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Lecturer Tom Kealey teaches The Stanford Daily staff makes midseason picks Sunny Sunny collaborative creative writing for college football’s most prestigious award 83 65 79 66 Home of Jessica Rowe Thhee SSttaannffoorrdd DDaaiillyy 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 238 October 13, 2010 Issue 19 LOCAL Forum for Exchange UNIVERSITY Brown,Whitman debate for University starts last time before looming vote pilot child-care “Jerry Brown talks about Candidates scrutinize each other’s having created all these jobs records at Dominican U. event when he was governor,” Whitman said.“But the fact program for is, unemployment nearly By PAUL JONES doubled to what was then a record number of nearly 11 SAN RAFAEL — Three percent.” faculty families weeks before the Nov. 2 elec- “We had something Brown tion, California gubernatorial called a business cycle,” By KURT CHIRBAS candidates Meg Whitman,Re- Brown shot back.“We did create new jobs.Yes, publican and former CEO of we were in a recession,and two years later Cal- In 2007, a survey by the Faculty Development & Diversi- eBay,and Democrat Attorney ifornia was booming again.” ty Office showed that almost a third of Stanford faculty General Jerry Brown met for a Brokaw interjected. missed five or more days of work annually to take care of an final war of words. Moderated “At the end of Mr. Brown’s term as gover- ill child, causing a potential loss in productivity.To alleviate by former NBC Nightly News nor, it was in the middle of the Ronald Reagan Whitman this problem, the University recently launched a program anchor Tom Brokaw, the de- recession,” he said.“Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and that aims to meet the child-care needs of Stanford faculty, bate at Dominican University focused on issues Tennessee all had Republican governors and funded through a partnership between the provost and the such as the state’s fiscal crisis and economy. higher unemployment rates at the time.” School of Medicine. It wasn’t long before Brown and Whitman Later, Brokaw asked Whitman about her In addition to the productivity issue among general fac- began sparring with each other. decision to spend upward of $140 million on a ulty, the medical school was concerned with how the unpre- “I wouldn’t totally eliminate the capital- political campaign, despite her spotty voting dictability of its faculty members’ schedules affected their gains tax, which my opponent Meg Whitman record.Whitman called her lack of civic partic- child-care options and was looking for a solution, said Han- wants to do,” Brown said. “That would add $5 ipation “wrong,” but said her wealth allowed nah Valantine, senior associate dean for diversity and lead- billion to $10 billion to our budget deficit,” he her to be independent and said Brown owed ership in the medical school. added. public employee unions. Now, the new program seeks to resolve both of these is- “The tax he likes so much is a tax on jobs,” “If Jerry Brown gets to be governor of this sues.Called the Faculty Back-up Care Plan,it will be offered Whitman said. state,there will be a meeting . . . of all the union in a three-year pilot phase that began on Oct. 1. During this “How much money will you save if this tax bosses who are there to collect all the IOUs for phase, the service will be limited to Stanford faculty as well break goes into effect?” Brown asked of Whit- their having funded Jerry Brown’s entire cam- as associate, assistant and full-time clinical professors at the man,a billionaire. paign,”Whitman said. School of Medicine. “I’m an investor, and investors will benefit Brown said Whitman’s special interests are The provider of this service, Bright Horizons Family So- from this,but so will job creators,and I was a job the rich. VIVIAN WONG/Staff Photographer lutions, already manages similar childcare plans at Harvard, creator,”Whitman said. “She’s raised $30 million from the kind of Jack Jia, co-founder and chief executive of Baynote, Inc., speaks on Rice and Cornell. Its experience at other universities was a By contrast, Whitman said Brown’s record Tuesday at a symposium of FACES, the Forum for American-Chinese Ex- major factor in the University’s decision to select the com- showed he would hurt California’s economy. Please see DEBATE, page 3 change at Stanford. pany,Valantine said. “I think as we move forward, we’re seeing a shift in this generation of workforce where they are very concerned that STUDENT LIFE they should have work-life balance,”Valantine said.“So the institutions that recognize that need, and provide the infra- structure and resources to support [it] . . . are going to be the Overseas programs report crime ones that are going to be able to recruit and retain the very best of faculty.” The University last revised its child-care services in 1999 By IVY NGUYEN lic property near the Kyoto center. Again, it was again when it implemented a DESK EDITOR not indicated if students were involved. Motor vehicle program that has parents and bike thefts on public property in the area nearly call a referral agency to Recently released Clery reports for Bing Overseas doubled, to 49 vehicle and 323 bike thefts in 2009 from get a list of centers and in- Studies Program (BOSP) centers detail crime at and 26 motor vehicle and 255 bike thefts in 2008. house providers that near Stanford centers in 2009. No crime was reported One case of aggravated assault and one of robbery could take care of their for the Beijing, Berlin, Madrid, Oxford, Paris or Santia- occurred on public property near the Moscow center in children that day.Today, it go centers, while the crimes reported for the Florence, 2009, up from none the previous year. currently extends to all Moscow and Kyoto centers occurred on public proper- No information was available for the Cape Town members of the Stanford ty near the sites. center because the center debuted in spring 2010.No re- staff. The crimes detailed in the reports are categorized by port was made for the Australia center because the pro- “With the referral, the ANASTASIA YEE/ whether they occur on campus, within the dorm, in a gram is run through a contract with the University of employee makes all the The Stanford Daily non-campus area owned or controlled by the Universi- Queensland and does not have a facility maintained by arrangements with the ty or on public property. Public property is defined as Stanford. provider and pays the full “streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities contiguous to, Due to the differences in law enforcement record- cost of care,” said Teresa but not within,the campus,”and those statistics are pro- keeping at these sites, these numbers are not represen- Rasco, director of the vided by local agencies. Some of the statistics do not in- tative of actual crime patterns in the regions surround- Stanford WorkLife Of- HEALTH dicate whether the victims of the crimes were Stanford ing any of the centers. fice, in an e-mail to The students or other people. “The definition of ‘in the campus area’ is different Daily. In 2009, 94 cases of aggravated assault occurred on because these foreign police departments don’t have to Employees are then el- public property near the Florence center, down from do this for their own governments or purposes,” said igible to submit for a $160 Study: laptops’ 104 in 2008.A total of 17,077 cases of burglary occurred Irene Kennedy, executive director of BOSP. “In the reimbursement at the end there in 2009.It was not indicated whether any students United States it’s pretty well spelled out,but you try ex- were involved in these cases. ANASTASIA YEE/ heat can cause Two incidents of forcible fondling occurred on pub- Please see CRIME,page 3 The Stanford Daily Please see CARE,page 3 skin problems STUDENT GOV’T NEWS BRIEFS Hume outlines Case study documents laptop-in- Senate approves fiscal reforms trustees’agenda,notes duced skin discoloration, burns By MARGARET RAWSON ate student in chemical engineering and ex- there’s actual stuff that needs to be done on STAFF WRITER ecutive chair of graduate issues campus,” Khalessi said, expressing frustra- Hennessy’s 10th year The Senate passed a bill instituting three tion that the Senate has continued to focus By DANA EDWARDS The ASSU Undergraduate Senate hours of Senate office hours per week, ex- on internal affairs. By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF passed four bills Tuesday, enacting the first cluding dead week and finals week. While Cruz acknowledged this concern.