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By DANIEL BOHM
STAFF WRITER
It took some time,but Stanford finallyfigured out Arizona pitcher SarahAkamine.After sputtering through the first fourinnings,the Cardinal softball team (48-9,14-8 Pacific 10) exploded for six runs in the bot-tom of the fifth en route to a 6-4 victory inthe first game of the Palo Alto Super Re-gional last night.Akamine kept the Cardinal off-balanceearly on,but with a little bit of luck,the Car-dinal was later able to bust the game openagainst the Wildcats (44-15,13-8).Freshman designated player Jenna Be-cerra began Stanford’s rally by groundingback to Akamine.The junior threw wildlyto first,allowing Becerra to advance to sec-ond safely.Freshman centerfielder Sarah Hassmanfollowed with a slow roller to first,whichshe beat out with a headfirst dive.After anintentional walk to junior left fielder AlissaHaber,freshman shortstop Ashley Hansenbegan the Cardinal scoring by hitting a linedrive to first,which was booted by Wildcatfirst baseman Sam Banister.The error al-lowed two runs to score.Junior third baseman Shannon Koplitzfollowed that with a line drive single,scor-ing Haber.The big blow of the inning,however,came off the bat of senior second basemanMaddy Coon,who followed Koplitz bydriving a 0-1 pitch over the left center fieldfence to cap the Cardinal fifth.Stanford trailed 1-0 entering the inning,still behind after Arizona put a run on theboard in the top of the first.Designatedplayer Lini Koria hit a two-out bases loadedRBI single to left to score Brittany Las-trapes.The damage could have been worse,however,had Haber not made a strongthrow to the plate to catch Jenae Leles try-ing to score from second.The Cardinal looked to be on its way totaking a lead in the bottom of the fourth,until freshman first baseman Melissa Koutzhit a dribbler to first with runners on firstand second.Koutz was called out under therarely invoked rule 12.4.11,which forbidsbatters from stepping back towards homeplate after putting the ball in play.The Car-dinal runners had to return to the basesthey occupied at the beginning of the at-bat,and Stanford failed to score in the inning.Despite the miscue,head coach JohnRittman was proud of the way in which theteam rallied around Koutz,and how she
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his sum-mer,twoStanford sophomoreswill bike 4,474 miles fromSan Francisco to Boston in order to raise money andawareness for Face Aids.Face Aids,founded by threestudents in 2005 and headquartered in Palo Alto,hasblossomed into a national student-focused organiza-tion dedicated to fighting AIDS in Africa.Sopho-mores Dave Evans and Austin Keeley are committedto spreading its message mile by mile.“Our overall goal is to create education in the Mid-west about this epidemic going on in Africa,”Evanssaid,“and on top of that to raise money for the causeand hopefully start new Face Aids chapters along theway.”The pair will set out from San Francisco six daysafter they finish finals.Averaging 60-70 miles per dayat first,they will climb the Rockies,passing throughthe populated city at the highest elevation in the USand then speed though 100 miles a day across the restof the country.Two years ago,two Stanford students achieved thesame feat,riding cross-country for Face Aids.One of the students,Jeremy Barton (‘06)—a teammate of Evans and Keeley on the Stanford crew team—in-spired them to take on the challenge this summer.Throughout the ride,Evans and Keeley plan to stop atcommunity centers,churches,schools and other cen-ters in towns across the country to present their goals,raise money and educate the population about theAIDS epidemic.While neither rower felt a particular dedication tothe cause of fighting AIDS before,after months of re-searching Face Aids’ cause,each has adopted the bat-tle personally.The physical challenge Keeley andEvans will undertake this summer not only provides afantastic crew summer training program,but high-lights their devotion to the cause of fighting AIDS inAfrica.“I was inspired by the cause’s initial attractivenessand by the personal challenge,but as I learned moreit’s really become a personal issue for me,”Evans said.“I knew the basics,the statistics,and I thought I knewthe magnitude of the epidemic,but as I’ve done re-search it’s mind-boggling how much AIDS is a part of
