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The Stanford Daily An Independent Publication
www.stanforddaily.com Volume 239
June 2, 2011 Issue 73

COMING OUT IN THE LOCKER ROOM

Closeted Stanford athletes have ‘fear of the unknown’
By RYAN MAC
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The night before the 2008 Cana-
da Cup, the final meet of the fall sea-
son for the Stanford women’s swim-
ming team, Laura Wadden ‘09 lay in
bed awake.
Three weeks earlier,Wadden was
the poster child of a Stanford stu-
dent campaign against Proposition
8, a California initiative to ban
same-sex marriage.She was left dev-
astated by the results, as 52 percent
of state voters decided that mar-
riage could only be between a man
and a woman.
In her Toronto hotel room, the
senior co-captain of the swimming
team was overcome with memories
and emotions of the past half-year.
She remembered imploring her fel-
low students through a megaphone
to join her in the fight for equal
rights and recognition of same-sex
marriage. She recalled her encour-
agement for her younger brother
Jack, a rower on the men’s crew
team at Williams College, when he
told their parents the summer be-
fore that he was gay.
But on Thanksgiving night in
2008, after months of supporting
others, Wadden wondered who
would be there for her.
The next day, she found her
coach, Lea Maurer ‘94 M.A.‘95, just
before the start of her first event.
“I’m bisexual,” Wadden told her
coach.
At Stanford, coming out can still
be difficult, especially for athletes.
The University is home to about 800
varsity athletes, but only a handful
has come out while still representing
the Cardinal at the collegiate level.
It took Wadden four years to
confront her identity and tell her
coach, after questioning her own
sexuality since high school. Looking
back, she recalled her reasons for
closeting part of her identity for the
majority of her time at Stanford.
“I was just so scared,” Wadden
said of the night before she con-
fronted Maurer. “I didn’t know if I
should come out or not, and I didn’t
even know who to tell.”
“Fear of the Unknown”
Wadden’s situation is by no
means unique among Stanford ath-
letes. Nor is it a development con-
fined to the boundaries of the Farm.
Cyd Zeigler ‘95, founder of Out-
sports.com, has heard hundreds of
stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual or
transsexual (LGBT) athletes at
every level of sport over 11 years of
running his website. He estimated
that the proportion of LGBT indi-
viduals in sports was no less than
that in the world population,about 2
to 3 percent.
“That means there are hundreds
or thousands of collegiate athletes
who are gay,” he said.
Across both amateur and profes-
sional American sports, there has
been a slow outpouring of encour-
agement for gay athletes. Prominent
sports figures, among them former
basketball star Charles Barkley and
various NFL players, have stated
their support and recognition of
LGBT issues. Some, like former Vil-
lanova basketball player Will Sheri-
dan, have chosen to come out after
keeping their sexual identities away
from the public eye.
Stories like these have been few
and far between at Stanford. Courtesy of stanfordphoto.com
The University’s nondiscrimina- Laura Wadden ‘09, who identifies as bisexual, competed on the women’s
tion policy protects against any un-
lawful discrimination based on eth- varsity swim team. Having won two golds at the Canada Cup, she said her
nicity, gender, disability, religion or greatest victory was coming out to her coach Lea Maurer ‘94 M.A. ‘95.
sexual orientation in any school pro-
gram or activity. Despite the stated and former Stanford athletes de- bisexual in a realm that has not al-
policies, Zeigler stated that closeted tailed their struggles on a panel for ways been welcoming of individuals
student-athletes at Stanford main- LGBT issues in sports. Held by Safe of all sexual orientations.
tain a “fear of the unknown.” and Open Spaces at Stanford The organizer of that panel,
“You don’t know for absolute (SOSAS), a group dedicated to Holly Fetter ‘13, co-president of
fact that your coach is going to ac- opening dialogue on queer issues, Stanford Students for Queer Liber-
cept you and your teammates are the talk brought together athletes, ation (SSQL) and a Daily staffer,
going to accept you,” he said. “You some out and some not, from across said that some aspects of the Stan-
don’t have it written in a contract several sports. ford Athletics Department lag be-
that these people are going to accept Sitting on couches in the hind the general campus attitudes
you.” Women’s Community Center, once on LGBT issues. She cited the lack
the rallying place for 2008’s Prop. 8 of out athletes at the University as a
A Stigma in Stanford Sports? protests, the athletes described their
Last Wednesday, eight current internal struggles as gay, lesbian or Please see OUT, page 2

UNIVERSITY

Prof.eyes ambassadorship
Michael McFaul nominated
as American envoy to Russia
By AN LE NGUYEN
MANAGING EDITOR
President Barack Obama plans to nomi-
nate political science professor Michael Mc-
Faul ‘86 M.A. ‘86 to the post of U.S. ambassa-
dor to Russia. Pending confirmation by the
Senate, McFaul will succeed John Beyrle,
who assumed the role of ambassador in 2008.
Officials said Obama informed the Russ-
ian president, Dmitri Medvedev, of his selec-
tion last week at a G-8 meeting in France.
The decision broke a longstanding tradition
of designating career diplomats to serve as
envoys to Russia; in the last three decades,
seven out of eight ambassadors have been
MICHAEL KHEIR/The Stanford Daily professional diplomats.
After a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Florida in the team final, sophomore Mallory Burdette, McFaul, 47, is a leading expert on U.S.-
Russian relations and currently serves on the
left, and senior Hilary Barte, right, teamed up to take the doubles title on Monday. National Security Council as the president’s
top advisor in this capacity. He was one of
things, aims to promote shared economic in-
terests and mutual understanding between
the two nations.
Before rising to international prominence,
McFaul was formerly the director of the Cen-
ter for Democracy, Development and the
Rule of Law (CDDRL) and deputy director
of the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for In-
ternational Studies. He was named the Peter
and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover
Institution, but is currently on leave from this
position.
Current CDDRL Director Larry Dia-
mond ‘73 M.A. ‘78 Ph.D. ‘80, who has worked
closely with McFaul through the years, com-
mended his colleague for being “extremely
effective in his current role as the special as-
sistant to the president.”
“He’s managed not only to achieve a very
important arms control agreement and to
‘reset’ U.S.-Russian relations . . . but he’s
[also] managed to make a lot of progress in
realizing what he has long argued to be a nec-
essary balance in American foreign policy,
between pursuing strategic interests and
standing up for our principles,” Diamond

QUEENS OF several Stanford professors chosen for

Obama’s transition team in the months after
the 2008 presidential election.
At present, the scholar-advisor is a key
said.
He added that many proponents of de-
mocratization and rule of law in Russia are
heartened by McFaul’s expected move to

THEIR COURT
player in the president’s “reset” policy for
U.S.-Russian relations, which, among other Please see MCFAUL, page 6

BARTE, BURDETTE TAKE
NCAA DOUBLES TITLE
By WILL SEATON
STAFF WRITER
The Stanford women’s tennis team
had representatives in every round of the
NCAA Tournament this year, and
thanks to some clutch play in a tiebreak-
er, the pairing of senior Hilary Barte and
sophomore Mallory Burdette put the
heartbreaking loss in the team competi-
tion in the past them and won the dou-
bles championship on their home court.
Sophomore Stacey Tan almost shocked
the field by taking the singles crown, but
lost in the final just before Barte and
Burdette began their match.
As the 3rd seed in the tournament,
Barte and Burdette knocked off Clem-
son’s Josipa Bek and Keri Wong 7-6 (6),
6-0 in what was Barte’s second run to a
doubles championship. In the first-set
tiebreaker, Stanford saved five set points
and overcame a 1-6 hole to win. That
comeback, along with Barte’s brilliant
net play, allowed them to cruise to the 6-
0 second set and secure the champi-
onship.
“Defending a title is always really
hard, as proven in the team event,” Barte
said. “I’m proud of the way Mallory and
I went about our business and you know,
battled through the tournament. It’s
been a long two weeks.”
During the tournament, the pair
recorded victories over two top-10 oppo-
nents. In their semifinal matchup, they
upset the tournament’s top doubles pair
of Jana Juricova and Mari Andersson of
California in a dominating 6-1, 6-4 per-
formance.
“Especially these last two matches,
Hilary and I returned really, really well,”
Please see WTENNIS, page 14
STUDENT GOV’T
Exec selects cabinet,board
Macgregor-Dennis aims for
a ‘radically different’ team
By JANELLE WOLAK
STAFF WRITER
After 18 hours of interviews, ASSU Presi-
dent Michael Cruz ‘12, Vice President Stewart
Macgregor-Dennis ‘13 and Chief of Staff
Emma Ogiemwanye ‘12 finalized their roster
for the executive cabinet and the newly creat-
ed community board. According to Macgre-
gor-Dennis,the structure and mission of the ex-
ecutive team are “already revolutionary” and
“radically different.”
The student leaders held their first meeting
with the cabinet and board last Saturday after-
noon.
“The vision for this year is to try to become
the world’s most innovative student govern-
ment,” Macgregor-Dennis said.
“Almost every other department at Stan-
ford and in the Silicon Valley is at the cutting
edge,” he added. “So we’re trying to bring the
student government up to the same level.”
This year’s ASSU Executive is substantially
larger than those of previous years, featuring
16 members in the executive cabinet and 18 on
the community board.
As a result,Ogiemwanye will not be the sole
person responsible for supervising the execu-
tive team; Macgregor-Dennis will serve as
“point of contact” for seven of the members
and Ogiemwanye for nine. Communities Chair
Aracely Mondragon ‘13 will be the point of
contact for the 18 community board members.
In the applications for the 2011-12 execu-
tive team, Macgregor-Dennis and
Ogiemwanye gave students the option to apply
for chair positions of their own creation.
“The whole point of the cabinet is to be a re-
flection of hot spots for the campus,a reflection
Please see EXEC, page 6

Index Features/7 • Opinions/9 • Sports/12 • Classifieds/17 Recycle Me

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OUT| Athletes worry about ‘stigma’

sign of the disparity.
“There’s certainly a stigma asso-
ciated with being gay, even being an
ally [of an LGBT student], and
being an athlete,” she said.
While athletes on the panel were
quick to state that Stanford’s stu-
dent body and campus environment
have created a relatively welcoming
environment, some were still dis-
comforted by the handling of LGBT
issues and the relative insensitivity
within their respective teams.
In an interview before her ap-
pearance on the SOSAS panel,
Wadden recalled an instance during
her freshman year when some sen-
ior swimmers joked about a team-
mate who they thought was a les-
bian.
“The fact they would laugh about
it made me feel that being a lesbian
would be an out-of-the-ordinary
thing that people wouldn’t necessar-
ily be cool with,” she said.
One current Stanford women’s
basketball player, who identified as
bisexual, did not feel that her team-
mates were aware of the potential
harm created by fleeting insults
thrown around on the court. She did
not want to be identified because
she has not told her family of her
sexual identity.
“There are people on our team
who will say ‘That’s so gay,’ or ‘he’s a
gay, she’s a gay’ and misuse the
word,” she said.
Xanthe Travlos ‘11, a field hock-
ey player, came out to her team-
mates in 2008 after becoming close
with another member of her team.
After concealing their relationship
for a year, she and her girlfriend
slowly come out to teammates,
which Travlos described as a “huge
relief.”
But after a game against David-
son College in October of that year,
Travlos heard the laughs and saw
the pointing from members of the
opposing team. As she and her girl-
friend walked off the Stanford Var-
sity Field Hockey Turf, which had
been sponsored in part by the Les-
bian Equality Foundation of Silicon
Valley, Travlos realized that her
coming-out process would not be
without its difficulties.
She later traced the source of the
rumors to a member of the Stanford
coaching staff, who Travlos and her
girlfriend thought was someone
they could trust. That coach has
since left the team.
An Unprecedented Situation in the
Locker Room
While there has been no systemic
discrimination against individuals of
any sexual orientation in Stanford
sports, athletes said that it is often
the little things — the insensitive re-
marks among teammates or a
coach’s inability to handle a situa-
tion — that convey that the Univer-
sity’s athletics programs do not yet
completely embrace LGBT partici-
pants. Some, like Dwight Slater ‘02,
believe that homophobic aspects
have been ingrained in aspects of
sports culture.
In 1999, Slater, then a redshirt
freshman on the Stanford football
team, decided to relieve himself of a
burden that had weighed on his con-
science since joining the Cardinal
that summer. A highly recruited of-
fensive lineman from Florida, Slater
confronted then-head coach Tyrone
Willingham with a two-word state-
ment not often heard in a football
locker room.
“I’m gay.”
As a freshman, Slater struggled
with his own sexuality, his personal
relationship with his father and the
recent death of his mother. He saw
Stanford, more than 2,500 miles
“You don’t know for absolute
fact that your coach...your
teammates are going to
accept you.”
— CYD ZEIGLER ‘95
Founder of Outsports.com
away from home, as an escape.
But soon after arriving on cam-
pus,Slater came to conclude that the
“hyper-masculine” nature of the
sport he played and his sexual iden-
tity were not compatible. He often
found himself lying about where he
was going or what he was doing.
“The gay angle didn’t fit in any-
where,and I didn’t know how to fit it
into my identity,” he recalled. “I just
felt like a fraud the whole time.”
In the most trying academic and
athletic environment he had ever
experienced,Slater was left alone on
the team, unable to confide in his
teammates or coaching staff. It took
months for him to tell Willingham, a
decision that only came after being
spurred on by the positive support
of a dorm event, “Crossing The
Line,” in which he revealed his sexu-
al identity to his fellow residents.
But when Slater later told his
head coach, he confided in a man
who he believed did not know how
to deal with such an unprecedented
situation.
“I don’t think he was able to han-
dle my situation,” Slater said,“I was-
n’t able to handle it. At that time, I
don’t think anybody had come out
on a team sport . . . He was willing
to work with me, but only on his
timeline.”
Because his situation was so
unique, the football coaching staff
was neither trained nor prepared to
deal with his situation, inadvertently
making decisions that would force
Slater to come out to his father.
Looking back, Slater maintains
no ill will toward Willingham or the
other coaches, but remembers a di-
vided team atmosphere, with some
teammates readily accepting of his
identity and others choosing to open-
ly state their discomfort. He left the
team during his freshman year.
Slater is seen as one of the first
NCAA Division I football players
to announce that he was gay, but he
did not think his situation was
unique at the time or within his
sport.
“I was not the only one,” Slater
said.
An Effort to Change A Culture
While Travlos and Wadden have
come out to their teammates and
coaches, they want to ensure that
any athlete can find that same com-
fort and confidence. Along with Fet-
ter, the pair made a presentation last
spring to Stanford Director of Athlet-
ics Bob Bowlsby and proposed that Stanford Daily File Photo
the Athletics Department institute
LGBT sensitivity training for its Laura Wadden ‘09, a former swimmer, dedicated significant time to a
coaches and staff. campaign against Prop. 8 in 2008. Her personal struggle to come out to
While Fetter has said that the envi- her coach and teammates, however, was fraught with uncertainty and fear.
ronment within University locker
rooms and on Stanford playing fields Some athletes are looking for the want to talk about this issue,” Zeigler
has been slow to change,the Athletics Athletics Department to move be- said. “But when they’re confronted
Department has taken some initia- yond their tacit acceptance of LGBT with a teammate coming out of the
tive.In February,the department wel- athletes in varsity sports to actively closet, they are supportive, because
comed an NCAA-sanctioned speak- welcome them. While Koberlein was sports are about a few things. But at
er to lead a cultural diversity work- not aware of any coaches making the end of the day,[the team is] built to
shop. public statements in support of gay or win.As long as someone is contribut-
Senior Associate Athletics Direc- lesbian athletes, the anonymous ing to winning, that person can have
tor Earl Koberlein ‘86 said that sexu- women’s basketball player believed three legs or they can be purple.”
al orientation in Stanford sports was that a message from a Tara Van- This was something that Wadden
“not really an issue.” In an email to Derveer or a David Shaw could have soon realized after coming out to her
The Daily, Koberlein stated that the a profound effect on the perception coach and her teammates. While she
University recruits individuals that of LGBT participants in Stanford swam to two golds at the Canada
can excel academically and athletical- sports. Cup,her biggest victory came outside
ly, regardless of sexual preference. Zeigler welcomed such state- the pool when she revealed her iden-
“Any student-athlete in need of ments. He hoped that a more open tity to Coach Maurer.
support is encouraged to meet with environment within the Stanford “It’s okay, you’re fine,” her coach
Athletics Department or University Athletics Department could convey said,wrapping her arms around Wad-
staffers who can provide needed sup- to closeted athletes that they would den.“It’s not that big of a deal.”
port,advice and connect them to Uni- be accepted and embraced by their
versity resources as appropriate,” he peers. Contact Ryan Mac at rbmac@stan-
said. “A lot of people in sports don’t ford.edu.

