By CHRISTINE MCFADDENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Stanford is well positioned to receive someof the estimated $2.6 billion in energy researchspending that President Barack Obama isincluding in his proposed economic stimuluspackage,according to James Sweeney,directorof the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency.

“The newly created Precourt Institute forEnergy Efficiency, the to-be-created TomkatCenter for Sustainable Energy plus the GlobalClimate and Energy Project (GCEP) have cre-ated an infrastructure of faculty, graduate stu-dents, undergraduates and staff, who are inter-ested and capable in the energy and environ-mental areas,” Sweeney said.

“Because we have so much interest amongthose groups and so much strength, we’re at avery good competitive position for any expan-sion in federal funding in the energy area par-ticularly, but also in the environmental area,”he added.“We will be among the best competi-tors, if not the best competitor.”

While the amount of money Stanford couldreceive is still up in the air, it could turn out tobe a noteworthy sum based on how the billchanges as it passes through the Senate.

“It looks like it’s going to be a significantamount as part of the stimulus package,but thestimulus package is still a work in progress,”Sweeney said. “There is still a lot of arguingback and forth.”

Lynn Orr, director of the new PrecourtInstitute, agreed that the amount of funding isundecided.

“It’s too early to tell,” he wrote in an emailto the Daily.“Any funding that would come toStanford would follow based on proposal com-petitions, presumably through the DOE[Department of Energy].”

For funding to be allocated to research,proposals for projects must first be accept-ed, creating a very competitive researchenvironment.

“We have a wide-ranging group of energyresearch faculty and any of them would be in aposition to compete,” Orr said.

He went on to list the Global Climate andEnergy Project (GCEP), the PrecourtInstitute, the Stanford/SLAC Institute forMaterials and Energy Research and theProgram on Energy and SustainableDevelopment as specific departments withprojects that may be approved to receivefunding.

“We have significant expertise in materialscience, which will be important for batteriesand for solar energy,” Sweeney said.“We havestrong systems analysis capabilities that will begood for understanding how to integrate

renewables into the grid. We have expertisethat merges international knowledge withenergy supply development knowledge. Ibelieve that international energy policy will bean element as well as domestic energy policy.”

Sweeney also stressed that Stanford has thepotential to lead the field in behavioral sci-ences,which pertain to how we can understandand promote energy efficiency.

“The one [area] that I’m most interested inexpanding are the behavior issues related tohow we use energy because that’s been sounderfunded and so understudied,” he stated.“We have so much capability at Stanford with-in those areas.”

Examples of projects within this depart-ment include studies of media influence onconsumer energy efficiency behaviors.Sweeney specifically cited Chevron’s humanenergy campaign as a model for study. Recentads have incorporated images of energy effi-cient products and practices in the hope thatthe public will emulate this new image.

Overall, the funding from Obama’s stimu-lus package looks to be much higher than pastfederal funding.

“Energy research has been up and downover the years,” Orr said, “but what is beingproposed is a significant increase over therecent past.”

“I would not be surprised to see a doublingor a tripling by the next few years over whatthe Bush administration has done in terms offunding, but that’s only a guess,” Sweeneyadded. “I would anticipate that there will be,progressively over the next few years, increas-es [of funding] in the energy area becausethat’s consistent with Obama’s commitment.”

However, Sweeney emphasized that long-term funding takes precedence over short-term funding.

“For research, you aren’t looking for thevery short-run quality that you get from a stim-ulus package,” he said. “You’re looking forlonger-term programs and those are thingsthat Obama, while he was a candidate, com-mitted to increase very sharply.”

Obama’s administration includes recentlyappointed Secretary of Energy Steve Chu, aformer Stanford professor and head of the

University eyesresearch money

By KATHERINE JEWETT

Students for Sustainable Stanford hosted theirannual “Focus the Nation” event on Friday to pro-mote climate change action on campus. The soundsof Bob Marley, organic snacks and plenty of recycla-ble cups filled Old Union as students thought aboutwhat they can do to combat climate change.

The event featured student groups such as theGreen Living Council, Engineers for a SustainableWorld and Energy Crossroadswith live performances bySTAMP, Kuumba and Calypso.

Climateers, a subgroup ofStudents for Sustainable Stanfordled by Dani Uribe ‘11 and SashaEngelmann ‘11, organized theevent in an effort to advocate forsustainable action on campus andreducing Stanford’s carbon foot-print. Uribe noted that she was pleased with theturnout at the event.

“This event is all about raising awareness,” Uribesaid. “[It is about] how to get involved, and what youcan do on an individual level.”

While last year’s Focus the Nation offered a confer-ence-based panel on climate change, this year’s eventwas an “eco-carnival” of sorts — students could visitthe local and organic food stand, decorate a hemp bagor calculate their carbon footprint while learning aboutdifferent options for student involvement on campus.

Engelmann explained that they changed the pres-entation of the event in order to encourage more stu-dents to attend.

“People that [went to those] panels were likelypeople that knew a lot about it already,” she said.“So,[they] weren’t really effective in changing theirthinking that much.”

Uribe explained that one of the major challengesClimateers faces is engaging a student body that isalways so busy. To partially address this issue,Climateers launched the Green Bead Campaign lastyear. Students can calculate their carbon footprint, findways to reduce it and make a pledge for individualchange in exchange for a green bead bracelet. Thisgreen bead, tied around the wrist, serves as a constantreminder of how little commitments, collectively, canmake a big difference.

Students pledged to take shorter showers, turn offlights when exiting the room and unplug applianceswhen not in use. One rather enthusiastic student evenpledged to walk instead of drive for beer.

Another way Climateers hoped to impact studentbehavior was by encouraging the use of recyclableparty cups offered by the ASSU Green Store.A gameof “juice pong” at Friday’s event invited students tolearn about how red party cups, contrary to popularbelief, are not recyclable.

