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April 13, 2009 Issue 35

ASSU
Elections
GOBAUD, DE LA
TORRE ARE EXECS
Senate CANDIDATES CLAIM VICTORY IN LANDSLIDE

seats split
By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS TEAM

David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10 had more

than his 25th birthday to celebrate
Saturday. Gobaud and running mate Jay

among de la Torre ‘10 picked up almost twice as

many votes as runners-up Bennett Hauser
‘10 and Matt Sprague ‘10, winning the
ASSU Executive Race 3,190 to 1,666 votes

coalitions
SBS grabs eight seats;
SOCC takes seven; Ali
wins with most votes
By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS
TEAM
At the end of last week’s ASSU
elections, Students for a Better
Stanford (SBS) had eight candidates
elected to the ASSU Undergraduate
Senate, and the Students of Color
Coalition (SOCC) had seven. With
more votes needed to make the top
15 this year when compared to 2008,
endorsements factored in more
heavily than ever.
SOCC-endorsed Mohammad Ali
‘10 had the highest vote total, with
1,222 votes. Dual-endorsed Anton
Zietsman ‘12 was second, followed
by SBS leader and current Senate
Chair Shelley Gao ‘11 in third.
“I feel really good, very happy,”
said Ali, who “definitely did not”
expect to win the highest number of
votes.
Throughout the campaign sea-
son, SBS and SOCC insisted that
they were not rivals. Next year’s
Senate will be almost evenly divided
between the two groups.
The only candidate to be elected
without the backing of either SOCC
or SBS was incumbent Senator
Zachary Johnson ‘10, who placed
12th with 902 votes.
“I mainly utilized the connec-
tions I’d already made through
Stanford, the Senate and student
groups,” Johnson said, speaking of
his campaign tactics.
Johnson, though, was never com-
pletely certain of his strategy of
campaigning alone.
“To be honest, I was slightly wor-
ried in the beginning,” he said. “But
even the perception of one coalition
against another encumbers the
process, and that’s why I chose not
to join.”
SBS member Zach Warma ‘11, a
columnist for The Daily, down-
played the influence of the endorse-
ments.
ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily
Brian Wanyoike ‘12 embraces a sup-
porter in the CoHo after being elected
an undergraduate senator. Wanyoike
was one of seven freshmen elected for
the Undergraduate Senate.
“I think for the two primary play-
ers in this campaign — of SBS and
SOCC — [their success] didn’t
speak to the strengths of any two
presumed coalitions, but spoke to
the strength of the people who got
elected,” he said.
Gao, who won the highest num-
ber of votes in last year’s Senate
elections with 1,124 votes, was visi-
bly disappointed when her name
failed to come up in the first and sec-
ond Senate spots. Gao came in third
with 1,177 votes.
“I’m very grateful for the oppor-
tunity to serve the student body
again,” she said. Gao declined fur-
ther comment, other than noting
that she is the only woman elected
to the Senate this year.
While the Senate is composed of
mainly SBS and SOCC candidates,
Warma assured that the endorse-
ments will not negatively impact the
Senate.
“Our primary concern, whatever
comes from SBS . . . is now about
governance and consensus-driven
action,” he said. “It becomes that
much more real, now that it’s not
about us versus them, but 15 people
sitting in the Senate trying to make a
better Stanford.”
Warma noted that the SBS
Facebook group had been deleted as
of Sunday.
SOCC-endorsed senate-elect,
Michael Cruz ‘12, claimed that there
have already been steps take to pre-
vent senate division.
“It’s going to be an interesting
year,” he said. “We’ve already taken
steps to prevent sectionalism by try-
ing to get to know one another on a
personal level. Basically we’ve just
been saying we all need to get
together.”
This year’s Senate candidates
also faced a tougher race than in
Please see SENATE, page 3
in the second round.
Following the announcement, de la
Torre, with tears in his eyes, hugged down
a line of eager supporters. The newly pro- REYNA KONTOS/The Stanford Daily
claimed ASSU Vice President wavered
from disbelief to uncontrolled joy as he backing, despite Saturday’s results.
delivered one tight embrace after another. He pointed out that about 35 percent of
“I’m a little emotional right now,” he students who selected the slate as their
said, 10 minutes after the results were pub- first choice did not vote for Gobaud and de
la Torre in the final round.
licized. “I’m on cloud nine here. I can’t
really describe how I feel.” “We have to be coming together 100
percent,” Hauser said.
More reserved, second-time candidate
Gobaud accepted congratulations from his John Lyman and Garrett Werner, of the
running mate then stood by shocked as
well wishers offered their congratulations.
It was just one year ago when Gobaud,
who ran for Executive previously with
Greg Goldgof ‘08, was on the losing slate
“[Winning is] a great
at elections night, congratulating
Executives Jonny Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan
Harris ‘09.
honor, and we accept
“[Winning is] a great honor, and we
accept this with gratitude,” he said. “It was
a long race with many highs and lows, but
this with gratitude.
Ben [Hauser] and Matt [Sprague] are
great people, and we look forward to
working with them this year without a
It was a long race with
doubt.”
All eyes were on Gobaud and de la
Torre after the initial vote count was
many highs and
released, which had the Gobaud/de la
Torre slate at 3,055 votes and the Hauser-
Sprague slate at 1,546 votes.With the office
lows...”
nearly assured, Gobaud still held his
breath until the final tally was revealed. — DAVID GOBAUD ‘08
“In preparation, I told myself, ‘I’m not
going to win, I’m not going to win,’” de la M.S. ‘10,
Torre said, though he couldn’t control his
excitement once he was declared the vic- ASSU President-elect
tor. Gobaud and de la Torre immediately
cut through the crowd to shake hands with
the second-place slate, Hauser and “Just A Couple Of Affable, Public Service-
Sprague. Oriented Guys Trying To Help The
Hauser plans to maintain his commit- Student Body Exercise Its Voice While
ment to the Stanford Store. Also Bridging The Gap Between Our
“We ran in this because we both want- Peers And The Faculty/Administrative
ed to help Stanford, and I think that’s still Complex” slate, were eliminated in the
possible,” Sprague added. first round after receiving 265 votes.
Hauser said his slate’s defeat came in After the election-day excitement had
part due to its failure to win big endorse- calmed down, Gobaud was still surprised
ments, which he acknowledged “played a by the results.
big role.” Gobaud and de la Torre were “We thought the race was very close,”
endorsed by the current Executives Jonny he said. “[Sprague] and [Hauser] are great
Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09, the guys, and they ran a great campaign. We
Queer Coalition and The Stanford Daily were nervous to the last minute.” TOP AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily: Jay de la Torre ‘10 can’t
Editorial Board, among other groups. Hauser and Sprague were equally
unsure of the outcome before the final hold back the tears as he and running mate David Gobaud ‘08
But Gobaud attributed his win to his
moment. M.S. ‘10 claim victory as ASSU Executives for the 2009-2010
election team, not his endorsements.
“Endorsements are important but real- “It was impossible to predict the final academic year. The slate won with 3,055 total votes.
ly we have an amazing team that without outcome — it seemed like everyone had a
different opinion about how things were BOTTOM AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily: Bennett Hauser ‘10
them this wouldn’t have been possible,” he
said. looking,” Hauser wrote in an email to The and Matt Sprague ‘10 look on as results are read out in the CoHo.
Hauser called on his supporters to give Hauser attributed the loss to his slate’s failure to win major endorse-
the new ASSU administration their full Please see EXECS, page 3 ments, as well as to the disparity in graduate voting.