“There That IHUM paper might have done some damage part of an ASSU fiscal reform package,insti- the office hours will not start this quarter, are some things that need to be fixed, but to your skin in addition to your sleep cycle. Accord- The board of trustees expects re- tuting Senate office hours, encouraging the senators expressed hope that, once a sched- this shouldn’t be the focus of the rest of the ports this year on the state of the ing to a recently published article in the journal of the establishment of Senate archives and stan- ule is created by the Communications Com- year,” he said. American Academy of Pediatrics, chronic exposure School of Engineering,the earthquake dardizing bill nomenclature.The Senate also mittee, the rotating office hours will begin The various Senate committees dis- risks facing the University and the next to the heat source on the underside of a laptop com- appointed 11 more students University soon. cussed their plans for the year at Tuesday’s puter can cause an unsightly rash dubbed “laptop 25 years of land use at Stanford,board committees through an amendment to an The Senate also passed a bill Tuesday en- meeting, including a push for a pilot study- President Leslie Hume said in an skin” or, officially, laptop-induced “erythema ab earlier appointment bill. couraging the establishment of the Under- abroad program in the Middle East, a bike- igne,” a web-like, pinkish-brownish lesion. overview of the board’s agenda on The first half of an ASSU fiscal reform graduate Senate archives. The bill says “at- safety campaign that would distribute free Tuesday. Latin for “redness from fire” and also known as package, authored by Ryan Peacock, sought tempts shall be made” by Senate Chair bike lights, and the potential creation of a “toasted skin syndrome,”erythema ab igne can result Hume spoke on campus after the to clarify definitions for budget items and Michael Cruz ‘12 and the Administration & “diversity council” similar to the current October meeting of the board,the first from prolonged skin contact with any significant heat further outlined the capabilities of the Sen- Rules Committee to establish digital Frosh Council. source. Historically, the elderly have been primarily for six new trustees named earlier this ate treasurer and Graduate Student Council archives for the past 11 Undergraduate Sen- The ASSU executives presented their year. University President John Hen- affected with proximity to fires and other heating el- financial officer and the process for a budg- ates. nominations to the Constitutional Council ements, such as electric blankets. Only in the last nessy spoke to the board and the group et modification veto. The last bill passed Tuesday established Tuesday. Nominees David Hoyt ‘12, J’vona walked through the new Science and decade have laptops been identified as an agent. If the Graduate Student Council passes standard bill nomenclature, which has been Ivory ‘11 and Samir Siddhanti ‘12 will be When laptops are the culprit, however, the condi- Engineering Quad on west campus. the bill, altering the Association Joint By- changing each year at the discretion of the voted on next week. Those nominees re- In a press briefing, Hume gave tion is not severe enough to present any serious laws, on Wednesday, Peacock will work with chair.While the first three bills of the meet- place three earlier ones after the executives health risks, according to several dermatologists at glowing reviews to Hennessy and Stewart Macgregor-Dennis ‘13, Senate ing passed unanimously, the bill to establish opted for a second application round. (One Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. ‘82, the Stanford Medical Center. treasurer, and Raj Bhandari, the CEO of bill nomenclature passed 14 to 1, with former nominee,Brianna Pang ‘13,is a Daily Stanford Student Enterprises, to draft new Daniel Khalessi ‘13 opposing. Please see LAPTOP,page 2 budgets for both bodies. Peacock is a gradu- “I don’t really see the point of this when Please see SENATE,page 3 Please see BOARD,page 3

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KATIE FINLEY/The Stanford Daily Senior Jones Lecturer Tom Kealey leads a creative writing seminar. Kealey teaches classes including “NaNoWriMo” and “The Graphic Novel.” Writing off the ‘lone genius’ Creative writing lecturer Tom Kealey teaches a collaborative style

By ANNA ROSALES then choosing one as a group. Stanford as a Stegner Fellow in cre- “My favorite part of the class was ative writing in 2001 and was a Jones f you walked into Meyer 220 on also the most uncomfortable part of Lecturer in creative writing from a Tuesday night this quarter, the class,” Kealey recalled. “‘Pika- 2003 until he became a Senior Jones you would see students writing don’ [last year’s novel] won in a vote Lecturer in 2006. together and critiquing each — seven to six — over another idea, As a teacher, Kealey is drawn to other,each trying to complete a ‘Baghdad Burning.’ Students debate, the commitment he sees in his stu- I50,000-word novel in just one month. negotiate, collaborate and eventually dents. This room is the home of two experi- decide on a topic and, through the “Stanford students are intelligent mental creative writing classes at process, you can see students go from and motivated and also kind to each Stanford: “NaNoWriMo,” short for disparate needs to having a commit- other,” Kealey said. “There’s a sense “National Novel Writing Month,” ment to the same project.” of cooperation and collaboration at and “The Graphic Novel.” The force Students also recognized how all the classes here at Stanford. I like behind both of these classes is cre- Kealey facilitated an engaging learn- to be a part of that.” ative writing lecturer Tom Kealey. ing environment. Avantika Agarwal Kealey the writer is not far re- Often, writing is perceived as a ‘12 recalled a positive experience in moved from Kealey the person. He solitary endeavor, but Kealey en- “The Graphic Novel” class. carries a notebook around with him courages his students to work collab- “Never have I come across such a to capture a spontaneous inspiration oratively, and his classes reflect this warm, giving and wonderful teacher. or catch interesting dialogue (though approach. Tom creates the perfect classroom at- he confesses that nowadays he most- “The idea of collaborative writing mosphere that respects and nurtures ly jots down notes on his Blackberry). is really crucial,” Kealey said. “In each individual, while maintaining a “I once heard on the subway one most classes we’re taught the ‘lone high standard of intellect.” boy say to another, ‘I don’t want to genius’ concept.” Kealey fosters commitment and hug no skinny-bones girl,’ and I Instead, he likes to see teamwork community in his classes while at the thought that that was an unusual and taught in writing as much as inde- same time challenging his students to odd thing to say, but also unique . . . pendence. go beyond their comfort zone. And from that quote came a charac- cells and causes melanoma, expo- sources on the laptop: the optical “It’s difficult sometimes to write “Writing can be a deeply personal, ter and out of that character came a sure to severe infrared radiation can drive,the battery and the ventilation in a vacuum,”Kealey added.