Engelmann explained that while we are on thecutting edge of climate change research withrenowned figures like Steve Schneider and ChrisField, the culture and activities on campus are rela-

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SCIENCE & TECH

Prof.contributes to Google OceanBy ROBERT TOEWS

STAFF WRITER

Internet users wowed by the newlyreleased Google Earth 5.0, which includes aGoogle Ocean component featuring aninteractive, three-dimensional ocean, owe adebt of gratitude to Stanford biology profes-sor Barbara Block.

Block headed a team of researchers fromthroughout the country that collaboratedwith Google for over a year on the GoogleOcean software. Included on the team wasDr. Randy Kochevar, also from Stanford.Specifically, Block and her team worked onan animal-tracking layer called GTOPP(Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators), whichcompiled animal tracking data for the newGoogle Earth release.

“We’ve created a special animal trackinglayer which, once developed fully, will allowyou to go and potentially see the track a bluewhale or a leatherback sea turtle, forinstance, took as it crosses the ocean,” Blocksaid.

The program allows users to track the

large-scale migration of marine animals —tunas, sharks, whales and seals, among others— and even includes special animations thatprovide an “animal’s eye view” of the openocean seascape, giving users the impressionthey are swimming alongside the animals.

Google Ocean is currently availableonline in its beta version and programmersexpect to add much more data to the pro-gram in the future. In particular, Googlehopes to incorporate high-resolution photosof select areas of the ocean floor so that userscan “explore the ocean” in more detail.

Block, who currently works at Stanford’sHopkins Marine Station, has been taggingand tracking open-ocean animals for over adecade. In addition, she heads a program inthe Atlantic Ocean called TAG-A-Giant,which has placed over a thousand electronictags on Atlantic bluefin tuna. In 1996, Blockreceived a MacArthur “Genius” Grant forher work in marine biology.

She views this recent collaboration withGoogle as an important and promisingachievement.

“Google Earth provides a powerful, intu-

itive interface for exploring the kinds of datathese animals produce from electronic tags,”Block said in a press release. “This allowsusers — from scientists to school kids — toquickly 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 tocurious everyday Internet users, this researchwill potentially contribute to the mainte-nance of stable fish populations, which havebeen significantly affected by human overex-ploitation in recent years.

“In order to sustainably manage open-ocean fisheries, we need to provide resourcemanagers with better information about howthese animals live and how they use theocean,” Block said. “If we can identify thekey locations and times where these animalsfeed or breed, for example, we can help cre-ate management tools that protect them.Google has helped our efforts to visualize thedeep blue sea, and we now have it at our fin-gertips.”

Contact Robert Toews at rtoews@stanford.edu.

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

POLITICS

Colleges, cities and statevie for stimulus dollars

By AN LE NGUYENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

President Barack Obama promotedhis $800 billion stimulus bill to theAmerican public in a primetime newsconference yesterday, emphasizing theurgency of the recovery plan in light ofthe current economic crisis.

The President’s news conferencetook place as the Senate approved itsversion of the recovery package by avote of 61-36. A conference committeewill now meet to merge the Senate’sversion of the bill with that of theHouse of Representatives, which wasapproved Feb. 28.

Institutions of higher learning,including Stanford, anticipate increasedfunding for research, student aid provi-sions and infrastructure upgrades.

“Funding increases for the NationalInstitutes of Health, the NationalScience Foundation, the Department ofEnergy Office of Science and other sci-ence agencies will go to supportresearch, educational opportunities andscience infrastructure upgrades atStanford and other campuses and labsacross the country,” wrote Director ofFederal Relations Ryan Adesnik in anemail to The Daily.

Adesnik also added that these fundswould be awarded on a competitivebasis, with consideration for institutionswith the best peer reviews.

California stands to benefit fromfederal aid once the bill becomes law,especially in the domains of health careand infrastructure.

But Garin Casaleggio, a spokesman

for California’s Office of the StateController, stated that discrepanciesbetween the House and Senate versionsof the stimulus bill make it difficult tojudge how much California will gainfrom the plan.

“Since it’s not finalized, the onlything that we can really talk about is ahypothetical benefit,” Casaleggio said.“I think that the main area of focus thatCalifornia stands to benefit is definitelyin an increase in Medicaid funds.”

Casaleggio noted that a rise in unem-ployment consequently spurred anenrollment increase in California’sMedicaid program, Medi-Cal, becauseof lost health insurance, which makesstimulus relief all the more urgent.

“[Increased medical funding] isextremely essential as services . . .become more in demand during thisdownturn in the economy,” Casaleggiosaid.

Federal funding may bring somerelief to financially strappedCalifornians. According to Casaleggio,the state is expected to receive a littleunder $10 billion for its Medi-Cal pro-gram. While this funding appears to beless than the state would hope to pro-cure, it does inject money into thestate’s ailing economy.

“We’ve got at least a $41 billionbudget deficit, which is the largest ofany state,” Casaleggio said. “Our unem-ployment rate hit 9.3 percent. In 2008, Ithink, we lost over 250,000 jobs. Any bitof money helps, $10 billion helps.”

While healthcare funding plays an

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

Event raises awareness of recyclable cups, carbon footprints

“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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Energy initiatives hopeful for stimulus benefits

important role, communities acrossthe state also plan to apply federalfunding to a variety of infrastruc-ture projects.

Menlo Park City Manager GlenRojas elaborated on the projectsthat his city hopes to enact if itreceives the necessary federal aid.

“There were five proposals[that] the city submitted,” Rojassaid. “Any of the projects that arefunded would create some jobs.”

These requests include streetresurfacing throughout the city, thecreation of a solar hot water heat-ing system at Belle Haven Pool, theconstruction of a migratory chan-nel for steelhead trout in SanFrancisquito Creek and the instal-lation of a solar photovoltaic sys-tem. Menlo Park also hopes toimprove an existing bicycle andpedestrian underpass at WillowRoad and Highway 84.

