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Campus ROTC unlikely

Funds, low student interest are obstacles
By ALICE PHILLIPS A Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit on Stanfords campus is unlikely in the near future, according to University administrators. The Faculty Senate voted 28 to 9 with three abstentions last spring to extend an invitation to the military to bring ROTC back onto campus.However,it remains unlikely that any military branch will take the University up on the offer.The lack of progress is primarily due to low levels of student interest and concerns about financial sustainability, according to Senior Assistant to the President Jeff Wachtel. The University was free to pursue discussions with the military about ROTC returning to campus immediately following the approval vote. However, the Faculty Senate has not formed a subcommittee to advise President John Hennessy on ROTC issues, or to consider granting course credit for ROTC classes,Wachtel said. Obstacles to establishing an ROTC unit For the military to be able to justify the cost of establishing a full-blown unit, approximately 15 to 20 students would need to graduate per year from any participating branches of the military, according to Scott Calvert, Director of Finance & Administration in the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. Once attrition is accounted for, as many as 100 students would need to participate in whichever ROTC unit was stationed on campus. Thats a very large number, Wachtel said. Once we learned that, we realized that there has to be another approach to putting a program together. That alternative will likely take the form of further collaboration with nearby universities that already have ROTC units, such as San Jose State University, Santa Clara University and UC-Berkeley, with whom Stanford currently has cross-town agreements to allow for Stanford student participation. This alternative could include anything from allowing other ROTC units to hold events on campus to hosting ROTC courses taught by Stanford faculty for ROTC students from Stanford and the partner universities. Calvert added that such collaboration would compensate for the fact that a relatively large number of students, when compared to the handful of Stanford ROTC participants, is needed to facilitate many of ROTCs leadership training objectives. The federal government is going through belt-tightening on their budgets, and the military is not exempt from that, Wachtel said. Theyre concerned about the cost of any program they put in place,but theyre still enthusiastic about doing something at Stanford. The Naval ROTC proposal Calvert sent Stanfords proposal for a Naval ROTC unit to the military more than one month ago, but he expressed doubt that the Navy will establish a unit on campus. I think we presented a good and viable case, and in different economic times it might look more attractive, he said.We have not heard back, but were not putting all of our eggs in that basket. Calvert said Stanford focused its efforts on the Navy because both the Army and Air Force already have a presence on the peninsula at Santa Clara University and San Jose State, respectively. The number of Stanford ROTC participants in the Naval program was also highest at the time Calvert wrote the proposal,and those students must travel the farthest of ROTC participants,to UC-Berkeley. It doesnt make sense for the Army to put two units 10, 12 miles

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SULAIR looks to develop web portal

Gradual change on tap for Univ. websites
By ALLY ARRIETA University technology departments are currently considering improvements to core Stanford web services, including Zimbra,Axess and Coursework. While peer schools have made the switch, Stanfords Information Technology Services seems unlikely to adopt a new email provider service and still uses Zimbra as opposed to a Gmail platform. Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), on the other hand, is working to develop a centralized online portal for student needs, which would include the needs currently addressed through Axess and Coursework. Zimbra Stanfords Zimbra email and calendar portal will update to the softwares newest version, Zimbra 7, during winter quarter.The update will include major calendar improvements. Information Technology (IT) Services adopted Zimbra three years ago and upgrades to the newest releases of Zimbra 6 every other month.According to Executive Director of Computing Services Matthew Ricks, Zimbra was chosen for its balance of features, cost and the ability to support various operating systems and mobile platforms. However, many students still experience challenges with the product. Students indicate that the top areas for continued investment and enhancements include webmail features, ease of use and speed, wrote Ricks in an email to The Daily. Our recent reviews of Zimbra indicate that website and email response during normal operations is generally within tolerances, he added. Zimbra does slow down somewhat when email backups are being run, within a 1 a.m. through 5

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apart from each other,Calvert said. Course credit for ROTC According to Calvert, it is unlikely that any course credit will be awarded for ROTC classes before the fall of 2012. Were not close to actually having details of the program,Wachtel said. Were not really at the point of having a program for the faculty committee to approve. Both the Army and the Navy expressed interest in having their curricula approved for course credit.Wachtel said he plans to forward the curricula to the yet-to-be-formed Faculty Senate subcommittee to determine if the classes merit Stanford credit. You can get activity credit for a lot of things at Stanford, Calvert said. You can get it for yoga.And that has a place in our education, physical fitness and well-being. But its hard to imagine that some of the activities and coursework that they do in ROTC

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Big Game bearial

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

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Israel, Palestine panel inspires lively debate
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The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) performed the annual Big Game bearial, a mock burial of the Berkeley bear, Monday, to build school spirit for Saturdays football game against California.

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Intersections Week kicks off with trans actress Q&A

By LUCY MUSSON Transgender actress Aneesh Sheth, the first South Asian trans woman to appear on television, spoke to students Monday evening at one of the first events of Intersections, a weeklong series organized by Stanford Students for Queer Liberation (SSQL). Sheth spoke about her role on the show Outsourced, in addition to sharing her personal story of transitioning and finding success as an actress. Intersections Week aims to explore the relationship, or intersection, between LGBTQ and racial identities. Sheths evening talk kicked off the week,following a lunchtime screening of Should Be, Could Be, But Is with director Nayoung Woo. Sheth discussed not only the intersections of her transgender and Indian identities, but also the intersections of her identities as a social activist and actress and challenges she faces in the entertainment industry. Sheth began her talk with her personal story, describing how she grew up in New York with negative stereotypes and limited knowledge of transgendered individuals. When I was 12, all I wanted to do was dress up in saris when no one was home, Sheth said, describing her childhood.At that time I had no idea that I would ever become a woman. Sheth came out at the age of 16 as a gay man, but it wasnt until 10 years later that she chose to transition. She cited a pivotal stage role as Sweetie, a eunuch in Bombay Dreams, as inspiring her self-realization. I still had the dream that one day I would be on stage singing in a sari, Sheth said of her role in Bombay Dreams. I did what I wanted to do all my life, she added. Upon transitioning, Sheth was unsure about her potential for success as an actress and pursued a degree in social work from New York University (NYU).In 2010,she moved to Califor-

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President of Portugal visits campus