“And for challenging and downright embar- story,” Kealey said. cause squamous skin-cell cancer, fan, all of which are usually located students to bounce ideas off of each rassing experience — but Tom does In his spare time, Kealey runs LAPTOP which was common in ancient China on the left side of the computer. other, to give suggestions, it’s an an excellent job of making his stu- marathons. Recently, he even swam, Continued from front page and Tibet,when people slept close to Consequently, all reported cases of amazing thing to see.” dents face all of that, consider it, and biked and ran a triathlon, an experi- heated-brick platforms called laptop skin have occurred on the left For November, which is National then use it to fuel creativity,” said Jes- ence that gave him insight into his “The concern is mainly aesthet- “kangs,” the study said. thigh only, and this asymmetry is Novel Writing Month, creative writ- sica Rowe ‘12, who took “Introduc- writing. Intending to write an article ic,” said Jean Tang, assistant profes- As to the possibility of develop- characteristic of the diagnosis. ing lecturer Scott Hutchins floated tion to Fiction Writing” with Kealey. about the triathlon, Kealey created sor of dermatology, “though some ing squamous cell cancer from lap- Professors at the medical school the idea for a class where students “He encourages students to be fear- an outline for the story beforehand. slight discomfort can be involved. top exposure,Peng calls it “extreme- and clinicians at Vaden Health Cen- write 1,667 words a day for each of less and learn through triumph and “It’s not until I ran the race that This type of laptop burn is not even ly unlikely.” He added, “It’s very ter say they have encountered “very the 30 days of November.The goal is through failure.” the idea of the story changed com- a first-degree burn.” hard to examine the connection be- few”cases of laptop-induced erythe- 50,000 words (about the length of Kealey discovered his passion for pletely,” Kealey said. “Everyone else Indeed, this “burn” is actually a tween the exposure to the heat ma ab igne in Stanford students and Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises”) teaching in graduate school at the out there gets to run a half-marathon, reddening of the skin caused by the source and the development of the in general patients, though this lack by the end of the month. University of Massachusetts, but with every step out there, I was dilating of capillaries. cancer, due to extremely long laten- of cases is not necessarily due to a NaNoWriMo, co-taught by Amherst,only after working as a bar- writing a story. Writers don’t get to “The infrared [radiation from the cy time.” low prevalence of the condition. Kealey and Hutchins, is a class that tender, a technical writer and an edi- rest.” heat] causes a reticular pattern of As for treatment, both Tang and Several students interviewed for encourages students to give each tor for an art and literary magazine hyper-pigmentation due to the Peng agree that simply stopping ex- this article agreed that prevention of other feedback while completing called “Cities and Roads.” After he Contact Anna Rosales at rosales@stan- swelling of surrounding cells,” said posure to the laptop will cause the this condition is a matter of common their own projects. finished graduate school, he came to ford.edu. David Peng, clinical associate pro- lesion to fade completely in a matter sense — simply stop putting the lap- “The class is in many ways teach- fessor of dermatology.He concurred of weeks, though Tang added that top on your lap, they said. ing students about what a writer’s life that the risks associated were main- scarring is theoretically possible and “Generally when something is is like,” Kealey said. “It’s about get- ly aesthetic. is often more visible in those with burning your legs or crotch, you ting the words down on the page Though this is indeed the case for darker skin tones. No active treat- should remove whatever is causing every day and understanding that “laptop skin,” other types of er- ments exist, though Tang suggested that sensation,” said Matt Anderson good writing is hard writing, and it tythema ab igne have potentially taking aspirin to alleviate symp- ‘14. takes many drafts to find what you graver long-term health conse- toms. want to say and say it right.” quences. Just as prolonged exposure The heat behind the damage all Contact Dana Edwards at dana727 Both the students and the instruc- to ultraviolet radiation mutates skin originates from three potential @stanford.edu. tors are writing in the class, allowing for students to collaborate not only with each other,but also with their in- structors. According to Kealey, what he likes best about teaching under- graduate students is that he gets to learn things, too. “This may sound silly, but some- times I feel after two or three weeks of my instructing that I’ve just be- come the most experienced student in the class and I learn along with them,” he said. Kealey has developed a reputa- tion for teaching innovative courses, teaming up with creative writing pro- fessor Adam Johnson for a class called “The Graphic Novel.” Johnson, who wanted to create a course in which creative writing and art students worked together to cre- ate a full-length graphic novel, con- ceived the class. “I thought at first we were going to make a pamphlet, but instead we made a 200-page book,” Kealey said. The class was a challenging but rewarding undertaking for the in- structors. “I always say about ‘The Graphic Novel,’ it’s my most favorite class I’ve ever taught, but it’s also the most dif- ficult, and part of that is finding our way,” Kealey said. “You don’t make anything successful without either setbacks or failures along the way.” In “The Graphic Novel,” students are confronted with the task of indi- vidually proposing novel topics and The Stanford Daily Wednesday, October 13, 2010 N 3

term,“that, I understand completely,” and medical school professor and for- find consistent daycare can be Hume said. mer Cetus employee Mark Holodniy daunting. DEBATE BOARD In December, School of Engineer- gives the University and Roche dual CARE “Sometimes, you have meetings Continued from front page Continued from front page ing Dean Jim Plummer M.S.‘67 Ph.D. ownership of the patents in question. Continued from front page that come up at the last minute,and I ‘71 is set to report to the trustees about The brief adds that the Appeals think those services would really the state of the school. Also that Court’s decision “creates serious un- help graduate students at those corporate executives who will benefit who marked a decade in their respec- month,the board plans to discuss geo- certainty” about the ownership of of the year. times,” Kijima said. “If there’s directly from her key economic plan, tive roles last month. logic and financial risks earthquakes patents and “frustrates Congress’s ef- With the new pilot plan,however, enough money available, and if which is not to invest in schools, but “When you look back on these 10 pose to the University and its build- forts to foster scientific research and it takes one phone call for a Stanford there’s a program that could be ex- take money from schools,” Brown years of when John and John have ings. On the April agenda is a discus- development”. faculty member to get help. The tended, I think people would wel- said. been partnered in leading this univer- sion of Stanford’s land use in the next Other universities and university agency takes care of the rest — iden- come it from the graduate student Whitman said Brown’s union con- sity, I think in the Stanford annals this 25 years,Hume said. groups, including the Massachusetts tifying vetted child-care centers community.” nections were the real threat to educa- will go down as one of the legendary Institute of Technology, the American within a preexisting network, mak- Kijima pointed to financial obsta- tion. times of Stanford history, not unlike — Elizabeth Titus Association of Universities,the Amer- ing the arrangements and confirm- cles when looking for child care. “I have never said I want to cut the partnership of Fred Terman and ican Council on Education and a con- ing the placement with the employ- “The child-care situation here is spending on education,” Whitman Wally Sterling,” Hume said, referring Solicitor General files sortium led by the Wisconsin Alumni ee. very expensive,” Kijima said. “Usu- said. “Only 60 cents of every dollar to the provost and president who Research Foundation previously filed The University is extending the ally the ones on campus are any- goes to the classroom. Forty percent served together from 1955 to 1965. briefs in support of Stanford. service to faculty who need to travel where between $1,700 to $1,900 a goes to the bureaucracy . . . that’s why She cited new facilities,fundraising amicus brief for Stan- and is adding an elderly-care compo- month,so it’s pretty