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April 6, 2011 Issue 35

NEWS BRIEFS

Precourt Center
grants three
research awards
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
The Precourt Energy Efficiency
Center awarded three grants this year
to investigate the reduction of energy
use in buildings. The grants, worth
$400,000 each, were awarded to a
Stanford economist and teams in the
School of Engineering and the Grad-
uate School of Business.
Mechanical engineering professor
Gianluca Iaccarino and civil engi-
neering professor Martin Fischer
won the grant for their computer
model, which aims to predict energy
use in buildings.They plan to test their
model in the Yang and Yamazaki En-
vironment and Energy (Y2E2) build-
ing,which is designed to be one of the
greenest buildings on campus.
Civil engineering professor Ray-
mond Levitt and Erica Plambeck, a
professor at the Graduate School of
Business, are looking at ways to help
the construction industry adopt ener-
gy-efficient innovations. Despite the
recent increase in energy-saving tech-
nologies, few have been used in the
building industry.
Matthew Harding, an assistant
professor of economics, intends to
SOCC stages rally
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily
The Students of Color Coalition (SOCC) held a rally last night in the Old Union
courtyard. Tiq Chapa ‘10, above, worked the crowd with Alryl Koroma ‘11 and
former ASSU Vice President Kelsei Wharton ‘12 in the background.
STUDENT GOV’T
Senate hears
“Opposition
to ROTC”bill
With advisory question looming,
Senate takes action on ROTC
By KATE ABBOTT
DEPUTY EDITOR
The Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Tuesday op-
posing the discriminatory policies of ROTC in an effort to edu-
cate the student body.
After reaching the required number of eight senators to have
quorum, the Undergraduate Senate started its meeting several
minutes late, with Senators Ben Jensen ‘12 and Carolyn Simmons
‘13 joining the meeting from their study abroad locations via
Skype.
Before the ROTC discussion, all funding bills for the evening
were passed, and Publications Board Director Alice Nam ‘11 and
assistant director Zachary Warma ‘11 discussed plans to create a
publications media center on the second floor of the Nitery for
use by all campus publications next year. Nam also put a bill on
previous notice to redefine the role of the Publications Board di-
rector for next year, which will be debated for next week.
“We want to rethink how publications are funded on campus

SOCC explains candidate

study how financial incentives can
encourage individuals to conserve since a lot of them seeking out special fees,” Warma, a former
energy. Daily staff member, said. “We would like for our publications to
have the best papers, the best layouts possible and we sit on a sig-

Steinman receives
— Ivy Nguyen
lifetime achievement
award
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Neurology professor Lawrence
Steinman won the 2011 Multiple
Sclerosis International Federation
Charcot Award,a biennial award that
honors lifetime achievement in multi-
ple sclerosis research. Steinman
earned recognition for transferring
knowledge from molecular analysis
to licensed therapy.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an in-
flammatory disease that damages the
myelin sheath around the axons of
the brain and spinal cord, making it
difficult for the axons to conduct sig-
nals.While some treatments exist, the
prognosis is difficult to predict and
much remains unknown about the
disease.
Steinman’s research studies the
mechanisms of the disease’s relapse
and remission by identifying and
characterizing genes that regulate in-
Please see BRIEFS, page 2
endorsement process
By BILLY GALLAGHER
STAFF WRITER
During ASSU elections season, many
campus groups endorse candidates in
order to sway voters. In recent years,
none of these endorsing groups have
been as successful or active as the Stu-
dents of Color Coalition (SOCC).
Last year, 10 out of 12 SOCC-en-
dorsed candidates were elected to the
12th Undergraduate Senate.The last two
years that SOCC supported an executive
slate, Cardona/Wharton in 2010 and
Avula/Jones in 2007, that slate was victo-
rious.
Candidates, current and former
ASSU Senators and Executives and the
SOCC leadership sat down with The
Daily to shed light on the process behind
the SOCC endorsement.
The Coalition
SOCC is a coalition of six groups: the
Asian American Students’ Association
(AASA), the Black Student Union
(BSU),Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan (MEChA), the Muslim Stu-
dent Awareness Network (MSAN), the
National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People (NAACP) and
the Stanford American Indian Organiza-
tion (SAIO).
“The coalition of SOCC was created
to have a unifying political voice for all six
of these groups,” said Yvorn Aswad-
Thomas ‘11, BSU co-president.
Aswad-Thomas said the six groups
collaborate informally throughout the
year and are almost exclusively formally
active as SOCC during the ASSU elec-
tions season.
Aswad-Thomas and SOCC Liaison
Tiq Chapa ‘10 were both SOCC-en-
dorsed candidates elected to the 10th
Undergraduate Senate.Chapa explained
that the subgroups send a total of 30 lead-
ers to SOCC for the elections decisions.
With 15 endorsed candidates this
year, SOCC could potentially sweep the
Senate. SOCC has endorsed incumbent
Rafael Vazquez ‘12, Brianna Pang ‘13,
Samar Alqatari ‘14, Dan Ashton ‘14, Ian
Chan ‘14, Shawn Dye ‘14, Lily Fu ‘14,
Nate Garcia ‘14, Alex Kindel ‘14, Karl
Kumodzi ‘14, JR Lesansee ‘14,Anna Nti-
Asare ‘14, Janani Ramachandran ‘14,
Byron Shorty ‘14 and Tara Trujillo ‘14.
Please see SOCC, page 2
nificant amount of money to do that.
“The Publications Board wants to expand its institutional
presence,teach classes and be the driving force for a more vibrant
publications culture on campus,” he added.
Nam also addressed the pending petition to bring a case to the
Constitutional Council against the appointment of Warma to the
Publications Board, which has yet to be accepted.
“I don’t see how I’m able to do my job currently because I’m
supposed to propose a funding bill that The Claw is a part of, so it
needs to be proposed by a different director,”Nam,who is the ed-
itor in chief of literary magazine The Claw, said. “This bill would
help fix that.”
The main discussion of the night centered on a bill proposed
by Senator Robin Perani ‘13 and Senate Associate Alex Kindal
‘14, titled “Resolution in Opposition to the Return of ROTC to
Stanford University.” Kindal was not present for the proceeding
discussion about the bill.
The original bill, which was later replaced, cited an obligation
to protect the interests of all students, including transgender stu-
dents, but voiced support for current ROTC cadets who partici-
pate in off-campus programs. It therefore opposed the return of
ROTC in accordance with the University’s nondiscrimination
policy.
Debate over the bill lasted for almost three hours as Senators
discussed the language, the technicalities of the nondiscrimina-
tion policy and the intent behind passing such a resolution. Mem-
bers representing the LGBT community and Stanford Students
for Queer Liberation (SSQL) were present as part of the open
forum.
Perani said that she felt it was the duty of the ASSU to protect
minority groups’ rights, and therefore take a firm stance on the
ROTC issue.
Please see SENATE, page 8

STUDENT GOV’T

ASSU Executive slates spar

at Tuesday’s CoHo debate
By KABIR SAWHNEY
DESK EDITOR
With the ASSU general election a few
days away, voters got a final chance to see
all three slates running for ASSU Execu-
tive in a debate last night at the CoHo.The
debate was co-sponsored by The Stanford
Daily,The Stanford Review and Stanford
in Government and moderated by Daily
Deputy Editor Kate Abbott ‘12 and Re-
view Editor-in-Chief Autumn Carter ‘11.
Questions came from the moderators
themselves and from voters who submit-
ted queries in advance.
All three slates — Cruz/Macgregor-
Dennis, Seldon/Vasquez and
Hertz/Coggeshall — repeated many of
the points published in their platforms
throughout the campaign.
In their opening statement,Tenzin Sel-
don ‘12 and Joe Vasquez ‘11 came out with
their two main initiatives: “bridging the
gap” between various communities on
campus and a fresh focus on mental
health among the student body. On the
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily
opposing side,Michael Cruz ‘12 and Stew-
All three ASSU Executive slates participated in a debate yesterday evening at the CoHo. Pictured above art Macgregor-Dennis ‘13 emphasized
are candidates Michael Cruz ‘12, Alex Hertz ‘13, Stewart Macgregor-Dennis ‘13 and Joe Vasquez ‘11. the theme of their campaign, “Stanford
2.0,” and discussed their desire to partner
with student groups and bring an entre-
preneurial mindset to the ASSU. Alex
Hertz ‘13 and Sam Coggeshall ‘12, run-
ning as the Stanford Chaparral-backed
slate, talked about the need for a more
physically healthy student body.
The debate then moved to questions,
where substantive differences emerged
between the Seldon/Vasquez and
Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis slates. Both
campaigns, however, struck similar notes
at the beginning of the debate when they
explained what they believed was the
most pressing issue facing Stanford stu-
dents.
“If there was one issue we could tack-
le, I think we would tackle this issue of
connectiveness and community at Stan-
ford,”Cruz said.“It seems like a lot of stu-
dents have this ‘Stanford Duck Syn-
drome’ that all of us have heard about,
this idea that wellness isn’t here at Stan-
ford.”
“Joe and I also believe that the most
important issue concerning our student
body right now is mental health and well-
Please see DEBATE, page 2

