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VPUE begins program cuts

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HPACs,PMs and NSO programs first to face the axe By MARISA LANDICHO and KAMIL DADA

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The University’s biennial emergency preparedness exercise took place on Friday. Vaden doctors, Stanford Emergency Medical Technicians and volunteer “patients” went through a mock emergency triage process following a simulated 6.9-magnitude earthquake.

The first wave of budget cuts that will have a direct and noticeable effect on the undergraduate population was announced by Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education John Bravman ‘79 in a Jan. 30 letter to the Stanford community. The University’s academic advising program will be dramatically pared down — the Head Peer Academic Coordinator (HPAC) and Peer Mentor (PM) programs, some New Student Orientation (NSO) programming, some training for residential and writing tutors and honorarium to premajor advisors will all be cut from the budget. Bravman added that he was not presenting an exhaustive list of reductions and more may follow. “These decisions were made after much deliberation and consultation with campus partners, and they reflect our clear desire

HOUSING

Students react to housing changes By THOMAS YEH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University’s new Housing Master Plan, which was revealed last Friday, was met with mixed emotions among Stanford students and Resident Fellows (RFs) alike. Given the complex and multifaceted nature of the suggested changes, some details of the proposal have generated collective approval, while other aspects have already begun to stir up controversy. “It’s a lot to take in, especially all at once,” said Lovelee Brown ‘11. “There are so many different changes proposed, and I don’t know how I feel about a few of them.” Most students, however, did agree on the benefits of “unstuffing” overcrowded rooms, voicing support for the steps being taken toward solving the problem of cramped hous-

ing spaces. Alex Song ‘09, a residential assistant (RA) in West Lagunita, famous for its mini-doubles, was delighted when he first heard about the proposed unstuffing. “I am glad that West Lag will be a more accommodating residence in the future,” Song said. “As it is now, the rooms are SHELLY NI/ a bit too small to fit two The Stanford Daily people in.” Amanda Garvin ‘09 echoed the same sentiments about her past experiences in Mirrielees. “Mirrielees desperately needs to be unstuffed,” Garvin said. “It’s nearly impossible to function properly when you have to live with two other people in the space that’s provided.”

But restructuring these overcrowded rooms will significantly affect the composition of houses and dorms on campus, and many students are strongly condemning the shifting dorm dynamics that this new housing plan entails. A portion of these grievances pertain to converting the majority of Stern and Wilbur Halls into all-frosh housing in the University’s efforts to bring freshmen together. “I am not happy about the move away from four-class dorms,” said Mindy Schrag ‘10. Schrag, who has lived in Soto, a four-class dorm in Wilbur, for all three years of her Stanford career, emphasized the advantages of living with upperclassmen during her first year on campus. “As a freshman, it was a great resource to be able to get to know upperclassmen and ask them about classes or just general advice about life at Stanford,” Schrag said. “And now, as an upperclassman, I love having freshmen

to reduce program costs before having to consider eliminating professional academic staff and frontline positions,” Bravman wrote. The vice provost explained that he was confident that with the new academic directors in place in every residential complex with freshmen, and the staff of professional advisors located at the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Research (UAR), the University has a sufficiently strong pre-major advising program. The letter explained that the VPUE derives a majority of its annual operating income from funds invested in Stanford’s endowment and a smaller percentage from the University’s general funds. Therefore, the sharp decline in the endowment strongly affects organizations such as the VPUE. ASSU Executives Jonny Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09 called a Sunday night

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a) This will be a huge loss to Stanford academic life b) I’m going to have a little more trouble picking my classes now c) This won’t really impact me academically d) This was the best spot to start paring down the budget

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Harmon lifts Card in win over UCLA MANAGING EDITOR

With junior Jayne Appel and sophomore Jeanette Pohlen struggling, the Stanford women’s basketball team turned to a gritty veteran and a developing star to lead them to victory. Senior Jillian Harmon and sophomore Kayla Pedersen provided the necessary spark in the second half to give the No. 9 Cardinal a 68-51 win over UCLA, Sunday at Maples Pavilion. After a miserable first 20 minutes, when Stanford (17-4, 8-1 Pacific-10 Conference) shot less than 30 percent from the field and led the Bruins (14-6, 5-4) by only two points at the half, the Cardinal went on a quick 8-2 run to create some separation, and never looked back — Stanford’s lead grew to as much

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COVERAGE: RADIO KZSU 90.1 FM (kzsu.stanford.edu) GAME NOTES: The Cardinal women are coming off a solid win over UCLA, their fourth consecutive victory. On the road, Stanford will look to shut down freshman guard Jazmine Perkins, who averages 14.4 ppg for the Cougars. Despite her youth, Perkins has quickly adapted to Pac-10 play, and registered her first double-double last time out against Arizona.

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Sophomore Kayla Pederson (pictured) offered 13 points and nine rebounds to complement senior Jillian Harmon’s 17 points and nine boards in Stanford’s decisive, 68-51 win over the Bruins this past weekend.

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Students give feedback on future budget cuts

What do you think of the decision to end the HPAC/PM program?

COURT HARMONY By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY

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By ZOE RICHARDS At their second budget-related Town Hall meeting in as many weeks, ASSU President Jonny Dorsey ‘09 and Vice President Fagan Harris ‘09 told students about their meeting last week with Provost John Etchemendy, which both executives labeled a success. “We thought it would go well, and I think it went even better,” Dorsey said. The two met with Provost Etchemendy and the Budget Committee last Thursday. Friday’s town hall was intended to maintain the flow of communication between students and their elected student leaders. Dorsey told students he hoped to begin the process of clarifying more concrete cuts the student body feels would be possible to make as we move towards the budget decisions, which are currently scheduled to be made by mid-March. “One of the areas that you guys added the most to in this conversation was the part about frontline staff,” Dorsey said. “A lot of the other issues are things they would have guessed students care about. It’s a little counterintuitive to the administrators to say we’d rather have these little program funds go to staff members.” “We were pretty nervous going into the meeting,” Harris said, “because the University doesn’t have an obligation to listen to the student body or the ASSU, and so we put a lot of thought into our strategy moving forward — how can we maximize our position and leverage to have constructive input?” The two executives said they

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TROUBLE FOR LEADING SHIITE PARTY

