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Freshmen arrive on
campus for NSO
By ELLORA ISRANI
Stanfords 1,709 freshmen and approxi-
mately four dozen transfer students move in
today, marking the commencement of New
Student Orientation (NSO) 2011 and the Uni-
versitys 121st Opening Convocation Ceremo-
ny, which will occur today at 4 p.m. on the Main
Quad.
The incoming freshman class hails from all
50 states and 52 countries 8.4 percent of the
class is international and 39 percent come from
within California. Sixteen percent are first-gen-
eration college students.
Freshmen intending to major in natural sci-
ences and engineering comprise almost half of
the Class of 2015, representing 25 and 21 per-
cent of incoming students, respectively. Ninety-
two percent were in the top 10 percent of their
graduating class.
Transfer students include nine veterans and
five international students. The total group
ranges from ages 19 to 32.
NSO will include many of its traditional
events, including tours, open houses, Sundays
Three Books Discussion this year themed
war ethics and a Discover Stanfordtalk
featuring Provost John Etchemendy, Vice
Provost for Undergraduate Education Harry
Elam and Dean of Freshman and Undergradu-
By MARWA FARAG
DESK EDITOR
Stanfords first study-abroad venture in the
Middle East will be a three-week summer 2012
seminar in Istanbul, Turkey, according to
Robert Sinclair, director of the Bing Overseas
Study Program (BOSP).
The seminar, in which BOSP will partner
with Istanbuls Koc University, will be part of
the reinstated Bing Overseas Seminar pro-
gram. A group of 12 to 15 undergraduates, led
by a faculty member who is an expert on
Turkey will take part in an intensive, on-site
course, according to Sinclair.
Student interest in a Middle East study-
abroad option has been strong, and about half
of the students who pursue non-BOSP study
abroad options choose to go to the Middle
East.
Ive met many students on campus who
had interest in the re-
gion but couldnt go be-
cause not everyone has
the ability to make
their own way . . .
whether its because of
safety concerns, finan-
cial issues or travel
arrangements, said
Khaled Alshawi 13, a
former ASSU senator
who advocated for a
Stanford program in
the Middle East.Its a
big area that were
lacking in, especially
compared to other
top-tier universities.
Yet safety con-
cerns and funding issues posed obstacles to es-
tablishing a Bing program in the region.A sur-
vey of 500 undergraduates ranked Egypt and
Israel as the top regions of interest,but instabil-
ity in Egypt and the U.S. Department Travel
Warning on Israel ruled them out as potential
sites, according to Sinclair.
During our planning stages, about 12 or 18
months ago, Turkey was our number one
choice for stability reasons, and its only been
confirmed as a good choice by the events of the
year 2011,Sinclair said.
Samar Alqatari 14, an ASSU Senator who
ran on a platform of increasing global aware-
ness and forging relationships with the Middle
East and the Arab world, believes the seminar
does not meet the interests of many students
who wanted a Middle East program.
Elliot Stoller 13, co-founder of the Ameri-
can Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at
Stanford (AMENDS), is one such student. He
will be spending his fall quarter in Jordan
through a Middlebury College program, after
taking an official leave of absence from Stan-
ford.
Istanbul is a bridge between the Middle
East and Europe,Stoller said. Studying there
would be a great experience, but it wouldnt
allow for true Middle Eastern immersion.
The program, however, will strengthen
Stanfords limited offerings with regards
to the Middle East, according to Lina Khat-
ib, manager of the
Program on Arab
Reform and Democ-
racy at the Center for
Democracy, Devel-
opment and the Rule
of Law (CDDRL).
Stanfords aca-
demic engagement
with the Middle East
is growing and this
[seminar] is definitely
a step in the right di-
rection to put the Mid-
dle East on the map
for the Stanford aca-
demic community,
Khatib said.
Istanbul is a vi-
brant and interesting city, and with the demo-
cratic transitions happening in the Arab world
right now, I anticipate that there will be oppor-
tunities for students to engage in other coun-
tries in the region as well,she added.
The last program BOSP introduced was in
Cape Town, South Africa. After gauging stu-
dent interest and the success of introductory
programs, a permanent program was intro-
UNIVERSITY
BOSP to explore Middle
East with Turkey seminar
NYC campus bid PR
moves forward
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
The University recently hired public
relations firm Edelman and political and
strategic consulting firm Tusk Strategies
to advance its New York City campus bid,
University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin
confirmed with The Daily.
Edelman, a global public relations
firm, counts Walmart and Microsoft in its
long list of clients.
Tusk Strategies was founded by
Bradley Tusk, who managed the success-
ful reelection campaign of New York City
mayor Michael Bloomberg. While Tusk
has served as a lobbyist for Lehman
Brothers,Lapin noted that the firm is serv-
ing as a strategic consultant and is not lob-
bying for Stanford, in line with NYC Eco-
nomic Development Corporation instruc-
tions, which limit the Universitys contact
with the city.
Ivy Nguyen
Stanford fifth in U.S.
News rankings
Stanford University tied for fifth place
with five other universities in the annual
U.S. News & World Report rankings of
universities in the United States. Harvard
University and Princeton University tied
for first place, with Yale University in
third and Columbia University in fourth.
The California Institute of Technology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
University of Chicago and University of
Pennsylvania tied with Stanford for fifth.
Duke University ranked 10th.
Beyond an increase in ties among the
top 10 universities, the list saw little
change from the previous year.This year
saw a large drop in the number of col-
lege presidents participating in the peer
evaluation portion of the rankings, a
major component of the rankings
methodology, according to an Inside
Higher Ed report. Only 43 percent of
presidents responded to the survey,
down five percent from last year.
Ivy Nguyen
Charity Fashion Show
comes to a halt
Charity Fashion Show Director Thom
Scher 11 announced last month that the
annual show would no longer be happen-
ing. Scher did not provide an explanation
for the decision.
This decision and transition was not
an easy one, but it is the best one, Scher
said in a press release he sent to Charity
WORLD & NATION
Experts weigh
in on future of
new Libya
By JENNY THAI
DESK EDITOR
After months of stalemate fighting, rebel forces
overran pro-Gaddafi forces in Augusts Battle of
Tripoli. With the defeat of Gaddafi loyalists, the
end of the military dictators 42-year rule of Libya
is near. Despite the Transitional National Council
(TNC)s eagerness to establish a functional gov-
ernment, Libyas road to recovery from its author-
itarian regime will be a rocky one, Stanford profes-
sors say.
Its too soon to tell, but Im cautiously opti-
mistic,said Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the
Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Insti-
tute for International Studies (FSI). It will de-
pend on what comes after, whether a more decent
form of government emerges.
Hoover fellow Kori Schake, a specialist in na-
tional security strategy, is also optimistic about
Libyas future. She praised the TNCs impressive
RESEARCH
Black carbon is major climate change culprit
By BRENDAN OBYRNE
DESK EDITOR
Black carbon is the second leading cause of
global warming after carbon dioxide,according to
research by professor of civil and environmental
engineering Mark Jacobson.
Jacobson presented his research on black car-
bons effects on global warming at the Aug. 31
meeting of the American Chemical Society
(ACS), the worlds largest scientific society.
Black carbon, commonly called soot, is partic-
ulate matter pollution released from combustion
reactions in diesel engines, as well as burning bio-
fuels and biomass. Though it lasts in the atmos-
phere for a short amount of time, approximately
a week, compared to carbon dioxides lifespan of
30 to 40 years, it is about a million times more ef-
fective at trapping heat in the atmosphere, Jacob-
son said.
I estimate that black carbon is causing 15 to
20 percent of global warming,he said,estimating
that carbon dioxide is responsible for 40 percent,
and methane for 15 percent.
The study, funded primarily by the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partial-
ly by the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration (NASA), has been used to analyze ways
to reduce Arctic ice melt. Recent reports have
shown that Arctic ice is at its lowest level since lev-
els were first measured in 1972.
Due to its short, weeklong lifespan, curbing
emissions of black carbon would have an imme-
diate impact on the global climate and is the most
effective way of quickly reducing Arctic ice melt,
Jacobson said.
Like many attempts to slow global climate
change,however,there remain significant hurdles
in getting international cooperation on reducing
black carbon emissions. The United States has
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UNIVERSITY
Stanford partners with Nev. neurosurgery center
STUDENT GOVT
ASSU Execs outline blueprint plans
STUDENT LIFE
Suites residents retain
control over dining clubs
By CAROLINE CHEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Suites residents reached an
agreement with the University that
they will be allowed to manage their
own dining areas and chefs for the
upcoming academic year, ending a
months-long conflict between
Suites Dining, formally known as
the Governors Corner Dining Soci-
eties and Residential Education
(ResEd), according to Nate
Boswell, associate dean of Residen-
tial Education, in an email to The
Daily.
Suites Dining will be the only stu-
dent-run dining area on campus this
year, continuing a 25-year tradition
of autonomous management.
Last spring, Suites students de-
bated with ResEd, which had up-
graded the bid process require-
ments for dining vendors.
During spring quarter, Residen-
tial Education remained uncertain
whether the dining societies would
be able to [meet the requirements],
and thus it was necessary to explore
possible alternatives, Boswell said.
One of the alternatives that
ResEd proposed was to replace
Suites student-run management
with the outside contractor Student
Organized Services (SOS), which
manages Row house chefs. Suites
students objected, pointing out that
Nick Peters, chief executive of SOS,
is the brother-in-law and former em-
ployer of ResEd assistant director
Zac Sargeant. Although ResEd re-
peatedly denied any conflict of in-
terest, Suites residents continued to
contest this claim.
In addition, Suites chefs were
vocal about their concerns about
the proposed, new system.
[Middle Earth chef] Steven
Roland was concerned, said Suites
CFO Morgan Priestly 12. He just
wanted the job the way it was. If our
chefs had chosen to stay under SOS,
theyd have been paid significantly
less. We were concerned about the
quality of the whole experience.
Over the summer, however,
Suites CEO J.T. Sullivan 11 and
Priestly engaged in extensive talks
with ResEd to find ways they could
meet the Universitys stricter re-
quirements for financial disclosure
and liability.
For a long time, there were a
dozen students in charge of over a
million dollars, Priestly said.
ResEd was concerned that there
was a potential for bad things to
happen.
The two parties agreed that
Suites dining could maintain its au-
tonomy in hiring and managing
their chefs, while partnering more
closely with ResEd on financial as-
pects.
Once a lot of things were out
and on the table, the relationship
definitely got better, Priestly said.
ResEd also indicated satisfaction
with the talks outcome.
[Suites] leadership team has
worked diligently over the course of
the summer to meet all relevant, up-
graded University requirements,
Boswell said. Residential Educa-
tion appreciates the work that has
been done to date and looks for-
ward to working with the dining so-
cieties to strengthen the program
and identify future opportunities.
While praising ResEd for its ne-
gotiations with Suites students, Sul-
livan also said that there were ways
in which ResEd could continue to
improve its relationship with stu-
dent groups.
I believe that the early tension
between ResEd and Suites mostly
came about from a series of miscom-
munication and a misunderstanding
of what the other party was hoping
to achieve in the arrangement, he
said. This cooperative atmosphere
can only be upheld by continued
open communication.
Nevertheless, Suites students are
celebrating their victory in main-
taining autonomy. It is im-
portant to maintain the student-run
aspect of Suites to give present and
future students the opportunity for
real job and managerial experiences
that might not be provided to them,
Sullivan said. Suites is also well-
known around campus as having
some of the best food around . . . I
believe that it is the student manage-
ment and the input that they pro-
vide that has brought about this rep-
utation of excellence.
Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501
@stanford.edu.
By HENRY ZHU
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Near the end of August, ASSU
President Michael Cruz 12 and Vice
President Stewart Macgregor-Den-
nis 13 sent a blueprint containing
the student governments plans for
the upcoming academic year to sev-
eral campus email lists.
According to Macgregor-Dennis,
the platform is a comprehensive
look at what we felt students wanted
and an audacious attempt to look at
students problems.
Macgregor-Dennis said the blue-
print was drafted by the entire
ASSU Executive team. They sent it
out to campus list serves in an at-
tempt to get feedback and have the
whole student body contribute to
the end result.
We have a team of incredible
leaders in the Stanford community,
he said. Michael and I really saw
our role as empowering the team
and community around us and actu-
alizing whatever they wanted to do.
The emphasis of the administra-
tion is total transparency, Macgre-
gor-Dennis said.
Were going to tell students
heres what were going to do, heres
how well do it, get feedback and up-
date them periodically.At the end of
the year, well tell them what worked
and what didnt,he added.
Dan Thompson 13, ASSU Co-
Chair of Entrepreneurship, echoed
Macgregor-Dennis statement about
Execs goal of improving trans-
parency.
