8 percent the stretch.The Missoula,Mont.native post- edu. undefeated Pac-10 season with a win over Cal, and now must prepare for the Pac-10 Tournament.
MEN’S SWIM AND DIVE
Card wins DISAPPOINTING
Pac-10s SENIOR NIGHT
Stanford comes back to tally
By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY run cut the deficit to four going into the
SENIOR STAFF WRITER locker room — Maples Pavilion was as
loud as it has been all year,and momentum
29th straight conference title
For a summary of Stanford’s 2009-2010 appeared to be in Stanford’s favor, even as
campaign, look no further than Saturday’s Fields appeared to be carrying the team by
71-61 loss to Cal on Senior Night. himself. Outside of his 15 points, only
The Cardinal (13-17, 7-11 Pac-10) lived Drew Shiller had scored more than one
By CHRIS DERRICK and died with the three, relied heavily on basket, Jeremy Green was cold (1-7 in the
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Landry Fields, missed free throws, gener- first half) and the Cardinal was 3-8 from
ated little presence down low and was the foul line. But there were positives, as
With a strong team effort that featured both individ- scrappy enough to give its opponent seri- Stanford was able to limit Cal’s domina-
ual standouts and unparalleled depth, the Stanford ous fits before fading late in the game. tion in the paint by rotating in the entirety
men’s swimming and diving team won its 29th consec- It was a contest with much on the line. of their big man depth, and a quick switch
utive Pac-10 championship under head coach Skip For Cal (21-9, 13-5), the school’s first con- to a zone late in the half momentarily
Kenney. The No. 3 Cardinal trailed No. 4 California by ference title since 1960. For Stanford, the stymied the Golden Bears.
10 points following the evening session on Friday, but chance to prevent its rival from attaining “Stanford had a solid gameplan. They
on Saturday, the final day of competition, the men that goal outright, and positioning in the went big, which is something they haven’t
demonstrated the kind of poise and resolve that leads Pac-10 Tournament — a win would keep done,” said Cal head coach Mike Mont-
to 29 straight titles. the Cardinal out of the play-in game, while gomery, who won his first game as an op-
“It was one of the best team efforts, top to bottom, a loss would put its standing in jeopardy. ponent at Maples after coaching the Car-
that I have ever witnessed,” Kenney said. Cal was ranked in the top 15 to begin dinal for 18 years. “Our help situation was
After the first full day of competition on Thursday, the year, while Stanford was expected to hard to come by. They make it difficult to
the Cardinal held an 82-point lead over Cal. No. 1 Ari- place last in the conference, and the Gold- do that.”
zona was third, just three points behind Cal. Stanford en Bears had beat up on the Cardinal in Indeed, the game appeared to be in
dominated the 500-yard freestyle, scoring 83 points as early January, winning 92-66 in Berkeley. reach, particularly after the Cardinal tied
junior David Mosko won the event with an NCAA “A” But despite the apparent disparities be- the score with just over 14 minutes to play.
cut. The Cardinal had four other swimmers in the tween the two teams, the rematch was an But Cal went on a quick 9-2 run to open a
championship final and three more in the consolation intense, closely contested affair. lead, and Stanford was never able to close
final. “Both teams played like the game it again. The same problems came back to
Swimming scores 16 places and there are eight meant a lot,” said Stanford head coach haunt the Cardinal — trailing by three
swimmers to a race. Based on their times in the prelim- Johnny Dawkins. “Both teams played as with under three minutes to play, Stanford
inaries swum in the morning session, the top 16 athletes hard as they could play.” had two opportunities to corral missed
are divided between the championship or “A” final and Certainly, neither squad suffered from shots by the Bears. Both times, a Cal play-
the consolation or “B” final.The winner of the “A” final lack of effort, but there were clear areas er grabbed the offensive board, and after
scores 20 points while eighth place scores 11. The win- where Cal was able to gain an early advan- three different attempts, scored.
ner of the “B” final scores nine points and eighth place tage — namely, rebounding and scoring in The dagger came one possession later
scores one. the paint. Stanford’s small lineup — Jack when Patrick Christopher stole the ball
Stanford continued to swim well throughout the Trotter is the only big man in the starting from Trotter and drained a long three-
evening session, with freshman Matthew Thompson five — had difficulty contending with the pointer to establish an eight point lead
and sophomore Curtis Lovelace each finishing in the Bears’ front line.The result was a 10-point with 1:40 to play.
top four of the 200-yard IM, while senior David Dun- Cal lead at the 7:44 mark of the first half, “I saw the shot clock: it was down to
ford and junior Alex Coville took second and third in with the Bears winning the rebounding about nine. It was a good look and I was
the 50-yard freestyle, respectively.The Cardinal capped battle (15 boards, with six offensive, versus feeling pretty good in the second half,”
the session by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay. Stanford’s five total rebounds, all defen- Christopher said.
The next day started well for the Cardinal with soph- sive) and dominating in the paint — nine Christopher was integral to Cal’s suc-
omore Bobby Bollier winning the 400-yard IM, but Cal of their points came on second chance op- cess:he finished with a team-high 23 points
came storming back. Led by winner Tom Shields, the portunities (Stanford had zero) and 16 of after scoring just six in the first half.A shoe
Bears scored 101 points in the 100-yard butterfly. Stan- their total points came down low (Stan- change and a self-proclaimed “tightened
ford swam well, with Lovelace making the podium in ford had four). game” led to his resurgence late. He was
the 100-yard breaststroke and senior Eugene Godsoe “We had some letdowns in offensive re- forced to account for a quiet second peri-
successfully defending his title in the 100-yard back- bounds and stops, and the pace of the od by reigning Pac-10 Player of the Week
stroke. The Bears were too strong, however, and used game quickly changed in their favor,” Jamal Boykin (13 points total, but just two
their depth to take the lead following the 100-yard KYLE ANDERSON/The Stanford Daily Fields said. after half time) and a sub-par game from
Senior forward Landry Fields put on a show in his final home game, scoring 25 points and grab- But Stanford, as it has for much of its
Please see MSWIM, page 10 season, would not relent. A late first half Please see MBBALL, page 12
bing 12 rebounds to lead Stanford, but it was not enough as the Cardinal lost 71-61to Cal.