Iraqi election signals change BRIAN MURPHY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The biggest Shiite party in Iraq once appeared to hold all the political sway: control of the heartland, the backing of influential clerics and a foot in the government with ambitions to take full control. But the days of wide-open horizons could be soon ending for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, and replaced by important shifts that could be welcomed in Washington and scorned in Tehran. The signs began to take shape Sunday with hints of the voter mood from provincial elections. The broad message — built on Iraqi media projections and postelection interviews — was that the eventual results would punish religious-leaning factions such as the Supreme Council that are blamed for stoking sectarian violence, and reward secular parties seen capable of holding Iraq’s relative calm. The outcome of the provincial races will not directly effect Iraq’s national policies or its balance between Washington’s global power and Iran’s regional muscle. But Shiite political trends are critically important in Iraq, where majority Shiites now hold sway after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime. “There is a backlash from Iraqis against sectarian and religious politics,” said Mustafa al-Ani, an Iraqi political analyst based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Although official results from Saturday’s provincial elections are likely still days away, the early outlines are humbling for The Supreme Council. The group had been considered a linchpin in Iraqi politics as a junior partner in the government that had near seamless political control in the Shiite south. Some forecasts point to widespread losses for the party across the main Shiite provinces. The blows could include embarrassing stumbles in the key city of Basra and the spiritual center of Najaf — hailed as the future capital in the Supreme Council’s dreams for an au-

tonomous Shiite enclave. In their place, the big election winners appear to be allies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to projections and interviews with political figures who spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are not posted. It’s a vivid lesson in Iraq’s fluid politics. A year ago, al-Maliki looked to be sinking. Shiite militiamen ruled cities such as Basra and parts of Baghdad and rockets were pouring into the protected Green Zone, which includes the U.S. Embassy and Iraq’s parliament. Al-Maliki — with apparent little advance coordination with the U.S. military — struck back. An offensive broke the militia control in Basra and elsewhere in the south. His reputation turned around. And many voters appeared happy to reward his political backers in the elections for seats on provincial councils, which carry significant clout with authority over local business contracts, jobs and local security forces. “Al-Maliki ended the militiamen’s reign of terror,” said Faisal Hamadi, 58, after voting in Basra. “For this he deserves our vote.” The Supreme Council, meanwhile, appeared to stagger under the weight of negative baggage. It was accused of failing to deliver improvements to public services in the south.Also, its deep ties to Iran began to rub against Iraqis’ nationalist sentiments. The Supreme Council’s leader,Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, spent decades in Iran during Saddam’s rule and was allowed an office-villa in downtown Tehran. After Saddam’s fall, the Supreme Council was Iran’s main political conduit into Iraq even though the group also developed ties with Washington. A Supreme Council lawmaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, acknowledged the election mood was against them. “We controlled most provinces in the

Presented by Stanford In Government Senator: Appointment wouldn’t affect Senate makeup President Barack Obama is expected to pick a Republican senator,Judd Gregg of New Hampshire,as his commerce secretary soon.But officials expect the state’s Democratic governor, John Lynch, to fill Gregg’s Senate seat with another Republican. “In other words, whoever is appointed to replace him would caucus with Senate Republicans, so I think it would have no impact on the balance of power in the Senate,” Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate’s minority leader, told “Face the Nation” on CBS. If a Republican is appointed, the Democrats will be no closer to their goal of holding 60 Senate seats, enough to cut off Republican filibusters if all Democrats vote together. They now have 56 votes.Two independents usually vote with the Democrats, giving them 58 votes. The outcome in a stilldisputed Senate election in Minnesota could bring that to 59 votes. The Republican expected to get the seat until a new election is held in two years is Bonnie Newman, who served as Gregg’s chief of staff when Gregg was in the House. She is a veteran of the Reagan White House. Under the deal that has been worked out, she will not run in the 2010 election.

North Korea warns of possible war with South Korea North Korea warned Sunday that South Korea’s confrontational policies may trigger a war on the divided peninsula, a message coming two days after the communist country vowed to abandon all peace agreements with its southern neighbor. Relations between the two Koreas have been strained since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office nearly a year ago in Seoul, pledging to take a harder line on the North. Tension heightened Friday when the North said it was ditching a nonaggression pact and all other peace accords with South Korea.

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An Iraqi girl holds up an ink-stained finger after her parents voted in the country’s provincial elections in Karabala, Iraq on Saturday. Iraqis passed through heavy security to vote in crucial provincial elections. south, so we were blamed for whatever went wrong there,” he said. “The elections gave us an indication of what will happen in the general election late this year,” said the analyst alAni. “Those who lost in this election have nearly a year to learn their lesson and change their strategy. They know now where the Iraqis stand.” Nationwide turnout in the election was 51 percent, said Faraj al-Haidari,

chairman of the election commission. The figure fell short of some optimistic predictions, but was overshadowed by a bigger achievement: no serious violence during the voting. Associated Press writers SINAN SALAHEDDIN and HAMZA HENDAWI in Baghdad, and QASSIM ABDUL ZAHRA in Basra contributed to this report.

GOP leader doubts stimulus will pass Sen. Mitch McConnell says stimulus bill could fail in Senate DOUGLASS K. DANIEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday the massive stimulus bill backed by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats could go down to defeat if it’s not stripped of unnecessary spending and focused more on housing issues and tax cut. The Senate version of the bill, which topped out at nearly $900 billion, is headed to the floor for debate. The House bill totaled about $819 billion and earned no Republican votes, even though it easily passed the

Democratic-controlled House.At some point lawmakers will need to compromise on the competing versions. McConnell and other Republicans suggested that the bill needed an overhaul because it doesn’t pump enough into the private sector through tax cuts and allows Democrats to go on a spending spree unlikely to jolt the economy. The Republican leader also complained that Democrats had not been as bipartisan in writing the bill as Obama had said he wanted. “I think it may be time ... for the president to kind of get a hold of these Democrats in the Senate and the House, who have rather significant majorities, and shake them a little bit and say, ‘Look, let’s do this the right way,’” McConnell said. “I can’t believe that the president isn’t embarrassed about the products that have been produced so far.” For his part, Obama said he is confident Republi-

cans will come around to support the final version of the legislation. He and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Monday afternoon. “I am confident that by the time we have the final package on the floor that we are going to see substantial support, and people are going to see this is a serious effort. It has no earmarks.We are going to be trimming out things that are not relevant to putting people back to work right now,” Obama said. However, he declined to predict how many Senate Republicans might switch parties. Biden, a former senior member of the Senate before his election, similarly declined to offer predictions last week in an interview despite his personal phone calls for former colleagues. Associated Press writer PHILIP ELLIOTT contributed to this report.

Daschle earned $220,000 from healthcare industry Tom Daschle collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars in fees in the last two years speaking to leaders of the industry President Barack Obama wants him to reform as the administration’s health secretary. That was just a portion of the more than $5.2 million the former South Dakota senator earned as he advised insurers and hospitals and worked in other industries — real estate, energy and telecommunications among them, according to a financial statement filed with the Office of Government Ethics. Daschle’s finances are drawing additional scrutiny because he failed to pay his taxes properly. Although he has made amends with the government, senators said Sunday they are awaiting guidance from the committee reviewing Daschle’s nomination before deciding whether the tax problem could stall or even derail his confirmation.