ASSU ELECTIONS
ASSU ELECTIONS

Class presidents elected for ’09-’10
By THE DAILY
ASSU ELECTIONS TEAM
Saturday afternoon, after chants
of “Oh-twelve,” “Oh-leven” and
“Oh-ten” filled a packed CoHo, the
ASSU Elections Commission
announced the newly-elected class
president winners. For sophomore
class president, the “So-phly” slate
claimed victory, while “The
Evolution” and “We’re on a Boat”
won for junior class president and
senior class president, respectively.
“So-phly” won with 673 votes
over its next closest competitor,
“Hardcore as a Sophomore,” which
took 393 votes after the second
round of voting. The new sopho-
more class president slate consists
of Marie Caligiuri, Adrian Castillo,
Taylor Goodspeed and Isabelle
Wijangco.
Caligiuri was surprised over the
vote count, but attributed the win
to the slate’s endorsements and
campaign strategy.
“I think one of the things that set
us apart was that we were the only
slate that was endorsed by the
Students for a Sustainable Stanford,”
she said.“We tried not to spam people
— we introduced ourselves to people
and kept the emails to a minimum.”
Running uncontested, “The
Evolution” was elected with 752
votes. The new junior class presi-
dents include Mona El-Haidi,
Dante DiCicco, Pamon Forouhar
and Pilar Wong.
“We’re on a Boat,” consisting
of Walter Foxworth, Ansaf
Kareem, Dan Ha and Claire
Roscow, claimed the senior class
president position with 487 votes.
The next closest competitor,
“Stuntin’ is our Habit,” took 291
votes after two rounds of voting.
All groups are awarded special fees
a large enough constituency to According to KZSU Chief
44 organizations pass. Sports Engineer Kevin Danna ‘09,
Special fees are an imperative the radio station changed its strat-
applied for funding source of funding for many regis- egy by running for undergraduate
tered student groups to collect special fees as opposed to request-
funding that cannot be covered ing fees from both the undergrad-
By ZOE RICHARDS
through the general fees budget. uate and graduate communities.
STAFF WRITER
In order to receive special fees, The joint ballot is generally con-
each group needs over 50 percent sidered harder to pass.
Despite the economic reces-
of “yes” votes on its ballot, indi- Among the top five most sup-
sion, which may have cast doubts
cating the voter’s support of fund- ported organizations, each receiv-
regarding student support for spe-
ing for the individual group. ing over 80 percent of the “yes”
cial fees, all special fees funding
Even KZSU, the Stanford stu- vote from students, were the
requests on this year’s ballot
dent radio station, which was Sexual Health Peer Resource
passed. The success of all 44
dropped from special fees last Center (SHPRC), Student
organizations is unprecedented —
year, received 63.53 percent sup- Initiated Courses (SIC), Stanford
in the past 10 elections, nine of
port from undergraduate voters, Club Sports, The Stanford Daily
which report special fees results,
securing funding for the upcoming
at least one group failed to garner
academic year. Please see FEES, page 3