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 10, 2010 N 9
SOFTBALL
Mixed
weekend
for Cardinal
Stanford notches upset, then
gets shut out in Fullerton
By DANIEL BOHM
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
An upset of No. 3 Florida highlighted the No. 10
Stanford softball team’s (15-3) 3-1 showing at the De-
Marini Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. last weekend.
Although it did beat Florida, the weekend was not all
positive for the Cardinal. Stanford was almost no-hit by
the University of North Carolina, and its opportunity to
avenge an earlier loss to Northwestern was rained out.
The Cardinal opened the weekend, however, with its
biggest win of the season.
Freshman pitcher Teagan Gerhart, who has essen-
tially assumed the role of Stanford’s No. 1 pitcher, was
the star of a 2-0 Cardinal victory, going the distance
while allowing just two hits and one walk and striking
out five Gator batters.
Another freshman, shortstop Jenna Rich, paced the
Stanford offense with a pair of clutch two-out RBIs.
Rich put the Cardinal on the board in the bottom of
the third with a two-out RBI single to left field, scoring
sophomore center fielder Sarah Hassman. Hassman
was hit by a pitch with one out and advanced to second
on sophomore second baseman Ashley Hansen’s infield AURELIA HEITZ/The Stanford Daily
single. Sophomore middle blocker Gus Ellis skies for a kill in No. 1 Stanford’s four-set win over No. 6 Long Beach State on Saturday. The Cardinal defeated UC-San Diego on Friday as
Stanford’s offense was quiet until the bottom of the
fifth, when with two outs Rich struck again, this time
well, which put Stanford in first in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. With the two wins, the Cardinal moved into first place in the national rankings for the first time since 2001.
blasting her fourth home run of the season over the left
WINS BOOST CARD TO NO. 1
field fence.
Rich and the Cardinal rode their momentum into
their second game Friday, a 13-1 five-inning thrashing of
host Cal State Fullerton.
Rich was one of several offensive stars in the rout,
hitting two more home runs and knocking in five run-
ners. Senior left fielder Alissa Haber also had three hits, “I think we played great defense last night,” said In the first set of the match alone, McLachlin
scored three runs and hit a homer.
Unfortunately for Stanford, it could not take some of
its offense from Friday and use it Saturday, as it was shut
Two four-set victories propel junior outside hitter Spencer McLachlin, who had nine
kills in the match. “If we can work more on our transi-
recorded seven kills, and the Card displayed its im-
pressive offensive abilities, hitting .447 and easily win-
Stanford to top spot in rankings
tion offense after we get a dig, then I think our overall ning the set on a Long Beach State service error. The
out 3-0 by North Carolina. game will be greatly improved.” second set was more of the same, as Stanford hit .548
Tar Heels’ pitcher Danielle Spaulding took a perfect As it was, Stanford had no trouble with UCSD in the and won the set, despite strong play by Long Beach
game into the bottom of the seventh, when Stanford fi- first two sets of the match, winning 30-18 and 30-20. State’s Dean Bittner, who finished with a game-high
nally mustered a base runner on Haber’s infield single. By CHRIS JUHNKE However, in the third set, the Card lost focus somewhat 24 kills.
For the game, Spaulding struck out an impressive 18 DESK EDITOR and, after being up 11-6, lost the game 30-28. The team The third set belonged to the 49ers, as they limited
Cardinal batters and allowed just the one infield hit. came back with a lot more energy in the fourth set and Stanford to .167 hitting, but Long Beach State had to
In the afternoon Saturday, rainstorms forced the The No. 1 Stanford men’s volleyball team tri- closed out the match with a solid 30-20 win. share the limelight with Kawika Shoji as he recorded
Stanford-Northwestern game to be canceled, which pre- umphed over two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation A day after attaining the top spot in the conference, his record-breaking ace. The fourth set remained close
vented the Cardinal from seeking revenge against the (MPSF) opponents at home this weekend. the Card was forced to defend its standing against No. until the Cardinal went on an 8-1 run to go up 27-20 be-
Wildcats, who beat Stanford on Feb. 26 at the Cathedral On Thursday, the Card (12-4, 10-4 MPSF) took 6 Long Beach State (9-7, 7-5 MPSF). While the 30-22, fore winning the set and match.
City Classic. down No. 14 UC-San Diego (6-13, 3-11 MPSF) which, 30-25, 26-30, 30-21 victory was a team effort, two play- “We are starting to build good chemistry on the
Stanford was able to end the weekend on a positive coupled with a loss by first place Pepperdine on Friday, ers, McLachlin and senior setter Kawika Shoji, stood court and get into a good rhythm,” McLachlin said. “If
note, defeating the University of Indiana 4-0 on Sunday vaulted Stanford to first place in the MPSF. out for Stanford. we win the MPSF regular season, then we control our
morning, fueled by two Hansen RBI doubles — one in “Obviously it is nice to be in first place, but we know For McLachlin, who led the team with 21 kills, the destiny by earning a berth into the Final Four.”
the first inning and a second in the fifth. that every match we have is a tough one and we have to match was his best since returning from a shoulder in- Stanford took another step toward extending its
The Cardinal will now have 12 days off for final stay focused for every one of them,” sophomore libero jury earlier in the season, and the team hopes it will be season, as last weekend’s wins boosted the Cardinal to
exams before returning to the field during the school’s Erik Shoji said. “We are just hoping that we can play an indication of things to come. On the other hand, the top of the national rankings, which would likely
Spring Break Mar. 19, when it hosts the Stanford the best we can and put our best foot forward.” Shoji has excelled all season, and on Saturday, he guarantee Stanford’s spot in NCAAs in May.
