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UNIVERSITY

DAPER Start-up buys college essays

to leave
Roble gym
Stanford Drama and
Dance slated as new tenants
By ISAAC GATEÑO
Tentative plans are in place for
the Department of Athletics, Physi-
cal Education and Recreation
(DAPER) to vacate Roble Gym.
Stanford Drama and Dance Divi-
sion are slated to take over the
space.
“It seems to be the general plan
that DAPER will be moving out of
Roble, and Drama/Dance will have
use of the spaces in Roble that they
are vacating,” Drama Department
chair Peggy Phelan wrote in an e-
mail to The Daily.
Don Intersimone, director of Fa-
cilities and Capital Planning, con-
firmed that DAPER would vacate
Roble’s locker rooms, showers and
swimming pool.
“Drama will have the opportu-
nity to make use of [those spaces],”
Intersimone said.
He added that this development
would “provide additional flexibili-
ty for Drama in the Roble Gym
complex.”
Roble Gym has deteriorated
since its 1931 opening. Last August,
Santa Clara County officials shut
down the main performance space,
Roble Studio Theater, due to safety
concerns. Phelan said a study to
bring the space up to code is cur-
rently being conducted, but added
that it made little sense to fix the
theater without undertaking a
major overhaul of the building.
“The need for more theater and
performance spaces here is ab-
solutely urgent,” Phelan said.
There are only a few perform-
ance spaces for theater on campus.
Prosser Studio and the Nitery both
seat fewer than 100 people. Pigott
Theater seats 194, and Memorial
Auditorium (MemAud) seats 1,705.
“MemAud is too big for the
kinds of experimental works I think
universities should be pursuing, and
the acoustics are not ideal,” Phelan
said.
The size gap between Pigott The-
ater and MemAud is one big issue
for the Drama Department and stu-
dent groups such as Ram’s Head
Theatrical Society and the Stanford
Shakespeare Company.
“We cannot make a great show
highlighting student performances
and put it in a lecture hall,” Phelan
said.
The problem of finding perform-
ance space is not exclusive to the-
ater groups. The Dance Division
similarly lacks “a good space with
Please see ROBLE, page 2
UNIVERSITY
ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily
By MARIANNE LeVINE
STAFF WRITER
Stanford students looking for an extra buck
or two can now earn cash by uploading their
personal statements to the Essay Exchange.The
new website says it aims to give disadvantaged
high school students access to a cheap alterna-
tive to college counseling, but University offi-
cials are skeptical.
Started last August by three Harvard Busi-
ness School alumni, the Essay Exchange pays $2
to current and former students at 25 elite uni-
versities every time a prospective applicant
reads their admission essay.
Despite a slow start, the Essay Exchange
gained popularity by advertising on Facebook
and by word-of-mouth promotions from on-
campus representatives. Since its launch, the
website has gathered approximately 700 essays,
including 128 essays from the Farm. Stanford is
Mum’s the Word
Local San Jose band, The Mumlers, performed at Wednesday Night Live, which airs weekly on KZSU.
The alternative-folk group opened for last year’s Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco.
Stanford wary of plagiarism potential
the second largest contributor after Harvard.
The Essay Exchange’s Stanford representa-
tive, D’Shai Hendricks ‘14, said the majority of
these essays came from the current freshman
class.
“Initially, when I sent out the first e-mail,
most people were confused about what it was,”
Hendricks said. “ Later, most people basically
understood it’s three minutes of your time, and
it’s an opportunity to make money.”
“The [website] was founded on the premise
that college admission is unfair,” said Essay Ex-
change co-founder and CEO Rory O’Connor.
“Our goal is to make personalized college in-
sight more accessible and more affordable.”
According to O’Connor,part of the website’s
success comes from the idea that quantity
makes quality.
“We offer a better selection,” O’Connor said.
“The main advantage we have over books with
application essays is that our selection is grow-
ing, and the options are changing all the time.”
In fact, the website’s virtual writing tutor is so
personalized that high school students can
search for personal statements that best match
their individual backgrounds. Students are
given a preview of each essay before they decide
whether or not to buy it. Individual essays can
be purchased for $7.50.
In the past, websites like the Essay Exchange
have been criticized for allowing plagiarism.
O’Connor, however, was confident that this
problem could be avoided. His website does not
JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily
allow users to copy, cut, paste or print personal
statements.
“We have talked to over 100 admission offi-
cers,” O’Connor added. “We’re willing to work
with them so that all of the essays are in their
college admission department.”
According to Stanford Director of Admis-
sion Bob Patterson, representatives from the
Essay Exchange have not contacted the Univer-
sity. He further noted that the website raises a
red flag for plagiarism.
“When we read completed essays, we are
able to discern if the essay was written by the ap-
plicant by making connections with the addi-
tional information the student provides,” he
wrote in an e-mail to The Daily.
Patterson said the University is engaged in a
“discussion about what we want to do in the fu-
ture” to combat plagiarism in the college appli-
cation process.
One possibility is partnering with outside
vendors who run authenticity checks on the ad-
mission essays, he said.
For others, the problem goes beyond plagia-
rism, and some college counselors remain un-
convinced by the Essay Exchange’s stated pur-
pose.
“I don’t think the inspiration for it truly came
from any desire to level the playing field, since it
doesn’t level the playing field in any substantive
way,” Alice Kleeman, a college counselor at
Please see ESSAY, page 2
WORLD & NATION
Rumsfeld
criticizes Rice,
Bush admins
Memoir holds top officials
responsible for Iraq war
By SAMANTHA MCGIRR
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Former Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld levels criticism at top members
of the Bush administration, including cur-
rent Stanford professor and former
provost Condoleezza Rice, in his new
memoir “Known and Unknown.”
The memoir, released Feb. 7, contains
a comprehensive account of Rumsfeld’s
life and political career, including his role
in the Iraq war while serving under
George W. Bush.
While Rumsfeld acknowledges some
tactical errors on his part, he also lays
blame at the feet of other high-ranking of-
ficials. He takes aim at Rice in her capaci-
ty as both national security advisor and
secretary of state, saying she did not push
the president to make firm decisions on
war strategy.
“The core problems the NSC (Nation-
al Security Council) faced resulted from
the effort to paper over differences of
views,” he writes.
According to political science profes-

Stanford,NYC describe vision for campus
By CASSANDRA FELICIANO
DESK EDITOR
Universities across the globe
are going public to respond to
New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg’s invitation to create
an applied sciences campus in the
city.At the same time, school offi-
cials and city representatives are
elaborating on their vision of a
New York City campus, as the
Mar. 16 deadline for “expressions
of interest” approaches.
