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By NATE ADAMS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Stanford women’s basketball’s 2008-2009season came to humbling conclusion Sundaynight as the Cardinal fell to top-seededConnecticut,83-64 in semifinal play at St.Louis’ Scottrade Center.Four Husky players finished with double-digit points,while Stanford’s Jayne Appel tiedUConn’s Renee Montgomery in scoring with26.The defeat marked the end of a 20-gameCardinal winning streak and dashed anyhopes for this year’s squad to earn the school’sthird national title.UConn,meanwhile,willproceed to Tuesday’s championship gameagainst Louisville,which defeated Oklahomain Sunday’s first semifinal game.Stanford (33-5) was the last team to defeatConnecticut,eliminating them in last year’ssemifinals by a score of 82-73.Sunday’srematch,however,was all UConn.TheHuskies (38-0) won the opening tip,and con-tinued to control the ball for most of the firsthalf.After just six minutes of play,the Cardinalhad turned the ball over six times and hadtaken it away from UConn only once.TheHuskies took advantage of Stanford’s offen-sive missteps,scoring 13 points off turnovers inthe first half,while holding the Cardinal toonly two.UConn threw Stanford’s defense off its game as well,attacking from all angles andpositions.Four Husky players had at least onefield goal after only four minutes of play.Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer wasimpressed by the preparedness of the Huskies.“They’re an extremely aggressive,athleticteam,”she said.“Their whole team came outand made plays that they had to make.Theydon’t make a lot of mistakes,and they don’ttake bad shots.”Stanford certainly had its chances to score,trailing the Huskies in attempted shots by onlyfive after the first half (29 to 34) and one after40 minutes (62 to 63).Most of the Cardinalshots came from leading scorer Jayne Appel,who tallied 10 of Stanford’s first 14 points.Sheplayed with toughness,leading the Cardinal toa 14-13 lead midway through the first half withtwo consecutive baskets,one coming after shetook a hard fall.Appel received relatively little help as thegame went on,however,and that small leadproved to be the only time Stanford wasn’tplaying catch-up to UConn.No other Cardinalplayer had more than four points until KaylaPederson scored at the 10:15 mark,by whichpoint Appel had scored 17.Free throws andthree-pointers proved to be a struggle as well

STUDENT GOV’T

Senate chairGao to be inD.C.for fall

By CHRISTIAN TORRES

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Current Undergraduate Senate ChairShelley Gao ‘11 confirmed to The Dailylast night that she will be participating inStanford in Washington this fall,just as herpotential second term as a senator getsgoing.After hesitating and initially decliningto respond to questions of her status forautumn quarter 2009,Gao responded thatshe will indeed be in Washington,D.C.asshe presumably begins work on campusissues outlined in her platform.“Being in Washington during fall wouldallow me to pursue my key project:fundraising,and creating a stipend pro-gram to provide financial support forStanford students undertaking govern-ment service,and internships,”Gao wrotein an email statement to The Daily;howev-er,the project is not noted in her platformon the Students for a Better Stanford(SBS) Web site or in her statement in theASSU candidate handbook.“I intend toactively participate in Senate proceedingsvia Skype,and travel back periodically tophysically attend the meetings.”According to the ASSU Constitution,there is no official clause prohibiting anUndergraduate Senate member frombeing abroad.However,it does state:“TheUndergraduate Senate shall create andenforce by appropriate measures a policyto ensure attendance by members of theUndergraduate Senate at all meetings of the Undergraduate Senate.”This leaveshandling of the situation up to the electedSenate itself.Gao,who is currently running with theSBS coalition,would look to fulfill herresponsibilities in the Senate alongsideevening classes and an internship likelyrequiring 40 hours per week,according tothe Stanford in Washington Web site.

Contact Christian Torres at christian.tor-res@stanford.edu.