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF Portuguese President Anbal Antnio Cavaco Silva met with University President John Hennessy during his visit to Stanford Monday, as part of the first trip by a Portuguese president to Silicon Valley in two decades. Cavaco Silva and his wife toured Memorial Church and attended a lunch in their honor at the Hoover Institute. Cavaco Silvas visit was hosted by the Center for Global Business and Economy in the Graduate School of Business (GSB). The president spoke Monday in a question-and-answer session at Encina Hall moderated by Garth Saloner, dean of the GSB. Prior to visiting Stanford,Cavaco Silva attended evening Mass at San Joses Five Wounds Portuguese National Church, a fundraiser for Portuguese charities and meetings with valley represen-

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President of Portugal Cavaco Silva visited the Bay Area and stopped on campus Monday, part of the first trip by a president of Portugal to Silicon Valley in two decades.
tatives in business, finance and education. The president used his visit as an opportunity to encourage closer ties between Portuguese institutions and those in Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the European debt crisis and the current political situations in Greece and Italy. During the first leg of his United States trip, Cavaco Silva met with President Barack Obama.
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A panel on binationalism in Israel and Palestine prompted lively discussion Monday evening and ultimately ended on a hopeful note.The panel,titled Theory, Art and Action: Jewish and Palestinian voices toward binationalism, featured American-Israeli artist Udi Aloni, English professor Hilton Obenzinger Ph.D. 97 and Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) visiting scholar Miriam Abu Sharkh. The discussion was moderated by Omar Shakir 07,J.D.13,co-president of Students for Palestinian Equal Rights (SPER). Shakir stressed the relevance of the panel to recent developments in the region, including the Arab Spring and Palestines bid to be admitted as a member state to the United Nations. Especially now with the increasing breakdown of the peace process .. . Theres been a lot of dialogue . . . but whats really missing is, What is the role of nationalism? Shakir said. What are the Jewish and the Palestinian national perspectives that go into informing a binational state? Aloni kicked off the panel, voicing his reasons for exploring questions of Jewish identity in his most recent book, What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters, published in September of this year. Aloni emphasized the inseparability of theory,art and action in advocating for change. He moved from the discussion of the framework of change to specifically address the question of a binational state in the place called Israel and the place called Palestine. The issue is that language is very tricky, he said. Each one of us creates this politically correct stuff. Twostate solution has become the language of how you keep apartheid forever . . . The apartheid is that the Palestinian cannot be a Palestinian in Israel. I want to learn how to become a Palestinian Jew . . . to learn the possi-

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tanford football games are always pretty exciting on campus,especially when playing a huge rival like Oregon. But this game was special; it was College GameDay on ESPN.I had no idea what that meant; Im still not quite sure what it is, but I know its important and impressive. For days leading up to the game, my Stanford webmail inbox got blasted with requests for extra tickets someone even likening their Oregon game ticket to receiving cake on their birthday. Emails announced rollouts commencing at 5 a.m. and the subsequent rally on The Oval. Even though I miss some of the fanfare that surrounds a Stanford football game, I was quite thankful I was 3,000 miles away,which seemed to be the only way to avoid being dragged along to the early-morning celebration. When other Howard students talk about their football team (its all about the halftime show out here and to be real, its usually worth waiting for), I dont hesitate to tell them what its like to have a bowl-winning team. I keep tabs on our team, even purposefully going to ESPN.com so I know whats going on (thats a lot for a girl who does-

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nt even know what channel that is on her free cable).So in the spirit of the big match,I purposefully read an ESPN article that talked about our unique football program.The author found one of its most unique components to be the fact that players are treated not like gods, but like the students they are. Of course, student athletes get some privileges that not all students get,but its no different from any other privileges that come with being associated with certain groups or organizations (am I really the only one who wonders why Senators have access to Old Union at all kinds of crazy hours when Im stuck going to creepy Meyer if I want a place to study?). Nonetheless, the thing that got me about the article was a quote from head football coach, David Shaw. An amazing guy in his own right,he gave his own explanation for Stanfords football

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culture. He summed it up perfectly saying,Stanford is full of people who love to see greatness . . . Its a place of many excellences. Its an interesting thought especially considering it comes from the football coach and I would have to agree.While there are so many people doing amazing things all over our campus,there is more than one thing that we should focus on. Stanford just likes to

win. We want to be best in everything. After our little shakedown with Oregon,some worried that students are simply fair-weather fans,but Cardinal pride runs deep, and it doesnt go down easy. Instead of finding cries of What happened?I found optimism and support for the Cardinal, and even joy, as students found solace in the Maroon 5 concert scheduled for that same night. Things have been worse before,and one

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urprises happen when assumptions are made,and these days,all I can think about is how much people surprise me. What does that mean? It means Im making assumptions all over the place. To a certain degree, this is natural. Every day we take certain things for granted the chair wont break once we sit on it, the bottled water is potable, the stranger were shaking hands with is not a sociopath. With these instantaneous judgments settled, we can spend our time pursuing other, more complex questions. But actually, our effortless habit of pre-

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suming the conditions of other people easily becomes questionable ground for how we treat them. Maybe its too easy to square people off into a mental database of passions, lifestyles or patterns of thinking. Too many times, Ive been immeasurably wrong and shaken up by an inaccurate assumption, which I only realize I made after it came crashing down. I wonder, if I had come to the table knowing I didnt know any of the cards being played, would I have been less critical? Less demanding? Less harsh? One evening last week, a friend from several years ago approached

me to chat. Our brief conversation turned to the topic of one of our older mutual friends. So far, normal. But within moments, I found myself shocked at what I was hearing namely, our mutual friends attitude toward me now. I couldnt believe how taken aback I was. Before that moment, I hadnt considered that our friend could think of me that particular way.And yet,there it was a part of the world that existed, that was beyond me, and that reversed the logic with which I had understood that person for years. By no means is this ignorance an