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Alcoholemergenciesup for year
DUI arrests double from last year; MIP, DIP citations also increase
By CHRISTIAN TORRES
EDITOR IN CHIEF
After a string of alcohol-related emergencies and ar-rests during fall quarter,on-campus drinking issueshave quieted down,according to recent data releasedby the Alcohol Advisory Board (AAB).However,Stan-ford is looking at an up year overall for numbers of emergency trips,citations and arrests.A traditional timefor freshman alcohol-related emergencies,fall quarter saw a star-tling number of upper-classman problems in2008.There were 29total medical alcoholcases (necessitatingtransport to the ER) inthe fall,many of whichinvolved sophomoresand older.In particular,NewStudent Orientation(NSO) featured four al-cohol-related medicaltransports from theRow and multipleunauthorized gather-ings with alcohol.Hous-ing responded bychanging the Row move-in date,setting it for the sameday as the rest of campus,as well as revising the policyfor the Row’s exemption to the NSO dry-campus rule.Since this fall,however,the situation has improved,according to AAB Co-Chairs Ralph Castro and KorenBakkegard.“We’re seeing a much different year in this latter half than we did in the previous,”Castro said.
By DENIS GRIFFIN
STAFF WRITER
For Stanford baseball,it’s officiallynow or never—at least in 2009.The Cardinal (29-23,12-12 Pac-10 Con-ference) is currently sixth in the Pac-10standings,but a fortuitous schedule givesthe team a chance to realistically climbseveral spots higher with a sweep thisweekend—possibly as high as third.Fifth-place Washington (25-27,13-11) willplay at second-place Washington State,while third-place UCLA (26-27,14-10)plays at first-place Arizona State.And as for fourth-place Oregon State(33-16,13-11),Stanford will get its shot totake down the Beavers at home and inperson,starting tonight at 6 p.m.“I think we just have to just focus onhow we play and not get too caught up inthe kind of team they are,”senior outfield-er Joey August said of Oregon State.“Be-cause we know they’re a very good team—a pretty tough team,and they havebeen for a couple of years now.So we real-ly just can’t focus on that,and need to staywithin ourselvesand play well.”Playing well is exactly what the Cardi-nal has been doing of late,at least until adisappointing loss against the Trojans onSunday.Stanford won six in a row fromMay 9-16,before dropping the last gameof a weekend series against USC,5-2,andlosing again on Tuesday,11-2 against UC-Davis.But with the most crucial series of theseason upon them,Stanford simply does-n’t have time to dwell on the past,recent or
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TUDENTSFASTFORCENTERS
Organizers demand transparency,answers from VPSA
By AN LE NGUYEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
For the past three days,Concerned Students for Com-munity Centers (CSCC) and its supporters have con-verged in White Plaza.Gathering around a makeshiftteepee and protest signs,students have committed to afour-day fasting campaign aimed at expressing discon-tent with recent budget cuts by the Office of the ViceProvost for Student Affairs.Initially an effort that was meant to include 13 differ-ent fasters—one for each community center staff mem-ber affected by the cuts—each of the four total days,more students have joined;15 fasted on Thursday.CSCC member Aurora Victoria David ‘11 explainedthat the group has two principal demands.“One is transparency and No.2 is the restoration of the staff to full-time,”David said.“The fasting is to showthe administration that we’re serious about the issue.”Of particular concern to David is the cutback in staff work hours.Beginning in 2010,13 community center staff members will work full-time for 10 months and part-timeduring the two summer months.David expressed her fearthat the resulting reduction in salary and benefits will in-crease staff turnover.Such a turnover would negativelyimpact programming and community life,she argued.
