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May 19, 2009
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Issue 61

OFF-CAMPUS

Charter
school will
85 students admitted off waitlist
By RYAN MAC responses have not allowed for the now have the flexibility to build up to 1,700
DESK EDITOR University to go to the waitlist in recent students — accomplishing our goal of

have new site Last week, the Office of Undergraduate

Admission announced that 85 students who
were previously on the waitlist had been
years, a reduction in the number of offers of
admission this year has resulted in the
planned use of the waitlist,” read an online
statement.
ensuring that we would not enroll any more
than our target number [of] enrolled stu-
dents.”
In the previous two years, over-enroll-
offered admission as part of the incoming Director of Admissions Shawn Abbott ment has contributed to an overcrowding of
Univ.-affiliated elementary Class of 2013. confirmed this notion. undergraduate on-campus housing. This
According to the office’s Web site, the “It has been several years since we have year, the Office of Admission hoped to
school heads to Menlo Park decision to admit from the waitlist was admitted students from the waitlist,” he avoid this problem by deliberately admit-
largely due to a change in admission strate- wrote in an email to The Daily. “We lowered ting fewer students and using the waitlist to
gy that saw the University admit fewer stu- our admit rate this past year, admitting 100 adjust numbers accordingly. This led to a 7.6
By ERIC MESSINGER dents this year than in years past. fewer students in an intentional move to CRIS BAUTISTA /The Stanford Daily
DESK EDITOR
“Although higher than expected student avoid over-enrolling the freshman class. We Please see WAIT LIST, page 6
Students at a Stanford-related
charter school in East Palo Alto
will be heading to their classes in
Menlo Park next year after a school
district decision made last
LIBRARIES
Thursday.
Trustees for the Ravenswood
School District voted to swap the
East Palo Alto Academy K-8
School (EPAA) site with that of the
Hours at
Green likely
James Flood Science and
Technology Magnet School (Flood
School). Students from Flood
School will now be headed to the
current EPAA location in East Palo
Alto, while EPAA students will go
to Flood’s former facility in Menlo
Park. The switch will take place for
the 2009-2010 academic year.
The district’s decision was a
to shorten
result of budgetary pressure, as
Ravenswood seeks to maximize its
funding. According to the San Jose
Budget cuts threaten to roll back new,
Mercury News, the trustees expect
the move to net $200,000 through a
post-midnight opening times
combination of reduced transporta-
tion costs and expected growth for
Flood at the new location. The By ELLEN HUET
EPAA, which is a charter school, STAFF WRITER
does not receive per-pupil funding
from California, while each new stu- Students who celebrated Green Library’s
dent at Flood brings more money. extended late night hours this academic year may
The EPAA K-8 School, as well MICHAEL LIU/The Stanford Daily see the gift taken back next fall due to the
as the unaffected EPAA High University’s budget crisis.
British Ambassador to the United States Sir Nigel Sheinwald sat down with The Daily at Encina Hall on Monday for an interview. Sir
School, are run by the Stanford Stanford Libraries, along with the rest of the
New Schools, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Nigel discussed a wide variety of subjects, including world reactions to President Obama and the challenges for world security. school, have been required to trim budgets by 15 per-
organization created by Stanford’s cent because of decreased endowment and the cur-
School of Education in 2006. While rent economic recession, and are finding it difficult to

Sir Nigel shares his views

Stanford does not actively adminis-
ter the school, it does appoint
EPAA’s Board of Directors, and
the Dean of the School of
Education serves as the president
of the board.
While the move has drawn sharp
criticism from Flood School parents
who believe their children will be
moving to a less desirable location
and facility, EPAA personnel do
not believe they are necessarily
benefiting from the switch.
“I don’t know that it’s an
improvement, it’s just another
space,” said Education School
Dean Deborah Stipek. “The pluses
and the minuses cancel themselves
out in some respects.”
Stipek added that EPAA had
very little input in the decision.
“We don’t have choices,” Stipek
said. “The school district makes
them for us.”
Stanford New Schools Chief
Operating Officer Gail Greely said
the news of the move was not
expected.
“We did not think this was an
Please see SCHOOL, page 5
British ambassador discusses “special relationship”with U.S.
By ERIC MESSINGER Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair, also
DESK EDITOR sat down for an interview with The Daily at
Encina Hall. Over a half-hour he touched
Stanford received the British upon a wide variety of issues facing
Ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel America and the United Kingdom, and the
Sheinwald, on Monday, as part of the diplo- “special relationship” between the two
mat’s West Coast tour. nations.
Sir Nigel has been visiting locations Reacting to the recent scandal in the
across the West Coast, including Silicon U.K. over Parliamentary expense charges,
Valley, advocating for the continuation of a which Foreign Secretary David Miliband
commitment to open markets despite the has said will make for a “dangerous month”
financial crisis, and commenting upon for British democracy, Sir Nigel connected
Anglo-American relations. the public reaction to longer-term trends.
While at Stanford, Sir Nigel spoke to “All the evidence is that the scandal
members of an undergraduate course on over Parliamentary expenses has deepened
British politics, participated in a roundtable the mood of public disillusionment with
called “The Global Architecture — where traditional politics and with Parliament as
Europe fits in” at Encina Hall, and met an institution,” Sir Nigel said, “and that is
with Hoover Fellow and former Secretary very worrying for many of us who are
of State Condoleezza Rice. involved in public life, and it’s been a wor-
Sir Nigel, who formerly served as Chief rying feature in many developed countries
FEATURES PRESENTS
for quite some time.”
Moving to President Obama, a figure
whose rise has arguably contributed to a
change in the tone of the US-Europe rela-
tionship, Sir Nigel was warm in his assess-
ment of the initial international reaction to
his administration.
“I think the overwhelming mood in the
U.K. and the rest of Europe is positive and
welcoming of the policy stance taken by the
new administration and by President
Obama,” Sir Nigel said. “If you look at
what they’re trying to achieve internation-
ally in creating new sets of partnerships
with European and other allies, in basing
their foreign policy on values and principles
and the rule of law, in deploying the full
range of tools of American power — mili-
tary and also political and also economic, in
Please see SIR NIGEL, page 6
maintain extended hours with reduced funding.
Green, the largest library on campus and a pop-
ular study space for undergraduates, pushed back its
closing time from midnight to 2 a.m. in the fall of
2009 in response to overwhelming student demand
for increased post-midnight study spaces.
Former undergraduate Senator Eugene Nho ‘10
organized the student effort, conducting a wide sur-
vey that found that 80 percent of students surveyed
felt the current late night study spaces were inade-
quate. After going to the Faculty Senate with the
statistics in the spring of 2008, the changes were
made for the following fall.
Given the current budget restrictions, however,
the extended schedule appears unlikely to survive
into the next academic year. Provost John
Etchemendy noted the strong possibility of a
change.
“I do not know if the hours are changing, but
given the budget situation, I’d be surprised if they
are not,” Etchemendy said in an email to The Daily.
Library administrators agreed, noting that hours
might be scaled back to 1 a.m. or even to the origi-
nal midnight closing time.
“[A change] is conceivable, given the 15 percent
budget reduction, which is a very deep cut,” said
Rebecca Pernell, head of access services for the
library. “The University Librarian Michael Keller
has indicated that due to the budget cuts, we may
not be able to sustain the extended hours next fall.”
“We are, however, looking at creative solutions
for perhaps staffing the library until 1 a.m., but
these plans are still very preliminary,” she added.
Keller could not be reached for comment.