“In terms of how the city isdoing financially, I think we’redoing better than the average city

in California,” Rojas asserted. “Thecity made reductions in expensesover the past few years, so that real-ly put us in a good position, that thedownturn won’t be felt as for mostother cities in California.”

Similarly, the city of Berkeleyplans to apply federal funding toseveral infrastructure projects inorder to stimulate the local econo-my. Should Berkeley receive thefunding it requested, the moneymight be used to improve the city’sZero Waste Facility, the Veterans’Memorial Building and Old CityHall.

“It’s really hard to determinethe impacts of the stimulus package

since it is a moving target,” wroteBerkeley Chief of Staff Julie Sinaiin an email to The Daily. “TheSenate version is very differentthan the House version.”

Contact An Le Nguyen at lenguyen@stanford.edu.

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physics department. Although there isno guarantee of funding for theUniversity, Sweeney has predicted thatChu will work to promote high-qualityresearch and a significant increase infunding for renewable energy sources.

In the meantime, Stanford, along

with other energy research institutions,can only wait and hope for a favorableSenate decision.

“It’s a very competitive process,”Sweeney said. “Because it’s very com-petitive, we can’t say who is going towin those competitions.All we can sayis, it’s like going into the Olympics. Ifyou have a lot of really good athletes,you’re going to win some medals.”

Contact Christine McFadden at cnm714@stanford.edu.

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tively conservative when it comesto sustainability.

“How do our every day activitiesrepresent the progressive direction ofour institution’s research?” she asked.“It doesn’t.”

To help bring about this change instudent activities, members ofStudents for a Sustainable Stanfordthought that the administration couldshow more leadership and commit-ment in promoting sustainability.

“Our everyday activities don’t rep-resent the progressive direction of ourinstitution’s research,” Engelmannexplained. “So it’s our goal to movebeyond raising awareness, and actuallyget people to change their behaviors.”

Uribe agreed, explaining that theyhoped to encourage change ratherthan simply spread a message.

“Moving forward, we are aimingfor not as much reaction, but insteadmore action,” she said.

Bridget Connolly ‘11, attended theevent and was impressed with theorganization’s commitment to a vari-ety of different sustainable solutions.

“I really liked the local organicfood stand,” she said. “Wholesomefood is going to be a big issue, andthat’s cool that they’re bringing this toeveryone’s attention.”

Contact Katherine Jewett at kjewett@stan-ford.edu.

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By LEE AXELROD

It’s not too common to see twins atStanford. But those who did receiveidentical acceptance packages in themail have found that sharing an under-graduate experience has worked out

surprisingly well.Andy and Emily Cooper ‘11 are one

example of twins who are glad they’re notseparated.

“It’d be weird not seeing each other for along time,” Emily said.

Fortunately for the Coopers, they sharemany mutual friends and hang out fairlyoften. They were even in a draw grouptogether, and are now living in the samedorm. Just like home.

“We’re not glued at the hip, but it’s niceto see each other,” Emily said.

The two also both happen to be engineer-ing 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 alot of the same things.”

Given this fact, it might come as a sur-prise that initially, Andy and Emily didn’tintend to go to college together.

“We thought it might be the time wewould split apart,” Andy remembered. “Itturned out Stanford was the best school forboth of us.”

Emily noted how each twin separatelydiscovered that Stanford was the right fit.Asfor the college application process, Andyand Emily weren’t too concerned about thepossible arrival of one big and one smallenvelope, though they seem to have beenthe only ones who felt that way.

“People kept asking, ‘What if one of yougets in and one doesn’t?’” Andy said.Fortunately, they’re both here, though theirmatching admissions decisions didn’t comeas a huge surprise. The twins said that theyhad heard rumors that schools try to either

accept or reject both twins in order toreduce drama in the family.

However, the Office of UndergraduateAdmission reported that it doesn’t have anofficial policy for twins.

“Each applicant is considered individual-ly,” said Shawn Abbott, Director ofAdmissions.

This statement seems contradictory tothe experiences of many twins, especiallyGwen and Margot Watson ‘09.

“We thought we would go to differentcolleges,” Gwen said. “But we got in to allthe same schools, and got rejected from thesame ones.”

Although Gwen and Margot are sharingtheir undergraduate experience, the deci-sion-making process wasn’t quite as pleas-ant. Dramatic and competitive might be amore accurate description.

“It was really hard, because we were stilltrying to figure out whether or not we want-ed to go to the same school,” Margot said.

But they’ve been able to find their ownniches, even on the same campus.

“We try to separate our lives,” Margotexplained. “We have never lived in the sameplace, and we have different groups offriends. We each have a unique experience.”

But despite this trend of moving apart, thetwo still manage to find quality sibling time.

“They really understand where you’recoming from,” Margot said, adding, “It’s tooeasy to third-wheel someone.”

And though both Margot and Gwenagree that there is comfort in having a fami-ly member on campus, there are certainlydrawbacks.

“There are lots of positives and lots ofnegatives,” Gwen said. “You have your bestfriend on campus, but you have everyonemaking a big deal about you being twins.”

There are certainly circumstances inwhich it’s better not to have someone wholooks exactly like you wandering around aschool of over 6,000 people. But Gwen

noted that mix-ups aren’t common, andmainly occur with people who don’t knowthem well.

“I’ve had conversations with people, pre-tending to be you,” Margot said to Gwen.She explains that in many cases, it’s easierjust to make small talk rather than launchinto the explanation of having a twin.

Sonali and Meghali Chopra ‘11 havefound one solution to that problem — spendmost of their time together, and people willinevitably know they’re twins. These twofind it easy to be in college together, andhang out all the time.

“We decided we would make it easier byliving together,” Sonali said.

They combined all of their friends fromlast year so they could form one largegroup, limiting confusion. This manner ofstaying together also transfered into theiracademic lives.

