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Stanford School of Medicine, above. A recent Stanford study by a medical professor and former Stanford undergrad-
uate revealed that electronic records had no significant impact on patient care in cases they studied from between
2005 and 2007. “We thought maybe there were too many types of electronic health records and that we should look
at technology with advanced functions,” said Max Romano ‘09, who contributed to the research. They also consid-
ered the effect of “clinical decision software” when coupled with e-records. “You could interpret the results in two
ways,” Romano said. “One conclusion is that, in order to make electronic health records work, we have to put more
money [into their implementation]. The opposite conclusion is that maybe they’re not all they’re cracked up to be.”
RESEARCH
Prof says U.S. GSC discusses funding, gets ASSU update
greentech role
will change
China, India may lead
energy production
By MARIANNE LEVINE
STAFF WRITER
On the tail of recent research by Stan-
ford’s Program on Energy and Sustain-
able Development (PESD) examining
China’s evolving coal and power sectors,
program director and economic professor
Frank Wolak is stressing the changing role
of the U.S. in global sustainable develop-
ment.
The United States should focus on in-
novation in energy technology now and
then transition to a regulatory role once
the technology has been sufficiently de-
veloped,Wolak argued online in The New
York Times this month.
He based his argument on the basic
economic theory of comparative advan-
tage, which states that countries should
specialize in those goods that they pro-
duce most efficiently.
“The U.S. has difficulty competing in
the global market for goods that are inten-
sive in unskilled labor, because labor costs
in the U.S. are high relative to those in
China and India,” Wolak said in an e-mail
to The Daily. “The U.S. cannot compete
with these countries in the production of
goods that require workers to complete
relatively simple tasks that someone with-
out a formal education can do.”
Wolak’s Times argument helps frame
research published in December by PESD
on China’s efforts to restructure its coal
and power industries. This restructuring
would create “coal-power bases” with the
potential to produce more coal annually
than all the coal produced in the U.S.
Although India and China may have an
edge over the U.S. in labor production,
Wolak believes the U.S. has a comparative
advantage when it comes to developing
knowledge-intensive goods.
“Specifically, the U.S. should work on
developing new and innovative technolo-
gies that rely on its educated workforce
and well-developed institutions for foster-
ing the development of new technologies
and industries,” Wolak said.
During the initial stages of a product’s
development, Wolak said, it is cheaper to
make the product in the United States
than abroad since problems with the pro-
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STUDENT GOV’T
By ANNA SCHUESSLER
STAFF WRITER
The Graduate Student Council
(GSC) met briefly on Wednesday
to review upcoming events and
student-group funding for winter
quarter. ASSU President Angeli-
na Cardona ‘11 brought news of
the Undergraduate Senate’s ef-
fort with GSC co-chair Justin
Brown to address last Thursday’s
Faculty Senate meeting.
“Justin spoke about increasing
the stipends for graduate stu-
dents, especially international
grad students with families,” Car-
dona said. “I concentrated on up-
dating the Faculty Senate on is-
sues of mental health, sexual mis-
conduct and relationship abuse on
this campus, and what we’re doing
to address them,” Cardona said.
Cardona asked GSC members
Fireside Chat
Professor and alum Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, discussed his role in pro-
moting democratic institutions during a “fireside chat” in Branner Hall on Wednesday night. Diamond is also faculty co-director of the Haas Center.
SPORTS/6
NO PLACE
LIKE HOME
E-records struggle
to get off ground
Study of clinics shows little gain
By SAMANTHA MCGIRR
DESK EDITOR
Electronic health records do not
improve health care quality, even
when accompanied with decision-
making software, according to a re-
cent Stanford study.
In research published Jan. 24 in
Archives of Internal Medicine, re-
searchers found that outpatient clin-
ics and doctors’ offices using elec-
tronic health records from 2005 to
2007 performed better on only one of
20 quality indicators. Furthermore,
doctors with “clinical decision soft-
ware” performed better on only one
indicator compared to doctors whose
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software gave no diagnosis tips.
The study, authored by Max Ro-
mano ‘09 and professor of medicine
Randall Stafford, compared physi-
cian survey data on patient visits in
nonfederal offices and hospitals from
2005 to 2007. The researchers then
examined the relationship between
electronic records, decision software
to inform their constituents about
the new ASSU Executive Action
Grant Program, the Undergradu-
school. Voting members looked
favorably upon the group’s re-
quest and approved the transfer
ate Senate’s measure to work without opposition.
more directly with student groups Representing the Graduate Stu-
on four specific areas: student dent Programming Board (GSPB),
health and wellness, ending sexu- Krystal St.Julien requested $375 for
al misconduct and relationship a lottery dinner at the Banana Leaf,
abuse, campus sustainability
grants and campus unity.
a Thai restaurant in Milpitas,so grad
students could “mix and mingle.”St.
The GSC approved a funding
transfer of a little more than $125
Julien reported receiving around
100 responses with interest in at-
for The Science Bus, a service-ori- tending lottery dinners, and expect-
ented student group that brings ed no fewer for this one.
