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WEDNESDAY
May 20, 2009
The Stanford Daily An Independent Publication
www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235
Issue 62

The birth of a nation Ph.D. programs shifting


with economy, budget
Some shrink,others grow as funding sources change
By ERIC MESSINGER admissions decisions. ment or foundations. And on top of admis-
DESK EDITOR “At many institutions, there’s an organ- sion being a multi-year commitment —
ization entity called something like ‘the with doctoral students potentially remain-
The number of doctoral students graduate school,’ which allocates funding ing past their predicted departure — the
admitted by departments is changing due and exerts a fairly tight control,” Golde picture becomes even murkier.
to the recession and University-wide said. “We’re not like that.” “All of the pieces that come together
budget cuts, though the exact nature of As a result, the effect of the budget cuts for a given student — you have to think of
the changes is still uncertain, according to upon the number of Ph.D. students accept- it as a quilt,” Golde said. “Each student’s
administrators. ed by Stanford varies significantly from quilt is a little bit different.”
At present, the complete picture of the department to department. Golde estimat- While initial indications are emerging,
effects of the budget cuts upon graduate ed that Stanford has roughly 65 separate Golde stressed that the full picture in
programs at Stanford is unclear, because programs or departments that offer doc- terms of the total number of Ph.D. stu-
CHRIS SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily Stanford does not have a centralized torates, each with their own set of decisions dents would not be available until some
Alan Taylor of UC-Davis (left) and Joanna Freeman of Yale (right) speak in an early American administrative structure overseeing gradu- to make. weeks into the upcoming academic year.
history class on George Washington and Alexander Hamilton in the the context of post-revo- ate students. Associate Vice Provost for Similarly, funding for doctoral students “I’m very hesitant to be in the predic-
Graduate Education Chris Golde empha- can depend on a variety of sources, includ- tion game,” Golde said.
lutionary American growth on the frontier and in an emerging commercial economy. sized that no one office sets graduate fund- ing endowment funds, fellowships and
ing for Ph.D. students or coordinates external research grants from the govern- Please see PHD, page 2

LAW SCHOOL
DAILY POLL

Law students defend Three Strikes offenders


How much would you care if the weeknight closing time
for Green Library went back to midnight?
a) A lot. I find the extra time really helpful.
b) A bit. It can sometimes be useful.
By KATE BARBER on issues ranging from environmental law the third crime. legal aid to three-strikes cases. c) Not at all. I’m never there that late.
STAFF WRITER to education, according to Law School lec- Students can apply each semester, and “A lot of our work is to make sure the d) I wouldn’t care at all. I never go to Green anyway.
turer Michael Romano. 12 to 20 are selected to work for the clinic. court knows our clients are not just more
While their classmates are busy reading The Criminal Defense Clinic allows “The idea was twofold,” Romano said. statistics,” Xenakis said. vote today at stanforddaily.com!
up on case law and listening to lectures, second- and third-year law students to “First, to develop a first-rate, hands-on So far, the program seems to be work-
some Stanford Law School students, advocate in real cases by doing investiga- learning experience for law students in the ing.
through the Criminal Defense Clinic, are
getting a chance to try high-stakes crimi-
tions, organizing briefs and even arguing
in court. The clinic operates entirely on a
context of criminal defense and appeals
and simultaneously to provide legal assis-
“Hundreds of parties have contacted
us, and we’re currently representing 20,”
STUDENT GOV’T
nal cases themselves, and have enjoyed pro-bono basis, and deals with criminals tance for people who have been affected Romano said.
remarkable success of late.
The Stanford Criminal Defense Clinic,
which began in 2006, is one of the Law
School’s 10 legal clinics.These clinics focus
convicted under California’s controversial
Three Strikes Law, a state law that dramat-
ically increases prison sentences of third-
time offenders regardless of the severity of
by the Three Strikes Law.”
Nick Xenakis J.D. ‘10, a student work-
ing in the clinic, feels that one of the pur-
poses of the clinic is to bring attention and
Several weeks ago, recent graduates
Mark Melahn J.D. ‘09 and Jesse Goodman

Please see DEFENDERS, page 5


Exec cuts salary
STUDENT GROUPS FEATURES PRESENTS for Cabinet
BH2O+ raises
CORE RAPPIN’
Gobaud sacrifices $2,000 to Exec
Cabinet; Senate discusses town halls

$37,000 for wells Alum,students flow with HumBio rhymes


By ZOE RICHARDS
STAFF WRITER

In order to accommodate the number of goals he


has set for the year, as well as the increase in
Stanford participates in nationwide Executive Cabinet staff, ASSU President David
Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10 told the Undergraduate Senate
fundraising event, aids campus awareness last night that he will be giving up $2,000 of his salary
to provide his staff with stipends that are consistent
with past years. The Senate also discussed plans for
By ELLEN DANFORD its upcoming town hall meeting.
“In order to maintain a similar salary level for all
A group of 64 Stanford students contributed to a national of them, we decided to pull from David’s salary,” de
fundraiser that raised $37,000 for clean water for African la Torre told the Senate at Tuesday’s meeting.
women. The recently announced total is enough to drill four The Executive Cabinet includes five more mem-
deep wells in Kuria, Kenya. bers than it did this past year. The creation of addi-
The fundraising effort, which consisted of a nationwide tional positions came with the added cost of com-
walk across college campuses on April 21, was sponsored by pensation for these new staff members, and to
“Be Hope to Her,” which looks to raise awareness of the lack Gobaud, a strong cabinet of 22 is more important
of accessible drinking water in Africa. than a hefty Executive salary.
Be Hope to Her (BH2O+) is supported by Nuru “Our cabinet is larger this year because we have
International, a non-profit dedicated to pioneering sustain- created grad-specific positions and we have co-
able solutions to poverty that was founded by Jake Harriman, chairs of disability issues and sexual education,” de
MBA ‘08. la Torre said.
Because the April 21 event did not have OSA approval According to Gobaud, all the chair positions
for fundraising it relied on the $2,000 contribution of an received a salary of $1,000 in this past year’s
organization called “Dry Tears,” as well as funds from two Executive Cabinet, and in order to offer the 22 new
other event sponsors. cabinet members a comparable salary, $2,000 had to
The wells that will be drilled using funds raised will hope- be pulled from Gobaud’s Executive salary.
fully increase the level of access to sustainable, safe water; When asked why equal amounts were not pulled
decrease the prevalence of water-borne diseases; improve from both Gobaud and de la Torre’s salaries,
water resource management on the local level and promote Gobaud told The Daily that his willingness to offer a
basic sanitation on the community level. Courtesy YouTube-tomcfad portion of his own earnings stemmed from his love
“In addition to providing clean drinking water for the RAPPER’S DELIGHT: Parodying Jay-Z and JD’s “Money Ain’t a Thang,” Tom McFadden ‘08 and for the job and the fact that he can afford to give up
community, these wells will enable local girls to attend school Derrick Davis ‘10 rap in the music video “Regulatin’ Genes.” McFadden, a HumBio course associate (CA), has a portion of his wages.
rather than spending their days collecting water from distant “I’m lucky enough to have started a company,
sources,” Harriman wrote in a press release. created multiple videos related to topics taught in the HumBio core, with the help of Davis and Jake Wachtel ‘09. and I have the resources to give $2,000 which I’m
Beyond raising money to drill new clean wells in Africa, more than willing to do,” Gobaud said, emphasizing
the group hopes to raise awareness on campus about the the importance of addressing issues of disabilities
effect of inaccessible drinking water on women’s lives in
By ANDREW HELLMAN when MTV aired them. And if biology sounds like a
and accessible education, which have not been
foreign language to the listener, there are subtitles.
Africa. One way they attempted to do so was through the emphasized enough in the past.

