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UNIVERSITY DAPER Start-up buys college essays to leave Stanford wary of plagiarism potential the second largest contributor after Harvard. allow users to copy, cut, paste or print personal The Essay Exchange’s Stanford representa- statements. tive, D’Shai Hendricks ‘14, said the majority of “We have talked to over 100 admission offi- Roble gym these essays came from the current freshman cers,” O’Connor added. “We’re willing to work class. with them so that all of the essays are in their “Initially, when I sent out the first e-mail, college admission department.” Stanford Drama and most people were confused about what it was,” According to Stanford Director of Admis- Hendricks said. “ Later, most people basically sion Bob Patterson, representatives from the Dance slated as new tenants understood it’s three minutes of your time, and Essay Exchange have not contacted the Univer- it’s an opportunity to make money.” sity. He further noted that the website raises a ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily By ISAAC GATEÑO “The [website] was founded on the premise red flag for plagiarism. that college admission is unfair,” said Essay Ex- “When we read completed essays, we are Tentative plans are in place for By MARIANNE LeVINE change co-founder and CEO Rory O’Connor. able to discern if the essay was written by the ap- the Department of Athletics, Physi- STAFF WRITER “Our goal is to make personalized college in- plicant by making connections with the addi- cal Education and Recreation sight more accessible and more affordable.” tional information the student provides,” he (DAPER) to vacate Roble Gym. Stanford students looking for an extra buck According to O’Connor,part of the website’s wrote in an e-mail to The Daily. Stanford Drama and Dance Divi- or two can now earn cash by uploading their success comes from the idea that quantity Patterson said the University is engaged in a sion are slated to take over the personal statements to the Essay Exchange.The makes quality. “discussion about what we want to do in the fu- space. new website says it aims to give disadvantaged “We offer a better selection,”O’Connor said. ture” to combat plagiarism in the college appli- “It seems to be the general plan high school students access to a cheap alterna- “The main advantage we have over books with cation process. that DAPER will be moving out of tive to college counseling, but University offi- application essays is that our selection is grow- One possibility is partnering with outside Roble, and Drama/Dance will have cials are skeptical. ing, and the options are changing all the time.” vendors who run authenticity checks on the ad- use of the spaces in Roble that they Started last August by three Harvard Busi- In fact,the website’s virtual writing tutor is so mission essays, he said. are vacating,” Drama Department ness School alumni,the Essay Exchange pays $2 personalized that high school students can For others, the problem goes beyond plagia- chair Peggy Phelan wrote in an e- to current and former students at 25 elite uni- search for personal statements that best match rism, and some college counselors remain un- mail to The Daily. versities every time a prospective applicant their individual backgrounds. Students are convinced by the Essay Exchange’s stated pur- Don Intersimone, director of Fa- reads their admission essay. given a preview of each essay before they decide pose. cilities and Capital Planning, con- Despite a slow start, the Essay Exchange whether or not to buy it. Individual essays can “I don’t think the inspiration for it truly came firmed that DAPER would vacate gained popularity by advertising on Facebook be purchased for $7.50. from any desire to level the playing field,since it Roble’s locker rooms, showers and and by word-of-mouth promotions from on- In the past,websites like the Essay Exchange doesn’t level the playing field in any substantive swimming pool. campus representatives. Since its launch, the have been criticized for allowing plagiarism. way,” Alice Kleeman, a college counselor at “Drama will have the opportu- website has gathered approximately 700 essays, O’Connor, however, was confident that this nity to make use of [those spaces],” including 128 essays from the Farm. Stanford is problem could be avoided.His website does not Please see ESSAY,page 2 Intersimone said. He added that this development would “provide additional flexibili- ty for Drama in the Roble Gym WORLD & NATION complex.” Mum’s the Word Roble Gym has deteriorated since its 1931 opening. Last August, Santa Clara County officials shut down the main performance space, Rumsfeld Roble Studio Theater, due to safety concerns. Phelan said a study to bring the space up to code is currently being conducted, but added criticizes Rice, that it made little sense to fix the theater without undertaking a major overhaul of the building. “The need for more theater and Bush admins performance spaces here is ab- solutely urgent,” Phelan said. There are only a few performance spaces for theater on campus. Memoir holds top officials Prosser Studio and the Nitery both seat fewer than 100 people. Pigott responsible for Iraq war Theater seats 194, and Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) seats 1,705. By SAMANTHA MCGIRR “MemAud is too big for the kinds of experimental works I think SENIOR STAFF WRITER universities should be pursuing,and Former Secretary of Defense Donald the acoustics are not ideal,” Phelan Rumsfeld levels criticism at top members said. of the Bush administration,including cur- The size gap between Pigott The- rent Stanford professor and former ater and MemAud is one big issue provost Condoleezza Rice, in his new for the Drama Department and stu- memoir “Known and Unknown.” dent groups such as Ram’s Head The memoir, released Feb. 7, contains Theatrical Society and the Stanford a comprehensive account of Rumsfeld’s Shakespeare Company. life and political career, including his role “We cannot make a great show in the Iraq war while serving under highlighting student performances George W. Bush. and put it in a lecture hall,” Phelan While Rumsfeld acknowledges some said. tactical errors on his part, he also lays The problem of finding perform- blame at the feet of other high-ranking of- ance space is not exclusive to the- ficials. He takes aim at Rice in her capaci- ater groups. The Dance Division ty as both national security advisor and similarly lacks “a good space with JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily secretary of state, saying she did not push Local San Jose band, The Mumlers, performed at Wednesday Night Live, which airs weekly on KZSU. the president to make firm decisions on Please see ROBLE,page 2 The alternative-folk group opened for last year’s Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco. war strategy. “The core problems the NSC (Nation- al Security Council) faced resulted from the effort to paper over differences of views,” he writes. UNIVERSITY According to political science professor Kenneth Schultz,however,Rice’s effi- cacy may have been impacted by an inter- Stanford,NYC describe vision for campus nal power struggle between agencies. “There were serious divisions within the administration, particularly between By CASSANDRA FELICIANO York University are already lo- demic sources in science, technol- (MIT), New York University the Defense Department and State De- DESK EDITOR cated in the Big Apple, “there is ogy, engineering and mathemat- (NYU) and the Indian Institute partment, and ultimately the people at still room to grow,” said Julie ics (STEM) fields. of Technology in Mumbai have the Defense