Coupa Cafe to take over

Moonbean’s location by end of June

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Office hoursopen onFacebook

By KATE BARBERSTAFF WRITER

Those of us who arrived at Stanfordafter famed psychology professorPhilip Zimbardo stopped teaching cannow get a chance to hear about hisresearch and even ask him questions,thanks to Stanford’s new “Open OfficeHours” on Facebook.

Stanford Open Office Hours, partof the Stanford University page onFacebook, was created by Ian Hsu ‘98M.S. ‘01. The online video series isgeared toward the greater Stanfordcommunity.

For the series, a different professoror researcher posts a video to theStanford University Facebook pageeach month. The videos describe theresearch topics that the professor iscurrently pursuing.

Through the new program, anyonewho is a “fan” of Stanford Universityon Facebook can watch the videos andask questions by posting comments.

Hsu said he hoped Open OfficeHours would allow for more individu-alized learning on the Web.

“I wanted to see whether it mightbe possible to bring a more intimateand conversational learning experi-ence to a global online audience bycombining Facebook and onlinevideo,” he said.

The intended audience, however, isstill ambiguous.

“Right now, the idea is to reach toalumni, but ultimately it may be a wayfor faculty to deal with current studentswho are too shy to go in[to in-personoffice hours],” Zimbardo said.

Zimbardo was third in the line ofStanford professors and researchers to

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Rice,Shultz visitWilbur for dinner

By KAMIL DADADESK EDITOR

Wilbur Dining played host to two former U.S.Secretaries of State on Tuesday night, as Hoover FellowGeorge Shultz took a walk down memory lane as hespoke to 70 students over dinner. The discussion, moder-ated by Hoover Fellow Condoleezza Rice, used diploma-cy as a means of navigating larger issues, ranging frominterpersonal relationships to morality and the psycholo-gy of public service.

Rice began the formal remarks by saying, “Hello, Mr.Secretary,” to which Shultz quickly replied, “Hello, Ms.Secretary.”

The event was the final episode in Shultz’s three-dayschedule as the Rathbun Visiting Fellow. Shultz attendedvarious receptions across campus on a diverse array oftopics, including life in public service, the role of sports inlife and how to prepare for and balance multiple profes-sions.

The dinner,however,was not all policy — Shultz jokedwith the students present. When asked by a student howhe gets out of bed in the morning and remains motivated,Shultz had a simple explanation.

“I swing my legs over and push,” Shultz deadpanned.“It’s a little easier that way.”

Most of the student questions revolved around how tointeract with others and deal with situations of conflict.One student questioned whether on occasion during histime as a public servant, Shultz’s personal opinions ormoral values conflicted with written laws. In response,

FACULTY & STAFF

Endowed faculty positionsface difficulty in bad economy

By ELLEN HUETSTAFF WRITER

The current economic recessionis expected to take a toll on the cre-ation of endowed chairs and profes-sorships, which may have a negativeimpact on both faculty hiring andthe overall health of the endow-ment.

The economic downturn hasbeen felt across the University, espe-cially in Stanford’s shrinking multi-billion-dollar endowment, whichjust three years ago was the fastest-growing endowment in the nation.Asignificant portion of this loss inendowment value comes from fewernewly created endowed chairs andprofessorships.

Endowed chairs and professor-ships are positions across theUniversity whose salary, benefitsand occasionally other costs are paidfor by interest from a single multi-million-dollar endowment, usuallymade in a donor’s name. The posi-tions also come with faculty titlessuch as “The Charles LouisDucommun Professor inHumanities and Sciences.”

Stanford has several hundredendowed positions across all seven

schools and other institutes, andthey play a vital role in the financialhealth of the University. The Schoolof Humanities & Sciences (H&S)currently has the most endowedpositions at Stanford, and H&SDean Richard Saller said these arecrucial to faculty salaries.

“The School of Humanities andSciences has a two billion-dollarendowment,” Saller said. “Abouthalf of the school’s endowmentcomes from endowed chairs andprofessorships — it’s by far thebiggest single source of endowmentfor [H&S].”

The current economic climate,however, is not conducive to thelarge gifts required to establishthese professorships. Dean Sallerexplained that while H&S has creat-ed 49 new endowed positions since2001, only five were created in the2008 fiscal year, and just one hasbeen created in the 2009 fiscal yearso far.

“It’s too early to say for sure, butthe University is anticipating in gen-eral that donations will be lower thisyear,” said Stephen Hinton, seniorassociate dean in the School ofH&S.

“There are fewer donors in thecurrent environment stepping up tomake these large gifts,” Salleradded. “With the decline in the

Coupa toreplace‘Beans

Gender-neutral room assignments in national spotlight after mother criticizes

HOUSING EN-GENDERS DEBATEBy EMMA TROTTER

MANAGING EDITOR

“Our morality is not forsale,” wrote KarinMorin in “CaveatParens: One family’sadventures in gender-

neutral housing,” published in TheNational Review on Monday of lastweek.

In the article, Karin, mother of DaisyMorin ‘09, condemned the lack of trans-parency surrounding Stanford’s gender-neutral housing pilot program, institutedthis year.

“Stanford’s actions created not onebut two problems of institutional ethics,”Karin wrote in the article.The University,she said, failed to inform parents of boththe changes in housing policy and, if par-ents did manage to track down onlineinformation about the policy, the extentof those changes.

Student’s felt that Karin’s claims wereout of line.

“In general, Stanford has no responsi-bility to inform parents about anything,”argued James Barton ‘09, citing the factthat the vast majority of Stanford stu-dents are at least 18 years old and thuslegal adults.“Parents just need to learn tolet go. Their children are responsibleadults at this point.”

“We’re adults, so we have the right tomake the decision, but for a lot of people,we are financially reliant on our parents,”agreed Lisa Tang ‘11, who shares a two-room, gender-neutral double in Castanowith Vasilly Sharikov-Bass ‘11, a closemale friend. “It comes down to talking toyour parents about it.”

“I know that my mom was originallycompletely against it, of course,” sheadmitted, “but I mean, I showed her theroom and said ‘Look, the door’s closed, itturns into a single. I promise there’s noth-ing going on between me and the guy;we’re really good friends.’ And eventual-ly, she agreed, even though, originally, shewas kind of a conservative Chinesemom.”

“The level of information Stanfordprovides to parents is already quiteextensive,” Barton added. “And parents

can read The Daily online if they want tokeep abreast of what’s going on. Everystep of the gender-neutral housingprocess was documented in The Daily.”

Additionally, Assistant Vice Provostand Director of Residential Education(ResEd) Deborah Golder said thatStanford’s online descriptions of gender-neutral housing practices had beenupdated to reflect recent changes “longbefore this became national news.”

Karin’s grievances also conflatedUniversity-wide Housing policy with co-op policy, according to Golder.

“The mixed-gender housing policiesfunction distinctly from the co-ops,” shewrote in an email to The Daily. “As Iunderstand it, the consensus decision-making process at Synergy andColumbae, as well as the mixed-genderroom assignments, have been practicedfor decades.”

Karin went on to say in her NationalReview piece that her daughter was nothappy with her co-ed room assignment inColumbae. During a seven-hour housingmeeting that relied on consensus deci-sion-making, Daisy was assigned to alarge, one-room quad with one other girl

and two boys.Daisy was not present at the meeting,

but had appointed another student asproxy who was clear on all of her prefer-ences — which did not include stipula-tions about the gender of her roommates.

“I would have been fine one way orthe other,” Daisy said in an interviewwith The Daily. She lived in co-ed roomsduring both fall and winter quarters, andnow she lives in a single-gender room.

Daisy called the issue “a family argu-ment,” saying that Stanford Housing andResidential Education (ResEd) were notto blame at all.

She did have issues with The NationalReview, however.

“I think it’s irresponsible of them thatthey didn’t contact anyone besides mymom,” Daisy said. “It took somethingthat was a private family argument andtried to turn it into something political,which it just wasn’t.”

Daisy said she’s had a good experi-ence in Columbae so far.

“People have been really supportive,”she said.

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By MARISA LANDICHOSENIOR STAFF WRITER

After 11 years between Meyer and Greenlibraries, Moonbean’s Coffee will be replaced byCoupa Cafe by the end of June, Moonbean’s StoreManager James Rundell told The Daily yesterday.

