By ERIC MESSINGERDESK EDITOR

With fears of swine flu rising — the WorldHealth Organization has voted to raise itsglobal pandemic flu alert level — Stanford istaking precautionary steps to meet any possi-ble threat.

In response to the outbreak, which hasdrawn heavy attention from both the mediaand public health officials, members ofStanford’s Infectious Disease WorkingGroup (IDWG) met over the weekend totake steps to address the situation.

“We were concerned about the rapidemergence of the swine flu situation andwhat response measures to recommend forthe University,” said Ira Friedman, director ofVaden Health Center, in an email to TheDaily.

Friedman emphasized that the rapid paceof the outbreak, combined with a number ofunanswered questions surrounding the dis-ease, both encouraged the meeting and poseda significant problem.

“One difficult feature currently is how fastthe situation is emerging and how muchuncertainty there is at this point about thevirus and the disease it is causing,” Friedmansaid.

Associate Vice Provost for EnvironmentalHealth and Safety Larry Gibbs, also a mem-ber of IDWG, expressed confidence in theUniversity’s readiness.

“Stanford takes emergency planning very

seriously,” he said. “We have had for a num-ber of years an active, University-wide emer-gency plan that can be applied to these situa-tions.”

The IDWG came up with an initial set ofresponses that the members hope willincrease preparedness, focusing upon inform-ing the Stanford community of the most rele-vant news.

“At this stage of the situation, communica-tion and education are the key measures,through Web sites, flyers in residences andemails,” Friedman said. “We have reviewedour response plans to make sure that all areas. . . were ready for their response roles.”

Gibbs reiterated that communication iscrucial, especially as the outbreak is overlap-ping with the period when symptoms of moretypical flu are expected.

“The key is to communicate to individu-als,” Gibbs said. “We have to see if people

have flu-like symptoms, they’re not just hav-ing the flu, as we’re at the tail end of influen-za season.”

Gibbs added that those treating anyreported patients have been instructed toinquire carefully about recent travel to affect-ed areas.

If the need arises to address a suspectedcase of swine flu on the campus, Gibbsexplained that the response would escalate asnecessary through a number of possibleresponses.

“Our contingency planning includes isola-tion and social distancing,” Gibbs said.“Currently,” he added, “our plan is to informpeople.”

Gibbs acknowledged, however, that theUniversity environment would pose signifi-cant problems, ones the IDWG hoped toovercome.

“We have a large residential population in

fairly close living quarters,” Gibbs said.“That’s always a challenge.”

“But if a student shows symptoms, we dohave action plans for that,” Gibbs added.

International travel has also undergonescrutiny, given the swine flu’s apparent ori-gins in Mexico and the quick path of itsspread. Friedman noted that the University“has decided to recommend that students nottravel to Mexico,” which he referred to as“the most affected area.”

Gibbs added that the situation outside ofthe campus is being closely monitored.

“We’re tracking what’s going on in the restof the world,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs and Friedman are the co-foundersof the IDWG, which began in 2003 inresponse to elevated public concern sur-rounding the worldwide spread of SARS. In

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Convictionin Stanfordsuicide case

By CHRISTINE McFADDENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Colorado doctor ChristianHageseth was sentenced to ninemonths in a Colorado prison last weekafter prescribing Prozac to JohnMcKay, a Stanford student who com-mitted suicide in 2005.

When Hageseth approved McKay’sonline application for the drug fluoxe-tine, a tangled web of legal issues, viola-tions and criminal prosecution ensued,only to be resolved four years later.

McKay, following his freshman yearat Stanford, submitted an online appli-cation requesting medication for whathe described as adult attention deficitdisorder (ADD), as well as “moderate”depression. However, McKay claimedto be not suicidal.

“My son John clearly made an errorin judgment when, in retrospect, he wasattempting to simultaneously hide anddeal with a serious medical problem(depression) while in a vulnerable stateof mind,” said McKay’s father and for-mer Stanford Structural BiologyProfessor David McKay.

Hageseth, working in Colorado, pre-scribed and shipped Prozac to JohnMcKay, despite working under arestricted license and having never per-sonally examined the student himself.

McKay argued that contrary toHageseth’s public claim that he waslicensed to write prescription renewals,Hageseth’s restricted license limitedhim to administrative duties in clinicaltrials and specifically forbade him fromwriting prescriptions.

“At the time Christian Hagesethbegan writing Internet prescriptions, itis clear that he understood he was notlicensed to do so,” McKay continued.“[He knew] that his restrictedColorado medical license was ‘restrict-ed to research activities related to clin-ical trials of medications . . . ‘ and thathe ‘ . . . may not prescribe medicationsnor may he authorize prescriptionorders.’”

Ninety capsules of the drug wereshipped to John, who resided in MenloPark. Prozac carries the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)-mandated“black box” warning of “increased risksof suicidal thinking and behavior,known as suicidiality, in young adults . .. during initial treatment (generally thefirst one or two months).”

DINING

Fraiche payment glitch resolvedBy CHRISTIAN TORRES

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Students who frequented the new Fraichelocation in Tresidder Union last quarter weredisappointed to find at the beginning of springthat the yogurt shop no longer accepts mealplan Cardinal dollars.

The change,which led to rumors of an inten-tional modification by Stanford Diningbecause of Fraiche’s popularity, was actuallythe result of a winter-quarter computer glitch,according to Michael Gratz, executive directorof Hospitality & Auxiliaries for Residential &Dining Enterprises.

Gratz, who oversees Stanford Dining’sretail cafes, explained the issue in an email toThe Daily.

“Shortly after Fraiche opened [at the end ofJanuary], the Stanford Meal Plan Office wasinformed that the computer programming ofthe register was accepting meal plan dollarsinstead of purchased Cardinal Dollars,”he said.“This was an oversight in the programming andresulted in the cash register system acceptingmeal plan dollars. This computer glitch wasfixed over spring break and announced at theFraiche store to all students.”

Gratz added that Fraiche does, however,still accept purchased Cardinal dollars, whichcan be added to a student’s account separate-ly from the meal plan. Still, the loss of mealplan acceptance has left many confused overthe change, and some still hoping that theycan use their meal plan dollars again atFraiche.

Meal plan Cardinal collars andpurchased Cardinal dollars

While many students confuse thetwo types of Cardinal dollars themselves,Gratz explained that the difference is impor-tant toward understanding why Fraiche can nolonger accept meal plan dollars.

Purchased Cardinal dollars can be used atall Dining locations, as well as Fraiche; the dol-lars function like actual money and can bedirected as necessary, based on their use.

On the other hand, meal plan dollars comefrom money that is already in the Stanford sys-tem, coming from the board bill students payeach quarter. Fraiche, however, is not aStanford-owned location — nor is it a fran-chised location, like Subway — and is instead

undercontract between

Hospitality & Auxiliaries and Fraiche ownersPatama Roj and Jessica Gilmartin.

The dollars must remain within the Stanfordsystem to ensure Dining’s revenue and to pre-vent meal plan prices from increasing dramati-cally, according to Gratz.

“The majority of students would validatethe importance of keeping room and boardrate increases low and understand that Fraichecan only accept Cardinal dollars purchasedoutside of the Student Dining program because

ADMINISTRATION

Budgets cut inthree depts.

By ELIZABETH TITUSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Budget cuts affecting the Stanford Alumni Association, theDevelopment Office and the Division of Land, Buildings & RealEstate were announced last week,and administrators are now deal-ing with the ramifications of 49 layoffs and decreased funding forthe three divisions.

Provost John Etchemendy expressed regret at the layoffs in anemail to The Daily, saying that they were unavoidable.

“In all cases, of course, I am extremely sad about the loyal staffwho have been laid off in the process,”Etchemendy said.“These areall wonderful people who have contributed a huge amount to theUniversity. It’s tragic when the University is forced to lay off peoplelike that. I wish it could be avoided.”

Though he noted that expectations for the divisions wouldchange due to their now smaller budget cuts, Etchemendy is hope-ful that they will still continue to serve the University well.

“Do I think the development office will continue to fundraiseadequately?” the Provost asked. “We have the best developmentoffice, and the most loyal alumni in the country, so I am confidentthat they will continue to perform well. I feel equally confidentabout the Alumni Association and Land, Buildings and RealEstate.”

According to Martin Shell, vice president for development, theOffice of Development is taking strong steps to cut costs beyondlast week’s layoffs.

The division is shifting publications from print to online, andscaling back on events.

Because of the toll that the recession has taken on the Universityendowment — Stanford CFO Randy Livingston has estimated thatthe value of the endowment will be down 30 percent by the end ofthis fiscal year — the work of the development office is moreimportant than ever.