Department wielded the Universities across the globe Wood, vice president of public af- “Part of what has gotten us publicly announced that they are bulk of influence over decision making,” are going public to respond to fairs at the New York City Eco- through the recession better than working on “expressions of inter- he said. New York Mayor Michael nomic Development Corpora- other cities around the country est.” Furthermore, Schultz says, the concil- Bloomberg’s invitation to create tion (NYCEDC). has been . . . our diverse econo- “The several animating ideas iatory nature of the national security ad- an applied sciences campus in the NYCEDC research, which in- my,and we need to insure that the at work, in both the city’s call for visor position limited Rice’s ability to city.At the same time, school offi- cluded extensive dialogue with city is home to a variety of indus- proposals and the response of make demands. cials and city representatives are the business community and tries that can weather up-and- other institutions, have long been “It would have been Rice’s job as na- elaborating on their vision of a other universities in the area, down cycles,”Wood wrote in an e- a hallmark of NYU’s approach tional security advisor to insure the presi- New York City campus, as the showed that the city needed to mail to The Daily. and thinking,” Lynne Brown, sen- dent was getting views from different Mar. 16 deadline for “expressions focus on three key elements. First She said NYCEDC hasn’t re- ior vice president for university players,” Schultz said. “Her primary onus of interest” approaches. and foremost,the research under- ceived any written proposals yet. relations and public affairs at was to coordinate information from dif- The request for expressions of lined the importance of technolo- However, 20 schools from four NYU, wrote in an e-mail to The ferent agencies.The general view was that interest, announced last Decem- gy-enabled jobs for future continents have voiced interest Daily. the process was a bit dysfunctional.” ber, marks the first leg of a world- growth. It concluded that strong by way of attending a program in “In many ways, the effort is al- Rice, who is also a senior fellow at the wide search for an institution that local research institutions were New York detailing the mayoral ready an affirmation of the direc- Hoover Institution,declined to comment. will facilitate the expanding tech- the best means to achieve this. Fi- staff’s vision for the campus. tion NYU has already embodied nological sector. nally, the research indicated a Cornell, Purdue, the Massa- While Columbia and New need to improve the city’s aca- chusetts Institute of Technology Please see NYC,page 2 Please see RUMSFELD,page 2

Index Features/3 • Opinions/4 • Sports/6 • Classifieds/7 Recycle Me 2 N Thursday, February 24, 2011 The Stanford Daily STUDENT GOVERNMENT Graduate Student Council prioritizes finances

By KABIR SAWHNEY group requested funds for an event but actu- uate student in chemical engineering, ex- fore the GSC and explained her experience DESK EDITOR ally allocated the money to an entirely differ- pressed a desire to keep the proceedings off and qualifications for the position, as well as ent one.A second group that had been grant- the record until the GSC had completed a full the initiatives she sought to bring to the Finances were the main order of business ed “thousands” of dollars for programming audit of both groups’ records. ASSU. The GSC delayed the vote on Mah- at last night’s Graduate Student Council expenses spent half of its allocation on food, The GSC also debated two bills. The first moud’s confirmation to next week’s meeting. (GSC) meeting. he said. sought to add three sections to Article IV of Assistant commissioner for graduate elec- The body approved event funding for St. Julien declined to reveal the names of the ASSU Joint By-laws.The sections are de- tions Jonathan Bakke, who is a graduate stu- three student groups and additional funds for either group. She said that the financial dis- signed to clarify the role of the ASSU Solici- dent in chemical engineering, delivered an two Graduate Student Programming Board crepancies have not been investigated, and tors General. The changes will make it easier elections update at the end of the GSC’s (GSPB) events. GSPB requested $150 for that they are not necessarily an attempt to de- for students to file a grievance with the ASSU, meeting. Of the student groups requesting beverages on Trivia Night and $200 for Grad fraud the ASSU. with the Solicitors General serving as repre- Special Fees, only six are joint groups serving Night Out, which is set to take place Mar. 11 The GSC discussed the best way to ascer- sentatives for either side in any case. The bill both the undergraduate and graduate com- at the Nuthouse. Both funding requests tain an explanation for the discrepancies, but passed with a 9-0-2 vote. munities.Club Sports was the only joint group passed. reached no resolution on the issue. One pro- The GSC’s second bill was a move to con- required to petition for a Special Fees in- In addition, the GSC discussed discrepan- posed solution, sending the groups before Ju- firm Neveen Mahmoud ‘11 as the ASSU’s as- crease. cies that appeared on two groups’ balance dicial Affairs, was discounted because of how sociate financial manager, after the Financial sheets. GSC funding chair Krystal St. Julien, a lengthy that process would be.Ryan Peacock, Manager Selection Committee nominated Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawhney@stan- graduate student in biochemistry, said one a member of the executive cabinet and a grad- her for the position. Mahmoud appeared be- ford.edu. ROBLE Women in the 21st Century Continued from front page decent sight lines and a sprung floor,” Phelan said. These issues could be addressed once drama and dance take over Roble Gym. Phelan, for one, expressed optimism about this development. “Like many universities, Stan- ford has been slow to absorb the value of the arts as a primary way of knowing and experiencing the world,” she said. “However, in recent years,I do feel I have been getting a hearing and that the administration has supported the efforts of the arts faculty.” Stephen Sano, chair of the Music Department, similarly said these developments were “big steps forward.” “The University knows there’s a lot to do and is exploring” ways to address the needs of different departments, he said. Sano noted that the Music De- partment faced concerns similar to those expressed by Dance and Drama. He pointed out that the two main spaces for musical performance on campus, Dinkelspiel Auditorium and Campbell Recital Hall, lack the proper acoustics required of concert venues. Nevertheless,Sano said the Uni- versity has started to pay more attention to the arts. The largest and most visible of these changes is Bing Concert Hall. Currently under construction, the venue will be part of the new “Arts District,” complementing the Cantor Arts Center and the new Art and Art JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily History building. Renowned feminist and columnist, Katha Pollitt, discussed gender politics, women’s success in the post-industrial economy, generational struggles and Another big step is the newly renewing feminism in the modern world. Last night’s talk was part of the Jing Lyman Lecture Series, hosted by The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. created position of executive director of arts programs, now held by Matthew Tiews.This marks the first time Stanford has hired a high- Rumsfeld writes. “What other documents are not level administrator to unify the dif- Rumsfeld further