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University eyes research money

Full Moon on Old Union

Eco-carnival touts sustainable living Event raises awareness of recyclable cups, carbon footprints

Energy initiatives hopeful for stimulus benefits

By KATHERINE JEWETT Students for Sustainable Stanford hosted their annual “Focus the Nation” event on Friday to promote climate change action on campus. The sounds of Bob Marley, organic snacks and plenty of recyclable cups filled Old Union as students thought about what they can do to combat climate change. The event featured student groups such as the Green Living Council, Engineers for a Sustainable World and Energy Crossroads with live performances by STAMP, Kuumba and Calypso. Climateers, a subgroup of Students for Sustainable Stanford led by Dani Uribe ‘11 and Sasha Engelmann ‘11, organized the event in an effort to advocate for SHELLEY NI/ sustainable action on campus and The Stanford Daily reducing Stanford’s carbon footprint. Uribe noted that she was pleased with the turnout at the event. “This event is all about raising awareness,” Uribe said. “[It is about] how to get involved, and what you can do on an individual level.” While last year’s Focus the Nation offered a conference-based panel on climate change, this year’s event was an “eco-carnival” of sorts — students could visit the local and organic food stand, decorate a hemp bag or calculate their carbon footprint while learning about different options for student involvement on campus. Engelmann explained that they changed the presentation of the event in order to encourage more students to attend. “People that [went to those] panels were likely people that knew a lot about it already,” she said.“So, [they] weren’t really effective in changing their thinking that much.” Uribe explained that one of the major challenges Climateers faces is engaging a student body that is always so busy. To partially address this issue, Climateers launched the Green Bead Campaign last year. Students can calculate their carbon footprint, find ways to reduce it and make a pledge for individual change in exchange for a green bead bracelet. This green bead, tied around the wrist, serves as a constant reminder of how little commitments, collectively, can make a big difference. Students pledged to take shorter showers, turn off lights when exiting the room and unplug appliances when not in use. One rather enthusiastic student even pledged to walk instead of drive for beer. Another way Climateers hoped to impact student behavior was by encouraging the use of recyclable party cups offered by the ASSU Green Store.A game of “juice pong” at Friday’s event invited students to learn about how red party cups, contrary to popular belief, are not recyclable. Engelmann explained that while we are on the cutting edge of climate change research with renowned figures like Steve Schneider and Chris Field, the culture and activities on campus are rela-

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By CHRISTINE MCFADDEN SENIOR STAFF WRITER MICHAEL LIU/The Stanford Daily

Last night’s full moon added a bright spot to a cold February night. Here, the moon hangs low over the courtyard of Old Union.

POLITICS

Colleges, cities and state vie for stimulus dollars By AN LE NGUYEN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

President Barack Obama promoted his $800 billion stimulus bill to the American public in a primetime news conference yesterday, emphasizing the urgency of the recovery plan in light of the current economic crisis. The President’s news conference took place as the Senate approved its version of the recovery package by a vote of 61-36. A conference committee will now meet to merge the Senate’s version of the bill with that of the House of Representatives, which was approved Feb. 28. Institutions of higher learning, including Stanford, anticipate increased funding for research, student aid provisions and infrastructure upgrades. “Funding increases for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Science and other science agencies will go to support research, educational opportunities and science infrastructure upgrades at Stanford and other campuses and labs across the country,” wrote Director of Federal Relations Ryan Adesnik in an email to The Daily. Adesnik also added that these funds would be awarded on a competitive basis, with consideration for institutions with the best peer reviews. California stands to benefit from federal aid once the bill becomes law, especially in the domains of health care and infrastructure. But Garin Casaleggio, a spokesman

for California’s Office of the State Controller, stated that discrepancies between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus bill make it difficult to judge how much California will gain from the plan. “Since it’s not finalized, the only thing that we can really talk about is a hypothetical benefit,” Casaleggio said. “I think that the main area of focus that California stands to benefit is definitely in an increase in Medicaid funds.” Casaleggio noted that a rise in unemployment consequently spurred an enrollment increase in California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, because of lost health insurance, which makes stimulus relief all the more urgent. “[Increased medical funding] is extremely essential as services . . . become more in demand during this downturn in the economy,” Casaleggio said. Federal funding may bring some relief to financially strapped Californians. According to Casaleggio, the state is expected to receive a little under $10 billion for its Medi-Cal program. While this funding appears to be less than the state would hope to procure, it does inject money into the state’s ailing economy. “We’ve got at least a $41 billion budget deficit, which is the largest of any state,” Casaleggio said. “Our unemployment rate hit 9.3 percent. In 2008, I think, we lost over 250,000 jobs. Any bit of money helps, $10 billion helps.” While healthcare funding plays an

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Stanford is well positioned to receive some of the estimated $2.6 billion in energy research spending that President Barack Obama is including in his proposed economic stimulus package, according to James Sweeney, director of the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency. “The newly created Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency, the to-be-created Tomkat Center for Sustainable Energy plus the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) have created an infrastructure of faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and staff, who are interested and capable in the energy and environmental areas,” Sweeney said. “Because we have so much interest among those groups and so much strength, we’re at a very good competitive position for any expansion in federal funding in the energy area particularly, but also in the environmental area,” he added.“We will be among the best competitors, if not the best competitor.” While the amount of money Stanford could receive is still up in the air, it could turn out to be a noteworthy sum based on how the bill changes as it passes through the Senate. “It looks like it’s going to be a significant amount as part of the stimulus package,but the stimulus package is still a work in progress,” Sweeney said. “There is still a lot of arguing back and forth.” Lynn Orr, director of the new Precourt Institute, agreed that the amount of funding is undecided. “It’s too early to tell,” he wrote in an email to the Daily.“Any funding that would come to Stanford would follow based on proposal competitions, presumably through the DOE [Department of Energy].” For funding to be allocated to research, proposals for projects must first be accepted, creating a very competitive research environment. “We have a wide-ranging group of energy research faculty and any of them would be in a position to compete,” Orr said. He went on to list the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), the Precourt Institute, the Stanford/SLAC Institute for Materials and Energy Research and the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development as specific departments with projects that may be approved to receive funding. “We have significant expertise in material science, which will be important for batteries and for solar energy,” Sweeney said.“We have strong systems analysis capabilities that will be good for understanding how to integrate