“Our donors want to help Stanford make it through this roughpatch, and they are interested in helping where they can make themost difference,” Shell said. “For example, we are receiving ques-tions about how gifts can help in sustaining our enhanced financialaid program for undergraduates. Donors also want to ensure thatwe maintain some of the newer programs established over the pastfew years.”

While Shell acknowledged that he has seen donations slow since

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By AMY HARRISDESK EDITOR

It’s decision time for the Class of2013. Stanford rolled out the cardi-nal carpet for the Class of 2013 dur-ing Admit Weekend 2009, but untiltheir May 1 commitment deadline,

the decision is in the ProFros’ hands.With the failing economy on every-

one’s minds, the administration made aconcerted effort to underscore its com-mitment to financial aid for families dur-ing Admit Weekend, but for manyProFros, the economy, while an underly-ing concern, was not the primary basisfor their college decisions.

Scott Thao, aProFro from Fresno,CA has decidedunequivocally onaccepting Stanford.The economy was lit-tle more than a foot-note for Thao, whowas happy with thefinancial aid packageStanford provided.His decision wasbased on Stanford’sunique atmosphere.

“The people areamazing and there’sso much to do!” hesaid. “You haveevery small littleniche, and there aretons of people whoshare the same interests.”

Thao was attracted to Stanford for itswide range of academic opportunities,and the academic expos reaffirmed hiscommitment to explore all that Stanfordhas to offer.

“Academically, I kind of wanted toplay around a little bit. I’m almost 100percent sure that I want to dorm inSLE,” he said.

Thao does admit, however, that hisparents are pressuring him to pursue afinancially-viable career path, but that’snot stopping him from following his pas-sions.

“I don’t know what I want to major inyet, but I’m being obligated by my par-ents to choose a major that’s amazing,because an annual income is apparentlyall that matters to them, but not really tome,” he explained. “Happiness is onething as well, and it’s a major contribu-tion. I don’t know what I want to majorin yet, but I’m almost sure that I want todouble minor in visual arts and creativewriting, which are two of my passions.”

Like Thao, Kapil Yedidi, a ProFrofrom the Sacramento area, said thatfinancially, Stanford’s price tag is a con-cern, but not a major problem.

“It’s kind of a struggle, I guess, but thefinancial aid definitely helps,” Yedidisaid.

But the economy was not on the fore-front of Yedidi’s mind during AdmitWeekend. Prior to Admit Weekend,Yedidi’s academic trajectory was fairlywell defined. He was initially drawn toStanford for its computer science pro-gram, but after touring the academicexpos, he saw his horizons expanding.

“I was thinking a lot about doingcomputer science before I came here,butover the academic expos, I saw STS[Science,Technology, and Society], whichhas a lot more of what I want, which isliberal arts. I’m thinking about that.”

Yedidi, too, is feeling the heat from hisparents.

“My parents want me to do some-thing that makes decent money, I guess,like engineering, or computer science,”he said. “But because I’m interested inthose things to begin with, they’ve neverpressured me to become a doctor.

“They would probably not want meto do something like Spanish or some-thing,” he conceded.

Schu Yi Zhou, a 2013 admit fromBoston, MA based her decision to cometo Stanford primarily on academics.

“I decided more on academics, I mustsay,” she said. “Before I was decidingbetween a few schools, and I just don’tthink the focus on undergraduate educa-tion is comparable to that of Stanford. SoI really appreciate that and everythingthat I’m going to go through, I really lookforward to it.”

Admit Weekend provided Zhou withthe opportunity to indulge her many aca-demic interests, and like many of her fel-low ProFros, the academic expos were aplace of realization for her.

“I found out here that I’m a completefuzzy and I want to do classics and philos-ophy,” she said. “I don’t know if I’mgoing to change my mind, maybe I will,

but it’s something that I definitely wantto fall back on.”

Zhou felt that all the emphasis onfinancial success she received from herfamily was less a testament to the finan-cial crisis than to the culture in which shegrew up.

“I don’t think it’s as much about theeconomy as it is about culture,” she said.“I definitely think that my parents dowant me to become successful and domeasure parts of success in money, butthey say that I should make enough totake care of myself and if I have some leftover, that I should take care of them,too.”

“Now that I’m leaving for college, I’m

actually putting this into perspective andI guess, if I could, I would love to takecare of them, because they’ve reallymade so many sacrifices for me,” sheadded.

While the economy failed to distractstudents from the smorgasbord of cultur-al, academic and student expos andworkshops, administrators did their bestto underscore Stanford’s commitment toits financial aid programs.

Karen Cooper, director of FinancialAid, fielded questions regarding financialaid from parents and students duringAdmit Weekend, and noted thatStanford’s aid package is definitely adetermining factor in many students’decisions this year.

“The one thing that has felt differentthis year is for me to emphasize the factthat the undergraduate financial aid pro-gram is one of the core values of theUniversity and we’ve actually increasedthe budget despite budget cuts in otherareas,” she said in an interview with TheDaily.

In terms of scholarship funds, $102million was earmarked for the 2008-09budget,and $110 million is slated for nextyear’s Financial Aid program.

“And if it turns out that we need morethan that because family needs weregreater than anticipated, then we will doour best to find resources to meet thoseadditional needs,” Cooper said.

Stanford’s generous financial aid hascushioned many from the shock of theeconomic crisis, but for some families, itstill isn’t enough.

“I met a few students who were strug-gling over Stanford versus their stateschool because of the lower cost ofattending the other school,” Dean ofFreshman Julie Lythcott-Haims ‘89wrote in an email to The Daily.“I also raninto a few parents who said their ProFroneeded to convince them to pay forStanford, but I hear this sort of thingevery year and didn’t observe a markedincrease in such attitudes this year.”

Shawn Abbott,director of Admission,agreed, conceding that the economy willundoubtedly have some impact.

“Many of our financial aid officersremarked that the families they met withthis year were incredibly appreciative ofthe packages they have received — moreso than in previous years,” he wrote in anemail to The Daily. “Of course, there areplenty of families appealing their pack-ages, but in general, families have beenappreciative of what we have been ableto offer thus far.”

However, Abbott admitted thatdespite the aid, Stanford is not cheap.

“There is no question that the pricetag of a Stanford education will involvesome level of sacrifice for any family.”

Still, ProFros like Brandon Skerdafrom Denver, CO, are willing to bear thecost, viewing Stanford’s opportunities asunparalleled.

“When Stanford offers all of theseamazing opportunities, it’s just hard toturn down,” he said.

Contact Amy Harris at harrisaj@stanford.edu.

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ASSUAn in-depth look at thehistory of the studentorganization

Set on Stanford,big tuition and all

By VINEET SINGAL and SIJIA WANG

The Associated Students of StanfordUniversity (ASSU) elections are over,and the freshly elected candidatesmust now perform their duties. DavidGobaud ‘08, M.S. ‘10 and Jay de la

Torre ‘10 are transitioning into their roles asASSU Executives, just as the organization ischanneling its efforts into a wider range of topics.

“[The ASSU has changed] from an organiza-tion that has focused primarily on student [and]campus life issues,and has expanded its scope andinfluence to tackle broader campus and commu-nity issues,” said Vice Provost Greg Boardman.

The elected individuals are part of an histori-cal association,and the history of ASSU,while rel-atively unknown, is rich and full of interesting fac-toids about Stanford life.

The Early YearsThe ASSU was organized on Oct.20,1891,and

all registered students were members.“The ASSU works to represent the interests,

needs and perspectives of Stanford students,”saidMaggie Kimball, the University historian.

The early committees of the ASSU includedConstitution and Bylaws, School Colors,University Yell,Cooperative Association,BulletinBoard and College Paper.

According to Kimball, the Constitution wassubstantially rewritten in 1893-1894 for greateraccountability, which was initially lacking. In fact,it is a relatively unknown fact that the color “car-dinal” was chosen by the ASSU.

“[The color selection] was kind of importantbecause they were originally looking at white andgold,” Kimball said. “It was the ASSU that madeofficial the precise shade of cardinal red fromamong many swatches in 1893.”

One of the most important responsibilities ofthe original ASSU, according to its Web site, wasmanaging athletic teams and events.

“After all the Directors Cup we’ve won, I’msure the original ASSU would be proud,” de laTorre said.

The group was in charge of hiring coaches,managing the teams and handling gate receipts.They used the income from the yearly Big Game,for example, to help fund other teams and activi-ties for the entire year.