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DEBATE
Continued from front page
ness,” Seldon said. “It is still heavily
stigmatized on this campus.”
Seldon detailed several initiatives
she planned to enact around mental
health if elected, including a push for
changes to resident assistant (RA)
training,expanded utilization of exist-
ing mental health resources and more
courses on the topic of “happiness.”
Two of the most contentious is-
sues at the debate were each slate’s
stance on the ROTC advisory ques-
tion and their plans to effectively
communicate and engage with the
general student population. With re-
spect to student engagement, Seldon
and Vasquez both emphasized mak-
ing personal connections with as
many students as possible via dorm
meetings, office hours and regular
meetings with student group leaders.
Macgregor-Dennis’ approach was
starkly different; he detailed plans
for the Executive to connect to stu-
dents using technology, including a
fully revamped ASSU website and
an iPhone app.
The two slates clashed sharply on
the ROTC advisory question. Cruz
and Macgregor-Dennis aligned
themselves with the “Campaign to
Abstain,” a movement to influence
students to vote abstain on the refer-
endum.
“It really comes down to the fact
that there’s a marginalized commu-
nity and a discriminated-against
community,” Macgregor-Dennis
said.“Really, if we’re voting on these
civil-rights issues, then we’re voting
on civil-rights issues for both the
marginalized and the discriminated
against. We stand up for both these
communities and that’s why we’re
fully in support of the abstain cam-
paign.”
Seldon and Vasquez declined to
take a position on the issue, saying
they believe the role of the Executive
is to allow space for all viewpoints to
be heard.
“We have to make sure that, as
student representatives, we listen to
all sides of the issue,” Seldon said.
“There’s a large contingent of the
student body population on both
sides of the issue,” Vasquez added.
“By taking a very partisan approach
and choosing one side of the issue,
you’re potentially marginalizing and
just creating an even bigger divide.”
The debate concluded after each
slate was allowed to give a closing
statement. In their final words,
Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis promoted
the bridging of the ASSU with entre-
preneurship and public service,while
Seldon/Vasquez explained their pas-
sion and commitment to achieve the
goals delineated in their platform.
After a final burst of campaign-
ing, the polls for the ASSU election
will open on Thursday at 12:01 a.m.
and close on Friday at 11:59 p.m.Vot-
ers can cast their ballots at
ballot.stanford.edu. Results for all
races will be announced on Saturday
at 5 p.m. at the CoHo.
Contact Kabir Sawhney at ksawh-
ney@stanford.edu.
BRIEFS
Continued from front page
flammation in the brain, and devel-
oping new therapies that modulate
the immune system.
The prize comes with a cash
award of $2,500 and will be presented
in Amsterdam at the annual Euro-
pean Committee for Treatment and
Research in Multiple Sclerosis.
— Ivy Nguyen
Hillel appoints new
executive director
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Hillel announced Monday the ap-
pointment of Rabbi Serena Eisen-
berg as its executive director. Eisen-
berg follows in the footsteps of Adina
Danzig Epelman, who left last year
after a decade of service on the Farm.
From 2005 to 2007, Eisenberg
served as executive director of Hillel
at Brown University, where she fur-
ther developed the school’s cultural
programs and increased participa-
tion in Birthright Israel. She also was
a fellow at the Mandel Leadership
Institute from 2008 to 2009.
“We are thrilled to have Serena
Eisenberg’s leadership to take Hillel
at Stanford into the future,” wrote
Jim Heeger, president of the Hillel
Board of Directors,in a press release.
“Her Hillel experience at a major
university, track record of success in
developing programming and fund-
ing and deep appreciation of engag-
ing college students in meaningful
exploration of Jewish life and identi-
ty will be a great asset.”
“Hillel at Stanford is known as an
outstanding organization, and I am
honored to be joining its diverse Jew-
ish student body,skilled professionals
and impressive alumni and parent
network,” Eisenberg wrote in a press
release.
— An Le Nguyen

SOCC
Continued from front page
SOCC has given its support to
Michael Cruz ‘12 and Stewart Mac-
gregor-Dennis ‘13 for Executive.
SOCC is also asking the members of
its communities to vote to abstain on
Measure A.
“We only pick students that will be
effective SOCC Senators,” Aswad-
Thomas said.“There is no ideal magic
number.Had it been the case this year
that we only found five candidates to
have what it takes to represent the is-
sues that our communities care about,
then we would have only picked five.”
“That number really reflects who
we have faith in,” he said.
The SOCC Interview Process
This year, about 30 of 41 Under-
graduate Senate candidates applied
for SOCC endorsement.Chapa said a
majority of candidates apply for
SOCC endorsement in a typical year.
Candidates who wish to be consid-
ered for endorsement were asked to
fill out an application by Feb. 26 at
midnight. The application asked for
basic information as well as questions
about candidates’ past involvement in
communities of color. It also sought
information on how candidates in-
tended to remain aware of issues af-
fecting communities of color and
goals that the candidates would try to
accomplish to address these issues.
Candidates were interviewed the
week of March 1 by a mix of SOCC
leadership at the community centers.
“They want to know what we want
to accomplish during the next year
and how we can work with communi-
ty centers,”said Namir Shah ‘14,a cur-
rent candidate for Undergraduate
Senate. “And obviously they want to
make sure that our interests align with
theirs and that we will be effective
representatives of them.”
This idea was demonstrated dur-
ing SOCC interviews when potential
endorsees were asked how they
would vote on important issues.Miles
Seiver ‘14, another candidate, said he
was asked whether he would vote yes
for a Muslim community center.
Some hot button issues on campus,
such as Measure A, were not dis-
cussed during the interviews.
Aswad-Thomas said all six groups
of SOCC have an equal say in choos-
ing candidates to endorse;rather than
having a formal voting process SOCC
leaders deliberate until they reach a
consensus.
Most candidates were notified on
the last day of spring break,March 27,
if they did or did not receive the en-
dorsement.
Rocking the Vote
Chapa stressed SOCC’s connec-
tion to a large community of people as
their most useful campaign tool.
“We think talking to people is the
most effective way to campaign,” he
said.
According to Chapa,“other coali-
tions are able to buy Facebook ads
and banners” whereas SOCC is not.
However, he believes that this is not
the most effective strategy for candi-
dates.
“A lot of candidates are stressed
moneywise so when we say invest-
ment we mean time and energy and
people,” he said.
SOCC holds events for its en-
dorsed candidates to meet members
of their communities and helps candi-
dates by putting up fliers.
Shelley Gao ‘11, who chaired the
10th Undergraduate Senate after
being SOCC-endorsed and served on
the 11th Undergraduate Senate after
not receiving the SOCC endorse-
ment for her reelection campaign,
said the most important thing SOCC
does is getting its community mem-
bers to vote in vast numbers.Gao cur-
rently serves on The Daily’s Board of
Directors.
“They do a very targeted method,”
Gao said. “They know who they rep-
resent and they know that their con-
stituency really believes in SOCC’s
endorsements. They send out emails
to community lists like Diaspora and
say,‘Well these are our endorsed can-
didates, they support our values and
our agenda and you should just vote
down the line for them.’ And it really
works.”
Gao pointed out that the combina-
tion of SOCC galvanizing its commu-
nity members to vote and many other
students not voting or take the
process seriously contributes to
SOCC’s success in elections.
Meetings after Elections
Gao said one or two days after
the elections results were an-
nounced for the 10th Undergradu-
ate Senate,the SOCC leadership ran
a meeting with the newly elected
SOCC Senators discussing strate-
gies to get them into leadership posi-
tions like the Senate chair, Senate
deputy chair and Appropriations
committee chair.
Will Seaton ‘13, a current Senator,
noted that SOCC Senators capital-
ized on their majority to capture
many of the leadership positions.
Seaton is also a Daily staff writer.
Chapa stressed education to
SOCC candidates and Senators as the
most important objective, never forc-
ing them to vote one way.
“We’ve never said, ‘There’s this
question.You have to vote this way,’”
Chapa said.
Gao noted that she thinks it’s very
natural for any interest group to put
its people in leadership positions.
A Solution?
While Gao believes that SOCC is
a “legitimate group,”she sees the need
for other interest groups representing
various student viewpoints.
“It becomes very unhealthy for
our democratic process when you
only have one very large group domi-
nating elections and channeling peo-
ple into the Senate or executive who
will obviously be much more favor-
able to their agenda,” Gao said.
Seaton acknowledged that SOCC
“has been extremely effective in
bringing out their constituents and in
getting their people elected.”
This, however, comes with its own
complications.
“For the ASSU and student gov-
ernment in general,it gets to the point
where at times it almost feels like the
SOCC leadership — two or three or
four individuals — are kind of choos-
ing the Senate for the next year,”
Seaton said.
“Some time in the next few years I
think it would be very beneficial to
ASSU and student government for
the endorsement process to be ana-
lyzed,”he added.“Just in terms of con-
sidering the viability of the organiza-
tion and making sure particular
groups on campus don’t dominate the
discussion too much.”
ASSU Elections Commissioner
Stephen Trusheim ‘13 said there are
no current policies in place to regulate
endorsements.
Kate Abbott and Wyndam Makowsky
contributed to this story.
Contact Billy Gallagher at wmg2014
@stanford.edu.

