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LONG BEACH
STATE
(7-10, 0-4 MPSF)
PRESSURE’S O
RE’S ON
Avery Aquatic Center 12 P.M. PST

UP NEXT
UC-IRVINE 11/7
Avery Aquatic Center
12 p.m.
NOTES: After a long stretch of playing mostly
on the road, the Cardinal will return home to
face a pair of top-10 foes this weekend. First
up is the talented but struggling squad from
Long Beach State: Despite a No. 8 ranking,
the 49ers have dropped four straight games
in MPSF play and are already fighting for
their postseason hopes.

Card to
host top-
10 foes
Men’s water polo
team back at home
By DASH DAVIDSON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Stanford men’s water polo

team, in the midst of a strong stretch
that has pushed its ranking all the way
up to No. 4, finally comes home for an SIMON WARBY/
intense weekend of action featuring The Stanford Daily
games against two tough Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Three of The Daily’s football gurus give their takes on Saturday’s game
foes.
On Saturday at noon,in what will be
just the second home game the Cardi-
nal (10-5, 3-1 MPSF) has played all
year, No. 8 Long Beach State rolls into
Avery Aquatic Center, looking to
avenge a 9-8 loss to the Cardinal earli-
er this season in the second round of
the SoCal Tournament.
Long Beach State (7-10,0-4 MPSF)
is in danger of missing the annual
Thanksgiving-weekend MPSF Tour-
nament for the second year in a row,
certainly an aberration for the 49ers’
CARD FACES ARIZONA IN No. 13 Stanford (7-1, 4-1 Pac-10) vs. No. 15 Arizona (7-1, 4-1 Pac-10)
stellar coach, Gavin Arroyo, who had
never missed the playoffs before last
season.Long Beach State needs to win
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one shot in 14 straight games. In goal, will play one of its most hyped games of
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they are anchored by sophomore the season on Saturday, as it welcomes
Matthew Kubeck, who averages 7.06
saves per contest. ARIZONA No. 15 Arizona to Stanford Stadium. With
identical 4-1 conference records, the Cardi-
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There will be no break for the Car-
dinal, however, as it must come back
quickly to take on No. 5 UC-Irvine at
home on Sunday at noon.
The Anteaters (14-5, 3-2 MPSF)
are coming off a big win on Halloween
versus then-No. 7 Pacific. This will be
the first meeting between the two
teams this season.
The Anteaters’ win on Sunday was
archetypal of their season to date —
the five-goal effort of scoring leader
Griffin Lerman led the team. Steady
play by the defense as a whole, which
is anchored by senior goalie Matt
Johnson, helped as well.
Stanford is coming off three very
one-sided wins. Over its last three
games, the Cardinal has outscored its
opponents by a combined score of
50-18.
The Stanford offense has been ex-
tremely impressive in these contests,
especially senior utility Jeffrey
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(7-1, 4-1 Pac-10) nal and the Wildcats are tied for second in the ZACH ZIMMERMAN
Pac-10. The winner of this weekend’s game STANFORD 41, ARIZONA 33: =;(&;%%D2&+>(7&@&;(A$/&"+?%&F.%/#3)%/&+
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NEWS
SPEAKERS & EVENTS
LOCAL

Bay Area taxis Execs talk solar

charge up
By CASSANDRA FELICIANO
DESK EDITOR
Bay Area taxi cabs are taking a dif-
ferent turn in 2011. The cities of San
Francisco and San Jose have partnered
with Better Place, an electric mobility
service provider in Palo Alto, to con-
struct four switch stations for a fleet of
up to 70 plug-in taxis, according to an
announcement by San Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom on Oct. 27.
The three-year pilot program stems
from a collaborative project between
San Jose,San Francisco and Oakland to
make the Bay Area “the EV [electric
vehicle] capital of the world,” said Jeff
Janssen, senior policy advisor to San
Jose Mayor Chuck Reed.
Debuting in 2008,the Bay Area Cli-
mate Collaborative has garnered $44
million in funds from several sources,
including the Metropolitan Trans-
portation Commission (MTC), in
order to implement four EV projects
across the nine counties of the Bay
Area region.
The group’s first step is to educate
people about the significant green ben-
UNIVERSITY
efits of EVs, and this particular pro-
gram will receive $7 million of MTC
funds and $100,000 from San Francisco.
Janssen said Better Place will be match-
ing the MTC contributions with $8 mil-
lion, although the company’s spokes-
woman, Julie Mullins, denied the re-
lease of any specific amount.
Since cab drivers cannot stop to
physically plug in and recharge, each
participating city will have two battery
switch stations and six taxis in phase
one, followed by 67 more vehicles in
phase two. Janssen said a fifth station
may be deployed in the Peninsula,
close to Better Place headquarters.
“[We want] to prove that you can
use electric vehicles for everyday use,
and nobody drives more than a cab
driver,” Janssen said.
Because taxi cabs hold the record
for the largest carbon footprint,
Mullins said, this vehicle segment acts
as the best educational catalyst. Ac-
cording to research conducted by Bet-
ter Place,although there are fewer cabs
than personal cars on the roads, cab
drivers cover an average of 90,000
miles per year, approximately nine
times more than most drivers, said
Mullins.
While the Better Place taxi venture
will be the first of its kind in the U.S.,the
company has already implemented
similar programs in Israel, Denmark
and most recently in Japan,where taxis
make up two percent of traffic but 20
percent of carbon emissions.
“We were invited by the Japanese
government two years ago to start the
project there,to show research technol-
ogy to the Japanese automaker com-
munity,” Mullins said. “They were so
impressed that they invited us back.”
In fact,Better Place has been so suc-
cessful at electrifying a city’s fleet of
taxis, the company is also bring electric
taxis to Australia at the end of next
year.
But these vehicles are green in other
ways as well — they can save cab com-
panies money.EVs cost 3 cents per mile
to operate compared to 13 cents per
mile for a gas-fueled taxi,according to a
statement by Melanie Nutter, environ-
ment director of San Francisco.
“If you’re looking at the price per
mile for gasoline versus the price per
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mile for electricity, it’s substantially dif-
ferent,especially when you’re filling up
with a full tank of gas two or three times
a day,” Mullins said.
Moreover, if you are a driver in San
Jose, having an electric car could help
drum up business.The city will be pro-
viding additional airport permits to
companies that have EVs, which will
allow more taxi cabs to operate at the
airport.
“In San Jose we don’t have a lot of
taxi traffic,” Janssen said. “Our biggest
source of traffic for cabs is at the airport
so the permit will become a valuable in-
centive.”
Although Mullins said the project is
in its latter stages — finalizing partner-
ships with automakers, battery
providers and the like — she declined
to include specific details about the list
of prospective companies, except to
confirm a partnership with Yellow Cab
to supply the drivers. But Mullins is
confident that decision will be made in
time for its official debut late 2011.
Contact Cassandra Feliciano at ccfeli-
ci@stanford.edu.
at Greenbeat
By NARDOS GIRMA
On Wednesday and Thursday,
Stanford played host to the 2010
Greenbeat Conference, which
brought entrepreneurs and executives
together to discuss green advance-
ments in energy technology. Panel
topics included distributive solar ener-
gy, consumer efficiency and an entre-
preneurship roundtable specifically
directed toward Stanford students.
One presentation, “The Rise of
Distributed Solar,”discussed methods
to improve the quality and appeal of
solar systems via technical enhance-
ments and the integration of solar en-
ergy into economics in order to con-
vince more people to use solar energy.
Danny Kennedy, founder of
Sungevity, an Oakland company spe-
cializing in solar homes, said the ex-
pansion of solar energy is dependent
upon improving the services that
come with it and making people in-
trigued in the experience of having a
solar system.
“[We need to] make it sexy, make
it simple, make it fun,” said Kennedy,
citing Apple as an example of a com-
pany that has accomplished this goal.
“Give people joy in being owners of a
solar system. Learn from Apple. All
of you feel cool sitting there with
your Apple computers,”
But increasing the solar energy
fan-base requires work on more than
just the economic aspect. In fact, Ron
Van Dell, chief executive of Solar-
Bridge in Austin,Texas, believed solar
systems could be made more appeal-
ing simply through technical improve-
ments. He described the expensive in-
stallation and repair processes that
often discourage consumers from in-
vesting in solar energy and said this
could be avoided by making electron-
ics last longer.
Another technical solution calls
for generating solar energy locally,
from rooftops rather than in large-
scale utilities. Typically the bigger
utilities are constructed on farm-
lands or in deserts, efforts that not
only cost more money but are more
labor-intensive. This approach of
distributed solar energy brings the
users as close as possible to the tech-
nology, which is more economic
compared to large utilities.
Sponsored by SSE Labs, a project
of Stanford Student Enterprises, and
innovation news site VentureBeat,
the conference brought together par-
ticipants from around the world and
featured the “Innovation Competi-
tion” for attending companies. Win-
ners were awarded the opportunity to
present their ideas to potential in-
vestors at the DEMO conference
next spring, valued at $18,500.
Contact Nardos Girma at ngirma@
stanford.edu.

Faculty hear update

on Stanford v.Roche
Lawsuit is to protect princple, not
bring in money, says Etchemendy
By ELIZABETH TITUS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Stanford’s lawsuit against biotechnology firm Roche Mol-
ecular Systems is about protecting inventors and University
departments, not revenue, Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D.
‘82 said Thursday.
Etchemendy’s comments came at the Faculty Senate
meeting after the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would
hear the case involving Stanford.The case will test the Bayh-
Dole Act of 1980, which gives universities the rights to the
federally funded inventions of faculty members.
He urged faculty to review the policy assigning rights to
their inventions to Stanford. “It’s not a policy really to pro-
tect the University,” Etchemendy said.“More than anything
else, it’s a policy to protect you.”
Etchemendy defended the Bayh-Dole Act, calling it
“good for the nation” because it helped good inventions get
commercialized rather than “lost”within the government,he
said.
The notion that universities profit from the act is misguid-
ed, Etchemendy said. Stanford receives $45 million to $60
million in patent revenue.“We’re on the upper end,and that’s
on a $3.5 billion budget,” Etchemendy said.“It’s not a major
source of revenue.”
He added that after costs are covered in the Stanford Of-
fice of Technology Licensing, one third of patent revenue
goes to the faculty inventor, one third to his or her depart-
ment and one third to the department’s school.
“This is not the University worrying about income to the
University,” said Etchemendy, who is Stanford’s chief budg-
etary officer.“It’s really worrying about income to the depart-
ment and the faculty member, and [Stanford is] very, very
worried about the principle.”
The case arose from a dispute between Stanford and
Roche over ownership of the patents of HIV test kits.In 1988,
Stanford researcher Mark Holodniy signed over his patent
ownership rights to Stanford, including patents on his re-
search that was later used in the test kits. In 1989, he signed
Please see CASE, page 6
STUDENT GOV’T
Full refund requests are up,
dollar amount down in fall
By ELLEN HUET
MANAGING EDITOR
Special fees refund requests for fall quarter
show a sharp increase in full refunds despite a
decrease in the overall number of requests and
the dollar amount requested in comparison to
the past year.
The ASSU Undergraduate Senate, espe-
cially the Appropriations Committee, has
been grappling with different ideas to lower
the refund rate in recent months and last year.
The high volume of refund requests pulls
money back from student groups that receive
special fees. (The Daily receives special fees.)
This quarter saw, among undergraduates,
559 refund requests, 429 of which were full re-
funds that asked for all $111 back. This ac-
counted for $56,245 requested back, with the
average refund asking for $100.
In comparison,spring 2010 saw 959 refunds,
322 of which were full requests;$99,776 was re-
funded in total, making the average refund re-
quest $104.
Although the total number of requests
dropped along with the total amount of money
refunded, Senate Chair Michael Cruz ‘12 and
Appropriations Chair Rafael Vasquez ‘12 re-
mained concerned about the sharp rise in full
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refund requests.
Last spring quarter saw 36 percent full re-
quests, whereas this quarter saw 77 percent of
requests asking for all money back.
“This is a troubling trend,” Cruz said. “Ef-
forts from last year’s Appropriations Commit-
tee didn’t see effect.”
“Partial refunds are usually students re-
questing money back from one or a few
groups,” he added. “Full refunds are students
that are completely opting out of student life.”
Cruz added that while the drop in total re-
quests is promising, the number, at 559 re-
quests, is still higher than the Senate’s goal to
return to earlier years’ levels. Fall 2007 had 411
undergraduate refund requests, and fall 2008
had 488. Fall 2009 had 788 requests.
“Some measures have been effective,”
Cruz said. “But this is a hugely larger number
of full refunds.Appropriations still has a lot to
do.”
In an attempt to reduce student refunds,the
Senate proposed, then retracted, a bill in early
October that would have required students to
request refunds in person rather than online,
as they are currently available. Last spring, the
Senate also shortened the refund period from
Please see REFUND, page 6

