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Psychology professor Ewart Thomas, chair of the ad
hoc committee charged with investigating the
relationship between Stanford and the military,
presented the committee’s report before an exten-
sive debate at Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting.
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Stanford Students for Queer Liberation and others organized a protest attended by more than 30 outside the Law School before the
Faculty Senate meeting. Many chanted demands for equal rights, while other protesters handed out antiwar literature. Some protestors
waited outside of the auditorium at the conclusion of the meeting and voiced disappointment with the Faculty Senate’s ROTC decision.

‘YES’ ON ROTC RETURN

Faculty Senate votes in favor of program’s return
with hopes of closing civilian-military divide
By KATE ABBOTT
DEPUTY EDITOR
Following more than a year of re-
search and debate, the Faculty Senate
voted on Thursday 28-9, with three ab-
stentions, to extend an invitation for
ROTC to return to Stanford. The vote
effectively ends the 40-year ban of the
program on campus.
“We believe that the majority of
students support the return of ROTC,
and a substantial minority opposes it,”
said Committee Chair Ewart Thomas,
professor of psychology.
“No member of our committee ob-
jects to the minimizing of violence,” he
added.“We offer our recommendation
in favor of minimizing the military-
civilian gap.”
The ad hoc committee, established
last March, released its report last
week announcing its support for a
Stanford ROTC program. ROTC was
initially voted off campus in 1970 after
concerns of its academic merit were
raised.All ROTC programs were gone
by 1973.
The report initially consisted of six
clauses that served as the cornerstone
of the committee’s recommendation,
including the creation of a Stanford
ROTC Committee that would evalu-
ate military professors and courses, as
well as serving as a mediator between
the University and the military.
Thomas presented the ad hoc com-
mittee’s report to the Faculty Senate;
debate then proceeded for more than
an hour.
Professor William Perry ‘49 M.S.
‘55 presented the initial proposal to
investigate Stanford’s relationship
with the military last year. He remind-
ed the Faculty Senate that they would
not be debating ROTC if Congress
had not recently repealed “don’t ask,
don’t tell.”
“That repeal would not have hap-
pened without significant support
from senior military officials in the
U.S.,”he said.“Their enlightened views
are obviously a product of their educa-
tion. Stanford has the opportunity to
help create military leaders that will
later make these enlightened deci-
sions.This is the single most important
chance you will have to seize that op-
portunity.”
“We can no longer free-ride on the
public good known as national securi-
ty,” added history professor David
Kennedy ‘63.
ASSU President Michael Cruz ‘12
distributed a packet of compiled mate-
rials covering a range of student opin-
ions about ROTC. He spoke on behalf
of the student body and urged the Sen-
ate to vote “no.”
“ROTC does not align with the vi-
sion of this university,” Cruz said.
“Currently, Stanford is one of the
safest communities for transgender
students in the world. I want to make
sure all Stanford students feel safe
enough to call this place home as well.
“A rejection of ROTC is a rejection
of exclusion,” he added.
Imani Franklin ‘13, who served as
one of two student representatives on
the ad hoc committee, spoke to the
Faculty Senate about why she support-
ed the return of an ROTC program.
“I came onto this committee
knowing little to nothing about mili-
tary lifestyles,” she said. “Most of my
knowledge of the military came from
watching ‘Pearl Harbor.’ That is not
okay.
“A large portion of the student
body is entirely removed from a piece
of the American population that
serves in the military,” she said.
Franklin said that by allowing
ROTC back onto campus, the Univer-
sity could “humanize the people who
fight our wars.”
“A huge part of our education at
Stanford is to expose to different ways
of life, nationally and globally,” she
said. “Military perspectives have been
invisible on this campus.”
Fourteen students currently par-
ticipate in ROTC programs through
cross-town agreements with Santa
Clara University, San Jose State and
UC-Berkeley. They do not receive
course credit for their required mil-
itary science classes or physical
training.
Some professors asked the commit-
tee to clarify specific aspects of its rec-
ommendation, including to whom
ROTC commanders would report.The
committee has proposed a program
similar to those found at MIT and
Duke, where a faculty committee re-
views each potential professor and
evaluates the content of potential mil-
itary science courses.
Later,an amendment was proposed
to ensure that ROTC cadets’ chosen
majors were not dictated by their in-
volvement in the program.
Political science professor Scott
Sagan, also a member of the commit-
tee,said that some students chose to at-
tend other universities because of their
ROTC offerings and a return could
make Stanford a more viable option
for prospective students.
“Some students do choose other
universities over Stanford who offer
on-campus ROTC programs,” he said.
Others expressed concern about
the implications of interpreting the
University’s nondiscrimination poli-
cy in light of an endorsed ROTC pro-
gram.
“With respect to ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell,’ that goal is not yet accomplished
nor irreversible,” political science pro-
fessor Gary Segura said.
“There is no evidence for any pal-
pable benefits to Stanford,” he
added. “Furthermore, it will always
be an asterisk on our nondiscrimina-
tion policy.”
Graduate Student Council repre-
sentative Justin Brown echoed this
sentiment.
“How large does a group of stu-
dents need to be so that they can feel as
though their civil rights are acknowl-
edged and protected?” he asked.
However, University general coun-
sel Debra Zumwalt said that formal
recognition of ROTC would not vio-
late the nondiscrimination policy as it
currently stands.
“Our policy prevents against illegal
discrimination,” she explained.“Based
on all the information we have, we do
Please see ROTC, page 7
ROTC: The Debate in Review
March
2010
Following a presentation by management science and
engineering professor William Perry ’49 M.S. ’55 and history
professor David Kennedy ’63, the Faculty Senate votes unanimously
to establish an ad hoc committee charged with investigating the
merits of an ROTC return to campus.
November An open letter soliciting feedback about ROTC is sent to the Stanford
2010 community. The committee receives less than 30 responses, most
of which were positive, according to chair Ewart Thomas, professor
of psychology.
December The debate over ROTC gains steam at Stanford after Congress
2010 repeals the 17-year-old policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which
barred gay and lesbian soldiers from serving openly in the military.
January The ASSU and the ad hoc committee jointly host a town hall forum
2011 open to the student body. Several students argue the military is still
a discriminatory organization.
President Obama urges universities to “open their doors to ROTC”
in his State of the Union address.
February Political science professor Condoleezza Rice and Hoover fellow
2011 George Shultz announce their support for a Stanford-endorsed ROTC
program in a letter made public early this month.
Both pro- and anti-ROTC petitions begin circulating among the
student body.
Then-ASSU President Angelina Cardona ’11 authors a bill to place
a “non-binding advisory measure question” on the spring general
elections ballot to gauge student support for ROTC. Both the
Undergraduate Senate and the Graduate Student Council pass it
unanimously.
March Stanford students for Queer Liberation (SSQL) President Alok
2011 Vaid-Menon ’13 files a case with the Constitutional Council against
the ROTC advisory measure. The Council later votes 4-0 to rule the
measure constitutional, keeping it on the spring ballot.
Harvard President Drew Faust recognizes ROTC on behalf of the university.
April Columbia votes to authorize the return of an ROTC program.
2011
Students mobilize a “campaign to abstain” movement for the ROTC
advisory ballot measure. Ultimately, 2,406 students vote in support
of ROTC, 929 vote in opposition and 2,117 vote to abstain.
The ad hoc committee releases and unanimously backs its report,
which endorses a Stanford ROTC program.
April 28 The Faculty Senate votes 28 in favor to invite ROTC back, with
2011 nine against and three abstentions.
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‘‘ ‘‘
In their own words

‘‘
I thought it was the University community at nearly its It’s been roughly 43 years since
I’m profoundly disappointed...I do not
think that their little confession that they
‘‘ ‘‘
best, taking on a controversial matter and dealing with
it in a balanced and judicious way, and I think in the
end weighing up all the pros and cons and coming to
the Navy ROTC building was
burned down and today I’m
happy to witness that Stanford
‘‘
don’t support discrimination was sufficient. has come full circle.
the right conclusion.