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renewables into the grid. We have expertise that merges international knowledge with energy supply development knowledge. I believe that international energy policy will be an element as well as domestic energy policy.” Sweeney also stressed that Stanford has the potential to lead the field in behavioral sciences,which pertain to how we can understand and promote energy efficiency. “The one [area] that I’m most interested in expanding are the behavior issues related to how we use energy because that’s been so underfunded and so understudied,” he stated. “We have so much capability at Stanford within those areas.” Examples of projects within this department include studies of media influence on consumer energy efficiency behaviors. Sweeney specifically cited Chevron’s human energy campaign as a model for study. Recent ads have incorporated images of energy efficient products and practices in the hope that the public will emulate this new image. Overall, the funding from Obama’s stimulus package looks to be much higher than past federal funding. “Energy research has been up and down over the years,” Orr said, “but what is being proposed is a significant increase over the recent past.” “I would not be surprised to see a doubling or a tripling by the next few years over what the Bush administration has done in terms of funding, but that’s only a guess,” Sweeney added. “I would anticipate that there will be, progressively over the next few years, increases [of funding] in the energy area because that’s consistent with Obama’s commitment.” However, Sweeney emphasized that longterm funding takes precedence over shortterm funding. “For research, you aren’t looking for the very short-run quality that you get from a stimulus package,” he said. “You’re looking for longer-term programs and those are things that Obama, while he was a candidate, committed to increase very sharply.” Obama’s administration includes recently appointed Secretary of Energy Steve Chu, a former Stanford professor and head of the

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SCIENCE & TECH

Prof.contributes to Google Ocean By ROBERT TOEWS STAFF WRITER

Internet users wowed by the newly released Google Earth 5.0, which includes a Google Ocean component featuring an interactive, three-dimensional ocean, owe a debt of gratitude to Stanford biology professor Barbara Block. Block headed a team of researchers from throughout the country that collaborated with Google for over a year on the Google Ocean software. Included on the team was Dr. Randy Kochevar, also from Stanford. Specifically, Block and her team worked on an animal-tracking layer called GTOPP (Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators), which compiled animal tracking data for the new Google Earth release. “We’ve created a special animal tracking layer which, once developed fully, will allow you to go and potentially see the track a blue whale or a leatherback sea turtle, for instance, took as it crosses the ocean,” Block said. The program allows users to track the

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large-scale migration of marine animals — tunas, sharks, whales and seals, among others — and even includes special animations that provide an “animal’s eye view” of the open ocean seascape, giving users the impression they are swimming alongside the animals. Google Ocean is currently available online in its beta version and programmers expect to add much more data to the program in the future. In particular, Google hopes to incorporate high-resolution photos of select areas of the ocean floor so that users can “explore the ocean” in more detail. Block, who currently works at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station, has been tagging and tracking open-ocean animals for over a decade. In addition, she heads a program in the Atlantic Ocean called TAG-A-Giant, which has placed over a thousand electronic tags on Atlantic bluefin tuna. In 1996, Block received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant for her work in marine biology. She views this recent collaboration with Google as an important and promising achievement. “Google Earth provides a powerful, intu-

itive interface for exploring the kinds of data these animals produce from electronic tags,” Block said in a press release. “This allows users — from scientists to school kids — to quickly view and interact with animal tracks. It’s an important evolution in being able to ‘see’ the largest portion of our planet.” In addition to providing entertainment to curious everyday Internet users, this research will potentially contribute to the maintenance of stable fish populations, which have been significantly affected by human overexploitation in recent years. “In order to sustainably manage openocean fisheries, we need to provide resource managers with better information about how these animals live and how they use the ocean,” Block said. “If we can identify the key locations and times where these animals feed or breed, for example, we can help create management tools that protect them. Google has helped our efforts to visualize the deep blue sea, and we now have it at our fingertips.” Contact Robert Toews at [email protected].

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The recently debuted Google Ocean, an expansion of Google Earth, features a tracking program that shows the movement of sea animals like this otter. Stanford Professor Barbara Block contributed significantly to Google’s animal-tracking technology.

“It’s an important evolution in being able to ‘see’ the largest portion of our planet.” — BARBARA BLOCK, professor in marine sciences

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FEATURES It takes two That girl in four of your classes might be two different people By LEE AXELROD

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t’s not too common to see twins at Stanford. But those who did receive identical acceptance packages in the mail have found that sharing an undergraduate experience has worked out surprisingly well. Andy and Emily Cooper ‘11 are one example of twins who are glad they’re not separated. “It’d be weird not seeing each other for a long time,” Emily said. Fortunately for the Coopers, they share many mutual friends and hang out fairly often. They were even in a draw group together, and are now living in the same dorm. Just like home. “We’re not glued at the hip, but it’s nice to see each other,” Emily said. The two also both happen to be engineering majors. Shared DNA, shared classes, shared problem sets. “It’s nice to always have a study buddy,” Andy said. “In high school, we were doing a lot of the same things.” Given this fact, it might come as a surprise that initially, Andy and Emily didn’t intend to go to college together. “We thought it might be the time we would split apart,” Andy remembered. “It turned out Stanford was the best school for both of us.” Emily noted how each twin separately discovered that Stanford was the right fit. As for the college application process, Andy and Emily weren’t too concerned about the possible arrival of one big and one small envelope, though they seem to have been the only ones who felt that way. “People kept asking, ‘What if one of you gets in and one doesn’t?’” Andy said. Fortunately, they’re both here, though their matching admissions decisions didn’t come as a huge surprise. The twins said that they had heard rumors that schools try to either