By IVY NGUYEN
DESK EDITOR
This report covers a selection of
incidents from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 as
recorded in the Stanford Depart-
ment of Public Safety bulletin.
A series of bike thefts occurred
near Tresidder Student Union,
Toyon Hall, Burnham Pavilion
and the Main Quad over this peri-
od.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27
" A graduate student at 340 Olmst-
ed Rd. reported receiving a pos-
sibly threatening e-mail from a
person in Turkey.
" Between 3:15 and 5 p.m., an
unknown suspect broke the
passenger window of a vehicle
and stole a backpack from the
POLICE BLOTTER
back of the car.
" Between 7 p.m. and 8:16 p.m., a
University employee reported
seeing white smoke coming
from a basement room in the
Beckman Center. The Palo
Alto Fire Department respond-
ed and determined it was likely
water vapor. No damage oc-
curred.
" Between 7:40 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.,
unknown suspects stole an unat-
tended laptop from a dining
table at Stern Hall dining.
THURSDAY, OCT. 28
"A vehicle was reported stolen at
9:15 a.m. from the north side of
the Law School.
" Between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., un-
known suspects stole a long-
board from a lecture hall in
Building 320 while the board’s
owner was attending a lecture.
Sometimes you should just sleep
in and skip geology.
" Between Oct. 25 at 12:30 p.m.
and Oct. 26 at 9 a.m., unknown
suspects stole a vacuum cleaner
from the housekeeping storage
closet in Barnes Court.
FRIDAY, OCT. 29
" A victim in the Gates building re-
ported that he had been receiv-
ing incoherent and rambling e-
mail messages from another per-
son. The reporting party did not
fear for his safety.
" At the intersection of Campus
Drive and Wilbur Way, a man
getting a head start on Hal-
loween celebrations was cited
and released for altering an imi-
tation firearm by painting an Air-
soft pistol to make it look more
realistic.
SATURDAY, OCT. 30
" Between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., the
victim’s U-locked bike was
stolen from the arcade in front
of Burnham Pavilion.
" At 5 p.m. at Parking Structure 5,
a woman reported being threat-
ened by another person and
feared for her safety.
" Between 9 p.m. and 12 p.m., the
victim’s U-locked bike was
stolen from the courtyard of
Jenkins House, and an un-
locked bike was stolen from
the bike rack in front of Toyon
Hall.
Please see BLOTTER, page 3
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FEATURES
FLIRTING, BIT BY BIT
By JESSICA WERTHEIM
STAFF WRITER
“flirt” is posted in real time.
Reas, Sankaranarayanan and Mittal
people interacting with others that they
would not otherwise interact with.”
“In general,
we’ve had
were able to further decrease barriers to Once the initial idea was fleshed out, about 50 posi-

“A
t McClatchy Hall: Male,
Brunette. I’m sitting
right across from you.
6’3”, a biscuit away from
theater bills and one hot
piece of MASS lovin! By the look of his
bulging biceps and defined calves, I’d
guess football? Oh, Romeo, who art
thou?”
Posts like the one above can be seen on
likealittle.com, the newest website to be-
come popularized by Stanford students’
Facebook newsfeeds. The site was devel-
oped by Stanford M.B.A. graduate Evan
Reas ‘09 and two other coders, Prasanna
Sankaranarayanan and Shubham Mittal.
The three have been working together at
Internet start-ups since January.
Likealittle.com is an anonymous way
for students to flirt with each other or
spark connections through the Internet.
All the user has to do is fill in the gender,
hair color and location of his or her object
of admiration, write a message and press
the button labeled “Boom!” Then their
online social interaction by allowing users
to remain anonymous. Even if a student
comments on a particular post, his or her
only identifier is a nickname the website
assigns, usually a type of fruit.
The idea came from a website Reas
had seen while studying abroad in Ox-
ford.
“Oxford University is even more iso-
lated than universities in the United
States because it’s tutorial based,” Reas
said. “The only social interactions were at
parties and at libraries. And when you’re
talking to a stranger and really putting
yourself out there, there is that fear of re-
jection where a lot of negative factors
could come into play.”
Reas described a particular site he
came across in England that relied on
what he called “location-based flirting.”
“So for example, you could flirt in the
library,” he said. “The dynamics were the
same as the site we came up with. We
wanted to improve upon that website, use
different technology, in order to facilitate
Sankaranarayanan was able to build the
entire website in 12 hours. The founders
have been adding features ever since.
The site was launched on Oct. 25 with a
provisional two-day trial run.
“We knew a bunch of people on cam-
pus who we asked to be the initial power
users to get the content going,” Reas said.
“For the first two days, the content really
was only from the power users. But after
those initial 48 hours, the site just took off.
There was a large-scale diversity of users,
mostly due to Facebook.”
Reas, Sankaranarayanan and Mittal do
monitor the comments users make. Be-
cause of a concerned e-mail, they have
also added an abuse button, which users
can use to tell the moderators why they
think a particular post should be deleted.
And if the user has a Stanford e-mail ad-
dress, he or she has the power to delete
any post that seems offensive.
Letting the University community
moderate the content seems to be
working.
tive comments
and one concerned
comment made be-
fore we made the security
changes.”
Buzz about the site has
traveled fast. More than 50
schools have expressed interest in
having their own campus version of
likealittle.com, but the creators are hesi-
tant to allow those schools unsupervised
access.
“We don’t want to be totally open,”
Reas said. Keeping the site “high-quality “We don’t want CAROLINE MARKS/
and complimentary is really important to it to become a FML and a MLIA The Stanford Daily
us. We don’t want it to turn into a creepy where people use it as the place
place where non-university students leave they get entertained everyday,” Reas said,
negative comments.” referring to similarly viral sites. “We hope
The site has become an almost people make meaningful connections
overnight sensation, with some days see- through this site. We want it to facilitate
ing hundreds of “flirts” posted. But even communication and just get people to talk
with the amount of success and new users to each other.”
the site has garnered, Reas, Sankara-
narayanan and Mittal stand firm on their Contact Jessica Wertheim at jessw89@stan-
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bike was stolen from Slavianskii
Dom.
" Between 1 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., a
U-locked bike was stolen from the
bike rack at Naranja.
remained unidentified.

TUESDAY, NOV. 2
" Between Oct. 23 and Oct. 28, un-
known suspects entered the vic-
PAINT THE FARM GREEN individual projects. the SUSS scholars, Feldman said, be-
tim’s dormitory room in Crothers
By KELSEY GEISER
SUSS is unique in its connection to cause it allows them to pursue their