ALOK VAID-MENON ‘13
STANFORD STUDENTS FOR QUEER LIBERATION PRESIDENT JIMMY RUCK ‘11, ARMY ROTC CADET
HISTORY PROFESSOR DAVID KENNEDY ‘63

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UNIVERSITY
Yale death, PRL fire spur
new machine shop rules
By KURT CHIRBAS
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Officials from Stanford’s Depart-
ment of Environmental Health and
Safety (EH&S) met with University
leadership Monday to present newly
drafted, institution-wide machine
shop safety guidelines. The move, a
departure from the University’s
hands-off policy, was prompted by
the April 11 death of Yale senior
Michele Dufault and Saturday’s
after-hours fire at the Product Real-
ization Lab (PRL).
Dufault died from accidental as-
phyxia after her hair caught in a
metal lathe. No one was hurt in the
PRL fire.
According to EH&S Associate
Vice Provost Larry Gibbs, the
change aims to create a common
safety standard for machine shops
across campus and to increase stu-
dent accountability.
While all campus machine shops
operate under policies that match in-
dustry protocol — all of them man-
date practices like tying back hair,
removing jewelry, wearing closed-
toe shoes and never working alone
— they don’t have a consistent way
of holding students accountable for
following these regulations.
“We did a lot of review of what
goes in an industry, and what we
found is that in the industry if you
don’t follow the rules, you no longer
have employment,” Gibbs said.
“Now, we don’t employ students, but
we have to say there’s an accounta-
bility expectation that goes along
with the use of these tools that have
a potential for harming individuals.”
According to Gibbs, the pro-
posed guidelines would establish a
standard disciplinary procedure for
students who are found noncompli-
ant with the shop’s safety standards:
they could be denied access to the
University’s machine shops and, if
they are taking an undergraduate
machine shop class,their grade in the
course could fall as well. In addition,
he said the draft would standardize
the safety policies of shops across
campus.
“We want to allow a level of dis-
cretion locally,” Gibbs said. “At the
same time, we want to make sure
that people aren’t harmed by what
takes place in the machine shops —
either themselves or the people
around them.”
Right now, safety guidelines vary
slightly across the different machine
shops.
Before using the PRL’s equip-
ment, students are required to regis-
ter online, attend an hour and 15-
minute orientation and purchase a li-
cense,which ranges in price from $20
for a day pass to $300 for a yearlong
pass.
PRL Co-Director Craig Milroy
‘80 M.S. ‘82 said the orientation isn’t
a training class for students, but a
way to “get them adjusted mentally
to this kind of environment.”
During the orientation, supervi-
sors go over safety rules with the stu-
dents, explain potential hazards in
the building and, during the last 20
minutes,take them on a walking tour
of the facility. This tour includes
three major areas: the model shop,
the machine shop and the foundry.
Milroy said almost 900 students
are licensed to work in the PRL each
UNIVERSITY
FacSen approves stem
cell doctoral program
New track bridges ‘basic
sciences to clinical outcomes’
By AN LE NGUYEN
MANAGING EDITOR
The Faculty Senate approved a
new interdisciplinary program in
stem cell biology and regenerative
medicine (SCBRM) in a unanimous
voice vote on Thursday. The
SCBRM program seeks a five-year
trial period beginning Sept. 11, 2011
through Aug. 31, 2016.
“It’s a pleasure to see the cutting
edge research being translated into
the teaching program,” said Richard
Roberts, chair of the Committee on
Graduate Studies (C-GS).
The SCBRM program, once es-
tablished, would be the first doctoral
program of its kind.
“Stem cell biology and regenera-
tive medicine is a discipline apart
from genetics, from developmental
biology, from basic biology, from
medicine,” Roberts said.
“It draws from those fields, but
moves beyond them,” he added.
The proposed program is set to
feature top-notch principal investi-
gators (PIs), new laboratories in the
Lorry Lokey Stem Cell Building and
The Stanford Daily
Welcome to the Farm
year, marking nearly a four-fold in-
crease from the 250 users in 1992.He
added that the growth in registrants
is probably due to the fact that many
of the campus’ machine shops have
been closed down over the years.
The PRL is a teaching lab that
employs student teaching assistants
to be on duty whenever the facility is
open. It’s normally open in three
four-hour blocks throughout the
day.
The co-directors of the lab select
TAs for the upcoming year in April.
After getting the job, the TAs must
arrive at the Farm before the start of
the autumn quarter for two weeks of
training. The TAs help eliminate the
risk of students operating equip-
ment without supervision, Milroy
said.
“Under our guidelines of opera-
tion, whenever the shop is open,
there has to be someone on duty,” MEHMET INONU/The Stanford Daily
Milroy said. “So a person will never Armed with bedding, Bookstore bags and conspicouous identification tags, an eager group of prospective Stanford
be working alone if that’s the case.” freshmen (ProFros) arrive at Stern Hall Thursday. Stern is one of many homes away from home for Admit Weekend.
However, a small subset of PRL
users is part of an “extended use
community”that is allowed to access
the facility during off-hours.At these
times, TAs are also off duty. Gibbs
said one issue EH&S hopes to ad-
dress with its new guidelines is shop
use by individuals when no one else
is there.
“The dilemma and the challenge
that we know about is that graduate
and undergraduate students prefer
to use the shops when they have ac-
cess, which is oftentimes after
hours,” Gibbs said.“One of the main
components of our program is to
make sure nobody is using that when
there’s not somebody else there.”
Unlike the PRL, the Physics Ma-
chine Shop is a research lab that fo-
cuses on supporting the physics com-
munity and building customized
parts for other departments.Accord-
ing to the shop’s supervisor, Karl-
heinz Merkle, no one is allowed to
use the equipment until they take an
18-hour training and certification
course.
He said that while the shop has
not experienced any accidents, it has
been subtly affected by the recent
events.
“Whenever there is anything as
tragic as what happened at Yale, you
take a step back and say,‘How are we
doing things? Is everybody as safe as
we can make it safe?’” Merkle said.
Milroy agreed.
“Any time an event like that hap-
pens, of course it’s going to have an
impact on how we operate,” he said.
In particular, Milroy said fire
safety would be a major topic at this
Friday’s weekly staff meeting, which
is attended by the co-directors and
TAs. He also said it was likely that
they would add a few sentences to
next year’s safety orientation about
how to deal with and prevent fires.
EH&S has sent copies of the draft
to the individual machine shops and
is looking to get feedback, Gibbs
said. He added that the policy would
most likely be approved soon.
“We believe we have a good safe-
ty program,” he said. “We believe
people here are attuned to, and cer-
tainly aware of,making sure we work
in a safe environment. And we want
to continue that.”
Contact Kurt Chirbas at kchirbas
@stanford.edu.
financing from California’s Stem
Cell Initiative.Admission to the pro-
gram will only be offered to doctoral
candidates.The conferral of master’s
degrees will serve as a “consolation”
prize for those students who do not
obtain their Ph.D.
John Pringle, senior associate
dean of the School of Medicine,
lauded the program as “a valuable
thing to bring forward.”
Professor of obstetrics and gyne-
cology Renee Pera described the
program as “bridging the basic sci-
ences to clinical outcomes.”
Despite its lofty goals, the
SCBRM program had humble be-
ginnings. According to C-GS mem-
bers, the origins of the new interdis-
ciplinary program came from the
bottom up.
“It’s been several years in pro-
duction and we’d like to say that it re-
ally initiated at the grassroots,” said
Theo Palmer, associate professor of
neurosurgery.“We became aware of
this through conversations with our
current graduate students and in-
coming graduate students.”
The Faculty Senate’s approval of
the new program signals “a very ex-
citing time for the field,”Palmer said.