A Feb.15,1900 expense report from The DailyPalo Alto describes how the ASSU spent itsmoney. In Dec. 1899, for example, the ASSUspent $10,627.38 on things like the Thanksgivingshow, tennis net repairs and band expenses usingprofits from football, tennis and basketball events.

However, the early ASSU was constantly onthe verge of bankruptcy. According to the ASSUWeb site, financial difficulties hindered the organ-ization from having notable effects on theUniversity. As a result, its responsibilities shifted.In 1917, the Board of Athletic Control, a de factoathletics department, was established, alleviatingASSU of the burden of athletic events.

World War II and Beyond“While the present war has put a more serious

emphasis on our work, it has also made us moreunified and spirited,” said Ed Stamm ‘43, MBA‘47, then-president of the ASSU, in the Sept. 28,1942 issue of The Daily. “Many campus activitiesare planned for the next year, and we are all look-ing forward to a fine school year.”

Indeed, this trend of progressivism continuedas America’s entry into World War II changed theface of Stanford in the 1940s. Female leaders

arose and took the charge as the population ofmales on campus decreased. Janet McClanahan‘44, for example, became the ASSU’s first femalepresident.

In fact, Peter Bing ‘55 was elected President ofthe ASSU in 1954 and his Vice President wasDianne Goldman ‘55 — now Senator DianneFeinstein of California.

Moreover, as the war ended, so did the domi-nance of a particular culture on campus.Underrepresented populations, such as AfricanAmericans, became more visible on campus asthe country became deeply divided on the issue ofracial equality.Many highly publicized acts of civildisobedience occurred during the late ‘50s andearly ‘60s on campus.

“The ASSU’s responsiveness to such changescan be seen through its willingness to correct pastwrongs, as it did when it overturned its earlierdecision to use an Indian caricature as theschool’s mascot,” the ASSU Web site states.

The organization also got more internationalas a result of American involvement in foreignwars.

According to Kimball, the ASSU oversaw theInstitute of International Relations, formed in1947 by merging the Stanford OverseasInformation Service and other internationalgroups on campus. The ASSU also oversaw theSpeakers Bureau and the Elections ReviewBoard.

“The Speakers Bureau that the ASSU over-saw has really brought in some amazing speak-ers,” Kimball noted.

The ‘70s and ‘80sIn the ‘70s and ‘80s, the student organization

boomed because of the elevation of awarenessboth on campus and across the nation.This burstin student organization activity initiated the diver-sity of groups seen today.

Leadership within the organization followed adifferent format a few decades ago.

“In 1969, a tradition that lasted 27 years wasinstituted where students elected a four-memberCouncil of Presidents to run student govern-ment,” Kimball said.

This format would exist until 1996, giving wayto the present slate format, when William K. Shen‘98 was elected solo ASSU president.

During the Council-era, the leaders of theASSU were often divided over the issue of serv-ice versus advocacy.While proponents of advoca-cy supported using the ASSU to represent stu-dent voice in decisions made by the administra-tion, proponents of service felt that the groupshould simply provide resources to students,according to the ASSU Web site.

The evolution of the ASSU since the 1970s hasled to the implementation of both styles of lead-ership in order to improve the organization’seffectiveness.

The Last 15 YearsChanges may have been made to the internal

organizational structure of the ASSU, but studentsentiment about the ASSU has not changed muchin the past 15 years. Every April before ASSUelections, the candidates seeking office change,but the complaints do not.

Students typically gripe that the ASSU is notresponsive to the needs of the student body andsuffers from organizational issues that render itslow and unproductive.

“Until people started to write campaign peti-tions, I had never really heard of any majoractions taken by the ASSU, and I don’t think themajority of the freshmen here know how the

ASSU proceeds or what change they have actual-ly implemented,” said Lilly Sath ‘12. “I’d like tosee the ASSU become a more transparent organ-ization and an active part of Stanford undergrad-uate life.”

On Feb. 12, 1998, Emily Andrus ‘98, then-pres-ident of the ASSU, acknowledged in an addressthat Stanford students wanted the ASSU to spendmore time working toward its goals and less timebickering over politics. In previous years, dis-agreements between the Executive and Senatedivisions of the ASSU had gridlocked any majorprogress in addressing student concerns.

Similarly, in 2001, it appeared that the ASSUwas as familiar as ever with policy stalls and wran-gling over proposed bills.The ASSU did not makefront page headlines in The Daily for the entiremonth of February,and even when it did in subse-quent months, it was only because of minor billsthat affected the special fees request process forstudent groups, or election rules that did little toinspire student interest.

Consequently, in the 2001 ASSU elections, allcandidates agreed that the ASSU was largelyabsent from everyday life and needed to be moresensitive to issues that were important to students.Candidates Brad Wolfe ‘02 and Ganesh Shankar‘02 drew attention to the isolation and fragmenta-tion of campus life, and remarked that the ASSUneeded to be more active in bringing varioustypes of student groups and communities togeth-er on campus.

The ASSU has since been responsive,some say.“In recent memory, the ASSU had been, at

least in my opinion, primarily a student social lifeorganization, throwing events like MausoleumParty and Block Party, and providing the ASSUAirport Shuttle,” de la Torre said.

Other candidates demanded that the ASSUopen up and reach out to more students, andincrease awareness of administrative policy andprogress on campus.

Another major change has been the additionof the Graduate Student Council. According toDirector of Student Activities Nanci Howe, priorto this split there was one Senate comprised ofboth graduate and undergraduate students.

“Graduate students initiated the change totwo separate deliberative bodies so that theycould focus more directly on issues of importanceto graduate students,” Howe said. Since its incep-tion, the Graduate Student Council has been astrong and active body, working to promote grad-uate issues and programs on campus.

Today, the ASSU is attempting to addressthese concerns that seem to have been embeddedin its history. Current ASSU members cite JonnyDorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09, the previousASSU president and vice president,as instrumen-tal to this shift.

“Jonny Dorsey and Fagan Harris focused onissues like campus health, sustainability, diversityand advocacy among other things,” Gobaud said.Gobaud mentioned examples like the ASSUshuttle, which helps students get to the airport forwinter break as evidence of Dorsey and Harris’success in broadening the scope of the ASSU.

Harris expressed hope that these changes willchange the face of the ASSU in the future.

“It’s the perception of the ASSU as ineffectu-al that led Jonny [Dorsey] and I to run for office,”he said. “I think gradually, these perceptions that‘the ASSU does nothing’ can be overcome, pro-vided that administrations of the future work todispel them.”

Contact Vineet Singal at vineet24@stanford.eduand Sijia Wang at sijiaw@stanford.edu.

Published in The Stanford Daily April 20, 1978

Students line up at the post office to cast their ballots on the last day of ASSU electionsover 30 years ago. The ASSU has since redirected its focus to address broader cam-pus issues.

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ASSU, explains ASSU goals during WWII in

issue of the Daily

1943Janet McClanahan ‘44 becomes first female ASSU President

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2008President Jonny

Dorsey ‘09 and VP Fagan Harris ’09

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concerns

1947ASSU oversees Institute of International Relations

1998ASSU President Emily

Andrus ‘98 expresses wish to divert attention from bickering over politics

2009David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ’10 and Jay de la Torre ‘10 are elected as ASSU Executives

1893-94Constitution rewritten and cardinal becomes official color

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Eager ProFros check in for Admit Weekend last Thursday.Many were set on attending Stanford, despite a number offinancial troubles stemming from the recession.

ProFros already thinking aboutclasses,majors after Admit Weekend

Probably the most shocking thing aboutmy trip to Kenya for a United NationsEnvironment Programme (UNEP)

workshop on the role of the “sustainabilitygeneration” was the customs guy at JFK whoasked me whether I was old enough to flyalone.

Either that or the fact that a Starbucks inthe Dubai airport sells SQUARE DONUTS.

Those are, however, somewhat beside thepoint, though I guess that depends what thepoint is.

Which actually leads me to my first point:conversations are very difficult absent cleardefinitions.

At UNEP, we heard a lot of rhetoric aboutthings like “sustainable development” and“leadership,”and I was left feeling emptied ofmeaning after a while.

Even after assuming th thee definition of“sustainable”is “something that can continueindefinitely,” what is sustainable develop-ment? Can it exist? I’d argue, especially afterthis week,that it depends heavily on what youdefine as development. Developing econom-ically forever? Forget it. Developing humanwell-being forever? More possible.See what Imean?