SUNDAY, OCT. 31
" Between Oct. 30 at 10:45 p.m. and
Oct. 31 at 12:00 a.m., unknown
suspects stole the victim’s wallet
while the victim attended Mau-
soleum Party.The thief was report-
edly so light-fingered he may have
been a ghost.
" Between Oct. 30 at 8:30 p.m. and
Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m., a U-locked
MONDAY, NOV. 1
" Between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m., a vic-
tim’s U-locked bike was stolen
from the bike rack outside build-
ing 360.
" At 8:00 p.m. the reporting party
said she believed she was being
followed by an unknown male sus-
pect around Tresidder Student
Union.The male left the scene and
Memorial Hall and stole a laptop
case containing two cameras and
two lenses.
" Between 1 a.m. and 2 p.m., the vic-
tim’s U-locked bike was stolen
from a bike rack adjacent to the
CoHo.
Contact Ivy Nguyen at iknguyen@
stanford.edu.
W
hile many Stanford
students find enough
of a challenge in try-
ing to juggle a social
life with academics,
some like Christina Phillips ‘11 add
tackling sustainability on the Farm to
their already-packed schedules.
Phillips,who was named a Stanford
Undergraduate Sustainability Scholar
(SUSS) last spring,has been designing
her own project to analyze the feasi-
bility of installing solar panels across
the Stanford campus.
“Does it make sense to put in a
solar installation on campus right
now?” Phillips said, describing the
purpose of her project.
Phillips has been working on her
project with a team of 10 other stu-
dents and other student-run sustain-
ability groups, such as the Stanford
Wind and Energy Project (SWEP).
She has been applying her academ-
ic background in economics to con-
ducting cost-benefit and technological
analyses, as well as exploring how the
installation of solar panels would af-
fect Stanford’s appearance and repu-
tation.
Phillips and Iberia Elster ‘13, were
the first two students to receive the
SUSS award, which was launched in
2010.The $2,000 stipend,funded joint-
ly by the Program in Writing and
Rhetoric (PWR) and the Office of the
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Edu-
cation, provides students with the op-
portunity to make their ideas about
sustainability on campus a reality.
The new program’s co-directors,
Mark Feldman and Kimberly Moekle,
both lecturers in PWR, created SUSS
not only to educate the campus on the
importance of sustainability, but also
to provide students with the mentor-
ship and support needed to pursue
their creative plans.
Along the way, SUSS provides the
students with access to resources and
connections with faculty, alumni and
relative departments to enhance their
PWR because it emphasizes the im-
portance of effective communication
of scientific research and findings.
“There is so much great science
and policy, but oftentimes if that does
not find the right way of being com-
municated or expressed, or does not
find the right audience, then nothing
happens,” Feldman said.
Broad, enthusiastic support for the
“If we are not
asking the
questions,
then who is?”
— CHRISTINA PHILLIPS
‘11
program made getting funding “sur-
prisingly easy,”Feldman said.The pro-
gram kicked off in the spring of 2010,
when students who already had sus-
tainability projects in motion were en-
couraged to apply.
When Phillips and Elster first re-
ceived funding, they began meeting as
a group with SUSS co-directors one to
three times per quarter.They also gave
a public presentation in May at Lagu-
nita Court.
The scholars are otherwise given
the freedom to conduct their projects
and try to apply their ideas to campus
as they see fit.
The program is “sustainable” for
projects without having to take on
extra academic units, providing stu-
dents with a balance between inde-
pendence and flexibility.
Phillips is excited about the pro-
gram because it enables her to make
an impact on her own while still en-
gaging in a global problem.
“It is a great opportunity for us to
not only become a part of the discus-
sion, but also to do our own pieces of
analysis,” she said.
Elster, an earth systems major, is
focusing her project on both the fash-
ion and sustainability of Stanford ap-
parel. Building on research for im-
proving sourcing of fabric, dies and
labor practices, she is investigating a
“sustainability label” for qualifying
store merchandise. Her project is also
looking into the possibility of organiz-
ing a clothing exchange on campus,
Feldman said.
The SUSS co-directors hope to de-
velop the program’s profile by build-
ing its online and media presence.
Feldman and Moekle are planning to
create a blog to document the
progress of the scholars’ projects.They
also hope to receive feedback from
community members about what ac-
tion they might be willing to take to be
“greener.”
Feldman said SUSS has also con-
sidered asking students abroad to re-
port on how they see the future of sus-
tainability in other parts of the world.
The program not only works to
make Stanford a leader in the fight for
sustainability, but also provides an op-
portunity for the fresh ideas and “self-
starting spirit” of Stanford students to
have an impact, Feldman said.
Phillips described the program as
an opportunity for students to be
proactive about shaping the future of
sustainability. As she put it, “If we are
not asking the questions, then who
is?”
Contact Kelsey Geiser at ksgeiser@stan-
ford.edu.
4 ! Friday, November 5, 2010
OPINIONS
E DITORIAL
Support Stanford
football
T
he editorial board would like to take
this opportunity to commend the San
Francisco Giants for winning the World
Series and bringing the Commissioner’s Tro-
phy to Baghdad by the Bay for the first time.
Giants fans,however,are another story.
The board has noted a marked increase
in the number of people wearing Giants
memorabilia in public, especially in the last
week.The entire campus and local commu-
nity was excited for the World Series; how-
ever, for many fans, this was their first ex-
posure to the Giants. Some of those watch-
ing Game 4 in Old Union believed that
Madison Bumgarner was a Dickens char-
acter. (He was actually that night’s starter,
who threw a masterful eight innings, for
what it’s worth.)
In fairness, a playoff run does bring out
many fringe fans in the participants’ cities,
but the contrast between the World Series
and the regular season was especially jarring
on campus. Perhaps it is just a condition of
sports fandom in northern California,where
apathy and multitasking seem to be our pri-
mary emotions, that other priorities come
first. It can be difficult to follow a 162-game
season when you are busy trying to get your
start-up off the ground or study for your p-
chem midterm. But that doesn’t mean that
you should renounce sports. Baseball can be
especially difficult to generate campus inter-
est because of the extensive season (April to
the beginning of November), large number
of games and hometown alliances.
There is one team, however, that every-
one at Stanford should support. It requires
minimal time commitment and it is the Stan-
ford football team.
This year’s football team is the best that
Stanford has had in at least 10 years,but out-
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S ENSE AND
Grades and Learning
T
he point of education is deep learning,
learning that is integrated into how we
think and understand, that is multiplied
outside the classroom and placed in moral and
reflective contexts. Letter grades are there to
provide a backdrop incentive for more of that
learning to happen.They are meant to get stu-
dents on board who otherwise would not care
and to get us to follow teachers down paths
when we do not yet see the value in following.
What letter grades more often do today is
stunt deep, integrated learning. And they do
this especially because of the type of students
who make it to Stanford and beyond. Today’s
students are much more strictly focused on the
incentive structure.The meritocratic system by
which we get here has become much more in-
tense and competitive — only 2,300 of 32,022
almost entirely excellent students were admit-
ted last year. Only 7.2 percent!
When the system is that tough, when any
mistake is seen as a potential disqualifier, uni-
versities end up rewarding student focus on
measurements much more than focus on inte-
grated and long-term learning.As students, we
become so busy and targeted that we end up
sidestepping the hard work that is not neces-
sary for the quick A, the 4.0 transcript and the
lengthy activities list. We learn to memorize
vocab lists and formulae rather than read chal-
lenging books or partake in experiments that
develop our understanding. We learn to focus
on the short-term, take few risks, and keep our
heads so continuously beneath the water that
we never even attempt to integrate classroom
content with how we understand.
The basic failing of letter grades in this
process is to orient students toward short-
term, surface-level achievement rather than
long-term, integrated learning, to wrongly as-
sume that the aims of achievement and learn-
ing are aligned.When students are oriented to-
ward achieving rather than learning, we act
like Wall Street under regulations: we game
the system left and right and try to be one step
ahead of any regulation that would thwart us.
Because our goal is not aligned with a teacher’s
— because we aim for the grade and they aim
to achieve learning that improves our weak-
nesses and survives beyond the classroom —
we too often end up taking classes with easy
As, avoiding the tougher subjects we would
most benefit from and pleasing rather than in-
tellectually wrestling with our grade-givers.
This is not a fair description of every student by
any means, but it is true of enough to be a big
concern.
Grades have created college experiences
that are, at times, antithetical to deep learning.
But students still need incentives, and grad
schools and companies need assessment. The
side of certain circles, there doesn’t appear
to be as much excitement for this team as
there should. Perhaps the issue is the small
size of our school. Perhaps it is the emphasis
on academics. Perhaps it is unfamiliarity
with success. But for whatever reason, Stan-
ford isn’t supporting its football team to its
best ability. At the Washington State game
(which was Homecoming, by the way), the
stadium had mostly emptied out by half-
time.That is not what being a football fan is
about. Being a fan means staying until the
end of games, screaming at the opposing of-
fense until you can’t speak above a whisper
and singing “Hail, Stanford, Hail” like it is
the national anthem and “Don’t Stop Be-
lieving” rolled into one.
Big Game, our annual football game
against Cal,is coming up in three weeks.Ad-
mittedly, there have been some issues with
the Red Zone points system, both on a con-
ceptual and an operational level, but that
shouldn’t stop anyone’s enthusiasm for the
game. Stanford should get excited for the
game.This is the one week of the year where
our vitriol against the weenies isn’t elitist,
but just clean,old-fashioned hate.This is one
of the few times that we can come together
as a university and truly be one.
Enthusiasm for Big Game is a starting
point for establishing true fandom on this
campus. The next level is generating excite-
ment for the rest of the season and this week-
end is a perfect opportunity. Stanford is play-
ing Arizona this Saturday at 5 p.m.in a match-
up of top-15 teams competing for a potential
Rose Bowl birth that will be televised nation-
ally by ABC. Make signs, paint your faces,
wear costumes to get excited for the game.
But most importantly of all,show up and sup-
port your team and your university.
N ONSENSE
Aysha
Bagchi
question is whether there is a better system for
achieving our ends.One option would be to re-
place letter grades with short paragraphs that
appear on a transcript discussing a particular
student’s performance and development. This
would not be feasible in all classes: huge lec-
ture courses, especially ones in which students
do not need to attend small sections in order to
achieve course goals, might need to be an ex-
ception. But if Stanford could achieve that sys-
tem in enough of its classes — think all semi-
nars, residential education programs and
maybe even IHUM — it would do a lot to re-
duce student cynicism toward courses and aid
in the integration that is necessary for the
learning that matters most.
Imagine that when a student takes a fresh-
man seminar, a teacher writes a paragraph
about her performance that appears on her
transcript at the end and discusses with her
how she did and how she could improve. Her
orientation will be diverted much more effec-
tively from focusing on achievement, on a let-
ter that can be attained through cynical choic-
es and approaches to Stanford, to focusing on
herself and how she could improve. She will
more often view her education as providing a
helpful reflection on where she is and how she
could grow. She will more often take classes
that challenge her, knowing that — come
what may — she will not be summed up as a
“C”.
She may even get sincerely hooked on the
aim of deep learning, learning that works on
weaknesses and opens new worlds. Her moti-
vation would spring from not wanting to disap-
point her teacher or fall below her personal po-
tential. Her presently dormant desire to treat
her education as something more than rungs
up the achievement ladder might be en-
livened.Deeper thinkers,students with rich in-
tellectual experiences at Stanford and an ap-
preciation for both the relations between dif-
ferent subjects and the moral contexts that sur-
round them would emerge. And some stress
might even be alleviated from a student expe-
rience that is too often too busy for reflection.
Have thoughts about grades at Stanford? Send
them Aysha’s way at abagchi@stanford.edu.
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Concept Art
Roseann
This column originally ran on July 22. ments together and you’ve outlined some- Cima
thing that has to exist on a plane. You’ve
C
hances are you, being the literate per- added a dimension. This is one appeal of the
son you are, have probably read some dialogue as an argument structure.
science fiction in your life. Or, less It also seems like a lot of literature is ded-
probably, a geometry text book. So you un- icated to transcending linearity. Through cording to a YouTube video I’d seen earlier
derstand that the zeroth dimension is a point, metaphor you can run multiple trains of that day. Hokkanen remarked that this might
the first a line, the second a plane, the third thought on the same fuel. And by writing be a good guiding force and wrote on our
space, and (through whatever exciting im- down your thoughts, documenting your data note page: We are going to everything.
agery) the fourth is space-time. And you points, you lessen the cognitive load of keep- But we needed a first sentence. Someone
know what it means when I say a group of ing track of them. This allows you to look suggested a boat. We liked the imagery.
points, or the entities they represent, (the back and draw new lines, in different direc-
pyramids at Giza, the price of a good versus tions, on what you’ve already created. Sentence (1): We are on a boat getting to a
the supply, the descending quality of M. This is the premise of the game “Sen- place.
Night Shyamalan’s movies), is linear.They lie tences,” developed by George Hokkanen ‘12.
on a line. Recommended for 2-3 players. Requires (2) Stock the yar vessel with fuel* and guid-
But what about when I say thoughts are pencil or pen, paper or whiteboard. The con- ance*.
linear? Linear thinking is a progression from cept is simple: start with a sentence, any sen- (3) Buoyed up on the sea of understanding,
one thought (the conjunct of your premises), tence, and think about it. A lot. Strip it down pull up the anchor of convention.
to its logical consequence, then to its logical so far it would make Derrida blush. Define (4) Let the wind* fill the sails*, and we’re on
consequence, and so on. A train of thought. words, define their definitions, define how our way into the unknown.