Contact An Le Nguyen at
lenguyen@stanford.edu.
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I
t was one of those spur-of-the- Anastasia Yee
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did I want to stumble into the room Miriam Ellora Robert Michitarian
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Elevator conversations
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cles can’t do. Thanks to my time at

Stanford, I get uncomfortable when
I’m in a car because 50 miles really
shouldn’t be too far to bike, right?
But this particular situation seemed
too dire.
I prepared myself for what
would come next. Elevator conver-
sations are uniquely different from
any others; you’re stuck in a tiny,
tiny space with a stranger, but only
for a couple minutes. It’s not like an
airplane, when you both know that
you’ll get to rub elbows for a few
hours. It’s not passing by someone
on the street because in that setting
you could both be going anywhere
or doing anything.
But if you’re in an elevator with
someone, you have something in
common by default — you’re in the
same elevator. That might mean
that you’re in the same hotel togeth-
er, you’re visiting the same office to-
gether or maybe you live in the
same apartment building. The com-
monality that you share places
some conversational pressure on
you.
This pressure to make conversa-
tion is at the same time countered
by your knowledge that, if this per-
son gets off at the next floor, you
want the conversation to have
reached a natural end. At the same
time,you don’t want to have a pleas-
antly abrupt exchange followed by
another minute of silence while you
both realize you’re going to the
highest floors of the building. As
some might say: awkwaaaard.
As a result, sometimes it is far
easier not to talk at all. And that’s
why I usually stare at the wall, or at
the panel of numbers in front of me,
or at a spot next to my feet. Some-
times small talk just isn’t really
worth it.
I’ve tried it before. And unfortu-
nately, Sweet Hall has been the site
of some sub-par elevator encoun-
ters for me. One time, I knew I had
a meeting somewhere in the build-
O P-E D
A Thumb on the
from any others;you’re
stuck in a tiny,tiny space
with a stranger,but only
for a few minutes.
ing, and I suspected it was the fourth
floor. I waited with another student,
we got in the elevator together and
it was soon obvious that we were
both traveling to the 4th floor. Since
I wasn’t sure where the meeting
was, I opened first.
“Hey, are you here for the 6 p.m.
meeting?” He was too! No way.“Do
you know where it is?” He thought
it was on the fourth floor. By the
time we’d gotten through those few
lines of conversation, speaking
slowly and with naturally drawn-
out pauses, the elevator arrived at
the fourth floor.
What happened next was that we
ended up taking two more elevator
rides together.The meeting was not
on the fourth floor. So we rode
down to the second floor, his next
guess.The meeting was not there ei-
ther. And lastly we rode up to the
third floor, where we finally found
our meeting. At this point we’d had
several less than ideal exchanges
along the lines of,“So, what year are
you?” Insert answer. “Cool.” “So,
what’s your major?” Insert answer.
“Nice.” Not knowing when our con-
versation would have to be over, we
instead had a bunch of mini conver- O BSESSIVE KOMPULSION
sations, none of which were particu-
larly satisfactory. It was rough.
Please see MARKS, page 5 (Wel)Come to Stanford
O
n the surface, I’m writing this imagine teams of five students in a
column to convince one of
my best friends to pick Stan-
car, performing a Bay Area-wide
scavenger hunt with clues based on
ford over Yale and Harvard (how’s really complex puzzles created by
Kristian
that for subtlety, Rachel?), but be- insanely smart and creative Stan-
yond that, this column is for every
Stanford ProFro who is currently
Bailey ford students. The Game was my
single favorite activity within the
undecided about where to spend single favorite part of my Stanford

Scale of Justice
the next four years of his or her life.
I can sympathize with the nervous-
ness about having to choose by May
1. Fortunately for me, Stanford’s
Admit Weekend 2010 ended on
vice (which did work, by the way,
but also felt too intangible to trust),
I’ll give you my concrete reasons
why Stanford is different from
experience.
You’ll be getting a great educa-
tion no matter where you go —
world-class faculty, brilliant and
motivated students, etc. But based

I
n light of President Hennessy’s
recent unilateral decision to
change the burden of proof in
student misconduct proceedings
when sexual assault or domestic vio-
lence is alleged, we began to ques-
tion the legitimacy of the fact-find-
ing process in those proceedings. In
so doing, we reviewed the training
materials provided to hearing offi-
cers for those cases.Those materials
confirmed our suspicion that Stan-
ford is putting its thumb on the scale
of justice. Quite simply, judicial pan-
elists are trained to be biased against
the accused.
It is a fundamental concept of
American democracy, justice and
due process that a fair tribunal is one
with an impartial judge. Stanford
students accused of misconduct
have the right to judicial panelists
free from bias.
Yet, Stanford trains its judicial
panelists, who will hear and decide
disciplinary proceedings involving
allegations of sexual assault and do-
mestic violence,that neutrality is not
only unattainable but something
which should be avoided.Neutrality,
the panelists are trained, makes the
fact-finder an accomplice to the
abuse and further victimizes the
complainants.
Specifically, panelists are provid-
ed with an article by Lundy Ban-
croft called “Why Does He Do
That? Inside the Minds of Angry
and Controlling Men.” The article
instructs fact-finders that, “When
people take a neutral stand between
you and your abusive partner, they
are in effect supporting him and
abandoning you, no matter how
much they may claim otherwise.”
Further, the panelists are taught
that,“to remain neutral is to collude
with the abusive man, whether or
not that is your goal.”
Another article provided to judi-
cial panelists is equally biased
against the accused, who is almost
invariably referred to as a male.That
document is from the Center for Re-
lationship Abuse Awareness and
provides judicial panelists with “in-
dicators” of an “abuser.” It states
that an abuser will “feel victimized”
and “act persuasive and logical.”An
impartial training system would not
teach judicial panelists that if an ac-
cused defends himself persuasively
and logically, they should infer that
he is an “abuser.” The Bancroft arti-
cle admonishes, “Everyone should
be very, very cautious in accepting a
man’s claim that he has been wrong-
ly accused of abuse or violence. The
great majority of allegations of
abuse — though not all — are sub-
stantially accurate. An abuser al-
most never ‘seems like the type.’”
Panelists are also provided with
a document titled “Abuser Ac-
countability,” which states that an
“abuser” becomes accountable
when he admits that his behavior
was “unprovoked,” apparently ig-
noring the reality that instances of
sexual assault and domestic vio-
lence are almost always relational
and do not occur in a vacuum.
The intended effect of these ma-
terials is abundantly clear from the
training evaluation, which asks par-
ticipants to list three steps that
Please see OPED, page 5
April 24 — a full week before the
deadline. But fortunately for you,
Class of 2015, I didn’t decide until
April 30, either, so we’re essentially
in the same boat.
I remember the thrill of April —
hearing back from schools on the
first (and Stanford a full week earli-
er than everyone else), missing
nearly two straight weeks of school
to go to various admit weekends,
flying home from my first-ever visit
to California and announcing to my
parents the same night,“Mom, Dad,
I think Stanford’s the school for
me.” Then I remember the immedi-
ate nausea I felt with the weight of
my words, with the understanding
that I was choosing to leave every-
thing I knew on the East Coast to go
to a school and live in a state and on
a coast I knew nothing about. Two
seconds after uttering these words, I
decided to take them back; another
two seconds later, I decided to take
back taking them back. And then
two seconds later . . .
Essentially, I remained “unde-
cided” for an entire week, drawing
up the pros and cons of an Ivy
League education and staying close
to home on the East Coast versus
going to my dream school (Stan-
ford), a name that caused lots of
anxiety, some bad, but more good,
whenever I thought of it. On April
30, as I tried to put off the decision
another day, my mother stopped me
and said, “You’re not leaving the
house until you make a decision.”
So, I said, “Okay, I pick Stanford.”
My decision was one I spent a lot
of time thinking about, so instead of
giving the “just follow your gut” ad-
every other school you’re consider-
ing and why it’s better.