UNIVERSITY
Laying down the law
Bowlsby
talks bowl
task force
A.D. explains aftermath of
Fiesta Bowl improprieties
By KABIR SAWHNEY
DESK EDITOR

In an interview with The Daily,Stanford Ath-

letic Director Bob Bowlsby explained his role
on the task force appointed by the Bowl Cham-
pionship Series (BCS), which was charged with
investigating the Fiesta Bowl’s improprieties
and misuse of bowl funds.Some groups,howev-
er, are voicing criticism in response to the task
force and its recommendations.
The bowl fired its CEO, John Junker, and
other employees in March upon release of a
“scathing” internal review, which detailed a
bevy of financial improprieties and misuse of
bowl funds.Most prominently,the investigation
uncovered an “apparent scheme” to reimburse
employees for at least $46,539 for contributions
to political campaigns, as well as an attempt to
conceal the reimbursements from the bowl’s
board of directors (as a nonprofit, the Fiesta
Bowl is barred by state campaign finance laws
from making political donations). Other signifi-
cant violations included a $33,000 birthday
party for Junker and a $1,200 trip to a Phoenix
strip club.
In its report published in late May, the task
force recommended a $1 million fine as well as
other sanctions, but said that the Fiesta Bowl
should remain a member of the BCS. Bowlsby
was one of seven members on the task force,
which was chaired by Graham Spanier, presi-
dent of Pennsylvania State University. He
joined the panel at the request of Larry Scott,
ZACK HOBERG/The Stanford Daily
The Stanford Law School expanded its campus presence with the new William H. Neukom Building, an academic structure that opened its doors
Please see BOWLSBY, page 6 this month. The Neukom Building is expected to be a central hub of the law school, serving as a place for interaction and collaboration.
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4 ! Thursday, June 2, 2011
MONEY
University divvies funds to academic,administrative units
By AN LE NGUYEN
MANAGING EDITOR
The 2011-12 budget will allot dif-
ferent shares of monies to the Uni-
versity’s academic, administrative
and auxiliary units. Among these
units, the School of Medicine is ex-
pected to have the largest share of
consolidated expenses next year.
Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D.
‘82 formally presented his budget
plan at the May 26 meeting of the
Faculty Senate. The budget will be
submitted to the Board of Trustees
for approval on Wednesday, June 8.
According to Etchemendy, the
budget plan will likely remain in its
current state.
“I don’t anticipate any changes
from the proposal,” he wrote in an
email to The Daily.
In drafting the budget,
Etchemendy said one key objective
was to “maintain support for core
academic activities” such as under-
graduate financial aid and graduate
aid. He noted that other goals were
to “fund the highest priority initia-
tives in the schools and other units”
and to “avoid undoing the budget
reductions made in the past few
years.”
A final consideration was the po-
tential decrease in sponsored re-
search funding in 2012, with the dis-
continuation of federal grants from
the American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act (ARRA).
“There has been no sponsored
research shortfall yet,”
Etchemendy said. “In fact we have
been seeing unexpectedly high re-
search levels in the last two years.
“But the outlook for sponsored
research in the coming years is a sig-
nificant concern, and so we have
been cautious to maintain a reserve
that will cushion the effects of a flat
federal research budget over the
next several years,” he added.
The consolidated expenses are
divided among those for Stanford’s
academic units — including its
seven schools — and those for ad-
ministrative and auxiliary units.
Academic units
The University’s academic units
are projected to have $3162.4 mil-
lion in consolidated expenses next
year, with each school and academ-
ic body spending different totals.
The School of Medicine is set to
receive 44 percent of consolidated
expenses for the University’s aca-
demic units in 2011-12 — the high-
est amount among the University’s
academic units.
According to the budget plan,
the School of Medicine’s “highest
priorities are to support current fac-
ulty by raising gifts for professor-
ships and research support for jun-
ior faculty, diversifying research
funding sources, addressing critical
research needs and optimizing re-
search space utilization.”
The school expects an overall
surplus of $16.9 million next year,
compared to this year’s $38.1 mil-
lion surplus.
The SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory is slated to get 11 per-
cent of consolidated expenses.
SLAC, which obtains 97 percent of
its funding from the Department of
Energy, has not received its 2011
funding from the federal govern-
ment. Based on congressional con-
tinuing resolutions,the laboratory is
projected to work with $350 million,
the amount it was designated in
2010.
The School of Humanities & Sci-
ences (H&S) is projected to receive
12 percent of academic unit expen-
ditures. According to the budget
plan, H&S will likely have revenues
of $408.6 million and expenses of
$393.1 million next year, with a sur-
plus of $15.5 million.
The School of Engineering will
get 10 percent of consolidated ex-
penditures and projects an $8.4 mil-
lion surplus for 2011-12. Sponsored
research is expected to constitute 44
percent of the engineering school’s
consolidated budget.
The Dean of Research will have
a 6-percent share of consolidated
expenses in its coffers. It has a
planned deficit of $1.5 million for
2011-12, stemming from $190.5 mil-
lion in revenues, $196.1 million in
expenses and $4.2 million in net
transfers.
The Graduate School of Busi-
ness (GSB) is anticipated to have a
5-percent share of expenses. Ac-
cording to the budget plan, the next
year’s “consolidated budget is bet-
2011/12 Consolidated Expenses
Education (1%)
Earth Sciences (2%)
Other (3%)
Law (2%)
Libraries (3%)
GSB (5%)
Administrative &
Auxiliary
Dean of Research (6%)
$1066 million (25%)
Engineering (10%)
Medicine (44%)
Humanities & Sciences (12%)
Other (6%)
President & Provost (6%)
Student Affairs (5%)
Land, Buildings &
Academic Units Real Estate (20%)
$3162.4 million (75%)
Residential &
Dining (15%)
Admission &
Financial Aid (14%)
ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily
ter than break-even at approxi- consolidated expenses for adminis-
mately $6.1 million,” after account- trative and auxiliary units are pro-
ing for costs associated with transi- jected to total $1,066 million in the
tioning to the new Knight Manage- 2011-12,with the largest share going
ment Center. to Land, Buildings and Real Estate
Stanford Libraries is allotted 3 (LBRE).
percent of the consolidated budget LBRE will have a $218 million
for academic units.This represents a consolidated budget next year,
4-percent growth over Stanford Li- which represents a $15.2 million
braries’ budget this year. spike from the budget projection
The Law School and School of for the current year. This will make
Earth Sciences will both have 2-per- up 20 percent of total administra-
cent shares of total consolidated ex- tive and auxiliary expenses.
penses for academic units. Stanford Claiming 18 percent of these ex-
Law School anticipates a “minimal penditures, Business Affairs and
consolidated budget surplus of Information Technology is close
$92,000” next year, while the School behind LBRE with projected rev-
of Earth Sciences expects a enues and transfers of $184.2 mil-
$700,000 deficit. lion and expenses of $187.3 million.
The School of Education will see The unit will use money from re-
a projected 1-percent share of con- serves to cover the gap between
solidated expenses and “a $1.3 mil-
lion consolidated deficit in 2011-
12,” according to the budget plan.
revenues and expenditures.
Residential and Dining Enter-
prises (R&DE) makes up 15 per-
The remaining expenses, which cent of consolidated expenses for
total 3 percent, will go to the administrative and auxiliary bodies
Hoover Institution, the Vice and is projected have a break-even
Provost for Undergraduate Educa- budget in 2011-12. R&DE expects
tion and the Vice Provost for Grad- to use $24 million in new debt to
uate Education. carry out projects to alleviate an ex-
isting maintenance backlog, bring-
Administrative and auxiliary units ing the unit’s total debt service ex-
According to the budget plan, pense to $44 million next year.
The Stanford Daily
According to the budget plan,
the Office of Undergraduate Ad-
mission (UGA), the Financial Aid
Office (FAO) and Visitor Informa-
SLAC (11%) tion Services will launch “a strate-
gic outreach plan that will allow
them to ramp up a presence world-
wide.” UGA and FAO are set to re-
ceive 14 percent of consolidated ex-
penses.
The department of Athletics, PE
and Recreation (DAPER) will
have a 9-percent share of expens-
es, with anticipated revenues and
expenses both ringing in at a price
tag of $19.8 million in 2011-12. In
Business Affairs & Information
spite of this break-even state, Ath-
Technology (18%) letics has faced and may still face
continued budget challenges.
“The additional 15-percent de-
Development & cline in endowment payouts for
Alumni (7%)
2010-11 combined with continued
Athletics (9%) increases in tuition created finan-
cial aid expenses that exceeded
the endowment payouts,” the
budget reads. “Despite a modest
rebound in the endowment, this
problem will continue in 2011-12,
and the department projects
needing to transfer approximately
$2.1 million from operating rev-
enues to balance the financial aid
budget.”
Among the remaining units,
the Office of Development is ex-
pected to receive 7 percent of con-
solidated expenses, the Office of
the President and Provost will re-
ceive 6 percent and the Office of
Student Affairs will receive 5 per-
cent. The remaining 6 percent of
expenses goes to the Stanford
Management Company, the Office
of the General Counsel and the
Office of Public Affairs.
Contact An Le Nguyen at lenguyen@
stanford.edu.
Correction
In “Panels discuss ideas for a
better Internet” (Jan. 19), The
Daily incorrectly attributed a re-
mark from a panel on human-rights
media to Camille Fletcher J.D. ‘13.
The remark should have been at-
tributed to Eric Fletcher of Har-
vard.
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NEWS BRIEFS UNIVERSITY

First assistant dean for
Shaw discusses
ated position next week.
Prior to coming to Stanford, Exson was the assistant
director of the Women’s Leadership & Resource Center
sexual assault hired and Campus Advocacy Network at the University of Illi-

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Angela Exson has been named the University’s first
assistant dean for Sexual Assault and Relationship Pre-
vention & Response, according to an announcement
from the ASSU.She will begin her work in the newly-cre-
interview program
nois at Chicago. The Office of the Vice Provost for Stu-
dent Life will host a meet-and-greet featuring Exson on
Friday, June 3 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of
Old Union.
— Ivy Nguyen
By ELLORA ISRANI
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The alumni interview program is
transitioning from its pilot stage to
become a permanent University fix-
ture, a change that administrators
and alumni are calling a “positive de-
velopment.”
The Faculty Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Admission and
Financial Aid approved the program
in April, after they had initially des-
ignated it as a pilot three years ago.
“We really didn’t know, to be
honest, which way the faculty would
go on this,” said Richard Shaw, dean
of Undergraduate Admission. “The
faculty, who really asked a lot of im-
portant, pointed questions, ultimate-
ly decided that they felt comfortable
with it and that they were willing to
get behind it.”
The decision, largely based on 17
case studies written by alumni over
the past three years, saw one major
benefit to adding optional interviews
to the Stanford undergraduate ap-
plication.
“They ultimately concurred that
an interview can add texture to an
applicant’s file,”he said.“The human
dynamic,meeting a person . . . either
validates what you read in the file or
it adds to it.”
One major concern raised, ac-
cording to Shaw, was the availability
of “enough alumni nationally to be
able to meet the expectation of the
volume.” He also mentioned “the
question of equity”as a key point,re-
ferring the issues related to training
interviewers and ensuring that they
perform their tasks consistently.
According to Shaw, “the idea of
access — do people have access to
the interviews themselves? — and
the question of what might they add
to the applicant’s candidacy” were
two other commonly cited concerns.
Steven Jewell ‘74, an alumni in-
terviewer based in Portland, said it is
imperative to understand that the in-
terviews are “not strictly evaluative”
meetings, but rather “conversations
with applicants.”
“As an interviewer, I am trained
to view myself as an ambassador for
Stanford, not as a quasi-admissions
officer,” he wrote in an email to The
Daily. “Many [applicants] have mis-
conceptions about Stanford and the
college application process. Stanford
alumni are in a good position to help
applicants learn what Stanford can
offer them and to clarify misunder-
standings.”
Interviewers are trained exten-
sively. Admissions officers conduct
90-minute training sessions during
their travels around the country and
local alumni officers conduct follow-
up sessions. Each interviewer is also
given a reference handbook with
sample questions, which Jewell
called “comprehensive and excel-
lent.”
Among the pros of the program,
Jewell points to the financial benefit
that will be derived from interviews
through continued contact with the
wide alumni base.
“One third of Stanford’s funding
comes from gifts, and tuition only
covers 60 percent of the cost of an
undergraduate education,” he said.
“So, alumni giving is vital to making
a Stanford education affordable to
all undergraduates.Additionally, en-
gaged alumni volunteer thousands
of hours of their time each year help-
ing the University achieve its mis-
sion.”
Concerns that have been raised
about alumni interview programs in-
clude the worry that students of
lower socioeconomic status will be
disadvantaged and that the lack of
consistency among interviewers
could bring unfair subjectivity.
Shaw deemed the first concern as
“stereotyping.”
“Whether [applications] are low-
income or first-generation or from a
rural area or whatever the case may
be, they already have a proven track
record, and they’re quite capable of
talking about themselves and what’s
Please see INTERVIEW, page 17
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commissioner of the Pac-10 Confer-
ence.
Bowlsby noted that the task force
carried out four conference calls and
one in-person meeting with the Fiesta
Bowl’s directors in order to determine
a punishment for missteps.He said the
task force did not meet with Junker.
He also described the task force’s
decision-making process on the
bowl’s final penalties.
“It was a collaborative process
with a lot of people on the board,”
Bowlsby said. “We had a couple of
BCS lawyers that were involved with
advising us as well.The BCS executive
director was involved in the delibera-
tions.”
“It was a process by which we iden-
tified the strengths and weaknesses of
the organization and tried to enhance
the strengths and minimize the weak-
nesses,”he added.
Bowlsby also responded to allega-
tions of a conflict of interest in his role
on the task force.According to Playoff
PAC, an anti-BCS political action
committee, the Fiesta Bowl annually
hosts and pays for the “Fiesta Frolic,”
a three-day golf and spa outing in Ari-
zona for coaches, athletic department
administrators and their spouses.
Documents provided to The Daily by
Playoff PAC show that Bowlsby at-
tended at least two Fiesta Frolics, one
in 2008 and one in 2001, when he was
the director of athletics at the Univer-
sity of Iowa.
“I would say that anyone who sug-
gested that,one,doesn’t know me very
well and, two, puts a very low price on
my integrity,”Bowlsby said of the pos-
sibility of a conflict of interest.
Chad Pehrson, a co-founder of
Playoff PAC, explained his concern
about the conflict-of-interest allega-
tions.
“If someone’s on a task force that’s
charged with investigating or regulat-
ing behavior,we would like those peo-
ple to be independent,” he said.
“When someone has repeatedly ac-
cepted benefits from the objects of
their investigation,that calls into ques-
tion their independence.
“I think it’s a bigger issue for uni-
versities,” he added. “If I were presi-
dent of a university, I would not allow
my employees [and] my administra-
tors to accept benefits from bowl
games, because I think it might cloud
their judgment as to what’s the best
CHINA
MCFAUL
“It was a
collaborative
process.”
— BOB BOWLSBY,
Stanford Athletic
Director
course for the university’s athletic pro-
grams.”
Pehrson suggested that college
football could follow the lead of other
professions in establishing a published
set of guidelines that state which ben-
efits are acceptable and which ones
are sufficient to pose a conflict of in-
terest.
“I think that would be a road they
should go down, but they don’t cur-
rently,” he said. “They don’t publish
that information.They don’t say,‘You
can accept a golf game, but you can’t
accept a first-class airplane ticket.’”
Bowlsby and Pehrson also had dif-
fering views on the penalties levied on
the Fiesta Bowl,specifically the $1 mil-
lion fine, which the task force recom-
mended come in the form of contribu-
tions to Arizona charities. Bowlsby
said this fine would come out of the Fi-
esta Bowl’s reserves.
Playoff PAC, on the other hand,
has argued that the payments do not
really constitute a penalty, since the
bowl is obligated to pay those funds
to charity anyway.In a statement pro-
vided by Pehrson, Playoff PAC cites
the bowl’s articles of incorporation,
which state that the bowl must use all
of its excess funds for “charitable pur-
poses.”
Other reforms listed in the task
force report include the removal of Fi-
esta Bowl board members implicated
in “inappropriate conduct,” the re-
cruitment of at least two bowl board
members from the collegiate commu-
nity, the introduction of an independ-
ent audit and the hiring of an execu-
tive director with “the highest ethical
standards.” The report also urged an-
nual meetings between representa-
tives of the Fiesta Bowl and the BCS.
Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawhney@
stanford.edu.
Continued from front page
Moscow. Barring all obstacles, Mc-
Faul would assume the ambas-
sadorship at a critical juncture in
which both the United States and
Russia are gearing up for their
2012 presidential elections.
FSI Senior Fellow Kathryn
Stoner-Weiss, who first met McFaul
as a graduate student in Moscow
more than 20 years ago and has co-
written two books with him, said
the nomination “doesn’t come as a
huge surprise.” She pointed to her
longtime collaborator’s active role
in trying to revive a positive tone in
Russian-American relations.
“He’s had some positive results,
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of things that a large number of stu-
dents are interested in,”
Ogiemwanye said. “Instead of just
deciding what those things are, we
decided to open it up to everybody
else and see what we were missing.
We actually got some really good
ideas.”
Shadi Bushra ‘12 and Jonah
Rexer ‘12 proposed establishing a
chair of global engagement and will
both serve in that cabinet position.
According to Ogiemwanye, the two
balance each other out because
Bushra is “the man out on the
streets” while Rexer is a “knowl-
edge resource.” Together, they will
spearhead initiatives similar to the
Japan and Haiti relief efforts.
Another new position is the food
chair held by Janani Balasubraman-
ian ‘14, who will use her position to
“connect various movements and
service groups,” Ogiemwanye said.
Dan Thompson ‘13 and Jonathan
Manzi ‘13, who have started their
own companies, will work as chairs
of entrepreneurship. One of their
goals is to establish an entrepre-
neurship-themed dorm on campus.
Vineet Singal ‘12, founder of
Anjna Patient Education, will serve
as the chair of social entrepreneur-
ship. Singal hopes to develop the
necessary infrastructure to enable
students to start their own social en-
JAPAN
including the signing of the new
START agreement,” Stoner-Weiss
said. “And supply missions to be
flown over Russian airspace into
central Asia to fuel our efforts in
Afghanistan are another big, posi-
tive development.”
McFaul may also provide policy
continuity for President Obama as
Russia entertains the possibility of
entering the World Trade Organi-
zation, she said.
“I think from Stanford’s per-
spective, it’s great anytime when
anyone from here is appointed to
such a high-profile position,” Ston-
er-Weiss added, referring to Mc-
Faul’s established ties to the Uni-
versity.
McFaul’s roots on the Farm
stretch back to his days as an un-
dergraduate. McFaul received his
bachelor’s degree in international
“We’re going to
take what
they’re doing
to the next
level.”
— STUART MACGREGOR-
DENNIS ‘13
ASSU Vice President
trepreneurship projects on campus.
According to Ogiemwanye, the
ASSU has struggled in past years
with the translation of “the rhetoric
of tolerance into results.” With this
in mind, Cruz and Macgregor-Den-
nis established the community
board led by Mondragon and made
up of leaders from various commu-
nities across campus.
The community board will in-
clude Vivian Wong ‘12, last year’s
chair of disabilities; Justin Lam,
head of the Asian-American Stu-
dents’ Association (AASA);
Chiney Ogwumike ‘14, forward on
the women’s varsity basketball
team; and others.
“The ASSU has great ideas, but
KOREA
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relations and Slavic languages and
his master’s degree in Slavic and
East European studies in 1986. He
resided in Phi Psi from 1983 to
1984.
A recipient of the Rhodes
scholarship, he pursued his doctor-
al studies in international relations
at Oxford University. Now, Mc-
Faul’s diplomatic career will likely
extend his hiatus from the Farm.
“For Stanford, it means that
when Mike comes back, he will
come back with an even stronger
record of distinguished service and
even deeper knowledge of one of
the most geopolitically important
countries in the world,” Diamond
said. “This will be a tremendous
asset.”
Contact An Le Nguyen at lenguyen@
stanford.edu.
they’re not necessarily fit to the
communities that they’re targeted
at . . . which creates a disconnect,”
Ogiemwanye said. “But if you have
a group of people who already have
an understanding of the needs of the
community, then you don’t have to
worry so much.”
“We’re going to take what
they’re doing to the next level,”
Macgregor-Dennis said. “It’s about
taking specific initiatives and scal-
ing them up to the entire campus.”
According to director of design
thinking Nishant Jacob ‘13, the goal
of next year’s meetings is to move
away from “the old dogmatic struc-
ture” where energy often “dies” to a
more collaborative “design think-
ing” style. To that effect, Jacob and
Macgregor-Dennis encouraged
cabinet members to “connect on a
human level” by interviewing each
other about their goals and visions
at last Saturday’s meeting. They
then brainstormed ways to keep
next year’s meetings efficient, ener-
getic and positive.
“Student government tends to
spend an enormous amount of time
in meetings, choosing sides and try-
ing to defend those sides,” Jacob
said. “The most effective way to
break through that is to replace that
binary dialogue with collaborative
brainstorm sessions.”
“You reserve judgment, you en-
courage wild ideas, you keep the en-
ergy up,” he added.
Contact Janelle Wolak at jwolak@
stanford.edu.
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FEATURES
POPULATION
MATTERS
Stanford debates
forming a
population-centric
public health program
By JULIA BROWNELL
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
E
ven without a formal school of
public health, numerous av-
enues for public health related
research and study have
emerged at Stanford independ-
ent of a formal structure. Driven by a
growing faculty and student interest, the
programs range from formal degrees to
pure research centers and even student
groups.
“It’s an exciting time for population
sciences . . .
at Stanford, because there’s a growing in-
terest I think and a sense that in the fu-
ture population sciences will grow, par-
ticularly as the country grapples with cre-
ating a new healthcare system,” said
Philip Lavori, professor of biostatistics
and director of the Health Research and
Policy (HRP) department at the med-
ical school.
Public health as a discipline
focuses on the science and practice
of improving and safeguarding the
ERIC KOFMAN/ health of communities, as opposed
The Stanford Daily to medicine, which focuses on indi-
viduals.Formally,it includes five disci-
plines: biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, health
services administration and social and behavioral sciences.
“They’re all here, but they’re scattered,” said Donald Barr, professor of
human biology and pediatrics. “The students and faculty are interested in
subjects that affect the health of the public.”
Yet Stanford has never made a formal move to create a school of public
health.
“A school of public health ordinarily encompasses subject matter not in-
cluded within a school of medicine, and [Stanford’s] goal is not to develop a
school of public health,” said Victor Henderson, chief of the division of epi-
demiology.“At Stanford, we’re particularly interested in gaining knowledge
related to disease risk,treatment and prevention.Public health has an added
focus on training professionals who implement knowledge of disease pre-
vention.”
Barr added that at one point there was some interest in such a program,
describing serving on a committee years ago about making a program in
public health at Stanford.
“It just never coalesced,” he said.
Although Stanford may still not be
looking to create a formal program in
“It’s done very public health, there has been movement
to combine many of the existing public
health related entities on campus. Facul-
ty members from the school of medicine
well, but it has have engaged in discussions about the
future of “population sciences” at Stan-
ford.
“The question that we have is that,
since its quite easy to collaborate at Stan-
never had public ford . . . what’s the value of us trying to
figure out how to come together more in-
timately?,” Lavori said of forming a larg-
er population sciences initiative.
health as a core A focus on population health sciences
is new for the Farm, which is traditional-
ly more focused on biomedical research.
“Since the 60s, Stanford’s medical
mission.” school has been built around biomedical
research,” Barr said.“It’s done very well,
but it has never had public health as a
core mission.”
Lavori thinks that may be changing.
“Part of it is a natural turning from
— DONALD BARR things that have reached a great stage of
maturity, for example stem cell research.
Professor of human biology They’ve got a building, wonderful grants,
and pediatrics, on the CIRM has been terrific, the cancer cen-
ter is doing well,” he said. “There’s also
Stanford Medical curriculum now a critical mass of faculty at the
school who are interested in population
sciences . . . It’s time for us to think
about it’s future here at Stanford.”
The existing parts at Stanford include a number of degree granting pro-
grams, research centers and student groups.
The only explicit public health related degrees at Stanford can be earned
in the Health Research and Policy (HRP) department within the Stanford
medical school. The department offers masters of science degrees in epi-
demiology, biostatistics and health services research.
Henderson said that the masters programs, especially epidemiology, dif-
fer from those in a formal public health school, taking a more clinical focus
to research and teaching.
Medical students early in their training can also pursue studies in public
health through two of the required scholarly concentrations, similar to ma-
jors, offered on top of the traditional medical curriculum. The concentra-
tions in community health and health services and policy research relate
most directly to those interested in population and community medicine.
“For a lot of our med students, the reason they go into medicine is be-
cause they really want to make a difference for people who are dispropor-
tionately suffering,” said Lisa Chamberlain, director of the community
health scholarly concentration, adding that students can pursue this interest
through their concentration.
In addition to required and elective classes, students have the opportuni-
ty to further their study through a research project, often community based,
sponsored by the medical scholars program.They can also pursue a master’s
in public health across the bay at UC-Berkeley.
At the undergraduate level, many students study public health within ex-
isting majors, most commonly through areas of concentration within human
biology.
Please see HEALTH, page 8
Q&A
WITH SALSA
A look at three freshmen’s new
social networking company
Courtesy of TechCrunch
Felipe Munera ‘14 speaks about Salsa, a social-
networking startup he recently co-founded with
Luke Knepper ‘14 and Bryant Tan ‘14.
Munera and Knepper officially launched
Salsa last week during a Wi-Fi enabled flight
from San Francisco to New York on their way to
the technology startup conference TechCrunch
Disrupt NYC 2011. The two debugged the site
on a laptop during their cab ride to the confer-
ence, where they arrived with three hours of
sleep,12 cups of coffee and plenty of enthusiasm.
Salsa’s first product is useSalsa, a site where
users can make plans to hang out with friends by
linking their Salsa and Facebook accounts.
Users can share what they are interested in
doing and find friends who are free.
Business Insider described Munera, Salsa
CEO, as a “Colombian Justin Bieber.” And
when The Stanford Daily interviewed Munera
about the new startup in his Twain dorm room,
his hair was just as long.
Why did you choose to start Salsa?
Personally I wanted to start a company long
ago. It was the reason I came to Stanford. It was
the only place where I could be this creative . . .
Luke [Knepper] and I created this prototype
called Blue Bounce, but we needed something
more . . . something that really disrupted the
normal way of thinking about social networking
. . . and that’s where Salsa came from.
What does Salsa do?
We connect people to map social interaction the
way it’s supposed to be, or the way it actually is
. . . Humans are happy when they hang out with
people they like, and in a way, we’re making the
world a happier place. This is much more than
one little webpage we’re coding in college. This
is our dream. It’s something big.
How did you end up going to TechCrunch Dis-
rupt?
I was browsing TechCrunch, which I browse
two, three times a day, and thought about how
awesome it would be to go to Disrupt. If
HONING IN ON
THE HUMANITIES
By ARMINE PILIKIAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
W
hen fast paced quarters with a
whirlwind of midterms and
profoundly caffeinated essay
writing are the order of
things, following through with
sustained humanities research can seem like a
daunting task.
So, how does one escape the curse of the
cursory? The Stanford Humanities Center
(SHC) is one answer. A reclusive but beautiful
study area with a courtyard of whimsical plant
life and gurgling fountains, the Center is an
often-overlooked intellectual haven that sup-
ports undergraduates pursuing research.
Stocked with visiting and on-campus pro-
fessors, international artists, graduate students,
undergraduate researchers and last but not
least, luncheons, where students and academics
can converse over Indian food and brownie
squares, the Center is a bonding site for those
who want to engage deeply in research ques-
tions.
Four undergraduate students, each paired
with one of the Center’s fellows, spend an en-
tire year at the Center developing a single
topic. Fellows are academic giants in a diverse
range of specialized fields, selected from a pool
of nearly 250 applicants annually. Although
their academic prestige might seem intimidat-
ing, they give the students who work with them
the chance to travel deep into the complexities
of an intellectual arena, look at a concept
squarely in the face and decide if it needs some
reconstructive surgery.
Students usually tackle one aspect of their
fellow’s research and are paid approximately
$1,400 per quarter for 10 hours of work per
week.To conclude the experience, the students
present their work during one of the Center’s
weekly show-off-your-research lunches. These
presentations took place this year at a sympo-
sium at the Center on May 25.
Undergraduates often reap the benefits of
Thursday, June 2, 2011 ! 7
By MARWA FARAG
DESK EDITOR
there’s something Stanford has taught me, it’s
to always challenge your assumptions, and I
thought, why don’t we go? We didn’t really
have a finished product. We didn’t have any-
thing. We just had too much passion, and we
said, ‘Let’s go.’
What did you take away from the conference?
When we went to Disrupt, that really changed
everything. Disrupt is a very big event. It’s
about companies that have something that’s
going to disrupt the way people think about
technology. The requirement was for you to
have less than something like $2 million in
funding, and we had way, way less than that . .
. We wanted to represent our university, and
the fact that we went there [to TechCrunch
Disrupt] proved something.
What differentiates the idea behind Salsa from
other group-centered applications, like Face-
book groups?
Salsa is dynamic. Other groups target messages
to the members of the group, and the perception
of who is in the group differs from person to per-
son, which translates to lost social value. On
Salsa you can target different groups for differ-
ent activities, and we set it up for you. Salsa is a
social dance and it also relates to food . . . and
the main activities we help set up are “eat” or
“do something.”Salsa is simple.It’s very dynam-
ic and it moves.
Why do you feel so confident in Salsa?
We’re going to succeed,because our team is well
structured . . . We’re selling the impact we want
to create with Salsa as the mediator between
technology and social interaction. I’m con-
vinced we can do it.
Is the hair really an homage to Justin Bieber?
I didn’t have time to cut my hair. It was just so
much work, and we were rushing; I need a hair-
cut.
Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@stanford.edu.
their fellows’ academic connections and exten-
sive access to research facilities on campus. For
example, Harley Adams ‘11, who is studying
colonial archives of the Indian Ocean with fel-
low Giorgio Riello, has been working on a
quantitative spreadsheet of every factory in the
Indian Ocean from 1500 to 1800. Under Riel-
lo’s tutelage, he was able to work with the Spa-
tial History Lab to digitally render this infor-
mation on an interactive map, showing geo-
graphic and chronological changes.
“What’s interesting is that this information
has never been collected in such a way before,
centered in one place,” Adams said, describing
the approach as a new way to consider a place’s
history. “Through just looking at the Indian
Ocean, you can see the entire world.”
This project provides students with an ex-
tensive research opportunity without having to
commit to completing an honors thesis.
“I ended up not doing an honors thesis, be-
cause I’m double majoring, so this is my way of
doing a mini thesis,” said Richard Sajor ‘11,
who is currently researching the perception of
death in Medieval London with fellow Amy
Appleford.
For Sajor, the chance to explore his topic at
the Center helped satisfy his intellectual cu-
riosity in a way that classes could not.
“I’m somebody who has taken all the Me-
dieval courses that I could . . . this filled in a lot
of places where I felt like there weren’t enough
classes,” Sajor said.
Similarly, for Elizabeth Rasmussen ‘12, the
Center was an academic jackpot for her inter-
est in political trends in Peru. Rasmussen
worked with fellow Cecilia Mendez to investi-
gate civil wars in 19th century Peru, which she
said she would have been unable to explore
through traditional coursework.
Having exhausted Stanford’s language
courses, Rasmussen found an opportunity to
advance her language skills at the Center by
completing her reading, writing and conversa-
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The fellows not only serve as ac-
ademic guideposts for students but
also give students confidence in
their intellectual passions. Adams

