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May 4, 2009
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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235
Issue 50

Execs push social issues

The Daily interviews new ASSU Executives David Gobaud and Jay de la Torre
By ELLEN HUET and ZOE RICHARDS
Ever since he was a Senate associate in his
first year at Stanford, David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10
felt that Stanford was an amazing place that
could be made even better through the ASSU.
Four years later, and paired with Jay de la Torre
‘10, he is finally in a position — as ASSU
Executive — to realize these goals by emphasiz-
ing “cooperation” between different divisions of
the ASSU and political engagement of the stu-
dent body.
When asked how they would like to be
remembered after their term as executives, both
Gobaud and de la Torre emphasized the impor-
tance of raising awareness about social issues and
seeing more students involved in the political
process.
Gobaud, who has since the transition spent
more hours in the Old Union ASSU offices than
in his own dorm room, emphasized the impor-
tance of mobilizing students. The Executives are
considering launching a CourseRank-style Web
site to help students explore volunteer service
organizations in an effort to attract students to
campus service.
“We hope that we can engage students that
typically aren’t engaged,” Gobaud said.
De la Torre also stressed that the combination
of input from the Executive cabinet and the stu-
dent body at large could help the ASSU create
more innovative solutions to student concerns.
“It’s about getting the entire campus to buy in
on the things we’re doing,” de la Torre said. “I
think a lot of that will be soliciting feedback and
suggestions from as much of the student body as
possible to feel that sense of ownership and con-
tribution to making things happen.”
The new ASSU chiefs noted a weakness in
past administrations to inspire involvement
among graduate students and they thus intend to
create cohesion between graduate and under-
graduate communities.
The team hopes to maintain strong and trans- STEVE LESSER/The Stanford Daily
parent communication between themselves and ASSU Executives David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10 and Jay de la Torre ran on a tick-
the student body by publicly disclosing progress
et looking to continue the public service focus of Dorsey-Harris. The team also
Please see EXECS, page 2 brings a technological approach, having set up the online Draw Matchmaker.

STUDENT LIFE
CAUGHT UP IN CONDIVAL
O-Show cut
due to tight
budget for NSO
A cappella groups no longer receive
early housing in fall for event

By AMY HARRIS
DESK EDITOR

Beginning next year, the O-Show will be a no-show,

as confirmed by the Office of Student Activities (OSA)
and Freshman’s Dean Office (FDO). In yet another
attempt to tighten University purse strings, funds for
the New Student Orientation (NSO) event in Memorial
Auditorium were axed, striking a discordant note with
many in the a cappella community.
Edith Wu-Nguyen ‘99, director of New Student
Programs in the FDO, said that the large NSO programs
held in Memorial Auditorium cost the University thou-
sands of dollars each to produce. When cuts to NSO
were considered this year, it was decided that the O-
Show was expendable.
“In deciding which to cut, we looked at which pro-
grams align most closely with NSO’s mission,” Wu-
Nguyen said. “In this context, when viewed alongside

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AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily DAILY NEWS

Students hit photos of “Bad Guys” in a game during a student-organized “Condival” this past Friday. The event protested former Secretary of State Rice’s return to campus.