Index Opinions/4 • Sports/7 • Classifieds/8 Recycle Me

2 N Monday, April 13, 2009
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
Zimride partners with
Zipcar for environment
By NICK MCINTYRE
The recent merger of ride-sharing
software startup Zimride and car-
sharing service Zipcar looks to
expand and streamline community
transportation on the Farm. The two
companies, united by goals and allit-
eration, saw the partnership as a nat-
ural progression in their attempts to
reduce the environmental impacts of
driving alone.
“The two names are really
frickin’ similar,” joked Zimride Co-
Founder and COO John
Zimmerman at an event last
Thursday sponsored by Stanford
Future Social Innovators Network.
He mentioned that he first reached
out to Zipcar Chairman and CEO
Scott Griffith six months ago with
the idea of pooling resources after
asking the question, “Who else has
changed behavior in this transporta-
tion space?”
Zimride currently uses social net-
working, at no cost to the user, to
unite travelers with common desti-
nations and subsequently arrange
carpools. Zipcar, on the other hand,
is the premier ridesharing company
on campus and in other locations
across the U.S., providing those with-
out automobiles access to cars and
ride sharing.
Nearly 1,500 members of the
Stanford Facebook network current-
ly use the Zimride application — a
number Zimmerman hopes to
increase by cross-promotion on the
Zipcar and Zimride Web sites.
“It’s great we prove [the business
model] a few times, but investors
want to see it more,” Zimmerman
said.
The business model Zimmerman
referred to involves taking
“Facebook’s social infrastructure
and building roads on it.” In the cur-
rent application, students are con-
nected to other users in their univer-
sity’s Facebook network and can
request or offer rides. Having
entered a starting location and an
ending location, the application’s
algorithm matches passengers with
drivers via a partnership with
Google Maps.
At Cornell University,
Zimmerman’s alma mater, the net-
work amassed 3,000 Zimride users in
the first six months, setting the cam-
pus well on its way to reaching what
he described as “critical mass.”
“By focusing on college, universi-
ty and corporate communities, we
are able to build the critical mass of
users necessary to sustain Zimride as
a reliable form of transportation,”
reads the Zimride Web site. “Our
approach leverages social trust and
hands-on marketing efforts to deliv-
er significant savings for schools and
corporations of various sizes and
commute profiles.”
Furthermore, while the Zimride
FAQ Web page states that the serv-
ice is 100 percent free for users,
Stanford pays an annual fee of about
$10,000 for the service.
While some Stanford students
were already satisfied with the exist-
ing car-sharing plan on campus, they
remained doubtful if the partnership
would add anything to the carpool-
ing dynamic. Current Zipcar user
Quinn Slack ‘11 is satisfied with his
current car-sharing plan, and doesn’t
intend to change it.
“I get all of the benefits of having
a car on campus without paying for
the car, insurance, parking, gas and
maintenance,” Slack said. “Running
errands, which are not regular trips .
. . would be inconvenient to tailor to
two people’s schedules.”
There are also concerns regarding
the ambiguities associated with
Zimride and the awkwardness of
ride compensation. Currently, car-
poolers are left to hammer out an
agreement, which may be a strange
activity among strangers.
“Usually when I go on like a Wal-
Mart or Safeway run, at least two of
us go, so that’s like four bucks a per-
son, which I don’t think is too bad,”
said Zipcar user Dariusz Wodziak ‘11.
Furthermore, despite the added
safety measure of allowing Zimride
users to view driver and passenger
Facebook profiles before riding,
The Stanford Daily
ADMINISTRATION
DAILY POLL
What do you think of the tone of
ASSU elections this year?
55 votes taken from stanforddaily.com at 11:26 p.m. 04/12/09 Energy plan pushes green Farm
20%
B
16%
A
By JENNY REMPEL
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Sustainability Programs at Stanford.
The report contains an inventory of
current campus energy uses and
emissions, and forecasts future ener-
other direction,” Ahmed said of
buying carbon credits, “but we want
the innovation and applications to
stay here on campus to effectively
Stanford has long been commit-
ted to action on the issues of energy gy demand with regard to continued manage and ensure their efficiency.”
25% 38% use and climate change, but has campus growth. Importantly, it pro- Now that the Energy and
D C lagged behind some of its peers in vides several options for emission Climate Plan document is largely
setting distinct goals for reducing reduction, attaching a price tag to completed, it has been passed onto
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. each. members of the GHG Blue Ribbon
Now, the Department of After testing over 35 different Task Force for review and recom-
A) All candidates behaved fairly and
had clean campaigns. Sustainability and Energy projects, the team decided to focus mendation of campus GHG reduc-
B) Candidates behaved poorly and Management has completed a final the University’s efforts on reducing tion goals. This task force was creat-
ran divisive campaigns. draft of the Stanford Energy and energy demand, finding cleaner ed in May 2008 to develop potential
C) Politics as usual - nothing extreme. Climate Plan, which, once approved, energy sources and adhering to reduction goal strategies and to con-
D) I don’t pay attention to the ASSU
will produce GHG reduction recom- greener building standards. More sider the efficacy of using renewable
Today’s Question: mendations. specifically, the plan recommends energy credits or other options for
How do you feel now that the ASSU elec- The document, which will be heat recovery through a new system GHG reduction. Currently it con-
tions are over? released to the general public upon of gas boilers and electric chillers sists of Professors Jim Sweeney,
a) Great; I’m excited about the work to approval, contains a detailed analy- that will replace the campus cogen- Lynn Orr, Larry Goulder, John
be done.
b) Depressed; My email inbox is feeling sis of the University’s options for eration plant built in the 1980s. Weyant, Roland Horne and Joseph
a bit lonely. addressing an institutional commit- Other options include major build- Stagner, executive director of
c) Nothing in my life feels any different.
d) What are these elections of which ment to climate action. ing retrofits, more efficient demand- Sustainability and Energy
you speak?
“The Office of Sustainability and side energy management, sustain- Management.
vote today at stanforddaily.com! Utilities staff . . . are at their last able IT projects with a focus on “We have shown in the study
stride in putting forth recommenda- more efficient servers and substan- what is possible,” Ahmed said. “The
some Stanford students are wary of tions to the President and Provost tial investment in green energy, such decision on goal setting now belongs
the prospect of riding with a for final decision making,” said as wind or solar power.
stranger. Fahmida Ahmed, manager of “We could write the check the Please see GREEN, page 8
“Even though I’d be sharing with
Stanford students, I don’t really like
the idea of just going online and
searching for people to come with SPEAKERS & EVENTS
me,” Wodziak said. “Safety plays a
role in my decision when it comes to
complete strangers.”
In response to questions about
Summit paves way for world entrepreneurs
safety, Zimmerman acknowledged
the challenges of creating a comfort- By CALLA HUAN SHENG icant nonprofit business. Asia-Pacific region since 2000.
able community of ride-sharers. STAFF WRITER From energy organizations to “The whole purpose of the summit
“I think there’s a level for every- biotech firms and venture capital is to bring people from Asia-Pacific
one,” he said, explaining that some The 2009 Asia-Pacific Student start-ups, companies featured at the together, and to hopefully share the
Zimride users are only likely to Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) summit provided speakers from a same dream, same kind of mission,
share rides with friends or mutual Summit attracted a panel of business spectrum of fields and perspectives. same hopes that we have of starting
friends, not their entire university luminaries and 47 student delegates Large crowds of Stanford students companies wherever in Asia or in
network. from halfway around the world last joined the delegates as they covered Silicon Valley,” said Summit Director
Yet he remained optimistic for week to a weeklong conference on subjects ranging from the benefits of Simon Kim ‘11.
the future of Zimride in light of its Stanford’s campus. The delegates, brainstorming to the top 10 legal mis- Sumat Mittal, from the Delhi
new partnership with Zipcar. representing some of the finest col- takes of start-ups. College of Engineering in New Delhi,
Zimmerman believes the partner- leges in Asia, Australia and even “It used to be the trend [for entre- India, emphasized the value of the
ship may highlight a change in Africa, gathered on the Farm from preneurs] to go from the U.S. to issues raised in the summit’s work-
behavior and in the way people view April 5-11. Asia,” said ASES President Yesul shops.
transportation, summing up his 10- Starting their days at 9 a.m. and Myung ‘09. “Right now what people “The values that we’re obtaining
year vision for the company in a sim- often ending after 11 p.m., the dele- are saying is that there are a lot of here are pretty different from what
ple phrase. gates divided their time between pre- trends coming from Asia to the U.S. we would have obtained in any other
“I could take the train or I could sentations, workshops, discussions That’s why having a focus and an out- country,” he said. “The issues are
Zimride.” and company tours.They also teamed look on the Asia-Pacific region is cru- addressing are so important right now
up with each other to compete for the cial.” for us future entrepreneurs. They tell
Contact Nick McIntyre at ngmc@stan- annual E-Pitch project, with the goal The ASES Summit has been con-
ford.edu. of creating a plan for a socially signif- necting future entrepreneurs in the Please see SUMMIT, page 8
The Stanford Daily
EXECS
Continued from front page
Daily. “We always considered our-
selves the underdogs in this election.
David came so close to winning last
year, and we knew that experience
gave him a big advantage.
Nonetheless, we were excited about
the challenge.”
Gobaud remained humble when
asked about the success of his cam-
paign, again attributing the slate’s
victory to the work of the election
team, which he estimated at over 100
undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents.
“This year, we had a great team,
and that’s why we won,” Gobaud
said. “Jay and I are just two people
— we can’t be in 100 places at once.
The team came together behind our
platform and really believed in it,
and they were able to explain it well
to other people.They convinced a lot
of people that we could do great
things.”
Hauser and Sprague also
acknowledged the Gobaud/de la
Torre slate’s advantage in appealing
to graduate students, noting that the
FEES
Continued from front page
and The Bridge Peer Counseling
Center. Managing to snatch just
under 90 percent of voters’ sup-
port, the SHPRC remains among
the top priorities for special fees
funding for students in the 2009-
2010 academic year.
ASSU Elections
Commissioner Briana Tatum ‘11
reflected on the overwhelming
support that Stanford students
showed for groups seeking special
fees this year.
“I’m very happy because
[groups seeking special fees]
worked very hard,” Tatum said.
“They want their organizations to
receive special fees so they can
secure their own goals — it’s a
very good thing for Stanford that
all of the special fees passed.”
Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@
stanford.edu.
winning slate had 1,077 graduate
votes as compared to the 284 for
Hauser/Sprague.
“From a statistical perspective, we
performed around the same as
Dorsey/Harris among the graduate
community in their race against
David Gobaud last year, which is
exactly what we were aiming for,”
Hauser said. “Clearly, since David is
an older graduate student, most
