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Volume 241 Issue 12

XOX challenges University

By MARSHALL WATKINS
DESK EDITOR

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UNIVERSITY

SUES calls for changes to advising

Study finds current system improved from past, but still not meeting needs
By MARWA FARAG
MANAGING EDITOR

Stanfords recent decision to revoke Chi Theta Chis (XOX) lease has provoked a firestorm of criticism from XOX alumni and members of the Stanford community. The University, meanwhile, maintains that it holds student interest paramount and that student life at Chi Theta Chi need not change along with a shift in house oversight. XOX community members allege that many of the Universitys reasons for termination of the lease are false and that University officials ambushed XOX alumni members with the decision at a Feb. 8 meeting, according to an email from XOX Alumni Board members. University officials did not address this claim in a statement released in response to questions from The Daily, including a request to evaluate XOXs claim that University officials gave them no forewarning about the decision. Chi Theta Chi is one of two on-campus

houses the other being the fraternity Sigma Chi not operated directly by the University, which instead owns the land on which the houses sit. The house lease is automatically renewed annually unless either XOX or Stanford exercises the option of unilaterally terminating the relationship prior to March 1. Stanford is currently set to take control of the house on the first day of spring quarter, at which point residents will start paying rent directly to the University. A joint statement, representing Residential Education, Student Affairs, Student Housing, Residential Dining & Enterprises and other University administrative bodies, cited legal, facility stewardship and fiscal/operational issues as the basis of the Universitys decision to terminate the lease. The statement declined to go into detail about these issues, out of respect for the alumni board and the past and current residents of the house. Some of these issues have been ongoing for some time, but some new issues

have arisen recently and the severity of others has escalated, the University statement said. The decision not to renew this lease should not reflect on the actions of the current or prior Chi Theta Chi student community. Abel Allison 08, president of the XOX Alumni Board, acknowledged that some of the reasons for the lease termination as provided by the University to XOX such as failing multiple fire inspections of the house are true. However, Allison said that XOX residents and managers have consistently and promptly enacted recommendations and guidance put forward by University officials. Allison also disputed the administrators allegation that XOX has been employing the tax identification number of Theta Chi Fraternity from which XOX formally split in the late 1980s even after the receipt of a cease-and-desist letter from that organization, which Allison further denied ever receiving.

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Academic advising has been recognized as an important part of undergraduate education at Stanford for over a century and has been delivered poorly for just as long, according to the recent Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) report. But changes may be on the way. The report identified student dissatisfaction and low faculty participation as major problems in the current advising system, while praising advising reforms that resulted from the 1993-94 Commission on Undergraduate Education (CUE) report, including the establishment of the office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) and the 2007-09 reorganization of the office of Undergraduate Advising and Research (UAR). SUES recommendations focused on improving the delivery of advising services and the culture of advising. According to Ravi Vakil, professor of mathematics and chair of the SUES subcommittee on Beyond the Freshman Year, the evaluations were based on data from student surveys, extensive anecdotal data and discussions with UAR. What struck me most was that these concerns have been there for a century, Vakil wrote in an email to The Daily. This is a huge challenge, and there is no silver bullet. But there are best practices that we can try to apply. The current advising system assigns each incoming freshman an academic director (AD) and a pre-major advisor (PMA) until students declare a major. UAR also employs an additional set of advisors to provide specialized advice on fellowships and pre-professional interests. Varsity athletes receive separate advisors through the Athletic Academic Resources Center (AARC). These advisors form what UAR calls the multiple mentor model. The term . . . reflects our philosophy that no one person at Stanford can or should be expected to answer every question a student may have, reads the 2011 UAR Annual Report.

Harrington named new Med. chair

By JORDAN SHAPIRO
STAFF WRITER

Former Duke research leader shares plans for the Farm

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Members of Men Against Abuse Now (M.A.A.N.) performed at the CoHo Wednesday night. The group aims to mobilize males to take a vocal stand against sexual assault.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
By JULIA ENTHOVEN
STAFF WRITER

Early ASSU candidates emerge

Cruzs remarks came a day after ASSU Senator Dan DeLong 13 sent an email to the ASSU Undergraduate Senate email list advertising the information session by way of criticizing ASSU Vice President Stewart Macgregor-Dennis 13. The email, which was forwarded widely across campus, encouraged students to run for office if they believe the Stanford community deserves better. Otherwise, we are left with a Vice President who pays himself a $10,000 annual salary and spends his time writing a 40-page life plan, DeLong wrote, referring to Macgregor-Dennis oft-mocked proclivity for

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The ASSU election season has just begun, and already potential candidates have been reminded to keep it clean by current ASSU President Michael Cruz. This is for everyone who is here, and for everyone who is running, Cruz said at an elections information session Wednesday evening. I want a good campaign, which [Elections Commissioner Adam Adler 12] will ensure, but I also want a clean campaign, which can only be ensured by the candidates . . . I dont want anybody saying anything about anybody . . . [or] crying or cursing anyone else at the end of this.

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UNIVERSITY

Students maystudy abroadin Bay Area program

By ILEANA NAJARRO
STAFF WRITER

The University may soon develop a Stanford in the Bay Area program modeled after the current Stanford in Washington program, if the Faculty Senate votes favorably in March on the recommendations of the Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) report released in January. Stanford in Washington differs from other programs offered through the Bing Overseas Studies Program in its partnership with many institutions in the Washington, D.C. area, providing co-operative work opportunities to stuNATALIE CHENG/The Stanford Daily

This summer, the Stanford University School of Medicine will welcome Robert Harrington, M.D., as its new chair. Harrington currently heads the Duke Clinical Research Institute in North Carolina, the largest clinical trial research organization in the world. The Daily spoke with him about his goals for this new position, his upcoming transition across the country and current room for progress at the School of Medicine. After completing his medical school studies at Tufts University and a residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Harrington came to Duke as a cardiology fellow in 1990. He has served on Dukes faculty since 1993 and is currently the Richard S. Stack Distinguished Professor in cardiology. In 2006, Harrington assumed his current position as the director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. The institute that I direct actually does research in 15 or more areas, including things like infectious disease, psychiatry, pediatrics, gastroenterology [and] cancer, Harrington said. So I am here directing the overall institute, but my personal research interest is in the area of chemic heart disease and therapies for that. In the more recent past, Ive also gotten very engaged in what I would call the methods of clinical research, different ways of doing clinical research, different ways to ask questions, to answer questions. The Stanford Department of Medicine includes around 220 faculty members in 14 divisions. Harrington sees his new job as [creating] a team within the department of medicine thats bigger than the individual pieces. I intend to both continue seeing patients as a clinical cardiologist as well as staying active as a clinical scientist, Harrington said. At Stanford, I dont know exactly yet what my clinical duties will be, but its probably safe to say that it will involve acute care cardiology, meaning people who are acutely ill and admitted to the hospital with things like heart attacks or heart failure, as well as general consultative cardiology, when people have questions about the care of a patient who may or may not have cardiac disease. The continued practice of clinical medicine as an administrator is central to Harringtons teaching

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2 N Thursday, February 16, 2012 SPEAKERS & EVENTS