Stanford Libraries solicited bids for the covet-ed spot between Meyer and Green, and CoupaCafe, which currently has an on-campus locationin the Y2E2 building, won out over Moonbean’s,the current occupant, and other bidders.

Rundell speculated that the decision was basedon reviews of the existing Coupa Cafe in Y2E2.

“I believe it was something about [Coupa]being very popular,” he said. “I feel it’s odd, sincethe majority of what I hear from customers is thatwe’re the most popular place on campus.”

While rumors of the store’s closure had circu-lated throughout year, Rundell believes this ver-dict is final.

Moonbean’s pled its case to the selection

committee on Apr. 24. Libraries Director ofCommunications and Development AndrewHerkovic noted that there were “several otherbidders” for the space, but did not reveal theidentities of the other vendors.

Stanford Libraries originally intended toannounce its decision on May 1, but the date wasextended to May 15 so the Library could con-duct a “site study,” according to Rundell.Moonbean’s was notified that its proposal wasrejected on Monday.

Herkovic, however, was unsure if the agree-ment with Coupa Cafe was finalized.

“I believe a decision has been made, but weare negotiating with vendors now,” he said.

Reacting to the announcement, Rundell andowner Jennie Reynolds were worried about thefuture of their employees.

“We’re kind of destroyed about [the deci-sion],” Rundell said. “In this economy and thisjob market, it’s going to be rough.”

Looking to the future, Reynolds is hoping tosecure another location on campus, Rundellsaid. Moonbean’s Coffee is Reynolds’ lastremaining coffee shop.

The Daily will have further coverage ofMoonbean’s replacement in the coming days.

Contact Marisa Landicho at landicho@stanford.edu.

ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily

Columbae, a gender-neutral co-op, came under fire recently for its practices in aNational Review piece by Karin Morin, mother of Daisy Morin ‘09.

Please see HOUSING, page 3

ADAM ADLER/The Stanford Daily

Students enjoy an afternoon at Moonbean’s, which was informed Monday that it had been outbid forthe Green Library location by Coupa Cafe, which currently has a location in Y2E2.

AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily

Protestors stood outside Wilbur Dining duringCondoleezza Rice and George Shultz’s visit for a din-ner discussion with 70 students. The protestors had lit-tle effect, however, upon the night’s proceedings.

Decline in funding putspressure on tuition, etc.

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o n Monday, Apr. 21 atexactly 12:52 p.m., thissinister message filledthe inboxes of 71

Roble residents. The email marked thebeginning of Assassins, Stanford’s annu-al dorm tradition of anxiety, strategy,paranoia and craftiness.

Within minutes, Assassins fever hadswept Roble Hall. Literally. Ken Kansky‘12 wasted no time scoring his first “kill,”knocking off his target a mere sevenminutes into the game.

“I was walking to class, and she hap-pened to be right in front of me,” herecounted with a chuckle. “I didn’t evenhave a gun at that point, so I ran back tomy room, grabbed my roommate’s gunand shot her. I had just found out my assignment.”

And this was just the beginning of the mayhem. Soon, serious Assassins strategyensued.

“The most important thing is having a spy,” said Julio Alvarado ‘12, Roble’s reigningAssassins champion, explaining the tactics he employed to ensure his eventual victory.“And covering your tracks, like doing things differently, skipping class, making use of allentrances into your room. And luck. I had a lot of luck.”

Secret alliances were formed amongst residents. Door signs were switched to makeplayers more difficult to find. Sitting for hours in the dirt underneath the stairs to Roble’sside door became a socially acceptable behavior.

“It was like 1 a.m.,” laughed Simon Ye ‘12, recalling his involvement in a friend’s par-ticularly persistent assassination attempt.

“Deniz [Kahramaner ‘12] knew that histarget was an upperclassman in the 3-

Center hall, so he decided to stakehim out in the bathroom.”

But someone was taking ashower inside. Ye decided toleave, but Kahramaner waitedinside a bathroom stall, noteven knowing whether or notthe guy showering was his tar-get.

“Deniz and the guy don’tknow who each other are, sothey’re just waiting,” Ye con-tinued. “The guy taking theshower gets scared, so hestays in there for 30 minutes.After he turns off the water,

he just stands in the showerstall for another 15 minutes,

waiting.”Then, Kahramaner put on

a ski mask and opened the door.But it wasn’t his target.Matthew Caselli ‘07, both this

reporter’s older brother and the 2004Ujamaa/2005 Lantana Assassins champion,

remembers a multitude of kills and close calls.But one story in particular stands out.

“When I was a freshman, one of myfutureDraw mates was assigned to kill me,” he

said. “Since we were good friends, he knew exact-ly when and where all of my classes were. I

assumed he would attempt to kill me before orafter my IntroSem, a small class of only five students

in Herrin, an isolated Bio building.”Figuring that his target would be hidden

somewhere, Caselli sent out his professor at the endof class to check if the coast was clear.

“Sure enough, she spotted a stream of watershooting down from the roof,” Caselli described.“She proceeded to show me an alternate exit to thebuilding and even ran out to my bike and unlockedmy bike lock so that I wouldn’t get shot whiledoing so myself. My would-be assassin was foiled,and we ended up in a high-speed bike chase backto our dorm until we got into the dining hall,which was a safe zone.”

Ridiculous as they may seem, tales like theseare almost standard as the game nears its end,leaving only the most dedicated and elusiveassassins still standing.

Other kills from this year’s gameare anonymously storied on www.the-happyzork.com, a Web site set up by aformer Stanford Resident ComputerConsultant (RCC) that also serves tocoordinate the game.

Some of the accounts are concise.“Epic game of cat and mouse. Cat

went home full.”Others are more detailed.“She was in the dining hall (after it

had closed), when I spotted her andquickly made my way to the table, andpoked my pistol into her back, busted afat load (of water), and then burst intoeuphoria. Pretty average day, actually.”

And then others are . . . nostalgic?Funny? Just weird?

“It is nice getting killed by a goodfriend, instead of some random person .

. . I feel like I am Tom Hanks in the ending scene of Saving Private Ryan.”The Web site also features two pages of official Assassins rules: The assassination must

occur within 24 hours of the email assignment. It cannot be witnessed by anyone else.Certain safe zones — bathrooms, your own room, classrooms and the dining hall duringmeal hours — exist to ensure some sense of normalcy.

“It would be really weird if people followed you into the bathroom,” laughed NicoleDeVille ‘12.“Although I don’t think the dining hall should have been a safe zone. It wouldmake the game more interesting. People would be even more paranoid.”

In addition to assassinating, a player may “neutralize” a suspected assassin by shootingsomeone that is potentially assigned to him or her. When neutralized, the player cannotkill anyone for 120 minutes.

“I was neutralized like six times,” Ye said. “It’s too easy to take advantage of the neu-tralization rules because the only way you can protect yourself is by hiding yourself in yourroom and locking your door. It’s annoying.”

Along with the regular assassins, there are also “terminators.”The terminators’ job is toget rid of participants who have not assassinated their targets within the 24-hour window,as well as players who fail to report their kill instantly. Unlike the regular assassins, the no-witness rule does not apply to the terminators, and they cannot be neutralized.

“I preferred being a terminator because I got to shoot people with water guns withoutbeing paranoid about someone coming behind my back and shooting me,” explained AaronLewis ‘12, one of the leading terminators in Roble’s game. “I got to have the power, theauthority.”

While Assassins engrossed many students, some players were fairly apathetic toward thegame. Others forewent Assassins altogether.

“I signed up for the game thinking that I would be really involved,” said Disney Williams‘12. “But when it came down to it, I was too lazy to go upstairs and pick up the squirt gun.”

Yet for the students who did immerse themselves in the game,Assassins provided a four-day flurry of excitement and adventure — a welcome respite from the daily grind of classes,schoolwork and activities.

“I almost lost friends,” Alvarado laughed, reflecting upon his Assassins experience. “ButI got like five free water pistols.And pride.Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Bragging rights. Like,I am the sneakiest.”

Contact Caroline Caselli at carolinecaselli@stanford.edu.