The request for expressions of
interest, announced last Decem-
ber, marks the first leg of a world-
wide search for an institution that
will facilitate the expanding tech-
nological sector.
While Columbia and New
York University are already lo-
cated in the Big Apple, “there is
still room to grow,” said Julie
Wood, vice president of public af-
fairs at the New York City Eco-
nomic Development Corpora-
tion (NYCEDC).
NYCEDC research, which in-
cluded extensive dialogue with
the business community and
other universities in the area,
showed that the city needed to
focus on three key elements. First
and foremost,the research under-
lined the importance of technolo-
gy-enabled jobs for future
growth. It concluded that strong
local research institutions were
the best means to achieve this. Fi-
nally, the research indicated a
need to improve the city’s aca-
demic sources in science, technol-
ogy, engineering and mathemat-
ics (STEM) fields.
“Part of what has gotten us
through the recession better than
other cities around the country
has been . . . our diverse econo-
my, and we need to insure that the
city is home to a variety of indus-
tries that can weather up-and-
down cycles,”Wood wrote in an e-
mail to The Daily.
She said NYCEDC hasn’t re-
ceived any written proposals yet.
However, 20 schools from four
continents have voiced interest
by way of attending a program in
New York detailing the mayoral
staff’s vision for the campus.
Cornell, Purdue, the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
sor Kenneth Schultz, however, Rice’s effi-
cacy may have been impacted by an inter-
nal power struggle between agencies.
“There were serious divisions within
the administration, particularly between
(MIT), New York University
the Defense Department and State De-
(NYU) and the Indian Institute
partment, and ultimately the people at
of Technology in Mumbai have
the Defense Department wielded the
publicly announced that they are
bulk of influence over decision making,”
working on “expressions of inter-
he said.
est.”
Furthermore, Schultz says, the concil-
“The several animating ideas
iatory nature of the national security ad-
at work, in both the city’s call for
visor position limited Rice’s ability to
proposals and the response of
make demands.
other institutions, have long been
“It would have been Rice’s job as na-
a hallmark of NYU’s approach
tional security advisor to insure the presi-
and thinking,” Lynne Brown, sen-
dent was getting views from different
ior vice president for university
players,” Schultz said. “Her primary onus
relations and public affairs at
was to coordinate information from dif-
NYU, wrote in an e-mail to The
ferent agencies.The general view was that
Daily.
the process was a bit dysfunctional.”
“In many ways, the effort is al-
Rice, who is also a senior fellow at the
ready an affirmation of the direc-
Hoover Institution, declined to comment.
tion NYU has already embodied
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Graduate Student Council prioritizes finances

By KABIR SAWHNEY
DESK EDITOR
Finances were the main order of business
at last night’s Graduate Student Council
(GSC) meeting.
The body approved event funding for
three student groups and additional funds for
two Graduate Student Programming Board
(GSPB) events. GSPB requested $150 for
beverages on Trivia Night and $200 for Grad
Night Out, which is set to take place Mar. 11
at the Nuthouse. Both funding requests
passed.
In addition, the GSC discussed discrepan-
cies that appeared on two groups’ balance
sheets. GSC funding chair Krystal St. Julien, a
graduate student in biochemistry, said one
group requested funds for an event but actu-
ally allocated the money to an entirely differ-
ent one. A second group that had been grant-
ed “thousands” of dollars for programming
expenses spent half of its allocation on food,
he said.
St. Julien declined to reveal the names of
either group. She said that the financial dis-
crepancies have not been investigated, and
that they are not necessarily an attempt to de-
fraud the ASSU.
The GSC discussed the best way to ascer-
tain an explanation for the discrepancies, but
reached no resolution on the issue. One pro-
posed solution, sending the groups before Ju-
dicial Affairs, was discounted because of how
lengthy that process would be. Ryan Peacock,
a member of the executive cabinet and a grad-
uate student in chemical engineering, ex-
pressed a desire to keep the proceedings off
the record until the GSC had completed a full
audit of both groups’ records.
The GSC also debated two bills. The first
sought to add three sections to Article IV of
the ASSU Joint By-laws. The sections are de-
signed to clarify the role of the ASSU Solici-
tors General. The changes will make it easier
for students to file a grievance with the ASSU,
with the Solicitors General serving as repre-
sentatives for either side in any case. The bill
passed with a 9-0-2 vote.
The GSC’s second bill was a move to con-
firm Neveen Mahmoud ‘11 as the ASSU’s as-
sociate financial manager, after the Financial
Manager Selection Committee nominated
her for the position. Mahmoud appeared be-
fore the GSC and explained her experience
and qualifications for the position, as well as
the initiatives she sought to bring to the
ASSU. The GSC delayed the vote on Mah-
moud’s confirmation to next week’s meeting.
Assistant commissioner for graduate elec-
tions Jonathan Bakke, who is a graduate stu-
dent in chemical engineering, delivered an
elections update at the end of the GSC’s
meeting. Of the student groups requesting
Special Fees, only six are joint groups serving
both the undergraduate and graduate com-
munities. Club Sports was the only joint group
required to petition for a Special Fees in-
crease.
Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawhney@stan-
ford.edu.

Women in the 21st Century

ROBLE
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decent sight lines and a sprung

floor,” Phelan said.
These issues could be addressed
once drama and dance take over
Roble Gym. Phelan, for one, ex-
pressed optimism about this devel-
opment.
“Like many universities, Stan-
ford has been slow to absorb the
value of the arts as a primary way of
knowing and experiencing the
world,” she said. “However, in re-
cent years, I do feel I have been get-
ting a hearing and that the adminis-
tration has supported the efforts of
the arts faculty.”
Stephen Sano, chair of the
Music Department, similarly said
these developments were “big
steps forward.”
“The University knows there’s a
lot to do and is exploring” ways to
address the needs of different de-
partments, he said.
Sano noted that the Music De-
partment faced concerns similar to
those expressed by Dance and
Drama. He pointed out that the
two main spaces for musical per-
formance on campus, Dinkelspiel
Auditorium and Campbell Recital
Hall, lack the proper acoustics re-
quired of concert venues.
Nevertheless,Sano said the Uni-
versity has started to pay more at-
tention to the arts. The largest and
most visible of these changes is
Bing Concert Hall. Currently
under construction, the venue will
be part of the new “Arts District,”
complementing the Cantor Arts
Center and the new Art and Art JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily
History building. Renowned feminist and columnist, Katha Pollitt, discussed gender politics, women’s success in the post-industrial economy, generational struggles and
Another big step is the newly
created position of executive direc-
renewing feminism in the modern world. Last night’s talk was part of the Jing Lyman Lecture Series, hosted by The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
tor of arts programs, now held by
Matthew Tiews.This marks the first

time Stanford has hired a high-
level administrator to unify the dif-
ferent arts departments under one
umbrella.
