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Former Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria Hajia Amina Mohammed Az-Zubair (right) spoke Saturday on a panel at the Stanford Association for International Developments annual conference.

By MARY ANN TOMAN-MILLER

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SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Policymakers discuss technology, development

By SHELLEY XU
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Television trumps newsprint, Twitter has trumped the press release [and] the blog post outpaces the first broadcast news, said John Githongo, CEO of Inuka Kenya Trust and former Permanent Secretary for Government and Ethics to the President of Kenya, to international innovators and Stanford students in Cubberley Auditorium Saturday.

Githongo delivered the keynote address for the Stanford Association for International Development (SAID) conference on Rethinking Reform: Innovations in Improving Governance. Karl Eikenberry, former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was scheduled to give the closing remarks of the conference but pulled out for unspecified reasons. Kavita Ramdas, executive director

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The Stanford Law School Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted a student symposium this past weekend to discuss and debate Bureaucracy Unbound: Can Limited Government and the Administrative State CoExist? Around 500 law students from across the nation witnessed lively debates and presentations in Cemex Auditorium on March 2 and 3. Twenty-five prominent legal scholars, practitioners and officials from across the nation, including five judges and Larry Kramer, dean of Stanford Law School, led the discussions. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, presented the keynote address at a banquet for 400 people Saturday night at the Arrillaga Alumni Center. Students from a range of top

law schools, including Harvard, Yale, the University of Chicago, Columbia University and the University of Texas at Austin, attended the 31st annual conference, which had not been held at Stanford since 1996. Kramer said that one of the goals of the event was to bring top lawyers and scholars from all sides of the issues to debate. Conference co-chair Ilan Wurman J.D. 13 echoed Kramers sentiments, saying, there was no answer in one particular direction [to the main question of the symposium] because we had a strong balance of liberal and conservative views on each panel. The conservative panelists tended to answer that the administrative state needs to be diminished dramatically if it can coexist with principles of limited government, Wurman said. Friday evenings panel discussing the Rule of Law and the Administrative State, was mod-

erated by the Honorable Carlos Bea 56, J.D. 58, who currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In light of the plurality of voices, there were disagreements among the panelists regarding the definition of the rule of law, a term the speakers pointed out as originating from Aristotle and Locke. Panelists included Harvard Law School Professor David Barron, NYU Law School Professor Richard Epstein, Ohio State University Law School Professor Peter Shane and the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Panelists discussed whether the modern conditions of life and governmental administration require some redefinition of the rule of law. The opaque constitutional underpinnings of a regulatory state were hotly contested. According to Wurman, the

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Researchers celebrate trials lasting success

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ASSU leaders attend Israel policy event

By LINDSEY TXAKEEYANG Six Stanford students traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to attend the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, headlined by speakers including President Barack Obama. Conference events began Sunday and will last through Tuesday. Three out of the six Stanford students in attendance are ASSU representatives, including ASSU President Michael Cruz 12, Deputy Chair of the Undergraduate Senate Dan Ashton 14 and Senator Alon Elhanan 14. Each student attending the conference, however, made an individual decision to attend the conference out of interest, not as a representative of the ASSU. I want to make this clear: Stanford is not sending anyone, [and the] ASSU is not sending anyone, Cruz said, adding that the students in attendance are students who happen to be interested in national or international policy. But Stanford student body presidents typically are invited to attend AIPAC, he added. Cruz said his predecessors have attended this conference, as well, so its something of a tradition. According to Ashton, An AIPAC field organizer approached him as someone who might be interested in learning more about the American-Israeli relationship. Im hoping to learn where the American-Israeli relationship is from the standpoint of American policymakers to sort of see where the discussion is because obviously right now its very much in the news with Iran and Israel possibly having conflict, so its something thats probably on the forefront of a lot of peoples minds, Ashton said. Im just interested in seeing where the dialogue is. Confirmed speakers for the conference include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Shimon Peres and the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. A number of U.S. representatives and senators will be in attendance as well. Stanford students at AIPAC will

Researchers from the Stanford School of Medicine gathered with patients Sunday to celebrate a successful clinical trial that tested an alternative to the immunosuppressant drug regimen that patients must normally follow after a transplant procedure. If one were able to make to make every transplantation a reality in the 20th century, the goal for the 21st century should be to do it without drugs, said Samuel Strober, an associate professor in the immunology and rheumatology department. Traditionally, patients who receive transplants must take immunosuppressant drugs to prevent their own immune systems from attacking the new organ because the immune system recognizes it as foreign. In order to prevent the transplant recipients body from attacking the new organ without a drug regimen, the researchers suppressed each patients immune system via radiation therapy and then introduced some of the donors immune cells into the recipients immune system via the thymus and peripheral lymphoid tissue. Introducing immune cells

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Stanford doctors attended a lunch event Sunday with participants from a successful clinical trial to eliminate the need for kidney transplant patients to continually take immunosuppressants.
from the donor prevented the recipients immune system from recognizing the transplanted organs cells as foreign and attacking the tissue. This alternative, which worked in 12 of 15 kidney transplant patients who participated in the trial, would eliminate the potential to contract drug-induced toxicity that can result from taking the immunosuppressant drugs. It would also eliminate the cost of the immunosuppressant drugs for patients, which can run anywhere from $20,000 to $120,000 over a patients lifetime. Patients on the traditional immunosuppressant regimen may experience negative side effects, such as increased susceptibility to infection. Some ultimately reject their donated organ. In patients using drugs nowadays, half of transplants will be lost over a couple of months, Strober said. One of the study participants, John Every, former vice president of the University of Pacific and an early participant in the trial, re-

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Study tracks ocean path of baby turtles

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF The Stanford-affiliated Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) in Monterey, Calif. released research last week connecting a baby turtles chance at survival with the location of its birth. The study found that strong currents off the coast of Costa Rica are particularly successful at shepherding baby turtles to the safety of offshore waters. This information, coupled with the researchers look at turtle breeding grounds, may direct future conservation efforts. According to former COS marine biologist and executive director of the Stanford-affiliated Tag-a-Giant Foundation George Shillinger, the Playa Grande beach in Costa Rica is a popular breeding ground for turtles because regional winds create large eddies on the beach that provide the

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Sophomore guard Aaron Bright (right) was a key part of Stanfords physical 75-70 home win over Cal Sunday, coming up with several late free throws and rebounds to seal the win in the closing moments.