By MATT BETTONVILLE
DESK EDITOR

The Stanford Daily

Daily editors celebrate, reflect on 120 years

Dailys Board of Directors. Felicity Barringer 72, a New York Times correspondent and former U.N. bureau chief whose lawsuit while editor-in-chief against the Palo Alto police led to the Supreme Court decision Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily spoke about the skill set of inquiry, fairness and perspective she gained as a student journalist. The era leading up to the Zurcher case was one of the most chaotic moments for American universities, making it particularly challenging for student journalists. To follow the journalistic credo of not being involved was more difficult here, I think, than any other time in my career, Barrington said of her time at The Daily, which saw fundamental changes in the University. Jaroslovsky recalled getting pinned against a glass door by a crowd while he was reporting on a sit-in at Old Union his freshman year. I had this moment of,What the hell am I doing here? Jaroslovsky said, who was 17 at the time of the protest. When I look back at it now, I had to do an awful lot of growing up in a very, very short period of time. The most famous incident in Daily history, the Zurcher case, involved a search warrant issued to prevent the Daily from destroying photos that could incriminate participants in a violent protest though the photo evidence sought by the Palo Alto police never, in fact, existed. According to Barrington, The Daily had an editorial policy to print all newsworthy photos and to destroy those not used to avoid legal action from any involved party. The photos from this particular protest were not incriminating. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled against The Daily in 1977, with Jaroslovsky in the audience for the oral arguments. It was a blow to freedom of the press then, and it has continued to be a blow to freedom of the press, Jaroslovsky said. He noted, however, that the case led many states to pass shield laws to extend some protection to journalists. Barringer expressed concern over the danger of journalists becoming one-stop shopping for prosecutors, who would prefer not to have to find witnesses themselves. Its just so much easier to go to the journalist, she said. Issues raised in the panel spanned the ages, notably The Dailys relationship with Stanford and with the ASSU. The ASSU aspect reached a height of complication when Jaroslovsky oversaw The Dailys break from legal association with Stanford in 1973, becoming one of the first college newspapers to go independent. Jaroslovsky noted that both the University and The Daily had concerns about the affiliation. University officials feared that Stanford could be held accountable for The Dailys actions, and Daily editors feared that, if the University ever wished to, Stanford could legally censor or search The Dailys con-

The Stanford Historical Society brought together former Stanford Daily editors for a panel discussion last night entitled, Press Past: The Life and Times of the Stanford Daily. Tracing its origins to the founding of the Daily Palo Alto in 1892, The Stanford Daily has provided a mirror of Stanford life for the past 120 years. The audience of over 50 was comprised of many Daily alumni, current staffers and University administrators. The panel consisted of Daily editors from some of the most contentious times in Stanford history. Helen Pickering 47 spoke about her experience as one of the first women to serve as Daily editor-inchief during World War II, and the strong bonds she forged with her Daily colleagues. The people I worked with became my very best friends, Pickering said. Former Daily sports editor Gary Cavalli 71 moderated the panel and spoke about his work during a time when the campus atmosphere challenged the Athletic Department. Rich Jaroslovsky 75, editor-inchief shortly after The Daily became legally independent from the University in 1973, reflected on this process and historical tensions between the paper and the University. Jaroslovsky, a technology columnist for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, currently serves on The

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Former Daily editors-in-chief Rich Jaroslovsky 75, Helen Pickering 47 and Felicity Barringer 72 discussed the newspapers tumultuous and rich history, including Supreme Court case Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily.
tent or facilities. The move to independence meant that The Daily broke off financially from the ASSU to become The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation. We sold it to the student body as the end of fee assessments [for subscriptions], Jaroslovsky said, calling the campaign not the most forthright, but effective. Despite a brief period in the black, The Daily found itself needing fee assessments again within 18 months, he added. The Daily did not re-affiliate with Stanford, but instead set up the legal situation that exists today, in which The Daily remains independent but still receives student fees, as voted on by the student body in the special fees process. The panelists also commented on their interactions with the University presidents of their respeccan, including how we need to change moving forward to ensure this doesnt happen again while still preserving the culture of the house. The Universitys statement expressed the possibility of dialogue concerning how best to move forward, though it gave no indication that renewal of the lease might be a topic of discussion. These specific issues going forward will be discussed in the transition meetings planned between the alumni group and Student Housing and Residential Education officials over the next few weeks, the statement said, referring to concerns of Chi Theta tive times. Barringer described The Dailys relationship with former president Richard Lyman, who attended the panel, as, on both sides respectful and wary. Jaroslovsky told a story of predicting to his parents that Lyman would say, finally getting rid of you upon shaking Jaroslovskys hand in a graduation day receiving line. You did not disappoint, Jaroslovsky said to Lyman amid audience laughter. The panelists all agreed on the immense joy and challenges they experiences as editors-in-chief. Id never worked that hard before and Ive never worked that hard since, Jaroslovsky said. Or had as much fun. Contact Matt Bettonville at mbettonville@stanford.edu.

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We believe that we have been filing our taxes correctly for as long as weve been an organization, Allison said. Were working to document that and have been communicating with Theta Chi.

Communication with the University has been limited.

ABEL ALLISON 08, XOX alumni board president
The Theta Chi fraternity had not returned a call from The Daily at the time of publication. Allison also denied that XOX was at risk of default, as charged by University administrators. We are happy to show documentation of our financial solvency, Allison said, And [of] the availability of funds to continue to take care of the house. In a Feb. 8 letter to XOX, the University additionally cited the houses failure to maintain corporate status in California as grounds for terminating the houses lease. Former XOX Resident Assistant (RA) Bear Douglas 09 M.A. 10 told The Daily Wednesday that having filed and processed all relevant documentation the suspension imposed on XOXs status has been lifted.

Keith Nelson 76 Ph.D. 81, a XOX alumnus and current professor at MIT, said that XOXs traditional independence enables residents to gain practical experience running a functioning household with a great degree of control and responsibility, as well as the ability to materially improve the house through their own initiative and resources. That independence wont exist anymore, under direct University supervision, Nelson said. Other types of housing have a certain uniformity or institutional feel . . . The house was able to maintain a pretty distinctive feel that gained substantially from the incentives that we [students] had in running it. The University responded to similar concerns in its statement, saying, It is our hope that the essence of the Chi Theta Chi student experience will not change; it is the oversight and management of the facility that is changing, not the program. Allison described the University as extremely aggressive in its efforts to begin the transition process, but said that the XOX community is working as hard as we can to turn this into a discussion [with the University]. Allison said that there had been no attempt by the University to make XOX aware of the possibility of losing the lease, nor had there been any effort to mediate or negotiate a solution to the problems the University cited beyond routine communication with administrators. Communication with the University has been limited over the past number of months, Allison said. We have worked with University officials regarding small issues, but no prior notice regarding the lease had been given.

Mike Harville 92, a member of XOXs Alumni Board, noted that XOXs lease had been threatened by the University in previous years and dismissed the idea that any radical changes in XOXs operation this year prompted the Universitys intervention. He expressed cautious optimism, however, about the prospects of XOXs chances for survival given the reaction of XOX students and alumni, a sentiment echoed by Allison. We dont know if the University will let this become a discussion, Allison said. If it does, we want to have the most positive and constructive discussion we

Chi losing its unique culture. A petition supporting Chi Theta Chis independence circulated through email chains and Facebook on Tuesday and Wednesday, gaining over 1,400 signatures by the time of publication. Weve had so many people express their support for this defining aspect of the house, Allison concluded. We believe that were doing everything we can . . . . Were committed to doing whatever it takes to preserve this house. Contact Marshall Watkins at mtwatkins@stanford.edu.

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introspection. Within two hours, DeLong sent out an apology for his email to the Undergraduate Senate list. I did not intend for the message to be malevolent, DeLong wrote. He said that he intended to point out existing flaws in our student government. There is much room for improvement. We must have the best students running for positions in the ASSU, DeLong wrote. I definitely could have been more tactful, DeLong told The Daily about the email, though he maintained that it pointed to underlying issues regarding ASSU salaries and an inability to attract high-quality candidates. I got an overwhelmingly positive response from students outside of the ASSU government, DeLong said. I did receive criticism from individuals inside the ASSU, he added, noting his surprise at the overwhelmingly positive response from students. Macgregor-Dennis said he is strongly considering a run for ASSU president and is searching for a candidate who will offer both compatibility and ability. He declined to comment on De-

Longs email. Election season officially began for the Stanford Alumni Association Class Presidencies and the ASSU Undergraduate Senate, Executive and Graduate Student Council on Monday, Feb. 6, when online declaration of intent and petitioning went live. No letters of intent, except for a joke letter by Cruz, have been submitted for ASSU Executive. At Wednesdays info session, Adler reminded students about a new public financing program, which will grant candidates who request funding up to $100 in reimbursements for campaigning. Students who stayed for information about the ASSU Executive election included: ASSU Vice President Stewart McGregorDennis 13; William Wagstaff, Jr. 12, co-president of the AfricanAmerican Fraternal & Sororal Association; Robbie Zimbroff 12, a member of the Residential and Co-Curricular Learning Subcommittee of the Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) Committee; ASSU Senator and Appropriations Chair Brianna Pang 13 and DeLong. DeLong is expected to partner with Pang as a slate for ASSU Executive. Letters of intent for all positions are due on March 9. Contact Julia Enthoven at jjejje @stanford.edu.