admits that he being released? Is the release selec- ferent arts departments under one RUMSFELD and other Bush officials overstated tive?” he said. “If a few documents ESSAY umbrella. Continued from front page the certainty that weapons of mass are missing, we’re missing part of Continued from front page Tiews described his new office destruction would be found in Iraq, the picture.” as “a hub for all the programming, recalling in particular an instance Schultz remarks that the book’s creativity and activity around the But history professor Jack where he told a television reporter title, “Known and Unknown,” is a Menlo-Atherton High School, arts.” Rakove warns that Rumsfeld’s the weapons were around Tikrit nod to the complexities of historical wrote in an e-mail to The Daily. His main goal is to move the writings should be viewed with a and Baghdad. documentation as well as the uncer- Kleeman said the website also Arts Initiative,one part of the Stan- cautious eye. “While I made a few misstate- tainty that drove much of Rums- defeats the purpose of making a ford challenge, out of startup mode “Historians are universally sus- ments — in particular the one men- feld’s decision making. personal statement personal. Such and to “make this [initiative] part picious of memoirs,” Rakove said. tioned above — they were not “A major critique of Rumsfeld’s outside help makes it difficult to of the ongoing life at Stanford.” “The great danger of memoirs is common and certainly not charac- policies is that the war planning understand what role the personal Tiews acknowledged that many that they’re inherently self-serving, teristic,” he writes. seemed to rely on very optimistic statement plays in a student’s col- students don’t currently think of and they can be selective.” Accompanying the memoir is a assumptions of what would happen lege application, she added. the arts as an area that Stanford Rumsfeld does acknowledge trove of previously classified docu- [in Iraq],”he said.“These optimistic “When students read too many prioritizes. However, he was several of his own strategic mis- ments,released on Rumsfeld’s web- assumptions led to the small de- sample essays,they begin to believe adamant that the University is im- takes in his memoir. He writes with site.They offer a glimpse into back- ployment of forces and an unrealis- they need to write in the same style proving on this front. He empha- regret that he did not stop L. Paul room policy discussions; one memo tic timetable for postwar rebuild- or about the same topics,”Kleeman sized the need to raise awareness Bremer, the chief administrator of from a senior Rumsfeld staff mem- ing.A good leader knows that there said. “[What students] really need “so that people know about the op- Iraq at the beginning of the war, ber, for example, reveals that Bre- are uncertainties and there will be to do is to be themselves.” portunities available in the arts.” from disbanding the entire Iraqi mer told Rumsfeld of his decision unforeseen contingencies, and you According to Patterson, these “Stanford has made a big com- army, despite military recommen- to disband the Iraqi army four days have to plan for that, not use uncer- sentiments can easily lead to pla- mitment to make it clear that it re- dations to the contrary. The move before signing the order on May 23, tainty as an excuse for things having giarism, especially when resources ally does care about the arts,” he was part of a U.S. effort to undercut 2003. gone wrong.” are so readily available. said. Iraqi socialist influence after the Rakove notes that these docu- “I do empathize with those stu- overthrow of Saddam Hussein ments hardly form a complete Contact Samantha McGirr at smc- dents who feel the pressure to write Contact Isaac Gateño at igateno “I was told of Bremer’s decision record of the events that transpired [email protected]. a good essay,” Patterson said. @stanford.edu. and possibly could have stopped it,” during Rumsfeld’s time in office. “However, when stress levels are so high, they can succumb to the temptation of plagiarism,” he added.“I am appalled with compa- Stanford is looking to propose a University is unsure whether or not and NYCEDC.The latter said that nies when they try to make profits center that relies heavily on re- the Stanford culture itself can be New York City would apportion a from students at one of their most NYC sources from the School of Engi- replicated elsewhere. significant part of its annual budg- vulnerable stages in life.” Continued from front page neering and the Graduate School of “To be honest, Stanford and et for the project. Business. This vision corresponds other top flight universities are Once the first-round responses Marianne Levine at mlevine2@stan- with the Big Apple’s ambitions of not lacking in opportunities to are received, NYCEDC will main- ford.edu. in its Global Network University,” becoming a global center for tech- build branch campuses,” Plummer tain constant communication dur- Brown said. nical innovation. said. “A number of us believe that ing the evaluation process with “a American Heart Association Tributes Stanford has tentatively thrown Plummer said a New York City it will happen. Rather than try to more targeted and specific Re- its hat in the game. campus would be an important ex- do this somewhere else in the quest for Proposal” slated for re- “We haven’t turned [an expres- perimental opportunity. world, it’s better to do it in this lease this summer, Wood said. Celebrate sion of interest] in, but there are According to Plummer, many country.” Final decisions will be made by people working on it,” said Dean of academics have toyed with the idea Still, the monetary costs of such the end of the year. Engineering Jim Plummer.“It’s not that, in as little as 20 years, many of a development would be substan- a commitment; we’re saying that the top universities will have re- tial, Plummer said. That cost has Cassandra Feliciano at ccfelici@stan- we’re interested.” ford.edu. Life mote campuses. Nevertheless, the yet to be determined by Stanford

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By MARWA FARAG hunts as well as more practical activi- “But if you think about it, it’s actually “A lot of offices on campus are dorm,”said Valeria Fedyk ‘14.“I made DESK EDITOR ties, such as information sessions on not very many.” aware of the fact that adjustment is a my first friends at ISO,and they’re still immigration and financial aid for in- This number does not include stu- special issue for internationals,” Pear- some of my best friends.” s Parents’ Weekend ap- ternationals. dents with dual citizenship, students son said. “The dorm communities Bechtel’s main focus, especially proaches, students antici- Fresh-faced,overwhelmed and full with U.S. citizenship who studied ResEd [Residential Education] cre- since 9/11, is to assist students with pate exchanging hugs with of questions, the freshmen interna- overseas or students who are green ates, especially for freshmen, help regulatory issues, such as issuing visas family members on the tionals take their multicolored pass- card holders. tremendously.” and maintaining legal status. Farm and easing some of ports at the start of ISO to Bechtel In- According to Pearson,internation- One of the main goals of ISO is to One downside of having an inter- Athe homesickness that might have set ternational Center, an enclave near al students face a set of unique chal- give internationals a chance to be- national status,however,is the restric- in since winter break. However, the Tresidder Union, to be introduced to lenges. come acquainted with each other in a tions one might face when trying to middle of the academic year can be Stanford, where internationals make “The number one challenge is more low-key setting before the flurry find jobs and internships. tougher for international students, up 7.1 percent of the undergraduate English,” he said.