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myelofibrosis patients. Myelofibrosis patients in the advanced stage suffer from worsening blood counts, spleen enlargement and other sporadic symptoms such as fever, night sweats and muscle and bone pains. Patients in the study reported decreases in these symptoms when given ruxolitinib. In the trial, 155 patients received ruxolitinib while 154 took a placebo twice daily. The two groups spleen volumes were measured over 24 weeks via magnetic resonance imaging with the primary endpoint for the study at a 35 percent reduction in the spleen volume. Approximately 46 percent of patients on ruxolitinib reported experiencing a 50 percent or greater improvement in their myelofibrosis symptoms. Five percent of patients receiving the placebo drug reported the same improvement of their symptoms. Myelofibrosis, affecting roughly 30,000 people in the United States, is one of the many myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) diseases that affect approximately 150,000 people in the United States. MPN diseases are characterized by the overproduction of red blood cells, platelets or white blood cells by the patients bone marrow. This overproduction can lead to scarring within the bone marrow, thus decreasing the bone marrows blood-making ability. The multi-site phase-3 trial, published March 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine, was led by researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jason Gotlib, an associate professor of medicine, managed the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers who participated in the trial. With 15 participating patients, Stanford was the single largest recruiting site in the 300-patient, 89-site trial. Ruxolitinib doesnt cure the disease, but the degree of benefit is clinically meaningful and substantial and allows many patients to re-engage in their daily activities, Gotlib said in a School of Medicine press release. In November, the FDA approved the treatment for patients with intermediate to advanced cases of myelofibrosis. Ruxolitinib is called Jakafi when marketed and is produced by Incyte, Corp., which also funded the clinical trial. Hagop Katarjian, chair of the department of leukemia in the Division of Cancer Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the studys senior author. Srdan Verstovsek, an associate professor in Katarjians department, was the first author of the study.
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turtles with shelter from the elements. The vegetation in the eddies offers nutrients for the breeding turtles. The strong ocean currents then carry baby turtles far offshore into the warm waters that promote growth. The study shows that there are areas in this world that are special for the leatherback, and if you destroy the nesting beach, you take away from the turtles a very important launch pad, Shillinger said in a Stanford News Service release. Baby leatherback turtles are only the size of a computer mouse and could not support the size of a satellite tag or radio transmitter, so the researchers had to use computer models to simulate the path of the baby turtles in the ocean. The team entered physical oceanographic characteristics such as water temperature, sea surface height, winds and currents in the eastern Pacific region area from Mexico to Panama, where leatherbacks are known to nest. The researchers then used this data to simulate the dispersal of hatchlings from four nesting beaches, providing for the first time an idea of the locations to

which baby turtles disperse. Once we put all of this together we might start to really understand the life history of these turtles from emergence to adulthood, Shillinger said. And that information helps us develop conservation strategies that link leatherback nesting beaches, hatchling highways and nursery habitats with migration corridors and foraging hotspots for juvenile and adult turtles across the Pacific. The study was released online last week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B British scientific journal.
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ceived his kidney transplant 11 years ago on his birthday, what he refers to as the best birthday present. Although Every eventually had to return to a lower dosage of one of his previous drugs, he said he is grateful for how the teams research improved his quality of life. Likewise, Karen Burke, who received her kidney transplant in 2006, also benefited from the grant funded by the National Institutes of Health, without which she said she could not have afforded her treatment. As her kidneys declined to 12 percent of their full functionality, she met with her nephrologist John Scandling, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at the School of Medicine, who recommended she undergo an organ transplant. Since the trial, Burke has remained off immunosuppressant drugs and lives in Modesto with her two daughters. Whats the best drug? No drug, said Stephan Busque, director of the adult kidney and pancreas transplant program at the School of Medicine. Contact Alexis Garduno at agarduno@stanford.edu. cussing controversial government reforms. Robert Klitgaard, professor at the Claremont Graduate University, discussed two specific innovations in reform during the Transparency and Accountability in Fighting Corruption panel: a Peruvian non-governmental organization called Ciudadanos al Da that researches good governance and awards local governments for successfully implementing transparent practices and an Indian website called ipaidabribe.com, where citizens can report and complain about corrupt government. Past SAID conference topics have included innovations in development and post-conflict global health issues. Next years SAID conference theme has yet to be decided. I couldnt have asked for it to go more smoothly, Rexer said of the event. We came up with some productive insights and actionable changes. Contact Shelley Xu at sxu8@stanford.edu.

New drug gives hope to blood cancer patients

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF A randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study involving Stanford University School of Medicine researchers showed that people with myelofibrosis blood cancer can benefit from ruxolitinib, the first FDA-approved therapy for myelofibrosis. Ruxolitinib blocks the JAK2 tyrosine kinase protein that is both mutated and unusually active in 50 to 60 percent of

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of the program on social entrepreneurship at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), replaced him. The SAID Conference, organized in conjunction with FSI, is the associations capstone event. According to conference director Colin Casey 12, the conference seeks to address some of the most pressing and intractable dialogues today. [The] conference is predicated on the idea that there is still a long way to go in improving governance, he said. We hope to engage the most salient debates in the field. We bring speakers from across the gamut, but they all share the same conviction that government needs to be improved, said Caseys fellow conference director Jonah Rexer 12. Githongo discussed the impli-

cations of a new digital world on governance in his keynote address. Leaders need to learn different language and social media, he said. But Githongo also noted that the digital age may harm governance as much as it helps, through digital medias potential to strengthen human trafficking and money laundering networks. He said that the ultimate challenge to developing countries today is reconciling the hardware of democracy, such as education and poverty, with the software of democracy, such as freedom of speech and accountability. Githongo said that if this balance cannot be achieved, the system crashes. Equality has replaced simple measures of poverty as the greatest challenge facing the world today, he said. Countries are forced to innovate from poverty, Githongo added. Digital technology has allowed countries in the third world to go from the third world to the first world.

Countries are forced to innovate from poverty.

JOHN GITHONGO, CEO of Inuka Kenya Trust
He cited Nigeria as an example of a country where the people accomplish a great deal through the use of mobile phones. In her closing remarks, Ramdas reemphasized the issues Githongo raised and accentuated the importance of being in a conversation that is inclusive when discussing issues such as transparency and accountability in government.

Ramdas said that improving governance is as much a top-down as a bottom-up approach because both government and citizens must apply effort equally. The conference also featured four different panels: Transparency and Accountability in Fighting Corruption, Technological Innovation and Governance, Governance at the Grassroots and Leadership and State Capacity. The panels went really well, said Larry Diamond, director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and moderator for the panel on Transparency and Accountability. We were not only exposed to the intensity and scope of the problem, but positive things that are happening and very practical initiatives that governments are adopting to improve the quality of government. Ramdas, who also moderated the panel on Technological Innovation and Governance, noted the honesty with which speakers addressed the issue, from admitting the relative failure of some World Bank initiatives to openly dis-

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nce you leave the Stanford bubble, there is real discrimination, said Mala Chatterjee 14, co-founder of Stanford Students for Reason (SSR), a new student-led organization aimed at giving voice to uncommon viewpoints on campus about local and national issues. [Right now, students] wont even have any of the requisite skills to deal with discrimination or to try and combat it, she said, explaining her belief that a one-sided, mostly liberal Stanford atmosphere shelters students from having to craft original, convincing arguments and stifles those who hold unpopular views. According to Chatterjee, SSR seeks to help students develop the skills of argumentation necessary to effectively support their views in the face of opposition. The clubs first meeting took place on Jan. 23. Co-founders Chatterjee and Ian Ball 14 estimate that a group of 25 attended. After the success of this initial meeting, the club has met nearly every Monday night in the Nitery building to discuss topics ranging from childhood obesity to the sanctity of life. Each meeting begins with a topic and then functions as an open forum for participants to express their views. A student moderator keeps the conversation in check and leads each discussion. Mayukh Sen 14, a member of SSR, described his future hopes for the club. As the overall level of discourse increases, we want to invite students from groups, Sen said. The club also hopes to organize debates on various controversial topics and bring in professors to speak at meetings. Ball first noticed a need for the club last year during the campus-wide debate over the return of ROTC. Ball said he found it difficult to express his position that ROTC should return. Many saw this as a personal attack and felt personally offended, and I think that impeded discourse [on] a topic which was important to discuss, he said. Daniel No 14, SSR web content manager, had a similar experience debating ROTCs return to campus in his freshman dorm. Things got particularly ugly when the huge ROTC debate hit the campus, he wrote in an email to The Daily. It became apparent to us that there was a problem with the way intellectual discourse was being handled on campus, and thats how the idea for the club came about. Chatterjee and Ball said they view the obstacles they faced in discussing ROTC as symptomatic of a larger issue with discourse at Stanford, ultimately relating to a perceived suppression of more conservative views on campus.