Israel strikes Gaza after militant rocket fire Israel threatened “harsh and disproportionate”retaliation after Gaza militants fired at least 10 rockets and mortar shells across the border Sunday and warplanes later bombed the area where Hamas smuggles in weapons from Egypt through tunnels. Since an unwritten truce ended Israel’s offensive in Gaza two weeks ago, rocket and mortar fire from the Palestinian territory ruled by Hamas has increased steadily. Israeli retaliation, including brief ground incursions and bombings of rocket launchers and smuggling tunnels, is also intensifying. “If there is shooting at residents of the south, there will be an Israeli response that will be harsh and disproportionate by its nature,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet. Israel launched its three-week offensive with the aim of ending years of Hamas rocket fire at southern Israel. It left nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead, more than half of them civilians, according to Gaza officials. Thirteen Israelis were killed, including three civilians. Source:The Associated Press

Steelers win their sixth Super Bowl BARRY WILNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The winning play of the Super Bowl was right out of a schoolyard. Scamble right, scramble left, find someone open. The perfect unscripted ending to a game of improbable swings. Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes improvised the 6-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left that gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a record-setting sixth Super Bowl victory, 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night. “Great players step up in big-time games to make plays,” said Holmes, the game’s MVP. He said he told Roethlisberger that he “wanted to be the guy to make the plays for this team.” And he was. Holmes grabbed the ball with both arms stretched fully above his head in the back right corner of the end zone, his toes barely dragging inbounds. He fell, sat up and cradled the ball like the prize it was. This thriller certainly matched last year’s upset of the New England Patriots by the New York Giants that ended with Plaxico Burress’ TD catch — with 35 seconds left, too. But this one was even wilder. With the last tension-packed seconds ticking

away, a kneeling Roethlisberger held coach Mike Tomlin’s hand as Kurt Warner led one last, but futile, drive. The Steelers (15-4), winning their second Super Bowl in four seasons, led 20-7 in the fourth quarter, only to see Warner and the Cardinals stage a remarkable rally to go in front 23-20 with 2:37 remaining. Fitzgerald could only watch from the sideline as Roethlisberger engineered a 78-yard drive to win it in what resembled Heinz Field South. With waves of twirling Terrible Towels turning Raymond James Stadium into a black-and-gold tableau — Steelers fans supporting their beloved team, the economy be damned — Pittsburgh’s offense rescued the title. “I knew it was a touchdown 100 percent,” Holmes said, even though it had to withstand a video review. “My feet never left the ground. All I did was stand up on my toes and extended my hands.” And hauled in the pass that punctuated another Pittsburgh championship, adding to those won in the 1974, ‘75, ‘78, ‘79 and ‘05 seasons. The stunning swings overshadowed Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison’s record 100-yard interception return for a touchdown to end the first half. That looked like the signature play until the final quarter, when both

teams shook off apparent knockout punches to throw haymakers of their own. Big Ben and Holmes struck the last blow, and when Warner fumbled in the final seconds, the Cardinals’ dream of winning their first NFL crown since 1947 were gone. “I’m disappointed for our team,” said Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt, the offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh when the Steelers won the 2005 title. “This is a group of men that I’m very proud of. They played very hard in circumstances where nobody believed in them. Harrison, the defensive player of the year, stepped in front of Boldin at the goal line, picked off Warner’s throw and began a journey down the right sideline that ended as the longest play in Super Bowl history. Harrison ran past or through most of the Cardinals, nearly stepped out of bounds at one point, and was dragged down by Fitzgerald as he fell to the goal line. The play was reviewed as several Cardinals knelt on one knee, exhausted from the chase and disheartened by the result. “Those last couple of yards were probably tougher than anything I’ve done in my life, but probably more gratifying than anything I’ve done in football,” Harrison said.

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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison is chanced down by Arizona Cardinals’ defense while returning an interception for a 100-yard touchdown during the second quarter of the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game, Sunday in Tampa, Fla. Harrison ran for the longest play in Super Bowl history. The previous record was Desmond Howard’s 99-yard kickoff return for Green Bay in 1997.

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Free the Children launches in the U.S. Kielburger speaks at first branch in Palo Alto By AMY HARRIS

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ASSU Executives Jonny Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09 held their second Town Hall meeting in Old Union on Friday. The pair met with students to discuss future budget cuts and determine which programs are of highest and lowest priorities.

TOWN HALL Continued from front page engaged in open discourse with the Provost, asking whether the student voice was truly accounted for in finalizing budget cuts. “We asked him point-blank: Will you listen to us? Do you care what we have to say? And to that he said, resoundingly, ‘yes’” Harris said. “[Etchemendy said] that the petition and the letter to the administration had already had a great deal of influence helping them decide where the priorities of the student body lie.” According to Dorsey and Harris, there is much to be learned from the GSC regarding an appropriate and effective approach to budget cuts and student priorities. Both noted how the GSC formed a consensus on programs that were of less importance, and by prioritizing accordingly, they had a clear influence on some of the budget decisions that

are already taking effect. Mililani Trask-Batti ‘10 came to the ASSU Town Hall for a second time with a group of other students sporting matching T-shirts. TraskBatti is a member of the Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO) and expressed her concerns about potential cuts to the Native American Center. “Our whole point with the Native American Center is that it kind of takes all of the other priorities and puts it in there so we have issues of health and wellness that our community center offers to students and frontline staff there that we care lots about and academics,” she said. After the first Town Hall meeting last week, Dorsey and Harris organized and distributed an online petition gathering student signatures. “We did receive quite a bit of criticism regarding the kind of tone of the letter for the petition, saying that it was less adversarial [than it should have been],” Harris said. “We opted for a course of action that would place a premium on a cooperative,

constructive relationship with the Provost.” “It’s important to note that this process is happening along two tracks — there’s the graduate body and undergraduate body,” Harris added, “[The budget committee] has been working with the GSC on a variety of issues and, to be honest, they’re a lot further along for a variety of reasons, so they’re at the point as of yesterday of presenting specific programs that they would like to see protected. And that’s kind of where we need to get to as an undergraduate body.” According to the executives, moving forward requires undergraduates to take on the challenge of further honing in on our highest and lowest priorities. Angelina Cardona ‘11, executive cabinet chair of Mental Health Initiatives, agreed. “There are still some people that need to be roped in,” she said. It’s a zero-sum game because smaller cuts in some areas mean bigger cuts in other programs.

According to Dorsey, true power comes through defining those areas of most interest to students, as well as areas that can afford cuts. He said that it was important to recognize that as these cuts are made, students will equally be held accountable for the suggestions they make. In order to clarify student opinions and unify the student voice, Dorsey emphasized the importance of students sharing their opinions with undergraduate senators to set a collaborative tone. “Jonny and I are the official representatives of the student body, but again, it’s not up to us to decide what these agenda items look like — it’s up to you to decide; you have elected representation to make that happen,” Harris said. “This is where the rubber hits the road; this is where we kind of roll up our sleeves, take a hard look at what we’ve got going on and make some tough decisions.” Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@ stanford.edu.