hefty in terms of the next governor cannot be beholden efforts,financial aid expansion and the — Tyler Brown nent. the cost it requires from our normal to the California Teachers Associa- “excellence of our departments” as ford suit against Roche “The elder care component stipend to pay off the childcare fee.” tion,because they want to protect that achievements of the past decade. In Small fire in Synergy speaks to the rising number of peo- Valantine said the program will bureaucracy. And the number two December, Hume herself will mark a By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF ple responsible for the care of elder be reevaluated at the end of its first contributor to Jerry Brown’s inde- 10-year milestone as a member of the By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF loved ones,” Rasco said. year to see if it should be extended to pendent expenditures attacking me is board.She is set to step down when her The United States Solicitor Gener- And it all comes at a lower cost to other groups on campus. the California Teachers Association.” second two-year term as president ex- al filed a “friend of the court”brief be- the employee. The service charges a “Because we are uncertain how fore the United States Supreme Court A small fire in Synergy’s kitchen Brokaw raised the recent scandals pires in June 2012. early Monday morning set off fire co-pay of $6 an hour for an in-house this program will work, whether it that have rocked both campaigns,first After a spate of construction proj- supporting Stanford in its intellectual provider and $15 a day for care at a will work, how it will be used, we property lawsuit against biotech firm alarms and woke up residents but did broaching an incident where a voice- ect approvals in June, the board ap- not cause any lasting damage, accord- center. thought we would do a limited pilot mail recording revealed a member of proved no new projects this month, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. The Still, some groups on campus in the first year,” Valantine said. case stemmed from a dispute between ing to assistant University fire marshal Brown’s campaign calling Whitman a Hume said. Alison Pena. feel left out.The program in its pilot “We wanted to first conduct a pilot “whore.” Regarding financial aid,Hume said the University and Roche over the phase does not apply to many indi- to get a good sense of how it was ownership of patents used in the com- The fire began in a plastic bin in the “We’ve heard no outrage from you the University’s commitment to the kitchen that contained “oily rags,” viduals within the Stanford com- working and whether it was being about the use of that kind of language, expanded program remains “iron- pany’s HIV test kits. munity. used, and then we’ll be rolling it out In the brief,acting Solicitor Gener- Pena said. which to many women is the same as clad.” Hennessy told the Faculty Sen- The fire was contained to the bin, Rie Kijima, a fourth-year gradu- to others.” calling an African-American the ‘n- ate last week that Stanford hopes to al Neal Katyal expressed strong sup- ate student in the School of Educa- port for Stanford and its peer institu- but it did set off smoke detectors and word,’”Brokaw said. close the aid budget deficit in four to prompted an evacuation of the house. tion who has a one-year-old daugh- Contact Kurt Chirbas at kchirbas@ “I don’t agree with that compari- five years; meanwhile, some general tions and has asked the Court to both ter, said as a student, the pressure to stanford.edu. hear the case and decide in the Univer- According to Pena, the firefighters son,” Brown said. But, he said, “my funds are helping close the gap. That carried the bin outside and put out the campaign apologized promptly, and I demonstrates Stanford’s dedication to sity’s favor. It argues that the Bayh- Dole Act, an intellectual property law fire with a hose.There were no injuries affirm that apology tonight.” financial aid, Hume said: “Those are and no damages to the house apart those locations educate them in safe- Whitman found herself in the hot dollars that could be allocated any- passed in 1980,prevents an inventor at ty more specific to the regions in a federally funded U.S.university from from the bin itself. seat when Brokaw visited her hiring of where.” The call for the fire arrived at 2:30 CRIME which the centers are located, an undocumented immigrant as a maid “It’s an issue that keeps being assigning ownership of his invention to Kennedy said. a third party. a.m., and one engine responded to Continued from front page in 2000. The maid was fired in 2009 raised as,‘Are we really serious about Synergy from the campus fire station. “They talk more particularly after Whitman said she found out this?’” Hume said. If parents wonder The Federal Circuit Court of Ap- about street behavior, how to not peals held last year that an agreement about the woman’s immigration status. whether or not Stanford’s financial aid — Ellen Huet plaining that to a police officer in draw attention to yourself,” Kennedy “You said businesses and house- program is too good to be true long between Roche’s predecessor, Cetus, Kyoto and you get a very different said.“They talk about specific parts of holds ought to be held accountable for take on it.” town that are more problematic than employing undocumented workers,” Despite the relatively low inci- others,and how you can avoid them.” Brown said. “If you couldn’t find out data on what students think about if an e-mail survey would elicit fair dence of crime at most of the over- Despite the safety measures, stu- someone in your home was undocu- bills going before the Senate.The bill’s representation of the student body. seas centers, student safety is a top dents are urged to follow, the risks of mented or illegal, how do you expect SENATE current form suggested an e-mail sent ASSU Vice President Kelsei concern for BOSP, said program di- becoming victims of crime are little businesses to be able to?” Continued from front page to a new e-mail list notifying students Wharton ‘12 expressed the perspec- rector Robert Sinclair. different than they are at home, “It broke my heart,but I had to fire of upcoming bills. tive that “sometimes bills are written “Our BOSP staff on the home Kennedy said. her,” Whitman said. “This is why we The information would be “purely and they affect people who have no campus and the Directors and staff at “All the things that would happen need a very good e-verify system that staffer.) meant as an extra data point for your idea they’re being affected. It does the overseas centers take the safety in any large American city happens allows businesses of every size to look All funding bills for the evening consideration,” said Macgregor-Den- help to have that information dissem- and health of our students very seri- overseas,” she said. “In any large at the documentation and know if it is were passed. nis,who authored the bill,when asked inated in a way that people can be ac- ously and they are probably our American city there are parts where real or not.” by senators how the information tive.” highest priorities,” Sinclair said in an you are vulnerable to being mugged “I think it’s a sorry tale,after work- Surveying Student Opinion on Sen- might affect the voting process. “Maybe we need to do more think- e-mail to The Daily. or being hassled and I think the same ing for her for nine years, she didn’t ate Bills Whether or not they agreed with ing about this,” Macgregor-Dennis Last year 759 students went is true for any of the large metropoli- even get her a lawyer,”Brown said. The Senate spent the last part of the bill’s sentiment that more student concluded about the details of the bill. abroad through the BOSP. Before tan areas where we have programs.” Tuesday’s meeting discussing a bill on voices would be helpful, many sena- students’ departures, all are briefed Contact Paul Jones at pjones3@stan- previous notice calling for a method tors raised doubts about the imple- Contact Margaret Rawson at marawson on safety, staff say. Once students Contact Ivy Nguyen at iknguyen ford.edu. to obtain qualitative and quantitative mentation of the bill and questioned @stanford.edu. reach the overseas centers, staff at @stanford.edu.