in studies at
Although some students come
to the Center with highly specific
research interests, many find a
niche through the help of their
mentor. Elias Rodriquez ‘13 start-
and Riello look at 17th century
drawings of Canton ports just for
the enjoyment of admiring and en-
gaging in art. Rasmussen and
Mendez typically start off their

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a clear-cut path. However, the
guidance of his fellow, Heather
Love, led him to a thesis on the
transience of identity in Virginia
Woolf’s Waves, which relates to her
topic, the power of group stigmati-
zation.
meetings with conversations in
Spanish about the latest in South
American politics.
Adams described how the fel-
lows help students see the long-
term value of their work.
“As well as giving me actual
quantifiable help, it’s also an inspi-

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Are you involved in a STUDENT GROUP?
Go to the following link and let us know what you think. “I think the HumBio depart-
ment does a good job of encourag-
ing students to pursue public health
http://tinyurl.com/3bq5w36 in their coursework, internships and
research,” said Erin Duralde, a
We’re part of a student/staff committee doing a self-study of SAL, and we need your input Human Biology student advisor
and editor in chief of the Stanford
about your experience with SAL plus suggestions for how they can better meet students’ needs. Journal of Public Health.
“Many other departments have
Your input is incredibly VALUABLE, CONFIDENTIAL and much APPRECIATED! their hand in public health, too,” she
added, listing the departments of
civil and environmental engineer-
The Student members of the SAL Self-Study Working Group: ing as well as economics as exam-
Justin Brown, Ph.D. Student (Engineering), Graduate Student Council ples.
Michael Cruz, Class of 2012, ASSU President Other graduate studies of public
Chris Gonzalez Clarke, Ph.D. Student (Education) and RF
health can be pursued through the
MA in public policy with a health
Steven Greitzer, Class of 2013, Sophomore Class President
concentration, or a masters or Ph.D.
Diana Hyde, M.A. Student (Education), SAL Program Coordinator in biostatistics through the school of
humanities and sciences.
In addition to degree granting
programs, Stanford also has a num-
ber of research centers involved in
Let our Certified Packaging public health studies.
For example, Stanford’s Preven-
tion Research Center (SPRC) func-
tions as an interdisciplinary re-
search center focusing on problem
based inquiry to address preventing
and controlling disease rather than
treating it. Their subjects range
from tobacco and obesity preven-
tion to successful aging and
women’s health.
Taking a more directly policy-
oriented perspective, Stanford’s
Freeman Spogli Institute supports
the Center for Health Policy and
Center for Primary Care and Out-
comes Research.
Both groups take on students as
research assistants and can provide
an avenue to study public health.
“I’m working at the Stanford
Prevention Research Center under
Dr. Abby King, helping out with
their Neighborhood Eating and
Activity Advocacy Team
(NEAAT) project,” Duralde said.
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experience.”
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whelming.When placed in these sit-
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over more eloquent, thought-out
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In the short amount of time that
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life, academics and human rights
where there was no shortage of pas-
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On that note, you have done an
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what it is without the endless desire
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fully agree, but we can always try to
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Kennedy said, “If we cannot now
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L
ike many other Stanford stu-
dents, once you get me started,
I have a strong opinion about
many things. Yet, in everyday life,
there are several questions to which
my answer can be unexpectedly im-
partial.What do you feel like eating?
Which movie do you want to see?
What do you want to do now? Any of
the above. No preference. I don’t
know, and I don’t care.
As the above might imply, I con-
sider myself an even-keel person. I
am not one of those dominant, fear-
less-leader types who have an answer
to and a goal for everything, one of
those people who sweep others along
in the sheer force of their plans. My
distaste for making decisions goes so
far that my family used to tease me
that I had commitment issues. “I can
see both sides,” I’d say, and hem and
haw about matters as inconsequen-
tial as which book to check out from
the library.
Even concerning less everyday
topics, I sometimes have a hard time
making a case for one thing over an-
other. Likewise, I sometimes have a
hard time defining myself or other
people within the realms of a specific
category. Our identities, after all, are
in constant flux, and different places,
people and circumstances prompt us
to slide from one role or perspective
to another. No one aspect of life in-
deed can denote us truly, and I some-
sometimes resist making even the
most minor decisions. I am intrigued
by complexity and inconsistency,
since which of us can say that we are
always consistent with ourselves? I
am often of two minds.
This sort of inconclusiveness, in
some ways, opposes outside percep-
tions of what Stanford students are
supposed to be like. I sometimes
cringe at telling people that I go to
Stanford. The reasons for this vary,
but one is the assumptions that can
come with the self-designated label
of being a Stanford student: that I’m
one of those smart,confident individ-
uals who have their act together,who
know the answer not only to those
tough homework assignments but
also to the question of how to go and
be successful and who are gunning
for that answer without so much as a
backward glance. We at Stanford
know that this stereotype is not al-
ways true. We may be serious stu-
dents, but like all people, we don’t
have all the answers.We do frequent-
ly have large aspirations, but we can
struggle with finding one way with
which to reconcile all our desires,
passions and interests.
One simplistic perception of edu-
cation is that its function is to teach us
the right answer or to give us the
tools to go about finding it. After all,
we spend most of our academic years
shooting for the correct answer on
Kolb
or “educated” way to do things. The
more highly educated we are,accord-
ing to this binary viewpoint,the more
we will have proved ourselves as
good at being right.We will be able to
make complex decisions and back
them up with irrefutable evidence.
What is more,we will be able to point
to our degree to justify the extent of
our knowledge.
I think most of us can see the flaws
that arise from this binary perspec-
tive.Being “right”isn’t always knowl-
edge;it can also be arrogance.Educa-
tion can give us answers, yes, and
learning the standard methodologies
of a particular field is important, but
in a liberal arts setting, education
more often serves to raise further
questions. All of us have heard that
maxim that the more we learn, the
more we realize how much we don’t
know. Even in the physical sciences,
where the objects and concepts being
studied are supposedly more con-
crete, assumptions are made about
existent variables or conditions, and
the farther we get outside of the the-
oretical vacuum, the more complex
life becomes.As with the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle, sometimes it
just isn’t possible to know everything

Baby,Please Don’t Go
times resist absolute answers just as I tests and trying to figure out the right Please see KOLB, page 11

T HE T RANSITIVE P ROPERTY

L
adies and gentlemen, wel- 11th year as Stanford’s president,

Reflections at the End of a Long Journey

come to the 2010-11 Editori- which is right around the time
al Board’s final editorial. when our last four presidents threw
Over the last several months, we in the towel. Given how awesome
have delicately argued positions on Hennessy is, and how Stanford

a variety of issues (read:shoved our
opinions in your faces), and urged
University officials to do a great
number of things differently. Why
they would take the opinions of a
band of presumptuous undergrads
into account is beyond us, but we
urged them nevertheless. We hope
our opinions have been insightful,
eye-opening, moving and maybe
even a little life changing. Realisti-
cally, we hope at least a few of you
have read our pieces and found
them moderately less soporific
than the rest of The Daily.But since
our exhortation for lifetime access
to stanford.edu email accounts
racked up 60 times as many Face-
book likes as our recommenda-
tions on gun safety (really, guys?),
it’s been a hit and miss edition.
Today, however, we’d like to
take a moment to reflect on an as-
pect of Stanford that has never let
us down. One man at this universi-
ty has consistently raised the bar
and made us proud. Some of you
know him as the founder of his own
cognac label. Others recognize him
would be correspondingly less
awesome were he to leave, this re-
alization makes us sad. Since we
don’t like feeling sad, we demand
that Stanford use any means neces-
sary to prevent our president from
leaving. If need be, keep him here
by force — the force exerted by a
Hoover-sized pile of cash. Simply
put: there is no term limit on excel-
lence. If this ironclad logic does not
a sufficiently sound argument
make, then let us continue by citing
some of Hennessy’s more mind-be-
fuddling achievements. We know
you will agree that Hennessy is, in-
dubitably, the best thing since the
Dixie cup met the ping-pong ball.
Listing all of our fearless
leader’s achievements would be
like numbering the stars, failing
Stats 60 or running the dish after
Café Night. Nevertheless, as stal-
wart Stanford men and women, we
are wont to try. During his career,
Hennessy has been honored by the
Dalai Lama, helped author over
100 publications and added 35 bul-
lets to the Honors and Awards sec-
S
o this is the end. I remember
ever since I was a young fresh-
man working at The Stanford
Daily as a graphics editor,I dreamed
of writing a column. And as I ap-
proach my last days at Stanford, I’ve
finally fulfilled this dream. It’s a bit
surreal.
This column is dedicated to you,
readers. I admit I would not have
gone this far in my transition with-
out writing this column in the first
place. I felt that even if I had just one
person reading this,one person to be
accountable to, then I would do
what I needed to do. I admit that
part of the reason why I went off to
legally change my name, start hor-
mones, get that new driver’s license
and so on was because I wouldn’t
have had anything to write about for
that week otherwise. So the very act
of reading this column has helped
me with my transition. You’ve kept
me on my toes, readers, made me
take the steps I needed to take that I
wouldn’t have been able to do if I
Cristopher
Bautista
was doing this by myself — because
I admit I’m kind of a lazy person. So
thanks, readers. I appreciate it. I
couldn’t have done any of this with-
out you.
And to my Stanford readers —
thanks. Thanks for not only becom-
ing aware, but doing something
about it. Two years ago, a transgen-
der student would not have been
able to get a new ID without legally
changing his or her name — a har-
rowing process that might take
months or even years, depending on
what state (or country) you’re from.
But now, Stanford is taking the steps
for transgender students to change
their name and gender in the Stan-
OP-ED
ford roster without going through
the legal process. And during New
Student Orientation next school
year, one of my transgender friends
will speak about her experiences in
front of the entire incoming fresh-
man class. That would have never
happened when I was a freshman, or
even at the beginning of this school
year. Transgender people, for so
long an invisible population, have
entered the sphere of the Stanford
community’s consciousness. My
Stanford trans friends — they’re
talking about us, aware of us. Yeah,
there’s still a long way to go — al-
though Stanford is probably one of
the safest campuses for transgender
people, that does not mean we’ve
reached full equality — but we’ve
taken great steps from my days as a
sophomore, just coming out, scared
and alone. I know that I’m leaving
Stanford in good hands. I can gradu-
ate with no regrets.
Please see BAUTISTA, page 11