Over the Moon[bean’s]

By AMY HARRIS James Rundell, Moonbean’s store manager. “Our cus-
DESK EDITOR tomers are saying, ‘Where’s the petition?’ It’s wonder-
ful to hear that outcry of support.”
ing a gamble on something that already works well.”
Gianna Masi ‘11, a Moonbean’s barista who began
working at the kiosk this year, was likewise confused by
Pernell added that budget issues have already
affected the library, as the staff has been reduced
because of the University-wide hiring freeze imple-
mented earlier this year.
For Nho, the news that his efforts to extend
hours might not last the year was disappointing but
understandable.
“I completely respect the place that administra-
tors are in now,” he said. “They’re hard hit by the
dropping endowment, and they have to cut some-
where. It’s hard to figure out how to make cuts with-
out inflicting too much damage on the student body
life.”

I
t is the best of times and the worst of times for the
campus coffee scene. The announcement last
week that Coupa Cafe will replace Moonbean’s
Coffee by the end of June spread like caffeine
through the Stanford bloodstream, brewing both
incredulity on the part of Moonbean’s die-hards and
excitement from disenchanted customers and Coupa
fans.
“I’m devastated, for everyone,” said a crestfallen
Coupa Cafe already has a spot in the Jerry Yang and
Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building
(Y2E2). The news of Coupa’s takeover — giving it two
locations on campus — blind-sided many students, who
were perfectly content with the status quo.
“Moonbean’s is definitely one of the high points to
eat and drink on campus,” said Loren Newman ‘09. “I
like the Coupa Cafes in the area, but it seems like it’s a
case of if it’s not broken, why fix it. It seems like it’s tak-
Coupa’s move to replace Moonbean’s.
“Everyone who I’ve talked to is really shocked that
Moonbean’s is closing and they don’t really understand
why,” she said. “And to an extent, I don’t really under-
stand why. It’s sad that such a beloved coffee shop on
campus has to close.”
Others, however, are over the moon about the coffee
Please see MOONBEANS, page 2
However, he maintained that “ensuring student
study spaces should be one of the University’s top
priorities,” citing the results from last year’s survey
and positive student feedback to the changes.
Next year’s ASSU undergraduate senators, both
returning and incoming, expressed their intention to
advocate for keeping Green Library’s current
Please see HOURS, page 2

Index Features/2 • Opinions/3 • Sports/4 • Classifieds/5 Recycle Me

2 N Tuesday, May 19, 2009 The Stanford Daily

FEATURES
Moonbean’s aficionados
distraught over shop’s end,
others rejoice for Coupa
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

kiosk’s demise.
“Going to Moonbean’s was like getting
beaten over the head with a stick,” said Paul
Gowder, a third-year political science grad-
uate student. “Moonbean’s — I mean, let’s
face it — was pretty terrible in just about
every respect, so Coupa can only be better.”
Gowder said he would try to refrain from
too many “ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead”
comments, but was unable to hide his sheer
jubilation at Coupa’s takeover.
“The prices at Moonbean’s were insane
— you could only eat so many $2.50 cookies,
especially when they’re not very good cook-
ies,” he continued. “You know, Coupa’s
prices are pretty ridiculous too, but Coupa
actually has high-quality food and drinks.”
Coupa Cafe owner Jean Paul Coupal
‘07 agreed that the installation of
Coupa between the two
libraries represents a step up
in culinary value, and a
decrease in prices.
“Currently, the lattes,
cappuccinos, all of our cof-
fee drinks are cheaper than
Moonbean’s,” Coupal
explained. “There’s not one
drink we have that is more
expensive than Moonbean’s.
We think you should be able
to get quality at an affordable
price.”
Still, some students have
nostalgic attachments to the
funky kiosk and see Coupa’s
expansion as uprooting an
eclectic cafe culture that took
years to cultivate.
“No one can compete with our
staff in terms of speed, efficiency and
attention to detail,” Rundell said. “It takes
10 years to get a group like this going.”
Situated between Meyer and Green for
11 years, Moonbean’s adopted the business
model of creating a laid-back environment
with unique tunes and friendly service,
Rundell explained.
“I would always hear people say that
they love this place, that it was a breath of
fresh air from an otherwise ‘stale’ campus
life,” he said. “We tried to cater to students
with our music — we don’t play just jazz and
new age. I think that we try to keep it fun
and something that the students like, as
opposed to something that the students’
parents would like . . . definitely outside the
cookie-cutter mold.”
Students appreciated Moonbean’s
CRIS BAUTISTA/The Stanford Daily
Moonbean’s, located just outside of Green Library, has been a popular coffee stop on campus for 11 years. After losing a bid war for a
renewed lease, Moonbean’s will close by the end of June to be replaced by Coupa Cafe, which also has a location in Y2E2.
unpretentious atmosphere.
“It’s hard to put into words, but
Moonbean’s just has the right vibe and the
right connection of that vibe to the coffee
and tea,” Newman explained. “It’s just a
pleasant atmosphere.”
Gowder, however, felt that any sojourn to
Moonbean’s was anything but pleasant.
“If I needed a quick jolt of caffeine, there
was a convenience versus quality factor, and
sometimes, convenience won out,” he
lamented. “I did go to Moonbean’s very
many times, unfortunately.”
“The sort of quintessential Moonbean’s
moment, for me, was ordering a chai there,
with the use of god-awful chai swill,” he con-
tinued. “I mean, God only knows if it had
any tea in it.”
Gowder’s experience, however, seemed
the exception rather than the rule. Ben
Angulo ‘11 frequents Moonbean’s daily, and
while he’s disappointed at Moonbean’s clos-
ing, he was more concerned with the loca-
tion than the change in ownership.
“I love Moonbean’s . . . it’s just a good
atmosphere,” he said. “You can come out
here on a sunny day and sit down and run
into 20 people you know.”
Clair Gibson ‘09 said that getting her caf-
feine fix was the ultimate issue, regardless of
owner, but dismissed Coupa’s need to
expand to two on-campus locations as
“silly.”
“Moonbean’s has the best coffee on cam-
pus, so I don’t see why Coupa needs to take
over here when they already have a shop in
Y2E2,” she said.
Coupal said that he
ADAM ADLER/The Stanford Daily
understands the sentimental ties to
Moonbean’s, but assured customers that the
new Coupa location will not disappoint.
“People do consider Moonbean’s sym-
bolic; it’s been there for such a long time
since the SULAIR constructed it, and I
guess some people may be upset about it
closing,” Coupal conceded. “But it’s a free-
market society, everyone was given a chance
to compete, and I think that the better com-
pany with the better proposal was chosen.”
But for the Moonbean’s workers, the end
of Moonbean’s represents an end to a
unique campus niche that, for many, was a
home away from home.
“We’re not one of those machine coffee
shops that just churns it out,” Masi said. “I
feel like we really do care about our cus-
tomers, even though that’s really cliche to
say.”
Rundell said that the staff interaction
was Moonbean’s most unique characteristic.
“I was rewarded with a cafe culture at
Moonbean’s that most cafes wish they could
have,” he said.
To replace that sort of dynamic will
be a tall order, Masi said.
“You would be hard-pressed to
find a more caring coffee shop than
Moonbean’s,” she said. “Coupa has
big shoes to fill.”
Contact Amy Harris at harrisaj@stan-
ford.edu.

