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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235
Issue 3
STUDENT LIFE

Students Senate rejects

react to
VPUE cuts
public financing
No spending cap or public funds in ’09 election
Bravman says this is tip
By MARISA LANDICHO much to run for Executive that we are per-
of the iceberg, more to come SENIOR STAFF WRITER haps losing viable candidates,” said Senator
Patrick Cordova ‘09. “At the same time, I’m
A much-heralded public financing pro- also concerned about lots of individuals that
By RYAN MAC gram was scrapped during last night’s ASSU would love to have a pot of money to play
DESK EDITOR
Undergraduate Senate meeting after the with and perhaps abuse that.”
Elections Commission and ASSu Executives Senator Luukas Ilves ‘09 refused to allow
On Jan. 30, Vice Provost for could not get the Senate and the Graduate reserve funds, which are collected from the
Undergraduate Education John Student Council (GSC) to approve the students at the beginning of the year, on
Bravman ‘79 announced in a letter that source of funds for the project. grounds that students shouldn’t pay for peo-
several of the University’s academic Even though many members were indi- ple to campaign to them.
advising systems will be eliminated next vidually supportive of the idea, ASSU Vice Another objection came from Senator
year. Most notable among them are the President Fagan Harris ‘09 and Elections Stuart Baimel ‘09, who feared the proposed
Head Peer Academic Coordinator Commissioner Briana Tatum ‘11, when faced plan would let people game the system for
(HPAC) and Peer Mentor (PM) pro- with a hedging senate, were forced to hold off special advantages.
grams. on the measure until 2010. As the program’s popularity waned, both
While many students and residential The program, in its current form, would Tatum and ASSU Executives Harris and
staff members are disappointed with the authorize $750 in ASSU funds to each stu- Jonny Dorsey ‘09 expressed frustration with
cuts, most have understood the financial dent campaigning for office. Because cam- the lack of consensus on an otherwise widely
context for the decision in a period that paign war chests drawn from students’ per- supported idea.
has seen the University’s endowment sonal finances surpassed $3000 last year, the “[Public financing] is still something that is
drop between 20 and 30 percent. public financing scheme is intended to make very important to me, but for this election
In a phone interview with The Daily, politics accessible to every student, regardless campaign ‘09 it seems impossible,” Tatum
Bravman suggested that these reduc- of economic status. said. “The two bodies disagree on fundamen-
tions for the next academic year may After the first year, the public funds will tals.”
only be the beginning. The decision to be drawn from the Executive budget. For the Unless the Senate and GSC come to some
announce the removal of the HPAC and project to begin this election season, howev- agreement quickly, the current elections sys-
PM programs was driven by a necessity er, the money would have to come from the tem will remain for the spring campaign.
to inform students planning for next reserves of both the Senate and the GSC. Dorsey and Harris, who spent $3,597.31 on
year. Tatum and Harris, who have invested sub- their own campaign, still plan on writing the
“We were entering a period soon stantial energy into the project over the past program into the Executive budget for next
where people are thinking about what year, needed the two bodies’ approval for a year, guaranteeing public financing for ASSU
to do for next year, and [we] wanted to one-year pilot. elections ‘10 and beyond.
get the word out that these programs But students will have to wait another The GSC did not agree with paying for
weren’t going to be there,” Bravman year before ASSU elections are fully democ- half of the plan when graduate students
said. “At this point, the funds from these ratized. A reluctant GSC and a 6-6 dead- rarely run for executive office. Instead, the
cuts are significant, but it’s a small frac- locked senate straw poll doomed the project GSC favored a cap on elections spending.
tion of the problem that we’re facing.” to the back burner. On the other hand, Ilves criticized institut-
While he did not wish to talk about AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily For different reasons, members of both ing a cap because it would encourage cheating
other potential budget plans, Bravman Fraiche, a popular frozen yogurt shop from Palo Alto, opened a location in Tresidder last bodies balked at the proposed plan, all the and may also limit students’ free speech rights.
did mention that he and his office would week, drawing long lines of students for its homemade organic yogurt treats. while agreeing with the idea itself.
have a better sense of the situation in “I’m a little bit concerned that it costs so Please see SENATE page 6
about a month’s time. Furthermore, he
asserted that while certain advising pro- DINING
grams may be taking a hit, there is no FACULTY & STAFF
intention of curtailing what he called
“core programs,” including Freshman
Seminars, Undergraduate Research and
Overseas Programs.
Students flock to Fraiche Rice says no to Pac-10
“We do not have to have our budget
locally owned organic yogurt shop that has
prepared until the March time frame,”
he said. “The point we’re emphasizing is
Students, owners point to use of everything from frozen yogurt to coconut
that we’re trying to maintain these core water. It first opened in the summer of 2007
programs and enjoy a certain education- Cardinal dollars for popularity on Emerson Street in Palo Alto.
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF Rice decided not to accept the job and
instead intends to pursue teaching and writ-
al renaissance, while at the same time Jessica Gilmartin, the co-owner of Former Secretary of State Condoleezza ing at Stanford, where she was a professor
minimizing the number of layoffs. We’re Fraiche, said she saw a market for a location Rice’s staff said yesterday that she is not and provost for 12 years before joining the
hoping to shield students from feeling By FATIMA WAGDY on Stanford campus because of the interested in becoming Pacific-10 Bush administration.
any of the effects that these layoffs may CONTRIBUTING WRITER University’s limited variety of healthy eating Conference Commissioner, according to the Rice has previously said her dream job
have.” options. Fraiche also had many loyal cus- Associated Press. would be National Football League (NFL)
While cuts to HPAC positions began After a week nestled in its new Tresidder tomers affiliated with Stanford who would The returning faculty member said that Commissioner. According to the AP, she is a
this year, all remaining positions on home, Fraiche yogurt has taken the campus prefer a campus location. she was requested for the job, which will be longtime football fan and was once engaged
campus will be eliminated in the 2009- by storm. Every night around 10 p.m., a long “[The Stanford location] is a really great opened when longtime commissioner Tom to Rick Upchurch, a wide receiver for the
2010 academic year. Rinconada HPAC line of students waiting for their “fro-yo” fix option because it’s convenient,” she said. “I Hansen steps down on July 1. The league NFL’s Denver Broncos.
Angelica Zabanal ‘09 believes the cuts snakes through the student union. administration could not confirm that she The Daily will have complete coverage
Fraiche — pronounced “fresh” — is a Please see FRAICHE, page 6 was approached, because a committee of of Rice’s return to Stanford when she
Please see VPUE page 6 university presidents is handling the search. comes back to campus this month.