First and foremost, no university
does the freshman experience bet-
ter than Stanford. Before you even
get here, two undergraduates have
spent their entire summer reading
your housing applications and
hand-matching the roughly 1,700 of
you that will choose to matriculate
here. With few exceptions, the Uni-
versity does an excellent job pairing
you with a roommate who will chal-
lenge you to learn, but in a way
that’s compatible enough with your
own living preferences that you
won’t even feel like you’re not at
home.
Beyond that, freshman dorms are
amazing. Not only do the aforemen-
tioned matchmakers pair you with
your roommate, but they organize
the entirety of your dorm so that
your entire floor is compatible with
each other, so that the dorm repre-
sents a cross-section of every kind of
diversity the University excels in
bringing to each class and so that the
dorm becomes a vibrant community.
More than anything, my freshman
dorm has been my favorite part of
my Stanford experience.
Why, you ask? Friday barbecues,
weekly house meetings, inter-dorm
competitions, fountain hopping,
San Francisco Scavenger Hunt,
Word Assassins, Secret Snowflake,
Ski Trip (the University essentially
pays for the entire freshman class to
spend a weekend in cabins and ski-
ing in Tahoe over the course of Jan-
uary), Assassins (yes, this is differ-
ent from Word Assassins), Screw
Your Roommate and The Game:
on what I know, no other university
invests as much in cultivating a
sense of community among the
freshman class and within the entire
school. Feeling a sense of belonging
is extraordinarily important when
you’re investing so much of your
life in this decision — not just in
your intellectual development, but
more importantly in your personal
development. Feeling welcome,
feeling free to be whoever and
whatever you’d like to be and feel-
ing capable to taking on the chal-
lenges of the 21st century are all
what Stanford excels at.
Thursday afternoon, one of my
professors and advisors gave
Rachel what I think is the best piece
of college advice I’ve ever heard:
you won’t be sorry wherever you
decide to go, but if you go to Stan-
ford, you won’t be sorry you didn’t
go anywhere else.
I’ve yet to mention our excellent
athletic program, beautiful weath-
er, the gorgeous campus abounding
with nature, etc. — and on the most
serious level, this really affects the
sense of community, my happiness
and my optimism about the future
— but I’ve already convinced you,
and you’re two seconds away from
logging in, clicking “Accept” and
making the best decision of your life
...
Go forth unafraid, ProFros.
Kristian is in FloMo without a ProFro
even though he’s a RoHo, but since
he’s a HoHo, it’s all a go-go. If you’re
mad at him for his asinine assonance,
let him know at kbailey@stanford.
edu.
The Stanford Daily Friday, April 29, 2011 ! 5
UNIVERSITY
Knight Center debuts
at open house today
By MATT BETTONVILLE
STAFF WRITER
One of the largest construction
projects on campus this year, the
Knight Management Center, offi-
cially opens today. The facility has
been partially in use since January
and fully operational since April 18,
with an official open house and cere-
mony this afternoon.
The Knight Center, which is the
new site for Stanford’s Graduate
School of Business (GSB), bears the
name of Nike founder Phil Knight
MBA ‘62, who donated $105 million
ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily
for the facility. The project cost $345
million in total.
According to a press release,
GSB administrators hope it will
house the “site for the business
school for 75 to 100 years.” The old
GSB campus, currently called the
Littlefield Management Center, re-
mains vacant with no final plans for
its future use.
The construction of a new cam-
pus came as a result of 2007 changes
in the MBA curriculum that called
for smaller class sizes, necessitating
smaller and more classrooms.
The new curriculum includes “more
critical analytical thinking, a global
experience requirement, more inno-
vative thinking and more personal
leadership development,” wrote
GSB Dean Garth Saloner ‘81 M.S.
‘82 Ph.D.‘82 in an email to The Daily.
The new campus also houses
rows of individual study rooms,
workrooms and “breakout rooms”
that faculty can use to divide up a
class for group work. The Knight
Center houses 70 such rooms, up
from 28 in the old facility.
Several other aspects of the new
facility differentiate it from the old
GSB complex. Most noticeably, the
Knight Center now sits on Campus
Drive and Serra Street. One major
hope the GSB administration has for
the new facility is to make it a more
open area to bring in members of all
Stanford departments.The new cam-
pus was also oriented to give better
views of the Stanford campus, espe-
cially from the Bass Center, which is
the new business school library and
NEWS BRIEFS
University expands
‘gender-neutral’
housing,renames
‘gender-inclusive’
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Student Housing will expand its
gender-neutral housing program to
Bob, Branner Hall, Crothers, Yost
and all graduate residences next
year, according to an informational
email by Charles Syms ‘11 M.A. ‘11,
who spearheads the student side of
the program. It will further expand
the program as more buildings are
renovated so that they “are suitable
MARKS
Continued from page 4
But the other day my fortunes
turned.I entered Sweet Hall and,too
daunted by the stairs, turned to the
elevator and the guy in front of it.
“Hey, are you going up?”“Yup!”We
wait, and the elevator took an oddly
long time to arrive, so we shot each
other some questioningly amused
glances. “Is it coming, or should we
take the stairs?” we both seemed to
say to one another, but finally the el-
evator doors slid open before us.
Once in the elevator, I pushed
four and asked him for his floor. He
said three. I tested the waters. “Oh
okay, floor three . . . that’s fine. If
you were going to floor two, I
would’ve judged. Can’t you walk up
one flight of stairs?”
OPED
Continued from page 4
“staff can take to effectively re-
spond to people experiencing rela-
tionship abuse.” The goal of the
training is apparently not to teach
fact-finders how to be neutral, how
to evaluate evidence for credibility
and relevance or how to ensure that
the accused is afforded his right to a
fundamentally fair hearing. Rather,
the purpose of the training is to in-
doctrinate judicial hearing officers
with a particular ideology, which
undermines the impartiality of
prospective fact-finders.
These training materials are
clearly intended for social and men-
tal health workers who help victims
the tallest building in the Knight
Center.
“This is a place for the whole
Stanford community,” said Knight
Center Program Director Kathleen
Kavanaugh.
The new center was also con-
structed with the goal of earning the
United States Green Building Coun-
cil’s Leadership in Energy and Envi-
ronmental Design (LEED) plat-
inum level certification. The facility
has not yet been awarded LEED
platinum, but according to Ka-
vanaugh it is still “on track” for this
distinction.
To contend for this certification,
the facility was designed to consume
45 percent less energy and 80 per-
cent less water than a typical office
building, in addition to producing an
estimated 12.5 percent of its re-
quired energy from photovoltaic
cells. Kavanaugh said that green
facilities were a priority for educa-
tional reasons as well, in hopes that
students would carry environmental
motivations into their careers.
“The GSB believes that the lead-
ers of business are the people that
can make change really happen,”she
said.“By designing and building this
facility with these green aspects in
mind, we’re showing that we can de-
sign a green facility without compro-
mising on design and functionality.”
“What’s important here is that
the GSB practices what it teaches,”
Saloner added. “Sustainability is
good business.”
The center consists of eight new
buildings around a main, central
quadrangle and the Arbuckle Din-
ing Pavilion.Another addition to the
new campus includes a parking facil-
ity beneath two of the Knight Cen-
ter’s eight buildings that opens onto
Campus Drive.
The GSB community along with
President John Hennessey and the
Board of Trustees will officially ded-
icate the Knight Center in a ceremo-
ny from noon to 2 p.m. today. An
open house for all of Stanford will
follow until 5 p.m.
Contact Matt Bettonville at mbett224
@stanford.edu.
for gender-inclusive housing,” he
said.
Syms noted that students had
been working with Housing to clari-
fy the housing assignment process
for transgender or “genderqueer”
students,adding that if students were
worried about being assigned hous-
ing by the gender listed in the regis-
trar’s database, they could speak to a
housing specialist who could work
with them to assure that their hous-
ing needs would be met, keeping in
mind their gender identity.