Stanford students into contact GSC programming co-chair
with grade-school students at the Joanna Lankester reminded the
East Palo Alto Charter School. GSC of the Rains Karaoke Night
During a field trip last December, scheduled for Friday. The council
the group did not use all the fund- was reminded that the event was
ing it requested for transporta- “grad-wide,” meaning the event
tion to and from the event, but did was not specific to Rains residents.
end up paying out of pocket for In the meeting’s closing mo-
student lunches that were sup- ments, a representative from
posed to be provided by the Stanford’s Vision Earth group
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and the quality of care provided,
using a set of 20 quality indicators de-
veloped by Stafford in a 2005 study.
The research, which formed the
basis of Romano’s senior honors the-
sis in human biology, found that
physicians using electronic records
performed better in one indicator —
providing diet counseling to at-risk
adults — compared with physicians
not using electronic records.Also, the
use of electronic records with deci-
sion software led to improved per-
formance in one indicator — lack of
routine electrocardiogram ordering
— compared to doctors without soft-
ware capability.
The findings echo those of a 2007
study, also published in Archives, that
showed that electronic health records
alone do not improve patient care.
Romano was aware of the study but
hypothesized that the availability of
decision-making software might af-
fect outcomes.
Please see RECORDS, page 2
told the council about plans for
Future Fest 2.0, a three-day con-
ference seeking to look at issues
of sustainability from a design
perspective. The representative
requested input from the gradu-
ate community on what sort of
programming the graduate stu-
dents would like to see at such an
event. GSC members took note
of the opportunity and offered
some suggestions.
“Here at Stanford you have so
many incredible resources,” said
Tom Spahn, the council’s law rep-
resentative. Spahn encouraged Vi-
sion Earth to go beyond making
the Stanford community aware of
sustainability issues and attempt to
create a business model or policy
to really make a difference.
Contact Anna Schuessler at annas7
@stanford.edu.
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RECORDS
Continued from front page
“We thought maybe there were
too many types of electronic health
records and that we should look at
technology with advanced func-
tions,” Romano said.
The study reports no consistent
association between electronic
records, decision software and bet-
ter quality.” The findings come on
the heels of the federal govern-
ment’s allocation of $20 billion in
2009 to promote the use of elec-
tronic health records. Romano says
the results may prompt multiple in-
terpretations.
“You could interpret the results
in two ways,” Romano said. “One
conclusion is that, in order to make
electronic health records work, we
have to put more money [into their
implementation]. The opposite
conclusion is that maybe they’re
not all they’re cracked up to be.”
According to the study, elec-
tronic records were used in about
30 percent of outpatient visits,
while clinical decision software was
used in about 17 percent of visits.
Romano views the move from
paper to electronic records as an “in-
evitability” and suggests the results
reflect this transitioning period.
The Stanford Daily
“In any industry, when a new
technology comes out, there’s a pe-
riod of diversity in the marketplace
before standardization,” Romano
said. The electronic-records tech-
nology has not been around “long
enough to allow standardization.”
He believes, however, that elec-
tronic health records have tremen-
dous potential to improve care.
“One of the real benefits of elec-
tronic health records is the [sys-
tems’] ability to communicate with
each other,” Romano said. “Most
Americans see multiple health care
providers, and our health care sys-
tem isn’t set up to allow for commu-
nication between them . . . we can
use electronic health records to im-
prove comprehensive care.”
Contact Samantha McGirr at smc-
girr@stanford.edu.
Correction
Due to an editing error, the first
sentence of “ROTC debate comes
to Undergraduate Senate” (Jan. 26)
contained a typo. It should have
read: “The ASSU Undergraduate
Senate heard from representatives
of the Faculty Senate’s ad hoc com-
mittee on ROTC at its weekly
meeting Tuesday evening and dis-
cussed the issue of ROTC’s possi-
ble return to campus.”
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FEATURES
BRIDGING A TECHIE-FUZZIE DIVIDE
By CAMILLE BROWN “techie-fuzzy” divide. Working sepa-
rately is “just not real life . . . in any job

“H
i, my name is virtually everyone works in teams,” he
Amanda. I like to said.
discuss poetry Since most of the class’ research
and politics over questions are fairly straightforward,
coffee.” students who have no experience in
“Way too high. Is there any way to computer science can do meaningful
adjust the pitch without changing the research and learn as they go. In other
speed and duration?” words, the goal of the course, as Nass
“Pitch adjusted.” put it, is to “not let their ignorance be a
“Hi, my name is Amanda . . . “ barrier.” Unlike pure academic disci-
“Huh. Way too low now, but the plines like math and physics, which
speed didn’t change at all. Go with it.” have been more uniformly researched,
Meet “Amanda.” Amanda is one of changing technology means many sim-
many synthesized voices currently ple, new, unanswered questions are
being used in an experiment conduct- waiting to be explored.
ed by Omosola Odetunde ‘13, Emily The combination of group work
Song ‘13 and Lorin Dole, a first-year and opportunity makes discovery so
doctoral student in communication. close students can almost taste it, and
Their research question: if a robot many do. Students with successful
gradually changes its voice to match studies from in the class often have
the voice of the user, will the user like their papers published, sometimes be-
the robot better? This question could fore they complete their undergradu-
be applied to everything from self- ate degrees. Basically, students “don’t
driving vehicles to kitchen appliances. have to be experts to make huge con-
Their class, Communication tributions,” according to Nass.
