By KABIR SAWHNEYMANAGING EDITOR Troy has officially fallen. The No.14 Stanford football team hammered anoth- er nail into the coffin of once-proud USC on Saturday night, defeating the Trojans by a final score of 37-35. While the game ended in victory for the Cardinal (5-1, 2-1 Pac-10),that outcome was uncertain until the final few seconds of the game.Despite being a signifi- cant unde rdog, the T rojans (4-2, 1-2 Pac-10) pla yed hard throughout the contest,matching the Stanford of- fense point for point behind sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley. Stanford eventually won the game on a last-second field goal from seni or kicker Nate Whitaker, who drilled a kick from 30 yards out as time expired to send the Card to victory . Whitaker had earlier missed an extra point wide left,a miss which might have proved decisive. “I had to make it,”Whitaker said of the final kick.“I had a chance to redeem mysel f,and I made it. I’m def- initely glad I got a c hance — it would have been a rough night otherwise. “This is the biggest kick I’ve ever had,”he added.“I couldn’t have done it without the team there,giving me that chance.” The win allowed Stanford to bounce back from a tough loss last weekend at then-No . 4 Oregon.The de- feat saw the Cardinal lose its top-10 ranking and marked its first loss of the season. “We were definitely aware of our shortcomings last week,”said redshirt sophomore quarterback Andrew Luck.“We didn’t dwell on it,and we tried to improve upon it.This had to be our half— we can’t hav e anoth- er debacle like we did last weekend.” On the flip side,USC was deprived of a revenge op- portunity for last season, when the Cardinal defeated the Trojans 55-21 in the Coliseum in Los Angeles. The two teams were fairly evenly matched through- out this game, with the offenses tradin g scores back By BRANDON POWELL Stanford students hoping to be resident assistants (RAs) must now apply during fall quarter in- stead of spring ; meanwh ile, resi- dent fellows and Row student staffwill have more time to interview prospective RAs , marking signifi- cant changes for the staffing time- line. Also awaiting successful appli- cants is a new training class for RAs, a change set to t ake effect during the 2011-12 school year. Associate Dean of Residential Education (ResEd) Jennifer Calvert announced the changes to resident fellows (RFs) and college directors (CDs) via e-mail on Sept. 27. The estab lishme nt of an RA class is intended to afford future staff members more time to pre- pare for the p osition, Calvert told The Daily. “They need time to reflect on the role and how to engage with the rich teaching and learning that can happen in a residential set- ting,”Calvert wrote in an e-mail to The Daily. “A class will allow the opportunity for newly hired RAs to do this.” The class is set to launch during the 2011-2012 academic year and will be required for RAs hired to a position for the following year. Speaking about the shift of the application process to fall quarter, Calvert expressed concern over the current conflict between RA applications and the housing dra w, since sometimes not all staff posi- tions are filled before students apply for housing. “At this point, we are putting applicants and houses in a very dif- ficult position, ” Calvert said. In making the process earlier, Calvert said ResEd is “looking to create a bit more space to be able to offer applicants positions dur- ing a reasonable time.” ResEd also is seeking to offer RFs more time to select dorm staffmembers.The interview period for RA applicants will span five to six weeks this year. Florence Moore RF Greg Watkins said fellows are historical- ly faced with a time constraint in selecting RAs. “Something that frustrates RFs in particular is the crunch of inter- viewing, not interviewing just RAs, but all staff members ,” Watkins said. Watkins said it would be more difficult for applicants to be confi- dent in their decisions so far from the following year. “It will make it harder for cur- rent staff who think they might want to return,” Watk ins said. “They might not have a good sense of whether returning works for them.The earlier you make the ap- plication process , the more likely you are to say , ‘It’s a neat job. I want to keep doing it.’ Whereas in the spring, you are more lik ely to say,‘OK, one year was enough. ’” While Watkins expressed confi- dence in the upcoming changes, By ELLEN HUET MANAGINGEDITOR A week of picketing outside a controversial art exhibit by a Stanford professor culminated when a woman broke into the museum and destroyed the art, which depicts a man who resembles Jesus Christ receiving oral sex. Picketers crowded outside the Loveland Gallery in Lovelan d, Colo ., on Oct. 1, when art professo r E nrique Chagoya’s art exhibit, a 7.5-inch by 7-foot color lithograph print titled “The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals,” opened. On Oct. 6, 56-year -old Kathl een Fold en of Kalispell , Mont., entered the exhibit and broke the Plexiglass case with a crowbar, pulling out the book and tearing it up,The Denver Post reported. Protesters claim the art is offensive and should not be displayed because the museum uses taxpayers’ dollars.Mu- seum officials said since the art was donated, no public funding was used for that exhibit, according to The Post. Chagoya,however,sees his art not as defaming Jesus but expressing an opinion about the organized church.