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f science replaced money, egos and “street cred” Like Jay-Z, McFadden lyricizes about topics close to
sponsored walk across campus. in the lives of rappers, what would happen to hip- home — not Bentleys and bling, but biology, which Gobaud is also looking forward to increasing
“That was phenomenal,” said Emily Gasner ‘09 of the hop? Tom McFadden ‘08, a course associate (CA) makes rapping a bit of a challenge. Jay-Z and JD find graduate student outreach and addressing more
walk. “Definite exposure to the reality of the women’s bur- for the Human Biology (HumBio) Core, and rhymes for “bracelet” and “thing,” but McFadden has undergrad issues.
den in Africa!” Derrick Davis ‘10, a public policy major, conduct to work with “transcription factors” and “RNA poly- “I’m very excited about what this will allow us to
Long walks to retrieve water can be dangerous for African that experiment in their video “Regulatin’ Genes,” a merase.” So, he drops lines like “And if they bind, then do,” he said.
women, since they must carry on each of their heads 44 life-science spin on Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupree’s we’re looking at the next phase: block or recruit the Senator Michael Cruz ‘12 applauded what he saw
pounds of water, on average. Be Hope to Her desires to (JD’s) “Money Ain’t a Thang.” RNA polymerase.” Creative lyrics like that shame as a selfless act on the part of Gobaud.
lessen the physical danger and give women more time to many a rich rapper. “I think it’s very admirable that you would put
attend school. The Video McFadden, Davis and Wachtel couldn’t afford the your Cabinet in front of yourselves,” Cruz said.
“People in developed countries like the United States Wearing sunglasses, hoodies and baseball caps, Ferraris in “Money Ain’t a Thang,” but what they lack Later in the meeting, Senate Chair Varun
often take water for granted — they can walk a few yards, McFadden and Davis bounce in front of life science in Ferraris, they make up for in humor. Jay-Z and JD Sivaram ‘11 unhappily recalled that Vice Provost for
slides and the Quad. The video, edited by Jake Wachtel
Please see WATER, page 2 ‘09, flows as smoothly as an MTV music video — back Please see HUMBIO RAP, page 2 Please see SENATE, page 5

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


2 N Wednesday, May 20, 2009 The Stanford Daily

FEATURES
His work at our fingertips
After three years, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research & Education Institute
completes its project to make King documents publicly available online
By ELIZABETH TITUS Foundation, according to Carson. Two other course, but also by topic, names involved and
CONTRIBUTING WRITER institutions lent assistance — the Morehouse genre. Selecting “City of Montgomery v.
College King Papers at Atlanta University Martin L. King” from the topic list provided
Center and the Howard Gotlieb Archival by the Institute yields four results, including

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he young man wrote home a few Research Center at Boston University. King’s arrest warrant and court transcripts.
times the summer before he Historians agree the database is an impor- Entering “Paul, Saint” returns 18 records.
entered college. He asked his mom tant step toward opening history to a broader Searching by genre, 13 “manifestos” come ERIC LEW/The Stanford Daily
to check his test scores and wished audience. back.
for her homemade fried chicken. “I think this is one of the most forward- The records — and the project — have On Monday, Online King Records Access (OKRA) was launched, making thousands of
He assured his dad he was staying out of looking projects in the scholarly world today, limitations. Because the King family holds records related to Dr. King and the civil rights movement available to the public. Many more
trouble. and one of the most important,” said Michael copyright on many of King’s papers, the documents are to be added by the end of the year.
“I am not doing anything that I would not Honey, a King scholar at the University of Institute can’t put original documents online.
[be] doing [in] front of you,” he wrote. Washington, Tacoma. The author of three Instead, the database directs users to where writing a thesis on King’s opposition to the obstacle,” he said. “I’m relatively certain that
In another letter, he told them about his books on labor and civil rights history, he said they can see the documents — whether in one Vietnam War, agreed that primary documents we will. Probably within the next couple
travels. he finds it increasingly difficult to get access to of the nation’s many King archives, the shed light on the movement’s players. years, we will make many documents avail-
“After we passed Washington [there] was King’s papers. Institute’s six-volume “The Papers of Martin “Browsing through the King documents, it able.”
no discrimination at all,” he wrote. “We go to Carson told The Daily that the project was Luther King, Jr.,” the Institute’s campus office immediately becomes apparent that MLK “Hopefully in the age of the Internet, doc-
any place we want to and sit any where we “democratizing research.” or elsewhere. was but one leader in a larger movement,” he uments can be digitized and made available,”
want to.” “There’s always been an elitism in scholar- And adding records is time-consuming. said. “The release of thousands of new docu- he added. “Research will still be hard, but I
The young man was Martin Luther King, ly research that those who have resources can Institute staff had to spend more than a year ments about MLK and the civil rights move- think researchers will be able to undertake
Jr., and to track his life through the docu- do much better work than those who don’t updating their internal database before the ment would be of great use to any student more ambitious topics.”
ments he left behind — letters like these — have resources,” he said. “When we [the King public launch. Even then, the database only writing a research paper, working on an in- Maybe even young researchers.
scholars have long had to navigate a maze of Institute] started our work in 1985, my guess is contains records through 1958. Records class presentation or writing an honors the- Carson remembers when his daughter,
books, archives and Web sites to find where that there weren’t more than a dozen people through 1960 will be added by the end of the sis.” then a Palo Alto High School student, report-
these documents exist. in the world who were doing concerted King year, staff members said, and once they pub- Susan Englander, an associate director of ed that her history textbook said that King
But on Monday, the Martin Luther King, research. Now, anyone with access to a com- lish the rest of the 14-volume “Paper” series, the Institute, explained that any Stanford stu- launched the Freedom Rides of 1961.
Jr., Research & Education Institute at puter and an Internet connection can engage records for those documents will go online dent may ask to look at the physical docu- “I could imagine now, a student coming in
Stanford aimed to simplify that search by in the same kind of research.” too. ments that he or she encounters in the data- and saying, ‘The history textbook is wrong,’”
launching a free online database (http://king- Carson’s vision for the database, then, was That means that by December, the public base. he described. “‘I know from looking at an
papers.org) with information on 100 years of foreshadowed in a way by what King wrote to database will hold about 8,000 records — a “We welcome Stanford students to come interview with Dianne Nash, who was one of
King- and civil rights-related documents. the editor of The Atlanta Constitution as a fraction of the nearly 70,000 documents by,” she said. “We consider ourselves a the leaders of the Freedom Rides, that she
Major documents cover the Montgomery Bus college junior: entered by undergraduate research assistants resource and we hope more people will avail wasn’t a follower of Martin Luther King, that
Boycott and more records will be added, staff “We want and are entitled to the basic into the Institute’s internal database since themselves of us.” she did it in order to push him to act.’”
said. rights and opportunities of American citi- 1985. “Students would have to check in with the “Why can’t a high school student come up
“This is the only public database on King zens,” he wrote, including “equal opportuni- Staff members emphasized the value of staff in most cases,” Englander added regard- with a new interpretation?” Carson said with
archives that provides scholarly details and ties in education.” the public records, which Archival Assistant ing requests. “Just being curious about King is a smile.
description on each individual item,” wrote That, the Institute intends, is where Josh Kunz called “the best of the best.” good enough for me.” With the help of OKRA, that reality —
Institute Director Clayborne Carson in a Online King Records Access — or OKRA “These documents are now considered the while slow in coming — may be near.
released statement. “It will prove to be of — comes in. most historically important,” he said.
immense value to King researchers and indi- Archival Assistant Stacey Zwald added In his small office at the Institute on Via Elizabeth Titus is a former employee of the
viduals interested in the life and work of Dr. that her favorite documents showed her that Ortega, Carson — who edited King’s autobi- Martin Luther King, Jr. Research &
King and the civil rights movement.” OKRA works like this:A simple screen on “really, there is an army” of players in the civil ography — discussed the future of access to Education Institute.
The project was funded by a three-year, kingpapers.org allows users to search by rights movement. historic documents.
$450,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon detailed criteria — by author, title and date, of Andrew Schneider ‘09, a history major “We have to overcome [the copyright] Contact Elizabeth Titus at etitus@stanford.edu.