Chatterjee said she believes that students who do not hold the common liberal positions for certain topics keep quiet and do not share their opinions with others, a sentiment Ball agrees with, and finds particularly problematic. When people are not exposed to alternative viewpoints, they arent able to rationally defend their position, Ball said. [On issues such as minimum wage and gay marriage], a lot of people on campus have this gut reaction, Ball said. [Yet] they never have to defend themselves because whenever they hear the opposition they walk away and say that it is offensive. Ball and Chatterjee decided to channel their frustrations to change the way students approach controversial topics at Stanford through SSR. Both students have backgrounds in philosophy and debate to help them moderate SSR discussions. I got interested in philosophy really early on, when I was about 11 or 12, and I took my first philosophy course, Chatterjee wrote in an email to The Daily. When I was younger, Id basically just read philosophy on my own and try and find independent study or summer courses, she added. Ball was on his high schools parliamentary debate team, which helped him learn to form and scrutinize arguments. With their skills and passion for the art of debate, the duo is trying to facilitate discovery through the exchange of opinions on topics discussed in club meetings. The idea was to try and create an environment where people can have controversial conversations and have different types of views and [not just] present the most popular position at Stanford so that people dont get offended or take things personally, but rather learn, Chatterjee said. The club also aims to influence the focus of discourse on campus by showing student interest groups how to critically analyze their chosen causes to better include and address non-mainstream viewpoints. A lot of these liberal causes seem to misdirect [student] attention, Ball said. The overarching goal of SSR is to raise topics that are usually avoided. The group hopes to serve as the figurative person who brings up both religion and politics at the dinner table of Stanford discourse in the process making space for others to do the same. I think there are real battles [at Stanford] that we should deal with. It is not as if we live in this color blind, perfectly tolerant society Ball said. I think [intolerance] is present, but we are afraid to confront it.
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uch like a chef prepares an elaborate meal with diverse ingredients, Allison Carruth 04 M.A. 08 Ph.D., the new associate director of Stanfords Science, Technology and Society program (STS), has returned to campus to concoct a dish of her own. However, instead of a gourmet meal, this dish comes in the form of spicing up the major with a blend of STS courses and concentrations relating to the intersection between contemporary culture, biotechnology and food science. The STS program, which provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to studying science, technology, engineering and other interrelated fields, recently underwent administrative changes, with the hiring of a new director, Fred Turner of the Communication Department, and Carruth, formerly an associate professor of English at the University of Oregon. Since arriving on campus, Carruth has assisted in revamping the entire STS major after evaluating similar programs across the country and receiving input from students and faculty. The new curriculum will keep much of its initial focus, but will expand to include two new tracks: Environment and Sustainability and Life Science and Biotechnology. In addition, a more concentrated core will directly inform each of the six individual tracks within the major. The changes are set to take effect on Sept. 1, 2012. Carruth comes to Stanford with a background in food studies, environmental humanities and post-industrial American literature and culture experience that has allowed her to contribute to innovations in the new STS curriculum. Dr. Carruth brings an exceptional expertise to bear on the intersection of culture and technology, Turner said. [She has incorporated] a forward-looking desire to integrate new areas of scientific and tech-

SPICING UP STS
nological activity into food and environmental conversation with new issues to profile in order approaches in the huto understand food sysmanities and social scitems and practices in ences. contemporary society. As a result of her conDr. Carruth did not tributions to the profall short of my expectagram, STS students such tions, said Amoils, who as Maya Amoils 12, a took the colloquium this peer advisor in the STS past fall quarter. It was program, are able to furone of my favorite classther specialize their acaes at Stanford. demic focus within the Carruth said she feels major. equally inspired by her The concentration interactions with the stuoptions seem exciting, Courtesy of Allison Carruth dents taking her course cutting-edge and rele- Allison Carruth, associate director and those who are under vant to Stanfords broad- of Stanfords Science, Technology her guidance as STS maer ethos . . . and ensure jors. that students graduate and Society (STS) program, has According to Carwith more concentrated played a pivotal role in redesign- ruth, The students are interests and expertise, ing the department curriculum. curious, ask really great Amoils said. questions and are very Aside from polishing the STS curricu- entrepreneurial as they pursue their conlum, Carruth also teaches courses in the de- centrations within the major. partment, including a new course titled, Carruth said she believes that the honors Wired Space, Green Space, open to all students in the program are especially imclass years and majors, and a senior collo- pressive as they carve out their own acaquium titled, Food in the Information demic fields and push for an understanding Age. of the ethical dilemmas and social potential Along the lines of her interest in food faced by a technologically advanced society. studies, Carruths senior colloquium focusShe cited one student who is carrying es on the culture and politics of food in the out studies on the California high-speed modern age, allowing students to incorpo- rail project, a topic Carruth argues bridges rate ideas and material from the arts, an- both quantitative and qualitative research thropology and natural sciences into their methods in its focus on the infrastructure of studies. Among other class projects, Car- the project and the technological obstacles ruth splits the students into teams and as- that stand in its way. signs them a Bay Area start-up dealing with Despite her varied intellectual interests,

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Carruth suggests she was not raised in an academic family. My grandfather went as far as the seventh grade and then worked in an oil refinery all his life, but he was a self-taught student of history and science, Carruth said. As a child, Carruth was a voracious reader and recalls frequently reading books with her grandparents, an activity that instilled in her the value of education and hard work from a young age. Raised in an extended family that includes factory workers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, educators and psychologists, Carruths interest in the transformative powers and environmental consequences of the Industrial Age took hold early on. She completed her masters and doctorate degrees at Stanford in English and American literature and wrote her dissertation on the history of industrial agriculture in America. Her work has recently been expanded into a book titled, Global Appetites: American Power and the Literature of Food. According to Carruth, the book examines work by American writers and artists, arguing that industrial agriculture became a facilitator of American power, and that food became an inspiration for new kinds of art. In the future, Carruth hopes to continue to publish work that inspires discussion and interest in others. Having a career where I get to be in a world-class research community environment, collaborating with great scholars [makes up] one big piece of the long-term goal, she said. The Stanford community, in other words, is a pivotal ingredient in the broader scope of her career as both an architect or chef of the STS program, and as a contributor to the greater dish of academia. Contact Katy Storch at kstorch8@ stanford.edu.