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

DAILY POLL
Will you take “Sleep and Dreams”
next year, even though it won’t
fulfill a GER?
525 votes taken from stanforddaily.com at 9:42 p.m. 02/03/09
Students think startups in weak economy
4% By DAN HUANG co-president of the Business Association of develop entrepreneurial skills whether or not “If you
6% 6% B CONTRIBUTING WRITER Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES). they are pursuing it as a course of study.” want to
“Based on that, it seems that a lot of people are Some of the events from past years have attend the
DA With a soft economy and uncertain job considering entrepreneurship who weren’t con- come back for 2009, including Venture Capital event, you have
prospects, students are seriously considering sidering entrepreneurship in the past. So I think Speed Dating, where students give three- to get your- BECCA DEL
entrepreneurial options, especially as layoffs that there will be an equal if not greater minute pitches to venture capital pairs in self invited,” MONTE/
and hiring freezes make more traditional amount of excitement on campus for this E- exchange for three minutes of feedback. Myung said, The Stanford Daily

84% career paths look less attractive. Week.” Networking events and mixers have also “so you’ll have to figure out
C In two weeks, the Stanford Entrepreneurial
Network (SEN) will host Entrepreneurship
E-Week is a joint production of several cam-
pus groups, including SEN, BASES, ASES, and
returned.
Other new events include workshops on
a way to get yourself on the guest list.”
Myung, Rabek and Stevens all agreed that
Week on campus. “E-Week” will feature pro- the Stanford Technology Ventures Program product creation and pitching ideas to venture this year’s E-Week will have a strong focus on
grams each day including Venture Capital (STVP). capitalists, a debate on where technology is opportunities created by the economy, and that
A) Definitely, I hear the class is top-notch. Speed Dating, workshops for students and net- “E-Week in general provides an amazing heading in the future and an opening address students will react positively to this.
B) Probably, I heard you’re allowed to nap working mixers and receptions. opportunity to see the offerings of many on- by President John Hennessy. “There’s a lot of bad news about the econo-
during class. “This year, [E-Week] is trying to put an campus entrepreneurial campus organiza- “I think [E-Week is] obviously important if my,” Stevens said, “which is real, but at the
C) I don’t think so, no GER may be a emphasis on the economic situation by bringing tions,” Rabek said. “[It] typically showcases John Hennessy is willing to devote an hour of same time, wherever there’s a problem, there’s
dealbreaker. in speakers to talk about the situation and how many different elements of entrepreneurship his time to talk about it,” Stevens said. “I think opportunity. And that’s what we teach students
D) Nope, I just wanted the GER! entrepreneurship is thriving, and how it’s a real- all within a weeklong setting.” it is fantastic that we have a president who him- . . . So we’re not ignoring the economic situa-
Today’s Question: ly good time to make startups and revive the Theresa Lina Stevens, organizer of E-Week self is an entrepreneur.” tion, we’re saying ‘Given the circumstances,
How many times have you been to Fraiche economy,” said Yesul Myung ‘09, president of and head of marketing and communications for One of the more mysterious new events for you’ll have to be more entrepreneurial in
since it opened?
the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship STVP, said the week is meant to reach all stu- this year is entitled “Creativity Challenge: approaching things.’”
a) Never Society (ASES). dents interested in business innovation. James Bond Casino Caper,” set at an undis- E-Week runs Feb. 18-25. Visit eweek.stan-
b) Once or twice
c) More than a few times
“Earlier this month, we had our Social-E “This is a way to bring together all the entre- closed location. This event is a workshop that ford.edu for more information.
d) Too many to count and E-Challenge kickoff and there was an preneurial activity on campus for a week,” she will test participants’ creativity and teamwork
vote today at stanforddaily.com! amazing turnout for those,” said Eli Rabek ‘09, said. “The goal is to encourage students to — with just one catch. Contact Dan Huang at yuze@stanford.edu.

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WORLD & NATION

The World This DASCHLE AND KILLEFER WITHDRAW NOMINATIONS OVER UNPAID TAXES

Week
Presented by Stanford In Government
Calif. high court to hear Prop. 8 case next month
California’s highest court says it will take up a legal challenge to the state’s
voter-approved same-sex marriage ban next month.
The state Supreme Court has scheduled a March 5 hearing date for oral ar-
guments in a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
Gay couples, several local governments and Attorney General Jerry Brown
maintain the ballot initiative,which passed with 52 percent of the vote,is uncon-
stitutional.
If it opts to uphold the measure, the court has said it will also decide whether
the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed when gay marriage was legal in Cal-
ifornia are valid.
After hearing arguments, the court’s seven justices have 90 days in which to
issue a ruling.

Iran’s small satellite raises alarms

Iran’s successful launch of its first satellite into orbit suggests a strong desire
to become both a space and nuclear power — and growing technological
prowess toward that goal.
Iran used a multistage rocket in Monday’s launch, putting a small and rudi-
mentary communications satellite into space, according to a U.S. counterprolif-
eration official and another government official Tuesday. They both spoke on
condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence collected by other U.S. govern-
ment organizations.t.
Courtesy The Associated Press
David Albright, a nuclear expert with the Institute for Science and Interna-
tional Security, said the rocket used did not have intercontinental reach and President Barack Obama listens to second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Obama’s nominee for
does not appear big enough to hold a nuclear warhead. But it does speak to health and human services secretary and his newly appointeed chief performance officer withdrew from their appointments over unpaid taxes.
Iranian intentions.
“It says they are persistent and continue to work away on developing a mis-
sile capability,” he said.“This should remind us you can’t forget about Iran and
their nuclear program.”

MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed from site

About 90,000 sex offenders have been identified and removed from the so-
Obama:“I screwed up”
cial networking Web site MySpace,company and law enforcement officials said JENNIFER LOVEN “It’s important for this administra-
Tuesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tion to send a message that there
The number was nearly double what MySpace officials originally estimated aren’t two sets of rules — you know,
last year, said North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who along with Barack Obama on Tuesday abrupt- one for prominent people and one for
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has led efforts to make so- ly abandoned his nomination fight for ordinary folks who have to pay their
cial networking Web sites safer for young users. Tom Daschle and a second major ap- taxes,” Obama said near the end of a
“These sites were created for young people to communicate with each pointee who failed to pay all their day of jarring developments, little
other. Predators are going to troll in these areas where they know children are taxes,fearing a lingering ethics dispute more than 24 hours after he had said
going to be,”Cooper said.“That’s why these social networking sites have the re- would undercut his claims to moral he was “absolutely” committed to
sponsibility to make their sites safe for children.” high ground and cripple his presiden- Daschle’s confirmation.
cy in just its second week. “I screwed “I’m frustrated with myself, with
Source: The Associated Press up,” Obama declared. our team....I’m here on television say-
ing I screwed up,” Obama said on
NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian
Williams.” He repeated virtually the
same words in interviews with other
TV anchors.
Hours earlier, the White House
had announced that Daschle had
asked to be removed from considera-
tion as health and human services sec-
retary and that Nancy Killefer had
made the same request concerning
what was to be her groundbreaking
appointment as a chief performance
officer to make the entire government
run better.
Daschle said in a brief letter to
Obama that he refused to “be a dis-
traction” from the new president’s
drive for health care reform. Obama
said neither he nor Daschle excused
the former Senate Democratic
leader’s tax errors but that he accept-
ed his friend’s decision “with sadness
and regret.”
Unsightly personal tax problems
had been piling up for the new admin-
istration. Last week, the Senate con-
firmed Timothy Geithner as treasury
secretary, but only after days of con-
troversy over the fact that the man
who would oversee the Internal Rev-
enue Service had only belatedly paid
$34,000 in income taxes.
Bill Richardson bowed out, too,
though his difficulties didn’t involve
personal taxes. The New Mexico gov-
ernor, who was Obama’s first choice
for commerce secretary, withdrew
amid a grand jury investigation into a
state contract awarded to his political
donors.
Questions about Daschle’s failure
to fully pay his taxes from 2005
through 2007 had been increasing
since they came to light last Friday.
Daschle overlooked taxes on income
for consulting work and personal use
of a car and driver, and also deducted
more in charitable contributions than
he should have. To resolve it, he paid
$128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in
interest last month.
Killefer, an executive with
consulting giant McKinsey & Co., had
been chosen by Obama to serve in two
roles:as the first chief performance of-
ficer in a White House and as a deputy
director at the Office of Management
and Budget.
When Obama announced Killefer
to much fanfare in early January, The
Associated Press reported that the
District of Columbia government had
filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home in
2005 for failure to pay unemployment
compensation tax on household help.
She resolved the tax error five months
after the lien was filed. Since then, ad-
ministration officials had refused to
say whether her tax problems extend-
ed beyond that one issue.
By Tuesday, the tax questions had
reached critical mass.
“This is a self-induced injury that
I’m angry about, and we’re going to
make sure we get it fixed,” Obama
said on ABC’s “World News.”
Democratic lawmakers were sur-
prised, too — and disappointed.Axel-
rod rushed to Capitol Hill to soothe
frayed nerves.
“I was a little stunned. I thought he
was going to get confirmed,” said Sen.
Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, the
panel that would have voted on
Daschle’s nomination. “It’s regret-
table.”

Associated Press writers MICHAEL J.

SNIFFEN, RON FOURNIER, LIZ
SIDOTI, CHARLES BABINGTON
and DAVID ESPO contributed to this
story.
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Stanford in Government — in con-
junction with a host of other campus organi-
zations — presented Pervez Musharraf, the
former Pakistani head of state,for their annu-
al “Big Speaker”series.Following his contest-
ed rise to presidency in 2001, Musharraf
played a central role in global counter-terror-
ism efforts and Indian-Pakistani relations, at
the same time drawing controversy in inter-
national politics.
After delivering a nearly 55-minute
speech that highlighted the importance of
combating terrorism, resolving political strife
in the Middle East and South Asia and other
issues, Musharraf faced a question-and-an-
swer session with the Stanford community.
No sooner had the microphones been turned
on did the cat-calls start flying. Enraged Indi-
an nationalists and other emotionally
charged students questioned everything from
the legitimacy of Musharraf’s rule to the in-
herent corruption of the Pakistani govern-
ment. The end result was ultimately a back-
and-forth between strong-willed, would-be
inquisitors and an equally defiant, finger-
wagging Musharraf.
This event is but the most recent manifes-
tation of the problem with enlightened and
civil discourse on campus.As one of the lead-
ing educational institutions worldwide, Stan-
ford is a repository for diverse opinions, ide-
ologies and global outlooks. Oftentimes, as
evidenced by the Musharraf question-and-
answer session, these beliefs conflict in less-
than-subtle ways.
As far removed as the Farm seems from
events in the real world, too often do issues of
national and global import trickle down into
fiery dorm list exchanges. The recent strife in
Gaza has highlighted the uneasy relationship
between Israeli- and Palestinian-leaning stu-
dent organizations on campus.The 2008 elec-
tion cycle deeply shook the psyche of student
life, from the accusations of viciousness in the
has not always been conducive to certain
parts of the population effectively articulat-
ing positions not shared by a majority of the
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coordination with the educational mission of
this university, we endorse a campus culture
that provides for the free and civil exchange
of varied beliefs in a non-threatening setting
that encourages intellectual stimulation and
growth.Too often do we find tumultuous sub-
jects reduced to shouting matches, in which
each side tries to drown out the other in a sea
of impassioned remarks. This does little to
perpetuate an atmosphere in which disagree-
ment is celebrated.
The University is often held up as a central
place where personal beliefs are challenged
and redefined,where exposure to diverse ways
of thinking expands one’s perspective.It is thus
ironic that many students interested in civil
discussion may shy away from thorny topics
for fear of instigating conflict in the dining hall,
on the chat list or in emails to The Daily.Shout-
ing matches, electronic or otherwise, not only
contribute little to debate but also create an in-
tellectually stifling atmosphere for those hop-
ing to foster authentic debate.
Musharraf is no doubt an immensely con-
troversial figure, and his presence should
have rightfully sparked an intense and
thoughtful discussion on the state of South-
Asian geo-politics and the current state of
counter-terrorism. Just as the Gaza conflict
and the presidential election have brought
opposite ideologies to a head, we should not
balk at the prospect of lively debate. If we
prize our reputation as a world-class institu-
tion,it is incumbent upon us a student body to
argue for our beliefs, but in a way that is more
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T HIS S TANFORD L IFE

The cult of investment

banking L IKE A R OCK
This column originally ran on Nov. 13, 2008.

first came across the plaque this past sum- Why I am irrationally scared of mountain lions
I mer. Returning from Jackson Library at
the Graduate School of Business, I noticed
a black marble square that read, “Corporate
Paul
Craft This column originally ran on Nov. 12, 2008. Now, clearly, I would much rather not
and Foundation Investors. The Stanford have a scar on my face, not be attacked by a
idden within the Bay Area’s lush, mountain lion and not reproduce with