Do the Right Thing

as member of the board of direc-
tors of Google, Cisco, Microsoft,
Goldman Sachs and the Illuminati.
Still others don’t even know his
name, but are warmed by his dash-
tion of his CV. He has founded
MIPS Computer Systems, urged
passage of the DREAM Act and
looked really good wearing red.His
less well-known achievements in-

“W
ing good looks and beautiful smile. clude denying Emma Watson ad- e find beyond a rea- students fail to realize the actual im- is simply out to get us.” In my time
sonable doubt that plications of their actions until it’s working with Judicial Affairs, I’ve
We’re talking about our president, mission to Stanford, diverting you violated the far too late. As we finish up the heard all of these complaints and
John LeRoy “Boss” Hennessy. Honor Code.” These are the words quarter and tackle our final exams, many more.
This fall, Hennessy will hit his Please see EDITORIAL, page 10 that no student ever hopes to hear. projects and presentations, I offer Regarding the length of the
However, as a judicial panelist for you a word of encouragement to process, there’s no question that it’s
the past two years, I’ve had the un- take extra precautions to avoid currently too long. Cases often take
Unsigned editorials in the space above represent the views of the editorial board of The
Stanford Daily and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff.The editorial fortunate experience of informing making a mistake that could earn months on end to get resolved for
board consists of eight Stanford students led by a chairman and uninvolved in other sec- students that they have been found you some very unfortunate conse- varying reasons. One can only try to
tions of the paper.Any signed columns in the editorial space represent the views of their responsible for violating the Honor quences. imagine the anxiety a responding
authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the entire editorial board.To contact Code and/or the Fundamental Now, I know what you’re think- student goes through day in and day
the editorial board chair, e-mail editorial@stanforddaily.com.To submit an op-ed, limited Standard. ing. “Brandon, Judicial Affairs out from the moment she receives
to 700 words, e-mail opinions@stanforddaily.com.To submit a letter to the editor, limited to Most students never plan to vio- sucks! The process is too long, the
500 words, e-mail eic@stanforddaily.com.All are published at the discretion of the editor. late the HC or FS. Moreover, many sanctions are too harsh and the staff Please see OPED, page 11
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Eat Together, Graduate Alone

P
eople like to say that college is
the best time of your life. Four
years ago, as I lay in bed after
the first day of NSO, listening to the
quiet snores of my super awesome
roommate while reliving the crazi-
ness of that first day in my head, I
knew there was no way that Stan-
ford wouldn’t end up being the best
time of my life.
Obviously, there were the aca-
demics: like most everyone at Stan-
ford, I was (and still am) a huge
dork, so I was crazy excited about
the variety and quality of classes
and about getting to be taught by
some of the most badass professors
in the world. There was our incredi-
ble athletics program, with so many
great teams I could watch, many for
free. There were all the traditions
I’d heard so much about — Full
Moon, Big Game, The Game, foun-
tain hopping, Ski Trip, Exotic. And,
of course, there was the weather.
For someone who spent 18 years
growing up in Syracuse, one of the
snowiest cities in America, that in it-
self was going to make these four
years awesome.
Four years later, I can say that
these four years have been the best
four years of my life, but it’s not be-
cause I found every class to be en-
grossing and inspiring (IHUM sort
of dispelled that notion right away)
or because I got to see our football
team go from 4-8 my freshman year
to 12-1 this year (although that was
incredible) or because I got to do
every single tradition. Even the
weather didn’t end up being all that
I’d hoped it would be, although that
was probably my fault for expecting
sunny, mid-70s weather year-round.
These four years have been the
best four years of my life because of
the people. Despite everything
there is to love about our academ-
ics, weather and activities, what’s
been more important have been the
people I’ve learned with, gone to
football games with, partied with
and shared meals with. I could go on
for pages about how fascinating,
how brilliant, how kind, how driven,
how creative, how diverse Stanford
students are, and getting to see this
firsthand, day after day, has been in-
credible.
Which brings me to the title of my
final column — “Eat Together,
Graduate Alone.” It’s a play on the
phrase live together, die alone (popu-
larized by the cultural phenomenon
that was “Lost”), which has a couple
of possible readings. The first is that
we might live together, but all of us
die alone, in a metaphorical if not lit-
Tim
eral sense. The second assumes an
implied “or” between the two state- Moon
ments, that if we don’t live together,
we’ll die alone.I much prefer the sec-
ond reading, both because of how
depressing the first is and because of
how it highlights the importance of
However,more
community.
So we’ll use that meaning — eat
together, or graduate alone. Over important than just
these past 15 weeks, almost every
column of mine has had some tie to
food (I’ll admit that some of those
ties were a bit of a stretch — hey, food itself are meals,
just like this column’s title!), and I
hoped to highlight the importance
of food in our lives, to highlight that,
in a way, we really are what we eat.
when we share food
However, more important than just
food itself are meals, when we share
food with people. Stanford students with people.
Please see MOON, page 11

O P-E D

One step forward,

two steps back
W
hen I came to Stanford as a
freshman in the fall of
2007, I was shocked to see
the condition of the interfaith com-
munity. Fragmented and scared, stu-
dents would whisper about the
events of the previous year. Divest-
ment, Muslims against Jews, Jews
against Jews. The anti-Israel divest-
ment campaign of the previous year
had rocked the Stanford communi-
ty. It drove people away from want-
ing to learn about or discuss Israel,
drove Jewish students from wanting
to befriend Muslim students and
even drove Jews away from the Jew-
ish community as a whole.
I was able to witness firsthand the
devastating effects of the 2006-07 di-
vestment campaign, because I was
the only freshman to join the Stan-
ford Israel Alliance. I joined be-
cause,after facing anti-Semitic abuse
This spring saw the initiation of a
renewed divestment campaign. Di-
vestment calls to the University not
to do business with companies that
do business in Israel.While the cam-
paign purports to be about a few
specific companies, in reality it is a
campaign to delegitimize Israel,
using literature from international
movements that try to convince
countries to boycott and sanction
the Jewish state.This campaign is di-
visive because it places the blame
for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a
conflict that takes into account cen-
turies of nuance, squarely on Israel’s
shoulders. That’s not fair; both sides
share responsibility.
Divestment aims to injure Israel
economically, without actually di-
rectly helping the Palestinians. This
should be upsetting to anyone who
cares about Israel and also anyone

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That’s why I wanted to try to im-
prove the condition between Jews
and Muslims on campus. I wanted to
make things friendlier, so that peo-
ple did not have to be afraid to ex-
press themselves, so that the discus-
sion could be more positive. When I
discussed co-sponsoring a charity
drive for children in Israel and Gaza
with the Muslim Students Aware-
ness Network my freshman year,
some of the Jewish/pro-Israel stu-
dents looked at me like I was crazy.
Eventually we overcame the
emotional scars of divestment, and
the charity drive to send gift baskets
to children in Israel and Gaza went
forward. It was a major success be-
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Regardless of our politics, the
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pus will affect a faraway conflict in
the Middle East, but we do know
what our actions will do to this com-
munity. Therefore, the best solution
is for the people with different polit-
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major earthquakes from the Bay
Area and winning the Orange
Bowl under the pseudonym
“Owen Marecic.” Three years ago,
President Hennessy modeled his 6-
pack for Charity Fashion Show,
causing tickets to sell out in record
time.When recently asked to leave
Stanford and take over as Berke-
ley’s president, President Hen-
nessy reportedly gave a quiet
chuckle, before replying with a
simple,“Why?”
“Still not convinced? Check out
the competition. While our presi-
dent was busy saving the endow-
ment, dining with Obama and
building new business,law,medical
and engineering schools with his
bare hands,his East Coast counter-
parts lounged on their yachts, in-
creased Wall Street pay caps and
funneled their alumni into invest-
ment banks. When asked why he
expended so much effort founding
Silicon Valley startups, John “Suns
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OPED
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her first notice to the actual day of
the hearing.
And what about sanctions?
While the full range of the penalty
code ranges from a formal warning
to expulsion, the standard sanction
for first-time violations of the
Honor Code is a one quarter sus-
pension and 40 hours of communi-
ty service. For seniors and graduat-
ing students, panels have typically
issued a two-quarter delay in con-
ferral of their degree. Wanting to
get away from Stanford is one
thing. Being forced to take a break
is simply something you don’t want
to be faced with.
Finally, before you give the staff
a hard time, I don’t know anyone
who has a more stressful job on this
campus than the members of the
Office of Judicial Affairs. Nonethe-
less, I can tell you this. If you ever
find yourself reporting or respond-
ing to a possible violation, you will
be treated with the utmost respect
and care and will be guided through
a process that, in spite of its flaws, is
just and fair.
Am I here to scare you? Yes —
but I’m also here to help you avoid
making a mistake that far too many
have already made before you. As
we go into this last week and you
find yourself in the middle of a
stressful situation with a tempting
or easy way out, I encourage you to
take a step back. There’s no grade
or class worth jeopardizing your en-
tire academic and/or professional
career. Talk to your peers (not
about your assignments), talk to
your professors, talk to me if you
want if you see the potential for
error. Not only can you prevent
yourself from making a mistake,
but you can also prevent others
from doing so too. If you see some-
thing, say something before a viola-
tion occurs.
Believe it or not, all of this
Honor Code jazz, along with the
current Judicial Charter, started
with us — the students. A little less
than 100 years ago, we stepped up
and said that we were willing to
take responsibility for our actions
and to hold each other accountable.
That meant that regardless of who
we were, male, female, black, white,
athlete, international student,
wealthy, low-income, drama major
or CS, we were all accepted to this
great University and accepted the
condition of upholding the respect
and honor that sets this institution
apart from many others. It’s be-
cause of this declaration of integri-
ty that our Stanford degrees still
mean something special in a world
filled with great lies and deceit.
I believe Spike Lee said it best
— just “do the right thing” (notice
the quotes!).
BRANDON JACKSON,‘12
Student Co-Chair, Board on Judicial Af-
fairs
BAUTISTA
Continued from page 9
But perhaps my biggest surprise
from writing this column came
from how many people ended up
reading it — especially people out-
side of the Stanford community.
What began as an experiment in
self-indulgence that I thought my
parents and a couple friends would
maybe read turned into something
completely and wonderfully over-
whelming. Throughout the year, I
received messages from all over the
country commending me or giving
me advice or just telling me a
friendly what’s up. I’ve been able to
attend so many events, connect with
so many people both within and
outside the Stanford community.To
this day, I have no idea how this col-
umn got out to non-Stanford folk,
KOLB
Continued from page 9
or to classify everything as one thing
or the other.
Most of us become starkly aware
of the gray areas inherent in our
fields of academic study, but we can
be less skilled at recalling them in
our social lives.After all, humans do
have an inherent tendency to cate-
gorize everything — even our-
selves, whether it is in a census ques-
tionnaire or an informal introduc-
but I’m glad it did. It revealed to me
how desperately we need transgen-
der voices out there. I’m not going
to stop writing — and if you are
transgender, you should think
about taking up the pen too. Our
LGB counterparts have a rich
canon of literature compared to us.
It’s about time we wrote and re-
claimed our own classics. Let this be
the generation.
From this column, I’ve come to a
greater appreciation of my person-
hood and my masculinity. I’ve
learned what it means to be a man
— that although my masculinity is
not a common one,it is still just as le-
gitimate. I learned that my story is
worth telling, that although I am dif-
ferent, people will listen to me. And
for someone who has felt silenced
and unacknowledged his entire life,
to finally feel important even in the
smallest bit — that’s done a lot for
me. Thanks for reading, and thanks
for writing to me. I’ve learned a lot
from this experience,and I hope you
learned a bit, too.
I suppose I should end with some
encouraging, supportive words. I
suppose I should tell you that I’ll
have a successful, illustrious career
in publishing or activism or whatev-
er successful things Stanford grads
are supposed to accomplish. But
honestly? I have no idea what I’m
doing next. School has been the
focus of my life every year since
kindergarten. I have spent the past
four years living a privileged, safe,
sheltered life at Stanford Universi-
ty, and now — I’m leaving all that
behind, and I’m about to start the
next chapter in my life. I’m a bit ter-
rified.
Will you hear from me in the fu-
ture? I hope so. So here’s to you,
readers. There are no such things as
goodbyes. I’ll see you later.
Cristopher is graduating soon! Email
him at cmsb@stanford.edu.

MOON
Continued from page 10
are so busy, between psets and in-
tramurals and student groups and
everything else that we have going
on, and meals are when we take a
break from all these things and can
just enjoy each other.
Over a meal, we share funny an-
ecdotes about what happened at
Cafe Night and horror stories about
that Math 51 midterm. We share
our thoughts about Stanford and
ROTC and our views on which
sandwich at Ike’s is the best. We
share our nervous anticipation over
entering the real world and our
amused recollections of the awk-
wardness of NSGlow. We share our
strawberries.
So do as many things with amaz-
ing people here as you can, but do
be sure to take the time to eat to-
gether. When are we going to have
this again, the ability to eat with a
big table full of fascinating people,
night after night? You might not ac-
tually graduate alone if you take
your meals in your room or if you
always eat with the same couple of
friends, but why waste such a lovely
opportunity to share food and con-
versation with the people who
make Stanford what it is?
Oh, and eat more soup. Thanks
for reading, friends.
There are only two more weeks to eat
everything one last time! Send Tim
some hot tips for the best things to eat
on campus at timmoon@stanford.
edu.
tion at a party. These classifications
can make life simpler, but they can
also make us miss out on the won-
derfully strange occurrences all
around us. It is far more valuable to
approach education and life with a
questioning mind than a determina-
tion to place everything neatly in a
box.
Over the last two quarters, I’ve
tried to break down such dualities
and concrete labels. I’ve tried to ex-
plore the complexity of moments in
which we realize that we or our
peers or our world can be defined as
neither one thing nor the other.And,
dear readers, it’s been fun. Thanks
for coming along for the ride.
Rachel wants to hear what you’ve
been on the fence about this year.Send
her your thoughts on this or any of her
columns at rkolb@stanford.edu.
12 ! Thursday, June 2, 2011 The Stanford Daily

SPORTS
ONE WIN SHORT Jacob
Jaffe
KLAHN, THACHER BESTED IN NCAA DOUBLES FINAL
By ALEX ECKERT and DASH DAVIDSON

Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher had plen-

Posey’s
injury part
ty to prove as the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tourna-
ment reached its last few days of individual
competition. The two juniors were Stanford’s
lone representatives in the singles and doubles

of the game
draw after a heartbreaking loss to Virginia in
the team competition and were the only Cardi-
nal men left to defend Stanford’s home court at
Taube Tennis Center. Klahn was defending his

singles title from last season, and Thacher was
coming off a disappointing first-round loss on
Wednesday and together, the pair was looking
to show they could get farther than the doubles
semifinal, where they were eliminated last year.
Despite all they had to show, their season
didn’t end quite the way they wanted it to.
Klahn was knocked out of the singles draw in
Saturday’s quarterfinals by No. 3 seed Rhyne
Williams of Tennessee. In doubles, the No. 3-
seeded Klahn/Thacher pair succeeded in ad-
vancing past the semis, but lost in a tough final
match to No. 4-seeded Jeff Dadamo and Austin
Krajicek of Texas A&M.
Coming into the round of 16 on Friday,
Klahn was ranked No. 9 in the tournament field
and had only dropped one match in the past two
months — a tough 7-6 (5), 6-5 loss to top-
ranked Steve Johnson of USC in the Pac-10
Championship final. Stanford’s top player had
shown no signs of slowing, winning his first two
matches of the tournament in two sets apiece.
Klahn’s Friday match came against the
scrappy Jose Hernandez of North Carolina,
ranked No. 22 in the country. Klahn started the
match well, taking the first set 6-3, but then Her-
nandez turned up the heat. Hernandez domi-
nated the second set 6-3 and had Klahn running
all over the court, playing much more defensive
tennis than is characteristic of the hard-hitting
junior. Hernandez continued to control the
match and broke early in the third set. When
Hernandez was serving up 4-3 in the third set, it
seemed increasingly likely that Klahn’s title de-
fense was over. However, with his back against
the wall, Klahn responded forcefully. Klahn
won almost every point of the rest of the match
and broke Hernandez’s serve twice en route to
a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory.
“When he was serving at 4-3, I told myself to
get strong in the legs and just make sure I get my
feet under every ball,” Klahn said.“Then I start-
ed getting behind the balls and getting more
pace and more depth and was able to draw some
errors out of him.That was the key right there. I
was working the tactics better. I came out on the
offensive more and played more aggressively
the last three games.”
Moving on to the quarterfinals, Klahn faced
No. 4 Rhyne Williams of Tennessee. In chilly and
windy conditions, Klahn never seemed to be
Stanford juniors Ryan Thacher and Bradley Klahn, above, had plenty to gain in the NCAA doubles
draw following a heartbreaking loss in team competition. The pair came just short, losing in the final.
able to get into the match. He played well, but
was broken early in both sets and was always
playing from behind. That turned out to be the
difference, as Williams secured a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
“Obviously, it was a tough match,” Klahn
said.“I thought Rhyne served well and that was
probably the difference. I’m normally pretty
comfortable returning, so that was tough on me.
It was a little breezy out there, and the way he
plays, with a real good forehand, he kind of
draws you into some errors. I never really found
my range and started off a little sluggish . . .
Rhyne played well; he’s a great player, and best
of luck to him.”
“I played unbelievable, and I served out of
my mind,” Williams said after knocking out the
defending champion. “I don’t think Bradley
came out too ready or that he really liked the
conditions out here today. Luckily for me, he
was a little sloppy and missed some balls. He’s a
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
great guy and we’ve always been really good
friends growing up. I know his game really well
and he knows my game really well, so it was a
fun match.”
Williams would go on to lose in the final to
Johnson who, despite losing the first set,
brought home a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory for USC.
In doubles, Klahn and Thacher survived an
up-and-down match against Tulsa’s No. 24
squad of Clifford Muarsland and Ashley
Watling on Friday, winning 7-5, 6-1. The Stan-
ford duo went up early 2-0, then seemed to lose
energy and dropped three straight games.
Down 5-4 in the set and 40-0 in the game,
Thacher ripped a backhand return down the
line for a winner, an incredible shot that
pumped up the Stanford juniors and shifted the
momentum of the match in their favor. Klahn
Please see MTENNIS, page 13
I
hate traditions. I hate “that’s
how we always do it” as an an-
swer.I hate that people still com-
plain about instant replay and
interleague play as though they
are ruining baseball. I hate that tradi-
tions have driven the practice of things
from politics to daily life to sports.
Heck,I even own a shirt saying it.
That being said,not all rules need to
be changed.
Case in point, Buster Posey. If you
aren’t one of the many Giants fans that
just groaned at the mention of Buster
Posey, let me explain. Posey is the
young, up-and-coming catcher for the
world champs and a big reason why
the Giants became world champs in
the first place. He’s the club’s cleanup
hitter and the everyday rock behind
the plate, anchoring San Francisco’s
deadly pitching staff.
Or I should say, he was. That all
came to an end last Wednesday in the
12th inning of a game against the Flori-
da Marlins.Scott Cousins,a young out-
fielder who went to college at the Uni-
versity of San Francisco before joining
the Marlins, went barreling into Posey
during a play at the plate. Cousins
scored the go-ahead and eventual win-
ning run on the play, but the play is re-
membered more for Posey’s body
going one way while his left leg did not.
Posey’s ankle folded on itself, and
he lay on the dirt near the plate in
agony until he could be attended to by
the training staff. As expected, later
test results showed that the damage
would require season ending surgery.
Left without one of their brightest
stars, the Giants have been justifiably
angry.This anger has led to many peo-
ple, including the team’s general man-
ager Brian Sabean, calling for a rule
change.
Currently, baseball allows players
to run into the catcher at home plate in
an effort to dislodge the ball. The in-
jury to Posey is making many people
feel that a change needs to be made to
this rule. Looking at the video of the