Tiews described his new office
as “a hub for all the programming,
creativity and activity around the
arts.”
His main goal is to move the
Arts Initiative,one part of the Stan-
ford challenge, out of startup mode
and to “make this [initiative] part
of the ongoing life at Stanford.”
Tiews acknowledged that many
students don’t currently think of
the arts as an area that Stanford
prioritizes. However, he was
adamant that the University is im-
proving on this front. He empha-
sized the need to raise awareness
“so that people know about the op-
portunities available in the arts.”
“Stanford has made a big com-
mitment to make it clear that it re-
ally does care about the arts,” he
said.
Contact Isaac Gateño at igateno
@stanford.edu.
RUMSFELD
Continued from front page
But history professor Jack
Rakove warns that Rumsfeld’s
writings should be viewed with a
cautious eye.
“Historians are universally sus-
picious of memoirs,” Rakove said.
“The great danger of memoirs is
that they’re inherently self-serving,
and they can be selective.”
Rumsfeld does acknowledge
several of his own strategic mis-
takes in his memoir. He writes with
regret that he did not stop L. Paul
Bremer, the chief administrator of
Iraq at the beginning of the war,
from disbanding the entire Iraqi
army, despite military recommen-
dations to the contrary. The move
was part of a U.S. effort to undercut
Iraqi socialist influence after the
overthrow of Saddam Hussein
“I was told of Bremer’s decision
and possibly could have stopped it,”
Rumsfeld writes.
Rumsfeld further admits that he
and other Bush officials overstated
the certainty that weapons of mass
destruction would be found in Iraq,
recalling in particular an instance
where he told a television reporter
the weapons were around Tikrit
and Baghdad.
“While I made a few misstate-
ments — in particular the one men-
tioned above — they were not
common and certainly not charac-
teristic,” he writes.
Accompanying the memoir is a
trove of previously classified docu-
ments, released on Rumsfeld’s web-
site.They offer a glimpse into back-
room policy discussions; one memo
from a senior Rumsfeld staff mem-
ber, for example, reveals that Bre-
mer told Rumsfeld of his decision
to disband the Iraqi army four days
before signing the order on May 23,
2003.
Rakove notes that these docu-
ments hardly form a complete
record of the events that transpired
during Rumsfeld’s time in office.
“What other documents are not
being released? Is the release selec-
tive?” he said. “If a few documents
are missing, we’re missing part of
the picture.”
Schultz remarks that the book’s
title, “Known and Unknown,” is a
nod to the complexities of historical
documentation as well as the uncer-
tainty that drove much of Rums-
feld’s decision making.
“A major critique of Rumsfeld’s
policies is that the war planning
seemed to rely on very optimistic
assumptions of what would happen
[in Iraq],” he said.“These optimistic
assumptions led to the small de-
ployment of forces and an unrealis-
tic timetable for postwar rebuild-
ing.A good leader knows that there
are uncertainties and there will be
unforeseen contingencies, and you
have to plan for that, not use uncer-
tainty as an excuse for things having
gone wrong.”
Contact Samantha McGirr at smc-
girr@stanford.edu.
ESSAY
Continued from front page
Menlo-Atherton High School,
wrote in an e-mail to The Daily.
Kleeman said the website also
defeats the purpose of making a
personal statement personal. Such
outside help makes it difficult to
understand what role the personal
statement plays in a student’s col-
lege application, she added.
“When students read too many
sample essays, they begin to believe
they need to write in the same style
or about the same topics,”Kleeman
said. “[What students] really need
to do is to be themselves.”
According to Patterson, these
sentiments can easily lead to pla-
giarism, especially when resources
are so readily available.
“I do empathize with those stu-
dents who feel the pressure to write
a good essay,” Patterson said.
“However, when stress levels
are so high, they can succumb to
the temptation of plagiarism,” he
added.“I am appalled with compa-

NYC
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in its Global Network University,”
Brown said.
Stanford has tentatively thrown
its hat in the game.
“We haven’t turned [an expres-
sion of interest] in, but there are
people working on it,” said Dean of
Engineering Jim Plummer.“It’s not
a commitment; we’re saying that
we’re interested.”
Stanford is looking to propose a
center that relies heavily on re-
sources from the School of Engi-
neering and the Graduate School of
Business. This vision corresponds
with the Big Apple’s ambitions of
becoming a global center for tech-
nical innovation.
Plummer said a New York City
campus would be an important ex-
perimental opportunity.
According to Plummer, many
academics have toyed with the idea
that, in as little as 20 years, many of
the top universities will have re-
mote campuses. Nevertheless, the
University is unsure whether or not
the Stanford culture itself can be
replicated elsewhere.
“To be honest, Stanford and
other top flight universities are
not lacking in opportunities to
build branch campuses,” Plummer
said. “A number of us believe that
it will happen. Rather than try to
do this somewhere else in the
world, it’s better to do it in this
country.”
Still, the monetary costs of such
a development would be substan-
tial, Plummer said. That cost has
yet to be determined by Stanford
and NYCEDC.The latter said that nies when they try to make profits
New York City would apportion a from students at one of their most
significant part of its annual budg- vulnerable stages in life.”
et for the project.
Once the first-round responses Marianne Levine at mlevine2@stan-
are received, NYCEDC will main- ford.edu.
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FEATURES
Courtesy of Tamer Shabani
Home away from home
By MARWA FARAG
DESK EDITOR
A
s Parents’ Weekend ap-
proaches, students antici-
pate exchanging hugs with
family members on the
Farm and easing some of
the homesickness that might have set
in since winter break. However, the
middle of the academic year can be
tougher for international students,
who after the bustle of activity that
came with International Student Ori-
entation (ISO) in the fall,experience a
slump in international community-
building programming.
John Pearson, director of Bechtel
International Center, the same center
that organizes ISO, identified more
sustained yearlong programming as
“an area where Bechtel has got to
start playing a bigger role.”
“I think we need to step in next
year and start offering social and pro-
grammatic events,” Pearson said.
Every year since 1985, a small
group of freshmen descends upon the
Farm in early September,just days be-
fore NSO begins, to begin ISO, three
and half days of programming organ-
ized specifically for Stanford’s 493 in-
ternational undergraduates. ISO is
filled with beach trips and scavenger
As part of International Student Orientation (ISO), new freshmen gathered on Sept. 12, 2010 to participate in
social and informative activities, such as beach retreats, scavenger hunts and academic workshops.
hunts as well as more practical activi-
ties, such as information sessions on
immigration and financial aid for in-
ternationals.