grads probably felt as though he was
better able to understand and repre-
sent their issues.”
For their first act as ASSU
Executive, Gobaud and de la Torre
are already looking toward next
year. They have opened up applica-
tions for next year’s ASSU
Executive Cabinet, which can be
found online at
assu.stanford.edu/apply.
The slate especially looks forward
to shaping the University and stu-
dent life during the 2009-2010 aca-
demic year.
“We’re excited to unite the stu-
dent body and share priorities,”
Gobaud said. “Sustainability, campus
wellness, diversity, making the budg-
et cut process transparent — there
are so many things to do, and it’s
such an exciting time to be working
on them.”
“I’m very happy
because [groups
seeking special fees]
worked very hard...
It’s a very good thing
for Stanford that all of
the special fees
passed.”
— BRIANA TATUM ‘11,
Elections Commissioner
Monday, April 13, 2009 N 3
ASSU ELECTIONS
SENATE
Grads
Continued from front page
past years.
“The cutoff to get into the
Senate is much higher,” said current
ASSU Senator and Daily Columns
Editor Stuart Baimel ‘09. “If I ran
this year, I wouldn’t have been
select
council
elected with my vote count.”
SOCC-endorsed Steven
Singleton ‘10 was the final candidate
to win election this year, with 829
votes. By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS
Rafael Vasquez ‘12 fell only one
TEAM
vote short of the 15th-place
Singleton.
While not as glamorous as the
“This year the voter turnout was
ASSU Undergraduate Senate race,
significantly higher and shows peo-
the campaign for Graduate Student
ple are taking the ASSU more seri-
Council ended last week, and results
ously,” said SOCC-endorsed Matt
were announced over the weekend.
Miller ‘12, who was not elected.
Graduate students contended for 10
Miller and Benjamin Jensen ‘12
district seats, divided by department,
attributed their losses to the higher
and five at-large seats.
voter turnout and the importance of
Robert Hennessy, a graduate stu-
name recognition.
dent in electrical engineering, gar-
“We’re up against a lot of people
nered the most votes out of district
who are already known on campus
winners, with 225 votes for the
— I mean, we’re just freshmen,”
REYNA KONTOS/The Stanford Daily School of Engineering. Other district
said Jensen, who was just 20 votes
winners included Addy Satija, who
shy of making office.
was running for reelection in the
Overall, outgoing Senator Ana
School of Engineering, Bryan Chen
Diaz-Hernandez was positive of the
for Natural Sciences, Jessica Tsai for
final results.
“There are some really good sen-
ators this year,” she said.
the School of Medicine, Eric
Osborne for the Law School, Ugur
Pece for the School of Humanities,
Nanna Notthoff for the School of
Social Sciences and Mary Van de
Hoven for the School of Earth
Sciences.
In the at-large category, incum-
bent Senator Justin Brown took the
most votes with 392. Aleksandra
Korolova, also running as an incum-
bent, won reelection with 276 votes.
Other senate winners include Ryan
Peacock, Andrew Kennedy and Noa
Lincoln.
Election Staff
NIKHIL JOSHI
RYAN MAC
ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily
SBS-endorsed candidate Varun
LEFT ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily: Freshman Alex Katz garnered 1,069
MARISA LANDICHO
ELLEN HUET
Sivaram ‘11 looks on after claiming a
seat in the 15-person Undergraduate
votes. ZOE RICHARDS
Senate. He won with 1,134 votes, the RIGHT AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/ The Stanford Daily: Shelley Gao ‘11 won reelection CHRISTINE MCFADDEN
fourth-highest total. with 1,177 votes. She is one of two senators to retain seats for next year.
4 N Monday, April 13, 2009
OPINIONS
EDITORIAL
Vaden service charge
unequal and unpublicized
ast Wednesday, the University Admin-
L istration announced that Vaden
Health Center will charge students a
mandatory $167 Health Services Fee per
quarter beginning fall of this year. Vaden’s
health services were previously free to stu-
dents because they were financed through
Stanford University’s general funds. Ser-
vices supported by the new fee include pri-
mary care services, Counseling and Psycho-
logical Services (CAPS), as well as health
outreach programs, such as the Peer Health
Educator (PHE) program (see “Vaden fees
convey extent of crisis,”April 10, 2009).Vice
Provost for Student Affairs Greg Boardman
cited the rising cost of health services and
the ongoing economic crisis as reasons be-
hind the fee’s institution.
While the Editorial Board appreciates
the gravity of financial circumstances and
understands that painful cuts are being
made throughout the budget, we are con-
cerned about the effect that the Health Ser-
vices Fee will have on student life. Stanford
may be reeling from the reported 25 to 30
percent drop in its endowment, but students
are also suffering in the face of economic un-
certainty. For many, it is hard enough to
make ends meet with tuition, room and
board payments. This is not an appropriate
time for Stanford to push more of its finan-
cial burden onto undergraduates and gradu-
ate students. We are thankful that the fee is
covered under current financial aid pack-
ages but still fear that the extra payments
could affect grad students and uncovered
undergrads.
Administration officials argue that it is
justified instituting a fee for campus health
services because such fees are common at
many universities, but this reasoning is falla-
cious. This argument would only withstand
scrutiny if there were no relevant differences
between Stanford and other universities that
charge for health services, but Stanford has
one of the largest endowments of any uni-
versity in the country. Thus, the Administra-
tion is wrong to conclude that it is justified or
reasonable for Stanford to charge its stu-
dents a health services fee merely because it
is common practice at other universities with
far fewer resources.
Moreover, the Editorial Board believes
that the mandatory fee places an undue fi-
nancial burden on students who use Vaden
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T HE D UDE A BIDES
This aggression will not
stand
(The following is one man’s Declaration of In-
dependence,per se,from the present despotism
that plagues this university. Tommy J., have a
damn field day.)
hen in the Course of human events it
W
becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the hierarchical bands
which have connected them with another and
to assume among the powers of the Farm, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws
of Nature and of Hennessy entitle them, a de-
cent respect to the opinions of their fellow
students requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.
Also: USC blows.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all Stanford Students are created equal,
that they are endowed by their admission
with certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are a superior education, intellectual
autonomy and the pursuit of Happiness, in
whatever form that may be (Natty v. Key-
stone, for example). — That to secure these
rights, administrations are instituted among
students, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, and the funds of
John Arrillaga, — That whenever any Form
of bureaucracy becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the Student Body to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
structures, laying its foundation on such prin-
ciples and organizing its powers in such form,
as to them shall seem most likely to affect
their Safety and Happiness.
But when a long, Southern Pacific train of
abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably
the same Object to reduce them under ab-
solute Despotism, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw off such shackles, and to pro-
vide new Guards for their future education
and wellbeing. — Such has been the patient
sufferance of this student body; and such is
now the necessity, which constrains them to
alter their former Systems of autonomy. The
infrequently or choose to seek healthcare off
campus. It is important to have readily avail-
able health services at Stanford, but the
healthy majority should not be asked to sub-
sidize the cost of care for those who are often
sick and visit Vaden more than the average
student. While Administration officials
sought to spread the costs of healthcare
among the entire student population, under-
standably not wanting to target those who
happen to fall ill with higher bills, a small co-
pay for each visit can help defray the ex-
pense for all while deterring those who
abuse Vaden’s services and drive up operat-
ing costs. At the very least, a co-pay system
would be consistent with the healthcare
process students are used to dealing with
through insurance.
Finally, Stanford’s student body is right to
be insulted by the manner in which the new
Health Services Fee was publicized — or, to
be more precise, not publicized — by the
University. The Editorial Board is dismayed
by the Administration’s apparently premed-
itated attempt to subvert transparency. The
original notice of the fee was sent by the Vice
Provost of Student Affairs to campus admin-
istrators and higher-ups on April 7. The
email stated that students would be in-
formed about the fee in the “coming weeks”
through a short article in the Stanford Re-
port, and that the Administration
“expect[ed]” that The Daily would also in-
clude coverage. The Editorial Board be-
lieves the University should have reported
to students directly about the fee. The Ad-
ministration’s reliance on campus media to
publicize the fee sends the wrong message,
suggesting that University officials are with-
holding crucial information from the student
body, unwilling to face student responses.We
have heard administrators pledge to include
students in the budget-cutting process and
communicate the changes, but in this in-
stance the process seems to have broken
down.
In the end, we recognize that price hikes
in these times of budgetary turmoil are un-
avoidable, and we agree that CAPS and pri-
mary-care services are worth saving.Still,the
even application of fees to frequent Vaden
patients and those who stay away — as well
as the strangely indirect method of dissemi-
nating the news — makes these fees all the
less palatable.
Zack
Warma
history of the present head of the Office of
Student Activities (OSA) is a history of re-
peated injuries and usurpations, all having in
direct object the establishment of an absolute
Tyranny over these students.To prove this, let
Facts be submitted to a candid campus.
She has forbidden her underlings to help
VSOs and starter groups with issues of imme-
diate and pressing importance, unless sus-
pended in their operation till her Assent
should be obtained; and when so suspended,
she has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Meetings with groups/individuals can literal-
ly be held up for months based on her whims.
Favoritism is rampant within the bowels of
the OSA.
She has refused to consent to the throwing
of large-scale parties for the accommodation
of large districts of students, unless those peo-
ple would relinquish the right of having par-
ties not watched over directly by the SUPD, a
right inestimable to them and formidable to
tyrants only. Moonsplash, based upon her
whims, was supposed to be staffed by SUPD
officers, who are both a) ridiculously expen-
sive and b) not the security required for near-
ly any event.
She has called together meetings with stu-
dent group leaders and house managers at
places distant from the depository of their
Public Records,for the sole purpose of fatigu-
ing them into compliance with her measures.
Browbeating, cajoling are not infrequent oc-
currences in the OSA meeting room.
She has obstructed the Administration of
Justice by refusing her Assent to have any stu-
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here was a remarkably high level of in-
T terest in the ASSU elections this year.
Undergraduate turnout was up 15 per-
cent from last year, which featured a wild
five-slate contest for ASSU President and
Vice President. Despite only two slates (and
the Chappie’s long-winded effort) running
for ASSU Executive this year, which is by far
the most visible race in the election, hun-
dreds more students voted.
The defining feature of ASSU elections as
we have come to know them is remarkable