HUMBIO RAP PHD


annual grad aid allocation, that is sur-
pluses created by attrition, outside
“Future budget cuts fellowships, other internal resources)
into future years, which makes it eas-
Continued from front page
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE ier to smooth out fluctuations in
might make yield,” Scheidel said. “If we will still
Individual Departments be allowed to do that in future years
sport Atlanta Braves and NY
Yankees hats in their video; Colorado
Some graduate departments have
been forced to make cuts, but others,
reductions in and funding is held constant at cur-
rent levels, we don’t anticipate signif-
Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays hats buoyed by increased external funding icant cuts in terms of the number of
top the heads of McFadden and
Davis. Jay-Z and JD toss money like
stemming from increased research
spending, are actually adding to their
our Ph.D.cohorts admits.”
Religious Studies Chair Hester
it’s nothing; McFadden and Davis do support of doctoral cohorts. Gelber also noted the importance of
the same with A-plus papers. In at least two departments, signif- unavoidable..” accrued funds that had been left
But the core value that students icant reductions in the number of unused in prior years.
take away from the video is not the admitted doctoral students have — TOM WASWO, “Our particular department was
entertainment, but the content, which already been made. The history in a really good situation because we
is relevant to the specific subject the department has already had to Linguistics Chair had not had to spend all of the funds
class is learning. In non-hip-hop reduce the size of its admitted cohort we had received,” Gelber said. “We
terms, McFadden explained what the for 2009-2010, according to History said that she expects no reductions. think going forward we’re going to be
video was about. Courtesy YouTube-tomcfad
Chair Paula Findlen. “We made the decision this year alright.”
“[The] main theme is that Tom McFadden ‘08 incorporates slides from the HumBio core itself into his In an email to The Daily, Findlen not to reduce the number of stu- Departments with traditionally
throughout evolution, different music videos. Core students said his spin on course themes often lend clar- noted that the decision came about in dents,” Summit said. “It just felt too low levels of graduate students noted
organisms are using the same genes ity, in addition to entertainment. response to a combination of rising essential, both to our mission and to the importance in upcoming years of
and proteins to form very different costs and reduced resources. our profession . . . We feel we have a maintaining their current levels.
body types,” McFadden said. “And often a moment of realization when For instance, the first effort, set to “Increasing costs, including the responsibility to train the next gener- Linguistics Chair Tom Wasow, in an
the way they do that is by selectively Tom says something in his own way Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss,” addressed new healthcare fees, and declining ation of scholars.” email to The Daily, said that his
regulating different genes.” that can be way clearer than in lec- milkshakes. endowments mean that each student The same financial crisis forcing department’s current level of five to
The video makes regulating Hox ture.” Back on campus, McFadden and package costs more and we have less the budget cuts, however, is also pro- seven new students per year was at
genes hip. Another core student, Lara Ortiz- Wachtel, another Sierra Camp alum- to spend overall,” Findlen said. “In viding a benefit to certain depart- about the minimum necessary level.
Luis ‘11, agreed. nus, made a few biology videos. recent years, the University has asked ments. Government research grants, “If cohort sizes drop from that low
The Reaction “To be honest, not all of the mate- Meanwhile, Davis, a Larkin residen- departments to contribute more dis- provided in association with stimulus level, there is a real danger of not
Though born out of a desire to rial we learn is 100 percent exciting,” tial assistant (RA), wrote songs for cretionary funds in support of gradu- legislation passed earlier this year, having a critical mass of students at
teach HumBio students, “Regulatin’ she said. “The videos make even the his dorm. The three were brought ate student admissions packages, are helping to offset losses and even approximately the same stage of their
Genes” has received press from driest stuff accessible and entertain- back together when McFadden called which means that we have less of this expand the financial resources avail- graduate education,” Wasow said.
numerous media outlets, including ing.” Davis one day and asked him to be a funding for students as they finish.” able, according to School of “We do not anticipate having to go
The San Jose Mercury News, The Ortiz-Luis also pointed out that part of “Regulatin’ Genes.” Findlen also emphasized that sup- Engineering Dean Jim Plummer. below that level, but we recognize
New York Times and England’s The she watched the video multiple times The two have since collaborated porting graduate students entering a “In the short term with the stimu- that, with the economy in the state it
Guardian. just to see her CA in a new context, in the newest video, “Synaptic Cleft,” difficult job market was an important lus, I think support for Ph.D. students is in, future budget cuts might make
“I’ve been getting contacted by a as a rapper. which also stars some Larkin resi- consideration. will be more, not less,” Plummer said. reductions in our Ph.D. cohorts
lot of people,” McFadden said. While the video uses hip-hop to dents and Sierra Camp alumni “We need to support graduate stu- Dean of the School of Earth unavoidable.”
“There’s a science museum in the teach science, it hasn’t quite succeed- explaining what happens where two dents making good progress not only Sciences Pamela Matson echoed his Administrators also put an
Philippines that wants to use the ed in using science to teach hip-hop. nerve cells connect. in the beginning and middle stages of assessment. emphasis on ensuring the financial
video. A lot of developmental neuro- Professors Russell Fernald, Margaret But that final product comes after their degree, but in the critical final “We’re assuming with the stimu- security of any admitted students
biology professors are like, ‘Can you Fuller and Siegel admit that they quite a bit of work. stage,” Findlen said. lus money and federal research over the long term.
send me the hard copy so I can use it have not become hip-hop listeners McFadden said he’s often inspired Communications has also reduced money that we can support a few “We are committed to supporting
in my class?’ It’s been nice helping since Tom’s videos. to write the songs while he’s doing his its number of admitted students, from more students,” Matson said. our graduate students,” Matson said,
out other people involved in science “Maybe it is time for me to go on CA gig. a class last year of eight to a current Plummer said that this was indica- “and we won’t admit our students if
education.” Wikipedia and find out what hip-hop “I’ll be doing my job, basically cohort of three. tive of the school’s predominant we can’t provide them funding.”
Teaching has driven McFadden to actually is,” Siegel joked. reading the textbook, and as I’m “We would hope for a somewhat reliance upon external funding, such
make “Regulatin’ Genes” and other doing that, I’ll think of a little lyric larger class, just so we have a critical as organizations like the National Contact Eric Messinger at messinger
videos, but how effective are they? The History and write it down,” he reflected. mass and cohort,” said Science Foundation and the National @stanford.edu.
HumBio Professor Robert Siegel, Though McFadden and Davis can Once he collects enough of these Communications Chair James Fishkin. Institute for Health.
who was in the video “Plasma make music, they didn’t learn about it for a coherent song, the recording Fishkin said that the choice was “It’s less of an issue in engineering
Membrane,” described them as use-
WATER
in formal settings. McFadden’s for- takes about an hour and the video- motivated by caution, particularly at than it is in other departments
ful teaching tools. mal training is limited to taking drum taping takes a couple of hours. Then, the uncertain levels of funding from because so many of our students are
“The essence of teaching is to lessons in sixth grade. Davis’ training, Wachtel puts in a hefty chunk of time sponsored projects that provide cru- supported externally,” Plummer said.
motivate students, give them a handle too, was short-lived. editing. cial resources. Plummer noted, however, that if Continued from front page
to remember relevant information, “My formal music training ended “The editor has to listen to it like “We thought this was a prudent funding from Stanford Graduate
make them want to learn,” Siegel with the recorder in third grade,” a thousand times,” McFadden said. choice,” he said. Fellowships (SGFs) were to decline,
explained in an email to The Daily. Davis admitted. But, he added, “I can So what’s the next step? Many other departments are com- then admitted cohorts might see turn on a tap and have access to all
“Tom’s videos accomplish these still bust out ‘Hot Cross Buns.’” McFadden doesn’t have any specific mitted to retaining their current num- reductions in size. the water they could need,” said
things and go even further because They both learned their craft from ideas about the next big video and bers of doctoral students. At the Many departments that do not Darcy White ‘09, the Be Hope to Her
they are available to such a wide listening. McFadden’s influences said he’s pretty open to anything. School of Humanities and Sciences draw primarily upon external fund- campus coordinator. “It is important
audience.” include Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5 and HumBio student Lindemann sug- (H&S), numbers are currently ing, however, are also weathering the to get people to realize that this is not
In fact, the video has been viewed The Roots. Davis’ influences are gested that a rap on what all the hor- remaining relatively steady, accord- cuts. Other departments reporting the case in places like Africa, where
over 70,000 times on YouTube. broad, but some favorites are JD and mones in the body do would help. ing to H&S Dean Richard Saller. low numbers of admitted students the lack of readily available clean
Students agree that McFadden’s Kanye West. Siegel proffered the timely topic of “Our entering number of Ph.D. will be consistent with prior years, water keeps girls from going to
videos are helpful. Will Lindemann Collaboration between the flu virus. students next year is going to be just including modern thought and litera- school or getting jobs.”
‘11, a HumBio core student, pointed McFadden and Davis began not on McFadden, as a CA, and Davis, as about the same as this year and over ture, religious studies and classics. Many Stanford groups supported
out that the rap provides a different campus, but in the mountains near a senior, are both returning to cam- the past few years,” Saller wrote in an In an email to The Daily, Classics the April 21 event, including FACE
context for the material, bringing Lake Tahoe. Both were camp coun- pus next year, so there will be plenty email to The Daily. “It happens that Chair Walter Scheidel emphasized AIDS, Dance Marathon and
entertainment value to biology. selors at last summer’s Stanford of opportunities for more collabora- the natural sciences are down some, the importance of flexibility in Initiative Against Malaria.
“I was really impressed by the Sierra Camp, a summer camp for the tion. Keep your ears open for the and humanities and social sciences departmental budget allocations for More information on Be Hope to
video when I first saw it,” he said. “A families of Stanford alumni. Their next HumBio rap track they drop. are up, not by design, but again [by] weathering the economic downturn. Her can be found at www.nuruinter-
lot of the material we cover can be first raps were for the weekly staff the random variation from year to “Departments are currently national.org.
pretty dry, so to see it remixed like talent show, but they focused on top- Contact Andrew Hellman at ahell- year.” allowed to roll over grad aid savings
that made it really amusing. There’s ics less complex than gene regulation. man@stanford.edu. English Chair Jennifer Summit (i.e. anything that’s left over from the Contact Ellen Danford at edanford@
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spring quarter are already thinking ahead to other technical majors are, in general, more
their summer plans off campus. difficult to complete early, simply because 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
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makes it easier for students to find work for in-class, closed-book exam taken by several
the summer, many are also at a disadvantage hundred students at one time.
when it comes to coordinating the end of the In the past, many large lecture courses —
spring quarter with the schedule of a summer most notably in computer science — have of-
job or internship. At a time when the econo- fered alternative final exam dates in advance T OO B IG TO FAIL
my has fewer jobs to offer college students — of the official final. Some professors will also
and when having summer work experience is make individual arrangements for students
practically a prerequisite for many careers
and graduate programs — the editorial
needing to leave early. While professors are
not required by the registrar to offer early
Stuff white people are Jenna
board would like to see more professors em- final exam options, the editorial board would Reback
bracing flexibility with final exam schedules
to help students who need to leave campus
recommend that all professors consider of-
fering alternative options, at least in the
ambivalent about
early. spring quarter, for students who need to This column was originally published Feb.18. What follows is a list — admittedly quite in-
As a result of the University’s quarter sys- leave campus early for work-related reasons. complete — of stuff that white people are am-
tem, summer for Stanford students has con- Professors should also highlight these op- t’s a new day — at least, according to bivalent about. I can’t say it’s going to help you Still, it’s pretty bad how Russians go around
sistently begun several weeks later than
those of students at peer universities. Final
exams officially end this weekend for stu-
dents at Harvard and Princeton, while Yale
tions at the beginning of spring quarter when
reviewing the syllabus and class structure; we
would not want to deter students who are too
shy or feel like they are imposing on their
I will.i.am. I don’t know about you, but when
someone teleports into the CNN newsroom
and starts speaking,I listen.
any, but if there’s anything white people love
right now,it’s reading about themselves.Here we
go.
wearing fur all the time.On the other hand,who
are we to try to impose our own mores on a cul-
ture we don’t entirely understand?
So,even as the global economy collapses and
has been done with exams since May 12. professors because they are not aware such our planet corrodes into a noxious wasteland, 1. Other white people 3. Consumerism
Those extra weeks often create problems for options exist. the good news is that racism is over in America! Don’t worry — we’re not like the rest of OMG, have you bought the new ninja war-
Stanford students hoping to land an intern- In keeping with the founding spirit of Baby, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white them. I’m Jewish. You’re one-fourth Scandina- rior app for the iPhone 3G? Neither have I, be-
ship that is scheduled to begin in late May or Stanford as a university focused on con- — Michael Jackson has long since evolved into vian, three-eighths French, two-sixths Irish and cause buying stuff is so indulgent and needlessly
early June, when most other college students tributing to the larger world — and recogniz- his own species,and the rest of us are discovering 6.25 percent Cherokee.And having successfully wasteful.
would already be done with classes. In all too ing the considerable strain students are true equality in all being equally screwed. linked your whiteness to a cultural tradition of But in times like these, shouldn’t we be pro-
many cases, students are forced to make a under just to find summer work — faculty That’s right, white people. Country clubs oppression and/or socialism,you are now free to moting technological innovation and boosting
choice between putting off a required course members should be understanding of stu- aren’t cool any more, and the only person look- identify any remaining white acquaintances and the American economy? Sure we should, which
or turning down a good internship because it dents’ obligations and help them as much as ing good in J. Crew is Michelle Obama. treat them with appropriate contempt. is why I just bought the past three seasons of “30
begins too early. possible to reconcile their summer plans with Doubtless the end of white societal hegemo- Kevin Webb,for instance,is one of the few in- Rock” on Amazon. I promise to recycle them
Students in the humanities are in some in- spring exams. ny is a good thing, especially considering that exorably white people I know, and though he when I’m done, and to build an orphanage in a
the most significant cultural contributions by owns only 50 percent of this column,he is by de- third-world country with my bare hands as
Caucasian Americans recently have been fault 100 percent responsible for the havoc that penance.
Unsigned editorials in the space above represent the views of The Stanford Daily's editorial board and do not sweaters for dogs and crystal meth. white people have wreaked upon America. I still feel terrible about it,though.
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff. The editorial board is comprised of two former Daily staffers, Still, there are bound to be some hard feel- Feel free to email him with your complaints
three at-large student members and the two editorial board co-chairs. Any signed columns and contributions
are the views of their respective writers and do not necessarily represent the views of the entire editorial board.
ings.White people used to be a big deal in Amer- about Fox News, NASCAR and the continued 4. Britney Spears/Lindsay Lohan/Jessica Simp-
To contact the editorial board for an issue to be considered, or to submit an op-ed, please email ica, and now they’re just like everyone else. production of “The Hills.” He will take a break son
editorial@daily.stanford.edu. Haven’t you seen “Gran Torino?” from smoking cigars and drinking bourbon to The fact that these women are apparently
Nowadays, white people are divided into smile patronizingly and promise to put you in our only remaining cultural exports goes far to
two camps: those who check “Stuff White Peo- touch with “his [white] people.” explain the problems in America today. Still,
ple Like” on a regular basis, and those who Because I know that none of that has any- there’s something deeply appealing about the
O P-E D throw Tupperware parties.
This first kind of white person feels conflict-
thing to do with us.At least,I’m pretty sure. underdog — especially if you’re white and fan-
tasize about being one yourself — and if a 20-
ed.She wants to frolic joyously into the glorious 2. Russia something multi-billionaire struggling with the