Fresh-faced,overwhelmed and full
of questions, the freshmen interna-
tionals take their multicolored pass-
ports at the start of ISO to Bechtel In-
ternational Center, an enclave near
Tresidder Union, to be introduced to
Stanford, where internationals make
up 7.1 percent of the undergraduate
student body.
These students are much like their
fellow freshman,with the exception of
one subtle difference: their home ad-
dress doesn’t come with a state name
and zip code.
After ISO,students diffuse into the
general population and must learn to
navigate both Stanford and America
at the same time.
“It’s very different being an inter-
national student,” said Isabella
Sanchez ‘14. “Most of the people are
very different from who you are, and
the international community is not
that big.”
The vast majority of internationals
at Stanford, 86 percent, are graduate
students.
“Compared to other colleges, 493
is a pretty decent number,” said Brett
Wines ‘12, 2010 ISO Coordinator.
“But if you think about it, it’s actually
not very many.”
This number does not include stu-
dents with dual citizenship, students
with U.S. citizenship who studied
overseas or students who are green
card holders.
According to Pearson,internation-
al students face a set of unique chal-
lenges.
“The number one challenge is
English,” he said. “It’s not that we as-
sume international undergraduates
can’t speak English; it’s the use of
English 24 hours a day.”
For other students, the pace of the
quarter system and classroom culture
can be a source of anxiety for students
accustomed to other teaching meth-
ods.
“It was difficult adjusting to the
culture . . . sometimes I feel like I
don’t get them [American students].
We value different things,” Sanchez
said.
Bechtel tries to address students
concerns like these during ISO, but
also provides other forms of sustained
support throughout the rest of the
year, such as special outreach regard-
ing tax issues, campus work or winter
break housing and a special fund to
help with winter break programs for
undergraduates who don’t go home.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 ! 3
“A lot of offices on campus are
aware of the fact that adjustment is a
special issue for internationals,” Pear-
son said. “The dorm communities
ResEd [Residential Education] cre-
ates, especially for freshmen, help
tremendously.”
One of the main goals of ISO is to
give internationals a chance to be-
come acquainted with each other in a
more low-key setting before the flurry
of NSO begins.
“It is completely student-run by
people who know what internationals
feel, because they’re the ones who
know how hard it is to overcome jet-
lag,how hard it is to come to a country
where you don’t know anybody,” said
Aki Kobashi’12, an ISO 2010 Coordi-
nator.
Many international students credit
ISO for giving them opportunities to
start meeting other students the very
first day they set foot on campus,
which might also be their first day in
the United States.
“I think it’s good that we meet both
the internationals at ISO and our
dorm,”said Valeria Fedyk ‘14.“I made
my first friends at ISO,and they’re still
some of my best friends.”
Bechtel’s main focus, especially
since 9/11, is to assist students with
regulatory issues, such as issuing visas
and maintaining legal status.
One downside of having an inter-
national status, however, is the restric-
tions one might face when trying to
find jobs and internships.
“Can they do it?” Pearson asked.
“Yes. [But] can they do it as easily as
American students? No . . . and this
can affect the Stanford experience.”
Meanwhile, these 493 representa-
tives from around the world — from
the Middle East to the Pacific Basin to
Northern Europe — are finding their
place within a new country and a new
school,all the while adding their expe-
riences to a welcoming student body.
“This is such a diverse campus,”
Pearson said, “and international stu-
dents are a very important part of it.”
Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@stan-
ford.edu.
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OPINIONS
S EEING G REEN
Trust me:
I’m your friend.
D
id you know environmental-
ists are on OPEC’s payroll?
Last week, my grandmother
forwarded me an e-mail with that
stunning punchline. Here’s how the
logic flowed: the United States has
tremendous oil and gas reserves in
the Bakken Formation, beneath the
rangelands of Montana and South
Dakota. Although these reserves
could ensure our energy independ-
ence, no one has heard of them, and
they’re not being tapped. Why? Be-
cause OPEC, fearing loss of its ter-
rorism-funding revenue, is paying
environmental watchdog groups to
block development.
As something of an armchair en-
vironmentalist (I get mail from the
Sierra Club and the non-wrestling
WWF, anyway), I was stunned —
not least because I’d never heard of
the Bakken Formation myself. Per
my grandmother’s request for a sec-
ond opinion before she forwarded
the e-mail onward, I dug a little
deeper.
Yes, we’ve known about the
Bakken Formation for 60 years.Yes,
we’ve known that some extractable
oil is there. But we’ve only recently
(in 2008) increased our estimates of
the recoverable volume to four bil-
lion barrels (compared to the U.S.
consumption rate of seven billion
barrels per year).
The Bakken has been under de-
velopment since 2000, with a flurry
of activity following recent techno-
logical advances and increased vol-
ume estimates. Hardly any media
attention outside the local news (ar-
ticles primarily focused on the
dearth of women in towns glutted
by young men hunting black gold)
has been paid. An off-the-cuff poll
of friends and coworkers brought
up blank stares.
Yet, behind the scenes, oil flow-
ing from the Bakken has actually in-
creased our domestic production —
even after disasters like the BP spill
last year led to drilling suspension
in the Gulf of Mexico. Technology
and infrastructure have been the
rate-limiting steps (it takes time to
lay pipes and work up to capacity),
not environmental filibusters. In-
deed, the “environmentalist” line
— far from being controlled by
OPEC oil dollars — has consistent-
ly favored energy security for the
United States. It turns out that
home-grown renewables — wind,
solar and the like — are even more
secure (because they won’t run out)
than fossil fuels, and better for the
environment, too.
So how do e-mails like this one,
which boasted an impressively long
string of “FWD:”s before my grand-
mother’s note to me — gain so
much momentum when they are so
off base?
Part of the reason is our informa-
tion saturation. We’re bombarded
with sound bites, each trying to be
sexier or more provocative than the
one before. Details are trimmed,
facts are cherry-picked and the
message’s recipient rarely has the
time or inclination to check up on
the story’s veracity.
What happens when stories con-
flict? Naturally, we tend to identify
with the source that confirms our
existing views. The modern media
— diffused over hundreds of TV
stations, thousands of websites and
millions of chain e-mails — makes
it easier than ever to filter out con-
flicting messages by subscribing
only to “conservative” newsfeeds or
listening exclusively to “liberal”
podcasts.