STIMULUS Continued from front page important role, communities across the state also plan to apply federal funding to a variety of infrastructure projects. Menlo Park City Manager Glen Rojas elaborated on the projects that his city hopes to enact if it receives the necessary federal aid. “There were five proposals [that] the city submitted,” Rojas said. “Any of the projects that are funded would create some jobs.” These requests include street resurfacing throughout the city, the creation of a solar hot water heating system at Belle Haven Pool, the construction of a migratory channel for steelhead trout in San Francisquito Creek and the installation of a solar photovoltaic system. Menlo Park also hopes to improve an existing bicycle and pedestrian underpass at Willow Road and Highway 84. “In terms of how the city is doing financially, I think we’re doing better than the average city

SUSTAINABLE Continued from front page tively conservative when it comes to sustainability. “How do our every day activities represent the progressive direction of our institution’s research?” she asked. “It doesn’t.” To help bring about this change in student activities, members of Students for a Sustainable Stanford thought that the administration could show more leadership and commitment in promoting sustainability. “Our everyday activities don’t represent the progressive direction of our institution’s research,” Engelmann explained. “So it’s our goal to move beyond raising awareness, and actually get people to change their behaviors.” Uribe agreed, explaining that they hoped to encourage change rather than simply spread a message. “Moving forward, we are aiming for not as much reaction, but instead more action,” she said. Bridget Connolly ‘11, attended the event and was impressed with the organization’s commitment to a variety of different sustainable solutions. “I really liked the local organic food stand,” she said. “Wholesome food is going to be a big issue, and that’s cool that they’re bringing this to everyone’s attention.” Contact Katherine Jewett at [email protected].

accept or reject both twins in order to reduce drama in the family. However, the Office of Undergraduate Admission reported that it doesn’t have an official policy for twins. “Each applicant is considered individually,” said Shawn Abbott, Director of Admissions. This statement seems contradictory to the experiences of many twins, especially Gwen and Margot Watson ‘09. “We thought we would go to different colleges,” Gwen said. “But we got in to all the same schools, and got rejected from the same ones.” Although Gwen and Margot are sharing their undergraduate experience, the decision-making process wasn’t quite as pleasant. Dramatic and competitive might be a more accurate description. “It was really hard, because we were still trying to figure out whether or not we wanted to go to the same school,” Margot said. But they’ve been able to find their own niches, even on the same campus. “We try to separate our lives,” Margot explained. “We have never lived in the same place, and we have different groups of friends. We each have a unique experience.” But despite this trend of moving apart, the two still manage to find quality sibling time. “They really understand where you’re coming from,” Margot said, adding, “It’s too easy to third-wheel someone.” And though both Margot and Gwen agree that there is comfort in having a family member on campus, there are certainly drawbacks. “There are lots of positives and lots of negatives,” Gwen said. “You have your best friend on campus, but you have everyone making a big deal about you being twins.” There are certainly circumstances in which it’s better not to have someone who looks exactly like you wandering around a school of over 6,000 people. But Gwen

in California,” Rojas asserted. “The city made reductions in expenses over the past few years, so that really put us in a good position, that the downturn won’t be felt as for most other cities in California.” Similarly, the city of Berkeley plans to apply federal funding to several infrastructure projects in order to stimulate the local economy. Should Berkeley receive the funding it requested, the money might be used to improve the city’s Zero Waste Facility, the Veterans’ Memorial Building and Old City Hall. “It’s really hard to determine the impacts of the stimulus package

ENERGY Continued from front page physics department. Although there is no guarantee of funding for the University, Sweeney has predicted that Chu will work to promote high-quality research and a significant increase in funding for renewable energy sources. In the meantime, Stanford, along

noted that mix-ups aren’t common, and mainly occur with people who don’t know them well. “I’ve had conversations with people, pretending to be you,” Margot said to Gwen. She explains that in many cases, it’s easier just to make small talk rather than launch into the explanation of having a twin. Sonali and Meghali Chopra ‘11 have found one solution to that problem — spend most of their time together, and people will inevitably know they’re twins. These two find it easy to be in college together, and hang out all the time. “We decided we would make it easier by living together,” Sonali said. They combined all of their friends from last year so they could form one large group, limiting confusion. This manner of staying together also transfered into their academic lives. “We have the same classes,” Meghali said. “We’re doing the same major.” Given their twin unity, Sonali and Meghali’s original stance on going to the same college may come as surprising. “Initially, we weren’t planning on it,” Meghali said. But in the end, family is family. “We realized how much we would miss each other,” Sonali said. “We made the decision together.” Like in much of their lives before Stanford, twins on campus have to balance the natural tendency to stay close and the desire to pave separate paths. But perhaps it’s important to draw a distinction between being a sibling and being a student. “We do pretty much everything together,” Sonali said. “But we like to be considered different people,” Meghali added, finishing her sister’s sentence. Contact Lee Axelrod at laxelrod@stanford. edu.

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since it is a moving target,” wrote Berkeley Chief of Staff Julie Sinai in an email to The Daily. “The Senate version is very different than the House version.” Contact An Le Nguyen at lenguyen@ stanford.edu. with other energy research institutions, can only wait and hope for a favorable Senate decision. “It’s a very competitive process,” Sweeney said. “Because it’s very competitive, we can’t say who is going to win those competitions. All we can say is, it’s like going into the Olympics. If you have a lot of really good athletes, you’re going to win some medals.” Contact Christine McFadden at cnm [email protected].

Gwen (left) and Margo Watson ‘09 (right) bake pies during winter break. While back on campus, they seek out different friends and activities. Photo courtesy Gwen Watson

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Andy (left) and Emily Cooper ‘11 (right) did not expect to end up on the same campus. Their decisions to attend Stanford came separately.

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Twins Sonali and Meghali Chopra ‘11 share DNA, friends and interests.