FEATURES PRESENTS Daily staffers

‘60s anti-war movement reunited
By GERRY SHIH
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The unassuming black door of Building 10, beveled
and framed by sandstone like any other around the
Quad, has seen more than its fair share of action.
At noon yesterday, several dozen alumni and current
students marched to Building 10 and nailed an informal
indictment against Condoleezza Rice, urging legal
authorities to investigate and prosecute the former
Secretary of State. Rice, who returned to campus during
winter quarter, has begun engaging students amid per-
sistent controversy over her role in authorizing the
alleged torture of prisoners during the Bush administra-
tion.
“Please-uh, please-uh, no Condoleezza,” the protes-
tors chanted as they walked a familiar route from the Old
Union, past the bookstore, down Lasuen Mall and into
the Quad.
The act was a symbolic, final flourish to a weekend-
long reunion organized by anti-war student protestors
from the 1960s and ‘70s, many of whom had chanted and
marched from Old Union to the University President’s
office, 40 years and six months ago, to nail their demands
for Stanford’s withdrawal from Vietnam-related research
“There are ways to push and
be radical without being
detached from reality.”
— PAUL LOEB, A3M member
to that very same door.At that time, they represented the
Stanford branch of the Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS), which struggled to sever the University’s
association with the war effort. By the end of the decade,
they would call themselves the April 3 Movement and
ultimately claim victory for banning classified research
from campus. Defense-related research, however,
remained, as it did on many campuses.
Over 40 years, few have abandoned a commitment to
Left politics, in the roughest sense, although perspectives
have shifted. They were once a few hundred strong, with
sympathizers several times that, and still over 120 close-
knit alumni pay their registration dues of $150 and gath-
er from across the country, said Lenny Siegel, the organ-
izer of the decennial reunions.
The weekend kicked off with a series of speakers at
the Palo Alto Sheraton Hotel on Friday evening and
moved to Tressider Union on Saturday for a full day of
panel sessions. History Prof. Barton Bernstein delivered
the keynote speech on Saturday night.
The reunion lacked the pomp that the University lav-
ishes on Alumni Weekend, when the annual sight of con-
gregations beneath white tents and autumn sunshine
implicitly suggest to students a path of prosperous stabil-
ity and established prestige. Under an overcast sky in the
Old Union courtyard on Sunday morning, an A3M alum-
nus speaking to a current junior claimed with a grin that
his generation of alumni classes has consistently donated
the least in the University’s history due to the deep-root-
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take home
scholarships
By CHRISTINE McFADDEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Eight Daily staff members were acknowledged with
scholarship awards on Sunday by the alumni organiza-
tion Friends of The Stanford Daily. The recipients
ranged from senior staff writers to desk editors to
managing editors.
“This year, we had a greater number of applicants
than we’ve had in recent years, and the pool of appli-
cants was very strong,” said Christy Wise ‘75, ex-officio
member of the Friends of The Stanford Daily board
and former Daily opinions editor. “I think that reflects
the talent of Daily reporters and editors.”
Of the four scholarships awarded, Deputy Editor
Devin Banerjee ‘11 was the recipient of the San Jose
Mercury News internship.
“I’m very grateful to have been given this opportu-
nity, and I look forward to my work in the summer,”
Banerjee said.
Banerjee will spend eight weeks on The Mercury’s
breaking news desk beginning this June. The current
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A3M Continued from front page
ed antagonism with the administra-
tion.
Indeed, those movement mem-
bers who went on to venture capital
or banking were largely absent. And
if the stereotype of the University
reunion calls for trophy spouses and
careerist contest, then it fails com-
pletely to describe a reunion
nonetheless that was consumed by
hefty political discussion. Barack
Obama’s presidential victory loomed
large over the three days. The tone
was largely celebratory.
A number of speakers expressed
optimism and hope in national policy
Lenny Siegel, member of the April 3 Movement in 1969, nails a letter of grievances to the door of Building 10 in the Quad. The letter was an informal indict-
ment against Condoleezza Rice, urging legal authorities to investigate and prosecute the former Secretary of State. Rice, who returned to campus during
winter quarter, has been engaging students amid controversy over her role in authorizing the alleged torture of prisoners during the Bush administration.
AWARDS
Continued from page 6
deputy editor has worked at The
Daily since the beginning of his
freshman year, starting as a news
staff writer, becoming a news desk
editor his following volume, serv-
ing as news managing editor over
last summer’s volume and into the
fall and winter.
“Given that I have worked at
the Daily every night for 12
months straight, I think the award
committee believed it was time for
a change of scenery for me,” he
said, referring to the Mercury
News building in which he will be
spending most of his summer.
Kamil Dada ‘11 was the recipi-
ent of the George Caulfield
Award, a $2,000 award that recog-
nizes sophomores and juniors for
outstanding work at The Daily.
“I am incredibly honored to win
the George Caulfield award,”
Dada said. “I am glad to be recog-
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made on campaign platform issues
throughout the year. The pair also
pressed the importance of making
ASSU activities and updates more
accessible to students so that they
can become more involved in stu-
dent government decision-making.
Gobaud and de la Torre will look
for students who can help them get
others excited about the issues on
their platform as they complete
interviews for the Executive Cabinet.
“We want people who can inspire
others to get work done,” de la Torre
said, “to take ownership of these
issues, that way the sense of owner-
ship spreads and more and more
people become engaged in the
issues.”
In tandem with what they hope
will be an inspiring cabinet, the Execs
plan to increase contact between
themselves and the student body, by
following the trend of town halls that
sprung up this year in addition to
writing a blog to keep students in
stride with their plans and progress.
Although Gobaud and de la Torre
have only been in office for nine
days, the team has already begun sev-
eral projects to improve student life,
such as the ASSU Matchmaker, a
centralized program designed to help
students find roommates, which
already has over 100 students signed
up.
“A student emailed us one day
saying that there should be some way
for students to find roommates based
on preferences, and we launched the
service within 72 hours,” Gobaud
said. “The Web site matches people
before the Draw deadline, and they
have the chance to contact each
other.”
As for the rest of spring quarter,
Gobaud said that the biggest goal is
to organize the executive team and
define each member’s visions and
goals for the year. The summer will
be spent establishing the team infra-
instead of cynicism or frustration.
Urging grassroots organization was a
common theme.
Phil Trounstine, a political analyst,
hailed progress in American racial
politics and compared the current
atmosphere to his nostalgic student
days during a Saturday discussion.
“We have to stop and think about
what Barack Obama has meant,”
Trounstine said several times. “I saw
the same kind of commitment at the
Obama [campaign] office and the
same readiness to break out.”
The writer Paul Loeb identified
with Obama, who, as a one-time com-
nized with excellent fellow mem-
bers of The Daily that have
inspired to me to go into journal-
ism full-time. This award will be an
immensely beneficial stepping
stone in my budding career as a
professional journalist.”
Like Banerjee, Dada began
work at The Daily at the start of his
freshman year. From there, Dada
has since progressed to being a
senior staff writer, World & Nation
editor, and now a news desk editor.
Working in his fourth volume with
The Daily, Dada is also an elected
member of The Daily’s Board of
Directors.
“Ever since I walked into The
Stanford Daily office on the first
day of my Stanford experience, I
knew that I was going to be
hooked,” he said. “I have now
reported on a variety of different
issues — from student protests and
interviews with famous speakers to
issues with residential education
and new technology research.”
Other award recipients included
News Desk Editor Eric Messinger
‘10, who received $6,000 for the
structure, interfacing with adminis-
trators and fleshing out plans, all to
build the necessary foundation for
next year’s work.
The team’s goals for the year are
still somewhat undecided, as they
have yet to select their cabinet, which
will be organizing the projects. The
Gobaud-de la Torre platform prom-
ised @stanford.edu email addresses
for life, which Gobaud said are
“going to be done by spring [2010]”,
and are currently in discussions with
Dining Services about implementing
healthier food options in the Axe &
Palm. Over the course of the year,
the team hopes to increase the value
of student input by surveying for
campus opinion on food issues and
other preferences.
In general, the Executives hope to
work on projects in parallel rather
than focus on one at a time, and they
also plan to use their position to
highlight broader campus issues.
“[The work] we’ve done already
has been concentrated toward stu-
dent life, but we don’t want that to
be the defining characteristic of our
administration,” de la Torre said.
“There’s something to be said about
Stanford’s perfect image clouding
some of the [awareness regarding]
serious issues that we face as stu-
dents — eating disorders, relation-
ship abuse, mental health, etc.”
Last year’s Executives Jonny
Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09 used
the ASSU to undertake longer-term
goals, and the current Executives
hope to continue the pattern. In
order to tackle these large-scale stu-
dent issues such as mental health and
munity organizer, “was in a place
where a lot of us are.”
If there was a genuine conviction
in unwavering progressivism among
those in the room, so too was there an
earnestness about retrospection.
“We have to be really, ruthlessly
self-critical,” Loeb said. “There was a
revolutionary megalomania. We were
indulging in a fantasy that helped
destroy the movement.”
Loeb emphasized a need to moti-
vate a younger generation without
alienating them.
“There are ways to push and be
radical without being detached from
Harry Press Award for juniors hop-
ing to go into journalism, and for-
mer columnist Paul Craft ‘09, for
the $1,000 William Woo Award for
opinions writing.
“I was extremely grateful to
have received the award, and I was
especially thinking that I was very
grateful to my parents for all of
their help,” Messinger said.
Messinger said he would like to
go into the field of journalism in
the future if there are jobs avail-
able.
“It’s not really clear if there will
be but if there are opportunities I
will go for them,” he said.
The Julius Jacobs Award, typi-
cally given to just one recipient,
was awarded to both Features
Desk Editor Amy Harris ‘11 and
Sports Staff Writer Erik Adams
‘10. Two honorable mentions were
also given to News Desk Editor
Ryan Mac ‘11 and Senior Staff
Writer Marisa Landicho ‘12.
“In many cases, the judges had a
difficult time deciding between the