reliance on endorsements from student
groups to win the election. The Stanford
Daily, the Stanford Democrats (disclaimer: I
was on the committee selecting Senate and
Executive candidates for endorsements), the
Queer Coalition, Students of Color Coalition
(SOCC), Students for a Sustainable Stanford
(SSS) and many other groups made endorse-
ments for Senate and/or Executive candi-
dates. We’ve also seen an increase in the
number of endorsing student groups. In my
Senate campaign in April 2008, I collected
more than 10 student groups’ support.
Endorsements were also used to tar other
slates. Supporters of David Gobaud and Jay
Another Wine-y Opinion Column
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
— Ernest Hemingway
s both a drinking man and an aspiring
A elitist jackass, I can’t begin to de-
scribe the joy I felt when I trans-
ferred to Stanford and first heard about
FRENLANG60, the legendary “Viticulture
and Oenology” course, a class I soon came to
believe was as much of an undergraduate
rite of passage as surviving IHUM or getting
forcibly thrown out of Rudy’s by a bouncer
with an antebellum mustache. I had my
sights set on Senior Spring, when I would at
last cast off the shackles of my Pabst-soaked
Midwest upbringing and finally accomplish
what I came here to do in the first place:
learn completely useless knowledge I could
bring up unsolicited in mixed company with
a ridiculous amount of self-importance. I
was going to understand intricacies and vo-
cabulary associated with fine wine consump-
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S TU ’ S V IEWS
Stuart Baimel
de la Torre attacked the Hauser/Sprague
campaign because they were endorsed by the
Stanford Review and the Stanford Conserv-
ative Society. (Gobaud and de la Torre them-
selves had nothing to do with the attacks).On
a broadly liberal, Obama-loving campus,
being associated with conservatives is not the hosting events on campus — candidates use
way to win votes.
This system certainly benefits student
groups, who can exact high amounts of lever-
the endorsement to appeal to students who
want to vote for the “liberal” candidates.
The unfortunate nature of the endorse-
age over candidates desperate to get elected. ment process is that candidates are forced to
It’s a constant concern among candidates
that if they lack the all-important endorse-
ment, they will not get any votes from the
highlight certain elements of their agenda to
appeal to endorsing groups, such as queer
rights, diversity issues, sustainability and
community represented by those student community centers. These issues are all very
groups. The groups can force students to ac- important, of course, but other key issues,
cede to their agenda to get elected. such as academics, OSA party-planning poli-
But I am not sure it benefits the student
body as a whole.
cies, housing policies — issues that affect all
students but don’t have an interest group to
The paradox is that while student groups advocate for them, receive much less atten-
endorse candidates for their narrow organi- tion during the annual ASSU elections.
zational imperatives, candidates use these It’s hard to argue that academics don’t
endorsements to win support among the matter to students, or that the evolving re-
broader populace. So while the Stanford De- strictions on parties do not affect most stu-
mocrats’ endorsement questionnaire, for ex- dents. But because there are no student
ample, is mostly about the concerns of organ-
ization — fundraising issues, free speech, Please see BAIMEL, page 5
P ITH AND P LEONASM
Matt
Gillespie
tion, which, save for pheasant hunting or
completing monetary transactions solely
with briefcases of blood diamonds and un-
marked Benjamins, is probably the most
awesome and elitist activity in the whole en-
tire world. This was fate, I thought. This was
destiny.
Shaw per capita), ready to rough it for a
night and wake up to the glorious reward of
enrollment in the course of our dreams.
My God, how wrong I was. Needless to say, we were more than a little
Of course, the most storied tradition disappointed when we got there. The class
about FRENLANG60 doesn’t have any- had closed a day early, all the spots snatched
thing to do with what actually goes on in the up by kids who camped out an unprecedent-
class, but with what goes on before it. Stan- ed two days before signup was supposed to
ford students, already famous for their tenac- begin.
ity, set up camp outside Building 30 long be- Describing the emotions that followed
fore signup opens in order to ensure a spot. would be like trying to describe pain or loss or
At other schools, they do this for basketball fear — true grief means something pro-
tickets or to get into huge, over-enrolled foundly different to everyone, and it’s point-
intro-level lectures.At Stanford, we only do it less to even try — but I’ll say this: If I never
for drinking. It’s absolutely beautiful. see such shattered looks on the faces of my
After days of planning, the boys and I set friends ever again, it won’t be long enough.
out for the quad with all the necessary sup-
plies (tents, sleeping bags, 2.7L of Charles Please see GILLESPIE, page 5
The Stanford Daily
GILLESPIE
Continued from page 4
It’s nothing short of incredible what
missing out on a chance to drink in an
academically sanctioned environ-
ment will do to even the most stone-
faced of Stanford seniors.
So we screamed, cried, held each
other close. We questioned every-
thing. We drank a whole lot of the
types of wines that would make the
FRENLANG60 instructor (experi-
enced San Francisco sommelier A.J.
Ferrari) throw up in public, and after
all that — the pain, the heartbreak,
the cascades of self-pitying zinfan-
del — it seemed that all the rage and
emotions of the group could be
summed up into one concise inter-
rogative: What the hell?
Now,I have no hard feelings what-
soever for my intrepid senior class-
mates who camped early and made it
into the course. On the contrary, their
dedication and commitment has re-
juvenated my belief in the funda-
mental goodness of the Stanford stu-
dent body more than a million Ser-
vice Summits or ASSU elections ever
could. The problem here isn’t with
the students at all. Did I get beaten to
the punch? Absolutely, fair and
square. Does that mean I’m not enti-
tled to spend part of my last quarter
at Stanford paying an additional $90
on top of the $150,000 I’ve already
spent on this HumBio degree to kick
back on Tuesday nights and learn a
thing or two about how to incorpo-
rate world-class, monocle-fogging
levels of snobbery into my everyday
life? Absolutely not.
We deserve better. Wine-tasting
courses are a staple of gigantic state
universities everywhere, places with
eight times our enrollment, and any
senior who wants in on one of these
courses is generally able to pull it off
(notwithstanding that a good friend
at the University of Illinois has her
wine class at 10 a.m. on Monday
mornings, but for Senior Spring I
have a feeling most of us would take
that in stride).
After knocking out 72 units of
GER coursework and spending
more money on college than 60 per-
cent of the world earns in a lifetime,
I don’t think one unit of fun and in-
dulgence my last quarter here was
too much to ask.
Truly, there’s got to be a better
solution than the renegade “classes”
senior groups are putting together
to counteract the mighty thirst
we’ve all got for old-fashioned
Dionysian revelry. While the select
few are going to spend the quarter
with pinkies thrust skyward whilst
sipping Mondavi and Ecco Domani,
only that trio of dastardly charlatans
— Franzia, Rossi and Shaw — will
now be explored and enjoyed by
most of the senior class, and while
I’m more than excited about meet-
ing friends on Thursday nights to
sample the best of what the box-
and-jug section of the liquor aisle at
Safeway has to offer, I know Stan-
ford could have done us better.
Matt Gillespie hears the 2009 Franzia
whites are the most crisp and sublime
in a generation. Send your requests to
mattg3@stanford.edu and we’ll pop
open a five-liter box of your favorite.
WARMA
Continued from page 4
dent accountability for her actions. It
makes no sense, that a two-decade
bureaucrat, who has slid her tentacles
over EVERY aspect of student life, is
never held to defend her actions to
the undergraduate population.A stu-
dent review board of the OSA must
be created.
In every stage of these Oppres-
sions We have Petitioned for Redress
in the most humble terms: Our re-
peated Petitions have been answered
BAIMEL
Continued from page 4
groups to offer endorsements to stu-
dents who care about those areas of
policy, candidates have little incen-
tive to make those issues a key part
of their platform.And when they are
elected, they will be advocating for
the issues they were elected for.
There is no “Academic Advocacy
Coalition,” and as a result, there is no
incentive for Executive and Senate
candidates to highlight academic is-
sues. Nor is there an “OSA Commis-
sion” to induce candidates to make
relations with the OSA a main part of
their platform. Despite these issues
ostensibly being high on the priority
list for student voters, candidates do
not seem to care much about them.
Monday, April 13, 2009 N 5
only by repeated injury. A Director,
whose character is thus marked by
every act which may define a Tyrant,
is unfit to be the ruler of a free student
body.
We, therefore, the Representa-
tives of the united students of Stan-
ford University,Assembled, do, in the
Name, and by Authority of the good
People of this campus, solemnly pub-
lish and declare, That this united
body, and of Right ought to be Free
and Independent from the OSA, that
they are Absolved from all Alle-
giance to the Crown, and that all po-
litical connection between them and
the second floor of Old Union, is and
ought to be totally dissolved; and that
The issue, I think, is similar to one
that is common in American politics.
The best-formed advocacy groups in
national politics are centered on a
narrow issue with a limited group of
members who speak loudly. The Na-
tional Rifle Association is a good ex-
ample of this phenomenon. Groups
that attempt to form a larger base
around a broader issue often have
problems mobilizing members —
my favorite example is the ludicrous
“SUV Owners of America.”
The myopic, endless focus on only
a few hot-button issues has distorted
the nature of student political dis-
course. I received many all-caps
emails demanding that community
centers get cut less than every other
department on campus; meanwhile,
the Peer Mentoring and HPAC pro-
grams were cut entirely without a
word from any student.The Interdis-
ciplinary Studies in the Humanities
as Free and Independent students,
have full Power to speak our minds,
plan responsible parties, fundraise
from outside sources and to do all
other Acts and Things which Inde-
pendent students may of right do. —
And for the support of this Declara-
tion, with a firm reliance on the pro-
tection of each other, we mutually
pledge to each other our titles, our
student groups and our sacred
Honor.
Zack believes that we as a campus must
hang together, or we will assuredly
hang separately. Care to join the Revo-
lution? Email Zack at zwarma@stan-
ford.edu.
department was liquidated entirely
without any student comment. I re-
ceived many emails urging me to sign
a petition to urge Jamba Juice not to
use Styrofoam, but not a single email
about half of the academic advising
programs simply disappearing next
year.
The only way out of the strangle-
hold that endorsements have on stu-
dent government elections is to
allow candidates to gain votes in
other ways. We have already seen
that this year and last year, with the
innovative use of YouTube to reach
voters directly rather than through a
student group intermediary. But the
restrictions on fliers, emails and
other forms of speech privilege the
student groups who are not bound
by those same rules. Allowing more
creative forms of campaigning will
break the lock that endorsing stu-
dent groups have on the ASSU elec-
tions process.
Stuart Baimel is forming the Stuart
Baimel Coalition. Want to advocate
for his interests? Send your resume
and $300 to sbaimel@stanford.edu.
Write to us.
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SPORTS
HITTING
HELPS CARD
Stanford hitters give MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
edge against BYU 4/11 vs. BYU W 3-0