“We have the same classes,” Meghalisaid. “We’re doing the same major.”

Given their twin unity, Sonali andMeghali’s original stance on going to thesame 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 deci-sion together.”

Like in much of their lives beforeStanford, twins on campus have to balancethe natural tendency to stay close and thedesire to pave separate paths. But perhapsit’s important to draw a distinction betweenbeing a sibling and being a student.

“We do pretty much everything togeth-er,” Sonali said.

“But we like to be considered differentpeople,” Meghali added, finishing her sis-ter’s sentence.

Contact Lee Axelrod at laxelrod@stanford.edu.

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Gwen (left) andMargo Watson ‘09(right) bake piesduring winter break.While back on cam-pus, they seek out dif-ferent friends andactivities.

Photo courtesy Gwen Watson

It takes twoThat girl in four of your classes might be two different people

Photo courtesy Andy CooperAndy (left) and Emily Cooper ‘11 (right) did notexpect to end up on the same campus. Their deci-sions to attend Stanford came separately.

Photo courtesy Sonali ChopraTwins Sonali and Meghali Chopra ‘11share DNA, friends and interests.

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Last time I tried to announce California’sdrought to the campus, I was chalking inthe dead of night. I had policemen look-

ing over my shoulder, ready to censor me if Imade any false moves.

That actually is true.It was Big Game week-end,and they were making sure I wasn’t writing“Can’t spell sucks without SU”or something. Imanaged to convince them that I am just a nerdwho happened to be concerned about our lackof concern about water.

“What are you chalking about?”one officerasked.

“No one on this campus knows how closewe are to having our water rationed!”I replied.

He looked at me, thought about whetherthat sentiment constituted thinking that Stan-ford sucks,and nodded slowly before letting mecontinue. I ran into another policeman laterand averted questions with a very pleasant con-versation about our shared love of public safe-ty.

Either way, I didn’t need a policeman tokeep my comments about water problems incheck; water emergencies are sort of self-cen-soring. Shockingly, they aren’t that interestingas news. Front page headlines: “We’re in adrought!”“We’re . . . still in a drought!”You getthe point.

One effect of water problems’ ability to self-repress is that very few people realize how direthe Californian situation is.The California gov-ernment is now citing the current drought —declared officially last June — as the worst inover 150 years. Water withdrawals from theSacramento Delta must be cut by 20 to 30 per-cent by court order to prevent fish extinction.The Sierra snowpack and reservoir storage areboth way below normal levels.

Will we notice? Maybe, maybe not. Civilwater is the last thing to be cut because of sani-tation implications (no water equals standingsewage equals cholera), but the East Bay al-ready saw rationing last year and state officialshave warned of statewide rationing in 2009.About 80 percent of the water consumed (notwithdrawn,for all you lovers of water-use statis-tics) in California goes to agriculture, and wesupply half the nation’s fruits, vegetables andnuts, so in dry times, most gallons allocated tocities are gallons taken away from a plant some-where, which means less produce in the U.S.And here’s the kicker: It’s not just Californiastruggling with this.

The China Daily got really excited over theweekend about getting 0.5 to 5 mm of rain in

some areas (no, that’s not very much). Why?The Chinese government officially declaredthe highest level of emergency for the firsttime ever due to the worst drought China’shad since at least 1951. Forty-three percent ofthe wheat crop is threatened. Birds are undermassive water stress, which probably meansmassive breakouts of bird flu as they becomeless able to counter disease. Four million peo-ple have had their access to drinking water cut.Jiangxi Province — which is subtropical(think Florida) — is in a cracked-earthdrought.This, in no uncertain terms, is a disas-ter. Fortunately, the country has stored grain,but what could prolonged drought do? Whoelse can feed China?

Australia’s drought has also become news-worthy. Record temperatures around 117 de-grees, coupled with the drought-stricken land-scape, have produced the country’s most fatalwildfires ever.Over 160 people were dead as ofMonday, more than twice 1983’s previousrecord, and the Australian government is ex-pected to prosecute arsonists for murder.Thesefires assuredly would not have spread so far andso fast absent a drought, especially because ofthe tendency of hot, dry eucalyptus to sponta-neously combust.Even in wet periods,eucalyp-tus trees are extremely flammable,which is onereason a dear friend of mine frequently re-minds me not to camp under them.Ever.

So,why is this happening? A large camp,in-cluding Australian, Californian and Chinesenews reports,believes it’s climate change-relat-ed,and that may be. It’s not really scientificallysound to blame climate change for individualevents, but on a trend level, these extremeevents are consistent with what climate sciencepredicts.Whatever you believe, the fact is thatfreshwater is a limited resource that isn’t alwayswhere we want it to be.

Anyway. Droughts suck, and we’re in one,along with a bunch of other people. Hi, I’mEmily, and I’m a new Tuesday columnist. I liketo talk about water and climate and oil (ohmy!),and I have a huge crush on California.I’ma vegetarian because it saves water;I save waterbecause it saves power;I save power because itsaves carbon; I save carbon so I can barbecue.Let’s hang out.

Emily uses chalk to announce droughts becausewhen it washes off, the problem’s probably over.Email her at gruberte@stanford.edu with goodways to announce other kinds of impendingdoom.

OPINIONS

“Away out west there was a fella,fellaI want to tell you about . . . “ Andso Sam Elliot’s warbling voice

opens one of the more absurd films of thispast century.

From this cinematic classic — the Coenbrothers’ seminal “The Big Lebowski” —does this little slice of journalistic cancer drawboth its title and a healthy amount of inspira-tion. In the parlance of our times, duderinoes,welcome to “The Dude Abides,” your weeklyfill of semi-coherent glimmers of sanity, witand schadenfreude. Do not fret if you are notacquainted with the term; it sounds German,so clearly there is some strong connection tohuman suffering.That, and Otto Von Bismar-ck.Aw, look at me, I’m rambling again . . .