Top 8 Special Fees Requests

Organization Total Request Cost Per Undergrad
“Club Sports is one of Stanford’s largest student organizations, with over 1000
participating graduate and undergraduate students. Special Fees help our team cover
basic operating costs such as equipment purchase, facilities rental, coach salaries and
travel to tournaments. The funding we receive from Special Fees helps us keep our
dues low, so that all students can continue to participate, and reduces the time and

Club Sports $185,622.40 $12.20* energy teams spend fundraising, allowing athletes to focus on their sport.”
— Kate Johnson, M.S. ‘11, President and Financial Officer

“Speakers Bureau brings Stanford a wide variety of well-known speakers. We do this in

two important ways. First, we help pay to bring a number of “big speakers” to campus.
Recent big names include Adam Savage, Matisyahu, Common, and James Franco, and
events with the creators of College Humor, Perez Hilton, and Joseph Gordon-Leavitt are

ASSU Speakers currently in the works. Second, we provide financial assistance and event planning
guidance to other VSOs. All VSOs can apply for cosponsorship funding, up to $1500

Bureau $175,162.00 $11.51* per year.”

— Stephanie Nicholson, ‘13, Financial Officer

“SCN representatives use Special Fees funding to bring the best of music and
entertainment to the Stanford community as can be done within the given budget. The
events we plan are therefore mainly for the students, and we do not usually charge the
students to attend concerts. The Stanford Concert Network has allowed students to

Stanford Concert
enjoy a rich variety of concerts throughout the decades that it has been in existence.”
— Albero Aroeste, ‘13, Financial Officer
Network $135,090.00 $19.24
“The ASSU Legal Counseling Office provides confidential legal advice and
consultation to Stanford students, their spouses and domestic partners. The

ASSU Legal
ASSU LCO is devoted to educating students so that they are informed of their
rights and can cope with legal problems. Special fees fund these services.”

Counseling Office $111,038.00 $7.30* — Heather Kirton, Office Coordinator

“For under a dime a day, the Stanford community has access to unparalleled news
coverage reporting on Stanford specific issues. Given the challenging times print media
faces, The Stanford Daily needs students to subsidize a fraction of our expensive daily
printing costs (we cover the remaining 85% of total operating costs). We are relying on
students more than ever to support The Daily because we are the only student group
that provides a 5-day a week news service.”
Stanford Daily $89,500.00 $12.89 — Mary Liz McCurdy, ‘09, C.O.O.

“KZSU provides 20+ hours per day of music, sports, and public affairs programming
for the Stanford community. We need solid funding mainly to cover our equipment
costs, a part-time Chief Engineer, and the travel expenses of our student broadcast
teams as they cover the home and away games of up to eight different Stanford sports.”

KZSU $81,338.00 $11.71 — Alan Joyce, ‘12, General Manager

“ASB runs between 15 to 17 spring break service-learning trips each year, catering to
over 300 students, making it one of the largest community service organizations on
campus. We are maintaining our current level of special fees funding to ensure that all
qualified applicants, regardless of their income level, can participate in the ASB

Alternative program in the coming year.”

— Shaan Chugh, ‘14, Financial Officer
Spring Break $80,358.25 $11.58
“The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band performs nearly 197
times each year - our request allows us to play at athletics, on-campus events,
Leland Stanford charity events, and to represent Stanford as a whole. A significant portion of
our special fees budget may go to building a Segway for every band member
Junior University - we like to show up to charity fundraisers in style. Whatever's left will go
toward equipment repair, duct tape, and inflatable instruments for the hordes

Marching Band $77,300.00 $11.14 of freshmen we expect the football team to recruit for us.”
— Ben Lasley, B.A. ‘09, M.S. ’11, Manager

*Applied for joint fees. Compiled by Wyndam Makowsky, makowsky@stanford.edu

The Stanford Daily
FEATURES
By KELSEY GEISER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
W
hat do hibernating bears and
space travel have in com-
mon? The answer begins in
the frigid Arctic with two in-
trepid Stanford biologists
with a penchant for bears. Sleeping bears, to be
exact.
Biologists Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller,
along with their co-workers, staked out in the
Arctic to observe the hibernation patterns of
bears.What they found could upend the way we
think about human sleep and its possibilities.
Hibernation — the ability of animals like
bears to sleep through the winter while lower-
ing their body temperature and metabolism to
avoid the need for food intake — isn’t a novel
idea for scientists, yet surprisingly few in-
depth hibernation studies have been conduct-
ed because of the lack of appropriate technol-
ogy that can allow researchers to observe their
subjects.
Grahn described the crude former ap-
proach as one in which “somebody snuck up
on a hibernating bear” and took a reading with
a thermometer.
Not now.
Grahn, along with biology professor Craig
Heller and Brian Barnes, Director of the Insti-
tute of Arctic Biology in Alaska, set out to im-
prove upon this old-school research technique
by applying recent advancements in telemetry
technology to further our knowledge on bears
and the details of their hibernation.They pub-
lished their findings in “Hibernation in Black
Bears: Independence of Metabolic Suppres-
sion from Body Temperature.”
Grahn and Heller had previous experience
studying smaller animals’ hibernation pat-
terns. Building off of Barnes’ access to bears
through his work with the Institute of Arctic
Biology and a shared interest in studying what
constitutes hibernation in a bear, a group of six
intrigued researchers initiated a study in Fair-
banks,Alaska, utilizing the latest technology.
“We certainly were the first people to use
[new telemetry technology] on hibernation in
small animals, and, so out of that, questions
about bears came up,” Grahn said.
Each experiment lasted six months and
studied two black bears at a time. The bears
were set up in large crates made to look and
feel as comfortable as their dens would be in
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 ! 3
the wild to allow for a normal hibernation.
The bears were embedded with transmit-
ters that sent radio signals through antennae in
the walls of the bears’ hibernation crates. Each
bear was equipped through surgery with an
electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure
brain waves, electrocardiograph (EKG) to
measure heart rate and devices for measuring
body temperature.
Through their previous work, Barnes and
Grahn knew that the body temperatures of
small hibernators drop to the temperature of
their surrounding environment and back up
again in cycles while the animal is asleep.When
body temperatures cool, the animals experi-
ence a reduction in metabolic rate. However
during this fluctuation, the hibernators do not
experience REM sleep.
However, the results of these past experi-
ments did not coincide with the researchers’ re-
cent bear study.Bears,unlike other hibernators,
do not lower their temperature as much as
would be expected given how drastically their
metabolism decreases.
As it turns out,Bears actually shiver to keep
their body temperatures from dropping too
low while they experience both REM and non-
REM sleep.Analysis of bears’ brain activity re-
ANASTASIA YEE/
The Stanford Daily
vealed that they remain aware of their sur-
roundings throughout the hibernation period.
“The really interesting thing was the indica-
tion that they have a biochemical suppression
of metabolism apart from the temperature ef-
fect,” Heller said of the findings.“So their tem-
perature only goes down a few degrees but
their metabolism goes down by 75 percent, and
you can explain that just from the cooling off of
the tissues.”
These discoveries about how bears hiber-
nate could potentially be applied to advance
human surgical practices, care for stroke or
heart attack victims and even space travel, ac-
cording to Heller.
“If you want to go to Mars,you might as well
sleep more,” he said.
Although many of the potential applica-
tions are far from being realized and data
analysis still stands to be completed on the hi-
bernation studies, the researchers are deter-
mined to continue gleaning new knowledge
from their research.
However, for Heller, the critical aspect of
the experiment was the fact that the subjects
“weren’t golden bears.”
Contact Kelsey Geiser at ksgeiser@stanford.edu.
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OPINIONS
E XECUTIVE S LATE O P-E DS