According to Thompson, the Di-
vision of Internal Review, directed
by Andrew Aguilar 14, will publish
what has and what has not been ac-
complished in all the ASSU cabinets.
The ASSU plans to use PBworks, a
commercial real-time collaborative
editing (RTCE) system, to set up a
computer database, which will list
every action item it tries to achieve,
internal deadlines and the individu-
als assigned to the action item.
Thompson said the student body
will be able to access the system.
Our number one belief is metric-
based or data-based governance,
Thompson said. When you have a
blueprint with exact action items, the
student body will know if you suc-
ceed or if you fail.
The ASSU has some concern
about inundating students with data,
according Thompson; however, the
ASSU sees greater concern with
opening access to all of its internal
documents, one alternative.
Macgregor-Dennis said the ASSU
is aware of criticism from students
about the number of positions asso-
ciated with its Strategic Plan.
Were all about action, and the re-
sults will speak for themselves at the
end of the year, he said. Anyone
who has a specific thing they would
By JOSHUA HOYT
Stanford Hospital and St. Rose Domini-
can Hospitals of Nevada are partnering to
expand the St. Rose Center for Neuro-
surgery, the institutions recently an-
nounced. This move marks the first time
Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) will col-
laborate with an out-of-state facility.
Rod Davis, president and CEO of St.
Rose, said he sees clear advantages for his
institution to partner with Stanford Hospi-
tal, which was ranked the 17th best overall
hospital and 20th best neurosurgery center
in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
this year.
The expansion will include the construc-
tion of a new building near St. Roses Siena
campus in Henderson, Nev.
Number one, the surgeons here will
have access to consultation with faculty at
Stanford, access to conferences, access to
educational opportunities and will work in
collaboration with them in establishing best
clinical practices, Davis said.
The second advantage is that occasion-
ally there are cases, very rare cases, that we
dont have the ability to do locally, and this
will enable people to access those services at
Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
Both Davis and Gary Steinberg, chair of
Stanford neurosurgery, emphasized that
only specialized cases beyond the resources
of St. Rose will be referred to Stanford.
There may be very rare cases that you
dont see in a relatively small population like
southern Nevada, Davis said. You may see
it in such few numbers that you dont devel-
op a strong proficiency, or you may not have
the proper instrumentation or the appropri-
ate equipment to take care of that rare case.
For most cases, however, Davis is confi-
dent in the capabilities of his own neuro-
surgery team.
We have excellent neurosurgeons who
practice here at St. Rose, he said. I think
its a credit to them that they meet the cre-
dentialing criteria that Stanford has, which
is very high.
A key to this partnership is Dr. Randal
Peoples, a neurosurgeon at St. Rose who will
be a member of the Stanford faculty in addi-
tion to serving as the medical director of the
new clinic in Henderson. According to
Davis, Peoples had a strong prior profes-
sional connection with the Stanford neuro-
surgery department, but was ultimately cho-
sen because of his professional capabilities
and credentials.
Steinberg emphasized the importance of
Peoples becoming a Stanford faculty mem-
ber.
It makes collaboration much easier,
Steinberg said. We pay his salary, so he is
definitely a part of the team.
The collaboration between the two hos-
pitals extends beyond Peoples dual role,
however, and could evolve in the coming
years.
This is the beginning of what we believe
is going to become a much more compre-
hensive relationship between SHC and St.
Rose hospital in Nevada, Steinberg said.
We are hoping to expand our work togeth-
er, for instance, next into transplantation
services.
Both Davis and Steinberg said they see
collaboration as a growing, positive trend in
health care. The outcome, they argue, is
greater efficiency and knowledge.
According to Steinberg, Stanford will get
referrals of complicated, possibly academi-
cally interesting cases. The new clinic will
also permit Stanford to put academic ad-
vancements into practice in communities.
The delivery of certain kinds of care,
particularly complex kinds of specialties
like neurosurgery, has become regionalized
to academic centers in many cases, Stein-
berg noted. The community cannot always
take advantage of that knowledge, and Stan-
ford feels very strongly that we have a re-
sponsibility to provide the best quality
healthcare to the community.
The results of better communication be-
tween the hospitals and greater access to
specialized knowledge may not show up
simply as better outcomes, but also as more
efficient outcomes.
The purpose [of collaboration] is to in-
tegrate data so you can collect data and an-
alyze it, and to align incentives so you are all
working together to raise the overall quali-
ty, Davis said. If we all pull together in the
same direction we have the opportunity to re-
duce costs in the health delivery system.
Contact Josh Hoyt at jwghoyt@stanford.edu.
ate Advising Julie Lythcott-Haims.
Grammy Award-winning bassist
Victor Wooten will also be returning.
However, void of the traditional foot-
ball game, NSO 2011 will instead in-
troduce a First Lecturedelivered by
Abraham Verghese,professor of med-
icine, on Thursday morning.
Todays Convocation will include
addresses by University President
John Hennessy, Elam, Dean of Un-
dergraduate Admission and Financial
Aid Richard Shaw and Truman schol-
ar Michael Tubbs 12.
NSO
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the event caused financial troubles
and prevented the non-profit group
from donating money to charity in
the spring of 2010.
The most recent production also
included participation from those
outside of the Stanford community
Kate Abbott
McFaul nominated
to Russian
ambassadorship
President Barack Obama nomi-
nated political science professor
Michael McFaul to the Russian am-
bassadorship, according to a White
House press release. McFaul, a fel-
low at the Hoover Institution and
the Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies, is currently
serving as the presidents top advi-
sor on Russia at the National Secu-
rity Council.
McFaul is credited with playing
a key part in the negotiation of the
New Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty (New START) to cut nu-
clear arsenals. If the nomination is
confirmed, he will succeed current
ambassador John Beyrle, who has
held the post since 2008.
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taken steps to curb these types of
emissions, such as the Diesel Emis-
sion Reduction Act, signed into law
by President Obama at the beginning
of this year.
The EPAs own analysis of money
spent on the Diesel Emissions Re-
duction Act concluded that for every
$1 spent on curbing diesel emissions,
$13 were saved through averting neg-
ative environmental and health ef-
fects.
However, Jacobson noted that
only about six percent of black-car-
bon emissions come from the U.S.
Much of the worlds emissions come
from developing countries, where
wood-burning stoves and heating sys-
tems emit black carbon emissions and
regulatory standards on heavy equip-
ment is much less stringent.
Donald Kennedy, professor of en-
vironmental science, emeritus, and a
senior member of the Academic
Council, agreed that the major hurdle
is getting the international communi-
ty on board with new regulations.
There is a clear regulatory re-
sponsibility domestically for the
problem of diesel emissions,
Kennedy said. He noted, however,
that efforts to stem the problem are
getting international support.
I dont think theres a lot of inter-
national opposition to it, but getting
everybody to take the same position
on it would require a serious, treaty-
making operation,Kennedy said.
In addition to the environmental
effects of black-carbon emissions,
there are also serious negative health
consequences.
Biofuel health effects are about
eight times higher than [the effects of]
simple fossil fuels, Jacobson said.
This is due to the fact that much bio-
fuel burning occurs in heavily popu-
lated cities, where people are more
concentrated and more likely to
breathe in air of poor quality.
It is estimated that 25 to 35 percent
of global black-carbon emissions
come from China and India.
Contact Brendan OByrne at
bobyrne@stanford.edu.
CARBON
duced in winter quarter 2009-10.
Similarly, the success of the seminar
in Istanbul will determine the estab-
lishment of a more long-lasting pro-
gram.
Even if the seminar is not success-
ful, there should be a move deeper in
the Middle East because a program in
the Arab world would meet the inter-
ests of a different segment of the stu-
dent body,Alshawi said.
The Istanbul seminar, along with
the four other seminars BOSP will in-
troduce for summer 2012, will be offi-
cially announced and open for under-
graduate applications at the start of
fall quarter.
Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@
stanford.edu.
BOSP
like to change about Stanford
should join us and become an active
part of the ASSU.
Thompson said that while it some-
times makes sense to apply technical
solutions to non-tech areas, he con-
ceded that the entrepreneurship un-
derlying Stanford 2.0 might indeed
be a little too tech-focused, but
would like to hear others thoughts
about initiatives they would suggest.
Everyone has his or her own
opinion, Thompson said. Were
100 percent open to anything. For
example, in response to the criticism
that the blueprint email was too
long, Stewart created the position of
Director of Internal Review. The
ASSU values criticism more than
praise and will give people the re-
sources to do things themselves and
carry out their ideas.
Macgregor-Dennis said Stanford
2.0 is eager to use social media and
technology to promote student gov-
ernment initiatives.
For instance, Chair of Health and
Wellness Stephanie Liou 13 said she
hopes to launch a health Q&A web-
site as well as a sleep-improving mo-
bile application.
Its tough because there are ap-
proximately 7,000 undergrads, so it
is impossible to get a personal con-
nection with each one, Thompson
said. Cruz and Macgregor-Dennis
do their best trying to respond to the
huge number of emails they receive
every day.We just want to make it as
easy as possible for people to give
feedback and feel like part of the
community.
Cruz did not respond to The
Dailys request for comment in time
for publication.
Contact Henry Zhu at hz2014@stan-
ford.edu.
ASSU
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OPINIONS
I
t has become traditional, for bet-
ter or worse, for Daily columnists
to offer incoming freshmen a
small piece of advice in each years
Orientation Issue. Heres mine, for
what its worth: the second-biggest
mistake you could make during
NSO would be to believe too much
of what theyre going to tell you
about yourself. And the biggest
would be to believe too little of it.
A generally very wise former
columnist for this paper once wrote
that if NSO is about one thing, its
about hearing speeches, most of
them self-congratulatory. He was
wrong. It is about very much more
than that. Years from now, youll re-
member your first week on the Farm
in bits and pieces, fragmented flashes
of memory that come and go in no
particular order: the hesitant look
breaking into a quick grin on your
roommates face as she sees you for
the first time; your dorm flag flutter-
ing, etched against the dark sky
above the main quad; strolling under
golden sandstone arches with soon-
to-be-lifelong friends. It is about
these things, and as youll soon find
out, a good deal more.
But NSO is also about hearing
speeches. And you will hear a lot of
themmostly from a bewildering
array of Very Important People you
may never see again, and mostly
about how special, talented and dif-
ferent you all are.
The soaring oratory will be laced
with numbers, and the numbers, like
you, get better every year. Youll
hear about a new all-time-lowest ac-
ceptance rate, a new all-time highest
SAT average and maybe even an all-
time-most-impressive Number-of-
Orphans-Saved-Per-Incoming-
Freshman Quotient. You might hear
about this years number of Stanford
Olympians, or research articles pub-
lished in major scientific journals, or
something off-the-wall but still pret-
ty intimidating, like the person who
placed in the top 10 at the Dance
Dance Revolution World Champi-
onships my freshman year. And
bound up with this litany of achieve-
ments and triumphs will be an over-
arching message of superiority, vic-
tory and success: youre the best of
the best, and this is your reward.
Imbibe this encomium of your-
selves too deeply, and you begin to
become the people who are probably
part of the reason you eschewed New
Haven, Princeton and Cambridge in
favor of Palo Alto. But cease to be-
lieve that Stanford was right about
you, and you run the risk of drowning
in the tremendous pool of talent this
university has drawn in from around
the globe.The former is bad, and oth-
ers will dislike you; the latter is much
worse, and youll begin to dislike
yourself.
At Stanford,arrogance flows from
constantly thinking about who we
used to be and trying not to forget it.
Youre here,and that probably means
you used to be the best at something,
or many things, or even everything,
depending on where you came from.
Youll hear a lot about that this week.
Leave that achievement-defined
sense of self behind, if you can, with-
out forgetting it; say goodbye but not
forever;let it go but always remember
like an old friend from home that
you still call on the phone when the
going gets tough.
Only one person can be top of the
class at Stanford, and the odds are a
thousand to one it wont be you.
Deny that reality, and you lose the
chance to learn a humility you never
used to need; fear it, and you lose the
opportunity to sharpen your mind
against some of the worlds finest;
embrace it, and thrive like you can
nowhere else on Earth.
One of the brightest people at
this school once told me that some-
time during his or her four years
here, every single Stanford student
will experience something they
choose to define as failure. The
columnist I quoted earlier put it
more bluntly: Failure is not just an
option; its inevitable. My first fail-
ure of many came early, spectacular-
ly and quite literally, in my first Econ
1A midterm fall quarter of freshman
year. Some people meet failure in
IHUM; for others, it pops up uninvit-
ed in Chem 33; for some, the angel of
failure visits outside the classroom,
in a relationship, a sport or a hobby.