Children, not champagne, heralded the official Palo Alto launch of Free the Children Friday, a Torontobased charity that mobilizes youth to stop child exploitation. Craig Kielburger founded the million-member strong group when he was just 12 years old, and spoke to hundreds of Bay Area children, parents and educators at the celebratory youth rally, which was held at the Lucie Stern Community Center. “If you really want to leave a legacy, shape how kids view the world,” Kielburger said. “We are the generation we’ve been waiting for, and children are going to make the difference.” Free the Children, now in its 14th year, empowers youth on a domestic level to be agents of change for international development. “We’re trying to combat a generation of passive bystanders by really engaging the youth,” Kielburger said. “We can’t tell young people to close their eyes to poverty — instead, we show them how they can make a difference.” Free the Children uses funds raised on a domestic level to finance programs like Adopt a Village, a four-pronged approach to funding education, healthcare, alternative income projects and water and sanitation facilities in more than 16 different countries. Megha Malpani, a 7th grader from the Girl’s Middle School in Mountain View, decided to help a Kenyan girl receive an education through Free the Children. “This girl my age said that the one thing she wanted in the world was an education,” Malpani remem-

bered. Malpani resolved to grant the Kenyan girl her wish, so she baked cookies and sold them from her driveway until she raised $5,000, enough to build a well in Kenya. Access to clean water reduces the burden of chores placed on girls like Malpani’s friend so that they can go to school. Thanks to Malpani and the thousands of other engaged youth, whose donations account for 65 percent of Free the Children’s funding, 2007 marked the construction of Free the Children’s 500th school, giving educational access to more than 50,000 children every day. Eva Haller, now on the group’s U.S. Board of Directors and official “grandmother” of Free the Children, has been with the organization since it began in the basement of the Kielburger’s home. She was teary-eyed as she explained that the opening of a U.S. office was furthering “the dream of a 12 year-old that became truth.” “When Craig came to me, he had no money, no image, no brand,” Haller recalled. All Craig Kielburger had was a mission: to stop child labor. When Kielburger was 12 years old, he came across an article in The Toronto Star about Iqbal Masih, a young Pakistani boy who had been sold into slavery. Kielburger knew he had to help, so he rushed to his 7th grade class, assembled his 11 friends, and Free the Children was born. Haller and others helped Kielburger to expand Free the Children from just 12 members to the now more than a million participants. Friday’s move to Palo Alto marks Free the Children’s commitment to solidify its U.S. presence. Erin Barton- Ch?ry, director of development & North American

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little over four months ago, at the start of Volume 234, I wrote in my “Editor’s Welcome”about how much of my journalism career has been a “mistake” — from filling an accidental hole in my high school class schedule with Journalism 1 all the way to working here at The Stanford Daily. I made a resolution, though, not to let Volume 234 be an accident or mistake. I ran for editor in chief with a purpose, and every day I spent working was going to be for a reason — whether that was for the good of the Stanford community, for the sake of The Daily tradition or for the opportunity to work with and get to know the many other students involved with The Daily. But last Thursday at 11 p.m., I made a big mistake. When Andrea Fuller, our then-editorial board chair, asked where my “Editor’s Farewell”piece was,I paused,realizing that it had completely slipped my mind — that I had been thinking all week what I wanted to say at the end of the volume, but I ended up not even writing my farewell. It was far too late to get started, unless I wanted to hold up the entire night’s production, so I just accepted it and moved on. Whether or not it was an “accident” per se . . . well, I don’t really know. Thinking about saying goodbye to 65 issues of hard work, summing up my experience and sharing what I had learned was, quite literally, too difficult to put into words. Maybe, then, it wasn’t such an accident that the writing “slipped my mind.” At this moment,however,I’m finding that writing another “Editor’s Welcome” instead is much easier. I’m happy to be returning for another four months as editor in chief, picking up where I left off and working to improve this publication with the help of an incredible staff. While I’m amazed at how far this paper and its staff have come since September, I’m only more astounded by our potential as we continue to develop with Volume 235. And much like myself last Thursday at 11 p.m., I recognize that, at times, The Daily makes mistakes. As student journalists, we learn each day how to better approach and encompass the many issues facing the Stanford community, tell its many stories and

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All sung out This column originally ran on Jan. 21, 2009. am not a fan of a cappella.For those of you who (somehow) don’t know, a cappella is the tradition of taking perfectly good songs and rearranging them so that people sing all the parts that our forebears’ designed instruments do much, much better. Stanford (somehow) has nine of these groups. Based on science, a cappella began in the time of cavemen, when our primitive ancestors would harmonize their rudimentary caveman utterances into a sound so vile that it could take down a stegosaurus from 50 paces.How were cavemen and stegosauruses, creatures separated by 150 million years, around at the same time? Ask Testimony. (For those of you who play drinking games to my columns, “Testimony” should be the top “buzzed-word” on your list for today.) Now, some may say that my dislike of a cappella stems from the fact that my own singing voice sounds like a cross between Bob Dylan’s and some sort of cat pinned down by a tractor. However, my sense of jealousy accounts for no more than 15 percent of my antipathy. From two songs into the first Fleet Street performance I saw at Admit Weekend, I knew that I disliked a cappella,with its overdramatic soloists and its progressively less ironic use of beatboxing. But unfortunately, a cappella has burrowed itself deep into the intestines of Stanford like no other system of groups here have. Take, for example,The O Show — a ceremony that essentially serves as a showcase for all nine a cappella organizations and one or two other performance groups. Not only is having such a show unfair to the hundreds of other groups we have on this campus,it’s also unfair to the hundreds of innocent freshmen who sit through it in an already very busy orientation week. Additionally, whenever dorms need someone to perform for parents, dorm shows or ProFros, a cappella groups are normally at the top of their lists.Why not a dance troupe, or, much cooler, a rock band? At least with a rock band,you can stand up and dance;with a cappella shows, you try to remember the songs as you once loved them as you pray for the whiskey you snuck in to hit soon. More frightening, unless you stop them, a cappella groups will multiply. For every singer given a spot in a group, three others are jilted (This is an estimate. No one wants to fess up to being rejected by Mixed Co.). Nursing their wounds, these members regroup into an even worse a cappella troupe, calling themselves something revolting like “the Harmonics.” Now, this is not an attack on members of a cappella groups — I count many (or, at least, once counted many, depending on how many people read this column) as friends, and I’m happy to see people really enjoying themselves in performances after spending countless hours charting and learning to sing difficult songs. But why do we need nine different

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Kevin Webb a cappella shows every quarter? Why can’t groups do more collaborative shows? The number of new songs these groups come up with per quarter is not particularly high, and I think sharing shows might help whittle down the best material from each. On a more social level, I can assure you from experience that nothing kills a party quite as fast as the Mendicants drunkenly belting “Brown-Eyed Girl.” Actually, I take that back — I can only imagine how terrible a party would be if an inebriated Talisman started singing a 40-minute rendition of the national anthem.And anything by Testimony, I fear, would be much, much worse. I guess I don’t really know what I want to come out of this column, though I have a few ideas. Maybe we could see a couple groups merge,or better yet,we could create a schoolwide ban on a cappella group proliferation. (If we don’t do something now, our children may be forced to attend a Stanford with an “‘80s video game theme music” group, a “songs of Neil Diamond” group or maybe even a “jazz-infused Kabbalah praise” group.) Or maybe I’d like to see other groups on this campus more proportionately involved in school events.We could have fewer rollouts with Fleet Street singing in the lounge, and more with Stanford Taiko pounding the hell out of drums. That’s sure to put a kick in any freshman’s morning. Maybe we could even see a day where a cappella shows engage audience members, instead of expecting them to pay for admission and sit through up to 90 minutes of songs they have mostly heard before. I think what I want most of all,though,is to be able to say openly “I don’t really care for a cappella,” without making it personal. When the topic comes up,I don’t want to have to see if anyone easily offended is around. I want to be able to state my dislike proudly, because it means that I have discovered something about my personal tastes, which, really, is what the arts community we need here should be about: self discovery through interaction with art. So if you like a cappella or if you’re a member of a group,that’s fantastic — I hope you’ll keep doing what you love and won’t hate me for writing this. But if you don’t fall into either of those categories,know that it’s OK not to like everything. Even Testimony. Send Kevin angry emails at [email protected], though, if possible, he would prefer angry serenades.