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isolated incident. Some of our friends are going through the hardest times of their lives at this very moment, but no one would ever guess. Others are watching family members suffer, but are coping peacefully in quiet. Ultimately, these are extraordinary circumstances being contained in our seemingly normal lives.I used to think they happened only unusually, on television or in the movies. But the most bizarre and intricate dramas are unfolding in the lives around us all the time, even if were never let in on the secrets.Most surprising are the events we learn of in past tense. A friend of mine, for example, spent last year dealing with some issues,though I didnt find out until this past weekend.At that point, every seemingly casual conversation we had shared before was changed in meaning immediately. The worlds hidden unevenness of information isnt relieved, either, by our uncanny ability to smile away hard times. In fact, weve become the ultimate traitors of our own issues with smiles and Hemingwayesque Good,wonderful,alright!responses. I believe laughter has the power to heal emotional wounds and bad memories.But Im starting to see how well it aids denial, too, undermining graveness when its falsely done. For everyone else, this means that even when we are aware of things happening in other peoples lives, the significance might fly right over our heads. Information is asymmetric. We will never have complete access to the back-stories of all of the people around us, whom we strive to figure out and understand in totality.Unfortunately, this goes in contrast with the modern mans pursuit of godlike knowledge of the world and everyone around them. Indeed, sometimes we even let ourselves feel authoritative enough to disapprove of other people, speak condescendingly to them or complain about them in general. But I wonder how presumptuous this behavior is, when we seldom know what complications are coloring their life at that very moment. If we knew that we actually know very little, would we be more patient? Would we be more forgiving? More loving? Or, perhaps the bigger question: would we choose to change our behavior at all? The students walking past us in the halls and sitting next to us in class are all going through any number of things in their life.We wont and dont know. The team member who shows up irritatingly late to meetings, the frustrating rambler in section, the overcompensating intellectual,the relationship strategist or whoever we allow ourselves to be offended by they all have a story behind them, whoever they are at this point in time. And after all, who am I to assume otherwise? For any stranger and acquaintance in my life observing any number of unknown things in his or her life right now, Im trying to remember that the only thing they should be getting from me is the benefit of the doubt. Its a small thing or maybe the best thing? that everybody really deserves. Read anything offensive? Or see anything you support? Tell Nina! Just email ninamc@stanford.edu.She wants to hear you.

day, it may be worse again. But right now, theres something magical about the spirit and energy of students coming together in support of their fellow classmates who play their hearts out every weekend in front of packed stadiums. The day after Saturdays tragedy, I had expected to see my Facebook timeline filled with lamentations over our heartbreaking loss to Oregon.Instead I found a mix of optimism and support for our beloved team,with students past and present praising them for what they have been able to accomplish so far. And now, days later, students have finished licking their wounds (with the incredible concert expediting the healing process) and turned their attention to the game that matters most:Big Game. The people we love to hate most are coming to campus, and I couldnt be more stoked. I feel like Im more excited now than when I was actually on campus. One of the best Facebook statuses I saw all day went like this: End of the Night Rankings:Stanford:#5.University of Oregon:#101.Oops,I was looking at US News College Rankings:the ones that matter more . . . After I finished ROFLing, I had to agree.Theres more to life than football, theres more to life than rankings and theres more to life than one loss. No matter what the score is at the end of the game,were still #winning because Stanfords got SWAG (Students Working After Graduation). Camira would really appreciate someone finally explaining to her what College GameDay is.Email her at camirap@stanford.edu with this important information.

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cant meet some kind of threshold where we can see the benefit of giving some transcript credit. Stanfords agreements with other universities ROTC programs contain the necessary legal framework for Stanford students to receive academic credit for ROTC classes,but for that credit to be awarded, the Committee on University Standards and Policies (C-USP) must first evaluate the classes. Hennessy pointed to this possibility in last Thursdays Faculty Senate meeting. So far, none of our faculty has even started to consider the material that is taught in those courses,the credentials of the people that teach them and so forth,Calvert said. Each branch of the military has a unique ROTC curriculum that is uniform at the national level.Calvert said that Stanford plans to work with a national ROTC staff member to bring those curricula before C-USP,but that the issue of ROTC course credit is not yet on C-USPs agenda. Curricular change certainly takes awhile here,Calvert said. The military has been receptive to assisting in the process of getting course credit for Stanford ROTC participants,despite its apparent reticence to commit to establishing an ROTC unit on campus,Calvert added. They think of the students that participate as their students, too, he said. They would love to see transcript credit for the coursework that [ROTC students] are doing. Fiscal implications If Stanford were to secure a full ROTC unit on campus, the University would share some of the cost by providing furnished offices to the unit, as well as assigning a Stanford administrator to the unit to ensure continuity between the program and Stanford,Calvert said. However, due to ROTC tuition scholarships,he said that the net monetary flow would be into the University. Right now,without a unit coming, the financial obligation on Stanford is pretty low,Calvert said. Contact Alice Phillips at alicep1@ stanford.edu.

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ABLETS FORTHE BLIND

have seen this student taking notes in class with the bulky Braillewriter with buttons, Lew said. The Braillewriter keyboard has eight keys, one for each finger. Lew emphasized the importance of these eight positions because they mean the visually impaired individual doesnt have to change the position of their fingers. The tablet mimics the Braille writer people used to use, Lew said. Thats the good thing of the application.They [the blind] dont have to learn it they know it already. Lew, Dharmaraja and Duran started working on the application. Since none of them knew how to program tablets, they had to learn the process from scratch. But that did not deter them. Sohan and I would code something, Duran said.I would blindfold myself and try to use the tablet without any of Sohans help and vice versa. Once we were comfortable typing blindfolded . . . we took it to someone who is visually impaired to get feedback from them. Everything kind of derived from experience. After several iterations, they finally came up with a breakthrough solution for the interface. Instead of having the fingers find the keyboards, they programmed the application to find the positions of the fingers when in contact with the screen. I think we found a nice way to solve the problem because it was very natural put your eight fingers there, and you have the keys, said Lew. It is a nice, simple solution and does not require much from the user. As for the future of the application, the team wants it to be in the hands of those who need it, Dharmaraja said. Our goal is to make sure that this gets developed and gets out soon. The New Mexico State University senior said he benefitted greatly from his summer experience. One thing that I was fortunate to learn from Sohan and Professor Lew is they do 100 percent all the time, Duran said. It was just so gratifying to be able to do the work and actually see people use it. Contact Pinnaree Tea-Mangkornpan at pinnaree@stanford.edu.