Cruz/Macgregor-Dennis
D W
espite the ever-present Stanford bub-
ble, we are lucky and privileged to
have the opportunity to encounter an
abundance of cultures, ethnicities and back-
grounds.There is a diversity of beliefs and val-
ues that each student has to offer, but too
often we have encountered the problem of
voicing these passions.This is where “Stanford
2.0” comes in. We believe that we all have
opinions and experiences to share and that the
issues that face each community or student or-
ganization cannot be adequately solved with-
out an empowered student body and a re-
sponsive student government. By creating an
intersection of experience and engagement,
we hope to build a more unified and aware
Stanford community.We are Michael Cruz ‘12
and Stewart Macgregor-Dennis ‘13 and we are
excited to be running for ASSU Executive.
Right now, as we write this piece from our
secret headquarters, we are surrounded by
other students who are as invested in commu-
nity issues as we are. With our campaign
theme of “Stanford 2.0”, we hope to not only
empower and engage all Stanford students in
voicing their needs, but also foster a more
open and forthcoming ASSU, one that meas-
ures results and is consistently searching for
better ways to fulfill student needs.We are cur-
rently endorsed by PASU, SOCC, Stanford
Club Sports, Stanford Dems and the Queer
Coalition, endorsements that speak volumes
about our commitment to addressing and re-
sponding to a diverse set of student issues.
Here is a taste of our platform, which will give
you a better sense of the projects we intend to
tackle. A more complete platform can be
found at: stanford2.com:
Empowerment
Career: Provide consistent student and ca-
reer development support from freshman
year-onward, regardless of your major.
Health: Create a centralized website
specifically for health and wellness, providing
information and directing students to the ap-
propriate health resources.
Queer issues: Empower the queer commu-
nity through gender-and-queer-sensitive facil-
ities and gender-neutral housing. We also
firmly believe that it is unacceptable to ask the
student body to vote on the civil rights of a mi-
nority, and we support the campaign to vote
“abstain” on ROTC.
Diversity:Advocate restoration of all com-
munity center professional staff to full-time
employment,and create a database system for
student groups and community centers to en-
hance communication between alumni, cur-
rent students, and the greater Stanford com-
munity.
Student Life
Housing: Create the position of a Diversity
Peer Educator as part of dorm staff, who will
be trained in diversity and queer issues, work-
ing to foster a feeling of safe and open space
for all Stanford students.
Dining: Make dining options more stu-
dent-friendly through healthier late-nite op-
tions and effective responses to student feed-
back.
Technology:Take advantage of technology
in order to streamline Stanford event plan-
ning, rework Stanford websites such as Zim-
Please see CRUZ, page 5
Tenzin/Vasquez
e have had the opportunity to en-
mesh ourselves within the fabric
that is Stanford — to learn the nu-
ances, values and uniqueness of the individu-
als of our community.As such, it is our goal to
make the single the collective, to give every
individual the opportunity to develop their
leadership potential while enhancing their
ability to see beyond barriers and to gain a
sense of agency within the general Stanford
community.
We are Tenzin Seldon ‘12 and Joe Vasquez
‘11 and we are looking to be your next ASSU
Executives. We have been actively involved
in the Stanford community both inside the
ASSU and out and are looking to bring a new
level of inclusion, relevance and excitement
to student involvement. We are running to
make a difference in a real way, to bring di-
verse and rich communities together and to
work on issues facing every Stanford student.
Our vision centers around enacting con-
crete change, working alongside the adminis-
tration and students like you. Stanford is our
home and we believe we must work together
to make a real, tangible difference. As such,
the four major themes of our platform are:
Promoting Mental Health and Well-being:
We plan to engage students in dialogue
with resources such as Vaden, CAPS and The
Bridge about how to improve wellness on
campus; leverage our visibility as ASSU
Execs to create more classes on campus ad-
dressing issues of mental health; incorporate
workshops in dorms and support for in-
creased salary for Peer Health Educator
(PHE); advocate for support, safet, and well-
ness in the Greek community.
Diversity and Tolerance:
We deeply care and are committed to is-
sues and promotion of diversity, equality and
tolerance on campus. We will provide the
necessary support and space for community
centers to raise awareness on specific issues
by supporting the Diversity Advisory Board.
We will initiate campaigns to raise awareness
of the Acts of Intolerance Protocol and will
engage with administration and promote
greater dialogue with Stanford police and the
larger community.
Advising and Student Life:
We will increase the opportunities for
mentorship and interaction between the
graduate and undergraduate student popula-
tion by working closely with the Graduate
Student Council; strengthen advising by
working with UAR and administrators and
make the transition to Stanford accessible
and personal for everyone, including first-
generation, low-income students; provide
more career support and guidance through
working with the Cardinal Careers and Ca-
reer Development Center.
Transparency and Accessibility:
We envision an ASSU that works along-
side the general Stanford community, one
that actively reaches out to those it aims to
serve. We promise to initiate and launch
agendas that are important to the larger
Stanford population and create avenues to
Please see TENZIN, page 5

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of a bad-purchasing choice. The
sweater and my trip were both huge trip were both huge
mistakes, financially and just in gen-
eral, but I legitimized. I could work
on the plane and wear my sweater in
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Sweden!
I fell asleep as soon as I was un-
mistakes,financially
Closing the Citizen-Soldier Gulf
derway, in blissful absence of my
roommate’s loud nocturnal typing.
Before I knew it I was at the Arlan-
da airport, clacking my way across
and just in general,
the hardwood floors and uttering