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ow many times in recent weeks have you as a student or community member added your name to the latest online petition? Change.org, one of the larger online sites for generating e-petitions, has a dizzying array of topics subject to online activism: Apples labor practices in China, MPAA movie ratings, North Korean refugees and more. These online petitions, according to a University of Westminster study, are being generated at far greater rates than their non-online predecessors. This deluge of online petitions leads us to ask the question: How effective is this new form of digital activism? Change.org certainly believes in the efficacy of online petitions: It cites a number of examples of petitions that have arguably led to companies and governments amending policies. For instance, after an online petition drive at Change.org and a mass exodus of customers, Bank of America decided not to implement a new $5 per month banking fee. Verizon similarly dropped a proposed $2 online payment fee after highly negative Internet coverage and 130,000 Change.org signatures. But how critical were the online petitions in achieving these ends? In both of the above examples as with many of the other Change.org examples the online petition was merely one component of public disapproval. Furthermore, most of the successful petitions ultimately concern corporate decisions or highprofile criminal cases while more substantial issues generally require more institutional support to effect change. For instance, a wildly popular citizen-initiated petition at Whitehouse.gov that called for marijuana legalization was unsuccessful in producing meaningful discourse in government over reform of controlled substances laws. Many believe that online petitions have greatly risen in popularity because the strategy allows the signatories to feel good be-

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This is the third and last in a series of columns by the author dealing with divestment and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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One lingering question for the Palestinian nonviolence movement

hen talking about Israel/Palestine, its all too easy to focus on the things we dont agree about. That is natural and to some extent necessary. Without deeply engaging with, acknowledging and working out compromises on issues of fundamental difference, no longterm solution will ever be possible. But we also shouldnt lose sight of things we can all agree on. Here on campus, with the hotly contested issue of divestment so often taking center stage, its easy to forget that there are other options out there options that all sides in this debate should feel safe supporting. Even better, theyre options that can have a concrete and measurable impact on real people, right now. Two years ago, the Stanford Is-

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We should bring Invest for Peace, or a form of it, back to campus.

rael Alliance proposed an initiative called Invest for Peace (IFP), which sought to raise money and support for microfinance and peace-building organizations operating in the occupied territo-

ries. Unfortunately, Students Confronting Apartheid by Israel (SCAI), the predecessor to Students for Palestinian Equal Rights (SPER), viewed IFP as an attempt to blunt the momentum of its own drive for divestment, while the inevitable graduation of students involved with the program slowly bled it of drive and energy. We should bring IFP, or a form of it, back to campus. A reconstituted cooperative investment board, composed of representatives from both SPER and Stanford Israel Alliance (SIA), would have an encouragingly broad and diverse array of programs from which to select. It could start by fundraising for Seeds of Peace, a peace-building organization targeted specifically toward children and adolescents. Founded in 1993, the program brings young Israelis and Palestinians together at its inter-

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adi Quran is a remarkable man. Peter Beinart suggested it in his Daily Beast feature. Robert Wright wrote it in The Atlantic. I know it from our three memorable overlapping years at Stanford. In fall 2006, I approached a freshman Fadi, asking, So, when are you and I going to get to know each other? Despite a plethora of ideological obstacles, the trust the two of us would forge over weekly campus walks, a Shabbat dinner at my home, and even public debate, was unique. I passionately disagreed with his views. Yet I understood that the enlightened values, intellect, and a once-in-ageneration leadership he exuded predestined him to become a man capable of transforming a conflict that enflames the passions of Arab and Jew alike. By now, many of us have doubtless seen the video of Fadis arrest in Hebron. Undoubtedly, Fadis protest was entirely nonviolent, and the soldiers brutal arrest was unjustifiable. Fair-minded people, be they pro-Israel (as I am) or otherwise, were right to

call for Fadis release from jail and for his charges to be dropped (as I did). And out of respect for his hardship, I felt a duty to await his release before publishing this piece. Nonviolence has the capability to transform the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Indeed, Kenneth Pollack of the Brookings Institution famously argued that if [the Palestinians] had been led by Gandhi rather than [former PLO Chairman] Yasser Arafat, they would have had a state twenty years ago. The means are worthy. And if these nonviolent means are paired with worthy ends, we ought to cheer the movement on and do everything possible to empower it. Free thinkers are predisposed to rally behind nonviolent movements, with good reason. Historically, such justified means have been married to equally just ends. Our collective memory of nonviolence is tied to Gandhis and Kings, men who stood for righteousness while confronting hardship and

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nce upon a time, fresh from high school, I arrived at Stanford with plans to double major in film and communication. Before college, most of my money used to vanish, albeit with my consent, at the box office at least once every two weeks. Movie nights with friends had been Friday staples. So, freshman year sans car, the inaccessibility of the theater was one of the first grave things I felt. Over time, my tap on the movie scene diminished; the balance of movies Ive seen against movies I want to see tipped more precariously toward the latter. Most of us realize there was a thing we didnt pack with us in the move to Stanford. Yet I havent quit saying that I love watching movies sitting still in one place and getting lost in a visual story. I love how favorite movies become campaigns we make to convert our friends into fans. I love how we can debate whether a movie was realistic or not. I love how we

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can sit right next to each other watching the same movie and notice entirely different details on the screen before us. With that, ladies and gentlemen, I now transform this little newspaper section into a strategic soapbox about the following three movies, among those I keep watching over and over again. (And in so doing, possibly subject myself to the familiar criticism: You like that movie?) My unabashed objective here, of course, is to persuade you to see them all. Here goes . . . Oceans Twelve Because its enchanting to watch people with chemistry. My little brother and I watched this

movie maybe a dozen times one summer, repeatedly enjoying what felt like a two-hour long inside joke. I hadnt noticed at first, but Twelve constantly references Eleven (and I loved Eleven); Rusty (Brad Pitt) is talking with a full mouth in almost every one of his scenes and snarky double entendre dominates the script. Theres a scene in which Rusty and Isabel (Catherine Zeta-Jones) first meet in Italy its a second of eye contact as she sits alone at a cafe and he grins at her while sprinting away from the local policemen chasing him. Later: I think I saw you yesterday, she says. Oh, yeah? Yeah, you were being chased by the police. Chasing me? No. I dont think so, he says. Im quite sure it was you. Doesnt say much for the police.

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nation and in their ancestral homeland. That Jews today have realized this dream despite unending historical persecution and constant threats of Israels extermination is nothing short of miraculous. I acknowledge that the Palestinians, too, have a claim to this land, and I accept their right for statehood. But just as I hope nonviolence paves the way for Palestinian independence, no actor can be considered acceptable if its stated goal would mean the destruction of another sovereign state. Such unjust proclamations require no Gandhian or Kingian moral courage, but instead evoke the radical sentiments of Hamas and Hezbollah. Fadi has tapped into something. Never before have I seen so many proudly pro-Israel Jews rally behind a Palestinian. The nonviolent movement is real and growing, and I believe that within a generation its leaders have the potential to replace both Fatah and Hamas as the legitimate representation of Palestinian aspirations. Now, with Fadi freed, is the time for the leaders of this movement to state their ultimate goal. Do you acknowledge Israels right to exist, or not? Is it the twostate solution you seek, or a de facto destruction of Israel? The answers will determine whether I, and those like me, can stand with you for your means or cannot for your ends.
MARK DONIG 09 Former co-president of the Stanford Israel Alliance

