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March 31, 2009
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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235
Issue 26

JAYNE APPEL DOMINATES IOWA STATE

SLAC GIVEN
$68 MILLION
Research facility awarded large portion of
Department of Energy stimulus funding
By SALONE KAPUR

The U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE) announced last week that SLAC
will receive $68.3 million in funding
from President Obama’s American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These
stimulus funds are part of $1.2 billion
total allocated to the DOE’s Office of
Science by the Recovery Act.
“SLAC, in partnership with Stanford
and our local communities and Bay
Area workforce, is privileged to have the
opportunity to contribute to the goals of
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA),” said Keith
Hodgson, director for Photon Science at
SLAC. “The funding that is coming to
SLAC will accelerate the development
of new scientific capabilities and provide
much-need upgrades to infrastructure
that will help insure more reliable, safe
JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO/MCT Campus Preview
and cost-effective operations.”
In a press release, Secretary of
Sophomore Jayne Appel scored a school-record 46 points against ISU on Monday. The 6-foot-4 center outscored the entire Cyclones team in Energy Steven Chu explained the
the first half, propelling Stanford to a 13-point halftime advantage. The Cardinal has a week to prepare for the winner of UConn vs. ASU. importance of investing in long-term sci-
ence institutions and projects like

FOURPLAY
By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY
MANAGING EDITOR
Jayne Appel shot her way into
the record books on Monday, lead-
ing the No. 2 Cardinal to its second
straight Final Four appearance by
dismantling No. 4 Iowa State in a 74-
53 Stanford victory.
In the Berkeley Regional final at
Haas Pavilion, Appel scored a
career-high and school record 46
points — two more than Candice
Wiggins ‘08 dropped in the NCAAs
last year. Appel’s total stands third
all-time in the tournament, and is
the most by any player this year.
The junior center tallied 27
points in the first half alone, single-
handedly outscoring the entire
Cyclones team in the first 20 min-
utes. She was efficient, as well as
prolific — she knocked down 19 of
28 shots and, after struggling with
free throws earlier in the tourna-
ment, made 80 percent of her
attempts from the line. Appel also
pulled down 16 rebounds and
blocked three shots — both game
highs.
“There was no way we were leav-
ing without getting back to the Final
Four,” Appel said to ESPN.
The majority of the Cardinal’s
plays went through Appel in the
paint, as no other Stanford player
had more than five attempts from
the field. Sophomore Jeanette
Pohlen tallied eight points and
ASSU ELECTIONS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
3/30 Iowa State, NCAA
Regional Final (Berkeley,
Calif.) W, 74-53
UP NEXT
NCAA FINAL FOUR
VS. UCONN/ARIZONA STATE
4/5 Saint Louis, Missouri
GAME NOTES: Monday night was the Jayne
Appel show. The junior center put an a clin-
ic against Iowa State University, scoring a
career-high 46 points, while pulling down
16 rebounds. Appel’s 46-point onslaught
was almost enough to single-handedly
defeat the Cyclones — and it was more
than enough to set a school record for
points scored. The Cardinal faces a poten-
tially much tougher challenge in its next
contest, as it could face undefeated UConn
on Sunday. If ASU is able to pull off an
upset, Stanford will undoubtedly be pleased
— the Cardinal beat the Sun Devils in both
meetings this season.
grabbed 10 boards, while classmate
Kayla Pedersen and redshirt junior
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude each dished
out eight assists.
Please see WBBALL, page 10
JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO/MCT Campus Preview
Appel’s 46 points are the most of any player in the women’s tour-
nament this year and ranks third all-time. Her 16 rebounds were
just two shy of matching ISU’s team total.
SLAC.
“These projects not only provide crit-
ically needed short-term economic relief
but also represent a strategic investment
in our nation’s future,” he said. “They
will create thousands of jobs and
breathe new life into many local
economies, while helping to accelerate
new technology development, renew our
scientific and engineering workforce,
and modernize our nation’s scientific
infrastructure.”
Operated in partnership with the
University, SLAC develops and operates
major accelerator-based scientific user
facilities and carries out research in
many areas related to particle physics,
energy and physical chemistry.
The funding is particularly helpful to
SLAC as federal funding for basic sci-
ence and R&D over the past few years
(including that for SLAC) has been very
constrained. In fact, SLAC underwent a
significant numbers of layoffs last year.
However, Hodgson said that the Obama
administration’s emphasis on scientific
development seems to underscore the
importance of basic science and innova-
tion in underpinning future technologies
STUDENT LIFE
Students
break safely
in Mexico
Students relax south of the
border, despite travel advisory
By JULIA BROWNELL
DESK EDITOR
Stanford Daily File Photo
SLAC will be awarded $68 million of
President Obama’s federal recovery funds
for new research projects and seismic
retrofitting. SLAC is the site of physics and
energy research.
needed to deliver breakthroughs in
many areas of the energy arena.
“[The core capabilities at SLAC] are
important to the Department of Energy,
and the Nation, in enabling scientific dis-
coveries that advance our understanding
and provide platforms for the next gen-
eration of technologies which will pro-
vide for our future security and prosper-
ity,” he said. “Enhancing and sustaining
them is a sound investment strategy.”
SLAC plans to use the ARRA fund-
ing to accelerate building of new instru-
ments for a premier research tool, the
Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS),
which will generate the world’s brightest
X-rays, enabling scientists to take stop-
motion pictures of moving atoms and
Please see SLAC, page 8
DAILY POLL
How worried are you that the
University budget cuts will affect
your experience at Stanford?
215 votes taken from stanforddaily.com at 10:14 p.m. 03/30/09
8%
D 35%
22%
C A
34%
B
A) I fear that the cuts will seriously impact my
time on the Farm.
B) Of course the cuts will hurt, but I don’t expect to

Number of ASSU candidates drops
Record 60 candidates falls to
39 participating in election
By FATIMA WAGDY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
At the end of last quarter, a record 60 stu-
dents declared their intent to run for the
Undergraduate Senate, and five slates
announced that they would run for Executive.
But after the petition deadline, just 39 Senate
candidates and three Executive slates made
the ballot.
The 21 Senate candidates no longer run-
ning dropped out on their own, either because
they didn’t have enough signatures, or they no
longer had interest for personal reasons,
according to Elections Commissioner Briana
Tatum ‘11.
“Last year there were about 30 to 35 seri-
ous candidates, which is not much different
from this year,” said current Senator Zach
Johnson ‘10, who is running again. “It would
seem that the drop could be attributed to neg-
ative perceptions of the ASSU, but this year,
in my opinion, the ASSU has done far more
than it has in previous years.”
Johnson also cited a realization of the
Senate’s responsibilities as a reason for drop-
ping out.
“I think the reason a lot them dropped is
because they didn’t fully understand what the
Please see CANDIDATES, page 8
Despite a travel advisory put into effect
by the U.S. State Department in February,
several Stanford students traveled to
Mexico over spring break without experi-
encing any problems.
The advisory, put into effect Feb. 20, was
a response to the increased violence relating
to drug cartels near the U.S. border. The
areas most cautioned against visiting were
Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez,
where violence had occasionally trapped
U.S. travelers in the city, and shootouts have
occurred in public places in daylight hours.
Students, however, were mostly headed
Please see MEXICO page 6
be significantly impacted.
C) The recession is affecting everyone, but I don’t
think University life will change too much.
D) The cuts won’t make a difference in my time at
Stanford.
Today’s Question:
How far will Stanford women’s basketball team
go in the NCAA Tournament?
a) Win the NCAA Championship
b) Lose in the final round
c) Lose in the semi-final round
d) The other three Final Four teams forfeit
after watching the Jayne Appel highlight
reel on ESPN’s SportsCenter
vote today at stanforddaily.com!