Bring on the playoffs

play, it seems that Cousins probably
Daniel could have chosen to go around Posey
instead of through him.
Bohm Please see JAFFE, page 16
On My Mind

Five years Tom Taylor

of Card The upside

memories of crowd
segregation
A
ll good things must
come to an end. Or
something like that.For

me,college gets to end a
second time, which
means I get to write a second farewell
column. I’m pretty sure I wrote one
last year,when I graduated from Stan-
ford for the first time, but I don’t re-
member it, so I guess it wasn’t very
memorable — I’ll try to make this one
better.
I’ve been here at Stanford for a
while. Five years in fact.When I came
to Stanford, the football team was ter-
rible,the iPhone didn’t exist and Bran-
ner was still an all-freshman dorm. I
guess you can say things have changed
a bit.So I’d like to take this opportuni-
ty to look back at some of the best
Stanford sports moments of the last
five years — moments I will never for-
get and times that made being a Daily
sportswriter the fun that it was.
During my freshman year, as I
mentioned, the football team was not
very good. In fact, it went 1-11, and I
don’t think the Cardinal offense
scored a touchdown in a home game
during the school year.The men’s bas-
ketball team, however, was competi-
tive (it ended up making the NCAA
Tournament as an 11-seed). It was
back when people actually went to
basketball games and the Sixth Man
Club’s bogus slogan about being the
best student section in the country ac-
tually made a semblance of sense.
No.2 UCLA came to Maples Pavil-
ion, and since my group of friends al-
Please see BOHM, page 14
Third baseman Stephen Piscotty, left, finished a phenomenal junior season last weekend that earned him a
spot on the All-Pac-10 First Team. Sophomore shortstop Kenny Diekroeger, right, got an honorable mention.
BASEBALL TOPS CAL AS POSTSEASON LOOMS
By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR
After sweeping the Cal Bears to
close the regular season last
weekend, the Stanford baseball
team finished the year with a win-
ning conference record and se-
cured its place in the postseason.
The Cardinal will travel to Cal
State-Fullerton this weekend to
open the NCAA Baseball Cham-
pionship as the No. 2 seed in the
Fullerton Regional.
The No. 24 Cardinal (32-20, 14-
12 Pac-10) blew through the last
weekend series of the Pac-10 sea-
son by riding some excellent
pitching to grab 3-2 and 4-2 wins
over No. 23 Cal (31-20, 13-13) be-
fore the third and final game of
the series was cancelled due to
rain with the Cardinal leading 7-1
in the fourth inning.
On Friday, sophomore
righthander Mark Appel pitched
7.1 innings while giving up just
two runs and no walks to outduel
Cal starter Erik Johnson, who
struck out 11 Cardinal batters in
seven innings of work. Appel
handed the ball to junior closer
Chris Reed to finish the Stanford
victory.
BASEBALL
STANFORD 4 induced a ground ball to first
CAL 2 matched seemed a bit light on the sort
5/28, Berkeley, Calif.
Once again, Reed was excel-
lent. The lefty weaved his way
through the last 1.2 innings to col-
lect his seventh save of the sea-
son.
Sophomore left fielder Tyler
Gaffney paced the Cardinal of-
fense on Friday, going 2-for-4 and
knocking in a pair of runs.
The pitching was the story
again in the first game of a sched-
JOHN SCHOECH/The Stanford Daily
uled doubleheader on Saturday,
when junior righty Jordan Pries
tossed 7.1 innings while allowing
just two unearned runs before
getting into a spot of trouble in
the eighth, when he was forced to
hand the ball to Reed.
Reed came in with a 4-2 lead,
but after a wild pitch, runners
stood at second and third. Reed
base, and senior catcher Zach
Jones received the throw and
smartly blocked the plate to pre-
vent a run from scoring and get
the second out of the inning. Reed
induced a fly ball to end the
eighth, then a double play to end
the ninth. He picked up his eighth
save of the year and preserved
Pries’ win.
Gaffney was 2-for-4 again on
Saturday, knocking in another
Please see BASEBALL, page 18
I
’m all in favor of equal rights,
but I can’t help feeling we need
more segregation in sports. Be-
fore you mistakenly accuse me
of being Stanford’s solitary Ku
Klux Klan representative, though, I
should probably clarify this state-
ment. I’m not talking about race or
color — sports are unquestionably
better because of the contributions
from all sectors of our species — I’m
talking about fans and team colors.
Last Saturday I was lucky enough
to go to the Aviva Premiership Rugby
Final in London, the culmination of
the English rugby union season and
one of the highlights on a rugby fan’s
calendar. It was an exciting game, but
something was lacking for such a big
event. To get the best understanding
of what is going on, it is always best to
watch sports on TV, but to feel the
roller coaster of emotions,you have to
be there in person. Barring the tense
final few minutes, though, this
of passion I’m used to.
Some of the critical differences be-
tween being a rugby fan and a soccer
fan in the UK are the tougher regula-
tions in the stands. For example, while
alcohol is sold at soccer stadiums, it’s
illegal to take drinks to your seat.And
perhaps more famously, soccer fans
are strictly segregated. Wearing the
opposing team’s shirt in the wrong
Please see TAYLOR, page 15
The Stanford Daily Thursday, June 2, 2011 ! 13
Down, out, done in Alabama
By WILL DOOLEY
STAFF WRITER
Just one day after Stanford
handed the No. 2 Alabama softball
team its first home loss of the year,
the Crimson Tide returned the
favor by ending Stanford’s season
in taking the final two games of the
best-of-three Super Regional series
last Friday.
SOFTBALL
STANFORD 0 would account for half of Stan-
ALABAMA 1 ford’s hits in the game. Junior right
5/27, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
No. 11 Stanford ended the sea-
son with a 42-17 overall record, 10-
11 in conference play — good
enough for fifth in the eight-team
Pac-10. Alabama improved to 51-9
overall and heads back to the
Women’s College World Series in
Oklahoma starting June 2.
After sophomore pitcher Tea-
gan Gerhart’s dominant perform-
ance in Thursday’s 5-2 victory, the
Card needed to win just one of two
to advance. But Alabama adjusted
and the Crimson Tide bats were
rolling early Friday, mercy-ruling
Stanford 10-0 in the fifth inning.
Gerhart lasted just three innings,
allowing four runs on six hits and
two walks. Senior reliever Ashley
Chinn didn’t fare any better, get-
ting lit up in two innings of work as
she allowed six runs on eight hits.
Gerhart took the loss, her 12th of
the year.
In the circle for the Crimson
Tide was pitcher Kelsi Dunne, who
looked nearly unhittable as she
struck out four in five scoreless in-
nings. Stanford’s offense sputtered
and failed to start, and was unable
to score in both losses. Stanford’s
dynamic junior duo of centerfield-
er Sarah Hassman and shortstop
Ashley Hansen were the only Car-
dinal batters to register hits in the
first game, each singling to lead off
the fourth, but were stranded as
the next three hitters recorded
outs. Dunne got the win, moving
her to 27-4 on the year.
Game three saw the Cardinal
bounce back nicely before eventu-
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily ally losing in a well-contested 1-0
Junior shortstop Ashley Hansen, above, ended a stunning season on a disappointing note as Alabama stormed back heartbreaker. Gerhart regained
her game-one form, and the Stan-
to take last weekend’s Super Regional. She was named USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year on Tuesday. ford offense threatened Dunne
MTENNIS
Continued from page 12
and Thacher won nine of the last
ten games of the match after that
point to move on to the quarterfi-
nals.
“It’s funny how doubles works,”
Klahn said. “The momentum
changes are so sudden. It can
change at any moment. I thought
that we picked it up in the second
set and were able to hold our serves
easier.We made a few too many er-
rors in the beginning, but then we
cleaned it up as the match went on.”
Although Klahn lost in singles on
Saturday, he still joined Thacher
later that afternoon in the doubles
semifinal to take on the No. 13 team
in the country — Florida State’s
duo of Vahid Mirzadeh and Connor
Smith. After dropping the first set,
Klahn and Thacher took control of
the match and proceeded to win 6-
7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the
semis.
“They were really scrappy, and
the conditions were tough out there
today,” Thacher said. “During the
first set, we were taking care of our
serve pretty well but couldn’t find
the court on returns. We really just
tried to stay focused and have con-
fidence knowing it would come.
Midway through the second set,
things turned a little bit and we
found our range a little more. I
think we started to put together
some better points, and things went
our way in the end.”
After dispatching Florida State,
the Cardinal doubles team had to
go up another team from the Sun-
shine State — the No. 17 Florida
Gators’ doubles squad of Sekou
Bangoura Jr. and Alexandre
Lacroix. In a long, back-and-forth
match, Stanford defeated Florida in
three grueling sets, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
The three-setter was the second in
as many days for the Klahn and
Thacher duo, leaving the two jun-
iors very happy to find themselves
in the final for the first time.
“It was obviously a tough match
coming down to the tiebreaker in
the final set, it can’t get any closer
than that,” Klahn said. “We fought
back in the second set and started
stepping it up. Florida made a few
more errors than they did in the
first — then the third set was just a
dogfight.”
Sunday’s semifinal win set the
Cardinal team up for a finals
matchup Dadamo and Krajicek on
Monday afternoon. After dropping
a very tight first set to the Texas
duo, Klahn and Thacher found the
several times but could never con-
vert when it mattered.
Gerhart, who got the loss de-
spite pitching well, struck out six in
six innings of work, allowing just
one run on four hits. She finishes
the year with a 26-13 record.
Stanford threatened first, miss-
ing a golden opportunity as it
loaded the bases with one out in
the second. Senior first baseman
Melisa Koutz led off the inning
with a single. Koutz’s two singles
fielder Maya Burns reached on an
error, and junior third baseman
Jenna Becerra was hit by a pitch to
load the bases. But Dunne worked
her way out of the jam by striking
out Gerhart and getting Hassman
to ground out to third to end the in-
ning.
The Cardinal threatened again
in the top of the fourth, once again
advancing Koutz to third after she
singled.After Burns singled to give
Stanford runners at first and sec-
ond, Alabama responded by
pulling Dunne in favor of reliever
Jackie Traina, who was lights-out
for the Crimson Tide. Becerra
bunted the runners to second and
third, but Gerhart was unable to
pick them up, grounding out to
first. Traina, who got the win, mov-
ing her to 18-5, allowed no runs,
walks or hits in 3.2 innings of work,
dominating Stanford hitters in
striking out five while retiring eight
in a row to end the game.
Stanford never again threat-
ened, and the Tide managed to
solve Gerhart just enough to
squeeze out a run in sixth.With one
out, Traina singled to first. Gerhart
got the next batter to pop out to
third, but first baseman Cassie Reil-
ly-Boccia tripled in the go-ahead
run to give the Tide the lead and the
game.
The Cardinal was retired in
order in the seventh to make it offi-
cial. Hansen, one of three finalists
for National Player of the Year,
ended the year with the highest sin-
gle-season batting average (.495) in
Stanford history. She also set a new
single-season record for hits in a
season with 95.
Contact Will Dooley at wdooley@
stanford.edu.
“We couldn’t
quite
execute...
they played a
great match.”
— RYAN THACHER
momentum slipping to the opposite
side of the net. They vainly tried to
rally back from the set deficit, only
to find the match — and the title —
already out of their reach. The
Aggie team closed out the match in
straight sets, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Thacher was disappointed after
the match, upset to squander the
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of
home-court advantage in the
NCAA Tournament.
“We were excited to go out and
play the match,” he said. “We knew
we needed to execute the game
plan.We got off to a good start, but,
unfortunately, it went to a tiebreak-
er where anything can happen. We
just couldn’t quite execute, but give
the Texas A&M guys credit; they
played a great match.”
Even with the defeat, Klahn and
Thacher have made a strong state-
ment with their doubles play this
season.They went 43-8 on the year,
bringing in three tournament titles
along the way — from the Pacific
Coast Doubles, Sherwood Cup and
ITA National Indoor Champi-
onships Consolation.
With another year left at the
Farm, the duo still has the chance to
go one step further in the tourna-
ment and claim their first national
title.
— Nate Adams contributed
to this report.
Contact Alex Eckert at aeckert@stan-
ford.edu and Dash Davidson at
dashd@stanford.edu.
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BOHM
Continued from page 12
ways stood in the front row of the stu-
dent section, we camped outside
Maples the night before (and may or
may not have found our ways into
some hot tubs on that side of campus).
We weren’t the only ones — there
were actually about a dozen tents out
there that night. UCLA looked to be
blowing the Cardinal out,but “Down-
town” Kenny Brown hit a three right
before halftime, cutting the Bruins’
lead to 12 before Lawrence Hill and
Anthony Goods went bananas in the
second half — there was a game-tying
three banked in by Hill I think — and
next thing you knew, the crowd was
mobbing the court.
My sophomore year may have
been the most enjoyable collective
sports-watching year for me. It began
in the fall with a road trip with two
buddies, because heck, going to Los
Angeles to party for the weekend
sounded like fun.What was more fun
than partying was seeing the devastat-
ed faces of USC fans who couldn’t be-
lieve their Trojans, who were 41-point
favorites,had just lost at home to Stan-
ford. I remember being in my seat,
which was practically in San Diego
County,with about 100 other Stanford
fans and the band just going nuts, not
knowing if anyone anywhere could
hear us — but we didn’t care.
Also, the men’s basketball team’s
best season while I was at Stanford
was my sophomore year. Brook
Lopez was an All-American and the
team basically ran one play, which
meant Mitch Johnson fed Lopez the
ball on the right block about 489 times
a game.In baseball,the Cardinal went
to the College World Series and in the
first game of the whole series,Stanford
picked Florida State apart. Current
San Francisco Giants catcher Buster
Posey came in to pitch for FSU in a 5-
5 tie in the top of the ninth — by the
time the Seminoles came to the plate
again,it was 16-5 Stanford.
I was there, along with about six
other non-parent Stanford fans, and
I’m not sure there is a better sports en-
vironment anywhere than the College
World Series. Friendly Omaha-ians,
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Burdette said. “That’s something
that definitely left us at times dur-
ing the season. Going forward,
being even more solid on our re-
turns is important.Also, continuing
to be aggressive and moving a lot to
the net. I think that only experi-
ence can get you comfortable with
being aggressive at the net.”
With the doubles title, Barte will
graduate as a four-time All-Ameri-
can in both singles and doubles.
She has won the doubles champi-
onship twice in a row — this year
with Mallory Burdette and last
year with Burdette’s older sister,
Lindsay.
“There aren’t words to capture
what it can feel like,” Barte said. “I
really don’t think you can write a
better story than being able to go
out my senior year, last match of
the day, crowd’s there, great weath-
er, and go out on top.”
“I don’t want to say it’s sad [see-
ing Barte graduate] because it’s the
way things go,” Mallory Burdette
said. “She had a great four years
here and I’m happy I was able to
contribute to her getting another
doubles title. Part of it is sad but it
was a great ending. Hopefully we’ll
get the wildcard and we’ll get to
play together again in August at the
U.S. Open.”
While Barte and Burdette were
no newcomers to the spotlight, the
singles championship featured Tan,
a Cardinal upstart. With a bit of
luck and a lot of determination,Tan
made it to the finals for the first
time in her two years at Stanford
— last season, she failed to qualify
for the NCAA Tournament.
“I was really happy about how
well I did this year,” Tan said. “I
didn’t predict I would get this far. I
was just happy to have the oppor-
tunity to play in the tournament
and compete against the top col-
lege players in the nation.”
Two opponents retired against
Tan — No. 11 Josipa Bek of Clem-
son retired in the first round, down
2-0 in the first set. No. 17 Lauren
Embree, the Gator that clinched
the NCAA title for Florida, retired
after losing the second set of their
semifinal matchup.
In the two matches Tan played
start-to-finish; she lost the first set
and stormed back to win the next
two sets both times. In the second
round, she defeated No. 28 Sanaa
Bhambri of NC State 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
In the quarterfinals, Tan defeated
No. 49 Nina Secerbegovic of Bay-
lor 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. In the round of 16,
Tan beat No. 21 Aeriel Ellis of
Texas 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Unfortunately, Tan’s luck ran
out in the title game. No. 1 Juricova
started off hot, winning the first set
in a dominating 6-0 performance.
“The first set, I was nervous a
lot,”Tan said.“I felt so nervous and
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ting nervous when it started going
by really fast.”
The second set was an entirely
different story for Tan, however, as
she showed some real signs of life.
For the third time this tournament,
she had to come back from a first-
set loss.
After being broken at 2-3, Tan
played brilliantly to break Juricova
back and tie the second set at 3-3.
The game progressed into a
tiebreaker — the seventh
tiebreaker of the singles tourna-
ment for Stanford players.
“The second [set] I was happier
about the way I played and I was
relaxed,” Tan continued. “After the
first set, I told myself that I might as
well do my best to relax and just hit
out on my shots. If she still hits
amazing shots, then it’s ok because
I gave it 100 percent of what I had
that day.”
Stanford was 3-4 in those seven
tiebreakers, including Tan’s loss in
the singles championship. Tan’s
backhand had been great all day,
but late in the match it uncharac-
teristically failed her and four con-
secutive backhand errors put her
down 0-5 — a backhand error
sealed the victory for Juricova.
“I feel like on the very close
points, she was able to get some
shots back that landed on the line
several times and helped her get
ahead in the tiebreaker,” Tan said.
“She did serve very well, too, which
helped a lot.”
There were several other im-
pressive Cardinal performances
over the weekend. In an all-Stan-
ford quarterfinal matchup of two
of the team’s most dominant sin-
gles players, freshman Nicole
Gibbs, the girl with the best record
of the year at 46-6, powered past
Barte. The rookie, after playing
with a dominating passing game
that continually forced volley er-
rors out of Barte, upset the senior
in her last singles match in convinc-
ing fashion, 6-4, 6-1.
But in the semis, Gibbs suc-
cumbed to the top-seeded Juricova
in a long, tight match. Juricova
struggled to get much past Gibbs
and was forced into two tiebreak-
ers. Gibbs narrowly earned the first
set and took the lead, but dropped
the next two to be eliminated. The
final score was a wild one — 7-6
(5), 5-7, 6-7 (2).
While the team competition
provided some high drama, it
ended up being the individual and
doubles draws that were most fruit-
ful for the Cardinal, which will have
to replace the talents of seniors
Barte, Jennifer Yen and Carolyn
McVeigh, but returns eight players
to the court next year.
Contact Will Seaton at wseaton@
stanford.edu.
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BRINGING PERSPECTIVE TO 101 TITLES
THE DAILY SPORTS STAFF
When the men’s gymnastics
team beat Oklahoma and Illinois
for the NCAA title this April, it was
a moment with deeper repercus-
sions than just an individual squad’s
accomplishments — with the victo-
ry, Stanford secured its 100th
NCAA team championship. In the
process, it became just the second
school (after UCLA) to achieve
that status. A women’s water polo’s
title in May was the cherry on top,
and with some teams still in season,
there’s a chance for more before the
academic year ends.
But with The Daily taking a brief
hiatus until the summer volume be-
gins,here is a small look back at how
we got to this point, from the first
championship 76 years ago to the
101st title in the present day, with a
little assistance from The Daily’s
archives.
No. 1: Men’s Track and Field. June
14, 1925
Although Stanford had partici-
pated in intercollegiate athletics
since the inception of the Universi-
ty, it took nearly 35 years for the
school to win its first national title.It
occurred in Chicago, when Stanford
beat Michigan by over six points.
World record-breaking perform-
ances by the Wolverines’ DeHart
Hubbard were countered by the
new collegiate records set by discus
thrower Biff Hoffman (who would
win the MVP of the Rose Bowl as a
member of the football team in
1928) and shot putter Glenn Har-
tranft.
Since the championship was won
in mid-June of that year — and
thus, after the printing of the last
issue of the spring volume — there
does not exist a Daily article about
the accomplishment. This was the
first of four championships for the
men’s track and field team, the most
recent one coming in 2000.
No. 7: Men’s Basketball. March 20,
1942
March Madness of the 1940s was
a far cry from the 68-team field of
the modern day. With just eight
teams in contention, schools need-
ed to only knock off three competi-
tors to win the title. The Pacific
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The team, pictured above with its championship trophy, lost just one game this year and beat out No. 2 Cal 9-5 to take the title match in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
last month. After losing in the final a year eariler, head coach John Tanner summed it up succintly: “It was a wonderful day,” he said after the match.
Coast Conference’s Stanford Indi-
ans, under head coach Everett
Dean, did just that, downing Rice,
Colorado and finally Dartmouth to
win the NCAA championship, 53-
38. Howie Dallmar, who would go
on to coach at Stanford for over two
decades, was named the tourna-
ment MVP.
The Daily’s Mar. 30 recap stated:
“Poor passing in the early stages
nearly cost the Farm skyscrapers
the ball game,but they put things to-
gether in top shape in time to wind
up with a flurry of baskets to win
going away.”
The men’s basketball program
has not won a title since that year.
MOVING
PICK UP AT
No. 18: Men’s Tennis. May 22, 1980
On a rainy day in Georgia, Stan-
ford found itself in an early hole.
Facing Cal, its nemesis, for the
NCAA title, the Cardinal dropped
the first set in five of its first six sin-
gles matches, but rallied across the
board to win the championship, 5-3.
It was the sixth collected by the pro-
gram, which, along with men’s golf,
has been Stanford’s most successful
to date.
The score was tied 3-3 after the
completion of singles play. But a
win by Jim Gurfein in the final
match of that side had a tangible af-
fect. Ivan Maisel — now a senior
writer at ESPN — wrote in his May
Thursday, June 2, 2011 ! 15
23 recap for The Daily: “The mo-
mentum had switched, this time for
good. After a 30-minute breather,
the doubles play began. All three
Stanford teams won their first three
sets, and after that there were few
surprises.”
Peter Rennert, who would go on
to win two professional doubles ti-
tles with John McEnroe, won at No.
1 singles, and he and Lloyd Bourne
won at No. 1 doubles as well to
clinch the title.
No. 50: Women’s Volleyball. De-
cember 19, 1992
One of the more stunning upsets
in Stanford sports history also
marked the halfway point in the
Cardinal’s road to 100 champi-
onships. Even though the 1992
women’s volleyball team was ar-
guably the program’s best to date
— which, considering its stagger-
ingly successful run in the 1980s,was
saying something — it was a consid-
erable underdog in the NCAA
final. The opponent: UCLA, win-
ners of the past two national titles
and in the midst of a perfect season.
The Daily’s Jan. 4, 1993 recap put
Stanford’s opponents in perspec-
tive: “They boasted the nation’s
leading team offense in kills, kill av-
erage, and hitting percentage, losing
few games along the way, let alone
matches. Many in the media were
calling the Bruins the greatest colle-
giate women’s volleyball team ever,
and even CBS’s commentators
were calling UCLA ‘invincible.’”
The Cardinal knew all about it:
Stanford had dropped only two
matches all year; both were to the
Bruins. But Stanford was dominant
TAYLOR
Continued from page 12
section is enough to get you ejected
from the stadium (with no chance of a
ticket refund), and the physical divi-
sions between the fans are highlight-
ed by fluorescently clothed mobs of
stewards and police.
Living in this soccer police state
might not seem an attractive proposi-
tion, but it does have its silver lining.
Standing side-by-side with your fel-
low fans while being confronted with
the uniform mass of the opposition
supporters across the stadium ampli-
fies the emotions.Playing with human
feelings in this way can of course be
dangerous — the dark days of foot-
ball hooliganism in the UK are testa-
ment to that — but the risk is worth it.
Skirting along the safe side of that fine
line gives us sedate and domesticated
Westerners a glimpse of something
primal. Our adrenaline pumps, the
heart races and we get to feel the raw
power of the multitude for a few mo-
ments before heading out of the stadi-
um and back to our normal lives.
At this rugby final, though, there
was no separation.Fans of both teams
sat intermingled and there were even
many shirts from other clubs scat-
tered amidst the crowd.It would have
been impossible to taunt the opposi-
tion from the comfort of amorphous
anonymity since he/she was sitting
right next to you.The only real chant-
ing from the crowd were coordinated
cries of “Tigers”(for Leicester Tigers)
and “Sarries” (for London Saracens);
shouts that, in the acoustics of a stadi-
um, ended up sounding so similar it
was hard to tell who was supporting
Courtesy of Stanford Athletics
in the championship match, losing
only one set to win its first national
title.
No. 82: Women’s Water Polo. May
12, 2002
The Cardinal’s first title in
women’s water polo was a story of
revenge. In 2001, the first year of the
NCAA Championship, Stanford
entered the final game undefeated
but was defeated by UCLA. The
Bruins continued their success
against the Cardinal into the 2002
season, as UCLA downed Stanford
to win the MPSF Championship in
early May. But in the rematch (of a
rematch), the Cardinal jumped out
to an early lead and didn’t look
back, leading 3-1 after the first quar-
ter and going on to win 8-4. Goalie
Jackie Frank made 12 saves and was
named tournament MVP.
The Daily’s recap illustrated the
keys to victory: “Stanford’s depth
propelled it to victory. Six different
players scored in the match . . .
With the Bruins only down by two
[in the third quarter], after a UCLA
shot hit the crossbar, freshman
Kelty Luber scored to increase the
Stanford lead to three.”
Stanford would wait nearly a
decade for its next women’s water
polo championship, won just a few
weeks ago, the latest tally for Cardi-
nal athletics.
No. 100: Men’s Gymnastics. April
15, 2011
Given that Stanford’s first team
championship was claimed in Chica-
Please see TITLES, page 18
who. It wasn’t exactly a library, and
the on-field action was exciting, but
the comparative silence seemed a lit-
tle eerie.
According to American friends,
the support from the student section
at Stanford Stadium is a little weak by
college standards. But even that
seemed more antagonistic than this,
and at the very least, the Red Zone
packs all the students together in one
place.
Turning back to my favorite sport
of soccer, I can’t help but feel that
rugby misses the trick. My club does-
n’t have the most vocal fans, but how-
ever badly we might be playing, I al-
ways feel involved because the
soundtrack of the game carries me
along. Though there is often an edgy
feeling when fans taunt each other,
throngs of adults acting in choreo-
graphed harmony is quite a silly
thought. There is also a comical na-
ture to soccer chants; some of the
songs are pretty ridiculous and even
the most insulting ones, including
those that annoy TV censors as thou-
sands of fans swear in audible unison,
are hard to take too seriously.You can
definitely get carried along with the
mob without resorting to the violence
that soccer unfortunately became in-
famous for.
Combating that violence is exactly
why the law segregating fans at soccer
stadiums was introduced, but it may
be that it has had an unintended, and
positive,impact on the atmosphere of
these grounds. Keeping two sets of
supporters separate has brought the
fans in each closer together.
Tom also wants to know why you’re
wearing that Red Sox jersey at a
Rockies-Giants game. Tell him why
at tom.taylor@stanford.edu.
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JAFFE
Continued from page 12
But does this injury necessitate an
overhaul of the rule book? I say no.
The injury was definitely sad, but in-
juries are part of the game. They are
part of all sports, in fact. Caring about
players’ safety is very important and
should not be underestimated.But re-
acting to every major injury by chang-
ing the rules is just a naive waste of
time.
What rule could stop the injury
that just happened to Posey? Some
people, including Sabean, have said
that players should be required to
slide into home plate just like any
other base. But slides have their own
negative effects. In April, the Twins’
new acquisition, second baseman
Tsuyoshi Nishioka, broke his fibula
when Nick Swisher slid legally into his
planted leg.And that’s just one exam-
ple. Bringing in mandatory slides at
home could put the runner in more
danger going up against a well-
padded catcher in an exposed posi-
tion. Legal plays have their costs, and
there aren’t enough rule changes to
get rid of these plays.
It’s only natural to try to prevent
serious injuries from happening
again, but in some cases, that’s all you
can do.My hometown Angels has lost
their best batter for over a season and
a half, because he broke his leg cele-
brating a walk-off grand slam. Pitch-
ers break their hands punching water
coolers, and players strain their backs
playing with their children. Injuries
happen, and athletes are fragile.
Sometimes, there’s nothing you can
do about it.
Learning from one mistake is
often the best way to stop bad things
from happening in the future, but too
often people overreact to an injury.
Concussions are a big problem in
football, but the current plan of fining
and penalizing more and more people
for every big hit is pointless.Yes, con-
cussions should be minimized, but
taking a player’s money for a legal hit
is silly. Instead of changing rules,
change how players are taught to tack-
le.Educate players on what is safe and
what isn’t.
You’ll never take injuries out of
sports.Any athlete who has played any
level of organized sports or even a
pickup game of anything physical can
tell you that accidents happen.Instead
of trying to manipulate the rules to
solve every individual problem,attack
the bigger problems,and maybe you’ll
find some results.
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strain after vigorously typing this col-
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SPORTS BRIEFS FAN FORUM ALEX ROMANCZUK ‘11