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The Viennese opening committee begins the Ball with a waltz performance. The opening ceremony includes a choreographed dance, an integral part of the annual event.

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By ASIA CHIAO
illowing floor-length gowns, sharp tuxedos, a classical waltz played by a live orchestra and couples turning in graceful unison in a classical ballroom the scene could have jumped straight from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, from a time when gentlemen asked to be added to a ladys programme du bal and romance blossomed on polished dance floors. For the participants in the 35th Viennese Ball held last Friday, social dance is still very much a part of modern life. Held every year during winter quarter, the Viennese Ball is a formal event for which attendees dress up and participate in dances including waltz, swing, cha cha, salsa, tango and polka. Two separate ballrooms, one for classical waltz and the other for tango and salsa, cater to different dance styles and musical tastes, and attendees can move between the rooms throughout the night. Stanfords tradition of holding an annual Viennese Ball first began in 1978, when students returning from the Stanford in Austria program organized the event in order to bring Viennese culture and social dance to campus. Since then, despite the closure of the overseas study program, the annual ball has become a Stanford tradition. An event that draws students, alumni and social dance enthusiasts from all over the Bay Area, this year the organizers expected 500 to 700 attendees. The planning process for the event usually begins the June of the previous year, with new committee members recruited at the start of fall quarter. The Am Abend committee a German term meaning the night of is responsible for organizing the logistics of the event itself, while the

opening committee plans and performs the balls opening dance, consisting of 18 couples performing a carefully choreographed Viennese waltz. The dancers white gowns and tuxedos pay homage to the events European origins. The opening ceremonies have remained unchanged for some time, said Rosalind Boone 10, one of the co-chairs of the Am Abend committee. The dress, even the number of couples in the opening has remained remarkably constant over the years. While the Ball is open to all students, some basic dance knowledge is necessary for participation. As a remedy to the Stanford populations general unfamiliarity with formal dance steps, the Austria Fortnight was born. During the two weeks leading up to the event, the organizing committee holds a series of free dance workshops on campus, introducing novices to the basic skills of social dance. To overcome what the organizers believe to be a major deterrent to student attendance personal doubts about dance inexperience the Ball initiated the Gold Ribbon Program this year. Experienced dancers can volunteer to wear gold ribbons around their wrist on the night of the event, offering to lead and instruct less experienced dancers. The program hopes to encourage new dancers to attend the event. The great thing about the dance community here is that even though Ive never taken a class, Ive learned a lot through people who are willing to teach, said Lauren Sweet 15, who attended the Ball for the first time this year. The association of formal ball with romance seems to hold true in the case of the Viennese Ball. Every year we have at least five to six couples on the opening committee . . .

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Two dancers in the Viennese Opening Committee glide by in the Viennese Ball Opening Waltz of 2009. Eighteen couples make up this select committee each year.
most of whom met through dancing, said M.J. Ma 12, one of two head chairs. While couples may enjoy the romantic aspect of the Viennese Ball, it presents another major deterrent for Stanford students: the idea that a partner is necessary in order to attend. The organizers hope to

change this perception by encouraging people to switch dance companions while at the Ball. People have a misconception that you need a date to go to the dance, Ma said. In fact, while at the Ball you can dance with people youve never met before, and more often than not youll end up connecting through dancing. Richard Powers 70, dance instructor and historian, said he feels that Stanford community members, in contrast to many ballroom dancers, appreciate social dance as a form of social interaction, not as a rigid set of regulations. Social dancing is primarily for the fun and pleasure of your partner, and if what youre doing isnt fun for yourself and your partner, youre missing the point, Powers said. Stanford students understand that. More casual opportunities to perfect ones waltz and swing are available. In addition to the social dance classes offered by Powers, many other social dance events are held regularly on campus. Jammix, a campus-wide dance event that includes all forms of social dance, is held on the second Friday of every month, while Monday night Dancebreak and Friday Night Waltz also provide students with opportunities to brush up on their two-step or tango. Perhaps social events like the Viennese Ball really are relics of an older age, contrasting greatly with the fast pace of most dances on campus today, but organizers, attendees and alumni all believe the Ball offers a certain uniqueness. Its a very dramatic departure from anything else youll do at Stanford, Boone said. There are other events, and theres the class formal, but none of them have the same otherworldliness. Contact Asia Chiao at asiac@stanford.edu.

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learning about yourself. The womens shelter program is an expansion of Night Outreachs efforts to interact with the local homeless community. For the past ten years, members and any other Stanford affiliates have participated in weekly Night Outreach walks. The group goes to downtown Palo Alto to engage with the homeless community, with the belief that compassion and conversation are just as important as food and shelter, according to the Night Outreach mission. The conversations vary in topic and length. [We talk about] whatever they want to talk about, whatever we want to talk about, Mutuma said. People have an issue about how uncomfortable it might be, but its beautiful, a lot of the times. You run into a lot of their own personal stories that are really touching. The organization challenges participants to overcome

By ALYA NAQVI
ight Outreach, a Stanford community service group committed to establishing relationships with the homeless community of Palo Alto, celebrated the opening of the first womens-only homeless shelter program in Palo Alto last week. The shelter, a joint effort between Night Outreach and Innvision, the largest housing provider in Santa Clara County, is a new addition to the only homeless shelter program in Palo Alto, Hotel de Zink. In the new program, the Stanford students in Night Outreach will be running everything on the ground, according to Brenda Mutuma 13, the groups food and meal coordinator. Night Outreach members raised approximately $22,000 to fund the project. In addition to receiving grants, they set up an online donation system, collected donations around campus and organized two fundraising drives with The Counter and Panda Express. Night Outreach members were inspired by the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, a Harvard University student-run shelter that has been in operation for 28 years, providing protection from the cold winter. Night Outreach decided to partner with Hotel de Zink to launch a similar project in the Palo Alto community. The 15-bed Hotel de Zink shelter rotates through 12 area churches. Each church houses 12 to 17 people for one month. The womens shelter will be an extension of the same format. Hotel de Zink has provided the new shelter with case managers, some of its overnight staff and training. Case managers select residents and help them find jobs and services. Night Outreach is responsible for providing the rest of the resources. In her role as food and meal coordinator, Mutuma has responsibilities such as ensuring that meals reach the shelter on time and finding volunteers to cook meals. As a political science major, she is particularly interested in food policy, hunger politics and food security. Food is that one thing that everybody needs to survive, so why should anyone be deprived of that? Mutuma said. When you share food with someone, thats another opportunity for learning about someone, for

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Clients meet and discuss services at the Opportunity Center, which provides services for the homeless. Night Outreach is a student group that leads cultural and artistic activities for the unhoused in Palo Alto.
prejudices and stereotypes through joining the Night Outreach walks, Mutuma said. When you stay in the Stanford bubble, you dont get any exposure to what the world is really like, everything that the world has to offer and everything that everybody has to offer no matter their socioeconomic status, Mutuma added. On one of the walks, Kurt von Laven 12, Night Outreach webmaster, met a man sitting in the corner of the train tracks, listening to the radio. He said that it made him feel connected to the world, von Laven said. That really struck me because it didnt seem like something that would make me feel that way. It made me wonder how isolating his experiences had been. Members of Night Outreach also frequently visit the Opportunity Center, a local service provider for the homeless. At the Center, they lead activities such as art workshops for children and computer training programs. The biggest challenge for us, but also the most rewarding, is that its hard to know whos going to be there, von Laven said. We try to make it very clear that were coming back, and thats why its very important for us when were recruiting volunteers to make sure they are able to make that kind of a commitment. This commitment to the homeless population of Palo Alto is a central tenet of Night Outreach. Im walking into this very humbled, Mutuma said of her work with the womens shelter at Hotel de Zink. Its all a learning opportunity and its a . . . thank you to the members of the [homeless] community. Contact Alya Naqvi at anaqvi@stanford.edu.