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Meet the Vol.235 editorial board n yesterday’s issue of The Daily, a frontpage headline read “Ceiling falls on resident’s head.” If that’s not a sign from the gods, we here at The Daily’s editorial board don’t know what is. The sky is literally falling — in addition to drastic changes in undergraduate advising, the Draw, Housing and, of course, the University’s financial situation. Stanford’s Bubble is seemingly about to implode. In keeping with this new era, we’d like to herald an equally momentous event;yes,after a week’s hiatus, the board is back.Alongside the two chairs,two Daily staffers and three at-large students will make up the editorial board for Volume 235. The members are a talented and diverse group of Stanford students, each with his or her own passions and perspectives.Every week, the board will meet to discuss campus issues and hammer out editorials. We’re always open to your suggestions, so please email us at [email protected] if you’ve got an issue you want us to take a stand on. Similarly, if you have any questions or would like to submit an op-ed, please email [email protected]. Letters to the editor should be sent to [email protected]. edu.What’s the difference? Letters to the editor address concerns or thoughts about previously published Daily articles or content. Op-eds may do that too, but can express an opinion about other issues as well.Op-eds are generally written by people with relevant background to a particular subject and are full-length pieces. Back to the board, however: So you can get to know each editorial board member better, short biographies are below.

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Editorial Board co-Chairs Tim Hyde is a junior and the board’s lone “techy,” majoring in mathematical & computational science and economics. This is his fourth straight volume of tireless devotion to the editorial board, but don’t worry — he still has plenty to say. Tim lives in Xanadu and, having drawn preferred twice already, is really hoping everyone sees the eminent wisdom in the proposed seniors-first Draw system. He hails from the greatest town on Earth: Potomac, Md. Marissa Miller is a former features editor. In her time with The Daily, she’s speed-dated grad students, defined the random hookup and sat through Exotic Erotic sober — all in pursuit of a good story. Strangely enough, Marissa is also from Potomac, Md. She is a junior majoring in linguistics and is currently serving as Chi Omega’s chapter vice president.

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Daily Staff Members Aysha Bagchi is a sophomore and former Daily staff writer from Austin, Texas, potentially double majoring in philosophy and history and the law. This past summer, she had the experience of her life teaching English in two villages in western Hungary through Learning Enterprises, and she is now the LE Stanford campus director. Aysha will be doing research this summer in Washington D.C. on U.S. and French policy toward hate speech, funded by a Chappell Lougee grant, and she will be studying at Oxford next fall. Laura Rumpf is a coffee-loving girl from the great city of Seattle.She is an international relations senior intent on squeaking out a diploma this June and using it to go abroad as soon as she can. She has been a staff and Intermission writer since sophomore year and can’t wait to put some opinion to paper in her senior year. In addition to The Daily, Laura is a member of Vitality, a women’s health group on campus,interested in raising awareness for health in thewhole sense of the word, an advocate for international student opportunities and activities on campus and lives in Roble, where she has a cute little single all to herself. She looks forward to a fabulous last few months at Stanford, and her first and last volume on the editorial board.

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Jack Cackler is a senior majoring in Human Biology, hailing from Northern Virginia. Student groups he is involved in include the ASSU,IFC,Camp Kesem and the Bridge Peer Counseling Center,among others.He zealously relishes every moment at Stanford, and looks forward to seeing how the campus develops over the course of the rest of the year. Meryl Holt is a senior from Los Angeles, majoring in American studies. She is currently writing her thesis on popular reflections of U.S.-China relations and enjoying her fourth consecutive quarter of yogalates.While away from the Farm,Meryl has worked in Washington, D.C. for Senator Ron Wyden;Atlanta for The Carter Center; Taipei for the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy; and Los Angeles as a research intern for her favorite television show, Iron Chef America. Zev Karlin-Neumannis a sophomore majoring in American history and political science, hailing from about 15 blocks down the road in sunny Palo Alto.A staunch believer in “hope” and “change,” he is three-peating as an editorial board writer and assures you he will be wittier and more incisive when midterms are not sucking the life out of him.The third letter of every other sentence in his editorials will spell out the answers to MATH51 problem sets, so read carefully!

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ast time I tried to announce California’s drought to the campus, I was chalking in the dead of night. I had policemen looking over my shoulder, ready to censor me if I made any false moves. That actually is true.It was Big Game weekend,and they were making sure I wasn’t writing “Can’t spell sucks without SU” or something. I managed to convince them that I am just a nerd who happened to be concerned about our lack of concern about water. “What are you chalking about?”one officer asked. “No one on this campus knows how close we are to having our water rationed!”I replied. He looked at me, thought about whether that sentiment constituted thinking that Stanford sucks,and nodded slowly before letting me continue. I ran into another policeman later and averted questions with a very pleasant conversation about our shared love of public safety. Either way, I didn’t need a policeman to keep my comments about water problems in check; water emergencies are sort of self-censoring. Shockingly, they aren’t that interesting as news. Front page headlines: “We’re in a drought!”“We’re . . . still in a drought!”You get the point. One effect of water problems’ ability to selfrepress is that very few people realize how dire the Californian situation is.The California government is now citing the current drought — declared officially last June — as the worst in over 150 years. Water withdrawals from the Sacramento Delta must be cut by 20 to 30 percent by court order to prevent fish extinction. The Sierra snowpack and reservoir storage are both way below normal levels. Will we notice? Maybe, maybe not. Civil water is the last thing to be cut because of sanitation implications (no water equals standing sewage equals cholera), but the East Bay already saw rationing last year and state officials have warned of statewide rationing in 2009. About 80 percent of the water consumed (not withdrawn,for all you lovers of water-use statistics) in California goes to agriculture, and we supply half the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts, so in dry times, most gallons allocated to cities are gallons taken away from a plant somewhere, which means less produce in the U.S. And here’s the kicker: It’s not just California struggling with this. The China Daily got really excited over the weekend about getting 0.5 to 5 mm of rain in