Stanford Flipside,Your Words Speak
Louder Than Your Actions
T
he Stanford Flipside has recently begun a
Special Fees petition in order to bypass the
ASSU’s rejection of their original budget.
The Flipside staff argue that they have decided to
include a Segway in their budget as a way to bring
to light the absurdity of what they see as other
groups’ wasteful spending.
We would like to make an appeal to the Flip-
side staff: asking students for money you do not
need in order to protest that very act is NOT the
way to go about making this statement.You have
a popular publication. Use words as your tool to
change opinion; do not engage in wasteful spend-
ing yourself.
It is the job of the ASSU Appropriations
Committee to negotiate with groups’ financial
Holly
Moeller
How do we
begin to talk
with each
other,instead
of past
each other?
As an ecologist relying on the
goodwill of humanity to fund my re-
search and keep my study subjects
alive, I’m worried about our in-
creasing tunnel vision. Humanity’s
gravest challenges — overpopula-
tion, climate change, biodiversity
loss and so forth — are as complex
as they are frightening. Most of us
don’t spend our free time wrestling
with the morality of reproductive
rights, pinning down the difference
between “climate” and “weather”
or considering the acreage of rain-
forest cleared to plant the coffee
bushes for our daily pre-class jolt.
Unfortunately, ignorance leads only
to temporary bliss.And many angry
e-mails.
How do we begin to talk with
each other, instead of past each
other?
First, by building trust. How
many times do you turn to those
you know and love for advice?
When has a steadfast opinion been
swayed by the words of someone
you respect? Why will you listen pa-
tiently to your roommate but switch
off the television commentary?
These interpersonal bonds are
critical for our sanity and for our
wisdom. One brain cannot hold all
the knowledge of humanity, so we
must rely on others to help us gath-
er and parse data. That said, think
for yourself. Scrutinize the facts, and
check your sources. If you can con-
vince yourself, you’ll never fear op-
position, because you’ll be able to
see why the differences of opinion
arose. You will be able to change
your own mind freely, without par-
roting back someone else’s dogma.
So keep an open mind, and keep
having open conversations. Trust,
but verify. And call your grand-
mother: she loves you, and you’d be
surprised what she’ll let you get
away with. Including convincing her
not to forward that e-mail.
Did you fact check this column? If so,
send your corrections and other com-
ments to hollyvm@stanford.edu. Oh,
and “Hi, Grandma!”
O P-E D
officers to cut the budgets down as much as pos-
sible and to make sure groups’ budgets are not
hidden to Special Fees voters. It is fair to say
that at least the vast majority of wasteful spend-
ing in student groups is filtered in this process.
Obviously, the Flipside knows this from experi-
ence.
On the other hand, remember this when you
look through other groups’ budgets: just because
something is expensive does not necessarily
mean that it is wasteful.As the financial and mar-
keting staff of Cardinal Ballet, we understand
this (tutus are not cheap), and the Flipside must
understand this as well.
Flipside: if you have a problem with a group’s
budget, contact that group’s financial officer di-
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T HIS C OLUMN I S I RONIC
Hi, Mom!
Shane
Q
uick, you’d better stash that of February every year, ostensibly Savitsky
handle of Smirnoff some- so we can say,“Look! The weather is
where inconspicuous. Tell so much better than Harvard’s.
your roommate to dismantle that We’re in California, remember?”
massive tower of PBR empties that Ah, but we’ve even somehow man-
he’s been accumulating. Oh, and
that case of original Four Loko that
aged to screw up that fact this year.
The San Francisco Chronicle re- I hate the idea of
you’ve been waiting to break out? ported this week that the Bay Area
Shove it somewhere deep under
your bed. Honestly, you probably
haven’t vacuumed since November,
has its first chance for measurable
snow since 1976 this weekend. Un-
less your dad is Tony Montana, no
Parents’weekend,
so you should do that now, too. one is going to be enjoying the
Why? It’s that time of year again:
Parents’ Weekend.
weather on campus this weekend.
Seriously, you thought Reunion but I dig it in
Ah, yes, the time each year when Homecoming was bad? Parents’
our beautiful little Stanford bubble
gets popped for a few days so our
parents can experience the fun and
Weekend is pushing that to the ex-
treme. Even if alums are too busy
day-dreaming about their debauch-
practice
relaxation of The Farm.Stanford or- erous glory days, they at least know
ganizes a bunch of cutesy events for how to navigate campus. Parents’ time I can ever get my mom to come
our parents to attend and finishes Weekend is like the blind leading to campus. She’s in the Bay Area
the whole grand gesture by making the blind.Throw some rain and cold relatively often, but she’s a flight at-
sure to ask them for even more in there, and people might get man- tendant. Obviously, 12-hour lay-
money. You know, on top of the gled in a Circle of Death confronta- overs in San Francisco don’t neces-
$55,000 they already pay annually tion in the next few days. sarily mesh well with a three-hour
to send us here. Now, don’t get me wrong. I may time difference and a six-hour flight
Stanford also makes a habit of hate the idea of Parents’ Weekend, the next day. Invariably, I end up
scheduling this thing in the middle but I dig it in practice. It’s the only heading into the city for a nice Ital-
ian dinner. No complaints here.
But still, my mom hasn’t been on
campus in over a year, so I’m psy-
ched to show her everything new
here at Stanford.Case in point:Ike’s
Place. My weekly trip there is a
mess of emotion. I’m always pretty
certain the line won’t be long.Then,
on arrival, I’m part disappointed
and part terrified at how massive it
is. As my wait time approaches an
hour,I get increasingly pissed off.(If
I manage to spot Andrew Luck
skipping the line and grabbing his
phone order, I always kick myself
for not doing the same.They always
rectly or talk to the Appropriations Committee. say that he’s smart on TV. They’re
If they do not budge, let your criticism be known right.) Finally, I get to order — ex-
in your publication — maybe a few hundred cept I then wait another 20 minutes
swayed opinions on the part of the student body for my sandwich. Yet, everything is
will change that group’s mind on that one line forgotten once I take that first won-
item in their budget. drous bite. In terms of sharing Stan-
We love the Flipside, and we would love to ford experiences with my mom, this
vote for an ASSU-approved budget that is not is my first priority.The (really great)
wasteful. Please lose the Segway and start using classes I’m taking this quarter?
your publication to get your word out. Stanford Meh, eating comes first.
students: please understand that when you sign a Oh, and my mom always brings a
Special Fees petition, you have gone beyond the friend of hers with her when she
realm of a joke and into making decisions about comes to visit for Parents’ Weekend!
real money.