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Night Outreach co-president Marie Baylon 12 listens to a cllient play piano at the Palo Alto Opportunity Center.

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our existence in the universe. Being a champion is ultimately a personal experience if you do not feel like one, no one can make you one but that does not stop our society from conferring the title on people we admire, particularly those who make founding contributions to their fields. John Muir, whose work led to the creation of Yosemite National Park, was a champion of natural beauty. Alice Waters is a champion for fresh, healthy food prepared from high-quality, locally-produced ingredients. And Aung San Suu Kyi, who has stood up against military dictatorship at great personal risk, is a champion of Burmese democracy. Being a World Series champion or a Super Bowl winner may sound insignificant in comparison, but ranking people is not the goal here. Life is not a contest of who is the strongest, or the bravest or even who can make the greatest positive impact on the world. There are many types of champions and many ways to become one, most of which dont involve fame. The first step is dedicating yourself toward something that is important to you, regardless of the odds against you. Your task might be something big, like raising a kid well, or it could be smaller, like writing a poem that says something true. Or maybe its training secretly for weeks to finally beat your friend at ping-pong. Dont spend all of your time preparing for the future. Its better strategy to mix short- and long-term goals so that, with luck, you will have moments of glory sprinkled throughout your life. You cant deprive yourself for too long, the soul always craves victory. For optimal health, it should be a frequent pursuit. Jeff would like to incorporate your questions, comments, and complaints about social life at Stanford into future columns. He appreciates your thoughts, which can be sent to jeff2013@stanford.edu.

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hen I was in Florence last quarter, I took a bus to the outskirts of the city, where I had found the only baseball diamond around. I was meeting with the coach of a local club to find out if I could play with them for a couple months. Since baseball barely exists in Europe, I had no idea what to expect in terms of atmosphere or level of play. It turned out that I wasnt going to play any baseball in Florence. Somewhere along the line, the Italian coach had somehow gotten the mistaken impression that I was going to be in the country for three years, not three months. But before we discovered the misunderstanding, his first question for me upon our meeting was, in Italian, How many championships have you won? The question has haunted me ever since. Im pretty sure he was not referring to World Series rings, but beyond that, I dont know. Does Tball count? If I had known the word (il T-ball), I might have asked. Though this was probably the last time that I will be asked this question in a job interview, it is nevertheless an important one to answer for my own peace of mind. At some point in our lives, I think that many of us have or will look back on what we have accomplished and wonder: Are we champions, or are we failures? I am deciding to not count Tball because in my league in the spirit of fun there were no outs and everyone was declared the winner of every game. (However, I always insisted that actually only my team had won.) Though in life there doesnt have to be a loser for there to be a winner, the same is not true of sports. My last championship came when I was fourteen, when the Saratoga White Sox defeated the heavily favored Red Sox in extra innings in front of a crowd of tens. As far as I was (and am) concerned, this victory was as meaningful as any in professional sports. For years afterward, I honestly felt that there was nothing more I needed to prove to the world. A championship is a mental victory; it is a moment when we feel that our actions have justified

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INCOLN, N.Z. Acre after acre of pastureland scrolls by the car window as Ian Dickie an eminent fungal ecologist croons his rendition of I Am Cow. I am Cow, hear me moo, I weigh twice as much as you, and I look good upon your barbecue, the Arrogant Worms parody begins, going on to discuss liquid from my udder and how methane gas comes out my . . . well, you know. The song fits a landscape which, once covered with sheep, has recently been converted to dairyland. Wherever I go in New Zealand, I seem more likely to run into a herd of mooing milk producers than the skittish balls of wool the country is known for. Once, the joke went that for every person in New Zealand, there were 20 sheep. Today, with a human population around 4.5 million and a sheep population thats been halved to 30 million, the ratio isnt quite so impressive. Meanwhile, the number of dairy cattle has doubled from 3 million in 1999 to 6 million in 2009. Simultaneously, the dairy industry has grown by 77 percent to become New Zealands largest exporter. Today, 95 percent of New Zealand dairy products are shipped abroad, earning over $11 billion annually. Most go to Asia, where the growing markets of China and India crave a proteinrich middle class diet. A (relatively) near neighbour, New Zealand is well-positioned to meet this demand, producing 1.5 billion kilograms of milk solids (shippable concentrate produced by evaporating the water from milk) each year. This growth has piqued foreign interest. Harvard got in on the action last year, purchasing the former Big Sky Dairy Farm for $32 million. Now Chinese firms are buying in. Its a brilliant investment from their perspective, banking on a market driven by their own economic growth. But locals are balking at the latest proposed purchase of 16 Crafar dairy farms, citing concerns about job loss (the Chinese firm would import labor from overseas) and threats to environmental quality (foreign owners dont have to live amid their messes). According to some, this public disapproval stems from subtle racism. The media here constantly discusses foreign takeover and threats to New Zealand sovereignty from Asian buyers. Yet the biggest foreign landholders here are United States citizens. American nationals purchased almost 200,000 hectares of New Zealand land in the last five years (including the Harvard farm). The Chinese bought a paltry 225. It would also be a shame to wait for foreign ownership before acknowledging environmental degradation. Despite New Zealands reputation for forward-thinking environmentalism, its dairy industry is, by all accounts, an ecological nightmare. Back in 2003, in a nod to the pollution threat dairy presented, the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment and Fonterra the company with a virtual monopoly on milk processing signed an accord basically saying that they would put their best feet forward. The government would develop regulations, and Fonterra would use its economic clout to sanction noncompliant farmers. Among other things, the accord acknowledged the threat cattle pose to waterways by trampling through carrying mud and feces and vowed to fence off 90 percent of streams by 2012. Thats this year. Needless to say, the goal hasnt been met. Downstream from one farm, a popular swimming hole is regularly plastered with warning signs. Ian points out the turnoff. Its hardly unique. Nitrous oxide the greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide emissions are also up, the result of excessive

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Holly Moeller

95% of New Zealand dairy products are shipped abroad, earning over $11 billion annually.
fertilizer used to milk as much productivity from the land as possible. Cows also produce methane, a byproduct of their ruminant digestive tract that is another potent greenhouse gas. And because so many cattle are crowded onto each field, nutrient loads are becoming unbalanced, leaking effluent into local waterways and stimulating algal blooms and eutrophication. As we know from our own experiences in the United States, industrial farming is an unsustainable practice. However, trying to regulate a growing industry makes for equally unsustainable politics. Still, in a country like New Zealand, where as a function of lower population densities and an adventurous national culture people live closer to the land, it seems possible that some of these issues will be addressed sooner, rather than later. Ian closes with a rousing chorus of I Am Cow. I gaze out the window; a black-and-white heifer stares back. Holly welcomes questions, comments and wool socks at hollyvm@ stanford.edu.