Students fast in solidarity post-racial future, but even more than that, she
wants to be part of a milieu that doesn’t cele-
brate chastity balls.
Hail, overzealous yuppie Caucasian, and
Uninterrupted substance abuse. Artificial-
ly — and unconvincingly — blond women. A
rich history of bigotry against ethnic and cul-
tural minorities. These are just three of the
expectations of a demanding and lecherous pub-
lic father isn’t an underdog,I don’t know who is.
Like the current state of the economy, these
starlets’ collective demise is undeniable proof

with community center staff embrace me as your true sister! But alas,we are
both deluded.The authors of “Stuff White Peo-
ple Like” want to convince us that the remorse
and ethnic longing that dictates our hobbies and
many things that rural America and Russia
have in common.Yet for some reason, the for-
mer territory is “our heartland,” while the lat-
ter remains a “global nuclear threat.”
that ours is a broken and mendacious social sys-
tem. No one is blameless.Which is why Jessica
Simpson’s weight really matters.Apparently.

rom Tuesday, May 18, to Friday, May 22, a timely fashion was both disappointing and tastes is the basis of a legitimate culture, and we There must be something to be said of a 5. Bipartisanship

F 13 students will fast each day, represent-


ing all 13 community center staff who
were put on reduced time since the VPSA
frustrating. The Vice Provost of Student Af-
fairs should be addressing student affairs, yet
all we have received up until this point is a
let them.
It’s time we be honest with ourselves. To be
white and self-respecting in America right now is
country that manages to crank out phonebook-
length tomes on a regular basis, though, right?
(Or maybe they just haven’t discovered
I mean . . . it was a really great idea.Wasn’t it?

