FEATURES/2 SPORTS/4 Today Tomorrow DANCE MARATHON COLLAPSE AT CAL A night (and day) to remember Men’s basketball blows large halftime lead Showers Partly Cloudy in the second clash of the Bay Area rivals 52 44 61 39 The Stanford Daily An Independent Publication TUESDAY www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235 February 17, 2009 Issue 11 STUDENT LIFE OSA opens DM dances to events calendar over $130,000 Donations down due to poor economy New calendar available at By SHANE SAVITSKY Director of External Affairs Leah studentevents.stanford.edu Kuritzky ‘10 said the event was Rather than spend their long everything she had hoped for. By NIKHIL KAMAT weekend finishing a problem set or “We had a great turnout, and it STAFF WRITER catching up on sleep, some 600 was fortunate that the rain held out Stanford students took out an entire until late at night,” Kuritzky said. Since the Office of Student Affairs day to dance in order to raise aware- “Even with the rain, come 4 a.m., (OSA) released a beta version of a ness and money for HIV/AIDS. several brave, rain-soaked moralers new student events calendar last The fifth annual Stanford Dance trekked to the Alumni Center to Wednesday, Stanford students now Marathon took place at Arrillaga work their morale magic for what have a new way to publicize their Alumni Center from 1 p.m. on are traditionally three of the tough- events to the greater Stanford commu- Saturday until 1 p.m. on Sunday.This est hours of Dance Marathon for nity. year, however, featured fewer dancers.” ASSU Executive Operations dancers than usual — a decrease In the midst of economic reces- Manager David Gobaud ’11 created that organizers attributed to sion, the event raised over $130,000. the calendar, available at studen- Valentine’s Day, which also fell on FACE AIDS, a national non-profit tevents.stanford.edu, because of defi- Saturday. founded by Stanford students, ciencies in the previous Stanford Despite the lower turnout, how- matched the dancers’ fundraising of events calendar. He said Stanford’s Courtesy Jessie Liu ever, the weekend’s soggy weather $68,670.35 through private donations event calendar included some Dancers hold up signs revealing the $130,473.70 grand total raised by Dance Marathon. The total included did not dampen the spirit of those Stanford events but also local Palo a match by private donors, made possible by the national FACE AIDS organization. who took part. Dance Marathon’s Please see DANCE, page 6 Alto community events that were of limited interest to many students. Gobaud said the new calendar offers a place exclusively reserved for LAW SCHOOL STUDENT LIFE student events like parties, student STANFORD 58, CAL 41 performances and meeting times and locations for all student organizations. “Level three parties can’t be posted on the old events calendar because it’s Law school Tree hopefuls open to the public,” Gobaud noted. “The new student events calendar is behind WebAuth and therefore limit- SWEET REVENGE ed to Stanford, and that’s why the defends crop up OSA is allowing level three parties to be posted there.” STANFORD AVENGES EARLY-SEASON LOSS TO CAL Any student affiliated with Tree Week off to a flying start Stanford can register to post events on Obama image By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY Player of the Week for the fourth time the Web site, which is organized as a MANAGING EDITOR this year, the Cardinal went on a 19-0 run with zip cables, Santa Claus series of Google calendars divided that lasted over seven minutes and elevat- into a broad range of over 22 different Fair Use Project backs artist With its chances at the regular-season ed Stanford from a three-point deficit to a categories. All campus organizations Pacific-10 Conference title hanging in the 16-point advantage. By AN LE NGUYEN that have registered with the calendar balance, No. 5 Stanford exploded in the “We had a real lack of focus from that SENIOR STAFF WRITER are available, along with the option of against copyright infringement second half to take down No. 3 California 14-minute mark on and that’s not some- accessing an RSS feed containing all of at Maples Pavilion, 58-41, on Saturday. thing I’ve seen from my team this Monday afternoon marked the beginning of their event details. Students can also By ROBERT TOEWS The Cardinal (20-4, 11-1 Pac-10) year,” said Cal coach Joanne Tree Week — Stanford’s annual quest to replace subscribe to any calendar through iCal STAFF WRITER trailed its Bay Area rival by a game in the Boyle. its much-loved unofficial mascot. This year, the feeds. conference standings, after dropping the Appel led all players three main contenders for the Stanford Tree per- “The interface is better because it Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project