Hansen named USA Softball “I have eight other girls in the lineup

CAPITAL ONE CUP MISSES

Collegiate Player of the Year
After a heartbreaking 1-0 loss at
Alabama left the No.12 Stanford soft-
who are capable of getting the job
done, and that takes a lot of pressure
off of me.”
With another year left on the
Farm, Hansen has a very good shot at

ball team one game short of the
Women’s College World Series,junior
shortstop Ashley Hansen found a rea-
son to celebrate when she was just the
second position player ever to be
named USA Softball’s Collegiate
THE MARK
shattering some Stanford career
marks — she is eighth in career hits
and RBI,seventh in runs scored,third
in doubles and tied for second in
triples.

Player of the Year on Tuesday.
Hansen is the first Stanford player
to win the award,which is given out by
the Amateur Softball Association of
America (ASA).The Chandler,Ariz.,
native certainly was deserving after
putting up some impressive statistics
— in addition to leading the Pac-10 in
on-base percentage, hits and doubles,
she was third in the country in batting
average,posting an other-worldly .495
mark that is a new Stanford single-
season record.
“My team has been there for me
through thick and thin this year,really
the past three years,” the three-time
All-Pac-10 First-Team honoree said.
“From the first day that she set foot
on campus, we knew she was not only
a special player, but a special person,”
said head coach John Rittman.“This is
huge for Stanford and our program to
have someone recognized as National
Player of the Year. I am so proud of
Ashley and all her accomplishments.”
Hansen, who was already named
the Pac-10 Player of the Year, beat out
Big-12 Pitcher of the Year Chelsea
Thomas of Missouri and Arizona out-
fielder Katelyn Boyd for the award,
which was announced at a banquet to
kick off the WCWS that gets under
way this week.
— Miles Bennett-Smith
I
n his scholarship letters to
new recruits, Jim Harbaugh
was always fond of writing,
“As both the top academic
institution in the world and the
home of the top collegiate athlet-
ic program in the world, Stanford
represents the greatest combina-
tion of academic and athletic ex-
cellence in existence.”
While it’s easy to dismiss any-
thing Harbaugh says as motiva-
tional hyperbole, a number of
people around this university are
of the same opinion. The first part
of the claim — that Stanford is
the world’s top academic institu-
tion — may be bold, arrogant,
pointless and non-confirmable,
tion’s most successful athletic
program. But being ESPN, they
want people to follow the results
of their Capital One Cup, so they
had to figure out a way to make
Stanford’s victory seem not so in-
evitable. To do so, they made
three major changes to the basic
formula used by the Directors’
Cup.
First, the competition has been
divided into a men’s division and
a women’s division. This makes
sense in an individual sport,
where physical differences be-
tween men and women might
make it impossible for women to
participate, but when it comes to
dividing the activities of an entire
much consistent attention from
athletics departments as, say, bas-
ketball does), so this move makes
sense from that perspective. But
Auburn, which currently leads the
men’s standings with 70 points,
collected 60 of those points from
its football championship over
Oregon in the fall. The smaller
programs have become nothing
but a tiebreaker to sort out the
most successful programs from
the three big championships.
The final change is that the
Capital One Cup ignores certain
sports entirely. Instead of allow-
ing a school’s best handful of pro-
grams to count toward the formu-
la (which still gave an advantage

INTERVIEW
Continued from page 5
important to them,”he said.“It’s our
responsibility as interviewers to
bring that out.”
As for the second worry, Jewell
noted that the “talented and devot-
ed alumni base” serves as “great am-
bassadors for the University.” Still,
the system is not perfect.
“Some interviewers will be more
effective than others,”he said.“Con-
tinued training and support will help
address this issue.”
Shaw stressed that the interviews
are strictly optional; those who opt
against them will not be disadvan-
taged during the admission process.
He noted the admission office’s un-
derstanding of the discrepancies in
applicant situations.
“Their schedules don’t have
time, or they live in places where
they just cannot get to an interview
site, and so the thing to understand
here is that it’s a piece of informa-
tion that can be considered in the
file, but in no way does it penalize
the student if they choose not to
do,” he said.
The pilot program included 12 in-
terview locations, which Shaw says
were chosen because of the
“strength of the alumni presence in
those communities.” The locations
were Atlanta, Denver, London,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York
City, Philadelphia, Portland,
Raleigh/Durham, Washington D.C.,
Massachusetts and Virginia.
The official program proposes
seven new locations for the 2011-12
admission cycle: Chicago, Dallas,
Houston, Seattle, Singapore, Oregon
and Minnesota.
The permanent program is still in
its infancy and has a number of years
before its capacities meet the needs
of a constantly growing applicant
pool.
“Our intention here is to roll out
over a period of years; it’s not all
going to happen at once,” Shaw said.
“We need to build these things effec-
tively, constructively, and build the
leadership around them as well as
the technology behind them.”
Contact Ellora Israni at ellora@stan-
ford.edu.
but you can at least make a rea-
sonable case that it’s true.And the
second part of the claim — that
Stanford boasts the top collegiate
athletic program — is, of course,
indisputable.
Or is it? Since 1990, Stanford
has won 59 NCAA team titles
(easily more than any other
school). More notably, perhaps,
the Cardinal has taken home six-
teen consecutive NACDA Direc-
tors’ Cups, the award given annu-
ally to the collegiate athletics pro-
gram with the most overall success
in the assorted NCAA champi-
onships (and in football, which de-
termines its champion outside the
purview of the NCAA). The Di-
rectors’ Cup used to be sponsored
by Sears, but people eventually
lost interest due to the predictable
nature of the competition, and
Sears dropped its sponsorship.
Minor changes to the formula
have failed to have any effect on
Stanford’s remarkable streak.
Earlier this year, the folks at
ESPN got the brilliant idea to
hand out another award to the na-
athletics department, this distinc-
tion is absolutely mystifying. No
college has separate departments
for managing their men’s and
women’s programs. By segregat-
ing Stanford’s dominant women’s
teams into their own category
(which they currently lead, even
with the other modifications in-
tended to weaken Stanford), the
Capital One Cup is simply shining
even more of a spotlight on the
high-revenue men’s sports that al-
ready receive the most media at-
tention. If you add together the
point totals for the men’s and
women’s divisions, Stanford easi-
ly sits at No. 1, with 165 points to
Cal’s 140.
The second change with the
Capital One Cup is breaking the
sports into three tiers. The top-
tier sports (football, basketball
and baseball on the men’s side)
are worth three times as many
points as the bottom-tier sports
(such as cross-country, golf, and
tennis). Stanford has traditionally
dominated those lesser-known
sports (which don’t receive as
to schools like Stanford, with
more programs), the new compe-
tition simply fails to acknowledge
sports like men’s gymnastics. I’m
sure the Stanford men, fresh off
their second championship in
three years, are happy to know all
of their hours of work and prac-
tice are considered worthless.
So how do things look? The
Cardinal currently leads the
women’s standings and sits in
fourth in the men’s at 15 points
back. At first, I was mildly in-
censed that ESPN would dare to
designate someone other than
Stanford as the most successful
collegiate athletics program. But I
understand their need for excite-
ment, and I’ve now come to ap-
preciate the opportunity they’ve
given us to win at something else.
So in these coming weeks and
months, let us (or more precisely,
our athletes) do just that: women,
keep doing what you’re doing.
Men’s baseball, football and
track? Go all the way. Maybe next
year they’ll just give up and start
giving a prize for second place.