dumb phrases in Norwegian to the
beautiful Swedish immigration offi-
cial. She smiled and said good morn-
ing to me in English, which I count-
ed as at least a partial win. Luckily,
all Scandinavian languages are very
closely related, so if you know one,
you can kind of communicate in the
other two. Not that it matters
though, because everyone speaks
English.
I took the high-speed train into
the city and watched the falling
snow against aspen trees. It was the
cheapest choice, and I was quite
pleased that I qualified for the
under-25-child fare. I cursed the de-
veloped world because the WiFi
wasn’t working and thought to my-
self, I wonder how I will meet my
friend at the train station.
Back in my Boy Scouting days —
no joke, Wilderness Survival merit
badge — we were taught to stay put
in one place when lost in the woods.
Surely this applied at the train sta-
tion. I pawed once or twice at the
odd Swedish telephone, but after
swiping my credit card in a few
places, I decided that I had none of
the appropriate coins. I have a bad
record with foreign payphones.
Luckily I arrived on time, unlike
when I planned to meet up with a
friend at Platform 9 3/4 on a jaunt to
London earlier this year. Eventually
I was found.
I packed light, so my friend and I
did a bit of exploring of old Stock-
holm. Seeing the bridges, statues, ar-
chitecture was all well and good. I
wasn’t in the museum-ing type of
mood, so I instead posed in front of
particularly precarious historical
figures. I was quite impressed with a
swan, duck and goose smorgasbord
— as in they were being fed in the
park and I took pictures — quite
cultural. The Grand Hotel, Royal
Palace and several churches are all
but I legitimized.
within walking distance. Skating in
the park was pleasant, and to top it
all off there was a U.S. space exhibit
in the mall.
At lunchtime, we ventured to an
all-you-can-eat sushi place.As it was
also the cheapest lunch option, I was
a bit worried. I was hungry and was-
n’t about to offend my host, but let’s
just say that some of my sushi con-
noisseur friends would have been
disappointed. As my host was quite
excited about sharing this secret
sushi place, it became my immediate
favorite food. I love this sushi! On
the note of food though, one cannot
leave Sweden without trying
Swedish meatballs.
A serious concern for those trav-
eling to Scandinavia is that alcoholic
beverages are ridiculously expen-
sive due to high taxes. It’s perfectly
legal to bring from home as long as
it’s within the country-specific limits
— for Sweden it’s 1 liter of spirits or
2 liters of wine. I received a king’s
welcome when I unwrapped a bottle
of Svedka — ironically much cheap-
er in the U.S. This was soon sup-
planted with Red Bulls, chips and
biler, a Swedish candy akin to
Swedish Fish, except shaped like
cars. I’m fairly certain you can buy
them at Ikea (but I’m not really al-
lowed to go there since my Norwe-
gian family wouldn’t approve). It
was truly a feast fit for a coterm!
Nightlife in Stockholm is superb,
however as with everything in that
city, get ready to spend your money.
To say I was partying with Swedish
Please see BARTZ, page 5
R
OTC’s absence from this
campus has removed a criti-
cal mode of discourse be-
tween the military and the civilian
population it serves. As the daugh-
ter of an Air Force officer, I grew
up entirely behind the gates of U.S.
military installations.The schools I
attended were filled almost exclu-
sively with fellow military depend-
ents. College marked my first ex-
perience living off base and being
surrounded primarily by civilians.
I was struck that while I under-
stood the nuances of civilian life,
my civilian counterparts had virtu-
ally no notion of what life in the
military entails. Worse, they
seemed almost proud of their ig-
norance.
The gap between the military
and civilian populations has been
growing further apart in recent
decades. Though we are currently
prosecuting two wars, only 1 per-
Miss Fit - The frustrations of sustaining a
healthy lifestyle on a college campus
I
am not a physiology or nutrition
expert, nor am I an “athlete.” I
would like to begin with this dis-
claimer to dispel any notion that I
am attempting to market myself as
such. I am simply your average
twenty-something female who de-
veloped a passion for health and a
penchant for clean eating. My ad-
ventures in the fitness world have
been hindered by obstacles ranging
from my own ignorance to misinfor-
mation, from prejudices to dining
hall inflexibilities and from social
pressures to the strains of college
life. I emerge from these road-
blocks at a high level of personal
cent of Americans is directly af-
fected. The Chairmen of the Joint
Chiefs, Admiral Michael Mullen,
recently warned of the danger of
this increasing gulf between the
military and the civilians they
serve to protect. The implications
of this gulf could prove to be detri-
mental not only to civil-military
relations, but to the foreign policy
decisions of the United States. For
citizens and politicians to truly un-
derstand the cost of war, they must
be intimately aware of the sacri-
fices we ask our military to make.
By the same token, a military
should be intimately tied to the so-
ciety it serves to remain keenly
aware of the values and freedoms
they are asked to make sacrifices
for. Our Founding Fathers feared
the potential dangers of having a
large standing army as a threat to
liberty; instead, they placed em-
phasis on the formation of militias
physical condition with the expecta-
tion of continuing to improve my
health and athleticism.As I become
conscious of the extreme impor-
tance of fitness in sustaining a
happy and (somewhat) sane college
life I’m compelled to share a few in-
sights that may be useful to my non-
athlete peers seeking fitness infor-
mation. This week’s tidbit is: Com-
mon roadblocks to achieving fitness
goals in the college setting.
1. Apathy
Exercise and diet did not feature
prominently in my thoughts during
the high school/college transition.
I’m sure there were some fitness afi-
for the very reason that they were
so closely knitted to their home
communities.
Not only should the military be
closely tied to the community it
serves, but it is strongest when it is
a reflection of that community.
Thucydides once contended that
“the society that separates its
scholars from its warriors will have
its thinking done by cowards and
its fighting done by fools.” His ob-
servation is no less relevant in his
ancient Greek republic than our
American one.The military should
be a reflection of the society it
serves, and this should apply to the
academic community no less than
any other part of the general pub-
lic. Just as the concept of the citi-
zen-soldier serves to sustain civic
engagement and ensure political
accountability, the idea of the war-
Please see ROTC, page 5
cionados among the throngs of
freshmen, but those of us not on a
Stanford sports roster likely had lit-
tle concern with healthy dining op-
tions and navigating athletic facili-
ties. We were busy being bombard-
ed with hundreds of new faces,
classes, a cappella groups, parties
and profound late-night bonding
sessions. Who in her right mind
leaps out of bed for a jaunt around
campus loop before that 9 a.m.
Spanish class after a Wednesday
night spent chugging wine and gorg-
ing on delicious cheeses?
Please see FIT, page 5
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BARTZ
Continued from page 4
pop stars may be a bit of an exag-
geration, however I was told at least
twice that I had just met so-and-so,
a Eurovision hopeful from last
year. Not to mention the fact that
the pre-party was primarily my
friend’s colleagues from the local
strip club. And yes, we danced to
Abba.
Upon my return, my plan for
blonde hair got vetoed, but I at least
picked up some sweet hair wax for
my new do — the perfect match for
the ultimate hipster sweater.
Johnny wants to know what your fa-
vorite Abba song is. Let him know at
jbartz@stanford.edu.
TENZIN
Continued from page 4
hear public opinion during Execu-
tive and Senate meetings.
These are just some of the high-
er-level ideas that we are looking to
enact. Don’t hesitate to shoot us an
email and invite us to coffee or din-
ner. We would love to hear about
what’s important to you or even
just to chat. Our broad level of ex-
perience and strong track record
does not even come close to under-
scoring the level of commitment
and dedication we have for our po-
sition and serving you. Feel free to
reach out to us at josephv@stan-
ford.edu or tseldon@stanford.edu.
ROTC
Continued from page 4
rior-scholar serves to provide en-
lightened military leadership and
protect the core values of the pop-
ulation. ROTC enables future of-
ficers to learn in a hybrid military-
civilian environment, where they
can study military doctrine while
engaging in the civilian academic
world. ROTC has been a vital
component of creating a more ed-
ucated and more professional mil-
itary, which ultimately benefits
the society it serves.
A society should demand that
its military leaders be the best and
the brightest, but it must also
allow them the opportunity to ob-
tain such education. By denying
ROTC’s right to exist at Stanford,
opponents are turning a blind eye
to the reality of global politics;
they ignore the fact that the mili-
tary will not cease to be a defining
social force so long as violent con-
flict exists in the world. In actuali-
ty, opponents are promulgating a
viewpoint completely antithetical
to the values of a university edu-
cation. Intolerance, xenophobia
and isolationism have no place in
academia, and yet these are the
defining characteristics of those
who seek to keep ROTC out of
Stanford.The pervasive ignorance
of this viewpoint does only harm
to the state of civil-military rela-
tions and the prevalence of this
viewpoint is detrimental for our
society as a whole. Shouldn’t we
ensure that our future military of-
ficers are as well educated as pos-
sible so that we may all benefit
from enlightened military leader-
ship in the future? As a society, we
could ask for nothing more than
to have educated warrior-scholars
fighting to guarantee our rights.