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some areas (no, that’s not very much). Why? The Chinese government officially declared the highest level of emergency for the first time ever due to the worst drought China’s had since at least 1951. Forty-three percent of the wheat crop is threatened. Birds are under massive water stress, which probably means massive breakouts of bird flu as they become less able to counter disease. Four million people have had their access to drinking water cut. Jiangxi Province — which is subtropical (think Florida) — is in a cracked-earth drought.This, in no uncertain terms, is a disaster. Fortunately, the country has stored grain, but what could prolonged drought do? Who else can feed China? Australia’s drought has also become newsworthy. Record temperatures around 117 degrees, coupled with the drought-stricken landscape, have produced the country’s most fatal wildfires ever.Over 160 people were dead as of Monday, more than twice 1983’s previous record, and the Australian government is expected to prosecute arsonists for murder.These fires assuredly would not have spread so far and so fast absent a drought, especially because of the tendency of hot, dry eucalyptus to spontaneously combust.Even in wet periods,eucalyptus trees are extremely flammable,which is one reason a dear friend of mine frequently reminds me not to camp under them. Ever. So, why is this happening? A large camp, including Australian, Californian and Chinese news reports,believes it’s climate change-related, and that may be. It’s not really scientifically sound to blame climate change for individual events, but on a trend level, these extreme events are consistent with what climate science predicts. Whatever you believe, the fact is that freshwater is a limited resource that isn’t always where we want it to be. Anyway. Droughts suck, and we’re in one, along with a bunch of other people. Hi, I’m Emily, and I’m a new Tuesday columnist. I like to talk about water and climate and oil (oh my!),and I have a huge crush on California.I’m a vegetarian because it saves water;I save water because it saves power; I save power because it saves carbon; I save carbon so I can barbecue. Let’s hang out. Emily uses chalk to announce droughts because when it washes off,the problem’s probably over. Email her at [email protected] with good ways to announce other kinds of impending doom.

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Zack Warma

“Sometimes There’s A Man...” way out west there was a fella,fella I want to tell you about . . . “ And so Sam Elliot’s warbling voice opens one of the more absurd films of this past century. From this cinematic classic — the Coen brothers’ seminal “The Big Lebowski” — does this little slice of journalistic cancer draw both its title and a healthy amount of inspiration. In the parlance of our times, duderinoes, welcome to “The Dude Abides,” your weekly fill of semi-coherent glimmers of sanity, wit and schadenfreude. Do not fret if you are not acquainted with the term; it sounds German, so clearly there is some strong connection to human suffering.That, and Otto Von Bismarck.Aw, look at me, I’m rambling again . . . Dear reader, please allow me to introduce myself: I’m a man of neither wealth nor taste (at least not on par with Mick Jagger or Patrick Cordova, that is), but my name is Zack Warma, and I am an Oh-leven history major from San Diego. That’s right — an insufferably proud Southern Californian has been allowed 600 to 800 words every week to put down mildly deformed, intellectually stunted Northern Californians (see Kevin Webb) and any residents of the following states: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, either of the Dakotas, Alabama, Arizona, and West Virginia, among others. Quake in fear Stanford, quake in fear. An important distinction needs to be made, however. Just because I extol the glories of the southern part of the Golden State does not mean that I am in any way a fan of

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that industrial wasteland commonly referred to as the City of Angels, or Los Angeles. Just a brief geographic fun fact: Southern California actually extends beyond L.A., thankfully. And let me add that anyone who has a soul/has spent several hours on the 405 going zero miles per hour and watched one nondescript suburb melt into another knows what in the good Lord’s name I am talking about. Back to “Lebowski” though; L.A. merits only so much derision in this inaugural column.The film, which should be viewed a minimum of four to five times with either a Caucasian or . . . Creedence tape in hand, it ain’t exactly your standard fare; rather it’s a strange muse for the thoughts and schemes of a feller like me. I will be very honest with you, reader, in that I possess several qualities that make me rather un-Dude. A bit of an overly opinionated chap with a penchant for sharing my thoughts with the world, as Jeff Lebowski could very well say to me, “you’re not wrong; you’re just an asshole.” So then, why — you must assuredly be thinking — would you name your column “The Dude Abides,” unless you were unduly trying to assert some sort of cultural selfrighteousness? Given that you aren’t actually asking me questions, oh hypothetical reader, I am going to choose to ignore your inquiries. But to the point at hand: Though there are many lessons to be taken from “Lebowski,” namely, nihilists are in fact f*@^king amateurs, the one that stands out for me the most is this:We humans are rather absurd creatures who, in attempting to exert control over our lives, have a tendency to inflame and enlarge

our problems to extraordinary levels. For those unenviable souls who have not yet learned the joy of “Lebowski,”I cannot do the film justice in this column, but what I will say is that the movie, which covers the ramblings and venturing of the Dude across Southern California, captures the sublime foolishness of the human comedy, of man’s utmost inability to make sense of the world around them. I don’t know nor care to comment on your level of perception about the goings- on at the Stan, but it has become rather evident to me that this incredible institution that we call home for four years or so is rather ridiculous, in ways both ghastly and hilarious. It seems only fitting that a little Dude-ness gets channeled when describing this far-out place. Everything from the inherent beauty of holein-the-wall taco shops to the intellectual stagnation perpetuated by inefficient decentralized bureaucracy will be brought up and bandied about in this column, because I got this sense that the Dude would in fact abide. And you might be thinking, “That’s just, like, your opinion man.”And it may very well be. But in these dire and pressing times that our world is facing, there needs to be someone who can draw strange parallels between unchecked aggression and the tyranny of Risk Management, between “lines in the sand” and Sand Hill Road. I think I can be that man.And in the words of that rustic narrator, “Sometimes there’s a man . . . well, sometimes there’s a man.” To find out if,in fact,he is “calmer than you are,” email Zack at [email protected].