Louisville Slugger Classic. Against UCSD, the Cardinal controlled the net, served his way into the Stanford record books. An ace The Cardinal is currently beginning an end-of-quar-
Coming to town for the four-day tournament are a recording 17 total blocks and hitting .406 on offense. in the third set gave Shoji 91 aces for his career, a Stan- ter scheduling break and will play a match against Cal-
group of unranked opponents: Santa Clara, Princeton, Sophomore outside hitter Brad Lawson led the team ford record in the rally-scoring era. ifornia Baptist on March 20, before returning to con-
Saint Mary’s and Cal Poly. The Cardinal will play Saint with 18 kills, while senior opposite Evan Romero and Lawson chipped in with 16 kills, and his 34 com- ference play against UCSD on March 26.
sophomore middle blocker Gus Ellis each recorded bined kills over the weekend helped him earn Nation-
Please see SOFTBALL, page 10 seven blocks. al Player of the Week honors. Contact Chris Juhnke at cjuhnke@stanford.edu.
TWO WALK-OFF WINS GIVE STANFORD SERIES
By KABIR SAWHNEY urday’s game, he has a .905 fielding
DESK EDITOR percentage for the season.
On Saturday, the Card came back
In its first weekend series since for another closely contested game. It
being swept on the road by No. 5 fell behind early to the Gauchos —
Texas, the Stanford baseball team had junior starting pitcher Scott
a number of close calls at home Snodgress only pitched 2.1 innings
against UC-Santa Barbara. By the and gave up two runs on two hits and
end of the weekend, the No. 24 Cardi- four walks — and found itself down
nal (7-4) managed to pull out a 2-1 se- 4-1 at the end of the fourth inning.
ries win over the Gauchos (4-4). However, sophomore reliever
The series began on Friday Brian Busick, who came into the
evening with sophomore Jordan Pries game in the fourth inning with the
starting on the mound against Mario bases loaded, was almost flawless for
Hollands for UCSB. After giving up Stanford. In six innings of work, Bu-
two runs in the first inning, Pries set- sick gave up only one hit and no walks
tled down and pitched a scoreless sec- or runs, while striking out six batters.
ond, third and fourth inning. After “I just felt like I needed to come in,
giving up two more runs in the fifth, throw strikes and keep us in the
Pries was pulled from the game in game,” he said. “Eventually we’d
favor of freshman Chris Jenkins. come back and score some runs to get
Meanwhile,Stanford’s offense was back into it.”
anemic for the first three innings,scor- “I didn’t expect to stay in that long,
ing no runs off Hollands. In the fourth but I was going to do whatever I could
and fifth innings, the bats came alive to help us win,” he continued.
for the Card — it scored four runs to Junior pitcher Alex Pracher was
knock Hollands out of the game. also strong, giving up only one hit and
After scoring one run apiece in the no runs in 1.2 innings in relief of Bu-
seventh inning, the two teams entered sick.
the ninth inning tied 5-5. After fresh- The Cardinal offense also found a
man pitcher Mark Appel held the way to come back from its deficit. It
Gauchos scoreless in the eighth and scored two runs in the fifth inning and
ninth innings, Stanford came to bat in one more in the eighth to draw even at
the bottom of the ninth looking for a 4-4. After neither team scored in the
walk-off victory. ninth inning, the game went to extras.
With the game on the line, the Car- After a scoreless 10th inning,
dinal sent in junior pinch hitter Pracher held UCSB to no runs in the
Jonathan Kaskow to face UCSB top of the 11th. In the bottom of the
pitcher Connor Whalen with two outs 11th, junior shortstop Jake Schlander
and runners on first and third. hit the first pitch from David Meals
Kaskow hit a hard single down the over the left field wall to give the Car-
line to drive in freshman Stephen Pis- dinal a 5-4 victory and its second
cotty and give Stanford the win, 6-5. walk-off win in two days. Up to that
While it was able to pull out the point, Schlander had been very quiet,
victory, the Cardinal still had signifi- with no hits in four at-bats.
cant deficiencies both offensively and The final game of the series was
defensively. The top four of the Stan- very different from the first two, with
ford order combined for just one hit UCSB winning a 26-run slugfest by a
and no RBIs in 16 at-bats. final score of 15-11.
The defensive struggles of the Car- The Gauchos started the game off
dinal infield also continued. Junior very strongly, blasting sophomore
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second baseman Colin Walsh and Stanford starter Brett Mooneyham
freshman third baseman Kenny for six runs in the first inning.
Junior second baseman Colin Walsh connects for a three-run home run in the sixth inning of Sunday’s game between Stanford and UC-Santa Barbara. The Diekroeger both committed errors in Mooneyham was removed from the
Cardinal scored eight runs in the inning, but it was not enough as the Gauchos prevailed 15-11. Stanford won the first two games on walk-off hits, a single by the game. Diekroeger’s fielding has
Jonathan Kaskow and a homer by Jake Schlander. been especially poor — through Sat- Please see BASEBALL, page 11
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HEATED BATTLE AT NCAAS AWAITS MEN’S GYMNASTICS
Nation’s best score
propels Cardinal
By KABIR SAWHNEY meet sharing the No. 1 national ranking 18. Several teams have sent bigger contin- third event (the 200-yard backstroke). She
DESK EDITOR with Georgia. Outside of the Pac-10, other gents, including Georgia with 17 athletes ended the tournament with three individ-
teams expected to contend strongly are and Arizona with 18. Despite this apparent ual titles and six overall.