The wind of freedom does indeed
blow here at Stanford, but let us
never forget who secured this
freedom.
REBECCA YOUNG, M.A.‘11
CRUZ
Continued from page 4
bra, and create an iASSU app to en-
able greater student-ASSU commu-
nication and participation.
Living: Create a Life Skills class
that addresses financial literacy, lap-
top maintenance, cooking skills, and
other essential areas.
Advocacy
Sexual Health: Lower the height-
ened Standard of Proof to allow for
“clear and convincing” or “prepon-
derance of evidence” instead of “be-
yond a reasonable doubt.
Disabilities: Work with campus
organizations and the administra-
tion to create a map of gender-neu-
tral and accessible bathrooms/
dorms in order to improve the Dis-
ability Draw.
Grads: Increase flexibility of
health insurance options for gradu-
ate students.
Women: Work with ResEd,
WoCo and other administrators to
create a “sexual violence monitor”
training program for organizations
that throw large party-type events.
FIT
Continued from page 4
2. Time (lack of time, that is)
Nowadays, I begin every day
with a run and end each day with a
weight-lifting session. Oftentimes
when my workout program comes
up in conversation, I receive the re-
action: “I wish I had the time to
work out like you do.” I hate to
burst the bubble, but the time to
work out doesn’t just “happen.” I
am no less busy with academics, ex-
tracurricular shenanigans and so-
cial engagements than your typical
Stanford girl.You have to create the
time to exercise and find a way to
shove it into your tight schedule.
This is difficult—not impossible.
3. Negative Stereotypes
These stereotypes come in many
flavors. Nobody wants to be known
as the “gym rat” who gazes admir-
ingly at his biceps in the Arrillaga
mirrors. Everyone always has a
snide laugh at “rollerblade woman”
Student Engagement
Green: Institutionalize Green
Events Consulting for student
events and incentivize attendance at
certified “Green” events with an
ASSU Event Point system.
Service: Work to unify efforts
among public service sub-communi-
ties, and collaborate with campus en-
trepreneurship groups to emphasize
social entrepreneurship and service.
Arts: Create a centralized forum
for the performing arts community
to list auditions, performances, and
events as well as facilitate communi-
cation between different perform-
ance groups.
Greek: Increase ASSU engage-
ment with the IFC, ISC, MGC, and
AAFSA, and work to find storage
space for non-housed fraternities
and sororities.
This is merely a brief glimpse of
what we hope to accomplish in the
coming year with your help, and
while these issues may seem sepa-
rate and discrete, remember that
they come together and define the
Stanford community as a whole. We
want to hear what you think, so feel
free to contact us at cruzmacgregor-
dennis@gmail.com. We look for-
ward to working together and build-
ing Stanford 2.0 with you.
who glides to class to get extra car-
dio in. I have personally become
known in Stern dining as the weird
“chicken-girl,” because I always re-
quest that the chef grill plain, un-
marinated chicken for me (I don’t
want oil and sugar). There are de-
tractors quick to label consistent ex-
ercise as “compulsive” and con-
scious eating as “restrictive.” Of
course disordered eating and dis-
torted body image are serious issues
and quite prevalent at Stanford.
However, being labeled as a “com-
pulsive over-exerciser” merely be-
cause I’m not a Stanford-sanctioned
athlete is disturbing and ridiculous.
4. Ignorance (and inability to set
goals)
This was one of my most signifi-
cant roadblocks after I overcame
the apathy factor and decided to get
in shape. There is a vast world of
misinformation and a burdensome
quantity of good information too.
Navigating the sea of fad diets,
trendy workout programs, blogs,
supplements, protein powders, per-
sonal trainers and stylish, over-
priced spandex can be daunting and
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Vote Abstain:What It Means
and Why It Makes Sense
T
o vote abstain is to have a nu-
anced opinion, to have an un-
derstanding of the implica-
tions of the vote this Thursday and
Friday and to know that this vote
has the greatest effect on not one,
but two marginalized communities
who deserve greater voice than they
are being afforded. It is not a stance
on ROTC and in fact brings togeth-
er both sides.
As ASSU Chief of Staff, I am
leading the Vote Abstain campaign
because I believe it is important
that as a Stanford community, we
can do a better job, create a better
forum and allow for a better outlet
for those most affected by the ensu-
ing decision to be made by those
administrators charged with listen-
ing to student input. Let us stand to-
gether in voting abstain so that we
do not trivialize the small groups of
people, whether they be pro or anti
ROTC, into one singular vote but
rather afford them an equally pow-
erful voice within the appropriate
forums. Let us as a student body not
be wrapped up in a statistic or re-
duced to a number in a poll, but
bring the diverse complex opinions
we have to the Faculty Senate and
give that legitimate voice.
The ROTC situation is compli-
cated because there are two very
small and equally marginalized
subsets on campus that are a part of
this vote. I will be the first person to
admit that the intricacies of
whether it should be back on cam-
pus are numerous and at times,
both sides very convincing. I try to
put myself in other people’s shoes
as much as possible before making
a judgment, and in this, it is no dif-
ferent.
I am from Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania and I wonder what I would
think if ROTC did not permit peo-
ple from my city from participating.
What if I as well as my Philly peers
were so explicitly affected by this
program and then we as a student
body voted on whether it should
come back? I think it is safe to as-
sume that I am going to lose that
vote and my voice is not going to
have the magnitude that it deserves
discouraging. It has taken years of
floundering to locate what I consid-
er reliable sources of information
about exercise and nutrition. On a
related note, a common challenge
to reaching health goals is defining
those goals in the first place. Do you
want to excel in a particular area?
Become a better runner, cyclist,
etc.? Do you want to gain muscle?
Lose fat? Tone? Without setting re-
alistic and well-defined goals, it will
be impossible to sort out the good
information from the bad.
5. Misconceptions and overgen-
eralizations
This is an enormous category,
and I mention it here for the pur-
pose of dispelling some of the most
common health/fitness misconcep-
tions. A) Fit does not mean skinny.
Getting into shape does not neces-
sarily mean losing weight. I have
spent the past six months attempt-
ing to gain five pounds of lean mus-
cle, and it was much more physical-
ly demanding than periods of my
life when I’ve attempted to lose
weight. B) Crash diets do not work.
Rather, they are not sustainable.
because I am so explicitly affected
by the measure.
My voice and my Philadelphian
peers are such a small minority on
campus, and yet we are very much a
part [SV1]of the diversity that
makes up Stanford. Ultimately, it is
my hope that people would under-
stand that I deserve to be heard in
the forum of the Faculty Senate and
not referred to as part of a statistic.
By abstaining, I personally be-
lieve it is about making sure that
each person has an equally power-
ful voice with those making the de-
cision. This poll is the measure of
the climate of the student body.
They will point to this poll, if given
legitimacy, as the barometer of
what Stanford students think, trivi-
alizing and ultimately, stripping us
of the power to explain our opin-
ions.
The minority voice should be
able to sit on equal ground as the
majority opinion, whether it is
those often marginalized in the
ROTC or those discriminated
against in the transgender commu-
nity.That way, you can go to the fac-
ulty senate and have a big voice as
opposed to one vote where minori-
ties who are most affected by the
decision have disproportionate im-
pact.
Discriminating on either side of
the issue is not fair to those commu-
nities that are affected and margin-
alized. I am abstaining because I
want to see those specific individu-
als not be reduced to a singular vote
when proportionally they are by far
the most effected subset of the pop-
ulation. I am not voting on ROTC;
I am voting abstain because I fully
understand what it means to use my
voice effectively and fully under-
stand what this ballot measure
means.
I implore that you, as a Stanford
voter, protect the diversity of opin-
ions we as a student body encapsu-
late. Vote abstain this Thursday and
Friday.
JOHN HASKELL ‘12
ASSU Chief of Staff
[SV1]”part,” not “a part”
Maybe you can drop ten pounds
with the latest fad on the market,
but you’ll gain that and more when
you stop. Making a healthy diet a
lifestyle choice is the only realistic
way to achieve a strong, fit home-
ostasis. C) Achieving fitness goals
requires a plan and a strategy. It is
unbelievably frustrating to watch
the people in the gym who wander
randomly from machine to ma-
chine, pumping out a few ineffectu-
al reps and leave thinking they’ve
achieved something. Don’t be
afraid to ask for information and in-
struction! There are plenty of re-
sources, especially at the Stanford
gyms. If you’re going to take the
time to go to the gym, make sure
you’re not wasting it.
ERICA MORGAN ‘11
Erica will be sharing these insights in
a sequence of three columns. Look
for the next column with suggestions
for overcoming common roadblocks
and tips for navigating the dining
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6 ! Wednesday, April 6, 2011
SPORTS
CARD CRUISES
Senior pitcher Danny Sandbrink (2-0), above, went four shutout innings to get the win versus San Jose State. Sandbrink used a pitch he calls the “funk,”
which is a variation of a sinker, to keep Spartan hitters off balance. He did not allow a hit and only surrendered one walk in Stanford’s 5-2 victory.
UP NEXT
USC
(10-18,
2-4 Pac-10)
4/8
Los Angeles, Calif. 6 P.M.
GAME NOTES: Coming off of a se-