sing a tablet computer is a complicated task for the visually impaired, with few tactile reference points on the screen and few, if any, built-in features to make it easier. But thanks to research this summer by Adam Duran, a New Mexico State University senior, that may soon change. Duran participated in the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) summer internship program at Stanford. There, he and his mentors, assistant mechanical engineering professor Adrian Lew and Sohan Dharmaraja Ph.D. 11, developed an application that enables visually impaired people to easily use keyboards on touchscreen devices.The AHPCRC summer intern program selected 15 undergraduates from all over the country to come to Stanford and work with faculty and graduate students on an assigned research project. Duran and his team started even before the interns arrived on campus. The AHPCRC gave us some Android tablets and said, Do something with them, Lew said. He and Dharmaraja wanted to create a Braille character-recognition program that would use the camera to take a picture and then translate the picture into voice. We were really enthusiastic about it because it was doing something that could help people, Duran said. However, when Dharmaraja went to talk to the Stanford Office of Accessible Education (OAE), the project began to change. They [the OAE] told us that there was no real, good method for blind people to type, Dharmaraja said. It seems a little unreasonable to expect a blind person to use the camera to take a good, accurate picture. So we changed that project and decided to do a writer for Braille. Lew, who had a blind student in his spring quarter class, agreed with this new idea. That was resonating with me because I

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work of mentors to help them create their company step-by-step. StartX gives its mentors free office space for cooperating and working with the accelerator. It also gives the budding entrepreneurs business resources, including free office space, accounting and banking resources, legal support, web servers and summer stipends. StartX satisfies all of these needs in hopes that it will eliminate minor tasks that distract from building a company. This philosophy is a way to help the founders focus on the company instead of trying to micromanage aspects of a startup that could easily be handled by a third party, like StartX, Teitelman said. The accelerator also provides a three-month-long customized education, which encourages fast paced communication between mentors and companies. Companies are often asked what they need, and we cater to that, Teitelman said. We realize that time is super crucial, and in a session that is only three months, everyone accepts that and works to gather information at an accelerated pace. Divya Nag 13 works with StartX to improve a startup that she co-

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Prior to the season, sophomore point guard Aaron Bright looked like he could be the odd man out in Stanfords rotation. Now, he just may be the best player on the team.

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Bright dazzled for the second straight game,leading all scorers with 21 points as the Cardinal (2-0) beat Fresno State 7559 in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Maples Pavilion. Sophomore forward Josh Huestis contributed a double-double off the bench for Stanford, which had five players score in double figures. You have to give Aaron a lot of credit, said Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins.For one, he is a heck of a competitor. It was evident that he wanted to improve and wanted to become a better player.And he did.I love to see a kid willing to pay the price to become the player he wants to become. The Cardinal got off to a slow start in the nationally televised matchup, as senior big man Josh Owens took a seat less than four minutes into the game after a questionable over-the-back call. With sophomore forward Dwight Powell sidelined with an ankle injury, Dawkins entered a period of lineup experimenta-

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Sophomore forward Josh Huestis led Stanford with a career-high 11 rebounds to go with 10 points for the first double-double of his career as the Cardinal rolled over visiting Fresno State, 75-59.

tion, with 10 different Cardinal players seeing the floor in just eight minutes of play. Huestis provided the biggest lift in relief of Owens, holding down the paint with five points, five boards and a monster block before intermission. Going into last year, I struggled with confidence early, Huestis said.Coming into games this year, Ive figured out my role on the team and how I can play into that to help us win. Once again, Bright starred in the first half.The undersized guard,who Dawkins deemed the most improved player on the squad, showed off his confident stroke from range, connecting on both threepoint attempts en route to 10 points in the opening half. His two free throws at the 8:30 mark gave Stanford its first lead at 16-15, a lead the team never surrendered. The addition of highly touted freshman guard Chasson Randle has allowed Bright to play off the ball, a change that has reduced his ball-handling responsibilities and created additional shooting opportunities. When I go into the game, Im not looking to be the leading scorer, Bright said. If theyre giving me the open shot, Im going to take it. Right now, its been working in my favor offensively. Seniors Jack Trotter and Jarrett Mann contributed six apiece in the first half, as the Cardinal managed to shoot 48 percent from the field to begin the game. Stanford stretched the lead to as big as six with 1:12 remaining, but nine

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Pair of easy wins sets up Big Splash

The No. 4 Stanford mens water polo team took two lopsided wins this weekend, defeating No. 14 Santa Clara 17-4 on Saturday and No. 12 UC-Davis 12-7 on Sunday. Neither opponent is in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), so Stanford (18-4, 5-2 MPSF) did not get a chance to move up from fourth in the conference standings. The Cardinal also had its annual alumni game on Saturday, giving the team a chance to play against a mix of elder statesman and current Olympians.

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Its always fun to have a lot of the old players come back, especially because a lot of those guys have gone on to play higher-level polo, said red-

shirt sophomore goalie Scott Platshon. Freshman utility Alex Bowen started the weekend off quickly, scoring the first two goals of Saturdays game on his way to a three-goal day. By the end of the first quarter, Stanford held a commanding 6-1 lead over Santa Clara. The only first-quarter goal for the Broncos came from sophomore 2-meter Tucker Carlson, who scored two of the teams three goals. The two teams combined for only one goal in the second quarter, going

into halftime with a 7-1 score. The Stanford offense exploded again in the second half, though, scoring five goals in both the third and fourth quarters. All three active goalies played in the game, with redshirt senior Brian Pingree making four saves,while Platshon and redshirt sophomore Hunter Ploch made one save apiece. Bowen broke the ice once again on Sunday, scoring just 19 seconds

cant hold this in any more.I try to be diplomatic about college football, and I really, honestly enjoy the sport and the culture that surrounds it,but seriously,why does it have to take so long? When you win,and when with each game you see your team climbing up the rankings, it seems easier to justify all the time you spend not only not doing that assignment due next week, but simply not doing anything much at all. The weekend that was wiped out traveling to and from the USC game and the dollars spent on car rental and gas were worth it because not only was it the most exciting game of football Ive ever seen, but we won. The long journey home didnt seem quite so bad knowing that when I got back Id have a great story to tell. But when you lose? When youre not enjoying yourself, the time always drags by and you start to wonder why you spend so much time in sports stadiums as a fan, you are never guaranteed success, and even when things are going well, at some point failure will always catch up with you. As the game wore on against Oregon on Saturday and as Stanford failed to seize on any mistakes made by the Ducks to force itself back into the contest, I did a lot of soul-searching. Hoping to get the full experience, Id shown up at about 1 p.m.to tailgate I admit the thought of starting even earlier at 5 a.m.for GameDay was too daunting a prospect and then headed across to the stadium two hours later.Already the line of students waiting for the gates to open seemed to stretch to the horizon, and by the time I actually got inside I was very much done with standing around. But looking up to the scoreboard the clock was lit up with the numbers seven and five; before even seeing a single bit of action we would have to last an hour and 15 minutes.A friend of mine, far more savvy than I,had brought a book;I was deeply jealous. At Big Game two years ago, it was even worse.To have any hope of finding reasonably good seats and being able to sit next to my friends, I had to get inside almost two hours prior to kickoff. Though exhausted from the waiting,

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Card cruises in opening round

By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR

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After 30 scoreless minutes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Stanfords top-ranked womens soccer team was clearly a little frustrated on the field. The Cardinal seemingly had the edge over its opponent the University of Montana in every aspect of the game, on paper. Yet the Grizzlies were pressing relentlessly,and although Stanfords defense was not unduly taxed, the offense was stagnant.