HOURS
Continued from front page
schedule.
“Many students have told me
that this has been the most useful
and valuable change that the Senate
has achieved in the past few years,”
said Shelley Gao ‘11 in an email to
The Daily. “Green Library is one of
the most important facilities on
campus, and its current opening
hours should not be reduced.”
“Budgets cuts are hitting all
aspects of the University; however,
now is the time for the school to
forcefully establish its priorities,”
added Zachary Warma ‘11 in an
email to The Daily. “I will advocate,
within financial practicality, to see
the extended hours reinstated.”
Pernell, who is in charge of the
evening library staff, also anticipates
a strong student response if the
hours are reduced. She noted that
both anecdotal evidence and gener-
al student feedback indicated that
late night hours seem to have been
very well received.
“We know how much people
love evening hours — we see so
many regulars,” she explained. “We
[walk through] the main readings
rooms, and it does get activity.”
Pernell emphasized that no mat-
ter how schedules might change in
the coming year, Green Library will
continue to hold extended hours
during Dead Week and finals week,
as it has in the past.
A final decision has yet to be
made, despite discussions and
rumors of a schedule change. The
University Librarian’s Director of
Communications and Development
Andrew Herkovic stressed that the
cuts have had devastating effects on
all parts of the University, and have
forced many organizations to com-
promise things they value very high-
ly.
“It should go without saying that
providing convenient hours and oth-
erwise encouraging student use of
library facilities are important to
us,” Herkovic said in an email to The
Daily. “We have not and will not
reduce hours capriciously or casual-
ly.”
“But tactical reduction of hours
is one among many compromises we
may have to deploy to balance our
budgets in the very difficult period
ahead,” he added.
Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stan-
ford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Tuesday, May 19, 2009 N 3

OPINIONS
EDITORIAL The Stanford Daily
Established 1892 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Incorporated 1973

A farewell to Board of Directors

Christian Torres
President, Editor in Chief
Managing Editors

Devin Banerjee
Deputy Editor
Joanna Xu
Managing Editor of Intermission
Tonight’s Desk Editors
Eric Messinger
News Editor

Moonbean’s
In Ho Lee Nikhil Joshi Stuart Baimel Jacob Jaffe
Chief Operating Officer Managing Editor of News Columns Editor Sports Editor
Someary Chhim Wyndam Makowsky Tim Hyde,Andrew Valencia Chelsea Ma
Vice President of Advertising Managing Editor of Sports Editorial Board Chairs Features Editor
Devin Banerjee Emma Trotter Michael Liu
Cris Bautista
or 11 years, students have enjoyed the faced with tough choices in a period of finan- Managing Editor of Features Photo Editor

F
Kamil Dada Head Graphics Editor
fresh coffee, convenient location and cial strain, so it is understandable to choose Michael Londgren Agustin Ramirez Nina Chung
trendy atmosphere of Moonbean’s, a to open up a campus location to competitive Managing Editor of Photo Samantha Lasarow
Copy Editor
coffee shop just between Meyer and Green bids that will increase the revenues it can Theodore Glasser Head Copy Editor
Cris Bautista
Libraries, that for many students is an inte- generate from prime retail space near the Robert Michitarian
Graphics Editor
gral part of Stanford. But Moonbean’s will well-trafficked Stanford libraries. Moon- Glenn Frankel
no longer occupy that spot come June 30, bean’s has contributed to Stanford for 11
when Stanford will commence with infra- years, and will be missed by many students as
Contacting The Daily: Section editors can be reached at (650) 723-2555 from 3 to 10 p.m. The Advertising Department can be reached at (650) 721-5803, and the
structure upgrades to the site and prepare they walk between Meyer and Green. But Classified Advertising Department can be reached at (650) 721-5801 during normal business hours.
for a Coupa Cafe kiosk to open there in early Coupa may yet prove to be a positive new
September. addition to campus. We would only recom-
Moonbean’s contract was first let in mend retaining some of the friendly Moon-
1998, then renewed without competition in bean’s employees who brighten the coffee
2003 and finally extended until June 30, 2009
after it expired in December 2008, while
shop’s atmosphere — and earn many repeat
customers.
C RIME AND P UNISHMENT
Stanford received bids for the space on cam- One of the biggest fears surrounding the