“Leadership” presents similar problems.Whether someone is considered a goodleader heavily depends on what they’re sup-posed to be leading. In the case of a grass-roots effort, a good leader is probably some-one who is able to connect with people, tomake them feel valued, to ensure that theirhuman dignity is protected and to nurturemore — many more — similar types ofleaders. In the case of a military action, agood leader is probably someone who main-tains extreme levels of authority and re-spect, and is able to compel people to effec-tive action.

So for the second point of the day: climatechange mitigation is a very tricky thing to try

to lead, largely because the climate gives nopoints for effort.

What I mean by this is that even if wecould mobilize the entire global communityto take some action in the name of preservingthe climate, no matter how good the inten-tions are, and no matter how hard peoplework, if the actions taken do not physicallyprevent the release of greenhouse gases,they’re worthless from a mitigation perspec-tive.

We could mobilize massive campaigns touse electric cars in the American South, forexample. People could spend significant ef-fort, time and money to move to an all-elec-tric vehicle fleet. It would be a huge social ac-complishment requiring vast amounts ofgrassroots leadership.

There’s one problem: we forgot that theAmerican South gets most of its electricityfrom coal, and so on balance, we’re actuallyworse off climatologically and otherwisethan we would have been if we’d stayed withconventional gasoline vehicles.

So you see that grassroots leadership andefforts are really only effective if there’ssomething good for the grass to take root in.We need both the community leaders andthe somewhat dictatorial leaders who makesure infrastructure is in place, who makesure that there is a final expert opinionlevied somewhere — an edict that may ormay not agree with public opinion. Some-one’s got to enact the top-down policies thatwill make sure the grassroots efforts mobi-lize people in the right direction.

We spent last Thursday at the United Na-tions headquarters in Nairobi, where weheld a debate addressing the following topic:“Europe and North America have causedclimate change — so why should Africanshave to do anything about it?”

I admit that I took issue with the ques-tion’s phrasing, especially given that it was

posed by Australians and no American hadthe chance to speak.But I was very moved bythe ensuing conversation. During the debate,the Bush administration’s . . . shall we say, in-ertia . . . on the issue was brought up, as wasthe volume of greenhouse gases produced bythe United States.

Afterward, one of the Kenyan studentswent out of his way to point out that individ-ual American states and people have madeserious efforts to take action in the absenceof a federal movement. From him, the pointwas far more powerful than it would havebeen from me, and it reminded me onceagain that the amazing power of individualsis waiting to be harnessed and directed bygood physical and political infrastructure.Grassroots organizers and dictators aregoing to have to work together on this one.

Americans, remember that the world iswatching. We are criticized for not ratifyingKyoto by countries who have exceeded theirKyoto limits more than we have; we aremocked for high per capita emissions by peo-ple whose personal emissions likely, ahem,exceed the averages for their countries. Andthe criticisms are not unmerited — we have along way to go as a country. But it speaks tothe power of individual action that it isn’t al-ways just Americans defending the smallthings we have done right.

Grass, get ready to take root. But makesure you’re rooting in good soil.

At Mach 0.83 over the Persian Gulf, calling thiscolumn “Kenya Handle It?”seemed like a goodidea. Fortunately, Emily landed. Email her atgruberte@stanford.edu to discuss the impact ofher column titles on her dignity.

Just as a USC student fiendishly hoardstheir excessive inheritance (and a briefshout out to Matt Gillespie’s ass-kicking

column about Up Shit Creek), so, too, do Ilust after anthologies of quotations.A partic-ular gem is an out-of-date “Dictionary ofQuotations,” compiled and edited by BergenEvans.

Under the title of “TAX(ES)” falls twowell-known lines out of American judicialhistory. From the powerful Supreme CourtChief Justice John Marshall, “The power totax involves the power to destroy.”And fromJustice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “Taxesare what we pay for civilized society.”

Other than explicit procrastination on mypart, I was drawn to the “Dictionary of Quo-tations” recently after reading up on the new$167 quarterly Vaden Health Center fee.Ap-plied to all undergraduates currently on cam-pus (so all you BOSP, SIW and Hopkins folksluck out), all enrolled graduates and a pot-pourri of other groups such as high school stu-dents in summer sessions and visiting re-searchers, the fee covers Counseling and Psy-chological Services (CAPS) and primarymedical services from Vaden. Not covered bythe fee are pharmacy prescriptions, physicaltherapy and immunization services, amongothers. You see Stanford, I can be slightly in-formative at times!

I am pretty confident that there is generalagreement on campus that our physical andmental health services fill an invaluable roleon a campus filled with over-worked kooks,and that these resources do not receiveenough funding as is.

Provost John Etchemendy,a man who hastaken more flack this year than most admin-istrators get in a lifetime, summed up suchthoughts in a now-publicized message de-fending the fee in light of massive hits to theendowment, which provides a large portionof the funding for our health services. And

though I am not one to defend the Universi-ty, Vaden provided a thorough Web site ex-plaining the intricacies of the fee(http://vaden.stanford.edu/fees/).

However, a variety of problems remain.Firstly, a large portion of the student bodywas informed of the fee, not in an officialemail from Etchemendy or Vaden higher-ups, but rather an internal email written byGreg Boardman that was circulated on a va-riety of student lists (thank you, kibbitz-means-chat!). The fact that neither studentbody — graduate nor undergraduate — waseven given a fair warning about the potentialincrease is simply a continued testament tothe sheer disconnect between administratorsand students, as well as the total absence ofstudent input or oversight on this campus.

Another tremendous issue is the dispro-portionate effect of the fee on graduate stu-dents. Let’s be terribly frank, undergrads: agreat many of us will not feel the impact onour wallets. Hell, if The Daily had not cov-ered the topic, and kibbitz and other lists hadnot sent around a flurry of messages, I doubtmany of us undergraduates would have evenknown about the fee.

For those who serve as our TAs, punch-lines for awkward sexual jokes and the sup-posed menaces around Meyer at 4 a.m. onSaturday morning, it is an entirely differentstory altogether. Grad students can be inschool all four quarters, and as covered by anexcellent San Jose Mercury News article twoweeks ago, receive a stipend (roughly

$28,700) that will not cover the expectedtotal costs of graduate expenses for the com-ing year. I believe firmly that Stanford is thepremier institution for undergraduate edu-cation in this country,but when you start out-pricing graduate students (literally some ofthe smartest people in the whole world), thenyou are in deep shit.

And so we return to my book of quota-tions.On one hand,the funds collected by thefee are incredibly important in providingbasic services to our entire student body.Vaden is terribly slow with regard to appoint-ment making, but the center is necessary forthe continued success of the University. Thefee is going to pay for our shred of “civiliza-tion,” though if swine flu comes and wipes usall out, then this is probably a moot point.

At the same time, the fee is putting ourgrad students under undue financial duress,which threatens to harm the Farm in a varietyof ways. The University promotes the claimthat it strives to make a Stanford educationaffordable for all, and for folks pursuing doc-torates, masters or advanced degrees, such anotion becomes increasingly hollow, whichleaves Marshall’s words of taxation’s “powerto destroy” ringing in our ears. Or swine flusimply owns the lot of us.

The undergraduate population gets shaft-ed a whole bunch (talking to you, Office ofRisk Management and Stanford Dining!),but we need to take a strong stand in supportof this school’s grad students by either subsi-dizing or reducing the financial burden onthe old farts in EV, Rains and the couches ofMeyer at 4 a.m.

Zack would love to discuss well-known tax re-bellions, obscure quotes and student life issueswith any single History grads over Italian foodthis weekend . . . so long as you don’t haveswine flu. Interested and non-contaminated?Email Zack at zwarma@stanford.edu.

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OPINIONS

Students returned to Stanford this quar-ter to an unpleasant surprise: Fraiche,the frozen yogurt shop that opened win-

ter quarter in Tresidder, which studentsflocked to in hoards,was no longer acceptingmeal plan Cardinal Dollars. In light of thecafe’s tremendous popularity, it is little won-der that students were angered by thechange and quickly questioned StanfordDining’s motives.

As The Daily reports today, it seemsFraiche was never supposed to accept themeal plan Cardinal Dollars that come auto-matically with meal plans of 10 or 14 meals aweek, but only separately purchased Cardi-nal Dollars. In addition, the mix-up was per-petuated due to a glitch in the Stanford Din-ing computer system. When Dining noticedthe glitch at the end of a billing period, theywent about fixing it, which took more thantwo weeks. While the glitch has been fixedand Fraiche is no longer accepting mealpoints, overwhelming student response is agood indication of the many improvementsStanford Dining should consider.