“It’s not that we as- of NSO begins. “Can they do it?” Pearson asked. who after the bustle of activity that student body. sume international undergraduates “It is completely student-run by “Yes. [But] can they do it as easily as came with International Student Ori- These students are much like their can’t speak English; it’s the use of people who know what internationals American students? No . . . and this entation (ISO) in the fall,experience a fellow freshman,with the exception of English 24 hours a day.” feel, because they’re the ones who can affect the Stanford experience.” slump in international community- one subtle difference: their home ad- For other students, the pace of the know how hard it is to overcome jet- Meanwhile, these 493 representa- building programming. dress doesn’t come with a state name quarter system and classroom culture lag,how hard it is to come to a country tives from around the world — from John Pearson, director of Bechtel and zip code. can be a source of anxiety for students where you don’t know anybody,” said the Middle East to the Pacific Basin to International Center, the same center After ISO,students diffuse into the accustomed to other teaching meth- Aki Kobashi’12, an ISO 2010 Coordi- Northern Europe — are finding their that organizes ISO, identified more general population and must learn to ods. nator. place within a new country and a new sustained yearlong programming as navigate both Stanford and America “It was difficult adjusting to the Many international students credit school,all the while adding their expe- “an area where Bechtel has got to at the same time. culture . . . sometimes I feel like I ISO for giving them opportunities to riences to a welcoming student body. start playing a bigger role.” “It’s very different being an inter- don’t get them [American students]. start meeting other students the very “This is such a diverse campus,” “I think we need to step in next national student,” said Isabella We value different things,” Sanchez first day they set foot on campus, Pearson said, “and international stu- year and start offering social and pro- Sanchez ‘14. “Most of the people are said. which might also be their first day in dents are a very important part of it.” grammatic events,”Pearson said. very different from who you are, and Bechtel tries to address students the United States. Every year since 1985, a small the international community is not concerns like these during ISO, but “I think it’s good that we meet both Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@stan- group of freshmen descends upon the that big.” also provides other forms of sustained the internationals at ISO and our ford.edu. Farm in early September,just days be- The vast majority of internationals support throughout the rest of the fore NSO begins, to begin ISO, three at Stanford, 86 percent, are graduate year, such as special outreach regard- and half days of programming organ- students. ing tax issues, campus work or winter ized specifically for Stanford’s 493 in- “Compared to other colleges, 493 break housing and a special fund to ternational undergraduates. ISO is is a pretty decent number,” said Brett help with winter break programs for filled with beach trips and scavenger Wines ‘12, 2010 ISO Coordinator. undergraduates who don’t go home.

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Here’s how the Holly Lauren Wilson Stephanie Weber Robert Michitarian Wyndam Makowsky logic flowed: the United States has Managing Editor of Intermission Copy Editor Moeller Staff Development tremendous oil and gas reserves in Jane LePham Zack Hoberg the Bakken Formation, beneath the Managing Editor of Photography Business Staff rangelands of Montana and South Shelley Gao Dakota. Although these reserves Rich Jaroslovsky Adam Creasman Begüm Erdogan could ensure our energy independ- Editorial Board Chair Sales Manager ence, no one has heard of them, and they’re not being tapped.Why? Be- Contacting The Daily: Section editors can be reached at (650) 721-5815 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Advertising Department can be reached at (650) 721-5803, and the Classified Advertising Department can be reached at (650) 721-5801 during normal business hours. cause OPEC, fearing loss of its ter- How do we Send letters to the editor to [email protected], op-eds to [email protected] and photos or videos to multimedia@stanford rorism-funding revenue, is paying daily.com.Op-eds are capped at 700 words and letters are capped at 500 words. environmental watchdog groups to block development. As something of an armchair environmentalist (I get mail from the begin to talk Sierra Club and the non-wrestling WWF, anyway), I was stunned — not least because I’d never heard of the Bakken Formation myself. Per with each my grandmother’s request for a second opinion before she forwarded the e-mail onward, I dug a little deeper. other,instead Yes, we’ve known about the Bakken Formation for 60 years.Yes, we’ve known that some extractable oil is there. But we’ve only recently (in 2008) increased our estimates of of past the recoverable volume to four billion barrels (compared to the U.S. consumption rate of seven billion barrels per year). each other? The Bakken has been under development since 2000, with a flurry of activity following recent techno- logical advances and increased vol- As an ecologist relying on the ume estimates. Hardly any media goodwill of humanity to fund my re- attention outside the local news (ar- search and keep my study subjects ticles primarily focused on the alive, I’m worried about our in- dearth of women in towns glutted creasing tunnel vision. Humanity’s by young men hunting black gold) gravest challenges — overpopula- has been paid. An off-the-cuff poll tion, climate change, biodiversity of friends and coworkers brought loss and so forth — are as complex up blank stares. as they are frightening. Most of us Yet, behind the scenes, oil flow- don’t spend our free time wrestling ing from the Bakken has actually in- with the morality of reproductive creased our domestic production — rights, pinning down the difference even after disasters like the BP spill between “climate” and “weather” last year led to drilling suspension or considering the acreage of rain- in the Gulf of Mexico. Technology forest cleared to plant the coffee and infrastructure have been the bushes for our daily pre-class jolt. rate-limiting steps (it takes time to Unfortunately,ignorance leads only lay pipes and work up to capacity), to temporary bliss.And many angry not environmental filibusters. In- e-mails. deed, the “environmentalist” line How do we begin to talk with — far from being controlled by each other, instead of past each OPEC oil dollars — has consistent- other? THIS COLUMN IS IRONIC ly favored energy security for the First, by building trust. How United States. It turns out that many times do you turn to those home-grown renewables — wind, you know and love for advice? solar and the like — are even more When has a steadfast opinion been secure (because they won’t run out) swayed by the words of someone Hi, Mom! than fossil fuels, and better for the you respect? Why will you listen pa- Shane environment, too. tiently to your roommate but switch uick, you’d better stash that of February every year, ostensibly Savitsky So how do e-mails like this one, off the television commentary? handle of Smirnoff some- so we can say,“Look! The weather is which