applicants,” Wise noted.
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dependent healthcare for graduate
students, Gobaud and de la Torre
recognize that the efforts must span
across more than just one year’s
administration.
“It’s hard to do a lot in literally
two quarters,” Gobaud explained.
“We’re going to set a precedent of
working on a broader level, and this
is something that needs to continue
year after year.”
The team plans to overcome the
common dilemma of approaching
multi-year problems with single-
year terms by instituting a small
internal policy summit each year at
the time of administration turnover.
This year’s will be the first, tenta-
tively scheduled for May 10.
The transition summit will bring
together old and new members of
reality,” Loeb said. “The horizons are
more limited today, and that’s a loss,
but it’s much more grounded.”
Still, the celebratory, wholehearted
embrace of a Democratic Party politi-
cian and thus the state, the willingness
to organize and maneuver within the
body politic and the plea to rethink
the past indicated a sharp retreat
from the radicalism of the ‘60s that
spanned a much broader view of pol-
itics.
Bernstein, the evening speaker,
polled the audience and revealed that
the overwhelming majority consid-
ered themselves “radicals” during
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writers and editors have been
awarded annually since 1999, with
awards named after former Daily
writers and other successful jour-
nalists associated with Stanford.
The recipients of the awards sat
down at dinner Sunday evening
with Wise, former Daily Managing
Editor Harry Press ‘39 and Martha
Shirk, widow of William Woo, for-
mer Lorry I. Lokey Visiting profes-
sor in Professional Journalism at
Stanford. The event was the first
awards ceremony to take place in
The Daily’s new Lorry I. Lokey
building.
“It was particularly fun to have
the new conference center for our
awards presentation and dinner,”
Wise said. “I was glad so many of
the recipients could attend. It’s just
one of the premiere programs of
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and the Friends feels very strongly
about providing encouragement to
students in pursuing their journal-
istic interests.”
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the Undergraduate Senate, the
Graduate Student Council, the
Executives, class slates and leaders
of various volunteer service organi-
zations in an effort to streamline
service projects within the ASSU.
“We’re trying to have better com-
munication between all the bodies of
the ASSU,” de la Torre said. “This
way, those who are passionate and
involved with specific issues can
establish a channel of communica-
tion in order to get things done with-
out duplicating efforts.”
Gobaud and de la Torre are
quick to acknowledge that these
ambitious goals quickly deplete
their free time.
“This is the only thing I do
besides school,” de la Torre
explained. “It’s basically a 24/7 job.”
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their Stanford years and a very select
few thought themselves “liberals.”
Forty years on, a few more people Faces, Real World, Three Books
identify as “liberals,” several remain and Discover Stanford, the O-
“radicals” or “revolutionaries” but Show was the obvious program to
most now label themselves as “pro- cut.”
gressives.” “The loss of O-Show is unfortu-
After his poll, Bernstein said little nate, but I understand and support
in explicit analysis as the hands went the need for Orientation to focus
down, but the point was made. on what it considers are its core
Outside the banquet hall, David programs amidst difficult budget
Pugh, 62, a former leader of SDS who decisions,” wrote Troy Steinmetz,
raised his hand at the roll call of “rev- assistant director of Student
olutionary,” surveyed his former com- Activities, in an email to The
rades and classmates. Daily.
“I’m a little disappointed,” he said. Wu-Nguyen said that while the
“As people age, they’re not as economic crisis is a big driver of
involved in organizing. It’s a reflec- this decision, the $16,000 O-Show
tion of the ebb of the radical move- price tag was not the fundamental
ment in general in the U.S., but we’ve issue. Before the economy soured,
got to be relevant now.” NSO leadership had begun debat-
Pugh’s view suggested that despite ing why a cappella groups were
their common basic politics, the views given the special opportunity to
among the members, four decades perform in Memorial Auditorium
later, are hardly monolithic. But there when other arts groups don’t have
was a sense, perhaps, that much of the access to such an opportunity.
shift in perspective came after many “Had the economic crisis not
movement members continued their hit, it’s likely we would have
personal efforts for progressive caus- changed the O-show into a per-
es well into middle age but found suc- forming arts showcase featuring
cess through established, though lim- some music, some dance, some
iting, mechanisms. In aligning their theater, etc.,” Wu-Nguyen said.
fundamental beliefs, personal history Originally called A Cappella Fest
and the wisdom of age, the movement and then renamed the O-Show in
members each found their own 2002, Stanford’s a cappella groups
answers. began the now-hallowed NSO tradi-
On Sunday morning outside Old tion in 1992, according to Wu-
Union, Siegel waited for his former Nguyen’s records. Per tradition,
comrades to gather before heading to Stanford’s nine a cappella groups
President Hennessey’s office. perform two songs each for the
“I don’t agree with those guys who incoming freshman, amid waving
said ‘look at us, we’re over the hill,’” flags and dorm cheers. The high-
Siegel said, minutes before delivering intensity environment provides a
a lighthearted speech and briskly chance to expose freshmen to
leading the pack of several dozen Stanford’s musical sampling, and is
people to Building 10. “I’m at the top followed by auditions the next week.
“The O-Show is incredibly
of my game.”
important for auditions,” said
Contact Gerry Shih at gcash@stan- Vinney Le ‘11, business manager
ford.edu. of Talisman. “When [Memorial
Auditorium] gets filled with all the
freshmen, and they are waving
their flags and going crazy, it’s just
DAILY POLL a really easy and essential and effi-
cient way of exposing them to all
that we have.”
Would you be willing to pay a
premium to use meal plan dollars at Steinmetz and Wu-Nguyen are
Fraiche and other non-Stanford dining cognizant of a cappella groups’
locations? reliance on the O-Show for
36 votes taken from stanforddaily.com at 11:30 p.m. 05/03/09 recruits, and are planning a meet-
ing with a cappella leadership
later this month to discuss the
impact on the auditions schedule,
14%
which has previously been based
D A on the date of O-Show.
19% “We’re committed to finding a
33%
C timeline that meets the needs of
the groups and is sensitive to the
B goals of Orientation,” Steinmetz
said, “and we’ll do what we can to
33% lessen the impact for those groups
most effected, including helping
secure audition space.”
Ben Lauing, a member of
A) Maybe, but it really depends on the pre Stanford Harmonics and point-
mium rate.
person representing the a cappella
B) No, I'm not paying even more for yogurt.
C) Yes, and a premium around 50 percent groups in talks with the OSA and
FDO, said that while the effort is
sounds appropriate.
D) I don't care if Fraiche accepts meal plan still in its preliminary stages, a cap-
dollars . pella groups are working with the
OSA to develop an O-Show
Today’s Question:
equivalent that will be independ-
Do you think the ASSU Executives should ent of NSO.
focus on long-term issues?
Lauing and Le say that they are
a) Yes, those are the more meaningful
issues. hoping to have a show the
b) Maybe, but I just want to see quantifi Monday of the first week of school
able progress.
c) No, Jonny and Fagan demonstrated and are considering alternative
that it is difficult to achieve substantial venues like Dinkelspiel
change.
d) No, dealing with short-term problems Auditorium.
is much more important. The nine a cappella groups plan
vote today at stanforddaily.com! on splitting the cost for the show
through independent funds, Le
explained, but he noted that they
are hardest hit by the lack of early
Dorsey and Harris’ office in Old
housing due to the cancellation of
Union reflected the full-time nature
O-Show.
of being an ASSU Executive.
“It’s not fair, if Stanford’s going
“The first thing we did when we
to ask us to perform like we usual-
got into the office was clean it up,”
ly do, but doesn’t give us the time
de la Torre said with a laugh. “It’s
or ability to sing to our full poten-
still not looking great now, but it was
tial if we’re not on campus togeth-
definitely much worse. We found
er, singing,” Le said.
some interesting foodstuffs.”
Previously, when O-Show was
in te lineup, a cappella members
Contact Ellen Huet and Zoe Richards
returned to Stanford the Sunday
at ehuet@stanford.edu and iamzoe@
before NSO to practice and get
stanford.edu.
back into the swing of performing.
Housing for more than 70 a cap-
pella members, Wu-Nguyen
explained, was preset by adminis-
tration.
Le explained that for Talisman,
specifically, the early housing pro-
vided an invaluable time to recruit
and perform at NSO activities.
“A lot of us have joked about
having all the a cappella groups
come and pitch tents in White
Plaza,” Le laughed. “We have
talked about staying with our
members at their homes who live
in the Bay Area — we would all
come and sleep on their floors.”
Yet while Le noted the great
loss of the O-Show to a cappella
groups themselves, he thinks the
freshmen will be the ones to suffer.
“All the a cappella groups are
so different and we need a way to
get our message and feel out there,
so that people can audition,” Le
said. “Without O-Show, I don’t
think people can get a feel of that
when they are walking through
White Plaza and all of us are
screaming at the freshmen, blast-
ing our own music, and telling
them to come audition for us,
when they don’t know who we are
or what we stand for.”
Contact Amy Harris at harrisaj
@stanford.edu.
The Stanford Daily
OPINIONS
EDITORIAL
Students should give more
consideration to gap years
ou spend your first weeks at Stanford
Y
learning to scream your graduating
class year at the top of your lungs, pre-
suming it’s a given. Drilled into your head is
the idea that a headfirst plunge into four
years of fast-paced academic rigor is the best
trajectory for you and all of the other first-
years, when in reality that just may not be the
case.
The editorial board would like to urge an
option — available to you throughout your
academic career — that may seem counter-
intuitive in this era of hyper-productivity, but
can actually serve to enhance your academic
career with little or no negative impact on
your degree progress in the long term. That
option is the “gap year.”
The phenomenon of taking a gap year is
known by many names, including leave of ab-
sence, year out, stopping out and various
other pseudonyms that seem to imply that
taking a break from Stanford is like taking a
giant step into a black hole. Fear and stigma
shroud the idea, as if Stanford shuts the gates
on you if you consider taking a break to do
something else for a while. But the editorial
board is here to dispel the myth that taking a
leave of absence is a permanent or drastic
break from academia and shed light on the
number of exciting ways you can seize life and
regain the pizzazz necessary to flourish at
Stanford with a temporary leave of absence.
Particularly in the grim economic times
we face, we may be wise to follow the lead of
our European peers, who take gap years far
more readily and use the opportunity to
work, volunteer and travel while still free of