is year’s first meeting in January.With a win, with 22 points and 14 formed their outrageous entrance stunts before uses Google calendar,” Gobaud said. embroiled in a highly publicized copyright case the Golden Bears (20-3, 11-1) would have rebounds for her 10th double- an intimate audience of Tree stalwarts. “You can import it into your iPhone or involving the popular red and blue Obama had a commanding, two-game lead that, double of the year. She was also According to reigning Tree Patrick Fortune your own calendar.” “Hope” poster, which became a ubiquitous sym- outside of a surprising upset, would likely stout defensively, holding Bears star ’09, the yearly tradition is meant to be a sponta- Gobaud said development on the bol of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign have given Cal the regular-season Pac-10 Devanei Hampton to just seven points of neous “mix of confidence and creativity.” calendar started last quarter after dis- over the past two years. Heading the legal team is championship. her own. Although yesterday’s informational meeting Anthony Falzone, a lecturer at the law school and took place amid gloomy skies at the Band cussion among the ASSU executive Instead, despite being down by Please see WBBALL, page 5 cabinet on creating a more accessible the executive director of the Fair Use Project. four at halftime, the Cardinal Shack, it was marked by electric energy on the student events calendar. Gobaud eval- The case centers around the fact that street refused to submit, and now part of the candidates. uated several options, such as Stanford artist Shepard Fairey used a news photograph stands tied with the Golden Dressed in a rocketeer costume, Kyle Owen webmail’s Zimbra platform or using from the Associated Press (AP) as the basis for Bears in the conference stand- ’10 initiated his Tree campaign by flying across a Google calendar in isolation, before the poster. Last week, the AP announced it had ings. Led by junior center zip cable suspended between two trees. His stunt Nanci Howe, director of student activ- determined that it owned the photograph, Jayne Appel, who was hon- represented the launch to becoming Tree. His ities, referred him to Scott Stocker, the accused Fairey of copyright infringement and ored as Pac-10 flight was truncated, however, by a head-on col- director of web communications. demanded a portion of any revenue he received lision with a ladder. Fortunately, Owen took the “Scott developed the events.stan- from use of the image. Falzone is defending precaution of equipping himself with a helmet ford.edu Web site and software,” Fairey against these charges. before he used a fire extinguisher to propel him- Gobaud said. “He gave me a copy of In response to the AP’s accusations, Falzone self across the cable, obscured by a cloud of and the Stanford Fair Use Project team preemp- smoke. Kalena Masching ’08, a friend of Owen tively filed a lawsuit last week asking a federal and five-time Tree Week spectator, assured The Please see CALENDAR, page 6 judge to declare that Fairey is protected from Daily that no trees were harmed in the process. copyright infringement claims. “I’ve been thinking about this for a long time “There should be no doubt about the legality and am excited to do some fun things with these of Fairey’s work,” Falzone said in a press release. really cool guys,” said Owen of his candidacy. “He used the photograph for a purpose entirely Following Owen’s stunt, Jack Cackler ’09 was different than the original, and transformed it carried forth on a platform by several of his dramatically. The original photograph is a literal peers. He was then hoisted from the ground and depiction of Obama, whereas Fairey’s poster cre- commenced to read his speech aloud, dangling ates powerful new meaning and conveys a radi- mid-air from a tree. According to supporters, cally different message that has no analogue in deeply rooted in Cackler’s ideology is a commit- the original photograph.” ment to bring “awesomeness” back to Stanford. The Fair Use Project, founded in 2006, pro- But Cackler himself emphasized his desire to vides legal support to a range of projects designed bring create a spirit of glee across campus to clarify — and extend — the boundaries of “fair through “a little bit of enthusiasm and a lot of use” in order to enhance creative freedom. UP NEXT hard work.” The image became an iconic symbol of “I really enjoyed my time at Stanford, and I Obama’s grassroots campaign, featured on T- OREGON STATE want to do something to give back to it,” Cackler shirts, buttons, magnets and posters. The Obama added.“There’s no better way I can do that than team welcomed the image but never adopted it (15-8, 6-7 Pac-10) as Tree.” officially due to copyright concerns.