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2 N Tuesday, March 31, 2009
FEATURES
SEEing is
Believing
Garrett Neiman ‘10 launches educational
nonprofit
By TOMMY TOBIN
STAFF WRITER
G
arrett Neiman ‘10 offers
students a hand up, not a
hand out. Founding the
non-profit Stanford
Educational Enterprises
(SEE) in 2006, Neiman and his business
team offer free SAT preparation classes
for students who could not otherwise
afford this help.
In the summer of 2008, SEE part-
nered with groups such as the Boys &
Girls Club of East Palo Alto and
Upward Bound to serve 250 students in
Los Angeles, Santa Clara and Orange
County. According to Neiman, “99 per-
cent of students improve their scores
and 96 percent of students go on to
four-year colleges immediately after
high school graduation.”
The Daily caught up with Neiman,
who has already raised approximately
$24,000 for his initiative, to hear about
his passion for education and his plans
to expand SEE’s operations.
The Stanford Daily (SD): Following
your other fundraising endeavors, how
did you get the idea to start these edu-
THE STRENGTH TO HEAL
cational opportunities?
Garrett Neiman (GN): After co-found-
ing an SAT preparation company in my
freshman year, I was still unhappy with
the idea that some students could
afford our services, while others could
not. The idea initially came about in an
effort to meet the needs of individual
students from low-income families who
wouldn’t be able to afford any sort of
preparation with our help. We realized
that if we wanted to make a real differ-
ence, we would need a more systematic
solution. Stanford’s Social
Entrepreneurship Collaboratory, a
course offered through the urban stud-
ies department, really helped us trans-
form those ideas into reality.
SD: Where do you think your passion
for education comes from?
GN: I come from a family of educators,
and I have always enjoyed learning. Just
as importantly, I have come to see edu-
cation as the best existing medium for
social mobility. It just seems so unfair
that some of our nation’s most hard-
working students are unable to reach
their potential because of systematic
barriers that have been in place since
they were born. More generally, I think
my passion for service comes largely
The Stanford Daily
from some adversities my family faced
when I was younger. There is definitely
a notion of compassion and responsibil-
ity in my family that is unusual.
SD: At Stanford in Washington (SIW),
you had the opportunity to intern with
the Department of Education. How did
your SIW experience tie in with the
summer programs and your career
goals?
GN: SIW was a very different experi-
ence for me, but reaffirmed my belief
that social entrepreneurship is indeed
the best preparation for policy because
it has enabled me to identify some of
the greatest weaknesses in the system
and then establish a sense of how I can
innovatively change it. Interning at the
U.S. Department of Education really
opened my eyes to the enormity, both in
terms of breadth and depth, of the
problems with our education system.
Having that awareness is daunting but
also motivating.
SD: How do you plan to expand your
educational programs? What are you
planning for this summer? MASARU OKA/The Stanford Daily
Junior Garrett Neiman founded Stanford Educational Enterprises (SEE) to help low-income kids improve
their SAT scores after he saw the failures of the educational system firsthand.
Please see NEIMAN, page 3
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NEIMAN
Continued from page 2
GN: This summer, we will be serving
500 students at eight program sites
in the San Diego, Orange, Los
Angeles and Santa Clara Counties.
We also have three new initiatives in
the works. The first is a summer
internship and residential program,
which will expose high school stu-
dents the summer before their sen-
ior year to their primary career
interest and college life. Before stu-
dents enroll in college, we think it’s
important that they have a chance
to see if that is the career they actu-
ally want to pursue; if it is, they will
be that much more determined to
stay on track and make their dreams
a reality.
The second is the development
of an online platform that will con-
nect students to resources simplify-
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ing the college admissions and
financial aid processes and enable
more deserving students to attend
better colleges. We are also looking
to build a national database of high
school students through which we
will communicate to students,
increasing student awareness of
admissions and financial aid dead-
lines, scholarships and college
admissions resources and important
deadlines.
SD: How much money have you
raised thus far for the education
program? How are you planning to
use spring quarter to fundraise?
GN: Keep in mind that a big part of
our model involves redistributing
revenues from our for-profit compa-
ny, but last year we raised about
$13,000 for the program through
support from the Haas Center and
an online fundraising campaign. The
budget for this summer’s programs
is about $127,000. More than half of
that will come from our for-profit
programs, but it still leaves about
$60,000 that we need to fundraise.
We have raised about $11,000 so far,
and we are waiting to hear back
regarding some grant applications
and other funding resources.
I will be taking spring quarter off
to raise money for the organization,
which will include applying for
grants, organizing another online
fundraising campaign, and organiz-
ing some fundraising events. We
might also be able to cover some of
our costs by utilizing community
service work study, which will take
some pressure off as well. While we
do need to raise a significant
amount, it isn’t unattainable by any
means. I am confident that we have
the resources to pull it off.
If you are interested in working with
SEE, please contact Neiman at
gneiman@stanford.edu.
Contact Tommy Tobin at ttobin@stan-
ford.edu.
4 N Tuesday, March 31, 2009
OPINIONS
EDITORIAL
Wellness Room a good
first step for mental health
any of you may have noticed that
M the usually dour brown walls and
unassuming couches of the confer-
ence rooms in Old Union have been en-
hanced with eight-foot crepe-paper flowers,
lush shag carpets and board games. Upon
entering the new ASSU sponsored Wellness
Room, open many afternoons and evenings,
a wellness guide warmly invites visitors to sit
down, relax and de-stress.
The room truly harkens back to the halcy-
on days of kindergarten, where life’s main
worry was figuring out which color crayon to
use in one’s drawing. It can seem a little out
of place in the middle of Old Union, sur-
rounded by students working furiously on
papers and problem sets. Careful observa-
tion reveals that the Wellness Room is part
of a larger mission of promoting a dialogue
of mental health on campus.
Working in parallel with the ongoing “I
am not a bystander” campaign that the
ASSU is sponsoring, the Wellness Room has
gotten people around campus talking about
mental health. The oft-mentioned “Stanford
duck syndrome” — which describes the
phenomenon wherein students look serene
and collected above the surface, but are in
reality paddling furiously to stay afloat aca-
demically, socially and psychologically —
was identified by the Stanford Mental
Health Task Force as one of the key obsta-
cles in engaging students and overcoming
mental health struggles. Issues like depres-
sion, eating disorders and academic prob-
lems in particular can be difficult for stu-
dents to talk about. Promoting an open dia-
logue about the problems is a great start to a
healthier, more honest campus. While the
practical effectiveness of the Wellness Room
has yet to be proven, it has certainly generat-
ed discussion on campus about mental
health and raised the profile of the ASSU’s
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T HE E CONOMICS O F
The Facebook profile
This column was originally published on No-
vember 20, 2008.
hile many of my friends spend end-
W less hours scouring Facebook for
men and women, I refrain entirely.
My lack of participation in this college ritual
does not stem from any superciliousness. On
the contrary, I think Facebook is an excellent
medium for meeting the opposite, or the
same, sex.
The truth is that I am technologically inept.
I am utterly incompetent. I do not know how
Facebook works:I do not understand its social
conventions, its pseudo-hierarchies or its tag-
ging and detagging.
How can this be, you ask. How can a mod-
erately intelligent Stanford student not under-
stand Facebook? After all, Stanford is the epi-
center of technological innovation, the birth-
place of Silicon Valley. You would think that
just being here for four years and breathing the
air would have allowed me to acquire a rudi-
mentary understanding of social networking.
But alas, I am a lost cause. I have tried, and
tried, only to fail miserably.
Recently, in fact, I met an attractive young
girl who,if I say so myself,was quite enamored
with me after our first encounter. At the sug-
gestion of a friend, I decided to do some due-
diligence and look up her Facebook profile.
Unfortunately, I typed her name in my “status
bar” — I didn’t even know what the thing was
— instead of the search field. After repeated-
ly hitting search and wondering why nothing
was happening, I concluded that Facebook
was broken and left it at that. Later in the day,
a friend of mine called me to ask me about my
status. I panicked, suffered a bout of hysteria
and then logged on to Facebook. It took me
another 30 minutes to figure out how to delete
her name off of my status.As you can imagine,
I have not met her since.
The point of all this, dear reader, is not to
engage in an exercise of egomania, insincere
as that may sound.See,while I may not under-
stand the new-age world of Facebook,I do un-
derstand the world of finance. So let me tell
you how a financier (read:investment banker)
would navigate the treacherous online waters
of Facebook profiles.
First, and foremost, know your target.Any
prospective investment should be thoroughly
researched,and you should start with a 10K or
10Q. That means checking the Info page. See
what guidance or forward-looking statements
she has to give,what her past performance has
been like and what her favorite movies are.
You can never know your investment too well.
Second, look for value. As the greatest in-
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logical research demonstrating that a re-
laxed state of mind helps people combat
mental health issues.
The Wellness Room does offer, upon re-
quest, a complete list of referral organiza-
tions for a wide variety of problems separat-
ed by category. Each counselor has gone
through a three-hour training regimen on
how to succeed as a “wellness guide” and
navigate the complex referral system. While
a three-hour training session offers nowhere
near the expertise of a trained psychologist
at CAPS or the rigor of the quarter-long
training of a Bridge Counselor, the friendly
face of a wellness guide is certainly a wel-
come and more accessible alternative for
students who don’t need immediate help,
but just want to relax and de-stress. The edi-
torial board fears, however, that it might not
be as useful for those in need of more exten-
sive help, many of whom might not choose to
visit the Wellness Center in the first place.
According to Associate Vice Provost of
Student Affairs Chris Griffith, the Wellness
Room is “one of the most incredible group
projects I’ve seen at Stanford in over 20
years.”With time, we will be able to judge the
overall effectiveness of the room, but the
focus on expanding open student discussion
of mental health is laudable. We’d tell you
more about it, but right now the Editorial
Board is heading off for a relaxing cup of tea
and a game of Twister.
C RIME AND P UNISHMENT Emily Grubert
Gentlemen, flatten your supply curves
’m a senior, and I’m a math major. I took Amory and Hunter Lovins. The general window and saw a live illustration of Natural
Kunal I Econ 1A this fall, did my first problem set