You show me yours, I’ll

pus. It made one of four bids that were care-
fully examined by the University, but lost
out to Coupa Cafe, which currently has a
kiosk in Y2E2 in addition to a location in
Palo Alto. The change has come as an un-
welcome shock to many students who have
become attached to Moonbean’s over the
new change is the apparent market domi-
nance Coupa will have with two locations on
campus and no competing coffee shop with- Emily
in walking distance. In announcing the
change, University Librarian Michael Keller
praised Coupa for its sound business plan,
proven environmental responsibility, profes-
show you mine Grubert

years and has even sparked an on-campus
petition to retain Moonbean’s in its current
location.
While the Daily editorial board under-
stands these natural student responses in the
face of losing a coffee shop that has charac-
terized a part of the Stanford experience, we
also understand the University decision to
open up the location to a competitive bid in
a year plagued by a diminishing endowment
and painful budget cuts across the board.
Over the past weeks, we have written about
our concerns over budget cuts for communi-
ty centers and Summer Research College,
the lack of need-blind financial aid for inter-
national students, the need for continued
funding of service-learning initiatives like
Impact Abroad, the inequities of the new
Vaden service charge for next year — and
the list does not end there. The University is
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necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff. The editorial board is comprised of two former Daily staffers,
three at-large student members and the two editorial board co-chairs. Any signed columns and contributions
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To contact the editorial board for an issue to be considered, or to submit an op-ed, please email
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sional management and “wonderful social
consciousness.” The editorial board encour-
ages Coupa and Stanford to be wary of the
effects of a seeming monopoly on coffee
shops and keep prices that are low and af-
fordable for all students.
Moonbean’s will be missed, and we will
have to wait and see if it is able to secure an-
other venue on campus. But it’s important to
keep in mind that Coupa is a family-owned
store and its owners, Jean Paul and Nancy
Coupal, have many connections to the Uni-
versity, including three children who have
graduated from Stanford. Coupa has gotten
rave reviews in the Bay Area, and students
have responded positively to the cafe in
Y2E2. Amid severe budget cuts and further
upcoming disputes as more programs are
trimmed or axed, a farewell to Moonbean’s
is a sad but understandable change.
n January 22, USC’s Daily Trojan
O wrote that all-new construction at
USC is going to be Leadership in En-
ergy and Environmental Design (LEED)-
certified from now on. Big step, guys. I mean,
it’s a good way to cast the gauntlet, but Stan-
ford’s going to . . .
Oh wait.
We don’t actually know yet, because
Stanford hasn’t let students read its draft
sustainability plan. Don’t worry, though.
Someone gave me a lollipop and promised
it’s one of the most stringent around.
This lack of access makes it very difficult
for me to publicly support or decry said plan,
and it is keeping me out of the elite Stanford
Daily Columnist USC-Bashing Club be-
cause I can’t back up anything I say about
how much more awesome Stanford is than
USC.
(For the record, The Daily Trojan also
mentions USC’s admirable commitment to
including students in planning.)
Fortunately, there’s hope. Last week, a
group of Students for a Sustainable Stanford
(SSS) members met with President Hen-
nessy to express our strong interest in having
the plan released to students. Since it was
students back in 2005 who started the cam-
paign for such a plan and for a solid commit-
ment to greenhouse gas emissions reduc-
tions by the University, and since about
14,000 members of the Stanford community
are current students, it has been particularly
frustrating that students have not been able
to participate in the drafting process or even
be made privy to the contents of the plan.
President Hennessy made a commitment
at that meeting to release the draft plan to
students this week, which is pretty groovy
considering how long we’ve been waiting for
it. (Given that: please download it if you
have any interest in keeping Stanford bomb.
From the bits I’ve glimpsed at late at night
when The Man can’t see me, it’s got some
good points and some points that deserve to
be ridiculed by hordes of freshmen in the
streets.) Student input will allegedly be
sought for a section on how to keep students
involved.
This is all very, very good, because it in-
creases the potential of getting somewhere.
To explain why that potential is some-
thing that feels so new, let me describe the
current student relationship with campus
sustainability planners.
We, the student body in general get slain
for being apathetic. We apparently don’t do
or say much about the future of Stanford
sustainability, so the administration doesn’t
think we care, so it doesn’t publicize sustain-
ability or make opportunities for us to help.
That’s not to say Stanford doesn’t do a lot
— one of the reasons that the plan has taken
so long to draft is that Stanford has already
done a lot of the obvious things, like culling
incandescent light bulbs. Stanford cut its
daily water demand substantially with some
major infrastructure projects a few years
back. I was in a particularly memorable class
where someone had tried to show that the
golf course is a ridiculously wasteful water
consumer relative to the Community Farm,
but she found that the golf course is actually
a model of water efficiency (for a golf
course) while the farm suffers from things
like people forgetting to turn off hoses for a
couple of days. Oops. So yes, Stanford is ad-
mittedly pretty good at institutional efficien-
cy.
What Stanford has not been particularly
good at is making sure we all care about effi-
ciency, too, or trying to create opportunities
for students to voice concerns and get in-
volved. It’s a vicious cycle. Stanford imple-
ments top-down projects with the admirable
stated goal of affecting student life as little as
possible — meaning that the University is
trying to be awesome at reducing carbon
emissions while allowing us to stand around
our house kitchens with the refrigerators
open while we chat about the delicious hum-
mus we’re eating.Which is . . . good, I guess.
Because of these top-down projects that
get implemented behind the scenes, students
aren’t aware of what’s going on. So we don’t
complain or rejoice about it very often. So
we’re seen as apathetic. So the University
continues projects behind the scenes sans
student input.
When we ask what we can do, we’re told
it would be helpful if the student body were
less apathetic. In turn, we say that we’re not
apathetic — we need to know what action
would actually be useful, not just a sputter-
ing make-work activity for someone’s PWR
paper on student action or, worse, something
actually counterproductive.
The best “tangible” mandate we’ve re-
ceived is this: educate yourselves, and then
care, quietly and in your own way. To which
we say: it’s difficult to tell the difference be-
tween that and apathy, and can we please
have access to the materials that will allow us
to educate ourselves? To which we’re told:
no.
. . . What?!
Apparently the University’s worried we
might tell the press, plus the mother hen
wants her little chickies just to trust her on
this one.
I, for one, am ready for the chance to put
the force of conviction behind that trust (or
not) when we see The Plan Itself. And then
bash USC. To the press.
Send Emily comments on what kind of doctor
a Daily Trojan keeps away at gruberte@stan-
ford.edu.

T HE D UDE A BIDES

That’s a bummer, dude

enerally speaking, I am not much of a (and I am dead certain that, given the 15 per-

