Today Tomorrow FEATURES/3 SPORTS/6 SCIENCE OF SLEEP FOUR HITTER What bear hibernation Quartet of Stanford pitchers fuel Sunny Mostly Cloudy means for us 5-2 win over San Jose State 60 45 57 34 The StaCARDINALnfordTOD DAYaily A n I n d e p e n d e n t P u b l i c a t i o n WEDNESDAY www.stanforddaily.com Volume 239 April 6, 2011 Issue 35 NEWS BRIEFS SOCC stages rally Precourt Center Senate hears grants three research awards By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF “Opposition The Precourt Energy Efficiency Center awarded three grants this year to investigate the reduction of energy use in buildings. The grants, worth to ROTC”bill $400,000 each, were awarded to a Stanford economist and teams in the School of Engineering and the Grad- uate School of Business. With advisory question looming, Mechanical engineering professor Gianluca Iaccarino and civil engi- Senate takes action on ROTC neering professor Martin Fischer won the grant for their computer By KATE ABBOTT model, which aims to predict energy DEPUTY EDITOR use in buildings.They plan to test their model in the Yang and Yamazaki En- The Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Tuesday op- vironment and Energy (Y2E2) build- posing the discriminatory policies of ROTC in an effort to edu- ing,which is designed to be one of the cate the student body. greenest buildings on campus. After reaching the required number of eight senators to have Civil engineering professor Ray- quorum, the Undergraduate Senate started its meeting several mond Levitt and Erica Plambeck, a minutes late,with Senators Ben Jensen ‘12 and Carolyn Simmons professor at the Graduate School of ‘13 joining the meeting from their study abroad locations via Business, are looking at ways to help IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily Skype. the construction industry adopt ener- The Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) held a rally last night in the Old Union Before the ROTC discussion, all funding bills for the evening gy-efficient innovations. Despite the courtyard. Tiq Chapa ‘10, above, worked the crowd with Alryl Koroma ‘11 and were passed,and Publications Board Director Alice Nam ‘11 and recent increase in energy-saving tech- former ASSU Vice President Kelsei Wharton ‘12 in the background. assistant director Zachary Warma ‘11 discussed plans to create a nologies, few have been used in the publications media center on the second floor of the Nitery for building industry. use by all campus publications next year. Nam also put a bill on Matthew Harding, an assistant previous notice to redefine the role of the Publications Board di- professor of economics, intends to STUDENT GOV’T rector for next year, which will be debated for next week. study how financial incentives can “We want to rethink how publications are funded on campus encourage individuals to conserve since a lot of them seeking out special fees,” Warma, a former energy. Daily staff member, said.“We would like for our publications to SOCC explains candidate have the best papers,the best layouts possible and we sit on a sig- — Ivy Nguyen nificant amount of money to do that. “The Publications Board wants to expand its institutional Steinman receives endorsement process presence,teach classes and be the driving force for a more vibrant publications culture on campus,” he added. lifetime achievement By BILLY GALLAGHER ment of Colored People (NAACP) and Nam also addressed the pending petition to bring a case to the STAFF WRITER the Stanford American Indian Organiza- Constitutional Council against the appointment of Warma to the award tion (SAIO). Publications Board, which has yet to be accepted. During ASSU elections season,many “The coalition of SOCC was created “I don’t see how I’m able to do my job currently because I’m By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF campus groups endorse candidates in to have a unifying political voice for all six supposed to propose a funding bill that The Claw is a part of,so it order to sway voters. In recent years, of these groups,” said Yvorn Aswad- needs to be proposed by a different director,”Nam,who is the ed- Neurology professor Lawrence none of these endorsing groups have Thomas ‘11,BSU co-president. itor in chief of literary magazine The Claw, said.