This is the skeleton of mathematical proof they relate to one another, to the reader, to
and any good expository writing (hopefully you. Take notes. Notation is important. Ex- Our fuel was language, our guidance,
your PWR paper). The creation of docu- plore your concepts in this way until you structure. We were mapping the sea as we
ments representing linear thought processes reach another sentence: another point you’d went, so far as we could perceive from the
is both easy and useful. A linear argument, like to plot. Build outward from that.Aim for bow. The winds were ideas, our minds the
from a single point of view, is the easiest to new sentences to tie into the existing sen- sails. How you get to everything:
communicate. But linearity can also be re- tences in as many ways as possible. Stray
stricting. Imagine an ant walking along a taut from these rules to taste. In the end, you (5) A rogue wind blows demanding whence
string as if he could only travel along that should have a structurally interesting and whither. Whence? What’s land?
line. Now imagine a multi-dimensional being thought-object.
folding the string, bringing the two ends to- Sound dull? It’s not. Because if you like to (6) “We come from ignorance, a dry place . . .
gether.All of a sudden the ant has teleported think (and I’d like to think most of you do
from one point on the line to another. like to think), this is a fun way to do it. Even Whither? “If we’re going to everything,
It is a familiar story, I know. Personally,
I’m indebted to Madeleine L’Engle, and I’m
if a certain sentence isn’t particularly potent
by itself, the game invigorates it, at least for
we’re mapping bounds of the ocean, right?
We’re seeking our limits,” I offer.
sure we’re both ultimately indebted to E. A. the players.This is a thinking game more than
Abbott. But until recently I hadn’t thought of
how these illustrations of spatial linearity re-
lated to linearity of reasoning. Every step is
a writing game: a systematized way to sculpt
ideas about anything. Philosophy. Operating
systems. Language. Psychology. I’d love to
“Our limits, hm?” Hokkanen says, and
squints at me.“I wonder if we’d ever think to
look up.”
necessary when traveling in only one dimen- see history or chemistry majors set loose on
sion, even when traveling between thoughts. this. Sentence (6 (b)) . . . we are going to the end of
Without height as a dimension, there’s no The first time I played, things took a turn the page.”
way to leap. Conversation is one place we to metacommentary. I saw the ultimate ob-
might look for instances of multi-dimension- ject of the game as to represent everything. Want to test the depths of knowledge? Set up a
al ideas. Consider two distinct linear argu- Which is the tenth dimension, of course, ac- time with rcima@stanford.edu.
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SPORTS
Tom Taylor
Fans: cheer
hard, but
play nice
N
othing beats going to a
live game: not the most
incisive analysis by TV
pundits, nor the most
amazing graphics or fun-
niest adverts. For me, watching sports is
all about the atmosphere, and however
big your TV might be, you just can’t get
that at home.
The pressure cooker environment
of a basketball court is a great place to
get it. Smaller than big football or base-
ball stadiums, the intimate atmosphere
has supporters within touching distance
of the players. Sealed in by a roof, the
sound has nowhere to escape,and even
the shouts of a single fan easily carry to
the athletes and coaching staff.
I might be relatively new to Ameri-
can sports, but I was lucky enough to
spend a lot of time in Maples last year,
fulfilling Sixth Man and Daily commit-
ments. Even when stuck up in the
crow’s nest with other journalists and
required to show impartiality, I loved
getting carried along by the mood of the
crowd, amused by the inherent silliness
of the LSJUMB, and, of course, thrilled
by the action.
Sometimes, though, there was a
darker side,too.Occasionally,it felt that
a few fans were going too far, being far
too personal or far too offensive in their
taunting of the opposition. Bringing up
family problems that may have leaked
onto the Internet, attacking people’s
faith and a few other things that two
strangers wouldn’t say to each other in
normal circumstances.
This isn’t something isolated to col-
lege basketball,and I’m not singling out
either Maples Pavilion or Cardinal fans.
By all accounts,Maples is nowhere near
the craziest court on the college circuit
and the tiny minority that over-stepped
the mark of decency were fans on both
sides. Perhaps it just seems more obvi-
ous in that environment.I am sure a few
fans shout all sorts of nasty things at
football players, but the size and shape
of football stadiums keeps the athletes a
little further from the crowd and
drowns out individual voices.
In a college game it also seems more
malicious to attack the players like this.
Many of them didn’t go to their respec-
tive colleges because of a singular devo-
tion to the cause of that university, but
because they could get a good,solid ed-
ucation through their ball skills. They
won’t be driving home to their mansion
after the game, and if they get badly in-
jured, even the best could see their en-
tire future snatched away from them.
The vast majority of them won’t go pro.
This, right now, is the pinnacle of their
career and there are no million-dollar
contracts waiting in the wings.
The biggest reason not to rip them to
shreds,though,is that this is college,and
they are just kids.
If you’re in a mood where you just
have to verbally abuse someone,at least
consider that coaches are actually pro-
fessionals, some paid massive salaries
that should easily make up for anything
a fan can say to them — but, please,
don’t do that,either.And give the refer-
ees a break too, they are only human,
and most have to juggle day jobs and
families around on-court commit-
ments.
We expect players to look up to both
refs and coaches,but if we can’t even do
that,then why should they?
Now before I give the wrong impres-
sion, don’t get me wrong. As a fan, I
have nothing but contempt for Cal and
their weird-looking bear mascot, and it
felt painful to see them rush the field —
our field — after last year’s Big Game.
From the stands I will happily join in
with making fun of their teams and their
university. I’ll boo individual players,
taunt them when they foul out and try
to put them off when shooting free
throws. I’ll complain when the refs
make bad calls that hurt us, cheer when
we benefit from their mistakes and
gladly see opposing coaches leave the
court downtrodden in defeat. That’s
what home advantage is all about, and
why Maples will be a great place to
spend your evenings over the next few
months.
There is a line,though.I’m not going
to pick on some poor kid for their trou-
bled background or drag up any per-
sonal problems they might have.I’ll also
grudgingly go silent or even quietly clap
if an opponent hits a half-court shot or a
visiting team simply demolishes us, and
I’ll always happily stand up and applaud
any player who recovers from an in-
game injury.
So give them hell,but nicely.
Tom Taylor just feels bad from that one
time someone made fun of his shoes in
a middle school soccer match. If you
were that guy, make his day by apolo-
gizing at tom.taylor@stanford.edu.
Cardinal Today Friday, November 5, 2010 ! 5
Continued from front page
FOOTBALL|Card looks to bolster its BCS hopes
of the ball; the offense rolled up
yards seemingly at will, while the de-
fense bounced back from a string of
poor performances to suffocate
Husky quarterback Jake Locker
and the Washington running game.
Overall, Stanford is third in the Pac-
10 in scoring defense, giving up 21.3
points per game.
Stanford redshirt sophomore
quarterback Andrew Luck contin-
ued his strong play against Washing-
ton, going for 192 yards on 19-26
passing and adding five carries for
92 yards on the ground. Luck cur-
rently ranks first among Pac-10
quarterbacks in both pass efficiency
and total offense, and thanks largely
to his efforts, Stanford is fifth na-
tionally in scoring offense.
Last weekend against Washing-
ton, Luck made more plays with his
legs than usual. The Cardinal called
several plays that were designed as
runs for Luck, or option runs involv-
ing Luck and sophomore running
back Stepfan Taylor.
“We’d like to mix in some of
those good [plays],” said Stanford
head coach Jim Harbaugh.
Of course, the Wildcats have a
star quarterback of their own in jun-
ior quarterback Nick Foles. While
Luck leads a talented crop of Pac-10
quarterbacks, Foles is not far be-
hind, ranking third in the conference
in pass efficiency and second in pass-
ing yards per game.
While Foles has not played since
suffering a knee injury three weeks
ago, his backup, junior Matt Scott,
has played extremely well in his ab-
sence. Scott threw for 319 yards last
week against UCLA, and has accu- PATRICK RILEY/The Stanford Daily
mulated over 600 yards of offense in Stepfan Taylor, holding the ball above, dives for a first-half touchdown during the Cardinal’s 41-0 rout of the Huskies last week. The sophomore run-
his last two starts. Unlike Foles, who
is more of a traditional pocket pass-
ning back has been critical to the Cardinal’s success on the ground this season, with a team-leading 728 net yards and an average of 91 yards per
er, Scott also has the ability to make game.
plays with his legs — he ran 12 times
for 71 yards against the Bruins, and Arizona’s defensive line is espe- passing defense, as Hawkeye quar- ance against the Huskies was not an engaged all game, which freed up
went for 65 yards on seven carries cially impressive, boasting two top- terback Ricky Stanzi threw for 278 aberration. the linebackers and defensive end
against Washington a week earlier. tier defensive ends in seniors Ricky yards on 18-33 passing and posted “This defense is more talented Matt Masifilo to make plays. Masifi-
Arizona head coach Mike Stoops Elmore and Brooks Reed. Elmore three touchdowns against one in- than what we have shown the past lo finished the game with two sacks
has indicated that Foles is healthy leads the Pac-10 in sacks with eight terception. The Arizona pass de- couple of weeks, and we made it and five tackles overall, while
and ready to start this weekend, but for the season (an average of one fense also came up short in the extra motivation to get back on Thomas added nine tackles and
Harbaugh is hedging his bets. per game), while Reed is second in Wildcats’ only loss of the season to track and show the Pac-10 that this Skov checked in with eight of his
“Both those guys bring some dif- the conference with 5.5 sacks. Fresh- Oregon State. Beaver quarterback defense is a force,” said sophomore own.
ferences, but there are a lot of simi- man defensive tackle Justin Wash- Ryan Katz shredded the Cats for linebacker Shayne Skov after the Like Arizona, the Stanford sec-
larities between the two of them,” ington has added four sacks. 393 yards on 30-42 passing, and the Washington game. ondary has not played well so far
Harbaugh said. “We don’t know That line will present the tough- Beavers prevailed despite having The Card will continue to rely on this season.Fifth-year senior corner-
who’s starting or who’s going to be est challenge that the Stanford of- star running back Jacquizz a quartet of talented linebackers — back Richard Sherman and his
playing the most in the game. Right fensive line has seen this season. To Rodgers bottled up for 83 yards on Skov, senior Owen Marecic, redshirt counterpart, junior Johnson
now, we’re assuming it’s Foles, but date, the unit has lived up to its 25 carries. sophomore Chase Thomas and red- Bademosi, have been routinely beat
we’ll see.” billing as one of the best in the coun- Meanwhile, the Stanford defense shirt junior Thomas Keiser — to on coverages. However, the unit
While the quarterback matchup try. Luck has been sacked only three will look to repeat its performance keep pressure on the Wildcat back- should benefit from having junior
is compelling, another significant times all season, and the line has from last weekend, when it shut out field and force Foles into mistakes. safely Delano Howell at full health.
storyline is the showdown between opened up big holes for Taylor and Washington on the road. Going into Stanford will also look for a Stanford will take on Arizona in
Arizona’s defense and the Stanford the running game. the game, the unit was coming off a strong performance from its defen- a high-profile Pac-10 battle on Sat-
offense. The Wildcats lead the Pac- However, while the Arizona de- series of weak performances, head- sive line, which was instrumental in urday at Stanford Stadium. Kickoff
10 in scoring defense and rushing fense is strong up front, it has some lined by giving up three fourth- shutting out Washington last week. is scheduled for 5 p.m.
defense and rank second in pass de- weaknesses in the secondary. The quarter touchdowns to lowly Wash- Redshirt senior defensive end Brian
fense. Nationally,Arizona is seventh Wildcats’ Sept. 18 game against ington State. However, the Cardinal Bulcke and senior nose tackle Sione Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawh-
in scoring defense. Iowa revealed their weaknesses in is eager to prove that its perform- Fua kept the Huskies’ offensive line ney@stanford.edu.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Preliminary 2011 football
schedule released
MWPOLO
Continued from front page
With the Pac-12 set to fully debut
next fall, the conference’s head sched- Schwimer and junior driver Jacob
uling office is expected to release the Smith. Schwimer scored four times in
full 2011 conference football schedule the Cardinal’s Friday night victory
on Friday, several media outlets are re- over Santa Clara, a season-high for
porting. him. Smith, the Cardinal’s leading
While its precise schedule has yet to scorer this season with 35 goals,added
be determined, Stanford knows its four goals of his own to match
slate of nine conference opponents. Schwimer for the team high and boost
The Cardinal will play Arizona and his goals-per-game average to 2.33,
Colorado as its out-of-division oppo- good for fourth in the conference.
nents next season, according to Mike Stanford will take on Long Beach
Eubanks,an associate athletic director. State on Saturday and UC-Irvine on
In his press conference announcing Sunday.Both matches are scheduled to
the Pac-12’s divisional structure, Larry start at 12 p.m. at Avery Aquatics Cen-
Scott, the conference’s commissioner, ter.
said that the Cardinal will play the
other five schools in the North Divi- Contact Dash Davidson at dashd@stan-
sion — Washington, Washington ford.edu.
State, Oregon, Oregon State and Cali-
fornia — on an annual basis, as well as
two annual games against its rivals in
Los Angeles, USC and UCLA (both
of whom are in the South Division). ZACK HOBERG/The Stanford Daily
Stanford is scheduled to play the re- Jeffrey Schwimer, no. 3 above, celebrates a goal aginst top-ranked USC earlier this season. The senior utility
maining four schools in the South — player has been a huge force for the Cardinal this season with 22 goals, which puts him at third on the team.
Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Arizona
State — on a rotating basis.
Though the conference has not yet
indicated the date of next year’s Big
Game against Cal, it is expected to
preserve the matchup’s traditional
late November date.
Stanford has also already sched-
uled its nonconference opponents.
The Cardinal will open the season at
home against San Jose State before
traveling to Durham, N.C. to face
Duke. It will end its season at home
against Notre Dame. Stanford could
also earn a berth in the Pac-12 Cham-
pionship Game, scheduled for Dec. 3,
2011, at the stadium of the divisional
champion with the best conference
record.
The Pac-12 has yet to announce re-
structured schedules for other sports,
most notably men’s and women’s bas-
ketball.
— Kabir Sawhney
6 ! Friday, November 5, 2010 The Stanford Daily
LOCAL