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Board of Directors Managing Editors Tonight’s Desk Editors You’re Only 14 Twice Elizabeth Titus Jacob Jaffe Wyndam Makowsky Ivy Nguyen President and Editor in Chief Deputy Editor Columns Editor News Editor ast week, the perpetually vacuous an- Mary Liz McCurdy Ellen Huet Stephanie Weber Caroline Caselli nals of correspondence that is the Dias- Chief Operating Officer Managing Editor of News Head Copy Editor Sports Editor pora delivered to me a heartfelt letter L Claire Slattery Kabir Sawhney Tyler Brown Anastasia Yee from Robin Thomas ‘12 that urged everyone Peter Vice President of Advertising Managing Editor of Sports Features Editor to “have all your mid-life crises now” and to Head Graphics Editor “stop trying to secure a joyful life later at the McDonald Theodore L. Glasser Chelsea Ma Anastasia Yee Managing Editor of Features Giancarlo Daniele Graphics Editor expense of a joyful life now.” All sound ad- Michael Londgren Web Projects Editor vice.So far this week,I’ve lived a joyful-er life Marisa Landicho Bob Michitarian Vivian Wong than any of you assholes reading this. By the Managing Editor of Intermission Jane LePham, Devin Banerjee Photo Editor end of Monday night, my third favorite T- Jane LePham Vivian Wong Staff Development municipal sports arena you’ve ever seen,per- Esthena Barlow shirt was completely soaked in the sweat of Shelley Gao Managing Editor of Photography dozens of 30-something shirtless South Bay fect for Jerry Cantrell smoking and drinking Copy Editor residents. My body is still somewhat sore, but on stage. Zachary Warma my soul had achieved unity — if, you know, It was without a doubt the most hardcore Editorial Board Chair you believe in that sort of thing. On Oct. 11, Monday night of my life, but after the lights Alice in Chains, along with Mastodon and came on and I was able to reorient myself,my 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 the Deftones, played at the San Jose State inner Stanford student came out again, and Classified Advertising Department can be reached at (650) 721-5801 during normal business hours. Send letters to the editor to [email protected], op-eds to University Events Center and some psyche- all I could think about was the work I still had [email protected] and photos or videos to [email protected]. Op-eds are capped at 700 words and letters are capped at 500 words. delic friends and I made the trip. It’s now to do, stupid Poetry and Poetics. Waiting in fourth on my list of Best Decisions I’ve Made line at 7-Eleven for a recovery Slurpee, I felt in My Life. the pull of the Stanford bubble more than Now at this point, a faction of you is con- ever.All I wanted was to retreat into the safe- LOOKING UP templating dismissing the rest of my words as ty of my studies and apologize to the Univer- the ramblings of a drugged out hippie or sity for having too much fun on a Monday burnout. To the doubters, I won’t say any- night and to my fellow Bandies for bailing on thing as cliche as,“Free your mind, man.” I’ll rehearsal to go have an actual once-in-a-life- just ask that you reserve judgment until the time experience. It’s that whole real-world 800th word. You still with me? Radical, be- thing. It can get pretty annoying. Please List All Prior Assumptions cause for some reason, Alice in Chains’ ex- But please, do not despair, though I know pertly constructed songs about heroin addic- most of you aren’t because you wouldn’t ne of the easiest daily assumptions to be static. It’s necessary, of course, because tion were the biggest aid in preventing my even attempt something so profligate. I re- we each carry is that we know our- otherwise we’d have to re-experience pain angsty prepubescent self from doing any- member when RJD2 came to Kresge (R.I.P.) Oselves and how we live.We know our and discomfort all the time. Blech.That’d be thing as stupid as attempting suicide. We all freshman year (RJD2!) and no one on my own clothing preferences, what foods we like having to re-learn everyday not to had dark places in adolescence; it’s what hall would go because it just so happened to don’t like, what we think is funny and all of Nina M. touch the hot stove or something. made us work so hard. At that 5,000-seat be during finals week. That’s lame. In case those beautiful facets of personality that Chung Really, though, when it comes to our own arena, I finally settled the score with 14-year- you forgot, we’re supposed to be the iPod crystallize into who we are. This is the rea- person and ideas of our future, who are we old Peter. Generation, a name that must make Steve son I love asking people about their fa- to set things in stone? I feel quite strongly The show, by the way, was badass. I was Jobs ecstatic.We care more about music than vorites: they’re our simplest distinctions.We that there are only a few things in life of quite gratified to find out that no white man any other prior generation. Our iTunes li- know what they are and feel security be- which we can all be truly assured, and our alive could replicate Layne Staley’s voice. Of brary far outclasses our libraries of anything cause of it. We take for granted that we will so not me. In many ways, my style is clear- preferences and “types” and ideals of today all the bands from Seattle to make it big, else. I’m sure you all remember the first mu- act according to our identities, because if cut, no ambiguity, thank-you-very-much, somehow don’t seem to fit the bill. We Alice in Chains always had the most blue- sician you loved, and how you were ready to that were up in the air, every day would be a good bye.I thought that was pretty solid.But change, we grow, we learn, and it’s cliché be- collar fans,and the diversity of the South Bay forsake the world just to see him or her in self-reflexive philosophical crisis. (Ohmy- I realized that for so long prior to these new cause it’s undeniably true. Things we helped to balance out the prep school-trend- concert. Suppressing that child because you gosh that sounds horrible.) So it’s all good! little episodes, much of that didn’t have ex- “know” about ourselves can become dicta- ing crowd that was more there to see the have a paper due, or because you’re sick, or We can bullet-point our correct character periential precedence . . . or maybe it did, tors of future decisions, and the longer we Deftones (whose concert footage would because you didn’t budget for it is your first adjectives and speed through personality once or twice. Mostly, they were decisions I reinforce them, the more we close doors — make a beautiful graphic novel, by the way). step toward becoming boring. So please, quizzes.It’d be weird if we couldn’t,after liv- had made about myself that existed to pre- without realizing it. Is that not scary? We’re I was by far the most hipster kid there. Even keep track of your favorite bands from ado- ing with ourselves for the past 20-ish years. scribe my future, too. This time I’m taking a Stanford students who question everything. better, I finally discovered the inspiring egal- lescence. If they’re coming on tour, go see That’s a mighty long time to get to know — what do they call it? Oh, yeah.A chance. I It should be okay to question ourselves itarianism that is the General Admission them. Save your money, and if you have an someone, if you ask me. find myself stepping into a particular oppor- sometimes, too. floor (aka the mosh pit). No rich bastards in assignment due the next day, manage your . . . Then again, maybe not. Because I’m tunity, against my former self-medicated So surprise, surprise! Turns out I don’t the front row, just the people willing to fight time properly. Your 14-year-old self will heading toward 21 years and this girl in the judgment. know everything after all. Turns out I can’t their way there. I’m never letting seating as- thank you.Oh,and do it soon,because I have mirror is getting unexpectedly good at We make so many kinds of assumptions plan everything on my own. Ultimately, signments restrain my rocking again. All a suspicion that in 10 years, no one’s going to throwing me curve balls. Isn’t that just the about who we are and will always be.Do any though,it turns out that there are way bigger their songs brought the requisite ferocity, be hyperventilating over a Passion Pit re- absurdist thing? That we can surprise our- of the following sound familiar to you? I’ve things at work in my life than any of my though their drummer had a tendency to union. selves? That the phrases “Before I knew it, I only been good at math, so there’s no way greatest intellectual, rational or deductive drag. The most soul-piercing moment came was . . . “ or “Suddenly, I found myself . . . “ I’m good at creative writing. I work best epiphanies will ever be able to catch up to. when they busted “Nutshell” onto the audi- Want to find out which three decisions topped exist at all is mind-boggling. I mean, we are under pressure, which is why I won’t ever On one level, it’s terrifying to leave the ence, a song that doubled as a seance for ol’ Monday night? E-mail Peter at petermc@stan- ourselves. get enough sleep. I can’t connect with peo- crutch that I’ve got the final word on every- Layne. The venue was the most functional ford.edu. But it’s Life As Unusual, Cont’d as I find ple in class because I’m shy, and they think thing that affects me. But beyond that point- myself speedily undermining certain “facts” I’m boring. I need to be in a relationship be- less endeavor to command my entire reality I “knew”about how I act.Recently,I’ve been cause being alone means being lonely. Or, is a beautiful freedom. It comes with recog- letting something highly unfamiliar develop, I’m too independent, and no relationship nizing that despite my strongest man-made OP-ED sans my go-to over-analysis and deconstruc- will be meaningful enough to be worth the intentions, something might just sweep me tion . . . and I’m really, completely not used effort. off my feet in a way I surely could not have to that. (I know this sounds super-vague, but To be sure,we each have our Bad Past Mem- foreseen. the specifics aren’t the point.) Right now,I’m ories that by default become our present/fu- entertaining an idea that could potentially ture To Not Do lists.We learn from our mis- Questioning yourself? Let Nina in at ninamc@ Data Should Drive ASSU cause me future anxiety, and readers? That’s adventures and count on the lessons learned stanford.edu Legislation