“real-world” responsibilities. In a recent sur-
vey, almost a quarter of students in the Unit-
ed Kingdom ages 16 to 18 said they hoped to
take a year off of school for travel, work or
volunteering.
For those of us here at Stanford, there are
opportunities abound to take volunteer po-
Unsigned editorials in the space above represent the views of The Stanford Daily's editorial board and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff. The editorial board is comprised of two former Daily staffers,
three at-large student members and the two editorial board co-chairs. Any signed columns and contributions
are the views of their respective writers and do not necessarily represent the views of the entire editorial board.
To contact the editorial board for an issue to be considered, or to submit an op-ed, please email
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O P-E D
Condival went too far
n Friday after lunch, I was biking
O through White Plaza to class when I
passed a small group of students who
were performing a parody of waterboarding.
I only saw it in passing, but some students
held another above a tub of water, while a
young woman yelled at him,asking where the
terrorists were. The small crowd around the
scene laughed hysterically.
The activity was called “waterboarding
for apples,” and was just one of several
booths at “Condival,” an event that aimed to
protest some of Condoleezza Rice’s actions
as Secretary of State. I spoke with one of the
event’s organizers, and I learned that Condi-
val was intended as absurdist political the-
ater to draw attention to the ridiculousness
of the Bush administration’s rhetoric. De-
spite the artistic goal, I believe the display
was in bad taste.
Now, I, too, am a critic of the Bush admin-
istration, but I believe that presenting the is-
sues in this manner was immature. Water-
boarding is not a joke, and treating it so light-
ly offends more than it provokes thought.
The organizer that I spoke to said that he
wanted to put people out of their comfort
zones. He succeeded, but instead of encour-
aging meaningful discussion through this
parody, the event seemed to settle for sar-
casm and ridicule.
The event’s e-flyer was troubling as well.
It had a picture of Rice above the slogan,“So
much fun it’s a war crime,” below which were
fake logos of groups called “Republicans at
sitions in Africa, work abroad or domestical-
ly or spend time in a non-academic pursuit
for a time. Many students who take advan-
tage of a gap year in this way find that they
come back to school refreshed and more
aware of where their academic interests lie.
The experiences they gain lend intention to
their pursuits, allowing them to avoid the
costly mid-term academic career switches
and the crises that can make the precious
time you have at Stanford hectic or unex-
pectedly problematic.
Stanford also has extremely flexible and
generous policies for students choosing to
take time off from the Farm, no matter what
their inspiration may be. Students who take
a leave of absence from the University vol-
untarily on or before the first day of classes
of any term receive a full tuition refund and
are exempt from paying room and board for
whatever period of time they are not on
campus. When the time is right, returning to
school is equally simple. Students who take a
leave of absence have the full privileges of
returning students whenever they notify the
administration of their plan to come back,
and many resources — from Counseling
and Psychological Services (CAPS) to Dis-
ability Housing Services — are on board to
make sure students who have taken a med-
ical leave of absence have the smoothest
transition back to school possible.
Taking time off before completing a four-
year degree is by no means right for every-
one, and the majority of students screaming
their graduation year in Memorial Auditori-
um that first week of classes may find that
graduation cannot come quickly enough.
But for those of you who do not feel like a
race to the finish line is the way you want to
pursue your undergraduate degree, know
that stopping out is both feasible and afford-
able, and that Stanford will welcome you
back whenever you make the call.
Stanford,” “Stanford College Conserva-
tives,” “Campus Review” and “Stanford Stu-
dents for Democracy,” clear parodies of
many of the more conservative student
groups on campus. By indirectly linking Stan-
ford’s conservative groups with war crimes,
the flyer can only increase the division in the
campus political scene.
The Condival event is only one of several
recent protests to Rice’s return that have
gone too far.A few days ago, there was a dev-
ilish image of Rice projected on Hoover
Tower. This newspaper carried a story with
the provocative headline,“Rice Defends Wa-
terboarding,” while the content of the article
proved no such thing. One YouTube video
shows a student who repeatedly cuts off the
former Secretary of State while asking her
about the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
As students grapple with the role of
America in the world and with our Stanford
identity, I have no doubt that the intent of
these displays was good. However, I believe
that we as students need to conduct this dis-
cussion with more civility. We should not
stand for crass displays that make conserva-
tives feel attacked and that make students
like myself embarrassed to be a liberal at
Stanford. Instead, let’s heed President
Obama’s call during the campaign and tone
down our rhetoric so that we can create a
comfortable and vibrant political scene on
campus.
SAMUEL LARSON ‘11
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Is the Pope Catholic?
n the midst of swine flu, a global recession
I and the most eventful first 100 days of a
new American administration maybe
ever, Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman
Catholic Church haven’t been grabbing
many headlines lately. You may or may not
have heard, then, about what they’ve been up
to in the last several months. This is real a
shame, too, because the Pope and the Church
have been up to all kinds of insanity while we
haven’t been paying attention. Highlights
from the past twelve months include the
claim that saving homosexuals was roughly
as important as (and equivalent to) saving
the rainforest as well as Pope Benedict’s re-
cent claim that condom use accelerates the
spread of AIDS in developing nations.
In an increasingly secular and liberal na-
tion, and at an overwhelmingly liberal
school, it’s easy to write things like this off as
the archaic rants of a very creepy old Ger-
man, but to do so would be a mistake. The
Pope today may seem insignificant, particu-
larly to those who aren’t Catholic and
weren’t raised (as I was, at least in school) to
follow what the Pope says and believe in his
words as if they were God’s. While it might
seem like simply a ceremonial title these
days, the Pope still wields an incredible
amount of power, albeit power we can’t eas-
ily quantify. Perhaps it’s better to say he
wields an incredible amount of influence,
and believe me, the idea that this man has
any kind of world influence should be a
very, very scary prospect to anyone who
considers themselves to be a supporter of
human beings.
The Pope presides over a global congrega-
tion of one billion Catholics, making it the
most commonly held religious belief system
on the planet and accounting for over 50 per-
cent of all Christianity. Unlike Islam and
Hinduism (the next two largest world faiths),
Catholicism is rooted in the belief that the
Pope is Christ’s proxy here on Earth, a kind
The Republicans’ small tent
he departure of Senator Arlen Specter
T for the Democratic Party is the most
dramatic indication yet seen of the
dire state the Republican Party is currently
in. The Republican Senate caucus now con-
tains only two real “moderates,” Sens.
Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of
Maine.The other 38 or so Senators are much
more right-wing. The Democratic Senate
caucus, on the other hand, contains many real
“moderates” — Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson,
Mark Warner and Dianne Feinstein, among
many others. It is unclear whether moderates
have a home in the Republican Party at all
anymore, which bodes poorly for the party’s
long-term electoral chances.
The Specter jump obscures a far more
concerning development for Republicans —
the jump of moderate voters. Specter’s ap-
proval rating plummeted among likely Re-
publican primary voters at least partially due
to the fact that moderates no longer identify
as Republicans, leaving huge majorities of
“conservatives” and “very conservatives,”
not the types likely to support a pro-choice
pro-stimulus Senator despite the fact that
he’s conservative on most other issues.
The Republican tent seems to be getting
smaller and smaller just as the Democrats’ is
getting bigger. The Blue Dog Democrats, a
faction of moderate and conservative De-
mocrats in the House of Representatives,
currently numbers more than 50 members —
more than a fifth of all House Democrats.
The grouping has had to turn away many ap-
plicants for fear of growing too large and los-
ing cohesiveness. The long-ago days of 2004,
when former Democratic Senator Zell Miller
spoke at the Republican National Conven-
tion, and 2006, when Joe Lieberman left the
Democratic Party, seem so long ago. New
England, once home to many distinguished
moderate Republicans like Christopher
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of stand-in for God’s wishes here on Earth.
Without getting into anything regarding the
legitimacy of such a belief (which is one I’ve
struggled with my entire life, and also some-
thing I know is entirely beyond the scope of a
very amateurish Daily columnist), the fact is
that part of counting oneself a part of the
Church is being more or less down with
everything the Pope says. This is how we got,
among other things, the Crusades and the In-
quisition — scary and pointless times of in-
credible violence that began almost exclu-
sively at the Pope’s behest.
Being a global society, papal messages can
go out at light speed — encyclicals (letters
the Pope occasionally writes that are said to
be ‘channeling God’) can be read within min-
utes of their creation rather taking years to
reach all believers as they once did, and thus
the current Pope has an incredible ability to
get his message out quickly and to saturate
his followers with it. Simply put, considering
the scope of his influence and the efficiency
of modern technology at delivering his mes-
sage, the Pope of today has a greater ability to
change and shape the course of history than
virtually any of his predecessors.
Here’s an example: I went to what I’d con-
sider a fairly moderate Catholic middle
school in terms of its level of fundamentalist
crazy, but even in sex ed class, we fast for-
warded through the parts of the videos on
condoms, never discussed birth control and
almost never used the word ‘sex’ in a sen-
tence without also using the word ‘marriage.’
Even then it all seemed a little impractical,
but at the highest levels of government (both
at the Vatican and in the U.S.), this has been
the way of doing things for most of the past
decade. Probably nothing has done more to
increase the fury of the AIDS epidemic in
parts of Africa than the Bush-Benedict di-
chotomy, which vehemently opposed the use
of birth control in developing nations and
pushed abstinence-only education programs
S TU ’ S V IEWS
Stuart Baimel
The Specter jump obscures
a far more concerning
development for
Republicans — the jump of
moderate voters.
Shays, no longer has any Republican repre-
sentation in its House delegations.
It is certainly appalling to see the treat-
ment of moderates in the Republican Party.
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giu-