BASEBALL
Continued from page 12
run and extending his current hit-
ting streak to 17. Freshman right
fielder Austin Wilson matched
Cal’s offensive output all on his
own, driving home two runs on
three hits.
Overall, Stanford is 27-1 when
leading after seven innings this sea-
son, mostly thanks to Reed’s left
arm. His pitching has garnered the
attention of many major league
scouts, who turned out in droves to
watch this weekend’s series.
The Cardinal stormed out of the
gates in the second game of the
doubleheader and was leading 7-1
in the bottom of the fourth inning,
after bashing around Cal pitchers
Dixon Anderson and Kevin Miller
for nine hits and five walks, before
the game was called due to rain.
With the two victories, the Car-
dinal finished at fifth place in the
powerful Pac-10 with a 14-12 con-
ference record and will head to
Fullerton for the second year in a
row to start the postseason. No. 1
regional seed Cal State-Fullerton
had a phenomenal 40-15 record this
year to capture the Big West Con-
ference title and the right to host
the four-team, double-elimination
regional for the tenth time in the
last 11 years.The Titans welcome in
the Cardinal as the No. 2 seed,
Kansas State (36-23) as the No. 3
seed and Illinois (28-25) as the No.
4 seed.
Stanford and Cal State-Fuller-
ton have a long history, with the
Cardinal holding the all-time series
record, 53-42. To add to the rivalry,
this is the third time in the past four
years that the teams could square
off in the postseason, as the Titans
eliminated Stanford from the post-
season last year with a 6-5 victory in
the Fullerton regional. Stanford
eliminated Fullerton with two wins
in the 2008 Super Regional on the
Titans’ home field.
But before Stanford can take on
one of its fiercest nemeses, it must
pass through Kansas State, which
received an at-large bid to the tour-
nament after it lost the Big 12
Championship in extra innings to
Texas A&M. The Wildcats earned
their third consecutive regional bid
and are led by brothers Jason and
Jared King, who combined for 18
home runs this year. Jason leads the
team with a .608 slugging percent-
age, followed by younger brother
Jared and his .547 slugging percent-
age.
But Kansas State doesn’t tout a
terrifying pitching staff, as every
player who has started a game for
the Cats this year has an ERA
above 4.26 — fact that seems to
bode well for a Stanford team that
bats .298 as a team, with Gaffney’s
hitting streak, sophomore third
baseman Stephen Piscotty batting a
team-high .361 and Zach Jones
boasting a .323 batting average in
his last 36 games after he started the
season hitting just .130 through 16
games.
The Cardinal opens up the dou-
ble-elimination regional tourna-
ment at Goodwin Field in Fullerton
at 4 p.m. on Friday against the
Kansas State Wildcats.
STANFORD
Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat@
stanford.edu.
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THE GRAPHIC NOVEL COURSE 2011

English 190G, Fall 2011, MW 3:15-5:05, lab M 6:15-9:05 (5 units)
Instructors: Scott Hutchins and Shimon Tanaka

Are you an artist, writer, designer, or

an all-around team player?
We need you for the Graphic Novel course in Fall 2011-2012!

Admission to this course is by application only. We will

collaboratively write, design, and illustrate a 200+ page graphic
novel. This will be an intense, challenging, rewarding class, but
with a heavy workload.

To apply, include on one side of a sheet of paper: your name,

email, major, minor, graduating year, any creative writing, art, or
design classes you’ve taken, with the instructor’s name. And two
paragraphs: one that briefly describes your interest in the
course, and the second, of no more than three sentences, that is
a pitch for a possible story based in nonfiction (a sample of the
kind of ideas you’d bring to brainstorming sessions over the
first couple of weeks of class).

On the other side of the paper: Anything. Text, graphics,

illustrations, etc. Communicate your skills, experience, and
enthusiasm.

Creative Writing Program

Department of English
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2087
Attn: Graphic Novel
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see inside:
your guide to summer
entertainment
SIGNS YOU MIGHT BE WANTED BY MUSIC 3 BOOKS 6
STANFORD POLICE Mixed Co. covers Lady Gaga’s “The Looking for a fun summer read? We’ve
If youre like Intermission, you ’ve probably learned a lot Edge of Glory.” got you covered.
from the Stanford Police this year, specifically what a hot
prowl is or how easy it is to get away as long as you “dis-
appear into the groves.” Similarly, you’re probably frustrat- MUSIC 4 GAMES 7
ed with their infuriatingly cryptic texts and how we never We’ve got your guide to the Bay Area’s Mind Games guru Nate Adams talks
ever really find out what happened. In any case,
Intermission’s done its best to piece together five signs hottest shows. about growing up with games.
that you might be wanted by the Stanford Police.

MOVIES 5 ADVICE 8

1
We help you comb through the Roxy Sass wants to help you have a
You drive a badass, souped-up car. summer’s cinematic fare. sexy summer.
May 14: “Witnesses describe the second vehicle as an older,
2-door vehicle, possibly a Lexus or Buick, which is burnt
orange, brown or gold in color. This vehicle has distinct, large
rims (possibly 24 inches in diameter) and scissor-doors (doors music
that rotate vertically at a fixed hinge at the front of the door,
rather than outwardly as with a conventional door).”

2
You have dreadlocks.
May 14: “ . . . a slender build and long dreadlocks, possibly
armed with a silver hand gun.” Apr. 24: “ . . . some of whom
may have had dreadlocks.”

3
You’re a short man.
Apr. 24: “He stood about 5’2” to 5’4” and had a chubby
build.” Apr. 9: “He stands 5’6” in height and has a chubby
build.”
THIRD EYE BLIND
ROCKS MEMAUD
ZACK HOBERG/
The Stanford Daily

LIKE IT’S 1997

4
You’re a little on the heavy side.
See the preceding point. Nothing will get you on Weight
Watchers faster than a campus-wide blast critiquing your
weight.
L
ast Thursday, the Verizon Wireless Coffee Shop
Series brought Stephan Jenkins and his band
home to perform at Memorial Auditorium.
“Ah, springtime at Stanford University!” Jenkins
called out at the end of the first song, before standing
with his arms crossed, observing the audience coyly. “I

5
Third Eye Blind, the beloved ‘90s alt-rock group,
delivered a killer show that transformed the palatial
You look like this dude. auditorium into a house of rock.
Jenkins worked through his signature concert
moves, climbing on the amps, beating tambourines
against his chest and toying with a tall fedora
throughout the night, and his proud, high-energy
performance style captivated the traditionally stiff
Stanford crowd, bringing the whole house to its
2 feet. Up front, students swarmed around the foot of
intermission the stage.
am thoroughly, completely enjoying this right now. I
grew up at Stanford University.”
“This is my home and, uh, when I was like 8
years old, we used to ride our bicycles over here, and I
climbed to the top of that catwalk and peed off it,”
Jenkins said with a smile. “So this place is literally a
landmark for me.”
Connecting with the audience from Jenkins’
opening words, Third Eye Blind moved into a more
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 music

MIXED CO. GOES

GAGA
W
hile the verdict’s still out as to
whether Lady Gaga’s “Born This NICK LOVELL STEKETEE/
Way” lives up to the “greatest The Stanford Daily
album of the decade” hype, it’s clear Gaga
won’t be suffering from any sophomore
slump. Boosted by Amazon’s decision to sell
the album for 99 cents, it exceeded industry SOUNDS GOOD TO ME: MENDICANTS SPRING SHOW
expecations, selling a stellar 1.11 million

units its first week, a figure that’s definitely
pleasing Stanford’s Mixed Company. The a
capella group is looking to capitalize on
Gaga’s success with the first official a capella
cover of Gaga’s latest single, “The Edge of
Glory,” on iTunes now, and a little taste of
their next album, slated for a fall release.
Things were put in motion a couple
months back by Mixed Co. alum, Sidney Li,
who approached the group about recording a
cover of Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me”
through A Capella Records (ACR), an inde-
pendent label that has sent four of its artists to
“The Sing-Off,” NBC’s a capella reality show
competition. However, ACR President Chris
Crawford quickly presented the group with a
different option.
“He told us ‘The Edge of Glory’ just got
released as an additional single; it’s number
two on Billboard, and we want to make that a
single from ACR, and Mixed Company is our
first choice. Are you willing to do this?’” said
Alex Cope ‘13, musical director. “And we said,
‘Of course.’”
“We wanted one song on the album to be
pretty relevant to what’s currently on the
charts,” said Nick Chen ‘13, album manager.
“The problem was that ‘Hold It Against Me’
came out in January . . . I think in retrospect,
people bought the song because it was
Britney’s comeback, you know? It had no last-
W
ith typical flair, the Mendicants
opened their spring show
“Harry Potter and the Deathly
Mendicants” by running through the cen-
ter aisle and handing roses to female audi-
ence members. Opening with a soulful ver-
sion of “Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a
Dream)” set the tone for a show full of fin-
ger-snapping, feel-good music.
“Our spring show was the capstone to
our year as a group,” said Derek Ouyang
‘13. “We’ve sung many on-campus and off-
campus gigs, been on tour through Texas
and recorded 13 tracks for our 25th album,
so this show was an incredible way to wrap
up all the work we have done and treat our
friends to some fun music.”
The group sang six songs from their
upcoming album, singing fresh and upbeat
ing impact the way that I think ‘The Edge of
Glory’ will.”
The third single was inspired by the
death of Gaga’s grandfather last September.
“The song is about your last moment on
earth, the moment of truth, the moment
before you leave earth,” Gaga said in an inter-
view with Google. The power ballad does
seem to soar to epic, rapture-esque heights
with its heavy ‘80s influences, manifested in
covers of contemporary songs like “Sunday
Morning”and “Girl on TV”. They also per-
formed Mendicants hits such as “Brown-Eyed
Girl”and “Build Me Up, Buttercup”to the
great delight of students and alumni alike.
In their 90-minute show, they tra-
versed a number of genres and time peri-
ods, approaching all with suaveness and a
good dose of melisma. The group also
showed its spectrum of talents through
showcases of beat-boxing, guitar and even
a mouth-trumpet solo.
The loudest reaction, however, was to
the Mendicants version of Cee-Lo Green’s
“Fuck You.”
“As soon as we heard it, we pretty
much knew that it was a perfect song for
the Mendicants,” Ouyang said, explaining
its appeal. “De Wei whipped up this awe-
electropop synthesizers and a guest saxo-
phone solo by E Street Band-er Clarence
Clemons.
Crawford thought Mixed Co.’s talents
ideally suited the Gaga song.
“I mean, this song just is pure energy. It’s
all about energy, the celebration of life,” Chen
said. “What [Crawford] liked best about us
was our energy.”
The group had to capitalize on that
thursday june 2 2011
some arrangement, and pretty soon we
found that it was mutating into a variety of
different forms. Matt Alcasid [the soloist]
just absolutely rocks the song, and I have a
feeling it’s going to be a classic for a long
time, the modern heartbreak-revenge
song.”
And the theme?
“The Harry Potter theme really came
out of nowhere,” Ouyang said,“but we came
up with three really hilarious skits that only
marginally tied the show together. What was
more important was that we had plenty of
brand new songs to debut, mixed with some
classics for the alumni to enjoy.”
— n a t a s h a AV E RY
contact natasha:
navery@stanford.edu
enthusiasm to make the tight deadlines. With
only one Monday rehearsal to learn the song,
Mixed Co. rallied and spent 10 hours record-
ing the cover two days later. Not all of Mixed
Co. made it into the studio — just 10 mem-
bers are featured, two from each of the vocal
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SUMMER CONCERT GUIDE Three In One
Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus and Julianna Barwick:
June 22, Fox Theater in Oakland

C
ongratulations! You got your amazing internship up in
San Francisco/secured your research position on cam-
pus. You’re in for three months of the gorgeous
California summer we all know and love, and the target of jeal-
ousy among your acquaintances. So why not give them good
reason to be jealous: bust out the nine-to-five and then take
advantage of the unrivaled opportunities to catch some great
music in the City.
The Bay Area is a must-stop for all major artists on tour
over the summer, regardless of the genre they’re playing. It also
boasts a wide variety of venues, from stadiums suited for arena-
oriented rock (AOR) to alternative underground clubs suited for
the carefully cultivated nonchalance of the indie scene.
Evidently, the opportunities to catch live music over the summer
are interminable. But if you really want to catch the best of the
best and not just head over to squeal at Justin Bieber (who,
ahem, you can catch at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga on
June 11 if you’re willing to shell out a couple grand), read on.
Absolute Must
Florence and The Machine: June
12, Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
Forget Lady Gaga, Florence
Welch is the bomb and may well
be the David Bowie of our age.
Red-haired, six feet tall with an
onstage wardrobe self-described
as “Lady of Shalott meets
Ophelia...mixed with scary goth-
ic bat lady,” Florence’s searing
onstage persona is lauded by the
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world as the most spectacularly captivating one-woman show. It’s a great chance to experience three great indie bands that
Did we mention she can sing? So head on over to Cal to catch are making waves. While Okkervil River, the more established
her effervescent mix of soul and pop off of her debut record band and therefore the headliner, barely dropped its latest
“Lungs.” release “I Am Very Far”, on May 10, Titus Andronicus released
“The Monitor” last year, while Miss Barwick released “The
African Influences Magic Place” in March. A solid pick for the indie fan that
Youssou N’Dour and Angelique Kidjo: wants to get the most acts in one night.
June 17, Paramount Theatre in San
Francisco The Class-A Summer Festival
Possibly the two greatest, and hands-down Outside Lands: August 12-14, Golden Gate Park in San
the most famous, singers in recent African Francisco.
history come together for the San Featuring the likes of Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Muse, The
Francisco Jazz Spring Season. Both are Shins, MGMT and plenty of other well-known and lesser-
amazing vocalists, and the emotional known acts, Outside Lands is San Francisco’s answer to
quality of their music is breathtaking. If you’re down for some- Chicago’s Lollapalooza. A three-day weekend chock-full of
thing mellower than indie rock, check out this dynamic duo. great music and a laidback atmosphere in San Francisco’s
most scenic park — if there is one event you should not miss
Because She Just Won’t Go Away over the summer, it’s probably Outside Lands.
Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj:
June 18, HP Pavillion in San The Little Band That Could
Jose Givers: September 7, Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.
Admit it. You’re curious. Five friends from Lafayette, Louisiana met in high school and
Promoting her “comeback” (is it college and came up with one of the sunniest tracks of 2010.
the third now?) album, “Femme “Up, Up, Up” landed the band the coveted title of “Band to
Fatale”, Miss Spears will be Watch” by the indie institution that is Stereogum, and now
appearing down in San Jose brings the band to San Francisco. Check them out for psyche-
with Nicki Minaj as her opening delic feel-good pop before the start of autumn.
act. Crass female rapper crossed —maria DEL CARMEN BARRIOS
with raunchy pop star? If you contact maria:
don’t mind not hearing live mariacbg@stanford.edu
music at a concert, by all means.
All photos courtesy MCT

solemn song, “Wounded,” before setting aside
their electric guitars and clearing the stage for
Jenkins and his acoustic guitar.
Introducing the next song, “1 in 10,” with
a dash of humor, Jenkins began, “I fell deeply
in love with this very dedicated lesbian.” The
crowd laughed appreciatively. “And I got
absolutely nowhere, and I wrote her this song.”
As the last acoustic chord of “1 in 10” died
out, loud calls from the audience demanded
the Third Eye Blind hit “Slow Motion.” Jenkins
lowered his voice into the mic, “That was a
really good-hearted song. This is a really bad-
hearted song,” and began the dark ballad.
Jenkins noted an enthusiastic member of
4 indulging their fans in their most famous hit.
intermission
the crowd in the balcony who was wearing a
Beat Cal shirt. “Well, my friends, I went to Cal,”
Jenkins said, “yet I love you. Do you love me?
‘Cause I love you, there you go!” The crowd,
hesitant at first, cheered as Jenkins grinned.
“Let’s get away from red and blue.”
Jenkins then introduced guitarist Kryz
Reid, who worked an impressive guitar solo as
Jenkins ran off to grab two fistfuls of glow-
sticks. The lights shut off and Jenkins held the
glowsticks over his head, cracking them slowly
as their colored light burst in an arch. The
band moved into “Monotov’s Private Opera,”
and Jenkins threw the glowsticks out into the
crowd one by one as he worked through the
upbeat song, finally throwing the last bunch
in one triumphant swoop.
Abruptly, the band left the stage, but the
crowd remained, cheering, well aware that
Third Eye Blind couldn’t leave without
Jenkins and the band re-emerged on the scruffy beard and sneakers, rocked the penul-
stage and kicked off their encore with “Water timate song while drummer Brad Hargreaves
Landing.” The bassist Abe Millet, donning a continued to anchor the band from the back
with his powerful, loud percussion.
ZACK Next came the first chord of “Never Let
HOBERG/ You Go,” begun as the entire auditorium
The Stanford
cheered and sang along, smiling the whole
Daily
way through.
The band closed their set with the power-
ful “God of Wine,” and Jenkins said that right
after their performance, the band would be
heading back to their studio in San Francisco
to record their next album.
“When we finish that album, if you’ll have
us, we’ll come back and play again,” Jenkins
said. Here’s to hearing Third Eye Blind rock the
house again soon.
—jennifer SCHAFFER
contact jennifer:
jmschaff@stanford.edu