168/268, started by Clifford Nass in “Comm 168 . . . makes research ac-
2002, explores a wide spectrum of cessible for a huge number of stu-
questions relating to human-computer dents,” Dole said.
interactions, such as: does multitasking A typical example of how research
while listening to music help one be in the class is conducted is the “Aman-
more efficient? Is it possible for a car to da” experiment. Their group meeting,
persuade its driver to become more which was typical of the class’s format,
eco-friendly? Can new technology in consisted of brainstorming possible
cars actually prevent drivers from suc- problems the study might encounter
cumbing to road rage? and finding solutions to address them.
Given the rapid frequency with In the case of “Amanda,”the pitch vari-
which social science and technology col- ants of male and female voices were
lide, Nass hasn’t had any difficulty find- very problematic.
ing research questions for his course. Most the meeting consisted of lis-
While it may seem like a tall order,many tening to synthetic voices and playing
of the students in the class do find re- the statements at warp speed and slow-
search solutions and even have the pub- er speeds on the computer, analyzing
lished studies to show for it. the different factors that pace and vol-
The class works in groups to address RICK NEASE/MCT ume play in speech.
questions about technology, allowing The famous Stanford entrepreneur-
students to approach problems from ial spirit feels present in Nass’s course,
multiple disciplinary perspectives. where two heads may be better than
“Everyone comes from different
backgrounds and that variety makes
From across disciplines, students in Advanced User one.

Contact Camille Brown at camicb14@

solutions possible,” Song said.
Nass wanted groups to span the Interfaces research robots, virtual worlds stanford.edu.

Please
ONLY YOU CAN
PREVENT WILDFIRES.

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OPINIONS
T HE C AMPUS B EAT
A Creation Story
T
he other day, I took an econ
midterm. We were tested on
how well we knew the con-
cepts and whether or not we could
use the methods. Painful to study
for, stressful to take. Contrast that
with a computer-music class I’m
also taking: instead of tests, we use
what we’re shown in class to com-
pose cool computer-music pieces.
At the end, we don’t just have a
grade, but a little portfolio of inter-
esting recordings.Which method do
you think is more enjoyable and ul-
timately more effective? This peda-
gogical example is just one illustra-
tion of something broader I want to
get at: the awesomeness of creation.
Why do I bring it up? I think we
often let originality go to the way-
side. It takes time and effort to
build things. In society’s school-to-
career-to-retirement pipeline, we
can easily find ourselves simply
going with the flow. You take the
classes, study for the tests, apply for
the jobs, do the work and do fine.
But wouldn’t you want to create
things along the way?
Creativity is a powerful type of
satisfaction. Sure, some people in-
novate to satisfy their ego: they
want the immortality of leaving a
mark on the world. But I think more
fundamentally, it makes us feel effi-
cacious. We have this life force —
should we just use it to eat, sleep
and be entertained, or can we use it
to grab the universe and turn it into
something?
I usually use these columns to
focus on improving the music situa-
tion at Stanford, and there are plen-
ty of avenues for creativity there.
Earlier, I wrote about “guerrilla
musicians,” practicing their instru-
ments in random places to liven up
the atmosphere. And I’ve discussed
how musicians are usually trained
to regurgitate music rather than
compose their own, so instead,
every music lesson should include
some improvisation work.
But improving music on campus
doesn’t have to be done exclusively
by the musicians. Engineers could
build interesting sonic installments
around campus, for example. I’ve
seen videos of places where people
have built piano staircases where
each step is a note. Or, to borrow a
friend’s idea, imagine if there were
little speakers in White Plaza that
played snippets of music recorded
from the practice rooms in Braun.
Recreational musicians too can
come up with something satisfying.
Dust off the instrument under your
bed and play around for a few min-
utes. Get a friend and write a little
song. Open up GarageBand and hit
record.You might think it’s terrible,
but think of it as a doodle. With
enough doodles, occasionally you
draw a cool picture.
And for those who aren’t into
O P-E D
F
all quarter, I decided to try
something I hadn’t done in
years, for as long as I can re-
member. I started to wear a helmet
whenever I rode my bike. I got a free
helmet my freshman year, and yet
for three years, I never wore it. Be-
cause no one did. I didn’t want to be
a nerd, I didn’t want to look like a
sketchy grad student and I didn’t
want the helmet to screw up my hair,
which is admittedly temperamental.
But my three-year stint suc-
cumbing to peer pressure halted
when two friends were hospitalized
after serious bike accidents in which
they were not wearing helmets.
Both incidents were legitimately
scary. The pain my friends experi-
enced wasn’t an hour getting a cast.
It was days in the ICU clinging to
consciousness. It was weeks adjust-
ing to normal life after a life-threat-
ening accident. It was months of
therapy trying to regain not just
their strength but their basic neuro-
logical functioning. And it will be
years remembering the day they
could have lost their lives.
When I came back to school this
year, I brought my helmet. But I
couldn’t wear it. I just felt so ridicu-
lous. Even though I knew it was
something I should do, and though
in theory I was comfortable with
myself, the act of putting the helmet
on made me feel unbearably self-
conscious. Helmets are just not
sexy! I just knew that if I wore my
helmet, everyone would see me and
judge me. “Wow, lame.” “Haha,
Ben’s such a nerd.”