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The National Review article itselfand the issues it raised spread acrossthe Stanford campus last week, andsparked a New York Times blog entryon Wednesday entitled “The Choice.”The post received so many comments— including statements from bothDaisy and Karin Morin — that a sec-ond blog entry went up later the sameday.

In her comment,which was similarto an email she sent to the Columbaelist, Daisy asserted that she is happywith her room assignment and saidthat Stanford acted immediately toaddress the situation.

“This conflict has very little to dowith Stanford and gender-neutralhousing,” she wrote. “It has every-thing to do with my parents having ahard time adjusting to the fact thatI’m out of the house (I’m the oldest),I’m 3,000 miles away, and — especial-

ly — that I’m a liberal agnostic whilethey are conservative Catholics.”

Karin, meanwhile, contends thather family issue was a newsworthyevent.

“For me, the point of writingabout what happened to our familyis to help other parents know whatquestions to ask and what discus-sions to initiate,” she wrote in a com-ment on the New York Times blogpost.

In The National Review, Karinexpressed concern for her daugh-ter’s safety in the close company ofat least one male student who drinksand about the immorality of sharing asleeping space with a member of theopposite sex before marriage.

Sharikov-Bass agreed in part withKarin’s statements.

“Girls should not live with anyrandom people,” he said. “If you gointo gender-neutral [housing], itshould be with someone you know.It’s a matter of personal security.”

As for the worst fear in such a sit-uation with male and femalestrangers — rape — Sharikov-Bass

wasn’t concerned.“I don’t see it being likely to hap-

pen,” he said.Barton agreed.“Parents should be more worried

about the guy down the hall that theirdaughter drunkenly made out with ata party two weeks ago,” he said.

“It comes down to the girl actuallytrying to use her brain and seeingwhat kind of guy she’s rooming with,”Tang added. “Even if you’re notrooming with a gender-neutral andyou’re being really dumb and drunk,there are always issues that couldpossibly show up, so be smart about itand it should be ok.”

Overall, Sharikov-Bass saw fewdifferences between traditional same-gender housing and gender-neutralhousing.

“It’s more like having a sister wholives in the same house as you,” hesaid. “There is a different type ofinteraction, but it’s not drastically dif-ferent from living with a male room-mate.”

Tang expressed similar feelings.“It’s actually pretty simple

because if I have the door closed, it’slike I have a single,” she said. “If Iopen the door, it’s like a double.”

“The main difference is actuallyjust how other people see it,” sheadmitted. “Everyone will pause andbe like, ‘What, you’re living with aguy?’ I mean, it’s not drastically dif-ferent because I don’t normally walkaround naked anyway. Plus, there arenot weird tensions with my room-mate, so it’s chill.”

When Sharikov-Bass told his par-ents in Yekaterinburg, Russia abouthis choice to live with Tang, he saidthat initially they were slightly con-cerned and surprised,but not outrightagainst the idea.

“They were concerned with mysecurity more than anything else, andthey were just trying to make surethis was the best decision for me,” hesaid.

“Since I don’t think that gender-neutral [housing] is such a big issue, Idon’t feel like parents should have asay in it,” he added.

The Morins felt quite differently,however. Karin and her husband cut

off payments for Daisy’s spring-quar-ter tuition, forcing their daughter totake out an additional $3,000 in stu-dent loans in order to remain atStanford.

“I could talk about conspiracy the-ories, and how the modern universityis trying to change society’s norms,”said Karin’s National Review piece.“I could talk about how the universi-ty caters to the ‘edgy’ — whateverthat is at the moment.”

While Daisy’s parents did not wishto make any further comment to thepress, Director of HousingAssignments Sue Nunan clarified theUniversity’s stance on gender-neutralhousing.

“The gender-neutral housing poli-cies were determined by a diversecommittee that met last year withinput from many sources,” she wrotein an email to The Daily. “We alsoresearched and spoke with manyother universities about their gender-neutral housing policies before final-izing our recommendations.”

Nunan added that the programhas worked “very well” this year and

is being expanded to include morelocations next year.

Golder pointed to the increaseddegree of choice that the co-op livingsituation brings to Stanford’s housingoptions.

“The diversity of living experi-ences in the residences at Stanford isa point of pride and reflects thebreadth of opportunities that our stu-dents seek,” she said.“The co-ops area critical piece of residential life atStanford.”

“And unless there is reason tobelieve that harm is coming to a stu-dent — something that would com-promise health, safety or community— we will work to honor the cultureand traditions of those houses,” shecontinued.“In this case, our conversa-tions with our student indicated thatshe was fine and she had no interestin changing her room.”

Check out the Stanford Daily onlinefor links to Karin Morin’s article.

Contact Emma Trotter at emmat@stan-ford.edu.

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How likely do you think it is that President Obama will nominate

an openly homosexual Justice for the Sumpreme Court at some

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Today’s Question:How do you feel about Moonbean’s closing?

a) I’m furious! Moonbean’s is a Stanford Tradition!b) I’m excited! Coupa Café is incredible!c) It’s kind of sad to see Moonbean’s go, but I don’t mind that much.d) I don’t care.

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A) Unlikely. It’s a big political battle to take on.B) Not sure. It will depend on how the gay rights movement does over the next few years.C) Very likely. There’s enough political momentum and it would help gain support from the Left.D) Not a chance.E) I don’t care.

DAILY POLL

4 � Wednesday, May 13, 2009 The Stanford Daily

With midterms in full swing and all of usprobably feeling at least a little bitstressed lately, I thought I’d take the

time to reflect on the topic of work-life balance.My guess is that this concept is, to put it mildly,somewhat unfamiliar to most high-achievingStanford students.

I know it certainly was unfamiliar to mewhen I was an undergraduate at Harvard.Har-vard was a thrilling intellectual atmosphere,and I’ll always be grateful for going there. Butattending a top school has a dark side, too.Being constantly surrounded by incrediblysuccessful people has the result of imprintingthe need for ultra-success into your brain, aswell as magnifying the feeling of failure if youdon’t cure cancer by the time you’re 23.

I was very ambitious in college, and Iworked hard and got good grades. At gradua-tion time, my friends and roommates all fol-lowed high-powered paths: Harvard MedicalSchool, Goldman Sachs, Oxford for a RhodesScholarship,etc.

And so when I finished school, I looked tocarve out my own sector of the universe to bemaster.I had studied engineering,and was curi-ous to explore other fields. Finance seemed in-teresting,and my first real job out of school wasworking on the floor of the New York Board ofTrade as a commodity options clerk. The goalwas to learn to become an options trader, andthen of course make millions of dollars.

One of the previous employees of my com-pany had made just under a million dollars in asingle wild day in the coffee pits. While I wasthere, another trader made around $500,000 inone day in orange juice. It was just like beingtransported into the movie “Trading Places,”except I didn’t wind up on a yacht with JamieLee Curtis.

Instead, I wound up spending day after daygetting elbowed in the face by huge,screaming,wildly gesticulating commodity futures traders.The job was exciting in some ways,and certain-ly a great education in finance,but I soon beganto realize that this was not how I wanted tomake my living.

Since that time, I’ve worked in saner fields:teaching and engineering. And I’ve alsoworked on modulating my ambition and hav-ing more of a work-life balance.I still want to domy job really well and make a difference, but Ihave to remind myself that I don’t need to beBill Gates or Mother Theresa to have an impactin the world.

So why am I mentioning this all now? Well,I think achieving the kind of mindset that willallow you to have a good balance in your life be-

gins in college. If you allow yourself to becaught up in the limitless ambition that a topschool like Stanford can foster, you might findyourself forever scrambling for higher rungs ofsuccess in order to be satisfied.

I also think there’s another aspect to theeternal quest for success — once you’veachieved it,failure is harder to tolerate becauseit might indicate that you’re not as good as youonce thought you were. It’s like the curse ofbeing the best gunslinger in the West;the recog-nition is nice, but contenders are constantlycoming out of the woodwork to challenge you,and you spend your time scared to death thatthe next one will be better than you.

So what’s the cure to the treadmill? I thinkit’s to focus on doing your best with dedicationand care,while letting go of the results. It’s easi-er said than done, but if you can achieve thatstate of mind,you’ll probably find that you suc-ceed most of the time anyway, with a lot lessstress. It also makes it easier to keep time forfriends, family,relaxing,etc.,because you’re lessterrified of what will happen if your grades slipa bit or you have to quit one of your 18 extracur-riculars.