So when failure arrives and it
will use the words youll hear this
week to ease the sting of defeat. Re-
member that anywhere else, youd
stand out; that anywhere else, youd
have the top score or the fastest time,
the most eloquent speech or the
keenest wit. Remember how you felt
this week, with the world open be-
fore your feet and words of encour-
agement and praise ringing in your
ears. Remember that the speech-
givers were right.
And when victory comes and
it will temper your triumph by
forgetting all of that.
Miles will be writing primarily about
ethics, politics, economics and interna-
tional affairs this volume, and hed
love to hear from you. Feel free to
shoot him an email anytime at mile-
su1@stanford.edu.
I DO CHOOSE TO RUN
Believe, carefully
Miles
Unterreiner
S
o you made it to Stanford,
huh? Eighteen long years of
work have finally culminated
in your arrival at this little slice of
heaven. I was in your shoes just
three years ago, but it seems like a
lifetime since then.
Im not going to lie Im pretty
jealous. Youre about to be intro-
duced to the wonderful world of
IHUM (i.e., you can sleep in). All-
campus frat parties will actually
seem like a ton of fun. Youre get-
ting here when our football team is
actually good. You get to have a
general lack of direction. This is
probably going to be the first time
in your life when you literally have
no idea what to do or even what
you really should be doing. Just go
with it. Embrace it. Theres nothing
like it.When youre a senior like me
who needs to make sure to finish up
all of your majors requirements
while still prepping for the LSAT,
youll long for freshman year.
The people that Stanford attracts
are obviously among the most in-
telligent people in the world, but Id
like to think that most of us know
how to have fun, too. Thats why
youre here and not at Harvard,
MIT or Caltech. Im not telling you
to turn off your intelligence but
rather to merge your intelligence
with fun. If youre anything like me,
you probably felt high school was
something like a chore just a
stepping stone to your eventual
goal. Well, look, youve reached
that goal now. You no longer have
counselors telling you which classes
to take or the ever-present specter
of AP classes lurking around the
corner. Have fun. Explore. You did-
nt come to a world-class university
to waste that opportunity. Sure,
take Math 51 because its a neces-
sary prerequisite for so many of
your classes, but take something
completely off the wall, too. Take a
film studies or music class solely be-
cause it interests you. Or have you
always wanted to learn how to golf?
There are lessons available right
here. Hell, we even have a wine-
tasting class. How awesome is that?
You got accepted to Stanford
solely because youre (assumedly)
a really intelligent, well-rounded
and pretty cool person. (Youre
going to be hearing that a lot over
the next week, so I dont want to be
the one to boost your ego even fur-
ther.) But heres my point: now that
youre here, dont lose that sense of
exploration that ostensibly got you
here in the first place. Try every-
thing and regret nothing. You have
the flexibility, so take advantage of
it.
All of this talk of well-rounded-
ness leads me to an important ex-
ample to leave you with: in my per-
sonal pantheon of excellent films,
Wes Anderson-directed movies
hold a very esteemed position
among my favorites. And in Ander-
sons classic film Rushmore, the
main character is a teenager named
Max Fischer. Max might be some-
thing of a budding sociopath, but he
is also involved in countless ex-
tracurricular activities at his private
high school, Rushmore. From the
Yankee Racers to the fencing
club to the Rushmore Beekeepers,
Max does it all. Hes a little obses-
sive compulsive, slightly unstable, a
bit over the top and has way too
many things on his plate to focus on
schoolwork. And that is something
all of us at Stanford can agree upon.
Im talking to the person out there
among the new admits who has
climbed Mount Everest or whose
research might unlock the cure for
cancer someday. But mainly, Im
talking to you the seemingly av-
erage new Stanford student just
T
his is the closest thing to an
advice column youll see in
The Daily. Unfortunately, it
is not written by a doctor or thera-
pist but by a guy who applied for a
column mainly to see the word
Doo-Doo put into print on a
weekly basis . . . so good luck with
that.
The DOs are things you should
do, and the DOO-DOOs are
things you should not do. Its not
rocket science just poop jokes.
Joining (or avoiding) clubs, teams,
etc.
You will have tons of people
badgering you about joining their
clubs or activities every time you
bike through White Plaza. No mat-
ter how nice and enthusiastic they
are, you will feel like theyre just
handing you a flyer saying, Here,
you throw this away.
DO: Keep an open mind to new
experiences. Follow up with what
interests you, even if your parents
dont understand why theyre pay-
ing $50,000 a year for you to dig up
rocks . . . or something else thats
weird and makes for a good exam-
ple. Juggling?
DOO-DOO: Si gn up your
roommates emai l on every
spreadsheet and clipboard in sight.
While it will be objectively hilari-
ous when he gets 50 emails a week
letting him know that the Stanford
Dance: Liquid Flow Performance
has been moved to Roble Gym, he
will not think so. If hes anything
like my freshman roommate, he
will retaliate by accidentally
drawing phallic symbols on you
any chance he gets. Sure Chase,
Ill help you paint your chest for
the football game. Oh whoops, my
bad, the S in Go Stanford! acci-
dentally looks like a penis.
Finding your way around campus
Stanford is huge, theres no doubt
about it. According to (my edit yes-
terday of) Wikipedia, Stanford
University is so big that the moment
Berkeley students set foot on cam-
pus, they pee their pants out of
sheer intimidation. Irregardless
(which is not a real word), it can also
be difficult for new Stanford stu-
dents, even with their indisputably
larger brain capacity.
DO: Download the campus map
app. Find your way to all of your
classrooms before the quarter
starts so you wont be late for class.
Lets face it: if youre going to be
more than 10 minutes late to
IHUM lecture, youre not going to
IHUM lecture. Youre going back
to sleep.
DOO-DOO: Let your room-
mate draw a map of the Stanford
campus on your chest in Sharpie.
Even if he claims youll be able to
find your way around campus eas-
ier or that youll look awesome,
like that guy from Prison Break,
it is not true. First of all, its
Sharpie; you wont look cool lift-
ing up your shirt at the bookstore
to see how to get to the new Panda
Express.
Making friends
Friends are the building blocks
of life. Without friends, we would-
nt have the TV show Friends,
and wi thout the TV show
Friends, I wouldnt have my go-
to question to ask girls on awk-
ward first dates. (Do you see me
as more of a Joey or a Ross?If she
says Joey, then Im set. If she says
Ross, then we are definitely split-
ting that dinner check.) College
can be the perfect setting to make
incredible life-long friends.
DO: Try your best to love every-
one, no matter how different they
are. Just because youre a dorky,
white medical student doesnt
mean you cant be best friends
with a cocky, black surgeon and go
on crazy adventures with your
stuffed dog Rowdy (Scrubs).
Just because youre a passive, dis-
content, white-collar everyman
doesnt mean you cant befriend
an eccentric, self-assertive soap-
maker and start secret under-
ground fight clubs across the coun-
try until you realize youre actual-
ly the same person (Fight Club).
-Just because youre a strong, yet
slightly neurotic woman doesnt
mean you cant hate an egotistical
jerk of a guy that actually turns out
to be a kind of sensitive man when
SHANES WORLD
DOS AND DOO-DOOS
Shane
Savitsky
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Starting the Stanford
year off right
E
ach September, the begin-
ning of New Student Orien-
tation (NSO) marks the
dawn of a new school year at Stan-
ford, and with it a new stage in the
lives of first-year students. Though
NSO is a unique opportunity for in-
coming students to explore what
Stanford has to offer and make so-
cial connections without the pres-
sure of coursework, the pace and
structure of the week can prove ex-
hausting for some. Students must
juggle necessary tasks such as mov-
ing in, taking placement tests and
purchasing bicycles with the myriad
activities that NSO has to offer.
With this in mind, we offer the Class
of 2015 some humble advice for
navigating the weeks ahead.
As a whole,NSO is a great repre-
sentation of Stanford.It may seem a
bit overwhelming and sometimes
even over-the-top (much like Stan-
ford), but the organizers take great
pride in listening to feedback so
each years NSO is different and
better than those that preceded it.
Some things, of course, stay the
same each year.You are at a univer-
sity that can ask renowned authors
to discuss their work for students
who have not even begun taking
classes; you are also at a university
that values more intimate in-house
discussions of those same books.
Whether you liked the three books
or not whether or not you even
read them attend the three
books event and discussion and re-
alize what they represent about the
amazing education you will receive
here. Another favorite, FACES,
highlights student stories and per-
formances that will broaden your
understanding of the Stanford com-
munity. As you listen to them, real-
ize that what you are witnessing is at
best a tiny percentage of the diver-
sity that Stanford represents.This is
a place for everyone, regardless of
background.
The rest of the schedule may
seem impossibly full of activities,
but NSO is ultimately what you
make of it. Take the time to reach
out to fellow classmates. They are
all excited but nervous and proba-
bly a little self-conscious, just like
you. Meet them.Talk to them. Bond
with them over NSO activities, over
getting lost, over meeting a class-
mate you last saw in fourth grade,
over your eerily similar high school
backgrounds or your vastly differ-
ent ones.
New Student Orientation is, of
course, only the beginning of what
will hopefully be a fruitful under-
graduate experience. Throughout
the chants, speeches, trips and semi-
nars, students should remember
that NSO exists for their benefit
there is no point in being stressed
before classes even begin. Similarly,
students should also be wary of
overburdening themselves with
coursework during their first quar-
ter, which can make it difficult to
identify activities outside the class-
room that are often as rewarding as
those within.There will be plenty of
time in the months and years ahead
for hard work and long hours. For
now, the focus is on enjoying your-
self and exploring as you work to-
wards becoming a happy, flourish-
ing member of the Stanford com-
munity. On behalf of The Stanford
Daily Editorial Board, welcome.
This is paradise. Get lost.
Adjusting to college life
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Chase
Ishii
Please see ISHII, page 7
track record in creating an effec-
tive, temporary government as well
as its response to humanitarian
needs.
The new leadership of Libya is
making smart choices, Schake
said. They have discouraged
reprisals. Theyve done a good job
in taking over cities and quickly
addressing infrastructural needs .
. . they did a terrific job in getting
aid rolling for medicine and
water.
While the TNCs efficiency as a
governing body during wartime
shows promise for its capacity to
function as a stable and fair gov-
ernment, several factors hinder
the TNCs projected potential.
Among the challenges facing
the TNC is the absence of a united
body representing the interests of
Libyas numerous tribal groups.
Gaddafis rule divided Libyan
leadership along tribal and re-
gional lines. Without the cama-
raderie of wartime rebellion, the
chance of civil war outbreak be-
tween rebel factions is high.
The TNC is making all the
right statements about inclusive-
ness, Schake said. But its really
hard to do in practice. For 40 years,
Libyan rule has been divided
among different parts of the coun-
try . . . Even within Tripoli, the
military has not yet been under a
unified, complete authority.
In the wake of Gaddafis defeat,
the diversity of tribal groups may
spark a policy of vengeance, ac-
cording to Diamond.
Its a fluid and challenging
time, Diamond said. The leaders
of the TNC are acutely aware in
principle that they need to build a
broad base of support, to create a
new and inclusive political-social
order, but whether they can com-
pletely restrain the fiery impulse
for revenge among the tribes
its unclear.
While civil war among the rebel
groups remains a looming possi-
bility, the likelihood of immediate
conflict may be less likely than
some political scientists speculate,
other scholars say.
There will be something of a
honeymoon period where the
TNC has a chance to get things
going, wrote James Fearon, pro-
fessor of political science, in an
email to The Daily. But serious
tensions may develop the longer it
takes to get to elections, as those
people and groups who fear that
they are farthest from the center
of transitional government may
increasingly worry about getting
shut out.
There is a time crunch-induced
pressure to establish a democracy
and to hold fair elections, a
process that will take at least two
years, Diamond said. However,
the transition from dictatorship to
democracy is a slow, arduous one.
Youre not going to go from
over 40 years of extreme ideologi-
cal, controlling dictatorship to
democracy overnight, Diamond
added. There needs to be dia-
logue and consultation for the
drafting of a constitution. Maybe
in a few years, youd have the rudi-
ments of a democracy.
Schake emphasized the impor-
tance of not rushing election im-
plementation, especially before
political and civil rights have been
established.
Elections arent meaningful
until there is freedom of associa-
tion and of press, the freedom to
form political parties, Schake
said.
While the TNCs projected
timeline sets the first elections to
be held in 22 months, the demo-
cratic legitimacy of these elections
will be difficult to assess.
We will see a somewhat fair
first election within the next two
years, probably sooner . . . fol-
lowed by a government that will
almost inevitably prove disap-
pointing to most Libyans because
expectations are usually impossi-
bly high, Fearon said.
In spite of the numerous chal-
lenges the TNC faces in establish-
i ng democracy i n Li bya, i ts
adamant refusal to accept foreign
aid is viewed positively by many of
the scholars interviewed for this
article as a testament of the na-
tions resolve to take initiative.