But then I realized . . . I am a
nerd. And that’s fine! I thought
about every judgment people could
make about me, and realized that
Lucas Will
Johnson
Wouldn’t you
want to create
things along
the way?
writing music, you have plenty of
options for creation too. Instead,
when you write that paper, don’t
think of the teacher as the only au-
dience. Or with that econ class,
maybe write about economics in a
student publication. Develop that
screenplay you’ve been talking
about. Build a DIY bookshelf.
Whatever. Make things that you’ll
feel satisfied about — don’t just go
through the paces of education.
With so much said about a “con-
sumerist” culture, I think it’s time
we realign towards a “creationist”
culture. Not “how we got here” bib-
lical creationism, but “where should
we go next” creationism.
If we want that kind of creative
world, we’ll need more forgiveness.
Because when we hold high expec-
tations on quality, we can find our-
selves being mean critics. Giving
constructive feedback is fine, but it
should be coupled with enthusiastic
encouragement; originality is for
everyone. Google famously gives
employees 20 percent of their time
devoted to passion projects. What if
Stanford, or even all of society,
worked like that? Instead of just
weekends to relax, we took a whole
week off each year to go out and
create things.
Now, this is my last column. It’s
been a good quarter for me of op-ed
creativity about music. But before I
return to writing music itself, I want
to encourage anyone else who cares
about music on campus to not wait
until senior year (like I did) to get
more involved.There’s always more
to do.
But most of all, enjoy the music.
Last chance to send hate/love mail to
lucaswj@stanford.edu.
Get a Helmet.And a Life.
they were all ridiculous. And really,
am I the kind of person who would
prioritize what people think of me
over my own safety and well-being?
Absolutely not.
I see this as an issue of self-re-
spect, something I find much sexier
than slightly-crumpled helmet hair.
I would admire people much more
for respecting themselves enough
to care about their safety than for
caring about what people think of
them. By wearing a helmet, you’re
not making a fashion statement;
you’re making a personal state-
ment.Helmets are never going to be
cute in and of themselves, but the
confidence you exude by wearing
one is exponentially sexier than any
hat you could wear. Thinking that
you won’t get into an accident is ar-
rogant. Thinking that safety might
interfere with your hair is vain. Not
wanting to resemble a nerd is inse-
cure. None of these to me is an at-
tractive quality in a person, yet they
all scream at me when I see some-
one riding a bike without a helmet.
I can’t help it! So yes, now I judge
you for not wearing a helmet. My,
how the tides have turned.
Now, a lot of these thoughts
came about when I first started
wearing my helmet. I still felt un-
comfortable, so literally every bike
ride was spent justifying to myself
why it was worth how weird I felt.
And it did feel weird, for about a
week. Now I feel naked without it.
It’s no longer something I’m mak-
ing myself do — it’s something I
want to do. It’s common sense.
And you know what? People re-
ally don’t care. I’ve only had two
comments from friends who’ve
seen me wearing a helmet. The first
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T HIS C OLUMN I S I RONIC
‘Between the Click of the Light and
the Start of the Dream’
W
ith Volume 238 of The
Daily coming to a close, I
thought I would finally get
a little bit introspective. Over my
past 11 columns, I’ve tried to make Shane
you laugh. Hopefully, I succeeded. Savitsky
If I ever slightly offended you, then
I think I did my job, too. This col-
umn is (usually) ironic. However,
because this may be its final edi- up for how blatantly wrong I was
tion, I’m going to pass up the jokes that night. Granted, I still think my
about sororities to touch on some- first point is potentially valid. Hon-
thing important to me. Indulge me estly, I’m not sure that one person
just this once while I try to prove can change the world. Yet it was in
my worth as a political science the second part where I was so
major by passing along a life lesson. tremendously wrong — the “why
If these past two and a half years bother?”
at Stanford have taught me any- It’s a good question; I’ll give it
thing, it’s that you can truly accom- that. If I don’t think a person can
plish anything you want to do here. singlehandedly change the world,
Actually, I take that back. I’m then why even waste my time try-
enough of a cynic that I can’t get en- ing? Here’s my big revelation: it’s
tirely behind that Lythcott-Haim- not all about changing the world.
sian worldview. Let me rephrase it That conversation in July helped to
this way: this university offers you spur a complete reformation of my
all of the opportunities you could worldview. Sure, I’m still pragmatic
possibly want to succeed in whatev- to the point of cynicism, but I’ve re-
er your initiative may be, so try.You alized an important point: one per-
might fail — sometimes disastrous- son doesn’t necessarily have to
ly — but at least you tried. You’re change the world, but one person
only going to be in this place once can easily change someone else’s
in your life, so make the most of it. world — and that might be just as
I find myself thinking back to a important.
conversation I had with someone So how can you accomplish this?
truly important to me at the foot of Just how can you change someone
the Eiffel Tower a few months ago. else’s world? Start small; start per-
We talked about making a differ- sonal. Be a good friend. Have a
ence in the world, and I argued a meaningful conversation. Be there
rather cynical view at the time — for somebody when they need you.
that one person alone simply could- Ask out that cute girl you’ve spot-
n’t change the world, so why bother ted around campus. Call your par-
trying? There was definitely a copi- ents a little more often. Fall in love.
ous amount of French rose in- There are more than a few ideas to
volved, but that alone can’t make get you started.
sarcastically yelled “Ben?? Nice hello. It was a smile of pride. She
helmet . . . “ to which I coolly af- was proud of me for defying idiotic
firmed “Thanks! I like it too!” The social norms and caring about my-
second friend was one who had self. And you know what? I was
been hospitalized. As she rode by proud of myself, too.
me, her mouth erupted into a huge So even if you don’t have friends
smile. “Blau! Nice helmet!!” And who have been injured from bike
her smile wasn’t just a friendly accidents, and even if you still feel a
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Or you can take the route most
traveled by Stanford students: do
something crazy. That’s how I’ve
decided to make the best use of this
newfound energy. This summer, I’ll
be embarking on the Mongol Rally.