liani, for all of his other flaws, was roughed up
during the Republican presidential primary
for his pro-choice and “pro-gay” views.
Michael Steele, the current RNC chairman,
was tarred during his campaign for that post
by daring to associate himself with the Re-
publican Leadership Council, a moderate
group. It is ludicrous that in a major party, a
mere association with a moderate group can
be used as a negative.
The loss for Republicans is a huge gain for
the Democrats. This conservatism is increas-
ingly out of step with the populace at large. 66
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as a way of combating spread of the disease.
Add to this Benedict’s recent comments that
condoms spread AIDS, and perhaps now you
can begin to see how horrific the conse-
quences of the current papal views on global
health issues can be when they are taken as
God-dictated fact by millions of Catholic fol-
lowers.
While some faiths have taken great steps
in the direction of reconciling faith and sci-
ence (the Dalai Lama’s embracing of genet-
ics, for example), Catholicism is going in a
different, very dangerous direction. Recently
the Belgian Parliament passed a resolution
condemning Benedict’s claims about AIDS,
which have nothing to do with science and
everything to do with archaic, centuries-out-
dated beliefs, and I can only dream that our
own legislature be brave enough to do the
same.There are countless examples through-
out history — hell, countless examples right
now — of theocratic leaders creating disas-
trous consequences when they rely on whol-
ly incorrect dogma in professing their views
and beliefs, and Benedict is no exception.The
name Benedict, of course, comes from the
Latin word meaning “blessed”; we would all
be very blessed if this Pope would go ahead
and keep his mouth shut about incredibly im-
portant, world-changing issues that he simply
does not understand.
Matt Gillespie invites anyone who enjoyed last
week’s column on hating USC to check out
http://www.dailytrojan.com/sports/why-i-ll-
be-a-trojan-and-not-an-alumnus, because it
makes his point even better than he could.
Which is worse for human welfare — the Pope
or the USC Trojans? Email your thoughts to
mattg3@stanford.edu.
percent of young voters cast their vote for
President Obama, and a solid majority sup-
port gay marriage.
During the 2008 presidential election, I
watched a lot of George W. Bush’s campaign
ads from 2000 to compare them to John Mc-
Cain’s doomsday ads. The Bush ads were
striking for how they appealed to the center,
not the right: bright and happy, with lots of
talk of education and immigration reform.
The GOP in the past few years does not seem
to care a whit about either of those issues, un-
less you count wanting to expel all illegal im-
migrants as “caring.” I don’t.
As someone who generally supports Pres-
ident Obama, one might view this develop-
ment as a good thing. Continued monopo-
lization of moderates will ensure Democrat-
ic victories for decades to come. But the De-
mocrats will not be able to govern indefinite-
ly — all ruling parties in strong democracies
lose eventually, unless you’re in Japan. The
necessity is that all parties with the potential
to rule are responsible and do not respond
only to their hardline base. The Democratic
Party in recent years has done an excellent
job of balancing between leftists and moder-
ates, but we cannot say the same for Repub-
licans,who have yet to prove themselves fit to
rule again. Few phrases in the English lan-
guage are more terrifying than “House
Speaker John Boehner.”
It does seem likely that one day, Republi-
cans will again acknowledge their moder-
ates; indeed, that is the only way they will
ever be able to win states like California and
Connecticut again. Until they do, the Demo-
cratic Party will monopolize the policy dis-
cussion.
Stuart Baimel is a thesis hardliner. Send your
theories on triad behavior to sbaimel@stan-
ford.edu.
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SPORTS
CALLING CARD
After losing the opening game of the series with Washington State, Stanford baseball rallied to
win the next two against the Pac-10’s second-best team.
Stanford takes much-needed two of three from WSU
By ERIK ADAMS
DESK EDITOR
Stanford baseball desperately needed a se-
ries win to keep its postseason hopes alive, and
after dropping the opener in a close game, the
team rallied to take the final two from the num-
ber two team in the conference, Washington
State.
Sophomore Drew Storen and junior Jeffrey
Inman earned wins,and freshman starter Jordan
Pries pitched a three-hit complete game on Fri-
day, but took a loss. Taking two of three kept
Stanford (22-19, 10-11 Pacific-10 Conference)
SOFTBALL
Card sweeps Zona
teams to remain on top
By CHRIS FITZGERALD
DAILY SPORTS INTERN
The Stanford softball team opened May
with another home sweep as it dealt out three
games of payback in the season series against
the Arizona schools.
No. 6 ASU (38-15, 8-10 Pacific-10 Confer-
ence) tagged No. 3 Stanford (44-6, 13-5) for 10
runs just two weeks ago, but the Cardinal re-
sponded with an eight-inning decision against
the Sun Devils the next day and dominated an-
other rubber match on Friday. Play began at 8
p.m., after being delayed an hour by pockets of
heavy rain, but Stanford found the win worth
the wait.
Senior ace Missy Penna delivered 11 strike-
outs in a two-hitter to pick up her 30th victory
of the year, and the Cardinal went on to win 4-
0. Penna recorded her 1,200th career strikeout
on the final batter she faced, also recording the
first of her two weekend wins.
Junior Alissa Haber added three hits to the
offensive effort, including a home run, but
freshman Ashley Hansen provided the excla-
mation point — all four RBIs belonged to
Hansen, and she went 2-4, with a home run in
the fourth to lift the Cardinal.
Stanford had never taken a season series
from No. 7 Arizona (39-13, 11-6). But the Wild-
cats, who came into play Saturday with a life-
time record of 45-5-1 against Stanford, were
caught by surprise.
Sophomore Ashley Chinn got the nod from
head coach John Rittman. Chinn, who rarely
starts in conference games, tossed a complete
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within reach of the top third of the conference,
but it will take a very strong finish to earn a post-
season spot.
“Winning the series was big for our whole sea-
son,” Storen said.“It helps keep you in the hunt,
and it is never too late when you are playing in a
conference like we are, because everyone is
going to be right there at the end, and we will
have a chance to move up.”
Moreover, taking a series on the road from
the Cougars (22-20, 11-7) will only help Stan-
ford’s case come selection time,and the momen-
tum from this weekend could help push the Car-
dinal over the top.
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GAME NOTES: Stanford (44-6, 13-5 Pac-10) has won its last
seven games straight, launching the Cardinal to the top of Pac-
10 rankings. But, the Huskies’ fourth-place position leaves them
in striking distance of Stanford. While Cardinal pitcher Missy
Penna has been dominant in conference play, Washington’s
Danielle Lawrie struck out 18 batters against Oregon in the
Huskies’ 8-2 win. Washington will also be in search of revenge
after dropping to Stanford twice earlier in the season.
game in a come-from-behind, 4-3 win for the
Cardinal.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats’ primary hurler,
junior Sarah Akamine, shut down Stanford
through five innings, but Stanford scored four
in the sixth and overtook Arizona for the win.
In that sixth inning, eight Cardinal batters pro-
duced two doubles (from Hansen and senior
Maddy Coon) and two singles, and Arizona
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GAME NOTES: Stanford baseball took two out of three on
the road against Washington State this weekend, drop-
ping the series opener 3-1 before rallying back to win
12-9 on Saturday and 3-2 on Sunday. With the series
victory, the Cardinal is currently tied for sixth place in the
Pac-10 with USC, but the team will still need to make
plenty of headway if it hopes to earn a trip back to the
postseason.
FRIDAY: WASHINGTON STATE 3, STANFORD 1
Jordan Pries tossed a complete game three-
hitter — with no walks and seven strikeouts —
but took the loss when the Cardinal bats could
only provide him a single run of support.That run
came when sophomore catcher and designated
hitter Ben Clowe delivered a two-out single
through the left side of the infield in the second
inning to drive in senior first baseman Brent
Milleville, who had drawn a walk and stolen a
base earlier in the inning.
Washington State starter Matt Way, who en-
tered the game with a 2.14 ERA and .216 oppos-
ing batting average,then shut the Cardinal down
for the next six innings, handing his bullpen a 3-1
lead in the ninth. The Cougars turned to their
dominant right-handed closer, Jeremy Johnson,
but Stanford loaded the bases with two outs for
sophomore shortstop Jake Schlander. He
scorched a ball up the middle,but Cougar second
baseman Michael Weber made a fantastic diving
stop and flipped the ball to second to end the
game.
Weber also had a sacrifice fly and a home run
for the Cougars.All three hits Pries allowed were
for extra bases — solo home runs to Weber and
left fielder Derek Jones, and a double to desig-
nated hitter Greg Legreid.
SATURDAY: STANFORD 12, WASHINGTON STATE 9
Playing in a steady rain with strong winds
blowing straight out to right,the Cardinal fell be-
hind 7-3, but rallied to tie the game in the eighth
and pushed across four more runs in the ninth to
pick up the 12-9 win and even the series.
Stanford got on the board first, scoring a run
in the first and two more in the third on a two-
RBI single by Milleville,which made the score 3-
0.But Washington State pushed across five in the
bottom of the third on two fly balls to right field
that the wind pushed all the way to wall — the
first was a three-run double,and the next an RBI
triple.
Freshman starting pitcher Brett Mooneyham
lasted just three innings and allowed six earned
runs before being relieved by senior Max
Fearnow, who worked into the eighth, allowing
just two more runs and giving the Stanford bats a
chance to rally.
After getting back one run in the fifth and
three more in the sixth, the Cardinal finally tied
the game at eight, when junior right fielder Toby
Gerhart scored on a sacrifice fly.
Junior third baseman Adam Gaylord then
Please see BASEBALL, page 6
SPORTS BRIEFS
Women’s lacrosse season comes to
a disappointing finish
Despite losing just four games all sea-
son, roaring to a top finish at the Moun-
tain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)
Tournament and upsetting No. 3 Penn on
the road to close out its season, the Stan-
ford women’s lacrosse team found itself
on the outside looking in at the NCAA
Tournament. It was an outcome that left
the team stunned at the conclusion of
what could not be termed anything but a
wildly successful season in all other re-
spects.
“We really thought we did what we
needed to do,” said first-year coach Amy
Bokker to GoStanford.com.
The Cardinal (14-4, 8-0 MPSF) was
kept out of the tournament, despite its
strong play, in large part because the
MPSF is not currently assigned an auto-
matic bid as a conference. While that is
scheduled to change next season, it was,
nevertheless, little solace for this year’s
team, which watched the tournament se-
lection show on CBS College Sports at
Jimmy V’s Café.
The disappointing finish to the season
came shortly after one of the year’s great-
est triumphs earlier in the day, when the
Cardinal defeated No. 3 Penn, 8-6. Junior
Lauren Schmidt led the way for Stanford,
scoring three goals, which put her second
on the team for the season with a total of