At the very least, Stanford Dining shouldanalyze the computer system it uses for man-aging its services. Even after Dining officialsnoticed the unexpected Cardinal Dollarpayouts to Fraiche, it still took more thantwo weeks to rectify the problem. While yo-gurt-loving students enjoyed the continuedperiod during which their meal points werestill accepted, this lengthy process alsomeant that students became all the more ac-customed to being able to use meal points atFraiche and were consequently even moreupset when the privilege was revoked a cou-ple of weeks later. Furthermore, StanfordDining should have communicated moreclearly to the Stanford public so that a Dailyinvestigation was not required in order tosimply understand what happened. Fraichemanagement is unwilling to discuss the

changes with students, and Dining failed tofacilitate any kind of dialogue with the stu-dent body at large, leading to misinterpreta-tion and accusation.

But ultimately, the situation illustrates alarger problem with Stanford Dining’spoint-based system. When considering howpopular the on-campus Fraiche destinationbecame and how upset students were whenit stopped accepting meal points, it becomesclear that Stanford Dining meal-plan op-tions are not satisfying all students and with-out authentic competition — particularlyvenues that are open for late night snacking,ever popular with students — the servicesare not even honestly striving to competewith Fraiche, Treehouse or the Coho, andthus do not have large incentives to improve.

Stanford Dining points out that allowingFraiche into the meal plan Cardinal Dollarclub would mean allowing all the proceedsfrom Fraiche sales to leave their system, ulti-mately requiring Dining to increase mealplan costs for all, even those not appetizedby fat-free natural fresh yogurt. But Diningcould introduce further options that stillallow students to use their meal points atFraiche, while returning some revenue back.For example, Fraiche could charge 1.5 or 2times in meal plan Cardinal Points what theycharge for cash or credit payments, givingFraiche the regular-price revenue and Stan-ford Dining the premium. While this wouldmean that some revenue would still leaveStanford (and students would have to spenda lot of money for a cup of frozen yogurt),this compromise would provide a way forstudents to keep using their dollars atFraiche if they are willing to pay the higherprices. It would also limit Stanford’s payoutand provide useful feedback to Dining by il-lustrating just how many students are willingto pay a premium to eat somewhere besidesLate Nite or the Axe & Palm.

Reconfigure meal plansto include Fraiche

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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

EmilyGrubert

Let the Grass Take Root

THE DUDE ABIDES

Zack Warma

I’m just gonna find a cash machine

By JACK SALISBURYSENIOR STAFF WRITER

There’s just something about weekdays for Cardinalbaseball. Buoyed by nine runs in the seventh and eighthinnings and six errors committed by the San FranciscoDons,Stanford (19-18,8-10 Pac-10),walked away with itsninth straight weekday victory on Monday night after a12-4 decision at Sunken Diamond.

Despite the six errors that the Dons committed on thenight, the Cardinal still made the plays it had to. Sopho-more second baseman Colin Walsh changed the com-plexion of the game with a two-RBI double with two outsin the bottom of the seventh, scoring sophomores catch-er Ben Clowe and shortstop Jake Schlander. The clutchdouble gave Stanford a 5-4 lead and all the momentum itwould need going into the eighth.

“The turning point of the game was Walsh’s hit,”headcoach Mark Marquess said.“That was a big hit by Walsh.”

The eighth inning was as successful for the Cardinal asit was catastrophic for the Dons. San Francisco commit-ted four errors in the inning alone, allowing Stanford tocontinue its rally — seven Cardinal players scored. Theinning was highlighted by third baseman Adam Gaylord,who hit a 3-run double to break the game open, givingStanford a 10-4 lead.

“It’s good to see balls fall in,” Gaylord said.“Beyondthat, those errors . . . I think that we have one of the nicerfields out there so I don’t know what happened with [SanFrancisco]. I’d like to think that we took advantage of it.”

Gaylord finished with four RBIs on the day, a career-high for the junior.

It was one play,however,which was probably the mostemblematic of the disastrous eighth inning suffered bythe Dons.With two outs, the bases loaded and the Cardi-

nal already up 12-4, Stanford catcher Zach Jones hit apop-up in foul territory that would normally be a routineplay. But it just wasn’t a routine kind of night for theDons: the San Francisco pitcher, catcher and first base-man all collided into each other, with the ball just fallingout of the reach of Dons’ first baseman Stephen Yarrow.

Though Jones fouled out a few pitchers later to the endthe inning, it was a play that pretty much summed up thenight for San Francisco.

Marquess was particularly baffled by the Dons’ field-ing.

“I really don’t know what it is,” he said. “Just one ofthose things.They’re a better team than that.”

The Cardinal sent eight pitchers to the mound for thenight, but it was senior right-hander Max Fearnow whoearned the victory. Fearnow went three solid inningswithout surrendering a hit or a run to the Dons, openingup the opportunity for Walsh to come through with hisseventh-inning double. Despite the eight-run cushion,sophomore closer Drew Storen was still called into thegame in the ninth; he had little trouble, retiring the Dons

WyndamMakowskyBetween the lines

HURLING

CARD HURLS BESTBy ZOE LEAVITT

STAFF WRITER

Having broken ground in countlessfields of achievement over the cen-turies, Stanford recently pioneeredyet another national first while reliv-

ing a classic tradition. The Stanford hurlingteam continued the beloved Cardinal traditionof beating Cal when it became the first-everCalifornia Collegiate Gaelic Athletic Associa-tion champions after winning the inaugural col-legiate hurling series in American history.

Hurling, an ancient Irish sport that had lan-guished in America over the past century,found a following in FloMo last spring. Sopho-mores Sam Svoboda and Ben Arevalo and sen-ior John Mulrow organized a small but dedicat-

ed Stanford hurling team, gathering friendswho had never heard of the sport and teachingthem to love it.This spring, after a year of prac-tice, recruiting new members, teaching playersthe game from scratch and explaining to puz-zled friends that no, it’s not curling, the teamsaw its progress come to fruition.After losing toCal by one point in an exhibition game in Feb-ruary, Stanford came back to dominate a two-game series on April 18,winning the first match16-10 and the second match 27-14.

After February’s exhibition game, the firsttwo collegiate teams in the country hadplanned to hold a three-game series to deter-mine an inaugural season champion. However,when Cal canceled the second game due to lackof players,Stanford reduced the series to a two-

Card still can’t solve Trojans

SPORTS

Surprisedby Lopez?Don’t be

Derrick Rose was namedNBA Rookie of the Yearlast week. Congratulationsto him — the young Chica-

go Bull was certainly deserving of theaward.Among the people he beat outwere OJ Mayo of Memphis andBrook Lopez of New Jersey, whoplaced second and third, respectively— and both of them had stellar sea-sons.

Lopez, the former Stanford stand-out who led the Cardinal to the Sweet16 last year, finished the year averag-ing 13 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.8blocks per game. He improved as theseason progressed, was putting upclose to 15 points and 10 rebounds percontest by the end of the year,and didit all even though he was frequentlythe third, if not fourth, option on theNets. In the process, he establishedhimself as one of the three best youngcenters in the league.

It was a season of affirmation forLopez after he inexplicably fell to thetenth pick in the draft despite beingprojected as high as third (insertMichael Crabtree reference here — itwas a coin flip between a Lopez and aNFL Draft column).The word in Junewas that Lopez fell because he wasnot fluid enough to be successfulagainst athletic NBA big men. I won-der how many scouts still feel thatway.

It was,and remains,a curious com-ment. Did they watch his play againstMarquette in last year’s NCAA sec-ond round, when he put the Cardinalon his back and hit a game winningshot that is simply impossible to makeif you’re a stiff? Did they not watchthroughout his entire Stanford career,as he displayed a combination of de-fensive and offensive prowess that israrely seen at the collegiate level? It’sno secret that scouts tend to overana-lyze, and the fact that Lopez couldn’tdo a 1080 reverse windmill apparent-ly hurt him,even though he was one ofthe most NBA-ready players in thedraft.

But, no worries, Lopez found him-self in a good situation in New Jersey,and succeeded accordingly. Yet thisidea that he was somehow ill-pre-pared for the league persisted and, ashe continued to play well,became oneof the memes of the NBA season:“Look at the kid in New Jersey —who could have seen that coming?!”

From Hoops Hype to ESPN, fansand writers were bewildered by histriumphs. The Worldwide Leader’sDavid Thorpe said, “Not even theNets expected Lopez to be this goodthis quickly. He is a threat on bothsides of the ball, able to play slow butexcellent in early-offense schemes,and a willing screener and rebound-er.”