What’s that, you ask? I’ll just be
driving from southeast England to
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It’ll be
four weeks, 13 countries, and 10,000
miles — all to support a Stanford
student-founded nonprofit, Gum-
ball Capital. I know how crazy the
whole venture sounds. Why should
I take a month out of my summer to
do the “insane trip by a college stu-
dent for charity” thing?
I’ll tell you: because I want to
change someone’s world. Maybe I
can change the world of the person
in poverty somewhere in the Third
World who will be the nameless
beneficiary of the money I raise.
Maybe I can change the world of
someone I meet on my journey
along a third of the world’s circum-
ference. Maybe I can change the
world of one of you by inspiring
you to do something to make this
world a better place for someone
else in it. I know you can do it. It’s
why we’re all at this school in the
first place.
That conversation under the
Eiffel Tower — and many others
before and after — helped to
change my world. This column is
my little attempt to change yours.
Shane is sorry he had to get all super
serious on you there, so e-mail him at
savitsky@stanford.edu and he’ll be
more than happy to give you the
usual dose of wit and charm.
Ben Lauing ‘11
little insecure about it, I encourage
you to try wearing a helmet. Just for
a week, and then see how you feel. It
won’t kill you. In fact, it might save
your life. And the very least, I’ll
think you’re sexy.
BEN LAUING ‘11
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ENERGY
green technology industry is going
to have an increasingly difficult
time finding buyers for its products
Continued from front page unless they can make them cost-
competitive with conventional fos-
sil fuels or find some way to get con-
duction process can be easily iden- sumers to pay more for energy from
tified and “there are benefits to these sources.”
using a more educated workforce According to Wolak, Stanford’s
during the early stages of a product PESD is attempting to resolve this
cycle.” problem.
After the product has been de- “A major area of research at
veloped, however, producers will PESD is identifying mechanisms
most likely shift production to for lower carbon sources of energy
lower labor-cost regions of the to become financially viable in a
world, like China or India. Produc- world without a price of carbon,” he
tion in these regions, in the later said, “as well as finding ways to in-
stage of a product’s development, troduce carbon pricing in a manner
tends to be cheaper, making goods that does not create significant po-
more affordable to the average litical resistance, yet encourages
American consumer. less environmental damage and
Wolak suggests that although more investment in low carbon en-
the United States should focus on ergy technologies.”
the development of new green
technologies, challenges remain. Contact Marianne Levine at
One of the major challenges to the mlevine2@stanford.edu.
development of green technology
in the United States is, according to
Wolak, the lack of a price of carbon.
Coal, natural gas and oil remain the
cheapest energy sources — cheap-
er than lower-carbon sources of en-
ergy. Producers of environmentally
friendly sources of energy, like
wind, solar and other renewables,
are primarily being funded by fed-
eral subsidies and tax credits.
“Given the increasing scarcity of
government revenues, it is becom-
ing more difficult for governments
to maintain the levels of these sub-
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SPORTS
GUNNING FOR 11 STANFORD SCOREBOARD
MEN’S BASKETBALL
OREGON
STANFORD
7 P.M.

1/27, Maples Pavilion

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
OREGON 6 P.M.
STANFORD
1/27, Eugene, Ore.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
UC-DAVIS 0
STANFORD 7
1/26, Taube Tennis Center

I love me some
Dolgopolov
I
’m sick. Frequent cough,
clogged ears, no appetite,
lack of energy, trouble sleep-
ing, the whole nine yards.
When this happens, there is
very little for me to do other than
watch sports and complain about
being sick (ignore the fact that I’d
be doing the same thing even if I
was healthy, except I’d find some-
thing else to complain about).
Now, no one (and I mean no
one) likes listening to me com-
plain about being sick, so let’s
concentrate on the sports. Well,
when you’re a casual sports fan,
you can look up when big games
LUIS AGUILAR/The Stanford Daily are going to be on and plan ahead
The No. 4 Stanford women’s basketball game hits the road in search of its 11th straight win this weekend. The Car- so that you can watch those
dinal has reached the 80-point mark in five of its last six games and currently sits alone atop the Pac-10 standings. games and only those games.
When, as one of The Daily’s edi-
tors said to me the other day,
Jacob
Jaffe
basketball game if it seems inter-
esting.
It was in one of these situations,
when I was virtually a part of the
couch from setting up shop there
for so long,when I stumbled upon a
tennis match that I never expected
to care about.I like tennis,and I can
certainly appreciate good tennis,
but I’m never going to be someone
who follows it regularly.Other than
the Stanford tennis teams, the only
tennis I’ll watch is the Grand Slams,
which I guess makes me the equiv-
alent of a C&E Christian (an

Women look to continue streak “You watch way too much

By JACK BLANCHAT
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After completing a strong weekend
against the Los Angeles schools last
week, the No. 4 Stanford women’s bas-
ketball team (16-2,7-0 Pac-10) heads to
Oregon this weekend to kick off a four-
game road trip.