NOT TOUGHENOUGH

Current Senate Chair seeking re-election, despite plans to go abroad

STUDENTGOV’T

Coalitionsets sightson Senate

Students fora Better Stanford aim for 12 of 15 Senate seats

By MARISA LANDICHO

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Students for a Better Stanford (SBS),a new coalition of 12 Senate hopefuls,share a flashy Web site and a strongdesire to get elected—but no unitingideological vision,according to the mem-bers.Before the start of campaign week,the 12 candidates,led by current SenateChair Shelley Gao ‘11 and candidateZachary Warma ‘11,allied themselvespublicly.“These are 12 people with a very com-mon vision of what student governmentshould look like and form a responsiveSenate that would really help the under-graduate population,”said Warma,whois also a Daily columnist.But when pressed on what their “com-mon vision”entails,SBS candidatescould offer little more than a pledge tobe civil if elected to the Senate.“What unifies us is how we will con-duct our business,”said SBS candidateAdam Creasman ‘11.“We all work welltogether and are willing to compromise.”Other candidates have questioned theintentions of SBS,saying their statedcredo of working for a better Stanfordcarries little meaning,as the notion of Senate candidates hoping to improve theUniversity is seemingly obvious.“Every single person running forSenate should want to improve Stanfordin every way,”said Michael Cruz ‘12,questioning the SBS moniker.Cruz isendorsed by the Students of ColorCoalition (SOCC).

Getting elected

The student candidates that compriseSBS do share one idea—getting them-selves elected to the UndergraduateSenate.

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Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer attempts to rally her troops during the first halfin last night’s game. Stanford led only onceover the course of the game.

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Despite tallying 26 points, Stanford star center Jayne Appel was unable to provide enough todefeat top-seeded UConn. Appel led the Cardinal offensively with a strong tourney showing.

UMMITSETSTONEFORSERVICE

By ANDREW VALENCIA

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Across campus,the demand for public serv-ice opportunities has increased as more studentsseek ways to use their Stanford education tocontribute to society.While budget cuts and theweakened economy have strained campusresources,students and faculty remain opti-mistic that public service has a bright future atStanford.On Saturday,the ASSU—in cooperationwith the President’s Office,the Vice Provostfor Student Affairs,the Haas Center forPublic Service and other campus organiza-tions—sponsored the Stanford ServiceSummit.Bringing together students,facultyand alumni from all disciplines,the summitexamined and rethought the future of publicservice on campus.Former California State Comptroller SteveWestly ‘78 MBA ‘83 gave the keynote presenta-tion and called upon Stanford students toalways stand up for what they know is right.Drawing on his own experiences as a formerASSU president —who in the spring of 1977led student protests against the University’sinvestments in South Africa—Westly claimedthat no student should rule out the benefits heor she can create by becoming involved withpublic service.“Even with someone like me,with no train-ing,no background [in public service]...youcan make a difference,”he said.Westly told The Daily that there was astrong need for young Californians to join pub-lic service.“It’s going to be a tough time,I think,forCalifornians this year because of the difficulteconomic straits we’re in,”Westly said.“But Ithink,by the same token,there has never been amore important time for the best and brightestamongst us in California,and especially forStanford students,to come into the public sec-tor.”Students attending the summit were asked togive their opinions on what the University coulddo to improve public service resources and toenvision what role public service might play oncampus in 2020.Gabriel Garcia,faculty directorof the Haas Center,spoke during a session onpublic health about the importance of commu-nity awareness in medicine.“One of the things we do poorly as a univer-sity is honoring the knowledge of the communi-ty,”Garcia said.“If we are only inspired by theprevious literature to create the future litera-ture,then that may be a good academic life,butit is a poor [citizenship].”Garcia and his session group brainstormedideas for how public service could become moreingrained in the academic culture of theUniversity.The ideas they put forth includedwide-sweeping reforms and additions toStanford curriculum,including the addition of apublic service GER and the creation of a schoolof public health that would collaborate withother schools in the state.In general,the stu-dents called for a greater faculty effort to inter-weave aspects of public service into course syl-labi.“‘Mountains Beyond Mountains’ influencedthe junior class with a lasting feeling of publicservice,”said Tommy Tobin ‘10,referring to theTracy Kidder work about Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer that was included in therequired summer reading for the Class of 2010.“We could change the three books requirementto make one of the books service-oriented.”As the principle source of public serviceresources on campus,the Haas Center has seena dramatic increase in the number of students