I’m not saying that no one should everstrive to start the next Google or be Presidentof the United States. If that’s truly in your na-ture,then go for it.The world needs people likeLarry,Sergey and Barack! My point is not to letyour rarefied environment instill in you falseambition, or make you into someone you’renot.

In any case, I want to leave you with one ofmy favorite quotations to think about whenyou’re deciding what classes to take, whatsummer job to shoot for,what career to pick oreven how to spend your time. It’s by HowardThurman,an American author and civil rightsleader.And it goes like this:“Don’t ask your-self what the world needs. Ask yourself whatmakes you come alive and then go do that.Be-cause what the world needs is people whohave come alive.”

David Goldbrenner can be reached atgoldbren@stanford.edu.

OPINIONS

This housing Draw cycle presentedmany challenges to the Universitywith the implementation of the new

Master Housing Plan. One of these chal-lenges was dealing with the sorority housingsituation, as sororities witnessed 20 percentincreases in rush and subsequent increases inthe minimum number of new members.These increases meant the housed sororitieson campus — TriDelt, Theta and Pi Phi —would face tough challenges when it came tohousing its new members.While the editorialboard understands the difficulties involvedin housing so many additional sorority mem-bers, we believe the University’s handling ofthe situation was not helpful.

In the past, housed sororities have beenable to decide their own chapter’s housingpolicy, but this year, Residential Education(ResEd) sent a letter to housed sororitymembers nine days before the Draw dead-line instructing them to give first priority toseniors, second priority to juniors and thirdpriority to sophomores in accordance withthe University’s new Master Housing Plan.This mandate was an especially difficult thingfor housed sororities to face, consideringthey typically tell potential new membersduring Rush Week they will be given housingtheir sophomore year — a large selling pointfor those looking to become part of a newcommunity quickly. No such mandate wasgiven to housed fraternities, which were left,as usual, to decide their housing policies forthemselves.

This was an inappropriate move onResEd’s part. The purpose of the UniversityMaster Housing Plan was to create an easierand fairer housing process — one very goodway the new housing plan went about thiswas by creating a system in which upperclass-men get priority in the housing process. Butin dealing with the sorority situation, ResEdfailed to recognize that issuing external man-dates on sororities that would prefer to de-cide their own housing processes is counter-active to the liberties sororities have receivedin the past, and makes figuring out housingmuch more difficult for those students in-volved. Instead of allowing sororities — who

have the closest understanding of the inter-ests of upperclass members, new membersand the sorority as a whole — to decide theirhousing policies for themselves, ResEd sud-denly decided that it would decide what wasbest for the sororities.

Furthermore, notifying sororities of thisnew rule little more than a week before theDraw deadline forced individuals to scram-ble to change housing plans and create Drawgroups,an undue burden considering that theUniversity knew of the increased pledgeclasses several weeks before the deadline. Itwas also inappropriate for the University todecide that sororities would be more strictlyregulated in their housing processes, whileleaving fraternities free to do as they please.If the University decides to implement hous-ing requirements for housed Greek organi-zations, then these policies should be man-dated across all Greek houses, without dis-crimintation.

Although members of ResEd tried hard towork with the sororities to find a solution,their ultimate decision to mandate policy waspoor.The sorority housing situation has beenonly partially resolved — TriDelt and Pi Phihave managed to house all new members,butTheta’s housing situation remains unclear.And this result was achieved at a cost,as someupper-class members — including rising sen-iors — sacrificed their places and acceptedTier Three housing next year for the sake oftheir fellow sorority sisters.

It is important to keep in mind that theUniversity was involved in pushing sororitiesto increase their pledge class sizes — a deci-sion that helped create the sorority housingcrunch in the first place — and there is noreason why upperclass members should haveanticipated having to deal with this housingproblem as rising seniors.With over 6,000 un-dergraduate students on campus, the risingseniors in sororities who were affected bythese policies were few, but the precedent ofimposing housing decisions on private stu-dent houses instead of expressing concernsand allowing them to decide for themselvesdoes not bode well for future housing deci-sions.

Univ.mishandled sororityhousing situation

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THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE

I’d like to imagine that everyone has atleast one friend who seems to alwayshave it together (and that I’m not just

massively inferior to my friends). In mycase, my friend Kassandra Mangosing ‘10,has always encapsulated everything I wish Icould be: down-to-earth, fully functional onfive hours of sleep and skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

In addition to being a full-time Stanfordstudent, Kassandra serves as the CadetWing Commander of Air Force Reserve Of-ficer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment045,based at San Jose State University,a po-sition that has helped her build this skill set.

Though there was never a doubt in mymind that I would be an epic failure in themilitary, I recently became curious exactlyhow epic a failure I would be. Could ROTCtraining turn me, with all my self-indul-gence, into a woman of discipline?

Unfortunately, San Jose State recentlyended their spring term, so following Kas-sandra to her training was impossible. But,in the name of pseudo-investigative journal-ism, I decided to design a makeshift ROTCcourse for myself to see both how I fairedand whether I could become a person ofgreater integrity in the process.

Because I like doing things that I knowI’ll be relatively good at, I decided to start byseeing how much sense I could make out ofan ROTC textbook. It was going well for thefirst hundred pages or so — I learned whento salute (short answer: all the time), thecharacteristics of an effective team (trustand commitment) and why the Lincoln’sSecond Inaugural Address is a great piece ofwriting (effective rhetoric, consistent mes-sage, clear leadership vision).

Things went immediately downhill whenI got to the “Terrain Analysis” section (nopun intended). This requires evaluating theterrain around you and then figuring out thebest locations for “cover and concealment.”

After reading through the section, I decidedto try to apply what I’d learned by conceal-ing myself in the bushes outside the CoHo.Within about thirty seconds, a little boy ranup to me, burst into tears and ran away. Icalled for an immediate retreat and boughtmyself a soy latte.

I then spent a good 20 minutes trying touse a protractor to determine my positionrelative to true North and finally decided itwas “1.”Then I bought a cup of tomato basilsoup. Yes, I would love to be lost in thewilderness with me, too.

Feeling somewhat crushed, I decided totake a step back and practice folding theAmerican flag. Sure, it’s something a groupof military personnel usually do at once, butan ROTC pamphlet I found had a diagramon proper folding technique, so I figured itcouldn’t be that hard. Unfortunately, theonly flag I could get my hands on was theFrench Tri-Color. Automatic fail.

Then, of course, came the physical fit-ness component of my training. Kassandratold me that although AFROTC workoutsvary, they all stress “strength building andendurance.” She cited running long dis-tances as a good example, which I immedi-ately vetoed due to my mild scoliosis andcollapsed arches, which give me, as a podia-trist once put it, “the feet of a 60-year-oldwoman.”

Kassandra also mentioned that onemorning she and her fellow cadets did aworkout that included more than three hun-dred pushups in an hour. This morning, Iwoke up at 5:30, put on the closest thing Iown to a uniform (a Mexican club soccerjersey that says “Rebel” in gold Gothicscript), and marched around my room for awhile. After saluting the mirror a few times,I began the 300 push-up challenge, whichstarted out with me alternating pushupswith aerobics and ended with me alternat-ing pushups with lying on the floor and

weeping.By any normal human metric, I’m in

pretty good shape (for the record, BillyBlanks workout tapes are way harder thanyou think). I kept going with the pushupsuntil I got to 152, at which point I collapsed,threw up and took a nap.

Thus concluded the military training ofJenna Reback.

Some of my other friends in ROTC toldme not to be discouraged, citing a peer intheir detachment (that’s military-speak for“group”) who could only do a single pull-upwhen he began training and can now do thir-ty-three in a row. As they see it, their train-ing is about honing physical and mentalstrength — things that only happen throughcontinued experience over time.

Kassandra in particular explained thather ability to work well with the othercadets in her detachment came from havingshared so many experiences that requiredeveryone to push themselves past the limitsof what they thought possible. Further-more, these experiences helped her buildthe character and equanimity that I’m sojealous of.