With conference meets around the No. 3 Texas, No. 6 Florida and No. 7 Texas disparity, Maurer still believes that the Breeden also had a strong showing,
country now concluded, the field is set for A&M. Card is in a good position to contend. winning the 100 fly and coming in second By JESSICA YU
this year’s NCAA Championships in “Georgia’s the frontrunner right now,” “We want as many people as possible to in the 200. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
women’s swimming. After its strong per- Maurer said.“They were second last year . score,” she said. “All those people have There are a number of other swimmers
formance at the Pac-10 Tournament, No. 1 . . we’re focusing on having people seeded done well to put themselves in scoring po- that will also need to replicate strong Pac- Stanford men’s gymnastics extended its winning
Stanford (9-0, 5-0 Pac-10) looks poised to well, and on having other people move up. sition. Now they have to repeat those per- 10 performances. Junior Liz Smith, who streak this weekend with two victories away from
contend for the national title. I think we’ll be in the hunt.” formances.” won the 200-yard breaststroke, will be home. On Friday, the Cardinal took on Air Force and
Last weekend, the Cardinal took home For now, Maurer’s focus is on prepara- Senior co-captains Julia Smit and called upon to turn in fast times in the same the University of Illinois-Chicago in Colorado
the Pac-10 championship after thoroughly tion. She said that she will not look to ac- Elaine Breeden will lead Stanford at the event. Stanford will also look to junior Springs, Colo. Stanford was able to pull out a 356.7-
outclassing its top three rivals — No. 4 Ari- tively scout other teams to see how Stan- tournament. Both are defending NCAA Kelsey Ditto for points in the long-dis- 338.5-336.2 win. Air Force placed second with its
zona, No. 5 California and No. 9 Southern ford stacks up against the competition. champions — Smit in the 200- and 400- tance freestyle swims. highest team score of the season, while Illinois-
California. With the win, Stanford has its “The only thing I can control is the yard individual medley and Breeden in the The NCAA Tournament will begin on Chicago came in third.
first conference championship since 2005 preparation,” she said. “We’re looking re- 200-yard butterfly. March 18 and continue through March 20. On Sunday, the Cardinal took its California sun-
and the first in head coach Lea Maurer’s ally good bouncing back from Pac-10s, and Smit will enter the tournament on a The Cardinal is looking to capture its first shine over to the Cornhusker State, where it defeat-
tenure. we’re focused on having our swimmers strong note after her electric performance national title since 1998. ed both No. 1 Oklahoma and Nebraska. Stanford
In two weeks, the Card will head to shine.” at Pac-10s. In the course of the meet, she earned a 365.65 — the top score in the nation this
NCAAs, which will be held at Purdue in Stanford qualified 12 swimmers to com- broke two American records (in the 200 Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawhney@stan- season — while Oklahoma trailed with a 360.3 and
West Lafayette,Ind.Stanford will enter the pete in Indiana, out of a possible total of and 400 IM) and set a school record in a ford.edu. Nebraska rounded out the meet with a 347.5.
The Cardinal had seemingly little competition at
Air Force, with individuals consistently posting
Continued from page 8 scores of 14.0 and above on the apparatuses. Fresh-
MSWIM|Pac-10 champs again
man Eddie Penev stole the show on floor exercise,
posting a 15.65 that put him well ahead of any other
competitors. Junior Josh Dixon posted a 14.55 on
pommel horse, a score that boosted the Cardinal’s
confidence in its most inconsistent event.
backstroke. ond. Cal’s top sprinters, Nathan Adrian Sophomore Jordan Nolff kept his cool on still
Going into Saturday it was imperative and Graeme Moore, took the first two rings, earning a 15.1. Junior Alex Buscaglia exploded
that the Cardinal swim well in the morning spots in the 100-yard freestyle but the pres- off the vault, leading the Cardinal with a 16.0. Senior
session in order to place as many athletes ence of five Stanford athletes in the “A” Nick Noone held steady on the parallel bars for a
as possible in the “A” finals of the evening final ensured that the Cardinal would ex- score of 15.4, while Buscaglia kept it high on the hor-
session. tend their lead. izontal bar for a score of 15.1.
“We got some e-mails from many for- Lovelace then tied for second with jun- With momentum from the Air Force meet, Stan-
mer players last night who talked about ior John Criste to give Stanford two more ford fought to the finish in Nebraska. It won three of
the tradition and the pride of being a Stan- medalists. Bollier followed up his prelimi- six events — rings, vault and horizontal bar — and
ford swimmer” Godsoe said. “Everybody nary performance with a second Pac-10 tied Oklahoma for first place on parallel bars.
was real fired up for today’s meet because record, winning the 200-yard fly, while Vault was a standout event for the Cardinal, with
we did not want to be the team that gave Mosko grabbed his third individual podi- five athletes putting up scores of 16.0 and above.The
up the streak.” um of the championships to ensure the vic- team total of 65.55 was the highest score posted by
The Cardinal did not disappoint in the tory for the Cardinal. any collegiate team this season.
morning session. Bollier set the Pac-10 The team will now head to the NCAA On rings, junior Tim Gentry posted the highest
record in the 200 fly in the prelims and Championships in Columbus, Ohio on score for the Cardinal with a 15.4, while freshman
Stanford placed five swimmers in the “A” Mar. 25. Cardinal hopes of an NCAA title James Fosco posted a 15.2.
final of the 100-yard free, setting up the were dampened somewhat earlier in the “It was awesome,” Fosco said. “Working on the
Cardinal for victory. year when NCAA champion Austin Staab details [in my routine] really paid off.”