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discrimination. Likewise, an empowered, emboldened, effective nonviolent Palestinian movement whose ultimate aims were an end to occupation and a realization of the all-too-elusive twostate solution (one Jewish, one Palestinian) could be the greatest opportunity for peace in this conflicts history. Moreover, Israel would be wise to reach out and strengthen nonviolent Palestinians protesting for a two-state solution because such a movement would not present a strategic threat to Israel. Quite the contrary: it would present an existential threat to anti-Israel terrorist entities like Hamas by fundamentally undercutting two assertions that underpin the extremist narrative: that the Palestinians must exterminate Israel to achieve independence, and that they can only do so through violence. If, however, the goal of the nonviolent movement is itself extremist to turn Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza into a single nation, demographically rendering Jews a minority and effectively wiping off the map the Jewish state it will lose people like me forever. A movements just means does not negate entirely unjustifiable ends. The Jewish people have yearned for millennia to take the reins of their own destiny, in their own autonomous

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national camp in Maine for sessions of constructive, rational, intense dialogue. In doing so, Seeds of Peace tries to reach impressionable young people before the embittering draught of experience permanently makes reconciliation impossible empowering seeds who will one day grow into world leaders committed to finding peaceful solutions to intractable problems. The board could also consider Lend for Peace, a Kiva-esque microfinance organization doing on-the-ground investment work in the Palestinian territories. Founded by two Jews and two Palestinians, LFP was created to enable people of all faiths and backgrounds to make a tangible difference in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by cooperatively addressing the often-ignored issue of economic inequality and Palestinian poverty. Its website connects potential investors directly with aspiring Palestinian small business owners people like Hadeel, 29, who hopes to start her own photography business, or Lutfia, 45, who is looking for a loan of $1,000 to purchase sheep for her

growing agricultural firm. These are only two of many options, all of which the new Invest for Peace board could and should consider. I could talk about the Peres Center for Peace, the Valley of Peace Initiative, Green Action or dozens of other ventures promoting joint IsraeliPalestinian economic development and cooperative dialogue. It is sometimes objected that such initiatives merely paint a pleasant-looking gloss over more fundamental structural issues, implicitly authorizing or legitimating Israeli human-rights abuses by offering surface-level solutions to deeper problems. One critic characterized programs like Invest for Peace as dropping a quarter in someones tin cup after youve chopped off her hands. Believing that would be a mistake. The very real difference such initiatives make is not trivial. Furthermore, cooperative investment need not operate in a vacuum, nor should it be construed as a roadblock to other avenues for peace-building. It is only one element an absolutely essential one of a broader human rights framework. In 2001s Promises, one of my favorite documentaries, Israeli filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg chronicles the lives of seven Israeli and Palestinian children who, though

only a few miles apart, live in what seem like different universes. The initial stages of the film are chilling. Moishe lives in an Israeli settlement, next to a firing range for Israeli soldiers. The firing range inspires him. Maybe if they miss, he muses, theyll hit an Arab. A half-smile lights up his face. Faraj, meanwhile, lives in the Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank and is an ardent supporter of Hamas. He lives in a world where schools seem to teach children little but how to hate Jews and Israel, and where hastily scrawled anti-Israel graffiti adorns walls and doorways. But by the films astonishing conclusion, the exceptional Mr. Goldberg has brought the children together in one place, for one day. And despite some initial distrust, they do what all kids do; they play, eat and laugh together. It might at first seem a sentimental, useless gesture. But like Mr. Goldberg, we shouldnt underestimate the power of cooperation to effect real and lasting change. Lets get started. Miles has truly enjoyed hearing your opinions on this series of columns, and he would like to sincerely thank all of those who emailed him at milesu1@stanford.edu with suggestions and criticism. Thanks for reading.

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be given the opportunity to interact with many of these people through breakout sessions. Its really engaging with Americas policy makers, Ashton said. Theres a lot of young people from all over the country and you get to see what young people all over the country are doing, which is really cool, Elhanan said. Thats sort of my goal, you know, just to meet interesting people as much as possible. Elhanan also attended the conference last year. President Obama emphasized the importance of young people attending the AIPAC conference in a

speech Sunday . Every time I come to AIPAC, Im especially impressed to see so many young people here, Obama said. You carry with you an extraordinary legacy of more than six decades of friendship between the United States and Israel. And you have the opportunity and the responsibility to make your mark on the world. Cruz highlighted the trip as an opportunity to network with other student leaders. My biggest goal in terms of going on this trip is to interact with and ask fellow student body presidents some of the real issues of our day and see how other universities are approaching those issues, Cruz said. Contact Lindsey Txakeeyang ntxakee@stanford.edu.

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Thats how the love-affair-ofthe-movie starts. Its a microcosm of the entire movie: hints of an idea, mysterious nods to a past event, characters that totally click and forget that technically theyre in complete disagreement. Dont we love when that happens in real life? The Royal Tenenbaums Because in the process of doing what we think is best, we often foil others trying to do the same exact thing. Royal (Gene Hackman) is an estranged husband and father who attempts to reconnect his splintered family by pretending hes dying of cancer after getting kicked out of the hotel he was living in for years. Now-grown children, grandchil-

dren, an adopted child, unique coping mechanisms and hidden love interests all end up under the same roof like in the olden days, except less willingly. In their reacquaintances, they surprise each other as they learn how much they had all attempted to escape each other. Looks like you and Dad are back together again, huh? Chas (Ben Stiller) says. Hes your dad, too, Chas, Richie (Luke Wilson) says. No, hes not. Yes, he is. You really hate me, dont you? No, I dont. I love you. The Science of Sleep Because we know how great our minds are at making complicated situations out of tiny facts. Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) falls in love with his neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg). But our protagonist is not

simply an artist by occupation he is an overactive dreamer whose imagination starts confusing him as to which events have happened and which he has only dreamt. He seems childish to us at times; really, though, he puts pictures to the ideas that can haunt anyone with an unshakable crush. The way he sees it: Its not fair. She changed exactly the second I started to like her. Its like a big bang. You know, the first instant, its very small and then the next nanosecond, huge infinite. I wish I could travel back to the time when I didnt find her attractive. So there you have it my first list-style column! And, yes Ill admit that this column was spurred on by my viewing, finally, of Hugo this past weekend. Convinced?? Not quite? Thats okay! we can talk about this. Email Nina at ninamc@stanford. edu.

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SPORTS
BEARS BUMPED OFF
CAL DENIED PAC-12 TITLE
By ANDERS MIKKELSEN
STAFF WRITER

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Jacob

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In Stanfords biggest game of the season Sunday, the Cardinal was able to beat rival Cal and deny the Golden Bears a share of the Pac-12 regular season title. The victory secured Stanfords first 20win season since 2007-08 and gave the squad plenty of momentum going into the season-ending conference tournament. The Cardinal (20-10, 10-8 Pac-12) came into the game knowing that, win or lose, it would finish the regular season seventh in the Pac-12. Cal (23-8, 13-5), however, had the regular season conference title on the line and was sure to come out fighting. Stanford was determined to ruin this for the Golden Bears, as well as provide a great end to the season in front of an energetic home crowd on Senior Night. The Cardinal came out hard, roaring to a 17-7 lead eight minutes into the game.As usual, the catalyst for the offense was freshman guard Chasson Randle, who scored eight early points and finished with a team-high 17. Despite Stanfords offensive push, the game got off to a chippy start with two early technical fouls called on an exchange between Cal guard Justin Cobbs and Stanford senior guard Jarrett Mann in the first three minutes. The two squads would eventually combine for 40 fouls, though the Maples Pavilion crowd was audibly upset with many calls the Golden Bears only had seven fouls to Stanfords 19 at one point in the second half. Stanford took one of its largest leads of the game, 14 points, at the 7:30 mark due to a rare three from senior Andrew Zimmermann. The forward was definitely determined to take advantage of his final home regular-season game, scoring a season-high 13 points while playing his highest minutes total of the season. Head coach Johnny Dawkins made sure to point out Zimmermanns contri-

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Senior forward Andrew Zimmermann (center) had one of the best games of his Stanford career in his last regular season contest Sunday. Stanfords upset stopped Cal from earning a share of the Pac12 title and will provide the Card with momentum going into the Pac-12 tournament.