Let’s check ourselves here. In aconference that, in Lopez’s sopho-more season, had a vast number ofprolific big men, he was top-five in re-bounding, scoring and blocks. Hemade improvements in nearly all as-pects of his game between his first andsecond years on the Farm, andshowed little indication that he wasmaxing out. Furthermore, there wasrarely a question of Lopez’s effort or

BATS WAKE LATE

By MICHAEL LAZARUSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

When the No. 2 Stanford women’s water poloteam lost to No. 1 USC in its final regular seasongame, ruining the Cardinal’s perfect conferencerecord, Stanford set its sights on an eventual re-match in the MPSF Tournament championshipgame.The Cardinal got the rematch it was hopingfor, just not the result it wanted, losing 6-5 to theTrojans in the title game on Sunday.

Unlike in its previous loss,Stanford jumped outto an early lead. Four minutes into the game, jun-ior Kelly Eaton scored to put the Cardinal on theboard, and senior Kira Hillman immediately fol-lowed with a goal of her own. Hillman scored oncemore at the end of the period to open Stanford’slead to 3-0.

“We played well in all phases of defense and onour power play for most of[Sunday’s] game,” said head coach John Tanner.“That’s what allowed us to get off to a better start.”

Stanford traded goals with the Trojans in thesecond quarter to enter halftime with a 4-1 advan-tage.

The Trojans reenergized themselves during thebreak and took control in the third period. TheUSC defense denied Stanford any scoring oppor-tunities, while Michelle Stein scored twice to cutthe deficit to 4-3.

Senior Lauren Silver scored with five minutesto play in the game to end a 15-minute Stanfordscoreless streak and give the Cardinal a littlebreathing room.

Two goals proved not to be enough, however.USC scored on a 6-on-5 power-play and again

on a penalty shot to tie the game at 5-5.With just under two minutes to play, Stanford

had a golden opportunity to grab a late lead, butcould not score off a USC ejection.

The Trojans scored with 47 seconds left to taketheir first and only lead of the game.The Cardinalcould not convert on its final possession andwatched as USC held onto the ball to secure the

championship victory.“We game shifted in the third quarter when we

were called for a slew of offensive and exclusionfouls,” Tanner said. “Just the same, we had a twogoal lead down the stretch and made some poordecisions.”

Stanford advanced to the championship afteran 11-10 overtime victory over UCLA on Satur-day and a 13-6 thrashing of San Diego State on Fri-day.

Against the Bruins, Stanford found itself in ausual position — trailing. Down 3-2 at the end ofthe first period and 5-4 at halftime, the Cardinalrallied late, as Hillman and Silver scored to mo-mentarily tie the game at 9-9. Stanford could nothold onto the lead, though, as UCLA scored on apenalty shot with four minutes to play.

With a little more than two minutes left, juniorAlex Koran scored to tie the game at 10-10, whereit would stay through the end of regulation.

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Senior center fielder Joey August slides back to first during Stanford’s seven-run eighth inning. The Cardinaloutscored San Francisco 9-0 in the seventh and eighth innings en route to a 12-4 victory at Sunken Diamond.

Courtesy of Colleen Buckley

The newly formed Stanford hurling team celebrates its victory over Cal. The team hopes tobring the sport of hurling to colleges across the nation and popularize it in the U.S.

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Stanford had an early three-point lead over No. 1 USC in the MPSF Tourna-ment championship game, but could not hold the lead and eventually fell 6-5. The Cardinal hopes to get an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament.

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Cardinal scores final nine runsin rout of San Francisco

BUDGET CUTS

Fencers must raisefunds to stay varsity

By ZACH ZIMMERMANDESK EDITOR

While most of the talk of Univer-sity budget cuts has been focused inacademic departments and studentlife, the other side of Stanford — itsathletics — is proving no exceptionto the dire financial situation. Sinceearly 2009, the rumor mill of theCardinal sports world has beenchurning out stories about possiblecuts within the department, includ-ing the potential for elimination ofentire varsity teams.

The sports that are not endowedare presumed to be on the short listfor probable cuts, and the No. 9Stanford fencing team is one ofthem.The speculative plan, as inter-preted by members of the fencingteam, would be for a switch from avarsity squad to a club team.

“We all understand the econom-ic situation,”freshman fencer KevinMo said. “We know that everyonehas to make sacrifices, but we don’tthink that turning varsity fencinginto club fencing is a necessarymove.”

“On a personal level, the oppor-tunity to train with the other indi-viduals on the team and to learnfrom the Stanford coaches has beenone of the most valuable experi-ences I have had during college,”junior sabre Chris Lowman added.“I care ultimately for my individualteammates, but the team itself —the ability for it to represent Stan-ford’s talent, interact with otherschools in the NCAA and developwith new and driven teammates —is something that can only functionwhile fencing remains a varsitysport.”

In recent days, some of the ambi-guity over fencing’s status has beencleared. According to Save Stan-ford Fencing, a committee formedon April 16 to help prevent the abo-lition of the program, fencing co-head coach Lisa Milgram met withAthletic Director Bob Bowlsby todiscuss the situation.

Members of the program werehopeful that the University wouldallow for the team to self-finance,simply generating enough funds tocover operating costs. However,Bowlsby informed Milgram that theprogram could continue throughthe 2009-2010 season only if it wasable to raise enough funds to coverboth operating costs and the cre-

ation of an endowment.The endow-ment will likely require much morethan the previous goal of a quarterof a million dollars for operatingcosts.

“In a meeting that lasted over anhour and had parents [of fencers]from as far away as New York, [Se-nior Associate Athletic Director forDevelopment] Jeff Shilling was ex-tremely helpful in outlining for thecommittee what we need to accom-plish,” said Melody Lowman, chairof Save Stanford Fencing and moth-er of Chris Lowman. “He will besupporting us as we raise 100 per-cent of the budget for the academicyear for 2009-2010 and go on toraise an endowment to support theon-going existence of fencing atStanford.”

“We need to raise $250,000 forthe operating expense of 2009-2010,” she added. “We are workingon the endowment figure.”

The athletic department did notreturn inquiries by The Daily forcomment on the issue, but severalmembers associated with Stanfordfencing confirmed this information.

When asked if Save StanfordFencing was confident that thisamount could be raised, MelodyLowman was hesitant, but opti-mistic.

“We are hopeful,” she said. “Inthis economy, one cannot be confi-dent of much of anything. We arehopeful and deeply committed to[George Pogosov, co-head coach],Lisa and the team.”

“The financial crisis calls for theathletic department to cut some ofthe teams and make expendituresmore efficient,” said freshmanfencer Suraya Omar. “We under-stand that, but there is no cost to ac-tually keeping the team varsity. Itwould cost the University very littleto keep us.We were completely self-funded for 15 years.”

This is, in fact, the central argu-ment for the fencing team. For the15 years leading up to the 2007-2008season, the squad was entirely self-financed.Although the fencing pro-gram is currently funded by theUniversity, coaches and athletesalike are willing to revert back tothe years of self-sustenance.

Nonetheless, there is no doubtamong those involved that the ath-letic department will attempt to

Please see WATER POLO,page 5

Please see HURLING,page 5 Please see COLUMN,page 5

Please see BASEBALL,page 5 Please see FENCING,page 5

in order.Monday’s win kept up the Cardi-

nal’s trend of success on weekdays.Stanford has not lost a weekdaygame since the third week of March.

“We’ve just been coming out firedup [on the weekdays],” Gaylord said.“Obviously this weekend was atough loss [to Arizona], so the onlything you really can do is come backduring the week and play your gutsout.”

Stanford will look to carry the mo-mentum from the seventh and eighthinnings into Wednesday’s bout withSacramento State at Sunken Dia-mond.After that,the Cardinal will goon the road this weekend to faceWashington State, the second placeteam in the Pac-10.

Contact Jack Salisbury atjack24@stanford.edu.

BASEBALLContinued from page 4

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Ethel cf 3 0 1 0 August cf 5 1 1 1Poppert ss 4 0 1 0 Gerhart lf 5 1 2 0Yarrow 1b 3 1 1 0 Kiilsgaard rf 4 1 0 0Lipkin c 3 0 0 0 Milleville 1b 5 2 1 0

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E—Poppert 2 (19); Abel 3 (11); Braunecker (5); Jones (4); Gaylord(6); Fearnow (3). DP—USF 2; Stanford 2. LOB—USF 3; Stanford 6.2B—Walsh (8); Gaylord 2 (5); Schlander (7). 3B—Balog (1). HR—Abel (4). SB—Yarrow (2). CS—Ethel 2 (3); Kiilsgaard (2).