Avoid the mistakes of Iraq . . .
the United States imposing pres-
ence in shaping the emergence of
their democracy created a huge
crutch in their political legitima-
cy, Diamond said. If [Libya] has
domestic ownership and authority
of [its] emerging democratic
order, it would appear to be a
more l egi ti mate and stabl e
democracy.
Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stan-
ford.edu.
LIBYA
INTERMISSION
O
ver the next several weeks, Class
of 2015, you will be bombarded
by new names, faces and Face-
book friends, all spanning a wide range
of ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic
and cultural backgrounds. But despite
this rich diversity, some like-minded
types seem to pop up all over campus
every year. With that in mind, here are
five people that you are certain to come
across in your freshman dorm.
The I Love Stanford!Kid
Not of the Asher Roth variety,
though that frat-party-loving I Love
College!kid can be found in large droves
as well. You may have picked some of
them out even before stepping foot on
campus this fall: that guy who insta-
friended everyone from the class of 2015
Facebook group or that girl who organ-
ized a group fountain-hopping excursion
during Admit Weekend. Thrilled by the
onslaught of icebreakers and summer
camp-esque dorm cheers, these exuber-
ant Stanford-loving souls will be the
same students who go on to join Axe
Committee, run for Frosh Council and
participate constantly in IHUM section.
The Student-Athlete
Though none of you will have the
good fortune of claiming shared fresh-
man-dorm residency with superhuman
Andrew Luck himself (shout out to
Roble 2008-09), your halls will undoubt-
edly host a handful of student-athletes.
Recognizable by a seemingly endless sup-
ply of red, black and white Nike apparel,
the student-athlete will be one of the few
regular attendees at breakfast outside of
finals week because, unlike the rest of us,
they have to be up at that ungodly hour
for practice. And you may as well leave
the dumb jockmoniker behind with
your high school girlfriend that cross-
country runner in the front row will
probably set the curve on the Econ 1A
midterm.
The Brilliant Slacker
This guy (or girl) tends to choose
sleeping until noon and smoking by Lake
Lag over attending lecture, yet he still
manages to make you feel intellectually
inferior every time you interact. In addi-
tion to his plans to be pre-med or go for a
physics major (whats the rush to de-
clare?), he can also play a classical instru-
ment, effortlessly quote Dostoevsky and
ignite intense philosophical debates all
while regularly using an abundance of
recreational drugs and talking about that
time he got arrested in high school.
The Hallmate You Never Saw After NSO
Some Stanford students are less into
the whole dorm-camaraderie thing than
others, but this hallmate takes it to the
extreme either he is never around or
he never leaves. Whether its spending
long hours in the library, becoming fully
engrossed in a student group, hanging
out with a newly discovered romantic in-
terest across campus or only emerging to
grab a to-go tray from the dining hall,
this student could care less about hall
gatherings (let alone dorm socializing),
and those beyond your floor probably
wont know much about this mysterious
stranger come June.
The Well-Rounded Types
And then there are the rest of us
you know, the kids who got four-point-
somethings, played a varsity sport or two,
boasted a smattering of leadership roles
and community service projects and
maybe won some neat awards here and
there. While some administrator in-
evitably gives that NSO speech rattling
off fun tidbits about your new compatri-
ots the one where you learn that one
of your classmates is a New York Times
bestselling author and another is devel-
oping a cure for AIDS you may be
squirming in your seat wondering which
admission officer messed up letting you
join such elite company. Fear not, young
freshman. You may be less average than
you think.
carol i ne CASELLI
cont act carol i ne:
carol i necasel l i @st anf ord. edu
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011: QUICK TAKES
At an event like TIFF, the overwhelm-
ing amount of film showings makes it im-
possible to come even close to catching
everything.Were holding some reviews
(like 50/50,The Ides of March,Like
Crazy, etc.) until their North American
premiere date but here are our intrepid
movie critics quick takes on a couple
movies screened in Toronto:
Take This Waltz
Take This Waltz,the newest feature
from Canadian wunderkind Sarah Pol-
ley, follows travel writer Margot
(Michelle Williams) as she tries to keep
her marriage afloat after a chance meet-
ing with Daniel (Luke Kirby) while on
assignment at a historic landmark. The
two share a brief flirtation on the plane
and cab ride home, but rather than going
their separate ways afterward, Margot is
shocked to discover that Daniel lives
right across the street from her and hus-
band Lou (Seth Rogen), a cookbook au-
thor specializing in chicken. What fol-
lows is a largely drawn out but occasion-
ally comical situation of will-they-or-
wont-they, as what began as a strictly
emotional affair threatens to boil over
into something more. The title of the
film is thus a reference to Margots strug-
gle to maintain her relationships with
both men, whilst trying to come to terms
with her own discontent. Polley, who
also penned the script, presents us with a
delightfully eclectic mix of characters,
which also includes Lous outspoken al-
coholic sister, played by Sarah Silverman.
However as the story trudges on toward
its inevitable conclusion, they become
less compelling. Margot, with her child-
like mannerisms, loses her initially en-
dearing appeal as her indecision and vic-
tim complex prove tedious and frustrat-
ing by the final act. The film has its mo-
ments, but by and large feels too twee to
foster serious treatment of its own
themes. M.S.
Take Shelter
Thoroughly suspenseful and
uniquely genre-blending, writer-director
THE FIVE PEOPLEYOU WILL MEET IN YOUR
FRESHMAN DORM
SERENITY NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily
HOW TO GET
YOUR NUT
DURING NSO
H
ello, freshmen. Roxy Sass
is your humble guide to
gettin some (and makin
puns).And she likes to be honest
here: if youre a late-blooming
nerd like much of Stanfords
Class of 2015, you probably
havent had sex yet. (If you have,
simmer down now: it was prob-
ably much sloppier and more
underwhelming than you think
it was.)
But never fear: its time to
turn over a new leaf and find
a consenting lover under it. Tips?
Oh, Roxy knows about tips.
Take advantage of your sur-
roundings.
NSO is a rare and wondrous
time during which its actually
cool to do dorm chants and wear
your dorm t-shirt.And although
dormcest is a bad idea, its in-
evitable so you might as well
capitalize.
So you have your eyes on
that hottie down the hall. Roxys
got suggestions: bribe your RA to
put you in the same scavenger
hunt groupthen cozy up on
the Muni. Rub up against them
during fountain hopping
Oh, man, Im all wet!Or sud-
denly find yourself losttogeth-
er when Band Run passes by
Lake Lag. That swampy smell
can really be an aphrodisiac.
Bond.
Gauge their enthusiasm
during those flag-waving chants
and romps.Are they sooo into it?
Chant louder and smile! Totally
over it? Cmon, this is lame. Lets
get out of here.Even Roxy cant
spell bondage without a bond.
Avoid certain targets.
That girl or guy whos flirt-
ing incessantly with you but is
still holding onto a long-distance
relationship from high school?
Youll either be a cock-tease vic-
tim or a home-wrecker.And
RAs, TAs and clinging vines? The
troubles not worth the nut.
Avoid.
Above all, go to town. Roxy
thinks fondly of her NSO days,
when she really learned how to
put the oin NSO. Soon youll
be putting nose to the grindstone
all night; for this precious week,
put your heart (and other parts)
into grinding all night.
Courtesy of Michael Gibson
Please see TORONTO, page 10
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL COURSE 2011
English 190G, Fall 2011, MW 3:15-5:05, lab M 6:15-9:05 (5 units)
Instructors: Scott Hutchins and Shimon Tanaka
Creative Writing Program
Department of English
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2087
Attn: Graphic Novel
Are you an artist, writer, designer, or
an all-around team player?
We need you for the Graphic Novel course in Fall 2011-2012!
Admission to this course is by application only. We will
collaboratively write, design, and illustrate a 200+ page graphic
novel. This will be an intense, challenging, rewarding class, but
with a heavy workload.
To apply, include on one side of a sheet of paper: your name,
email, major, minor, graduating year, any creative writing, art, or
design classes youve taken, with the instructors name. And two
paragraphs: one that briefly describes your interest in the
course, and the second, of no more than three sentences, that is
a pitch for a possible story based in nonfiction (a sample of the
kind of ideas youd bring to brainstorming sessions over the
first couple of weeks of class).
On the other side of the paper: Anything. Text, graphics,
illustrations, etc. Communicate your skills, experience, and
enthusiasm.
Deadline: September 22 (email applications not accepted)
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veryone loves a comeback kid, and as literally the only Disney
star who can carry a tune, let alone sing, Demi Lovatohas
everyone rooting for her after a long year of personal battles.
Her third album,Unbroken,isnt quite perfect, but its good enough
to satisfy the masses while remaining true to her original sound.
In her first two albums, Lovato tended to favor a rock-princess
style: the perfect marriage of genres that gave a nod to heavy metal
(Lovato is a fan of bands such as Abigail Williams and Job for a Cow-
boy) while still satisfying the throngs of preteen listeners whose defi-
nition of emo is a black Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirt.
Unbrokenshows us Lovato all grown upa little less pretty
princess, a little more out on the town. Lovato makes surprising
moves, the first of which is the decision to work with artists outside
her usual realm. They jump out in the first track,All Night Long
featuring Missy Elliott and Timbaland who, with Lovato, make an
unexpectedly successful blend of artists. Lovatos touch remains
prominent with the use of a heavy guitar bass line, yet the quick
tempo catapults All Night Longto the traditional radio-friendly sta-
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By MOLLY VORWERCK
DESK EDITOR
F
acebook internship: check. Personalized job offer from
the co-founder of YouTube: check. Featured in New York
Magazine: check. Undergraduate degree? Feross
Aboukhadijeh 12 isnt quite there yet.
Born and raised in Sacramento by a schoolteacher mother, and
an electrical engineer, father, Aboukhadijeh credits his parents
with sparking his love of computers and electronics at an early age.
When I was younger, my dad always had all these electronics
parts lying around the house, and so in my garage there was all this
stuff I could play around with, he said. Half the time I didnt un-
derstand what I was doing, but I would pretend that I was building
something.
The breaking point occurred years later when his dad bought
the family a computer.
It was a really junky old machine, but he allowed me to do
whatever I wanted on it, he said. I did a lot of things like down-
load games. And I didnt know that Id get viruses if I did that sort
of thing, so I basically ruined the computer. I was worried I would
get in trouble, so I worked really hard at getting rid of the viruses. I
couldnt tell my parents about it, so I basically did it all on my own.
While dealing with such frustrations might turn some off to pro-
gramming, it only encouraged Aboukhadijeh. At age 11, he made
his first website. In high school, he created Study Notes, a program
similar to Spark Notes that provides free study materials for stu-
dents taking AP classes or prepping for the SATs.
Then, one night during spring quarter of his sophomore year, he
was faced with a difficult decision: complete a dare by his friend to
put together a functioning website in an hour or watch a movie. He
chose the former, and even though he lost the dare, he succeeded
on a whole other level.
At 9:32 p.m. that night, Aboukhadijeh launched YouTube In-
stant and the rest is history.
I woke up at 8:00 a.m. the next morning to get a glass of water,
and on the way to the kitchen, I checked my phone and I had a
bunch of texts and voice messages, he said. I saw one from The
Washington Post that Google Voice had transcribed automatically.
I thought maybe it was a typo, but when I listened to the message,
I realized it was real. I went on my laptop to see what was going on,
and I didnt leave my computer until 5:00 a.m. the next day. I never
got that glass of water.
After the site went viral, a discussion thread on Hacker News, a
popular site for programmers, made Aboukhadijeh realize just
how lucky he was that he launched the site almost instantly instead
of waiting to fine-tune it.
Someone [on the site] wrote that he had been working on his
version of YouTube Instant for months, but he didnt release it be-
cause he wanted to add all these complicated features,
Aboukhadijeh said. He let all those features get in the way of
launching his site, and because of that, he missed the boat.
Even though hes thankful for the attention the site has re-
ceived, Aboukhadijeh is still trying to get his head around the
whole experience.
I feel like a three-hour project that I built and the amount of
media it generated was sort of unbalanced,he said. The reaction
to the project was really crazy, because the co-founder of YouTube
offered me a job, and its sort of the story that everyone wants to
hear.
Aboukhadijeh spent the summer following his sophomore year
working for Facebook as a software engineer intern, learning the
By ISSRA OMER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
F
or many Stanford students, the
month of September signifies the last
few carefree weeks of summer vaca-
tion to be spent without worrying
about the start of classes looming in
the not-so-distant future. However, during this
time, many other students are already on cam-
pus hard at work at the Sophomore College
(SoCo) and Arts Intensive programs.