BASEBALL

Card drops its first but takes series

By JOSEPH BEYDA
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The No. 1 Stanford baseball team dropped its first decision of the season in last Fridays series opener against Fresno State, but bounced back with two decisive wins to grab its third straight series win. Sophomore first baseman Brian Ragira and junior third baseman Stephen Piscotty continued to set the tone for Stanford (10-1) at the plate, combining for seven RBIs and 12 hits over the weekend. Despite junior

righthander Mark Appels first loss of the season to begin the road trip, Saturday starter Brett Mooneyham and Sunday starter John Hochstatter clamped down, allowing two total runs over their 12.1 innings of work in the final two games of the series. No batter for the Bulldogs (5-7) had more than four hits on the weekend, and the Cardinal earned its second shutout of the season on Saturday to go along with a 16-0 offensive onslaught. The Cardinal lost its first game of the season on Friday, falling 7-4 thanks to a four-run Bulldog sixth inning just the second four-

spot laid on Stanford all year. Appel (2-1) had his third career complete game for Stanford and set a career high in strikeouts for the second straight weekend, but eight Fresno State hits and a pair of home runs from Bulldog centerfielder Aaron Judge outweighed Appels 11 punchouts. Down 2-0 in the top of the third after a two-run shot from the Bulldog sophomore, Stanford tied the game on a two-run double from Ragira. Judge hit a solo homer in the

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CAL NOT EVEN CLOSE

By TOM TAYLOR
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Sophomore guard Toni Kokenis had 23 points for Stanford, fueling a dominant first half for the Cardinal that left the squad up 19 at the break. Kokenis contributed three treys to the squads 8-20 perimeter clip.

Last night, the Stanford womens basketball team defeated archrival Cal 86-61 in the harsh atmosphere of the Haas Pavilion in Berkeley. With the win, No. 2 Stanford (28-1, 18-0 Pac-12) finished off its third straight unbeaten conference season, with its last such loss coming in the 2008-09 season against the Golden Bears. Though on the losing end last night, Cal (22-8, 13-5 Pac-12) has already secured the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 tournament that will take place this week in Los Angeles. Should both teams live up to expectations in the conference tournament, last nights game might not be the final time that they square off against each other this year or even this week. Four Cardinal players scored in double figures. Sophomore guard Toni Kokenis narrowly beat senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike for the team lead in points with 23 and 22, respectively. Sophomore forward Chiney Ogwumike took home another double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Additionally, both Kokenis and freshman forward Bonnie Samuelson hit three shots from behind the arc, while junior forward Joslyn Tinkle had two threes as part of her 16-point haul. Just two Golden Bears made it into double fig-

ures and their leading point scorers were kept below their season averages, including freshman forward Reshanda Gray, who fouled out of the game. Though Stanford won the tipoff, Nneka Ogwumike missed on her first jumper, and by the end of the opening minute, the Golden Bears held a 4-0 lead. In the next three and a half minutes, though, Cal missed four shots, turned the ball over three times and conceded two fouls, handing a 7-4 advantage to the Cardinal. Any chance that early lead may have given Cal to turn the tables on the Pac-12 champion had been lost as Stanford hit its stride, and by the half, the visitors held a comfortable 43-24 lead. Its hard to credit Stanford enough, said Cal head coach Lindsay Gottlieb after the game. Theyre really good. I really think that Chiney and Nneka might be the best post combination to ever play in womens college basketball. And I thought their supporting cast played really, really well, and I thought they played very, very hard, made life difficult for us. Gottliebs biggest concern at half, though, was her own teams poor cooperation on the floor. Berkeley went into the break with an assist-to-turnover ratio of just 0.33, compared to Stanfords 2.00. Worse still, the Golden

or the first time in several years, Maples Pavilion on Sunday resembled the Maples Pavilion of old as the Stanford mens basketball team held off archrival Cal on Senior Day. Sure, this wasnt anywhere near undefeated Stanford stunning Arizona on The Shot, nor was it even a game with national implications. But considering where this program has been for the past few years, a tough win over the best team in the conference in the final game of the regular season was still a momentous achievement. The Cardinals win was even more impressive considering the team had to play most of the contest 5-on-8. Despite playing at home, Stanford couldnt catch a break from the officials, and to say that the calls were questionable is a drastic understatement. There were 24 fouls called on Stanford compared to 16 on the Golden Bears, and three of those fouls came in Cals desperation mode in the final minute. But the sheer numbers dont tell the full story. There were charges called as blocks, blocks called as charges and several phantom fouls that the players themselves didnt seem to understand. The Cardinals starting frontcourt of seniors Josh Owens and Andrew Zimmermann was in foul trouble early and at least half the calls were perplexing. On the other hand, the Bears had almost no foul issues, particularly in the second half. As frustrating as the officiating was, the response from the Maples crowd was encouraging. Despite the presence of a substantial Cal contingent, the crowd responded to the questionable calls by raining boos louder than Ive heard in my four years on the Farm. Ive been fairly disappointed with Stanford mens basketball in my time here because this program has been underachieving for years. I havent been convinced that Johnny Dawkins is necessarily the right coach to lead the Cardinal, and one game hasnt changed that. But for 40 minutes, you could see the potential of this squad, and as the team improves, maybe the fan base will as well. Back when I started watching Stanford basketball as a kid, Maples Pavilion was known as one of the tougher environments for opposing teams to enter, and Sixth Man was among the nations most intimidating student sections. Go back and check out The Shot on YouTube. Look how insane that atmosphere was. Heck, Tiger Woods was celebrating right there with the students. These days, Sixth Man has had to lower its price from cheap to really cheap to free to the current state of needing to bribe students with raffles and prizes just to get them to come to the arena. There was a time when people with no interest in basketball would come out to Maples just to be a part of the atmosphere. Now, plenty of basketball fans skip games to watch others on television. Sundays game wasnt quite like the old days, but it was a start. Maples was near capacity, and the place was rocking from the get-go. Yes, some of the noise came from the Cal section (which still feels the need to yell lame cheers during the national anthem), but that only helped spark the Stanford faithful into even more raucousness. Of course, it all comes back to the team. On a campus with worldclass athletes in virtually every sport, where multiple other top-five teams also play home games at Maples Pavilion, the fan support will always struggle if the team isnt competitive. And that is exactly why Sundays win was so encouraging. The Cardinals 20th win of the season didnt get close to putting Stanford in NCAA tournament contention, but it did give the team some muchneeded momentum before this weeks Pac-12 tournament. Zimmermann played perhaps his most inspired game in his final home game, and the Cardinal backcourt of freshman Chasson Randle, sophomore Anthony Brown and

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were working hard, and its the time where you either get with it or you sort of give up. Older sister Nneka put a slightly different spin on things as her collegiate career heads into its final postseason. I think at this point in time people really need to buy into having fun out and being out there and just playing for each other for 40 minutes, she said. Because if you have fun, theres really no stress. Both Stanford and California will be back in action this Thursday at the Galen Center in Los Angeles against the winners of Washington/Oregon and Utah/Colorado, respectively. Contact Tom Taylor at tom.taylor@ stanford.edu.