boasted an impressively long These interpersonal bonds are Qwhere inconspicuous. Tell so much better than Harvard’s. string of “FWD:”s before my grand- critical for our sanity and for our your roommate to dismantle that We’re in California, remember?” mother’s note to me — gain so wisdom. One brain cannot hold all massive tower of PBR empties that Ah, but we’ve even somehow man- much momentum when they are so the knowledge of humanity, so we he’s been accumulating. Oh, and aged to screw up that fact this year. off base? must rely on others to help us gath- that case of original Four Loko that The San Francisco Chronicle re- I hate the idea of Part of the reason is our informa- er and parse data. That said, think you’ve been waiting to break out? ported this week that the Bay Area tion saturation. We’re bombarded for yourself.Scrutinize the facts,and Shove it somewhere deep under has its first chance for measurable with sound bites, each trying to be check your sources. If you can con- your bed. Honestly, you probably snow since 1976 this weekend. Un- Parents’weekend, sexier or more provocative than the vince yourself, you’ll never fear op- haven’t vacuumed since November, less your dad is Tony Montana, no one before. Details are trimmed, position, because you’ll be able to so you should do that now, too. one is going to be enjoying the facts are cherry-picked and the see why the differences of opinion Why? It’s that time of year again: weather on campus this weekend. message’s recipient rarely has the arose. You will be able to change Parents’ Weekend. Seriously, you thought Reunion but I dig it in time or inclination to check up on your own mind freely, without par- Ah, yes, the time each year when Homecoming was bad? Parents’ the story’s veracity. roting back someone else’s dogma. our beautiful little Stanford bubble Weekend is pushing that to the ex- What happens when stories con- So keep an open mind, and keep gets popped for a few days so our treme. Even if alums are too busy practice flict? Naturally, we tend to identify having open conversations. Trust, parents can experience the fun and day-dreaming about their debauch- with the source that confirms our but verify. And call your grand- relaxation of The Farm.Stanford or- erous glory days, they at least know existing views. The modern media mother: she loves you, and you’d be ganizes a bunch of cutesy events for how to navigate campus. Parents’ time I can ever get my mom to come — diffused over hundreds of TV surprised what she’ll let you get our parents to attend and finishes Weekend is like the blind leading to campus. She’s in the Bay Area stations, thousands of websites and away with.Including convincing her the whole grand gesture by making the blind.Throw some rain and cold relatively often, but she’s a flight at- millions of chain e-mails — makes not to forward that e-mail. sure to ask them for even more in there, and people might get man- tendant. Obviously, 12-hour lay- it easier than ever to filter out con- money. You know, on top of the gled in a Circle of Death confronta- overs in San Francisco don’t neces- flicting messages by subscribing Did you fact check this column? If so, $55,000 they already pay annually tion in the next few days. sarily mesh well with a three-hour only to “conservative”newsfeeds or send your corrections and other com- to send us here. Now, don’t get me wrong. I may time difference and a six-hour flight listening exclusively to “liberal” ments to [email protected]. Oh, Stanford also makes a habit of hate the idea of Parents’ Weekend, the next day. Invariably, I end up podcasts. and “Hi, Grandma!” scheduling this thing in the middle but I dig it in practice. It’s the only heading into the city for a nice Ital- ian dinner. No complaints here. But still, my mom hasn’t been on campus in over a year, so I’m psy- OP-ED ched to show her everything new here at Stanford.Case in point:Ike’s Place. My weekly trip there is a mess of emotion. I’m always pretty certain the line won’t be long.Then, on arrival, I’m part disappointed Stanford Flipside,Your Words Speak and part terrified at how massive it is. As my wait time approaches an hour,I get increasingly pissed off.(If I manage to spot Andrew Luck Louder Than Your Actions skipping the line and grabbing his phone order, I always kick myself for not doing the same.They always he Stanford Flipside has recently begun a officers to cut the budgets down as much as pos- rectly or talk to the Appropriations Committee. say that he’s smart on TV. They’re Special Fees petition in order to bypass the sible and to make sure groups’ budgets are not If they do not budge, let your criticism be known right.) Finally, I get to order — ex- TASSU’s rejection of their original budget. hidden to Special Fees voters. It is fair to say in your publication — maybe a few hundred cept I then wait another 20 minutes The Flipside staff argue that they have decided to that at least the vast majority of wasteful spend- swayed opinions on the part of the student body for my sandwich. Yet, everything is include a Segway in their budget as a way to bring ing in student groups is filtered in this process. will change that group’s mind on that one line forgotten once I take that first won- to light the absurdity of what they see as other Obviously, the Flipside knows this from experi- item in their budget. drous bite. In terms of sharing Stan- groups’ wasteful spending. ence. We love the Flipside, and we would love to ford experiences with my mom, this We would like to make an appeal to the Flip- On the other hand, remember this when you vote for an ASSU-approved budget that is not is my first priority.The (really great) side staff: asking students for money you do not look through other groups’ budgets: just because wasteful. Please lose the Segway and start using classes I’m taking this quarter? need in order to protest that very act is NOT the something is expensive does not necessarily your publication to get your word out. Stanford Meh, eating comes first. way to go about making this statement.You have mean that it is wasteful.As the financial and mar- students: please understand that when you sign a Oh, and my mom always brings a a popular publication. Use words as your tool to keting staff of Cardinal Ballet, we understand Special Fees petition, you have gone beyond the friend of hers with her when she change opinion;do not engage in wasteful spend- this (tutus are not cheap), and the Flipside must realm of a joke and into making decisions about comes to visit for Parents’ Weekend! ing yourself. understand this as well. real money. It is the job of the ASSU Appropriations Flipside: if you have a problem with a group’s Committee to negotiate with groups’ financial budget, contact that group’s financial officer di- MEGAN KANNE ‘12 AND COLETTE POSSE ‘12 Please see SAVITSKY,page 5 The Stanford Daily Thursday, February 24, 2011 N 5

do go to school in California, after all). This led to Anita introducing SAVITSKY herself to people as my “second Continued from page 4 mom” for the next few days. Parents’ Weekend,it’s always in- teresting. Oh, and if you happen to This reduces the need for me to see me leading my mom around babysit her during her time here and campus over the next few days, feel thus reduces the possibility of us get- free to blame her for bringing the ting into a fight. During freshman cold with her from Scranton. I year, she brought along one of her know I will. best friends, Anita (also a flight at- tendant). I somehow became acute- Want some tips for surviving Parents’ ly worried that people would think Weekend? E-mail Shane at savit- Anita was my mom’s girlfriend (we [email protected].