If anything, my half-baked ROTC train-ing gave me further appreciation for the in-tegrity of my friends. Though my Stanfordeducation has benefited me in innumerableways, I know that a little more structure anddiscipline couldn’t hurt me.

Who knows? Maybe if I keep at it, I couldeventually do 300 push-ups in an hour, too.

No, probably not.

Jenna is sore.Also,she would like to thank Kas-sandra and her other friends who made this ar-ticle possible. For more info on Detachment045, visit www.det045.com. You can reachJenna at jreback@stanford.edu.

DavidGoldbrenner

Integrity first?TOO BIG TO FAIL

JennaReback

Take it easy, take it easy

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HOUSING

ID card security systemdelayed due to budget cuts

By ELLEN DANFORD

Stanford is installing ID cardaccess in dorms across campus, at acost of $5 million dollars. The projecthas been coordinating by Stanford ITServices, along with Housing andDining Enterprises, and has beendramatically reduced in scope due toUniversity budget cuts.

Currently, the program includesStern, Wilbur, Schiff and Adams inGovernor’s Corner, Florence Moore,Lagunita, Branner, Wilbur andRoble. Full installation will take sev-eral years to complete.

“We had hoped to retrofit theupperclass residences as well, butwith the financial crunch, we willlikely defer those for several years,”said Chief Financial Officer RandyLivingston.

The aim of the initiative is toincrease the safety of students byonly allowing residents of a dorminto the building with their recog-nized ID cards. All Stanford studentsare allowed into the dining halls witha valid SUID.

“The installation of card-key dooraccess systems is a long-term strate-gic initiative to enhance campussecurity,” Livingston said. “Our aspi-ration is to install these systems inboth student residences and academ-ic buildings throughout campus.”

According to Alicia Restrepo,assistant director for Housing,Planning and Sustainability Projects,the project, which began last sum-mer, has already seen systems set-upat Stern,Wilbur, FloMo and Branner.Lagunita is expected to finish in thenext couple weeks, and Roble’s sys-tem will be running soon afterCommencement.

“Information Technology Servicesand the University projected thatthese installations would be completedbefore the end of this academic year,”added Executive Director of StudentHousing Rodger Whitney. “Therehave been very few problems, if any.”

But some students are not happythat the project has been ongoing forso long.

David Kravitz ‘12 expressed frus-tration at the length of the project.

“They told us it would be installedat Lag by winter break,” he said; theinstallations at Lagunita have yet tobe completed.

Student responses to the construc-tion and logistics of the card systemhave varied.

“The general student response tothe installation process has been verypositive,” said Craig Harbick, thefront desk coordinator at Roble andBranner. “Students enjoy the con-venience of just showing their cards,rather than having to fish out a key.”

Other students do not see thepoint of installing a new way tounlock the doors to residence com-plexes, but not to individual rooms.

“Unless the cards open our roomsand the outer doors, it’s a waste,” saidDaniel Ibarra ‘12. “If you go toLondon School of Economics orKing’s College, cards open bothdoors like a hotel. It’s not like we’reprogressing any more technologicallyif we are still using keys.”

Kravitz expressed the same senti-ments.

“I’d rather just do all keys,” hesaid.“Why worry about two things atonce?”

Livingston and Whitney, however,see the project as key to improvingcampus security.

“There was a strong interestUniversity-wide in improving securi-ty across campus and using new tech-nology available to do so,” Whitneysaid, noting “the tragic events atVirginia Tech and elsewhere, and alsoexperience and suggestions from par-ents and students who were familiarwith the card access systems at otheruniversities.”

Other aspects of the projectinclude making a plan for crisis situa-tions and emergencies and addingextra security measures at campusresidences.

Student Housing plans to contin-ue installation of card systems acrosscampus and asks students to takecare of their ID cards, seeing as it willbe one of the only ways to enterbuildings in coming years.

Contact Ellen Danford at edanford@stanford.edu.

Shultz relayed a story of how heobjected to the State Department’spolicy of using lie detector tests for itsemployees as a matter of principle. Heargued that it was better to begin rela-tionships on trust rather than fear.

“I think you have to stick with yourvalues,” Shultz said. “If you wind upwith something you think violatesthat, you have to be ready to leave.These jobs are wonderful; it’s a greatopportunity to represent your country.But you can’t want the job too much,otherwise you may do things you don’tlike.”

Rice tended to agree and framedthe global war against terrorism inmoral terms, recalling that the Talibanoften employs tactics of embedding itsterrorists in civilian apartment build-ings. She also recalled meeting rapedand battered women in Darfur, butsaid that the government was unableto assuage the situation.

“If ever you feel that you’re doingsomething that compromises yourmoral values, don’t do it.” Rice said.“Sometimes you have a clear-cut casewhere somebody has asked you to dosomething that is clearly against youmoral compass — don’t do it. Moreoften, we face moral dilemmas and theanswers are not clear.”

Rice also pressed Shultz on thesimilarities between global politics anddomestic life and questioned whetherShultz’s policy of tending to and “gar-dening” relationships was applicableon the micro level.

“If you plant a garden and then goaway and come back in six months,you’ve got weeds,” Shultz said. “So ifyou’re any kind of a gardener,and yougarden regularly — you water, you getthe weeds out when they’re small —then you’ve got a good garden.

“I think a lot of it is true in terms ofhuman relationships and certainly inthe arena of diplomacy,”he continued.“You have to pay attention and listen

to people when nothing much is goingon — you just get to know them.Then,when something starts happening thathas a lot of stress in it, you’ve built arelationship and you can be candidwith each other.”

Shultz continued by emphasizingthe value of education.He pointed outthat he had been involved with univer-sities continuously ever since he joinedthe MIT faculty after serving as amarine in World War II.

“The University is the world ofideas,” he said. “In some of these gov-ernment positions, or in business, mostof the people don’t have lots of ideas.If there’s a thread connecting my life,it’s having some root in the world ofideas.”

Rice’s presence at the event drewthe extra scrutiny that has accompa-nied her visits to student residencesrecently.

Just last week, several dozen alum-ni and current students marched to theUniversity President’s office andnailed an informal indictment againstthe former Secretary of State, urginglegal authorities to investigate andprosecute Rice.

Outside the dining hall, a group ofprotestors, including one studentdressed in orange prison garb bearinga “Say No to War”sign,demonstrated

against Rice’s appearance.Two weeks ago, the national

media was abuzz with commentaryabout a conversation — recordedand posted on YouTube — betweenRice and an undergraduate during adinner at Roble Hall. This time, Ricedid not engage in any unstructuredconversations with students.Electronic devices, including camerasand tape recorders, were strictly pro-hibited from the venue.

However, there were limited num-bers of protesters at the Wilbur event.While there were students dressed upas mock torture subjects and prison-ers, their impact on the event wasminimal.At the dinner, students weregenerally respectful of both Shultzand Rice and stuck to the event’s stat-ed purpose, refraining from question-ing the former public servants aboutcontroversial topics such as torture.

Shultz ended with some partingwisdom for the students.

“I have learned in all sorts of waysthat you better learn how to listen,” hesaid.“Because, when you listen, you’regoing to learn something. If youalways have your mouth open, youdon’t learn anything.”

Contact Kamil Dada at kamild@stanford.edu.

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Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz fielded questions about morality, decision-making and statesmanship last nightat Wilbur Dining. The discussion was the last portion of Schultz’s three-day visit as a Rathbun fellow. The two talkedwith 70 Wilbur students over dinner in an intimate conversation.

MARGARET MILIA/The Stanford Daily

Rice and Shultz, both former Secretaries of State, laughed and joked overdinner while talking with students. The two were cordial and answered stu-dent questions directed towards both of them.

facilitate Open Office Hours, whichopened in March. Dr. B.J. Fogg, of thePersuasive Technology Lab, and Dr.Abraham Verghese, of StanfordMedical School, hosted Office Hoursin March and April, respectively.

Hsu said he hopes to invite profes-sors, administrators and athletics offi-cials from across the University to par-ticipate in Stanford Open OfficeHours.

“I’d love to see about one professora month on an ongoing basis,” Hsusaid.

Viewers can ask questions aboutthe videos by posting comments, andhosts answer the most relevant ques-tions in one to two additional videos inthe following weeks.