Dear reader, please allow me to introducemyself: I’m a man of neither wealth nor taste(at least not on par with Mick Jagger orPatrick Cordova, that is), but my name isZack Warma, and I am an Oh-leven historymajor from San Diego. That’s right — an in-sufferably proud Southern Californian hasbeen allowed 600 to 800 words every week toput down mildly deformed, intellectuallystunted Northern Californians (see KevinWebb) and any residents of the followingstates: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska,Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, either ofthe Dakotas, Alabama, Arizona, and WestVirginia, among others. Quake in fear Stan-ford, quake in fear.

An important distinction needs to bemade, however. Just because I extol the glo-ries of the southern part of the Golden Statedoes not mean that I am in any way a fan of

that industrial wasteland commonly referredto as the City of Angels,or Los Angeles. Just abrief geographic fun fact:Southern Californiaactually extends beyond L.A., thankfully.And let me add that anyone who has asoul/has spent several hours on the 405 goingzero miles per hour and watched one nonde-script suburb melt into another knows what inthe good Lord’s name I am talking about.

Back to “Lebowski” though; L.A. meritsonly so much derision in this inaugural col-umn.The film, which should be viewed a min-imum of four to five times with either a Cau-casian or . . . Creedence tape in hand, it ain’texactly your standard fare; rather it’s astrange muse for the thoughts and schemes ofa feller like me. I will be very honest with you,reader, in that I possess several qualities thatmake me rather un-Dude. A bit of an overlyopinionated chap with a penchant for sharingmy thoughts with the world, as Jeff Lebowskicould very well say to me,“you’re not wrong;you’re just an asshole.”

So then, why — you must assuredly bethinking — would you name your column“The Dude Abides,” unless you were undulytrying to assert some sort of cultural self-righteousness? Given that you aren’t actuallyasking me questions,oh hypothetical reader,Iam going to choose to ignore your inquiries.But to the point at hand: Though there aremany lessons to be taken from “Lebowski,”namely, nihilists are in fact f*@^king ama-teurs, the one that stands out for me the mostis this:We humans are rather absurd creatureswho, in attempting to exert control over ourlives, have a tendency to inflame and enlarge

our problems to extraordinary levels. Forthose unenviable souls who have not yetlearned the joy of “Lebowski,”I cannot do thefilm justice in this column, but what I will sayis that the movie, which covers the ramblingsand venturing of the Dude across SouthernCalifornia, captures the sublime foolishnessof the human comedy,of man’s utmost inabil-ity to make sense of the world around them.

I don’t know nor care to comment on yourlevel of perception about the goings- on at theStan, but it has become rather evident to methat this incredible institution that we callhome for four years or so is rather ridiculous,in ways both ghastly and hilarious. It seemsonly fitting that a little Dude-ness gets chan-neled when describing this far-out place.Everything from the inherent beauty of hole-in-the-wall taco shops to the intellectual stag-nation perpetuated by inefficient decentral-ized bureaucracy will be brought up andbandied about in this column, because I gotthis sense that the Dude would in fact abide.

And you might be thinking, “That’s just,like, your opinion man.”And it may very wellbe. But in these dire and pressing times thatour world is facing, there needs to be some-one who can draw strange parallels betweenunchecked aggression and the tyranny ofRisk Management, between “lines in thesand” and Sand Hill Road. I think I can bethat man.And in the words of that rustic nar-rator, “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 zwarma@stanford.edu.

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The No. 2 men’s swim team wonboth their dual meets over the rainyweekend at Avery Aquatic Center.Stanford defeated Cal State-Bakers-field 142-97 on Friday — winningevery event along the way — anddominating Southern California onSaturday, 213-86. The Trojans wereonly able to secure two of 14 event ti-tles in a blowout loss.

Stanford remains undefeated andis 7-0 overall, including a 4-0 record inthe Pacific-10 Conference. The USCmeet was the last home competitionfor the senior swimmers, as they faceBerkeley across the Bay on Feb. 21,while the divers take on BrighamYoung Feb. 13. Leading up to the Calmeet, the swimmers will continue toramp up the intensity in training.Most of the squad will taper for thePac-10 meet March 4-7.

Against Bakersfield, Stanfordstarted off the meet with a win in the200-yard medley relay. Stanford’s dis-tance squad continued its impressiveseason in the first individual event ofthe night, as freshman Chad LaTourette won the 1000 freestyle in9:12.57.

In the 200 free,Stanford swimmerswon the top nine places and Bakers-field was completely out-matched. Inthe 100 backstroke, freshman Geof-frey Cheah edged out RoadrunnerLika Leskur to win the closest race ofthe day. Cheah finished in 51.69 toLeskur’s 51.72.

In the 100 breaststroke, sopho-more John Criste took first in a timeof 56.24, while freshman Bobby Bol-lier paced the field in the longer but-terfly distance — he finished the 200-yard race at 1:48.80. Senior JasonDunford then went on to win the 50free in a very fast 20.17, while Staabfollowed up with a first-place finish inthe 100 free at 45.58. Cass capturedthe 200 back in 1:51.25, and seniorPaul Zaich took the 200 breast in

2:05.47.Stanford squared off against USC

on Saturday afternoon, and the Car-dinal men stepped up in many closeraces — its only losses came againstUSC All-Americans Vanni Mangoniin the 200 IM and HungarianOlympian Zoltan Povazsay in the 500free. Stanford had already secured avictory by the time USC managed itsfirst event win in the 500 free.

The meet started off with the 400medley relay, and Stanford’s Godsoe,Criste, Staab and Jason Dunford wonthe event in 3:13.95 — an NCAA “B”standard. NCAA “A” qualifiers areguaranteed an automatic berth atNCAA Championships, while theother available spots at the Champi-onships are filled up with “B” quali-fiers.“A” standards have been signifi-cantly lowered by the NCAA com-mittee this year due to improvingtechnology and new suit designs.