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Bears had only scored four points from the four turnovers made by the Cardinal, whereas Stanford had notched up 19 from the nine turnovers made by its cross-Bay rivals. The last time these two teams played each other, back on Jan. 28 on the Farm, California pulled back from a nine-point deficit at the end of the first period to force overtime before ultimately falling 74-71. This time around, though, there was no fairytale comeback in regulation. The Golden Bears were better after the break, making just three

more turnovers and adding seven assists to bring their ratio up to a more respectable 0.83, but the gap was just too large and Stanford ultimately too good. Cal only narrowly lost out on points to the Cardinal through the second half, forcing eight turnovers and making nine steals, but this came in part from Stanfords freer approach to the second half. The squad dazzled the crowd with gutsy plays that didnt always work out, but highlighted the teams potential when successful. We really tried to be aggressive, Chiney Ogwumike explained. We collectively all looked to score and I think that shows how much weve been practicing and working on our offense. Our team is gelling, and

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debate about the administrative state is crucial due to its omnipresence in the United States. The framers created a government that would enable selfgovernment by channeling the passions of the people but also checking the ambition of the rulers, Wurman said. He emphasized that this required a rule of law and a separation of powers, but the administrative state often undermines these important principles. Barron, who served as acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice, said that as the world grew more complex, more delegation was needed [to administrative rule-making] as Congress could not delve into everything. He added that a question remains regarding how to regularize and confine the administrative side of U.S. government. Some Federalist members refer to the administrative state as a fourth branch of governance alongside the traditional three branches of government. Wurman emphasized how the rule of law is undermined by the inherent complexity of the legal system. Referencing the panel

Rocket scientists went to Wall Street because they werent able to build rockets.
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discussing Congress v. Agencies: Gridlock, Organized Interests and Regulatory Capture, Wurman said that the most fascinating part for me was Professor Michael McConnells illustrations of just how voluminous and complex our modern laws are such that not even lawmakers know what they are reading. Wurman noted that this recurring theme was re-emphasized by Lee in his keynote speech. Barron added that there has been much open-ended delegation [and growth in] the administrative state since the New Deal. Congress makes rules, then delegates, he said.

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sophomore Aaron Bright combined for 39 important points to make up for a subpar game from Owens, the teams second-leading scorer. Fellow seniors Jarrett Mann and Jack Trotter had highlights of their own, as each had a crowd-thrilling dunk to keep the momentum on Stanfords side. And, oh yeah, it stopped the Cardinals biggest rival from winning a share of the conference title. Moving forward, the teams short-term and long-term paths are very much up in the air. This win showed that the Cardinal has the

ability to beat any team in the conference, but last week in Utah, the team showed it can lose to any team in the conference as well. The Pac-12 is wide open, and Stanford has a legitimate shot at contending for the title, but also has a similarly legitimate shot at losing to Arizona State on Wednesday. The future is unknown, but Sunday could be a good start to getting Stanford mens basketball where it once was. Jacob Jaffe almost slipped on a referees uniform for the second half to help call the game, but recent Pac-12 football history convinced him otherwise. Suggest a classier way for Jacob to streak at the Cardinals postseason games at jwjaffe@stanford.edu and follow him on Twitter @Jacob_Jaffe.

The panel on Technology and Regulation included PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel 89, J.D. 92, Stanford Law School Professor Mark Lemley, Anthony Falzone of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and Ted Ullyot, general counsel for Facebook. Panelists explored the relationship between technology and the administrative state. They considered to what degree development in technology has been slower than anticipated in recent years and whether the administrative state has been an asset or a hindrance to effective use of technology. Thiel highlighted that the pace of technological development has been decelerating for several decades, but that the fields of finance and computers have provided exceptions. Thiel noted that both computers and finance [have] been lightly regulated during the last 40 years. Rocket scientists went to Wall Street because they werent able to build rockets, he commented. The panelists, including Thiel, urged extreme caution about regulation in the computer industry. The faster computer products are changed and undated, the harder it is for government regulators to follow, Thiel said. Cultivate, invest and get out of the way, Falzone said. Contact Mary Ann Toman-Miller at tomanmil@stanford.edu.

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butions, even with his three firsthalf fouls. [Zimmermann] came out and gave us a big lift, Dawkins said. I felt good with Zimmermann in the game, and I knew he understood how to play with three fouls. I knew he wouldnt go out there and pick up another one quick, and thats the trust you have to have in a player, especially a senior. Cal couldnt be counted out,

With a weekend spent more in transit than on the courts, the No. 11 Cardinal continued to cruise as it flew by No. 7 Cal (6-4) on Friday with a 5-2 beating and finished off business at No. 28 Washington on Sunday with a 6-1 victory. Stanford (8-0, 2-0 Pac-12) showed strength in doubles play, as the Cardinal went six for six this weekend in doubles matches. In fact, it has yet to drop a doubles match thus far in the regular season, as junior Mallory Burdette who plays on court one with sophomore Nicole Gibbs pointed out. Weve been working a lot on doubles in practice, and its definitely showing in our matches, Burdette acknowledged. It has to do with chemistry, and I think all three courts have it this year. Stanford captured the first point in the Cal match with three doubles victories, though the Cardinal was only up a break on courts two and three. Doubles is about instinctive play, Burdette said. With Nicole, I have to be able to read when she hits

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Junior Mallory Burdette was one of several undefeated Cardinal players this weekend, as she eked out a three-set win over Cals Taylor Davis before beating Washingtons Andjela Nemcevic 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday. Continued from page 6