“It’s a very efficient way of commu-nicating in a brief, highly focused for-mat,”Zimbardo said.“I think it’s work-ing. I got 70 to 100 replies.”

Many of these replies came fromincoming freshmen and past students,as well as from “fans” not formallyaffiliated with the University.

But with so many disparate users,does posting a question that can beread by thousands on Facebook trulyallow for an intimate academic experi-ence?

Given the large number of respons-es to each video, participating profes-sors have found it hard to respond toeveryone who posts a question.

“It’s not one-to-one; it’s one-to-many,” Zimbardo said.

Still, he believes Open OfficeHours could be a valuable tool to allowthe University to reach shy students orstudents who are too busy for in-per-son office hours.

“I think it should be worked intothe curriculum,” he said.

Dominique Lyew ‘12, who postedthe first response to ProfessorZimbardo’s video,wasn’t turned off bythe vast numbers of people who mightread her response, and believes themain asset of Open Office Hours isaccessibility.

“I don’t mind that my questions arepublic; it’s somehow less intimidatingthan asking in private,” Lyew said.“Byseeing other people’s responses, youknow what people have asked, so youcan build on topics and avoid beingrepetitive.”

Lyew also believes she is more like-ly to attend in-person office hours afterhaving participated in Open OfficeHours.

“I always just assumed his normaloffice hours would be full of peopletrying to talk to him, or that I shouldnot go because I’m not in any of hisclasses and so I might not have any-thing relevant to say,” Lyew said.

Hsu agreed that one of the goals ofStanford Open Office Hours is toallow students and other Facebookusers to interact with academics theyotherwise would not.

“I never took a class from ProfessorZimbardo when I was a student atStanford, and I’ve always regrettedthat,” Hsu said. “In a way, I’m makingup for lost time,and I’m simply invitingothers to the party.”

Zimbardo has not yet posted his

response video, but plans to have it upsometime next week.

“Next time, I will answer questions.I printed out 70 and will touch on themost interesting ones,” he said. “Someasked about time perspective, someabout shyness and some people justlove the pocket pal.”

The “pocket pal” refers to the smallpuppet Zimbardo used as a prop in hisFacebook video.

“It was just by chance I had it on thetable,” Zimbardo said. “A college stu-dent from another school who was afan of mine had crocheted it for me.”

Contact Kate Barber at kbarber@stan-ford.edu.

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value of the endowment as a whole,the capital value of each endowedchair has similarly declined, mean-ing less revenue to support facultysalaries.”

At present, a standard endow-ment to create a professorship costsabout four million dollars, and theyearly payout — set at 5.5 percent— helps pay costs that otherwisewould be taken out of tuition. Largegifts can establish new endowedpositions, and when endowed facul-ty leave the University, their posi-tions are passed on to new faculty.

Provost John Etchemendyacknowledged that a dip in the eco-nomic climate has resulted in addedpressure to the University’s generalfinances.

“[The economy] has not affectedexisting endowed professorships,except that, since the endowmenthas declined by about 30 percent,these professorships are paying outthat much less income to the budg-et,” Etchemendy wrote in an emailto The Daily. “Since the professorswho hold those chairs still have tobe paid, the shortfall has to be cov-ered, usually by general funds (thatis, tuition).”

As a result of the financial diffi-culties, Stanford will have to“impose serious restraints on facul-ty hiring for the next few years,”Saller said.

The University will also be cut-ting back on raises for existing fac-ulty.

“The gross macro effect is thatthis year, there will be no salary rais-es,” Saller explained. “The endow-ment just won’t pay out as much thisyear as it has in the past.”

Also ceasing are some additionalmeans to make the most of anendowed position. In past years, cer-tain endowments have grown over

time and accumulated enough fundsto be split into two endowed posi-tions, a process called “chair-split-ting” which results in multiple posi-tions with the same name.

“I must say, in the current cli-mate, that kind of [chair-splitting] ismuch less likely to be happening,”Hinton said.

Saller agreed that without agrowing stock market, chair-split-ting is simply “not happening.”

Endowed faculty, however, arenot directly feeling the pinch.Faculty salaries are settled inde-pendently of endowed positions, soa drop in endowment doesn’t usual-ly affect their finances, although thetitle does arguably provide someprestige.

“[Offering an endowed position]can be one among several factors inattracting and retaining faculty,especially against offers from otheruniversities,” Hinton said.

Faculty agreed that an endowedprofessorship, while providing aprestigious title, has little to noeffect on career. When asked howan endowed position affected hiscareer, Political Science Prof. JoshuaCohen replied by email, “not at all.”

“The truth is, it’s not that big adeal,” said Graham H. StuartProfessor of International RelationsStephen Krasner. “The more[endowed positions] there are, theless important each one is. Youwouldn’t retain a faculty memberwith just the position itself — you’dneed other factors.”

The opportunity for a namedendowment, however, appealsgreatly to donors and is a key factorin soliciting large gifts for theUniversity.

“Stanford has arguably the bestfaculty in the nation,” Saller said.“Donors are absolutely delighted tobe associated with Stanford faculty,and a named endowment is one wayto do that.”

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stan-ford.edu.

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STUDENT GOV’T

Senate discusses communication, commiteesBy ZOE RICHARDS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After tweaking the Vaden AdvisoryBoard Bill and the Sustainability Bill forASSU Internal Events, theUndergraduate Senate unanimouslypassed both bills in Tuesday night’smeeting.The body then discussed orga-nizational changes to better specify thepurview of committees and communi-cation issues.

At the meeting, ASSU VicePresident Jay de la Torre ‘10 announcedthat the ASSU Executive Cabinet hasbeen selected for the upcoming year.

Andy Parker ‘11 and BennettHauser ‘10 will share top ExecutiveCabinet positions as co-chiefs of staff.Executive Cabinet members weremaintained in areas that continue thelegacy of mental health, diversity andtolerance and sustainability pioneeredby previous ASSU Executives JonnyDorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09, de laTorre added.

Incoming School of Education grad-uate student Jon McNaughtan will serveas the new Executive Cabinet memberresponsible for graduate student out-

reach. In accordance with the newExecutives’ emphasis on improvedtechnologies and communication, therewill also be a chair of marketing andhuman computer interaction, as well asa chair of technology.

Senator Alex Katz ‘12, chair of theAdmin & Rules Committee, noted aninterest in re-evaluating and makingrevisions to the Undergraduate by-laws,noting three major flaws pertaining tothe responsibilities of each committeewithin the Senate.

“First is a lack of responsibility foroversight of the internal Senate activi-ties,” Katz said.

He also addressed redefining theresponsibilities of the Student Life,Housing & Education Committee(SLHE).

“Right now, SLHE has a budget todo programming for the undergraduatestudent body, and we think that is moreappropriate for the communications,which is more in charge of interfacingdirectly with the student body,” Katzsaid.

He also proposed the specificationof clear differences between the SLHEand Advocacy Committees, which he

described as,currently,“two amorphousblobs.” Katz suggested codifying theseparation between the two by chang-ing SLHE to a committee thataddressed health instead of housing,while leaving its other objectives intact.Essentially, such a committee wouldaddress student life and voluntary stu-dent organizations (VSOs), and wouldact as an oversight body to changes inUniversity policy and the like.

Katz suggested that the role of theAdvocacy Committee be further speci-fied with a name change to Community& Residential Life Advocacy (CRLA),focusing more on issues of housing anddining, administration credibility andtransparency, public service, studentservices and advocacy for communitycenters.

Senator Zach Johnson ‘10, althoughin agreement with the spirit of betterspecifying the goals of each committee,disagreed over what he saw as con-straining to the actions of each commit-tee and to A&R setting the agenda forwhat committees ought to be doing.

“I think we’re limiting ourselves andmaking it too bureaucratic,” Johnsonsaid.

As the Senate struggles to determinethe best means of communication withthe student body, the body returned toits discussion about the possibility of hir-ing a press secretary, which has been aconsideration since the last Senate leftoffice.

“The way you set out the vision, itstill seems almost like a reporter to me,but backed by the Senate,”said SenatorMohammed Ali ‘10.

Several senators seemed to be inagreement with what Anton Zietsman‘12, chair of the AppropriationsCommittee, described as a “logical”assumption that the senators, as electedofficials, should have access to informa-tion that will enable them to better com-municate with all members of theundergraduate community.