ries win at Washington State to
kick off conference play, the Stan-
ford baseball team will look to
continue its strong play when it
travels to USC to play a struggling
Trojan squad. USC has lost two in
a row and eight of its last 10
games.
TROJANS, ANTEATERS BESTED BY POLO
By KEVIN ZHANG
DAILY SPORTS INTERN
The top-ranked Stanford
women’s water polo team finished
its Southern California road trip
unscathed, taking two tough con-
tests over No. 13 UC-Irvine and
No. 3 USC. Stanford (20-0, 5-0
MPSF) won 13-4 and 9-8, respec-
tively.
After solid wins against No. 15
UC-Davis and No. 4 UCLA last
weekend, the Cardinal had anoth-
er match against USC (15-4, 3-2),
which defeated Stanford in the
2010 NCAA National Champi-
onship game by one goal. Stanford
has not lost since that game, enter-
ing the rematch with 18 straight
victories, including two wins
against the Trojans this season.
WOMEN’S WATER POLO
STANFORD 13
UC IRVINE 4 last weekend with a time of 6:41.70.
4/3, Irvine, Calif.
Stanford fell behind early
in this matchup, down 4-1 after a
quarter of play. Junior driver
Nadia Dan scored half of the USC
goals in the first quarter.
Even with the three-goal deficit
on the road, Stanford came surg-
ing back and went on a 4-0 run to
capture the lead. The two squads
went into final period of regula-
tion in a 5-5 deadlock.
Stanford held a 7-5 advantage
in the fourth quarter, but USC bat-
tled back to force overtime. In the
second overtime period, sopho-
more driver Jillian Garton
launched skip-shot bar-in that
sealed the deal.
“We were in disarray on de-
fense in the first quarter, and we
played poorly at both ends the last
few minutes of the game,” said
head coach John Tanner. “But we
were organized on defense and
had quality possessions in the
Four Cardinal pitchers combine on four-hitter
By MICHAEL LAZARUS
STAFF WRITER
Two games after piling on 22 runs
against Washington State, the No. 11
Stanford baseball team proved it
can win with its arms too, holding
San Jose State to two runs on four
hits Tuesday night en route to a 5-2
victory.
On a beautiful night at Sunken
Diamond — a pleasant change from
snowy Washington — senior starter
Danny Sandbrink paced the Cardi-
nal (14-7, 2-1 Pac-10), tossing four
no-hit innings and striking out two.
The Spartans (19-9) did not reach
overtime.”
The nine Cardinal goals were
scored by a variety of players.
Sophomore two-meter Annika
Dries and freshmen driver Kim
Krueger each tallied a pair. Junior
two-meter Melissa Seidemann,
junior drivers Pallavi Menon and
Cassie Churnside, and freshmen
drivers Kelsey Suggs and Garton
notched a goal apiece.
“We use more players than
other teams,” Tanner said. “This
weekend we got impressive contri-
butions from everyone on the ros-
ter, often in areas outside their pri-
Junior driver Pallavi Menon, above right, scored one of Stanford’s goals in the Cardinal’s victory over defending
national champion USC last weekend. Stanford’s 9-8 overtime victory was the Cardinal’s third win over the
defending champions this season. The Cardinal also breezed to a 13-4 win over UC-Irvine last weekend.
base until a leadoff walk in the fourth
and didn’t record their first hit until
the sixth.
BASEBALL
SAN JOSE STATE 2 a walk and came around to score on
STANFORD 5 sion into men’s and women’s sports.An
4/5, Irvine, Calif.
With his patented “funk” pitch —
a sinker with unpredictable move-
ment — dancing all over the strike
zone, Sandbrink never let San Jose
State get comfortable at the plate.
“They handle the bats well, but I
just kept the ball low and they got
themselves out,” Sandbrink said.
mary role.”
The Cardinal’s diversified of-
fensive attack was complimented
by excellent goalie play, as senior
Amber Oland had nine stops.
Even after an emotional victo-
ry, Stanford looked sharp the fol-
lowing day against the Anteaters
(14-8).The Cardinal jumped out to
an 8-2 halftime lead with sopho-
more Kate Baldoni in the cage.
Baldoni finished the 13-4 rout with
eleven saves.
“Amber and Kate have split
Please see WPOLO, page 8
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily
“The funk was working well.”
Stanford wasted little time get-
ting on the board offensively. Sopho-
more center fielder Tyler Gaffney
led off the home half of the first with
back-to-back singles by sophomore
shortstop Kenny Diekroeger and
freshman first baseman Brian Ragi-
ra.The single by Diekroeger extend-
ed his hit streak to 15 games.
The Cardinal then extended its
lead in the second. After another
perfect inning by Sandbrink, the
Cardinal exploded for four runs,
Please see BASEBALL, page 8
UP NEXT
HAWAII
(13-6)
4/9 Avery Aquatic Center
6 P.M.
GAME NOTES: With just three games remain-
ing on its schedule, top-ranked Stanford
has an undefeated season well in its sights.
Hawaii is coming to town trying to spoil
Stanford’s perfection. The Warriors lost
their last match against Cal, 7-6.
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
The Stanford Daily
Kabir
Sawhney
Follow the Money
Correcting
College
Cups
T
hough my colleague Jacob
Jaffe has explored the
many, many failings of the
Capital One Cup in the
past, I feel like it’s a good
time to revisit the issue now that the
winter sports season is winding down
and the big spring sports — led by
baseball and softball — are in full
swing.
With a few winter sports left to be
counted, Stanford is holding its own in
the standings, at third in the women’s
competition and fourth in the men’s
(and that doesn’t count the results of
the recent women’s NCAA Tourna-
ment).
So it appears that the Capital One
Cup has completed at least one of its
stated missions:prevent Stanford from
winning every year by splitting up
men’s and women’s sports and creat-
ing a tier system to award more points
to sports on the basis of “popularity”
(i.e. ones arbitrarily chosen by the
Cup’s organizers).The other goal — to
award schools for being good at foot-
ball and basketball — seems to be
working fairly well, as the two teams
atop the men’s standings are Auburn
and Connecticut.
Having seen the results roll in so far,
I can see flaws in the Capital One Cup
— most obviously, is its egregious bias
in favor of the big revenue sports.Aside
from its top finish in football, the
Auburn men only have one other top-
10 finish (sixth place at the swimming
and diving championships), while
UConn has only its basketball title to
speak of. On the women’s side of
things,Cal is in the lead,but its position
is fairly warranted: the Golden Bears
won the swimming title and finished
second in volleyball.
Yet the most important failing that
I see in the Capital One Cup is its divi-
award that purports to reward overall
athletic excellence should do just that,
without any conditions.I see no reason
to separate out the men’s and women’s
programs, since the exploits of male
and female athletes should not merit
separate awards.It also hurts programs
like Stanford’s,whose strength has tra-
ditionally lain in its women’s teams.
With that said,I believe that the Di-
rectors’ Cup — which Stanford has
won 16 consecutive years — has some
flaws of its own which could use cor-
recting.For those of you who are unfa-
miliar, Stanford has won the award
every year buts its first, but the Cardi-
nal’s strength comes from more than
one source.Of course,Stanford has ex-
emplary programs top to bottom,but a
large reason for our Directors’ Cup
dominance is the sheer size of our ath-
letic program.
Stanford fields 31 varsity athletic
teams, easily one of the largest pro-
grams in the country. Looking down
the final Directors’ Cup standings from
last season, it is clear that Stanford’s
size gives it an unmistakable edge.Sec-
ond-place Florida has 21 varsity pro-
Please see SAWHNEY, page 8
SPORTS BRIEFS
Lightweight rowing takes San Diego
Crew Classic crown
Stanford’s “A” lightweight crew
team took home the Vitamin Water
Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic
The Cardinal’s “B” boat finished
third at 6:59.84.
The Stanford men’s crew team
finished second in the Copley Cup
and the Sharp Cabrillo Cup, also at
the San Diego Crew Classic. The
Cardinal’s top Eight won its heat in
the Copley Cup then finished just
2.75 seconds behind defending Na-
tional Champion Cal in the final.
Stanford’s second Eight won its
heat in the Sharp Cabrillo Cup and
finished with a time of 6:12.32, in the
final, 7.62 seconds behind Cal yet
again.
The women’s crew team finished
second in two competitions over the
weekend: the Jessop-Whittier Cup
and the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness
Cup, third in the Laurel V. Korholz
Cup and fourth in the Karen Plum-
leigh Cortney Cup. Stanford’s top
boat raced in the Jessop-Whittier
Cup and finished 2.63 seconds be-
hind USC after winning its heat.
— Daniel Bohm
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BASEBALL
night. Sophomore third baseman
Stephen Piscotty capped the inning
with a run-scoring double down the
Continued from page 6 left field line.
From there, it was all about the
Cardinal pitchers.
once again ignited by a leadoff Sandbrink once again set down
walk. Following a single from the Spartan offense in order in the
freshman designated hitter Brian third. After a walk to start the
Guymon, senior catcher Zach fourth, the only base runner Sand-
Jones brought home freshman brink allowed, the senior struck out
right fielder Austin Wilson for the Danny Stienstra, the Spartans’
second run of the game with a sac- leading hitter, to end his night.
rifice fly to left. Jones, who had “Tonight we grabbed an early
been in a season-long slump before lead and that makes it a lot easier
the Washington State series, now to pitch versus a zero-zero game,”
has 11 RBI in his last four games. Sandbrink said. “You can be much
Gaffney then kept the inning more aggressive on the mound.”
moving with a double, setting up Moving from a veteran to a
senior left fielder Ben Clowe’s RBI rookie, head coach Mark Marquess
groundout to short. Gaffney came handed the ball to A.J. Vanegas.
around to score on an error by San The freshman quickly retired the
Jose State, its first of three on the side in the fifth, but ran into trouble
in the sixth.After issuing the fourth