By JACOB JAFFE UP NEXT UC-IRVINE

DESK EDITOR
The Stanford men’s volleyball team
split a crucial two-match series with
Brigham Young over the weekend, but
gained a vital tiebreaker that could decide
home-court advantage in the MPSF play-
offs.
The No. 5 Cardinal (20-9, 13-7 MPSF)
hosted No.6 BYU on Friday and Saturday
with both teams vying for the fourth spot
in the conference standings and home-
court advantage in the first round of con-
ference playoffs. The Cardinal lost a five-
set heartbreaker on Friday 30-26, 31-33,
24-30, 30-26, 15-11. Stanford was led by
sophomore outside hitter Spencer
McLachlin’s 20 kills, followed by junior
opposite Evan Romero and freshman
outside hitter Brad Lawson, who had 15
and 14 kills, respectively. Freshman libero
Erik Shoji added to his Stanford single-
GIULIO GRATTA/The Stanford Daily season record and nation-leading dig total
Freshman outside hitter Brad Lawson notched 29 kills during No. 5 Stanford’s two-game meeting with No. 6 BYU. The Cardinal split the series with with 24 digs.
the Cougars, losing in five sets on Friday, but winning in straight sets on Saturday. “As always, Erik played incredibly
(22-4, 17-3 MPSF)
4/17 Maples Pavilion
7:00 p.m.
GAME NOTES: After splitting a two-game series with
BYU to move into fourth place in the MPSF confer-
ence, Stanford hopes to secure a home-court ad-
vantage for the opening round of the MPSF con-
ference playoffs with a win against UC-Irvine. The
Anteaters arrive with a three-game winning streak,
including a 3-0 defeat of conference-leading Pep-
perdine.
well,” said freshman middle blocker Gus
Ellis.
The Cardinal could not overcome
BYU’s blocking, though, which came into
the weekend leading the nation with 347
blocks.The Cougars dominated the Cardi-
nal at the net, tallying an astounding 20.5
blocks, compared to only 13.5 for Stan-
ford.
Please see VOLLEYBALL, page 8

Denis MEN’S BASEBALL BASEBALL SPORTS BRIEFS

Griffin 4/11 vs. UCLA W 7-2
Rants and Raves
Stanford takes two of three from UCLA FOOTBALL
UP NEXT
The Cardinal rebounded on Saturday, as fresh- CARDINAL VS.
CAL After downing UCLA in dramatic fashion in man hurler Brett Mooneyham went six innings and
WHITE SPRING GAME
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2/24 Sunken Diamond
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extra innings on Thursday night, the Cardinal split
its final two games against the Bruins to win their
weekend series, 2-1.
Stanford struggled early on Friday night, as
allowed only two runs while striking out 10 batters
as Stanford rolled to a 7-2 win. Sophomore closer
Drew Storen was practically flawless in relief, al-
lowing only one hit in three innings to secure his
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freshman Jordan Pries gave up three runs in the
first inning to put the Cardinal in an early hole. He
was able to recover, and lasted an additional 3.2 in-
fourth save of the season. Senior Brent Milleville
hit a two-run homerun in the second inning and
added a single shot in the eighth — his five home-
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Brett Mooneyham, who has registered 27 strikeouts
over his last three starts, to a Cardinal win on Sun-
day against UCLA. Stanford took two of three in the
series, and rallies again in its upcoming meeting
back to take a temporary 5-3 lead in the fifth inning,
but UCLA’s Cody Decker, who hit a homerun in
the first, lofted another mammoth shot over the
more Kellen Kiilsgaard gave Stanford a 3-2 lead in
the sixth inning with his seventh homerun of the
season, a team high.
the White team, while Tavita Pritchard will
lead the Cardinal squad. With only two
healthy passers on the roster, the coaching
staffs for the respective sides used their first
fence in left center field in the seventh inning to Please see tomorrow’s Daily for further cover-
picks on quarterbacks, with Luck going first