G sentimentalist. Known for wielding a

bit of a sharpened tongue, I have regu-
larly used my 800 words a week to bluster on
semi-serious topics regarding the means by
which we can attempt to improve the collec-
tive Stanford experience. My comments have,
on occasion, reflected a rather Machiavellian
outlook toward the University; my concerns
are not with the processes undertaken to
achieve certain aims, but rather with the im-
provement of the end results.
During the financial catastrophe that has
constituted our enormous, 15 percent across-
the-board budget cuts, my life has remained
virtually unchanged. While I have bemoaned
the loss of our monetary dominance and the
cutting of particular budget line items, the ac-
tual impact of the economic climate has
seemed like a sort of amorphous concept to
me. Just last week, though, I had a visceral ex-
perience with the human cost of the financial
crisis.
Shockingly enough, there are a few folks
who, on occasion, give up a few minutes of
their lives to read “The Dude Abides.” One
such person is Teresa Riseborough.A region-
al housing manager for GovCo and surround-
ing environs,Teresa has sent me a few incred-
ibly kind messages regarding my columns.
However, in a message I received last week,
Teresa told me that she would no longer be at
Stanford next year.
Though I had only ever communicated
with her over email, I asked Teresa if she
would care to chat. For over an hour and a
half last Wednesday afternoon, we sat at a
lunch bench in the Lag courtyard, chatting
over a wide range of topics.A 27-year veteran
of Housing,Teresa has helped manage nearly
every single residential complex on campus,
excluding the Row. A tremendously kind
woman, Teresa spoke of loving every minute
she spent in Housing.
Leaving Lag, I felt a bit shaken up. I gener-
Zack
Warma
And the reason we are able to
lead such comfortable
existences here? It’s the hard
work of people like Teresa.
ally do not shy away from making bold and
sweeping attacks at faceless bureaucracies,
particularly in this column, but talking to
Teresa was an important reminder to me that
the overwhelming amount of people who
work at places like Stanford do so because
they want to provide a superior experience
for us all — they want to see the school run in
a manner that is friendly, welcoming and very
much in tune with the needs of its young and
absurd constituents.
Teresa is someone who spent a large por-
tion of her working life in the service of the
school’s student body, who exudes warmth
when speaking of particularly superior RAs.
But because of this economic shit storm,there
will be a particular absence in Housing be-
cause Teresa will not be there.
In a perfect world, I would like nothing
more than to see Teresa have her position re-
stored, or another comparable position of
worth be given to her. Unfortunately, this is
probably not in the cards, because the current
economic situation is just that wretched.
From the departure of people like Teresa
cent that is hitting the whole school, there are
a great many other exceptional employees
who will no longer be with us), I do believe
there are some potential lessons, albeit rather
bitter that I, and perhaps others, can take
from this all.
First: look at the workings of the school
from a less rigid world view. I still think The
Axe and Palm is a blight upon the world of
dining, and really do want to see improved
service and food quality. One possibility is to
simply outsource the “restaurant” to an inde-
pendent retailer, whose service would be infi-
nitely less horrible, but whose employees
would more than likely be paid less.Instead of
pushing outright for gutting our unionized
work force, examining the situation from a
non-student perspective and advocating for a
variety of options is a far saner course of ac-
tion.
Second: appreciate the efforts of the
countless and oft-invisible staff members who
work to make our time at Stanford the four
years of pampered lunacy that it is. There is
undoubtedly a huge amount of people like
Teresa, who, while interacting with students
on some degree, are largely invisible to the
general campus. It boggles my mind to think
of how you make an operation like Housing,
much less the entire bloody school, operate
on a consistent basis. And the reason we are
able to lead such comfortable existences
here? It’s the hard work of people like Teresa.
Lastly: don’t throw away your trash in the
bathroom bins. It is something I have been
guilty of a variety of times, though Teresa, I
am officially disavowing such behavior.
Zack is pretty sure that even at a place like USC,
there are administrators and employees who
deeply care about the well-being of the students.
Though they shouldn’t. Shocked that Zack ac-
tually remained coherent in this article? Let him
know at zwarma@stanford.edu.
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SPORTS
TITLE
Wyndam
Makowsky
Between the lines

SHOT TrevorAriza,
why did you
Men’s golf places fourth in regional, earns have to leave?
bid to NCAA Championships

By ROXIE DICKINSON
STAFF WRITER
The fifth-ranked Stanford men’s
golf team won a bid to the NCAA
Championship after settling into
fourth place at the NCAA South-
west Regional tournament at the
University of Texas Golf Club over
the weekend in a tight match be-
tween several top teams. The Cardi-
nal was in a stressful fight for fifth
going into the final round, but pulled
out a comfortable fourth place finish
and a championship bid with a 35-
over-par, 887.
“One of the things that we talked
about was that we just had to finish in
top five,” coach Conrad Ray said.
“The beauty of this tournament was
that it was a team effort. Now that we
are done, we can start at ground zero
and take a breath of fresh air.”
Sunday presented a do-or-die sit-
uation for Stanford, who was a full
eight strokes behind fourth-place
UNLV and 17 strokes behind the
tournament leader Texas going into
the final round of the tournament.
Fortunately for the Cardinal, UNLV
fell apart, posting a 23-over 307 in the
final round to drop the Rebels into
sixth place, one place short of ad-
vancing to the NCAA Champi-
onship in Toledo, Ohio.
Every stroke counted for Stan-
ford, as the Cardinal finished just one
stroke in front of No. 45 Michigan,
who took fifth. No. 8 Florida showed
unwavering concentration and capa-
bility, taking the Regional crown by
two strokes over a 24-over by second
place Texas Tech and a 25-over by
third place Texas.
“The course conditions were real-
ly tough,” Ray said. “The bad weath-
er and Bermuda grass threw us a lit-
tle out of our comfort zone, but I
think we handled it really well.Thun-
derstorms in the final round forced
MEN’S ROWING
MEN’S GOLF
5/14-5/16 NCAA South-
west Regional 4th +35
(887)
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
5/27 Toledo, Ohio
GAME NOTES: No. 5 Stanford rallied to finish
fourth at the NCAA Southwest Regional with
a 35-over 887 as a team, which put the
Cardinal one stroke ahead of No. 48 Michi-
gan. The Cardinal was led by senior Dodge
Kemmer’s three-over 216, which was tied
for fourth overall. With the fourth-place fin-
ish, Stanford advances to the NCAA Cham-
pionships, which take place May 27-30.
play to be called off for three hours.
In the final round, the wind just
switched directions and the tempera-
ture dropped to 23 degrees.We knew
that we would have a good chance if
we handled the conditions and post-
ed a competitive number.”
Senior captain Dodge Kemmer
carded his best finish of the year in a
tie for fourth with a three-over 216.
Kemmer finished the first round in a
tie for 31st with a five-over 76. After
his rough start, he birdied his way to
the top five on the individual ladder.
Kemmer grabbed four birdies in the
second round to post a one-under 70
on the day, launching him up 20
places to a tie for 11th. He continued
Please see MGOLF, page 6
I
’ve always been partial to un-
derrated, unknown players.The
first article I ever wrote for any
paper was on the 2003 New
York Giants’ running back situ-
ation, and why Delvin Joyce was bet-
ter, dollar-for-dollar, than Heisman
Trophy winner Ron Dayne.
And in 2005, while fellow New
York Knicks fans were stocking up
on Starbury apparel, I came ever so
close to customizing Trevor Ariza’s
No. 21 jersey. If not for some inane
Madison Square Garden rule that
only allowed you to use the number
one on a custom uniform, it would
have come to fruition.
I’m not sure why, out of a roster of
a dozen guys, Ariza became my fa-
vorite. Perhaps it was because the
other Knicks of that dreadful era
were, on the whole, entirely unap-
pealing, and Ariza’s high-flying
dunks provided some of the lone ex-
citement in an otherwise pathetic
time to be a New York basketball
fan.Ariza was extraordinarily athlet-
ic, but remarkably raw. He probably
left school a season or two too early,
but that was all right — he had the
natural talent to play in the NBA, but
he just needed a bit of practice.
Above everything else, he lacked
a sound jump shot from beyond 12
feet. He was pretty much helpless
along the arc, and even inside of it.A
meme developed for a few friends
and me: If Ariza could develop an 18-
footer, he was going to make the
Knicks very happy.
But that opportunity never came;
Ariza was dealt to Orlando in early
2006 in exchange for Steve Francis.
The trade was seen as fairly safe for
the Knicks, but it left me distraught
— still, if Francis could turn his ca-
reer around and get back to his for-
AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily
mer, superstar level, all would be
Freshman David Chung and the Stanford men’s golf team earned a spot in the NCAA Championships by placing right.
fourth in the NCAA Southwest Regional with a 35-over-par 887 last weekend at the University of Texas. But, just like every other plan dur-
ing Isaiah’s Reign of Terror, the
Ariza-Francis trade didn’t work out.
SPORTS BRIEFS In his lone full year in Orlando,Ariza
posted career highs in field goal per-
centage and points per game in the