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Independence in action
control. We think its a role that everyone on campus can value: our unique arrangement adds diversity in a way that no other house does. Stanford always insists that it values such residential diversity, but its letter last week spoke truth to a different mission. Were Chi Theta Chis independence revoked, our residents checks would go directly into the universitys coffers, and all spending authority would revert to university administrators. We would lose the freedom to order our own food, buy our own furniture, complete our own renovations, and provide affordable summer housing for all students in short, wed lose all the things that make our home unique on this campus. Under university control, Chi Theta Chi would be the house the university wants it to be not the house the Stanford community has grown to love. If you talk to our residents or alumni, they might sum up our campaign in four simple words with a long history. One day almost a decade ago, that years residents were setting out on a group adventure. We do that a lot. To call everyone together, someone shouted: Bring us with us! It means that its time for everyone to get moving, because we so dearly want everyone in our community along for the trip. This week, weve realized just how big that community is, and how much this fight means to so many people. Bring us with us: we have a lot of work to do, and well need all our help.
MATT GROSSMAN 13 Capital Improvements Projects Manager, Chi Theta Chi

week ago, Stanford informed Chi Theta Chi that it would try to revoke our homes independence. Instead, this weeks progress, and a monumental outpouring of support from the University community, have confirmed that our homes independence is stronger than ever before. This week, we resolved the minor legal technicalities the University cited when it tried to cancel our lease. Our kitchen passed its county inspection. We met with a property manager to independently ensure the continued comfort and safety of our facility. And an independent review has confirmed what we knew all along: that our house and its managing board of alumni have maintained an impeccable fiscal record that guarantees our co-ops stability for decades to come. Before last week, our staff and residents always believed that our house made a positive contribution to the University community. But we never knew how much it meant to so many people. An online petition of support released Tuesday afternoon gained more than a thousand signatures in twelve hours. Alumni and parents from as close as San Francisco to as far away as Hong Kong and London joined a letter-writing campaign last weekend, and many more called in to express the importance of our houses independence to the University officials who have tried to end it. Meanwhile, our on-campus friends in other co-ops welcomed us into their houses early this week to discuss Chi Theta Chis important role in Stanfords co-op community, and how different our culture would be under university

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works so spectacularly well, why arent we doing it here? So we found other universities that actually run quite successful field studies programs that operate really on the model of Stanford in Washington, Campbell said. However, SUES committee member and professor of biology, Susan McConnell, stated in an email to The Daily that a Stanford in the Bay Area is more of a notion than a plan at this stage. Campbell agreed that precisely what such a program would look like is not fully worked out because the committee purposefully tried not to be detailed or prescriptive. We tried to act as an incubator of ideas, trusting in the wisdom and creativity of our colleagues and students to develop, implement and, where necessary, revise those idea, Campbell said. Jill Vizas, on-campus coordinator of the Stanford in Washington program, said that although she thinks a Stanford in the Bay Area program is a good idea worth pursuing, she and her colleagues have not yet been privy to the thought process behind it. Regardless, according to Campbell, should such a program come to fruition, it would most likely resemble the opportunities offered currently by the Stanford in Washington program. Students might be working with some kind of organization, an NGO or community service organization and spend a quarter doing that for credit. But not just being sent out there blind, but after having extensive preparation academic preparation and with a really robust academic and reflective component, Campbell said. Campbell said that the Stanford in the Bay Area program would potentially target all students regardless of their majors and allow for students to actively engage in the broader community while being able to stay on campus. Campbell summarized the impetus for the idea: What student here wouldnt profit from an opportunity to integrate academic interests with challenges and opportunities in the wider world? Contact Ileana Najarro at inajarro@stanford.edu.

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dents during the day while they receive Stanford course instruction at night. According to SUES co-chair and history professor James Campbell in an email to The Daily, the report promotes a greater focus on communitybased programs similar to the Stanford in Washington program. These programs, Campbell said, combine engagement with the wider world with serious academic reflection in ways that enrich both. SUES committee member and former Daily columnist Aysha Bagchi 11, said in an email to The Daily that the Stanford in Washington program and the proposed Stanford in the Bay Area program both serve as ways to give students a literal and figurative change of scenery that ties in well with the reports overall aim for expansions in educational offerings. One of the aims of a Stanford education that we described in the report (the aim that, in a sense, encompasses all other aims) is to foster adaptive learning, where students learn to adapt our knowledge, skills, and sense of personal and social responsibility to new circumstances, Bagchi wrote. For Campbell, the Stanford in Washington program fulfills this aim. Stanford in Washington became a real model for us because students are not only involved in carrying the skills and knowledge theyve accumulated out into the world, working in government offices and so forth, but its linking that to reflective experiences, Campbell said. So theyre prepared, theyre having these experiences out in the world, theyre coming back and having academic seminars in the evening where theyre processing. The benefits the SUES committee saw in the Washington program led them to consider the possibility of offering a similar community-engagement program closer to home in the Bay Area. We started to ask, If this thing

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SUES praised the Academic Directors program run by UAR since 2004 and recommended expanding the number of academic directors. We have fewer academic directors per student than our peers, Vakil said. The evidence suggests that academic directors provide good value. Hiring more people is always expensive but this is an important issue. ADs are professional, Ph.D.level advisors placed with offices in freshman residential complexes, geographically close to the residences they serve. According to the UAR student surveys cited in the SUES report, more than 90 percent of freshmen and sophomores consulted with their ADs at least once during the last academic year. Eight ADs currently serve as advisors to approximately 400 undeclared students each, according to the UAR Annual Report. The UAR report stressed high demand for AD advising as a problem. Our concern now is with their workloadat a ratio of 400:1 they exceed the national guidelines for 1:1 advising at a research university and their increased visibility suggests demand for their time will only continue to increase. According to SUES, the premajor advisor programs main problems include low faculty participation, lack of incentive, advisor-advisee matching issues and a misunderstanding of the role of the PMA. Currently, 310 volunteer faculty and staff advisors serve as PMAs, an increase from 240 last year, according to Julie LythcottHaims 89, dean of freshman and undergraduate advising. Each PMA advises anywhere from six to 16 undeclared students. The class of 2014 was the first to experience enrollments holds, which prevent students from enrolling in courses unless they meet with their PMA advisors. While the SUES report described it as a useful reform, some students have expression frustration over the hold.

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Pre-major advisors

I feel like I am a responsible enough student that I can sign up for classes without having to get permission from an advisor, said Lindsey Wilder 14. Vakil described encouraging faculty to advise more undeclared students as a crucial issue. The SUES report was skeptical about requiring all faculty members to serve as freshman advisors, as some peer institutions have done, and instead considered making individual departments responsible for providing pre-major advisors. Providing inducements for premajor advising was suggested as a last resort. Faculty have so many competing demands on their time; in UAR were trying to strengthen the message about why pre-major advising is rewarding for advisors and even beneficial to departments, Lythcott-Haims said. SUES also endorsed recognition and reward for the academic and nonacademic staff members who serve as PMAs to the remaining majority of undeclared students. I want to guide [advisees] through the school year, through their majors, said Citlalli Del Carpio, a Spanish lecturer who serves as PMA to eight students. School can be very stressful . . . so they can have a person that they can just sit down and talk and ventilate their frustrations and depression of not knowing what to do. This conception of a PMAs job, however, differs from what some students expect from their advisor. Students are often frustrated when PMAs dont know all of the answers about the curriculum or how to find the answers. What we want every student to know is that they shouldnt expect the PMA to know all of these details, said Kirsti Copeland, director of residentially based advising. We intend to do a better job at communicating to students what we expect PMAs to do. Janani Ramachandran 14, chair of the academic affairs committee of the ASSU Senate, echoed this problem. Students dont always necessarily know when they should go to a PMA, an AD, faculty member, peer advisor. . . . Sometimes students have expectations that are too much for a PMA, Ramachandran said.