The Cardinal has captured 10
straight wins, and the trip up north
could help separate Stanford from the
remainder of the pack.
Oregon (12-6, 3-4) has had a consis-
tently unusual season in the Pac-10 so
far. The Ducks dropped both games to
the Arizona and southern California
schools, but remain undefeated against
the Washington schools and rival Ore-
gon State.
Oregon is a perfect 3-0 at home in
conference play thus far,and most of its
success this season can be attributed to
the powerful “J-Team.” Junior forward
Amanda Johnson and redshirt junior
guard Nia Jackson are both averaging
over 16 points per game this season,
and junior Jasmin Holliday contributes
8.3 points per game as well.Altogether,
the three players make up 50 percent of
the Ducks’ scoring this season.
Although Oregon has some scary
scorers, history has not been so kind to
the Ducks when they have taken on
Stanford.The Cardinal has won 11 in a
row against the girls in green, and Stan-
ford hung 100 points on Oregon both
times they played last year, winning
100-80 in Eugene and 104-60 in Maples
Pavilion.
Oregon State (7-11, 0-7 Pac-10) has
found itself in the cellar of the Pac-10
this season. However, the poor record
can be deceiving, as the Beavers’ mar-
gin of defeat in Pac-10 games is only 6.4
points per game.
Like Oregon,the Beavers rely heav-
ily on a trio of players that all average
more than 30 minutes of playing time
per game.Freshman guard Alyssa Mar-
tin, who averages 14.9 points per game,
sophomore guard Sage Indendi, who
averages 10.8 points per game and sen-
ior forward El Sara Greer,who adds 8.4
rebounds and 9.5 points per game.
Stanford heads north playing some
of its best basketball of the season.
After dominating UCLA and USC,the
accolades came flying in for the second
week in a row, as senior forward Kayla
sports,”you broaden your scope a
little bit. Sure, you’ll watch the
AFWU tennis fan?).
Anyway,the Australian Open is
well underway,which,coupled with
Pedersen was named Pac-10 player of NFL playoffs, but you’ll also
the week for the fourth time in her ca- check out that Horizon League Please see JAFFE, page 8
reer.
Pedersen, the only player to rank in
the top three in assists, points and re-
bounds for the Cardinal, was also
named a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior
CLASS Award on Wednesday, an
award given annually to seniors with
outstanding academic and athletic
achievements.
Additionally, Pedersen will have a
chance to make history this weekend,
as she needs to play only eight more
minutes to eclipse Virginia Sourlis’ 25-
year-old Stanford record of 4,148 min-
utes played.
“I think it will all hit me at the end of
the season, the fact that, ‘Wow, I spent
four years playing in a Stanford uni-
form,’” she said.“But until then, it’s just
one game at a time.”
Pedersen’s pursuit of history was
briefly derailed earlier this year, when
she had to sit out a road game against
DePaul, in which Stanford suffered its
first loss of the season, a 91-71 defeat.
However, the senior from Fountain
Please see WBBALL, page 8

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

By LAUREN TAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
Following a disappointing week-
end in southern California, the Stan-
ford men’s basketball team is back on
the Farm. Currently plagued by a
three-game losing streak, the Card
(10-8, 3-4 Pac-10) now enters a four-
game conference homestand — a rare
scheduling occurrence that could pro-
vide the team with a favorable oppor-
tunity to pick up a few key wins and
get back on track.
Tomorrow night, Stanford will face
Oregon (9-10, 2-5), who heads to
Maples Pavilion coming off a close 63-
59 win against rival Oregon State last
Saturday. The victory was the team’s
first road win of the season, and it was
a much-needed morale boost after the
team suffered a month-long losing
streak and 1-5 start to the conference
season.
However, Oregon opened up its
brand new arena two weeks ago with a
clutch 68-62 win over a tough USC JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily
squad.The upset put the Ducks’ young Senior Hilary Barte, above, led the No. 1 Stanford women’s ten-
team on the map, although it was pre- nis team to a 7-0 victory over UC-Davis in the Cardinal’s regu-
dicted to finish last in the Pac-10 pre- lar-season home opener. The team faces Cal Poly this weekend.
season media poll.

Barte, Stanford
But if location is any indicator of
the Ducks’ success, they will have a
rough time against the Card — they
have not won a single game on the

Farm in 25 years.Though Stanford has
defeated Oregon at home in 24 con-
secutive matchups, the team will have
to learn from its mistakes in Los Ange-
les and revert back to its early-season
style in order to capitalize on its home-
court advantage.
Despite a 14-point lead over
UCLA at one point in the first half, the
Card was not able to produce nearly
enough of an offensive effort during
the remainder of the game. Head
coach Johnny Dawkins is optimistic
that this can change in tomorrow’s
game.
“Our looks were very good, and if
we take those looks again, they’re
going to [fall]. We need to come out
and do the same things we did in the
first half,” Dawkins said. “We’re a
good shooting team and a good scor-
ing team, so we have to get back to the
basics and make it happen.”