without looking at the textbook while
premise: Nature has a stock of capital that
humans have been drawing from over the
Capitalism’s bad-choice scenario. There was
the California Aqueduct, with the normally
Khanna sprawled out on my porch in the sun and re-
joiced at how surprisingly intuitive it was.
Right?
years, and for the first time, there are enough
of us doing enough things that the availabili-
ty of natural capital is starting to be a limiting
underwater inflow pipes like fountains, a foot
above the surface. There were the irrigation
sprinklers that are probably the spawn of Po-
Wrong. I got like a 4.5 out of 10 on that factor for our activities. seidon and Icarus, spraying water into the air,
problem set. Um, tee hee. The creepiest place imaginable to read where the sun can evaporate it before it gets
vestor ever,Warren Buffet,says,“Price is what I’ve been chuckling to myself about that this book is on the San Joaquin Amtrak line to the plants.
you pay. Value is what you will get.” In the one for a few months and readily admit my between L.A. and San Jose (which I was rid- And, my children, I have looked drought
stock market, a good metric for judging value own arrogance. But something about why I ing to avoid traffic cops), mostly because it’s in the eye and lived: there were the fields of
is price to earnings or P/E ratio. Similarly, you did so badly on that problem set has consis- been 10 years since the book was written nut trees with their patterns of two rows of
want to measure a Facebook profile by its own tently nagged at the part of me majoring in about how we can fix the world in the next 10 healthy, watered trees alternating with a row
P/E ratio: photos to exposure. “Tree Hugging and Frolicking in the Sun for years. of trees that cannot be watered. Green,
Do not be fooled (or excited) by someone Academic Advancement” (the spring alias of Let’s just say that reading about what Cal- green, gray. Green, green, gray. Occasionally
who has a thousand pictures on display. “Atmosphere/Energy Engineering,” updat- ifornia might look like by 2009 while in Cali- giving way to a polka-dotted landscape of
Analyze those pictures carefully. If all ed from winter’s title of “Climate Change fornia in 2009 is a little disconcerting, even in stumps where whole fields were sacrificed so
you’re getting to see is an up-close picture of Will Kill Us All”). the sun. that the water could be allocated elsewhere.
her face, be wary. She has an extremely high Enter, stage left, a motorcycle-jacketed While reading about sustainable water Hard not to think that water is starting to
P/E ratio,akin to a small technology company. former student and current friend of mine management and how we could fix up Cali- be a limiting resource.
She might turn out to be the next Google or who encouraged me to read Natural Capital- fornia’s Central Valley agriculture, I almost
Ebay, but then she might also end up on the ism, a 1999 effort by Paul Hawken and fell out of my chair when I glanced out of the Please see GRUBRT, page 5
pink sheets.
On the other hand,if you find a profile that
contains a good number of photos with a di-
verse range of exposures, you’ve found your-
self something steady and bankable, some-
thing that will do well in a boom and weather
a recession — a Wal-Mart.
You’re never going to double your invest-
ment overnight with a Wal-Mart, but at least
you know exactly what you’re getting into.Ex-
cellent disclosure policies and solid corporate
governance means that there will be no sur-
prises when you actually meet.
Once you’ve scoured through prospective
investments and found value,you need to start
thinking about execution. There are several
ways to go along one of your portfolio watch
list’s members. It all comes down to risk ap-
petite. If you are extremely bullish on a partic-
ular profile, then send a Facebook message.
While this is the riskiest strategy — it might
forever alienate your target and label you a
stalker — the reward, should it work, is high-
est. Those of you who are slightly more risk
averse might want to hedge your message by
throwing around a few pokes at other profiles.
If your message fails, at least you have some
pokes that might materialize.
With these strategies and slightly more
competence than I possess, you are well on
your way to becoming a Facebook superstar
— just remember to keep your hands off the
mouse.
Kunal Khanna’s favorite Excel shortcut is
Alt+E+S+T. Send him your favorite at ku-
nalk09@stanford.edu.
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GRUBERT
Continued from page 4
I got to the part about renewable
energy generation right about the
time when I looked up into the sun
and found myself going over Alta-
mont Pass, which hosts the densest
concentration of wind turbines in the
world. Which tells you how small
they are. It was like a tiny, adorable
museum of power that the itsy bitsy
spider and friends designed. The
farm is, for the most part, over 30
years old. And why was it built? Be-
cause of a resource shortage in the
1970s; and it’s slowly being redevel-
oped because of another one now.
But back to the Econ problem
set.
Natural Capitalism managed to
explain to me what felt wrong about
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that marking, and it also under-
scored one of the greatest challenges
that people face in trying to advance
programs aimed at preserving na-
ture and its resources. Here’s what I
lost points on: instead of drawing a
straight diagonal line stretching to
infinity, I drew all my supply curves
with horizontal asymptotes, signal-
ing that at some point, even infinite-
ly high prices could not buy more of
something. Introductory economics
says: no credit, five times.
I’m not bitter about the grade, but
I am concerned that those of us who
never get to advanced economics are
taught that price alone determines
resource availability.
The world that relies on econom-
ics to make choices says: It’s not eco-
nomically sound to preserve forests;
to water more efficiently; to redevel-
op Altamont Pass with big, more ef-
ficient turbines that actually work.
And it shows.
Write to us.
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Economic analysis can be a valu-
able tool. However, it’s becoming in-
creasingly clear that some of the ob-
viously wrong but historically irrele-
vant assumptions it makes — like
the idea that natural resources are
never a limiting factor to growth —
are starting to be relevantly incor-
rect. Given that so many major deci-
sions are made based on standard
economics, we have to at least ac-
knowledge the weaknesses of our
theories that we know are there and
have not needed to address before.
As for me, I’m taking more Econ
this quarter, and I intend to keep
drawing flattening supply curves.
See you at 1:15 in Econ 50.
Emily will probably continue to think
of herself as a spy for the Greens up
until she’s CEO of Exxon.Invite your-
self over to watch “There Will Be
Blood” over cigars by emailing gru-
berte@stanford.edu.
6 N Tuesday, March 31, 2009
ADMISSIONS
Stanford is “Dream College” MEXICO
of prospective freshmen
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Stanford is the No. 1 “Dream
College” of prospective college
freshmen, according to a survey con-
ducted by The Princeton Review.
Stanford also ranked second (after
Harvard) as the “Dream College”
among parents.
The Princeton Review has con-
ducted its “College Hopes and
Worries Survey” since 2003, with
responses from 12,715 college-bound
high school seniors and 3,007 parents.
Last year Stanford ranked sec-
ond among both students and par-
ents, after Harvard and Princeton
respectively.
The survey allows takers to
choose one of 700 colleges as their
dream school, but was only one of 13
questions on the survey. The other
questions focused on the impact of
the economy on college-bound fam-
ilies, what worried students most
and what the hardest part of the
application process is.
The survey found that 67 percent
of applicants said that the economic
downturn is affecting their college
decision, and 85 percent said that
financial aid was “very necessary.”
Students’ dream schools were
decided with the caveat that price
was not an issue.
The No. 1 worry of prospective
freshmen was that they would get
into their first-choice college, but
not be able to attend it because of
financial issues.
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to tourist areas further south, like
Cancun, Cabo San Lucas and
Acapulco, and did not let the adviso-
ry hinder their plans.
“Yes, I considered canceling,” said
Sarah Loomis ‘12, who traveled to
Acapulco over spring break, “but
then I went online, checked the trav-
el advisory, and checked the areas
that were under threat.”
After seeing that her area was not
under threat, Loomis decided to go
because the lodging was safe, and she
could stay out of the town and still
have fun.
“We were in a really safe hotel . . .
We never really went far into the
town, we just stayed on Main Street,”
she said.“When we went out at night,
it was just about 200 yards away from
the hotel in one of the touristy hang-
outs across the street.”
Others didn’t cancel because of
money issues regarding their reser-
vations.
“No,” Diana Liu ‘09 said when
asked whether she thought of can-
celling her plans. “But only because
everything was non-refundable.”
Though many initially had reser-
vations about going, students gener-
ally felt more comfortable once they
arrived.
“Going into it, we were definitely
a little worried, but once we got on
shore we loosened up a little,” Liu
said. “It was nothing like the media
had portrayed it. It was pretty safe.”
Most did not run into increased
security either in the airports or in
the hotels. Liu said, however, that she
did see strict security at the ports she
stopped at on her cruise along the
west coast of Mexico.
“I did see some people at the
ports with machine guns,” she said,
“but I don’t know if that was differ-
ent.”
In addition, it is speculated that
the police may have ties to the cartels
and may not be safe either.
“The Mexican police are one of
the scariest parts of being in
Mexico,” DeRon Brown ‘09 added.
“I did see some
people at the
ports with
machine guns.”
— DIANA LIU ‘09
Brown spent the break in Cancun
on Senior Trip, a spring break vaca-
tion for approximately 70 seniors,
organized independently of the
University through the senior class
presidents.
Brown felt safer traveling on sen-
ior trip because they had organized
activities with people who knew the
area.
“It seemed a little bit safer that
The Stanford Daily
way because we were with people
who knew where to go,” he said. “It
was a lot more controlled. People in
Cancun still spoke English and
[took] U.S. dollars.”
Though few decided to cancel
their trips, most travelers took extra
precautions.
“People definitely didn’t want to
go off on their own,” Brown said.
“Just generally, people were being
more responsible.”
“We definitely tried to stay
together when we were on shore,”
Liu said.“We tried not to wander too
far from the port.”
In fact, much of the worry came
from students’ parents, especially
those of female travelers.
“[Cancelling] definitely would
have made my parents feel better,”
Liu said.
“Their parents made them a little
scared,” said DeRon of some of his
fellow female travelers. Brown also
noted a gender imbalance at the
tourist locations, saying “There were
a lot more guys than girls.”
However, everything appeared
quite normal about the spring break
vacation scene.
“It was still pretty crowded,”
Loomis said. “It still felt like people
were there for spring break.”
The travel advisory is in effect
until October and warns that vio-
lence is spreading freely. Though
many students went through with
their plans for this spring break,
some are wary about making further
plans.
“I think I would [go back],” Liu
said, “but I would definitely still be a
little bit cautious about where I
would plan to go.”
Contact Julia Brownell at juliabr@
stanford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Tuesday, March 31, 2009 N 7