“It was an exciting meet,” JasonDunford said. “Lots of guys reallystepped up and as a result, we sawsome good times.”

Morrison again finished with a winin an exciting 200 freestyle race, com-ing from behind to win with a 1:38.63.USC’s Povazsay led for most of therace, but couldn’t hold off a surgingMorrison and had to settle for second.

Senior captain Paul Kornfeld wonthe 100 breast in another exciting racewhere he out-touched Criste by a splitsecond.Criste led for most of the race,but Kornfeld’s strong second half cat-apulted him to victory, taking the racein 55.28 to Criste’s 55.35. Stanfordtook the top four spots in the eventand took and took a commandinglead over the Trojans.

Jason Dunford won two individualevents — the 100 free and 100 fly —beating younger brother David andsophomore Alex Coville in thefreestyle race. In the 1650 free, LaTourette dominated in 15:24.95 andled the Cardinal to another event

Synchro combines talents to beat Incarnate Word over three-day event

By ROXIE DICKINSONSTAFF WRITER

Back from a bustling winter full of training, theNo. 6 Stanford men’s golf team opened the springseason with a fourth-place finish at the UH-HiloOpen in Hawaii. The Cardinal edged out the Uni-versity of Oregon (fifth) and the University of Col-orado (sixth), and generally put on a good show asthe returning champs from last year.

No. 1 Southern California, one of Stanford’stoughest rivals, took the UH-Hilo tournamentcrown with an overall 851, 13 under par. The Tro-jans finished a full 11 strokes ahead of No. 5 Wash-ington — who finished in second place — and afull 19 strokes ahead of No.17 Texas Christian Uni-versity in third.

“First off, no one likes to get beat by USC,” saidStanford head coach Conrad Ray. “I keep tellingthe guys to look at the big picture. If you look atour results, we didn’t perform as well as we nor-mally do and [junior Joseph] Bramlett was not inthere to help us out this time.Though we had someups and downs, I think we had a pretty good weekall things considered.”

No. 35 sophomore Steve Ziegler led the Cardi-nal this week, posting an overall three under parthat earned him a piece of seventh place. Heproved to be a model of consistency for the team,posting a score of 71 (one under par) for all threerounds and staying well within the top 10 on the in-dividual leader board for the entire tournament.

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SPORTS

You madeyour bed,live with it

Ipromise not to make this a habit.Last week, I criticized sports-writers for their rush to declareSuper Bowl XLIII the greatest

thing since Velcro. Now, given the ac-tions of a certain third baseman for acertain New York baseball team, Ifind myself penning a column aboutthe wonderful overseers of our na-tional pastime.

Since the shocking (It’s damnnear debilitating, I tell you!) revela-tion that Alex Rodriguez (Gasp! Notthe boy wonder!) took steroids(Nooooo!!!) five years ago, the col-lective sports media has put on a per-formance that would make the castof “One Flew Over the CuckoosNest” blush.

Both Tim Brown and JaysonStark all but declared the game irrev-ocably tainted, with A-Rod’s admis-sion being the final straw that brokea horse’s ‘roided back.Ted Keith hasalready written the postmortem onthe 2009 season — Rodriguez hasspoiled it. And more writers than Ihave a description for — “plethora”doesn’t cut it — have declared twothings:A-Rod’s legacy is forever tar-nished, and his Hall of Fame chancesare essentially naught.

Yes, folks, it’s 2009,and the steroidera — one of hypocrisy and lies, falsememories and inaction — lives on.

But I’m not talking about the ath-letes, the juicers. Nay, I’m looking atyour dear sports writers. Becauseafter listening to your holier-than-thou parables and analyses for theentirety of my teenage years,I’ve hadenough.

Look in the mirror, sirs andmadams, and ask yourselves: Wherewere you when the problem started?Where were you during the mid-’90s,when steroids raged and homerunsflew?

I’ll give you the answer:You werenowhere to be found.

Let’s put aside the obvious —that performance-enhancing drugs,in one form or another, have been aprominent part of the sport since theearly 1960s, and likely beforehand.Let’s look at 1991, when Fay Vincent— the consummate professional,and a commissioner that the MLBonly wishes it had today — declared“controlled substances” illegal. Atthe time, steroids — the next step upon the drug chain — were still a for-eign idea. But they rose to promi-nence in Big League clubhouses ataround the same time that baseballwas headed toward the 1994 strikeover the sport’s finances. Even afterthe game returned in 1995, fan inter-est was still at a low. Baseball neededa lifeboat, and it found one in the1998 homerun race.

Sammy Sosa and Mark McG-wire’s pursuit of Roger Maris’ single-season homerun record brought fansback to the sport in droves. Thesemodern-day titans, these larger-than-life sluggers, were the perfect vehicleto return baseball to prominence —as long as they kept hitting, they’d beadored by fans and the media alike.

Sports writers needed baseball tosucceed as much as the league did —the possibility of becoming a second-tier sport was simply unacceptable— and so they followed in lockstep,and even after seeing androstene-dione in McGwire’s locker, were re-luctant to ask the hard questions.

Time passed, and with baseballsolidly back in good standing withthe public, people (finally) beganquestioning. How exactly did Sosaand McGwire develop such out-standing power? And don’t they looka little too big? The sky fell whenMcGwire was asked to testify beforeCongress in 2005 about steroids inbaseball, and he gave his now infa-mous response:“I’m not here to talkabout the past.”

Immediately, the same peoplewho couldn’t praise him enough justyears before began to turn theirbacks on him. And McGwire wasonly the beginning — then cameBarry Bonds, Jason Giambi, theMitchell Report and so on.

Along the way, writers have per-petuated their meme: How did thishappen?