Syms said Housing is changing
the name of the housing type from
“Gender-neutral Housing” to “Gen-
der-inclusive Housing” based on stu-
dent input and will refer to it exclu-
sively as the latter after next year.
— Tyler Brown
It was a pretty loaded comment,
but he responded with a laugh and
agreed that you’re only justified in
taking the elevator if you’re going
up at least two flights of stairs. I
laughed too and told him that I
couldn’t risk getting to my meeting
if I were panting like a dog. Laughs
all around, and soon enough he got
to floor three and departed.
Our exchange was perfectly
timed. It took up the precise tempo-
ral duration of the elevator ride. It
was friendly and thankfully lacked
the strained undertone of some
small talk. And it actually left me
wishing that not all short-lived ele-
vator conversations had to end be-
cause great people pop up in all
types of places, elevators included.
Miriam hopes you won’t give her ar-
ticle the shaft. Please rise to the occa-
sion and email her your feedback
melloram@stanford.edu
of domestic violence in crisis —
their necessary ideology must be
that those victims are telling the
truth. By contrast, a judge at a judi-
cial hearing must weigh evidence in
a fair and neutral manner. A fair
judge must start from the proposi-
tion that neither party is automati-
cally to be believed. Stanford
should use training materials that
encourage neutrality and impar-
tiality, not ones that undercut those
goals.
As long as Stanford trains its ju-
dicial officers with the materials
currently provided, no accused stu-
dent can expect to receive a fair
hearing in the Stanford judicial
process involving sexual assault or
domestic violence.
MIKE ARMSTRONG ‘70 AND
DANIEL BARTON J.D.‘88
6 ! Friday, April 29, 2011 The Stanford Daily
The Stanford Daily
Fire at Naval ROTC Annex preceded program’s complete departure by 5 years
Courtesy of Ann Thompson
Army ROTC cadet Jimmy Ruck ‘11
instructs his peers during a training lab
on the Santa Clara campus, which has
a cross-town agreement with Stanford
(above). Stanford’s Naval ROTC Annex
goes up in flames in the early hours of
the morning on May 7, 1968 (right).
The annex, which at the time was being
rebuilt after an earlier burn, was razed
and never rebuilt. Soon after, the Faculty
Senate voted to remove academic
credit for ROTC courses; all programs
had departed by 1973.
ROTC
Continued from front page
not see an illegal discrimination
and [ROTC] does not violate our
policy.”
Additionally,Thomas said that a
small group of members of the
transgender community told the
committee they would not partici-
pate in ROTC even if the ban on
openly serving were lifted.
Regardless, Brown said that
even the debate over the last
months has caused significant stress
for many of the parties involved.
“I have never seen the student
body so divisive,” he said.
“It is reasonable to predict,
many members of the community
would regard this as the correct de-
cision, while others will see it as a
mistake,” Thomas said. “Our re-
search over the last year shows that
this program will prevail into the
future in shaping a more vibrant
community.”
The Faculty Senate ultimately
voted in favor of the committee’s
recommendation with three addi-
tional amendments, including a
condemnation of the military’s dis-
criminatory policies against trans-
gender people.
“Our support for reestablishing
the ROTC program should not be
misconstrued,” read a joint state-
ment released by President John
Hennessy and Provost John
Etchemendy. “We understand the
concerns about the military’s con-
tinuing discrimination against
transgender people, and we share
those concerns. But if the leader-
ship of the military is drawn from
communities that teach and prac-
tice true tolerance, change is more
likely to occur.The U.S.military has
Friday, April 29, 2011 ! 7
In their own words
‘‘
‘‘
‘‘
Stanford Daily File Photo
demonstrated an ability and will-
ingness to change over time, and
we believe Stanford can contribute
by providing leaders capable of
helping create that change.”
Approximately 30 students, in-
cluding members of Stanford Stu-
dents for Queer Liberation
(SSQL) and Stanford Says No to
War, waited outside of the Law
School to protest the Faculty Sen-
ate’s decision, while others ap-
plauded the committee members
as they exited.
Contact Kate Abbott at kmabbott@
stanford.edu.
Obviously, I am very dis-
appointed with the deci-
sion that the Faculty Sen-
ate returned...I will con-
tinue to fight for all Stan-
‘‘
ford students and their
rights throughout my
term.
MICHAEL CRUZ ‘12
ASSU PRESIDENT
I think the best thing to
do going from here is wait
at least a couple of years
before we bring it back;
that way those most high-
ly involved in the debate
and those who have the
‘‘
most emotions about it
are not affected by the ac-
tual implementation.
SEBASTIAN GOULD ‘12
MILITARY VETERAN
For a lot of people, this is
a huge victory. For a lot of
other people, this is a
tremendous loss. I think it
would’ve been that way
regardless of whichever
way the vote went. I feel
very torn and conflict-
‘‘
ed...I feel like there is a lot
still to be done for equali-
ty on this campus.
ANGELINA CARDONA ‘11
FORMER ASSU PRESIDENT
— Billy Gallagher
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SPORTS
DESERT DELIGHT
Stanford looks to cool off No. 7 Sun Devils
Sophomore Stephen Piscotty (25) has helped No. 21 Stanford into contention in a crowded Pac-10
field this season. The third baseman from Pleasanton, Calif. leads the team with a .348 batting
average and will look to bring his hot hitting into this weekend’s series at Arizona State.
By MICHAEL LAZARUS
STAFF WRITER
In the Pac-10, there are no weekends off, no
easy opponents, no rollover games — there is
no chance to rest. With that in mind, the No. 21
Stanford baseball team hits the road this week-
end for a pivotal conference matchup against
No. 7 Arizona State.
The Cardinal (20-14, 5-7 Pac-10) travels to
the desert to take on the Sun Devils in Tempe
for a three-game series that has plenty of post-
season implications. Arizona State (29-9, 11-4
Pac-10) trails Oregon State by a half-game in
the conference standings as the season nears the
Women’s tennis finds
singles success in Ojai
By WILL SEATON
STAFF WRITER
After the first day of action in the Pac-10
women’s singles tournament and invitational,
the Cardinal is in good position to bring home
the title. Stanford has four players in the quar-
terfinals of the singles tournament and one
representative in the quarterfinals of the invita-
tional.
The Pac-10 Tournament is a singles and dou-
bles competition that forces participants to play
double matches for three days in an exhausting
weekend that pits many of the best players in
the country against each other and allows for
very little rest.
“That is one of my least favorite things to
do,” said main draw entrant Nicole Gibbs. “I
hate playing back-to-back singles matches. It’s
just such a grind. I think everyone did a really
good job just plugging through.”
Stanford had three players enter the Pac-10
Women’s Invitational — sophomore Natalie
Dillon and freshmen Amelia Herring and Eliza-
beth Ecker. Herring defeated Stephany Chang
of California 6-4, 7-6(6) in the first round before
losing 6-3, 6-0 to second-seeded Kim Stubbe of
Arizona. Ecker defeated Hayler H. Miller of
USC 6-4, 6-0 in the first round before losing 6-2,
6-0 to fourth-seeded Alice Duranteau of Cal.
Four Stanford women advanced in the Pac-10 Championships’ singles draw on Thursday, including
Mallory Burdette (above). The fifth-seeded sophomore from Jackson, Ga. won both of her matches
in straight sets and will meet USC’s top-seeded Maria Sanchez at 12 p.m.
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily
halfway mark, with Stanford sitting five games
back in sixth place.
Stanford may be riding high after a series win
over visiting No. 11 UCLA last weekend, but no
team in the nation is hotter than ASU. After
being swept by Oregon State in Corvallis, the
Sun Devils have rattled off seven straight victo-
ries against conference foes.
The streak started against Washington State
at home, where ASU dismantled the Cougars,
winning two games by six runs and only allow-
ing more than two runs just once.