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Former UN president speaks on economy

Eliasson addresses his history,
international humanitarianism
By ERIN OLIVELLA-WRIGHT

Jan Eliasson, former president of the United

Nations General Assembly, spoke last night in
Wallenberg Hall about the need to adopt a global
mindset when addressing the world-wide economic cri-
sis and finding an international solution.
In his talk, Eliasson discussed his ideas on “taking
advantage of this opportunity,” namely the economic
crisis that is sweeping the globe. “In the day and age of
globalization,” he said, “we must find solutions that go
outside our borders.”
Eliasson stressed the importance of international
structures and a global mindset in solving the most cru-
cial contemporary problems.
“We really need
“We must find to strengthen the
international struc-
tures” if we want to
truly solve the inter-
solutions that go national issues, he
commented.
Interspersed with
his opinions on
outside our greater society,
Eliasson also gave
an educational task
borders.” to the audience,
instructing them to
“realize that the
— JAN ELIASSON, welfare of those
outside [our bor-
former UN president ders] fare.”
is our wel-

AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily
Former UN President Jan Eliasson addressed the Stanford community about international efforts
at humanitarianism in the context of Darfur, public health and resource allocation.
Eliasson
also focused on Darfur, talking about how he, as the
special advisor on Darfur from 2006 to 2008, was able
to go around the country and find leaders of different
rebel groups. From his time in the region, he came to a
conclusion about the necessary conditions for stability
in the region.
“There will be no peace in Darfur until four condi-
tions are met at the same time,” he said. The conditions
include a unified UN security council, complacent
neighboring countries and agreement between various
rebel groups.
Eliasson briefly discussed the forced removal of 30
humanitarian groups from the Darfur region, as well as
what must be done in the future.
“One million will be left without food, water and
medicine if we don’t help the remaining humanitarian
organizations,” he said.
Please see ELIASSON, page 8
8 N Tuesday, March 31, 2009
CANDIDATES ASSU FINAL CANDIDATE LIST ELIASSON
Continued from front page
Senate role entailed,” he said.
“Talking to this year’s senators could
have deterred some people from
running because there were certain
aspects of Senate as a whole that
could have been perceived as block-
ing actual action. Initially, the coali-
tions divide kind of slowed down the
process and was something we had
to work through.”
Vang Xiong ‘12 said he did obtain
the mandated number of petition
signatures (100), but eventually
decided not to run.
“After speaking with many com-
munity leaders, I came to the conclu-
sion that the Senate is a significant
political body, but there are plenty of
other effective vehicles of change
which I can be a part of,” Xiong said.
Xiong also failed to get endorsed
by the Students of Color Coalition,
which he felt was a blow to his cam-
paign.
“I’m a leader with long-termed
investment in communities of color,
and not being in the Senate isn’t
going to decrease my involvement,”
he added.
Compared with last year’s field of
six slates, this year will feature a
much smaller group of Executive
candidates.
Of the five slates who intended to
run for Executive, two did not make
the ballot — The Green Party
(Blake Miller ‘11 and Nicholas
Murray ‘11) and The Grand Math
and Science Coalition (Benjamin
Hersh ‘10 and Richard Furtell).
Contact Fatima Wagdy at fwagdy@
stanford.edu.
Executive Slate
Hauser/Sprague for ASSU
(347 votes)
Bennett Hauser
Matthew Sprague
David Gobaud and Jay de la Torre
(325 votes)
David Gobaud
Justine Dane (Jay) de la Torre
Just A Couple Of Affable, Public Service-Oriented Guys
Trying To Help The Student Body Exercise Its Voice While
Also Bridging The Gap Between Our Peers And The
Faculty/Administrative Complex
(236 votes)
John Lyman
Garrett Werner
Undergraduate Senate
Michael Tubbs (174 votes) Andres Cantero Jr. (128 votes)
Anton Zietsman (168 votes) Adam Creasman (123 votes)
Zachary Warma (167 votes) Cameron Henry (122 votes)
Kelsei Wharton (155 votes) Julia Feinberg (121 votes)
Brian Wanyoike (153 votes) Fausto Bustos (118 votes)
Matthew "Mateo" Charles Vang Xiong (118 votes)
Willmott (148 votes) Janet Bill (116 votes)
Mohammad Ali (146 votes) Alex Katz (116 votes)
Michael Cruz (145 votes) Alan Guo (115 votes)
Zachary Johnson (143 votes) Jonathan Gelbart (115 votes)
Miguel Sugay (142 votes) Katherine Chen (112 votes)
Daniel Limon (137 votes) Lee Jackson (111 votes)
Varun Sivaram (134 votes) Benjamin Jansen (111 votes)
Dean Young (131 votes) Otis Reid (110 votes)
Shelley Gao (130 votes) Jordan Dickson (109 votes)
Steven Q. Singleton (128 votes) Rafael Vasquez (109 votes)
Raillan Brooks (107 votes)
Shinkini Kundu (107 votes)
Bryce Kam (107 votes)
Lila Kalaf (105 votes)
Ben Laufer (105 votes)
Sheel Tyle (105 votes)
Howard Tan (104 votes)
Erik Donhowe (104 votes)
Matt Miller (103 votes)
Steven Morris (102 votes)
Sam King (101 votes)
Jimmy Threatt (101 votes)
Monzurat Oni (100 votes)
Ada Kulenovic (100 votes)
Ruthie Arbeiter (100 votes)
Continued from page 7
Elaisson then discussed humani-
tarian issues related to resources
and public health.
“If we can put a man on the
moon, can’t we ensure that every-
one has access to clean water?” he
asked, gesturing to the glass of
water on the podium.
He also cited women’s education
and the eradication of diseases like
malaria as top priorities.
“This could be a great agenda for
the United States and Europe to
adopt to show that we can make a
SLAC
Continued from front page
molecules. In addition, the money
will contribute to a new R&D facil-
ity that will be looking forward 10
to 20 years in developing advanced
techniques for accelerating elec-
trons — maintaining one of the
core capabilities of SLAC since its
inception in 1962.
SLAC will also use funds to
make infrastructural improvements
such as seismic and electrical
upgrades to its buildings that will
help insure longer-term reliable,
safe and cost-effective operation in
support of SLAC’s mission.
“The new scientific capabilities
and improved infrastructure will
help keep SLAC at the forefront
and competitive into the next
decade,” Hodgson added. “It will
The Stanford Daily
real difference in the world,” the Felix Schmidt ‘10 said he came to
leader said. the event in part because of his frus-
When prompted in the question tration with the United Nations.
and answer period, Eliasson dis- “[Eliasson] is a pretty good
cussed his experiences in internation- speaker, and I did learn something
al negotiation, touching on four key from it,” he said. “It was nice to get
parts to success. He stated with con- a direct perspective on these
viction that the No. 1 issue was tim- things.”
ing, though he did briefly discuss the Ben Supat ‘12 enjoyed the
importance of sensitivity to culture, resources and public health section
history and religion; the correct use of of the talk.
language and idioms; and personal “I’m glad to see that he used sim-
relations between negotiating parties. ple resources, such as water, to
Eliasson closed his remarks by strengthen his argument,” he said.
trying to inspire the audience to “All complicated issues can be
action. boiled down to water, supplies and
“Nobody can do everything, but supply and demand.”
everyone can do something,” he
said, “and all it takes is commitment Contact Erin Olivella-Wright at eri-
and compassion.” now@stanford.edu
accelerate progress toward the
transformational discoveries that
must be made if we are to have
major breakthroughs in the devel-
opment of cost-effective alternative
sources of energy and be able to
mitigate the impacts of fossil fuels
use on our environment.”
Representative Anna Eshoo,
who lobbied in Washington for
SLAC funds, explained the signifi-
cance of the funding in a press
release.
“[The funding] will allow scien-
tists to continue their groundbreak-
ing research that will lead to break-
throughs in green energy, medicine
and much more,” she said.
“[Investing in science] creates jobs,
improves our science facilities and
ensures that the United States
remains competitive in the global
economy.”
Contact Salone Kapur at svkapur@
stanford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Tuesday, March 31, 2009 N 9