a good shot or a weaker shot. I have to know when to move back or when to attack. I think were continually improving. She also described how freshman Ellen Tsay and junior Stacey Tan make a formidable pair on court two, with Tan bringing the big groundstrokes and Tsay right there on top of the net to finish the point. Similarly, sophomore Kristie Ahn and senior Veronica Li complement each other as they both move around well at the net. In singles play, Tan lost the first match to Cals Anett Schutting 6-3, 6-3, evening the score at 1-1. Gibbs quickly launched the Cardinal ahead again with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Zsofi Susanyi. Li, Burdette and Tsay also came out triumphant, as Ahn fell in straight sets to Annie Goransson. Burdette fought hard to pull out a three-set tiebreaker win over Cals Taylor Davis. Although Cal was ranked above Stanford going into the weekend, the Cardinals hard-fought victory was more important for helping to boost the squads confidence than moving past the Golden Bears in the ITA rankings. I knew going into the match that we might be a little rusty, Burdette said. So I was trying to keep my cool out there. [Davis] was doing a good job of getting my big shots back, so it was about executing and putting short balls away. In the heat of such a close match, Burdette said she had to concentrate her emotions in order to play her best. I think at times I can show too much emotion, she admitted. Now, I have routines that I do in between points to keep me in the moment and focused on the things that I can control. Its important to go up to the line with the same energy and mentality every time. Burdettes composure paid off in the Washington match as well, as she defeated Andjela Nemcevic 61, 6-4 on Sunday. Stanford had already taken the doubles point with victories on every court and continued to roll with wins from Gibbs, Tan, Tsay and Li. Junior Natalie Dillon lost to Riko Shimizo after a very close first set. Tsay also was forced to fight back after dropping the first set and came back to win in a tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-4 (10-7). The 6-1 score doesnt reflect what went on in the match, Burdette noted. It got really tight in the middle of the match, and the courts were split so that you couldnt see how everyone else was doing. We were all happy with the way it turned out. Stanford continues their travels this weekend to the Pac-12s newest competitors, Colorado and Utah. Like at Washington, the Cardinal will be playing indoors. Weve been hearing a lot about their conditions and facilities, Burdette explained. Our court surfaces at Stanford are lightning fast and might even be faster than the indoor courts, so no matter the change, it shouldnt be too big of a deal. Stanford will be looking to capture its ninth win at 12:30 p.m. this Friday, March 9, against No. 33 Utah. Contact Chrissy Jones at chrissyj@stanford.edu.

We know we have to win the [Pac-12] tournament.

ANDREW ZIMMERMANN,

senior forward
however, as the Golden Bears took advantage of Stanfords 12 first-half fouls. Senior forward Harper Kamp, also playing his final regular season game, scored nine of his 19 points in the final eight minutes of the half and sunk five free throws as Cal closed the gap to single-digits, 39-34, at the break. A three-pointer from sophomore guard Allen Crabbe cut the Stanford lead to two to start the half. Crabbe, Cals leading scorer, had a game-high 20 points, with 13 coming in the second half. Stanford, however, refused to give up any ground, going on a 9-2 run to keep the momentum on the Cardinal side and hold onto its advantage into the final minutes. The Golden Bears struck back time and time again, finally cutting the Cardinal lead to 72-70 with 1:11 to go. With the game on the line and 42 seconds remaining, sophomore guard Aaron Bright put it on himself to win the game for the Cardinal. After he was fouled, Bright hit the first free throw but missed the

second. The 5-foot-11 guard may have been the smallest guy on the court, but he was not intimidated, grabbing the offensive rebound of his own shot and drawing another foul. Bright again hit the first and missed the second to make it 7470, but yet again, he was able to collect the offensive rebound. He would be fouled and hit one more free throw to stretch the Stanford lead to five and seal the game for the Cardinal. Stanford was outrebounded for one of the only times all year, but made up for it with one of the squads best shooting performances of the season. The team shot 46.7 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from behind the arc to best the Golden Bears, whose 24-for-59 afternoon fell short of Cals conference-leading clip of 48.1 percent. Stanford has now won four of its last six games with the two losses being a one-point heartbreaker at Utah and a four-point loss against Oregon in which the Cardinal led for the first 37 minutes. Momentum is key for Stanford heading into the Pac-12 tournament this week, as the Cardinals poor middle of the season has left it with no chance of receiving an at-large bid to the Big Dance. We know that we have to win the tournament [to make the NCAA tournament], Zimmermann said. Were playing with nothing to lose and thats always a great feeling, because some of the other teams might be a little tighter. As the 7th seed in the tournament, Stanford will face Arizona State (10-20, 6-12) in the first round. The Cardinal played the Sun Devils earlier in the year and demolished them, winning 68-44. A victory against Arizona State would give Stanford a rematch with Cal in the second round. Dawkins feels optimistic about the Cardinals chances. There are a number of teams that have a chance at winning the Pac-12 tournament, he said. It starts with believing, first of all, and it starts with going out there and executing. After last nights victory, Stanford definitely believes it can pull off a Cinderella story and make it to March Madness. All thats left to do is execute. Contact Anders Mikkelsen at amikk@stanford.edu.

BASEBALL|Mooneyham shines
fourth to put Fresno State ahead again, but the Cardinal responded in the top of the fifth on a Piscotty double that made it 4-3. Things unraveled in the sixth, however, and five hits by the Bulldogs put Stanford in the hole. No Cardinal player had a multi-hit night, and juniors Tyler Gaffney and Kenny Diekroeger each striking out twice at the heart of the lineup. After their disappearing act on Friday, Stanfords bats were back in time for the late Saturday start. The squad put up a seven-run beating on Fresno State starter Cody Kendall in his one-plus innings of work and never stopped hitting en route to a 16-0 win. Ten Cardinal batters including eight of nine starters had base hits as part of the teams third double-digit victory in as many weekends this season. Meanwhile, Mooneyhams homecoming to the Fresno area was spectacular, as the redshirt junior lefthander took a no-hitter into the sixth and struck out 13 Bulldog batters, matching his career-best, to move to 3-0 on the season. Ragira and Diekroeger made it 3-0 in the first inning with RBI hits, and junior centerfielder Jake Stewart added a three-run homer in the top of the second to blow open the scoring. Gaffney and Piscotty followed with back-to-back doubles to tack on another run and chase Kendall, before junior catcher Eric Smith hit a home run of his own this one a solo shot in the third. After being held off the board in the fourth, the Cardinal batted around in a six-run fifth inning to increase its lead to 14, highlighted by a two-RBI double by Smith rand Diekroegers second twobagger of the evening. Sophomore rightfielder Austin Wilson hit another solo shot for Stanford in the sixth, and freshman catcher Wayne Taylor had his first career RBI on a ninth-inning double to cap the scoring at 16-0. The Cardinal rode its offensive momentum into the rubber game, greeting Bulldog lefthander Tom Harlan with a four-run opening frame. Stewart and Gaffney led off the afternoon with singles and were brought home by a Ragira fielders choice and a Diekroeger double. The first of two RBI singles from sophomore shortstop Lonnie Kauppila and a Wilson fielders choice made it 4-0 to end the first. A fourth-inning error by Fresno State extended the lead to 5-0, but Stanford already had all the offense it needed as Hochstatter clamped down in his second career start. His only two earned runs came at the end of his six-hit outing in the bottom of the sixth inning. The freshman from Danville, Calif. scattered just three hits over the first five frames. A two-out rally by Stanford in the top of the seventh made it 9-2 with Kauppila singling home a run, Wilson doubling home another and Smith adding two more with his only hit of the afternoon. Junior righthander Dean McArdle cleaned things up yet again for the Cardinal, getting out of the sixth before the Bulldogs could do too much damage and allowing just one hit in his 2.2 innings of relief. Freshman closer David Schmidt wrapped the weekend up with a near-perfect ninth inning, giving up just one baserunner on a walk. Stanford wraps up its nonconference stretch this week, traveling to St. Marys on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and then hosting No. 4 Rice on the weekend at Sunken Diamond. Rice also came into this weekend undefeated before falling to Texas on Friday, but bounced back with two strong wins to improve to 11-1. Contact Joseph Beyda at jbeyda@ stanford.edu.

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First baseman Brian Ragira had a team-leading five RBIs on the weekend, continuing his impressive sophomore season by driving in runs in all three games of Stanfords series win on the road at Fresno State.