Graduate School of Business gratefully ac-
knowledges the following donors for their
generous support of the school.” It then pro-
ceeded to list big-time corporations and the
investment banking stalwarts: Goldman
Sachs, Merrill Lynch and the like.
But by late September, the plaque was
gone. In its place was a large rectangle of
butcher paper and, underneath the paper, a
bare stone wall. Until recently, the butcher
paper remained taped to the wall. In the last
few weeks,the GSB replaced it with an updat-
ed, “2007-2008” sponsors plaque, which
lacked any of the big Wall Street names.
September’s financial crisis didn’t just un-
expectedly alter on-campus recruitment cy-
cles and tighten the job market — the crisis al-
tered the landscape of American elite univer-
sities. The implosion humbled or outright de-
stroyed institutions that Stanford students
have long worshiped with reverence.
The September crisis just may have ended
the cult of investment banking as we know it -
and possibly for the better.
The collapse’s short-term effects have
been amply documented by college newspa-
pers, including The Daily. Hiring is down.
Firms are more conservative about recruiting.
The Cornell Sun — serving a student body
close to Stanford in the pecking order of elite
recruiting — had some interesting statistics.
According to Cornell Finance Professor
Charles Chang, the big Wall Street firms re-
cently hired back about 80 percent of interns.
This year they could only hire 40 percent of in-
terns. New offers are down by about half.Wall
Street has been hemorrhaging jobs for a while
and the Financial Times estimates that it will
shed dozens of thousands of more jobs.
But 2008 hasn’t just led to a crisis in campus
recruiting; it has also shaken supreme confi-
dence with rampant uncertainty. Firms like
Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill
Lynch and Morgan Stanley have long held
special places in the imagination of the Stan-
ford student. By recruiting the best of the best
at elite schools, the firms set themselves up as
the natural successor to prestigious schools
like Stanford and the Ivies; they positioned
themselves as the “real world” Ivies, so to
speak.
Wall Street firms were a student’s direct
ticket to privilege and status. Investment
banks have represented intense work and
time commitments, but also enormous payoff.
Income two or three times larger than other
entry-level jobs, a nice apartment and high-
status social life (a lifestyle of “models and
bottles”as some phrase it) all before the age of
25 were rewards for years of sacrifice that first
began in high school, consumed most of col-
lege and then dominated the waning years of
youth.
And it’s no wonder elite students have
been so attracted to finance and investment
banks in particular. For over a decade, the
world has been the Stanford senior’s oyster.
Seniors have faced one of the best job markets
in American history.The financial industry, in
particular,has flourished.In 2007 alone,about
30 percent of S&P 500 profits were earned by
financial firms,according to Fareed Zakaria of
Newsweek.The number of jobs on Wall Street
has grown regularly in the past years — two
percent in 2007 and three percent in 2006.
Moreover, starting investment-banking
salaries vary,but they have been known to run
upwards of $100,000 with bonus. And, com-
pensation grew substantially with experience.
This career ambition is nothing particular-
ly new.All the way back to the days of William
Whyte’s “The Organization Man” in 1957, the
elite American university has been a breeding
ground for corporate and financial employ-
ment:“The descent,every spring,of the corpo-
rations’ recruiters has now become a built-in
feature of campus life.” Then, by the time
David Brooks wrote his 2001 profile of elite
college students entitled “The Organization
Kid,” investment banks had become the
prime attractions for career-obsessed colle-
gians with glossy posters placed all over elite
campuses.
Whether ambitious students can still be-
come “Master of the Universe” — as Tom
Wolfe famously labeled i-bankers — at the
age of 22 is now totally unclear.The only thing
that looks likely is that they won’t be able to
do so along the same path as before.
The question, then, is what will fill the void
left by investment banks in the imagination of
Stanford students. In all likelihood, students
will follow the money to its new locale. Tom
Wolfe, surveying the wreckage of his Wall
Street “masters,”wrote that the true elite have
already begun moving away from Wall Street
Please see CRAFT, page 5
H
rolling hills waits a terror — a silent,
ominous terror that threatens to tear us
apart. And no, I am not talking about some-
thing abstract and divisive, like tax policy or
carbon credits.
The terror I speak of is the mountain lion,
an animal that, if given the chance, would liter-
ally tear you apart.
Pretty much, if you take all that is wrong
and evil in the world and mash it together
into the fourth-largest cat on the planet,
you’d have the mountain lion: a snarling,
ruthless beast born with an unquenchable
thirst for blood and no understanding of the
word mercy.
“But Kevin,” I can see some of you al-
ready protesting in lengthy emails, “moun-
tain lions are misunderstood, beautiful ani-
mals blah blah land encroachment blah blah
blah do you ever do research? blah blah.”
You make some valid points, Reader, but
will your unrepentantly liberal cougar sym-
pathizing save you from being eaten alive?
Doubtful.
“But Kevin,” I see some of you writing in
a second, angrier email, “in the past 10 years,
there have only been five recorded deaths by
mountain lions, and, like, 500 deaths from
vending machine-related accidents.”
First of all, check your facts. There’s ab-
solutely no evidence to suggest that that many
vending machines kill people annually
(though, in your defense, I doubt my family
would report my true cause of death if I died
trying to steal a candy bar, so the vending ma-
chine death toll could well be underreported).
Other than that, your logic’s fine - you’re
probably more likely to die in an earthquake
here than get mauled. What you haven’t
taken into account, though, is a particularly
vivid story designed to distort your logical
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perception of risk. Consider the following:
Jimmy was a normal, mildly left-leaning
kid, much like yourself. One day, he went for
a bike ride. “What a great day!” he said,
“nothing could possibly go wrong!”
Just then a mountain lion pounced from
out of nowhere and ate his face.
As you can see from my realistic, well-
written narrative, mountain lions are much
more terrifying than vending machines.
Why? Because vending machines cannot
stalk you or jump 20 feet from a standstill.
At least, not yet. (Looking at you here, “sci-
ence.”)
I think about this all the time when I walk
alone at night. Somehow, I have convinced
myself that if I am prepared for a mountain
lion attack, I will be able to fend it off. I take
stock of every possible defense item I can
think of - my bike: Could it be a shield? The
helmet I had for Halloween: Though worn
ironically, would it protect my skull from
being crushed?
And it’s never long before I start day-
dreaming about how if such a cat attacked
me, I would fight back and, inevitably, kill it
with my bare hands and sheer manliness.
Later, in bar-type settings, women would ask
me cautiously about the scars lining my face,
and I would reluctantly recount my epic bat-
tle with nature. Impressed by my ruggedness,
they would then offer to bear all my children
forever.
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women who find near-death injury arousing.
But it doesn’t hurt to be prepared.
I think what scares me so much about
pumas is that they intimidate me. I don’t
hunt, but it would be nice to know that if I
had to, I could kill squirrels, deer and Stan-
ford’s alarmingly aggressive raccoons as well
as any lion. But mountain lions can stalk their
prey for days without food; I, meanwhile, can
barely complete my own sentences. How can
I possibly compete?
It is with this in mind that I propose we
erect a gigantic wall around Stanford to keep
us physically safe from attack and to preserve
our ability to hunt game on campus, not that
we would ever want to. It would be 20 feet tall
and 30 feet wide, and, like the Great Wall, it
would be visible from space. I don’t know if it
would keep out Mongols, but it would cer-
tainly make it hard for cars to get in - a small
price to pay for securing our border.
But how, you might ask, can our great uni-
versity afford to build such a wall when we
can barely afford to keep the school itself
running?
Simple: we will create a Coalition of the
Willing.We will work tirelessly, and probably
illegally, to construct the wall ourselves.What
better way to tell mountain lions “screw you
and the populations you keep in check” than
to keep them out forever?
Ultimately, I suppose mountain lions are
scary because of how they’re different from
us; they walk differently, they talk differently
and they stalk differently. But maybe, some-
day, we can learn to live harmoniously to-
gether.
Until that day comes, though, I’ve got a
wall to build.
Contact Kevin at ktwebb@stanford.edu.
4 N Wednesday, February 4, 2009 The Stanford Daily