JONATHAN POTO/The Stanford Daily In fact, the Card has been staying
Freshman forward Anthony Brown, above, and the rest of the young Cardinal alive almost solely because of its de-
hope to snap a three-game losing streak tonight when the team faces Oregon in
Maples Pavilion. Stanford hasn’t reached 60 points for six consecutive games. Please see MBBALL, page 7
cruise in debut
By WILL SEATON
STAFF WRITER
Taking center court in its
regular season home opener,
the defending national cham-
pion and current No. 1 Stan-
ford women’s tennis team (1-
0) dominated UC-Davis (1-2)
with a 7-0 score.
Stanford was able to run
through the doubles matches
fairly quickly. Out with a sore
muscle in her stomach, sopho-
more Mallory Burdette was re-
placed on the No. 1 team by fel-
low sophomore Stacey Tan.
Tan and senior captain Hilary
Barte won 8-2. Senior Carolyn
McVeigh and junior Veronica
Li paired up at the No. 3 spot,
also winning 8-2.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
STANFORD 7
UC-DAVIS 0
1/26, Taube Tennis Center
Perhaps most interesting
was the No. 2 match, showcas-
ing two fresh faces on the team
in freshmen Kristie Ahn and
Nicole Gibbs. In their first reg-
ular season match at home, the
two combined for a dominat-
ing 8-1 performance that dis-
played the talent many have
been expecting them to bring
this year.
“First of all they have a lot
of experience together,” said
head coach Lele Forood.
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fense, as the team has failed to reach
the 60-point mark in six consecutive
games. Stanford hopes to see a re-
vival of the explosive offense it dis-
played in the Pac-10 season opener
against Cal when the Card shot a
season-best 57.4 percent.
“We have to look at our kids and
have them understand that it’s
going to be a process,” Dawkins
said of his young lineup. “We need
to take the positives away and look
at the negatives to see how we can
correct them.”
Fortunately for Stanford, by
continuing to enforce a solid de-
fense and adjusting the previously
struggling offense, the team could
be able to hold off the Ducks, who
are averaging only a 41.1 overall
shooting percentage.
Senior Joevan Catron, sopho-
more E.J. Singler and junior Mal-
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offense and pose the most notable
threat to the Cardinal defense.
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JAFFE
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said illness and sports fandom, means
it’s Jacob Jaffe the Tennis Fan time. I
had already watched some — I
missed my favorite meal of the week,
ribs, because I was watching the first
set of Andy Roddick vs.Igor Kunitsyn
(nope,I hadn’t heard of him either,but
it was a good set) — but I hadn’t sat
down for a full match yet.
Then I flipped to a seemingly
random and boring match — Robin
Soderling, seeded fourth, vs.
Alexandr Dolgopolov, whose face
looked like that of an acne-riddled
high school girl. He appeared to be
playing like one, too, as Soderling
was doing whatever he wanted with
the unknown Dolgopolov. As the
first set finished 6-1 in favor of
Soderling, the announcers were rav-
ing about how Soderling was de-
stroying his opponent and seeming-
ly counting down the minutes until
they could stop trying to say the
name Dolgopolov (pronounced, as
far as I can tell,Dole-go-POLE-off).
Despite the blowout and the fact
that I had no connection to this match
(Soderling was clearly going to win
and I’d never heard of this guy with a
funny name),I kept watching.Even as
Soderling got a quick break in the sec-
ond, I stuck with it, because . . . why
not? I’ve got nothing better to do with
my life. The AFC Championship
Game was at least as much of a
blowout (24-3 Steelers) and it was
halftime anyway. There’s no way I’m
getting up and doing anything useful.
Why not watch some random tennis?
It was sure lucky I did, because the
match turned upside down. This 22-
year-old Ukrainian suddenly decided
to do his best Roger Federer impres-
sion and started pummeling the
stunned Soderling. Down 2-1 in the
second set and facing Soderling’s
serve, Dolgopolov looked reborn,
winning 11 of the next 13 games to
take a two-sets-to-one lead.He pulled
off some absurd shots, and he certain-
ly won me over.The announcers kept
telling the story of how he almost lost
to a local club player just a month ago,
and here he was holding his own
against one of the world’s top five
players.
So naturally, Dolgopolov was
coasting toward one of the biggest up-
sets of the year so far. Or not. Soder-
ling went on to win the first four
games of the fourth set and hold on
for the 6-4 win, forcing a decisive fifth
set. By this point, the Jets-Steelers
game was well into the fourth quarter
and the Jets were threatening to make
a game of it. Football is my favorite
sport,and this game is obviously huge.
Yet I couldn’t help but flip back to the
tennis match, because I was honestly
more interested in this Swede facing
this Ukrainian in Australia than any-
thing going on in America at the time.
I did see the Jets get within five
near the end of the game, and I saw
Ben Roethlisberger make a few plays
to clinch the game for the Steelers.
But what I’ll remember much more
from that day is watching Soderling
go up a break in the fifth, only to see
Dolgopolov win six of the next seven
games to take the set and the match.
I’ll remember a crazy back-and-forth
showdown that saw the No. 46 player
in the world beat the No.4 player,and
Dolgopolov go from having a one-
percent chance of winning (according
to ESPN’s spiffy “match win likeli-
WBBALL
Continued from page 6
Hills,Ariz., found that sitting out has
helped her.