Jenna is ambivalent about both this column and


budget cuts were made. Through this fast, we recitation of the same information we al- to doubt one’s self.And if you don’t know who YouTube yet.) After all, white people believe “sharing” with Kevin Webb.You can email her at
hope to show the administration that the Stan- ready knew and inaction on his part. you are, how do you know what you actually firmly in the transcendent power of literature to jreback@stanford.edu.
ford community is serious about this issue and Given Vice Provost Boardman’s inability enjoy? really bring people together.
is joining in solidarity to support our commu- to take action, we have no choice but to turn
nity center staff. to Provost Etchemendy and urge him to take
The six community centers represent
only six percent of VPSA staff, yet they were
action immediately. As Provost, John
Etchemendy is responsible for overseeing
T HE V OICE OF E XPERIENCE
25 percent of the staff impacted by budget University-wide budget cuts. We still believe
cuts. For the past several months, students
have supported this fight against these dis-
proportionate community center cuts and
that the cuts to VPSA staff disproportionate-
ly affect community center staff and that
placing community center staff on reduced
Re-fire Rummy bordering on criminally negligent, and I didn’t
feel that the Hoover Institute should reward his
poor performance with such an honor. David
the lack of transparency in the budget cuts. time will result in increased staff turnover in here was a great deal of outrage at Stan- Now, I understand that the Institution tends
Goldbrenner
On March 6 and April 24, more than 100 stu-
dents and workers rallied in support of Stan-
ford’s community centers and greater trans-
the future. We are frustrated by the lack of
transparency and student input in the process
of making these budget cuts.
T ford back in the fall of 2007, when the
Hoover Institution awarded Donald
Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, a one-
to be Right-leaning, and I disagree with many of
its fellows, but I completely support its right to
gather legitimate scholars, regardless of how I
parency. On April 24, four members of Con- Thus, we are fasting to show solidarity in year visiting fellowship. feel about their views.
cerned Students for Community Centers support of our community centers and the The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the But Rumsfeld was another matter. Not only A cover sheet from March 17, 2003 shows
(CSCC) met with Vice Provost Greg Board- staff. By putting the staff on reduced time, controversy,quoting the Hoover Institution’s di- did he not have an academic background,but his American soldiers praying, automatic weapons
man and Sally Dickson to demand that com- the VPSA is taking something vital away rector John Raisian as saying,“Don has had im- actions as Secretary of Defense were inept at best in hand, captioned by the quotation “Here I am
munity center staff positions be fully re- from the larger Stanford community. We mense experience in public service,and has much and destructive at worst. His decision to send in Lord,Send me!”(Isaiah 6:8).On March 31,a dra-
stored and that the VPSA release a public are making these sacrifices to demonstrate to contribute to society as a result. I am pleased too few troops with too little equipment cost matic image of an M1 tank in front of a blazing
account of the budget cuts. The following that these are matters that affect all of us. A that he will spend time during the coming year in thousands of American lives, hundreds of thou- sunset was captioned by Ephesians 6:13:“There-
week, nearly 300 members of the Stanford vibrant, diverse student body is fundamen- thinking,writing and advising on important mat- sands of Iraqi lives and led to the lawlessness and fore, put on the full armor of God, so that when
community sent emails to Vice Provost tal to our growth as global citizens. As stu- ters of public policy.” breakdown of Iraqi society in the aftermath of the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand
Boardman expressing serious concerns dents, we should have our voices heard in On the other side of the issue, Stanford Prof. the war. your ground . . . “
about the budget cuts. Two weeks ago, stu- how the University is run. In these final few Barton Bernstein blasted Rumsfeld. I’ll never forget the scenes of Iraqis looting the As the war progresses, so does the fire-and-
dents hand-delivered a letter to the VPSA weeks of the year, we need the Stanford “He is a profoundly immoral man,” he said. country’s museums and other cultural institu- brimstone narrative.On April 8,when U.S.tanks
office every hour on the hour. community to take action by joining this “The Hoover Institution has long been a refuge tions. Even today, the country’s relative calm is entered Baghdad, the image was emblazoned
Despite such an outpouring of support on movement to restore community center for right-wing Republicans, but what makes this fragile, and due largely to the fact that ethnic with Isaiah 26:2, “Open the gates that the right-
behalf of this cause, Vice Provost Boardman staff to full-time and fighting for greater unusually disgraceful is Rumsfeld’s involvement cleansing has eliminated many opportunities for eous nation may enter, the nation that keeps
has failed to address our concerns promptly. transparency. in a war started for reasons unprovable, un- Shiite-Sunni violence. Let us not be lulled by the faith.”
After three weeks of trying to set up an addi- proven and demonstrably wrong.” lack of news out of Iraq into believing the coun- The full slideshow can be accessed at
tional meeting with him through emails and A.V. DAVID ‘12 AND HEALY KO ‘12 I tended to come down on the anti-Rumsfeld try will be stable and democratic any time soon. http://men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret. I
letter deliveries, Boardman finally agreed to Members, Concerned Students for Community side.I had thought that Rumsfeld had been an in- In September 2007, General Sir Mike Jack- highly recommend viewing it;it’s mesmerizing in
meet with us again. His failure to respond in Centers (CSCC) competent Secretary of Defense, perhaps even son,the head of the British army during the Iraq a horrifying way,like a bad traffic accident.
invasion, called Rumsfeld’s approach “intellec- Aside from the blatant, cynical manipulation
tually bankrupt.” Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a Con- these cover sheets display,they also represent an
L ETTER TO THE E DITOR servative MP and former defense minister
added, “I think one of the most fundamental
utterly stunning and despair-inducing lack of
judgment on the part of Rumsfeld,who not only
criticisms is not just that Rumsfeld was incom- mixed religion explicitly in with the statecraft of
The May 18 article, “Execs look back on come, not a “diverse” Senate as some chal- our thoughts. While we both admit to being petent — which he was — but his boss, George the U.S., but also gave the impression that the
time in office,” made a few errors in reporting, lenge we faced. Obviously, that word change full of faults we want to fix, and would have Bush, actually made the extraordinary decision man in charge of inserting our forces into the
and, more importantly, set a tone that is very has a substantial impact on meaning. In gen- done some things differently were we to to put the Pentagon and Rumsfeld in control of powderkeg heart of the Muslim world was, in
different than how we feel about our time in eral, we were frustrated by how our senti- have one more year in office, we are un- political nation-building after the actual war fact,literally engaged on a Christian religious cru-
office. ments surrounding our efforts on public equivocally proud of what we as a team ac- ended.” sade.
We believe the blame for this is mixed — service and diversity seemed a bit distorted complished this year. Our team was made And yet,despite all this,I didn’t actively join in Finally, please note that I’m not criticizing re-
we probably spent quite some time in the in- or taken out of context. We couldn’t be more up of some of the most amazing people any of the anti-Rumsfeld protests. I decided to ligion here. Individuals are free to guide their
terview discussing things we wished we’d pleased with our advocacy on behalf of com- we’ve had the pleasure of knowing, and to- give him the last shred of the benefit of the doubt. own morality using whatever basis they choose.
done better, areas we could have improved munity centers, the CCF, the Student Service gether they entirely changed the tone of the That remaining shred was blown away by rev- But to do what Rumsfeld did is rank and inex-
and specific challenges we faced. We are Division and the Stanford Service Summit. ASSU and launched a variety of projects elations by GQ magazine this past Sunday,based cusable. It’s too bad his appointment at the
both introspective, and have been thinking a We are both extremely pleased with our that will have a major impact on this cam- on investigative journalism done by Robert Hoover Institution is up, because now I’d like to
lot about our numerous errors and short- term in office and so glad to have served in pus. Working with this phenomenal group Draper.Apparently, during the first few months call on them to fire him.Instead,I urge them to do
comings. That said, we believe The Daily fo- the ASSU. It was an amazing experience, made our ASSU term one of the most fulfill- of the Iraq war, Rumsfeld began adding cover the next best thing and symbolically rescind his
cused disproportionally on this, underem- and we are very proud of our initiatives. ing times of our lives, and we will never be sheets to his top-secret intelligence briefings to appointment. Stanford and the Hoover Institu-
phasized the more positive things we shared Most importantly, we’re proud of our team. able to thank our cabinet, Exec fellows and President Bush, at the suggestion of one of his tion should have no association whatsoever with
and made some key errors that really The ASSU Exec accomplished a lot this other collaborators enough. staff members. The cover sheets mixed photos the oozing failure that is Donald Rumsfeld.
change the meaning of some statements. year, but only a small sliver of that was from the front with biblical quotations in a
For example, Fagan discussed the “divi- thanks to the two of us. That’s why we want- JONNY DORSEY ‘09 AND FAGAN HARRIS ‘09 grotesque and transparent attempt to sell the Rummy fans can blast David Goldbrenner at gold-
sive” Senate as something we had to over- ed to write a letter to the editor and clarify ASSU Executives 2008-2009 war’s progress to the religious-minded President. bren@stanford.edu.
4 N Wednesday, May 20, 2009 The Stanford Daily