SPORTS
BRINGING
HOME THE
HARDWARE
Men’s swimming and diving places third
at NCAA Championships
By KENAN JIANG and CHRIST-
IAN L. TOM
The Stanford men’s swimming
and diving team fought a tight race
for the top spot at the NCAA men’s
swimming and diving champi-
onships, March 26-28. The Cardinal
finished third, behind only champion
Auburn and runner-up Texas.
On the first day of competition in
College Station, Texas, the sprint
freestyle group stepped up for the
Card in the 200-yard free relay. The
team of sophomores Alex Coville
and Austin Staab, senior Jason Dun-
ford and junior David Dunford set a
new school record in one minute,
14.22 seconds, narrowly losing to
Auburn’s 1:14.08 — a new NCAA
record. All of Stanford’s swimmers
split under 19 seconds for the first
time in school history.
Coville then stepped up in the 50
free to finish fourth overall in 18.92
seconds. His swim of 18.87 in prelims
tied the school record held by Stan-
ford legend Ben Wildman-Tobriner
from 2007. Jason Dunford also
stepped up to make the finals, finish-
ing seventh in 19.32. Staab finished
ninth with a time of 18.96 in consola-
tion finals — the third-fastest in
Stanford history — while David
Dunford finished 13th in 19.28.
Stanford also had top finishers in
the 500 free with freshman Chad La
Tourette finishing 11th at 4:15.93 and
sophomore David Mosko finishing
14th with a 4:18.52. Stanford senior
Nate Cass set the school record in
prelims of the 200 individual medley
with a 1:43.82, and he finished 13th
overall after another strong per-
formance in the consolation finals.
The Stanford divers helped to
rack up points on day one of the
meet, as senior Dwight Dumais fin-
ished eighth in the one-meter spring-
board. The Stanford swimmers con-
cluded the day by finishing third in
the 400 medley relay in a time of
3:01.91. Stanford was led by Staab’s
43.55 butterfly leg. Auburn touched
the wall first and Cal finished second,
and all three teams were under the
previous U.S. Open Record.
“It was an incredibly fast meet,”
Jason Dunford said. “We didn’t have
some swims go our way, but there
were some really good swims where
we went beyond people’s expecta-
tions. Overall, it was a very successful
meet. It was a three-horse race like
we knew it would be, but Auburn just
pulled some swims out from some-
where.”
On Friday, Stanford capped off a
strong day with Staab’s NCAA and
American record 100 fly at 44.18.
Staab was challenged by Auburn
captain Tyler McGill, the top seed
JENNY PEGG/The Stanford Daily
from prelims, but the sophomore de-
molished Albert Subirat’s 2007 The Stanford swimmers rode strong performances from sophomores Austin Staab and Alex Coville, among others, to bring another trophy back to the Farm.
record to take the NCAA title. Jason Divers Dwight Dumais and Brent Eichenseer both scored points to help push the Cardinal onto the medal stand, its ninth consecutive top-three NCAA finish.
Dunford finished eighth in 45.93,
while his time from prelims made ished fifth in the 200 back in a time of
him third-fastest in Stanford history
after Staab and Wildman-Tobriner.
1:40.08 — just two hundredths off
the Stanford record set by Brian Ret-
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Stanford stepped up in the 100 terer in 1995. Staab finished sixth in
breast with sophomore John Criste
finishing third in 51.89 and defending
champion Kornfeld finishing in 52.05
— good for fourth. Freshman Curtis
the 100 free, while Coville was 11th.
Kornfeld and Criste would step
up again for the Card in the 200
breast as Kornfeld broke the school
Card earns fourth at NCAAs
Lovelace finished ninth overall in record in a third-place time of
52.50, making Criste, Kornfeld and 1:52.55, while Criste placed fifth in By ZACH ZIMMERMAN and U.S. Open record in the 200-yard individual medley
Lovelace the fastest Stanford breast- 1:52.98. Both times were personal DESK EDITOR by .32 seconds with a time of 1 minute, 52.79 seconds.The
strokers in school history. Godsoe bests. Freshman Bobby Bollier fin- event marked Smit’s second NCAA Championship and
stepped up in the 100 back for a ished fourth in the 200 fly, and broke The Stanford women’s swimming and diving team Stanford’s first victory in the 200 IM since Olympian
much-needed 15 points with a time the school record in prelims with a made a giant splash at the NCAA Championships, bring- Jenny Thompson in 1995.
of 45.87. In the 400 IM, sophomore 1:41.79, while Mosko is now second ing hardware back to the Farm by finishing fourth overall “Julia had just a spectacular swim,” Maurer said.“She
Josh Charnin-Aker swam a 3:45.26 all time in Stanford history in 1:41.98. in another historic postseason performance. is definitely carrying the big burden, and to do it with an
to finish 13th. Stanford also finished The divers continued to hold up The three-day event — held in College Station, Texas American record is phenomenal.”
third in the 200 medley and 800 free their end of the bargain as the meet from March 19-21 — was highly competitive and show- Smit continued her impressive swimming, combining
relay to round out the day. went on, as Brent Eichenseer fin- cased the power of the Pacific-10 Conference. Three her efforts with those of sophomore Kate Dwelley, junior
On the final day, Stanford was ished 13th in the platform diving with schools within Stanford’s conference came home with Elaine Breeden and freshman Sam Woodward to come
poised to sneak into the top spot if a 366.35 score. Stanford’s 400 free trophies, with the California Golden Bears snatching first away with a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay.
Auburn or Texas slipped. But the relay team of Coville, Staab, David place and Arizona, the defending national champion, fin- The group broke its own best time by .39 seconds as it
Cardinal could not overcome the Dunford and Jason Dunford finished ishing in third. Georgia joined the three teams from the touched the wall in 1:27.62. Smit’s leadoff leg stood out:
eventual national champion Tigers, fourth in a school-record time of West with a second-place finish. her split of 21.91 set the Stanford record in the 50
who won all the relays except the 800 2:47.97. Cardinal head coach Lea Maurer said she was ex- freestyle.
free. “Obviously, we wish it could have tremely pleased with her team’s overall performance on The Cardinal finished the day by almost breaking a
La Tourette swam to second place been better, but we still did very the biggest stage of women’s collegiate swimming. school record in the 400 medley relay, narrowly missing
in the 1,650 free in 14:33.55, setting a well,” Kornfeld said. “Maybe we’re a Led by 2008 Beijing Olympian Julia Smit, Stanford the top mark by .23 seconds.
new school record, while Mosko fin- started the Championships off with a bang. Smit led the
ished seventh. Eugene Godsoe fin- Please see MSWIM, page 12 charge on day one, breaking her own American, NCAA Please see WSWIM, page 12

Bittersweet SOFTBALL
Win streak ends, but
ending in Card sweeps Huskies
Corvallis By CHRIS FITZGERALD
DAILY SPORTS INTERN