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Love This column originally ran on Oct. 9, 2008. f John Lennon were around today, he would have a solution for the financial crisis. “Abandon your bailout plan,” he would plead to Treasury Secretary Paulson. “Forget emergency interest rate cuts,” he would beseech of Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke. “All you need is love,” he would proclaim. “Love, love, love.” As complex and confounded as the Treasury bailout plan appears to be, it pales in comparison to love. Who really understands love? Philosophers have propounded theories. Poets have composed verse. Biologists have identified hormones and pheromones. Yet they all remain far from the answer. The economist, on the other hand, has all the answers.When faced with unanswerable questions, it takes an economist’s incentivedriven mind to come up with an acceptable solution. So how would an economist approach the incomprehensible matter of love? Well, for starters, love can be put into terms an economist can understand. The American love market, that of dating, is characterized by anxiety and horror stories, but also by reservation prices and search costs. Finding a partner bears a striking resemblance to shopping for a plane ticket. First, an individual sets their reservation price. This is the absolute minimum they would be willing to accept in their potential partner. The reservation price is set based

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on an individual’s preferences, their “standards” so to speak. Those with so-called “high standards” have high reservation prices and typically have to search more than those with “low standards.” That is why your friends with “high standards” are often not dating anyone while your friends with “low standards” are dating three people at the same time. Once the reservation price is established, participants in the market for love have to incur search costs. The idea is that dating is the process by which you eventually find love and live happily ever after. As you search for love, you incur the costs associated with dating and, more importantly, failed dates. There are the obvious monetary costs, like that all-too-fancy dinner for a girl who wasn’t worth it, that limo you rented when the subway would have sufficed or that lavish gift you gave her that you’re now not getting back — economists call that one a sunk cost. Then there are non-monetary costs. Getting over the heartache of a break up, the memories you shared, the plans you made together — how can you put a price on that? Think of the hours of productivity that the global economy has lost to men and women lying in bed, claiming they will never love again. Forget interest rate cuts — we should be handing out copies of “Blood on the Tracks” to boost the economy. The search for love is not just about costs, though. There are many, many benefits — far too many to discuss, so they are

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left to the reader’s hopefully vivid imagination (see your PHE if you are unsure). The economic formula for love is quite simple. People set their reservation price and then enter the market, searching for that special someone, incurring costs and accruing benefits all the while. Depending on the level of the reservation price, and the respective costs and benefits, an equilibrium is established. That equilibrium is reached at 27 years of age and three partners, on average, according to the Michigan Institute for Social Research. Now, if you have a high reservation price because you are picky, high search costs because you are demanding and low benefits because you never have time, then your equilibrium will be reached at a later age and with fewer partners.Think over-achieving Stanford students. If John Lennon were around today, he would not approve of this capitalistic portrayal of love. “Reservation prices, search costs, equilibrium,” he would exclaim in a panic. “Love is all you need,” he would declare. And maybe a girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Kunal Khanna is currently searching for love. If you’d like to aid in the search, please contact him at [email protected].

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HOUSING Continued from front page in the dorm. They’re so much more friendly and willing to meet people, and there’s just a higher energy in the dorm with them around.” Even some advocates of the allfreshman dorm experience have been reluctant to accept the proposed changes. Much of this controversy stems from the potential fate of Branner. News of converting the all-frosh dorm into housing for upperclassmen has been met with much criticism. “It’s not only freshmen; it’s the concept of 200 freshmen,” said current Branner resident Christian Smith ‘12. “It’s a very large concentration of people who are going through the same thing you are. And it’s unfortunate that freshmen in the future won’t be able to have a really huge, really nice house like

Branner to experience that in.” Branner alumna Sarah Lee ‘10 agreed. “Branner’s infamous reputation was one of the most memorable parts of my freshman year,” Lee said. “Getting rid of it is erasing a big part of a Stanford tradition. Putting upperclassmen in Branner won’t make Branner what it is.” Despite some initial misgivings, Branner RFs Clyde Moneyhun and Nancy Buffington have accepted their roles in the conversion. “When Nancy and I applied to be RFs, we specified a freshman house,” Moneyhun explained. “When I first heard about Branner’s shift to upperclassmen, I took some time to adjust to the idea . . . but Nancy and I are now dedicated to making Branner the best upper-class dorm on the campus. We’re still feeling our way, but we expect the residents and staff will teach us what we need to know.” Florence Moore RF Patrick Young expressed similar emotions

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programming with Free the Children, believes Palo Alto will be an “incubator” for Free the Children. “Palo Alto is such a supportive community, and we already have FTC programs within the schools to work with,” Barton-Chery said. “I really see us expanding here.” Indeed, the Palo Alto community actively recruited Free the Children to establish its U.S. base in the Bay Area. Libby Heimark, a Palo Alto resident and active Free the Children member, attended a trip to Kenya in 2007 with Kielburger and decided that Free the People needed Bay Area representation. “I thought, what an incredible movement,” she said. “We have so many interested donors on the West coast. Free the People should come here.” With an office now in Palo Alto, Barton-Ch?ry says Free the Children will be exploring partnerships with Stanford University. “It’s such a rewarding experience,” Haller said with misty eyes. “The people we help give us more than we can ever give to them. How can you ever give enough?”

meeting with members of the Undergraduate Senate to decide the next steps in the budget advocacy process. Senators Luukas Ilves ‘09, Yvorn “Doc” Aswad-Thomas ‘11 and Senate Chair Shelley Gao ‘11 attended the brief meeting. ASSU President Jonny Dorsey ‘09 said the cuts were unfortunate, but necessary. “I think the reality is that no matter what these cuts are, they are going to be sad and hard for the community,” he said. “The cuts are going to suck, but I really appreciate that they took our input into account.” Aswad-Thomas was more hesitant to embrace the first wave of budget cuts. He particularly disagreed with the elimination of HPACs. “My HPAC and I were buddies, but all that aside, I think they provide a valuable resource to the community,” he said. Siding with Bravman, Ilves said the HPAC program never had a defined purpose to begin with. “A junior or senior majoring in god knows what is not the bestplaced person to give specific advice on your academic career,” he said. Ilves supported the decision to instead rely upon academic directors.