As part of the larger September Studies
program, SoCo and Arts Intensive may sound
like sacrificing summer in order to start school
early. But with trips to the White House, film-
making, dancing to professionally choreo-
graphed routines and more, the two programs
consist of anything but typical schoolwork.
Students who participate in SoCo, a three-
week residential program, enjoy the best of
what Stanford has to offer. In a seminar set-
ting, classes of 12-14 students become com-
pletely immersed in the focus of the course.
Led by faculty and experts in the field, stu-
dents are exposed not only to the topic of the
seminar, but also to a new perspective on
learning.
I applied for SoCo not just out of interest
in the topic but because I wanted the chance to
learn from and work with esteemed faculty
and insightful students from different back-
grounds who shared a common interest,
Veronica Polin 14 wrote in an email to The
Daily.
To fully understand and explore the topic,
Polins SoCo, The Face of Battle,traveled to
Washington, D.C.
The Face of Battle was an in-depth study
of warfare focusing on Gettysburg, the Battle
of Little Bighorn and Afghanistan,Polin said.
We applied this knowledge to contemporary
issues of national security. By visiting the
places in which these critical decisions are
made, we got a first-hand look at decisions
that affect our entire country.
Unlike many typical classes, the September
Studies classes allow participants to learn the
material in a hands-on manner.
For Savannah Kopp 14, who took an Arts
Intensive course on documentary filmmaking,
the class was a way to broaden her perspective
and knowledge on a subject she already stud-
ies.
Im really interested in writing, but more
specifically, I am interested in screen-writing,
Kopp said.I wanted to take this course to fur-
ther explore different sides of the process.
Kopp and others taking the course spent
days filming and directing their own docu-
mentaries.Totally immersed in their roles, par-
ticipants in the class were able to draw conclu-
sions about their own interests.
Arts Intensive is really fast paced be-
fore one assignment or project is finished, you
are assigned another one, Kopp said. It is a
crash course in filmmaking. They really put
the intensive in Arts Intensive.
Makiko Fujimoto 14, a participant in the
ballet Arts Intensive, echoed Kopps senti-
ment. Its intense, Fujimoto said, chuckling.
For Fujimoto, a classically trained ballet
dancer practicing since she was four years old,
Arts Intensive was something she needed to
reset her focus.
Arts Intensive really rekindled my love of
ballet, Fujimoto said. I learned so much
more about technique and style, which pushed
By JENNY THAI
DESK EDITOR
T
he precious time when students indulge
in the stupor of warm weather and drink
the ambrosia of relaxation the lull of
summertime, for many, is a chance to
wind down, an escape from the hectic
pace of problem sets, papers and exams.
Some students, however, choose to walk the path
less traveled a summer immersed in Asias cor-
porate culture.
The Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) of-
fers summer internship opportunities in Asia open
to all Stanford undergraduates. The internships
allow students a chance for a deeper immersion in
the local language and culture while working in a
corporate environment.
Since many of the internships either require par-
ticipants to possess a certain level of foreign lan-
guage proficiency or are located in English-speak-
ing workplaces, the language barrier is minimized.
For many students, it was not so much the language
that was a challenge but adjusting to the local cul-
ture and brisk professionalism of the workplace.
The subway culture [in Beijing] was something
to get used to,said Katie Zhou 13, who worked as
a graphic designer at Leyou, a specialty retailer for
maternity and baby products in China. People
arent as friendly. You dont say hi or acknowledge
them. You had to push and shove, and be more ag-
gressive to get to where you had to be.
There is no time for slacking off or procrastina-
tion at work, which typically starts at 9 a.m. and ends
at 6 p.m. Student interns are assigned large and de-
manding projects that not only put their skills to the
test, but often force them to learn new ones.
Courtesy of Susan McConnell
Courtesy of Feross Aboukhadijeh
Aboukhadijeh 12 developed YouTube Instant in a matter of hours
when a friend dared him to build a website. But to the prolific pro-
grammer, success isnt simply a matter of luck.
Please see ASIA, page 11 Please see INSTANT, page 11
Please see SOCO, page 10
Jeff NicholsTake Shelteris a
disaster movie crossed with psy-
chological thriller. Set amid the
rural cornfields of Ohio, it fol-
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daughter, Hannah (Tova Stew-
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Not to be confused with Chris
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me out of my comfort zone and
made me realize theres so much I
know I want to explore in the fu-
ture.
Unlike Fujimoto, Kopps inter-
ests didnt directly change as a re-
sult of Arts Intensive; however, her
insight and understanding did.
Filmmaking is a lot harder and
more technical than I thought, she
said. I definitely earned a lot of re-
spect for the process. Even though
Im more interested in the screen-
writing aspect, its good that I had
the chance to see this side of it.
Frederik Groce 14 also came
out with valuable insights from
SoCo.
We really were able to delve
deeply into the subject since it was
what we dedicated all of our time
to, Groce said of his course on
American conservatism. The fact
that the class was in an intimate
seminar setting and that everyone
did the reading made the discus-
sions so much richer.
Like others, Groces SoCo
course inspired him to branch out
to explore other academic fields.
It has really motivated me to
learn more about public policy, and
it also reinforced my idea of going
into the social sciences, he said.
While it is clear that SoCo and
Arts Intensive courses usually posi-
tively influence their participants,
past students add that these bene-
fits only increase with time.
SoCo was such a valuable expe-
rience, and it was how education
should be, said Denise Johnson
12, who took a course about small-
pox and infectious disease. Every
day I was so happy and excited to go
to class. It made me want to take it
upon myself to ask questions and
learn the material well.
In addition to fostering self-mo-
tivation and a new approach to
learning, SoCo also allowed her to
make important connections and
friendships, Johnson said.
After SoCo, Ive made so much
more of an effort to go to office
hours and to get to know the profes-
sors, she said. I still talk to my
SoCo professor, and he has helped
me with everything from courses to
major advising. The experience
made me want to take advantage of
all Stanford has to offer.
Nabila Abdallah 13, a past par-
ticipant of the graphic design Arts
Intensive, considers her experience
to be a formative and memorable
one.
For me, Arts Intensive was a
way for me to continue my interest
in the arts, Abdallah said. I was
very artistic in high school, but I
didnt really get the chance to ex-
plore the arts at Stanford or get cre-
atively involved. Through Arts In-
tensive, I was allowed to go on a trip
to New York with 15 other students
to see the art scene up close. We
went to Broadway, the MOMA and
all these other places that really al-
lowed me to see what American
arts culture is all about.
The verdict from most Septem-
ber Studies participants is clear.
Think about it, you could be
doing nothing at home for three
weeks or you could be having the
most amazing experience instead,
Johnson said. Your choice.
Contact Issra Omer at iomer@stan-
ford.edu.
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ins and outs of programming at a
major company.
Recently profiled for New York
Magazine and nominated for a .Net
award, Aboukhadijeh is hopeful
that he will not be forever labeled as
the YouTube Instant guy.
Its been really life-changing for
me, he said. This whole magazine
profile really started this wave of in-
terviews, but Im sort of ready to
move on to my next project and do
something else.
Last winter, Aboukhadijeh and
Jake Becker, the friend who dared
him to create YouTube Instant,
launched a new project, Instant.fm,
a site that specializes in creating
music playlists out of YouTube
videos. Although it was a fun proj-
ect, Aboukhadijeh is looking for-
ward to breaking new ground on the
Web.
Aboukhadijeh is already broad-
ening his focus, having spent three
months of his summer interning at
Quora.com, a question-and-answer
site that he feels provided him with
the experience necessary to eventu-
ally run his own startup someday.
Aside from programming, com-
puter science section leading and
serving as president of the Stanford
Association for Computing Ma-
chinery, Aboukhadijeh plays intra-
mural basketball and enjoys watch-
ing anime with friends.
He says that his Stanford experi-
ence has nurtured his passion in
computer programming, specifical-
ly citing his CS106L instructor, com-
puter science lecturer Keith
Schwarz, as an inspiration.
[Schwarz] was so passionate
about what he was talking about
that he would literally bounce up
and down while he was lecturing,
Aboukhadijeh said. Id never been
that excited to attend class, and it
made me want to become a section
leader.
As for life after graduation?
Aboukhadijeh isnt certain. Choos-
ing between pursuing a coterminal
degree in computer science and
starting his own company, he is
keeping his options open.
Nevertheless, Aboukhadijeh at-
tributes the bulk of his success to a
combination of luck, diligence and
not being afraid to fail.
The fact that I chose to actually
build YouTube Instant instead of
watching a movie was something
that was in my control and that was
my decision, he said. I think that
you can create your own luck.
Contact Molly Vorwerck at mvorw-
erc@stanford.edu.
INSTANT
Ethan Saeta 13 and Grace
Kwan 14, interns at True Run
Media, were given the daunting
task of creating a running Chinese
school-finder website completely
from scratch in 10 weeks.
We were supposed to make it
so that it would have all the interna-
tional schools in China, both in
English and Chinese, so you could
compare these schools in terms of
money, location, that kind of thing,
Saeta said. The problem was that
neither of us had ever done any-
thing web development wise. So we
were trying to make and learn at
the same time.
Although the two ended up
moving on to a different project in
the second half of the internship
visiting local restaurants, clubs and
bars and writing reviews on them
Saeta emphasized the value of
the opportunity to tackle a difficult
project.
It definitely highlighted how
much I needed to learn,Saeta said,
who anticipates taking four com-
puter science classes this fall. It
made me realize how crazy those
services like Google are.The imple-
mentation of something that seems
so simple making a clickable
button, for example was as-
toundingly difficult.
Adapting to a work culture that
places a strong emphasis on hierar-
chy was another skill that students
had to add to their repertoire.
One challenge I had was ad-
justing to Korean work culture,
which puts much emphasis on hier-
archy; whereas I am more familiar
with American work notions like
meritocracy and pragmatism,
Haiy Le 12 wrote in an email to the
Daily.
Le interned at the Asia-Pacific
Center of Education for Interna-
tional Understanding (UNESCO-
APCEIU).
There [were] some moments
when I had to keep my frustration
in check when dealing with the bu-
reaucracy and a lot of red tape that
comes with working in an intergov-
ernmental organization.
But then again, there are some
benefits, like when my boss usually
offered to pay for my meals, Le
added.
Many felt the satisfaction of fin-
ishing a project is well worth the fre-
netic, headache-inducing tempo of
work.
It was very furious, Zhou said.
My department was under a lot of
pressure, but I will miss opportuni-
ties to contribute to a company and
to see my work as something tangi-
ble.
Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stan-
ford.edu.
ASIA
largely consists of ultrapop, up-
beat hits.
However, Lovato made an
undoubtedly savvy move in
constructing an album which
conforms to the mainstream
sound that has albums flying
off the shelves (see also: Perry,
Katy). Thanks to the big name
collaborations, such as Whos
That Boyfeat. Dev,Together
feat. Jason Der?lo and Youre
My Only Shortyfeat. Iyaz,
Unbrokencontains at least
five potential hit singles that
could prop up album sales for a
long, long time.
Besides, an entirely weepy
album might be expected from
a 19-year old fresh out of rehab.
Instead, Lovato shows her re-
silience by combining both
heartache and happiness in her
lyrics and her beats. For in-
stance, the title track,Unbro-
ken,is unexpectedly upbeat
while touching on her tumul-
tuous past (Im gonna love you
like Ive never been broken). On
her first single,Skyscraper,
Lovato brings the heat, pas-
sionately singing her heart out.
The Disney starlet could
have easily drowned in this
album, but the effort is largely
triumphant, even in its most
poignant moments.Unbro-
kenis more than enough for
Lovato to regain her momen-
tum and find success as an im-
mensely talented and much
wiser adult artist.
andrea HI NTON
contact andrea:
anhi nton@stanford. edu
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By JACOB JAFFE
DESK EDITOR
For the third straight week, the No. 5 Stan-
ford football team appeared out of sync in the
first half. But for the third straight week, the
Cardinal responded with a dominant second
half, blanking Arizona after the break to win
37-10 in Tucson.
In a highly touted battle of quarterbacks,
Arizonas Nick Foles was far superior in the
first half, completing his first 17 passes of the
game while shredding the Stanford defense
for 183 yards. The Cardinal responded, hold-
ing Foles to just 56 yards on 7-for-16 passing
the rest of the way.
FOOTBALL
STANFORD 37
ARIZONA 10
Sept. 17, Tucson, Ariz.
Meanwhile, the Stanford offense rolled
over the overmatched Wildcat defense. Red-
shirt junior quarterback Andrew Luck led the
way for the Cardinal, racking up 325 passing
yards and two touchdowns. Junior running
back Stepfan Taylor had a career day on the
ground, rushing for 153 yards on 22 carries.