Local students act out against suicide

By BRANDON POWELL
“Dear Palo Alto,” an arts show-
case responding to the Palo Alto sui-
cides of recent years, will take place
Saturday, Nov. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Cubberley Community Center The-
ater in Palo Alto. Julia Tachibana, the
local and UC-Davis student who cre-
ated the event, was inspired by her
personal connection with suicide.
Tachibana’s brother, Ben, a soph-
omore at Palo Alto High School
when Tachibana was a junior, took
his own life at age 15 in 2003.
Tachibana was further driven to ac-
tion by the four suicides at Gunn
High School in 2009.
“I knew I wanted to help, and I
thought about using art, because it’s
such a constructive medium,”
Tachibana said. “I thought about de-
voting a night solely to art in order to
open up a dialogue about these is-
sues.”
The event, which is free and open
to all, received aid from a number of
local organizations, including Palo
produced by the student performers
— will feature a variety of dancing,
singing and drama, as well as physical
artwork submitted by local teens.
Members of the Stanford Theater
Activist Mobilization Project will
also be performing.
“One of the strategies is youth
outreach and elevating youth voice,”
said Rob de Geus, who manages
recreation activities in the Commu-
nity Services Division. “This event
that Julia has come up with is aligned
with some of the goals that we have
with Project Safety Net, so that’s why
we wanted to help her make it hap-
pen.”
Project Safety Net is the commu-
nity collaborative that promotes so-
cial and emotional health for Palo
Alto youth.
In addition, a special city support
team was assembled to ensure the
topic was dealt with in a safe and ap-
propriate manner. But Tachibana ex-
pressed confidence in dealing with
such a sensitive issue, and empha-
sized the caution she has taken.
cluding some who have never talked
about it, so we definitely want this to
be a very safe event.”
“I just want to stress the point that
although this is a really sensitive
topic, we have to come forward and
talk about it,” she added. “If we
don’t, who will?”
Molly Butera, bassist for the local
band After Closing Time whose
members attend Gunn, said that they
decided to audition for the event
after seeing flyers around town.
“Music has always been some-
thing that lets us release our stress
and puts us in a good mood,” Butera
wrote in an e-mail to The Daily, “So
we decided to share that with others
and show them that there are healthy
ways you can release stress and have
fun at the same time.”
As with many of the other acts,After
Closing Time will perform primarily
original works.
Tachibana hopes that the event
will let teens know that they are not
alone, and that help is out there.
“I think we also want to lift the

Alto Medical Foundation, Break
Through The Static, a local nonprofit
devoted to helping teens who have
lost someone to suicide, and the city’s
Community Services Division, which
provided the venue free of charge.
The show — mostly written and
“I think have had such a personal
connection with suicide, I’ve been
able to gauge pretty well what would
and wouldn’t be appropriate,”
Tachibana said. “Still, we have to re-
member that there will be a wide
range of people in the audience, in-
CLASSIFIEDS
stigma of reaching out for help,” she
said. “I myself had to learn that you
won’t really get better until you let
people reach out to you.”
Contact Brandon Powell at bpow-
ell1@stanford.edu
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Proposed changes to Marguerite routes would affect several lines and take effect early in 2011. The public com-
ment period remains open until Nov. 21.

Stanford revises proposed
changes to Marguerite routes
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Stanford’s Parking & Transportation Services (P&TS)
has revised proposed changes for its Marguerite shuttle
lines after receiving more than 290 comments from the
campus community on an earlier proposal.
The latest proposal would affect Marguerite routes
Line A, Line B, Line C, Medical Center Loop (MC) and
Midnight Express. P&TS would implement these changes,
if made, early in 2011.
The proposal includes combining current portions of
Line A and Line C. The new route would be Line C and
would travel between Stanford West and Escondido
Village, with stops including Pasteur Drive and Serra
Mall.
The proposal would rename Line B Clockwise to
Line B1 and rename Line B Counter-Clockwise to Line
B2. The route would begin and end at the Palo Alto
Transit Center and circle campus via the Alumni Center
or the Medical Center and Tresidder. It eliminates serv-
ice to Pasteur Drive, Blake Wilbur Drive, and Welch
Road due to lane closures and construction, which are
expected to last from spring 2011 to fall 2012.
The proposal would reverse the direction of the current
Medical Center Loop due to lane closures on Welch Road,
expected to last until fall 2012. Aside from the Medical
Center, destinations include Parking Structure 5 and the
newly opened Li Ka Shing Center.
Finally, proposed revisions would expand the Midnight
Express service to travel in both directions, with one direc-
tion to be M1 and one to be M2. The route would be con-
densed, going from the Oval to the Palo Alto Transit Cen-
ter instead of Quarry Road.
P&TS is currently accepting comments and suggestions
on the proposed changes through its online question form
or by e-mail at marguerite@stanford.edu. The comment
period will last through Nov. 21.
— Samantha McGirr

REFUND CASE
meeting, professors Jim Campbell
Ph.D.‘89 and Susan McConnell gave
the first of three reports on the Study
Continued from page 2 Continued from page 2 of Undergraduate Education at
Stanford, a task force they are co-
chairing to examine and improve the
three weeks to two weeks in an at- rights over to a firm called Cetus,which undergraduate experience. Universi-
tempt to curb refund rates. was later acquired by Roche.Other re- ty President John Hennessy followed
Currently, students can request searchers were also involved. up on a June talk in which he outlined
refunds online during the first two The Supreme Court will decide long-term challenges facing Stan-
weeks of the quarter from some or all whether or not an inventor at a uni- ford. He noted on Thursday the
special fees groups. Special fees versity receiving federal funds can progress Stanford has made on facul-
groups have the option of refusing terminate the university’s patent ty diversity but urged attention to
services to students who request a re- rights by signing over rights to a third new, creative uses for technology in
fund of special fees from the group. party. teaching.
“Fall quarter tends to be lowest, The U.S. solicitor general, M.I.T. The Faculty Senate next meets on
then later in the year the rate esca- and others have filed briefs support- Dec.2.
lates,” Cruz said, adding that more ing Stanford.The issue is set to go be-
students on campus become aware of fore the court early next year. Contact Elizabeth Titus at etitus@stan-
the refund process as word spreads Also at Thursday’s Faculty Senate ford.edu.
during the year.
Although the current Appropria-
tions Committee has only been
working since the beginning of the
school year, Vasquez said that plans
are in motion to bring down refund
rates through increased awareness.
“One thing we want to do with
group financial officers is education
— what special fees do and how they
affect student groups,” he said.
Appropriations is also looking to
require an ASSU special fees logo on
all events hosted by special fees
groups, Vasquez said. Currently, all
groups that receive ASSU general
fees must include the ASSU logo on
their flyers.
“If students see the [special fees]
logo, maybe they can see the value in
that programming,” he said.

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stan-

ford.edu.
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LITERATURE
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Foxy Shazam goes New releases from Condoleezza Rice, Paul Liz Stark claims the undead are in vogue
retro-glam Ehrlich & Robert Evan Ornstein
Lively Arts brings Sanjai Juku Pluto’s makes healthy Stanford’s own Hip Hop
to campus eating quicker Congress debuts first mixtape

THEATER
page 4 FOOD
page 7 MUSIC
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Roble Hall Auditorium Hijabi Terry Berlier Professional Festival Sketch Comedy
The singer-song- Monologues Clayman Institute, Comic Night Annenberg Auditorium Fall Show
writer whose music Cubberley Auditorium 8 p.m. Serra House CoHo Four 40-minute Nitery Theater
has been featured on FLiCKS Screening: Berlier’s documentaries Free for students
NPR and BBC. 8 p.m. Cubberley Auditorium documentary about 8 p.m.
CAMPUS 9 p.m.
Stacey Clark and Showing “Salt.” the lives of Bay Area Sankai Juku: 9 p.m. 8 p.m.
Peter Verdell trailer park residents Tobari No Time for Shakespeare’s
El Gato Dice CoHo 9 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Napping “All’s Well That
CoHo Singer-songwriter Compline — 7:30 p.m. Japanese dance by CoHo Ends Well”
El Gato Dice is an duo whose music Evening Service Stanford Jazz choreographer Duo covering Pigott Theatre in
indie band from has been featured of Song Workshop Ushio Amagatsu, rock, pop and Memorial Auditorium
San Francisco. on MTV. Memorial Church
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 events
Cerebral rock band Glass Wave, including Stanford professors Robert Harrison, Dan Edelstein
and Jay Kadis, performs at Cubberley Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 29.
INTRODUCING FOXY
O I
n Friday, Oct. 29, the
patrons of Slim’s in San
Francisco were treated to
something far more than a simple
concert. Cincinnati group Foxy
Shazam brought to the crowd a set
filled not only with energetic music
but also with wild quirks and acro-
batics, combined to provide a stage
show unrivaled by many of today’s
popular acts.
At the beginning of the show,
Foxy Shazam emerged with a larger-
than-life stage presence, taking hold
Foxy Shazam lead singer Eric Sean Nally builds suspense with a dra-
matic tale before launching into his next song. The group per-
formed at Slim's in San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 29.
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of their instruments as if walking out
onto the stage at Wembley Stadium.
Tearing through songs from their lat-
est CD such as “Unstoppable,”
“Count Me Out” and an exhilarating
performance of the album-opening
“Bombs Away,” Foxy Shazam also
included a few popular songs from
earlier in their career. It was apparent
that each of the musicians was com-
pletely on tempo and in his element,
and the crowd response was over-
whelmingly positive as a result.
The music, though fantastic, was
Matt Weber/The Stanford Daily
‘PAWN’
of a lesser focus to me than the visual
performance taking place onstage.
This may seem odd to the average
concertgoer, but Foxy Shazam cer-
tainly wouldn’t think so. Infusing its
indie rock attitude with the theatri-
cality and flamboyance of the glam
era, the band aimed to entertain the
audience by any means possible. Not
only did the group command many
intrigued looks with unusual cos-
tumes and unorthodox choices of
facial hair, the members also
employed wild gesticulations and
grandiose motions of the entire body
in order to bring the audience a show
that was as appealing visually as it
was aurally.
The keyboardist, Schuyler
Vaughn White, decided on more
than one occasion to stomp on his
keyboard while playing it with his
hands, and lead singer Eric Sean
Nally grabbed the attention of the
audience by moving all around the
stage and throwing around the
microphone with both his hands and
feet. Between songs, Nally engaged
the audience with jokes, stories and
startling battle cries, introducing
“Unstoppable” as a song he wrote in
prison and “Bye Bye Symphony” as
one written as a child in the bottom
of a laundry basket. The only disap-
pointing moment of the show was
the ending, which Nally himself
openly disclaimed as “boring.”
Instead of the energetic musical and
visual climax likely expected by most
of the audience, the band came
together without their instruments
and sang a short a cappella piece
before leaving the stage in front of an
audience expecting an encore that
would never come.
If Muse is reminiscent of the
operatic-guitar-rock half of Queen,
the other half, comprised of inspiring
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n her beautiful new musical
entitled “Pawn,” Karmia Chan
Cao ‘11 explores the terror of
war and how one moment really
can change everything.
Sponsored by the Stanford
Theatre Activist Mobilization
Project (STAMP) and the Asian
American Theater Project (AATP),
this original piece of folk rock
music made its first public debut
while still in its very early stages
last May under the name
“Abraham Niu & the Friendly
Fires” at STAMP’s “Spring into
Action Play Festival.” Although at
this time it was just a simple read-
ing of an unfinished script, it was
nonetheless well-received by its
audience, and after spending her
summer working on the piece,
Cao finalized “Pawn.”
This haunting show tells the
story of an Asian-Canadian young
man named Abraham Niu (Alex
Kaneko ‘12) as he fights with the
American forces in Kandahar,
Afghanistan. When a life-threaten-
ing situation arises, Niu finds him-
self suspended in time in what is
called the “pawn shop of time,”
where he must make an impossi-
ble decision regarding heroism
and death. The pawn shop itself is
not death and it is not life, it is not
even a place — rather, it is an
elongated moment in our lives
where we meet our “couriers,” or
those who lead us through life,
protecting us and serving as our
sense of intuition.
While there, Abraham is able
to spend time with his mother
(Sarah Guerrero ‘11), who shows
him the dark secrets of her past
while begging him not to take
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musical
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himself away from her. Having
already lost her eldest son, Kai,
during the attacks on the World
Trade Center in 2001, and after
living through incredible hard-
ships herself as a result of the
racial discrimination she faced for
being a Chinese immigrant,
Abraham’s mother’s character pro-
vides a new definition of the word
“terror.”
Stepping away from our mod-
ern understanding of the word
and the popular associations and
connotations that it raises for us
nowadays, this show examines
instead the meaning of the word
on a more personal level. Cao said
that one of her motivations in cre-
ating the show was her desire “to
look at terrorism and counter-ter-
rorism, and what is the difference
on the unit of a family.”
“I just wanted to explore ter-
ror in general, and talk about it,”
she added. “Terror long existed
before we defined it as this kind of
terror, and that normal, everyday
terror still exists for lots of people
who live in avid fear, constant fear
— and that that needs to be taken
care of.”
The heart-wrenching scenes
and songs shared between Niu and
his mother deal heavily with the
fear she has lived with her whole
life and her belief in a higher
power that has helped her through
even her darkest moments.
This was Cao’s second origi-
nal production. The first, entitled
“Forgetting Tiburon,” debuted at
Stanford in April 2009. A pub-
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 Sankai Juku brings events