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about the prospective decrease in freshmen living in West Flo. “We’re losing about 110 frosh, and as a designated ‘swing space,’ we will probably be left with about 50 frosh in a normal year,” Young said. “I really love working with frosh, and I’m really sad to see them go, but by and large, I think these changes are good for the University.” “Honestly, my life will probably be a lot easier for obvious reasons,” he added. “I’m committed to helping with the transition and making sure this goes smoothly. I’ve already got different ideas on what we can do with the dorm next year.” Students are awaiting more concrete details as the administration moves forward with plans. This also includes updates on a proposed reform of the Draw system that will allegedly guarantee better housing options for upperclassmen. “I think the three-tiered draw system is a good idea because it makes things more fair,” Schrag said.

Song, on the other hand, is a bit more skeptical. “I would like to get more details about the new system,” Song said. “However, I think a plan taking into account seniority may be an interesting change.” Moneyhun sees the bigger picture, though, and he understands the motivation behind the new plan. “Change is hard, and some of the changes in the new housing plan are pretty sweeping,” he said. “Even so, I think reaction has been fairly positive among people who understand the goals behind the plan: unstuff overcrowded houses, create improved housing for upperclassmen — which all students will be eventually — and concentrate more freshmen in all-frosh houses, which the majority of both incoming frosh and outgoing alumni consistently say they prefer for the first year.” Contact Thomas Yeh at thomasy@ stanford.edu.

Although the Senate already endorsed four main principles — academics, wellness, community centers and frontline staff — Dorsey and Harris called for the Senate to make more concrete recommendations. “The GSC came with very specific concrete programs and cuts for those programs,” said Harris. “[The Provost] was very receptive to that.” Dorsey recognized that the GSC had a smaller number of programs to consider, but he wanted the Senate to make the effort to specify in future advocacy efforts. The question for discussion, then, was how to best narrow down the four broad principles into actual program cuts. Expressing the need for more upperclassmen input, Ilves proposed holding a closed meeting of select juniors and seniors to hold a policy discussion. Termed a “Student Expert Consultant Meeting” by Aswad-Thomas, the session will be held next week and mediated by a GSC member. Students will also be asked to give ongoing feedback through the ASSU Web site. The details of budget advocacy will be discussed at Tuesday’s Senate meeting, along with a further discussion of executive and legislative roles. Contact Marisa Landicho at [email protected] and Kamil Dada at [email protected].

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SPORTS LACKLUSTER IN L.A. Goods’ 15 points can’t save the Card in crushing defeat By DENIS GRIFFIN The Cardinal men came into this weekend of road play in Southern California with the knowledge that time was running out for them to find the kind of statement road win that could help boost them into the NCAA Tournament. They left it with their backs absolutely against the wall. Stanford (13-6, 3-6 Pacific-10 Conference) first suffered another heartbreaking defeat by just one point on Thursday night against USC, 70-69. Then, on Saturday afternoon, the Cardinal was hammered by a 17th-ranked Bruins squad. UCLA poured it on in the 1/31 vs. No. 17 UCLA L 97-63 second half to defeat Stanford by a 34-point margin, 97-63. The Bruins (174, 6-2) particularly dominated Stan- (19-9, 4-5 Pac-10) ford early in the 2/5 Maples Pavilion second half. Se7:30 P.M. nior guard AnthoCOVERAGE: ny Goods hit a three-pointer to TV start the half off well for the Cardi- RADIO KZSU 90.1 FM (kzsu.stanford.edu) nal and bring the score to 41-33 in favor of UCLA. GAME NOTES: Stanford has dropped to ninth in the But that would be Pac-10 with three consecutive losses. After a demorall the excitement alizing loss to UCLA in Los Angeles, the Stanford would Cardinal looks to rebound on its home floor against see for some time, Washington State. Stanford lost to the Cougars in as roughly seven Pullman, 55-54, but hopes to overtake redshirt senior and a half minutes Taylor Rochestie (12.6 ppg) and his teammates this later, with 12:26 time around. remaining, the Bruins led 69-38, a deficit from which Stanford had no chance to recover. “This was more disappointing than the close losses,” Goods told The San Francisco Chronicle after the game. “We actually fought against USC.” It was a familiar foe that truly victimized the Cardinal once again in Los Angeles, as UCLA point guard Darren Collison proved once again why he’s the best in the conference. Collison disrupted the Cardinal offense at every turn, applying consistent pressure on the ball and scoring 15 on the afternoon. “Darren Collison played terrific on-the-ball defense,” UCLA coach Ben Howland told The Chronicle after the game.“Our defensive intensity starts with him, and so does our intensity on offense.” In part because of Collison’s pressure, Stanford senior point guard Mitch Johnson, who was so sorely missed a week ago in the Cardinal’s loss to Oregon State, committed six turnovers against the Bruins. Goods was the only player to reach double-digits offensively against UCLA, scoring 15 points in 28 minutes and going 3-for-6 from three-point range. Junior Landry Fields was the next most effective player for Stanford, even though he went 4-13 from the field and had nine points in the game. Collison, meanwhile, was joined by four other Bruins in double digits, as guard Jrue Holiday and center Alfred Aboya tied

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Senior Jillian Harmon offered seven offensive rebounds in the Cardinal’s fouth consecutive victory. Those O-boards helped Stanford outscore UCLA 20-6 on second chances.

as 20 as the game wound down. “It wasn’t necessarily a thing of beauty,” said Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer. “We did what we needed to,” Harmon added. For the first half, UCLA was able to largely stymie Stanford’s attack, holding Appel scoreless and keeping all of the Cardinal out of double digits.While the Bruins didn’t fare much better offensively, they were able to establish a semblance of rhythm with guard Erica Turkiainen.The junior hit all of her shots, including two from behind the arc, to lead all scorers at the break.At 25-23, the game was entirely up for grabs. But the Cardinal came out strong in the second half, and the defensive rotations that the Bruins used effectively at the start of the game — which were predicated on hounding Stanford’s shooters and ball handlers — began to break down. “We had a let-down in intensity,” said UCLA coach Nikki Caldwell. “The defensive scheme went out the window.” At the same time, the Cardinal’s aggressiveness picked up. “No one panicked,” Harmon said. “We never want to lose at home.” In particular, Stanford ran the floor well, with Harmon asserting herself on the wing. She led all scorers with 17 points,many of which came in transition, but her biggest contribution may have been on the glass — she had seven offensive rebounds, which directly contributed to Stanford’s 20-6 second-chance points advantage. “I believe that was the difference in the game,” Caldwell said in reference to the Cardinal’s offensive rebounding prowess. “The second opportunities Stanford got shifted the momentum their way.” Harmon and Pedersen essentially played the entire game, with Pedersen contributing 13 points and nine rebounds of her own. Nine of her points came on three-pointers,as the sophomore forward continues to develop her game.While she was used almost entirely as a power forward last season, Pedersen has begun playing small forward in 2009, allowing her to be more active on the floor. “Kayla really helped us with her three-point shooting,” VanDerveer said. “I like how Kayla’s playing the three.”