The tone was set in the first event of the took a leave of absence from the Universi- Courtesy of Pac-10/Jonathan Moore Buscaglia led the Cardinal on horizontal bar, but
evening session when Stanford took five of ty, but the Pac-10 meet has the Cardinal his fellow Stanford athletes were not far behind. Ju-
the top six places in the 1650 free. Sopho- thinking of the title once again. The No. 3 Stanford men’s swimming and diving team came back from a 10-point deficit on
niors Abhinav Ramani and Ryan Lieberman and
more Chad la Tourette, who had disap- Top-ranked Arizona should be a much the final day of the Pac-10 Championships to win the conference title for the 29th consec-
sophomores John Martin and Cameron Foreman all
pointingly failed to make the “A” final of greater threat at the NCAA meet than it utive season. The Cardinal must now prepare for the NCAA Championships on March 25. posted scores of 14.7 and above.
the 500, won in convincing fashion by 10 was at the conference meet. Most top swim Noone carried his parallel bars score from Friday
seconds. Mosko was second, sophomores teams fully rest for only one event a year in until all of the entries are declared, it ap- Joining the top Pac-10 squads will be a into Sunday’s competition, earning another 15.4,
Michael Zoldos and Trevor Scheid order to obtain NCAA qualifying times pears as though Stanford will bring close to very strong Texas team ranked second in while Penev outdid his floor exercise score to earn a
grabbed the fourth and fifth spots and jun- and Arizona chose to do so in November a full squad of 18 to the championship. A the country. Defending champion Auburn 15.7 in Nebraska. On pommel horse, Martin led the
ior Scotty Korotkin finishing sixth. rather than at Pac-10s as Stanford did.As a number of Stanford swimmers will be in has dominated the sport this decade but is Cardinal with a 14.75.
Stanford then grabbed two podium result the Wildcats did not rest for the con- contention for a national title, including only ranked sixth this year. “I did what I’ve been doing in practice,” Martin
spots in the 200-yard backstroke, with ference meet and are expected to swim Godsoe in the backstroke events, la said. “Finally, the countless repetition is paying off.”
Godsoe winning the event for the second much better at NCAAs. Tourette in the 1650, Mosko in the 500 and Contact Chris Derrick at cderrick@stan- According to senior Lucas Hughes, beating Okla-
straight year and Thompson taking sec- Although the athletes will have to wait Bollier in the 200 fly. ford.edu. homa was a huge confidence booster. Oklahoma has
often seemed unstoppable, winning numerous Cardi-
nal-Sooner stand-offs, four straight Mountain Pacific
TRACK AND FIELD Sports Federation (MPSF) championships between
2004-2005 and 2007-2008 and NCAA championships
As indoor
in 2004-2005, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008. This time
around, the Cardinal was the unstoppable one.
And with the NCAA Championship right around
the corner, the Stanford men now know what to ex-
ends,out-
pect when they again face off against their bitter Ok-
lahoman rivals.
“We felt their energy, we heard their yelling,”
Gentry said. “We didn’t let it get to us. We wanted to
door begins
go out and make a statement.”
The next meet for Stanford will be in Chicago, Ill.
against Illinois-Chicago on March 26.
Contact Jessica Yu at jsyu@stanford.edu.
Indoor Nationals loom as WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS
outdoor season starts Cardinal earns
season best
By ANARGHYA VARDHANA
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Last weekend marked the first outdoor meet of
the season for the Stanford track and field team,
setting a tone for the next few months of stiff out- By LAUREN TAYLOR
door competition.This was not a full team,though, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
as a few athletes were in Arkansas for a last-chance
meet, and another large contingent did not partic- The Stanford women’s gymnastics team reached
ipate in order to prepare for the upcoming NCAA new heights in this Friday’s tri-meet victory over Bay
Indoor Nationals. Area rivals San Jose State and California, achieving
The Cardinal had a strong performance on its its best team score of the season: 196.800. The No. 7
home field, with sophomore Geoffrey Tabor lead- Cardinal delivered six individual scores of 9.9 and
ing the way.Tabor won the shot put with a mark of above throughout the competition to defeat the
57-3,and won the discus with a mark of 184-10.An- Spartans (195.075) and the Bears (190.775) and im-
other meet title winner in the throws was freshman prove its record to 13-2.
Stanford Daily File Photo Robert Hintz, who won the javelin with a toss of Stanford won every event of the competition,
Junior starting pitcher Ashley Chinn has stepped up this season as the Stanford softball team looks to replace All-American Missy 193-2. both individually and through its team scores. Senior
In the sprints,senior Mark Mueller led the men, captain Carly Janiga was once again a standout, as
Penna, who graduated last year. Chinn and the Cardinal have performed well so far, leading to a top-10 ranking and a 15-3 record. she captured the all-around victory with a score of
winning the 200 meters with a time of 21.80.
On the women’s side, the Cardinal was led by 39.550, which matched her second-highest of the sea-
Continued from page 9 son.Her scores of 9.95 on the balance beam and 9.925
freshman Elaine Patten, who won the high jump
SOFTBALL|Stanford wins three of four
with a leap of 5-7. Junior Natasha Barthel also on the floor earned an individual win in both events,
fared well in the field events,finishing second in the and her all-around included stellar performances on
pole vault with a mark of 12-5. the uneven bars (9.85) and the vault (9.825).
In an exciting 800 race, freshman Justine Fre- Junior Shelley Alexander and senior Allyse Ishi-
Mary’s twice and each other team once. Classic, the Cardinal will travel to UC- The Stanford Invitational marks the dronic and junior Maddie Duhon finished first and no each scored 9.90s as well, claiming individual vic-
The highlight of the tournament will Davis for a single game on Tuesday, Mar. end of Stanford’s pre-conference sched- second. They finished with times of 2:12.35 and tories on the vault and bars, respectively. But the
likely be the reunion of the Gerhart 23, and then host the Stanford Invita- ule, with rigorous Pacific-10 Conference 2:12.79 in an extremely close race. Fredronic and highlight of the competition for the Cardinal was the
triplets:Teagan, Kelsey and Whitley.Tea- tional, with Cal State Bakersfield, competition beginning in April during Duhon were at the front of the pack the entire team’s uncharacteristically high-scoring perform-
gan and Kelsey are freshmen on the Car- Brigham Young University, UC-Califor- Spring Quarter. time, taking turns maintaining the lead. ance on the beam, which has not typically been its
dinal squad while Whitley is a freshman nia Santa Barbara and the University of In the women’s 4x4 relay, freshman Karynn strong suit. Stanford counted five scores of 9.8 or
outfielder for Cal Poly. the Pacific coming to town the weekend Contact Daniel Bohm at bohmd@stan- Dunn had a great run, pulling the team into the higher in the event, including three in the 9.9s: Jani-
After the Stanford Louisville Slugger of Mar. 26-28. ford.edu. lead with a powerful sprint. Freshman Hannah ga’s 9.95, Alexander’s 9.925 and Ishino’s 9.9. These
Farley also had a strong performance, anchoring contributed to the Card’s 49.425 for the beam, which
the team with an impressive run where she main- was its second highest total of the season.