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Stanford swims to dual-meet win By CHRISTIAN L. TOM and KENAN JIANG STAFF WRITERS

The No. 2 men’s swim team won both their dual meets over the rainy weekend at Avery Aquatic Center. Stanford defeated Cal State-Bakersfield 142-97 on Friday — winning every event along the way — and dominating Southern California on Saturday, 213-86. The Trojans were only able to secure two of 14 event titles in a blowout loss. Stanford remains undefeated and is 7-0 overall, including a 4-0 record in the Pacific-10 Conference. The USC meet was the last home competition for the senior swimmers, as they face Berkeley across the Bay on Feb. 21, while the divers take on Brigham Young Feb. 13. Leading up to the Cal meet, the swimmers will continue to ramp up the intensity in training. Most of the squad will taper for the Pac-10 meet March 4-7. Against Bakersfield, Stanford started off the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay. Stanford’s distance squad continued its impressive season in the first individual event of the night, as freshman Chad La Tourette won the 1000 freestyle in 9:12.57. In the 200 free,Stanford swimmers won the top nine places and Bakersfield was completely out-matched. In the 100 backstroke, freshman Geoffrey Cheah edged out Roadrunner Lika Leskur to win the closest race of the day. Cheah finished in 51.69 to Leskur’s 51.72. In the 100 breaststroke, sophomore John Criste took first in a time of 56.24, while freshman Bobby Bollier paced the field in the longer butterfly distance — he finished the 200yard race at 1:48.80. Senior Jason Dunford then went on to win the 50 free in a very fast 20.17, while Staab followed up with a first-place finish in the 100 free at 45.58. Cass captured the 200 back in 1:51.25, and senior Paul Zaich took the 200 breast in

2:05.47. Stanford squared off against USC on Saturday afternoon, and the Cardinal men stepped up in many close races — its only losses came against USC All-Americans Vanni Mangoni in the 200 IM and Hungarian Olympian Zoltan Povazsay in the 500 free. Stanford had already secured a victory by the time USC managed its first event win in the 500 free. The meet started off with the 400 medley relay, and Stanford’s Godsoe, Criste, Staab and Jason Dunford won the event in 3:13.95 — an NCAA “B” standard. NCAA “A” qualifiers are guaranteed an automatic berth at NCAA Championships, while the other available spots at the Championships are filled up with “B” qualifiers. “A” standards have been significantly lowered by the NCAA committee this year due to improving technology and new suit designs. “It was an exciting meet,” Jason Dunford said. “Lots of guys really stepped up and as a result, we saw some good times.” Morrison again finished with a win in an exciting 200 freestyle race, coming from behind to win with a 1:38.63. USC’s Povazsay led for most of the race, but couldn’t hold off a surging Morrison and had to settle for second. Senior captain Paul Kornfeld won the 100 breast in another exciting race where he out-touched Criste by a split second.Criste led for most of the race, but Kornfeld’s strong second half catapulted him to victory, taking the race in 55.28 to Criste’s 55.35. Stanford took the top four spots in the event and took and took a commanding lead over the Trojans. Jason Dunford won two individual events — the 100 free and 100 fly — beating younger brother David and sophomore Alex Coville in the freestyle race. In the 1650 free, La Tourette dominated in 15:24.95 and led the Cardinal to another event

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With three-time All-American and reigning Stanford scoring leader Lauren Silver out due to injury, the women’s water polo team had to look to other players for offense at the Stanford Invitational this past weekend. The answer came in unusual forms, as 11 different players — including four true freshmen — scored to lead Stanford to a third-place finish. After falling to No. 1 Southern California in Saturday’s competition, the No. 2 Cardinal knocked off No. 7 Arizona State 15-14 early Sunday morning to advance to the third-place game later that afternoon. Stanford overcame the fatigue from a long day of competition, winning handily over No. 3 UCLA by a final score of 10-5. Top-ranked USC won the Invitational, defeating Hawaii 11-3 in the championship game. Stanford jumped out to an early lead against UCLA and never looked back.The Cardinal led 6-3 at halftime and held the Bruins to only two goals in the second half to cement the victory. Offensively, Stanford used the same strategy it employed all weekend: spread the ball around. Six Cardinal players got into the mix, including a hat trick by junior Kelly Eaton — her second in three days — and two goals each by freshman Melissa Seidemann and junior Jessica Steffens. “We have a lot of talented offensive players, so I think we’ll always have good scoring distribution,” head coach John Tanner said. The story was much the same in the ASU

promise not to make this a habit. Last week, I criticized sportswriters for their rush to declare Super Bowl XLIII the greatest thing since Velcro. Now, given the actions of a certain third baseman for a certain New York baseball team, I find myself penning a column about the wonderful overseers of our national pastime. Since the shocking (It’s damn near debilitating, I tell you!) revelation that Alex Rodriguez (Gasp! Not the boy wonder!) took steroids (Nooooo!!!) five years ago, the collective sports media has put on a performance that would make the cast of “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” blush. Both Tim Brown and Jayson Stark all but declared the game irrevocably tainted, with A-Rod’s admission being the final straw that broke a horse’s ‘roided back. Ted Keith has already written the postmortem on the 2009 season — Rodriguez has spoiled it. And more writers than I have a description for — “plethora” doesn’t cut it — have declared two things: A-Rod’s legacy is forever tarnished, and his Hall of Fame chances are essentially naught. Yes, folks, it’s 2009, and the steroid era — one of hypocrisy and lies, false memories and inaction — lives on. But I’m not talking about the athletes, the juicers. Nay, I’m looking at your dear sports writers. Because after listening to your holier-thanthou parables and analyses for the entirety of my teenage years, I’ve had enough. Look in the mirror, sirs and madams, and ask yourselves: Where were you when the problem started? Where were you during the mid-’90s, when steroids raged and homeruns flew? I’ll give you the answer:You were nowhere to be found. Let’s put aside the obvious — that performance-enhancing drugs, in one form or another, have been a prominent part of the sport since the early 1960s, and likely beforehand. Let’s look at 1991, when Fay Vincent — the consummate professional, and a commissioner that the MLB only wishes it had today — declared “controlled substances” illegal. At the time, steroids — the next step up on the drug chain — were still a foreign idea. But they rose to prominence in Big League clubhouses at around the same time that baseball was headed toward the 1994 strike over the sport’s finances. Even after the game returned in 1995, fan interest was still at a low. Baseball needed a lifeboat, and it found one in the 1998 homerun race. Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire’s pursuit of Roger Maris’ singleseason homerun record brought fans back to the sport in droves. These modern-day titans, these larger-thanlife sluggers, were the perfect vehicle to return baseball to prominence — as long as they kept hitting, they’d be adored by fans and the media alike. Sports writers needed baseball to succeed as much as the league did — the possibility of becoming a secondtier sport was simply unacceptable — and so they followed in lockstep, and even after seeing androstenedione in McGwire’s locker, were reluctant to ask the hard questions. Time passed, and with baseball solidly back in good standing with the public, people (finally) began questioning. How exactly did Sosa and McGwire develop such outstanding power? And don’t they look a little too big? The sky fell when McGwire was asked to testify before Congress in 2005 about steroids in baseball, and he gave his now infamous response: “I’m not here to talk about the past.” Immediately, the same people who couldn’t praise him enough just years before began to turn their backs on him. And McGwire was only the beginning — then came Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, the Mitchell Report and so on. Along the way, writers have perpetuated their meme: How did this happen? Gee, I wonder. All sarcasm aside,

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Debbie Chen, Michelle Moore and Erin Bell (above) took second in the meet’s trio event, bested only by another Stanford squad: Maria Koroleva, Taylor Durand and Olivia Morgan, who won first place with a score of 89.5.