SUES further recommended exploring possibilities for re-introducing peer advising, a program UAR discontinued and replaced with the AD program. Ramachandran and the academic affairs committee of the ASSU Senate have been working with UAR to expand and promote peer advising. The committee intends to create a web portal that lists contact information for peer advisors and student service representatives in every department for student use. With regards to formally reinstating a peer-advising program, Lythcott-Haims stated that UAR is now in a position to think about bringing peer advisors back. We know that strong recruitment efforts and robust training and ongoing support will be essential if peer advisors are to be successful, she said. The SUES reports final recommendation was to encourage students to take ownership of their education and to use effective advising to make considered, reflective choices on their own. UAR hopes the new Stanford 101 program is the first step toward this end. Stanford 101 piloted one of its two programsthe Stanford Reflections Seminarthis week, according to Copeland. The seminar will create a space for students to engage in small, group discussions about their Stanford experience. Ultimately, we hope that the structured environment for these reflections will increase students awareness of their agency in the choices that will shape their time here and beyond, wrote Koren Bakkegard, UAR associate dean in an email to The Daily. Stanford 101s second program, the Stanford Navigations pilot, will introduce students to the resources available to them at Stanford. Discussion on the program is in preliminary phases. I believe that [student ownership of their education] is part and parcel of the unique nature of Undergraduate Advising and Research, in that its mission includes not only advising but also undergraduate research grants and helping students belong to Stanford, Copeland said. Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag @stanford.edu.

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SPORTS
By MIKE SCHWARTZ
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Stanford Daily

Struggling Card back home

STANFORD HOSTS OREGON SCHOOLS

After a surprisingly strong start that had Stanford sitting atop the Pac-12, the Cardinal has fallen back down to earth and almost out of NCAA tournament contention. Stanford (17-8, 7-6 Pac-12) has lost five of its last seven games and is currently sitting at sixth in the conference standings. While the Card has basically played itself out of contention for an at-large tournament bid, March Madness does remain a possibility. With five conference games remaining in the regular season, Stanford will look to improve its seeding for the Pac-12 Tournament. Winning that tournament guarantees Stanford a spot in the 68-team Big Dance. The journey begins this Thursday night, when Stanford takes on Oregon State (1510, 5-8) in front of its home crowd in Maples Pavilion. Coming off a much-needed win against a banged-up USC team, Stanford will look to rise back up the Pac-12 standings with a win against the Beavers. The first meeting between these two teams was a quadruple-overtime marathon in which Stanford edged out Oregon State 103-101. Freshman guard Chasson Randle scored the go-ahead layup with 37 seconds remaining to give the Cardinal the win. That game was likely Randles best of the year, as he torched the Beavers for a game-high 24 points. The Beavers will be looking for revenge this time around. Leading the way for Oregon State is junior guard Jared Cunningham. Cunningham is averaging a team-high 18.8 points per game on a solid 45 percent shooting clip. He is also one of the NCAAs

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Sophomore forward Josh Huestis (above) is one of many Stanford players that has hit a rut of late. Huestis is just 2-for-14 from the field in his past four games after being one of the teams bright spots early in the season. The Cardinal hosts the Oregon schools this weekend.

STANFORD ROLLS TO END OF ROAD TRIP

By DANIEL E. LUPIN
STAFF WRITER

Jack Blanchat

The fourth-ranked Stanford mens volleyball team is hoping to continue on its roll this weekend in Southern California, as the team tries to extend its winning streak past five matches. Wrapping up the ninth and 10th matches of a long 10-match road stretch, Stanford (9-2, 6-1 MPSF) will take on No. 2 UCIrvine (9-2, 5-2) on Friday night before playing UC-San Diego (3-9, 1-6) on Saturday. The Cardinal has an opportunity to move into a tie for first place with a sweep this weekend, thanks to a suddenly friendly Long Beach State team upsetting top-ranked UCLA on Tuesday night. With 11 of the teams final 13 matches at home, this weekend signifies a terrific opportunity for the Cardinal to

seize control of the MPSF race. The good news for those hoping the Cardinal will claim the MPSF title? Stanford has been playing at a high level lately, winning its past five matches all on the road. The Cardinals attack features the reigning National Player of the Week in senior outside hitter Brad Lawson and the past two MPSF Players of the Week in Lawson and sophomore outside hitter Steven Irvin. Stanford also comes off a weekend sweep that allowed the team to exorcise some of its recent demons. The Cardinal snapped a three-match losing streak against Long Beach State before winning for just the seventh time in 23 tries against Cal State Northridge. The Cardinal benefitted from the strong play

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Sophomore forward Chiney Ogwumike (above) and her sister, senior forward Nnemkadi, dominated Oregon State in the teams first meeting this year, a narrow 67-60 Stanford home victory. The Cardinal and Beavers will square off again tonight in Corvallis, Ore.

CARD ON VERGE OF PAC-12 TITLE

By TOM TAYLOR
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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The No. 4 Stanford mens volleyball team has been on a tear the past few weeks, winning five straight matches on the road. The Cardinal will look to cap its 10-match road trip with two wins this weekend.

The Stanford womens basketball team travels to Corvallis, Ore., tonight with a chance to clinch the inaugural Pac-12 title, and its 12th straight conference title overall. Should the Cardinal defeat Oregon State, it will be guaranteed at least a share of the trophy with four games to go, and Stanford can claim the title outright if second-place Cal loses to Oregon in Eugene. This week, the Cardinal (22-1, 13-0 Pac-12) moved up to No. 3 in the nation as a result of Notre Dames 65-63 loss to West Virginia on Sunday. The team enters tonights game undefeated in its last 70 conference games, on a 24-game winning streak against the Beavers (17-7, 8-5) and leading the all-time series 48-6. With last weekends sweep of the

Southern California schools, it also guaranteed it cant finish outside of the top four in conference and thus received a bye to the quarterfinals of Marchs Pac12 Tournament in Los Angeles. However, playing Oregon State at home may prove a tricky proposition. After finishing dead last with a 2-16 conference record last season and starting slowly this year, head coach Scott Rueck has turned this team around in his second year at the helm. The Beavers are now on a six-game winning streak and currently sit in third place. A strong finish in the last five games of the regular season could lift OSU above Cal and possibly give the Beavers an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament. As if that was not motivation enough for the Beavers, they

illy Beane is a genius. Or hes a madman. Im just not sure which one. Every single day, the Oakland Athletics general manager continues to defy all logic. In their most recent mindboggling move, the As signed Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes to a four-year, $36 million deal on Monday, making the collective baseball world scratch its head. The As not only have a small payroll, but they havent been very competitive in the AL West since their last playoff berth in 2006 so why on earth would the perpetually rebuilding As sign an unknown power hitter most famous for a preposterous YouTube highlight video to a deal this big? The natural reaction is to think that Beane, the architect of the fantastic Moneyball As teams of the early 2000s, has totally lost his mind. First, he traded away almost all of the teams good young pitchers, shipping Gio Gonzalez to the Nationals, Trevor Cahill to the Diamondbacks and Andrew Bailey to the Red Sox. Next, he signed the rapidly-falling-apart-and-laughably-out-of-shape Bartolo Colon to join his rotation.After that, he spent big for Cespedes. Finally, he plans on signing Manny Ramirez in the near future to join Cespedes as the teams other power hitter. Yes, Manny Ramirez, the same guy who had just one hit in 17 at-bats for the Tampa Bay Rays before he retired because he failed his second drug test for performance-enhancing drugs. How on earth do the As expect to compete with in the AL West like this? The Angels sign Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, the Rangers break the bank for Japanese sensation Yu Darvish, and this is how Beane responds? By signing a washed-up, nutty steroid user and a guy who is known for a video that features him taking batting practice in slow motion set to Juelz Santanas The Whistle Song? Billy, have you lost your damn mind? But in the midst of all these mind-boggling moves, a thought suddenly occurred to me: Is Billy Beane trying to tank his team on purpose? I know Beane is smart he somehow got the As to extend his contract through 2019 despite the

Beane: Genius or madman?