Gee, I wonder. All sarcasm aside,

MEN’S SWIMMING

TROJANSTROUNCEDAT AVERY

Stanford swims to dual-meet win

Please see MAKOWSKY,page 6

WyndamMakowskyBetween the lines

One bigloss, butthree wins

Card silences Wordin home opener

By CLAUDIA PRECIADOSTAFF WRITER

A split second off? Deduction. Coming up tooearly? Deduction. Failed to extend your leg fully? De-duction.

In a sport where the discipline of perfection meetsthe dynamism of an aquatic show with the musicalstyling of a ballet, synchronized swimming requiresthe highest level of skill and precision. The Stanfordsynchronized swimming team currently has fourstraight collegiate titles under its belt, exemplifying itsdominance. The Cardinal captured a share of its first-ever U.S.National title last year,making it the first col-legiate team to do so.

This past weekend’s triumph over the University ofIncarnate Word gave the Stanford team a positive startto the 2009 season.

“I’m really pleased with how the team did,” saidhead coach Heather Olson. “This is really our firsttime being together and with five new freshmen, it’sreally hard to know how the team is going to do. It’s agreat start, and we definitely have some ideas of whatwe 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 Stanfordjunior Debbie Chen was second at 76.620. The Cardi-nal’s average in elements prevailed over IncarnateWord’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 theevent, 71.345-67.456, and Stanford held a 22-20 leadafter the first day of competition.

Trios, duets, solos and team routines were contest-ed during the second day of competition. Stanford’sroutines prevailed in every category except solos. Intrios, Stanford’s Koroleva, junior Taylor Durand andfreshman Olivia Morgan topped all scores with an89.500. In second place, another Cardinal trio com-prised of sophomore Michelle Moore, Chen and sen-ior Erin Bell flourished with a score of 86.333. Incar-nate Word’s trio tallied an 86.000, good for third place.

In the duet competition, Stanford saved its best forlast in the form of Koroleva and Morgan. The combowas victorious with a strong routine that netted a scoreof 89.167, and the Cardinal’s Chen and Durand fol-

By MICHAEL LAZARUS

With three-time All-American and reigningStanford scoring leader Lauren Silver out dueto injury, the women’s water polo team had tolook to other players for offense at the StanfordInvitational this past weekend. The answercame in unusual forms, as 11 different players —including four true freshmen — scored to leadStanford to a third-place finish.

After falling to No. 1 Southern California inSaturday’s competition, the No. 2 Cardinalknocked off No. 7 Arizona State 15-14 earlySunday morning to advance to the third-placegame later that afternoon. Stanford overcamethe fatigue from a long day of competition, win-ning handily over No. 3 UCLA by a final scoreof 10-5. Top-ranked USC won the Invitational,defeating Hawaii 11-3 in the championshipgame.

Stanford jumped out to an early lead againstUCLA and never looked back.The Cardinal led6-3 at halftime and held the Bruins to only twogoals in the second half to cement the victory.Offensively, Stanford used the same strategy itemployed all weekend: spread the ball around.Six Cardinal players got into the mix, includinga hat trick by junior Kelly Eaton — her secondin three days — and two goals each by freshmanMelissa Seidemann and junior Jessica Steffens.

“We have a lot of talented offensive players,so I think we’ll always have good scoring distri-bution,” head coach John Tanner said.

The story was much the same in the ASU

MEN’S GOLF

Cardinalcapturesfourth place

VIVIAN WONG/The Stanford Daily

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

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

Card unable to take tourneytitle, still able to find success

CHRISTOPHER SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily

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

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Please see GOLF,page 6 Please see WATER POLO,page 6

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sweep. Bollier, Coville, and Cristewere other individual event winners.

“It was a good weekend;we got upand raced well against Bakersfieldand especially against USC,” Casssaid.“It was a fun last home meet forme, and it was really cool for theyounger guys to challenge the seniorsand help us win. It was a special at-mosphere on deck.”

“We don’t want to lose sight of theend goal,” Jason Dunford added. “Itis a fine balance between not puttingtoo much pressure on ourselves, andnot getting too complacent. There islots of other fast swimming going onaround the country.”

Contact Christian L. Tom atcltom@stanford.edu and Kenan Jiangat kenanj@stanford.edu.

MSWIMContinued from page 4

“Steve has been knocking on thedoor at every tournament thisyear.” Ray said. “His nemesis ismaking a ton of errors throughout atournament, but this year he hasbeen overcoming this by playing re-ally solidly. He deserves credit forhis hard work in the offseason.”

Just behind Ziegler was fresh-man David Chung, who finished thetournament on a good note with atwo-over 218 for the week. Chung’sstrongest round came at the end ofthe Open when he fired a three-under 69 to help keep the Cardinalin the top five. This is the secondtime he has tied for 15th this year,tying his personal best finish in atournament.

Sophomore Sihwan Kim posteda six-over 222 overall to place himin a tie for 30th. Kim had a roughstart and finish to the tournament,but redeemed himself in the secondround by shooting a one-under 71.

Seniors Dodge Kemmer and

Daniel Lim struggled to find theirgroove this tournament. Kemmerfinished in a tie for 43rd with anoverall score of 225, while Limcame out with a 228. The Car-dinal was excited to hit the links andplay some serious golf after its sea-sonal hiatus from competitive tour-naments.

“It was nice to go over to Hawaiito get the spring season going,” Raysaid. “We are really motivated tokick it into gear for spring and seewhere it takes us.”

Stanford is on the right track —the team is now five for five in top-10 finishes in tournaments this year.Stanford has a history of buildingupon its momentum and riding it allthe way to the NCAA Champi-onships in June.

Despite its current success, theCardinal will have its work cut outfor it in two weeks when the teamheads down to USC. The Stanfordmen will face off with some of thetop teams in the nation at theUSC/Ashworth Collegiate Invita-tional on Feb. 23 and 24.

Contact Roxie Dickinson atroxie221@stanford.edu.