MEGAN KANNE ‘12 AND COLETTE POSSE ‘12 Please see SAVITSKY, page 5
The Stanford Daily
SAVITSKY
Continued from page 4
This reduces the need for me to
babysit her during her time here and
thus reduces the possibility of us get-
ting into a fight. During freshman
year, she brought along one of her
best friends, Anita (also a flight at-
tendant). I somehow became acute-
ly worried that people would think
Anita was my mom’s girlfriend (we
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do go to school in California, after
all). This led to Anita introducing
herself to people as my “second
mom” for the next few days.
Parents’ Weekend, it’s always in-
teresting. Oh, and if you happen to
see me leading my mom around
campus over the next few days, feel
free to blame her for bringing the
cold with her from Scranton. I
know I will.
Want some tips for surviving Parents’
Weekend? E-mail Shane at savit-
sky@stanford.edu.
The “It’s Only Another Beer”
Black and Tan
8 oz. pilsner lager
8 oz. stout lager
1 frosty mug
1 icy road
1 pick-up truck
1 10-hour day
1 tired worker
A few rounds with the guys
Mix ingredients.
Add 1 totalled vehicle.
Never underestimate ‘just a few.’
Buzzed driving is drunk driving.
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6 ! Thursday, February 24, 2011
SPORTS
GROWING UP
By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR
The Stanford women’s basketball team
returns to the Farm after knocking off the
Los Angeles schools last weekend in its
final road trip, securing itself a first-round
bye in the Pac-10 Tournament in the
process.
The No. 2 Cardinal (24-2, 15-0 Pac-10)
knocked off USC, 78-64, on Friday night,
then rallied to beat No. 9 UCLA, 67-53.
The two victories solidified the Cardi-
nal’s spot atop the Pac-10 conference,
helping it to a 2.5 game lead over UCLA
with just three games left in conference
play.
Stanford was without star forward
Nnemkadi Ogwumike in Sunday’s contest
with the Bruins, and the Cardinal fresh-
men rose to the occasion.
Freshman forward Chiney Ogwumike
did her best sister act, rolling to 18 points
and 15 rebounds, while freshman guard
Toni Kokenis had 13 points, two assists
and three steals.
“Our young players really stepped up,”
said head coach Tara VanDerveer.
“Chiney really put the hammer down, she
scored inside, rebounded and got to the
free throw line, and Toni Kokenis came in
and gave us a big lift.”
Despite a shaky start, Chiney Ogwu-
mike’s 13 points in the second half showed
that despite her youth,she could rise to the
occasion at any time.
“We knew we made a lot of mistakes in
the first half.We weren’t playing as well as
we could have,and we weren’t being as ag-
gressive as we could have been,” Ogwu-
mike said. “[VanDerveer] told me, you’re
going be the one to go on the block and go
to work.”
Please see WBBALL, page 7
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
2/20 vs. UCLA W 67-53
UP NEXT
OREGON
(12-13, 3-11 Pac-10)
2/24 Maples Pavilion 7 P.M.
COVERAGE:
RADIO KZSU 90.1 FM (kzsu.stan-
ford.edu)
GAME NOTES: Stanford ran its winning streak to 18
games after a sweep of the Los Angeles schools last
weekend, and returns to the Farm to take on Ore-
gon. The Card soundly defeated the Ducks 91-56
in their last matchup in Eugene back in January.
The Cardinal finish the regular season with three
games at Maples before the Pac-10 Tournament in
March.
FIGHT TO THE FINISH
By LAUREN TAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
With the final four games of the
season quickly approaching, the
Stanford men’s basketball team has
few remaining chances to snap the
recent losing streak and conclude
the year with a winning record.
The Cardinal (13-13, 6-9 Pac-10)
will face Oregon State (9-16, 4-10
Pac-10) Thursday night in Corvallis,
with the opportunity to complete a
season sweep of the Beavers and
gain a little momentum for the
matchup with Oregon on Saturday.
The prospect of finishing sixth in
the Pac-10 is within Stanford’s
reach, but the team will have to pro-
duce some strong road finishes to
earn the spot.
In order for Stanford to pull off a
victory, the team will have to make
serious adjustments to the offensive
effort it displayed against USC last
Please see MBBALL, page 8
MEN’S BASKETBALL
2/19 vs. USC L 69-53
UP NEXT
OREGON STATE
(9-16, 4-10 Pac-10)
2/24 Corvallis, Ore. 6 P.M.
COVERAGE:
TV FSN Northwest
GAME NOTES: The Cardinal need a strong
finish to its season to end the year with a
winning record, and the Oregon State
Beavers have had their struggles lately, with
only two wins in their last 12 games. Should
Freshman John Gage (above) has played a big role for the Card
the Cardinal win out in its conference sched-
ule, it can finish as high as 6th in the Pac-10.
lately, averaging 6.5 points per game in the last eight games, as
well as earning the first start of his career against USC.
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
Freshman forward Chiney Ogwumike (above) buoyed the Cardinal in place of her injured sister this
past weekend, scoring 18 points and pulling down 15 rebounds against No. 9 UCLA.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Softball returns home for
Nike Invitational
The Stanford softball team re-
turns to Smith Family Stadium this
Friday,opening up the 2011 Stanford
Nike Invitational.
The No. 16 Cardinal (8-2) hosts a
tournament that includes No. 24
Kentucky,Colorado State,Memphis,
North Dakota State and UC Davis.
The tournament comes after a 4-1
weekend for Stanford in the UNLV
Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in
Las Vegas, where sophomore Teagan
Gerhart had a great two-way week-
end, hitting .500 with two home runs
and going 3-1 as a pitcher.
Stanford’s weekend in the desert
saw the Card defeat No.23 BYU and
No. 3 Tennessee, with senior pitcher
Ashley Chinn tossing a one-hit
shutout to knock off the Lady Volun-
teers.
The Cardinal will once again
lean on its excellent pitching, as
both Gerhart and Chinn have four
wins and one complete-game
shutout under their belts this sea-
son. Gerhart is 4-2 with a 1.17 ERA
and 35 strikeouts, and Chinn is 4-0
in four starts with 33 strikeouts of
her own.
Offensively, the Card has been
solid so far as well, as starters Ash-
ley Hansen, Jaquilyn Edwards and
Sarah Hassman all have batting av-
erages north of .400.
Stanford opens up the weekend
against Memphis and North Dako-
ta State with a doubleheader start-
ing at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.
— Jack Blanchat
Women’s gymnastics concludes
home season
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily The Stanford women’s gymnas-
tics team will make its final appear-
Please see BRIEFS, page 8
The Stanford Daily
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Cardinal
plays host to
MPSF rivals
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
DESK EDITOR
The No. 4 Stanford men’s volleyball
team kicks off the second half of its Moun-
tain Pacific Sports Federation season this
weekend, playing host to two top-10 oppo-
nents — No. 8 UCLA on Friday night and
No. 3 UC-Santa Barbara on Saturday
night.