Early on, though, the Stanford offense had
trouble breaking through a pumped-up Ari-
zona defense. After a punt on its first series,
the Cardinal drove inside the Arizona 10-
yard line until Luck appeared to throw his
second interception of the year. However, the
play was overturned on replay, as the ball
touched the ground, giving redshirt freshman
kicker Jordan Williamson the opportunity to
kick a short field goal to put the first points on
the board.
In the remaining three offensive series of
the first half, Stanford ventured into the red
zone each time. Leading 3-0, first-year head
coach David Shaw elected to go for it on
fourth-and-one from the Arizona 24. The
move paid off, as a misdirection pitch left soph-
omore running back Anthony Wilkerson open
for an untouched 24-yard touchdown run.That
would be the only Cardinal touchdown of the
first half, though, as Stanford had to settle for
short Williamson field goals on its last two
drives.
On the other side of the ball, Stanford had
no answer for Foles and the Wildcats passing
game. Thanks to a sack and staunch run de-
fense, the Cardinal forced punts on each of
the first two Arizona drives, but then Foles
started to go to work. His first six throws were
completed to six different receivers, and the
Wildcat wideouts found plenty of room un-
derneath, consistently beating the Stanford
defensive backs.
Trailing 13-3, Arizona mounted a 79-yard
touchdown drive. Due to a poor running
game, Foles actually threw for 84 yards dur-
ing the drive, capping it off with a six-yard
throw to wide receiver Juron Criner, who
played just 12 days after undergoing an ap-
pendectomy Criner led the Wildcats with
six catches on the day.
At the end of the half, Arizona had a
chance to take the lead. Trailing 16-10 with
just seconds remaining, Foles had Criner
streaking open down the left side. It looked
to be an easy touchdown, but senior quarter-
back Johnson Bademosi alertly grabbed
Criners arm to prevent the score. The pass
interference penalty left Arizona with a field
goal try on the final play of the half, but Ari-
zonas Jaime Salazar shanked a 45-yarder to
keep the score 16-10 at the break.
Salazar missed an even shorter field goal
on the first drive of the second half, and from
there it was all Stanford.
Luck used his stable of tight ends to good
effect, throwing second-half touchdowns to
redshirt sophomores Levine Toilolo and
Zach Ertz. Toilolo, who had no catches in the
first two games of the year, led Stanford with
102 receiving yards on just four catches.
The Stanford running game, which start-
ed slowly once again, eventually wore down
the Arizona defense. The Cardinal burned
seven minutes off the clock with a 12-play,
91-yard drive in the fourth. Nine of those
plays were runs, including a two-yard touch-
down scamper by redshirt senior running
back Jeremy Stewart to close the scoring at
37-10.
Despite the win, Stanford suffered some
big losses during the game. Senior wide re-
ceiver Chris Owusu, redshirt junior tight end
Coby Fleener and junior linebacker Shayne
Skov all left the game due to injury, and only
Owusu returned to action. Fleener appeared
to sustain a concussion, but Skovs injury ap-
peared much more serious. Skov could not
put weight on his left knee and was in a brace
on the sideline for the rest of the game.
The injured Stanford athletes will have
time to rest, as the Cardinal has a bye this
week. Stanfords next game will be at home
against UCLA on Oct. 1.
Contact Jacob Jaffe at jwjaffe@stanford.edu.
SPORTS
No. 5 Stanford
in the hunt for
a national title
By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR
After three games, the Stanford football
team is right where it wants to be sitting
with a perfect 3-0 record and boasting the
nations longest active winning streak, cur-
rently 11 games dating back to 2010.
After steamrolling San Jose State 57-3
on opening weekend, crushing Duke 44-14
on the road and playing a flawless second
half to roll Arizona 37-10 in the desert, No. 5
Stanford (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) gets a break from
competition this weekend with an open
date to prepare for a home matchup against
UCLA on Oct. 1.
But even though Stanford has opened up
2011 with large margins of victory and a
high national ranking, the start to the season
hasnt been all flowers and sunshine. The
Cardinal hasnt struggled to put up points or
keep opponents out of the end zone, but a
couple of speed bumps so far have been
self-induced.
After scoring 27 points in the first half in
the season opener against San Jose State,
the Cardinal struggled to separate itself
early against Duke and Arizona, leading the
perfectionist Cardinal players and coaches
to express concern as they head into the
heart of the Pac-12 season.
We have a lot of things to improve on,
obviously, said superstar quarterback An-
drew Luck after the Arizona win, echoing
the works of head coach David Shaw.
We just need to establish a rhythm,
Shaw said. We had a couple of nice drives
in the first half. But in the second half we
came out in rhythm. We need to start the
first half like we start the second half.
While Stanford did find its feet in both
games to pull away for convincing wins, the
nitpicking is a sign of just how high the ex-
pectations are on the Farm this season.
On offense, Heisman Trophy-candidate
Luck has been predictably excellent so far
he has racked up 786 yards and eight
touchdowns against just one interception
through the air, and added another touch-
down on the ground with a scramble for a
score in the first game of the season.
Lucks quick start has also helped ink his
name into the history books beside some
elite company; he passed 1970 Heisman
Trophy-winner Jim Plunkett for the third-
most passing touchdowns in Stanford histo-
ry with his two touchdowns against Ari-
zona.
The redshirt juniors supporting cast has
also been effective, particularly running
back Stepfan Taylor, who has already
gained 289 yards on the ground after rush-
ing for a career-best 153 yards against Ari-
zona.
Through the air, senior wide receiver
Chris Owusu and redshirt senior tight end
Coby Fleener have been Lucks favorite
targets, as Owusu leads the team with 227
yards receiving and Fleener has a team-best
three touchdown catches. Both pass-catch-
ers sustained injuries against Arizona, but
neither appeared to be seriously hurt and
LUCK AIRS IT OUT
Redshirt junior Andrew Luck (12) is one of the early favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. Through
three games, Luck has thrown eight touchdowns against just one interception for Stanford.
Cardinal offense
ignites in desert
rout of Wildcats
Please see FOOTBALL, page 14
NATIONS TOP-RANKED TEAM FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
ROAD TO REDEMPTION
By NATE ADAMS
DEPUTY EDITOR
After two straight seasons of car-
rying a No. 1 ranking into the na-
tional championship game only to
lose, it didnt take long for the Stan-
ford womens soccer team to regain
its familiar position at the top of the
pack. Just seven games into the 2011
season, the Cardinal (6-0-1) is atop
the national voting with a whopping
824 points.
The ranking is no doubt encour-
aging, but Stanford fans know all
too well that its only a number.
Head coach Paul Ratcliffe is con-
cerned with his team proving itself
on the pitch, something the other-
wise stellar squad has failed to do
when it really counted in recent
years.
I honestly dont really look at it
until the end, Ratcliffe said of the
ranking. Thats where it counts,
where you get seeded for the play-
offs. Thats the only significance for
me.
Stanford lost in the NCAA Col-
lege Cup by 1-0 scores to both
North Carolina in 2009 and Notre
Dame in 2010. But the team can
take a bit of solace, perhaps, from its
come-from-behind victory over the
No. 12 Fighting Irish (3-3-1) in the
Stanford Nike Invitational over the
weekend of Sept. 9. The 2-1 thriller,
along with a 2-0 win over No. 15
UC-Irvine two days later, sealed the
tournament for the host Cardinal.
Then-No.1 North Carolina (5-1) did
its part to make it Stanfords lucky
day as well, collapsing against un-
ranked Texas A&M after holding a
3-1 advantage.That knocked the Tar
Heels down to No. 7 and made Stan-
ford the obvious choice for the top
spot.
Its a reward for our consisten-
cy, that were winning a high per-
centage of our games, Ratcliffe
said. Because at the end of the day,
it can change next week you lose
one and someone else wins a big
game. It just shows that were con-
sistent over a stretch of time. Thats
where its rewarding.
If the teams nonconference sea-
son was any indication, Ratcliffe has
plenty to be happy about. Apart
from a scoreless draw against then-
No. 5 Maryland, Stanford won its
first seven matches by three or
more goals, outscored its opponents
23-4 and outshot them 71-33. Senior
forward Lindsay Taylor, a former
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year who
has battled various ailments for the
last two seasons, is leading the of-
fense with six goals and 34 shots.
Younger, less experienced play-
ers are making an impact as well.
The Cardinals starting 11 have a
new look this year, most notably in
the form of standout freshman Chi-
moa Ubogagu. The rookie forward
hasnt missed a start so far, posting
four goals and as many assists in her
first seven games. Sophomore Syd-
ney Payne, after just four starts last
season, has opened every game
alongside Ubogagu and Taylor this
season and is fifth on the team in
points with five. On defense, junior
Madeleine Thompson has already
started six games matching her
total from 2010 and knocked in
her first collegiate goal against
Senior Camille Levin (2) has led a determined Cardinal team to an unde-
feated preseason. The speedy outside back scored her third goal of the
season in Sundays 2-0 win over No. 18 Santa Clara. Please see WSOCCER, page 14
Derrick and Co. running hungry
By ZACH ZIMMERMAN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
When senior Chris Derrick
came to the Farm in the fall of
2008, he and the Stanford mens
cross country team had one goal
in mind.
Four years, four national
championships.
Unfortunately for The Ma-
chine, this goal did not come to
fruition.
The men are coming off a dis-
appointing fourth-place finish at
NCAA nationals last year after
entering the final meet of the
season with a No. 1 ranking. The
performance followed an even
more shocking finish in 2009,
when the Cardinal placed tenth.
Still, Derrick is confident that
the teams chances at a title are
still among the best in the nation.
I definitely dont think the
window has closed at all, the
two-sport All-American in cross
country and track and field said.
There are a couple of really, re-
ally good teams out there. But
what weve been lacking is per-
formance at nationals.Were just
trying to focus on getting our-
selves to do the best we can on
that day.
Finding its stride on the
biggest stage is one of the main
objectives for the Card, but it
may not be the biggest problem.
Stanford lost All-American El-
liott Heath to graduation at the
end of last season, a loss that un-
doubtedly changes the dynamics
of the squad. Derrick, Heath and
senior Jake Riley were the clear-
cut top runners, sticking together
through the vast majority of
races last year while pushing the
pace for Stanford.
Even with a vital piece of the
trio missing, Derrick isnt quick
to suggest a major change in
strategy come race days.
Its kind of unknown at this
point, Derrick said. Jake and I
are still going to work together,
but were going to be a bit more
aggressive at the front. Well feel
it out and try to make the judg-
ment on what seems like the best
strategy.
Luckily for the Card, what the
team loses in Heath it may make
up for in depth and incoming
firepower. Derrick pegged Joe
and Jim Rosa, freshmen from
West Windsor, N.J., as two new
runners that could come in and
contribute immediately. But
Derrick stressed that there will
be ample competition for a posi-
tion as one of Stanfords scoring
members.
Theres definitely a lot of
opportunity for freshmen to
contribute this year, Derrick
said. There are a lot of people
contending for the Top 7. That
speaks volumes to the kind of
depth we have.
Stanford will also have to stay
out of the training room as much
as possible in order to succeed in
the coming season. Although
Derrick said that the team cur-
rently has a nearly clean bill of
health, the Card has struggled in
recent seasons with injuries to
key runners. But with a bit of
luck on the health front and key
contributions from new runners,
Stanfords ceiling is as high as
ever.
Its going to be a really tough
competition for the title, Der-
rick said,but I think were as tal-
ented as any team there is.
Contact Zach Zimmerman at
zachz@stanford.edu.
After finishing a disappointing fourth at least years NCAA nationals, senior
cross country star Chris Derrick (2837) is confident Stanford can break through
this season after returning six of their top seven runners. The No. 2 Card opened
the season with a win at the USF Invitational.
Jacob
Jaffe
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very week this fall, Im going
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Number of the game: 11
What it means: Stanford has now
won 11 consecutive games, good for
the longest active winning streak in the
country. Perhaps more importantly,
though, 11 is the uniform number of
both Levine Toilolo and Shayne Skov.
Toilolo broke out with 102 receiving
yards and a touchdown, but Skovs
game had an even bigger impact on
the Cardinal going forward. Skov left
the game with a knee injury and will
miss the rest of the season.
Why it matters: If you have to ask
why winning 11 straight games mat-
ters, you dont watch sports very often.
But just for some perspective, the
longest winning streak in school histo-
ry is 13 games, set in both 1904-05 and
1937-39, and the longest unbeaten
streak is 15 games, set in 1925-27.Stan-
fords next four games vs. UCLA,
vs. Colorado, at Washington State and
vs. Washington set up nicely for a
significant challenge to those records.