ore data should be considered when issues around funding that need to be ad- passing legislation than just the dressed.This is the kind of data-driven con- Mnumber of hands raised on either tribution that is hugely valuable to helping side. Debate about how the student body the student body. There are student that do feels about an issue should be based on statis- care; we just need to find the Quinn Slacks. tical evidence, rather than on speculation. “Data-driven” may not be the most sexy Feedback on bills should be taken from all term. Then again, I am a computer science students on a regular basis, rather than once major, so I won’t comment on my senti- a week and just from those that show up to ment on whether it is or not. Anyway, the the right meeting. point is that I’m writing this to let you These are ideas that have begun to rise know that we would like your help. At in this year’s ASSU Undergraduate Senate Tuesday’s Senate meeting, a bill was pre- and may well be the differentiating quality sented to electronically survey students for this year’s legislative branch of the each week on legislation; we want your ASSU. Creating a student government that input. Appropriations Committee Chair we can be proud of comes down to the sum Rafael Vasquez ‘12 is doing a great job of the impact of the decisions we make. Op- leading the committee in a data-driven ef- timizing these decisions is the place to start. fort to optimize our funding policies. Help The operation of the ASSU has a direct us analyze your output. Senate Chair impact on every single Stanford student. Michael Cruz ‘12 is leading from the front Stanford is such an incredible community in his charge to make decisions with evi- in large part due to the fact that the stu- dence, improve based on proof,and create a dents around you are engaged in enriching better Stanford based on what people actual- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR and edifying activities. Every student I ly want.Help us decide how our collective re- know at Stanford is a leader in some way, sources are best put. and we all benefit from this. The ASSU is To be clear,I’m talking numbers,not gam- Man up, you pansies is the most politically intolerant and mono- Truth is something that leftists an enabler; it helps students make those bling. The risk is in making decisions based lithic institution in the country,” well then, I unbelievable activities happen. The ASSU on shadows on the wall. Data can lead us at congratulate you on a job superbly done. cannot abide is Stanford and Stanford is the ASSU. least part of the way out of the cave.The time Dear Editor, So the incomparable Victor Davis Han- Nitwits. Former Election Commissioner Quinn for conjectures is over, unless they’re mathe- JIM VINOSKI Dear Editor, Slack ‘11 recently wrote an excellent cri- matical ones. Let’s do this. son spoke truth to stupidity about “diversi- ty,” and the stupid responded the only way I love how the extreme Left (and I mean tique of some of the issues in student gov- Diversity? those united progressives at your paper) re- ernment for a campus publication. He high- STEWART MACGREGOR-DENNIS ‘13 the stupid know how: with a gutless anony- mous attempt to shout down an argument spond to the TRUTH. Truth is something lighted from a data perspective many of the ASSU Undergraduate Senator Dear Editor, that leftists cannot abide; it is not touchy- they didn’t like and aren’t capable of en- I worked at Fannie Mae for seven years. I gaging — and in fact, made absolutely no feely, or perhaps it doesn’t sound nice, or know how “diversity” works, and Professor maybe it doesn’t make the reader feel good. effort to engage. Victor Davis Hanson has it EXACTLY right. You claim Hanson damages Stanford However, it passes the rigorous examina- You seem to be clinging to some archaic no- tions of fact, and if it impeaches the rigidly with his undeniable truths? No, you damage tion that affirmative action is helpful,and you Stanford with your lockstep “thinking” and held beliefs of the small-minded leftists, it fail to notice the destructive consequences of must be countered with personal attacks and inability to partake in a reasoned (and rea- that policy. I believe “diversity”and “affirma- Write to us. sonable) exchange of ideas — yet isn’t that slurs that are based on beliefs and feelings, tive action” are very “do-good” ideas, but supposed to be the whole reason universi- and not facts. Racist? How can any rep- until we get to the point of judging people for utable journalist come to such a conclusion? ties exist? Cowards. You are a disgrace to the content of their character and not the SUBMIT PHOTOS OR VIDEOS. your institution, and to America. How ‘bout Perhaps I should reiterate what a journalist color of their skin, then we will continue to is supposed to do:“Who,what,where,why,in you grow some and actually take on the de- endure racism.Affirmative action and clumsy SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO [email protected] bate? You’ve already lost it, of course, so it’s an unbiased, factual manner.” Basic journal- “diversity” programs extend racism from ism has never been abandoned so freely as understandable that you avoid it — but it’s what I’ve seen in the real world. I think if you SEND OP-EDS TO [email protected] not understandable that you try to silence by the sophomoric hacks at your poor little woke up and were honest with yourself, you unprincipled paper. your intellectual betters along the way. might see the same thing. I could be wrong. SEND PHOTOS/VIDEOS TO [email protected] On the other hand, if it was your goal to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt one of JAMES A. RAMSEY RANDALL CARTER Brentwood,Tenn. Hanson’s primary points,that “the university Herndon,Va. The Stanford Daily Wednesday, October 13, 2010 N 5 SPORTS

Time for Kabir LUCK TOPS DAILY’S HEISMAN POLL Sawhney baseball to By THE DAILY SPORTS STAFF We ran an experiment this week under the guise of a poll. The task was eliminate. We want the rules to be simple:choose your top three choices for fairly,evenly and correctly applied to the Heisman Trophy at the halfway modernize everyone; it’s extremely harmful point of the college football season.We when a group of umpires stands clue- bombarded The Daily’s staff with e- aseball needs instant re- less on the field as the TV audience mails and reminders.Ultimately,22 peo- play. The debate is over. watches them proven wrong in crys- ple voted.For our intent,we’ll deem that No, seriously, it’s over. tal-clear 1080p hi-def. Galarraga’s a critical mass. Wait, it’s not over? How perfect game is an ideal example: The results are as follows:Stanford’s can this still be an ongoing Human perfection was taken away Andrew Luck barely edged out Michi- iBssue? After a weekend of botched by human error, but the error was gan’s Denard Robinson, with Ohio calls that could have been decisive, from an authority that,ideally,will be State’s Terrelle Pryor and Oregon’s after a season that saw Armando correct 100 percent of the time. LaMichael James tying for third place Galarraga lose a perfect game (on the When we have the ability to reach — Pryor gets the edge because he had 27th out, no less), there are some that ideal, I fail to see why baseball more first place votes.A first-place vote people, both inside Major League stubbornly refuses to utilize it. counts for three points; second place, Baseball and outside of it, that con- Reason 3: Replay will add a lot of two points; and third place, one point. tinue to insist that there’s no need to time to games. Robinson had the most first-place votes. expand the use of instant replay. Look guys, if you’re really wor- The writers, editors, artists and pho- These people cite a number of hare- ried about how long the games are tographers who participated came from brained reasons to continue with the taking (and trust me,it’s a damn long a variety of sections and possess a wide way things are. time), you have bigger worries than spectrum of knowledge.Some are foot- So, instead of rehashing the nu- the amount of time a replay review ball fanatics who spent days considering merous reasons for the adoption of might take. The average time of a their choices; others admitted to know- instant replay (chiefly that it would baseball game has been steadily ing next to nothing about the game.We JONATHAN YORK/The Stanford Daily allow umps to get calls right,which is, creeping up, and the sport has been find this to be a fair reflection of the ac- you know, their job), let’s take a look losing fans and interest as a result. I % of Total tual pool of Heisman voters, many of 1st 2nd 3rd Ballots trifying offense. In Oregon’s toughest at the twisted logic that seems to rule could probably write an entirely sep- Points whom have admitted to not actually game to date, against then-No. 9 Stan- the mind of baseball commissioner arate column on this issue, but suf- watching a tremendous number of A. LUCK, QB, STANFORD 64% ford, James was masterful, brutalizing Bud Selig on this issue. fice it to say for now that it’s some- 29 games or paying attention to entire con- the Cardinal’s physical front seven and Reason 1: Replay can’t help um- thing else that needs to be tackled. ferences altogether.Also,as with the ac- D. ROBINSON, QB, MICHIGAN rushing for 257 yards on 31 carries (a pires in a lot of situations. The best way to handle this 50% 28 tual Heisman, we sent out