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But a key substitution by head coach Paul Ratcliffe was the right move at the right time, and a slick header from junior midfielder Mariah Nogueira broke the ice and the Grizzlies backs as Stanford (20-0-1) secured home-field advantage through the next two rounds of the tournament should it advance to Sundays third round with a 3-0 victory over Montana on Friday night. Ratcliffe wasnt too concerned with the way his team performed early on,particularly since the veteran-laden squad has set very high expectations. I want us to be challenged, he said Friday.We want to get back to the national championship, and in saying that we have to win next Friday. So I think were getting better and better . . . This team is going to peak at the right time in the big games. Montana (6-12-4) snuck into the tournament as the only sub.500 team in the field, winning the Big Sky Tournament in penalty

kicks to make its first NCAA appearance since 2000. But the Griz didnt play like a huge underdog in the first half, taking three shots in one five-minute stretch as they substituted liberally and pressed forward in waves. And while Stanford had several opportunities on four corner kicks very early and some nice combinations in the midfield, Montanas defense held firm in the face of what Grizzlies head coach Mark Plakorus said earlier in the week was possibly the best college team ever put together. After Ratcliffe sent in sophomore forward Sydney Payne and sophomore midfielder Taylor McCann,however,something clicked. Payne created a shot on goal just two minutes later, and senior Camille Levin followed that up with another chance two minutes after that. A nice buildup kept the ball in Montanas defensive third, and Stanford earned its fifth corner kick in the 39th minute. Senior forward Lindsay Taylor, the Pac-12 Player of the Year, played the ball to the far post, and Nogueira beat goalie Kristen Hoon with a header for her third goal of the season and a 1-0 advantage. The Cardinal continued to press, building a 14-4 shot advantage before the break.Hoon was all over the place,forced into five saves in the half four coming in the final 13 minutes. She was impressed with what she saw from Stanfords offense, particularly the teams speed on the field. Its a step up from what weve seen basically all season, Hoon said. It was a challenge for us to keep an eye on every player and have everyone marked. I think we did a pretty good job with that.We stayed with them for the most part,

Card starts with easy home wins

By PALANI ESWARAN The Stanford wrestling team had its first home matches of the season on Sunday against Cal State Bakersfield and Menlo College, with the Bakersfield meet marking the Cardinals first Pac-12 dual of the season. The Stanford wrestlers started off their home season strong, beating Bakersfield 28-9 and demolishing Menlo College 41-3. The dual against Bakersfield started out extremely close, WRESTLING with the Roadrunners winMENLO COLLEGE 3 ning three of STANFORD 41 the first six 11/13, Burnham Pavilion matches. But redshirt senior Nick Amuchastegui, ranked No. 1 in the country at 174 pounds, dominated his opponent.The Cardinal didnt look back as it won the rest of the matches, all by major decision. The match against Menlo College was even more decisive.The Card recorded four pins and lost just one match, which itself was decided on a questionable no-call that would have sent redshirt junior Matt Sencenbaughs match into overtime. The teams two nationally ranked wrestlers Amuchastegui and No. 6 Ryan Mango continued their undefeated season and are now 5-0.Amuchastegui looked very solid, recording two wins, one of which was a pin. In both matches, he seemed to execute every move perfectly both on his feet and on the mat. Mango, a junior, looked equally prepared to wrestle as he won both of his matches, one by major decision and one by pin. Mangos quickness was simply too much for the Bakersfield and Menlo wrestlers, neither of whom could handle his deadly low single. The other Cardinal wrestlers who went a perfect 2-0 on Sunday were redshirt junior

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Junior midfielder Mariah Nogueira got the scoring started for the No. 1 Stanford womens soccer team, punching in a header to give the Cardinal its first of three goals in a shutout win over Montana.
and thats what we worked for. After halftime, it was evident that Montanas players were growing tired after having to spend so much time defending from one side of the field to the other, as Stanford switched the point of attack,repeatedly moving down the Grizzlies flanks and avoiding the stacked defense in the middle of the field. Taylor was brought down in the box in the 58th minute,and she converted the ensuing penalty kick herself for a 2-0 lead. Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Chioma Ubogagu completed the scoring in the 72nd minute after a nice run up the left side by Teresa Noyola led to a cross from Payne that Ubogagu calmly slotted past Hoon. Stanford has now won 47 consecutive home matches 13 straight in the NCAA Tournament and the shutout was the Cardinals 14th of the season. After losing the past two years in the NCAA title match, Stanford still has several tough games ahead on its path back to the top.Next up is a matchup with South Carolina (16-6), which beat Texas in the second round on Friday night.The victor will meet the winner of Friday afternoons matchup between Cal and Boston College, also at Laird Q.Cagan Stadium. The NCAA Womens College Cup will kick off from Kennesaw, Ga. on Friday, Dec. 2, with the championship game to be played on Sunday,Dec.4. Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at milesbs@stanford.edu.