The Sun Devils then traveled up to the Bay
Area to take on a tough Cal squad. After the
first game, it seemed like the series could be the
Dillon, however, had a first-round bye and
then defeated Megan N. Lester of UCLA, 6-1, 6-
3, in the second round to advance to the quarter-
finals — she will face Susan McRann of Arizona
at noon today.
In the main draw, Stanford entered six play-
ers with one major exception — Stanford’s best
player, senior Hilary Barte, decided not to par-
ticipate in this tournament to rest. Three of
Stanford’s players earned a seed, with Nicole
Gibbs seeded fourth, Mallory Burdette fifth and
Kristie Ahn seventh. All three of these players
advanced to the quarterfinals, along with un-
seeded Stacey Tan. Arizona’s Sarah Landsman
defeated senior Carolyn McVeigh 6-2, 6-4, and
Li lost to McCall Jones, 6-2, 6-1, both in the first
round.
Ahn had two straight-set wins over Marina
Cossou of Cal by the score of 7-5, 6-3 and Mi-
caela Hein of Arizona State with the score 6-4,
6-2. Tan was forced to come back from a set
down in her first match before advancing 2-6, 6-
0, 6-4. She then upset sixth-seeded Mari Ander-
sson, 6-1, 6-4 to book her place in the quarterfi-
nals. Burdette fought through a tough three-set-
ter in the first round, defeating Michelle Brycki
of Arizona State 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and then defeating
Annie Goransson of Cal 6-2, 7-5.
Please see WTENNIS, page 11
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
Friday, April 29, 2011 ! 9
SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
4/29 vs. ARIZONA STATE L 2-3
UP NEXT
SAN JOSE STATE
(27-15)
5/3 San Jose, Calif.
6 P.M.
GAME NOTES: Stanford will have a tough test this weekend
as they head to the desert to play No. 7 and Pac-10 lead-
ing Arizona State. The Cardinal has some momentum
after winning last weekend’s series with UCLA, but will be
hard pressed to slow down the red-hot Sun Devils, winners
of seven straight.
series of the year. In the second-longest game in
school history, the Sun Devils outlasted the No.
20 Golden Bears in a 17-inning marathon.ASU
took one-run leads in the 10th and 13th innings,
but could not stay ahead before finally finishing
the game off in the 17th.
The Arizona State pitching staff blanked Cal
the rest of the weekend, winning 5-0 and 6-0.
Most recently, the Sun Devils traveled to Tucson
on Tuesday for a midweek game against rival
Arizona, outlasting the Wildcats, 4-3.
But Stanford has momentum, too. In its
biggest series of the year, the Cardinal took two
out of three from UCLA in dramatic fashion.
Buoyed by home runs by senior catcher Zach
Jones, sophomore outfielder Tyler Gaffney and
sophomore third baseman Stephen Piscotty, the
Cardinal took the series opener, 7-4, behind an-
other solid performance by sophomore starter
Mark Appel. Facing one of the nation’s best
pitchers in Gerrit Cole, the Cardinal’s offensive
explosion was a huge, if not unexpected, lift to a
struggling team.
The Cardinal bats went cold again on Satur-
day against Trevor Bauer, another top prospect.
The undersized junior threw a complete game
allowing one run and striking out a career-high
17.
On Sunday, Stanford played its biggest
game of the early season. A loss would have
handed the Cardinal its third straight Pac-10
loss, while a win would provide a turning point
in the season.
Please see BASEBALL, page 10
SOFTBALL
4/29 vs. WASHINGTON W 6-0
UP NEXT
SANTA CLARA
(6-24)
5/3 Smith Family Stadium
6 P.M.
GAME NOTES: The No. 13 softball team will close out
the home Pac-10 slate with a three-game set against
Washington this weekend. It will be a tough test for the
Cardinal, as the No. 12 Huskies own a 35-21 all-time
series lead and swept Stanford last year. The teams
are jockeying for position in the crowded Pac-10 field,
and are currently tied for fifth.
Huskies in
town for
Senior Day
No. 12 Washington will
prove tough test for Card
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
DESK EDITOR
After dropping a dramatic weekend se-
ries across the Bay last week, the No. 13
Stanford softball team will try to bounce
back at home this weekend against visiting
Washington. Sunday’s game has been desig-
nated as Senior Day since this marks the last
Pac-10 home game of the season for the
Cardinal — Stanford will honor its two
graduating seniors, pitcher Ashley Chinn
and first baseman Melisa Koutz.
It will likely be tough sledding against the
Huskies (31-8, 6-6 Pac-10), who are perenni-
al Women’s College World Series con-
tenders, having won the NCAA title in 2009
and losing to eventual champion Arizona in
last year’s quarterfinals.
The games have serious postseason im-
plications as well. Stanford and Washington
are currently tied in fifth place in the Pac-10
standings — Arizona State is two games
ahead of Cal,Arizona and UCLA at the top
— and although both teams are virtually
guaranteed a spot in May’s NCAA Tourna-
ment,Stanford is still hoping to move up and
play host to a Regional site.
Please see SOFTBALL, page 12
STANFORD
BASEBALL
STANFORD 6:30 P.M
ARIZONA STATE
4/29, Tempe, Ariz.
SOFTBALL
WASHINGTON 7 P.M
STANFORD
4/29, Smith Family Stadium
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
CAL 1 P.M
STANFORD
4/29, Moraga, Calif.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Jeremy Green declares for
NBA Draft
In a move that will likely end his
collegiate career, junior guard Jere-
my Green made himself eligible for
the 2011 NBA Draft, according to
head coach Johnny Dawkins. Green
was the fifth-leading scorer in the
Pac-10 last season with 16.7 points
per game.
He will not hire an agent in order
to maintain his NCAA eligibility.
He has until May 8 to withdraw
from the draft and return to school
with his remaining eligibility intact.
In a statement Thursday,
Dawkins said, “This is an exciting
opportunity for Jeremy as he ex-
plores his options regarding the
NBA.”
There was some speculation that
Green might explore his draft op-
tions earlier this month, when it was
announced that he had been sus-
pended from school for academic
reasons.
Stanford Athletics spokesman
Brian Risso said that the 6-foot-4
shooting guard’s status for next sea-
son would not be affected by the
suspension, and that the first-team
All-Pac-10 selection is expected to
play when the Cardinal heads to
Spain for a preseason tour in Sep-
tember.
A native of Austin, Texas, Green
is an exceptional shooter who made
88 three-point shots last season,
good for second in the Pac-10, while
shooting at a 43-percent clip. For his
career, he is a 41.3 percent three-
point shooter and is in second place
on Stanford’s all-time three-point
field goals list with 228 in three sea-
sons on the Farm.
Losing Green would leave a
large hole in the Cardinal lineup.
Please see GREEN, page 12
Jacob
Jaffe
Athletes
enter draft
too early
S
tanford’s very own Jeremy
Green declared for the
NBA Draft yesterday. You
remember him, right? He
was Stanford’s leading scor-
er this past season, at one point scor-
ing over 20 points in five straight
games, all against conference oppo-
nents.He’s second in school history in
three-pointers made and holds the
single-season record for made triples.
Seems reasonable for him to test
the waters, right? Well, it certainly
seems reasonable when you take into
account his current suspension from
school, which came only a year and a
half after an unrelated suspension
from the team.
Still, I don’t know him and I can’t
tell you why he really decided to de-
clare for the draft. What I can do,
though, is look at his chances at the
next level.And while I’m no draft ex-
pert,I have to say I’m skeptical at best
regarding Green’s transition to the
pros.
For one thing, school records and
suspensions aside, Green’s college ca-
reer has left many things to be desired,
among them being team play and shot
selection. He has the worst assist-to-
turnover ratio among Stanford play-
ers with reasonable playing time, and
Please see JAFFE, page 11
10 ! Friday, April 29, 2011
Sophomore Denis Lin (above) sprung an upset over USC’s Daniel Nguyen
in the second round of the Pac-10 Championships singles draw. Lin and
junior Bradley Klahn will both play Friday for berths in the semifinals.