SPORTS
Crucial time for Daniel
Bohm
TRACK AND FIELD
5/16-17

Stanford sports On My Mind


Pac-10 Championships
2nd place (women),
3rdplace (men)

L
ike school, the Stanford sports ago. Yes, the Cardinal has had some bad
year is dying down. Seasons are luck — opponents have under-performed,
ending and summer is fast ap-
proaching. For many Cardinal
hurting its strength of schedule — but nev-
ertheless this team has way too much tal-
UP NEXT
athletes, the upcoming weeks
provide a rare break, a time to focus on fi-
ent to be spending the end of May and
early June at home. NCAA WEST REGIONAL
nals, get some rest and prepare for another Friday night was supposed to be Fire-
rigorous year. works Night at Sunken Diamond, but that CHAMPIONSHIPS
This is the time of year that athletes get was moved to Saturday because there is 5/29-30 Eugene, Ore.
to enjoy things they may not be able to another Stanford team with an important
enjoy during the school year. For example, obligation Friday. GAME NOTES: After a strong showing at last week-
Athlete Formal — the pseudo prom for That is the Stanford softball team. The end’s Pac-10 Championships, track and field
Stanford athletes — was Monday night. Cardinal will be hosting the University of will now head to the NCAA West Regional
My sports editor wants my columns to Arizona in the Palo Alto Super Regional Championships in Eugene, Ore. The Cardinal
be longer, as there are fewer sports to this weekend. The winner earns a trip to will be looking to build off of last weekend’s per-
cover for The Daily. Oklahoma City and the Women’s College formances at the conference championships
The strange thing about this period in World Series. (also in Eugene), where the women took home
which most athletes’ seasons are wrapping How important is it for the Cardinal to second place and the men took third.
up is that this particular week still might be go to Oklahoma City? The team has never
the most important of the year for Stan- won a WCWS championship and hasn’t
ford Athletics. even made an appearance in the WCWS
Cardinal sports are at a crux this week. since 2004. That means Missy Penna, not
Next week,if I choose to,I could be writing
one of two columns. The lead of the first
only one of the greatest pitchers in Stan-
ford softball history, but also one of the
TRACK AND FIELD
could be something like “Stanford sports greatest overall players in the team’s histo-
cap an up-and-down year with late-season
surges and postseason success.”
If the results go a different direction,
however, the lead could look more like
ry, has never made it to the dance.
It is her last chance, as well as Maddy
Coon’s — a four-year starter and All-Pa-
cific-10 Conference performer — to make
Cardinal
this:“Season is over for Stanford.The Car- the pilgrimage to the Midwest.
dinal crashes and burns under postseason
pressure.”
What do I mean by all of this? A few
This is also one of the best — if not the
best — Stanford softball team ever. It has
been ranked as high as No. 2 in the country
second, third
prominent Stanford sports are at a point in and has, at times, looked completely un-
the season in which they will either get
over a hump that has been haunting them,
or they will be going home for the summer.
stoppable. It has potentially three All-
Americans in Penna, junior outfielder
Alissa Haber and freshman shortstop
TAYLOR CONE/The Stanford Daily
Sophomore second baseman Colin Walsh and the Stanford baseball team were defeated 11-2 by
UC-Davis on Tuesday night. The team ends its season this weekend against Oregon State.
at Pac-10s
Take the Stanford baseball team for ex- Ashley Hansen.
ample.After being ranked as high as No. 5 But if Stanford’s Pac-10 rival bests it
in some preseason polls, the Cardinal this weekend, that will all be for naught,
Both men and women
DUMPED BY
stumbled out of the gate this season with a and next week’s column will not be a
3-9 start, all but burying its postseason happy one.
chances.
Now, with three games remaining, the
Baseball and softball are not the only
sports with big weeks.The men’s golf team
finish strong in conference
Cardinal faces a do-or-die match-up with will set its sights on its second NCAA
Oregon State at Sunken Diamond this Championship in three years next week.In

DAVIS
weekend, with the winner likely headed to tennis, the individual championships for By ANARGHYA VARDHANA
a regional and the loser’s season ending. both men and women are this week. STAFF WRITER
Stanford may actually have to sweep If things go well in all of these sports,
the Beavers to make the tournament, de- then next week would be extremely cele- Stanford track and field took Eu-
spite winning 26 of its last 39 games.Aaron bratory for Stanford. However, if things go gene, Ore. by storm this weekend at the
Fitt of BaseballAmerica.com believes it the other way it will be a sad week — and Pacific-10 Conference Championships.
will be hard to keep Stanford out of the we sportswriters won’t have much to A weekend filled with season bests, re-

Aggies beat Cardinal 11-2


tournament if it wins two of three this cover. gional marks and personal records led
weekend. to a second-place finish for the women,
Failing to make a regional would be ex- Dan Bohm still needs to write 200 more and a third-place finish for the men.
ceptionally disappointing for a team that words to satisfy his editor. Give him ideas at The impressive depth the women ex-
went to the College World Series a year bohmd@stanford.edu. hibited allowed them to gather points in
By ROXIE DICKINSON
STAFF WRITER BASEBALL numerous events. Top-eight finishers
garner team points, and the women had
WOMEN’S TENNIS Based on each team’s record, Stanford (29- 5/19 UC-Davis L 11-2 four in the long jump, with a second-
place finish by sophomore Arantxa
Barte readies for singles championship 23, 12-12 Pac-10) should have beaten UC-
Davis (11-40 overall) last night at Sunken Dia-
UP NEXT OREGON STATE
King (20 feet, 8 inches), as well as
fourth-, fifth- and seventh-place finishes
mond. However, the Cardinal was outscored by junior Griffin Matthew, sophomore
While its dual-match season may ence Championships and the Intercolle- 11-2, out-hit 15-8, and outpitched. Two Davis 5/22 Sunken Diamond Whitney Liehr and sophomore Brittni
have ended on a heartbreaking note, the giate Tennis Association (ITA) North- pitchers gave up no walks and recorded nine Dixon-Smith, respectively.
strikeouts against eight Stanford pitchers, who GAME NOTES: The Stanford baseball team will host Oregon
No. 13 Stanford women’s tennis team west Regionals. She was also the runner- State this weekend in what will be a crucial series to end King and Liehr came back to place in
has one last chance of redemption today up at the NCTC Classic in early January. had six walks and four strikeouts. the triple jump, where Liehr finished
the regular season. The Cardinal will need to bounce
at the NCAA Individual Champi- Broosova is 31-6 overall and is cur- Stanford struggled both as a team and indi- second with a career best mark of 42-8,
back after a tough loss at home to UC-Davis last night,
onships. rently on a 19-match win streak includ- vidually. Sophomore Colin Walsh went 0-for-4, and King finished third with a mark of
dropping the game 11-2. Both Stanford and the Beavers
In singles, sophomore Hilary Barte ing a 6-3, 6-1 victory over junior Lindsay ending his 34-game on base streak, and fellow 42-0 1/2.Also gaining points in the event
are hoping to get into the postseason, and given last
will represent the Cardinal women as the Burdette in the Round of 16 matchup. classmate Kellen Kiilsgaard went 0-for-3 to end was freshman Jordan Merback, who
night’s loss, the Card will likely need a three-game sweep
No. 7 seed. Barte will face Baylor’s In doubles, Barte will team up with a 12-game hitting streak. As a team, Stanford placed fifth with a mark of 40-4 1/2.
to extend its season.
Lenka Broosova in the first round, just Burdette as the No. 8 team in the nation. went into this game on fire, almost having “I think, overall, we came together as
days after the Lady Bears ousted the The duo will face off against North Car- swept Southern California this past weekend a team quite well,” said fifth-year senior
Cardinal from the tournament in a 4-3 olina’s Austin Smith and Katrina Tsang and winning six of its last seven games, as well gust decided to take it into his own hands and and team captain Claire Cormier-
loss. Adding more intrigue to the match, in the opening round on Thursday. as nine of its past 12 contests. rocket a solo shot to left field for his second Thielke.“We would have loved to come
Barte was upset in the second round of Barte and Burdette are 23-7 on the “Tonight, we got beat every which way,” said home run of the season. Pracher was the only away with the title, but it was a hard-
last year’s NCAA Singles Championship year with an 11-6 record against nation- Stanford head coach Mark Marquess.“Davis is Stanford pitcher to last more than one inning fought battle with Oregon, and I think
by Broosova in a 6-3, 6-2 loss. ally ranked opponents. The two are in a good team, they hit well and pitched well. It on the mound, giving up no runs on three hits we pulled off some great performances
Barte is currently 33-5 overall and 21- the midst of a nine-match win streak, would have been easier for us to handle if the and two walks over 4.2 innings of work. during the process. We had a lot of peo-
5 against nationally ranked opponents. though they did drop their doubles game had been close.” “I came in when we were down by a lot of ple set it up to clinch those fourth-, fifth-
She has also won 24 of her last 26 match- match against North Carolina at the ITA The main Cardinal highlights came from runs, and I thought that if I could just hold them and sixth-place finishes that are often
es since the start of the dual-match sea- Indoor Championships. senior Joey August and sophomore Alex for as long as I could, that we would come back overlooked, but really make the differ-
son. Earlier this season, Barte reached Pracher. Stanford had only deposited one run
the semifinals of the Pacific-10 Confer- — By Anthony Nguyen versus the Aggies’ seven runs by the fifth. Au- Please see BASEBALL, page 6 Please see TRACK, page 6