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into the game. He ended the game with four goals,adding yet another hat trick to his impressive freshman resume that includes being the thirdleading scorer in the MPSF. He is averaging 2.42 goals per game for the season. For the second straight day,Stanford jumped out to a 6-1 lead before halftime. But UC-Davis made a push in the fourth quarter, scoring four goals in the frame to make the final score closer than it had been for the majority of the game. Senior Aaron Salit had four goals for the Aggies, including two in that fourth quarter. Pingree ended the day with nine saves, taking his total to 13 for the weekend. Senior driver Jacob Smith had five goals on the weekend, junior driver Paul Rudolph had four, redshirt junior driver Alex Avery had three,senior utility Peter Sefton had two and redshirt sophomore 2meter Forrest Watkins had three. Redshirt junior driver Andrew LaForge, redshirt junior 2-meter Ryan Brown, redshirt senior driver Sam Finlayson, redshirt senior driver Ryan Kent and redshirt freshman driver Eric Wright each finished the weekend with one goal. A highlight within that medley of goals was Rudolph, who has come on strong offensively in the last two weeks. He has scored two goals in each of the past four games.The Cardinal hopes that trend will continue as it prepares for the postseason, where goals will be at a premium against top conference opponents. Platshon talked about how these non-conference games have helped the team come together just weeks before its crucial playoff push. These games are important to get everyone on the same page as the season comes to an end,he said. Stanford hosts No. 3 California next weekend in the season finale.The yearly Big Splash will be crucial for seeding going into the MPSF Tournament.The game is set for 5:15 p.m. on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center. Tickets are now on sale for what is the only Stanford mens water polo home game that is not free for fans.Stanford students still get in free with their SUID. Contact David Perez at davidp3@stanford.edu.

TOUGH SPLIT IN WASHINGTON

CARD FALLS TO UW, BEATS WSU
By ANDERS MIKKELSEN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When the Stanford womens volleyball team last took on Washington and Washington State, it easily dismantled both opponents in straight-set victories. The Cardinal found Washington to be a different team on the road, however, losing to the Huskies 3-2. Stanford again had little trouble with the Cougars, however, defeating them 3-1.

WOMENS VOLLEYBALL STANFORD 3 WASHINGTON STATE 1 11/12, Pullman, Wash.

Ultimately, the story of the weekend was the rematch with No. 10 Washington (19-7, 11-7 Pac-12). Entering the weekend, the No. 5 Cardinal (20-5, 14-5) stood two games back of conference leaders USC and UCLA and needed a sweep of the Washington schools to stay in the hunt for the Pac-12 title. Washington was coming off straight-set losses to both USC and UCLA and was hoping to find redemption by putting a dent in Stanfords conference-title hopes. Coming into the match, the Huskies held an 11-1 home record and had definitely played tougher volleyball in Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Right off the bat, the Huskies looked like a different team than the one Stanford swept in their last meeting.Washington took a 5-4 lead in the first set and never looked back, ultimately taking a 25-18 victory. The second set looked to be more of the same, as Stanford fell behind early and seemed to be headed into a 2-0 hole.The Cardinal soon roared back, however, tying the set at 24-24 before taking its first lead of the set, 26-25. Senior middle blocker Stephanie Brownes kill would cement the comeback and tie the match up at one set apiece. Junior setter Karissa Cook was largely responsible for the set victory, recording assists on 15 of the 16 Cardinal kills. She would finish with a career-high 54 assists and 16 digs for her Pac-12-leading 15th double-

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Sophomore middle blocker Carly Wopat and the Stanford womens volleyball team had a strong defensive effort against Washington, recording 87 digs and 11 blocks. It was not enough, however, as the Huskies came back to win in five sets. The Cardinal bounced back with a four-set win over Washington State.
double. Stanfords momentum continued into the third set, as it led the entire way for a 25-19 victory. The Cardinal captured the set largely due to its dominant defensive effort, holding the Huskies to just a .051 hitting percentage in the set. Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Williams had 10 digs in the set alone and would ultimately tally 20 digs and 20 kills for her 15th doubledouble, tying her with Cook for the conference lead.

The Huskies were not going down without a fight, however, and rallied to capture the fourth set 2522, sending the Cardinal to its first five-set match since September. Washington roared to an early lead, and Stanford was unable to make up ground within the shorter fifth set, falling 15-10 and losing the match. While it will go down in the books as a loss, Stanford played very well. The Cardinal had one of its strongest defensive efforts of the season, recording 87 digs and 11 blocks. Junior libero Hannah Benjamin and sophomore defensive specialist Mary Ellen Luck both recorded career-high dig totals, with 19 and 16 respectively. The Cardinal held the Huskies to a .193 hitting percentage, compared to Stanfords .215. Freshman outside hitter Morgan Boukather had one of her best games for Stanford, posting 11 kills on .455 hitting while also recording seven blocks. Incredibly, Stanford managed to lead the Huskies in almost every relevant statistical category except the area that ultimately was the teams downfall: serving. Stanford had a service percentage of just .854, compared to a .944 percentage for Washington. The Cardinal also had 15 service errors, while the Huskies had only six. Stanfords matchup with Washington State (12-16, 4-14), however, went much smoother, as the Cardinal won 25-23, 25-11, 19-25, 25-15. Stanford, as usual, was led by Williams and Cook, who cemented their spots as the Pac-12 leaders in double-doubles. Williams posted 16 kills and 13 digs, while Cook had 47 assists and 10 digs. Stanfords victory can be credited to its ferocious defense and efficient offense. Entering the match, Washington States senior outside hitter Megan Ganzer led the Pac-12 in both points per set and kills per set. While she did lead all players with 18 kills for the match, the Stanford defense was able to hold her to a .097 hitting percentage. After completing its final road trip of the season, Stanford heads home next weekend to take on the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers. Contact Anders Mikkelsen at amikk @stanford.edu.

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when a game finally starts, the adrenaline kicks back in and pretty much everyone is on their feet for the first quarter. Lasting through almost four hours, though, and cheering on your team the whole way through is no mean feat. Doing that after having already been on your feet for around four hours beforehand is a real struggle, and when frustration adds to the tiredness its hard to keep the volume up. For me this game was an eighthour ordeal for a sport that just takes 60 minutes of play,and for which a significant portion of that playing time is eaten up in the 25 seconds between downs. The fiasco over resetting the game clock and play clock in the fourth quarter just rubbed salt into my tired wounds.In comparison,the average soccer game includes 90 minutes of nearly constant play and takes less than two hours including halftime and stoppages. Perhaps this is why after I hit the two-hour mark my exhausted voice falters, and I struggle to keep cheering on the home side and jeering the opposition. Football seems to me a perfect game for TV:the ample breaks in play supply plenty of time to fit in some ads, a smattering of commentary and analysis and maybe the chance of flipping back and forth between other games.But these pauses arent so ideal for the fans in the stadium.With an average of 150 plays per college game and assuming there is a 25-second break between each you are looking at an hour of nothing.Add in com-