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Stanford’s increasingly populariPhone application course,ComputerScience 193P,available for free fromiTunes U,has reached one milliondownloads,according to Stanford’siTunes project manager.This milestonesets a record not only for coursesoffered online at Stanford,but alsomakes CS 193P the most downloadedcourse in iTunes U history.iTunes U offers downloads of tapedcollege lectures for free,with classesranging from English to computer sci-ence,but with a concentration in sci-ence and technology.Stanford was thefirst school to have a public iTunes Usite,with more than 150 institutionsnationwide currently participating.“We’ve helped pave the way formuch of what is happening,”said BrentIzutsu,Stanford’s project manager forStanford on iTunes.“We were a leadingedge school.”“It’s a combination of it [CS 193P]being Stanford,it involving Apple,andnot only Apple,but the iPhone,”addedIzutsu on the course’s popularity oniTunes U.“These three things help pro-pel it.”“iPhone ApplicationProgramming”was first offered last fallquarter,then again spring quarter.Capped at 60 students,the classreceived twice as many interested stu-dents this quarter.Apparently,thisinterest has gone beyond the Farm withone million downloads online andcounting.“On one hand,people are curious asto how such a popular product worksand what kind of fun things they can dowith it,”said Paul Salzman,graduatestudent and current CS 193P teachingassistant (TA).“On the other hand,theiTunes App store is a huge success withover a billion apps sold.It providesdevelopers,including our students,witha very low-cost entry into the market,which can be very appealing.”According to fall quarter TAKayvon Beykpour ‘10,CS 193P stu-dents learn how to program using theiPhone platform and create applica-tions.“There’s no better way to learn thanfrom the guys who wrote it,”saidBeykpour,who is the CEO and co-founder of the company TerriblycleverDesign,which invented the populariStanford.“This class is just one example forme about how great that ability is tohave open knowledge for people toconsume around the world,”he contin-ued.“We as Stanford students are sofortunate to be taught by those Appleengineers.”Stanford students aren’t the onlyones enjoying access to the course,according to Salzman.“From the types of email feedbackwe have received,it appears that wehave a diverse set of online followers,”Salzman said.“People have sent uscomments and feedback fromGermany,Denmark,Sweden,France,England and other countries.I thinkthe youngest follower we have heardfrom is 13 years old.It is very exciting.”Izutsu noted that online studentsrange from prospective students,toalumni,to curious people who simplywant to continue learning.Yet the course’s popularity high-lights the question of to what extent
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Leaders share visions for cleaner technology
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By ROBERT TOEWS
STAFF WRITER
While president of Peru from 2001 to 2006,Alejandro Toledo,Ph.D.‘93,focused on reducingrampant poverty in his country.Yesterday,he spoketo a packed crowed at the Tresidder Oak Room,argu-ing that economic prosperity was a prerequisite forthe widespread adoption of cleaner energy sources.Toledo,a current visiting scholar at Stanford,was joined on the panel by Harry Shimp,the former CEOof BP Solar,and Dr.Susan Addy,a postdoctoral engi-neering scholar at UC-Berkeley.Taking a broad perspective on the issue of cleantechnology,Toledo asserted that achieving sustain-able economic growth was of paramount importancein the process of moving away from environmentallyunfriendly fuel sources.“Some may think that poverty,energy and democ-racy are disconnected,”Toledo said.“In fact,they areinextricably linked.”He emphasized the widespread poverty that stillafflicts much of the world,particularly Africa,LatinAmerica and parts of Asia.Focusing on LatinAmerica,he pointed out that 40 percent of LatinAmericans live below the poverty line,and 95 millionLatin Americans survive on less than one dollar a day.Consequently,he said,1.6 billion people in theworld do not have access to clean energy.Addy,who spoke next,gave a more specific per-spective on the topic.She is currently working on the Darfur StovesProject,which designs and distributes stoves torefugees in war-torn Sudan.The project providesstoves that are 75 percent more fuel-efficient than thetraditional three-stone fires traditionally used inDarfur,saving an average of $250 in fuel costs peryear for a refugee family.According to Addy,the initiative was inspired byrefugees who must travel far to find sufficient fire-wood to cook their food each day.Indeed,refugeesspend an average of 25 hours each week just collect-ing fuel for their stoves.