SPORTS
NAIL-BITERS Daniel
Bohm
On My Mind

Card takes two close matches at home

By JEFF LU
What
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
might have
STAFF WRITER

The Stanford men’s volleyball team is off
to an auspicious start to the week following
its spectacular, hard-fought weekend sweep
over challengers Long Beach State and UC-
San Diego. The No. 6 Cardinal is looking to
extend that winning streak as it prepares to
visit UCLA and UC-Irvine next Thursday
and Friday.
Stanford (7-3, 3-2 Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation) rallied from behind to narrowly
win its first home match on Friday against No. 7
Long Beach State, 26-30, 24-30, 33-31, 31-29, 15-
8. Staving off two match points, the Cardinal
rode the momentum of a monstrous perform-
ance by freshman outside hitter Brad Lawson,
whose 27 kills and .438 hitting percentage car-
ried Stanford to its nail-biting win.
On Saturday, the Cardinal took on No. 15
UC-San Diego, marking its second triumph of
the weekend with a 30-25, 30-23, 28-30, 30-28
victory over the Tritons. Junior setter Kawika
Shoji contributed a season-high 52 assists and
put up six of the team’s 12.5 blocks to force the
Cardinal out of a third-set lull, after which a
shift in momentum helped Stanford to claim
the win.
Despite the weekend sweep, both head
coach John Kosty and his team appeared hesi-
tant to declare it a perfect performance.
“We need to work on our serving game,”
Kosty said. “After seeing Pepperdine elimi-
nate its hitting errors [two weeks ago], we real-
ized that we needed to reduce our hitting er-
rors too.”
Stanford totaled 18 hitting errors on Satur-
day, eight of them committed in the third set
alone. The fourth set saw four service errors in
a six-serve span and another four hitting errors.
In all, UCSD had four players break double
digits in kills, an occurrence the Cardinal play-
ers feel was a result of their inconsistencies.
“We’re a good team, but we’re not consis-
tent enough to be a great team,”Shoji said.“But
we’re still improving and continuing to learn
the game.The best is certainly yet to come.”
The problem of consistent play is bound to
resurface again this week as Stanford prepares
to tackle No. 3 UC-Irvine and No. 8 UCLA.
Irvine, currently with only one conference loss,
is coming off of a four-game winning streak
after dispatching UCLA last Friday in four sets.
In their last meeting at the Fall UC-Irvine Tour-
1/30, 1/31 Long Beach State,
UC-San Diego
W 3-2, W 3-1
UP NEXT
UCLA,
UC IRVINE
2/5, 2/6 Los Angeles
Irvine, Calif.
GAME NOTES: The men’s volleyball team will travel down to
Southern California this weekend to take on a pair of top-
10 teams, No. 3 UC-Irvine and No. 8 UCLA. The Cardi-
nal, No. 6 in the nation, is coming off of back-to-back wins
at home against No. 7 Long Beach State and No. 15 UC-
San Diego, pushing its record to 7-3 (3-2 in conference)
nament, Irvine proved itself a tough adversary
after the Cardinal scraped by with a narrow
win, 30-27, 25-30, 30-25, 21-30, 15-13. It remains
to be seen whether Stanford can repeat its vic-
tory at UC-Irvine’s Bren Center.
UCLA will be meeting Stanford for the first
official time this season on Thursday. The Bru-
ins, who completed their previous season with a
17-14 record to extend their streak to 46 consec-
utive winning seasons, will be facing the Cardi-
nal with a roster composed mainly of returning
veterans.
The matches against Irvine and UCLA are
Stanford’s opportunity to iron out any consis-
tency issues and to test them against a pair of
strong opponents before the Cardinal hosts No.
5 Southern California and No.2 Pepperdine the
following weekend, the latter having main-
tained an undefeated record so far this season.
“Our team is very talented,” said junior out-
side hitter Evan Romero. “Once we find our
groove on offense and play defense with the
heart our team has,we will be a strong force that
can compete not only with the tough USC and
Pepperdine teams, but with any team in the
country.
“A great rest of the season awaits us,”
Romero added.
Contact Jeff Lu at jjlu@stanford.edu.
been
A
s the Stanford men’s bas-
ketball team stumbles
through Pacific-10 Confer-
ence play, one has to sit
back and wonder what could have
been. After a trip to the Sweet 16 in
2007-2008, it was no shock to anyone
that All-American Brook Lopez
turned pro, but the fact that his twin
brother Robin did as well was a bit of
a surprise to many.
Now, midway through the season,
it looks as if both parties, Stanford
and Robin Lopez, are feeling the ef-
fects of his decision.
Stanford has struggled all season
to develop any sort of inside game,
which was the Cardinal’s bread and
butter a year ago. “Big men” Josh
Owens and Will Paul have continual-
ly been overmatched by bigger and
stronger opponents. Both have
played admirably, but they are sim-
ply being asked to guard and re-
bound against players whom they
shouldn’t be matched up against.
Now throw Robin Lopez into the
middle of this Stanford team. The
team would look completely differ-
ent and would probably be national-
ly ranked. Lopez would guard the
other team’s best big man, and with-
out his brother getting all of the
touches, Robin would undoubtedly
average more than the 10 points and
six boards he did last year.
With Lopez in the lineup, there is
no way Stanford loses three Pac-10
games by one point. Instead of hav-
ing their way down low,Taj Gibson of
Southern California and Jon Brock-
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man of Washington would likely
Junior opposite Evan Romero goes up for a kill last weekend. Romero and the No.6 Cardinal de-
feated two fellow top-15 teams, No. 7 Long Beach State and No. 15 UC-San Diego. Please see BOHM, page 5