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The Stanford women’s basketball team returns to the Farm after knocking off the MPSF rivals Los Angeles schools last weekend in its final road trip, securing itself a first-round bye in the Pac-10 Tournament in the By MILES BENNETT-SMITH process. DESK EDITOR The No. 2 Cardinal (24-2, 15-0 Pac-10) knocked off USC, 78-64, on Friday night, The No. 4 Stanford men’s volleyball then rallied to beat No. 9 UCLA, 67-53. team kicks off the second half of its Moun- The two victories solidified the Cardi- tain Pacific Sports Federation season this nal’s spot atop the Pac-10 conference, weekend, playing host to two top-10 oppo- helping it to a 2.5 game lead over UCLA nents — No. 8 UCLA on Friday night and with just three games left in conference No. 3 UC-Santa Barbara on Saturday play. night. Stanford was without star forward The past few weeks have been an up- Nnemkadi Ogwumike in Sunday’s contest and-down ride for the Cardinal (10-4, 7-4 with the Bruins, and the Cardinal fresh- MPSF). The team opened the regular sea- men rose to the occasion. son with a big home sweep of then-No. 2 Freshman forward Chiney Ogwumike BYU,but then split a road series in Hawaii. did her best sister act, rolling to 18 points The Cardinal went on a three-game win and 15 rebounds, while freshman guard streak by defeating Pacific at home and Toni Kokenis had 13 points, two assists then sweeping Loyola and Lewis College and three steals. in a non-conference road trip to Chicago. “Our young players really stepped up,” However, Stanford couldn’t keep up the said head coach Tara VanDerveer. momentum and was stunned in a home “Chiney really put the hammer down, she loss to UC-San Diego scored inside, rebounded and got to the “UCSD played well and truly beat us,” free throw line, and Toni Kokenis came in said Stanford head coach John Kosty. and gave us a big lift.” “Every match in the MPSF is important Despite a shaky start, Chiney Ogwu- and demands your very best.” mike’s 13 points in the second half showed Last weekend,Stanford was badly over- that despite her youth,she could rise to the matched in a 3-0 loss at USC before rally- occasion at any time. ing to victory in the second match of the “We knew we made a lot of mistakes in weekend, snapping a 13-match losing the first half.We weren’t playing as well as streak on the road against Pepperdine. we could have,and we weren’t being as ag- In all, the Cardinal has played six week- gressive as we could have been,” Ogwu- end series and split five of them, a statistic mike said. “[VanDerveer] told me, you’re that could be attributed to the parity in the going be the one to go on the block and go MPSF — 11 of the 12 teams in the confer- to work.” ence are currently listed in the AVCA Di- vision-I rankings. Please see WBBALL,page 7 But despite the difficulty that playing in the MPSF presents, Kosty still isn’t satis- fied. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL “We need to keep improving our consistency with every practice and game,” he 2/20 vs. UCLA W 67-53 said. “The MPSF is always good from top to bottom,and it’s a given that every weekend means we will face two quality oppo- UP NEXT nents.” UCLA (8-8) comes into Friday’s match OREGON with a 3-7 MPSF conference record, but they have a lot to play for. The Bruins are (12-13, 3-11 Pac-10) within reach of the 8th conference spot — 2/24 Maples Pavilion 7 P.M. COVERAGE: Please see MVBALL,page 8 RADIO KZSU 90.1 FM (kzsu.stanford.edu) Tom Taylor GAME NOTES: Stanford ran its winning streak to 18 games after a sweep of the Los Angeles schools last weekend, and returns to the Farm to take on Ore- gon. The Card soundly defeated the Ducks 91-56 in their last matchup in Eugene back in January. The Cardinal finish the regular season with three SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily Can sports games at Maples before the Pac-10 Tournament in March. Freshman forward Chiney Ogwumike (above) buoyed the Cardinal in place of her injured sister this past weekend, scoring 18 points and pulling down 15 rebounds against No. 9 UCLA. keep our SPORTS BRIEFS lives civil? FIGHT TO THE FINISH Softball returns home for Nike Invitational By LAUREN TAYLOR STAFF WRITER fter turning quite serious last The Stanford softball team re- week, I wanted to write some- turns to Smith Family Stadium this With the final four games of the thing a bit lighter this week.But Friday,opening up the 2011 Stanford it’s becoming harder and hard- season quickly approaching, the Nike Invitational. Stanford men’s basketball team has er to do that in light of recent The No. 16 Cardinal (8-2) hosts a Adevelopments in North Africa. There is cer- few remaining chances to snap the tournament that includes No. 24 tainly no lack of entertaining sports on TV to recent losing streak and conclude Kentucky,Colorado State,Memphis, the year with a winning record. comment on, especially with the Cricket North Dakota State and UC Davis. World Cup in full swing on the Indian sub- The Cardinal (13-13, 6-9 Pac-10) The tournament comes after a 4-1 will face Oregon State (9-16, 4-10 continent, but my attention is dragged away weekend for Stanford in the UNLV by more important events elsewhere. Pac-10) Thursday night in Corvallis, Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in with the opportunity to complete a As I write this, Colonel Gaddafi is still Las Vegas, where sophomore Teagan managing to hang on to power in Libya, but, season sweep of the Beavers and Gerhart had a great two-way week- gain a little momentum for the while the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt end, hitting .500 with two home runs were generally (and surprisingly) bloodless, matchup with Oregon on Saturday. and going 3-1 as a pitcher. The prospect of finishing sixth in the situation in Libya looks increasingly dire Stanford’s weekend in the desert for its people.There are numerous reports of the Pac-10 is within Stanford’s saw the Card defeat No.23 BYU and reach, but the team will have to