“I think that as the representatives ofthe undergraduate class, it makes sensethat we should have access to everymember of that undergraduate class,”Zietsman said.“I think that it would bein the best interest of the undergraduateclass to know what we’re doing.”

Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stan-ford.edu.

BY CHRIS FITZGERALDDAILY SPORTS INTERN

Little is known about the Stanfordequestrian team — in a schoolwith 35 varsity programs, the clubscene can find itself tucked into acorner. Nevertheless, Cardinal rid-

ers enjoyed an almost perfect season, domi-nating their schedule with 13 wins in 15

events. Stanford carried momentum on itsshoulders into the postseason, where theyoung group of 37 placed third at nationals.

Not bad for a team that ballooned fromonly a handful of riders back in the 1990s.“When I was a student, we did alright, butonly had six horses because it was challeng-ing for students to be full time managers ofthe horses,”remembers head coach VanessaBartsch ‘99.

So how does a team grow from six

horses to 25?“John Arrillaga said he would help out

with funding about four years ago,” Bartschsaid.“It was really special because althoughJohn is not a big horse guy, he loved the pro-gram and allowed horse people to actuallyrun it.”

But even armed with funding, enthusi-asm from 37 riders and the knowledge that

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By DAN BOHMSTAFF WRITER

Sophomore outfielder Kellen Kiilsgaardscored Jeff Whitlow with a 13th-inning singleto put the Stanford baseball team ahead forgood in a 6-5 victory,Tuesday night at San JoseState.

The Cardinal survived a topsy-turvy gamein which the Spartans scored a run with twoouts in the ninth to send the game into extrainnings.

Senior Blake Hancock picked up his firstwin of the season with two shutout innings ofrelief.

Whitlow, a senior outfielder who entered

the game for defense in the ninth,hit a one-outdouble in the 13th.He moved to third on a sin-gle by junior left-fielder Toby Gerhart andthen scored on Kiilsgaard’s single to right.

Stanford looked to have the game underwraps in the bottom of the ninth. Star sopho-more closer Drew Storen picked up two quickouts before striking out Jason Martin to seem-

ingly end the game. However, Martin reachedfirst on a wild pitch. Two consecutive infieldsingles followed before a wild pitch by Storenscored the tying run,sending the game to extrainnings.

Despite this slip up, Stanford players stillhave the utmost confidence in Storen.

“Drew is definitely our guy,” Kiilsgaardsaid. “We go to him when the game is tight.We’ll go to him as early as he is ready. He gotunlucky tonight, but we know he did his job asbest he could.”

The Cardinal took the lead in the top of theninth with a cheap run of its own. With twoouts, senior centerfielder Joey August reachedon a throwing error by the second baseman.Gerhart and Kiilsgaard would then followwith consecutive singles to score junior pinchrunner Wande Olabisi to give the Cardinal thelead.

Coming through with clutch hits is some-thing Kiilssgaard expects himself to do.

“Hitting clean-up, I expect a lot of myself,

DanielBohmOn My Mind

SPORTS

Greinke isunknownsuperstar

If you haven’t heard the story ofZack Greinke, you need to. It’sa story of fame, tragedy andreconciliation, all in one. Andthe kid is only 25.

He has been a phenom,a bust andjust about everything in between.

If you don’t follow baseball close-ly, here is the CliffsNotes version ofwhat the Kansas City Royals righthander has done this season: Inseven starts, he is 6-1 (his lone losscoming when he threw a completegame four hitter, but his team lost 1-0) with a 0.51 ERA. He has thrownfour complete games, two completegame shutouts, and struck out 59while walking just eight batters.

The numbers don’t describe it allthough. Greinke is doing things witha baseball no pitcher has done be-fore. He throws 96 mph fastballs onthe corner, followed by 58 mphcurveballs.

He has a four-pitch repertoirewith complete command of all hispitches, and an uncanny ability toadd and subtract on the mound asnecessary.

But despite being the best pitcherin baseball right now, it has not al-ways been easy for Greinke.

After being a can’t-miss two-wayprospect out of Apopka High Schoolin Florida, the Royals selected himin the first round of the 2002 MLBDraft. Greinke flew through theminor leagues pitching like a manamong boys. He made his majorleague debut at the age of 20 on May22, 2004.

He spent the rest of the season inthe Royals rotation, and was eventu-ally named the team’s pitcher of theyear.

The next year, however, is whereit all went south.

For the first time in his life,Greinke struggled mightily on thefield. In 2005, he went 5-17 with a5.80 ERA. But there was more to histroubles than mechanics or perform-ance.

In Feb. 2006, Greinke left theRoyals for personal reasons and wasdiagnosed with a social anxiety dis-order and depression. Despite play-ing in a small market like KansasCity, Greinke was overwhelmed, dis-interested and, most importantly,tired of baseball.

This would have destroyed mostplayers’ promise — but notGreinke’s.

He took time off from baseball,and eventually came back to pitch inDouble-A that season — because itwas more fun — before being re-called to the majors after the Dou-ble-A season was finished.

He spent the next two seasons inthe big leagues improving, before fi-nally achieving the promise that waspredicted for him all his life thisyear.

Why is this so special? Becausewith the exception of maybe JoshHamilton (whose drug addictionwas also a mental issue, althoughthere were other factors in play),such a comeback rarely occurs.

Racking my brain through all thesports knowledge I may or may nothave, I cannot come up with a singleother example of a player, especiallya pitcher — as they tend to be thebiggest head cases on the field —who came back the way Greinke has.

You can’t help but root for theguy. He is a normal guy, with normalproblems. His social awkwardnesswould in fact fit right in here at Stan-ford.

He’s not a ‘roider, he is not acocky jock, but instead just a guywho speaks his mind and is master-ful at his craft.

This is not to mention how enter-taining it is to watch him pitch. Hehas a boyish face, yet the mind of apit-bull on the mound. He doesn’tmind brushing a batter off the platein anticipation of buckling his kneeson the next pitch.

If you look at his stoic impressionon the mound, you’d think he isbored — which he probably is.

Thus he remains creative, andmakes pitching fun for himself.

Zack Greinke is a great story forbaseball, and a great story for life.Find a way to watch him; you’ll findit both impressive and inspiring.

Let Dan Bohm know what you thinkof his new man-crush at bohmd@stan-ford.edu.

EXTRA EFFORTCardinal beats San Jose State 6-5 in 13 innings

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The Stanford baseball team blew a late lead against San Jose State last night, but bounced back to beat the Spartans in extra innings. The teamwill host Pacific tonight at 5 p.m. on Sunken Diamond.

BASEBALL5/12 San Jose State W 6-5

UP NEXTPACIFIC5/13 Sunken Diamond

GAME NOTES: The Stanford baseball team will host Uni-versity of the Pacific this evening at 5 p.m. on SunkenDiamond. The team is coming off of a marathon 13-inning game in San Jose last night, pulling out an im-portant 6-5 victory over the Spartans. The Cardinal willhope that the win provides some momentum for alate-season push, as it tries the make a run for theNCAA Tournament.

Team travels to Eugene forPac-10s this weekend

By ANARGHYA VARDHANASTAFF WRITER

The Stanford track and field team headsto the Pac-10 Championships this weekendin Eugene, Ore.

However, the team already has a goodstart toward securing team titles thanks tomulti-event athletes, sophomores CoreyDysick and Whitney Liehr. Dysick andLiehr were in Eugene last weekend, as themulti-event part of the Pac-10 Champi-onships started early.

Representing the men, Dysick competedin the decathlon for the first time this sea-son, achieving a personal best of 6,864points. Dysick’s best event was the polevault, in which he secured a regional markand a career best with a vault of 16-6 3/4.Dysick’s performance allowed him to gath-er four points for the Cardinal men.

Liehr picked up three points for thewomen with her personal best finish of5,459 points, just shy of the automatic stan-dard.Liehr had two standout events, the 100meter hurdles and the long jump. Her leapof 19-11 1/2 was also a regional qualifyingmark.

With an established base at the Pac-10Championships, the rest of the team willhope to contend for the men’s and women’stitles.