35. Junior Dana Lindsay added two goals
for the Cardinal, and sophomores Leslie
Foard and Sarah Flynn and senior Jamie
Nesbitt each chipped in one to give Stan-
ford the win.
The Cardinal women have made the
NCAA field just once in their history, in
Please see BRIEFS, page 6
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Denis
Griffin
Rants and Raves
Predicting
Prematurely?
W
ith the NFL Draft in the I hope I’m wrong. Indeed, that’s why
books and the NBA
Playoffs still grinding
this game is fun. Because no matter how
much we think we know, there’s always
that chance that at the end of the season
away with weeks to go
until the Finals, it’s time we’ll be looking back and wondering,
to turn our attention back to the boys of “Man, how did I not see that one coming?”
summer,and finally have something to say Anecdotally, I was at the Giants’ game
Friday night, when Randy Johnson got his
about them.
You see, baseball’s funny that way.You
can have your opinions about a team or a
297th career victory. It was a cold, wet
night for baseball, so the stands weren’t
player before the season starts, but it will anywhere near full, but a couple of rows
be weeks before you have any real idea of behind me sat two boys, maybe 11 or 12
years old. And they were having a great
whether you were right. Name one other
sport like that. Football may not always time, as one might expect, cheering loudly
give everything away right at the season’s for every Giants batter who came to the
opening kickoff, but when junior running plate. But who did they cheer for the loud-
back Toby Gerhart shredded the San Jose est?
State defense two years ago, you knew he
was going to be special. If freshman QB
Andrew Luck shines just as bright to start This team
2009, Cardinal fans everywhere will have
a similar sense that this team is on to
something.
Basketball’s the same way, really. How
long did it take people to figure out that
would be good
Dwyane Wade just might have been a bet-
ter pick than Darko Milicic back in 2003?
And who can forget the debut of the
Lopez twins here on the Farm? Heck, we
enough to con-
all pretty much knew they were going to
be superstars before they even set foot on
campus. It’s not like there are hordes of
seven-foot tall twins out there who have
tend if it put
the grades to make it into an Ivy League-
caliber institution.
But baseball is just a horse of a differ-
ent color. A freshman who goes 5-5 at the
plate to start the season might be the
everything to-
biggest sports star to hit campus since
John Elway — or he might have just been
a little bit lucky. In a game that’s more
about precision than prowess, where suc-
gether [...]
cess is measured by doing things just the
right way over and over and over again, it
can take a little while to separate what’s Randy Johnson.
really happening from the statistical Yes, Randy Johnson with his .000 bat-
flukes at the start of every season. But, the ting average for the season and .125 mark
fun part is, year after year, eventually, the for his career. He was the one who drew
picture always starts to become clear. the loudest cheers from the boys, who
Here on the Farm, the picture is resolv- even went so far as to chant “Ran-dy!
ing all too quickly for Cardinal fans’ lik- Ran-dy! Ran-dy!” as he awkwardly set-
ing. Stanford went into this weekend with tled into his stance at the plate.
many of my colleagues at The Daily pro- And there was not a hint of irony in
claiming that the team needed a sweep to their enthusiasm. They meant it.
stay in the postseason hunt. “This team is There’s no surprise ending to this story.
solid,” went the standard line of thinking. Johnson struck out as the kids behind me
“Maybe not great, but good enough to were still enthusiastically chanting his
contend, if they can just put it all togeth- name.
But you know what? That career aver-
er.”
My colleagues aren’t wrong. This team age means that one in ten times, they’d
would be good enough to contend if it put have been right. Would a hit have been
rare? Yes. Impossible? No. And, hitless or
everything together. Better than good
enough, even. The problem is, in the col- not, Johnson still walked away with that
lege season, it’s too late for could be’s and win. Yep, it’s a funny game, baseball.
potential at this point. Which is why, after taking two out of
Whenever a team goes into a series three from the Cougars this weekend, it’s
knowing it needs a sweep to stay compet- still not time to despair and bury the Car-
itive, it’s a bad sign. It’s just a lot of pres- dinal’s chances in 2009, and why I’d rather
sure to put on a team, in a sport where not analyze this one too closely, or point
fluky things happen all the time. That out just how many teams Stanford will
holds true for the Cardinal as well as any need to leapfrog in the conference stand-
other squad out there. Plus, at this point, it ings to maybe make it to the playoffs this
needs to be said that Stanford probably year.
isn’t a good team just looking to put it all Because, sometimes, it’s more fun to
together, but, more than likely, is an incon- imagine Randy Johnson is a slugger.
sistent team that couldn’t put it all togeth-
er. Being in seventh place in the confer- Denis Griffin wishes he had the logic of a
ence in May isn’t a good place to be when 12-year-old. Contact him at djgriff@stan-
you want to make a run at Omaha. ford.edu.
CHRIS SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily
Junior Lauren Schmidt scored three goals in the Cardinal’s 8-6 win over No. 3 Penn, but the
season finale’s victory was not enough to earn Stanford a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
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MEN’S ROWING
Stanford too slow in Big Row
By JEFF LU
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Despite putting forth a valiant ef-
fort at Sunday’s Big Row in Red-
wood Shores, Calif., the Stanford
men’s crew team was unable to pull
off a repeat of last year’s decisive vic-
tory over California. Although both
learned that it is imperative to trust
MEN’S CREW one another and execute our race
plan.”
5/2 California L 0-3 Stanford’s second varsity eight
fared slightly better in its first three
quarters of the race, racing nose to
UP NEXT nose with Cal up until the final 500
meters where Cal would once again
PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS break away, this time finishing with a
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teams had been beaten by Washing-
ton the weekend before,the Cardinal
still held a slight edge over the Gold-
en Bears in the national rankings.
But, in the end, all three Cardinal
rowing teams came up short against
their Cal counterparts.
Scattered showers and overcast
weather marred the skies over the
2,000-meter course at Redwood
Shores, where No. 3 Stanford met the
No. 4 Cal crews to continue the Big
Row tradition. The event has
brought Stanford and Cal together
every year since 1903 for a day of
5/17 Gold River, Calif.
GAME NOTES: The Cardinal men’s rowers
were swept by the Golden Bears at the Big
Row on Saturday, falling in the varsity eight,
second varsity eight and freshman races.
The first team varsity eight fell by just 4.54
seconds. Both teams wore pink to raise
breast cancer awareness. The Cardinal men
will now face a two-week break from com-
petition to prepare for the Pac-10 Champi-
onships in Gold River, Calif.
time of 5:48:8, 11.69 seconds ahead of
Stanford.
An hour later, a boat-length victo-
ry by the Cal freshmen rowers gave
the Golden Bears a full sweep of the
men’s side of the tournament — and
its 19th Schwabacher Cup in 20
years. Like the previous two races,
the Cardinal crew was within a few
feet of the Cal rowers, but unable to
match the Golden Bears’ final sprint
to the finish line.
Still, Amerkhanian was satisfied
with the race’s results.
“Today was a solid row,” he said.
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fierce competition. Prior to the Car- cumbed to breast cancer in October. “Although we still have a lot of work Cougars’ starter David Stilley was STANFORD 3 WASHINGTON STATE 2
dinal’s victory last year, the Golden “This was a solid statement for to do, I’m pleased that the team is dealing until the fifth, when Clowe 5/3/09
Bears had staked their claim to the breast cancer awareness from both continuing to make significant tech- blasted a home run — his first of the STANFORD WASHINGTON STATE
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Schwabacher Cup, the men’s portion Cal and Stanford,” Amerkhanian nical progress.” Continued from page 4 season — to left field to give Stanford a Walsh 2b 4 0 1 0 Kuykendall cf 4 0 1 0
of the Big Row, for 18 consecutive said. Amerkhanian’s optimism may be 1-0 lead. Milleville added a two-run August cf 4 0 1 0 Vucinich ss 4 0 0 0
Gerhart lf 4 0 0 0 Jones lf 3 0 0 0
years. The event kicked off with a heat- due in part to the fact that he is al- shot in the seventh to put Stanford up Kiilsgaard rf 4 1 1 0 Lagreid dh 4 1 2 1
Aside from being a friendly com- ed race between the Cardinal and ready looking forward to the bigger delivered a one-out double in the 3-0. Milleville 1b 4 1 2 2 Prince rf 4 1 1 0
petition, the Big Row also serves the Cal varsity eight crews. Their first tournaments dominating the latter ninth, and pinch runner Jeff Whitlow Meanwhile Stanford starter Jeffrey Pries dh
Clowe ph/dh
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Ponciano c
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dual purpose of linking both crew two meetings of the year drew mixed half of the month. scored on a sharp single to right by Sch- Inman cruised through six shutout in- Jones c 3 0 0 0 Bartlett 2b 3 0 0 0
teams to their larger communities results — the Stanford crew edged “The season begins in earnest lander to give Stanford the lead for nings before giving up a home run to Gaylord 3b 3 0 0 0 Peterson 1b 2 0 1 0
Schlander ss 3 0 0 0 Fanelli ph/1b 1 0 1 1
and promoting larger issues. This Cal in the preliminary heat of the San with the Pac[ific]-10 Championships good. Stanford added three more runs open the seventh. Inman then turned Inman p 0 0 0 0 Stilley p 0 0 0 0
year, the race sought to raise breast Diego Crew Classic, but was out- in two weeks,” he said. “Three weeks in the frame,and Drew Storen allowed things over to freshman lefty Scott Snodgress p 0 0 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Sandbrink p 0 0 0 0
cancer awareness. paced by 4.54 seconds by the Golden after the Pac-10 Championships, the one run in bottom of the inning to com- Snodgress, who finished up the frame Storen p 0 0 0 0
“[Breast cancer] affects all com- Bears in the finals. IRA National Championship will be plete the victory. after allowing an inherited runner to Totals 32 3 7 3 33 2 8 2
munities, Cardinal and White, Blue Cal broke ahead by a boat-length held on the same course. We would Storen entered the game to get the score. Sophomore Danny Sandbrink R H E
and Gold, and it’s time to wear pink from the beginning of the race, and like to initiate momentum on [the final out of the eighth, and earned his picked up two outs in the eighth, and Stanford 000 010 200 3 7 0
to respect those who are in the fight,” was held to that margin by the Stan- former] that will carry over to [the team-leading fifth win. Senior center- Storen pitched a perfect ninth — with Washington State 000 000 200 2 8 1
E—Bartlett, C (2). DP—Stanford 1; WSU 2. LOB—Stanford 2; WSU
said Stanford head coach Craig ford rowers heading into the final leg latter].” fielder Joey August and sophomore two strikeouts coming on just seven 5. 2B—Kiilsgaard (12). HR—Milleville (10), Clowe (1); Lagreid, G
Amerkhanian. of the race. However, the Golden Unfortunately for Amerkhanian, rightfielder Kellen Kiilsgaard both col- pitches — to earn the save. (4). HBP—Jones, D.