Stanford saw its 28-game win

Men’s basketball falls to Oregon
State in semifinals of CBI
By DENIS GRIFFIN
DESK EDITOR
It came in overtime and nearly two full weeks after
any real chance at the NCAA Tournament had faded
away. The season finally came to an end for the Stan-
ford men’s basketball team in the third round of the
College Basketball Invitational. Oregon State topped
the Cardinal, 65-62 in Corvallis last Wednesday.
It was fitting that the Cardinal’s final opponent on
the season was the Beavers — it was against Oregon
State (16-17, 7-11 Pac-10) that Stanford (20-14, 6-12
Pac-10) suffered its greatest losses and rose to one of its
greatest victories of the season. On Jan. 24, the Beavers
trounced the Cardinal to drop its conference record to
below .500 and start a three-game losing streak. On
Feb. 19, Oregon State beat Stanford again, in the midst
of a stretch in which the Cardinal lost eight of 10 games.
But on March 11, Stanford turned the tables on the
Beavers.The Cardinal toppled Oregon State in Los An-
geles in the play-in game of the Pacific-10 Conference
Tournament, 62-54. The win capped off a stretch in
which the Cardinal went 3-1 against conference foes,
seeming to lend the team some momentum and hope of
rolling through the Pac-10 field to an automatic berth in
the NCAA Tournament.
While that hope was dashed the next day against
Washington, the Cardinal still seemed to maintain
some of its momentum against Boise State and Wichita
State in the first two rounds of the CBI, winning both
Please see MBBALL, page 10
streak snap on Friday night at the
hands of UCLA. However, Cardi-
nal senior ace Missy Penna
bounced back after taking just her
second loss of the season to throw
complete games on Saturday and
Sunday, shutting out Washington
in consecutive appearances.
In a 7-4 win, the No. 4 Bruins
combined for eight hits against
Penna, forcing the senior to step
aside in the seventh inning in favor
of right-hander Ashley Chinn. The
sophomore finished off the last
two-thirds of an inning for No. 3
Stanford (31-2), but the bats were
silent yet again in the bottom of
the seventh. UCLA sophomore
hurler Donna Kerr picked up her
15th win of the season.
“Being the first Pac-10 game,
we came out and didn’t play the
way we are capable of playing,”
said Cardinal coach John Rittman.
A rebound effort on Saturday
went 11 innings, with junior Rosey
Neill providing the game’s only
RBI.With one out in the bottom of
the 11th and the bases loaded,
Bruin junior All-American
Danielle Lawrie drilled Neill on
the left elbow to open the at-bat,
allowing the winning run to score.
Freshman Sarah Hassman scored
the contest’s sole run. The 11-in-
ning marathon marked the second
MASARU OKA/The Stanford Daily time Stanford pulled through in
Sophomore Josh Owens and the Cardinal defeated Boise State and Wichita State before falling to extra innings that week. The Car-
the Beavers on Wednesday. Owens will be a centerpiece in Stanford’s game plan next season. dinal beat Cal Poly 2-1 in 10 in-
SOFTBALL
3/27-29 UCLA,
Washington
L, 7-4; W, 1-0 (11); W, 2-0
UP NEXT
OREGON STATE, OREGON
4/3-5 Corvallis, Ore.;
Eugene, Ore.
GAME NOTES: Stanford softball lost to No. 4
UCLA on Friday to end its 28-game win
streak. The Cardinal’s undefeated run was
the longest of any team in the nation this
season. Ace Missy Penna was roughed up
for six earned runs, and the senior’s WHIP
was over two on the game. Stanford’s
homestand didn’t get any easier as No. 2
Washington came to town for games on
Saturday and Sunday, but the Card
bounced back with two hard-fought wins
over the Huskies. Runs were still hard to
come by for Stanford, but clutch hitting
and a pair of shutouts ensured that the
Cardinal would start Pacific-10 Confer-
ence play with a winning weekend. Next,
the Stanford women head north for games
against OSU and Oregon.
nings on March 23.
Stanford’s bats produced only
four hits on Saturday, with two
coming from shortstop Ashley
Hansen. The freshman broke up
Lawrie’s no-hitter, which lasted
Please see SOFTBALL, page 12
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Continued from front page
BASEBALL
WBBALL| All About Jayne
Card goes 3-1 at home Appel was able to find success
early because of a perceived weak-
BOX SCORE
Wins over Washington, immediately by scoring twice in the
first and once each inning until the
more Drew Storen from the bullpen
to replace Fearnow. Storen allowed
ness in the Iowa State game plan.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
fourth. It then went on a brief hiatus Washington right fielder Kyle Con- pulled her star over before tip-off and 1ST 2ND F
Pacific give new hope while Washington struggled to get on
the board in the fifth to bring the
ley to hit a two-run shot to left, giving
Washington a small lead.
told her that the Cyclones did not in-
tend to double-team her.
NO. 2 STANFORD (33-4) 38 36 74
score to 5-1. The Cardinal offense After Troy Scott singled, Storen “I had to score,”Appel said. NO. 4 IOWA STATE (27-9) 22 28 53
By ROXIE DICKINSON then exploded in the seventh, scoring walked the next batter and was re- And score she did. By the time
STAFF WRITER a season-best eight more runs to placed by sophomore Alex Pracher Iowa State realized its drastic mis- STANFORD CARDINAL (33-4)
widen the gap to 13-1. Washington who struck out one and induced a take, the damage had been done. Pos Name FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA RB A TO PTS MIN
After what was a grueling winter was able to grab two more runs in the ground out to end the inning. Wash- While Appel was knocking them F K. Pedersen 1-3 1-2 3-4 4 8 1 6 37
quarter, the Stanford baseball team eighth, but it was not enough to catch ington pitchers Aaron West and An- around on both sides of the floor, the F N. Ogwumike 3-5 0-0 1-2 4 1 2 7 15
(8-11, 3-3 Pacific-10 Conference) has up to Stanford. drew Kittridge were able to keep the Cyclones struggled to find any consis- F J. Harmon 1-5 0-2 0-0 6 1 2 2 24
begun spring quarter with a bang, Eight different players scored at lead, evening the series at one game tency. Their lone stalwart was for- C J. Appel 19-28 0-0 8-10 16 2 1 46 35
winning four of its last five games least one run or earned one hit on the apiece. ward Amanda Nisliet, who is not usu- G J. Pohlen 2-5 1-4 3-4 10 4 2 8 39
and hitting double-digit offensive night, with Stanford scoring eight of ally a main option on offense. The M. Murphy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
numbers in three. its runs with two outs. Senior center Sunday: Stanford 11, Washington 0 senior led Iowa State with 17 points. M. Harrison 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
This past weekend, Stanford won fielder Joey August hit his first career The Stanford squad busted out Otherwise, production was hard to L. La Rocque 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 10
its first Pac-10 series at home against grand slam; sophomore middle in- the big bats and received a stellar ef- come by: leading scorer Heather R. Gold-Onwude 1-4 0-2 0-0 5 8 1 2 37
Washington (10-14, 1-2) in a pitchers’ fielders Colin Walsh and Jake Sch- fort from freshman southpaw Brett Ezell was only 3-13 from the field, in- A. Cimino 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
battle and won a non-conference lander tied career highs in hits, going Mooneyham, resulting in a decisive cluding 1-8 from beyond the arc, and S. Boothe 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
game yesterday against Pacific (10- three-for-four with two RBI. Even 11-0 victory on Sunday and a series Alison Lacey — the hero of the Cy-
13). The Cardinal won the series’ junior Toby Gerhart was able to win for the Cardinal. Mooneyham is TOTALS 28-52 3-11 15-20 47 24 10 74 200
clones’ Sweet 16 win over Michigan
rubber game by shutting out the break his slump by earning two hits the first freshman pitcher to throw a State — shot just 10 percent on the
Huskies 11-0 on Sunday. Stanford and two RBI. 10-strikeout game in Stanford histo- night. NO. 4 IOWA STATE CYCLONES (27-9)
nearly repeated a shutout against Pa- ry. He allowed just one hit and three The game was never particularly Pos Name FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA RB A TO PTS MIN
cific, but instead won 10-2. Saturday: Stanford 7, Washington 9 walks, while earning 10 strikeouts close. Appel netted four baskets in F N. Wieben 3-7 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 7 18
Stanford provided its 1,500-per- over seven innings of work. quick succession to push a 9-5 lead to F A. Nisleit 6-12 5-9 0-0 2 2 0 17 36
Friday: Stanford 13, Washington 3 son crowd with a nail-biter on Satur- “I’ve been working on hitting the a 17-9 Cardinal advantage. Stanford G A. Lacey 1-10 0-4 0-0 2 4 4 2 38
The Stanford offense hit season day, with both teams grabbing the target and getting more control and never looked back, opening up a 38- G K. Bolte 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 25
highs in runs (13) and hits (16) as it lead twice throughout the game. consistency,” Mooneyham said after 25 lead at halftime. Appel scored the G H. Ezell 3-13 1-8 3-4 2 5 0 10 33
dominated the Huskies in the series The contest came down to the the game. “We never take an oppo- first five points of the second half, W. Williams 2-5 0-2 1-2 1 1 0 5 14
opener. Junior Jeffrey Inman (1-3) final inning with senior closer Max nent too lightly; we just do our job widening Stanford’s already substan- A. Yackley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
backed up his teammates by allow- Fearnow getting the Cardinal out of out there and hope that we come out tial lead. D. Stuckley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 9
ing only one run on three hits, with a jam with only one run’s worth of with a win.” It was the second time this season G. Lightbourne 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 2 1
three walks and four strikeouts over damage to bring the score to 7-7. Un- Offensively, Gerhart got things that the Cardinal downed the Cy- A. Arlen 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 9
7.0 innings of work. The strong per- fortunately for Stanford fans, it all started in the bottom of the third — clones. Stanford decimated Iowa T. Ross 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 3
formance earned Inman his first win fell apart in the ninth. Washington’s with Stanford already sporting a 1-0 State back in November at the Waiki- J. Anderson 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 6 13
of the season. Pierce Rankin doubled down the left ki Beach Classic, 83-45.
field line, which brought in sopho- Please see BASEBALL, page 11 TOTALS 21-58 7-26 4-7 18 18 5 53 200
The Cardinal built up a 5-0 lead Prior to Monday’s game, Appel
noted the determination with which — Compiled by Wyndam Makowsky
the Cardinal had played throughout
SPORTS BRIEFS the latter part of their season.
“We developed our game a lot
more,” she said.“We got our team to- tight in the first half, but faded as the Louis, where the women will try to
Ex-Stanford standout scores first Falk said she has enjoyed the move to the national spotlight. Her goal was gether and decided we want to get the game reached its conclusion. win what they came ever so close to
Southern California — where her featured on SportsCenter’s “Top Final Four.” The final two games of the region- obtaining last season: a national title.
WPS goal younger sister is enrolled at UCLA Ten” plays on Sunday night. After her record-breaking per- al were essentially played at home, as Stanford will face the winner of the
The Women’s Professional Soccer — but the Danville-native misses the “This whole thing is so surreal,” formance,Appel noted that it was im- a large Stanford contingent made the Arizona State/Connecticut Elite
league played its inaugural game last Farm. she said Monday. “I haven’t actually portant for the Cardinal to assert it- short drive to Berkeley to take in Eight matchup.The Cardinal downed
Sunday, as the Los Angeles Sol host- “L.A. is great,” she said, “but I seen the SportsCenter clip, but peo- self outside of the shadow of Wiggins, each contest. Freshman forward the Sun Devils twice this year and
ed the Washington (D.C.) Freedom at miss Stanford.” ple keep telling me ‘I saw you on the the most prolific scorer in school his- Nneka Ogwumike recognized the ad- beat the Huskies in the Final Four last
the Home Depot Center in Carson, Falk’s goal on Sunday was the Top Plays!’” tory, and establish itself as a team to vantage this gave the Cardinal, but season,but UConn has yet to lose this
Calif.The Sol emerged victorious in a first-ever goal in the new Women’s But the fame hasn’t gone to her be reckoned with. still felt that it was Stanford’s superi- season and is the favorite to win its
hard-fought, 2-0 game. The first goal Professional Soccer (WPS) league. head. As her Stanford teammates The women achieved just that: or play that put them over the top. sixth championship.
came in the sixth minute, and it came The six-foot defender came up on of- know, Falk is a team player. After their effortless performance in the “It was almost like we were at Still,Stanford is as hot as any team
from a name familiar to Stanford fense during a corner kick and head- Sunday’s win with her new team, she Elite Eight mirrored Stanford’s ef- home,” Ogwumike said. “Wherever in the nation and has not lost since
fans:Allison Falk. ed the ball past Washington goal- directed attention away from her his- forts throughout the tournament thus we play, we will play as hard as we mid-January. With Appel continually
A four-year starter for the Cardi- keeper and U.S. Olympian Briana toric goal and onto the Sol’s collec- far. The Cardinal’s run through the want to. I feel no matter where you asserting herself as one of the preem-
nal, Falk was selected 10th overall in Scurry. Initially, Falk didn’t know she tive accomplishment. Berkeley Regional didn’t generate play,it doesn’t matter.It’s all what you inent posts in the country, the Cardi-
the WPS amateur draft on Jan. 16. had scored. “It was awesome to have a win in much suspense, as the women beat all leave on the court. Of course, there nal remains a potent force.
She was a standout defender for “It was really exciting,” she said.“I our home opener,” Falk said. challengers by at least 18 points.Their were a lot of fans here. But really, it is
Stanford, and left school after winter didn’t realize it had gone in [at first].” stiffest competition — Ohio State in just our players and our coaches.” Contact Wyndam Makowsky at
quarter to join the L.A. franchise. With the goal, Falk vaulted into — By Jacob Johnson the Sweet 16 — was able to hang The Cardinal now heads to St. makowsky@stanford.edu.