SENATE
SAN JOSE STATE 2 STANFORD 5 leadoff walk of the game, Vanegas nity to speak for themselves,” Sachs this seems to be like a lot of political
00/04/05 allowed a single and then a deep fly said. bullshit.”
SAN JOSE STATE STANFORD ball that set up a first and third sit- SSQL co-president and Daily After Senate Chair Madeline
ab r h rbi ab r h rbi uation. Continued from front page staffer Holly Fetter ‘13 said that she Hawes ‘13 called for a recess, the re-
Hertler, C. dh 3 0 0 0 Gaffney, T. cf 2 2 1 0
Martin, J. cf 4 1 1 1 Clowe, B. lf 4 0 0 0
Vanegas got the grounder he believed this was a way for the Sen- maining Senators drafted a new
Valdez, J. 2b 3 0 0 Diekroeger, K. ss 4 1 1 0 was hoping for, but the ball was hit ate to show that the “nondiscrimi- resolution with consultation from
Carroll, M. ph 1 0 1 0 Piscotty, S. 3b 4 0 1 1 too slowly for Diekroeger and “[Transgender students] can’t nation policy has teeth.” members of the open forum titled,
Reiling, M. pr 0 0 0 0 Ragira, B. 1b 4 0 1 1 freshman second baseman Lonnie serve openly, so ROTC will still vi- “I have to wonder what Stan- “Resolution to Acknowledge and
Stienstra, D. 1b 4 0 0 1 Kauppila, L. 2b 3 0 0 0
Natov, C. 3b 3 0 0 0 Wilson, A. rf 3 1 0 0
Kauppila to turn the double play, olate the University nondiscrimi- ford’s values are if it wants to bring Oppose the Discriminatory Nature
Christian, T. ph 1 0 0 0 McArdle, D. dh 0 0 0 0 allowing San Jose State to score its nation policy, and while DADT has back an institution that discrimi- of ROTC’s Policies.” The new bill,
Schulz, N. rf 4 0 0 0 Guymon, B. ph/dh3 1 1 0 first run of the night. been repealed, it has not been im- nates blatantly against transgender which did not include the original
Quiery, T. lf 2 0 0 0 Ringo, J. ph 1 0 0 0 Junior Scott Snodgress kept the plemented yet,” she said. “The way
Jenkins, K. ph/lf1 0 0 0 Jones, Z. c 3 0 0 1
students, and people disabled men- support for off-campus ROTC pro-
DiRocco, M. c 2 1 0 0 Spartans’ bats at bay in the seventh we have ROTC now, people can be tally and physically . . . that seems grams, was passed unanimously by
Borg, N. ss 3 0 2 0 and eighth, surrendering only one involved, just off campus. We are really flawed to me,” she said.“This the nine senators present.
Totals 31 2 4 2 31 5 5 4
hit. Piscotty saved a would-be dou- representing them by voicing our is not about trans students versus “Students should know that
ble with a backhand dive down the support for them off campus, but military students; this is a basic what we’ve passed now, which is op-
R H E
San Jose State 000 001 001 2 4 3
line at third. because the military discriminates issue of upholding the nondiscrim- posing the discriminatory policies
Stanford 140 000 000 5 5 0 The Spartans managed to against sexual orientation and not ination policy.” of ROTC, is very different from
E—Valdez (7); Natov 2(4). LOB—San Jose State 4; Stanford 7. scratch across one more run on any rational basis, we can’t Army ROTC cadet Jimmy what the students will be voting on
2B—Gaffney (4); Piscotty (8). SF—Jones (1). SB—Hertler (8) against junior closer Chris Reed, allow it.” Ruck ‘11 was also present to dis- Thursday and Friday, which is to
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO but it was too little, too late. Reed Both Warma and Senator Re- cuss his experience in the ROTC support or oppose the return of
San Jose State struck out pinch hitter Tyler Chris- becca Sachs ‘13 expressed concerns program, and clarified that trans- ROTC,” Senator Khaled Alshawi
Melero, J. L (1-1) 3.0 5 5 3 2 1 tian for the final out of the ball- with the bill as proposed. gender students would be able to ‘13 said.
Slaton, D. 3.0 0 0 0 0 5
LeBaron, E. 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
game. “I think having Stanford stu- participate in ROTC courses of- “In terms of support or not sup-
Stanford The win improves Stanford’s dents participating in ROTC and fered at Stanford. He also men- porting the return of ROTC, the
Sandbrink W (2-0) 4.0 0 0 0 1 2 record to 6-0 in midweek games being able to have a dialogue on tioned that discrimination within Senate is not taking a stance,”
Vanegas, A. 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 and extends its overall winning campus adds a very positive value,” ROTC stems from federal policy. Bruny said following the vote.
Snodgress, S. 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Reed, C. 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
streak to three games. Warma said during open forum. “If “The military is under the subor- “We’re just saying we oppose the
WP— Reed (3). Pitches/strikes: Melero 54/32; Slaton 43/29;
Next up for the Cardinal is a the ASSU is supposed to represent dination of the civilian leadership policies of the program that violate
LeBaron 33/18; Sandbrink 52/31; Vanegas 34/21; Snodgress 26/18; conference clash against USC in all students, regardless of the size of of this country, it’s a federal issue the nondiscrimination policy that
Reed 20/12. Los Angeles this weekend. the group, the ASSU has to hear all more so than a Stanford issue,” the University has set forth.”
Umpires: HP: Jason Venson 1B: Greg Charles 3B:Bill Speck voices and that cuts both ways. I Ruck said.
T—2:25. A—1,428 Contact Michael Lazarus at mlazarus don’t think there’s a place, particu- After Senator Will Seaton ‘13 Contact Kate Abbott at kmabbott@
— Compiled by Daniel Bohm @stanford.edu. larly with the election coming up, voiced discomfort with the bill as it stanford.edu.
for you to be weighing in on this. currently stood, Senator Pat Bruny
There’s a chance for transgender ‘13 suggested changing the lan-
Correction
SAWHNEY
basketball tournament. students and their allies, and guage of the bill to specifically state
Stanford would, of course, still ROTC cadets and their allies to opposition to the discrimination
have an excellent chance of winning weigh in . . . but I don’t think this is perpetuated by the ROTC pro-
the Directors’ Cup for every year something this body should be in- gram, and not against the program This correction relates to an Apr.
Continued from page 6 jecting itself into.” itself. 5 article entitled “University rejects
from now until the apocalypse. How-
ever, its victory will be even stronger “The issue I see is that the stu- During this debate, Fetter chid- Kappa Sigma appeal.” In a memo-
grams, third-place Virginia has 25 and when our competition knows it does- dent body is going to be voting this, ed the Senate for not taking a randum, Vice Provost for Student
UCLA,coming in fourth,has 22 teams. n’t come from sheer size. if the student body has the oppor- stronger stance against ROTC. Affairs Greg Boardman incorrectly
Thus,the Cardinal has a bigger margin tunity to voice their opinion and “[The revision] is another sym- stated that the current Kappa Sigma
of error, since it can rely on a large Kabir Sawhney wants to tell you about their opinion should be held over bolic gesture where you can pass a house is located at 1025 Campus
number of programs (each of which is the sheer size of his “program.” Find ours . . . We should not speak for bill that doesn’t say anything,” she Drive.In fact,the house is situated at
equally weighted) to inflate its place in out what that means at ksawhney them when they have the opportu- said.“Be strong, be Senators, or else 1035 Campus Drive.
the standings. @stanford.edu.
Thus, the Directors’ Cup should
implement a weighting system of its

WPOLO
own,which ensures that programs are
not punished simply for a relative lack
of size. Unlike the Capital One Cup’s
arbitrary weighting system, sports Continued from page 6
should be weighted in the Directors’
Cup by how many Division I pro-
grams exist in that sport. Being the time and played well the last few
best team out of almost 300 D-I men’s weeks,” Tanner said. “All three of
basketball programs should count our goalies are competitive with
more than winning in water polo, and supportive of one another.”
which is played almost exclusively on Stanford has only three regular
the West Coast. Stanford gets a good season matches left before the
number of points from gymnastics, MPSF Tournament. The team is
and though the Cardinal wins cham- scheduled to return home to play
pionships in the sport regularly, there No. 5 Hawaii on Saturday.
aren’t as many men’s gymnastics
teams in the country as there are Contact Kevin Zhang at kevinzahn-
teams that make the NCAA women’s gle@gmail.com.