A chance to TRACK AND FIELD

Cardinal
impress dominant in
By JENNY PETER

On Feb. 5 and 7, seven members of the Stanford men’s gym-

nastics team will have the chance to compete in the Winter
Cup Challenge at the Las Vegas Sports Center. The competi-
tion is used to select members of the U.S. Men’s Senior Na-
tional Team.
The gymnasts selected to participate in this year’s event are
sophomores Alex Buscaglia, Ryan Lieberman, Josh Dixon
and Tim Gentry, and seniors Bryant Hadden, Sho Nakamori
and Greg Ter-Zakhari-
ants. 2008 U.S. all-
around champion David MEN’S GYMNASTICS
Sender ‘08 will also be
competing at the event. 1/24 Stanford Open
All except for Buscaglia
and Ter-Zakhariants 2nd place (352.3 points)
competed in the senior
division at the Visa Na-
tional Championships
UP NEXT
last May to qualify for
the Winter Cup Chal- WINTER CUP CHALLENGE
lenge this weekend. 2/5, 2/7 Las Vegas
Last year, Sender and
Nakamori were mem- GAME NOTES: After a week off, the Stanford
bers of the national gymnastics team will travel to Las Vegas to
team, but rarely had to take part in the Winter Cup Challenge.
choose between compet- The Winter Cup is a big opportunity for
ing at an international gymnasts to claim a place on the United
meet and a collegiate States National Gymnastics team, and the
meet, as the Men’s Pro- Cardinal men will be hoping to make a
gram Committee (MPC) good impression.
wouldn’t normally invite
a collegiate athlete to an international meet if it were close to
the NCAA Championships or other major intercollegiate
competitions.
“Sometimes the international meets are the same weekend
as meets here,” Dixon said. “But usually if you have an inter-
national meet where you represent the U.S., you would choose
to go to that.”
The opportunity to make this year’s national team couldn’t
present itself at a better time for the Stanford men because the
Winter Cup is coming off of an Olympic year.The six Olympic
team members will take a year off from being on the national
team to have surgeries and to rest — this allows for the Stan-
ford men to be in the running for the available spots.
“It’s a chance for the new guys like us to make the nation-
al team, while the Olympians are taking a break this year or
may retire,” Dixon said.
This year is also unique in that the MPC has added one
more spot to the national team, making the group 15 and fur-
ther increasing the Stanford men’s odds of becoming national
team members.
“The selection process is pretty complicated for those re-
maining spots,” said assistant coach Dave Durante. “We have
a point system in place that awards points according to how
you finish on each event [first place on the floor gives you 11
Please see GYMNASTICS, page 5
Washington
By ANARGHYA VARDHANA
STAFF WRITER
The Stanford track and field team sent its largest contin-
gent of athletes of the season this weekend to Washington to
compete in the UW Invite.The meet featured some of the top
names in the nation and resulted in several fast times and top
finishes for the Cardinal.
The Stanford men were led by the young energy of fresh-
man Chris Derrick, who won the 5,000 meters with a time of
13:44.02. Not only did Derrick win the event, but he achieved
an automatic NCAA-qualifying time, as well as the third-
fastest time in Stanford history. Derrick’s achievement is fur-
ther highlighted by the fact that the two records before him
were run by for-
mer Olympians, TRACK AND FIELD
Ian Dobson and
Brad Hauser. 1/30-1/31 UW Invitational
Derrick now
proudly possess-
es the fastest UP NEXT
time in the na-
tion thus far this NEW MEXICO LOBO CLASSIC
season, along 2/7 Albuquerque, N.M.
with the title of
having run the GAME NOTES: Two weeks after competing in the
t h i r d - f a s t e s t New Mexico Cherry and Silver Classic, the Stan-
freshman time in ford track and field team will return to Albu-
the 5,000 history. querque for this weekend’s Lobo Classic. The
“I really owe Cardinal is coming off of a great showing at last
the race to Elliot weekend’s UW Invitational in Seattle, where it
[Heath], who achieved multiple automatic NCAA marks.
paced me
through a little over 3K,” Derrick said. “That allowed me to
really relax and conserve energy the first half of the race, and
from there I just had to hold it together and capitalize on the
opportunity.”
“It was really good to have him and my other teammates
out there helping out, and I think that kind of team unity has
really helped us this year,” he added.
Senior captain Hakon DeVries commended Derrick’s
debut indoor meet.
“Chris Derrick continued his incredible freshman year
with his automatic time in the 5,000-meter,”DeVries said,re-
ferring to Derrick’s cross country season, when he placed
seventh at NCAA Nationals and achieved an All-American
title.
“He stayed very controlled, and with his attitude and
work ethic, the sky is the limit,” DeVries added.“He’s a great
teammate to have.”
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Freshman Cameron Foreman competes on the high bar for Stanford. Seven of Foreman’s teammates will
be competing for a spot on the U.S. National Team at the Winter Cup Challenge this weekend. Please see TRACK, page 5
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have endured long days at the hands
of Lopez — widely regarded as the
better defender of the twins. Oh, and
Calvin Haynes of Oregon State
might have had some of those run-
ners and lay-ups contested with a big
tree in the paint.
With the emergence of Landry
Fields and the resurgence of
Lawrence Hill this year, coupled
with the senior leadership of Mitch
Johnson and Anthony Goods, Stan-
ford would be a pretty dangerous
team with a low post presence. In-
stead, save a big turnaround, Stan-
ford seems to be bound for the Na-
tional Invitational Tournament
(NIT).
Part of Lopez has to be thinking
similar thoughts. He is averaging just
three points and 1.7 rebounds per
game as Shaq’s backup in Phoenix.
He has been relegated toward the
GYMNASTICS TRACK
Continued from page 4
points, second gives you 10 points
and so on]. This is done for every
event and the all-around over the
two days of competition.”
This Thursday, the top 42 of the
84 gymnasts competing will advance
to the finals on Saturday. Scores
from both days of competition will
count toward the final point rank-
ings for the all-around and individ-
ual events. National team spots will
be allotted to those who earned the
seven highest point totals. The
eighth spot is chosen by the MPC,
while the senior national team coor-
dinator selects the ninth spot.
“I don’t know how they [the
MPC] came up with such a convo-
luted system,” Dixon said.
As detailed as the selection
process may be, the men agree they
have a fair system set in place since
seven spots are based on perform-
ance, while two spots are based on
discrepancy. They also agree and
are confident they all have a chance
to make the team based on their
competition.
“It’s a lot of the same caliber
athletes who we’ve been competing