MBBALL
an amazing moment, and that’s what State rallied from an early five-point tributed a solid double-double scor- Invitational, taking on UTEP in a hind only Brevin Knight’s 780 career
it should be like,” he continued.“You deficit, scoring eight unanswered ing 14 points and pulling down 12 best-of-three series for the tourna- assists . . . Despite plenty of close fin-
should end the season laughing, or points. The Beavers were keyed by boards, while junior Landry Fields ment title. The CBI finals began last ishes in 2008-2009, this was the Cardi-
Continued from page 9 you should end the season crying.” Roeland Schaftenaar, who started scored 11 and grabbed eight re- night as the Beavers won 75-69 in nal’s first overtime game of the sea-
Stanford hung with the Beavers the run with a three-pointer and bounds. Corvallis. son . . . Goods led the team in scoring
throughout the seesaw battle, which layup to tie the game at 61. Hill In the closely contested game, the on the season with 534 points, fol-
contests by double-digit margins. But had the lead change hands 10 times couldn’t summon last-second hero- stat sheets for OSU and Stanford NOTES: The Cardinal men finished lowed by Hill’s 464 and Fields’ 430.
against a partisan crowd in Corvallis, through regulation and one overtime ics for a second time, missing a last- wound up looking remarkably simi- the year with at least 20 wins for the The next-closest player on the sea-
that run came to an end. period. Senior forward Lawrence second desperation shot to close out lar.Only a slight edge in shooting per- 20th time in school history, greatly son’s offensive stat sheet was sopho-
Nevertheless, Stanford head Hill even hit a dramatic jumper with the game. centage for the game — 49.1 to 44.4 buoyed by a 13-0 mark in non-confer- more forward Josh Owens with 234
coach Johnny Dawkins was proud of just one second remaining in regula- Stanford was led offensively on percent — separated the Beavers ence games . . . Mitch Johnson’s five total points.
the effort his team displayed in his tion to tie the game at 54 and send the game by senior guard Anthony from Stanford. That slim margin was assists against the Beavers put his
first season at the helm of the Cardi- the contest into overtime. Goods, who scored 20 points on 7-15 all Oregon State needed to advance final career total at 534,second on the Contact Denis Griffin at djgriff@stan-
nal program. But in that extra period, Oregon shooting from the floor. Hill con- to the finals of the College Basketball all-time Stanford leaderboard be- ford.edu.
“They were amazing,” Dawkins
said following the loss. “They gave
everything they had. They changed
systems, changed styles, defense and
offense. Those kids have been re-
markable, and I wanted to share that
with the younger guys from the
standpoint that they have set an
amazing example about what Stan-
ford is all about: the kind of effort,
the kind of enthusiasm, and to be
good at everything they do. We
shared those moments. They were
great.
“We cried together and we shared
The Stanford Daily Tuesday, March 31, 2009 N 11
BASEBALL
Continued from page 10
lead, he brought in sophomores
Colin Walsh and Schlander on a
triple to deep center field. Sopho-
more Kellen Kiilsgaard brought in
Gerhart with a two-run shot, bring-
ing the score to 5-0.
The Cardinal’s next big offensive
innings came in the sixth and the
eighth.August began the sixth with a
solo shot, followed by Walsh’s two-
RBI double that made it an 8-0
game. Walsh recorded his third RBI
of the game in the eighth, followed
by Kiilsgaard’s two-RBI base hit
that brought the score to 11-0 and
put the contest safely out of reach.
“Today’s game was a big-picture
performance,” Stanford coach Mark
Marquess said. “We have struggled
so much that it has been contagious
on the team for the good and the
bad. This has been the best we have
swung the bats all year.”
Monday: Stanford 10, Pacific 2
With the bats still hot from Sun-
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day, the Cardinal scored nine runs
within the first three innings of the
game against Pacific.
Gerhart began the second inning
with a home run that brought in
Colin Walsh as Stanford jumped out
to a 2-0 lead, just two batters into the
game. Both Jones and Milleville hit
RBI singles to bring the score to 4-0
in the first inning.
It was more of the same in the
second, as the Cardinal scored four
more runs and found itself up to 8-0.
Stanford stoned Pacific with three
singles and a double, plating four
more runs. Both Kiilsgaard and
freshman pinch hitter Christian
Griffiths provided RBI doubles in
the third then the ninth to earn the
10-2 win.
“Certain teams are going to win if
you don’t play well no matter what
in a league as tough as this,” Mar-
quess said. “Everyone is on equal
footing, so whether we are home or
away, we have to play a solid game.”
With its recent success, the Cardi-
nal looks forward to traveling to
Oregon this weekend.
Contact Roxie Dickinson at roxie221
@stanford.edu.
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SOFTBALL
The Huskies belted more hits Nevertheless, Koplitz pointed out
than the Cardinal on Sunday, yet fin-
ished with a similar result. With All-
that Stanford showed signs of im-
provement in the two-hit effort. GOLF
Americans Lawrie and Penna tak- “We put a lot more balls in play