Klahn, Lin still
alive at Pac-10s
By DASH DAVIDSON
STAFF WRITER
The members of the Stanford
men’s tennis team selected to par-
ticipate in the Pac-10 Champi-
onships enjoyed a successful day in
Ojai, Calif. on Thursday, going un-
defeated in the early rounds of
Thursday’s singles action. The tour-
nament is a non-team event, with
singles and doubles crowns award-
ed to the winners of those two re-
spective tournaments.
The Cardinal, as a team, has not
lost for more than a month, with its
most recent defeat coming against
Baylor back on March 25. In that
span, the team has played — and
won — 10 matches, its longest win-
ning streak since 2003. The wave of
momentum has also boosted the
team all the way up to No. 6 in the
country.
The team will take a few weeks
off until the NCAA Championships
begin May 19 at Taube Tennis Cen-
ter, where it will try to continue that
streak and finish what has already
been a historic season in style.
In individual tournaments,
matchups are not determined by
team, so players from the same
school often face off against each
other. Luckily for the Cardinal,
which has five players entered in
the singles draw and three teams in
doubles, this scenario did not hap-
pen on Thursday.
Four of the five individual Stan-
ford participants made it to the sec-
ond round, through the round of 32
and into the round of 16. No. 2 jun-
ior Bradley Klahn, No. 4 junior
Ryan Thacher, senior Alex Clayton
and sophomore Dennis Lin all sur-
vived in straight sets. Sophomore
Matt Kandath, playing in his first
Pac-10 Championship, fell to USC
BASEBALL
Continued from page 9
Trailing by three runs heading
into the bottom of the ninth, Stan-
ford was down to its final out. Fresh-
man outfielder Brian Guymon sin-
gled, sophomore pinch hitter Justin
Ringo walked and sophomore out-
fielder Jake Stewart singled to cut
the lead to two. Jones then doubled
down the right field line to tie the
game at four. Following two straight
walks to load the bases, sophomore
shortstop Kenny Diekroeger’s
blooper found outfield grass to plate
Jones and send Sunken Diamond
into pandemonium.
Now, Stanford must build on
that momentum. The Cardinal got
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foe Raymond Sarmiento in the
opening round.The doubles draw is
slated to begin today.
Klahn, Thacher and Clayton all
have experience in this event, with
Klahn winning as a freshman back
in 2009 and reaching the semifinals
last year — Klahn and Thacher
took home the doubles crown that
year as well. The Stanford junior,
who is also the reigning NCAA sin-
gles champion, is one of the fa-
vorites to bring home at least one
trophy this weekend.
In the second round of the sin-
gles tournament, completed late
Thursday afternoon, two of the re-
maining Stanford players fell. Clay-
ton was the first to lose, falling vic-
tim to UCLA’s fifth-seeded Amit
Inbar in two closely contested sets.
Teammate Thacher joined him in
the ranks of the defeated, succumb-
ing to another Bruin, Adrian Puget,
in the match of the day — three
very tight sets, ultimately ending in
a tie-breaker in the final set.
But offsetting those two losses
were victories by both Klahn and
Lin in the round of 16, with Klahn
defeating Oregon’s Robin Cambier
in three sets and Lin taking down
USC’s Daniel Nguyen in two
tiebreaker-sets. The two remaining
Cardinal players are on the same
half of the draw, meaning that if
they both were to win today’s Elite
Eight matches, the two would face
off against each other in the semifi-
nals.
The Pac-10 Championships will
continue today at the Ojai Valley
Tennis Club with Lin squaring off
against Cal’s Nick Andrews and
Klahn facing USC’s Ray Sarmiento.
Both matches begin at noon.
Contact Dash Davidson at dashd
@stanford.edu
off to the right start beating Cal 9-5
on Monday, but lost to a subpar
Saint Mary’s team the next day for
its first midweek loss of the season.
And Stanford certainly has its
work cut out for it against the Sun
Devil rotation. Brady Rodgers (5-2,
2.85 ERA) will take the mound on
Friday night, followed by Kramer
Champlin (6-1, 2.78 ERA) and Jake
Barrett (5-3, 4.55 ERA).
The Cardinal will send out the
same three starters against ASU as
it did against UCLA, but in differ-
ent order. Appel will once again
take the Friday start, but senior
Danny Sandbrink will move up for
the Saturday start, with junior Jor-
dan Pries pitching the series finale.
First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday
night.
Contact Michael Lazarus at mlazarus
@stanford.edu.
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WTENNIS
Continued from page 9
One player that showed she has
real promise later in the tourna-
ment was Gibbs, who took care of
her first round opponent quickly.
She defeated Cristalia Andrews of
USC 6-0, 6-1, to advance early.
Next, she defeated Samantha Smith
of Washington, 7-6(4), 6-2.
“First player I played was solid
all around, but I was keeping one
more ball in the court than her or
forcing the error,” Gibbs said. “I
had the advantage in that match
and I carried that through knowing
I was going to have to play the sec-
ond match.”
“My second opponent, I got
down in the first set 4-2 and 5-3, so
she put a lot of pressure on me and
just made me hit that extra ball,”
JAFFE
Continued from page 9
he attempted over seven three-point-
ers for every assist over his Cardinal
career. He wasn’t top three on the
team in steals, rebounds, assists or
blocks, and the team did just as well
when he scored in the single digits (3-
2) as when he broke 20 points (7-6).
Now, this is not meant to be an at-
tack on Jeremy Green.He was clearly
Stanford’s go-to player this year, and
he has been good for the Stanford
program.It’s more about what’s good
for Green and all the other under-
classmen looking toward the NBA
Draft.
Ever since I was little, I’ve been
against early entry into drafts. Maybe
it’s because I’ve always liked college
Friday, April 29, 2011 ! 11
Gibbs added. “A lot of times I was
not prepared to hit that extra ball
and I made a lot of unforced errors
in the first set, but I cleaned it up in
the second set.”
In the next round, she will face
McCall Jones, the player that de-
feated Li earlier in the day. Jones, a
transfer from BYU, is UCLA’s No.
1 player but is unseeded in this tour-
nament.
“I’ve never played her so I can’t
tell for sure [how she plays], but I
know that she has a serve that can
occasionally break down,” Gibbs
said.“I’m ready to take care of that.
I generally do better on my return
game so that’s a weakness I need to
exploit.”
When Li was asked what ad-
vance she’d give her teammate
against Jones, she expressed faith in
Gibbs’ playing ability.
“I have so much confidence in
Nicole,” Li said. “I would say play
your game and do what you do best.
sports better than pro sports and I
wanted to keep the talent in college,
or maybe it’s because my parents’
brainwashing in favor of an education
over quick money was actually as suc-
cessful as their brainwashing to love
Stanford and hate USC.Nevertheless,
my stance in general has not changed
— I still wish players would stay in
college,and I think far too many play-
ers leave early.
Still, for many people it’s hard to
complain. A guy like Cam Newton,
whose character doesn’t exactly sug-
gest an emphasis on education,
achieved everything a college player
can at his third college, Auburn, so it
had to be expected that he would
leave. He did, and last night became
the top overall pick, a spot that cer-
tainly would have gone to Stanford’s
own, Andrew Luck, had Luck pos-
sessed similar priorities. But Luck, as
the sports media still cannot come to
grips with, is different from your av-
erage superstar athlete.
Other than guys like Luck,
though, the majority of athletes that
have a shot at the pros tries to go to
the pros as quickly as possible.It’s un-
derstandable that the allure of fame
and fortune and the top level of sport
would drive many athletes to declare
early, but allowing them to do so can
often be a killer blow to their future
potential. D-League rosters are
packed with guys who think they are
going to reach the bright lights of
Madison Square Garden in June and
end up seeing Iowa, Tulsa and some-
times the Russian tundra.