against since we were 10, so it’s the
same group we’re used to and the
field is completely open,” Dixon
said.
With seven members competing,
the Stanford gymnastics team has
the largest contingent of the entire
Winter Cup meet, suggesting that
the Stanford men’s program is a
strong one.
“The opportunity to have na-
tional team members on the Stan-
ford gymnastics team puts a magni-
fying glass on the Stanford gymnas-
tics program,” Dixon said.“It seems
the Stanford men’s team is doing
something right if its athletes are
being put in a position to become
members on the national team.”
The Cardinal’s chance to repre-
sent both the United States and
Stanford certainly gives the seven
Las Vegas-bound Cardinal men
something to look forward to this
weekend.
Contact Jenny Peter at jpeter12@
stanford.edu.
CRAFT
Continued from page 3
investment banks to Connecticut
hedge funds.
Hopefully the decline of the cult
of investment banking will force tal-
ented students to look at other,
more productive fields and opportu-
Sudoku
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 N 5
end of the bench, having appeared
just once in the past five games and
four times in the last 13. Most of the
games he does play are when Shaq
takes a day off or the game is a
blowout.
Had he returned for his junior
season, Lopez would have been able
to be the focal point of the Stanford
offense and move out of the shadow
of his brother. He would have been
able to hone his offensive game and
help Stanford make a run in the
NCAA Tournament. This extra year
(or two) of experience would, bar-
ring an injury, have boosted his draft
stock significantly.
It also would have given him both
another year to enjoy college and an-
other year to mature into a profes-
sional. And had he stayed for two
years, he could have finished his “if
basketball fails, Stanford degree” in-
surance plan.
Even Phoenix Suns coach Terry
Porter has noticed that Lopez may
not be ready for the NBA.
“He doesn’t seem to have the
focus,” Porter said. “[He is] missing
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Other top finishes in the distances
for the men were provided by sopho-
more Jacob Riley, who finished sec-
ond with a personal best and provi-
sional time of 14:01.92 in the 5,000
meters; sophomore Brendan Gregg,
who finished third with a personal
best time of 14:11.29, barely off the
provisional time; and junior Justin
Maripole-Bird,who missed the provi-
sional time in the 3,000 by three-
tenths of a second, with a finishing
time of 8:05.30. The men’s distance
medley relay of Maripole-Bird, jun-
ior Zach Chandy, sophomore
Spencer Castro and freshman Dylan
Ferris finished seventh with a time of
9:58.50.
In the sprints, the men were led by
junior Ryan Fisicaro. Fisicaro, who
has consistently been getting closer to
Wopamo Osaisai’s Stanford 60 meter
record, finally reached the mark this
weekend, tying for first place in the
event with a time of 6.82 seconds.
“It was a great feeling to have
beaten the record,” Fisicaro said.“Al-
though I wish I could have won the
race outright instead of tying. It’s a
great achievement, but there are still
more goals I have for the rest of the
indoor season, which include helping
our team win the MPSF meet and
qualify for nationals.”
Freshman Amaechi Morton also
had an event win to add to the success
of the sprinters, winning the 400 with
a time of 47.42; Morton was the only
runner to break 48 seconds at the
meet.
The women also had several no-
table performances, with the first
NCAA automatic-qualifying time
coming from the women’s distance
medley relay. The team consisted of
senior Alicia Follmar, senior Idara
Otu, freshman Maria Lattanzi and
senior captain Lauren Centrowitz.
The team was Stanford’s first to qual-
ify for the NCAA Championships
thus far in the season, placing third
with a time of 11:07.53.
Centrowitz and Follmar also
reached automatic-qualifying stan-
dards in the 3,000. The pair of sen-
iors finished second and third, with
times of 9:10.99 and 9:14.98, respec-
tively. The race was a best time for
nities. Many students joined invest-
ment banking firms simply because
others were doing it and they want-
ed to make money. Now that the
openings are scarce, hopefully some
students will rethink their career
plans.
Indeed,if anything good is to come
of the demise of investment banks and
its dwindling opportunities, it will be
an end to Stanford’s brain drain. Stan-
ford’s talented will hopefully be di-
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balls. Missing assignments on the de-
fensive end. Missing box outs. He
doesn’t have the focus when he steps
on the floor.”
There has been speculation in
Phoenix that Lopez could be sent to
the Suns’ affiliate in the NBA’s De-
velopmental League — not exactly a
flattering thought for the 15th over-
all selection in last year’s draft.
All said, though, Lopez can’t be
regretting his decision all that much.
He is set to make $1,623,720 this sea-
son alone. For those of you doing the
math at home, that’s $19,801.46 for
each of those games he doesn’t ap-
pear in — just a few grand more then
a quarter at Stanford — per game!
This salary will only increase in the
coming years, regardless of his per-
formance, meaning that playing time
or not, Lopez is free to live the good
life — just so long as his idea of a
good life is banging bodies with Shaq
at practice every day.
Dan Bohm is auditioning to be
Robin’s life coach. Give him tips at
bohmd@stanford.edu.
both women.
“It was really nice to open the sea-
son with a personal record,” Cen-
trowtiz said. “It was especially excit-
ing to have the potential for three
girls to be in the 3K at NCAAs, which
is a testament to the strength of our
distance program. And then to have
the DMR also hit the automatic qual-
ifying time is awesome because Stan-
ford has such a rich tradition in the
middle distances.”
“...with his attitude
and work ethic, the
sky is the limit.”
— HAKON DEVRIES,
on Chris Derrick
The seniors are leading the way
for the women, having qualified for
nationals in two events this early in
the season. Interestingly enough,
Centrowitz pointed out that it was
Follmar’s first time running the 3,000
— a remarkable debut time. Also
doing well in the event was freshman
Laurynne Chetelat,who finished fifth
with a provisional time of 9:16.70.
“Both Lauren and Alicia are sen-
iors and are really stepping up and
leading the team,” DeVries said.
“They have a lot of experience be-
tween the two of them and are run-
ning phenomenal right now.”
Other top finishers included sen-
ior thrower Michaela Wallerstedt,
who won the women’s shot put with a
toss of 49-11; senior Tessa Flippin,
who finished second in the high jump
with a height of 5-foot-8; and Otu,
who finished third in the 400 with a
time of 55.07 seconds.
Next up for the track and field
team is the New Mexico Lobo Classic
in Albuquerque this upcoming week-
end — another chance for NCAA
Championship qualification.
Contact Anarghya Vardhana at vard-