Card silences Word in home opener Synchro combines talents to beat Incarnate Word over three-day event By CLAUDIA PRECIADO STAFF WRITER

A split second off? Deduction. Coming up too early? Deduction. Failed to extend your leg fully? Deduction. In a sport where the discipline of perfection meets the dynamism of an aquatic show with the musical styling of a ballet, synchronized swimming requires the highest level of skill and precision. The Stanford synchronized swimming team currently has four straight collegiate titles under its belt, exemplifying its dominance. The Cardinal captured a share of its firstever U.S. National title last year, making it the first collegiate team to do so. This past weekend’s triumph over the University of Incarnate Word gave the Stanford team a positive start to the 2009 season. “I’m really pleased with how the team did,” said head coach Heather Olson. “This is really our first time being together and with five new freshmen, it’s really hard to know how the team is going to do. It’s a great start, and we definitely have some ideas of what we need to do to move forward.” The Cardinal competed in “A” elements and “B” figures on Friday night against Incarnate Word. Though Stanford failed to clinch the top spot in “A” el-

ements, Stanford’s average score came out on top. Incarnate Word’s Lyssa Wallace had the high score for the night at 77.280 in “A” elements, while Stanford junior Debbie Chen was second at 76.620. The Cardinal’s average in elements prevailed over Incarnate Word’s, 75.740-74.883. In “B” figures, Stanford secured the top six spots, with freshman Maria Koroleva placing first at 73.245. The team easily outscored Incarnate Word in the event, 71.345-67.456, and Stanford held a 22-20 lead after the first day of competition. Trios, duets, solos and team routines were contested during the second day of competition. Stanford’s routines prevailed in every category except solos. In trios, Stanford’s Koroleva, junior Taylor Durand and freshman Olivia Morgan topped all scores with an 89.500. In second place, another Cardinal trio comprised of sophomore Michelle Moore, Chen and senior Erin Bell flourished with a score of 86.333. Incarnate Word’s trio tallied an 86.000, good for third place. In the duet competition, Stanford saved its best for last in the form of Koroleva and Morgan. The combo was victorious with a strong routine that netted a score of 89.167, and the Cardinal’s Chen and Durand fol-

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One big loss, but three wins

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Cardinal captures fourth place

Card unable to take tourney title, still able to find success

Stanford falls to USC, UW, failing to repeat in Hawaii

By MICHAEL LAZARUS By ROXIE DICKINSON STAFF WRITER

Back from a bustling winter full of training, the No. 6 Stanford men’s golf team opened the spring season with a fourth-place finish at the UH-Hilo Open in Hawaii. The Cardinal edged out the University of Oregon (fifth) and the University of Colorado (sixth), and generally put on a good show as the returning champs from last year. No. 1 Southern California, one of Stanford’s toughest rivals, took the UH-Hilo tournament crown with an overall 851, 13 under par. The Trojans finished a full 11 strokes ahead of No. 5 Washington — who finished in second place — and a full 19 strokes ahead of No.17 Texas Christian University in third. “First off, no one likes to get beat by USC,” said Stanford head coach Conrad Ray. “I keep telling the guys to look at the big picture. If you look at our results, we didn’t perform as well as we normally do and [junior Joseph] Bramlett was not in there to help us out this time.Though we had some ups and downs, I think we had a pretty good week all things considered.” No. 35 sophomore Steve Ziegler led the Cardinal this week, posting an overall three under par that earned him a piece of seventh place. He proved to be a model of consistency for the team, posting a score of 71 (one under par) for all three rounds and staying well within the top 10 on the individual leader board for the entire tournament.

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The No. 2 Cardinal lost to No. 1 Southern California, but was otherwise successful at the Stanford Invitational, knocking off ranked squads such as No. 7 Arizona State and No. 3 UCLA to capture third place behind the Women of Troy and Hawaii.

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SYNCHRO Continued from page 4 lowed in second with an 89.000. In the solo competition, Incarnate Word’s Wallace placed first at 89.500, followed by Stanford freshman Koko Urata at 85.000. When it came time for the team routines, Stanford’s stacked eight proved their dominance in a routine packed with lifts, kicks and surprises that earned them a solid 93.167. Incarnate Word’s “A” team swam a compelling piece but fell short of Stanford’s high standard with an 88.667. The visiting “B” team placed third with a score of 81.667. Both of the visitor’s efforts

were new and creative, but errors tainted the routines in skill and accuracy. Stanford finished the second day of competition with a commanding 10-point win over Incarnate Word, 88-78. “I think they did a really good job holding it together in a stressful situation,” Olson said. “Incarnate Word is a very strong team and we were definitely worried about how they were going to look.” The third day of competition consisted of “A” elements and “B” figures, giving Stanford its third straight victory as it coasted to a 22-20 win. In the “A” elements portion of the meet, Stanford’s Chen led with 82.434. Incarnate Word earned second- through fourth-place finishes, though, and the Cardinal average score was only slightly higher than