GOLFContinued from page 4

lowed in second with an 89.000.In the solo competition, Incar-

nate Word’s Wallace placed first at89.500, followed by Stanford fresh-man Koko Urata at 85.000.

When it came time for the teamroutines, Stanford’s stacked eightproved their dominance in a routinepacked with lifts, kicks and surprisesthat earned them a solid 93.167.

Incarnate Word’s “A” teamswam a compelling piece but fellshort of Stanford’s high standardwith an 88.667. The visiting “B”team placed third with a score of81.667. Both of the visitor’s efforts

were new and creative, but errorstainted the routines in skill and ac-curacy. Stanford finished the sec-ond day of competition with a com-manding 10-point win over Incar-nate Word, 88-78.

“I think they did a really good jobholding it together in a stressful situ-ation,” Olson said. “Incarnate Wordis a very strong team and we weredefinitely worried about how theywere going to look.”

The third day of competition con-sisted of “A” elements and “B” fig-ures,giving Stanford its third straightvictory as it coasted to a 22-20 win.

In the “A”elements portion of themeet, Stanford’s Chen led with82.434. Incarnate Word earned sec-ond- through fourth-place finishes,though, and the Cardinal averagescore was only slightly higher than

Incarnate Word’s, 80.658-80.338.In “B” figures, the Stanford fresh-

men made their presence felt inspots one through five, starting withUrata at 79.821.The Cardinal’s teamaverage trumped that of IncarnateWord by almost four points, 76.536-72.874.

“Being able to do well and com-pete against them this early in theseason gives us some confidence,”Olson said.

Stanford synchronized swimmingsits at 5-0 for this season and heads toTucson, Ariz. next weekend. TheCardinal will compete against Ari-zona on Saturday and Sunday. Com-petition will begin at 2 p.m. and 9a.m., respectively.

Contact Claudia Preciado at claudi-ap@stanford.edu.

SYNCHROContinued from page 4

match. Freshmen Cassie Churnsideand Seidemann paced the way forStanford, combining for five goalsin a match that saw 10 Stanfordplayers score.

“As has been the case the lastfew years, our freshmen group ar-rived with lofty goals and a desireto contribute right away,” Tannersaid.“It was nice to see five of themplay a lot and look so engaged andprepared for this level of play.”

With both Stanford and USCmaking quick work of their final op-ponents on Sunday, Saturday’smatch-up between the top twoteams in the nation was in essencethe championship game of the tour-nament.

Against the Trojans, the Cardinalwas in control for most of the match.Stanford out-shot the Trojans, con-stantly pressuring USC’s defense.On the defensive side of the ball,Stanford — anchored by Seide-mann and senior Heather West —rarely allowed USC an open shotand forced turnover after turnover.

Yet the Trojans kept hangingaround, capitalizing on a few Cardi-nal mistakes and exclusions, andStanford could not put the gameout of reach.

“We wasted a few good opportu-nities to go up by two goals late inthe USC game, which gave themthe chance to tie us and get thegame into overtime,” Tanner said.

Riding their momentum, theTrojans dominated the two over-time periods. USC finished with a12-10 win, handing Stanford its firstloss of the season.

If nothing else, the Invitationalshowcased the emergence of Seide-mann.The Walnut Creek-native an-nounced her arrival into the colle-giate arena with authority, ham-mering away at defenders on oneside of the pool and denying would-be scorers on the other.

With her six-foot frame, Seide-mann creates mismatches versus al-most any opponent. On day one ofthe Invitational, Seidemann scoredfour goals in Stanford’s 11-2 thrash-ing of Indiana. She finished with 10tallies for the weekend.

“I felt my offensive game wasvery strong during the weekend,”Seidemann said. “We communicat-ed well as a team and were able toget off some good shots.”

Given her youth, Seidemannwill only keep improving. Evenwith only six collegiate gamesunder her belt, Seidemann carriesherself like a veteran — in and outof the pool.

“Melissa typifies the freshmanclass in that she is poised and fear-less,” Tanner said. “She seemed toget better between Friday and Sun-day.”

Seidemann realizes that she stillhas work to do to become a trulydominant force in the pool.

“It’s been a big transition fromhigh school to college, but coachTanner has done a great job helpingme out,” she said. “I just need tokeep working on my defense andmobility.” Seidemann andthe Cardinal look to continue im-proving and keep their hot streakgoing when they play a Valentine’sDay doubleheader against SonomaState and UC-Santa Cruz, at homein Avery Aquatic Center.

Contact Michael Lazarus at mlazarus@stanford.edu.

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the media didn’t cause the steroidsmess,nor are they solely responsiblefor cleaning it up — that burdenfalls on the league and the player’sunion, two bodies that have been, tothis point, entirely incompetent inthis regard. However, it would benaive to think that sports writersdon’t have a role to play. If they hadmade a concentrated effort to ex-pose and examine the problem inthe mid- to late-’90s, progressagainst steroid usage could havebeen made nearly a decade earlierthan it has currently, and we’d bespared the sob stories about the de-struction of the game after yet an-other star admits to juicing.

But instead, writers were far toosheepish to do their job, and insteadgot caught up in the hoopla sur-rounding the revival of the league.

Such actions aren’t individual tothe sports media, though. Take thereportage on the War in Iraq, for in-stance.Similar situation — the pressfailed to ask questions at the onset,and instead were quite literallycheerleaders throughout the inva-sion. Once the climate turned sour,the media turned on the effort,threw up their hands in despair andwondered, as sports writers havedone throughout the steroids era,“How did this happen?”

It happened because you failedus, because you forgot that you are awatchdog, and not a fan. Save usyour laments over the end of inno-cence and integrity.

The damage is done, and you’reright — it might be irrevocable.

And that stain is on your hands asmuch as it is on anyone else’s.

Wyndam Makowsky just destroyedany chance at landing a job in sportsjournalism. Commiserate with him atmakowsky@stanford.edu.

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