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SOSan FranciscoLove 2.1 3 2 2 1 0Luippold 3.1 2 1 0 0 0Burns L (0-2) 1.0 1 2 2 1 2Kalogrides 0.1 1 0 0 0 0Abramson 0.0 3 6 2 0 0Mott 1.0 2 1 0 1 1StanfordSandbrink 1.0 1 0 0 0 1Walker 1.0 2 1 1 0 0Pracher 1.0 0 0 0 0 0Marshall 1.0 1 0 0 0 1Reed 0.0 2 2 2 0 0Schwartz 1.0 1 1 1 1 1Fearnow W (3-3) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2Storen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

WP—Fearnow (4). PB—Jones (4).

HP: Ted Kovach 1B: Sid Aguilar 3B: John Kinard

Attendance: 1176

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THE STRENGTH TO HEAL

game aggregate. Both teams im-proved rapidly since the exhibitiongame,as many people who had neverheld a hurley — or stick — beforejoining the college team, scoredgoals in the championship.

“The later game was a lot morerefined,” Arevalo said. “Berkeleyhad a lot of breakaways that we’djust take the ball and reverse the mo-mentum, put them on their heels.”

For Stanford, staff member EoinBuckley scored one goal and fivepoints, senior Chris Sater scored twogoals and one point, senior MartyCasey scored two goals, sophomore

Darius Wodziak scored one goal andone point and Mulrow and Svobodascored one point each.

Besides being proud of its victory,the Stanford hurling team is thinkinglarger than the scoreboard. As excit-ing as the Cal-Stanford rivalry is, aleague with only two teams makes fora tedious future. So the Stanfordhurlers have set out to help formteams at other schools across the westcoast, and teams are already in theworks at USC, UCLA and the Uni-versity of Washington.Paul Bayly andEamonn Gormley of the San Francis-co Gaelic Athletic Association havehelped students form the CCGAA,California Collegiate Gaelic AthleticAssociation, which will organize fur-ther collegiate games.

The CCGAA league formationhas helped further invigorate hurlingfans throughout the Bay Area andbeyond. According to Arevalo, theteam has been receiving emails fromfans in Ireland congratulating themfor their efforts. The Stanford teamwas recently featured in articles onIrishAbroad.com and in the IrishTimes, one of Ireland’s largest news-papers. Many Irish hurlers who havewatched the sport lose value inAmerica see the CCGAA as a newopportunity.

“Colleges like Cal and Stanfordhave a lot more brand recognitionwith the American public, and they

have rivalries pre-established inother sports,” said Eamonn Gorm-ley, SFGAA’s public relations offi-cer. “A game between NaomhPadraig and Na Fianna doesn’t meananything to the average viewer, butCal versus Stanford means some-thing and gives spectators a team tosupport.”

By breaking out of the Irish bub-ble, the new collegiate hurling teamshope to continue to spark new inter-est throughout America. And as theCCGAA league grows, its membershope that many more college stu-dents will discover the sport, andbring more fans along with them.

“I have never doubted the sellingpower of hurling,” Gormley said.“It’s a game that has the potential tostand toe-to-toe with the big fourAmerican sports and still achievepopularity. College hurling will bethe engine that drives this.”

If the immigration of a sport intothe mainstream seems impossible,just look at lacrosse, which is nowmaking its way over to the westcoast. While hurlers may lose theirIrish accents, the game will keep itsspirit, and maybe soon, over 3,000years after the game’s conception,the Stanford hurlers will introduce anew nation to an ancient sport.

Contact Zoe Leavitt at zleavitt@stan-ford.edu.

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dedication to the intricacies of thegame. So on his end, he had the toolsnecessary for success.

Then, examine his situation inNew Jersey. With an ever-improvingDevin Harris and a still-dangerous-when-he-feels-like-it Vince Carteraround him, Lopez did not have tobe “the man” immediately in EastRutherford. Furthermore, there is avacuum of good centers in the East-ern Conference, with just a few play-ers (see: Howard, Dwight) estab-lished as premier fives. With effec-tive teammates and professional —but not stellar — competition at hisposition, it was hardly inconceivablethat he could have such a fine rookieseason.

Should it have been expected?

Absolutely,at least to some degree. Itwas hardly a question that he wouldcontribute substantially out of thegate. He did more than that, andlooks like a budding star — in thatway, perhaps it was a bit unexpected.But by reading your favorite sportsWeb site, you’d think that he wassome small prospect from a school inAndorra that picked up basketballlast week,when in fact he’s been high-ly touted since the womb.

It is a maddening storyline,and yetit persists. But ask the Sixth Man ifthey thought Lopez could contributeimmediately in the pros. Homerismaside, their expectations would bemore accurate than the teams whopassed him by, and the media mem-bers who stand shocked at his earlysuccess.

Wyndam Makowsky is one of the fourpeople who watch New Jersey Netsgames. Join him at makowsky@stan-ford.edu.

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Neither team scored in the firstovertime period, but Koran onceagain came up big for the Cardinal inthe second overtime period. Withthe game still tied, Koran scored thegame-winner with 2:05 left in thegame.

Silver led all Stanford scorerswith three goals, while freshmanMelissa Seidemann scored twice.

The Cardinal could not haveasked for a better opening-roundperformance than the one it turnedagainst San Diego State.

Stanford jumped out to a 5-0 leadin the first period and never lookedback. Freshman Alyssa Lo paced theCardinal with two first-period goals,while freshman Pallavi Menon, jun-ior Kelly Eaton, sophomore KimKrueger, Silver and Seidemann eachtacked on a goal as well.

The story of the game, though,was Koran. The southern Californianative started her tournament off ona good note with four goals on theday.

“Alex scored some terrific goalson Friday and Saturday to help getus to the championship game,” Tan-ner said.

By failing to win its conference

tournament, Stanford has put its fu-ture in someone else’s hands. TheCardinal will wait and hope for anat-large bid to the 2009 NationalCollegiate Championship, sched-uled for the weekend of May 8 inCollege Park, Md.

Contact Michael Lazarus atmlazarus@stanford.edu.

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preserve the rich traditions of all ofCardinal sports, including fencing.

Milgram spoke highly of Bowls-by and supported him during therough financial times.

“In his 35 years of being an ath-letic director, he has never cut asport in his life,” she said.“He does-n’t want to, nobody wants to.”

The fencing program, given itsspecified requirements for continu-ation, may be more fortunate thanother teams still buried in the ambi-guity of the fiscal situation. With lit-tle time left on the academic calen-dar, however, further news is likelyforthcoming in the next few weeks.

Contact Zach Zimmerman atzachz@stanford.edu.

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it is not owned or operated byStanford,” Gratz wrote in his email toThe Daily. “Given the current eco-nomic challenges, it is important tobring value to students by providingadditional dining options in a fiscallyresponsible manner.”

The executive director furthernoted that next year’s board increaseis only 1.4 percent, which is low con-sidering the rising costs of food.

As for the meal plan dollars thatwere spent by students in the winter,Gratz said Stanford Dining honoredthe fact that there was a glitch andpassed the appropriate revenue on toFraiche.

When asked why Fraiche was notmade aware of the meal plan distinc-tion beforehand, Gratz said that notallowing meal plan dollars “was notpart of the business terms of our con-tract,” and Dining did not find it nec-essary to notify Fraiche about mealplan dollars given that the transactionsystem should have worked correctly.

Current Fraiche employees andco-owner Jessica Gilmartin declinedcomment. A former Fraiche employ-ee, however, who asked to remainanonymous for the sake of her rela-tionship with her former employer,said the glitch was a source of consid-erable confusion among staff.

“Suddenly, the cards stoppedworking one day,” the formeremployee said,“and we ended up justwriting down everyone’s ID num-ber.”

A few days later, the employeecame to work again and was told byher shift leader that Stanford Dining

“viewed [Fraiche] as a threat” andwould no longer allow the establish-ment to accept students’ meal plans.

In actuality, a monthly report fromDining’s transaction system — han-dled off-site by Infogenesis —revealed at the beginning of Marchthat the store’s system had been func-tioning like regular Stanford Dininglocations, at which meal plan dollarsare deducted from first, followed bypurchased Cardinal dollars. Once theproblem was noted, it took a littleover two weeks for Infogenesis toresolve.

While the issue was eventuallycleared up, the former employee saidshe did not understand why it wasn’tmade clear to Fraiche staff earlier on.

Potential for meal plan changesWhile the loss of meal plan

acceptance at Fraiche has a reason,many students are still upset by thechange and hope they can somedayuse meal plan dollars once again.