MEN’S TENNIS
Clayton, Klahn going solo
By ALYSSA AHLUWALIA suming Koniecko defeats his prior opponent, Florida’s
CONTRIBUTING WRITER No. 23 Carlos Cueto). A potential “Pac-10 revisited”
lurks in the quarterfinals, where Clayton has the
Stanford men’s tennis enters NCAA Championship chance of facing an old opponent, No. 8 Robert Farah
singles play today at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Cen- of USC.
ter in College Station, Tex. Sophomore Alex Clayton “I’m looking forward to playing for the singles
and Freshman Bradley Klahn will be representing the title,” Clayton said. “I lost in the semifinals last year,
Cardinal, as they earned places in the 64-man draw. and right now we’re nursing a harsh team loss, but I’m
Klahn and fellow freshman Ryan Thacher were also playing well this season and I’m healthy. Me and
chosen as alternates in doubles competition and will [Klahn] are ready for the competition.”
play if a certain number of the 32 participating team Klahn holds a 35-8 overall record (20-5 dual,19-7 vs.
pairs withdraw. nationally ranked opponents). He was recently named
The singles matches will be best-of-three sets. There ITA National Rookie of the Year,boasts Pac-10 singles
will be regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six and doubles championship titles for 2009 and is the
games for all matches. only freshman in Pac-10 history to receive three con-
Clayton will enter play with a record of 29-10 over- ference Player of the Week awards in one season.
all, 14-5 dual and 10-11 vs. nationally ranked oppo- His first opponent on Wednesday will be Steven
nents.He boasts an impressive reputation on the men’s Moneke of Baylor University. If Klahn gets the best of
tennis circuit. Last season, Clayton was named an All- Moneke, he will meet up with the winner of the match
American Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), between Radford’s Martin Sayer and East Tennessee
and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAAs before State’s Enrique Olivares. Like Clayton, Klahn has the
being defeated by the eventual tournament champion, opportunity to replay a Trojan, if both he and USC’s
Somdev Devvarman of the University of Virginia. Steve Johnson advance into the quarterfinals.
This season, Clayton boasts the title of ITA Region- Neither Cardinal player enters the singles tourna-
al Singles Champion and has advanced to the finals of ment seeded, but the impressive records each boasts in
the 2008 Sherwood Cup and the semifinals of the 2009 conference and tournament play this season is enough
Pacific-10 Conference Championships — an impres- to leave Stanford men’s tennis optimistic.
sive tennis record to say the least, especially consider- “Both Clayton and Klahn have been playing ex-
ing he spent part of his season nursing a sprained ankle. tremely well this season,” Stanford head coach John
Clayton’s first opponent in the singles champi- Whitlinger said. “We’re leaving the team behind in a
CHRIS SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily onship is No. 45 Jordan Rux of Baylor University. If he sense to get ready for the individuals, the singles play.”
Freshman Bradley Klahn will be representing Stanford at the NCAA Individual Championships, along with sophomore Alex takes home the win in said match, Clayton could face
Clayton. Klahn and fellow freshman Ryan Thacher will also be alternates for the doubles competition. third-ranked Bryan Koniecko from Ohio State (as- Contact Alyssa Ahluwalia at aahluw13@stanford.edu.
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Charles Wiseman. 948-2511 revamped town halls in order to fur- mentarian and treasurer. Sivaram
ther inform students of the state of will be Senate liasion to Faculty
Web savvy entering UCSD freshman the budget cuts, according to de la Senate.
wants short-term web dev. projects Continued from front page Torre. Among committee business, the
this summer. JAVA, PHP, MySQL The first town hall, scheduled for Communications Committee
& HTML. ben.stillerman@gmail.com Wednesday, May 27, will include dis- announced a decision to make an
Undergraduate Education John cussion with Bravman, Vice Provost ASSU Senate Facebook profile in an
Bravman alluded to a significant of Academic Affairs Rebecca effort to keep students updated on
decrease in advising programs dur- Warner, Vice Provost of Student Senate affairs, and that it will contin-
Classies Work! ing the Faculty Senate meeting last
week.
Affairs Greg Boardman on issues of
student affairs and undergraduate
ue to release one-minute video sum-
maries of Senate meetings. The
“Advising is getting killed,” education. Student Life, Housing & Education
Sivaram said. “Basically, all we have De la Torre emphasized the town committee (SLHE) announced the
left are academic directors — I was halls as a unique opportunity to gar- formation of a sustainability sub-
very unhappy with that.” ner the voices of students and speak committee with Dean Young ‘11 as
In line with the urgency of these directly and constructively to the its chair.
changes, Sivaram encouraged sena- administrators who are making Also, starting this weekend, the
tors to get involved with an advocacy budget decisions. Nitery will also be opened up for stu-
effort to voice concern with adminis- “This is probably the easiest way dent use as part of a pilot program.
trators on this issue. for [students] to interact with admin- According to Gobaud, the initiative
The Senate will continue with istrators face-to-face in a public is intended “to increase the amount
ASSU Town Halls, which com- forum,” de la Torre said. of student space for meeting and
menced during winter quarter to Additional bills confirmed Anton studying,” and will be evaluated after
gather student opinions on the budg- Zietsman ‘12 as liaison to the Legal the trial run.
et crisis. The Senate and Executives Counseling Office Policy Board, Lee
are preparing for the first of what Jackson as ASSU Speakers Bureau Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@
they intend to be a series of liaison and Alex Katz ‘12 as parlia- stanford.edu.
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TRACK BASEBALL STANFORD 2 UC-DAVIS 11 Schafer and a single from Ryan