The past few weeks have been an up-
and-down ride for the Cardinal (10-4, 7-4
MPSF). The team opened the regular sea-
son with a big home sweep of then-No. 2
BYU, but then split a road series in Hawaii.
The Cardinal went on a three-game win
streak by defeating Pacific at home and
then sweeping Loyola and Lewis College
in a non-conference road trip to Chicago.
However, Stanford couldn’t keep up the
momentum and was stunned in a home
loss to UC-San Diego
“UCSD played well and truly beat us,”
said Stanford head coach John Kosty.
“Every match in the MPSF is important
and demands your very best.”
Last weekend,Stanford was badly over-
matched in a 3-0 loss at USC before rally-
ing to victory in the second match of the
weekend, snapping a 13-match losing
streak on the road against Pepperdine.
In all, the Cardinal has played six week-
end series and split five of them, a statistic
that could be attributed to the parity in the
MPSF — 11 of the 12 teams in the confer-
ence are currently listed in the AVCA Di-
vision-I rankings.
But despite the difficulty that playing in
the MPSF presents, Kosty still isn’t satis-
fied.
“We need to keep improving our con-
sistency with every practice and game,” he
said. “The MPSF is always good from top
to bottom, and it’s a given that every week-
end means we will face two quality oppo-
nents.”
UCLA (8-8) comes into Friday’s match
with a 3-7 MPSF conference record, but
they have a lot to play for. The Bruins are
within reach of the 8th conference spot —
Please see MVBALL, page 8
Tom Taylor
Can sports
keep our
lives civil?
A
fter turning quite serious last
week, I wanted to write some-
thing a bit lighter this week.But
it’s becoming harder and hard-
er to do that in light of recent
developments in North Africa. There is cer-
tainly no lack of entertaining sports on TV to
comment on, especially with the Cricket
World Cup in full swing on the Indian sub-
continent, but my attention is dragged away
by more important events elsewhere.
As I write this, Colonel Gaddafi is still
managing to hang on to power in Libya, but,
while the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt
were generally (and surprisingly) bloodless,
the situation in Libya looks increasingly dire
for its people.There are numerous reports of
military forces and mercenaries killing civil-
ians and increasing warnings that “crimes
against humanity” may be being committed
across the country — something Gaddafi
himself has practically confirmed in rambling
televised threats.
The idea of watching, playing or talking
about a handful of people chasing a ball
around a grassy field seems futile in compari-
son to this.But is it? Can sports play a positive
role in such a situation?
They certainly can.Sports have been used
by regimes to bolster their support,deflect at-
tention from local problems and distract dis-
enchanted youths from getting involved in
politics. Should Gaddafi successfully quash
the current uprising, it seems certain that he
would try to use the Africa Cup of Nations
soccer tournament that Libya is due to hold
in 2013 to energize and unify the country
under his rule. But this approach doesn’t al-
ways work. Sports may be apolitical, but in
countries where mass demonstrations or
unions are restricted or banned, they can
offer a unique way for people to join togeth-
er en masse. By crowding together to cele-
brate successes, people can experience the
power of popular movements and realize
how difficult it can be for any government to
control such huge numbers. Some reports in-
dicate that soccer fans in Tunisia and Egypt
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may have been instrumental in the
G E T NOTICED BY successful demonstrations there.
However, the mob mentality of
THOUSANDS. large groups of fans is not always well
(650) 721-5803 directed. There are indications that
some supporters are joining together
www.stanforddaily.com/ to back Gaddafi, and in the lawless
classifieds vacuum created by large crowds, bru-
tal things can take place.It is not with-
out reason that soccer hooligans have
TUTORING a bad image. The objectionable ac-
tions of a small few, though, shouldn’t
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can also offer embattled people with a
televised glimpse of normality and
the simple chance to forget their wor-
ries for a short while and get fully en-
grossed in a game.
Sports can also break down barri-
ers and bring disparate people togeth-
er.Your political opinions and cultur-
al or class background mean little on
the playing field — sports are a great
equalizer — and you can suddenly
find yourself engaging with people
that are far outside your own circle.
English and German soldiers infa-
mously, and unbelievably, called a
truce to play a game of soccer in no
man’s land between the trenches one
Christmas during the First World War.
This bridging of separate worlds
has perhaps even had international
connotations. It may be a little ex-
treme to say that the growth of inter-
national sport may have helped pre-
vent conflict,but as countries have be-
come more intertwined with trade
and diplomacy, the chances of major
confrontation off the field seem to
have lowered.
Sports certainly offer a viable al-
ternative to official diplomacy, not
just in bringing countries closer to-
WBBALL
Continued from page 6
Ogwumike also mentioned that
games where the Cardinal is missing
a star player can be a blessing in dis-
guise, especially because the team
has been a little slow out of the gates
lately.
“[Struggles] are part of what hap-
pens midseason for a team, and I
think that losing an integral person
in a game keeps us on our straight
track,” Ogwumike said. “It keeps us
motivated, and we do things based
on our teamwork, not based off of
our individual capacities.”
The Cardinal’s next challenge
will be against the Oregon schools
once again, with the Oregon Ducks
coming into Maples Pavilion first on
Thursday night.
The Ducks (12-13, 3-11 Pac-10)
look to be the Cardinal’s next vic-
tim, as the girls from Eugene have
lost nine of their last 10 games dating
back to Jan. 13.
Oregon has two potent scoring
threats in guard Nia Jackson and for-
ward Amanda Jackson,who average
17.0 and 16.4 points per game, re-
spectively. However, even with the
one-two punch of Jackson and John-
son, the Ducks shoot just 37.6 per-
cent from the floor and give up 76.6
points per game.
Last time against the Ducks,
Stanford cruised to a 91-56 win, with
Oregon shooting 25.0 percent on the
game and a dreadful 3-for-32 from
three.
Additionally, Chiney Ogwumike,
one of the freshman heroes from
this weekend, had 18 points and 12
rebounds in the trip to Eugene.
Despite her confidence in the
team’s ability and her dominant play
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gether, but also through its figure-
heads. Major athletes, like film stars,
can be so widely followed and re-
spected that they challenge most po-
litical dignitaries for influence and
popular support. Also, because they
are identified more with their profes-
sion than with any particular ideology,
they may be heard by those from all
sides of the political spectrum and can
talk openly without having to guard
what they say.As the world’s response
to the crisis in Libya remains cagey,
with leaders unable or unwilling to
throw their full support behind either
Gaddafi or the revolution that seeks
to remove him,there is a great oppor-
tunity for such stars to take a stand.