mercial breaks and thats another hour lost.Any way to trim down that vacuum would be nice;cutting up to 10 seconds of the play clock could reduce the time by almost half an hour, and with less time devoted to ads perhaps another 30 minutes could be salvaged. But while time-keeping might be out of the hands of the Department of Athletics,that doesnt mean the experience couldnt be kept shorter and sweeter. It might be no different a situation than in other grounds, but I cant help feeling that if Stanford prioritized those physically present, the team might just get a little more of that home-field advantage that perhaps could have made a difference on Saturday. There was really little reason to open the gates an hour and a half before kickoff.You could cut that time to 45 minutes and still easily get everyone seated in time to stand up for the national anthem. The price of food and drink inside is also ridiculous; stopping people from bringing in their own drinks and then charging so much is nothing short of profiteering. Tailgating becomes a necessity because filling up inside will break the bank, and staying motivated when your team is struggling isnt helped by hunger and thirst. Instead of a better fan experience, what did we get? Just a freeT-shirt given out by one of Stanfords sponsors, a bank that clearly knows so much about the Cardinal that it decided to give out white T-shirts. The inner college football fan in Tom Taylor poked his head out for a while but instantly retreated at the first sign of hardship. Teach Tom the definition of fair-weather fan at tom.taylor@stanford.edu. Kevin Olekaibe caught fire. The sophomore guard, who finished with a team-high 17 points, scored eight straight for the Bulldogs, cutting the lead to just five. But the Cardinal took advantage of its 38 free-throw attempts, connecting on 25 to keep the game out of reach. Transition layups by Randle put the game firmly in hand, as Stanford held on to advance to the next round of the earlyseason tournament. I think it was a terrific challenge, Dawkins said. Im very proud of our kids. I think our kids did a lot of growing up in a game like that where you have to stand your ground and maintain your poise. The Cardinal will take on Colorado State, which defeated SMU in the early game, tonight at 8 p.m. in Maples Pavilion. Contact Zach Zimmerman at zachz @stanford.edu.

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turnovers coupled with 50 percent shooting by Fresno State from behind the arc kept the game close, with Stanford holding onto a 34-30 lead at the break. After intermission, the Cardinal picked up where it left off, blazing out to a 43-30 lead behind more dominant play from Bright. Stanford held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first 3:42 of the second half, with excellent defensive rotation on the perimeter more than making up for the lack of size on the interior. The teams traded buckets throughout the remainder of the period, but Stanford managed to hold on to a double-digit lead until the 12:10 mark. That was when Fresno States

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nia to perform social work and continues to remain involved in the field. Sheth found her way back to acting when offered a role on Outsourced. I didnt ever think I could work as a trans actress, she said, noting that she felt really, really blessed to be a part of Outsourced, a sitcom about an American companys call center in Mumbai, India. Sheth said her character would have continued to the second season, if not for the shows cancellation earlier this year. Sheth did, however, mention negative feedback she received for her role on Outsourced.She noted that while some took issue with her role as a stripper, arguing that the character served to reinforce negative stereotypes, her response was,We all have to start somehow. Sheth also discussed industry discrimination she faced before and after her transition. My agent said, Cut your hair, work out, make yourself look more masculine, she said, describing how attempts to follow the advice left her feeling as if she had betrayed a part of herself. Sheth also mentioned that while she felt pressure to choose whether or not to bill herself at auditions as transgender, agents told her the issue didnt matter, commenting, You pass as a woman. Now Sheth is proud to represent her true self. Youre respecting yourself by saying Im who I am and Im not going to sacrifice this, she said. Prompted by the audience, Sheth also spoke about her relationship

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Timmy Boone at 149 pounds, sophomore Garrett Schaner at 157 pounds, redshirt junior Spence Patrick at 184 pounds, sophomore Alan Yen at 197 pounds and sophomore Dan Scherer at heavyweight. After the match, head coach Jason Borrelli was very pleased. We did a lot of things better than we have the last couple of duals, Borrelli said. Hip defense and defending shots looked better. We did a good job of finishing when we go to their legs. We were very good from the top position as well. The Cardinal wrestlers showed their intelligence and mat-awareness during this weekends duals. On numerous occasions, Stanford wrestlers were fighting for extra points at the end of the match. One match in particular, the contest between Boone and Bakersfields Erik Martinez, exemplified the teams ability to think on the mat. With only a few seconds left in the match, Boone was up by six and could have stalled until the referee raised his hand in victory. But Boone fought for a last-second takedown that put him up by eight, which gained a major decision and gave the team four crucial points.

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Aneesh Sheth, the first South Asian trans woman actress on television, spoke Monday evening about her personal story as part of Intersections Week, a series of events organized by Stanford Students for Queer Liberation (SSQL).
with her family. Theres still something to learn within every story,she said when describing ongoing tension. My dad is definitely more accepting than my mother. She never fully grieved the loss of a son. Sheth also spoke about the importance of her recent connection to a South Asian transgender community, referring to the positive support from a community of people who not only understand my gender identity, but also my culture. Im only really starting to discover that part of myself, Sheth said. Sheth described divisions within the LGBTQ community and commented on efforts at universities to support students from all groups. A lot of colleges are doing these co-ed dormitories,she said,referring to Stanfords policy offering co-ed living in specific dorms. I think its good, but probably there are some kinks that need to be worked out. Allies are a huge part of the support system, Sheth said, a sentiment shared by the student organizers of the event. Intersections for me is exciting because it allows us to explore many identities that people feel are at odds with each other, said SSQL co-president Leanna Keyes 14. Intersections Week will include several speakers and film screenings and will culminate in an open mic Friday evening at the CoHo. Its much more than, What is it like to be this? said event organizer Mia Divecha 13, stressing the theme of intersections of various identities. What is it like to be both these things? Contact Lucy Musson at lucyfina@ stanford.edu. I dont feel very doctrinaire about how this is going to turn out.What I do feel strongly about is that people have a right to live and a right to be who they are, he added. Members of the audience posed questions to the panel on issues ranging from how a binational solution might be more effective than a twostate approach to the preservation of a Jewish state, the idealism of a binational approach and avenues of action.Attendees broke up into smaller discussions, raising issues such as practicality of the binational solution, the language of critique and historical causality. Many said they appreciated the opportunity to consider a novel approach to the situation. You dont often hear the binational perspective, since it has been historically marginalized since 1948, said Rachel Antonsen 12.I thought it was cool that it was being examined through art. The panel was co-sponsored by the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the Department of Comparative literature, the Program in Modern Thought and Literature and the Department of History and the Division of International Comparative and Area Studies. Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@ stanford.edu. right now for the student portal, a landing page which is a mash-up of different parts of your life that are interesting and important to you,Webber said. You can find your current assignments, grades, what library books you have overdue and other information. Were going to work on making this type of service available. Response to criticism A new enrollment system, called SimpleEnroll,was launched on Axess on Aug. 1, in response to student criticism of the old system. Wed gotten a lot of input from students on things they didnt like, said Director of Student Information Systems Linda Regan, who worked on SimpleEnroll,in an October interview with The Daily. They couldnt see their schedules. It was difficult to see when they had time conflicts and they had a lot of issues with the previous system, so we launched [SimpleEnroll] as an alternate. Webber suggested that students should not compare Stanfords websites to Internet staples such as Google and Facebook, as the Universitys resources are comparatively limited. Things that work so well on the web and set peoples standards for what they expect like Google are a process of elimination from hundreds if not thousands of competitors that have tried to fill a void on the web,he said.When you look at higher education and the types of technologies we use, the number of people working and amount of money to be made is negligible in comparison because you are selling software to nonprofit organizations. However,he did suggest that Stanfords sites leave room for improvement. The environment isnt the same and doesnt lead to the same outcomes, but that doesnt mean that we cant learn from web development that is out there,Webber said. Contact Ally Arrieta at aarrieta@stanford.edu.