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MBBALL

DAVIS UPSETS CARD

By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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best defenders, as his 2.8 steals per game is the fifth-best mark in the entire country. However, in the teams first meeting, Cunningham went an abysmal 4-for-16 from the field. He will look to avenge this performance on Thursday. Sophomore forward Devon Collier has played well since assuming a starting role. Collier, the Beavers second-leading scorer at 13.2 points per game, is shooting a phenomenal 62.4 percent from the field. At 6-foot-7, his speed and quickness present a matchup nightmare for opposing forwards. Oregon State is coming off a crushing home defeat at the hands of the first-place Washington Huskies after the Beavers couldnt pull off the upset and overcome a two-point deficit with just 22 seconds remaining. After this loss, the Beavers will look to make a statement against the Cardinal. A win on Thursday would put them just a game behind Stanford. The Card will look to hold off the Beavers attack, stepping up defensively in a critical matchup of mid-tier Pac-12 teams. On Sunday, the Oregon Ducks (18-7, 9-4 Pac-12) roll into town for a game that will have major tournament-seeding implications. The Ducks are currently two games ahead of the Card, but a win here would give Stanford a very realistic shot of overtaking them in the conference standings. Unlike on Thursday night, the Card will be the team looking to even the season score after the Ducks handed Stanford its first conference loss on Jan. 5. In that game, Oregon guard Devoe Joseph went off, torching Stanford for a career-high 30 points. The Card will look to keep Joseph in check this time around, as the senior guard has been the leading man in Oregons offensive attack this year, averaging a team-high 15.7 points per game to go along with 2.9 assists. Josephs stellar play is a large reason why the Ducks are currently only a game out of first place in the Pac-12. Joseph isnt the only senior running the show for Oregon. Fellow guard Garrett Sim has contributed to Oregons offensive success, averaging 12 points and almost three assists per game. The two seniors have fed off each other all year and will surely look to do the same on Sunday night. As the regular season nears its end, every game becomes more important for the Card. After losing some ground in the Pac-12 standings, Stanford will need a few wins down the stretch to make up ground. A pair of victories this weekend would boost both Stanfords tournament seeding and its confidence going into postseason play. Tip-off for the Oregon State game is tonight at 7 p.m. at Maples Pavilion. Contact Mike Schwartz at mikes23 @stanford.edu.

As often as the biblical tale has been invoked to tell tales of great heroics on the athletic fields, its still not every day that David beats Goliath. In a midweek matchup early in the season, however, its sometimes better to expect the unexpected. On Wednesday, the No. 8 Stanford softball teams big bats were quieted and UCSOFTBALL Davis walked off STANFORD 1 with a 2-1 win, its first triumph in the UC-DAVIS 2 annual series since 2/15, Davis, Calif. 1995. The loss dropped the Cardinal to 4-2 on the season and was shocking for more reasons than just the loss to the unranked Aggies (2-4). Stanford had been averaging over nine runs per game in the first five games of the year and boasts several players with explosive run-scoring capacity. In addition, Davis had almost been swept while hosting its own tournament, losing its first four games at the Aggie Stampede before knocking off Nevada on the final day. But UC-Davis pitcher Jessica Thweatt was a machine in the circle, holding the Cardinal scoreless for six innings before a timely hit and a wild pitch allowed Stanford to tie the score at 1-1. The Cardinal held its own on defense, as junior pitcher Teagan Gerhart almost matched Thweatts zeroes with three innings of one-run ball. In addition, freshman Nyree White held the Aggies in check after taking over for Gerhart in the fourth inning. But Stanfords offense could not buy a base runner, putting only six runners on base the entire game. Besides senior All-American Ashley Hansens two doubles, the Cardinal had little going for it on the offensive side of things, until a pinch-hit single by redshirt sophomore Tegan Schmidt put runners on first and second with one out in the seventh inning.

Thweatts only real error of the afternoon, a wild pitch, allowed junior Jenna Rich to score from second base and tie the game. The run gave Stanford hope, but that hope was to be short-lived. In the bottom of the seventh, White struck out the first batter and was ahead in the count against the No. 9 hitter in Davis lineup, catcher JJ Wagoner. But Wagoner got a hold of Whites next offering, tripling to deep right field. With the infield in, a clean single up the middle scored Wagoner, and the Aggies celebrated a walk-off victory. The Cardinal will try and rinse the bad taste out of its mouth very soon, however. Stanford hosts the Stanford Nike Invitational this weekend, taking on Pacific in the teams home opener Friday afternoon. Games against Bradley and Nevada will follow, as semifinal, consolation and championship matchups, determined by the roundrobin action, will take place on Sunday. Pacific (0-2) has struggled out of the gate this year, losing its only two contests so far, but could make for an interesting game with the Cardinal. The Tigers showed some fight in scoring two runs off No. 12 UCLA and forcing the Bruins to play six innings. And while Bradley (2-3) has a losing record, the Braves played very tough against No. 3 California in a 5-0 loss this year. The Cardinal has never faced the Braves, but did get a chance to see them play at last weekends season-opening Kajikawa Classic. A very patient team at the plate, Bradley drew 18 walks and gave up just nine runs in four games out of five but also had a 16-1 defeat at the hands of Idaho State. Madeline Lynch-Crumrine is the Braves ace, and she might give Stanford trouble if the Cardinal cannot shake the ill effects of Wednesdays defeat. Stanfords final opponent this weekend will be Nevada (1-4), which once again might not be nearly as bad as its record suggests. The Wolf Pack sports a very unsightly .177 team batting average but has a dominant pitcher in

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The Stanford softball team suffered a shocking loss Wednesday, falling to UC-Davis on a walkoff single in the seventh inning as the Aggies beat the Cardinal for the first time since 1995.
senior Mallary Darby (1.42 ERA, 13 strikeouts in 19.2 innings) and beat UC-Davis 6-3 in the Aggie Stampede. With plenty of teams that sport much more impressive resumes looming on the near horizon for the Cardinal, this weekend figures to be an important test to see how close Stanford really is to midseason form. The Card needs to hit its stride in order to take charge in the daunting Pac-12 and beyond. First pitch against Pacific from Smith Family Stadium is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at milesbs@stanford.edu.

SPORTS BRIEF

Six Stanford players headed to NFL combine

Six Cardinal football players will be at the NFL combine in Indianapolis from Feb. 22 to 28, and several are currently training on campus as they prepare to impress pro scouts. Redshirt junior quarterback Andrew Luck has long been the consensus No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft, and his two best offensive linemen, Jonathan Martin and David DeCastro, will join him in Indianapolis as likely first-round picks as well. Tight end Coby Fleener, who caught a teamleading 10 touchdown passes last season, will also be at the combine and has been men-

tioned as a potential first-round selection as well. Safety Delano Howell is the only defensive player of the group. Despite missing three games due to injury last year, he finished the season with three of the best performances of his career, coming up with seven, eight and seven tackles respectively against the likes of Cals Keenan Allen, Notre Dames Michael Floyd and Oklahoma States Justin Blackmon. The final Stanford player heading to Indianapolis is receiver Chris Owusu, whose medical clearance to continue playing football after a series of concussions was announced by his agent on Thursday. Owusu was carted off the field at Oregon State on