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Stanford was held without a point for thefirst five and a half minutes of the second half.Stanford’s star center, junior Jayne Appel, finished with26 points and seven rebounds. The Huskies tandemof Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery posted acombined 50 points. With the win, UConn avenged aloss to Stanford in last year’s NCAATournament.

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STUDENT GOV’T

SOCC endorses 12Senate candidates

By ZOE RICHARDS

STAFF WRITER

The historically powerful Studentsof Color Coalition (SOCC) hasendorsed 12 Undergraduate Senatecandidates in this week’s election.Committed to protecting commu-nity centers,reducing VoluntaryStudent Organizations (VSO) costs,increasing ASSU transparency andsafeguarding diversity,SOCC-endorsed candidates have pledged toa vision that also directly addressesissues of diversity in their personalplatforms.Anton Zietsman ‘12 affirmed aninterest that seemed to be shared byall of the SOCC-endorsed candidatesin protecting the sanctity of commu-nity centers in the face of budgetslashing.“Because of the economic crisis,we have focused on protecting thecommunity centers when it comes tobudget cuts,”Zietsman said.“What Iwould like to do as a senator is pro-mote that more.”Senate candidates seeking thestamp of approval from SOCC

STUDENT GOV’T

Lyman,Werner campaign for hope,change

By ELLEN HUET

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

During last November’s presidentialelection,candidates and citizens alikeharped on change.This week,the executiveslate of John Lyman ‘11 and Garrett Werner‘10,two candidates whose platform promis-es to highlight issues that,until now,theASSU has never even considered discussing,are pushing the concept of change to newheights.Although their slate is named “Just ACouple Of Affable,Public Service-OrientedGuys Trying To Help The Student BodyExercise Its Voice While Also Bridging TheGap Between Our Peers And TheFaculty/Administrative Complex(JACOAPSOGTESVWBGBOPATFAC),”Lyman and Werner are not to be confusedwith the typical executive slate.Boasting theelusive endorsement of the StanfordChaparral—the only Chappie-endorsedslate or candidate in this year’s entire elec-tion—JACOAPSOGTESVWBGBOPAT-FAC is calling for a complete revamping of the executive position,focusing specificallyon the student voice,unity under pressureand a standardized greeting system toencourage open communication.The slate’s presidential candidate,Lyman,sat down with The Daily to discusshis vision for Stanford’s future.Lyman saidthat he,like others,was initially inspired bythe leadership of current ASSU Execs JonnyDorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09.He specifi-cally cited a video in which Dorsey andHarris make an appeal to the student bodyto engage in more public service.“Since [the video],we’ve been inspired—not just by what they said,but how theysaid it,”Lyman explained.“After all,themessage was to better exercise the studentvoice,and their voices sounded hearty andhad great projection.”The slate’s main platform extendsaround helping the entire student voiceemulate the qualities of Dorsey and Harris.Lyman stressed that in the interest of feasi-bility,the slate will focus on tangible goals:making the student voice “more booming,louder and more in-your-face,”as well astouching elbows while projecting.“In the end,we have these general idealsthat involve various metrics of the studentvoice that we want to improve,”he said.“Wealso want to give the student voice a slightlynicer timbre—it’s probably the most ambi-tious of our goals at this point,but I thinkthe timbre is really going to be key if wewant our student voice to be ready for a cap-pella tryouts next fall.”The slate also showed the financial savvyand awareness necessary in such an eco-nomic crisis,explaining that their budgetaryconcerns would focus around choosingbetween expensive voice lessons or studiotime with synthesizers to achieve the endgoal of vocal excellence.Other platform initiatives for JACOAP-SOGTESVWBGBOPATFAC include astandardized Stanford greeting and moreemphasis on elbow contact throughout thestudent government.“If we could somehow apply some of theformalities of creating a secret handshakeand make it open to everyone,we wouldn’thave this problem of people approachingeach other from different age groups andbeing at a loss,”he said.“It would be nice if we knew what kind of greeting was appro-priate.Maybe a belly tap.”When asked about their fellow executivecandidates,the Lyman-Werner slateexpressed serious concern about DavidGobaud ‘08 M.S.‘10,stating that his cam-paign seemed to be asking students to “gobald”with him.Lyman worried that theGobaud-de la Torre platform was rushingstudents into “growing up too fast,”and hepromised to adhere to “ushering the studentbody through young adulthood to normaladulthood gradually and comfortably”inthe interests of student safety and well-being.As for their chances,Lyman and Wernerperhaps best sum it up in the ASSU’s officialvoter guide.“You miss 100 percent of the shots thatyou don’t take,so we’ve decided to give thisstudent government thing a try—for betteror for worse,”they wrote.“Our shot atASSU Exec will hopefully be a slam dunk,but we are also prepared to launch an airball,a brick,an off-the-backboard or evenone of those weird spinners that goesaround the rim a bunch of times and getseveryone going all ‘ooooh’ before it catchesa bad bounce and flies out.”