“I’m getting used to getting out and running,” Pedersen said. With the 6-foot-4 Pedersen assuming her new role, VanDerveer is able to go more often with a bigger lineup, often inserting freshmen Sarah Boothe and Nnemkadi Ogwumike to complement Harmon, Pedersen and Appel. Ogwumike was particularly effective on Sunday, recording a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Her presence was especially necessary in light of Appel’s and Pohlen’s struggles — they combined to go 8-25 shooting and 0-7 from the freethrow line. But VanDerveer was able to find a silver lining in their performances as other players stepped up to fill the void. “It wasn’t Jayne’s A-game,” she said.“But if she didn’t have her A-game a year ago, we were up a creek.” Caldwell echoed her counterpart’s point. “They do a good job of balancing their attack,” she said. “They have Batman, Robin and Batgirl. They have so many options on offense.” While Pedersen and Ogwumike were valuable contributors on Sunday, much of the credit went to Harmon for her relentless play on both offense and defense. The senior veteran’s constant motor has endeared her to the Maples faithful for years, and has earned her the praise of both her coach and her opponent. “We need our team to be scrappy and aggressive,”VanDerveer said.“That’s Jill’s signature.” “She is the glue to their team,” Campbell added. “She stepped up offensively and was solid on the boards.” With wins over USC and UCLA this weekend, Stanford is now 8-1 at the halfway point of its Pac10 schedule. The women will face the Washington schools at home this weekend, and will have the chance for revenge against No. 7 Cal, who stand one game above Stanford in the conference standings after their Jan. 18 win over the Cardinal in Berkeley. The two teams meet again on Valentine’s Day at Maples. Contact Wyndam Makowsky at [email protected].

here was no way it was really happening, was there? The Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, battling in a way that was more than a respectable followup to last year’s epic upset victory by the New York Giants over the 19-1 AFC Champion New England Patriots. It was a game that carried a magic all its own, that much is undeniable to any who watched it. But more than that, it was a game that carried its own message. Last year, the story was a simple one — no matter how high-flying an offense may be, no matter how many points it is capable of putting on the board, so long as your defensive line is simply better than their offensive line, as the Giants’ DL was to the Patriots’ front that day, you can win. Simply stated, Tom Brady can’t throw touchdowns to Wes Welker, Randy Moss, or anyone else if he’s on his back. This year, we were treated to the corollary to that lesson: a great passing attack may not be unbeatable, but man is it nice. The Cardinals may have lost Super Bowl XLIII (that’s 43 to the non-Romans among us), but if it weren’t for the aerial assault of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, orchestrated by the master of the three-ring aerial circus, Kurt Warner, it wouldn’t have even been close.And does anyone really doubt that the Cardinals were capable of scoring again, if only there had been more time? But in case you didn’t notice, the Steelers weren’t exactly a power rushing team in this one, either. Indeed, a franchise known for its legacy of smash-mouth football gained just 58 yards on the ground, with a 2.2 yards per carry average. The birds from the desert weren’t much better, rushing for just 33 yards on a slightly better 2.8 yards per carry average. No, what this year signaled was something much different from last year’s reminder that a good pass rush can beat a good rushing attack. It signaled that you don’t need to be able to run the ball to be a great team anymore. Really, we should have seen this coming.When is the last time a grind it out, power running offense won the Super Bowl? True, balanced attacks, like those of the Patriots and Giants, have won recently. And pass-first teams that can throw the ball, but aren’t the most effective rushing offenses, have both won and been in contention for winning it plenty in recent years. But ground-based attacks? Well, the last one of those to triumph was probably the Ravens in 2000, and that win was really due more to the strength of their defense than to the legs of Jamal Lewis. So, really, this is a trend we should have picked up on before. But something was different this time around — neither one of these teams even made the pretense of relying on their respective rushing attacks in this game. No, this one was all about how healthy Hines Ward was and whether Ben Roethlisberger was over his concussion. About how the Steelers secondary would deal with All-World Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald, and how Warner’s line would protect him from the Steelers rush that would surely be coming for him. It was a game about the passing attacks and about what the opposing defenses would do to stop it. How many times did we hear Tim Hightower’s name? Willie Parker’s or Edgerrin James’? Contrast that with the quarterbacks, the receivers, the defensive stars and you’ve got to wonder: where exactly did the run-first philosophy go? It’s a question that might have Carolina and Tennessee fans scratching their heads right about now. Both had dominant rushing attacks and defenses during the regular season. Neither made its way to the game that really mattered. It’s a question we might ask Russ Grimm,Arizona’s assistant head coach. Grimm himself is a former member of one of the most famed offensive lines of all time, the Hogs, who paved the way for the Washington Redskins ground game in the 1980s, and now he coaches an offensive line that’s all about keeping its quarter-

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A new lineup gives Card win over Long Beach State By JACOB JAFFE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

There really is no place like home for the Stanford men’s volleyball team. After starting the season with eight road matches, the No. 6 Cardinal (7-3, 3-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) finally returned home this weekend. On Friday night, in front of a raucous crowd in Maples Pavilion, the Cardinal engineered a massive comeback to edge No. 7 Long Beach State in five sets — 2630, 24-30, 33-31, 31-29, 15-8. In the third set, it appeared the Cardinal could get swept for the third match in a row, but the Stanford defense was up to the task, and the Cardinal fought off all three match points by Long Beach State. “Blocking has been a huge improvement this year for us,” said junior setter Kawika Shoji. “It was crucial down the stretch in fighting off match points on Friday. [Freshman middle blocker] Gus Ellis had a great blocking night.” Ellis had a team- and season-high 11 blocks in the match, and Stanford had 18.5 blocks overall, 7.5 more than it had in its past two matches combined (both losses). The star performer for Stanford, though, was clearly outside hitter Brad Lawson. The freshman had 27 kills, more than doubling his career high of 13 kills, and nine more than any other Stanford player has had all year. He also had an ace, 11 digs and hit an astounding .438 for the match, including two kills to save match

points. Shoji summed it up best: “Brad Lawson was phenomenal.” Head coach John Kosty mixed up the lineup after two lackluster performances against USC and Pepperdine, starting three players for the first time this season: junior outside hitter Jason Palacios, freshman setter Evan Barry and senior libero Jarod Keller. Lawson, Ellis, senior middle blocker Brandon Williams and sophomore outside hitter Spencer McLachlin joined the three newcomers for the first two sets. Kosty hoped to provide a spark by sitting his All-American setter, junior Kawika Shoji, leading digger freshman libero Erik Shoji and kill leader junior outside hitter Evan Romero for nearly all of the first two sets. When the new starting lineup could not get the job done in the first two sets, Kosty inserted Romero and both Shojis in the third set. With the usual starters back in the lineup, the Cardinal had more of an edge to its play. “I admit I was pretty fired up,” Romero told reporters after the game. “It was one of those situations where you have no choice but to go for it all.” As the match progressed, the Cardinal defense tightened, and Long Beach State’s hitting percentage dropped in each set from a high of .415 in the first set to a low of .111 in the fifth and deciding set. The Cardinal offense, on the other hand, used the lineup change in the third set to come back from poor hitting in the first two sets and outhit Long Beach State in each of the final three sets, culminating in a .667 hitting percentage in the final set. Coming off such a hard-fought and emotional match, the Cardinal had no time to rest. Saturday night, it