WOMEN’S WATER POLO tained her speed for the entirety of the 400 meters.
The 400 is one of the toughest races, as it requires
This tremendous consistency enabled Stanford to
defeat both San Jose State (8-9) and Cal (0-11) for
an all-out sprint for such a long distance. the second time this season and prove its supremacy
Blowout weekend for Stanford Coming up next for the Cardinal is the NCAA in the realm of Bay Area collegiate women’s gymnas-
Indoor Championships, which will prove both tics. Stanford has now extended its consecutive win-
challenging and exciting, as the Stanford men and ning streak against Cal to 20, dating back to 2000.
women try to prove themselves on a national scale. Thus, Stanford proved this weekend that it is con-
“For nationals I just want to take it one day at tinuing to progress and gaining the necessary mo-
By CLAUDIA LOPEZ skipped three goals in the net. Sopho- Anteaters. The Cardinal came out time,”said sophomore distance runner Dylan Fer- mentum for the approaching Pac-10 Championships
CONTRIBUTING WRITER more driver Pallavi Menon tacked on strong, ending the first half with a 7-0 ris. “I hope to relax in the mile preliminaries, and on March 27. Stanford looks to achieve its preseason
two more goals. Sophomore driver lead. As the second half unfolded, UC- then come back in the distance medley relay and goal of winning the Pac-10s, but in order to do so, the
The Stanford women’s water polo Cassie Churnside, sophomore two- Irvine only scored three points during add four new All-Americans to the track roster. I team will have to upset No. 3 UCLA and No. 6 Ore-
team was extremely busy this past week- meter Melissa Seidemann, senior driver the third period and a single point during have a lot of confidence in the group we have for gon State.The Cardinal has defeated UCLA twice in
end. It faced San Diego State on Friday, Kelsey Holshouser, junior driver Kim the final period.The final score was 10-4, the DMR.” dual meets this season already, but fell short to OSU
UC-Irvine on Saturday and Cal State Krueger, senior driver Kelly Eaton and giving the Cardinal its second win this The Cardinal will head off to Fayetteville,Ark. in late January.
Bakersfield and UC-Davis on Sunday. senior two-meter Jessica Steffens each weekend. this coming weekend, with a strong group of dis- Last year, Stanford came in third at the confer-
On Friday afternoon, the No. 2 Cardi- added a single point. Junior goalkeeper Eaton and sophomore driver Alyssa tance runners leading the way for Stanford,includ- ence championships with a score of 196.525,edged by
nal (14-1, 2-0 MPSF) was victorious Amber Oland saved seven shots while Lo each smashed in two goals. Churn- ing some talented freshmen. first place UCLA (196.725) and runner-up OSU
against the Aztecs by a final score of 11- freshman goalkeeper Kate Baldoni side, Dries, Steffens, Krueger, Menon (196.55). The Cardinal had a lead going into its final
2. saved six. Contact Anarghya Vardhana at vardhana@stan-
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Smyth was awarded Coach of the conference championships, as it will
a reflection on the administration,” “So if people have problems with training for his new job. Year and four out of five event victo- head to UC-Davis for a dual meet on
Bhandari said. student fees right now, they should go “In hindsight, this job has been one rotation and achieved nine season ries went to Cardinal athletes. Yet March 21.
He hopes that students will discover to the Stanford Store and buy appar- of the best decisions I have made in my bests during the competition, yet two these individual achievements were
another outlet to express their con- el,” he said. life,” Bhandari said. falls during the floor exercise forced bittersweet because of the overall Contact Lauren Taylor at ltaylor7@
cerns. Bhandari also wants to see SSE Before coming to Stanford, Bhan- the team to count a 9.3 on the event team loss, and Stanford looks to stanford.edu.
reach out to more students and increase dari completed his undergraduate de- Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501@
the number of services offered to them. grees in finances and international re- stanford.edu.
BASEBALL CHILE
ning rally, he said, “We got some mo-
mentum, we picked it up from there
and eight runs came out of that in-
Continued from page 9 ning.” Continued from ront page
Head coach Mark Marquess felt
that offense made the difference for
game after pitching just 0.1 innings. the game. Stanford has a contract with In-
He gave up four hits, six earned runs “They just outslugged us today,” ternational SOS, a health care com-
and three walks on 36 pitches. said head coach Mark Marquess.“We pany, to evacuate students in case of
Stanford’s pitching for the rest of couldn’t get them out. They did a medical emergencies or natural dis-
the game remained ineffective. After great job with the bats.” asters, Kennedy said. The instances
Mooneyham, the Card used a succes- “We just dug ourselves in a hole calling for that service are few and far
sion of six pitchers. With the excep- that was too big of a hole to get out between.
tion of Pracher, every Stanford pitch- of,” he continued. Staff in Santiago did encounter
er gave up at least one earned run. Marquess also highlighted com- challenges contacting the parents of
Meanwhile, the Cardinal’s offen- mand and control as an area for im- the students there and answering
sive production was highly inconsis- provement for his pitching staff. Stan- other people’s questions with limited
tent. Apart from an eight-run out- ford pitchers surrendered 10 walks information about the situation on
burst in the sixth inning, Stanford was during the course of the game. the ground, according to Kennedy.
shut down by UCSB’s pitching, scor- The team will take next weekend The BOSP office is set this week
ing no runs in the last three innings. off for finals. Its next games are a to debrief and examine their han-
The Cardinal offense was led by weekend series at Sunken Diamond dling of the earthquake while also
freshman right fielder Tyler Gaffney against Pepperdine on Mar.19,20 and planning for the Santiago program
and designated hitter Adam Gaylord, 21. The Waves are currently 4-7 and next quarter,which will remain open.
who each had three RBIs. have four more games before visiting The only change will be travel restric-
“When you’re behind, there’s a The Farm.The games will start at 6:30 tions to the Concepcion area, where
mentality that you need to keep p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively. the bulk of quake damage occurred.
going,” Gaffney said.“Not all at once, Sophomores Zach Ming and
but here and there get some runs.” Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawh- Sarah Hennessy, who were both ac-
When asked about the sixth-in- ney@stanford.edu. cepted to the Santiago program, said
they’re still planning to go next quar-
ter.