the poll be- ridiculous 8.3 yards per carry),as well as To its credit, this argument does problem would be to have a fifth fore all the games of the season’s first T. PRYOR, QB, OHIO STATE three touchdowns.More than any other apply to some aspects of the game. umpire up in the booth responsible 41% 20 half had been played; early judgments player, James is responsible for the Balls, strikes and checked swings solely for replay (similar to the re- are a centerpiece of the Heisman voting L. JAMES, RB, OREGON Ducks leading the country in a whole are, to an extent, subjective based play official at college football 50% 20 process.As such, there are ballots from bunch of statistical categories on of- on the umpire of the day.While one games). If nowhere else, this extra before and after last Saturday’s contests. K. MOORE, QB, BOISE STATE fense, which is why I’m giving him the day it may be possible to use tech- umpire should at least be utilized 32% 11 Finally, we acknowledge a certain nod as my midseason Heisman No.1. nology to improve ball-strike calls, for the playoffs, so that he can re- Stanford bias. There were 33 players on O. MARECIC, FB/LB, STANFORD Robinson has been insane, period, today’s technology isn’t sophisticat- view calls quickly and relay infor- 9% 6 the ballot, mainly chosen for their pres- and before last weekend’s perform- ed enough to define the strike zone mation down to the crew chief on ence on the StiffArmTrophy.com voter ance, when he tossed up three picks to accurately for every single hitter the field. For the regular season, if M. INGRAM, RB, ALABAMA 6 14% 6 poll. Two are from Stanford: Luck and Michigan State, he would have easily and provide complete consistency. baseball doesn’t want to add an Owen Marecic.We told our staff the fol- slid into the top spot.He has over 1,200 That being said, there are a lot of extra umpire to every crew, man- C. Newton, QB, Auburn (4); G. McElroy, QB, Alabama (3); P. Peterson, DB, LSU (2); M. Barkley, QB, lowing:“If you objectively think they de- yards passing and almost 1,000 yards situations where replay could defi- agers can be given a single chal- USC (1); M. Lattimore, RB, South Carolina (1); R. Mallett, QB, Arkansas (1); T. Martinez, QB, Nebraska serve votes,go for it.If your desire to mark rushing in just six games,and if he keeps nitely apply beyond calling home lenge, and (similar to football) get (1); T. Richardson, RB, Alabama (1) them down is driven only by your colle- up this torrid pace he’ll easily win the runs and questionable fair/foul the challenge back if they win it. giate affiliation,reconsider your choices.” award at the end of the season.Howev- calls. Replay could be used to deter- Reason 4: Tradition. But at the end of the day, the Heis- under more pressure than any other bers, he would likely jump Moore, but er, Robinson may not have the pieces mine whether a fielder had appro- Baseball simply doesn’t want to man vote is driven by biases,and the vot- team in the country, because fans and Auburn hasn’t proven itself to be a true assembled next to him necessary to priately applied the tag to a sliding move out of its storied past, when it ers themselves are not particularly shy media all over the nation are rooting for title contender. continue his production. runner, whether a runner was safe truly was the “national pastime”(and about it. So, ultimately, there are three the Broncos to fail.A win for any other Denard “Shoelace” Robinson Lattimore’s stats have looked pretty or out at first base, if a fielder had before it was rocked by the Steroid notes about our poll: It was taken both team is good enough, but just winning topped most ballots as recently as a week pedestrian so far: 459 rushing yards made a diving catch, etc. Every re- Era). Well, here’s a newsflash: Base- before and after the “final” week’s ac- won’t cut it for Boise State;the Broncos ago, but he ran into his first good oppo- through six games for the Gamecocks. play technology does have some ball is declining in popularity across tion,some voters don’t know a whole lot need to dominate. nent in Michigan State,and the Spartans He’s on this list not because he’s statisti- limitations — even football, the the nation, as people flock to more about the sport and a few participants And dominate they have, led by knocked him down a peg or two.Robin- cally impressive, but because his explo- sport that has most enthusiastically fast-paced sports that don’t take a have slanted views. Moore.Despite the pressure of winning son’s three interceptions in that game siveness and sheer running ability have adopted replay, has some types of minute between every 10 seconds of If we’re imitating the Heisman voting “impressively”every week,Moore leads took some of the luster off his earlier per- almost single-handedly taken South plays that are not reviewable calls action (i.e. football). Sticking to tra- process,we might as well go all out.That the nation in passing efficiency,throwing formances, but he has still done things Carolina from a middling, unranked (especially on penalties). But just dition hasn’t helped baseball any up is the experiment: to see how closely we only one interception and taking only that few players have ever done in the team to a top-10 ranking and a con- because it can’t help on every call to this point, so why should it help on could imitate general balloting practices, one sack in five games to go with his 14 history of college football. He still (easi- tender for the SEC East title.Lattimore doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be the issue of umpiring calls? and how close our results match up with touchdowns.The Heisman nearly always ly) leads the nation in rushing at 991 has given Gamecocks head coach Steve used on the calls it can make accu- The sport needs to begin moving conventional thought. Tell us if we suc- goes to a strong leader on a title-con- yards, and even with the three picks, he Spurrier the kind of backfield threat he rate. into the modern age more rapidly, ceeded. tending team, and Moore has been the remains the country’s 12th-rated passer has never had in his tenure, and the re- Reason 2: Human error is part of and instant replay is one area that it Below, four writers explain their most reliable, efficient passer in the and comes in fifth in yards per attempt. sults speak for themselves. the game. can quickly adopt that would instant- choices. country,and he plays for the likely No.1 “Shoelace”might fall off when he starts Human error isn’t just a part of ly restore some of its lost credibility. team. facing more good defenses (Iowa, Wis- Dan Bohm baseball; it’s a part of everyday life. Baseball’s reputation has been tar- Jacob Jaffe After Moore,a number of candidates consin and Ohio State all remain on the Votes: First: Denard Robinson. Sec- However, just because we make mis- nished by steroids, and its fan follow- Votes: First: Kellen Moore. Second: have been impressive. Auburn’s Cam schedule), but for now he is still a top- ond: LaMichael James. Third: Patrick takes naturally doesn’t mean that we ing is growing more and more disillu- Cameron Newton.Third:Denard Robin- Newton has the distinction of being the three performer. Peterson. shouldn’t use technology to mini- sioned with every season. It’s time to son. top-rated passer outside of Boise,and he mize those mistakes. In baseball, a start restoring some of that credibili- Most of you probably aren’t giving has mixed in some incredible plays on Kabir Sawhney I guess my ballot is a lesson in why hitter missing a pipe fastball is a re- ty by making sure that the play on the Kellen Moore enough credit, just like the ground.Newton leads the country in Votes: First: LaMichael James. Second: you should wait until the last possible sult of human error; a base runner field is as fair and even as possible. you aren’t giving his team enough cred- yards per attempt through the air,and he Denard Robinson. Third: Marcus Latti- second to cast your vote for any award. misreading the signs is human error; it.Yet the Boise State Broncos are pro- is also 12th in the nation in rushing.Com- more. Of course I voted before last weekend’s two fielders running into each other The previous column is under review. jected to take over first place in next bine this with Auburn’s unbeaten record games and my first choice, Michigan is human error. The ruling on the field is that Kabir weekend’s BCS standings,and their un- (albeit against lackluster foes) and New- With apologies to Darron Thomas, quarterback Denard Robinson, went The human error in umpiring is Sawhney can be reached at ksawh- doubted leader is Moore.It is a reason- ton is a strong No. 2. If he leads Auburn James has been the most electrifying the type of error we should seek to [email protected]. able argument to say that Boise State is to a BCS bowl and maintains these num- playmaker on the country’s most elec- Please see HEISMAN,page 6

Alyssa London PAC-10 POWER RANKINGS

Every week, Jacob Jaffe will give his power rankings of the Pac-10 football programs. These represent a measure of current success, not a prediction of future standings or a measure of TREE-SON talent. Overall and conference records are in parentheses. 1. Oregon (6-0, 3-0 Pac-10) UP NEXT: Bye Multiple injuries and a mediocre performance against the conference’s worst team aren’t enough to knock the country’s No. 2 team out of the top spot. The Ducks have too much talent and an undefeated record, and no opponent has gotten within 10 FOR points of them yet this year. 2. Oregon State (3-2, 2-0 Pac-10) UP NEXT: at Washington Most Stanford fans would be screaming for the Cardinal to be in this spot, and it was a very tough call. However, these are power rankings, and the Beavers had by far the best win this weekend, knocking off Arizona in Tucson. Oregon State DEBATE has no conference losses and looks to be in the thick of the Pac-10 race again this year, even without James Rodgers.