Tiger’s back, watch him roar

Continued from page 9
eight full innings.
“You always want to be the first
person to get that hit,” Hansen said.
“The key was to tire her out and
make her throw a lot of pitches.”
Washington managed six hits on
the game, aided by three Cardinal
errors and two walks from Penna.
But the Huskies left 11 runners on
base, including six in scoring posi-
tion. The loss marked just the third
game this season in which Stanford
was outhit by an opponent.
Nevertheless, Penna collected
her 104th career win as the Stanford
offense ignited at just the right time.
Rittman was pleased with Penna’s
recovery after the loss on Friday,
praising his ace for doing “a much
better job of trusting her stuff on
Saturday.”
ing the circle again in Palo Alto,
Lawrie began by mowing down the
Cardinal her first time down the
lineup. Coming into the weekend
with a 0.30 ERA, Lawrie would
watch that number balloon as she
entered the fourth inning on Sun-
day. With one out in the inning, jun-
ior Shannon Koplitz lifted a belt-
high fastball beyond the wall in
right-center, bringing home junior
Alissa Haber from first in the
process. Haber walked to become
the first Cardinal base runner of the
day.
“I’m getting better at being pa-
tient and keeping a compact swing,”
Koplitz said.
Stanford could muster just two
hits in the winning effort Sunday.
Maddy Coon guided a hit inside the
left field line, but was held to a sin-
gle after a quick relay to second.
[on Sunday],” she said. “Just seeing
Lawrie a few times definitely
helped us out.”
After a 19-strikeout effort on
Saturday and adding another eight
on Sunday, Lawrie dropped to 19-3
on the year, while Penna (21-2)
nabbed a school-record 45 career
shutouts. Penna also moved into a
tie for first place on the all-time
wins list at Stanford, sharing the top
spot with Dana Sorenson ‘04 at 105
career victories.
With the win, the Cardinal im-
proves to 2-1 in Pacific-10 Confer-
ence play, 31-2 this season. Stanford
will play Oregon State in Corvalis
next Friday, before finishing with
two games in Eugene against the
Ducks.
Contact Chris Fitzgerald at chrish-
fitz@gmail.com.
But golf’s future looks
bleak without him
By TIM DAHLBERG
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiger Woods has some work to
do before the Masters begins next
week. His caddie could use some
practice, too.
You would think they would
have it all worked out by now.
They’ve done it so many times it
should be routine.
But there they were in the
gloaming (I’ll explain this word
later) in Florida, engaged in an
awkward dance of sorts on the
18th green as a bemused Arnold
Palmer looked on. The fist pump
was fine, but when it came time to
hug and give each other high fives,
neither player nor caddie seemed
quite sure which should come
first.
Arnie couldn’t help because, in
his day, celebrating a win meant
tipping your hat to the crowd and
shaking your playing partner’s
hand. Players didn’t give high
fives, and hugging your caddie
would do nothing but get a lot of
tongues wagging at the next tour
stop.
I bring this up because Augus-
ta National is a place Woods has
done quite a bit of celebrating,
and not all of it well. Case in point
was the curling chip on the 16th
green in 2005 when he and Stevie
Williams ran around looking like
a couple of computer nerds who
had just scored their first dates.
I also bring it up because right
now there’s not a lot more Woods
needs to work on other than his
dance moves and his victory
speech at the Masters.
His left knee seems as good as
new, and he’s hitting the ball per-
haps better than he ever has. He
can still make more putts when it
really matters than anyone who
ever played the game, and his Sun-
day glare remains the most intim-
idating look in sports since
Michael Jordan was sticking his
tongue out (a move Woods imitat-
ed on Sunday, by the way).
And, yes, as you may have no-
ticed at Bay Hill, he hasn’t lost his
flair for the dramatic.
Nothing, of course, was going
to match his last win, when he
hobbled his way to an overtime
victory over Rocco Mediate to
win the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
But if Woods needed to make a
statement that he was back, com-
ing from five shots behind and
sinking a birdie putt as flashes
went off everywhere in the near
darkness wasn’t a bad way to do it.
Once again, the country was
riveted. Once again, Woods deliv-
ered in a way that only he can.
NBC got a break when rain
earlier in the day forced the con-
clusion into prime time, but it was
Woods and Woods alone who
drew a bigger television audience
than watched either of the last
two majors played without him.
Sean O’Hair is a nice enough guy,
but he was merely a role player in
this drama, and his role was to be
just good enough to make Woods
seem even better.
Mission accomplished, and
now Woods heads to Augusta
fresh off his 66th PGA Tour win
and in search of his fifth green
jacket. At the age of 33 he’s now
within a handful of major wins of
passing Jack Nicklaus and there
aren’t many who have watched
him play who don’t already con-
sider him the greatest golfer ever.
Count me among them, and
I’ve been along for the ride since I
walked the fairways with Woods
in his first pro win in Las Vegas in
1996. I’ve had a front row ticket to
13 of his 14 major championship
wins, and I’ve seen him hit shots
and do things that just didn’t seem
possible.
More importantly, he brings a
presence and star power to a sport
that has sorely lacked both ever
since Nicklaus and Palmer faded
into the background. Woods tran-
scends the sport, bringing eyeballs
to television screens and fans to
tournaments who don’t know the
difference between a bunker shot
and a putt.
That’s great for golf, which
muddled along in Woods’ absence
only to be invigorated again by his
return. But it’s not so great for the
Sean O’Hairs of the world, who
rise up to challenge Woods only to
get knocked down time and time
again.
And it certainly doesn’t bode
well for the future of the sport be-
cause there will be a time when
Woods is no longer playing and a
lot of people will be no longer
watching. We got a taste of it dur-
ing his forced hiatus from the
game and it wasn’t pretty, though
Padraig Harrington tried his best
to make it interesting.
Golf was a niche sport before
Woods arrived on the scene, and it
will become one once again when
he leaves. He gives people a rea-
son to care, something the mostly
robotic group of players who
make up the PGA Tour can’t even
come close to doing.
Which, as I promised, brings us
back to gloaming. It’s a word golf
writers tend to use when they’re
searching for something dramatic
to describe the time of day when
light is fading and darkness is
about to envelop everything.
You know, precisely the time
Tiger Woods decides to call it
quits.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports
columnist for The Associated Press.
Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org

AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily

The Stanford bats did just enough damage to salvage a 2-1 record over the weekend. Ace Missy Penna was tagged
for six runs on friday, but she came back to pitch 18 innings of shutout ball on Saturday and Sunday.

W. SWIM
Continued from page 9
Although it seemed as if Smit
could not perform any better,she con-
tinued to amaze and electrify as she
rewrote the history books once again
on the second day of competition.
Smit became the first swimmer to
sweep the 200 IM and the 400 IM at
the NCAA Championships since
Olympic gold medalist Summer
n’t been feeling that well all week,and
to stay totally poised and swim near
to her best times — which are
NCAA-record times — is a tribute to
her confidence and will. It is a great
story that will be told next year —
how even [when] sick, you can be a
champion.”
Stanford finished strong but was
unable to crack the top three, ending
the meet in fourth. Overall, the 2009
NCAA Championships were a defi-
nite success for the Cardinal: the team
finished with three NCAA Champi-
ons, three American records, two
NCAA records, 10 All-Americans
and eight Stanford records.
“This team handles adversity with
a lot of class, and really takes to heart
the Stanford heritage,” Maurer said.
“We want to continue to build upon
each year, and continue the excellent
tradition of Stanford swimming.”
Contact Zach Zimmerman at zachz@
stanford.edu.

Sanders in 1991 and 1992. Her time of
4:00.56 in the longer distance was an
American, U.S. Open and NCAA
record, breaking the previous mark
set by Dagny Knutson last December.
“For Julia to set another American
record under these circumstances is a
Herculean task,” Maurer said. “It’s a
tight field and a star-studded group;
just to win is a phenomenal achieve-
ment in and of itself,but to do so while
setting an American record is a tribute
to her will.”
Kate Dwelley followed Smit’s lead
with a tremendous showing in the 200
freestyle. The sophomore standout
broke the school record with an as-
tounding time of 1:43.61, breaking the
previous standard set by Jenny
Thompson.
“Kate swam a great race, and
swam with all her heart,”Maurer said.
“She also led off the 800 free relay,
since the 200 is her baby, and she truly
did a great job in a phenomenally
tough field.”
The third and final day of competi-
tion belonged to another Stanford
Olympian, junior Elaine Breeden.
Breeden became a two-time
champion in the 200 fly, touching the
wall in a meet record time of 1:50.98.
“Elaine had been amazing this
whole week,” Maurer said. “She has-
M. SWIM
Continued from page 9
little bit disappointed, but we can’t
be too disappointed with our per-
formance. As a senior, maybe I’m
more disappointed since I’m gradu-
ating and the younger guys still have
a chance to win.”
When it was all over,Auburn beat
out Texas to win the meet with 486
points. The Longhorns led over the
first two days but scored no points in
the 200 fly, allowing Auburn to jump
into the top spot. The final scores
were Auburn with 486, Texas at 453
and Stanford with 430.5. Cal and
Florida finished fourth and fifth.
“Of course we would have loved
to win it, but based on how the meet
went, we’re not disappointed at all,”
the elder Dunford said. “We’re pret-
ty proud of what we achieved, and
we’re just happy with what a great
season we’ve had.”
Regarding the role of suit tech-
nology in the meet’s all-around
speed, Dunford said the quick times
were a combination of advanced
technology and plain old hard work.
“I think there is the suit effect,”
Dunford said. “And while the new
suits caused [times] to jump, I think
swimming is progressing, too.”
Regardless of the final outcome
at NCAAs, Stanford’s captains re-
flected on the unique make-up of the
team.
“The No. 1 thing this year is that
the team unity has just been remark-
able,” Dunford said. “It is in every-
body’s nature to support each other
— get the best out of each other in
every swim.”
Kornfeld added that he was
happy every day to come to practice
and train with his teammates.
“That’s what I love about this
team,” Kornfeld said. “You don’t
look back on the accomplishments
but, you do look back on the friend-
ships.”
As for getting back in the pool,
most of the team will take some time
off, but some of the Cardinal men
will be back in the pool soon.
“A number of us are preparing
for the World University Games and
the World Championships in the
summer,” Dunford said,“so it is back
to work sooner rather than later.”
Contact Kenan Jiang at kenanj@stan-
ford.edu and Christian L. Tom at
cltom@stanford.edu.
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TODAY’S RATING (3.31.09)

Hard

INSTRUCTIONS
Sudoku is a crossword puzzle with num-
bers. The grid is 9 x 9, and the puzzler must
fill in all the empty squares so that the num-
bers 1-9 appear only once in every row,
column and 3 x 3 box.

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