“Because armed militia roam the countryside andfrequently rape or murder civilians that they comeupon,these scavenging trips are extremely danger-ous,”said Addy.“More fuel-efficient stoves not onlysave untold amounts of money and conserveresources,they also reduce rape and murder rates.”Engineering students at Berkeley designed thestoves,modifying them with the help of members of Engineers Without Borders so that they could be con-structed using local materials in Darfur.The Darfur Stoves Project is currently setting upsupply chains and assembly centers and trying toobtain financing.They aim to produce 300,000 stovesand distribute them to Darfur refugees.Shimp spoke last on the advances he made at BPSolar toward developing cleaner non-traditionalenergy sources,particularly photovoltaic cells thatconvert the sun’s energy directly into electricity.He stressed that,in today’s more eco-consciousworld,clean energy solutions can be profitable as wellas environmentally friendly,a fact he believed wouldbe key in encouraging the development of these solu-tions in the future.Toledo,the former Peruvian president,finished off the discussion by emphasizing the urgency of findinga long-term alternative energy source.“Oil has become one of the most dangerous polit-ical weapons on the planet,”Toledo stressed.“Weabsolutely must find alternative sources of cheapenergy that pollute our environment less so as to befree from the blackmail of oil.”The audience seemed engaged by the insights pro-vided by the speakers.“I came primarily just to hear a former head of state speak,but I found myself honestly very captivat-ed by what I was hearing,”said Clayton Mellina ‘11.“The issue of clean energy use is one of the mostpressing facing our globe today,and it’s only going toget more urgent until we find a long-term solution.”
Contact Robert Toews at rtoews@stanford.edu.
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racking the fallen leavesoff a picnic table betweenher fingers,Sarah Adicoff ‘12 squinted her eyesagainst the sun,pausingas she pieced together the difficultmemories of an experience that noteen should ever have to face.At theage of 16,Sarah was diagnosed withcancer.With tired eyes,she fidgeted as sherecounted her initial reaction to thewords that irrevocably altered her lifeand the lives of those around her—words made all the more distant bypain and the suddenness of it all.While in high school,Adicoff wasstruck by a series of sinus pains thatwere unrecognizable to local doctorsin Sun Valley,Idaho,so she and herparents traveled two hours to reach ametropolitan hospital in Boise.Aftera weekend stay,multiple surgeriesand the first round of chemotherapy,Adicoff was in numbed disbelief—within moments of a doctor’s diagno-sis,she was a Stage 3 cancer patient.“I was kind of in shock,”sheremembered softly.“I think I kind of stopped feeling.I didn’t want to dealwith it.”But avoidance wasn’t an option.Now on her third round of treat-ment for Rhabdomyosarcoma,a can-cer of the body’s soft tissues,Adicoff battles her condition daily,after hav-ing relapsed twice—most recentlylast February,following her first fullquarter at Stanford.“I was diagnosed with AcuteLymphocytic Leukemia when I was15 years old,when I had just finishedmy freshman year in high school,”said Kate McGrath ‘10,a cancer sur-vivor.“I think the last words you expectto hear when you’re that old are thewords,‘You have cancer,’”she added.Two years out from her last treat-ment,McGrath reflected on how thediagnosis of cancer forever changedher life.With a new perspective,sherecalled how cancer stripped her of asense of self by preventing her fromgoing to basketball practice andworking in the science labs—thingsthat she loved.For McGrath,cancer and its treat-ment dictated life after her freshmanyear of high school.She scheduledher life around hospital visits anddebilitating chemo sessions,ratherthan sports games and class work.