“Obviously we would love to win bothsides,” said fifth-year senior and team cap-tain Claire Cormier-Thielke. “If we pull to-gether and commit to some great perform-ances, anything is possible.”

The women won the Mountain PacificSports Federation (MPSF) title in indoorsmere months ago,and the men were close tothe top as well. Most of the great indoor tal-ent has carried over to the outdoor season,with some added runners as well. Thisspeaks to the fact that the men and womendo have a great chance to secure the title insuch a highly competitive arena.

“Just a few weeks ago,we defeated Cal inthe dual meet on both the men’s andwomen’s sides,” Cormier-Thielke said.“That’s a meaningful accomplishment asCal is one of the top Pac-10 teams.”

Cormier-Thielke herself will be compet-ing in the 800 meters, an event stacked withtop runners, all running incredibly similartimes. However, she is confident and look-ing for a Pac-10 Championship title in theevent; she will also be running the 4x400relay.

TRACK AND FIELD

Conference finals loomfor track

RIDING HIGHEquestrian teams grows from humble beginnings to reach third at nationals

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Please see EQUESTRIAN,page 8

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equestrian is a budding varsity sportaround the nation, Stanford remainsat the club level.Bartsch reasoned out this decision.

“We have five or six male riders,some of whom are the best in thecountry, and to keep the spirit of ourteam and allow our team to partici-pate, and not just be a women’ssport, we should stay at the clublevel.”

Remaining a club sport also al-lows the program more flexibility incaring for and managing the horses.Each student dedicates hours a weekto the barn, beyond merely riding ahorse. Last year’s team of just under40 members put an astounding 5,000hours in over the season.

Caring for horses takes time andeffort, but the hours a rider puts inreciprocate in the arena.

Around a program with fundingand popularity, Bartsch watchedwhat was once a fledging idea growinto its own campus culture — be-tween one third and one half of theteam lives at Stanford over the sum-mer to help with the horses.

“Our students do it because theylove horses,” Bartsch said.“They areable to find a home at the barn ofgreat kids, too.”

Four years running, Stanford’sdedicated crew has won zone and re-gional championships in the Englishdivision, with third place honors atnationals to conclude the 2009 sea-son.

Bartsch pointed out that there is adownside to being a one-horse-showon the West Coast.

“We are in Zone One, whichstretches from British Columbiadown to Arizona,” she noted. “ZoneTwo is the state of New York.”

But while travel can take a toll onriders, many of whom will graduatePhi Beta Kappa, Stanford’s horsesavoid the travel bug. Each competi-tion features its own horses,meaningriders who compete are saddling upon a horse they have never workedwith.This also presents a fair playingfield for the competitors.

Stanford’s talented equestriancrew includes senior team co-presi-dent Lisa Rincon, ranked No. 13.Adding to Stanford’s competitiveteam, sophomore Chris Holve fin-

ished third and senior Anne Gomeztook fifth at nationals this year. Allthree are primarily Western riders,although the team’s forte in the sad-dle is English.

Bartsch broke down the team’sstylistic strengths.

“Our goals for the Western teamare still quite demanding, but it’s asmaller pool of riders to choosefrom,” she explained. “We devel-oped 25 competitive riders from apool of 80 in English.”

As competitive as Stanford’steam is, physical education classes,which are open to all comers, are astaple at the Red Barn, running sev-eral sessions a week.

One of the Card’s elite ridersblossomed out of this PE program.Now one of the premier riders inStanford’s program, senior Alex Ja-

cobs first saddled up early this sea-son, and now owns a travel spot as aWalk-Trot rider.

The season begins in mid-Sep-tember, and carries until the nation-al finals in late April. Some startyoung; others, like Jacobs, in theirsenior year of college. Riding is asport in which 50-year-olds competewith twenty-somethings, regardlessof gender.

“It’s one of those sports you cando for a lifetime,” Bartsch remarked.“My goal as a coach is to provide theskills and love of riding that will lasta lifetime . . . I love teaching, I loveriding, I love coming to work everyday in one of the most beautifulbarns in the country.”

Contact Chris Fitzgerald at chrish-fitz@gmail.com.

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Junior Kara Bennett competes in the high jump for the Stanford track and field team last month. The Cardinal will belooking to capture a conference championship this weekend as it takes part in the Pac-10 Championships.

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Other top athletes for the womeninclude seniors Lauren Centrowitz,Alicia Follmar, Idara Otu andMichaela Wallerstedt, junior GriffinMatthew, sophomores BrittniDixon-Smith and Arantxa King, andfreshmen Laurynne Chetelat andKaterina Stefanidi.

The men, too, boast a talentedsquad, led by the likes of seniorsMyles Bradley and Garrett Heath,sophomore Elliot Heath, and fresh-men Chris Derrick and AmaechiMorton. Elliot Heath and Derrickwill face off against Oregon’s super-star, Galen Rupp, in the 3,000 me-ters.Additionally, Derrick, ranked sev-enth in the nation for the 5,000 me-ters, will face Rupp once more inthat event, where Rupp holds the

No. 1 seed.“If we want to compete for the

title, it’s going to take a completeteam effort,” said senior team cap-tain Hakon DeVries.“Distance run-ners, sprinters, throwers and jumpersare all going to have to contribute.”

Although a relatively youngteam, the Cardinal’s energy is un-matched, and the combined motiva-tion of each athlete could bring achampionship title to fruition.

DeVries will be competing in the1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters.Placing fifth in the 1,500 last year,DeVries once again hopes to scorepoints for the team and provide thenecessary push toward victory.

Going into the meet as the fastest110-meter hurdler is senior teamcaptain Myles Bradley. Nearly un-

touchable in the event, Bradley willlook to improve his own Stanfordrecord,and hopefully move up in thenational rankings. Most importantly,Bradley’s potential event win couldcontribute massive points to theteam.

“The men’s team has not placedvery high at this meet over the pastfew years,” Bradley said,“so we real-ly want to return to the top and fin-ish well.”

Both vying for the titles, the Car-dinal men and women hope to pro-vide some excellent performances toclaim the Pac-10 Championship, andalso prepare for the upcoming re-gional and national meets.

Contact Anarghya Vardhana at vard-hana@stanford.edu.

and the team expects a lot out ofme,” the sophomore said. “I enjoycoming up in those important spotsand driving in big runs.”

Storen, who came on to work theCardinal out of a first-and-third,one-out jam in the seventh, was un-able to hold the lead.

Lost in the marathon of a gamewas the pitching performance ofStanford starter Michael Marshall.The sophomore, making his firststart of the season and second of hiscareer, went five shutout innings, al-lowing just three hits while strikingout two. He left the game with a one-run lead that the Cardinal bullpenwas unable to hold onto.

Kiilsgaard led the Cardinal of-fense in the game. He had a third hitto go along with his two late-inningrun-scoring singles.

Whitlow was also two-for-two offthe bench.

The game turned in the bottom of

the seventh. With the Cardinal lead-ing 4-2 and runners on second andthird, the game was delayed whenSan Jose State coach Sam Pirarocame out to argue that Stanford re-liever Danny Sandbrink had balked.

Sandbrink turned toward secondfor a pickoff attempt, but no infield-er was present. He then spiked the

ball into the ground and allowedsophomore shortstop Jake Sch-lander to pick it up. Piraro argued,but to no avail, as he was quicklyejected. The balk controversy wouldbe deemed meaningless quickly asMartin would then double into rightcenter, just out of the reach of a div-ing Kiilsgaard, scoring both runs andtying the game.

After reliever Alex Pracher camein and surrendered an infield single,Storen was summoned. He thenstruck out consecutive batters towiggle Stanford out of the jam.

This would be the end of the scor-ing until the ninth.

The Western Athletic Confer-ence-leading Spartans made a messof the game’s scorebook, as theyused 25 players in the game. Onlyfive of the team’s original starterswere still in the lineup at game’s end.

Despite the long game, Stanfordhas a quick turnaround as it playshost to the University of Pacific thisevening at 5 p.m. on Sunken Dia-mond.

Contact Dan Bohm at bohmd@stan-ford.edu.

BASEBALLContinued from page 7 “Hitting

cleanup,I expect a

lot of myself...”

— KELLEN KIILSGAARD,sophomore outfielder