hana@stanford.edu.
rected into fields with more tangible
missions or public service opportuni-
ties. According to the CDC, atten-
dance for sessions on the Peace Corps
and Teach for America is already up
this year.
In the meantime,the new plaque is
up at the School of Business. I doubt,
however, that I’ll ever see the original
again.
Contact Paul at pcraft@stanford.edu.
TODAY’S RATING: Medium
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VPUE
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may cause a potential problem for
undergraduates, especially freshmen.
“As an HPAC, I try to forward all
learning opportunities that come my
way to my residents,” she said. “I
think that eliminating the median
position of the HPAC will especially
affect the freshman experience, as
the HPAC is the go-to person for
misunderstandings with the Stanford
Bulletin, particularly in the begin-
ning of the year.”
But former HPAC Tien Dong ‘08,
now a medical student at the
University of Chicago, remained
skeptical about the long-term effects
of the VPUE’s change in undergrad-
uate advising.
“I am saddened that the HPAC
position is being cut, but it does not
come as a surprise,” he wrote in an
email to The Daily.“I believe that the
advising services the University has
at Sweet Hall is very exceptional, so
for the most part, students won’t be
lost without the guidance of
HPACs.”
“I just hope that without HPACs,
RAs will get more training about
academic issues to make up for the
services that HPACs once provided,”
Dong added.
Bravman echoed this sentiment,
saying the current on-site profession-
al Undergraduate Advising and
Research (UAR) advisors would be
sufficient in guiding students in the
right direction.
“I am confident that with aca-
SENATE
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The result is that come spring, stu-
dents will still have to pay out of
pocket for their campaigns.
Later in the meeting, the Senate
made more progress in the realm of
visibility.
Communications Chair Jonathan
McMaster ‘11 unveiled a Senate
flyer to be distributed every other
week to the student body. The pro-
posed flyer included committee
updates, achievements and future
programs.
An ASSU student group calendar
The Stanford Daily
FRAICHE
demic directors now in place in every Dining, and they were already famil- “I think [Fraiche] will be consis- tangy,” said Elena Jordan ‘12. “It’s
residential complex . . . and our core iar with us,” Gilmartin said. “We tently popular because they take healthier, sweet and it satisfies.”
staff of professional advisors located needed to show them that Fraiche is [Cardinal dollars],” said Gabi While some thought the excite-
in Sweet Hall, we have the infra- Continued from front page a truly unique concept that the Ruchelli ‘11. “It’s expensive, but ment would die down over time,
structure needed to create an excep- Stanford community would whatever. It’s frozen yogurt.” most students who spoke with The
tionally strong pre-major advising embrace.” Fraiche made its presence known Daily thought that the excitement
program,” he wrote in his Monday think people are really excited to Because Fraiche cooperated with on campus last week with giant would last, insisting that the shop
letter. have a healthy dining option on cam- Dining, it has the ability to accept orange balloons spread out over would continue to be popular.
For current Peer Mentor Folake pus, especially since we’re open Cardinal dollars by using the same main traffic areas. When asked about “I think it’s comparable to Olives
Dosu ‘11, the elimination of the Peer mornings, nights and weekends.” software other eateries on campus the balloon campaign, Gilmartin in that it will always be popular,”
Mentor program may provide for a The convenient location also use. When asked about the use of explained that it was an innovative Jordan said. “It’s one of the better
better consolidation of advising attracts students who love the non- Cardinal dollars, Gilmartin said they way to spread the word. ways to use your Cardinal dollars on
resources. Dining feel. strove to make sure students could “We just love to have fun, and campus.”
“I spoke to my peer mentor regu- “It’s the closest [thing] to going to use them at Fraiche. orange is a very signature color of Gilmartin said business is great so
larly as a freshman,” she said. an off-campus restaurant without “We knew it would be a win-win ours,” she said. “We thought it would far, with consistently long lines each
“However, I was fortunate that having to bike to University to allow the Stanford community to be a fun, simple, yet visible way to night.
things worked out like this, because I [Avenue],” said Nell Van Noppen ‘11. use Cardinal dollars,” she said. “We show people that we’re on campus.” “To be able to have a fairly guilt-
have friends who could not recog- Earlier this year, Fraiche decided worked very closely with Stanford Students enjoying Fraiche at night free indulgence, I think, is something
nize their peer mentor for the life of to lease a space in Tresidder and set Dining to make sure we could accept expressed much satisfaction with people decided is worth waiting in
them, and others have not spoken to up shop right next to the Express them.” their frozen yogurt. line for,” she said.
their advisor since fall quarter fresh- Lunch, working with Stanford Students agree that the Cardinal “It has a much better flavor than
man year. There was definitely a lack Dining along the way. dollars help them afford frozen yogurt fro-yo from the dining hall because Contact Fatima Wagdy at fwagdy@
of quality control in this program, so “We approached Stanford and help Fraiche attract business. it’s made from real yogurt, so it’s stanford.edu.
the experiences are diverse, for bet-
ter or for worse.”
Yet with these specific cuts, stu-
dents will essentially be forced to
find their own answers.
In Dosu’s opinion, the initiative
now lies in the hands of undergradu-
ate students.
“The same students who have the
initiative to seek guidance from their
HPACs will use that same resource-
fulness to find the help they need,”
she said. “With the elimination of
HPACs and peer mentors, students
could look to online sources of help
in addition to the UAR advisors. We
just need to come up with creative
solutions to fill the void this program
will leave.”
Contact Ryan Mac at rbmac@stan-
ford.edu.
also recently went online, thanks to
the efforts of Operations Manager
David Gobaud ‘08.
To reach out to the larger commu-
nity, Senator Yvorn “Doc” Aswad-
Thomas ‘11 plans to host lunchtime
informal meetings in Stern Hall, open
to all students. The first “Focused
Forum” will spotlight housing and
draw reform.
The student body will also be
tapped with regard to budget cuts.
Each senate member is tasked with
recruiting two experienced student
group leaders for a meeting of stu-
dent experts, to be held sometime
next week.
Contact Marisa Landricho at landi-
cho@stanford.edu.