Butoh back
drama. Butoh thus explores the
taboo and the extreme, the psycho-
logical and the physical. It ques-
tions the status quo, and delves
deep into emotions that drive
human nature. Yet, as critic Mark
Holborn said, Butoh is defined by
its very evasion of definition: it has
no fixed style.
Taking elements from Butoh,
Sankai Juku performs in white
body make-up. Its all-male cast
wears robes, sarongs and shaven
heads, the simplicity of their cos-
tuming underscoring the abstrac-
tion and complexity of their pieces.
Huffington Post writer Jack
Schimmelman described watching
Sankai Juku’s performances as lis-
tening to the sound of breath, or
listening to infinity. In his words,
the troupe strips all accessories of
humanity. The audience begins
Courtesy Sankai Juku with nothing, but learns much in
the performance, which centers on
the central image of stars, deepens
its title’s meaning. Founder
Amagatsu interprets the word
“tobari” as a figurative curtain, a
“border between day and night”
that challenges our notions of time.
He notes that we see stars in the
present tense, when in fact the
starlight originated millions of
light years ago. Deviating from
popularized notions of Butoh,
“Tobari” additionally uses bright
colors and variations of speed to
generate tensions between past and
present.
The complexity of time is not
the only richness in “Tobari’s” fab-
ric. Amagatsu further weaves into
Sankai Juku’s performance his phi-
losophy of maintaining ambiguity.
While he claims that it is a tenden-
cy “very Japanese,” the idea of gray
areas and paradoxes is a universal