“I’m not that worried about safe-
ty — they’re prepared for it,” said
Hennessy, who is majoring in human
biology with a concentration in disas-
ter relief. Her parents “were definite-
ly concerned about it at first, but they
were never going to tell me I couldn’t
go . . . they trust Stanford’s judg-
ment.”
Ming agreed, saying his parents
weren’t too worried after Stanford
confirmed the program would be
open. He did voice some concern for
safety, but not enough to dissuade
him from going.
“I wouldn’t say I’m not concerned
about safety,” he said. “I think the
earthquake is going to change the na-
ture of the trip . . . I’m still excited.”
Kennedy said a few students are
planning to drop out of the program.
Students enrolled have until Friday
to withdraw without penalty.
But, Ming said,“I think it’s almost
more desirable to go down. This is
going to make it even unique among
overseas opportunities.”
Excepting the travel restrictions,
the Santiago program will continue
as normal, with students set to arrive
March 27-28 at home stays.
Contact Julia Brownell at juliabr@
stanford.edu.
12 N Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Stanford Daily
WOMEN’S TENNIS upset No. 2 Juricova 6-3, 6-3 to put the Cardinal The tournament is hosted by the USTA and
WWPOLO
up 3-0. is open to male tennis players of all ages — pro State before they see the Cardinal
“I started off really well, but she came back,” or amateur. again. UCLA is currently ranked
Card enters break Barte said. “It got really tight in the first set, but I
just persevered. She didn’t play very well, but that
was the story of the whole match.”
The Pacific Coast Doubles gives a chance
for players who do not usually crack the dou-
bles lineup to play doubles in a highly compet-
Continued from page 10
No. 3.
Long Beach State has not yet
played the Cardinal. Its most recent
with rivalry win Cal mounted a bit of a comeback, winning at
the No. 2 and 3 spots in that order to cut the deficit
to 3-2.The match came down to the two matches at
itive environment.
On Friday, Stanford set the tone for the
weekend when all five doubles teams won their
and Seidemann all skipped in a sin-
gle goal. Oland saved three shots
matches were against USC, Loyola
Marymount, UC-Davis and UC-San
Diego at the UC-Irvine Invitational.
No. 5 and 6, both developing into three-set battles. first round matches. while Baldoni saved six. The 49ers were unable to return to
By WILL SEATON Li provided the clincher when she defeated Nelly Freshmen Walker Kehrer and Sam Ecker On Sunday, Stanford capped off Long Beach with a win, as they lost
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Radeva 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 to win the day. No. 95 McVeigh played collegiate doubles together for the first the weekend with two even bigger 12-1 to USC, 12-7 to Loyola Mary-
made the victory even sweeter by beating out Cal’s time and went down in the round of 64 after blowout victories at the Aggie mount, 8-7 to UC-Davis and 10-9 to
An upset win over California (9-3) is great Tayler Davis 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. their first round victory. Shootout.The Cardinal defeated Cal UC-San Diego.
news any day, but particularly great for the No. 14 “Things did get tight in singles, obviously,” Mal- Juniors Greg Hirshman and Ted Kelly also State Bakersfield 17-1 in its most After Stanford’s loss to USC at
Stanford women’s tennis team (9-1) as it allows lory Burdette said. “[Singles spots] five and six lost in the second round, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Hirshman dominating win of the season. Just the UC-Irvine Invitational, the team
the Cardinal to hold momentum going into a went to three sets — we lost at two and three. It is not a regular in the doubles lineup, but is un- hours later, Stanford beat the feels optimistic about all of its up-
three-week break for finals. was a bit of a nail-biter toward the end, but it was defeated thus far in his singles matches. shootout’s host, No. 15 UC-Davis, coming matches.
The Cardinal won the first point of the day a great day to win.” Junior Alex Clayton and senior Richard 11-1 to cap off a 4-0 weekend. “We know what we need to work
when the No. 27 team of freshmen Mallory Bur- The Cardinal will now take a three-week break Wire, who usually play No. 2 doubles for Stan- On March 21, the Cardinal will on, and we will be able to carry this
dette and Stacey Tan won at the No. 2 spot with a before coming back on March 21 to take on Cal ford, won two matches before losing to the top- play Arizona State; on the 27th it will feeling throughout the rest of the
score of 8-6. The No. 2 duo of junior Hilary Barte Poly. Practice involves maintaining the momen- seeded team. They lost to a squad of ex-pros in face off against UCLA; and finally season as motivation,” Krueger said.
and senior Lindsay Burdette sealed the doubles tum the women have earned from their win over an excruciatingly close match — 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2). on the 28th the Card will go head to With its No. 2 ranking, the Cardi-
point with a win of the same score over the No. 13 their rivals. Freshmen Matt Kandath and Denis Lin, who head with Long Beach State. nal is now more motivated than ever
pair of Mari Andersson and Jana Juricova. Stan- “Right now it’s maintenance,” Forood said. hold down the third spot in dual matches, got Arizona State is currently ranked to earn back the top national rank-
ford’s sophomore Veronica Li and junior Carolyn “We need to stay together, keep working out and some revenge for the Cardinal’s loss against sixth in the country. At the UC- ing, which it lost after the USC
McVeigh completed the sweep with a third 8-6 hope we don’t slip a little during the break.” USC last Saturday. They defeated JT Sundling Irvine Invitational, Stanford defeat- match.