“The hardest thing for me wasthat I really wanted to be normal,”she confessed.“I thought I knewmyself pretty well,but I was definingmyself by what I was doing or what Iwas good at,and that reality can’t beyour definition of self.So without allthose external things to define myself by,I had to put my goals on hold tostress my health.”Myndi McDonald ‘12,now inremission since the summer beforeher first year of college,rememberedthe scarring ordeal of battling cancer.She recounted weeks where shewas forced to miss multiple classes,eventually returning tired,wrappedin scarves,to the questioning looks of peers.She recalled losing friends—both those unable to deal with hersituation,as well as fellow cancerpatients who did not survive.The sobering reality of cancerforces you to grow up fast,saidMcDonald,and whether you like totalk about it or not,it changes yourlife.“[Cancer is] not a taboo subject,”she explained bluntly,“but it’s ascary subject and that makes itunmentionable or it leads to shorterconversation mixed in with awk-ward laughter.”While they were robbed of yearsof high school and the privilegesaccorded to relative normalcy,Adicoff,McGrath and McDonaldmanaged to maintain fundamentalcontrol over the trajectory of theirlives.All eventually ended up atStanford,not because of their condi-tions,but rather because of their indi-vidual determination.For McGrath,it was the choice towalk with her high school classdespite being in and out of the hos-pital bed.For McDonald,it was thechoice to forge new friendships intrying times.For Adicoff,it was thechoice to continue her freshmanyear of college despite her secondrelapse.“You have to work with what youhave,”McGrath said.“Control ismore and more of how you chooseto deal with things yourself.There isnothing in life you have ultimate con-trol over.It’s like,here is a life situa-tion:How are you going to deal withit?”Pushing through the trying idealwas an individual triumph for each of the girls,but none of them “dealt withit”on their own.Parents,siblings andfriends provided an invaluable sup-port base.For Adicoff,cancer became thecentral focus in her family.Her par-ents dropped everything to supporther,driving two hours through thenight to the hospital and relocating toSeattle so that Adicoff could receivebetter treatment.To this day,her par-ents fly from Idaho every week,ensuring that she is never alone.McGrath,now the Relay for LifeEvent Chair for Colleges AgainstCancer (CAC),echoed this senti-ment and cited her own parents aspillars of support.Now free from thegrips of cancer,she hopes to becomea provider of this type of support.Having planned this weekend’sRelay for Life for months,McGrathand CAC hoped to put a face on can-cer to the Stanford community.A 24-hour walkathon,Relay has become anationwide event bringing togethersurvivors,affected family membersand current patients,as they fosterawareness of an issue that hits closeto home.“I think that a lot of the times can-cer is seen as a statistic,like 1/3 peo-ple will be diagnosed with cancer,”McGrath said of society’s outlook oncancer.“That’s an appalling statisticbut that’s still numbers.It doesn’t tellyou that it’s your mom or your dad oryourself and in reality if it’s 1 in 3,you’re probably going to know some-one affected by cancer in your life-time and they’re probably going tobe close to you.”“It’s all about educating and mak-ing people understand cancer issuesbecause if you’re not affected now,you’ll be affected in the future,”advised Jamie Tam ‘10,CAC presi-dent.As for the future,the three youngwomen have developed unique out-looks for what is to come.Adicoff,who must first endure hercurrent round of treatment,isn’t wor-rying so much about graduating infour years or the summer—she’s liv-ing in the now.“I don’t generally plan too farahead,that’s definitely a big part of it,”she explained pensively.“Mymotto is like ‘day by day’ and ‘takeone day at a time.’ All that clichestuff.”Yet,Myndi maintains the impor-tance of at least keeping an eye onthe future.Optimism keeps hergoing.“You still have to look at thefuture as if it’s still going to be there,”she said.“It’s a balance betweenknowing that I should continue doingthe things that I love to do and know-ing that I could totally still have afuture.”
Contact Ryan Mac at rbmac@stan- ford.edu.
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