“This bill would Steinman won the 2011 Multiple been as successful or active as the Stu- Aswad-Thomas said the six groups help fix that.” Sclerosis International Federation dents of Color Coalition (SOCC). collaborate informally throughout the The main discussion of the night centered on a bill proposed Charcot Award,a biennial award that Last year, 10 out of 12 SOCC-en- year and are almost exclusively formally by Senator Robin Perani ‘13 and Senate Associate Alex Kindal honors lifetime achievement in multi- dorsed candidates were elected to the active as SOCC during the ASSU elec- ‘14, titled “Resolution in Opposition to the Return of ROTC to ple sclerosis research. Steinman 12th Undergraduate Senate.The last two tions season. Stanford University.” Kindal was not present for the proceeding earned recognition for transferring years that SOCC supported an executive Aswad-Thomas and SOCC Liaison discussion about the bill. knowledge from molecular analysis slate, Cardona/Wharton in 2010 and Tiq Chapa ‘10 were both SOCC-en- The original bill, which was later replaced, cited an obligation to licensed therapy. Avula/Jones in 2007,that slate was victo- dorsed candidates elected to the 10th to protect the interests of all students, including transgender stu- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an in- rious. Undergraduate Senate.Chapa explained dents, but voiced support for current ROTC cadets who partici- flammatory disease that damages the Candidates, current and former that the subgroups send a total of 30 lead- pate in off-campus programs. It therefore opposed the return of myelin sheath around the axons of ASSU Senators and Executives and the ers to SOCC for the elections decisions. ROTC in accordance with the University’s nondiscrimination the brain and spinal cord, making it SOCC leadership sat down with The With 15 endorsed candidates this policy. difficult for the axons to conduct sig- Daily to shed light on the process behind year, SOCC could potentially sweep the Debate over the bill lasted for almost three hours as Senators nals.While some treatments exist,the the SOCC endorsement. Senate. SOCC has endorsed incumbent discussed the language, the technicalities of the nondiscrimina- prognosis is difficult to predict and Rafael Vazquez ‘12, Brianna Pang ‘13, tion policy and the intent behind passing such a resolution.Mem- much remains unknown about the The Coalition Samar Alqatari ‘14, Dan Ashton ‘14, Ian bers representing the LGBT community and Stanford Students disease. SOCC is a coalition of six groups: the Chan ‘14, Shawn Dye ‘14, Lily Fu ‘14, for Queer Liberation (SSQL) were present as part of the open Steinman’s research studies the Asian American Students’ Association Nate Garcia ‘14, Alex Kindel ‘14, Karl forum. mechanisms of the disease’s relapse (AASA), the Black Student Union Kumodzi ‘14,JR Lesansee ‘14,Anna Nti- Perani said that she felt it was the duty of the ASSU to protect and remission by identifying and (BSU),Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano Asare ‘14, Janani Ramachandran ‘14, minority groups’ rights, and therefore take a firm stance on the characterizing genes that regulate in- de Aztlan (MEChA), the Muslim Stu- Byron Shorty ‘14 and Tara Trujillo ‘14. ROTC issue. dent Awareness Network (MSAN), the Please see BRIEFS,page 2 National Association for the Advance- Please see SOCC,page 2 Please see SENATE,page 8 STUDENT GOV’T ASSU Executive slates spar at Tuesday’s CoHo debate By KABIR SAWHNEY 2.0,” and discussed their desire to partner DESK EDITOR with student groups and bring an entre- preneurial mindset to the ASSU. Alex With the ASSU general election a few Hertz ‘13 and Sam Coggeshall ‘12, run- days away,voters got a final chance to see ning as the Stanford Chaparral-backed all three slates running for ASSU Execu- slate, talked about the need for a more tive in a debate last night at the CoHo.The physically healthy student body. debate was co-sponsored by The Stanford The debate then moved to questions, Daily,The Stanford Review and Stanford where substantive differences emerged in Government and moderated by Daily between the Seldon/Vasquez and Deputy Editor Kate Abbott ‘12 and Re- Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis slates. Both view Editor-in-Chief Autumn Carter ‘11. campaigns, however, struck similar notes Questions came from the moderators at the beginning of the debate when they themselves and from voters who submit- explained what they believed was the ted queries in advance. most pressing issue facing Stanford stu- All three slates — Cruz/Macgregor- dents. Dennis, Seldon/Vasquez and “If there was one issue we could tack- Hertz/Coggeshall — repeated many of le, I think we would tackle this issue of the points published in their platforms connectiveness and community at Stan- throughout the campaign. ford,”Cruz said.“It seems like a lot of stu- In their opening statement,Tenzin Sel- dents have this ‘Stanford Duck Syn- don ‘12 and Joe Vasquez ‘11 came out with drome’ that all of us have heard about, their two main initiatives: “bridging the this idea that wellness isn’t here at Stan- gap” between various communities on ford.” campus and a fresh focus on mental “Joe and I also believe that the most health among the student body. On the important issue concerning our student IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily opposing side,Michael Cruz ‘12 and Stew- body right now is mental health and well- All three ASSU Executive slates participated in a debate yesterday evening at the CoHo.