score. and Daniel Nguyen of USC in the round of 16, ed the Sun Devils 15-8. “If anything, it has motivated us
“If you look at the results the last couple of Contact Will Seaton at wseaton@stanford.edu. 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Arizona State also fell to Hawaii, even more to work hard and to come
years, there are so many 4-3 scores these days in “After the crushing loss against USC it was 9-7, at that tournament. Since then, back out and show what this team is
college tennis,” said Stanford head coach Lele great to beat a team that has had a lot of success the Sun Devils have gone undefeat- really about,” Baldoni said.“If we do
MEN’S TENNIS
Forood. “Clearly winning the doubles point is sig- on the junior level,” Kandath said. ed, with victories over Michigan, Cal that, we will still have a good shot at
nificant. They got close in the middle, we were Sophomores Bradley Klahn and Ryan State Northridge and Cal State East the title.”
down a break at No. 1 for a while, but we got it to- Thacher, who are ranked No. 2 in the nation, Bay. After a two-week break for finals,
gether and wound up with all three. That bodes
well for us going forward.”
Players on both teams came out tense in the be-
Men succeed at had the best weekend of all.
Stanford’s top pair was granted a first round
bye and proceeded to win four matches in a row.
The Cardinal will then play
UCLA in Los Angeles. Stanford
faced off against the Bruins on Feb.
the next matches for Stanford will be
against Arizona State at the Avery
Aquatic Center at 1 p.m. on March
ginning before Stanford pulled it together to move
ahead in all matches.
“For doubles, it was a little bit tight, especial-
doubles tourney The semi-finals and finals were scheduled
for Sunday afternoon, but the tournament was
canceled due to rain and swirling winds.
28 at the UC-Irvine Invitational and
took a 10-4 victory. Later that day,
however, UCLA went head-to-head
21, against UCLA in Los Angeles,
Calif. at 1 p.m. on March 27 and final-
ly against Long Beach State in Long
ly at first,” Mallory Burdette said. “We definitely By JACK DUANE The Cardinal will take a two-week break with California and came out with a Beach, Calif. at 12 p.m. on March 28.
responded to the pressure well today and I feel CONTRIBUTING WRITER from matches for Dead Week and finals before close 7-6 victory.
like we all broke out toward the beginning of it hits the road over spring break. The Bruins will be playing Contact Claudia Lopez at cllopez@
the sets to take leads. It felt great to take the After two heartbreaking losses against Cal Stanford will play in Urbana-Champaign, Ill., Hawaii, UC-Irvine and Arizona stanford.edu.
doubles point and [it] gave us a lot of confi- and USC, the Stanford men’s tennis team got a against No. 13 Illinois on March 23.The Cardinal
dence.” welcome break from the dual match format. will then head to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a match
Singles proved to be a closer affair at the This weekend, five Stanford doubles teams par- against the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan
end, but Stanford was able to keep the early ticipated in the 121st annual Pacific Coast Dou- upset No. 15 Cal on Thursday.
momentum up. No. 28 Mallory Burdette came bles tournament in La Jolla, Calif. and per-
off first with a 6-0, 6-1 win. Next, No. 9 Barte formed impressively. Contact Jack Duane at jduane@stanford.edu.
MBBALL
Schiller a lot of credit. He had to stick to Fields. Mar. 11 in the opening round of the
with Randle. Containing him is the Neither Fields nor Randle has a Pac-10 Tournament at the Staples
best you’re going to be able to do and vote, though, and the conference’s Center.The Cardinal dropped both of
Continued from page 8 I thought Drew did a good job of coaches selected Randle over Fields its games to the Sun Devils this year.
that.” on Monday as Pac-10 Player of the Los Angeles beckons,and the Car-
Although neither player would Year. Fields still made the All-Pac-10 dinal goes in with few outsized expec-
Jerome Randle, who finished with 11 admit it, the secondary battle of the First Team, while Green made the tations and little to lose. Montgomery
points but was just 2-10 from the field. night was for Pac-10 Player of the Second Team. described Stanford as a team that
Dawkins acknowledged Shiller Year,which was largely believed to be Despite this loss and the loss to gives its opponents “fits,” but for the
for his tight man-to-man defense on between Randle, Fields and Washing- Cal, the weekend was not all bad for Cardinal to have an extended post-
Randle, one of the top point guards ton’s Quincy Pondexter. Fields, who Stanford. The Cardinal avoided the season,it will have to do more than be
on the West Coast. had a game-high 25 points and 12 re- play-in game when Oregon beat a nuisance.
“Randle is a heck of a player and bounds, said that he’d give the award Washington State later in the night.
game planning for him is a hard to Randle, while Randle, much to Stanford, seeded seventh, will face Contact Wyndam Makowsky at
thing,” Dawkins said. “I give Drew Christopher’s dismay, said he’d give it Arizona State, ranked second, on makowsky@stanford.edu.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Cardinal synchro to
compete at U.S. Collegiate
Nationals at Stanford
Stanford’s synchronized swim-
ming team won the West Regional in
Tucson, Ariz. in February to qualify
for the U.S. Collegiate Nationals,
which will take place at the Cardi-
nal’s own Avery Aquatic Center this
week.
The Cardinal dominated the host
school, Arizona, to win the regional,
outscoring the Wildcats 102 to 41.5.
Stanford swept the top three in trios
— the first place trio was Taylor Du-
rand, Olivia Morgan and Maria Ko-
roleva; the second was Madison
Crocker, Morgan Fuller and
Michelle Moore; the third was
Megan Hansley, Corinne Smith and
Koko Urata.
Duets and singles were also show-
cases for the Cardinal. Koroleva and
Morgan won the duet competition,
while Durand and Debbie Chen
placed second. Jessica Guenther won
singles and Gayle Lee was second.
Morgan won the elements competi-
tion as well to give Stanford a clean
sweep.
Stanford’s next test will take place
at home from March 11-13 against
the best college teams in the country.
— Jacob Jaffe