“Obviously, I didn’t choose to sit
out, but it made me realize how to
use all five players on the floor,”
Pedersen said. “It showed me some
things on offense and defense that
you can’t really see when you’re out
on the floor trying to make a play.”
Since the DePaul game — which
snapped her streak of 121 consecu-
tive starts dating back to 2007 —
Pedersen has averaged 12 points
and nine rebounds a game, in addi-
tion to three double-doubles.
However, Pedersen insists that
TENNIS
Continued from page 6
“They won a pro tournament last
year, so they’re used to [playing] to-
gether. They played well in the fall
at regionals and they’ve taken some
losses since then, so we’re trying to
get back on the track of how well
they played in the fall.”
The two debuted well in singles
also. Gibbs started at the No. 2 posi-
tion while Ahn played No. 3. After
serving five double faults in a row in
the first set, Ahn settled down to
record a 6-3, 6-1 victory. She admit-
ted to nerves afterwards, saying she
had been too excited to play on the
center courts in her first home
match. Gibbs was a dominating
force in her match, running down
every ball and displaying a powerful
return game. She breezed through
the first set, dropped the first two
games of the second set and then
finished her opponent off, 6-0, 6-2.
“They bring a lot of energy,
which obviously picks everyone
up,” Barte said. “Nicole is super in-
tense and really competitive so I
think that brings the fire out in all of
us. Kristie’s a little goofier, but she
turns it on when she needs to.
They’re going to do great and
they’ve added a lot to the team.”
Wednesday’s match proved to
be the first chance for fans to get a
glimpse of Stanford’s recruiting
class, ranked No. 2 by The Tennis
Recruiting Network. Highlighted
by Ahn and Gibbs, the freshman
class also includes touted players in
Amelia Herring and Elizabeth
“Aiyi” Ecker.
“We’ve got a lot of talent there,”
Forood said. “That’s a lot of players
[in the freshmen class] so I think it
bodes well for the future, no doubt.
They’re all good players.”
Seeded No. 8 in last year’s
NCAA Tournament, Stanford was
able to upset both No. 1 Baylor and
No. 4 Notre Dame on its way to win-
ning its first NCAA national cham-
pionship in four years with a nail-
biting 4-3 victory over No. 3 Florida
in the championship match.
With the graduation of senior co-
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hood” calculator) after trailing by a
break in the second set to pulling off
a 6-2 fifth set for the win.
Dolgopolov went on to lose to
Andy Murray in the next round, and
his match against Soderling will prob-
ably have almost no lasting impact.
But for one afternoon, I was trans-
fixed.
And really,isn’t that what sports are
all about?
Jacob Jaffe is one of three Americans
who can correctly pronounce Dolgo-
polov.Applaud his pronunciation at jw-
jaffe@stanford.edu.
the individual achievements are sec-
ondary this season to the team’s as-
pirations.
“Being named to the Lowe’s Se-
nior CLASS award is very cool, for
sure,but right now,we’re motivated to
win this Pac-10 season first,”she said.
After Saturday’s game at Maples,
USC head coach Michael Cooper
said that he thought the Cardinal
would be the next national champi-
on, and Pedersen admits that a
unique sense of purpose has been
driving this year’s team.
“Just the way this team is — spe-
cial is the perfect word to describe
it,” she said. “For us seniors it has to
be this season, and I think we’re all
totally dedicated to that goal.”
Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat
@stanford.edu.
captain Lindsay Burdette, a major
part of that championship run, the
Cardinal was forced to watch one
half of its best doubles pairing walk
away. Burdette paired with current
senior Hilary Barte to claim Stan-
ford’s 13th overall doubles title in
school history in Lindsay’s last
match in school colors. Taking her
place is her younger sister, sopho-
more Mallory Burdette.
“Lindsay was a little more ag-
gressive,” Barte described. “We
both served and volley, and we kind
of took it to them. Mallory is the
same thing, but we take it to them in
a different way in that she puts a lot
of pressure on them from the base-
line and then gets in when she has
the opportunity.”
So far this season, Barte and
Mallory Burdette have combined to
play in the USTA/ITA National In-
door Championships and All-
Americas in the fall, taking home
the trophy at All-Americas in Octo-
ber. At Indoors, after losing in the
first round, they made a run to the
consolation final before being
edged by Barbora Kritickova and
Alida Muller-Wehlau of Armstrong
Atlantic State, 8-6.
“They’re not quite as dominant
[now] as they were at All-Ameri-
can’s when they won it in October,”
Forood said.“But you know winning
a national tournament their first
time together is pretty impressive.”
A core of veteran seniors, Barte,
McVeigh and Jennifer Yen, will lead
this year’s young team. Because of
the large contingent of freshmen on
the team, this senior leadership
could prove essential for the Cardi-
nal’s success.
“It’s definitely an honor [leading
the team],” Barte said. “I can’t be-
lieve we’re seniors first of all, but
I’m excited to show them the ropes
and try to be a model by action
more than anything else.”
The team will next put its talents
on display this weekend, hoping to
qualify for National Indoors with
matches against Cal Poly and either
Oklahoma or UNLV. Match time is
2 p.m.Friday and Saturday at Taube
Tennis Stadium.
Contact Will Seaton at wseaton
@stanford.edu.