pro- military forces and mercenaries killing civil- No. 3 Tennessee, with senior pitcher ians and increasing warnings that “crimes duce some strong road finishes to Ashley Chinn tossing a one-hit earn the spot. against humanity” may be being committed shutout to knock off the Lady Volun- across the country — something Gaddafi In order for Stanford to pull off a teers. victory, the team will have to make himself has practically confirmed in rambling The Cardinal will once again televised threats. serious adjustments to the offensive lean on its excellent pitching, as effort it displayed against USC last The idea of watching, playing or talking both Gerhart and Chinn have four about a handful of people chasing a ball wins and one complete-game Please see MBBALL,page 8 around a grassy field seems futile in compari- shutout under their belts this season to this.But is it? Can sports play a positive son. Gerhart is 4-2 with a 1.17 ERA role in such a situation? MEN’S BASKETBALL and 35 strikeouts, and Chinn is 4-0 They certainly can.Sports have been used in four starts with 33 strikeouts of by regimes to bolster their support,deflect at- her own. 2/19 vs. USC L 69-53 tention from local problems and distract dis- Offensively, the Card has been enchanted youths from getting involved in solid so far as well, as starters Ash- politics. Should Gaddafi successfully quash UP NEXT ley Hansen, Jaquilyn Edwards and the current uprising, it seems certain that he Sarah Hassman all have batting av- would try to use the Africa Cup of Nations OREGON STATE erages north of .400. soccer tournament that Libya is due to hold Stanford opens up the weekend in 2013 to energize and unify the country (9-16, 4-10 Pac-10) against Memphis and North Dako- under his rule. But this approach doesn’t al- ta State with a doubleheader start- 2/24 Corvallis, Ore. 6 P.M. ways work. Sports may be apolitical, but in ing at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. countries where mass demonstrations or COVERAGE: unions are restricted or banned, they can TV FSN Northwest — Jack Blanchat offer a unique way for people to join together en masse. By crowding together to cele- GAME NOTES: The Cardinal need a strong Women’s gymnastics concludes brate successes, people can experience the finish to its season to end the year with a home season power of popular movements and realize winning record, and the Oregon State how difficult it can be for any government to Beavers have had their struggles lately, with SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily The Stanford women’s gymnas- control such huge numbers.Some reports in- tics team will make its final appear- only two wins in their last 12 games. Should Freshman John Gage (above) has played a big role for the Card dicate that soccer fans in Tunisia and Egypt the Cardinal win out in its conference sched- lately, averaging 6.5 points per game in the last eight games, as ule, it can finish as high as 6th in the Pac-10. well as earning the first start of his career against USC. Please see BRIEFS,page 8 Please see TAYLOR,page 7 The Stanford Daily Thursday, February 24, 2011 N 7

can also offer embattled people with a gether, but also through its figure- televised glimpse of normality and heads. Major athletes, like film stars, TAYLOR the simple chance to forget their wor- can be so widely followed and re- Continued from page 6 ries for a short while and get fully en- spected that they challenge most po- CLASSIFIEDS grossed in a game. litical dignitaries for influence and Sports can also break down barri- popular support. Also, because they may have been instrumental in the ers and bring disparate people togeth- are identified more with their profes- GET NOTICED BY successful demonstrations there. er.Your political opinions and cultur- sion than with any particular ideology, However, the mob mentality of al or class background mean little on they may be heard by those from all THOUSANDS. large groups of fans is not always well the playing field — sports are a great sides of the political spectrum and can (650) 721-5803 directed. There are indications that equalizer — and you can suddenly talk openly without having to guard some supporters are joining together find yourself engaging with people what they say.As the world’s response www.stanforddaily.com/ to back Gaddafi, and in the lawless that are far outside your own circle. to the crisis in Libya remains cagey, classifieds vacuum created by large crowds,bru- English and German soldiers infa- with leaders unable or unwilling to tal things can take place.It is not with- mously, and unbelievably, called a throw their full support behind either out reason that soccer hooligans have truce to play a game of soccer in no Gaddafi or the revolution that seeks TUTORING a bad image. The objectionable ac- man’s land between the trenches one to remove him,there is a great oppor- tions of a small few,though,shouldn’t Christmas during the First World War. tunity for such stars to take a stand. Chem Phys Math Stats tarnish the impact of sports in gener- This bridging of separate worlds The sporting world is undoubtedly “I make it easy!” Jim (307) 699-3392 al. Beyond providing a nursery for has perhaps even had international relevant to the current situation in fledgling political movements, they connotations. It may be a little ex- Libya and can positively affect its treme to say that the growth of inter- people. Hopefully when that world national sport may have helped pre- officially visits the country for the vent conflict,but as countries have be- Africa Cup of Nations tournament in come more intertwined with trade 2013,it will be to celebrate an event. and diplomacy, the chances of major confrontation off the field seem to Tom Taylor just wants someone in a have lowered. position of power to offer him free Sports certainly offer a viable al- tickets to the Africa Cup of Nations. ternative to official diplomacy, not Sponsor some grassroots journalism just in bringing countries closer to- at [email protected].