W
hen it comes to sports with Cal. This should prove easier against the Bears, give the Bruins a 6-5 lead. UCLA tapped on two age of this weekend series.
and Pritchard going second. The contest will
fandom, there are usu- as Cal has have lost its last seven straight. more runs in the ninth to put the game out of reach
be played under regular game conditions,
ally simple rules gov- and give the Bruins an 8-5 victory. — By Wyndam Makowsky
but with slight modifications; for example,
erning the teams an en-
the quarterback cannot be hit while he is in
thusiast is expected to cheer for. As
the pocket.
college students, we have obvious

Bears best Cardinal twice

ties to the University and our class-
mates on its athletic teams. Rooting
for the Cardinal football squad
would seem to be an obvious choice
if you lived down the hall from Tavi-
ta Pritchard, worked with Toby Ger-
hart or had a class with Chris
Marinelli. And geography can ac-
count for other causes of fan alle-
giance for obvious reasons.
And yet, there’s something miss-
ing from our thus far obvious equa-
tion of fandom. Because people
move and continue to follow their old
hometown’s teams. They graduate
and still root for their alma mater.
Players we cheered in their youth re-
tire and are replaced by youngsters
we’ve never heard of before. In the
end, Jerry Seinfeld, it seems, is always
right — being a fan really does ulti-
mately mean you’re just cheering for
laundry.
Which brings us to the point of the
column, and the most overlooked as-
pect of what being a fan means — the
uniforms for which we cheer. We
have a choice, you see, as far as what
jersey we choose to follow, maybe for
the rest of our lives. And at least for
me, a team’s fashion choices can dras-
tically influence how I feel about it.
Heck, I’m not going to lie, it’s about
the only fashion trend I actually pay
attention to, and I’m quite alright
with that.
Of course, it’s largely a matter of
personal preference, but who isn’t
drawn to a certain uniform over oth-
ers? For me,that means seeing a won-
derful symmetry in the rugged,north-
south offensive tradition of Penn
State and its no-frills blue and white
colors,without even a logo on the side
of their helmets. Or appreciating the
timeless look of birds on a bat in St.
Louis or pinstripes in New York.
But it’s not all about admiration.
Indeed, much as I might think pin-
stripes, for instance, are a pretty cool
look for baseball,I’m not about to be-
come a Yankees fan anytime soon.
But a loathed uniform is perhaps the
most surefire way to alienate a fan.
Again,it’s personal choice . . . mostly.
You can’t tell me that if you stare long
enough at an Athletics player at-bat,
those awful white shoes don’t make
him look like a clown. And when the
Please see GRIFFIN, page 8
Cardinal football back in action in
tonight’s spring game
Stanford’s annual spring football
game will be played tonight at 7 p.m.
By CHRIS FITZGERALD at Stanford Stadium, marking the
DAILY SPORTS INTERN conclusion of two sessions of prac-
tices that spanned from the end of
No. 2 Stanford entered play on Friday riding a six-game win February through the beginning of
streak, including a shutout victory over Bay Area rival California April.
on Thursday, but the Bears returned with a vengeance in a pair of The contest divides the team into
games in Berkeley. Cal found the offensive production that had two squads — White and Cardinal
eluded them in Thursday’s loss, striking back to win by scores of 3- — with half of the coaching staff
1 and 8-6. leading each side. D.J. Durkin, the
The Cardinal (35-4, 6-3 Pa- special teams and defensive ends
cific-10 Conference) mustered coach, will head the White team.
just five hits in Friday’s defeat, WOMEN’S SOFTBALL Greg Roman, the newest addition to
while senior ace Missy Penna the Stanford staff — he is the current
surrendered seven hits to the 4/11 vs. CAL L 8-6 running game coordinator, as well as
Bears. Cal (28-12, 5-4 Pac-10) the tight ends and offensive tackles
initiated the scoring, bringing coach — will lead the Cardinal.
sophomore Valerie Arioto UP NEXT The teams were decided via a
across the plate after she had draft that occurred last week, with
advanced on a base knock with SANTA CLARA the White team picking first by virtue
no outs. Penna struck out the of a coin flip. Head coach Jim Har-
Bears’ next two batters, but a (5-35, 0-8 PCSC) baugh, who presided over the draft,
wild pitch allowed freshman 4/14 Smith Family Stadium said the reason for it was to create
Elia Ried to take first safely, de- 6:00 P.M. the “most competitive atmosphere
spite striking out. On the errant possible” during the game.
pitch,Arioto advanced the final GAME NOTES: Stanford lost its last two The White team chose quarter-
60 feet, scoring her team’s first games to Cal, but looks to rebound back Andrew Luck, who will be a
run. during its encounter with the Broncos, redshirt freshman in the fall, with the
Of Cal’s seven hits, two were who have lost their last 15 straight. first pick. The highly touted signal
solo-shot home runs off the bats After leaving 10 runners stranded on caller is currently in a two-man battle
of junior Taylor Kelly and senior base against the Bears, the Cardinal for the starting quarterback job with
Gina Leomiti. will aim to capitalize on a less-than- Tavita Pritchard.The Cardinal squad
Stanford’s lone run came in stellar Santa Clara defense. took Pritchard — a redshirt senior
the fifth. Sophomore Melissa next season and last year’s starter —
Koutz singled to open the frame, but was replaced on the base with the second selection. Luck and
paths by fellow sophomore Autumn Albers. Freshman Maya Pritchard are the only two healthy
Burns laced a double to right field, putting two in scoring posi- quarterbacks on the roster.
tion with no outs. Sophomore Brittany Minder was then hit by a The rules of the game are general-
1-0 pitch to load the bases. ly consistent with those of regular, in-
Seemingly out of luck,Arioto found a way to dial in. She struck season contests, but with notable ex-
out freshman Sarah Hassman, then downed Stanford’s dangerous ceptions. For example, there is punt-
top of the order. When all was said and done, Stanford produced ing but no punt returns, there are
just one run, a sacrifice fly by junior Alissa Haber to score Albers. mandatory fair catches and quarter-
Just the third loss of the year for Penna, the Miami native backs cannot be hit unless they leave
struck out a dozen Bear batters and finished off her 26th complete the pocket — if they remain there,
game of the year. Notching 12 strikeouts in the meeting, Penna then a defender can “tackle” them
moved into the nation’s top 30 all-time for Ks in her career. simply by grabbing their jersey with
Before play on Sunday, Stanford head coach John Rittman ar- both hands.
ticulated the challenge posed by Pac-10 play. The spring game will be broadcast
“In this conference, teams are bringing their A-game every on the KZSU-3 Internet stream.Ad-
day,” he said. MASARU OKA/The Stanford Daily mission is free for all students, and
But, the second rubber match from Levine-Fricke Field in 2009 Red Zone memorabilia will be
Berkeley ended in a similar fashion as the first.
Senior pitcher Missy Penna’s 12 strikeouts were not enough to save Stanford in Fri- handed out at Gate 3.
day’s meeting with the Bears, as the Cardinal lost 3-1. Stanford dropped again to
Please see SOFTBALL, page 8 Cal on Saturday, 8-6. — By Wyndam Makowsky
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VOLLEYBALL
Cardinal let the set and the match made their block less effective,” percent of its side outs, compared to
slip away, gaining only eight of the Ellis said. 81 percent for the Cardinal.