Men improve in Pac-10s, Lightweight rowers sweep Pacific

Coast Championships
2006-2007 season. Even then,
though, he was still raw — it wasn’t
until he was traded to the Los Ange-
les Lakers in late 2007 that he began

prepare for IRA regatta The Stanford women’s lightweight rowing

By JEFF LU
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This Sunday, the Stanford men’s varsity
eight rowing team sprinted to a photo finish,
narrowly edging Washington to place second
behind California in the Pacific-10 Confer-
ence Championships in the closest race in
tournament history. The rowers raced neck-
and-neck through sweltering 105-degree heat
in front of 2,000 fans on Lake Natoma, in the
Sacramento area. The Stanford men also won
additional medals with third-place finishes in
both the second varsity eight and freshman
categories.
Stanford’s varsity eight showed its determi-
nation to win from the start, shooting out of
the third lane to pull within half a boat length
of Washington and California. Halfway into
the race, the No. 4 Cardinal drew even with
No. 1 Washington and matched them stroke
for stroke until the last 500 meters, where
Stanford surged ahead to within inches of the
leading Cal boat. A full-out sprint in the final
stretch came down to the wire, and the Cardi-
nal finished the race with a time of 5 minutes,
42.1 seconds, a mere three-tenths of a second
behind the Golden Bears. Third-place Wash-
ington clocked 2.3 seconds behind Cal.
Despite the close loss, Stanford head coach
Craig Amerkhanian was extremely pleased
with Sunday’s results.
“The Stanford men raced with courage and
audacity. I am proud to have witnessed the
greatest men’s varsity eight race in Pac-10 his-
tory,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Cardinal’s second
varsity eight claimed one of Stanford’s two
bronze medals by clocking 5:53.30, 9.20 sec-
onds behind the winner, Washington. Al-
though the Cardinal stayed within two boat
lengths of the Huskies and hung on the tail of
the Cal boat for over three quarters of the
race, the Stanford rowers found themselves
overpowered in the final 500 meters of the
race, where a power-10 helped both the Gold-
en Bears and the Huskies pull ahead.
The men’s freshmen eight also faced the
same difficulties in overcoming their Washing-
ton and Cal counterparts, who finished 19.60
and 10.80 seconds, respectively, ahead of the
Cardinal boat. Stanford finished 1.70 seconds
ahead of fourth-place Washington State to
claim the Cardinal’s second bronze medal of
the day.
Sunday’s race showed marked improve-
ment for both the men’s varsity eight and the
Stanford men’s rowing program as a whole.
Amerkhanian’s rowers had not taken silver in
the Pac-10 Championships since the 2005-
2006 season, having taken third place twice in
the past two years. Sunday’s Pac-10 Champi-
onships was also the third confrontation this
season between the Cardinal and its Golden
Bear rival. The results were noticeably better
than their previous two encounters, both of
which Cal won by a margin of 4.54 seconds.
With the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa-
tion (IRA) Regatta coming up in less than a
month, Amerkhanian took this improvement
to be a sign of Stanford’s readiness for its final
two tournaments of the season.
“We are now in a position to accomplish
our season goal of racing for a national cham-
pionship.”Amerkhanian said, also adding that
he intends to focus on improving the team’s
skill set, race plan and execution in the weeks
to come.
In spite of their accomplishments on Sun-
day, the Cardinal rowers also recognize that
future success can only come from tough
training. Senior rower Mark Murphy helped
to summarize his entire team’s determination.
“We have worked extremely hard up to this
point, but any true championship rower
knows to never be satisfied and always strive
to put in more training than anyone thought
possible,” he said.
The IRA Regatta, the oldest collegiate
rowing championship in the United States, will
take place in two weeks at Lake Natoma. The
tournament will be held over three days and
will include appearances from the nation’s top
rowing schools.
Contact Jeff Lu at jjlu@stanford.edu.
team followed its openweight counterparts,
taking first at the Pacific Coast Rowing Cham-
pionships at Lake Natoma last weekend. The
boat of eight showcased its West Coast su-
premacy, winning its third straight title.
The lightweight boat easily beat its oppo-
nent, the Santa Clara Broncos, by over 37 sec-
onds with a time of 6 minutes, 47.4 seconds.
The boat of four also came away with a
win. The Cardinal entered two boats into the
competition and came away with an out-
standing one-two finish. The first boat
crossed the line in 7:38.2, with the second
boat close behind at 7:53.6.
“This weekend was a great chance for us to
apply the changes we’ve been working on in a
race setting,” said freshman Jenna Wixon-
Genack.“To do that on the same course where
the IRA [Intercollegiate Rowing Association
championships] will be held was a really good
opportunity. It’s definitely going to be a great
race in a few weeks,and until then,we’re going
to keep focused and work hard.”
Women’s varsity eight dominates Pac-10
The No. 1 Stanford’s women varsity eight
rowing team continued its national domi-
nance this past weekend, taking the gold at
the Pacific-10 Championships at Lake
Natoma. Finishing with a time of 6 minutes,
18.6 seconds, the Cardinal won its first gold
medal since 2003.
Stanford is now riding a huge wave of mo-
mentum. Prior to its gold medal performance
in Sacramento, the team was part of a sweep
of California at the Big Row on May 2.
The women’s team as a whole finished in
second for the third consecutive year.
The Cardinal is now looking to the future,
where it will once again head to Sacramento
for the NCAA Championships. Later today,
the NCAA will announce the teams that will
participate in this year’s competition. The
first varsity eight, ranked first in the country,
will likely be the favorite.
Five women’s basketball players named
finalists for national teams
Even in its off-season, the Stanford
women’s basketball team keeps winning
GIULIO GRATTA/The Stanford Daily
Sophomore Jeanette Pohlen was one of five
Cardinal women named as finalists for U.S.
national teams, along with junior Jayne Appel,
sophomore Kayla Pedersen and freshmen
Sarah Boothe and Nnemkadi Ogwumike.
honors.
Junior Jayne Appel, sophomore Jeanette
Pohlen and sophomore Kayla Pedersen were
announced as three of the 14 finalists for the
USA Women’s World University Games
Team. Separately, freshmen Sarah Boothe
and Nnemkadi Ogwumike were named
among the 14 finalists for the USA Women’s
U19 World Championship Team.
All five women will travel to Colorado
Springs to train before the final rosters are
announced for each team. Both teams will cut
two more players during training camp, and
competition for each team begins in July.
Boothe and Ogwumike will be looking to
repeat their gold medal performance from
last year, when they were both on the U18
team. Appel and Pedersen also bring experi-
ence winning gold medals with previous U.S.
national teams, whereas Pohlen will be look-
ing to make a national team for the first time.
— By Jacob Jaffe and Zach Zimmerman
to blossom.
By this past season, he had be-
come a legitimate scoring option,
both with his drives to the hoop and
with a fairly developed jumper.Ariza
has shot well from beyond the arc in
these playoffs, and though that part
of his game is still lacking overall,
he’s become a complete player. In
short, he’s developed that much-
needed 18-footer, so much so that
even on a team with Kobe Bryant,
Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, he is
frequently the third or fourth option
on the attack. And it would be crimi-
nal to go this entire column without
mentioning his defense, which is
quite good along the perimeter. And
then, of course, there are the high-
light plays, like some of his steals and
dunks against Utah in the first round.
How many times have we seen him
leap out of bounds, save the ball and
give it off to a streaking teammate?
It’s become a running joke at The
Daily office, and this column, self-in-
dulgent as it is, has been a long time
in the making. We watch the 2009
playoffs, and see Ariza as a legitimate
option on a Lakers team that has
seemed destined for the Finals prac-
tically all year.After each impressive
play, a few editors in particular will
turn and watch me wallow in my
grief.As if the abomination known as
New York basketball over the past
decade wasn’t painful enough, I’m
now stuck watching one of my fa-
vorites help a team that has, let’s say,
an interesting history with the
Knicks.
But the worst part is that Ariza’s
game would fit in perfectly with
Mike D’Antoni’s offense, which is al-
ready helping to turn the tide in New
York.Visions of Nate Robinson dish-
ing to Ariza in transition are impossi-
ble to erase from my mind.
More often than not, the un-
knowns I choose to champion
amount to fairly little. Joyce, for ex-
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option under consideration for us
until about three weeks ago,”
Greely said.
“There was so much opposition
at the end of April,” Greely added,
“that we were surprised they
moved forward.”
Nonetheless, Greely said that
she believed the EPAA community
might be better-prepared for a dis-
ruptive move than the members of
the Flood School.
“They have a long history at that
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Stipek said that the change high-
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to build its own site.
“Ultimately, it would be wonder-
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Greely, however, cited the perma-
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In an email to The Daily, EPAA
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“I was the principal of Slater
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dealing in Afghanistan which is an belief that moving away from open-
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know from our history books that
you only defeat insurgencies through
“What “We’re absolutely convinced that
whatever changes are needed in terms
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being prepared to open a full dia-