“I’m not trying to offend anyone’s beliefs,”he said. “This is a critique to institutions.” Chagoya is shocked at the art’s public reception,since he said the book has been in various exhibits for more than a year without any similar reaction and,he says,“no one has complained until now.” STUDENT LIFE Frat ernity placed on suspensi on By MARISA LANDICHO MANAGING EDITOR Campus officials have put housed fraternity Kappa Sigma on provisional alcohol and party suspension for conduct and possible policy violations during New Stu- dent Orientatio n, accordi ng to Nate Boswell,associate director of Residential Education (Re sEd) on the Row. ResEd, the Office of Student Life (OSL) and the Alco- hol Advisory Board issued the suspension, pending in- vestigation and possible further action by the Organiza- tional Conduct Board (OCB). “The University is following up with Kappa Sigma regarding concerns of an alleged unregistered event during NSO, ” wrote Kappa Sig President Harris Brown ‘11 in an e-mail statement to The Daily. Under suspension, Kappa Sig may not host events where alcoh ol is served or consumed, accordi ng to Ralph Castro, manager of Health Promotion Service’s substance abuse prevention program. through an interim alcohol suspension and working hard to address any specific concerns that may arise,” Brown added. Kappa Sig was last under review and put on proba- tion during the 2001-2002 school year. All housed fraternities and sororities are overseen by ResEd’s Row Office, which can take immediate penal- izing action while a more in-depth OCB review process continues.The OCB may then rule to take no further ac- tion,extend suspension or place the Greek organization on probation. “Over the years, Greek organiz ations have gone through the OCB proce ss on a yearly basis, ” Castro wrote in an e-mail to The Daily.“For the most part, our Greek organizations are comprised of responsible and though tful individual s. Sometimes, there are instance s where a few members make poor decisions that affect the entire organization.” Probati on, unlik e suspension,means the Greek or- ganization may still host social events and parties with LOCAL Google buys alums’ website for millions By ZOE LEAVITT SENIOR STAFF WRITER Stanford alumni Ben Eidelson ‘08 M.A.‘08 and Jason Prado ‘08 sold their company last wee k to Google for an es- timated $6 million. The pair founded everythingIsTheBest, LLC just last year, but its ingenuity managed to attract Google’s atten- tion. The company hosts a series of projects that “apply simple technology to real problems,”according to the com- pany’s website. Eidelson enrolled at Stanford at age 16 and earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineer- ing in four years.After graduation, Eidelso n and Prado both worked at Microsoft, where they brainstormed the idea behind their social networking project. In Silicon V alley,the image of an overworked computer science graduate struggling to make the next big website is common,but Eidelson and Prado seemed to have navigat- ed the startup lifestyle with balance after leaving Mi- crosoft. “There were no moments of super desperation, but we definitely adjusted our lifestyle accordingly,”Eidelson said of their decision to close the door on Microsoft in favor ofa big bet on everythingIsTheBest.“Stanford did play a big part ... it tends to inst ill peop le with the id ea of not feelin g insecure about not having a quote-unquote real job.” “We ju st threw awa y the idea of w ork . . . we’re ju st liv- ing life and building things we want to build,”he added. The pair’s latest creation,Plannr (now closed),served as an up-to-the-minute social planning service for use by Changes co me to RA app process Prospective resident assistants willapply during fall quarterFOOTBALL 10/9 vs. USC W 37-35 UP NEXT WASHINGTON STATE (1-5, 0-3 Pac-10) 10/23 Stanford Stadium 2 P .M. COVERAGE: RADIO KZSU 90.1 FM (kzsu.stanford.edu) GAME NOTES: The No. 16 Stanford football team bounces back from last weekend’s loss to Oregon in a last-second 37-35 win over USC. The Cardinal and the Trojans traded points and possessions throughout the game but managed to clinch the victory with a game-ending field goal from sen- ior kicker Nate Whitaker. Stanford hopes to maintain its mo- mentum through the bye weekend and in to its next Pac-10 match up with Washington State. CARD TAKES DOWN TROJANS, AGAIN OPINIONS/3 NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE Columnist Cristopher Bautista on coming out Home of Eric Karpas TomorrowSunny85 75 TodaySunny80 70 www.stanforddaily.com The Stanfor d Da ily An Indep endent Publication Th e Stan for d Dai ly SPORTS/5 SOCCER SPLITS Perkins performs for Cardinal in northwest Pac-10 campaign WORLD & NATION Art professor’ s exhibit attacked D O W NT O THE WIRE MONDAYVolume 238 October 11, 2010 I ssue 17 Source: The Stanford Daily, Stanford News Service ANASTA SIA YEE/The Stanford Daily JONATHANYORK/The Stanford Daily Sophomore running back Stepfan Taylor flies past Trojan defenders in Saturday’s tug of war between Pac-10 powers. Despite a disappointing first half and a missed extra-point kick in t he fourth quarter, the Cardinal offense compensated with a power r unning game and beat USC for the third t ime in four years. Please see FOOTBALL,page 5 Please see APPS,page 4