in lieu of her sister, Chiney Ogwu- mike said that she still feels that she WBBALL has a lot to learn in this postseason Continued from page 6 run, but has a strategy for getting better. “I still feel heavily like a fresh- Ogwumike also mentioned that man at all times,” she said. “In the games where the Cardinal is missing games, the only way I can get my a star player can be a blessing in dis- mental capacity is by telling myself . guise, especially because the team . . it’s players against players, not has been a little slow out of the gates class against class.” lately. Ogwumike also said that now “[Struggles] are part of what hap- that the Cardinal had a little dis- pens midseason for a team, and I tance ahead of UCLA, they could think that losing an integral person relax and play their best basketball. in a game keeps us on our straight “At this point, we know that not track,” Ogwumike said.“It keeps us all games are guaranteed, we know motivated, and we do things based that we want to win a Pac-10 cham- on our teamwork, not based off of pionship, we want to win a Pac-10 our individual capacities.” tournament championship and we The Cardinal’s next challenge want to win a national champi- will be against the Oregon schools onship,” Ogwumike said.“Basically, once again, with the Oregon Ducks clinching the bye, yeah, we are al- coming into Maples Pavilion first on most there, but we still have to exe- Thursday night. cute.There’s not a lot of time left, so The Ducks (12-13, 3-11 Pac-10) we just want to pull it together look to be the Cardinal’s next vic- soon.” tim, as the girls from Eugene have And although Ogwumike and lost nine of their last 10 games dating VanDerveer both have suggested back to Jan. 13. that this team still has a way to go to Oregon has two potent scoring live up to their perfectionistic stan- threats in guard Nia Jackson and for- dards, the Cardinal bumped its way ward Amanda Jackson,who average up to No. 2 in the national polls this 17.0 and 16.4 points per game, re- weekend — behind No. 1 UConn, spectively. However, even with the who the Card has already beaten one-two punch of Jackson and John- this season. son, the Ducks shoot just 37.6 per- Ogwumike said the snub for the cent from the floor and give up 76.6 number one spot was not in the Car- points per game. dinal’s mind heading down the Last time against the Ducks, stretch. Stanford cruised to a 91-56 win,with “I think that everything’s due in Oregon shooting 25.0 percent on the time, it’d be nice to have it, but it’s game and a dreadful 3-for-32 from not what we’re worried about,” she three. said. Additionally,Chiney Ogwumike, The Cardinal and Ducks tip off one of the freshman heroes from Thursday night’s contest at 7 p.m. in this weekend, had 18 points and 12 Maples Pavilion. rebounds in the trip to Eugene. Despite her confidence in the Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat@ team’s ability and her dominant play stanford.edu.

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MPSF in hitting percentage at .490. ing from its opponents. nation has proven to be a struggle The Gauchos’ solid play has led Stanford looks to capitalize on for the Card, as there has been little MVBALL them to their highest ranking since MBBALL this by feeding the ball to freshman game-to-game consistency for the Continued from page 6 Feb. 19, 2007. Continued from page 6 guard Anthony Brown and fresh- first five to step on the floor. In fact, UCSB also leads the all-time se- man forward Dwight Powell, who Saturday’s combination of junior ries against the Cardinal 42-27,with put up a solid offensive showing Jarrett Mann, junior Jeremy Green, the last entry into the season-end- a few of those losses coming at the Saturday. against the Beavers the first time Brown, freshman John Gage and ing tournament and a potential hands of Kosty, who was a standout The Card went just 6-for-30 from around. Brown secured eight re- junior Josh Owens was the eighth NCAA berth. Led by outside hitter player with the Gauchos in the the floor in the second half and bounds and racked 21 points on 7- different starting lineup of the sea- Weston Dunlap, the Bruins split a 1980s. However, Stanford won the scored a mere 22 points in the final for-11 shooting, and Powell was 3- son. series with Hawaii and are a very last meeting between the two teams 20 minutes, causing Stanford to fall for-3 with nine points in the Dawkins is expected to utilize dangerous serving team, ranking last April, 3-0. short of the Trojans by a wide mar- matchup back on Jan. 29. this same group against the second in the MPSF with 1.31 aces Junior setter Evan Barry is gin of 69-53. The pair of rookies, along with Beavers, especially because of per set. fourth in the MPSF with 10.96 as- The loss to USC, along with two several other Cardinal freshmen, Gage’s success in his first outing as Stanford trails UCLA in the all- sists per set, and two-time All- previous losses to UCLA and Wash- has been especially key for Stanford a starter. They will look to put an time series by a wide margin (61- American junior libero Erik Shoji ington, has put the Cardinal in a rut, in recent weeks, filling the starting early stop in the efforts of Jared 15), but has had recent success with is second in the conference and but Oregon State has faced the rotation and coming off the bench Cunningham (13.5 ppg, 49 assists, three-straight home victories. sixth in the country with 2.52 digs same recent misfortune and is riding to combine for 52 points and 36 re- 71 steals) and Calvin Haynes (9.8 On Saturday, Stanford wel- per set. a four-game losing streak. In fact, bounds over the last two games. ppg, 79.1 FT shooting), who will be comes in red-hot UC-Santa Bar- The match against UCLA tips at the Beavers are just 2-10 since At one point during Saturday’s the main offensive forces for the bara (9-6, 7-5) and will have its 7 p.m. Friday at Maples Pavilion. sweeping the Arizona schools dur- game with USC, head coach Johnny Beavers. hands full against middle blocker ing the very first weekend of confer- Dawkins had five freshmen on the Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. Dylan Davis and outside hitter Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at ence play. court at the same time.Dawkins has PST in Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Scott Slaughter, who leads the [email protected]. Defense is not Oregon State’s also incorporated at least two fresh- Ore. strong suit, as the Beavers have al- men in the starting lineup for over lowed an average of 71.8 points per half of Stanford’s games. Contact Lauren Taylor at ltaylor7@ game, as well as 45.7 percent shoot- Finding the right starting combi- stanford.edu.

event, including Shelley Alexander, contributions from the nation’s top- Danielle Ikoma and Allyse Ishino. ranked competitor on the floor ex- BRIEFS After its best start in program ercise, sophomore Ashley Morgan. Continued from page 6 history, the No. 2 Cardinal (14-0) is Last time out, Stanford earned a just two wins away from completing 195.300-194.675 victory over the an undefeated dual-meet season Arizona Wildcats. Their in-state ance at Maples Pavilion this Sun- for the first time ever. Stanford is in counterparts, the Sun Devils (4-8), day, hosting No. 33 Arizona State as the midst of a banner year, having will head to Maples Pavilion for it celebrates Senior Day.Three Car- defeated defending champion their 2 p.m. match this Sunday. dinal athletes will be honored in the UCLA three times and has enjoyed — Nate Adams

Stanford Daily File Photo Junior Brad Lawson (above) will try to help the Cardinal steady the ship against the UCLA Bruins and UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos this weekend. Lawson’s 4.15 kills per set will be needed to defeat the two top-10 foes.