logue with adversaries, as well as
friends: all of these are things that
map pretty well to the way in which
we Europeans approach the broad
framework of our international rela-
tions.”
Sir Nigel emphasized, however,
that the international community was
facing a difficult set of problems in
both security and economics.
“Now we’re on to the next phase
which is the phase of implementing
these policies,” Sir Nigel said, “in try-
ing to achieve results in a world which
is dangerous and difficult.
“All our governments are trying to
handle international and security
issues at the same time as we’re all
handling the predominant issue, which
is getting our economies working
again, and having to keep so many
way of ensuring that your political
strategy is dominant.”
“Therefore you need to proceed
across a wide front — politically, eco-
nomically and militarily — with
much more coordination than we’ve
seen so far,” he added. “A great part
of that is trying to find a way of
encouraging reconciliation between
parts of the Taliban that are reconcil-
able, that are not hardcore and deter-
mined Taliban, but people who might
come across to normal politics with
encouragement.”
Sir Nigel continued by noting the
importance of what he described as
“Afghanization,” admitting that it
was an “ugly” word but emphasizing
the importance of building national
infrastructure.
“We’re not going to achieve suc-
cess in Afghanistan by pretending
that we can do it all ourselves — we
matters is
how we work
today.”
— SIR NIGEL SHEINWALD
ous administration thought that was
going to happen — I know that our
government doesn’t think that you
can achieve that quickly either — but
some element of representative gov-
ernment is going to be important.”
“I think it’s important for us to
realize that that’s what vast majority
of Afghanis want,” he added, “that
they enjoy taking part in politics and
answer doesn’t lie in pulling down the
shutters on world trade, or going back
to protectionism, in order to “de-glob-
alize,” in order to pretend that what’s
happened in the world over the last 20
years can be turned off,” Sir Nigel
said. “We don’t believe that’s right,
and we believe that would actually sti-
fle the growth which we hope will
return before too long to our econo-
my; it would impoverish even further
the developing world because it
would close them off from the finance
that’s needed for world trade.”
“And we believe that London is
going to have a huge part to play in
that recovery when it comes in
months ahead,” he added.
Closing with his personal take on
the core philosophy behind the “spe-
cial relationship” between the U.S.
and the U.K., Sir Nigel focused on
three elements.
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ample, has been out of the NFL
for nearly five years, and was
never more than a decent return
ronment, through the modern issues
of terrorism, development, trade and
man in his time in the league. And
by no means is Ariza a superstar
in the making — he’ll likely be an
so on.” effective role player throughout
“I think it passes the test of con-
temporary relevance,” he added.
his time in the NBA, but never
All-World. That said, he has
Sir Nigel ended by saying that already made significant strides,
while the long history of Anglo- and still hasn’t tapped out his
American relations was vital to potential.
understanding their connections, his But he’s doing all this in SoCal,
eye is pointed towards the future. and not New York. And that is a
“What matters is how we work tremendously hard pill to swallow.
today,” he said.
Wyndam Makowsky is out of tissues.
Contact Eric Messinger at messinger@ Send him some more at makowsky
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balls in the air as political leaders and
win public trust on that basis,” he
added.
Sir Nigel noted that security issues
were a continuing crucial area for
Anglo-American coordination. The
British combat mission in Iraq offi-
cially came to an end on April 30, and
Sir Nigel felt British troops left in a
satisfactory manner.
“We believe we are now leaving
Basra and the southeast part of the
country in a reasonable state to the
Iraqis who are capable of dealing
can’t — and our exit strategy ulti-
mately is through effective Afghan
security and through effective
Afghan institutions, so we have to
find a way of building them up, allow-
ing them to take the responsibility,”
Sir Nigel said.
Sir Nigel felt that policy coordina-
tion between America and the
United Kingdom would continue
despite any political changes within
either country, including the possibili-
ty of a transition in British govern-
ment with upcoming elections.
having the opportunity to express a
political choice. So I don’t think we
should swing so far the other way as
to say that we would be happy if
Afghanistan returned to the dark
days of a feudal dictatorship; of
course that itself wouldn’t provide
the stability and security that we
need.”
Moving to the international finan-
cial crisis, Sir Nigel expressed his
“I think the thing about the U.K.-
U.S. relationship, apart from a lot of
history — of all kinds,” he said with a
laugh, “is that the partnership is glob-
al. The partnership is not confined to
the military or intelligence area which
historically was the core in the
Second World War, but now extends
to the issues we’ve been discussing
today: to our economy, to sustainable
development and protecting the envi-
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up the individual ranks when he post-
ed three more birdies to give him
another 1-under, leading him to finish
in a tie for fourth.
“Dodge has been one of the keys
to our success,” Ray said. “He has
been disappointed in his own results,
but he has definitely been knocking
on the door for a while now.This tour-
him out of contention for the top
spot.
Freshman David Chung and sen-
ior Daniel Lim tied for 56th with a 20-
over 233 for the tournament. Chung
struggled in the first round, posting an
82 and 78, but rebounded in the final
round with a two-over 73. Lim did
well in the first round, firing a 73, but
then went on to post a 79 and 81.
Stanford’s outcome in its regional
is similar to the other top four teams
in the country. No. 4 Washington and
No. 2 Georgia came in second at the
Central and Southeast Regionals,