3. Stanford (5-1, 2-1 Pac-10) UP NEXT: Bye tanford prides itself on diversity, A thrilling victory over the hated Trojans was great for the fans, but it brought up a number of questions about the defense’s inability to stop Robert Woods and the and maybe that is why we should respect USC offense. Stanford should have won much more easily, and that kind of per- this year’s Tree for “what it is” — it broke formance will not be enough against teams with some semblance of a defense. away from the mold of the coniferous evergreen 4. Arizona (4-1, 1-1 Pac-10) UP NEXT: at Washington State redwood Tree of the last four years. But al- The Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season, a home conference defeat to the tShough we have had unique Trees in the past, such as a palm Beavers. This will still be a tough team to beat, but Oregon State exposed some holes in Arizona. This is likely not a Rose Bowl-contending team, but the Wildcats will not tree,I find this year’s deciduous tree to be more cringe-wor- be a pushover for anyone. thy than some of these past creations. The “non-traditional” palm trees of the past make 5. California (3-2, 1-1 Pac-10) UP NEXT: at USC Outside of the top group in the Pac-10, Cal had the best win of the bunch. In what sense, to an extent, because they are strewn all over was expected to be a close game, the Golden Bears rolled UCLA, 35-7, making our campus, but tree diversity in our mascot is people again wonder what kind of team they are. On any given day, Cal can be bril- tricky.Do we want tradition or diversity? Do we liant or mediocre, but the Bears have the talent to beat just about anyone in the conference. want our Tree mascot to look like what is por- 6. Arizona State (3-3, 1-2 Pac-10) UP NEXT: Bye trayed in the Stanford logo or do we want it to After three consecutive tough losses to ranked teams, the Sun Devils finally closed the deal by beating Washington on the road. Bowl eligibility will be tough to come by keep us guessing? because ASU still needs four more wins (two wins came against FCS teams), but the Personally,I want tradition,and to see what Sun Devils have already shown the ability to contend with any team on their schedule. I imagine when I think of the Stanford Tree out 7. USC (4-2, 1-2 Pac-10) UP NEXT: vs. California there dancing around on the field.I want to know that next year It shows how far the Trojans have fallen that a two-point loss to Stanford is not a bad thing, our mascot is not going to manifest itself as a bonsai tree or some- but that is certainly the case. USC showed more fight than most people expected, and there is little doubt about the talent level in Los Angeles. If the Trojans can lay off the penal- thing more ridiculous and “non-Stanford”than even that. ties and cover receivers, they will be a tough out, even with no bowl berth on the line. To try to gauge campus sentiment,I sent out a survey to my di- verse assortment of e-mail lists asking how people perceived this 8. UCLA (3-3, 1-2 Pac-10) UP NEXT: Bye The Bruins sneak ahead of Washington because their loss was on the road. Yet again, year’s Stanford Tree. I received 250 responses, largely reporting UCLA proves to be an enigma, completely disappearing in Berkeley after three straight that this year’s Tree has not been favorably received. victories. UCLA seems to be able to beat or lose to any team in the country. Seventy percent of my respondents reported they do not like the Tree cos- 9. Washington (2-3, 1-1 Pac-10) UP NEXT: vs. Oregon State tume.Of those respondents,25 percent said they flat out hated it.Only 25 per- The Huskies show once again that they aren’t a consistent threat. After pulling cent said they liked it and of those,eight percent loved it.An overwhelming 90 another upset over USC, this time in the Coliseum, Washington fell flat on its face against Arizona State at home. If the Huskies want to get back in a bowl game for percent of respondents said the Tree should be a redwood and not deciduous, the first time since 2002, they need to learn how to win multiple games in a row. and 70 percent said this year’s costume is not an accurate representation of our mascot. Some of the survey respondents were particularly outspoken, 10. Washington State (1-5, 0-3 Pac-10) UP NEXT: vs. Arizona The Cougars are certainly improving . . . but it sure is easy to improve on one and below is a sample of their responses: Pac-10 win since 2007. Still, Wazzu looked better against one of the best teams SIMON WARBY/ in the country last weekend, and the Cougars could steal a win if someone takes The Stanford Daily them lightly. Please see LONDON,page 6 6 N Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The Stanford Daily

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The Stanford alums seeking responsible, en- DOG ALR needed for 2 large cost and 300 dollar compensation.Please “Though I appreciate the creative is affiliated with the Stanford band, Tree mascot in general is pretty cool ergetic, and warm student interested in dogs, 1-2 x per week.On-campus. contact Kelsey Lynd @ 650-721-1237 efforts, I think this year’s costume not the University. because it is weird, and the Tree’s en- taking care of our 15 month-old son at 650-862-3763 does not hit the mark.A. It should be Yet, the new Tree’s appearance ergy is still up to par this year, but it is our home in Palo Alto. Regular hours:3- a redwood. B. There should be more may take quirkiness too far. Since just this year’s costume that is ques- 7 pm Monday-Friday, OR 2-7 pm Mon- Crash Free nergyinfo call 866-426-0417 of an element of anonymity. C. The this year’s Tree is deciduous, it de- tionable . . . but it will work. day-Thursday (depending on what works best for applicant). Position open ust do it- [email protected] costume should accentuate the jig, tracts from Stanford’s image of Disclaimer: This column is by no immediately. and the jig should accentuate the cos- “brawn” (after all, year after year we means bashing the person inside the CAPITAL FOR STARTUPS tume:they should work as one.D.The win the Director’s Cup for our athlet- Tree costume, or his creative expres- If interested, please contact Esther 650- Tree is really, really not good.” 704-4885, or [email protected]. Seeking outstanding software, internet ic dominance). Deciduous trees lose sion.This column is intended to shine concepts led by talented entrepreneurs “This year’s Tree is definitely silli- their leaves seasonally and look like a light on a discussion that is already er than last year, and to me it seems skeletons for a large portion of the being had all over campus as to the HOUSING R.J.Steele Capital Advisors the point is to be silly. 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