Skov is one of the teams most im-
portant players. He was the teams top
tackler in the first two games and is a
big-play threat every down, as seen by
his three Orange Bowl sacks. But if
you really want to see how much he
means to the team,just look at the way
the other players reacted when he
went down. Chase Thomas, the other
half of the Pac-12s best linebacking
duo, wrote Skovs 11 on his arm in
tribute to his injured teammate. His
teammates afterward emphasized
how big a loss he will be to the team,
and its clear that the Cardinal will be
without one of its main leaders for the
duration of this injury. Many people
have said that Stanford is no longer a
national championship caliber team
without Skov, and that speaks to his
importance. With Skov out for the
year, it will be up to Jarek Lancaster,
AJ Tarpley and the highly touted
James Vaughters, who have played a
total of one year of college football, to
pick up the slack.
On the bright side, Toilolo broke
out of a mini funk with a very strong
performance. Last year, Toilolo beat
out Konrad Reuland, Coby Fleener
and Zach Ertz for the starting job, and
then promptly got hurt on the second
play of the season. This year, expecta-
tions were justifiably high for the phys-
ically freakish athlete. A 6-foot-8 guy
that can move is an asset on any team,
let alone one with a tight-end-loving
Please see JAFFE, page 15
will likely be able to return to the
lineup soon.
The rebuilt offensive line has
also done an excellent job of keep-
ing Luck upright the group re-
turned just two starters from last
season but has only allowed two
sacks through the first three games.
But while the highlights so far
have focused mostly on Luck and
his companions on offense, the Car-
dinal defense has also been a force,
holding opponents to just an aver-
age of nine points a game, ranking
as the seventh-toughest scoring de-
fense in the country.
Stanford lost five starters from
the defensive side of the ball after
last season, but the newcomers
havent missed a beat. Key veterans
have contributed to the success:
senior linebacker Chase Thomas
has 3.5 sacks to lead a defense that
has 13 already, and junior line-
backer Shayne Skov has a team-
high 19 tackles, although Skov suf-
fered a potentially devastating
knee injury early on in the Arizona
game, which could hinder the Car-
dinals title hopes.
Additionally, the special teams
have been a bright spot for the Car-
dinal, with kicker Jordan
Williamson a perfect 6-for-6 on
field goals in his first year as the full-
time placekicker.
With the combination of a dead-
ly, efficient offense and a relentless
defense, Stanford has already posi-
tioned itself atop the Pac-12. It
stands as one of just three squads to
still be undefeated, along with rivals
USC and Cal.
The Cardinal appears to be in
prime position to continue its win-
ning streak, as Stanfords next three
opponents UCLA, Colorado
and Washington State have a
combined record of 4-5 so far.
UCLA appears to be in particu-
larly dire straits already, with two
losses to Houston and Texas on its
record and critics already frothing
about another poor season in the
making under head coach Rick
Neuheisel.
In his four years leading the Bru-
ins, Neuheisels squad has yet to fin-
ish higher than eighth in the Pac-10
and has to go on the road to face
Oregon State in its Pac-12 opener
this weekend before rolling into
Stanford Stadium next week in
search of a signature win that could
save a reeling season.
Stanford, on the other hand, will
likely use the off week to improve on
the one area it seems to be lacking in
this season making sure it finish-
es off opponents a little sooner.
We challenged our guys at half-
time to take the fight to them,
Shaw said after the Arizona game.
To be physical. To see if we could
wear them down. Thats the philos-
ophy we believe in. Our second half
has got to be better than our first,
and thats what we did tonight. But
we have to start faster.
With eight Pac-12 games left on
the schedule, its likely that the en-
tire conference will be watching to
see if the Cardinal does find that
extra spark, because finding it could
lead Stanford to something it hasnt
accomplished since 1999 a con-
ference championship.
Stanford returns to action next
weekend on Saturday, Oct. 1 as it
hosts UCLA.
Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat@
stanford.edu.
FOOTBALL
Northwestern on Sept. 4.
Rounding out the Cardinals
fresh blood are rookie forward
Alex Doll (seven games played,
one assist), rookie midfielder
Loeau LaBonta (six games played,
no points) and redshirt freshman
defender Kendall Romine (six
starts, no points). In all, 15 different
players posted a goal or an assist
over the teams first seven matches.
The Cardinal might owe even
more to its young players than ex-
pected this season, as junior central
defender Courtney Verloo was
sidelined after tearing a meniscus
in her left knee before the season
opener.The converted forward was
invaluable to Stanfords run at the
College Cup last season, starting 24
games and battling for important
opportunities that cant be reflect-
ed on a stat sheet.
Looking ahead, Stanford turns
its attention to a newly elongated
conference season. The transition
to the Pac-12 introduces Utah and
Colorado to Stanfords run of an-
nual opponents, a pair of matchups
that will begin in the Cardinals
newly renovated stadium this Oc-
tober. The team to beat in the Pac-
12 this season is perennial power-
house UCLA, ranked at No. 4 after
matching Stanford with a 6-0-1
record to open the season. Rival
Cal (6-1-0) snuck into the rankings
last week as well, at No. 22.
First up, though, is the confer-
ence opener against Arizona, a
team the Cardinal defeated 3-0 on
the road last season. Stanford hosts
the Wildcats in a one-game week-
end this Saturday, kicking off at
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium at 7 p.m.
Contact Nate Adams at
nbadams@stanford.edu.
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quarterback like Andrew Luck. How-
ever, the first two games brought a
penalty, a couple drops and some mis-
communication without a single catch
for Toilolo. After Fleener went down
with an apparent concussion, Toilolo
responded. Not only did he finally
make a catch, he made impact plays.
Toilolos four catches: 1) got Stan-
ford its first first-down, 2) got Stanford
into the red zone for the first time, 3)
converted a crucial third-down in a
one-score game and was the longest
pass play all day and 4) pushed the lead
to three scores with his first career
touchdown grab and also gave him
over 100 yards receiving. It doesnt get
much better than that.Apart from the
importance in this game,Toilolos 102-
yard day gave the Cardinal another
proven weapon on offense and showed
the team that it shouldnt miss a beat if
Fleener needs time to get back to being
100 percent.
Other notable numbers:
7: The number of second-half
points allowed by Stanford through
three games after another post-half-
time shutout. Not surprisingly, this
mark is top in the country.What is sur-
prising is that a road team missing its
best defensive player can shut out an
offense as potent as Arizonas, espe-
cially on a day when Foles started so
hot.
108: The number of rushing yards
Stanford has allowed all season,
equating to 36 rushing yards allowed
per game.Thats second in the country,
and the figure could be even lower.On
the first series of the second half,
Keola Antolin gashed the Stanford D
for 45 rushing yards on four carries,
but the drive ended in a missed field
goal. For the rest of the game,Arizona
managed just six yards on 19 carries.In
all, only 11 of the Wildcats 23 carries
gained yardage.
20: Luck has thrown 20 touch-
downs to tight ends since the begin-
ning of last year.Thats twice as many
as anyone else in the country. In case
you havent heard 10,000 times by
now, Stanford has really, really, ridicu-
lously good tight ends.
3: After leading the nation in third-
down conversion percentage last year,
Stanford was just 7-for-16 on third
downs against Arizona. Thats three
straight games where Stanford failed
to convert half its third downs, drop-
ping the Cardinal to 61st in the nation
with a 42.1 conversion percentage.
Last year, Stanford did not have a
game all season with a conversion rate
that low, and only twice did the Cardi-
nal fail to get to 50 percent.
567: Despite having a fairly un-
flashy performance, Stanford still
racked up 567 total yards.Thats more
than the Cardinal had in any game last
year.
37: While Stanford had a huge day
yardage-wise, the team scored a rela-
tively pedestrian 37 points. Pedestrian
for Stanford, that is. During the Cardi-
nals 11-game winning streak, the 37
points are good for the second-fewest
points Stanford has scored.
13: Jordan Williamson scored 13
points.Arizona scored 10.When your
kicker outscores the other team,
things are generally going well.
Stanford is off this week, but Stat
on the Back doesnt take a bye. Ill be
back next week to look at the season
so far and what lies ahead.
Like many sports journalists, Jacob
Jaffe is really just a stats nerd who
thinks he can write. Email him for ad-
vice on anything except fantasy sports
at jwjaffe@stanford.edu
JAFFE
In case you havent
heard, Stanford
has really, really
good tight ends
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MENS SOCCER
Young team searches for a spark
WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
Sophomore duo has Stanford dreaming big
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR
Two years ago, the Stanford mens soccer
team rode a wave of fresh attacking talent and
the strong presence of a defense anchored by
then-junior All-American Bobby Warshaw to a
Sweet-16 berth in the NCAA Tournament. With
an eight-game improvement over the previous
season, many hoped the season was a hallmark
of things to come and a return to prominence for
the entire program.
But last year, a preseason top-15 ranking did
not translate into regular-season success, as sev-
eral critical injuries and a string of bad luck com-
bined to halt the Cardinals progress in a trying
season that saw Stanford finish 8-10 and 4-6 in
the brutal Pac-10.
With Warshaw now moving into a role with
FC Dallas in the MLS, Stanford has sought to re-
define itself as a team focused on being able to
control the game and impose its will on the
other team, according to coach Bret Simon,
now in his 11th season on the Farm.
Six games into the season, though, its been
tough going for Stanford.A difficult early sched-
ule saw the Cardinal play on the road on nation-
al television against then-No. 4 Maryland on
Sept. 2.The Terrapins, who are now perched atop
the rankings at No. 1, scored just 22 seconds into
the match to take the wind out of Stanfords
sails.
A tough 1-0 loss in overtime at Georgetown
brought back memories of last seasons start,
when Stanford lost four consecutive games (two
in overtime) to open the season.
But a return to the friendly confines of the
newly renovated Laird Q. Cagan Stadium on
Sept. 9 jump-started the Cards season with an
energetic 3-1 victory over then-No. 15 Kentucky.
After conceding another early goal, Stanford
fought back with a beautiful header from soph-
omore midfielder JJ Koval off a well-struck cor-
ner kick by junior Eric Anderson it was the
rising star Kovals first career goal. Minutes
later, it was dj vu as Anderson bent another
free kick into the box and this time, junior for-
ward Adam Jahn rose up and sent it into the
back of the net for a 2-1 lead.
Junior Dersu Abolfathi capped the scoring
five minutes into the second half as he slotted
the ball past Kentuckys keeper on a wonderful
pass from freshman Zach Batteer. The rout was
complete.
But two days later against Lehigh, Stanford
couldnt capitalize on any of its scoring chances
and fell to 1-4 with a 1-0 loss to the Mountain
Hawks.
On Saturday, Stanford appeared to have
found the right recipe for success at home
against the University of San Francisco, as the
Card came out on the attack from the start with
six first-half shots. Senior Alexander Binnie
came on as a substitute and gave Stanford the
lead with his first career goal in the 35th minute
after a nifty one-on-one with the keeper.
But the lead was short-lived, as Dons fresh-
man forward Miguel Aguilar equalized just over
a minute later with a brilliant goal, turning and
cracking a 30-yard rocket just over the out-
stretched arms of sophomore goalie Drew
Hutchins and just under the crossbar.
But Stanford continued to press, and mid-
fielder Garrett Gunthers hustle forced a
turnover in the offensive third. The redshirt sen-
ior pounced on it for his first goal of the season.
San Francisco refused to quit and actually
started to turn the tide against Stanford with re-
peated shots testing Hutchins. Another long
ball finally found a gap in the defense, and a
USF forward put away an easy chance right in
front of goal to level the score at two in the 66th
minute.
From there, the game turned very chippy, as
USF racked up foul after foul and an astounding
seven yellow cards in the final 60 minutes.A par-
ticularly egregious tackle drew a red card in the
72nd minute on the Dons Kevin Orozco, and
Stanford appeared to have the edge as USF had
to play down a man. Jahn almost scored on a free
kick and freshman forward Zach Batteer nar-
rowly missed some chances as the game headed
to overtime.
But neither side could capitalize. That was
particularly frustrating for the Cardinal, which
was up a man for almost 50 minutes and up two
men in the final minutes after yet another red
card was issued to the Dons.
Stanford will need to find a spark as Pac-12
play approaches if it hopes to make the NCAA
Tournament. Next up for the Card is the Stan-
ford Nike Classic this weekend, in which it bat-
tles Harvard on Friday night and Vermont on
Sunday afternoon. Both games will be played at
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at milesbs@stan-
ford.edu.
By CAROLINE CASELLI
DESK EDITOR
As most students enjoyed the
dwindling days of summer vaca-
tion, the No. 2 Stanford womens
volleyball team spent the past
three weeks competing against
several of the nations premier pro-
grams and kicking off the inaugu-
ral season of Pac-12 play in fine
form. After a perfect preseason
including marquee wins over a pair
of four-time defending national
champions, No. 5 Penn State and
No. 6 Florida the Cardinal (8-1,
2-1 Pac-12) has fallen only to top-
ranked California in a tough road
matchup.