For Amerkhanian, the charity as- Bears powered through the last 500 Sunday’s loss means Stanford will be lected three hits. Inman improved his record to 2-6 Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO
Stanford
pect of this year’s Big Row was per- meters to clock 5:41:54, posting yet seeded third, behind Cal and Wash- with the win, and the save was Storen’s Inman W (2-6) 6.0 6 2 2 0 2
sonal. Spectators and supporters another 4.54 second victory over the ington, at the upcoming Pac-10 SUNDAY: STANFORD 3, WASHINGTON STATE 2 seventh.Milleville and Clowe both fin- Snodgress 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
alike wore T-shirts in the memory of Cardinal. Championships. Pouring rain during batting practice ished with two hits for Stanford. The Sandbrink
Storen
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Carol Amerkhanian Marganian, the “We were over amped for the Big pushed the start time back twenty min- Cardinal returns to action on Tuesday Washington State
sister of the Cardinal coach, who suc- Row,” Amerkhanian said. “Our guys Contact Jeff Lu at jjlu@stanford.edu. utes, but once the game got started it night when it hosts San Jose State at 5 Stilley L (2-1) 6.2 7 3 3 0 3
Johnson 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
finished in a hurry. Neither team p.m. at Sunken Diamond. WP— Inman (2-6). LP— Stilley, D (2-1). SV— Storen (7). HBP—
walked a single batter as Stanford held Snodgress (Jones, D). Inman faced two batters in the 7th.
on for a 3-2 victory in a game that last- Contact Erik Adams at ekadams@stan- Attendance: 270