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“Their blocking and defense

were better than ours, and it just put
us in a rut,” said Ellis, one of many
Cardinal blockers who were held
down by BYU. “I give their blocking
credit for their win.”
The Cardinal had trouble putting
away the Cougars early in the
match, and it was ultimately the dif-
ference. In the second set, the
Cardinal held a commanding 25-19
lead, but gave up seven straight
points and ultimately lost the set,
giving BYU momentum for the rest
final 23 points.
After the disappointing loss, the
Cardinal played the same BYU
squad on Saturday, but with far dif-
ferent results. Stanford looked like a
different team in the second match,
winning in straight sets 30-24, 30-19,
30-19. The match was never close, as
BYU only led a set for one point at
8-7 in the first. From that point on,
the Cardinal was clearly the superi-
or team. Stanford hit .386 for the
match, despite Romero, who leads
the team in kills, being held to only
five kills and five errors. Lawson and
McLachlin, on the other hand, led
the Cardinal with 15 and 10 kills,
respectively.
BYU’s blocking was indeed sti-
fled by the Cardinal, who out-
blocked the Cougars 11-4.5. The
Cardinal middle blockers complete-
ly shut down their BYU counter-
parts, led by senior Brandon
Williams and junior Garrett Werner,
who combined for 10 block assists
and 13 kills with no errors.
“Everyone played better,” Ellis
said. “In particular, Brandon and
Garrett hit for a very high percent-
age. Everyone made a few improve-
ments, and we finished strong.”
BYU could not find many
sources of offense, finishing with 29
errors, no aces and only one player
hitting over .200 for the match. The
Despite receiving only a split of
the matches, Stanford came out
ahead in the conference because it
gained the tiebreaker over BYU by
winning more sets than the Cougars
during the weekend. After this
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Sophomore Ashley Chinn
relieved Penna after the senior
allowed three runs off four hits in one
inning pitched. Cal’s offense picked
up where it left off when Chinn took
the circle, though; the Bears tagged
the sophomore for five more runs on
11 hits. The 15 hits mark the most
against Stanford since March 3, 2007.
Stanford trailed 6-1 after six
innings, but tied the game on a bar-
rage of offense in the seventh. Nine
Cardinal hits, including three from
freshman Ashley Hansen, culminat-
ed in an eventual losing effort.
Cal captured the win on Saturday
in the bottom of the seventh with a
home run. With one on base, Kelly
belted a rope to center field and over
the surrounding fence, helping Cal
come back to best the Cardinal in the
season series.
Stanford’s biggest failure of the
weekend was its inability to capitalize
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Seahawks wear the algae-green jer-
seys and pants with lime green high-
lights . . . well, frankly it looks a bit too
much like the ocean threw up, to me.
Sometimes it even works in
reverse — a love for a team can
influence fashion in real life. As my
passion for the San Francisco
Giants grew over the years, I
noticed the quantity of orange
clothing in my wardrobe increas-
ing. The amount of Dodger-blue
clothing, meanwhile, fell drastically.
My love for a team can influence
what I’m likely to wear and, in turn
over time, what I like.
And don’t think for a minute that
teams don’t know exactly how much
their duds mean to their fans.
There’s no other explanation for the
constant jersey updates, throwback
nights, alternates and the like.
Sometimes the changes are wel-
come, like when the Stanford foot-
ball team eliminated the black high-
lights and went with the classic, all
cardinal-and-white look. Or (hope-
fully) in a few weeks, when the 49ers
unveil their new look, widely specu-
lated to be, well, their old look dur-
ing the NFL Draft. In both these
cases, the team’s move is an admis-
sion that sometimes classic looks are
best left unchanged, despite the
higher temporary revenues those
changes can bring in as fans rush to
acquire their team’s latest look. But
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know it can be changed as quickly as
the latest trend can move in. And
when some franchises are judged by
the very color of their socks rather
than the content of their rosters, it’s
time for teams to wise up and realize
just how vital the history of their uni-
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It’s entirely possible that Denis Griffin
cares far too much about this topic.
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GREEN
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to the Blue Ribbon Task Force, and
ultimately to the President.”
“Stanford’s climate plan is com-
plex and thorough. We wanted to do
the due diligence around all consid-
erations involved — resource avail-
ability and pricing, existing infra-
structure and, of course, emissions
reduction,” Ahmed added. “We feel
a sense of urgency about climate
action, but we wanted to develop
realistic, long term and innovative
solutions, and that takes time and
research to identify.”
This sense of urgency is mount-
ing throughout California due to
Assembly Bill 32, which requires the
entire state to reduce GHG emis-
sions to 1990 levels by 2020. Interest
has also been growing on campus as
student organizations increase pres-
sure on the University to commit to
greater climate action.
At their meeting on March 10,
the ASSU Undergraduate Senate
unanimously passed a resolution
expressing its support for reducing
emissions at least 80 percent below
1990 levels by 2050.
The resolution comes as “an aspi-
ration for eventual carbon-neutrali-
ty,” and its authors argue that the
University has “a responsibility to
reassert its role as a global leader in
campus sustainability and environ-
mental stewardship.”
Seth Silverman, a coterminal stu-
dent in civil and environmental
energy who has been pushing for a
campus-wide climate plan for the
past few years, was particularly
pleased with the up swell of
momentum behind this issue.
“The current population of stu-
dents and young Stanford commu-
nity members prioritize this issue
across the board,” Silverman said.
“This is an essential challenge. It’s
part of keeping Stanford competi-
tive and keeping students ready to
go out into a world that will be
eventually carbon constrained.”
Students for a Sustainable
Stanford have also refocused their
energies on pushing for aggressive
emissions reductions. They will be
holding a Town Hall meeting to dis-
cuss the University’s climate and
energy plan tonight from 7-9 p.m. in
SUMMIT
Continued from page 2
us the mistakes that they made and
that we’re not to make. Things like
that are not easy to get from any-
where else.”
Damian Powell, from the
University of Stellenbosch, South
Africa, was the first African delegate
to take part in the summit.
“I’m sort of a social entrepre-
neur,” he said. “Hearing [the speak-
ers’] stories, how they made it big,
really inspires me to go back to my
country and work with what I’ve
learned. Even with my continent,
with Africa having a lot problems
right now, South Africa provides a
good platform with a lot of entrepre-
neurship going on.”
Yin Wang, a Ph.D. candidate in
optics at Zhejiang University in
China, hopes to one day start his own
company in fiber communications.
“Silicon Valley is the heaven for
all entrepreneurs,”Wang said.“We all
want to know what’s happening here.
It’s quite exciting.”
Gautam Garg, a junior majoring
in electronics and communication at
the Delhi College of Engineering,
had never been to the U.S. before last
week. Garg said he was impressed by
both the architecture and the wel-
coming students at Stanford.
“I’ve never seen a University like
this before — it’s really beautiful,” he
said.“The professors are really inspir-
ing. I want to keep in touch with
Old Union Room 216.
“It’s really an educational
event,” said Eli Pollak ‘12. “We’re
looking at it as a way for students to
get re-involved, reenergized and re-
interested in the process of grass-
roots campus support.”
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stanford.edu.
them.”
Equally content on campus was
an alumnus who has met with consid-
erable success since finishing his
Stanford education. Jen-Hsun Huang
M.S. ‘92, co-founder and CEO of
NVIDIA and one of the keynote
speakers of the summit, recently
donated $30 million to Stanford for
the construction of the Jen-Hsun
Huang School of Engineering
Center.
Huang, who spent eight years at
Stanford, fondly remembered the
“fabulous gift” from Stanford profes-
sors, labeling his Stanford experience
“a very large part of my life.”
“When I was a student, I greatly
enjoyed being a student, so you
should do that,” he advised. “Relish
the opportunity to be here and also
the people you’re with . . . you’re
likely already in a class or are friends
with somebody who is going to
change the world. Relish the moment
and be aware of the moment — then
you’ll get a lot more out of the educa-
tion.”
And the summit’s delegates seem
to be doing just that.
“It’s really nice to meet so many
people from various areas and to
build a human network that will go a
long way in the future,” Mittal said.
Australian delegate Jonathan Tse
echoed this sentiment.
“All of a sudden, you look around
and you have 40 friends from all over
the world,” he noted. “You don’t get
to do that very often.”
Contact Calla Huan Sheng at hsheng@
stanford.edu.