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n Nov. 9, Stanford Lively
Arts will welcome Sankai
Juku, a Butoh-inspired
troupe based in Paris. With it
comes the Bay Area premiere of its
show, “Tobari (As if in an
Inexhaustible Flux).” Founder
Ushio Amagatsu leads the troupe
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— established in 1975 — in an
astounding depiction of human
universality, a “primitive impulse”
binding together stories of mythol-
ogy and fantasy.
The exploration of such
strange and diverse tensions should
not be surprising. Butoh, after all,
movies
was an art form founded post-
World War II, a breakaway from
existing forms of Japanese dance.
One of Butoh’s founders, Tatsumi
Hijikata, desired the creation of a
profound dance form, one that did
not simply imitate Western styles
or classical Japanese musical
the course of an evening — of sad-
ness, of anger, of elation, mixed
together in a melting pot of human
emotion.
Nov. 9’s “Tobari” adheres to
the troupe’s distinct approach to
performance. “Tobari” in Japanese
literally refers to a curtain. Yet,
one. Without attempting to pound
into the audience specific judg-
ments or statements, Sankai Juku
presents us with philosophical dif-
ficulties that have no answer. For
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ative writing major, and was Department of French and
recently named one of the 15 Italian brought director Lucas
most influential undergraduates Belvaux and his latest French film,
by “Mochi Magazine.” “Rapt,” to Stanford.
Between the considerable “Rapt” is a dark film about
musical and theatrical talents of Stanislas, a high-profile French
Kaneko and Guerrero, and the industrialist who is kidnapped and
chilling work of Cao, along with held for a ransom too high for his
the strong abilities of the cast family to pay. As he suffers through
and crew as a whole, “Pawn” is weeks as a hostage, his associates
sure to be a success among view- and family live through the malign-
ers. ing press investigation of his
“Pawn” is playing in the lifestyle. “Rapt” crosses from horror
Nitery Theater next to Old to psychological thriller, and ulti-
Union Friday at 7:00 pm, with a mately transforms into a melan-
Saturday showing at 2:00 pm. cholic and realistic tale of family
Next week, the musical takes its life.
“Guerilla Tour” through FloMo This mélange of genres, a risk
lounge (Nov. 10), Okada lounge Belvaux takes with the confidence
(Nov. 11) and Roble Theater of an experienced filmmaker secure
(Nov. 12-13). All performances in his vision, marks “Rapt” with a
are sold out, but people may unique artistic touch, lending it a
come early for standby. depth not found in many “scary
movies” today. As we watch
—jordan HART Stanislas, played by the talented
and sullen Yvan Attal, deteriorate
contact jordan:
under the oppressive and cruel
jchart@stanford.edu
treatment of his captors, his once-
fit body turns skeletal, his distin-
guished features give way to sallow
4 skin, sunken eyes and emaciated
intermission cheeks. The degeneration of his
habits and mistresses — revealed to
the audience in the opening scene,
but unknown to his family — are
broadcast across France.
Paris itself lends a downcast
tone to the film’s aesthetics. The
shots of the city are grey, almost
monochromatic, the sophisticated,
dour city casting an austere hue on
the visuals of Belvaux’s work. The
film is also patently European in
that it makes no indulgences, as an
American film might. “Rapt” does
not pander to its audience, offering
no comedic relief and no breaks in
tension — it pursues with a cool
and steady hand the dark impres-
sion it intends to leave. “Rapt” is
not without its flaws, playing up
the terror and torture of a severed
finger with somewhat annoying
persistence, but these flaws are
overshadowed by the film’s success-
es. Delving deep into the psycholo-
gy of Stanislas’s female intimates,
from his wife, played by Anne
Consigny (“The Diving Bell and
the Butterfly”), to his mother,
played by Francoise Fabian, “Rapt”
offers particularly striking insight
into the weight carried by the
French matriarch.
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at the end, as Belvaux 10
moves away from the nar-
rative of Stanislas’s capture
and lends his full attention to life
after unanticipated tragedy. “Rapt”
represents a manifestly European
evolution of the typical thriller or
horror film into something with far
more depth and, consequently,
weight. Leaving the film, which
ends on a somehow content
cliffhanger, it feels as though you
are leaving a contemplative and
interesting art exhibit, rather than a
cheap, mass-produced flick which
flies out of your mind as quickly as
it entered.
Belvaux achieves something
worth noting in “Rapt” and offers a
worthwhile artistic experience for
those interested in French culture,
those intrigued by European film
or those simply looking for a dark
movie with something more to
offer.
—jennifer SCHAFFER
contact jennifer:
jmschaff@stanford.edu
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Mixtapes Vol. I
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tanford Hip Hop Congress recently
released a compilation of some of
their new tracks, entitled “Cardinal
Mixtapes Volume 1.” Filled with 17 tracks
of their work, this student effort is a strong
foray into the world of hip hop, with a few
minor hiccups. While low production qual-
ity detracted from the feel of many of the
tracks, the CD proved that Hip Hop
Congress is passionate about music and has
some innovative art to share with the
world.
The mix tape by Stanford Hip Hop
Congress, a collaboration of student
emcees, includes Alvin “Allure” Addo ‘12,
Gautam “Reckonize” Sharma ‘12, Christian
“CSmooth” Smith ‘12, Mia “Lady
Renaissance” Shaw ‘12, Sam “ProfiT”
Lawrence ‘12, Alberto “FineSse” Guzman
‘13 and Doug Mills ‘13.
The most notable feature of the album
was the interesting, witty lyrics in the
songs. Some songs spoke about the party-
ing side of Stanford life, such as “Booty,” a
collaboration featuring several of the
album’s artists. “The life of a Stanford stu-
dent/I’ll guess I’ll say it/Party, party, party
‘til we all get wasted/Shots, shots, shots till we
all butt naked/Ski trip stories that’s all on
Facebook” drawls one of the collaborators,
offering a more lighthearted version of life
at Stanford.
Other songs revert to more general hip
hop fare, such as “Fall in Love” by Mills. “I
do anything I can to show you you’re my
world/Nothing I’d rather do than spend time
with my girl”, he croons, echoing the lines
of many a hip hop song devoted to love.
Some songs had truly odd lyrics, such as
Lady Renaissance’s Glenwood Remix. She
raps “Lady please/Compared to you I’m
diarrhea, I just keep it flowing, now there’s
an idea”, definitely a bizarre way to talk
about creating lyrics.
The background beats were hit or
miss, with some tracks being lifted by
exceptional beats and others being dragged
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one, Amagatsu suggests, our individual life
is limited and discontinuous, but life itself
is a continuity. Humans possess, then, both
eternity and impermanence, but how does
dance describe this? How can we conceptu-
alize its consequences?
Impression, for Sankai Juku, is more
important than comprehension. In seven
scenes and 90 minutes, “Tobari (As if in an
Inexhaustible Flux)” certainly promises to
challenge our notions of time, space and
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down by an unprofessional, boring back-
ground. Tracks like “A New Day,” with vio-
lin undertones, “Tomorrow,” with ukulele
and “Sunshine,” with its echoing back-
ground effect, were enjoyable to listen to
and helped enhance the lyrics. Other
tracks, like “Here We Stand” and “What
They Say” used backgrounds that were
unexceptional and almost empty sounding,
taking away from the songs.
The quality of the production varied
over the album, affecting how good the
tracks were. “Booty,” “Drop the Match” and
“They Know,” for example, had decent pro-
duction and background that came togeth-
er to make tracks that sound almost radio-
ready. Some tracks also made use of auto-
tune, which definitely helped them sound
more current. However, the rest seemed a
bit rough around the edges, making it obvi-
ous that it was student work, not a profes-
sional album.
Despite less-than-perfect production,
the album managed to showcase some real
talent through a few quality songs.
“Tomorrow” by FineSse, combining a chill
ukulele-infused background beat with mel-
low lyrics, was an album standout, while
“Drop the Match” by Reckonize and the
Produca mixed a cool beat with climbing
background notes and authentic-sounding
flows to make an intense track. “They
Know,” by ProfiT, CSmooth and Allure, uti-
lized super-fast lyrics, slower melodic cho-
ruses and a solid backbone to create a res-
onating hip hop anthem.
Cardinal Mixtapes Volume 1 is a solid
start for a group of talented young hip hop
artists here at Stanford. Utilizing clever
lyrics, fun beats and original ideas, Stanford
Hip Hop Congress overcomes mediocre
production to make a decent album.
—halle EDWARDS
contact halle: halle@stanford.edu
way of thinking.
Sankai Juku comes to Memorial
Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for Stanford students, $28-
68 for adults.
—samantha TOH
contact samantha: samtoh@stan-
ford.edu
T
he Internet can be a bad friend to
emerging bands. They post their music
on MySpace, attract some attention,
play some shows, but by the time they roll out
a record, people have moved on to the Next Big
Thing. Once in a while, there comes a band
that explodes onto the blogosphere and makes
it out alive. One such example is Warpaint. An
all-female quartet hailing from L.A., the band
managed to not only attract attention with
their 2008 EP, “Exquisite Corpse,” but retain it
up to the release of “The Fool.” Anything but
foolish, the album manages to build a consis-
tent dreamlike atmosphere through swirling
guitars and reverberating vocals. An expertly
mixed record, “The Fool” is not a light album.
On the contrary, the instrumentation is fog-like
and thick, the vocals tempting and unsettling.
Listen if you dare.
“Set Your Arms Down” opens with a halt-
ing bass line and moans in the background.
Suddenly, high-pitched, falsetto vocals rise out
of the gloom. “We walk through fire/My love is
your flashlight” sings Emily Kokal. The paral-
lelism drawn between the lyrics and the song is
palpable: Kokal’s voice leads us through the
swirling, foggy instrumentation, made up of
steady guitar lines, syncopated drum beats and
desperate hammerings layered on slow, ambi-
ent vocals. The beat becomes grinding and
steady toward the end, while the vocals howl
away. Never has there been a more ominous
entrance.
“Warpaint” is the crown jewel of the
album. After 15 seconds of silence at the begin-
ning, a humming can be heard faintly rising.
An arpeggiated guitar chord comes on, the
drums are added to the line and finally bass
and second guitar complete the picture. The
sound of the drums is slightly warlike, very
much like an amped-up marching band. The
vocals, on the other hand, are hard to discern
and emotionally flat, which makes them slight-
ly tormenting: they acquire a strange distancing
sound effect during the bridge. Coupled with
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piano riffs and an extravagant stage presence,
most certainly belongs to Foxy Shazam. While
the music is fantastic and deserves abundant
radio airplay, the reason to attend a live show is
different entirely: what you will experience is
not a concert, but rather a sort of vaudeville
show designed to both produce and comple-
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music
the vocal play between Kokal, Theresa Wayman
and Jenny Lee Lindberg, the song becomes an
unsettling, stunning affair.
The apparent single is “Undertow,” a bass-
driven, dreamy track. While the three voices are
soft, they sound dangerous, not harmless.
“Why do you want to blame me for your trou-
bles?/You better learn your lesson yourself,”
Lindberg sings. The production on the track is
incredible: drums burst in and out, the voices
swirl in and out on different channels and the
guitar sound, although beneath low-fi, is mes-
merizing in its artistry. Although less unsettling
than the last track, “Undertow” gives the
impression that these girls are not to be messed
with.
The following track, “Bees,” is a little bit
more upbeat. Percussion beats off a drum pad,
along with the actual crashing cymbals from
resident drummer Stella Mozgawa, give the
song an extra layer of rhythm, which tones
down the swirling, ethereal sound of the guitars
and vocals. “Baby” is another track that deviates
from the general ambiance of the album. A
mostly acoustic track, the guitar and harmo-
nized vocals sound surprisingly simple for the
band, mostly because their lyrics are clear and
distinct, in contrast to the heavily veiled vocals
on the rest of the album.
By the end of the ninth and final track,
“Lissie’s Heart Murmur,” the sound of the band
has become indelible in the listener’s mind.
Their misty, ambient vocals and flowing guitar
line are coupled with a lazy piano line.
Suddenly, the dream world, painstakingly built
throughout the whole album, comes to a para-
lyzing stop. The vocals are swirling, the cymbals
are crashing, a single piano key is pressed and
the Warpaint dream, foggy and trancelike, dis-
solves instantly. No soft fadeouts or muffled
endings. Just what one expects of the Next Big
Thing.
—maria DEL CARMEN BARRIOS
contact maria: mariacbg@stanford.edu
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ment well done indie rock. Not since Alice
Cooper or KISS have I seen a show as alluring
to the eyes as it is to the ears.
—matt WEBER
contact matt: docrock@stanford.edu
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Memoir offers look
at pre-Bush years
G
lobal climate change, pollu-
tion, inequality, warfare. The
list of today’s plaguing prob-
lems goes on and on. When present-
ed with such a huge stinking banquet
of the world’s ugliness, most people
simply turn their noses away, unable
to gather the courage to face the
intimidating task of coming up with
some plausible solutions. However,
“Humanity on a Tightrope:
Thoughts on Empathy, Family and
Big Changes for a Viable Future”
makes a valiant attempt at addressing
these formidable world issues from
an interesting, but maybe too idealis-
tic, point of view.
“Humanity on a Tightrope,” to
be released on Nov. 16, is a rich book
that delves into the root of the
world’s most pressing problems: the
lack of empathy in mankind. The
whole book revolves around this cen-
tral idea of how we human beings as
6 Thus, as Ehrlich and Ornstein
intermission
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a whole global family should develop
more empathy toward each other to
ensure a sustainable future.
The authors are familiar faces
on campus. Paul Ehrlich is the Bing
Professor of Population Studies and
a senior fellow at the Woods Institute
for the Environment, and psycholo-
gist Robert Evan Ornstein Ph.D. ‘68
is a former Stanford human biology
professor. Together, they present the
pressing situation in which the world
is in now: bleak and bloody history,
tension between religious groups and
a general indifference or even strong
antagonism toward “them,” people
who are not part of “us.”
The book starts with the story
implied by the title. Ehrlich and
Ornstein depict how audiences usu-
ally feel anxious when watching the
tightrope performers perform in cir-
cuses, because we all have these “mir-
ror neurons” in our brains to
empathize with other people, to
feel what others are going
through.
claim, mankind has the
P
olitical science professor
Condoleezza Rice’s recently
published book,
“Extraordinary, Ordinary People”
carries the subtitle “A Memoir of
Family” — an apt way to describe a
work by a major political figure that
evades pressing and contentious
political questions. The memoir fol-
lows the lives of Condoleezza Rice
and her parents, Angelena Ray Rice
and John Wesley Rice Jr., until just
before the beginning of George W.
Bush’s first term as president, paying
particularly close attention to race,
education and the central role that
Rice’s parents played in her growth.
Rice begins the memoir with an
overview of her family history and
the origins of the Rices’ dedication to
“educational evangelism” — the
founding of schools and faith in the
power of education. Both parents
were teachers in segregated
Birmingham, where the family lived
until Rice was a teenager; her father
also served as a Presbyterian preach-
er. Rice recounts her upbringing in
Birmingham against the backdrop of
the civil rights movement and efforts
to integrate the segregated South.
After moving to Tuscaloosa for sev-
eral years, the Rices relocated to
Denver in order for her father to
work at the University of Denver.
Rice herself obtained her undergrad-
uate degree and her doctorate from
the same school. Her key decision to
stop studying music and begin
studying Soviet politics ultimately
potential to have more empathy for
each other. But in order to reach this
potential, they argue, we will have to
cross the immense cultural gaps first.
Ehrlich and Ornstein first demon-
strate empathy’s path of growth by
recounting the history of human
evolution before they present a step-
by-step process to discuss possible
solutions.
Using psychological studies and
experiments, Ehrlich and Ornstein
make their serious arguments more
understandable and engaging to a
non-academic audience. Many stud-
ies are quite interesting, and when
the authors break down their seem-
ingly impossible argument into more