The sporting world is undoubtedly
relevant to the current situation in
Libya and can positively affect its
people. Hopefully when that world
officially visits the country for the
Africa Cup of Nations tournament in
2013, it will be to celebrate an event.
Tom Taylor just wants someone in a
position of power to offer him free
tickets to the Africa Cup of Nations.
Sponsor some grassroots journalism
at tom.taylor@stanford.edu.
in lieu of her sister, Chiney Ogwu-
mike said that she still feels that she
has a lot to learn in this postseason
run, but has a strategy for getting
better.
“I still feel heavily like a fresh-
man at all times,” she said. “In the
games, the only way I can get my
mental capacity is by telling myself .
. . it’s players against players, not
class against class.”
Ogwumike also said that now
that the Cardinal had a little dis-
tance ahead of UCLA, they could
relax and play their best basketball.
“At this point, we know that not
all games are guaranteed, we know
that we want to win a Pac-10 cham-
pionship, we want to win a Pac-10
tournament championship and we
want to win a national champi-
onship,” Ogwumike said. “Basically,
clinching the bye, yeah, we are al-
most there, but we still have to exe-
cute.There’s not a lot of time left, so
we just want to pull it together
soon.”
And although Ogwumike and
VanDerveer both have suggested
that this team still has a way to go to
live up to their perfectionistic stan-
dards, the Cardinal bumped its way
up to No. 2 in the national polls this
weekend — behind No. 1 UConn,
who the Card has already beaten
this season.
Ogwumike said the snub for the
number one spot was not in the Car-
dinal’s mind heading down the
stretch.
“I think that everything’s due in
time, it’d be nice to have it, but it’s
not what we’re worried about,” she
said.
The Cardinal and Ducks tip off
Thursday night’s contest at 7 p.m. in
Maples Pavilion.
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stanford.edu.
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the last entry into the season-end-
ing tournament and a potential
NCAA berth. Led by outside hitter
Weston Dunlap, the Bruins split a
series with Hawaii and are a very
dangerous serving team, ranking
second in the MPSF with 1.31 aces
per set.
Stanford trails UCLA in the all-
time series by a wide margin (61-
15), but has had recent success with
three-straight home victories.
On Saturday, Stanford wel-
comes in red-hot UC-Santa Bar-
bara (9-6, 7-5) and will have its
hands full against middle blocker
Dylan Davis and outside hitter
Scott Slaughter, who leads the
Junior Brad Lawson (above) will try to help the Cardinal steady the ship
against the UCLA Bruins and UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos this weekend.
Lawson’s 4.15 kills per set will be needed to defeat the two top-10 foes.
MPSF in hitting percentage at .490.
The Gauchos’ solid play has led
them to their highest ranking since
Feb. 19, 2007.
UCSB also leads the all-time se-
ries against the Cardinal 42-27, with
a few of those losses coming at the
hands of Kosty, who was a standout
player with the Gauchos in the
1980s. However, Stanford won the
last meeting between the two teams
last April, 3-0.
Junior setter Evan Barry is
fourth in the MPSF with 10.96 as-
sists per set, and two-time All-
American junior libero Erik Shoji
is second in the conference and
sixth in the country with 2.52 digs
per set.
The match against UCLA tips at
7 p.m. Friday at Maples Pavilion.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at
milesbs@stanford.edu.
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Saturday.
The Card went just 6-for-30 from
the floor in the second half and
scored a mere 22 points in the final
20 minutes, causing Stanford to fall
short of the Trojans by a wide mar-
gin of 69-53.
The loss to USC, along with two
previous losses to UCLA and Wash-
ington, has put the Cardinal in a rut,
but Oregon State has faced the
same recent misfortune and is riding
a four-game losing streak. In fact,
the Beavers are just 2-10 since
sweeping the Arizona schools dur-
ing the very first weekend of confer-
ence play.
Defense is not Oregon State’s
strong suit, as the Beavers have al-
lowed an average of 71.8 points per
game, as well as 45.7 percent shoot-
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ance at Maples Pavilion this Sun-
day, hosting No. 33 Arizona State as
it celebrates Senior Day.Three Car-
dinal athletes will be honored in the
ing from its opponents.
Stanford looks to capitalize on
this by feeding the ball to freshman
guard Anthony Brown and fresh-
man forward Dwight Powell, who
put up a solid offensive showing
against the Beavers the first time
around. Brown secured eight re-
bounds and racked 21 points on 7-
for-11 shooting, and Powell was 3-
for-3 with nine points in the
matchup back on Jan. 29.
The pair of rookies, along with
several other Cardinal freshmen,
has been especially key for Stanford
in recent weeks, filling the starting
rotation and coming off the bench
to combine for 52 points and 36 re-
bounds over the last two games.
At one point during Saturday’s
game with USC, head coach Johnny
Dawkins had five freshmen on the
court at the same time. Dawkins has
also incorporated at least two fresh-
men in the starting lineup for over
half of Stanford’s games.
Finding the right starting combi-
event, including Shelley Alexander,
Danielle Ikoma and Allyse Ishino.
After its best start in program
history, the No. 2 Cardinal (14-0) is
just two wins away from completing
an undefeated dual-meet season
for the first time ever. Stanford is in
the midst of a banner year, having
defeated defending champion
UCLA three times and has enjoyed
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nation has proven to be a struggle
for the Card, as there has been little
game-to-game consistency for the
first five to step on the floor. In fact,
Saturday’s combination of junior
Jarrett Mann, junior Jeremy Green,
Brown, freshman John Gage and
junior Josh Owens was the eighth
different starting lineup of the sea-
son.
Dawkins is expected to utilize
this same group against the
Beavers, especially because of
Gage’s success in his first outing as
a starter. They will look to put an
early stop in the efforts of Jared
Cunningham (13.5 ppg, 49 assists,
71 steals) and Calvin Haynes (9.8
ppg, 79.1 FT shooting), who will be
the main offensive forces for the
Beavers.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.
PST in Gill Coliseum in Corvallis,
Ore.
Contact Lauren Taylor at ltaylor7@
stanford.edu.
contributions from the nation’s top-
ranked competitor on the floor ex-
ercise, sophomore Ashley Morgan.
Last time out, Stanford earned a
195.300-194.675 victory over the
Arizona Wildcats. Their in-state
counterparts, the Sun Devils (4-8),
will head to Maples Pavilion for
their 2 p.m. match this Sunday.
— Nate Adams