The team has definitely improved from its duals last weekend against Northwestern, North Central College and Northern Illinois. The Card went 2-1 on the road trip, losing to a top-15 Northwestern team. In that dual, the Cardinal wrestlers were the ones being beaten from neutral and dominated on the mat. On Sunday, however, all wrestlers wore their opponents down by staying on top, accumulating riding time and scoring near-fall points. But there is always room for improvement. Weve still got to get better at putting a complete match together, Borrelli said. But I think with experience and conditioning, well get to that point. One thing not to overlook is that the Cardinal is now 1-0 in the Pac12. Although many dont value the regular season, conference wins help seeding in the conference tournament. You want to send the right message, because youre going to have to wrestle those guys at the end of the year to go to nationals, Borrelli said. On Sunday, the Cardinal will travel to Chattanooga, Tenn., to wrestle Central Michigan and Chattanooga. Contact Palani Eswaran at palani14 @stanford.edu.

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bility of how to be a brother,not to be an other, he added, deeming the use of the word other as language of separation. Binationalism, he held, will come only with this understanding. Only when the Palestinian is ready to say,Im home,Im ready to say Im home in this land,he said. Until then, I am in exile. Abu Sharkh followed Alonis talk and presented a personal story of Gaza, referencing her experience growing up there as the daughter of a Palestinian refugee. Her father was trapped in Gaza as a result of the 2006 blockade. The issue is Palestinians not being at home in their own home, Abu Sharkh said. Gaza is a strange strip in the modern world.Not part of any nation. Not occupied, yet not free. Obenzinger spoke last, mentioning a campaign in the West Bank modeled after the American civil rights movements Freedom Riders. I began to understand the connection between the experience in the U.S. as a settler society and then as a segregated society,and that that there

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American-Israeli artist Udi Aloni spoke about his most recent book Monday in a panel titled, Theory, Art and Action: Jewish and Palestinian voices toward binationalism.
were parallels in terms of Israels development, Obenzinger said. Obenzinger also criticized the limited scope of debate on Israeli policies. If youre Jewish,youll be accused of being a self-hating Jew, he said.If youre not Jewish,youre anti-Semitic. Weve got to get way past that and start talking about whats going on. plementation at Stanford at this time,he said.One of the top issues is the lack of compliance to accessibility standards across the entire suite of Google Apps. Google must address this to ensure that their products are usable by all,including those with disabilities. Coursework SULAIR, which handles the Coursework website for managing student-faculty interaction, is developing a centralized online portal for student interaction with the University. Coursework is based off the opensource software Sakai created by a consortium of universities including the University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCBerkeley and Stanford. The software is free to universities. We receive feedback primarily through user support and do an annual survey,said Makoto Tsuchitani,associate director in Faculty Computing Services.We do a ranking of desired functionality, so we will know what to address first. The student response has generally been much better than the faculty response. Because of the consortium-based development model, SULAIR is limited in its ability to make major changes to the program. However, it has developed Courseworks testing and quizzing modules, donating them to Sakai for widespread use. However, according to Associate Director of SULAIR Enterprise Systems of Programming Richard Webber, the department continues to receive student complaints about pages loading times. According to Webber, the delays stem from the fact that many parties have collaborated in developing Courseworks pages, creating a complex system architecture. Both Coursework and Axess have had problems in the past with crashes and slow page-loading speeds. Students and faculty have suggested an aggregate view of all assignments and improvements in file upload. There is lots of push in education

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a.m. backup window each night. This is an issue that weve tried to minimize by changing backup procedures and timing. To replace outdated email systems, several universities have switched to Gmail through Google Apps for Education,a service provided free to higher educational institutions.While Harvard made the switch in August,Yale is currently transitioning small groups of students at a time. We just started our migration in late September, and so far the students seem enthusiastic about the new service, wrote Jane Livingston, director of IT strategy, governance and policy at Yale, in an email to The Daily. Letting Google handle our student email both provides the students with a more rich set of services and importantly, it will free up Yale staff time to work on more institutionally-important initiatives that outside vendors like Google cant deliver. The switch at Harvard has received overwhelmingly positive feedback so far, wrote Susan Walsh, executive director for technology infrastructure at Harvard,in an email to The Daily. Several students at Stanford have already chosen to redirect their school email to Gmail I think Zimbra is way too slow, said Annabah Glasser 15.I chose to redirect my email to Gmail, and it works like a charm. Even when the University adopted the well-received Zimbra system in 2008, many students still chose to redirect their email through Gmail. Ricks said IT Services has been evaluating the use of Google Apps for Education for over a year. While many other colleges and universities have implemented Google Apps, including Gmail, there are outstanding legal and compliance issues which prevent widespread im-