comprehensible small parts, the
argument starts to make more sense.
With this, Ehrlich and Ornstein
expose readers to some mind-blow-
ing aspects of cultures in the hidden
corners of the world. They are also
able to draw creative connections
between things with rather obscure
relations, such as the Internet’s ability
to spread or undermine empathy.
The surprising experimental
led to Stanford, the National Security
Council and her position of secretary
of state.
Rice is at her most compelling
when she describes her early life in
Birmingham and the monumental
impact of the civil rights movement.
Beyond the massive changes brought
about through the Civil Rights Act
and the Voting Rights Act, she had
personal connections to many
important activists as a result of her
father’s involvement in preaching.
She also adeptly shows how her fam-
ily’s experiences in Birmingham both
before and during the civil rights
movement shaped her political
beliefs, describing the roots of her
views in such a way that even those
who oppose her politics can under-
stand her ideology’s origins.
What’s curious about the book,
however, is what Rice omits: George
W. Bush’s presidency, which began
after her father’s death. Although it is
a logical place to end this “memoir of
family,” at times it seems more like
an easy way out, enabling Rice to
dodge more difficult questions about
her roles as national security adviser
and as secretary of state. Her most
controversial decisions in the mem-
oir may well take place during her
time as provost at Stanford from
1993 to 1999, clearly outside the
realm of politics.
Yet it is Rice’s choice to avoid the
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Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
results indeed succeed in capturing
the reader’s attention, but in the end,
the book is only partially convincing
because the ideal answer presented
simply doesn’t match up to the scope
of the issue the book is trying to deal
with. Even Ehrlich and Ornstein, the
authors themselves, freely admit that
“we’re discussing what is required to
reach sustainability, not what will be
easy or even possible.”
There are, then, two ways of
interpreting the book. Either you can
see the book as pervaded with the
sense of hopelessness, since even
when the most cheerful human
literature
most hotly debated parts of her
career that also makes her a surpris-
ingly relatable narrator. The book
reads quickly, thanks in no small part
to her efforts to inject humor into
her writing. On one particularly
memorable occasion, she refers to
her disbelief during her first meeting
in the Oval Office with George H. W.
Bush as a “Condi-in-Wonderland
moment.” Although generally an
asset to the narrative, her sense of
humor does have the occasional
effect of confusing the overall tone of
the memoir, which never strikes a
perfect balance between the serious
and the light-hearted.
A fundamentally political book
would have been bolder than this
one, but it certainly would have had
the adverse effect of limiting the
memoir’s audience to those who
share Rice’s conservative views. Even
the brief section of the book describ-
ing her involvement in George Bush’s
2000 presidential campaign is
remarkably weak in contrast with the
memoir as a whole. “Extraordinary,
Ordinary People” may not be a mas-
terpiece — and it leaves critical ques-
tions about Rice’s career unanswered
— but in the end, it does achieve its
goal, offering a largely relatable, open
and intriguing glimpse into the early
life of a powerful and influential
woman.
—micah SIEGEL
contact micah:
msiegel9@stanford.edu
empathy experiment results are illus-
trated, we are reminded that humans
are still so far away from stopping
global warming, from maintaining
world peace or from addressing
extreme wealth inequality. Or, you
can view the book as an outline of
the best way of living, the happiest
way of living, because we might just
have been suppressing our natural
sense of empathy for others all along
in the capitalist society. Maybe, if we
do have more empathy for others, we
will be happier.
However, the decision is ulti-
mately up to the reader. With a smart
pun of humanity teetering on the
tightrope just as the tightrope per-
former, Ehrlich and Ornstein show-
case their beliefs in the super-power
of empathy — that it can save
humanity and save the world we live
in.
—cindy NI
contact cindy: hni@stanford.edu
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T
he undisputed winners of
television’s Halloweek were as
similar in subject matter as
they were distinct in presentation:
the zombie movie parody episode of
“Community” (yup, still champi-
oning it and can feel justified now
that it’ll run the full season) and the
series premiere of Frank Darabont’s
foray into tragic zombie apocalypse,
AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” The
premiere, cashing in on Comic-Con
hype, wooed 5.3 million viewers
Sunday night and has at least one of
them hooked ( . . . me).
When I first read the pilot for
this show, I was both inspired by the
audacity of adapting the series of
graphic novels and confident in my
imagination of the show’s aesthetic.
My ideas about setting, music and
action sequences all proved, in
observation of the final product,
unimaginative. Ironically, or maybe
just in my opinion, this is one of the
themes of the show’s first episode,
the psychology and subsequent
destruction of preconceived notions.
The opening lines, cautiously spoken
by protagonist and hunky sheriff
Rick Grimes, question the silhouette
of a short figure in pink slippers,
S
tanford hosted the “food sum-
mit” this week to discuss
national issues related to food,
so it seemed like an opportune time
to review Pluto’s, a restaurant striv-
ing to provide healthful options for
the busy consumer.
Pluto’s has a casual and friendly
atmosphere. The décor matches the
vibe with a comfortable setting that
allows the restaurant to move quick-
ly without overwhelming. Pluto’s is
best as a quick option with friends
“Little girl?,” only for her to turn
around and reveal a wan zombie
child. He urges himself, “Don’t be
afraid,” but against all of our best
judgment we are.
Initial comparisons to HBO’s
“True Blood” are eradicated within
the first minute of the pilot. Though
I had imagined a much more
Southern, visibly devastated land-
scape, Darabont has directed an
eerily normal suburban existence. In
fact, this could be any American
suburb. The emphasis on humanity
and meditation is executed by deli-
cate, thoughtful cinematography
that is not afraid simultaneously to
turn the eye of the camera away
from the obviously compelling, a
zombie corpse for example, and to
milk the smallest, most affecting
details. At times, I was frustrated
with the “300”-esque blood-splatter
slow mo, but ultimately the harmo-
ny of visual composition, score and
sparse dialogue was truly beautiful.
In a television universe stuffed
with wordy, pithy comedies and
period dramas, “The Walking Dead”
is a breath of fresh air (how inappro-
priate is it to describe such a great
show with a cliché? My apologies).
Celeste Noche/The Stanford Daily
for lunch or dinner.
With an almost entirely cus-
tomizable menu, Pluto’s is difficult
to rate. In one sense, it is hard to
miss completely because you choose
what goes into your meal. On the
other hand, it is also difficult to pro-
vide a memorable experience
because Pluto’s becomes similar to
eating at home, at least when you’ve
just been to the grocery store.
The centerpiece of Pluto’s is the
salad bar. The ordering process is
“The Walking Dead,” Courtesy AMC
Silence during the ever-valuable tele-
vision minutes is a rarity that, when
done well (see Buffy’s “Hush”),
endears the audience to the charac-
ters and place. Here, the artistic team
marries Bernard Herrmann-esque
suspenseful score to current hipster
ballads; by far my favorite sequence
of the episode comes when, in the
final pan out, zombies attack a horse
corpse and an army tank side-by-
side to one such ballad.
The mutt-ish genre of the show
enables such unexpected combina-
tions and suggests a compelling sea-
son. We get a bit of “28 Days Later,”
a dash of Western and a general
ladle of horror all in one hour. Ah
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Road”
not particularly intuitive, but even-
tually you will figure out that you
can choose the size, the leafy base
and up to seven toppings. The addi-
tional ingredients are fairly standard
but can be augmented by an option-
al cut of meat or hearty vegetarian
offering and dressing.
These meat and vegetarian
options are not particularly interest-
ing. The tri-tip is not sufficiently
tender and can be chewy at times.
The chicken is well-cooked but not
yes, the horror. I’m unable to do the
makeup justice in words, so I would
encourage you to watch the episode
(in case you weren’t sold already) to
witness how chillingly the layers of
the human body are peeled back on
the zombies. These fixtures of the
horror genre are imbued with
humanity throughout, from the
amputated woman dragging herself
across a field to an infected wife and
mother.
The details of the disease have
yet to be fleshed out (ha), but we
know there are factions of survivors,
nomads and loners navigating the
unpredictable topography of zombie
mobs. The comparative narratives of
these groups, all centered on families
fractured by the infection, present a
study in human interaction.
Fundamental ethical questions of
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particularly flavorful. The grilled
Portobello mushroom is a nice
option but can be easily over-
whelmed by the bread of a sandwich
or drowned out by the other ingre-
dients in a salad.
The bread selection is also dis-
appointing. The focaccia is forget-
table, the ciabatta can be a bit too
tough and the whole wheat falls
completely flat in both taste and tex-
ture. The bread is almost certainly
store-bought or “par baked” (about
80 percent baked in a factory, frozen,
shipped and then finished in-store),
and the sandwiches in general suffer
due to the lackluster options.
Pluto’s offers a series of sides to
accompany your salad or sandwich,
generally characterized by extrater-
friday november 05 2010
television
REMOTE
WHAT TO WATCH
NEXT WEEK
Monday and Tuesday at 9
p.m.: “In Treatment” makes
me randy for a therapist two
nights a week (HBO)
Tuesday at 8 p.m.: “Glee” is
finally back for an uninter-
rupted five-week arc before
winter hiatus (FOX)
Wednesday at 9 p.m.:
“Friday Night Lights” march-
es unnoticed into its final
season (DirecTV)
trust, justice and alliance are raised
in various contexts (some even
including zombies) throughout the
episode, pointing to the show’s alle-
gorical ambitions.
This is a show that could burn
out after one season, but I expect
that, at least for a short period of
time, these 45 minutes will inspire
you to think, create, write and imag-
ine.
—liz STARK
contact liz: estark12@stanford.edu
food
restrial names such as “Orbital
Onion Rings.” At least the
“Mushrooms of the Moment” ended
up tasting like a standard mushroom
sauce, and it is unlikely that any of
these sides are actually out of this
world (excuse the pun).
Pluto’s mission statement is very
clear — provide an inexpensive, fast
and relatively healthy experience
somewhere “between fast food and
full service restaurants.” However, it’s
difficult to claim that in between
there is “vast nothingness” with, for
example, Sprout Cafe just down the
street. Pluto’s can certainly deliver a
wholesome and filling meal on a
student budget. Still, with nothing
unique on the menu and some legit-
imate competition in the same
niche, it ends up in the “middle of
the road.”
—josh GLUCOFT
Contact Josh: glucoft@stanford.edu
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Roxy Sass looks
for elusive e-love
T
he World Wide Web is a
tool — not Roxy’s favorite
kind of tool, but a close
second. And more importantly,
it’s a very useful one for flirting.
While some traditionalists may
moan and groan about the tech-
led death of interpersonal rela-
tionships, Roxy would rather
moan and groan in the company
of other sexy people, no matter
how she meets them.
The ends justify the means,
Roxy argues: as long as it leads to
a fully in-person physical “ren-
dezvous,” she’s all in favor for
using e-methods to flirt. Roxy
gives these methods (and you,
hopefully) a rundown:
Texting
Brevity is the soul of wit, and
concision is the soul of sexy. Why
say more when saying less implies
both mysterious seduction and
strong grammar skills? Roxy
doesn’t need a novel of your day
when she booty-texts you. Just a
“Yes, ma’am — and I’ll bring the
cuffs” will more than suffice. And
as for sexting: it’s just more fun to
say dirty talk out loud. There’s no
good way, as of yet, to convey
“sexy voice” via text, although
Roxy is optimistic about the
future of technology.
Facebook
Roxy is overwhelmed by the
flirtations options: a subtle, old-
school poke in the hopes it’ll turn
into a real poking session? The
post-drunk makeout friend
request? Tagging your new crush
as a sexy object in a photo?
Maybe just a simple “like”? In all
situations, though, Roxy knows
best to keep her provocative
exchanges to private messages,
not walls. No one wants to see
you bragging about your new
lover, and more importantly,
broadcasting to the world that
8
intermission
advice
you’re anything less than a free
agent just closes off other oppor-
tunities.
Likealittle.com
Whew. Roxy still gets a little
flushed when she recalls the heat-
ed e-flirts she shared with
“Boysenberry” the other night. At
Coupa: Male, Brunette. Tall,
handsome, looks like you’d know
how to tell a good joke. Roxy sees
you reading her column. If you’re
willing to keep her identity a
secret, she’ll show you more than
just a little to like.
Twitter
Twitter? Roxy barely knows
her! But she’s thinking that might
make it even more thrilling.
Would you like to meet @roxys-
place? On a somewhat related
note, Roxy has always bemoaned
the fact that the past tense of “to
tweet” somehow became “tweet-
ed” and not “twat.”
Ratestanford.com
Roxy’s new pickup line is
telling people she voted them as
“Definitely!” The site, sadly, is
highly ineffective for send-
ing a flirty sentiment to
someone in particular, but
Roxy’s all for raising incen-
tives for sexier profile pic-
tures. Who needs a picture
of you and your eight hall-
mate bffls? Bikini pic or it
didn’t happen.
—roxy SASS
contact roxy:
intermission@
stanford
d a i l y. c o m
Lanvin for H&M
F
or me, Lanvin is luxury. Not
because it is one of the oldest
established couture houses in
Paris, founded in 1909 (the same
year as Chanel). Not because its flag-
ship boutique on Rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honoré is breathtaking. Not
even because of how it feels, the
instant transportation to the interior
of a jewelry box and being beheld by
the critical eyes of reserved shop-
keepers.
No, Lanvin impresses by how
the actual clothes feel and fit, the
craftsmanship, the timelessness.
Lanvin is, and has always been, fun-
damentally about women.
Historically the logo is a mother and
daughter, representing clothes for
women that will be passed down
and coveted, transcending trend;
everlasting and precious. Lanvin is
the draping, the fabric, the tailoring.
Since 2001, under Alber Elbaz
as creative director, Lanvin has
brought all focus back to clothes for
women. He is charming, cuddly,
bespectacled and bow-tied — and
absolutely genius. Elbaz loves
women utterly and completely, as his
muse and as his artistic inspiration,
and women love him.
He may be less glamorous and
conceptual than other, more diffi-
cult-to-wear designers because his
passion is, above all else, making
women feel beautiful. He doesn’t
care for pushing boundaries, making
statements or innovation for the
sake of innovation; he creates what
women want season after season.
Courtesy H&M
fashion
Courtesy H&M
And soon his fans will be able
to purchase his aesthetic with
Lanvin’s new collection for H&M.
Lanvin is the perfect fit for
H&M because of Elbaz. As he put it
STYLE
himself, this project is all about
“translating the dream of luxury.”
The universal factor that ties the lan- watch
guage of Lanvin proper to this col-
lection is Elbaz’s design philosophy.
The new collection is about
clothes to fit women’s lives. Instead
of diluting Lanvin for the masses,
these are dresses designed for
women — not only the ones that
have exorbitant amounts of money.
Oftentimes collaborations like this
become generic, polyester messes,
but anchoring this collection are
quintessentially Lanvin-style ele-
ments that make this capsule collec-
tion successful.
The focus on skin in his most
recent show, spring-summer 2011, is
reinterpreted here in the nude
scoop-neck dresses. Throughout the
whole collection, the silhouettes of
his spring-summer 2010 line featur-
ing dramatic one-shoulder ruffles
and asymmetric gathering showcases
his craftsmanship and attention to
each proportion on pleat and drape.
The heels from last spring are also
redone here with satin ankle straps
instead of leather. Some of his other
signatures also make it to H&M, like
his childlike illustrations and love of
Merissa Ren/Staff Photographer
elbow-length Audrey Hepburn
leather gloves. introducing
Elbaz is also known for well-
executed costume jewelry, which Claire Frykman ‘14
makes it to the H&M in aesthetic, if
not with real pearls.
I’m wearing:
Come Nov. 23, you can find me
Ecco shoes, Dooney & Bourke bag,
in a tent in Union Square, ready to
dress from Beijing boutique and
get as close to Lanvin as my budget
antique store watch.
will allow.
Style philosophy:
Would my sister wear it?
—merissa REN
contact merissa:
merissar@stanford.edu