Nov. 5 after his third such injury in 13 months and did not return to action last season, besides being inserted on the final play of the game against Notre Dame. Owusus playing career on the Farm got off to a speedy start. As a sophomore, the dynamic receiver caught a team-leading five touchdowns and earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on special teams for his three scores on kickoff returns, which tied a conference record. Even though his injury-plagued career took a turn for the worse in 2010 and never fully restarted in his seven games last season, Owusu still ranks as one of the top kick returners in Stanford history.
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team not making the playoffs for five years and I think he has finally found the way to revive Oaklands franchise. Anybody who knows baseball knows the knock on Oakland: they have a payroll smaller than most WNBA teams, so they have to make every dollar count by counting on young prospects. They cant sign big free agents. But finally, banks currently lead OSU with averages of 12.5 and 12.0 points and 4.0 and 7.0 rebounds, respectively. Two factors that made the crucial difference for Stanford the last time it met Oregon State were the Ogwumike sisters and fouls. On their way to a pair of double-doubles, senior forward Nnemkadi and sophomore forward Chiney combined for 53 points and 26 rebounds to lift the Card clear of the Beavers. OSU also committed 16 fouls in comparison to Stanfords eight, sending the Card to the charity stripe 12 more times than the Beavers, allowing Stanford to hold a 12-point advantage on free throws. This difference was crucial because the final game-winning margin was just seven. From the floor, OSU had a considerably better shooting percentage, 49 percent compared to 36.4 percent, hitting one more field goal than the

Beane has found a way out of Oaklands status quo. If he tanks the franchise, the MLB will be forced to let the As build the new ballpark in San Jose they desperately want, and Beane and company will get a big influx of new money with which to bring the As back to greatness. Take a look at the franchise formerly known as the Montreal Expos, currently the Washington Nationals. They had to become the laughingstock of Major League Baseball before they could finally get into a spot where they were able to compete, and Beane is following their lead. Card and three more three-pointers, and it is clear that fouls, and free throws, won the game for Stanford. This time around, Oregon State will need to repeat the physical performance that kept most of the Cardinal players quiet, but without sending Stanford to the freethrow line so often or letting the Ogwumikes catch fire. The bad news for the Beavers, though, is that since that game, head coach Tara VanDerveer has been able to count on major contributions from other parts of her team. While OSU has turned its season around, the Cardinal too has improved in the last month and a half. The team that travels to Corvallis tonight is almost certainly better than the one that narrowly won at the beginning of the year. After the contest against OSU, Stanford will move on to Eugene to face the Oregon Ducks at lunchtime on Saturday. Regardless of results elsewhere, if the Cardinal can engineer a sweep of the Oregon schools it will be guaranteed the Pac-12 regular-season title with three games still to play. Tonights clash with the Beavers tips off at 7 p.m. in Corvallis. Contact Tom Taylor at tom.taylor @stanford.edu.

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know that, except for UConn and Cal, they are the team that pushed the Card closest all season, narrowly losing 67-60 at Maples Pavilion back in early January. There were nine lead changes in that contest and the score was tied a total of 10 times. Oregon State held a four-point lead over Stanford at the half but could not quite hold on for the upset. The Beavers top performers in Januarys game were guards Ali Gibson, Alyssa Martin and Earlysia Marchbanks, with 16 points and six rebounds, 12 and four and 12 and three, respectively. Coming into tonights game, Oregon State may be looking to the same players; Gibson and March-

First, the Expos became one of the worst teams in baseball, and nobody showed up to their games. It got so bad that the team had to be sold to Major League Baseball, and even had to play games in San Juan, Puerto Rico in order to get anyone to show up to their games. But once things got that desperate, the MLB finally did what it could to save the franchise. First, they moved the franchise to Washington, D.C. and changed the team name to the Nationals. Next, the Nationals got a big, brand-new ballpark with a view of the United States Capitol building. They only had to suck for a few more years before they could get two dynamite first overall picks in a row Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and Bryce Harper in 2010 and now they have enough money and talent to put up a fight in the NL East. They just had to get worse before they could get better. And they

are definitely getting better in a hurry. Why does the tank-on-purpose theory make sense to me? After all, thats the Moneyball philosophy: You zig when others zag and you value things others dont. If Beane pulls this great gambit off, hell have taken what hes been given and done the absolute best thing for the As: get them out of the Coliseum, into a new park, infused with new money and ready to be contenders again. And if you think Im the crazy one, consider this: Beane got Brad Pitt to play him in a movie. Do you really need any other evidence that Billy Beane is a genius? Jack Blanchat is only calling Billy Beane a genius to try to get on the newest Sh*t As Fans Say video. Point out that its more likely to be in Sh*t As Fans Dont Say at blanchat@stanford.edu or follow him on Twitter @jmblanchat.

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of Lawson, who was named National Player of the Week following a combined 40-kill effort in the two matches. In addition to Lawson, Stanfords middle blockers, senior Gus Ellis and sophomore Eric Mochalski, were particularly effective against LBSU, combining for 16 kills and a .625 hitting percentage. Sophomore outside hitter Brian Cook was the man who stepped up for the Cardinal against Northridge, finishing with a career-high 26 kills in Stanfords four-set match. For all of Stanfords recent success, the matches this weekend, especially on Friday, will not be a walk in the park. UC-Irvine features a two-headed attack in senior Carson Clark and sophomore Jeremy Dejno. Both average over three kills per set and maintain a hitting percentage above .300. The Anteaters also come into the match just as hot as Stanford, winners of five in a row, including a road sweep of No. 13 Hawaii last weekend. Prior to Tuesday night, UCI was the only team this season to have beaten UCLA, a team that swept the Cardinal back on Jan. 20. The Anteaters only two losses this season came at the hands of BYU, a team UCI had already beaten earlier in the season. Regardless of what happens

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to the Cardinal on Friday night, the team will need to come out focused and ready to play on Saturday. A year ago, this very same UC-San Diego team swept Stanford at home, a loss the Cardinal certainly has not forgotten. The Tritons are lead by redshirt junior Carl Eberts and sophomore Vaun Lennon, who both average better than 2.9 kills per set. UCSD comes into the weekend having struggled thus far this season. The Tritons were swept at home last weekend and are actually winless at home this year, which has contributed to their 39 record and a current last-place standing in the MPSF. This does not mean, however, that the Tritons are not capable of pulling off the upset. UCSD pushed No. 3 BYU to five sets last Saturday before falling in the fifth. This weekend is a huge opportunity that you dont get in very many lifetimes and would be a huge boost of confidence and a catalyst to keep playing strong, Irvin said. I think the best part would be to be No. 1 at the end of our rigorous five-week road trip. Stanford will play UC-Irvine on Friday at 7 p.m. before taking on UC-San Diego at the same time on Saturday. These are Stanfords final two matches in a 10match road stretch before the team returns home for six straight on the Farm. Contact Daniel E. Lupin at delupin@stanford.edu.

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style. He said he hopes to be a role model to students pursuing academic medicine by demonstrating the benefits of being involved simultaneously in clinical and scientific activity. Where Stanford has had a bit less in the Department of Medicine is the connecting of the health care system to . . . discovery science, Harrington said. The role of people like me who both see patients as well as do research is something that we would like to see increased in the Department of Medicine. As such, Harrington expects to see Stanford recruiting and hiring more faculty members who are engaged in clinical practice as well as scientific research. He noted that he hopes the excellent science on campus will provide new therapies for clinical purposes and that, in return, students of academic medicine will be more inclined to take advantage of Stanfords scientific offerings. Ultimately Stanford wants to train leaders in academic medicine, Harrington said. And part of my job will be to create a depart-

ment where those opportunities will present themselves to develop academic leaders scientifically, clinically and in the areas of medical education. Harrington listed a chief responsibility of his new position as leading the Department of Medicine residency training programs and fellowship training programs, with their subspecialties. While he said he is excited about the job, Harrington admitted to being anxious about leaving his home of 22 years to move 3,000 miles away. What interests me at this point in my professional life is to really broaden my leadership in academic medicine from one thats largely focused on the issues dealing with clinical research to a broader portfolio of issues that is represented by the department of medicine, meaning the clinical care issues, the research issues, both basic and clinical, as well as the education issues, Harrington said. [Being chair] was a nice opportunity to broaden my leadership portfolio and experiences and, as you might imagine, I am incredibly excited to do that. Harrington is scheduled to begin his role on July 1. Contact Jordan Shapiro at jordansh @stanford.edu.