with both the political and the securi-
ty challenges which lie ahead,” Sir
Nigel said. “So our armed forces are
leaving with their heads held high
after a very difficult mission indeed.”
With both the United States and
the United Kingdom sending addi-
tional troops to Afghanistan in an
effort to stabilize the country, Sir
Nigel felt three factors were para-
mount to achieve success.
“I think the first is to see the con-
nections to Pakistan,” Sir Nigel said.
“Not to equate Afghanistan with
Pakistan, because they’re different
countries, but to recognize that you
won’t make progress in either unless
you’re able to make progress in both
— such are the inter-linkages
between the two sets of problems.”
Sir Nigel also emphasized atten-
tion to political considerations.
“The second thing is that you need
an integrated approach which is polit-
ically driven,” Sir Nigel said. “You’re
“I think on Afghanistan actually
both the government and the opposi-
tion have stressed what is now a very
clear part of the Obama administra-
tion’s policy, which is that we’ve got to
have a very clearly-defined and real-
izable mission, which is publicly
understood,” Sir Nigel said. “I think
that is related principally to avoiding
a situation where Afghanistan can
once again become a base for Al-
Qaeda. That’s a strategic imperative.
That’s what gives the mission its legit-
imacy, and allows people to under-
stand very clearly why we’re there
and why we’ve been mandated by the
U.N. to be there.”
In Sir Nigel’s view, democratic ele-
ments would have to form a part of
any workable solution to
Afghanistan’s stability.
“You’re not going to get
Jeffersonian democracy or
Westminster democracy overnight,”
he said. “I don’t think that the previ-
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percent admit rate, considerably less
than the 9.46 percent admitted for
the Class of 2012.
Other peer institutions have also
gone to their waitlist. Princeton,
with a yield of 59.7 percent, has
admitted 31 off its waitlist, while
Harvard, with a 76 percent yield,
will admit at least 85 students off its
waitlist. Yale has no plans to admit
from its waitlist as its yield of 68.7
percent has led to an already crowd-
ed Class of 2013.
Unlike its peer institutions, how-
ever, Stanford has yet to release its
final yield numbers.
“We will not be releasing the
yield for the incoming freshmen
until we have finished admitting the
class,” Abbott said. “Since we have
admitted 85 students from the wait-
list and will likely admit a few more,
it is premature to release that infor-
mation.”
As for other factors affecting
waitlist admittance and overall
yield, such as the current economy,
Abbott believes it too soon to make
conclusions.
“I cannot say for sure yet if the
current recession affected our
enrollment numbers thus far,”
Abbott wrote. “Please understand
that we have just begun to adminis-
ter our admitted student question-
naire. Once that survey deadline
passes and we have calculated and
analyzed our admitted student
responses, I might have a better idea
about the effect of the recession on
our enrollment numbers.”
Contact Ryan Mac at rbmac@stan-
ford.edu.
nament was great for Dodge. He
played solidly and definitely showed
that he is the backbone of our team.”
Sophomore Sihwan Kim also had
a slow start but finished in a tie for
12th with an eight-over-par 221 for
the tournament. Kim finished the first
and second rounds with a 75 and 74 to
give him a seven-over 149 and put
him in a tie for 28th. He stepped up
for the Cardinal in the final round
when he came in with a one-over 72
for the day that boosted him up 14
ranks to finish in the top 15 for
Stanford.
No. 15 sophomore Steve Ziegler
had real potential to take the individ-
ual crown but thunderstorms and
tough course conditions placed him
into a tie for 37th with a 13-over 226.
Ziegler finished the first round with a
one-under 70, just two strokes behind
first place. However, he carded a six-
over 77 and an eight-over 79, putting
respectively. No. 3 Southern
California placed fifth in the West
Regional while No. 1 Oklahoma got
first in the South Central Regional.
“Everyone is in a similar situation
to us and now we need to regroup,”
Ray said.“There are probably a hand-
ful of teams that could win the
NCAAs and I think we qualify in that
group given our season finishes and
production. Next, we looked at the
team individually and I think that
there is not a team that we can’t com-
pete with if we play our best golf next
week. It’s really going to come down
to which team has [its] best week next
week.”
As a result, the Cardinal will be
continuing on the road to the NCAA
Championships next week for the
third consecutive season.
Contact Roxie Dickinson at roxie221@
stanford.edu.