faced off against unranked MPSF foe UC-San Diego in Burnham Pavilion in front of another wild crowd. The Cardinal dominated the first two sets, winning 30-25 and 30-23, including a .548 hitting percentage in the first set. But just when it looked like the Cardinal would easily sweep the overmatched Tritons, Stanford ran into some problems, particularly in serving. “We got a little complacent after two [sets], especially in the serving aspect of the match, and they took the momentum,” Shoji said. This complacency and poor hitting opened the door for UC-San Diego to take the third set, 30-28.The Cardinal’s poor serving was balanced out by even poorer serving by the Tritons, who had 25 service errors to Stanford’s 16. This helped Stanford take the last set 30-28 — the final point of the match was fittingly a service error by UC-San Diego. The Cardinal led the Tritons in just about every category, outhitting them .361-.294, outdigging them 3830 and outblocking them 12.5-6. Stanford was led by Romero’s 18 kills and Kawika Shoji’s 52 assists. The weekend was important for the Cardinal after a poor start to the MPSF season. “This weekend was huge for us,” Shoji said. “We needed to get two wins and stop the slide.We have good momentum heading into a tough week.” The Cardinal will head to Southern California to take on MPSF powers UCLA and UC-Irvine before returning home for matches on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 against Pepperdine and USC, respectively. Contact Jacob Jaffe at [email protected].

Women’s Swimming and Diving

A splash of confidence By ZACH ZIMMERMAN DESK EDITOR

The Stanford women’s swimming and diving team headed into their last home meet with a chance to put any questions about Pacific-10 Conference superiority to rest. Unfortunately for UCLA and USC, that is exactly what they did. The No. 2 Cardinal (19-0, 6-0 Pac10) continued its dominance on Friday by demolishing the No. 20 UCLA Bruins 166.5-125.5. The meet at Avery Aquatic Center showcased a multitude of Stanford’s talents. However, no story was more captivating than senior Caroline Bruce’s return from injury. Bruce, a 13-time All-American and seven-time NCAA champion, competed on Friday for the first time since the 2008 NCAA Championships. Her time away from the water did not appear to hamper her ability, as she won the 100-meter breaststroke for Stanford. “Despite all the setbacks the past couple of years [Bruce] has had to go through, she pushed past all the obstacles and never lost her heart and passion for the sport,” freshman Angela Duckworth said. “I would love to personally commend her for her passion, commitment, and perseverance to the sport of swimming.” Junior Caroline Liu also competed for the first time this season. She recorded points for the Cardinal with a second place performance in the 200-meter backstroke, and led off for

Stanford’s “A” team in the 4x100 freestyle relay. Stanford looked very impressive against the Bruins, recording first place finishes in the first eight events of the meet, and 10 of the first 11.

“This just shows that the team bond is always present.” — ANGELA DUCKWORTH, freshman swimmer Moreover, the freshmen swimmers for the Cardinal gained valuable experience in the win over the Bruins. Freshmen Betsy Webb and Sam Woodward, along with Duckworth, each won an individual event for Stanford, and the upperclassmen followed suit for the rest of the meet. “Winning is such a great feeling especially with the whole team behind you,” Duckworth said. “We have so much talent on the team, starting with the seniors all the way down to the freshmen.” Stanford diving also failed to dis-

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appoint. Following the lead of standout junior Carmen Stellar, the Cardinal swept the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. Sophomore Meg Hostage followed close behind, recording second place finishes in both diving events. Saturday’s meet was a slightly different story, as the Cardinal faced a much tougher opponent in No. 12 USC. The Women of Troy were ahead 116-110 after 12 events and poised to upset Stanford at home. However, the Cardinal refused to let its most veteran swimmers lose on Senior Day, and had just enough in the tank for a final push. Stanford pulled away late to win the meet 163137. Stanford junior and Beijing medal-winner Elaine Breeden ignited Stanford with a victory in the 13th event, the 100-meter butterfly. Fellow juniors Kelley Hug and Nilasha Ghosh came in second and fourth, respectively, in the same race. Most important for Stanford, however, was the sweep of the 200meter individual medley, in which Olympian and junior Julia Smit, outstanding sophomore Liz Smith, and Breeden finished first, second, and third, respectively. Stanford clinched the victory over USC with a win by the “A” team in the 400 freestyle relay. The Cardinal victory would not have been possible against USC without another solid performance

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MBBALL Continued from page 6 the point guard’s 15 points. Meanwhile, Josh Shipp added 11 and Michael Roll added 12 from off the UCLA bench. Stanford now finds itself in a particularly dire situation — ninth in Pac-10 standings, ahead of only Oregon’s 0-9 conference record. A truly disastrous losing streak, beginning with the loss to the Beavers a week ago Saturday, has put any hopes of Stanford reaching the NCAA Tournament on life support. The Cardinal would need to go 6-3 over its remaining nine conference games just to finish .500 in confer-

ence play. On the bright side for the Cardinal, the team now has just five road contests remaining this year: against California, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona State and Arizona. But this late in the season, that positive comes with the caveat that the Stanford men could still use that statement road win to have a shot at convincing members of the selection committee that they deserve a spot in the tournament. That, of course, assumes that Stanford is able to play well enough down the stretch to merit consideration. “We know what the problem is — we’re not defending,” Goods told The Chronicle. “We’re starting from scratch.” The Stanford men will need to do

The Stanford Daily just that in order to be ready for Washington State and Washington this week. The Cardinal faces the Cougars Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in a rematch of Jan. 10’s 55-54 heartbreaker in Pullman, which was a big part of the Cardinal’s current downward spiral. The loss in Los Angeles was one of the worst in Stanford history, and is tied for the program’s worst margin of defeat in the last 16 years. It was a loss that head coach Johnny Dawkins told The Chronicle was undoubtedly the worst of the year so far. “Usually, you can find some positive,” he said, “but I don’t think we played well in any category.” Contact Denis Griffin at [email protected].

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back upright.The Cardinals didn’t really make much headway on the ground this year — they were dead last in rushing during the regular season. Whoever you ask, remember, the rushing game certainly isn’t dead. You can tell because a good defense still needs to be able to stop the run. But from all appearances, it may just be on life support.

by the divers. For the second day in the row, Stellar and Hostage led the way for the team. Hostage set a season-high score in the 1-m event, and Stanford divers finished second through fourth in the 3-meter. The two wins this weekend marked 18 consecutive Pac-10 dual meet victories for the Cardinal. The team has now won 40 of its last 41 head-to-head competitions and is a

constant presence atop the national standings. “As long as I have known about Stanford swimming and diving, the team has been strong,” Duckworth said. “This just shows that the team bond is always present due to the successful, optimistic, and passionate women on the team.” Stanford has a final Pac-10 dual meet at Cal on February 14 before heading off to the Pac-10 Championships in Washington on February 25-28. Contact Zach Zimmerman at zachz@ stanford.edu.

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