SOFTBALL
takes,” he said. “We gave them the
same type of opportunity [Sunday],
and they squandered it.”
Continued from page 4 With two more weekend wins
under their belts, the Cardinal women
after that.Haber was beaned by a pitch ed barely over two hours. ford.edu. — Compiled by Haley Murphy
to open the game, but got up after 60
seconds on the ground to take first.
From there, she stole second and
scored a run, as well as added two hits

added two errors.A passed ball helped

the Cardinal go ahead with two outs,as
sophomore pinch runner Autumn Al-
bers took home to secure Stanford’s
first lead.
Rittman was pleased with Chinn’s
first career win over a ranked oppo-
nent.
“Ashley’s a competitor,” he said.
“We have complete confidence in her
in the circle.We know she can handle it,
and she showed that.”
Chinn’s victory over the nation’s
top offense moved her to 13-2, while
Arizona hung senior Jennifer Martinez
out to dry. The transfer relieved
Akamine in the sixth, with the bases
full,only to see the defense commit two
errors behind her en-route to a loss.
Rittman looked at the mistakes
each team made defensively, but
thought Stanford had the upper hand.
“We took advantage of their mis-
punished Arizona on Senior Cay at
Smith Family Stadium, giving up just
one hit and winning 2-1.
Penna redeemed herself against the
team that had walloped her for a dozen
runs in the desert earlier this season.
The All-American fanned 13 in her
33rd complete game on the year.
“I tried to eliminate walks and hit
batters,” Penna said of her outing. “I
tried not to rely too much on a single
pitch. I mixed up the drop and the
change-up.”
Stanford’s bats faced sophomore
Lindsey Sisk, who lasted only one in-
ning and surrendered three hits and
two runs. Sisk collected the loss, while
Martinez came on for the final 4.2 in-
nings and allowed just five hits and no
runs.
Freshman Maya Burns helped out
Penna on Senior Day, going 3-3 and
scoring a run. The Cardinal put runs
across in the first and second, but none
and another stolen base as the day pro-
gressed.
The only Arizona hit on the after-
noon came from senior Jenae Leles on
Crossword
a leadoff home run. Still in the fourth
with no outs, Penna hit junior catcher
Stacie Chambers with a pitch and al-
lowed senior Sam Bannister to reach
on an error. Penna plunked her third
batter on the day, but struck out the
final two Wildcats and escaped with the
bases full.
The one-hitter on Sunday complet-
ed a 14-inning weekend for Penna, in
which she allowed just one run and
three hits. Moreover, as a team, Stan-
ford has won its last seven consecutive
games.
The Cardinal will face No. 4 Wash-
ington on the road this Thursday. The
Huskies are 13-0 at home this year.
Contact Chris Fitzgerald at
chrishfitz@gmail.com.

VIVIAN WONG/The Stanford Daily

Sophomore pitcher Ashley Chinn improved to 13-2 by recording a win over Arizona on Sunday. The Cardinal swept
the Wildcats, lengthening its winning streak to seven games.

BRIEFS Ken Margerum to be inducted into American wide receiver. He racked

Continued from page 4
2006. For the four Stanford seniors,
the upset win at Penn will be the last
game of their collegiate careers as
Nesbitt, Vikki Fanslow, Maris Perl-
man and Melissa Vogelsong will
have to cope with seeing their last
collegiate bid for the NCAA Tour-
nament come up just short. The rest
of the team, doubtless, will return
hungrier than ever next season.
Please see Thursday’s Daily for
further coverage of the conclusion
of the women’s lacrosse team’s sea-
son.
College Football Hall of Fame
Former Stanford wide receiver
Ken Margerum ‘80 will be joining
the ranks of the College Football
Hall of Fame on Dec. 8, when this
year’s class is inducted in New York
later this year, the National Football
Foundation & College Football Hall
of Fame announced Thursday.
Margerum is the 24th player or
coach affiliated with the Stanford
football program to receive the
honor.
Margerum was a four-year letter
winner for the Cardinal, and earned
All-American status in his junior
and senior seasons (1979-80), and is
still Stanford’s only two-time All-
up 141 receptions for 2,430 yards and
still holds Stanford’s career record
with 30 receiving touchdowns.
Margerum also still shares the Pacif-
ic-10 Conference record for most re-
ceiving touchdowns in a single game,
with four against Oregon State in
1980.
Margerum also played on two
bowl-winning teams with the Cardi-
nal and went on to a seven-year ca-
reer in the NFL with the Chicago
Bears and San Francisco 49ers. His
pro career included a Super Bowl
Championship with Chicago in
Super Bowl XX, following the 1985
season.
— By Denis Griffin