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stanford.edu.

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undergo a rigorous applicationprocess before the board reachesconsensus on which candidates willbe endorsed.The process includesscreening applicants based on theirresponses to questions that particu-larly address SOCC issues and aninterview for finalists,cutting a typi-cal applicant pool of 20 to 30 down toanywhere between 10 to 15endorsees.SOCC board membersspan a variety of student organiza-tions dedicated to promoting diversi-ty on all fronts of student social andacademic life.Ashley Anderson ‘09,of SOCC,noted the importance of the coalitionas a mechanism for setting selectcandidates apart from the pack.“In a Senate race in which candi-dates tend to be indistinguishablefrom one another based on themajority of their platform points,theSOCC endorsement functions as away for voters to readily distinguishwhich candidates have communitiesof color in mind and will advocate forissues that are specifically importantto these communities,”she said.SOCC-endorsed candidates havepromised to push against so-called“acts of intolerance”at theUniversity.This devotion has seencandidates focus on everything fromdispelling gender biases to ensuringthat offensive party themes thatplay into stereotypes are reconsid-ered.Also committed to faculty diver-sity,SOCC-endorsed candidateshave vowed to play a part in pre-serving and communicating theimportance of a diverse staff toExecutive officers and schooladministrators.However,being a poster child forthis coalition doesn’t mean that thesecandidates will not have their indi-vidual differences on various issues if elected to the Senate.Ben Jensen ‘12pointed out the plurality of viewseven among SOCC candidates.“We’re all very different people,and we do represent SOCC,but forvery different reasons,”Jensen said.However,Matt Miller ‘12 con-tended that these differences will,ideally,not interfere with Senatedecision-making.“I would believe [the Senate] tobe very similar to what [SOCC can-didates] are doing now,”Miller said.“You have those informal and neces-sary,impromptu meetings on thingsthat aren’t quite clear.That air of col-laboration will definitely translateinto the senate.”It is this kind of shared attitudeabout how to address problems inthe Senate in addition to their sharedvision and commitment to address-ing issues of diversity on campus thatdefines SOCC-endorsed candidates.As for disagreement,all agreedthat they do not consider themselvesas SOCC-endorsed candidates tosimply be a monolithic force.Somefeel that bringing problems to thetable and allowing them to be dis-cussed openly might be the best wayto bring about progress in the Senate.“Yes,we’re going to butt heads,”Wharton said.“And that’s the bestway to work out differences.”

Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stanford.edu

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