It’s really sad to see,but every year
You’re the better player and you’re
going to overcome, so I wouldn’t be
too worried.”
Half of the players in the quar-
terfinals wear Stanford colors. Ac-
cording to Li, this success in the
tournament reflects the hard work
and commitment put into practice
every day.
“It’s amazing, but it’s also de-
served,” Li said. “I don’t think most
people see what goes on behind the
scenes and how much work we put
into it each day. Each exercise we
do, each sprint. It’s always the little
things that add up. For us, it’s a con-
stant process and I think it definite-
ly pays off when we put in that little
extra effort every day.”
The Cardinal enters doubles
play Friday and continues the sin-
gles draw with the possibility of an
all-Stanford semifinal still intact.
Contact Will Seaton at
wseaton@stanford.edu
you watch dozens of guys get told by
some scout that they have pro poten-
tial, so they risk their futures to try to
make the NBA now. Plenty of them
don’t get drafted, but even getting
drafted doesn’t guarantee much.Less
than half of the second-round picks
from the last three drafts are still in
the league, and first-round busts
aren’t that uncommon either.Even in
a light draft year like this one, there is
only so much room in the pros for
young guns, so most will get shut out.
In the end, though, what can any-
body do? Who is going to go around
telling guys that they aren’t good
enough for their dreams to come
true? And what guys are going to lis-
ten? If everyone had proper guid-
ance on his realistic chances of mak-
ing it, things would probably be a lot
different, but proper guidance is as
rare as elite athleticism. The NCAA
just made a small step yesterday by
moving up the deadline for players to
drop out of the draft, but it’s unlikely
that this measure will significantly
change things for future underclass-
men.
It’s tough as a fan watching college
sports and knowing most of the top
players are only using their time as a
sham to fulfill the age requirement.
It’s tough as a human being watching
players throw their future potential
away to try to make the big bucks
now.
Jacob Jaffe just offended the entire
city of Tulsa. Tell him about your fa-
vorite spots in Oklahoma’s paradise
at jwjaffe@stanford.edu.
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GREEN
Continued from page 9
Stanford will graduate no other
players from last season’s 15-16
squad, but Green accounted for just
over 25 percent of the team’s total
points. Freshmen Anthony Brown,
Gabriel Harris and Robbie
Lemons could all be in the mix for
Green’s playing time, as well as po-
Juniors Lawson, Shoji named First
Team All-Americans
For the second year in a row, jun-
ior outside hitter Brad Lawson and
junior libero Erik Shoji were
named American Volleyball
Coaches Association (AVCA) First
Team All-Americans. It is the third
honor for Shoji and the second for
Lawson. Shoji is just the second
Stanford player in program history
to receive three first-team honors
from the AVCA.
Both natives of Honolulu,
Hawaii, Lawson and Shoji helped
lead the No. 4 Cardinal to a 19-9
record this season and a third place
finish in the Mountain Pacific
Sports Federation. Despite losing
in the first round of the MPSF tour-
nament against Long Beach State
last Saturday, the Cardinal still have
an outside shot at earning the sole
at-large bid for the four-team
NCAA Tournament and a chance
Junior outside hitter Brad Lawson (above) and junior libero Erik Shoji were
both named AVCA First Team All-Americans on Thursday. It was Lawson’s
second First-Team honor and Shoji’s third, tying a school record.
Former Stanford AD Leland
assumes lead role at Pacific
Former Stanford Athletic Direc-
tor Ted Leland will become the ath-
letic director at the University of
the Pacific on July 1, the school an-
nounced on Thursday. Leland led
Stanford Athletics from 1991 to
2005, presiding over the start of the
program’s current run of 16 consec-
utive Director’s Cups.
Leland graduated from Pacific
tentially playing junior starting
point guard Jarrett Mann alongside
freshman point guard Aaron
Bright.
Dawkins has previously said
that he thought Green would re-
turn for his senior season. Green
will likely work out for a number of
NBA teams in the next few days to
gauge his draft value before making
a decision in advance of next week-
end’s deadline.
—Miles Bennett-Smith
to repeat as national champions.
On the way, Shoji set the Stanfor
career record for digs, and his sea-
son stats of 286 total digs and 2.62
digs per set both ranked second in
the country. Lawson put together a
similarly dominant junior cam-
paign, moving up to No. 2 on Stan-
ford’s all-time kills list in the rally
scoring era while averaging 4.33
kills per set and a sporting a .331
hitting percentage. In last year’s
NCAA final against Penn State,
Lawson had one of the most im-
pressive single games for an outside
hitter in postseason history, tallying
24 kills on just 28 attacks and chip-
ping in four aces to boot.
Stanford will learn its fate on
Sunday when the selection commit-
tee convenes and will announce the
at-large bid for the NCAA Tourna-
ment.The tournament will begin on
May 5 in University Park, Penn.
— Miles Bennett-Smith
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in 1970 and served as the school’s
athletic director from 1989-91,
prior to his tenure on the Farm. He
left Stanford in 2005 to return to
Stockton, where he became the vice
president of advancement. He be-
came vice president of external af-
fairs for Pacific in 2009.
Pacific’s current athletic direc-
tor, Lynn King, will move to a posi-
tion as a special assistant to the uni-
versity’s president, Pamela Eibeck.
— Kabir Sawhney
SOFTBALL
Continued from page 9
Junior Ashley Hansen is still red
hot at the plate, batting a sizzling
.500 on the season, and was instru-
mental in the Cardinal’s series win
over UCLA April 8-10 — the
team’s starting shortstop and two-
time All-American went 8-13 with
two steals and three RBI on her
way to being named Pac-10 player
of the week.
The rest of the lineup hasn’t
been bad either, as second baseman
Jenna Rich is putting together a fine
sophomore campaign with a team-
high eight home runs and 38 RBI
while hitting .347. Junior Sarah
Hassman is hitting .402, tenth in the
Pac-10, and has been tearing it up
on the base paths, too — her 29
steals leads the Pac-10 by eight.
Against the hard-hitting
Huskies, Stanford will lean heavily
on its two main pitchers, Chinn and
sophomore Teagan Gerhart. Chinn
has quietly put together an All-
American-type of season in her
fourth year on the Farm.The senior
from Belmont, Calif. is seventh in
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Sunday’s game is Stanford’s Senior
Day. The Cardinal will honor senior
pitcher Ashley Chinn (above) and
first baseman Melissa Koutz. Chinn
is 15-2 with a 1.89 ERA this year.
the Pac-10 in both wins (15) and
ERA (1.89).
Gerhart has also been brilliant
in the circle for the Cardinal thus
far, going 17-8 with a 1.75 ERA in
33 appearances on the year. She is
in the top five in eight categories in
the Pac-10, including fifth in ERA
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and third in strikeouts.
She has also shown no lingering
effects from arm surgery last season
that shut her down early.A native of
Norco, Calif., Teagan still managed
to go 22-6 with 173 strikeouts and
18 complete games and threw back-
to-back no hitters on her way to All-
Pac-10 Conference Honorable
Mention honors. She has shone in
several big games this season, shut-
ting down UCLA in the rubber
match of the teams’ showdown
three weeks ago, just two days after
going 13 innings in a loss to the Bru-
ins.
This season has also seen her
take to the base paths with reckless
abandon, stealing 21 bases in 21 at-
tempts, a stat that is almost unheard
of for a full-time pitcher.
The Cardinal will need to be fir-
ing on all cylinders against Wash-
ington, which holds a 35-21 all-time
advantage against Stanford. The
Huskies also swept last season’s se-
ries in Seattle.
First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
on Friday, with a 1 p.m. start on Sat-
urday and a 12 p.m. start for Sun-
day’s Senior Day.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at miles-
bs@stanford.edu.