“Because they stopped accepting[meal plan] Cardinal Dollars, I’m notgoing to go there as much,” said LaneHartman ‘12. “That means I have tospend my own money on it . . .Fraiche costs roughly a meal atSubway.”

Marie Baylon ‘12 questioned theStanford Dining Cardinal dollar sys-tem and its relationship with inde-pendently owned businesses likeFraiche.

“I think the Stanford DiningCardinal dollar affiliation is reallyrandom,” she said.“Often, the tastiestand most popular places do notaccept [meal plan] Cardinal dollars.Further, compared to other collegecampuses, Stanford’s lack of varietycreates monopoly and diminishescompetition. On a campus like ours,where accessibility to the areas

beyond campus can be difficult, pro-viding students with a selection ofdelicious and affordable optionsshould be a primary concern.”

Employees at Fraiche, Dining andeven ASSU President David Gobaud‘08 M.S. ‘10 have all received com-plaints.

“Every time I talk to people,they’re not happy,” Gobaud said ofthe Fraiche reaction.

In response, Gobaud is starting aconversation with students andStanford Dining about how the mealplan system can be restructured toallow students to use meal plan dol-lars at Fraiche and other campuslocations that currently don’t acceptthem.

According to Gobaud, one ideaput forward was to put a 50 percentpremium on Fraiche purchases usingmeal plan dollars. For example, a five-dollar yogurt at Fraiche wouldinstead cost $7.50 in meal plan dol-lars, with five dollars going to Fraicheitself and $2.50 to Stanford Dining.

“We’re interested in what studentsthink about this, so we’d like for themto contact us and also give us furtherideas,” Gobaud said. “We’ll then talkto Dining and see if it’s feasible.”

When asked about starting a con-versation with students aboutexpanding the current meal plan sys-tem, Gratz was very open, but heemphasized the need for looking atthe budget and assessing the poten-tial impact on students’ bills if achange was made.

“The question is not whether wewant to do it — it’s what the financialimpact would be if we did,” Gratzsaid.

“At the end of the day, we want tobring value to the students,” headded.“We want to bring more choices, and

those choices can’t always be on themeal plan.”

Fatima Wagdy and Ryan Mac con-tributed to this report.

Contact Christian Torres atchristian.torres@stanford.edu.

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the financial crisis began, he said thathigh volatility makes it impossible topresent a clear picture of fundraisingfor the fiscal year.

The Division of Land, Buildings &Real Estate (LRBE) is facing a situa-tion similar to that of the Office ofDevelopment.

Robert Reidy, vice president ofLRBE, says the division’s budget wascut by $8.3 million, equivalent to 15percent.

According to Reidy, the cutsinvolved a salary freeze for all staffand a salary reduction for executivemanagement ($1.5 million), reduc-

tions in planning, engineering studies,conference attendance and officeequipment ($1.1 million), businessprocess changes ($4.4 million) andstaff reductions and layoffs ($1.3 mil-lion).

“Our ability to realize efficienciesin a variety of business processes willbe critical in the coming months andyears,”he said.“We are encouraged byour initial steps.”

The Alumni Association laid off 10employees on Tuesday and faces anupcoming $2.7 million budget cut,according to Association PresidentHoward Wolf. Three more employeesleft voluntarily, six took a time reduc-tion and four vacant positions wereeliminated.

Wolf cited several additional cost-saving measures that the AlumniAssociation will take, including the

reduction of printed materials and theelimination of certain in-person com-ponents of an alumni continuing stud-ies program.

The Association, which servessome 202,000 alumni worldwide, isfunded by three sources: the generalfund, a lifetime membership fundinvested in the endowment and sever-al businesses such as Stanford SierraCamp.

According to Wolf, these sourcesare under “tremendous pressure.”

Despite cuts, he said that alumniare still confident in the University’sleadership.

“Stanford’s alumni have tremen-dous faith in the president and theprovost,” Wolf said. “All the indica-tions I’ve had in discussions . . . sug-gest that they’re actually very comfort-able that we’re looking at these things

strategically and responding appropri-ately.”

According to Etchemendy, thetiming of this round of cuts has no sig-nificance.

“All units were notified of theiroverall general funds allocations at thesame time, but units needed differentamounts of preparation and planningbefore they could announce their finaldecisions,” he said.“There is no signif-icance to the fact that one school oradministrative unit might completethis process sooner or later thananother.”

Nikhil Joshi and Eric Messinger con-tributed to this report.

Contact Elizabeth Titus at etitus@stan-ford.edu.

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Today’s Question:Would you be willing to pay a premium to use meal plan dollars at Fraiche and other non-Stanford dining locations?

a) Yes, and a premium around 50 percent sounds appropriate.b) Maybe, but it really depends on the premium rate.c) No, I’m not paying even more for yogurt.d) I don’t care if Fraiche accepts meal plan dollars.

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its full complement, it consists of abroad collection of campus staff andadministrators, including represen-tatives from Vaden, StanfordHospital, the School of Medicine,the Department of Public Safety, theOffice of UniversityCommunications, ResidentialDining & Enterprises and the Officeof the Vice Provost of StudentAffairs.

According to the Santa ClaraHealth Department, no cases ofswine flu have been reported inSanta Clara County, where Stanfordis located.

Contact Eric Messinger at messinger@stanford.edu.

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“He did so with no knowledge of, letalone diagnosis of, John,” McKaysaid of Hageseth’s shipment. “Toblindly prescribe a dangerous drugto an adolescent is unacceptable.”

Seven weeks later, on Aug. 2,2005, McKay committed suicide bycarbon monoxide poisoning afterrolling up the windows in his carand pumping in emissions.Toxicology reports revealed thatMcKay had both alcohol and fluox-etine in his system.

McKay’s family filed a complaintthat October with the MedicalBoard of California. After an inves-tigation, the board recommendedcriminal prosecution to the SanMateo County District Attorney.

In June 2006, San Mateo prose-cutors charged Hageseth with afelony count of practicing medicinewithout a license. According toMcKay, Hageseth’s defense attor-ney, Carleton Briggs, did everythingpossible to halt the case from mov-ing forward.

Several issues were brought up,including jurisdiction and ifCalifornia could try an individualwho had been acting from out-of-state. In an appellate court inCalifornia, it was unanimously ruledthat the state did indeed have juris-diction. Briggs filed an appeal to theCalifornia Supreme Court, but itwas refused.

Briggs then argued thatHageseth could not be extradited toCalifornia because he had neverbeen in the state and was not fleeingjustice there. Colorado, Hageseth’sresidence, was uncooperative inextraditing him. However, in 2007,Hageseth was extradited fromNebraska due to a minor traffic vio-lation, which sent him to Californiaonce Nebraskan law enforcementfound that there was a warrant outfor his arrest.

Judge James Ellis of the CountySuperior Court sentenced Hagesethon April 17 to nine months inprison. Hageseth pleaded no contestand was convicted of practicingmedicine illegally, but was neithercharged with prescribing the wrong

drug, nor held responsible forMcKay’s death. Hageseth was addi-tionally ordered to pay $4,200 to theCalifornia medical board for theirinitial investigation.

This is one of the first cases deal-ing with the prescription of“telemedicine,” or ordering andprescribing drugs from the phone orover the Internet. What made thiscase complicated was the issuanceof drugs over state lines, setting aprecedent for doctors issuing pre-scriptions in states in which theirmedical license may not extend.

In an interview with The Daily,Briggs argued that the convictionwould have important ramificationsfor the future of telemedicine.

“I think the better solution is forthe federal government to regulatethe practice of medicine across statelines,” he said. “What’s happeninghere is that the state of California isputting an end to telemedicinebecause now any doctor who is notlicensed in all 50 states would becrazy to practice telemedicine. As apractical matter, you can’t belicensed in all 50 states.”

Professor Robert Weisberg, thedirector of Stanford’s CriminalJustice Center, argued that the con-viction confirms the point of juris-diction law.

“State criminal jurisdiction lawis tricky in these cases where thecrime is a communication acrossstate lines, but this is a fair readingof jurisdictional principles,” hewrote in an email to The Daily.“Note that in theory, Coloradocould have prosecuted him as well,and double jeopardy law wouldnot prevent two separate statesfrom punishing for the ‘same’crime.”

In the end, McKay was pleasedwith the strong precedent that thecase set and hopes that in thefuture doctors will be more respon-sible when prescribing medication.

“Individuals writing such pre-scriptions can now rethink whetherthe quick and easy money theymake doing it is worth the risk of afelony conviction and the perma-nent loss of medical license in allstates that would go along with it,”McKay said.

Contact Christine McFadden atcnm714@stanford.edu.

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