MAKOWSKY WATER POLO Continued from page 4 the media didn’t cause the steroids mess, nor are they solely responsible for cleaning it up — that burden falls on the league and the player’s union, two bodies that have been, to this point, entirely incompetent in this regard. However, it would be naive to think that sports writers don’t have a role to play. If they had made a concentrated effort to expose and examine the problem in the mid- to late-’90s, progress against steroid usage could have been made nearly a decade earlier than it has currently, and we’d be spared the sob stories about the destruction of the game after yet another star admits to juicing. But instead, writers were far too sheepish to do their job, and instead got caught up in the hoopla surrounding the revival of the league. Such actions aren’t individual to the sports media, though. Take the reportage on the War in Iraq, for instance. Similar situation — the press failed to ask questions at the onset, and instead were quite literally cheerleaders throughout the invasion. Once the climate turned sour, the media turned on the effort, threw up their hands in despair and wondered, as sports writers have done throughout the steroids era, “How did this happen?” It happened because you failed us, because you forgot that you are a watchdog, and not a fan. Save us your laments over the end of innocence and integrity. The damage is done, and you’re right — it might be irrevocable. And that stain is on your hands as much as it is on anyone else’s. Wyndam Makowsky just destroyed any chance at landing a job in sports journalism. Commiserate with him at [email protected].

Continued from page 4 match. Freshmen Cassie Churnside and Seidemann paced the way for Stanford, combining for five goals in a match that saw 10 Stanford players score. “As has been the case the last few years, our freshmen group arrived with lofty goals and a desire to contribute right away,” Tanner said. “It was nice to see five of them play a lot and look so engaged and prepared for this level of play.” With both Stanford and USC making quick work of their final opponents on Sunday, Saturday’s match-up between the top two teams in the nation was in essence the championship game of the tournament. Against the Trojans, the Cardinal was in control for most of the match. Stanford out-shot the Trojans, constantly pressuring USC’s defense. On the defensive side of the ball, Stanford — anchored by Seidemann and senior Heather West — rarely allowed USC an open shot and forced turnover after turnover. Yet the Trojans kept hanging around, capitalizing on a few Cardinal mistakes and exclusions, and Stanford could not put the game out of reach. “We wasted a few good opportunities to go up by two goals late in the USC game, which gave them the chance to tie us and get the game into overtime,” Tanner said. Riding their momentum, the Trojans dominated the two overtime periods. USC finished with a 12-10 win, handing Stanford its first loss of the season.

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MSWIM Continued from page 4 sweep. Bollier, Coville, and Criste were other individual event winners. “It was a good weekend;we got up and raced well against Bakersfield and especially against USC,” Cass said.“It was a fun last home meet for me, and it was really cool for the younger guys to challenge the seniors and help us win. It was a special atmosphere on deck.” “We don’t want to lose sight of the end goal,” Jason Dunford added. “It is a fine balance between not putting too much pressure on ourselves, and not getting too complacent. There is lots of other fast swimming going on around the country.” Contact Christian L. Tom at [email protected] and Kenan Jiang at [email protected].

“Steve has been knocking on the door at every tournament this year.” Ray said. “His nemesis is making a ton of errors throughout a tournament, but this year he has been overcoming this by playing really solidly. He deserves credit for his hard work in the offseason.” Just behind Ziegler was freshman David Chung, who finished the tournament on a good note with a two-over 218 for the week. Chung’s strongest round came at the end of the Open when he fired a threeunder 69 to help keep the Cardinal in the top five. This is the second time he has tied for 15th this year, tying his personal best finish in a tournament. Sophomore Sihwan Kim posted a six-over 222 overall to place him in a tie for 30th. Kim had a rough start and finish to the tournament, but redeemed himself in the second round by shooting a one-under 71. Seniors Dodge Kemmer and

The Stanford Daily Incarnate Word’s, 80.658-80.338. In “B” figures, the Stanford freshmen made their presence felt in spots one through five, starting with Urata at 79.821.The Cardinal’s team average trumped that of Incarnate Word by almost four points, 76.53672.874. “Being able to do well and compete against them this early in the season gives us some confidence,” Olson said. Stanford synchronized swimming sits at 5-0 for this season and heads to Tucson, Ariz. next weekend. The Cardinal will compete against Arizona on Saturday and Sunday. Competition will begin at 2 p.m. and 9 a.m., respectively. Contact Claudia Preciado at [email protected].

If nothing else, the Invitational showcased the emergence of Seidemann.The Walnut Creek-native announced her arrival into the collegiate arena with authority, hammering away at defenders on one side of the pool and denying wouldbe scorers on the other. With her six-foot frame, Seidemann creates mismatches versus almost any opponent. On day one of the Invitational, Seidemann scored four goals in Stanford’s 11-2 thrashing of Indiana. She finished with 10 tallies for the weekend. “I felt my offensive game was very strong during the weekend,” Seidemann said. “We communicated well as a team and were able to get off some good shots.” Given her youth, Seidemann will only keep improving. Even with only six collegiate games under her belt, Seidemann carries herself like a veteran — in and out of the pool. “Melissa typifies the freshman class in that she is poised and fearless,” Tanner said. “She seemed to get better between Friday and Sunday.” Seidemann realizes that she still has work to do to become a truly dominant force in the pool. “It’s been a big transition from high school to college, but coach Tanner has done a great job helping me out,” she said. “I just need to keep working on my defense and mobility.” Seidemann and the Cardinal look to continue improving and keep their hot streak going when they play a Valentine’s Day doubleheader against Sonoma State and UC-Santa Cruz, at home in Avery Aquatic Center. Contact Michael Lazarus at mlazarus @stanford.edu.

Daniel Lim struggled to find their groove this tournament. Kemmer finished in a tie for 43rd with an overall score of 225, while Lim came out with a 228. The Cardinal was excited to hit the links and play some serious golf after its seasonal hiatus from competitive tournaments. “It was nice to go over to Hawaii to get the spring season going,” Ray said. “We are really motivated to kick it into gear for spring and see where it takes us.” Stanford is on the right track — the team is now five for five in top10 finishes in tournaments this year. Stanford has a history of building upon its momentum and riding it all the way to the NCAA Championships in June. Despite its current success, the Cardinal will have its work cut out for it in two weeks when the team heads down to USC. The Stanford men will face off with some of the top teams in the nation at the USC/Ashworth Collegiate Invitational on Feb. 23 and 24. Contact Roxie Dickinson [email protected].

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