Stanford began the 2011 season
in Houston at the Rice Nike Invita-
tional, winning in straight sets over
Delaware and Rice. Junior setter
Karissa Cook was named the tour-
naments MVP following her dou-
ble-double (32 assists, 10 digs) in
the final, and sophomores Rachel
Williams and Carly Wopat
emerged as the teams offensive
targets, both earning all-tourna-
ment honors.
Next, the Card returned to
Maples Pavilion for its first four
home matches of the season. Host-
ing two tournaments, the Card
bested Notre Dame and Duke in
the Stanford Invitational and fol-
lowed that up with key non-confer-
ence wins over Penn State and
Florida in the Nike Volleyball Big
Four Classic. The four-set victory
over the Nittany Lions (7-3), whose
109-match winning streak the Car-
dinal ended at the same tourna-
ment last year, gives Stanford a 7-6
edge in the overall series between
the two perennial national-title
contenders.
The next night, after giving up a
two-set lead, Stanford fought back
and prevailed in a tight 15-13 fifth
set over the Gators (8-2) to win the
Classic Williams was named
MVP of both tournaments on the
Farm.
With just a few days to recover,
Stanford lost its first match of the
season to Bay Area rival Cal (13-0,
3-0) on Sept. 13. After narrowly
winning the first set (25-23), the
Card dropped three straight, hit-
ting a season-low .103 on the night.
Stanford rebounded the next
weekend back at home, sweeping
new conference opponents Utah
(6-5, 1-1) and Colorado (5-6, 0-3)
and leaving the Card in a three-
way tie for third in the conference
standings.
This weekend, Stanford will
face two familiar conference foes
in No. 7 UCLA (9-2, 2-1) and No.
12 USC (7-3, 2-1) in what could be
its toughest weekend of the season.
Last fall, the Bruins ended the Car-
dinals undefeated streak with a
heartbreaking five-set loss in Los
Angeles. Coming off a loss at No. 4
Washington last weekend, UCLA
led by returning All-Pac-10
honorees, junior outside hitter
Rachael Kidder and senior libero
Lainey Gera will be looking to
bounce back with a win against the
Card.
A unanimous preseason pick by
the Pac-12 coaches to win the con-
ference and the preseason No. 2 in
the AVCA poll, USC has struggled
to live up to expectations this Sep-
tember, suffering sweeps to UCF
and UCLA. However, the veteran
team features seven returners from
the 2010 squad that finished third
in the nation, including three All-
American seniors in outside hitter
Alex Jupiter, setter Kendall Bate-
man and middle blocker Lauren
Williams, as well as the 2010 Pacific
Region Freshman of the Year, out-
side hitter Falyn Fonoimoana.
The Cardinal and coach John
Dunning will take on UCLA in
Los Angeles at 7 p.m. on Friday,
Sept. 23.
Contact Caroline Caselli at caro-
linecaselli@stanford.edu.
I
t has finally happened.Ive gone
off the deep end. Someone
should lock me up and throw
away the key. Ive been thinking
about this 2011 Stanford Cardi-
nal football team, and Ive realized
something terrifying: this Stanford
team reminds me of the 2001 Miami
Hurricanes. Yes, Im well aware that
the 2001 Hurricanes are widely recog-
nized as the greatest team in college
football history. Yes, Im also aware
that The U was essentially an un-
stoppable force in the early 2000s. But
hear me out.
In the process of sifting through a
million different Pac-12 season pre-
views this summer, it appeared to me
that college football experts had de-
veloped a consensus on the Cardinal.
Almost everyone thought Stanford
would be good (but not great) and
that the departure of Jim Harbaugh
would take away that extra edge that
helped push Stanford to its first BCS
bowl win last year. But that didnt
seem quite right to me. And then it
dawned on me: this Stanford squad
bears a strong resemblance to the best
team in college football history. Just
how did I come to that conclusion?
Lets list off the reasons.
First, lets start with the coaches.
After the 2000 season, Hurricanes
head coach Butch Davis left to take
over the Cleveland Browns. This
paved the way for his mild-mannered
offensive coordinator, Larry Coker, to
take the reins.When Harbaugh left to
take over the 49ers this summer, the
Cardinal thought about making a big
splash, but eventually hired David
Shaw, the cool and collected offensive
coordinator.Theres an obvious paral-
lel here, but its not exactly ground-
breaking stuff. So why else would the
2011 Card evoke the 2001 Canes?
Next, lets look at the previous sea-
son. In 2000, Miami lost to Washing-
ton in Seattle in week 2, then crushed
every single opponent left on their its
schedule, with the only close game
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
Sophomore Mary Ellen Luck (above) had five digs as a defensive specialist
in Stanfords win over Colorado on Saturday. Led by junior setter Karissa
Cook and the sophomore pairing of Carly Wopat and Rachel Williams, the
No. 2 Card have been an offensive power en route to eight early wins.
Tom Taylor
Jack Blanchat
A view
from across
the pond
Dont call me crazy until
youve read this column
W
elcome to Stanford
and the U.S.A. If you
are a new student ar-
riving from abroad, I
am sure you are very
excited to be here and looking forward
to your next few years on the Farm.You
probably feel quite privileged and
proud that you managed to jump
through all the hoops in the application
process and earn acceptance to one of
the worlds top academic institutions.
What you might not be aware of yet,
though, is that you have encountered
the good fortune to also land at an ath-
letic powerhouse.
My own preconceptions of college
sports in the U.S.were founded on Hol-
lywood movies and TV shows; when I
first came here, I was expecting some-
thing different. But as Stanford had
never come up in those stories, I
thought it probably just had an average
athletic department. I couldnt have
been more wrong.
Dont let anyone try and convince
you otherwise, this is unquestionably
the No. 1 U.S. university for sports. It
might not have as long and storied of a
history as others in big-money disci-
plines like football, baseball and bas-
ketball,but its strength lies in playing at
the top of a huge range of sports. The
Cardinal is on a 17-year streak of win-
ning the Directors Cup for success in
collegiate athletics,and this dominance
has been so emphatic that last year a
new award was created largely to give
other schools a chance.Against a poor-
ly weighted scoring system, it still took
first and fifth place in the womens and
mens competitions, respectively.
Even in the highly competitive
realm of football, Stanford is now
claiming enviable success, finishing
fourth in the country last year.This sea-
son it could perhaps have a realistic
shot at the BCS National Champi-
onship,the Holy Grail of college athlet-
ics.
The really good news for you is that
as a student,you get free access to pret-
ty much every sporting event on cam-
pus. That even includes football, as
your student ID grants you automatic
membership in the Red Zone. This
year, even mens basketball is free.The
bad news is that you may need to learn
to navigate the point-scoring system to
get a chance to go to any of the really
sought-after football or basketball
games. But youre Stanford students
now; you should be able to do the
math.
College sports in the United States
are basically professional in all but
name, and any dedicated student
shouldnt miss the chance for both a
free t-shirt and a year of free entertain-
ment. You might, though, need some
help adjusting.
The language, for a start, is unique.
Even just hearing Americans discuss
my favorite non-U.S. sport (soccer to
them, football to me) sounds a little bit
alien to me. The pitch becomes a field,
boots become cleats, a clean sheet is a
shutout and a one-nil scoreline be-
comes one-and-oh. And dont get me
started on winningest; it is not a real
word.
If you can, try and find a friendly
American to tutor you and explain all
the rules. Watching any live sport is
about having fun with the rest of the
fans, so finding some of those fans to
hang around with and teach you how
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Junior Shane Skov (above) will miss the rest of the season after injuring his
left knee in Saturdays win over Arizona. The middle linebacker is the teams
leading tackler and has been the heart of a stout Cardinal run defense.
Linebacker Skov to miss rest of
season with knee injury
Heisman candidate Andrew
Luck had the Cardinal offense
humming in the second half of Sat-
urdays 37-10 win over Arizona,
racking up 325 yards through the
air with two touchdowns as Stan-
ford (3-0) turned what was a close
game into a blowout. Pollsters
took notice, bumping the Card up
to No. 5 in the national rankings.
But Stanfords title hopes
might have actually been dealt a
serious blow. Despite the win,
news came out Monday that junior
middle linebacker Shayne Skov
would miss the rest of the season
with a serious knee injury sus-
tained in the second quarter of
Saturdays game. Skov went in for
a tackle and appeared to have his
leg pinned awkwardly beneath
him as he fell.
Head coach David Shaw an-
nounced the loss of Stanfords
leading tackler of 2010 in a pre-
pared statement, but no coaches or
players were available for com-
ment.
Its a big loss for our football
team, Shaw said. But we have
great leadership on defense from
players such as Michael Thomas,
Delano Howell and Chase
Thomas. Weve also recruited very
well recently, and now it is time for
guys to step up.
Among the likely candidates to
replace Skov are redshirt sopho-
more Jarek Lancaster (who took
the bulk of the snaps after Skov
left), sophomore Blake Lueders
and highly touted freshman James
Vaughters.
Stanfords coaches will be able
to take advantage of the bye week
to evaluate the players, and the
Cardinals depth will be put to the
test Oct. 1 when it takes on UCLA
at home.
Miles Bennett-Smith
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Spirits were high as Stanford took the field for the 2011 home opener
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bers, because talking about sports in
the United States is all about statistics.
Each game generates a box score that
exhaustively converts the players suc-
cesses and failures into hard numbers.
A player cant just have a good game;
they need to tick the right boxes.
The hardest part, in my experience,
will be keeping time.U.S.sports,in gen-
eral,flow a lot slower than foreign ones
because of multiple stoppages and
timeouts during the games;the last few
seconds of tight basketball games can
go on forever.Even after a few years of
watching games,this is still something I
struggle with. I dont mean to drift off
during an exciting football game, but
when Im waiting for the play to restart,
I often find myself people-watching in
the stadium, only to glance back down
in time to realize I just missed the ac-
tion.
The best advice I could give you,
though, is to be humble and keen to
learn. American sports are no better
than foreign ones, but they are also no
worse, just different. Like learning a
foreign language,if you show a willing-
ness to try and resist talking too much
in your own tongue,youll have a great
experience here.
Hopefully Ill see you on the bleach-
ers.
Tom Taylors many years of vacation-
ing in Stanfords engineering program
have yet to teach him the ways of U.S.
sports. If you can commiserate with
Tom or would like to give him a lesson
in all things Merica, drop him a line at
tom.taylor@stanford.edu.
TAYLOR
coming in a 27-24 win over Florida
State. The Canes got an invite to the
Sugar Bowl their first BCS bowl
since 1995 and beat Florida 37-20.
In 2010, Stanford had an early loss to
Oregon in Eugene, and then domi-
nated every single opponent left on
the schedule except for a last-second
win over USC and a 17-14 win over
Arizona State.Stanford was invited to
the Orange Bowl and handily defeat-
ed Virginia Tech, 40-12. Okay, sure,
both teams were good, but just be-
cause the 2001 Hurricanes won the
national title doesnt mean that Stan-
ford will do the same. So what else?
Look at the talent both teams have
as returning starters. The Hurricanes
had the most talented team in college
football history, period. They had 10
10! first-round picks from that
one team. But dont just look at who
was on that teamlook at what po-
sitions they played. The Canes
brought back their quarterback, wide
receiver, top two running backs, left
tackle, tight end, top two safeties and
top two linebackers. In order, thats
Ken Dorsey, Andre Johnson, Clinton
Portis, Frank Gore, Bryant McKinnie,
Jeremy Shockey, Ed Reed, Sean Tay-
lor, Jonathan Vilma and D.J.Williams.
The level of talent is mind-blowing.
But take a step back and youll no-
tice that the 2011 Cardinal returns
starters at all of the same positions. In
order, the list goes: Andrew Luck,
Chris Owusu,Stepfan Taylor,Anthony
Wilkerson, Jonathan Martin, Coby
Fleener, Delano Howell, Michael
Thomas, Chase Thomas and Shayne
Skov. I understand that its ridiculous
to compare these guys to future NFL
Hall of Famers like Ed Reed and
Andre Johnson. But the fact that the
Cardinal has returning starters from a
12-1 team at these critical positions
must mean something particularly
if the best college football team everre-
turned players in all the same places.
So there you have it. Ive laid my
sanity out on the line. If Stanford flops
and loses every single game from here
on out, Ill look like a fool for writing
this column. But its okay I know I
can handle the criticism. Just like for-
mer Hurricane Kellen Winslow, Im a
freaking soldier.
Jack Blanchat wrote to us from his bed at
St.Mungos Hospital,where he has been
ever since he lost his mind last January at
the Orange Bowl. If youd like to send
him an electronic card to lift his spirits,hit
him up at blanchat@stanford.edu or fol-
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