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e all know that the perfect summer
night consists of a best friend, some
extremely fattening popcorn you’ll
regret having eaten the next morning and a
great (or so bad it’s good) movie to curl up
with. Whether you’re looking for a new take on
a childhood classic or the highly-anticipated
end to an epic saga, the summer 2011 releases
promise to offer a healthy mix of good and bad
for your viewing pleasure.
The Good:
“Winnie the Pooh”
Genre: Animation
Starring: Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Craig
Ferguson
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The first movie based on the Pooh stories since
1977, “Winnie the Pooh” is Walt Disney
Studio’s retake on a childhood favorite. “Pooh”
will feature traditional animation and two pre-
viously unadapted stories and should be an
adorable way to spend an afternoon.
“The Tree of Life”
Genre: Drama
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Terrence Malick’s latest work generated signifi-
cant Oscar buzz at the Cannes Film Festival,
where it won the much sought-after Palme
d’Or. Though it has a rather ambiguously-
worded plot synopsis, this film, set in the 1950s
Midwest and starring Sean Penn as the main
character, Jack, should prove to be an enlight-
ening take on the transition from adolescence
to adulthood.
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW
“X-Men: First Class”
Courtesy
20th Century Fox
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: James McAvoy, Rose Byrne, January
Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
Release Date: Jun. 3, 2011
Based on the Marvel Comics books, the movie
covers the beginning of the X-Men saga, serv-
ing as a precursor to the previously released
films in the series. A little bit sci-fi, a good part
action and featuring a whole lot of attractive-
ness, this movie should be a win for both hard-
core fans and the average Joe.
“30 Minutes or Less”
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari
Release Date: Aug. 26, 2011
If you’re looking for a hysterical movie, the cast
of “30 Minutes or Less” should lead you right
into a red cushioned seat on its opening day.
Disregarding the hilariousness of Aziz Ansari,
the classic “dumb criminals take clueless pro-
tagonists by surprise” always proves to be a
good choice for a comedy.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part II”
Genre:
Action/Adventure,
Fantasy
Starring: Daniel
Radcliffe, Rupert
Grint, Emma
Watson, Alan
Rickman
Release Date: Jul.
15, 2011
By far the most
anticipated movie Courtesy Warner
of the summer, Bros. Pictures
“Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows: Part II” will be the final
installment of the decade-long Harry Potter
film series (in case you’ve been living under a
rock). Judging from the trailer, the film should
be worthy of the hype — “Part II” seems as
action-filled and jaw-dropping as the second
half of the seventh book proved to be. Besides,
you’ll probably be pressured into seeing it by a
friend, so you might as well enjoy the movie.
The Questionable:
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Rosie
Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson
Release Date: Jul. 1, 2011
If you’re wondering why you should go see yet
another Transformers movie, you’ll be search-
ing for an answer for quite a while. Though
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley should be an inter-
esting new character to the mix, the
“Transformers” series is light enough on actual
plot that the first two movies have been more
than enough to satisfy real fans.
“Cowboys and Aliens”
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia
Courtesy Universal
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Wilde
Release Date: July 29, 2011
This movie has generated lots of hype, but the
plot seems pretty shaky. Aliens invading a
Western town (predictably called Absolution)
doesn’t sound like a good movie in any context,
disregarding the very talented cast of Daniel
Craig and Harrison Ford, among others.
“Conan the Barbarian”
Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Jason Momoa, Rose McGowan,
Rachel Nichols
Release Date: August 19, 2011
“Conan the Barbarian” stars Jason Momoa as
Conan, a brute who battles monsters, witches
and archers in his bloodthirsty search for
revenge. Sounds like a great movie if you’re
into watching two hours of dismemberment.
“Super 8”
Genre: Mystery
Starring: Kyle
Chandler, Elle
Fanning, AJ
Michalka
Release Date:
June 10, 2011 Courtesy Paramount
“Super 8” is a
movie about people filming some mysterious,
possibly alien activity. Sound familiar?
Although that may sound like a rehash of a
gazillion other sci-fi flicks, with Steven
Spielberg producing and J.J. Abrams at the
helm, “Super 8” might not be one to immedi-
ately cross off your list.
“Apollo 18”
Genre: Horror
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Like “Super 8,”“Apollo 18” is a ‘documentary’
of ‘footage,’ this time from a government-
hushed mission to the moon. Yes, the distrib-
uters actually claimed, originally, that the film
was real, à la marketing for “The Blair Witch
Project,” but a dozen years later. “Apollo 18”
already proves to be terrible.
—andrea HINTON
contact andrea:
anhinton@stanford.edu
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ESSENTIAL SUMMER READING
W
ith classes and finals almost out of the way and the joys
of summer about to begin, everyone needs a few good
books to read on the beach, on the plane or during
their commute to work, especially ones that aren’t textbooks or
academic studies. Intermission’s got your guide to summer reading
— the fun kind (remember that?):
Summer Releases
“A Dance with Dragons” by George R. R.
Martin (July 12)
Given the success of the recent HBO
series “Game of Thrones,” it should come as
no surprise that this is one of the most antici-
pated books of the summer. That, and the fact
that fans have been waiting nearly six years for
“A Dance with Dragons.” The preceding book,
“A Feast for Crows,” came out in 2005.
“State of Wonder” by Ann Patchett (June 7)
Patchett has a track record of produc-
ing moving, critically-acclaimed novels that
straddle the nebulous divide between com-
mercial and literary (previous books include
the popular “Bel Canto” and “Run”).“State
of Wonder,” which features corporate
intrigue, South American cannibals, phar-
maceuticals research and strong female
characters, promises to be just as good.
“Robopocalypse” by Daniel H. Wilson (June 7)
The much-lauded Wilson has landed on the New York Times list
multiple times, and “Robopocalypse” looks to be another winner. It
plays upon a bone-deep fear that’s been around as long as computers
have — the AI invasion — and does so masterfully, with intense
action, high-concept horror and above all, the acutely sympathetic
human element that lesser sci-fi often lacks. Plus, where on earth are
there more mad (computer) scientists than here on the Farm?
Books You May Have Missed This Year
“Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins
The popular “The Hunger Games” trilogy has been compared
to “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” — anyone who hasn’t at least
heard of it has been living under a rock for
the past year. “Mockingjay” is the last
installment of the series, and the first book
is coming out as a film next year.
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana” by
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Fans of “The Kite Runner” and “Three
Cups of Tea” will love Lemmon’s debut
work; the true story of a young Afghani
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WHAT WE’RE EXCITED FOR. . .
schoolteacher who is forced to wear a
burqa and leave the classroom after the THE
Taliban takes power. In order to make ends
meet, she starts sewing dresses for local
HUNGER GAMES
stores, and ends up running a secret dress-
making business that employs almost a MOVIE
hundred local women. The book has
M
already been racking up rave reviews from ove over, “Twilight.”
diverse sources — don’t miss out. A new book series is
poised to take over
“On China” by Henry Kissinger American cinema.
Despite having retired from the political scene over 30 years ago, “The Hunger Games,” the
the former Secretary of State is still an important and somewhat contro- wildly popular post-apocalyptic
versial figure among policy makers and the general public. One of his book series written by Suzanne
most famous accomplishments was the opening of relations with China, Collins, is rocking the entertain-
which, given the country’s ascendancy in global affairs, makes Kissinger’s ment industry as it comes to life
insights and experience all the more relevant today. (Disclosure: I have for an upcoming movie adapta-
interned for Penguin Books, which publishes “On China.”) tion by director Gary Ross,
known for his work on
Relevant Classics “Seabiscuit” and “Pleasantville.”
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare The novel tells the story of
Most people first read “Hamlet” in high school, but how many Katniss Everdeen, a self-reliant,
truly appreciate Shakespeare (without SparkNotes) when they’re cynical teenager who partici-
15? “Hamlet” is ripe for a revisit; it’s loaded with teen angst, identity pates in the Hunger Games, a
crises and daddy issues, which should sound awfully familiar to col- yearly event organized by the
lege students, from freshmen home for the summer after their first evil government of Panem, a
year away to seniors leaving the Stanford bubble and about to make country composed of the
their own way in the world. remains of the U.S. after envi-
ronmental catastrophe
“I, Claudius” by Robert Graves destroyed most of the country.
Graves paints a compelling, sympathetic portrait of one of The Hunger Games are Panem’s
Rome’s most trivialized emperors. Claudius suffered from a speech way of keeping the twelve dis-
impediment and chronic physical infirmities, which made him vul- tricts of the country in line. In
nerable to assassination throughout his reign. (Ironically, the only rea- the Games, two teenagers from
son he survived his predecessors’ purges to eventually become emper- each district are chosen to fight
or was because they continually underestimated him.) He triumphed to the death on live television. All photos
over all of these difficulties by brains alone and became one of courtesy MCT
Katniss volunteers to represent
Rome’s most capable and efficient emperors — an underdog story to District Twelve, a poor coal-mining district, to save her
which many Stanford students can surely relate. younger sister Primrose from the same fate.
Despite the dark subject matter, Collins’ series has
“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
only grown in popularity since the original book release
This is another standard high school
in 2008. With legions of intensely loyal fans who critical-
English text, which usually ended up popu-
ly oversaw the casting of the film, the hype has intensi-
lar with the hipster crowd and “just another
fied even though the movie has barely begun filming.
assigned reading” to most other students.
The casting of Jennifer Lawrence (known for her
Living the college life, though, gives readers
Oscar-nominated turn in “Winter’s Bone”) as Katniss lit
a whole new perspective on Fitzgerald’s
up the blogosphere back in March. While her acting
most famous work; those undergrads
skills are undeniable, fans criticized Lawrence for being
blessed with that privileged commodity of a
too blonde and curvy to play Katniss, described as an
good draw number find themselves throw-
emaciated, olive-skinned teen. However, Collins herself
ing house parties not quite as lavish as
defended the casting choice, saying “I never thought
Gatsby’s Long Island affairs and then contemplating the meaning-
we’d find somebody this perfect for the role. And I can’t
lessness of it all on Monday morning.
wait for everyone to see her play it.”
—sarah GUAN Soon after Lawrence’s casting, Josh Hutcherson
sguan@stanford.edu
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 movies
Courtesy Paramount
T
he funny, goofy panda bear Po (Jack Black)
returns in the eagerly-awaited “Kung Fu
Panda 2” with new jokes, an identity crisis
blended with daddy issues and some striking new
kung fu moves. These elements are all seamlessly
incorporated into the film,
the vital stats
making it a cute treat
for the whole family.
Ready to tackle
any villain who poses A
ON
a danger to China, the
Dragon Warrior Po has
become, in stark contrast to the first “Kung Fu
Panda”, a force to be reckoned with — performing
some perfect combination hits with the Furious Five
and pummeling the enemy wolves. However, an even
greater danger arrives when a vicious peacock, Lord
Shen (Gary Oldman), develops a powerful weapon
that threatens to end the dominance of kung fu —
the gunpowder cannon. To prevent this evil from
plunging the land into the darkness of Lord Shen’s
horrible reign, the Dragon Warrior and his faithful
companions are called upon to save the day. Able to
stuff 38 — or 40 — bean buns in his ridiculously
large mouth, Po thinks, of course, that Shen is no
match for his size and awesomeness — until he has a
flashback in the middle of a fight, a vision of his
mother abandoning him. Master Shifu (Dustin
Hoffman) instructs the confused and wounded Po to
set out on a journey to attain “inner peace.”
Thus, Po goes to meet his fate and face his
nemesis, the white peacock, Lord Shen. The newly
introduced antagonist has a crazed look in his eye
that says he would blow up the whole world with his
cannons if he could. One of the movie’s strengths,
however, is that there is much more to each character
than meets the eye. Even the evil peacock ends up
somewhat sympathetic — he is simply seeking
approval from his own parents, who have disowned
him for past crimes. The lead-in at the start of the
movie — shadow puppetry, incorporating traditional
Chinese elements — is a beautifully illustrated histo-
ry of the villain’s former life.
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FOREVER YOUNG?
RECONCILING DREAMS & REALISM
L
ike most kids, my friends and I loved
to play make-believe. We’d travel into
the worlds of our favorite games,
building Hyrule Castle out of sofa pillows
and fending off Stalfos with our arrows of
light — our enemies were Legos and our
weapons were Nerf guns, but we didn’t care.
Zelda was probably our go-to fantasy realm,
but I’d be disingenuous if I didn’t admit to
shouting out the names of beam attacks
from Dragon Ball Z and attempting to dress
up my buddy’s dog like Star Fox. Even if
Kung Fu that last one didn’t go so well, those are
Panda 2
PG memories I’ll cherish. Back then, video
Adventure
A game worlds just seemed like more interest-
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ing places to be.
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F 1 TO
10 Fast forward to the present day — this
very week, in fact. As I slide ever closer to
the precipice of coffee and commutes that is
adulthood, those days seem far behind.
What’s more, I fear that I’m dangerously
close to losing the imaginative spark that
made our fake Pokémon adventures and
runs through the Death Star trench so
much fun. It might be my hangover talking,
but I seem have taken on a jaded sort of
cynicism that just won’t let me take that
mental journey into game worlds the way I
used to.
I was reminded of that just yesterday,
when I heard another grown man go on
and on about how great it would be to step
into the shoes of inFamous’s delivery boy-
turned-superhero, Cole MacGrath. Even
with the temporary funk of adulthood-itis
that I find myself in, I could give him just a
bit of leeway — the man speaking was Eric
Ladin, Cole’s voice actor and mocap model
for the upcoming inFamous 2. When Greg
Miller of IGN asked why he wanted to play
Cole, Ladin’s answer was understandable,
but it still made me cringe a little.
“Come on man, he’s a superhero!
You’re a guy . . . I mean, wouldn’t you want
to play Cole? It’s every guy’s dream,” he said.
I admit that I’d probably give a similar
answer for a Podcast interview leading up to
my game’s release, and while I don’t want to
put words in Ladin’s mouth, a fact remains
— his answer, and probably anyone else’s,
implies that actually being a video game
character would be incredible. Better than
real life, even.
I’m tempted to agree for the sake of
doing mental CPR on my childhood
dreams, but at least for now, it’s an exercise
in futility. When I think about what it
would really be like to, say, wear tacky over-
alls, jump into pipes and step on goombas
all day, it just seems ridiculous. I snap back
into the real world, curl up with my coffee
and think about what I need to get done
that day.
Part of me is a bit proud that I can
function like a real-life adult. Another part
is afraid that my childhood fantasies — the
ones that my friends and I reveled in so
much — are slipping away forever.
For the sake of my own world-weary
vindication, excuse me while I cathartically
dismantle some of my other childhood
treasures. Let’s start with Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles, something my buddies and I
still wax nostalgic about all the time. So,
you’d be a complete freak of nature, live in a
sewer and despite the fact that you can’t
procreate, you’re secretly obsessed with nail-
ing a reporter with a yellow jumpsuit and a
bad case of 80s-hair. Kowabunga, dudes.
The world of Metal Gear Solid isn’t
much better. You’d be a little more badass
than a turtle, but you’d be stuck freezing
your ass off in the Aleutian Islands, crouch-
ing in the snow with a hand to your ear
while some bigwig drones on for hours on
your codec. When you finally got around to
your “sneaking mission,” you’d discover that
Uncle Sam left you with little more than
cigarettes, military rations and a cardboard
box. Oh, and your name is Solid Snake.
You’d probably still be coping with the
snickers you always got during roll call back
in middle school.
And then there’s my old favorite —
Zelda. How does this sound? For starters,
you wouldn’t have electricity, plumbing
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ind
ames
or modern transportation. You sleep on a
log, dress like you’re at the Renaissance
Festival every day and the world’s only
accepted currency is gigantic, cumbersome
gems. You can’t fit more than 500 rupees in
your wallet and there aren’t any banks, so to
make ends meet you need to storm into
strangers’ houses and smash everything in
sight. If not, you could try hacking your
sword at inexplicably identical bushes across
the land. Crazy chickens come attack you,
there’s an incessant beeping whenever you
get hurt and you’re followed at all times by a
crazy fairy that won’t shut up. And the
worst part? You can’t even speak back.
There’s no escaping the fact that games
are completely ridiculous. I might be too
old too naively dream my way into some
game-driven fantasy world, but after reflect-
ing on it a bit, I’m okay with that. As a kid,
games added substance and drama to my
life. Things were pretty low-stakes in my
quiet suburban neighborhood, and games
gave me something to worry and wonder
about — something that added a bit of
intrigue, emotion and complexity to my life.
Nowadays, my life is full of enough
drama, work and worrying all on its own.
But games still add balance to the mix and
provide an escape of a different sort. Their
crazy, overly simplistic worlds give me the
perfect break from the monotony of my
daily routine — a breath of fresh air that
gets me ready to go back and tackle my real-
world problems.
So while I can still chuckle at the
underlying insanity of Zelda and Mario, I
wouldn’t have them any other way. Games
aren’t the same pretend-paradise that they
used to be in my life, but even in adulthood,
I cherish them just as much.
—nate ADAMS
contact nate:
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S
ummer
W Lovin’
ell, folks,
Roxy can
no longer
deny two things: that she’s a bit of a
slut, and that school is ending. The
first is probably not news, but the
second might be if you’ve had your
head buried in the sand hoping to
avoid the end of another Stanford
year (trust Roxy, four go by way too
quickly).
Scared of summer? Too bad,
suckers. It’s here — so Roxy’s going to
give you tips on how to embrace it
fully.
Roxy knows how it goes: you get
a fancy internship in a big city and are
pumped to move there for a summer
(#omglivingthelifebitches) — until it’s
time for first month’s rent, damage
deposit and feeding yourself for a
week. No, your row house chef doesn’t
actually move with you to New York.
If, like Roxy, you can’t handle the sud-
den expenses of living on your own,
enter new character: the sugar daddy
(or mama — Roxy doesn’t discrimi-
nate). Roxy’s investment in a set of
classy-yet-slutty dresses once paid for
an entire month’s worth of food (and
rent). Don’t befriend your fellow
(broke) interns; pimp yourself out in
the most respectable way possible
until you find someone who’ll buy
you dinner.
Or, as Roxy has experienced, you
might have just met that wonderful
lad or lass — cute, witty, totally also
into [insert favorite band here] — but
summer’s coming, and they’re headed
on a service trip to South Africa while
you’re interning in San Francisco.
Roxy has one word for you: Skype.
What exactly to do with Skype? Roxy
hates to give away the surprise. Figure
that one out yourself. Hint: putting the
chat in sepia tone really aids in histori-
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intermission
advice
cal fiction role-play. Oh my heavens!
For the otherwise unattached,
summer is a great time to explore
something new while
keeping that quasi-fling
on call for fall. Droves of
international students (ay
caramba!) will flock to
campus for summer class, and
younger types (if that’s your thing)
abound at tennis camps and EPGY.
(For those jonesin’ for an older model,
Cougar Convention is in South San
Francisco this year.) Any summer fling
will be gone in the fall, so Roxy gives
you permission to take a mulligan on
any late-night regrets.
And that, friends, marks the end
of Roxy’s last column of the year.
Carry on the Roxy spirit this summer
by flirting up a storm in very little
clothing, by getting experimental in
the lab and in the bedroom and by
infusing all your writing with just a lit-
tle bit of sexual innuendo. Keep calm
and slut on.
Roxy’s going to be in the Stanford area
this summer. If you are too, let her know
so she can add you to her to-do list:
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sections (soprano, alto and bass) along with a percus- (“The Kids Are Alright”) and Liam Hemsworth (“The
sionist and soloist.
Last Song”) were announced to have joined the cast as
“Basically, this entire thing happened within like 10 love interests Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne.
days from inception to final product,” Cope said. “It’s A few bigger names, like Elizabeth Banks as han-
really exciting.” dler Effie Trinket, Lenny Kravitz as Katniss’s stylist and
The end result sounds like something you might friend Cinna, Stanley Tucci as TV host Caesar
hear on a certain Fox series about show choirs. Flickerman and Woody Harrelson as Haymitch,
“Yeah it sounds pretty ‘Glee’; a lot of it is super pro- District 12’s only living survivor of the games, rounded
duced,” Cope said. “But I’m just blown away by how out the casting news.
professional it sounds and how amazing our soloist was. With the cast set, the hype now surrounds the
I couldn’t be happier.” filming of the Hunger Games in the rumored location
Mixed Co. usually arranges its own songs in-house, of North Carolina. Lawrence is currently undergoing
but due to the time crunch, deferred to a professional, training to learn how to hunt, fight and shoot Katniss’s
outside arranger. signature bow-and-arrow. She made a splash with a
“This whole process was very manufactured, but I recent Entertainment Weekly cover showing her in
think after everyone heard the final product, there’s no character for the first time; her trademark blonde locks
denying it was an absolutely amazing experience” Chen dyed a dark brown.
said. Be prepared for months of speculation and hype
Soloist Lauren Ottinger ‘13 was selected for lead surrounding the film, which will not be released until
vocals just two days before the single was recorded. Mar. 23, 2012. Until then, it might be a good idea to
“I always get weirded out hearing my own voice on read Suzanne Collin’s dystopic trilogy to be prepared
an album, but it’s been really, really fun,” Ottinger said. “I for when full-on “Hunger Games” mania hits the U.S.
think it was really an effort by the entire group.” next year.
—lauren WILSON — h a l l e E D WA R D S
contact lauren: contact halle:
lhwilson@stanford.edu h a l l e @ s t a n f o rd . e d u
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FU PANDA” PAGE 7
The fateful battle between
good and evil happens in the city
of Gongmen. Gongmen City is
beautifully rendered in 3D and
showcases traditional Chinese
architecture, much of which is
reduced to rubble by the crazy
peacock as the battle progresses.
The Furious Five are boosted
by their celebrity voices — Jack
Black as Po, Angelina Jolie as
Tigress and Jackie Chan as
Monkey. The actors and actresses
enhance the characters’ individual-
ity and funniness.
All in all, the movie is perfect
for some family fun. “Kung Fu
Panda 2” isn’t just another kids’
movie — it’s a well-made motion
picture that exceeds all expecta-
tions.
ANDREW COOPER/The Stanford Daily —cindy NI
Fleet Street put on its faux-documentary spring show last
Sunday, filled with the silly, goofball antics the tuxedoed singers contact cindy:
are known for.
hni@stanford.edu