5/19/09 Scoma brought in one each to make
STANFORD UC-DAVIS six.
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Continued from page 4 Continued from page 4 Walsh 2b 4 0 0 0 Schafer 3b 5 1 1 1
With two hitters on and one out
August cf 4 0 1 0 Cepin lf 3 2 2 1 in the eighth, left-fielder Daniel
Gerhart lf
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Cepin hit an RBI single that was fol-
ence in championships.” and score.” Pracher said. “We have Jelmini ph 1 0 0 0 Kelly 2b/1b 5 3 2 5 lowed up by a three-run homer by
Also faring well in the field events good defense and good hitters and Milleville 1b 3 1 2 0 Scoma rf 4 0 3 2 Kelly to left center. Kelly was Davis’
Kaskow ph 1 0 1 0 Thompson dh 4 0 1 0
for the women were seniors normally it’s the case that we would Pries dh 0 0 0 0 Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 power hitter, going 2-for-5 with five
Michaela Wallerstedt and Jaynie have come back. Whitlow ph/dh 3 0 0 0 Mihaylo cf 4 1 3 0 RBI.As a team, eight of nine starters
Olabisi ph 1 0 1 0 Johnson 1b 1 1 0 0
Goodbody. Wallerstedt placed sec- “After beating Davis last year, I Jones c 2 0 0 1 Hirneise ph/1b 1 0 0 0 had at least one hit to their name
ond in the shot put with a toss of 51- think there was some bad blood be- Moon ph 1 0 0 0 Bauer ph/2b 0 0 0 0 and all nine made the trip around
Gaylord 3b 3 1 1 1 Heylman ss 3 1 1 0
6 1/4, and placed fourth in the discus tween us,” he continued. “Though it Griffiths ph 1 0 0 0 Aldrete ph/ss 1 0 0 0
the bases at least once during the
with a career-best 166-7. Goodbody would have been nice to win, Davis Schandler ss 3 0 1 0 Kalush c 4 2 1 2 night.
Snodgress p 0 0 0 0 Kupbens p 0 0 0 0
placed third in the hammer with a definitely came to show us.” Sandbrink p 0 0 0 0 Briner p 0 0 0 0
It was a tough game to lose for
mark of 192-3. The Aggies’ secret weapon that Pracher p 0 0 0 0 Stanford as it was on the brink of re-
The distance runners were led by shut the Cardinal hitters down was Fearnow p
Storen p
0
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ceiving a bid to the NCAA Region-
an inspirational performance by jun- winning freshman Anthony Kup- Hancock p 0 0 0 0 al Tournament.
ior Kate Niehaus. Collapsing to- bens. The southpaw has only started Thompson p 0 0 0 0 “This game is not easy to put
Walker p 0 0 0 0
wards the end of the 10,000 meters, two other games this year and was 1- away, but we have to,” Pracher said.
Totals 34 2 8 2 37 11 15 11
Niehaus refused to be helped by the 1 with a 5.94 ERA coming into this “On the bright side, we have a few
officials, and resumed running to big matchup against the Cardinal. UCD 160 000 040
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11 15 0
days to get back on track and focus
claim second place. Niehaus finished But Kupbens caught the Cardinal Stanford 010 010 000 2 8 1 on getting a win on Friday. We are
with a time of 35:14.24, followed by off guard — he mixed his speeds E—Walsh (5). LOB—UCD 10; Stanford 6. 2B—Kelly (18); Mihaylo just as good as any team in the coun-
(9); Milleville (6). HR—Kelly (4), Gaylord (2). HBP—Johnson;
freshman Georgia Griffin in third well and didn’t throw the quick fast- Heylman. SH—Cepin (6); Johnson (4). SF—Schafer (1); Jones (3).
try, and hopefully playing this week-
place (35:14.46) and sophomore balls necessary for Cardinal hitters SB—Kelly (1). end’s series at home will give us an
Stephanie Marcy in fourth to launch anything past the warning Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO edge.”
(35:20.01). track, besides August’s home run in UC-Davis With only three games left in the
Kupbens W (2-1) 7.0 5 2 2 0 6
Freshman Emilie Amaro placed the fifth. Kupbens’ final line was two Briner 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 season, every contest counts. Stan-
second in the 3,000-meter steeple- earned runs on five hits, along with Stanford ford is going to have to sweep Ore-
Snodgress L (1-3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
chase with a time of 10:15.18. no walks over seven innings of work. Sandbrink 0.2 3 4 4 0 0
gon State (32-16 overall, 13-11 Pac-
“Emilie Amaro ran a really tough After Kupbens’ outing came a Pracher 4.1 3 0 0 2 1 10) this weekend to feel even the
Fearnow 1.1 1 2 2 2 2
race to get second place, which is just solid close from Davis sophomore Storen 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
slightest bit of security when it
extraordinary for a freshman,” said Tom Briner. Briner also didn’t help Hancock 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 comes to getting a bid to continue on
senior captain Lauren Centrowitz. the Cardinal’s case when he allowed Thompson
Walker
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the road to Omaha.
The only female with a Pac-10 only three hits to go with no runs WP— Snodgress (6).
“All of our games are important.”
title this past weekend was Cen- and no walks over two innings HP: Jason Venzon 1B: Greg Schmitz 3B: Greg Charles Marquess said. “This weekend’s se-
trowitz, who won the 5,000 meters in pitched. — Compiled by Sam Svoboda and Wyndam Makowsky ries against Oregon State is going to
16:15.86. She was followed by fresh- Offensively, the Aggies scored six be big for us. Even if we had nothing
man Laurynne Chetelat, who fin- runs in the second to start off the load the bases for the first time in to play for, we always try to play
ished third (16:21.16). Also faring game and four runs in the eighth to the game. It all went downhill from well.We’re just going to focus on the
well in the distances was senior Ali- seal the deal. The Aggies began the there, when ninth hitter Scott upcoming game this Friday in order
cia Follmar, who placed second in second with a little small ball, having Kalush singled to plate two; then to start the weekend off right.”
the 1,500 meters (4:26.66). batters reach on a double, single and just a batter later, first baseman Ty
The female sprinters were led by fielder’s choice. Then, shortstop Kelly hit a double to bring around Contact Roxie Dickinson at
the two sprint relays.The 4x100 relay Scott Haylman was hit by a pitch to two more. A sacrifice fly from Justin roxie221@stanford.edu.
team consisting of sophomore
Shataya Hendricks, Liehr, Dixon-
Smith and Matthew placed fifth with
a time of 45.63 seconds. The 4x400
team consisting of sophomore Ash-
ley Menzies, senior Idara Otu,
Dixon-Smith and Cormier-Thielke
placed sixth with a regional qualify-
ing time of 3:41.22.
Cormier-Thielke also came back
to place sixth in the 800 meters
(2:10.83), followed by senior Kaylin
Pennington who placed seventh
(2:11.91).
“As far as my performances, I was
pretty happy with the 4x400,”
Cormier-Thielke said. “We won our
heat, posted our fastest time of the
season and ran a regional-qualifying
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time, all while running it alone out at
the front of our heat. That’s hard to Redshirt senior Claire Cormier Thielke competes for the Stanford track and
do.” field team. Cormier Thielke placed sixth in the 800 meters last weekend, help-
For the men, the distance runners ing the Cardinal women take second place at the Pac-10 Championships.
had several strong finishes to gather
points for the Cardinal. In the 3,000- The only male Pac-10 title came and Durell Coleman, placed sixth
meter steeplechase, senior Chris from senior Daniel Schaerer, who (3:11.94).
Mocko and sophomore JT Sullivan won the discus with a mark of 208-6. Faring well in the hurdles were
finished second and third respective- Schaerer’s toss was barely off the freshman Amaechi Morton, who
ly, with times of 8:53.60 and 8:54.58. Stanford record of 210-1. placed third in the 400-meter hurdles
Freshman Chris Derrick had an In the sprints, the men, similar to (50.44), and senior Myles Bradley,
excellent debut in the 10,000 meters, the women, were led by the relays. who placed third in the 110 hurdles
finishing in third (29:08.33). Derrick The 4x100 relay team consisting of (13.75). Junior J.J. Jackson also per-
came back to place third in the 5,000 all juniors — Danny Belch, Tyrone formed well, placing sixth in the 110
meters, as well (13:54.76).The Heath McGraw, Zach Chandy and Ryan hurdles with a career-best and re-
brothers — senior Garrett and soph- Fisicaro — claimed fourth place gional-qualifying time of 14.23.
omore Elliot — placed fifth and sev- with a time of 40.59. During the pre- Next up for the regional qualifiers
enth, respectively, in the same event lims, the 4x100 team earned its re- will be the NCAA West Regional in
with times of 14:12.30 and 14:13.76. gional standard with a time of 40.27 Eugene, Ore. on May 29 and 30.
Garrett Heath also competed in seconds. The 4x400 relay team, con-
the 1,500 meters, placing fourth sisting of Chandy, sophomore An- Contact Anarghya Vardhana at vard-
(3:51.33). drew Dargie and juniors Justin Reed hana@stanford.edu.

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